Eric Clapton

Released: November 25, 1977

Songwriter: Marcy Levy Eric Clapton

Producer: Glyn Johns

[Verse 1]
Every morning when I wake
Aa feeling soon begins to overtake me
Ringing in my ears resounds through my brain
It finally surrounds me
There is fire, there is life
There is passion, fever and fury
There is love and there is hate
There is longing, anger and worry

[Chorus 1]
Oh, I have a flame, feel it touch my heart
And down at my core is the hottest part
I can burn without fuel

[Verse 2]
If it should become too cold
I know I can endure the frostbite
Oh, a blanket then I'll wrap around me
I keep myself so close to my side
No one then can cause me harm
Just as the river runs into the sea
Because every day, your fire alarm
Is deafening the silence all around me

[Chorus 1]
Oh, I have a flame, feel it touch my heart
And down at my core is the hottest part
I can burn without fuel

[Chorus 2]
It is burning
It is burning

[Verse 3]
You can trust me, we can laugh
Together we can share our sorrow
I will give you secrets too
An attitude that you may borrow
Gypsy woman said to me
One thing you must bear in your mind
You are young and you are free
But damned if you're deceased in your own lifetime

[Chorus 1]
Oh, I have a flame, feel it touch my heart
And down at my core is the hottest part
I can burn without fuel

[Chorus 2]
It is burning
It is burning

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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