Από το άλμπουμ Child Is Father to the Man
Ο τραγουδοποιός και μουσικός, Al Kooper ήταν η ιδιοφυΐα πίσω από το αρχικό άλμπουμ Blood, Sweat & Tears, Child Is Father to the Man, που κυκλοφόρησε τον Φεβρουάριο του 1968 από την Columbia Records. Με τη συγχώνευση τζαζ, ροκ, μπλουζ και σόουλ, ήταν μοναδικό εκείνη την εποχή, αν και ήταν λιγότερο εμπορικά επιτυχημένο από τις επόμενες κυκλοφορίες τους χωρίς την ηγεσία του Κούπερ.
If I ever leave you, babyYou can say I told you soAnd if I ever hurt youYou know, I hurt myself as well
Is that any way for a man to carry onDo you think I want my loved one goneSaid I love youMore than you’ll ever knowMore than you’ll ever know
When I wasn’t making much moneyYou know where my paycheck wentYou know, I brought it home to you, babyAnd I never spent a red cent
Is that any way for a man to carry onDo you think I want my loved one goneSaid I love youMore than you’ll ever know, yeahMore than you’ll ever know
Now listen to thisI’m not trying to be just any kind of manNo, I ain’tI’m just trying to be somebodyYou can love, trust and understandI know, I know, I know that I can beA part of you that no one else could see, yeahBut I gotta hear you sayI got to hear you sayIt’s alright
I’m only flesh and bloodBut I can be anything that you demandI can be King of everythingOr just a tiny grain of sandNow tell me
Is that anyway for a man to carry onDo you think that I want my loved one goneI love youMore than you’ll ever knowI said I love youI love you, I love you, heyDon’t want nobody else but you
