Just listening for the 784,654th time....and it's just perfect in every way. Just incredible. The only reason it was remade was to scoop up a boatload of money from a more modern and accepting audience. But it is a completely different song than the other one that sounds slapped together in a few takes without a thought for the meaning.
This song captivates me still, after 50+ years. Takes me to the deep South and the poverty of some who lived thru truly hard times. And the powerful spirit of a poor young girl being abandoned to her future with only a red dress and her wits to keep her alive.
She not only stayed alive, she turned her hard beginnings around, became self sufficient, successful and someone with respect for herself. She didn't let the naysayers and judgers stop her. She's the one sitting in the drivers seat at the end.
So, not a song about a poor girl, but a song of hope and how you can rise up no matter how far down you started.
There is a huge difference between a singer who simply belts out a song that is on a page in front of them, and someone who can convey an entire experience with their voice. Telling not just a story with words, but taking you inside it and making you feel like you are there, with their interpretation.
Wise men
Thinking of numbers
Shaken not stirred
But I hang
Hang on your every word
These days
I roll with the punches
Always your clown
Do you remember when
We used to paint this town
Red gold green and blue
If you still believe in me
And you
Don't walk away
I know I'll find an answer
If you stay
Don't walk away
There's nothing in tomorrow
That wasn't there in yesterday
Oh no no no no no
All the heartache
Too many nights
In the heartbreak hotel
Don't you give up
Love is a carousel
Put on your dancing shoes
And we can paint this town
Red gold green and blue
If you still believe in me
And you
Don't walk away
I know I'll find an answer
If you stay
Don't walk away
There's nothing in tomorrow
That wasn't there in yesterday
I'm sad that's all
This can't be the end
It's not my fault
The rain on the roof
Reach out
Reach out
I'm drownin' not waving
Reach out
Reach out
Before it's too late
To save our love
Baby don't you walk away
Oh no
Don't walk away
I know I'll find an answer
If you stay
Don't walk away
There's nothing in tomorrow
That wasn't there in yesterday
Don't walk away
Don't walk away
No just stay
Baby don't walk away
(Every cloud has got a silver lining)
Don't walk away
Baby don't walk away
(If you look hard enough you'll find love shining)
Don't walk away
(Every cloud has got a silver lining)
No no no no no no
Thinking of numbers
Shaken not stirred
But I hang
Hang on your every word
These days
I roll with the punches
Always your clown
Do you remember when
We used to paint this town
Red gold green and blue
If you still believe in me
And you
Don't walk away
I know I'll find an answer
If you stay
Don't walk away
There's nothing in tomorrow
That wasn't there in yesterday
Oh no no no no no
All the heartache
Too many nights
In the heartbreak hotel
Don't you give up
Love is a carousel
Put on your dancing shoes
And we can paint this town
Red gold green and blue
If you still believe in me
And you
Don't walk away
I know I'll find an answer
If you stay
Don't walk away
There's nothing in tomorrow
That wasn't there in yesterday
I'm sad that's all
This can't be the end
It's not my fault
The rain on the roof
Reach out
Reach out
I'm drownin' not waving
Reach out
Reach out
Before it's too late
To save our love
Baby don't you walk away
Oh no
Don't walk away
I know I'll find an answer
If you stay
Don't walk away
There's nothing in tomorrow
That wasn't there in yesterday
Don't walk away
Don't walk away
No just stay
Baby don't walk away
(Every cloud has got a silver lining)
Don't walk away
Baby don't walk away
(If you look hard enough you'll find love shining)
Don't walk away
(Every cloud has got a silver lining)
No no no no no no
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