Everybody's Talking from Life by Lightnin' Charlie

From the great Harry Nilsson, and made famous in “Midnight Cowboy”, this is just a beautiful song that Beth heard me playing and singing at home one day and said how he loved the major 7th chords and how well she thought it fit my voice. So, for no other reason than for “Happy Wife—Happy Life” (because nothing rhymes with “Happy Husband”!), we worked it up, recorded it, and here it is! I love how it has a tropical kind of feel, which wasn’t intended, but just happened, because in the film, Ratso Rizzo (Dustin Hoffman’s character) is finally escaping the horrors of NYC and taking a Greyhound bus to Miami and palm trees and paradise. But alas…(SPOILER ALERT!)…he escapes NYC, but never makes it to Miami.

Tracklist

8.	Everybody's Talking	3:39

Lyrics

Everybody's talking at me
I don't hear a word they're saying
Only in the echoes of my mind

People stop and staring
I can't see their faces
Only the shadows of their eyes

I'm going where the sun keeps shining
Through the pouring rain
Going where the weather suits my clothes
Banking off of the North East winds
Sailing on a summer breeze
And skipping over the ocean like a stone

I'm going where the sun keeps shining
Through the pouring rain
Going where the weather suits my clothes
Banking off of the North East winds
Sailing on a summer breeze
And skipping over the ocean like a stone

I'm going where the sun keeps shining
Through the pouring rain
Going where the weather suits my clothes
Banking off of the North East winds
Sailing on a summer breeze
And skipping over the ocean like a stone

Everybody's talking at me
I don't hear a word they're saying
Only in the echoes of my mind
I won't let you leave my love behind
No I won't let you leave

Credits

from Life, released April 20, 2024

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