Bryan Ferry

Released: October 5, 1973

Songwriter: Lennon-McCartney Paul McCartney John Lennon

Producer: Bryan Ferry John Punter John Porter

When I call you up
Your line's engaged
I have had enough
So act your age
We have lost the time
That was so hard to find
And I will lose my mind
I you won't see me
I don't know why you
Should want to hide
But I can't get through
My hands are tied
I won't want to stay
I don't have much to say
But I can't turn away
And you won't see me
Time after time
You refuse to even listen
I wouldn't mind
If I knew what I was missing

Though the days are few
They're filled with tears
And since I lost you
It feels like years
Yes, it seems so long
Girl, since you've been gone
And I just can't go on
If you won't see me
You won't see me

Bryan Ferry (born September 26 1945) is an English singer, songwriter and musician who rose to prominence as the lead singer and main songwriter for the influential art/glam rock band Roxy Music.

Ferry’s unique vocal style puts a wry, sophisticated spin on the sound of the crooners of the mid 20th-century. An accomplished songwriter, his solo career also saw him singing celebrated covers of the Great American Songbook and jazz standards. On his seminal 1973 solo album These Foolish Things he also covered ’60s hit rock songs like the Rolling Stones' “Sympathy for the Devil” and the Beatles “You Won’t See Me,” establishing something of the formula for his solo albums until the 1980s.

He dated model Jerry Hall, before her marriage to Mick Jagger. Their break up inspired his 1978 solo album The Bride Stripped Bare. After putting Roxy Music on hiatus 1982, Ferry released Boys and Girls in 1985, featuring original material. Ferry’s solo career has extended into the new millennium with a collection of Bob Dylan covers entitled Dylanesque. His 2014 album Avonmore returns to his classic Roxy Music sound.

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