A1 When I Need You Most Of All
Piano – David Briggs (2)
2:57
A2 Come With
Acoustic Guitar – Chip Young
Organ – David Briggs (2)
4:33
A3 The Winter Comes
Acoustic Guitar – Eddie Hinton
Piano – David Briggs (2)
Steel Guitar, Guitar [Dobro] – Pete Drake
4:58
A4 Softly Rocking
Acoustic Guitar – Eddie Hinton
3:57
A5 After All
Guitar [Electric] – Billy Sanford
Keyboards – David Briggs (2)
3:55
B1 Flying Child
Electric Guitar – Billy Sanford
Organ – David Briggs (2)
Steel Guitar – Pete Drake
3:47
B2 It Will Come To You Again 3:44
B3 Morning Glory
Backing Vocals – Al Dana, David Buskin, Florence Warner
Congas – Farrell Morris
Electric Guitar – Eddie Hinton
Piano – David Briggs (2)
4:13
B4 Just For The Children
Guitar [Acoustic & Electric] – Chip Young
Harpsichord – John Harris (6)
3:41
B5 If I'm Lucky
Backing Vocals – Al Dana, David Buskin, Florence Warner
Electric Guitar – Eddie Hinton
Organ – Glen Spreen
3:58
Arranged By, Conductor [Strings] – Glen Spreen
Bass – Norbert Putnam
Drums, Percussion – Kenny Buttrey
Piano, Acoustic Guitar – David Buskin
Producer – Norbert Putnam
Written-By – D. Buskin*
Piano – David Briggs (2)
2:57
A2 Come With
Acoustic Guitar – Chip Young
Organ – David Briggs (2)
4:33
A3 The Winter Comes
Acoustic Guitar – Eddie Hinton
Piano – David Briggs (2)
Steel Guitar, Guitar [Dobro] – Pete Drake
4:58
A4 Softly Rocking
Acoustic Guitar – Eddie Hinton
3:57
A5 After All
Guitar [Electric] – Billy Sanford
Keyboards – David Briggs (2)
3:55
B1 Flying Child
Electric Guitar – Billy Sanford
Organ – David Briggs (2)
Steel Guitar – Pete Drake
3:47
B2 It Will Come To You Again 3:44
B3 Morning Glory
Backing Vocals – Al Dana, David Buskin, Florence Warner
Congas – Farrell Morris
Electric Guitar – Eddie Hinton
Piano – David Briggs (2)
4:13
B4 Just For The Children
Guitar [Acoustic & Electric] – Chip Young
Harpsichord – John Harris (6)
3:41
B5 If I'm Lucky
Backing Vocals – Al Dana, David Buskin, Florence Warner
Electric Guitar – Eddie Hinton
Organ – Glen Spreen
3:58
Arranged By, Conductor [Strings] – Glen Spreen
Bass – Norbert Putnam
Drums, Percussion – Kenny Buttrey
Piano, Acoustic Guitar – David Buskin
Producer – Norbert Putnam
Written-By – D. Buskin*
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MusicTranscript
00:00You see, my smile is like the summer day
00:28But what if tears begin to fall?
00:35If things get bad, will you be on your way?
00:40Will you be here when I need you most of all?
00:48When grey geese honk across the autumn sky
00:55Will you look up and hear the call?
01:02Will you be like the geese and have to fly?
01:07Will you be here when I need you most of all?
01:12When I am snow blind and it seems that the mountains and the trees are too distant and too tall
01:29When I am having my December dreams
01:34Will you be here when I need you most of all?
01:42When we fight and sit without a word
02:01Watching the flowers climb the wall
02:08Will it be spoken and will it be heard?
02:14Will you be here when I need you most of all?
02:22I don't mean moments of unkindness or anger
02:28There'll be days when the house is just too small
02:35But if I let you see my heart and mind
02:41Will you be here when I need you most of all?
03:04Well, I got to see country and I got to see faces
03:25One place is still a bit small
03:31Fantasy taking me out on the highway
03:37Gliding on top of it all
03:51Won't you come with, jump in the back
03:57Go to Memphis and Fargo and places like that
04:02And I promise you good times, I promise you friends
04:08And you're welcome along until you ask where it ends
04:20Truck driver laughs at my clothes in bad restaurants
04:26I guess that is what a man needs
04:31Waitress, you stay with your beehive red hair
04:36But you're wondering if you could wear beads
04:42You're wondering if you could wear beads
04:46If you could wear beads
04:49If you could wear beads
04:51Won't you come with, jump in the back
04:57Go to Memphis and Fargo and places like that
05:02And I promise you good times, I promise you friends
05:07And you're welcome along until you ask where it ends
05:15The lights of Chicago shine up through the poison
05:25The steel mills in Gary spit flame
05:30But there's a party tonight in Racine
05:34And I think I can find it
05:37But what is her name?
05:42I just can't remember her name
05:46Remember her name
05:49Remember her name
05:51Won't you come with, jump in the back
05:57Go to Memphis and Fargo and places like that
06:02And I promise you good times, I promise you friends
06:07And you're welcome along until you ask where it ends
06:25The meetings and partings go round in my memory
06:30The feeling is too big a load
06:35Cry away dawn in some country motel
06:40I'm tired but still on the road
06:46I'm tired but still on the road
06:50Still on the road
06:53Still on the road
06:55Won't you come with, jump in the back
07:01Go to Memphis and Fargo and places like that
07:06And I promise you good times, I promise you friends
07:12And you're welcome along until you ask where it ends
07:17Won't you come with, jump in the back
07:23Go to Memphis and Fargo and places like that
07:28And I promise you good times, I promise you friends
07:33And you're welcome along until you ask where it ends
07:59The misbegotten huddle in the doorways
08:05The hungry try to catch what they can catch
08:12The old men sleep in the old man's bed
08:18The old men sleep in the old man's bed
08:25The old men sleep in boxes built for colored TVs
08:32And they hope nobody evil strikes a match
08:41Winter comes a curse down on the boundary
08:48Shrieking like a witch across the moon
08:56And the sacred sip of wine won't keep them warm enough
09:03Or long enough
09:05The winter's coming soon
09:12Coming soon
09:17Instrumental
09:29Mannequins in mink are from the thirties
09:36With patrician smiles they stare into the night
09:44Are they scheming, are they dreaming of the Prince of Wales?
09:53If they do it over, will they get it right?
10:01Winter comes a chill on 52nd
10:08On a wind that's meant to rattle precious stones
10:16And the coaches of the powerful pull up
10:22And all the footmen feel the winter in their bones
10:32In their bones
10:37Instrumental
10:49Skinny Mr. Eightball has the shivers
10:57He can hardly even hold his cigarette
11:04His fingers cracked for good in 1943
11:12And he couldn't snap them even on a bed
11:21The winter comes a stranger on MacDougall
11:28To the crazy with his pinpoint eyes aflame
11:36And he grabs you by the collar of your coat
11:42And tries to tell you that the winter knows his name
11:52It knows his name, yeah
11:58It knows his name
12:03Instrumental
12:32Skinny Mr. Eightball
13:02Instrumental
13:11If you ride out to the valley
13:16You can see her sitting there
13:21In the morning, in the evening
13:27Never moving from her chair
13:32Softly rocking, softly rocking
13:37Mother Anna, take your rest
13:42You have lived in Missouri sunshine
13:47But the sun is heading west
13:52Well, she has that look about her
13:57She won't be here very long
14:02But when her boys lived out there with her
14:07She was different, she was strong
14:12Mama, Mama, they cried to her
14:18We don't want to go to war
14:23And she told them, serve your country
14:28Like your father did before
14:33Softly rocking, softly rocking
14:38Mother Anna, take your rest
14:43You have lived in Missouri sunshine
14:48But the sun is heading west
14:53Well, the first two set her talking
14:58To their pictures on the wall
15:03But young Andy was her baby
15:09Now she doesn't talk at all
15:14She gets medals from the Congress
15:19Ghostly writers call her brave
15:24But she doesn't keep the letters
15:29There is nothing there to save
15:35Softly rocking, softly rocking
15:40Mother Anna, take your rest
15:45You have lived in Missouri sunshine
15:50But the sun is heading west
15:55Well, they write it and they shout it
16:00We are winding down the war
16:05But for some they wound too slowly
16:10She can't hear them anymore
16:15Softly rocking, softly rocking
16:20Mother Anna, take your rest
16:26You have lived in Missouri sunshine
16:31But the sun is heading west
16:36Yeah, the sun is heading west
16:55Softly rocking, softly rocking
17:00Mother Anna, take your rest
17:05You have lived in Missouri sunshine
17:10But the sun is heading west
17:15Well, they write it and they shout it
17:20Well, if there's any port in this here storm
17:25I'd put myself outside a fifth of it
17:32The thing about a fire, it should keep you warm
17:40Especially when it's you that's getting lit
17:47Let's have a song for the strummer
17:51Who helped you through the summer
17:55That then turned into a bummer in the fall
18:02Singing, sometimes you need it
18:06Sometimes you try to lead it
18:10It depends on how you read it after all
18:18Will you then desert me if I anchor here
18:27Just I've had enough and here we are
18:34How come you don't remember when you had the fear
18:42And I was up there shining like a star
18:49So let's have a song for the sailor
18:53Who tried to be a whaler
18:57But ended up a bailer in the squall
19:04Singing, sometimes you need it
19:08Sometimes you only feed it
19:11It depends on how you read it after all
19:30Maybe what we're looking for is in this glass
19:38Who knows what the deep down devil drinks
19:45I had a chance to join him but I let it pass
19:53It's not as good as everybody thinks
19:59So let's have a song for the singer
20:04Who dressed up like a swinger
20:07Then saw the moving finger on the wall
20:14Writing, sometimes you need it
20:18Sometimes you think you've seen it
20:22But you never really need it after all
20:33After all
20:37Yeah, yeah
20:41After all
21:08Silver wings and silver smile
21:12Pick me up and put me down
21:16Let me be your flying child
21:19Drop me gently in another town
21:24Party in a banjo store
21:28Wanted me for one more day
21:32What you going flying for
21:35All it ever gets you is away
21:40Fly away, flying child
21:43Fly away, flying child
21:47Fly away, flying child
21:50Fly away, flying child
21:55Places to get off or on
21:59Written on the map in red
22:03Broken lines to Oregon
22:07Broken conversation in my head
22:12Doesn't matter where you land
22:16Just get out and sing your song
22:20Just get out and sing your song
22:23Everyone will shake your hand
22:27But remember, never stay too long
22:31Fly away, flying child
22:34Fly away, flying child
22:38Fly away, flying child
22:41Fly away, flying child
22:45Look at all the farms
22:47If I'd been born down there
22:49Then I'd be farming too
22:55Little squares of land
22:57You never leave them
22:59Once they get a hold on you
23:02That's not true, it is true
23:05Seven thousand up to ten
23:08Feel the big jet sucking air
23:12Flying child is off again
23:15Leaving any here for any there
23:19Fly away, flying child
23:23Fly away, flying child
23:26Fly away, flying child
23:30Fly away, flying child
23:33Looking in my eyes, she asked me
23:36How can you be reached if you're not home?
23:42How could I explain
23:45The ones that really get the highest
23:49Fly along everywhere
23:52All alone, I don't care
23:55I do care
23:57Silver wings and silver smile
24:00Pick me up and put me down
24:03Let me be your flying child
24:08Drop me gently in another town
24:12Fly away, flying child
24:15Fly away, flying child
24:19Fly away, flying child
24:22Fly away, flying child
24:37Fly away, flying child
25:02You look to be a hurt one
25:06I've seen your face before
25:10You felt so much one time
25:13That now you don't feel anymore
25:18I don't know if you hear me
25:22You hardly ever smile
25:26But your hand is around my heart
25:29So let me sing to you a while
25:33Then you can let the music take you
25:38Follow where it leads
25:41Or turn it any way you want to
25:45And make it what you need
25:50Lose yourself in dreaming
25:53Or seek yourself in pain
25:57And maybe find yourself in loving
26:01It will come to you again
26:12Your gaze goes off to nowhere
26:15Your eyes are shining bright
26:20Whatever have you seen
26:23That left you shaking at the sight
26:27I know I can't undo it
26:31And I can't pull you through
26:35But let me give you what I can
26:39And let me sing to you
26:42And you can let the music take you
26:47Follow where it leads
26:50Or turn it any way you want to
26:54And make it what you need
26:59Lose yourself in dreaming
27:02Or seek yourself in pain
27:06And maybe find yourself in loving
27:10It will come to you again
27:15guitar solo
27:20I sing to you of summer
27:24And I sing to you of snow
27:28The places I have been to
27:32And the places I will go
27:36The song for you to laugh at
27:40The song to make you cry
27:44The song about I love you
27:48And a song about goodbye
27:51And you can let the music take you
27:56Follow where it leads
27:59Or turn it any way you want to
28:03And make it what you need
28:07Lose yourself in dreaming
28:11Or seek yourself in pain
28:14And maybe find yourself in loving
28:18It will come to you again
28:22It will come to you again
28:26It will come to you
28:30Again
28:34guitar solo
28:45drums play in bright rhythm
28:54Well, I am just
28:59Another subway soldier
29:02On the ground
29:04I ride around the city
29:06With my ears and eyes on fire
29:09And a straight line
29:10Where my mouth used to be found
29:13In the window of my house
29:16I grew some flowers
29:18To remind me of the life
29:20That I don't see
29:23And every morning now
29:25I hold a one-way conversation
29:28I talk to them
29:29And they look back at me
29:31And they hear me talking
29:32Morning glory glory
29:34In the morning
29:36Well, I wish that I could
29:38Show my face like you
29:41And I wonder where you curl up into
29:44Every afternoon
29:46Sometimes I wish
29:47That I could go there too
29:50Well, sometimes I wish
29:52That I could go there too
29:56guitar solo
29:59Flowers in the city
30:01Are like secrets
30:03They have to fight
30:05To see the light of day
30:08And when they finally make it
30:10It's a mother nature miracle
30:13That they haven't changed
30:14Their colors on the way
30:16And hear me talking
30:18Morning glory glory
30:20In the morning
30:22Well, I wish that I could
30:24Show my face like you
30:27And I wonder where you curl up into
30:30Every afternoon
30:32Sometimes I wish
30:33That I could go there too
30:36Well, sometimes I wish
30:38That I could go there too
30:45People on the corner
30:47Selling wisdom of the East
30:50Would you like to understand
30:53I think I'll change religions
30:56Or I'll change my clothes at least
30:58Cause I wouldn't want
31:00My cupboard to be blown
31:03And it's hard to be together
31:05And alone
31:07I'm a stranger in a land
31:09That's not my own
31:12But there must have been a place
31:14Where I was grown like a flower
31:17Morning glory glory
31:19In the morning
31:21Well, I wish that I could
31:22Show my face like you
31:25And I wonder where you curl up into
31:28Every afternoon
31:30Sometimes I wish
31:31That I could go there too
31:35Sometimes I wish
31:36That I could go there too
31:44Summer in New England
31:46With sons of millionaires
31:48Everybody playing black
31:50And singing blues
31:53Searching for the country
31:55But the country isn't there
31:57And I fear I never had one
31:59I could lose
32:01And it's only paving
32:03Underneath my shoes
32:06And I never paid
32:07The cotton picking dues
32:10There's got to be some roots
32:12That I can use
32:14Like a flower
32:15I'm a flower
32:16Help me be flower
32:18Morning glory glory
32:19In the morning
32:22Well, I wish that I could
32:23Show my face like you
32:26And I wonder where you curl up into
32:29Every afternoon
32:31Sometimes I wish
32:32That I could go there too
32:36Sometimes I wish
32:37That I could go
32:38Sometimes I wish
32:39That I could go
32:40Sometimes I wish
32:41That I could go there
32:48There too
32:49Won't go there too
33:05playing in bright rhythm
33:18Spend my days in the sunshine
33:21Telling fortunes for the children
33:29Mend your ways
33:30She keeps telling me
33:32She knows I'm more than willing
33:40Don't know what she thinks
33:42I ought to do
33:45I'm too old to mess
33:46with something new
33:51Spend my days in the sunshine
33:54Telling fortunes for the children
33:58Just for the children
34:05Long ago all the grown-ups
34:08Took so many things for granted
34:13playing in bright rhythm
34:17Don't you know they would never
34:20Let me write my name left-handed
34:28I had to fit where they said I belonged
34:34Right is right
34:35And so the left was wrong
34:39Long ago all the grown-ups
34:42Took so many things for granted
34:46Took me for granted
34:53When I die I will hear the children
34:57Playing up above me
35:05And I wish there could be one
35:08Who would carry some part of me
35:16Son or daughter that we never had
35:22I don't blame her
35:24But it's still too bad
35:28When I die maybe there will be
35:31A playground up above me
35:34Way above me
35:39guitar solo
35:47Spend my days in the sunshine
35:50Telling fortunes for the children
35:58Mend your ways she keeps telling me
36:02She knows I'm more than willing
36:09I don't know what she thinks I ought to do
36:15I'm too old to mess with something new
36:21Spend my days in the sunshine
36:24Telling fortunes for the children
36:28Just for the children
36:33Just for the children
36:39Just for the children
36:59guitar solo
37:08piano solo
37:19If I'm lucky I will tremble
37:25If I'm lucky I will try
37:30If I'm lucky I won't wait
37:35For fiery words across the sky
37:41If I'm lucky I'll run out
37:46Of little solos to perform
37:52If I'm lucky all my dreams of ice
37:58Will melt to something warm
38:04If I'm lucky
38:15If you're lucky you'll have choices
38:21If you're lucky you will choose
38:26If you're lucky you will dance with limbs
38:32You never thought you'd use
38:37If you're lucky you will see
38:42That you don't have to take the blame
38:48If you're lucky you'll get angry
38:54And you will not feel ashamed
38:59If you're lucky
39:12I'm not feeding your illusions
39:15I don't want to tell you lies
39:23But I need you when I read
39:26The brown confusion of your eyes
39:31Look, we've made each other bright
39:40Yeah
39:44If we're lucky I will love you
39:50If we're lucky you will love me
39:56If we're lucky we will say it once
40:02And then we'll let it be
40:07And where I had been
40:12Yeah
40:14Where do the virgin breathe
40:19We can look back
40:22On old friends like that
40:26And laugh at where we've been
40:31If we're lucky
40:37If we're lucky
40:41Yeah
40:43If we're lucky
40:52If we're lucky