TALKING BACK TO THE NIGHT
STEVE
WINWOOD
SONGWRITERS:
STEVE WINWOOD
& WILL JENNINGS
COUNTRY: U.
K.
ALBUM: TALKING
BACK TO THR NIGHT
LABEL: ISLAND
RECORDS
GENRE: ROCK
YEAR: 1982
Talking Back to the Night is
the third solo studio album by English recording artist Steve Winwood. Released
less than two years after the top 3 hit Arc of a Diver, it failed to see as
much success as its predecessor, reaching #28 on the Billboard 200. "Valerie"
was a minor hit in 1982, but when it was remixed and re-released in 1987 for Chronicles,
the newer version of the song became a top 10 hit. The album tracks "Help
Me Angel" and "Talking Back to the Night" were also re-recorded
for Chronicles. The
latter was then released for the first time as a single.
Winwood performed all of the instruments on this album.
High above the heat of a summer New
York street
An out-of-work musician plays a solo saxophone
He's a preacher and a teacher
And he stands up all alone
Stranded in the dark of a vision in the park
A poet in his madness tries to find another line
And he's losing and he's using
And he says he's doing fine
And they look from such a height
That somehow it's all right
They're talking back to the night
It's all that they can do
Talking back to the night
It's how they make it through
If you listen you can hear them
Their voices draw you near them
They're talking back to the night for you
Something seems to take every dime the man can make
His dream is getting smaller and he wonders where to turn
And he's trying hard to make it
And he's trying not to burn
Woman never minds, pulls the shade and draws the blinds
She takes him in the darkness where the loneliest can feed
She gives him all she has to
And it's no more than he needs.
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