Songwriter: Karla Bonoff
Producer: Peter Asher
[Verse 1]
There's somebody waiting alone in the street
For someone to walk up and greet
Here you are all alone in the city
Where's the love that you took to your side?
Lonely faces will stare through your eyes in the night
[Verse 2]
And they'll say
Woman sweet woman, please come home with me
You're shining and willing and free
But your love is a common occurrence
Not like love that I feel in my heart
Still you know that may be what I need
[Chorus]
Is someone to lay down beside me
And even though it's not real
Just someone to lay down beside me
You're the story of my life
[Non-lyrical Interlude]
[Chorus]
Someone to lay down beside me
And even though it's not real
Just someone to lay down beside me
You're the story of my life
[Verse 3]
The morning is breaking
The street lights are off
The sun will soon share all the cost
Of a world that can be sort of heartless
Not like love that I feel in my heart
Still you know that may be all you'll get
[Chorus]
Is someone to lay down beside you
And even though it's not real
Just someone to lay down beside you
You just can't ask for more
There's somebody waiting alone in the street
For someone to walk up and greet
Here you are all alone in the city
Where's the love that you took to your side?
Lonely faces will stare through your eyes in the night
[Verse 2]
And they'll say
Woman sweet woman, please come home with me
You're shining and willing and free
But your love is a common occurrence
Not like love that I feel in my heart
Still you know that may be what I need
[Chorus]
Is someone to lay down beside me
And even though it's not real
Just someone to lay down beside me
You're the story of my life
[Non-lyrical Interlude]
[Chorus]
Someone to lay down beside me
And even though it's not real
Just someone to lay down beside me
You're the story of my life
[Verse 3]
The morning is breaking
The street lights are off
The sun will soon share all the cost
Of a world that can be sort of heartless
Not like love that I feel in my heart
Still you know that may be all you'll get
[Chorus]
Is someone to lay down beside you
And even though it's not real
Just someone to lay down beside you
You just can't ask for more
more tracks from the album
Just One Look: Classic Linda Ronstadt
- You’re No Good
- I Can’t Help It (If I’m Still in Love With You)
- Hurt So Bad
- Sometimes You Just Can’t Win
- Crazy
- Someone to Lay Down Beside Me
- Willin’
- Tell Him
- Winter Light
- It’s So Easy
- Get Closer
- Blue Bayou
- Don’t Know Much
- Poor, Poor Pitiful Me
- I Never Will Marry
- I Can’t Let Go
- Different Drum
- Lies
- I Knew You When
- Anyone Who Had a Heart
- How Do I Make You
- Love Has No Pride
- Tumbling Dice
- Just One Look
- Heartbeats Accelerating
- Tracks of My Tears
- A River for Him
- Heat Wave
- Desperado
From the albums
- Hasten Down the Wind (1976)
- Just One Look: Classic Linda Ronstadt (2015)
Linda Ronstadt popular songs
- Blue Bayou
- You’re No Good
- Don’t Know Much
- Willin’
- Tumbling Dice
- Somewhere Out There
- Long, Long Time
- When Will I Be Loved
- I Never Will Marry
- Por un amor
- Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas
- En Mi Soledad
- Icy Blue Heart
- You Can’t Treat the Wrong Man Right
- White Rhythm & Blues
- Just One Look
- My Hero
- La calandria
- Heartbreak Kind
- Walk On
- Cost of Love
- When I Grow Too Old to Dream
- Lightning Bar Blues
- Hey Mister, That’s Me up on the Jukebox