Song Lyric Sunday was created by Helen Vahdati from This Thing Called Life One Word at a Time and author Jim Adams from A Unique Title For Me is our current guest host. For complete rules or to join in the fun, click here.
This week’s theme is “Ocean/Sea/Lake/Bay.”
I went down the street and around the corner to make this week’s theme jive with my song pic. 😀
Get Here was written and recorded by American singer and songwriter Brenda Russell. The title track of her fourth studio album Get Here (1988), it became a moderate hit on the Billboard R&B chart on the heels of the album’s massive first hit, Piano in the Dark.
American vocalist Oleta Adams recorded the song in 1990, making it a major international hit that reached the top 5 in both the US and the UK. Adams’ version of Get Here, co-produced by Roland Orzabal from the band Tears for Fears (for whom she had performed the female vocals on the hit single, Woman in Chains a year earlier), became her signature song.
How far did I stretch to reach this week’s theme? In the second verse, she sings, “you can reach me by sailboat,” and that takes WATER… ocean/Sea/Lake/Bay, so… see? Oh hush. Don’t judge me! 😀
Enjoy!
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Get Here
[Verse 1]
You can reach me by railway
You can reach me by trail-way
You can reach me on an airplane
You can reach me with your mind
You can reach me by caravan
Cross the desert like an Arab man
I don’t care how you get here, just get here if you can
You can reach me by sailboat
Climb a tree and swing rope to rope
Take a sled and slide down slow, into these arms of mine
You can jump on a speedy colt
Cross the border in a blaze of hope
I don’t care how you get here, just get here if you can
There are hills and mountains between us
Always something to get over
If I had my way, then surely you would be closer
I need you closer
(Musical break)
There are hills and mountains between us
Always something to get over
If I had my way, then surely you would be closer
I need you closer
You can windsurf into my life
Take me up on a carpet ride
You can make it in a big balloon
But you better make it soon
You can reach me by caravan
Cross the desert like an Arab man
I don’t care how you get here, just get here if you can
I don’t care, I don’t care, I need you right here right now
I need you right here, right now, right by my side
Yeah,yeah, yeah, yeah
I don’t care how you get here, just- get here if you can
Felicia Denise, Author 
Gorgeous song!
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Glad you enjoyed it! Thanks for stopping by. 😊
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I ❤ this song! no judgment from me. It works well!!! 🙂
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LOL! Thank you! 😁😁
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Oleta Adams has a lovely voice, the piano is nice and I love the lyrics. No one is judging you about the sailboat, especially after adding this fantastic song.
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She has a beautiful and strong voice. I like the lyrics. I remember her voice on the T4F “Woman in Chains” and loved it then. Great choice for the prompt today!
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I always loved this song! Thanks for choosing it! 🙂
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One of my faves!
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Mine too! See how far I stretched the theme prompt to use it? 😂😂😂
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You’re good Fel! 🙂
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