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.
Whoa oh, whoa oh
Whoa oh, whoa oh
I'm driving home in the pouring rain
I'm getting tired of the song that's playing
All I want is a reason, you've got to give me something
You know it's really hard to concentrate
I'm getting tired of the words you're saying
Don't tell me you're waiting, I would be all you wanted
Give me something else ...
So if you take a chance then you won't regret it
Cause I'll take your hand and I'll keep you betting on me
All the things that I do to you
Everything that this is turning into
You've gotta close your eyes & I'll show you something
We can spend some time and I'll keep you running to me
All the time I would spend with you
Everything I could learn about you
I'll be something, I'll be all you wanted
Whoa oh, whoa oh
Whoa oh, whoa oh
Here we are in the pouring rain
It's pretty clear you're a chance worth taking
I can tell that you're waiting for me to give you something
Now there's nothing left to complicate
Little words that are not worth saying
You have got to believe me
I would be all you wanted
Give me something else
So if you take a chance then you won't regret it
Cause I'll take your hand and I'll keep you betting on me
All the things that I do to you
Everything that this is turning into
You've gotta close your eyes & I'll show you something
We can spend some time and I'll keep you running to me
All the time I would spend with you
Everything I could learn about you
I'll be something, I'll be all you wanted
Take me or leave me
It's not what you think
This could be something that no one could fake
If you do just try to change your mind
But sooner or later you're likely to break
I won't be waiting to fix your mistakes
Give me something else
So if you take a chance then you won't regret it
Cause I'll take your hand and I'll keep you betting
All the things that I do to you
Anything this is ...
Take a chance then you won't regret it
Cause I'll take your hand and I'll keep you betting on me
All the things that I do to you
Everything that this is turning into
You've gotta close your eyes & I'll show you something
We can spend some time and I'll keep you running to me
All the time I would spend with you
Everything I could learn about you
I'll be something, I'll be all you wanted
Whoa oh, whoa oh
I'm driving home in the pouring rain
I'm getting tired of the song that's playing
All I want is a reason, you've got to give me something
You know it's really hard to concentrate
I'm getting tired of the words you're saying
Don't tell me you're waiting, I would be all you wanted
Give me something else ...
So if you take a chance then you won't regret it
Cause I'll take your hand and I'll keep you betting on me
All the things that I do to you
Everything that this is turning into
You've gotta close your eyes & I'll show you something
We can spend some time and I'll keep you running to me
All the time I would spend with you
Everything I could learn about you
I'll be something, I'll be all you wanted
Whoa oh, whoa oh
Whoa oh, whoa oh
Here we are in the pouring rain
It's pretty clear you're a chance worth taking
I can tell that you're waiting for me to give you something
Now there's nothing left to complicate
Little words that are not worth saying
You have got to believe me
I would be all you wanted
Give me something else
So if you take a chance then you won't regret it
Cause I'll take your hand and I'll keep you betting on me
All the things that I do to you
Everything that this is turning into
You've gotta close your eyes & I'll show you something
We can spend some time and I'll keep you running to me
All the time I would spend with you
Everything I could learn about you
I'll be something, I'll be all you wanted
Take me or leave me
It's not what you think
This could be something that no one could fake
If you do just try to change your mind
But sooner or later you're likely to break
I won't be waiting to fix your mistakes
Give me something else
So if you take a chance then you won't regret it
Cause I'll take your hand and I'll keep you betting
All the things that I do to you
Anything this is ...
Take a chance then you won't regret it
Cause I'll take your hand and I'll keep you betting on me
All the things that I do to you
Everything that this is turning into
You've gotta close your eyes & I'll show you something
We can spend some time and I'll keep you running to me
All the time I would spend with you
Everything I could learn about you
I'll be something, I'll be all you wanted
Lyrics submitted by 5seasons
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