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Great SpiritsTina Turner

Songwriter: Phil Collins

Producer: Mark Mancina Phil Collins

[Verse 1]
When the Earth was young
And the air was sweet
And the mountains kissed the sky
In the great beyond with its many paths
Man and nature lived side by side

In this wilderness of danger and beauty
Lived three brothers bonded by love
Their hearts full of joy
They ask now for guidance
Reaching out to the skies up above

[Chorus]
Great spirits of all who lived before
Take our hands and lead us
Fill our hearts and souls with all you know
Show us that in your eyes
We are all the same
Brothers to each other
In this world we remain
Truly brothers all the same

[Verse 2]
Give us wisdom to pass to each other
And give us strength so we understand
That the things we do
The choices we make
Give direction to all life's plans
To look and wonder at all we've been given
In our world that's not always as it seems
Every corner we turn only leads to another
A journey ends but another begins

[Chorus]
Ooo, great spirits of all who lived before
(Take our hands)
Take our hands and lead us
(Fill our hearts)
Fill our hearts and souls with all you know
(You know you can show)
Show us that in your eyes
We are all the same
Brothers to each other
In this world we remain
Truly brothers all the same

Ooo, great spirits of all who lived before
(Take our hands)
Take our hands and lead us
(Fill our hearts)
Fill our hearts and souls with all you know
(You know you can show)
Show us that in your eyes
We are all the same
Brothers to each other
In this world we remain
Truly brothers all the same
Brothers all the same!

Tina Turner

Often dubbed the Queen of Rock & Roll, Tina Turner is arguably among the most iconic of female divas in history, with her prolific career and memorable personality as a performer and a public figure. Hailing from a small town in Tennessee, and born Anna Mae Bullock, Turner has cemented herself as one of music’s greatest entertainers.

Turner’s career in music arose from her frequenting of nightclubs near St. Louis, where she would meet her soon-to-be husband Ike Turner, who would also give her the alias “Tina”. With Ike, she would form the famous Ike And Tina Turner Revue. A dynamic, explosive R&B ensemble, the two became the definition of the genre in the late 60s and early 70s, where R&B/Soul had only tiptoed into the realms of the mainstream. A particularly influential act in popularizing the genre, the Revue went on to release some of music’s most memorable and iconic tracks – a cover of Creedence Clearwater Revival’s “Proud Mary”, the Phil Spector-penned “River Deep – Mountain High”, and the electric “Nutbush City Limits”. After a host of drug and abuse problems on Ike’s part, with the male Turner eventually engaging in a violent altercation with his wife, Tina decided to leave her husband for the solo life – and it worked.

As a solo artist, with the help of fellow artists like glam rocker David Bowie, Turner tumbled into mainstream success in the 80s with the only number-one hit of her career – the unconquerable love ballad “What’s Love Got To Do With It” as part of her debut solo album, Private Dancer.

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