Jim Adams is the gentlemanly host of Song Lyric Sunday. Jim says:
This week we have on Song Lyric Sunday Alone/Confined/Depressed/Isolated /Restless/Solo as the prompt words, a topic that seems to relate to the pandemic that we are all dealing with.
Here are the “rules”:
• Post the lyrics to the song of your choice, whether it fits the theme or not. If it does not fit, then please explain why you chose this song.
• Please try to include the songwriter(s) – it’s a good idea to give credit where credit is due.
• Make sure you also credit the singer/band and if you desire you can provide a link to where you found the lyrics.
• Link to the YouTube video, or pull it into your post so others can listen to the song.
• Ping back to this post or place your link in the comments section below.
• Read at least one other person’s blog, so we can all share new and fantastic music and create amazing new blogging friends in the process.
• Feel free to suggest future prompts.
• Have fun and enjoy the music.
Over 40 years ago, I owned an album of Burt Bacharach hits. This song was on it, and it affects me today the same way it affected me back then. The beauty of the lyrics and the perfect way they are sung make the anguish feel real.
Per wikipedia:
Chuck Jackson (born July 22, 1937) is an American R&B singer who was one of the first artists to record material by Burt Bacharach and Hal David successfully. He has performed with moderate success since 1961. His hits include “I Don’t Want to Cry,” “Any Day Now,” “I Keep Forgettin'”, and “All Over the World”.
Chuck was born in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, and raised in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Between 1957 and 1959, he was a member of The Del(l)-Vikings, singing lead on the 1957 release “Willette.” After leaving them, he was “discovered” by Luther Dixon when he opened for Jackie Wilson at the Apollo Theater. He signed a recording contract with Scepter Records subsidiary Wand Records. “I Don’t Want to Cry,” his first single, which he co-wrote (with Luther Dixon) and recorded in November 1960, was his first hit (released in January 1961.) The song charted on both the R&B and pop charts. Jackson’s popularity in the 1960s prompted him to buy the time on his contract from Scepter and move to Motown Records. There he recorded a number of successful singles, including “Honey Come Back.”
In 1962, Jackson’s recording of the Burt Bacharach-Bob Hilliard song “Any Day Now” became his signature song and was the first version of the song to hit the Billboard Hot 100 chart; it reached number twenty-three in 1962 and spent six weeks in the Top 40. Jackson’s version appeared on his album, which was also titled Any Day Now. The song was Jackson’s highest charting hit on the US pop chart, and also peaked at number two for three weeks on the Hot Black Sides chart.
“Any Day Now” has been recorded by numerous other artists over the years, including Alan Price in 1965, Elvis Presley in 1969, and Ronnie Milsap in 1982.
Any day now I will hear you say goodbye, my love
And you’ll be on your way
Then my wild beautiful bird, you will have flown, oh
Any day now I’ll be all alone, whoa-oa-oa-oa-oa
Any day now, when your restless eyes meet someone new
Oh, to my sad surprise
Then the blue shadows will fall all over town, oh
Any day now love will let me down, whoa-oa-oa-oa-oa
Oh my wild beautiful bird, you will have flown, oh
Any day now I’ll be all alone
I know I shouldn’t want to keep you
If you don’t want to stay-ay
Until you go forever
I’ll be holding on for dear life
Holding you this way
Begging you to stay
Any day now when the clock strikes go
You’ll call it off
And then my tears will flow
Then the blue shadows will fall all over town, oh
Any day now love will let me down cause you won’t be around
Don’t fly away, my beautiful bird
Don’t, don’t fly away
Songwriters: Bob Hilliard / Burt Bacharach
Tao Talk 
Wow, this is a great song. I really like his voice and for 1960, this is a great video.
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Glad you like it. Not sure you saw that is Burt Bacharach on the keyboard. Yes it is good for 1960 — 60 years ago!
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Now I saw that, thanks for pointing that out.
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If you watch it at youtube it’s in the ‘liner notes.’ You’re welcome.
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Great choice! 60 years! Umm I was …nevermind years old. LOL Thanks for the introduction. 😊
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You are very welcome, Jen 🙂
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😊
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Thanks for introducing me to this. Liked this oldie!
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Glad you enjoyed it, Namy!
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Isn’t this a great track! I loved that from start to finish.
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🙂 Glad you like it, Mel. It’s a good’n.
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Vintage Bacharach with one of his best interpreters. (K)
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Yes!
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Great choice! This song used to make me cry, and it still moves me.
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Same here, Nesie. Glad you enjoyed it.
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Love it! Classic from the 60’s! I love that keyboard intro!
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Yes it’s unique for sure, glad you enjoyed the selection 🙂
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Another classic and perfect for the prompt.
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Glad you like it, Maggie 🙂
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New to me and I like it! Most enjoyable. The keyboard opening hooked me right in.
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Glad you enjoyed it, J 🙂
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Great track…I forgot all about this one.
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Glad you like it, Max. Impeccable song, impeccably performed.
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I like the song and all but yes Lisa…it was the performance that knocked me out.
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I’ve always liked this song. Really nice.
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Glad you like it, Ricky.
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I can see why this one means something to you Lisa. It’s wonderful 🙂💕
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Glad you like it, Christine 🙂
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As you may have noticed I am behind on my comments etc. 😕
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No worries. It’s been raining here heavily for hours, which knocks out my internet, which puts me behind also 😦
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Hang in there Lisa! 🙂
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