Kenny Loggins

I have never known a love like this
Before in my life
Tears can turn into bliss
With only a kiss, only a kiss

And I have never held a girl like you
So close in my arms
You appeared in my world
And offered me hope for one more time

I've never been so afraid
That love is just a dream
And Darlin I'll awake and you'll be gone
Never believe that I could love somebody
Oh I could love somebody, someone like you
(Never in my life)
Oh I could love somebody
(I love, I love, I love your love in my life)
Oh, I could love somebody, someone like you
(Oh, I love, I love, I love you)

You're too early for the sun
Too early for the moon
Too early for the rain
Coming down on me
You make me feel so close to home
So far away, like nowhere else I've never been

You're too early for the stars
Too early for the wind
Too early for my heart
To open up again

But when I see you I just laugh
And I believe
I'm right where I'm supposed to be

I have never known a life like this
Except in my dreams
One kiss and I rose anew
Now I'm alive, I have survived

I have never loved a girl like you
Except in my dreams
All my songs are for you
I finally see my dreams come true

I've never been so afraid
That love is just a dream
And Darlin I'll awake and you'll be gone
Never believe that I could love somebody
Oh, I could love somebody, someone like you
(Never in my life)
Oh, Love somebody
(I love, I love, I love your love in my life)
Oh, I could love somebody, someone like you
(Never in my life)
(I love, I love, I love your love in my life)
Oh, I could love somebody, someone like you
Never in my wildest dreams
(Oh, I love, I love, I love you)

You're too early for the sun
Too early for the moon
Too early for the rain
Coming down on you
You make me feel so close to home
But so far away
Like nowhere else I've never been

You're just too early for the stars
Too early for the wind
Too early for my heart
To open up again

But when I see you I just laugh
And I believe I'm right where I'm supposed to be

Ooh, My Darlin', welcome to the wind
As we sail our ship of dreams into uncharted waters
We're guided by the stars
And love will lead the heart
So girl, let's ride the wind

Surrender to the sun
Surrender to the moon
Surrender to the rain
Surrender to the stars
Surrender to your heart
Surrender to the wind
Take a chance
Open up, let love begin

Surrender to the sun
Surrender to the moon
Surrender to the rain
Surrender to the stars
Surrender to your fears
Surrender to your tears
Take a chance
Open up, let love begin

Singer, songwriter, and guitarist Kenny Loggins has enjoyed more than three decades of success in the music business, as a songwriter and performer, mostly in a soft rock vein. He was born Kenneth Clarke Loggins in Everett, WA in early 1948, and the family later moved to Detroit, and finally to Alhambra, CA when he was in his teens. He initially turned to music as a way of compensating for his extreme shyness, and found that he was, indeed, a talented guitarist and had a voice. For a time in the late ‘60s he was based in Pasadena, studying at Pasadena City College. At the end of the decade, Loggins passed through the lineup of a band called Gator Creek, who were good enough to get signed to Mercury Records. The group recorded one self-titled album, which was issued in 1970 and included an early version of “Danny’s Song,” a track that he later recorded again as part of Loggins & Messina. He also spent time with a short-lived group called Second Helping, and was a member of the stage incarnation of the Electric Prunes during a later phase of that group’s history.

Loggins was proficient on the guitar and piano, but it was his songwriting that allowed him to make his first lasting impression on the music industry. He took a job as a staff writer for Wingate Music, for $100.00 a week, and later that year four of his songs ended up on the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band album Uncle Charlie & His Dog Teddy. This event was particularly fortuitous, as that album was the first release by the newly reconstituted version of the group, and included what proved to be their biggest hit, “Mr. Bojangles.” The presence of the latter helped make Uncle Charlie one of the group’s biggest selling long-players; and the exposure generated a second hit in the form of Loggins’ own “House at Pooh Corner.”

The success of the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band’s recordings brought Loggins to the attention of former Poco member Jim Messina, who was working as a staff producer at CBS. It was Messina’s intention to produce Loggins' debut album, but he also ended up playing and singing on the record, and it worked out so well that the two ended up in a duo. Loggins & Messina were among the most popular folk-based soft rock acts of the first half of the ‘70s and enjoyed a four-year string of successful albums.

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