Eric Clapton & Mark Knopfler - Cross Road

Live at CrossRoad Tokyo November 1988

Eric Clapton & Mark Knopfler - Same Old Blues

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Eric Clapton & Mark Knopfler - Cocaine

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Eric Clapton & Mark Knopfler - Layla

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Dire Straits & Eric Clapton - Sultan of Swing

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Eric Clapton - Wonderful Tonight

Live

Wonderful Tonight Lyric

It's late in the evening
She's wondering what clothes to wear
She puts on her make up
And brushes her long blonde hair
And then she asks me Do I look alright
And I say yes, you look wonderful tonight

We go a party And everyone turns to see
This beautiful lady, That's walking around with me
And then she asks me, Do you feel alright
And I say yes, I feel wonderful tonight

I feel wonderful
Because I see the love light in your eyes
And the wonder of it all
Is that you just don't realize
How much I love you

Its time to go home now
And I've got an aching head
So I give her the car keys
She helps me to bed, And then I tell her
As I turn out the light, I say my darling,
you were wonderful tonight
Oh my darling, you were wonderful tonight

Song Note : "Clapton wrote this in 1976 while waiting for his girlfriend (and future wife) Pattie to get ready for a night out. They were going to a Buddy Holly tribute that Paul McCartney put together, and Clapton was in the familiar position of waiting while she tried on clothes."

"Pattie was married to George Harrison when Clapton expressed his love for her on the song 'Layla' Clapton and Harrison remained good friends, and Harrison even played at their wedding in 1979. Eric and Pattie divorced in 1988."

Eric Clapton - Tears In Heaven Unpluged

Tears In Heaven Lyric

Would you know my name
If I saw you in heaven?
Would you feel the same
If I saw you in heaven?
I must be strong and carry on
cause I know I don't belong here in heaven

Would you hold my hand
If I saw you in heaven?
Would you help me stand
If I saw you in heaven?
I'll find my way through night and day
cause I know I just can't stay here in heaven

Time can bring you down, time can bend your knees
Time can break your heart, have you begging please begging please

Beyond the door there's peace I'm sure
And I know there'll be no more tears in heaven

Would you know my name
If I saw you in heaven?
Would you feel the same
If I saw you in heaven?
I must be strong and carry on
cause I know I don't belong here in heaven

Song Note : "Clapton wrote this about his 4-year-old son Conor, who died when he fell out of a 53rd floor window in the apartment where his mother was staying in New York City. Clapton had one other child at the time: His daughter Ruth was born in 1987, the year after Conor was born."

"Clapton wrote this with Will Jennings, who has written many famous songs from movies, including "Up Where We Belong" from An Officer And A Gentleman and 'My Heart Will Go On' from Titanic. Jennings wrote the lyrics to many of Steve Winwood's hits and has also written with B.B. King, Roy Orbison, The Crusaders, Peter Wolf and many others. He explains: 'Eric and I were engaged to write a song for a movie called Rush. We wrote a song called 'Help Me Up' for the end of the movie... then Eric saw another place in the movie for a song and he said to me, 'I want to write a song about my boy.' Eric had the first verse of the song written, which, to me, is all the song, but he wanted me to write the rest of the verse lines and the release ('Time can bring you down, time can bend your knees...'), even though I told him that it was so personal he should write everything himself. He told me that he had admired the work I did with Steve Winwood and finally there was nothing else but do to as he requested, despite the sensitivity of the subject. This is a song so personal and so sad that it is unique in my experience of writing songs'. "

"Conor's mother is actress Lory Del Santo. She and Clapton began dating while he was going through a divorce with his wife Pattie."

"This Song won Grammys in 1993 for Record Of The Year, Song Of The Year, and Best Male Pop Vocal. Clapton was nominated for 9 Grammys that year and won 6."

Eric Clapton - Holy Mother

Live Concert In Hyde Park

Holy Mother Lyric

Holy Mother, where are you?
Tonight I feel broken in two
I've seen the stars fall from the sky
Holy mother, can't keep from crying

Oh I need your help this time,
Get me through this lonely night
Tell me please which way to turn
To find myself again

Holy mother, hear my prayer,
Somehow I know you're still there
Send me please some peace of mind
Take away this pain

I can't wait, I can't wait, I can't wait any longer
I can't wait, I can't wait, I can't wait for you

Holy mother, hear my cry,
I've cursed your name a thousand times
I've felt the anger running through my soul
Holy Mother can't keep control

Oh I feel the end has come
No longer my legs will run
You know I would rather be
In your arms tonight

When my hands no longer play,
My voice is still, I fade away
Holy mother, then I'll be
Lying in, safe within your arms

Eric Clapton - Old Love

Live Concert In Hyde Park

Old Love Lyric

I can feel your body
When I'm lying in bed
There's too much confusion
Going around through my head

And it makes me so angry
To know that the flame still burns
Why can't I get over?
When will I ever learn?

Old love, leave me alone
Old love, go on home

I can see your face
But I know that it's not real
It's just an illusion
Caused by how I used to feel

And it makes me so angry
To know that the flame will always burn
I'll never get over
I know now that I'll never learn

Eric Clapton - Layla

Live In Hyde Park

Layla Lyric

What do you do when you get lonely
and nobody's waiting by your side?
You've been running and hiding much too long
You know it's just your foolish pride

Layla, you got me on my knees
Layla, i'm begging darlin' 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,
You turned my whole world upside down

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

Eric Clapton - I Shot The Sherriff

Live Concert in Hyde Park

Song Note : "This was written and originally recorded by Bob Marley in 1973. A member of Clapton's band played the Bob Marley album for him and convinced him to record it."

"Clapton didn't want to use this on the album because he thought it might seem disrespectful to Marley. Members of his band and management convinced him that it should not only go on the album, but also be released as a single."

"Eric spoke with Bob Marley about the song, he said "I tried to ask him what the song was all about, but couldn't understand much of his reply. I was just relieved that he liked what we had done."

see "I shot the sherriff" Video and Lyrics of Bob Marley

Eric Clapton - I Shot The Sherriff

Live Concert

Bob Marley - I Shot The Sherriff

Live Concert

I Shot The Sherriff Lyric

I shot the sheriff But I didn't shoot no deputy, oh no! oh!
I shot the sheriff But I didn't shoot no deputy, ooh, ooh, oo-ooh
Yeah! all around in my home town, They're tryin to track me down
They say they want to bring me in guilty for the killing of a deputy,
For the life of a deputy. But I say Oh, now, now. oh! I shot the sheriff
but I swear it was in selfdefence. Oh, no! ooh, ooh, oo-oh yeah!
I say I shot the sheriff - oh, lord! and they say it is a capital offence
Yeah! ooh, ooh, oo-oh yeah! Sheriff john brown always hated me,
For what, I dont know. Every time I plant a seed,
He said kill it before it grow. He said kill them before they grow.
And so, Read it in the news, I shot the sheriff. oh, lord!
but I swear it was inself-defence. Where was the deputy?
oo-oo-oh I say I shot the sheriff, But I swear it was in selfdefence
oo-oh yeah! Freedom came my way one day And I started out of town,
yeah! All of a sudden I saw sheriff john brown aiming to shoot me down,
So I shot I shot I shot him down and I say If I am guilty I will pay
I shot the sheriff, But I say, but I didn't shoot no deputy,
I didn't shoot no deputy oh, no-oh, oh no! I shot the sheriff
I did! But I didn't shoot no deputy
oh! oo-oo-ooh Reflexes had got the better of me
And what is to be must be. Every day the bucket a-go a well,
One day the bottom a-go drop out, One day the bottom a-go drop out
I say I - I - I - I shot the sheriff. Lord, I didn't shot the deputy
yeah! I - I shot the sheriff, But I didn't shoot no deputy,
yeah! no, yeah!

Song Note : "This song tells the story of a man who shoots a sheriff who is harassing him, but is wrongly accused of killing the deputy. Marley said that some of the song is true, but would not say what parts."

"This was the last single Marley released with Peter Tosh and Bunny Wailer, who left to go solo."

"The sheriff's name in the song is John Brown. In 1963, Bob Dylan wrote a song called "John Brown" about a boy who goes to war and comes back badly wounded."

Bob Marley - No Woman No Cry

Concert Video

No Woman No Cry Lyric

No woman no cry, No woman no cry
No woman no cry, No woman no cry
Said!said!said! I remember when we used to sit
In the government yard in trenchtown,
Oba! oba! serving the ypocrites As they would mingle
with the good people we meet.Good friends we have,
oh, good friends we've lost along the way
In this great future, you can't forget your past So dry your tears,
I seh No woman no cry, No woman no cry ere,
little darlin, don't shed no tears, No woman no cry
Said!said!said! I remember when we used to sit
In the government yard in trenchtown
And then georgie would make the fire lights,
As it was logwood burnin through the nights
Then we would cook cornmeal porridge,Of which I'll share with you
My feet is my only carriage,So I've got to push on through
But while Im gone, I mean Everythings gonna be alright!
Everythings gonna be alright! Everythings gonna be alright!
Everythings gonna be alright! I said, everythings gonna be alright
Everythings gonna be alright! Everythings gonna be alright,
now!Everythings gonna be alright! So,No woman no cry,
No - no woman woman, no cry, Woman, little sister, don't shed no tears
No, woman, no cry.I remember when we used to sit
In the government yard in trenchtown And then georgie would make the fire lights,
As it was logwood burnin through the nights
Then we would cook cornmeal porridge,Of which I'll share with you
My feet is my only carriage, So Ive got to push on through
But while I'm gone, No woman no cry, No woman no cry
Woman, little darlin, say don't shed no tears
No, woman, no cry. Eh! little darlin, don't shed no tears
No woman no cry. Little sister, don't shed no tears. No woman no cry

Song Title : "Marley wrote this, but gave a composer credit to Vincent Ford, one of his friends from Jamaica who helped him out when he was very poor. By giving Ford the credit, Marley was helping out an old friend by making sure he got royalty checks. Ford ran a soup kitchen in Kingston."

"According to Rolling Stone magazine, the "Government yard in Trench Town" refers to the Jamaican public-housing project where Marley lived in the late '50s."

"This became Marley's first hit when it was released as a single from his album, Live!, which was recorded at the Lyceum in London in 1975. It was a hot July night, and they gave a rousing performance. This tour was a breakthrough for Marley and The Wailers. Their previous tour went horribly, as audiences outside of Jamaica did not appreciate his pure Reggae. He polished and tightened his sound for this tour in order to compete with the slick arena acts that were popular at the time, and got a great response. Glowing reviews led to sold out shows in the US, and by the time the tour hit London, they were a huge success."