Listen to Darling Be Home Soon by Joe Cocker

Darling Be Home Soon

Joe Cocker

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Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS

Joe Cocker

Performer

Chris Stainton

Piano

Alan Spenner

Bass Guitar

Bruce Rowland

Drums

Henry McCullough

Henry McCullough

Guitar

Merry Clayton

Background Vocals

Bonnie Bramlett

Bonnie Bramlett

Background Vocals

Rita Coolidge

Background Vocals

Patrice Holloway

Patrice Holloway

Background Vocals

Shirley Matthews

Shirley Matthews

Background Vocals

COMPOSITION & LYRICS

John Sebastian

Songwriter

Leon Russell

Arranger

Chris Stainton

Arranger

The Grease Band

The Grease Band

Arranger

PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING

Denny Cordell

Producer

Leon Russell

Producer

Glyn Johns

Mixing Engineer

Henry Lewy

Engineer

Brian Ingoldsby

Brian Ingoldsby

Engineer

Lyrics

Come

And talk of all the things we did today

Hear

And laugh about our funny little ways

While we have a few minutes

To breathe

And I know that it's time

You must leave

Oh, but darling be home soon

(Darling, be home soon)

I couldn't bear to wait

An extra minute if you dawdled

And my darling be home soon

(Darling, be home soon)

It's not just these few hours

That I've been waiting since you toddled

For the great relief of

Having you to talk to

(Talk to)

(Talk to)

And now

A quarter of my life is almost past

I think I've come to see myself at last

And I see that the time

Spent confused

Was the time that I spent

Without you

And I feel myself in bloom

Oh, but darling be home soon

(Darling, be home soon)

I couldn't bear to wait

An extra minute if you dawdled

My darling be home soon

(Darling, be home soon)

It's not just these few hours

But I've been waiting since you toddled

For the great relief of

Having you to talk to

(Talk to)

(Talk to)

Yeah

Oh, but darling be home soon

(Darling, be home soon)

I couldn't bear to wait

An extra minute if you dawdled, yeah

Oh, my darling be home soon

(Darling, be home soon)

It's not just these few hours

But I've been waiting since you toddled

For the great relief of

Having you to talk to

(Talk to)

(Talk to)

Go

(Go)

And beat your crazy head against the sky

(Beat your head against the sky)

Try

And see beyond the houses in your eyes

It's so gray out to shoot the moon

Oh, my darling be home soon

(Darling, be home soon)

I couldn't bear to wait

An extra minute if you dawdled

And my darling be home soon

(Darling, be home soon)

It's not just these few hours

But I've been waiting since you toddled

For the great relief of

Having you to talk to

(Someone to talk to)

For the great relief of

Having you to talk to

(Someone to talk to)

For the great relief of

Having you to talk to

(Someone to talk to)

Written by: John Sebastian

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