Kim Carnes

Songwriter: Richard Stekol

Producer: Val Garay

John and Lucky saw me off
The whistle called the times
Just six days out to the coast
Just six days behind
But I've seen every state since then
And where my boys have gone
Is known to God and four strong winds
And I'm here all alone

Now ten long years have somehow passed
Since I've seen my hometown
And times I've spent upon those streets
And faint familiar sounds
Still whisper gently in my ear
And play upon my eyes
And I hand-hold these my memories
'Til one by one, they die

But I still belong to everyone
And if my sleep allows
Then I'll be runnin' wild tonight
With all of my old pals

I can hear your passing trains
And wonder what they see
And somewhere out my window
Are the places that I might be

Now I'm chasing down those pretty boys
They wander through my mind
Aw, maybe they'll remember me
When I work out my time

But I still belong to everyone
And if my sleep allows
Then all those boys will dance tonight
With me and my old pals

But I'm runnin' every single night
And every single day
Lord, I've tried everything I know
To somehow find my way
Back to that one place in time
That fond memory endows
To me and my old pals

Kim Carnes (born July 20, 1945) is an American singer-songwriter. Born and raised in Los Angeles, California, she began her career as a songwriter in the 1960s, writing for other artists while performing in local clubs and working as a session background singer with the famed Waters sisters (featured in the documentary 20 Feet from Stardom). After she signed her first publishing deal with Jimmy Bowen, she released her debut album Rest on Me in 1972. Carnes' self-titled second album primarily contained self-penned songs, including her first charting single “You’re a Part of Me”, which reached No. 35 on the Billboard Adult Contemporary chart in 1975. In the following year, Carnes released Sailin', which featured “Love Comes from Unexpected Places”. The song won the American Song Festival and the award for Best Composition at the Tokyo Song Festival in 1976.

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