Clapton Chronicles: The Best Of Eric Clapton 1981-1999

(by eric clapton and mick jones)

Oh what a feeling i get when i'm with you
You take my heart into everything you do
And it makes me sad for the lonely people
I walked that road for so long
Now i know that i'm one of the lucky people
Your love is making me strong

I've had enough bad love
I need something i can be proud of
I've had enough bad love
No more bad love

And now i see that my life has been so blue
With all the heartaches i had till i met you
But i'm glad to say now that's all behind me
With you here by my side
And there's no more memories to remind me
Your love will keep me alive

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(by jerry lynn williams)

How many times must we tell the tale?
How many times must we fall?
Living in lost memory
You just recalled

Working on the sound of the band
Trying to get the music right
Two go out working
Three stay home at night

That's when she said she was pretending
Like she knew the plan
That's when i knew she was pretending
Pretending to understand
Pretending, pretending
Pretending, pretending

Satisfied but lost in love
Situations change
You're never who you used to think you are
How strange

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I get lost in alibis
Sadness can't prevail
Everybody knows strong love
Can't fail

Don't be pretending about how you feel
Don't be pretending that your love is real
Don't be pretending about how you feel
Don't be pretending that your love is real
Pretending, pretending
Pretending, pretending

(by eric clapton and jim gordon)

What'll you do when you get lonely
No one waiting by your side?
You've been running and hiding much too long.
You know it's just your foolish pride.

Layla, you've got me on my knees.
Layla, i'm begging, darling please.
Layla, darling won't you ease my worried mind.

I tried to give you consolation
When your old man had let you down.
Like a fool, i fell in love with you,
Turned my whole world upside down.

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Let's make the best of the situation
Before i finally go insane.
Please don't say we'll never find a way
And tell me all my love's in vain.

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(by eric clapton, simon clime)

It's three miles to the river
That would carry me away,
And two miles to the dusty street
That i saw you on today.

It's four miles to my lonely room
Where i will hide my face,
And about half a mile to the downtown bar
That i ran from in disgrace.

Lord, how long have i got to keep on running,
Seven hours, seven days or seven years?
All i know is, since you've been gone
I feel like i'm drowning in a river,
Drowning in a river of tears.
Drowning in a river.
Feel like i'm drowning,
Drowning in a river.

In three more days, i'll leave this town
And disappear without a trace.
A year from now, maybe settle down
Where no one knows my face.

I wish that i could hold you
One more time to ease the pain,
But my time's run out and i got to go,
Got to run away again.

Still i catch myself thinking,
One day i'll find my way back here.
You'll save me from drowning,
Drowning in a river,
Drowning in a river of tears.
Drowning in a river.
Feels like i'm drowning,
Drowning in the river.
Lord, how long must this go on?

Drowning in a river,
Drowning in a river of tears.

By eric clapton and peter robertson

It's in the way that you use it,
It comes and it goes.
It's in the way that you use it,
Boy don't you know.

And if you lie you will lose it,
Feelings will show.
So don't you ever abuse it,
Don't let it go.

Nobody's right till somebody's wrong.
Nobody's weak till somebody's strong.
No one gets lucky till luck comes along.
Nobody's lonely till somebody's gone.

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I've seen dark skies, never like this.
Walked on some thin ice, never like this.
I've told you white lies, never like this.
Looked into true eyes, never like this.

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By eric clapton and peter robinson

She's waiting for another love.
She's waiting for another love.

She's been waiting for another love,
Someone that she can show into her heart.
And when she finally finds a stronger love,
Your whole world's gonna fall apart.

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You've been abusing her for far too long;
Think you're a king and she's your pawn.
Get ready now, 'cause pretty soon
She'll be gone and you'll be on your own.

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I see the hunger burning in her eye;
Any fool could see there's something wrong.
You keep pretending not to care,
But i will hear you sing a different song.

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Waiting for another lover,
Hoping for the time that she'll find another...

(by eric clapton)

Sailing down behind the sun,
Waiting for my prince to come.
Praying for the healing rain
To restore my soul again.

Just a toerag on the run.
How did i get here?
What have i done?
When will all my hopes arise?
How will i know him?
When i look in my father's eyes.
My father's eyes.
When i look in my father's eyes.
My father's eyes.

Then the light begins to shine
And i hear those ancient lullabies.
And as i watch this seedling grow,
Feel my heart start to overflow.

Where do i find the words to say?
How do i teach him?
What do we play?
Bit by bit, i've realized
That's when i need them,
That's when i need my father's eyes.
My father's eyes.
That's when i need my father's eyes.
My father's eyes.

Then the jagged edge appears
Through the distant clouds of tears.
I'm like a bridge that was washed away;
My foundations were made of clay.

As my soul slides down to die.
How could i lose him?
What did i try?
Bit by bit, i've realized
That he was here with me;
I looked into my father's eyes.
My father's eyes.
I looked into my father's eyes.
My father's eyes.

My father's eyes.
My father's eyes.
I looked into my father's eyes.
My father's eyes.