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1. What's Happening to Me (It's a Spell)
2. Less Than the Best
3. One Man Woman
4. Ooh Baby
5. I'm Ready to Love Again
6. Slow Driver
7. Changes
8. Belle Amie
9. You
10. Road to Tomorrow© All songs written by Chi Coltrane
© Toutes les chansons sont écrites par Chi Coltrane
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1. What's Happening to Me (It's a Spell)
2. Less Than the Best
3. One Man Woman
4. Ooh Baby
5. I'm Ready to Love Again
6. Slow Driver
7. Changes
8. Belle Amie
9. You
10.Road to Tomorrow
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WHAT'S HAPPENING TO ME (IT'S A SPELL)
© Written by Chi Coltrane (1975)
There's something happening to me
and I don't know what it is
a feelin's goin' all through me
and it's got me in a spin
cause I'm up on a cloud
then I'm tumbling down to the ground
I feel lost, but I've found
it's whenever you are around.
Tell me what's happening to me
I don't know where it began
and I just can't understand it
it's a spell you've got me in
There's something you're doin to me
and I don't know what it is
I feel it goin all through me
don't know how I can resist
can you see, how I feel
I can't hide it cause it's so real
I feel good, I feel fine
but I'm goin out of my mind
Tell me what's happening to me
I don't know where it began
and I just can't understand it
it's a spell you've got me in
Oh yeah
I feel line
I feel good
I feel alright
I feel fine
I said I feel fine
but I'm goin out of my mind
Tell me what's happening to me
I don't know where it began
and I just can't understand it
it's a spell you've got me in
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© Written by Chi Coltrane (1975)
The sheets are all silk
and the lights are down low
sleep should be swift
and give rest to my soul
but I'm feeling sad
cause I'm so far from home
and sleeping comes hard
when you're feeling alone
Well if I'd say "yes"
there'd be somebody here
but somehow I always say "no"
cause I'd rather be without
than with less
and less than my baby,
is less than the best
Home's where the heart is
and mine is with you
so anyone else won't seem right
oh I'd rather be without than with less
and less than my baby
is less than the best
ooh — I know there could be somebody here
but somehow I always say "no"
cause I'd rather be without than with less
and less than my baby
less than my baby
less than my baby
is less than the best
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© Written by Chi Coltrane (1975)
Only want to give my heart to one man
one more time,
just know how to feel real good with one man
on my mind,
I'm a one man woman
one good man can keep me satisfied,
I'm a one man woman
one good man can keep me feelin fine
It's alright to live your life with one man
by your side,
but I feel fine, I'll take my time to get there
tell you why,
I'm a one man woman
one good man can keep me satisfied
I'm a one man woman
don't need more than one man on my mind.
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© Written by Chi Coltrane (1976)
Put your arms around me
ooh, I think love has found me
feels so good when I'm with you
and the way I'm feelin
sets my head to reelin
no one gets to me like you
ooh baby, ooh baby, ooh
ooh baby, ooh baby, on
With the love you bring me
like a song you sing me
ooh, you carry me away
when your magic takes me
seems like words escape me
only one thing I can say
ooh baby, ooh baby, ooh
ooh baby, ooh baby, ooh
You're so good, so good
good for me
ooh baby, ooh baby, ooh
(repeat till fade)
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© Written by Chi Coltrane (1974)
I'm ready to love again
now that the storm has come and gone
now I believe I can go on again
I'm ready to feel again
now that my feelings have returned
back from the lesson they have learned again
So bring on the sunshine
oh bring on the rain
it doesn't make any difference
cause I'm not the same
I'm ready to laugh again
laugh at the things that made me cry
things that look different as the days go by
So bring on the sunshine
oh, bring on the rain
it doesn't make any difference
cause I'm not the same
I'm ready to laugh again
laugh at the things that made me cry
things that look different as the days go by
oh yeah,oh yeah
oh yeah, oh yeah, oh yeah
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© Written by Chi Coltrane (1976)
I've gone a very short distance
in such a very long time
and I can feel your resistance
as you just hold up the line
And I don't understand
what's goin on in your head
seems you've got no kind of plan
for where you're at
Slow driver, you've got no place to go
you're a slow driver, you just take up the road
there's a line on my left
and there's a curve to my right
and there's just no place in sight for me to go
I've got a four-speed transmission
but you just keep me in low
and I would change my position
but you just won't let me go
you ve got time on your hands
and you've got rocks in your head
seems you just can't comprehend
why horns blow!
Slow driver, you've got no place to go
you're a slow driver, yeah you just take up the road
there's a line on my left
and there's a curve to my right
and there's just no place in sight for me to go
If the sign says go SO, you go a sweet 25
but then you crank up to 60
if I just try to get by
I've got no time to waste
can't cha see I'm already late?
Why are you making me wait,
or don't you know?
Slow driver, you've got no place to go
you're a slow driver,yeah you just take up the road
there's a line on my left
and there's a curve to my right
and there's just no place in sight for me to go
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© Written by Chi Coltrane (1974)
I wish I knew the way to make you happy
and when I see you're feelin sad and blue
then I try, baby I try
Nothing can be easy
nothing can be plain
everything is changing
nothing is the same
In a world of constant changes
can our love survive?
If I can believe in you
then you know
you can believe in me
never to go back on my word to you
The sun goin down
on the love we have found
as the world turns around
Nothing is forever
nothing lasts for long
love can come so easy
love can go so wrong
words don't even tell the changes
that I'm goin through
La da DA DA DA DA DA
words don't even tell the changes
that I'm goin through
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© Written by Chi Coltrane (1976)
You're ma belle amie
you're my sweet cherie
you're my belle amie
you're my friend
You believe in me
and you say to me
that you'll stay fini
to the end
Feelings come
feelings go
but with a friend
it's not so
dreaming, scheming,
singing in harmony
You're ma belle amie
you're my sweet cherie
you're my belle amie
you're my friend
Dreaming, scheming
singing in harmony
you're ma belle amie
you're my sweet cherie
you're my belle amie
you're my friend '
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© Written by Chi Coltrane (1973)
You are life to me
you're the light I see
love has come to me
through you
When I think of you
all I want to do
is just dream my life away
I need no other love
to keep me pleased and satisfied
I only need your love
to carry me through
You have shown the way
never let me stray
if I start to drift away
your love brings me back... to you
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© Written by Chi Coltrane (1977)
Yesterday you were all alone
then you found somebody to love
so together, but then came bad weather
but try not to take it too hard
Cause time just goes, and before you know it
you're on the road to tomorrow
you'll laugh again and you'll love again
and you'll leave your worries behind
Sometimes you think that life's unfair
but it all works out in the end
you cry your heart out and that's when you find out
the sunshine comes after the rain
Cause time just goes and before you know it
you're on the road to tomorrow
you'll laugh again and you'll love again
and you'll leave your worries behind
Cause time just goes and before you know it
you're on the road to tomorrow
you'll laugh again and you'll love again
and you'll leave your worries behind
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In the years between Let It Ride and Road to Tomorrow, Chi Coltrane had suffered financial misfortune at the hands of a neglectful manager. Not that you could tell from these songs, all relentlessly upbeat and optimistic. Released on the small Clouds label, Road to Tomorrow has none of the appealing darkness of earlier Coltrane, but thankfully, the musicianship and instant melodies remain.
Nearly every song is about either romantic or spiritual satisfaction (with only the curious "Slow Driver," in which Coltrane berates a slack motorist, breaking the mould). The pieces wouldn't sound out of place on a mid-period Carole King album, and there's not a note on the record that isn't a pleasure to hear, but everything - from the drab front cover to the chronic prettiness of the songs - lacks the bite she had before. By the time the album closes (with the title track), you'll feel either blissfully purged of all unpleasant thought, or as though you've just eaten twice your own weight in meringues. But give Coltrane points for avoiding the more obvious maudlin tack beloved of singer/songwriters.
~ Charles Donovan, All Music Guide
Road to tomorrow
Label: T.K. Records
Catalog reference: TKR 82501
Format: Vinyl, LP, , audiotape.
Country: Netherlands
Released: 1977
Genre: Rock
Style: Rock & Roll, Soft Rock, Pop Rock
Credits: Arranged By [Strings] - Lee Holdridge
Backing Vocals - Brian Russell (tracks: A1) , Greg Prespitino* (tracks: A2 to A4, B5) , Jennifer Warnes (tracks: A2, A3, B5)
Bass - Abe Laborial* , Kenny Edwards , Willie Weeks
Drums - Jeff Porcaro , Jim Gordon , Michael Botts*
Engineer - Michael Boshears
Guitar - Ben Benay , Waddy Wachtel
Horns - Chuck Findley , Quitman Dennis
Horns, Arranged By [Horns] - Jim Horn
Piano, Synthesizer, Vocals - Chi Coltrane
Producer - Peter Bernstein (2)
Programmed By [Synthesizer] - Ian Underwood
Vibraphone, Percussion - Victor Feldman
Tracklisting:
A1 What's Happening To Me (It's A Spell) (3:28)
A2 Less Than The Best (3:10)
A3 One Man Woman (2:37)
A4 Ooh Baby (3:16)
A5 I'm Ready To Love Again (3:07)B1 Slow Driver (5:03)
B2 Changes (3:32)
B3 Belle Amie (2:53)
B4 You (2:33)
B5 Road To Tomorrow (3:30)
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