Captain & Tennille

Songwriter: Neil Sedaka

Lonely night
I cry myself to sleep
Tell me
What am I gonna do?

Cause it's always been you to dry my tears
It's always been you to wash away my fears
It's always been you each night and day
Now what can I say when love slips away?

Lonely night
I'm walking the floor
Tell me
What am I gonna do?
Without your precious love
Your tender touch

Hey, little girl
I miss you so much
Wish we could turn back the hands of time
To the day when you were mine

You used to call me Angel Face
Used to call me Angel Face
You used to help me through the night
Make me feel all right
Now all I have is teardrops through a lonely night

I can't get you out of my mind
I can't get you out of my mind
I can't get you out of my mind

I promise you I'll change my ways
I promise you love's here to stay
Hey, little girl
Depend on me
I'll be yours for eternity

You used to call me Angel Face
Used to call me Angel Face
You used to help me through the night
Make me feel all right
Now all I have is teardrops through a lonely night

You used to call me Angel Face
Used to call me Angel Face
You used to help me through the night
Make me feel all right
Now all I have is teardrops through a lonely night

I can't get you out of my mind
I can't get you out of my mind
I can't get you out of my mind
I can't get you out of my mind
I can't get you out of my mind
I can't get you out of my mind

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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