Herbie Hancock

Released: April 15, 1982

Songwriter: Rod Temperton Herbie Hancock

Producer: Patrice Rushen Herbie Hancock

Distant mountains look like they're so hard to climb
Rushing oceans always seem so deep and wide
But it's only inside your mind
Remember that those who search will find
Many apples in the barrel won't be ripe
Sometimes flowers never open to the sky
But it's only a part of life-
Nature demands the strong will survive
We can make it

There's so many highways runnin' right up to the door
And it's up to us to choose which way to go
So, be very careful and you'll never have to fall
Got to take your time and let life come to you
Give it all your heart

Sometimes sunshine fails to brighten up the day
You see only rain and tears along the way
But it's only inside your mind
Everyone gets a chance to smile
There'll be rainbows that don't ever have an end
Pots of gold aren't always waiting 'round the bend
But it's only a part of life-
Nature demands the strong will survive
We can make it

There's so many highways runnin' right up to the door
And it's up to us to choose which way to go
So, be very careful and you'll never have to fall
Got to take your time and let life come to you
Give it all your heart

Herbert Jeffrey “Herbie” Hancock (born April 12, 1940) is an American pianist, keyboardist, bandleader, composer and actor from Chicago, Illinois.

In 1960 he began working with Donald Byrd and Coleman Hawkins. He recorded his first solo album “Takin' Off” for Blue Note Records in 1962. “Watermelon Man”. Thanks to the album he caught the attention of Miles Davis, who asks, in May 1963, Hancock to join his Second Great Quintet.

In the sixties he records two important albums in jazz “Empyrean Isles” (1964) and “Maiden Voyage” (1965), both for Blue Note. During this period, Hancock also composed the score to Michelangelo Antonioni’s film Blowup (1966), the first of many film soundtracks he recorded in his career.

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