Eric Clapton

Released: March 10, 1998

Songwriter: Greg Phillinganes Eric Clapton

Producer: Simon Climie Eric Clapton

[Verse 1]
When the wind blows down this hard
Many a bond is broken
See the water lie on the ground
From where the heavens opened

[Chorus]
Lord, how will you get through this night
With your dreams departed?
And who, alone, will comfort you?
Only the broken-hearted

[Verse 2]
So you've gone beyond your means
Every wound is open
Your best laid plans are out of reach
And all your fears unspoken

[Chorus]

[Bridge]
Sweet revenge is spoken then
In the twilight, it is gone
To living lies with no escape
Lord, I would rather be alone

[Verse]
I press my fingers to the wood
To tell you of my dreaming
To sing you songs from olden times
To keep the love light gleaming

[Chorus]
Because there's a place where we can go
Where we will not be parted
And who alone will enter there?
Only the broken-hearted

[Outro][x4]
Only the broken, broken-hearted

Eric Patrick Clapton, CBE, (born 30 March 1945) is an English musician, singer and songwriter. He is the only three-time inductee to the Rock and Roll Hall of once as a solo artist and separately as a member of the Yardbirds and Cream. Clapton has been referred to as one of the most important and influential guitarists of all time. Clapton ranked second in Rolling Stone magazine’s list of the “100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time” and fourth in Gibson’s “Top 50 Guitarists of All Time”.

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