Kim Carnes

Songwriter: Angelo Petraglia Chuck Prophet Kim Carnes

Producer: Kim Carnes

I'd walk 20 blocks across New York City
Just to pick you up a little treat
You know I even got your favorite candy
Don't it taste so sweet?
We can turn up your favorite station on the radio dial
Just to see you smile

Picked you up a ticket on a ferry
So you could see the whole skyline
I know how much you love the water, makes you feel alive
There ought to be a law against this
And tonight I put myself on trial
Oh baby, just to see you smile

Smile, you could stop traffic
Smile, you know I gotta have that
Smile, oh baby, flash it to me one time

We could take the train to Coney Island
Take you on the Ferris Wheel
You say you'd rather rider the roller coaster
Well either way, you got a deal

And when the moon is the only light left shining
I'll build you a little fire
Just to see you smile

Kim Carnes (born July 20, 1945) is an American singer-songwriter. Born and raised in Los Angeles, California, she began her career as a songwriter in the 1960s, writing for other artists while performing in local clubs and working as a session background singer with the famed Waters sisters (featured in the documentary 20 Feet from Stardom). After she signed her first publishing deal with Jimmy Bowen, she released her debut album Rest on Me in 1972. Carnes' self-titled second album primarily contained self-penned songs, including her first charting single “You’re a Part of Me”, which reached No. 35 on the Billboard Adult Contemporary chart in 1975. In the following year, Carnes released Sailin', which featured “Love Comes from Unexpected Places”. The song won the American Song Festival and the award for Best Composition at the Tokyo Song Festival in 1976.

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