Lie with me (Eric Andersen)

Lie With me (Eric Andersen) — Comparison of lyrics This is a song Eric "wrote twice" ^. The first version appeared on the 1970 album Eric Andersen. The second version first appeared on the 1991 album Stages* with the same chorus but all new verses. Further refinement produced the version Eric has performed in concert since the early 1990s and which appeared on the 1994 trio album Ridin' on the Blinds. In the chart below, lyrics in purple highlight changes between the 1994 and 1991 versions and also the 1991 and 1970 versions.
Live version (from early 1990s) / Ridin' on the Blinds (1994)	Stages: The Lost Album (1991)	Eric Andersen (1970)
Chorus: Lie with me and be my love just for now Stay with me all through the night Be as close to me as you can be Til morning sets you free When you saw me I was broken, I was scattered like the dust Like the way you feel sometimes, when you feel too much You put your hands around me, like a shadow 'round the sun When I thought that it was finished it had only just begun Chorus You shine above the morning as I turn to face the east You showed me how to give away things I never meant to keep Your love is rolling like a wave that breaks right over me One hand can hold the other but can never stop the sea Chorus Your body looks so golden standing naked in the sun Your skin it feels so holy as close as the earth can come The sea can wash a stone to sand and the wind can break your bones I wonder what you're doing now when you are alone Chorus	Chorus: So lie with me and be my love just for now Stay with me all through the night Be as close to me as you can be Til morning sets you free (Once) again When you saw me I was broken, I was scattered in the dust Like the way you feel sometimes, when you feel too much You put your hands around my face like a circle 'round the sun When I thought that it was finished it had only just begun Chorus You shine across the morning as I turn to face the east You told me how to give away things never meant to keep Your love is rolling like a wave that breaks right over me One hand can hold the ocean but will never stop the sea Chorus Your skin it looks so golden standing naked in the sun Your soul it feels so holy as close as the earth can come A wave can cut a stone to sand and the wind can break your bones I'm wondering how you're doing now when you are alone Chorus	Chorus: Lie with me and be my love just for now Stay with me all through the night Be as close to me as you can be Til morning sets you free (Again) He was just a prisoner Prisoner of your pain Whose sentence was to serve you Let you love again If you go away, He’ll still be singing in his chains Behind the walls of knowing There was no such thing as blame Chorus Deeper than the ocean Wider than the sea The loneliness you harbored from A love that was deceived How did you ever know What the answer couldn’t be The dying’s almost easier Than trying to believe again Chorus Your eyes they are so empty now So pale in the sun Your heart it is so weary From not wanting anyone With every breath you take It’s for the love that didn’t come Still longing for the day You thought your life had just begun Chorus

Songs by Eric Andersen, © Wind and Sand Music.

*quote from Eric's liner notes to Ridin' on the Blinds.

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Last revised: Jan 2007.