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A Summer PlaceAretha Franklin

Songwriter: Mack Discant Max Steiner

[Verse]
There's a summer place
Where it may rain or storm
Still i'm safe and warm
For within that summer place
Your arms reach out to me
And my heart is free from all care
For it knows there are no gloomy skies
When seen through the eyes
Of those that are blessed with love
And the sweet secret of a summer place
Is that it's anywhere where two people share
All of their hopes, all of their dreams
All of their lives
I don't know what to say
I love you too much to speak
Seeing you brings back
So many beautiful moments
So many beautiful memories
I need to hold you in my arms
I want to kiss your mouth
I want to love you and never stop loving you
I never want to stop loving you
There's a summer place
Where it may rain or storm
Still i'm safe, safe and warm in your arms
All our hopes and all of our dreams
All of our love
All of our dreams, all of our lives
All of our lives, all of our
All of our dreams, all of our dreams
All of our lives, all of our lives
Oh darling, i love you
Just hold me when i lie down to sleep
Darling, oh darling, oh darling
Your face comes into view just before i told you
I'm fighting hard, baby, i don't plan to come back
I'm going to win, i will be triumphant
I will be triumphant for the rest of our lives

Aretha Franklin

Aretha Franklin is both a 20th and 21st century musical and cultural icon known simply by her first Aretha. She is the reigning and undisputed “Queen Of Soul” with a legacy that spans five decades. A native of Detroit, Michigan, Aretha began her career singing gospel at her father, minister C. L. Franklin’s church as a child. In 1960, at the age of 18, Aretha embarked on a secular career, recording for Columbia Records with modest success.

After moving to Atlantic Records in 1967, she released a steady string of US top ten hits through 1973 including “Spanish Harlem”, “Chain Of Fools”, “Baby I Love You”, “Since You’ve Been Gone”, “Daydreaming”, “The House That Jack Built”, “(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman", ”Think“ and her first chart-topper “Respect” – a song that also won Aretha her first of 18 Grammys. During this time, several of her songs were also successful overseas.

By the mid-70s, Aretha’s commercial success waned and she left Atlantic for Clive Davis' Arista Records in 1980. Her 1982 song “Jump to It,” returned her to the top 40 for the first time in six years. 1985’s Who’s Zoomin' Who? got her back into the top 10 twice with its title track and “Freeway Of Love”. Four more songs reached the top 40 through 1986.

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