BARBARA STREISAND - STONEY END

STONEY END

BARBARA STREISAND

SONGWRITER: LAURA NYRO

COUNTRY: U. S. A.

ALBUM: STONEY END

LABEL: COLUMBIA RECORDS

GENRE: SOUL

YEAR: 1971

 

           Barbara Joan "Barbra" Streisand (/ˈstraɪsænd/; born April 24, 1942) is an American singer and actress. With a career spanning over six decades, she has achieved success in multiple fields of entertainment, and is among the few performers awarded an Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, and Tony(EGOT).

         Streisand began her career by performing in nightclubs and Broadway theaters in the early 1960s. Following her guest appearances on various television shows, she signed to Columbia Records, insisting that she retain full artistic control, and accepting lower pay in exchange, an arrangement that continued throughout her career, and released her debut The Barbra Streisand Album(1963), which won the Grammy Award for Album of the Year. Throughout her recording career, Streisand has topped the US Billboard 200 chart with 11 albums—a record for a woman—including People(1964), The Way We Were(1974), Guilty(1980), and The Broadway Album(1985). She also achieved five number-one singles on the US Billboard Hot 100—"The Way We Were", "Evergreen", "You Don't Bring Me Flowers", "No More Tears (Enough Is Enough)", and "Woman in Love".

      Stoney End is the twelfth studio album by Barbra Streisand. Released in 1971, it was a conscious change in direction for Streisand with a more upbeat contemporary pop/rock sound and was produced by Richard Perry. The album included cover versions of many songs by contemporary singer-songwriters of the day including Laura Nyro, Randy Newman and Joni Mitchell.

         The album is one of the most successful albums of Streisand's career, being certified platinum by the RIAA for sales exceeding 1 million copies in the United States only. It also produced three hit singles on Billboard magazine's Hot 100 and Adult Contemporary charts: "Stoney End", "Time and Love" and "Flim Flam Man". The album peaked at #10 in the United States, her first to reach the top 10 in five years.

I was born from love, and my poor mother worked the mines

I was raised on the Good Book of Jesus

'Til I read between the lines

Now I don't believe I want to see the morning

 

Going down the stoney end

I never wanted to go down the stoney end

Mama, let me start all over

Cradle me, Mama, cradle me again

 

And I can still remember him with love light in his eyes

But the light flickered out and parted

As the sun began to rise

Now I don't believe I want to see the morning

 

Going down the stoney end

I never wanted to go down the stoney end

Mama, let me start all over

Cradle me, Mama, cradle me again

 

Never mind the forecast 'cause the sky has lost control

'Cause the fury and the broken thunders

Come to match my ragin' soul

And now I don't believe I want to see the morning

Going down the stoney end

I never wanted to go down the stoney end

Mama, let me start all over

Cradle me, Mama, cradle me again

 

Going down the stoney end

I never wanted to go

 

I never wanted to go

Mama, I never wanted to go.