Bobbie Gentry

Songwriter: John Lennon Paul McCartney

Producer: Kelly Gordon

To lead a better life
I need my love to be here

Here, making each day of the year
Changing my life with a wave of his hand
Nobody can deny that there's somethin' there

There, runnin' my hands through his hair
Each of us thinkin' how good it can be
Someone is speakin', but he doesn't know she's there

I want him everywhere
And if he's beside me I know I need never care
But to love him is to want him everywhere

Knowin' that love is to share
Each one believin' that love never dies
Watchin' his eyes and hopin' I'm always there

And he'll be there and everywhere

Roberta Lee Streeter (27 July 27 1944 -) used the pseudonym “Bobbie Gentry”, and was one of the first female country artists to compose and produce her own material. Her songs drew on her Mississippi roots and she composed Southern Gothic story songs.

Gentry rose to fame with her song, “Ode to Billie Joe” in 1967. The song spent four weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. The song earned her Grammy awards for Best New Artist and Best Female Pop Vocal Performance in 1968. Her album, Fancy brought her a Grammy nomination for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance. She lost interest in performing in the late 1970s, and now lives a private life in Los Angeles.

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