I have three favorite songs.
I usually refer to Poco's A Good Feelin' to Know (not even sure which version I go with as my fave - will let the readers help on that later.) It starts, "When I need good lovin', I always come home to you....". Richie Furay who wrote it and sang lead just gets it.
Enjoy these lyrics:
When I need good lovin'
I always come home to you
You free my lifetime of the blues
Yes I got that old time feelin'
Burnin' deep inside my soul
And I am yours and baby I'm home
And it's a good feelin' to know
It's such a good feelin to know
Oh it's a good feelin' to know
Somebody loves you
Colorado mountains, I can see your
Distant skies
You're bringin' a tear of joy to my eyes
And it's a good feelin' to know
It's such a good feelin to know
Oh it's a good feelin' to know
Somebody loves you
When I need a lift, prepared for a test, sought "help" to get ready to play a ball game I turned to John Fogerty's Creedence Clearwater Revival classic, Up Around The Bend ("There's a place up ahead and I'm goin' just as fast as my feet can fly." As much as I love this song, the ONLY time I came away satisfied hearing it live was this past November at the Beacon.
View its lyrics:
There's a place up ahead and I'm goin'
Just as fast as my feet can fly
Come away, come away if you're goin'
Leave the sinkin' ship behind
Come on the risin' wind
We're goin' up around the bend
Bring a song and a smile for the banjo
Better get while the gettin's good
Hitch a ride to the end of the highway
Where the neons turn to wood
Come on the risin' wind
We're goin' up around the bend
You can ponder perpetual motion
Fix your mind on a crystal day
Always time for good conversation
There's an ear for what you say
Come on the risin' wind
We're goin' up around the bend
Catch a ride to the end of the highway
And we'll meet by the big red tree
There's a place up ahead and I'm goin'
Come along, come along with me
Come on the risin' wind
We're goin' up around the bend
My total testosterone song sung by my fave rock singer, Paul Rodgers, remains Free's All Right Know. It's less about the lyrics but the mood, co-writer Andy Fraser's bass solo and the late Paul Kossoff's searing guitar riffs and fuzz chords. This is a rare live version.
Check out its lyrics:
There she stood in the street
Smilin' from her head to her feet;
I said, "Hey, what is this?
Now maybe, baby,
Maybe she's in need of a kiss."
I said, "Hey, what's your name?
Maybe we can see things the same.
"Now don't you wait, or hesitate.
Let's move before they raise the parking rate."
All right now, baby, it's a-all right now.
All right now, baby, it's a-all right now.
(Let me tell you now)
I took her home to my place,
Watchin' every move on her face;
She said, "Look, what's your game?
Are you tryin' to put me to shame?"
I said "Slow, don't go so fast, don't you think that love can last?"
She said, "Love, Lord above,
Now you're tryin' to trick me in love."
All right now, baby, it's a-all right now.
All right now, baby, it's a-all right now
More AGFTK videos:
Live at Hofstra for In Concert
Current Eagle Timothy B. Schmit sings the lead here after Richie left Poco
2004 Reunion DVD version
Jones Beach 2009
PNC (NJ) 2009
Let me know if you prefer any to the original.