bob dylan
Though written sometimes early in the sixties, Dylan didn't officially release this himself until US "Greatest Hits Vol.II", 1971. And then with pleasing assistanse from Happy Traum. Three more unreleased famous songs got the same treatment during the same September recording session: "I Shall Be Released", "You Ain't Goin' Nowhere" and "Down in the Flood" (Crash on the Levee).
Canadian duo "Ian and Sylvia" was first to release this one, in July 1963, following a LOT of folk singers, added such artists as Elvis Presley, Dion and Rod Stewart. Dylan CUT it first, December 1962, but this wasn't released until "The Bootleg Series Vol. 9 - The Witmark Demos: 1962-1964" finally saw the sunlight in October 2010.
if today was not an endless highway
if tonight was not a crooked trail
if tomorrow wasn't such a long time
then lonesome would mean nothing to you at all
yes and only if my own true love was waitin'
yes and if I could hear her heart a-softly poundin'
only if she was lyin' by me
then I'd lie in my bed once again
I can't see my reflection in the water
I can't speak the sounds that show no pain
I can't hear the echo of my footsteps
or can't remember the sound of my own name
there's beauty in the silver singing river
there's beauty in the sunrise in the sky
but none of these and nothing else can touch the beauty
that I remember in my true love's eyes
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A D A if today was not an endless highway D A if tonight was not a crooked trail Bm E A if tomorrow wasn't such a long time Bm E A ...A7 then lonesome would mean nothing to you at all D E A yes and only if my own true love was waitin' D E A yes and if I could hear her heart a-softly poundin' D E A [...F#m] only if she was lyin' by me Bm E A then I'd lie in my bed once again
