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Black night down heavy on my weary brow
Light shining in the pouring rain
Can see somehow cold comfort in the broken trees
But I won't let it bring me to my knees
I'm not flying, but I'm not drowning now
Keep driving, don't matter if the highway's lost
Keep running, never turn your head
Count the cost ghost waiting where the roads all cross
Big deal waiting when you get to meet the boss
Clouds are breaking, I'm not drowning now, drowning now
Flying, but I'm not drowning now
Sad old man smiling with a shameful grin
He thinks that we never can lose
Never beat the dealer when he cuts the pack
First back to front, then deal front to back
Now I'm flying, I'm not drowning now, drowning now
| helgigermany (Germany) | Posted: Apr 05, 2013 - 00:34 very nice! |
| creekgirl | Posted: Nov 30, 2012 - 13:24 WOW! I love Stevie Winwood, but wasn't familiar with this one. This is what I tune in to RP for.........THANK YOU! And many thanks to the person who posted the photo! |
| MaryAndrea (Vada (Li) Italy) | Posted: Mar 23, 2012 - 00:28 Fantastic for the begin of my day!!!  |
| Vinni_NL | Posted: Jan 06, 2012 - 06:31 calypsus_1 wrote:  Eric Burdon & John Mayall & Jimi Hendrix & Steve Winwood & Carl Wayne by bp fallon http://www.flickr.com/photos/bpfallon/ Photographer unknown  All rights reservedThat's one bad-ass Mothaf*er! |
| Cynaera (South of Neanderthal) | Posted: Jun 18, 2011 - 18:43 Okay, I have to bump this one up. I love the groove, and Winwood's voice has mellowed a bit. Crap - more music I can't afford but can't afford to live without...  |
| calypsus_1 | Posted: Jan 07, 2011 - 18:22 Eric Burdon & John Mayall & Jimi Hendrix & Steve Winwood & Carl Wayne by bp fallon http://www.flickr.com/photos/bpfallon/ Photographer unknown All rights reserved |
| calypsus_1 | Posted: Nov 23, 2010 - 20:54 Steve Winwood - Can't Find My Way Home, Live (2007) "Winwood was 21 when he was with Blind Faith...can you believe he wrote such an amazing song at such a young age? Amazes me...." |
| kaybee (Lost in the Wilds of Toronto) | Posted: Nov 22, 2010 - 15:46 Little Stevie Winwood hasn't aged much, has he? |
| howardzb (Toronto) | Posted: Nov 22, 2010 - 12:02 So easy to listen to this song & the entire CD. He was fabulous in concert this past summer. |
| sfearll (Sunny SoCal) | Posted: Nov 22, 2010 - 12:01  hadn't heard this before... sounds great! |
| helgigermany (Germany) | Posted: Oct 03, 2010 - 07:11 Very nice! |
| bobringer (Wayne, NJ) | Posted: Oct 03, 2010 - 07:10 Yay! Someone told him the 80's are over. It's ok to come back home. |
| dyharenas (Cerro Apoquindo) | Posted: Aug 06, 2010 - 17:39 Freakish talent, so much feeling. Can´t say enough about the man. |
| stevematic (sandy eggo) | Posted: Jun 29, 2010 - 10:01 howardzb wrote: Love that tune. Looking forward to seeing him open for Santana on July 11
Sounds like a great show! |
| DavidS_UK (Central England, UK) | Posted: Jun 16, 2010 - 07:00 But for ultimate video using Stevie's music, then Eric Prydz's sampling from "Valerie", as used in the basically near-pornographic "Call on Me" is probably the best video.... |
| Antigone (A house, in a valley, Virginia) | Posted: Jun 16, 2010 - 06:57 I like this more every time I hear it. Great hook. |
| nigelr (Coffs Harbour, Australia) | Posted: Jun 04, 2010 - 00:33 Majestic, as you'd expect. Old fans will enjoy checking out some of the youtube footage of SW & EC. Personally I love his 80's stuff as well. |
| scrubbrush | Posted: May 28, 2010 - 14:11 Wow, can that guy sing. no wonder he was considered for lead singer in practically every band that was formed in england between 67 and... |
| Cynaera (South of Neanderthal) | Posted: May 28, 2010 - 14:09 I'm only twelve bars into this song, and I already love it! Good to hear some newer stuff from him.  |
| howardzb (Toronto) | Posted: May 03, 2010 - 07:35 Love that tune. Looking forward to seeing him open for Santana on July 11 |
| tprimeau (Monroe) | Posted: May 03, 2010 - 07:31 This makes me very happy. |
| Albert1967 (Leusden, the Netherlands) | Posted: Mar 26, 2010 - 06:26 crockydile wrote: Very nice. Love the simple guitar work. That Winwood guy ain't half bad... On of the finest musicians of pop . . . IMO. reminds me of John Lee Hooker a bit . . . |
| crockydile (Outer Spiral Arm, Milky Way) | Posted: Feb 22, 2010 - 16:44 Very nice. Love the simple guitar work. That Winwood guy ain't half bad... |
| sirdroseph (Outer Mongolia) | Posted: Feb 09, 2010 - 13:57 michaelgmitchell wrote:  Yea, what he said. |
| brander (Southern California) | Posted: Feb 09, 2010 - 13:57 sharkartist wrote: So good to see Steve Winwood back in good form again after the dreck he was churning out in the 80's. His last two releases are excellent efforts and puts him firmly back into the venerable postion he deserves. Thanks Bill for putting this one in rotation, I was waiting to hear some of this new record turn up on RP. Venerated indeed. Steve is generally regarded as one of the most talented musicians in the business. |
| michaelgmitchell (Belleville, ON) | Posted: Jan 31, 2010 - 14:35 |
| jbunniii (San Jose, CA) | Posted: Jan 28, 2010 - 13:49 Wow, this guy got so overplayed in the 1980s that it was hard to imagine hearing him again without groaning. (Kind of like John Travolta after the 1970s.) But this isn't bad at all. |
| birdland (Right about....here.) | Posted: Nov 07, 2009 - 09:05 Wow. Ok. That's how it's done. Sweet, groove blues. Very cool. |
| helgigermany (Germany) | Posted: Oct 29, 2009 - 09:29 I didnot see the song title, but knew, that this song is so nice for me! |
| slates13 (Chicago metro) | Posted: Oct 06, 2009 - 20:09 Another in a long long series of fantastic Winwood tunes. Sweet and simple. |
| Stefen (West Hollywood, CA) | Posted: Sep 27, 2009 - 19:35 Outstanding! |
| a_genuine_find (not me, Radio P) (3rd stone, sol, orion belt, milkyway) | Posted: Sep 24, 2009 - 18:17 Image available  |
| dkwalika (Upper Midwest) | Posted: Sep 18, 2009 - 10:12 Good song from a good album. |
| FrankMc | Posted: Aug 27, 2009 - 07:36 Perhaps you meant "venerated." Venerable means something that has merit largely by virtue of age, which, of course Winwood does at this point, but I don't think he'd really like that being his chief attribute. (And, of course, he first showed up at about age 10 or something doing a mean sendup of Ray Charles, so he couldn't have been venerable at that point.) Venerated means that something is revered or held in high esteem, which Winwood generally is, although some crab suggested he was dragging down Clapton on that great remake of Can't Find My Way Home that's been getting some play. No accounting for taste, I suppose. (To wit: I thought this song dragged—maybe a 5—and it rates over a 7 with RPers.) sharkartist wrote: So good to see Steve Winwood back in good form again after the dreck he was churning out in the 80's. His last two releases are excellent efforts and puts him firmly back into the venerable postion he deserves. Thanks Bill for putting this one in rotation, I was waiting to hear some of this new record turn up on RP. |
| helgigermany (Germany) | Posted: Aug 24, 2009 - 06:11 Never heard this before . So now you know the reason because i was looking for RP. In Germany I could not find one station that plays such good stuff as this is. Thank you ! |
| gjeeg (Syracuse, New York) | Posted: Jul 23, 2009 - 16:02 Irresistable foot tapping blues. |
| sharkartist | Posted: Jul 17, 2009 - 07:36 So good to see Steve Winwood back in good form again after the dreck he was churning out in the 80's. His last two releases are excellent efforts and puts him firmly back into the venerable postion he deserves. Thanks Bill for putting this one in rotation, I was waiting to hear some of this new record turn up on RP. |
| Mugro (Lane Village, Red Sox Nation) | Posted: Jul 17, 2009 - 07:34  Bill, I think the needle's stuck. Doesn't this song sound a bit repetitive? |
| Wizzuvvoz (Land of Nod. East of Eden on Route 66.) | Posted: Jun 15, 2009 - 11:46 I think R L Burnside might have liked this. I just got the PMaPoL joke. :-) |
| n4ku (Lex Vegas) | Posted: Jun 15, 2009 - 11:46 vit wrote: this is a long way from Bake me a pie of love.  |
| YKV (Moscow, Russia) | Posted: Jun 02, 2009 - 07:35 Smooth, exquisite down-to-earth bluesy sound. Liked it a lot. |
| vit | Posted: May 01, 2009 - 14:28 this is a long way from Bake me a pie of love. |
| Danimal174 (Upstate South Carolina) | Posted: Apr 22, 2009 - 13:40 Gardenho wrote: This is an awesome side of him I've never heard before....love it. I was thinking the same thing. Like hearing his bluesy side. Really digging this. |
| copymonkey (in the northeast, but not near anywhere cool) | Posted: Apr 22, 2009 - 13:35 One of the purest white-soul voices ever! |
| inmanart | Posted: Apr 19, 2009 - 11:33 Road Tested. He still sounds great! |
| Gardenho (Paradise Island) | Posted: Mar 31, 2009 - 01:24 This is an awesome side of him I've never heard before....love it. |
| Carl (The Summit City) | Posted: Mar 12, 2009 - 14:38 I regret that I didn't appreciate or recognize Steve Winwood enough in the day. Grateful to RP for doing opening my ears now. Thanks Bill, Rebecca and crew. |
| keller1 (In A Gadda Da Vida, Baby) | Posted: Feb 27, 2009 - 12:58 This guy has put out a ton of good music over the years. About Time, Refugees of the Heart, and this one are good albums pretty much beginning to end. |
| jagdriver (Tunin' in from the aptly-named Grass Valley, CA) | Posted: Feb 27, 2009 - 12:51 Steve is always a treat to here. check out his performance on the Crossroads 2007 DVD. |
| Shaken_Bake (Mile High City (or is it just me?)) | Posted: Feb 27, 2009 - 12:49 Hmm, his voice has aged. Better for a bluesy song like this, of course. |