Originally Posted by petegz28:
Yes, one of my favorite Manilow songs. I have no quams admitting that I lile him though I didn't start to really appreciate him until I got older.
Same here. He was just a guy on the radio when I was a kid. He became a guy with perfect pitch (for music class) and a singer of beautiful songs later. [Reply]
You know, when I realize that stuff like this is twenty five years old...my joints start creaking.
Guess I'll add lyrics.
One night In Iowa, he and I in a borrowed car
Went driving in the summer, promises in every star
Out in the distance I could hear some people laughing
I felt my heart beat back a weekend's worth of sadness
There was a farmhouse that had long since been deserted
We stopped and carved our hearts into the wooden surface
We thought just for an instant we could see the future
We thought for once we knew what really was important
Coming up close
Everything sounds like welcome home
Come home and oh, by the way
Don't you know that I could make a dream that's barely half-awake come true
I wanted to say - but anything I could have said I felt somehow that you already knew
We got back in the car and listened to a Dylan tape
We drove around the fields until it started getting late
And I went back to my hotel room on the highway
And he just got back in his car and drove away
Coming up close
Everything sounds like welcome home
Come home and oh, by the way
Don't you know that I could make a dream that's barely half-awake come true
I wanted to say - but anything I could have said I felt somehow that you already knew
Coming up close
Everything sounds like welcome home
Come home
Coming up close
Everything sounds like welcome home
Come home Come on home [Reply]
Originally Posted by Dr. Johnny Fever:
This is a beautiful song. Michael McDonald (Doobie Brothers and solo career) on back up vocals like only Michael McDonald can.
