Credits
PERFORMING ARTISTS
Van Morrison
Guitar
Garry Sherman
Conductor
Eric Gale
Guitar
Hugh McCracken
Guitar
Al Gorgoni
Guitar
Donald Thomas
Guitar
Russ Savakus
Bass
Bob Bushnell
Bass
Herb Lovelle
Drums
Gary Chester
Drums
George Devens
Percussion
Artie Butler
Keyboards
Seldon Powell
Keyboards
Jeff Barry
Tambourine
Cissy Houston
Background Vocals
Dee Dee Warwick
Background Vocals
Bert Russell
Conductor
Myrna Smith
Background Vocals
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Van Morrison
Songwriter
Garry Sherman
Arranger
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Bert Russell
Producer
Brooks Arthur
Engineer
Lyrics
One, two, three, four
Little Jimmy's gone way out of the backstreet
Way out of the window
Into the fallin' rain
Down he's right on time
Right on time
That's why Broken Arrow
Waved his finger down the road so dark and narrow
In the evenin'
Just before the Sunday six-bells chime, yeah
And all the dogs are barkin'
Way on down the diamond-studded highway
Where you wander
And you roam from your retreat and view
Way over on the railroad
All the tippin' trucks will unload
Together on the scrapbooks
That you laid down stuck will glue
And I'll stand beside you
Beside you
Oh, child
Never, never, never wonder why at all, no
Never, never, never, never, never wonder why at all
To never, never, never, never, never wonder why at all
Why it's gotta be
And I'm hip to it
Across the crimson pavements way out in the country
Where you'll find the hillside mountains glide
The dynamo of your smile caressed the barefoot virgin child
To wander by your window in nighttime, cross the sad
You didn't believe it when you had to
His ecstasy surrounds you
Through the night they all past your time
You go away or you go so
The point way of island breeze
I cut the foot left's of the silence easy and be there
In the night you cried this birds are healing
They tell you that everything is alright
Go well and do it one more time, babe
And you say that you're satisfied
You hold a lamp in the doorway and you killed your freedom
The freedom kills, on your mind
The night they caught you to your knot
And then you breathe in-out, in-out
You breathe just like that, you said, "How?"
And then it get you with you, gets you
And when it gets you may not know it's got you
'Til you turn around and tap me on the shoulder
And I'm standin' right beside you
Beside you
Oh, child
To never, never, never, never wonder why at all
Never, never
To never, never, never, never, never wonder why at all
Never, never, never, never wonder why at all
It's gonna be
It's gonna be
And I'll stand there beside you
Beside you
Child
To never, never, never, never, never wonder why at all
Where did you go?
While I'm standin' beside you
My, my sweet
My sweet eyes, my sweet love
My sweet meat, yeah
Standin' right beside you
Writer(s): Van Morrison
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