Brian Wilson demoed this track on a tape recorder in 1978 with a verse, pre-chorus and half a chorus. My vision was to finish writing it, arrange it, and record it from scratch as he may have done it.
I assembled this as part of my ethnomusicology final project at the University of Windsor titled "The Beach Boys & the California Sound", and received guidance and blessings from Beach Boys Al Jardine and Blondie Chaplin, as well as Brian Wilson's Band, poet-lyricist Stephen Kalinich, Ed Roach, Surfer Spud, author Mark Dillon, and Endless Summer Quarterly.
lyrics
Baby, oh baby, you've taken something away from me
Oh baby, oh baby, somehow you've gone astray from me
Ooo, ooo
You've stopped giving me what I wanted for so long
And without you baby life's not so easy and something is wrong
Say you miss the way it used to be
Say you'll make it happen somehow
Say you'll take a chance on love again
Without ending up with a broken heart again
I need it this time
I'm begging you with all my heart
I'm begging you please, please
Please my darling
I'm begging you please, please
Please my darling
I'm begging you please,
And I won't break your heart again oh no
Baby, oh baby, you make my life so wonderful
Oh baby, oh baby, your love is so sensational
Ooo, ooo
Then you stopped giving me what I wanted for so long
And without you baby life's not so easy and something is wrong
Say you miss the way it used to be
Say you'll make it happen somehow
Say you'll take a chance on love again
Without ending up with a broken heart again
I need it this time
I'm begging you with all my heart
I'm begging you please, please
Please my darling
I'm begging you please, please
Please my darling
I'm begging you please,
And I won't break your heart again oh no
credits
released January 22, 2019
Produced by Allesandro Rotondi
All instruments and vocals performed by Allesandro Rotondi
Instruments:
Piano, electric guitars, electric bass, drum kit, tambourine, sleigh bells, synthesizers (marimba, harp)
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