This is a special collaboration between Galleon leader Elliott Michaels and his friend and colleague L.A. Russell. Thank you, L.A.; without your inspiration and perseverance this song could not exist!
lyrics
L O S T L O V E ‘ S L. A. M E N T (L.A. Russell/E.C. Michaels)
(Folk-rock in key of G (32 bars per minute)
Intro: G D C D G D C (full bar) D (full bar)
G D C D G D C D
Who’ya gonna love, baby now?
G D C D G D C D
Who’ya gonna love, baby now?
G D C D C D
I toss and turn, I can’t sleep a wink, and I keep on wonderin’,
G D C D G D C (full bar) D (full bar)
Baby, who’ya gonna love, baby now?
G D Em
You used to whisper sweet nothins, baby,
G D Em
And your kisses and caresses nearly drove me crazy.
C Bm Am
You knew-ew-ew-ew, I loved you so,
G D
Which is why I cannot understand why you had to go.
G D C D G D C D
Tell me who’ya gonna love, baby now?
G D C D G D C D
Who’ya gonna love, baby now?
G D C D C D
I feel so parched, like a desert flower without any water!
G D C D G D C (full bar) D (full bar)
Baby, who’ya gonna love, baby now?
G D Em
Whenever you needed me, I gave you my all,
G D Em
I would always be there at your beck and call,
C Bm Am
For your loving I would gladly do your dirty work,
G D
Never asked for a dime, not a dime; your love was my only perk.
G D C D G D C D
So tell me who’ya gonna love, baby now?
G D C D G D C D
Who’ya gonna love, baby now?
G D C D C D
Why would you leave me in despair, I keep on wonderin’,
G D C D G
Baby, who’ya gonna love, baby now?
Bm Em
Underneath my skin, you’ve gone;
Bm Em
I feel so lost since you left me all on my own.
Bm C
What did I do or say to make you stray?
F Am/E D (2 bars)
How could you just choose to walk away?
Lead Break: G D Em (2 bars) G D Em (2 bars)
C Bm Am
You knew you were my tiger love, how I needed you so,
G D
Honey, why, oh why, oh why, oh why did you have to go?
G D C D G D C D
Tell me who’m I gonna love, baby now?
G D C D G D C D
I said, who’m I gonna love, baby now?
G D C D C D
Angels cry from Heaven above, they keep on wonderin’,
G D C D G D C D
Baby, who’m I gonna love, baby now?
G D C D
Baby now …
G D C (full bar) D (full bar, slow) G (hold for coda)
Baby now!
credits
from Introducing GALLEON ... ATLANTA'S NEXT BIG THING!,
released April 28, 2020
Solo performance by Galleon leader Elliott Michaels. Song composed by L.A. Russell and E.C. Michaels. Recording engineered by Rev. Pat Demsey.
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