Captain & Tennille

Lord, I just can't make it tonight
Too many things today just didn't go right
And I just can't get that glow on
I just don't think i can go on, tonight

Lord, it's getting too close to 9pm
And I'm gonna have to do it all again
And I don't know where it's gonna come from
If ya got some good news I could use some, tonight

But then, I feel the lights in my eyes
And endless faces looking at me
And I hear their cry, "Make us happy tonight!
Bring us music, Give us light!"

And I just start singing
I lift my voice and the love comes tumbling out
I feel a trembling joy, I feel a joyous shout
And I keep on singin', I keep on singin'
The good songs
I keep on singin' the good songs

And when it's done, I feel so weary
Could a sun feel as tired when it's set?
If tho I'm tired, I feel so peaceful
It's hard, but I have no regret

Because I just start singing
I lift my voice and the love comes tumbling out
I feel a trembling joy, I feel a joyous shout
And I keep on singin', I keep on singin'
The good songs
I keep on singin' the good songs

I lift my voice and the love comes tumbling out
I feel a trembling joy, I feel a joyous shout
And I keep on singin', I keep on singin'
The good songs
I keep on singin' the good songs

In 1972, Toni Tennille was a co-writer of the musical Mother Earth. Daryl “Captain Keyboard” Dragon, who got his nickname while touring with the Beach Boys from his signature skipper’s cap, took a job as the keyboardist for Mother Earth and the two hit it off romantically and musically, forming a nightclub act that charged $70 a night.

When two radio DJs urged the duo to record their cover of the Beach Boys song “Disney Girls” in 1974, they also recorded an original song “The Way I Want to Touch You” which attracted interest from several record labels. A&M Records, home to the platinum-selling male/female duo The Carpenters who had scored ten top 5 hits in the US from 1970-1974, signed them.

Captain & Tennille’s 1975 debut album featured seven originals, three Beach Boys covers and – at the suggestion of A&M’s A&R man – a cover of Neil Sedaka’s “Love Will Keep Us Together”. The latter was released as their first single and found massive success in North America. It reached #1 in the US & Canada, won a Grammy for Record Of The Year, and was the biggest song of of the year in the US. Even their Spanish version of the song “Por Amor Viviremos” reached #49 in the US. A&M followed it up with “The Way I Want to Touch You” and it reached #4 in both the US and Canada. Both songs also found success in New Zealand and the UK. The two married in November 1975.

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