SOLDIER IN THE RAIN

ENGLAND DAN & JOHN FORD COLEY

SONGWRITERS: JOHN FORD COLEY &SUNNY DALTON

COUNTRY: U. S. A.

ALBUM: SOLDIER IN THE RAIN/VINIL

LABEL: ATLANTIC RECORDS

GENRE: SOFT ROCK

YEAR: 1977

 

         England Dan & John Ford Coley were an American soft rock duo composed of Danny Wayland "England Dan" Seals and John Edward "John Ford" Coley, active throughout the 1970s. Native Texans, they are best known for their 1976 single "I'd Really Love to See You Tonight", a Nº. 2 hit in the Billboard Hot 100 and a Nº. 1 Adult Contemporary hit. After they disbanded, Seals began performing as Dan Seals and launched a country music career through the 1980s which produced 11 Nº. 1 country hits.

        The duo split in 1980 when Seals decided to pursue a career in country music, where he found success throughout the 1980s, scoring hits such as "Meet Me in Montana" (with Marie Osmond) and "Bop". Seals died on March 25, 2009 following treatment for mantle cell lymphoma.

           Coley formed another group that released an album on A&M Records: Leslie, Kelly and John Ford Coley (featuring sisters Leslie and Kelly Bulkin), then went on to do television and film appearances in the 1980s. He returned to an active touring schedule in the 1990s and 2000s and was also co-producer for acts such as Eddie Money (with Vince Gill) and Tom Wurth.

The morning clouds are gathering around

As I stand on the bridge of the river

Years have gone since I was here

And I wonder how I differ

Taxi cabs keep rolling by

And a blind man asks for change

And here I stand a soldier in the rain.

 

Coming home was all I thought of ...

Seeing my family and friends

They say love knows no distance

But the longing never ends

And all along the dreams I possessed

My heart never were to plain

And here I stand a soldier in the rain

 

I remember years ago

I had so many plans

And now I watch the river flow

Time has brought me here

With empty hands

 

I remember years ago

I had so many plans

And now I watch the river flow

Time has brought me here

With empty hands

 

The morning clouds are gathering around

And the streets are full of reflections

A traffic light and the moon still bright

People going in different directions

I've thought about why I'm here

Its just too hard to explain

And here I stand a soldier in the rain

In the rain...

NEW YORK’S NOT MY HOME

JIM CROCE

SONGWRITER: JIM CROCE

COUNTRY: U. S. A.

ALBUM: YOU DON’T MESS AROUND WITH JIM

LABEL: ABC RECORDS

GENRE: FOLK ROCK

YEAR: 1972

 

             James Joseph Croce (/ˈkroʊtʃi/; January 10, 1943 – September 20, 1973) was an American folk and rock singer-songwriter. Between 1966 and 1973, Croce released five studio albums and numerous singles.

     His first two albums were commercially unsuccessful, failing to chart or produce any hit singles. During this period, Croce took a series of odd jobs to pay bills while he continued to write, record, and perform concerts. After forming a partnership with songwriter and guitarist Maury Muehleisen his fortunes turned in the early 1970s. His breakthrough came in 1972; his third álbum You Don't Mess Around with Jim produced three charting singles, including "Time in a Bottle", which reached No. 1 after his death. The follow-up album, Life and Times, contained the song "Bad, Bad Leroy Brown", which was the only No. 1 hit he had during his lifetime.

            On September 20, 1973, the day before the lead single to his fifth album, I Got a Name, was released, Croce, along with five others, was killed in a plane crash, at the height of his popularity. Croce's music continued to chart throughout the 1970s following his death. His wife, Ingrid Croce, was his early songwriting partner and she continued to write and record after his death, and his son A. J. Croce himself became a singer-songwriter in the 1990s.

              "You Don't Mess Around with Jim" is a 1972 single by Jim Croce from his album of the same name. The song was also Croce's debut single when it was released in June 1972 on ABC Records as ABC-11328. The song first aired on KHJ 930 AM in Los Angeles when ABC Records promotion man Marty Kupps took the single to the radio station, where it appeared on the KHJ "30" chart at number 27 during the week of June 6. After spending 11 weeks on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, the song peaked at No. 8 on the week ending September 9. Croce performed the song on American Bandstand on August 12, 1972. Billboard ranked it as the No. 68 song for 1972.

Things were spinnin' 'round me

And all my thoughts were cloudy

And I had begun to doubt all the things that were me

Been in so many places, you know I've run so many races

Looked into the empty faces of the people of the night

Somethin' is just not right

 

'Cause I know that I've gotta get outta here

I'm so alone

Don't you know that I gotta get outta here

'Cause New York's not my home

 

Though all the streets are crowded

There's somethin' strange about it

I lived there 'bout a year and I never once felt at home

I thought I'd make the big time

I learned a lot of lessons awfully quick

And now I'm tellin' you that they were not the nice kind

It's been so long since I have felt fine

 

That's the reason that I've gotta get outta here

I'm so alone

Don't you know that I gotta get outta here

'Cause New York's not my home

 

That's the reason that I've gotta get outta here

I'm so alone

Don't you know that I gotta get outta here

'Cause New York's not my home.

BAD LUCK

ADAM JENSEN

SONGWRITER: ADAM JENSEN

COUNTRY: U. S. A.

ALBUM: BAD LUCK/NON ALBUM SINGLES

LABEL: TOUCAN COVE

GENRE: ALTERNATIV ROCK

YEAR: 2018

 

         Adam Jensen is an American alternative recording artist, producer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist from Boston. Jensen's single "The Mystic" was premiered by Billboard on November 3, 2016, and won the 2017 New England Music Award for Song of the Year.

                 Jensen has co-written with Rob Thomas, Stan Lynch (of Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers), Walt Aldridge and Eliot Sloan. He also collaborated with Candlebox lead singer, Kevin Martin, co-writing "You'll Never Walk Alone", a tribute to the Boston Marathon bombing victims, and donated all proceeds to the ONE fund.

I can't help who I am (I am)

I just don’t give a damn

The smoke, it helps me forget (forget)

The pain I haven't felt yet

Don't care what you say

Don’t care what you think of me

Trouble in my veins, suddenly the enemy, is me

 

I wanna get high and a little [fucked?] up (little [?] up)

I only get by with a little bad luck (little bad luck)

I can barely keep my cool

Playin' by the golden rule

I can get by with a little bad luck (little bad luck)

I can get by with a little bad luck

 

I, I'm lost in a dream (in a dream)

These friends, they're not what they seem

And I'm, cryin' like a baby

My momma's out to save me but

I'm so far gone

 

I wanna get high and a little [?] up (little [?] up)

I only get by with a little bad luck (little bad luck)

I can barely keep my cool

Playin’ by the golden rule

I can get by with a little bad luck (little bad luck)

I can get by with a little bad luck

 

Some days, some days, I’m better off alone

Sad ways, sad days, this wagon's up and gone

Ring around a rosie, a pocket full of posies

Ashes, ashes, we all fall down

 

I wanna get high and a little [?] up (little [?] up)

I only get by with a little bad luck (little bad luck)

I can barely keep my cool

Playin’ by the golden rule

I can get by with a little bad luck (little bad luck)

 

I can get by with a little bad luck

I can get by with a little bad luck.

WHEN YOU SAY NOTHING AT ALL

RONAN KEATING

SONGWRITERS: DON SCHLITZ & PAUL OVERSTREET

COUNTRY: IRELAND

ALBUM: RONAN, NOTTING HILL AND BY REQUEST

LABEL: POLYDOR RECORDS

GENRE: POP

YEAR: 1999

 

              Ronan Patrick John Keating (born 3 March 1977) is an Irish singer-songwriter, musician, and philanthropist who currently hosts a breakfast show on Magic Radio. He debuted in 1994 alongside Keith Duffy, Michael Graham, Shane Lynch, and Stephen Gately, as the co-lead singer (with Gately) of Irish group Boyzone. His solo career started in 1999 and he has recorded eleven albums. He gained worldwide attention when his single "When You Say Nothing at All" was featured in the film Notting Hill and peaked at number one in several countries.

           As a solo artist, Keating has sold over 20 million records worldwide alongside the 25 million records with Boyzone, and in Australia, he is best known as a judge on All Together Now and The X Factor from 2010 until 2014 and a coach on The Voice in 2016. Keating is active in charity work and has been a charity campaigner for the Marie Keating Foundation, which raises awareness for breast cancer and is named after his mother, who died from the disease in 1998.

               "When You Say Nothing at All" was released as the debut solo single by Irish singer-songwriter Ronan Keating. The song was recorded in 1999 for the soundtrack to the film Notting Hill and also appeared on Keating's debut solo album, Ronan. The song was released on July 26, 1999, in the United Kingdom. It peaked at number one in the UK, Ireland and New Zealand. In the UK, the single was certified gold.

              In 2003, Keating re-recorded the song as a duet with Mexican singer Paulina Rubio in spanglish, which was released in Spain, Mexico and Latin America (excluding Brazil) to promote Keating's second studio album, Destination. In Brazil, Ronan chose the Brazilian singer Deborah Blando to re-record the song in English and English/Portuguese for the 10 Years Of Hits album exclusive for that country. A music video was recorded for this version with Deborah. 

                          

It's amazing how you can speak right to my heart

Without saying any word, you can light up the dark

Try as I may I can never explain

What I hear when you don't say a thing

 

The smile on your face

Lets me know that you need me

There's a truth in your eyes

Saying you'll never leave me

The touch of your hands

Says you'll catch me wherever I fall

You say it best when you say nothing at all

 

All day long I can hear people talking out loud

But when you hold me near

You drown out the crowd (drown out the crowd)

Try as they may they could never define

What's been said between your heart and mine

 

The smile on your face

Lets me know that you need me

There's a truth in your eyes

Saying you'll never leave me

The touch of your hand

Says you'll catch me wherever I fall

You say it best when you say nothing at all

 

(You say it best when you say nothing at all

You say it best when you say nothing at all)

 

The smile on your face

The truth in your eyes

The touch of your hand

Let's me know that you need me.