Tina Turner

Songwriter: Gene Thomas Jonathan Cain Neal Schon Steve Perry

Traveling down a different road
Trying hard to leave the load
We take it there but you can't let go
It's so hard to lay it down

Back in Eden we were tried
Found ourselves disatisfied
Seeking wisdom that he denied
Trying hard to lay it down

Lay it down, lay it down
It's so hard to lay it down

Hide in me,confide in me
Oh, don't you think it's time to be
Everything we ever tried to be
So you and me can lay it down

Speak to me, don't be ashamed
There's no need in playing games
Cause after all we're all the same
Just trying hard to lay it down

Wish my words could make it well
Wish that I could break the shell
Take us from our self-made well
Find a way to lay it down

Burdened by the things I've learned
I'm hurting because I'm too concerned
Nonetheless I confess I yearn
To find a way to lay it down

Lay it down, lay it down
Wish that I could lay it down
Wish that I could lay it down

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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