I changed the lyrics of this a little. The original recorded version had the line "I want to be your boyfriend not your boss" which sounded too much like Dylan's line "I want to be your lover, I don't want to be your boss." I sang it as "I do not want this moment to be lost" when I did a solo acoustic version.
Listen here: Blue 88's version, Ben's solo acoustic version
Lately I’ve been thinking
you’re the best thing that I’ve ever come across
And I don’t care what all my friends say
Come on now and hold me dear
I do not want this moment to be lost
And I can’t stand to see you weeping that way
So let me try to be gentle
Let me try to be fair
Don’t say that you don’t care when I know that you do
Let me try to be gentle
Gentle with you
Girl it makes me sick to think
about the things I went and did to you
Where I come from they call that crazy
Girl it makes me weak to think
about the things I went and put you through
My blindness never ceases to amaze me
So let me try to be gentle
Let me try to be fair
Don’t say that you don’t care when I know that you do
Let me try to be gentle
Gentle with you
Far away I know is
Where I’ve been
And I’ll admit that I
Forgotten why
I ever looked for answers in
A foreign place
Answers in a foreign place
Lately I’ve been thinking
you’re the best thing that I’ve ever come across
And I don’t care what all my friends say
Come on now and hold me dear
I do not want this moment to be lost
And I can’t stand to see you weeping that way
So let me try to be gentle Let me try to be fair Don’t say that you don’t care when I know that you do Let me try to be gentle Gentle with you
From The Blue Eighty Eights, released January 1, 2003
From The Blue Eighty Eights Live at the Stinger (03.13.03), released July 2, 2019
From Benjamin Adair Murphy presents: "12 Bars of Blues", released June 16, 2018
Blue 88's version:
Benjamin Adair Murphy- guitar/ vocals Derek Nievergelt - bass Allison Langerak- lead vocals Roy Gurel - lead guitar Tzafrir Lichtenstein – drums
Music and lyrics by Benjamin Adair Murphy ASCAP (464341364). Published by Watery Grave Music ASCAP (396517127)
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