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  • We also dedicated this song to our father who passed away at 94 in 2005 in a convalescent home. I cry every time I hear the part "you never said too much but still you showed the way and I knew from watching you"

  • high school all over again

  • WOW! Great song.

  • I cried when i heard this song 5 years before my own father passed away.....Now I KNOW exactly what David Gates is singing about.....Thanks so much for the special song!

  • What fantastic solo ability

  • my husband died of cancer aged 55,on the 22nd july 2010,these are the truest words,hope he hears them,i miss you so,but this song gives me great comfort,love you chris,till we meet again,this will always be yor song from me

  • Que grande David Gates...

  • the finest years i ever knew was being a teenager and listening to your music.

  • Here's the man with that one in a million voice! David Gates wrote some great songs, as did James Griffin--who also had a wonderful voice! It is really shame that this group couldn't keep it together and continue to make great music! Oh Well! Sincerely, BobbyK

  • @bobby7771117 And he's handsome too!

  • Isn't David Gates the most gentle singer? I turn to him, Cat Stevens, James Taylor in times of pain and in need of just a feel good tune. Bread was a really great band.

  • he wrote this about his father .

  • gracias por esta musica que me hiso recordar mis años de adolescente vellos recuerdos que no volveran etq.

  • @mrlole231 ¿Tu época de adolescente? Tienes 14 años....

  • This one was dedicated to me from my soulmate & true love..RSGJ xoxoxo thank u bby

  • I recall reading that Bread was one of Michael Jackson's fave groups during the 1970's. Now that hes gone, this song/lyrics resonates with me and other fans even more.

  • His voice has a beautiful resonance and timbre (I believe the highest tessitura of any pop male artist). Outstanding song writer as well.

  • i dedicate this song to my husband,the words are so true,17 months,and no easier,miss you,but these words give me comfort,sadly missed,aged 55,you were very special to me,no one can take my memories,love you chris

  • Nobody else could ever know, the part of me that can't let go. I love you my son, and miss you more than you will ever know.

  • BANDSLAM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!­!

  • got reminded of this beautiful song by the end credits of "this is england '88" love it.

  • RiP Charky. we miss you so much

  • THANK YOU for such a beatiful song , video and Bread performed,brings memories and tributes of nice and grateful feeliins from loved human people that we don't have anymore and missed deeply .

  • so good to my ears.. so wonderful memories that i missed when i hear this song :)

  • Awwww beautiful! Thanks:) I love Bread

  • I have sons of my own, can't even imagine your pain, so very very sorry

  • @claptongroupie - Really sorry to hear. Hang in there, best wishes

  • He wrote this song after his father died. So sad!!

  • love it....

  • Reading along in another language (Spanish) while listening in my own language (English) seems to drive home the meaning of the words as I think of the subtleties of the idioms used in each language. Even where the words have identical meaning -- "life, heart, home" vs "vida, corazon, casa" -- having two languages simultaneously expressed seems to double the meaning. It's a very emotional experience. And what a beautiful, meaningful song!

  • @videoinformer yes I speak both languages, and it is very emotional for me as well.

  • remembering david gates who touch many lives by his song

  • my father passed away 21 years ago today and i am still heartbroken. he was the kindest, gentlest person i know , without a single mean bone in his body. he was the only peson who truly loved me , at my best , at my worst. this song's for you, my dearest tatay. my one, my only true love.

  • @wilhelMinya Sorry for your loss. I know how it feels and this song brings me to tears everytime I hear it even years and years after. God Bless you and those we love who have gone before.

  • @bobkatfilbin thank you so much for your kind words. my eyes are misting as i write. you have given me much comfort and relief from my pain. i will sleep soundly tonight.

  • He sounds like Ann Murray

  • I miss my brother. 

  • @rebecca7373 i miss my brother too dear Rebecca. I know how you feel.

  • this song makes me think of my mom who died suddenly 2 years ago...i miss her so much

  • Amen... great song...i just wish everyone could play and sing like that... then they would understand how "not so easy it is"....

  • You may lose them one day. Someone takes them away. And they don't hear the words you long to say.

  • YIKES!!! EVERY TIME When i hear this song. My tears keep falling so much.. BUT I LOVE THIS SONG!! I JUST REMEMBERED MY FATHER!! I MIS MY FATHER...

  • Miss you baby . I really would give ANYTHING to touch you once again :(

  • sorry for your pain I also now about loss of my son and your right song says it all

  • This is the music we listened to 40 years ago. Will anyone be listening to today's music 40 years from now?

  • @BradinPhilippines No, but you can be sure they will STILL be listening to THIS in another 40 years!

  • Anyone with a broken heart can sit with this and the tears won't stop until minutes after its over...

  • Miss you dad. It's been over ten years now since your life was taken, and mine was ruined. I don't know what's on the other side, but I hope it's a better place than here. xo

  • Oh God... what ta lyrics... sorry for everyones lost their loveones.. l am in the line too.. (father and young brother).. El grupo Bread.. fue un exito total en Peru.. mis mejores recuerdos y mis mejores anos vividos. un abrazo desde Canada

  • @claptongroupie I'm sorry

    

  • My prayers and best wishes for all of you who have lost yours! Beautiful song, no doubt about it!

  • 32 people who regard possessions higher than loved ones.

  • la mejor cancion de Bread sin duda amo esta cancion es muy muy especial para mi :D

  • I lost my son and sister this year...the words thats sang says it all.

  • @claptongroupie {{hug}} I'm sorry.

  • @geerterri Thank you very much, its appreciated

  • @claptongroupie I lost my father this year. Hugs and prayers for you.

  • @claptongroupie ...Hi, firstly i genuinely was saddened by your post. Being a Father and a Sibling, I can honestly say, I do sincerely wish you every comfort, in what is no doubt a difficult time for you. I hope the music is somehow able to help you thru this.

  • @claptongroupie ..hope your doing ok

  • @claptongroupie ...we all feel your pain..

  • @claptongroupie Amen I have lost my parents oh how I wish I could see them again but fear not my friend Jesus said we would see our loved ones again so be strong one day you will see your son and sister they are in the Lords hands

  • @claptongroupie Big hugs go out to you.

  • I never got to say goodbye to my sweet wonderful sister, i would give everything i own just to see you once again....just to touch you...once again.....i love you ter...

  • @pl2003 Hugs and prayers for you too.

  • Let it go...you words touch all of us so much...as a dad who is missing his kids every day I can tell you that we all do the besy that we can...and that is all we can do...just let it go!

  • Lost my Dad 10 years ago this month. I wasn't a bad son but not as good as he deserved. He deserved a Saint. Which I wasn't. Wish I had a second chance :(

  • @RR83y I lost my Dad to cancer in February this year. I wasn't a saint either, but how many people are saints to their parents? We had our differences and lived far apart, but in the end we were communicating, visiting each other and sending cards/gifts. Wish we had a second chance or that he could still be alive so we could have more time.

  • I loved u Dad. So sad u left when I was just 11, I miss u so much more now as an adult and think of u constantly

  • i dedicate this song to you Pops. Love you and miss you always! Send Roni, Grandma & Buddy my love.

  • beautiful song : ]

  • It's been 19 years and there has not been one day - not one - when I didn't wish my dad (obm) was still here. Not one day in 19 years.

  • Dad i hope all the C%#TS you tried to help in life just to then hurt you in return, BURN in HELL, while your in heaven. Always in my heart, I miss you MORE than words can be written.

  • Wikipedia says it came out in 72.

  • I think it came out in 1968. His voice is amazing. 10,000 years from now people will be playing this song.

  • can someone please tell me when this song came out? please reply?  luv this song : )

  • rest in peace grandmom

  • Life is to live with no regrets. Be responsible enough and intelligent enough to understand life and live with no regrets and you will live life to the fullest.

  • Every time I hear this song I tear up thinking of my grandmother who is suffering with dementia.

  • @MegaNjdevils30

    Oh, it's awful. I totally understand.

  • This song brought me to tears...All those wasted time.. wasted moment... just to have you back again.. just to touch you once again....

  • "Just to touch you, once again." There is no amount of money in the universe that can make that happen. Remember that and live by it.

  • sweet, Gates playing that nice Ovation

  • This song is one of my all time favorites!

  • @rumblewolfne mine too.

    

  •  YOU PASSED IN1991, SEEM LIKE YESTERDAY, DAD I CAN'T LET YOU GO, I MISS YOU SO MUCH.TI AMMO PAPA SEMPRE , TILL WE MEET AGAIN MY HEART CRY'S FOR YOU.

  • THE go to Break up song from my high school life.....and it still gets me....now I think of my twin sister who died from cancer 6 years ago, and I would give everything I own, just to have her back again.....

  • Everything i hear this song i end up in tears because i just cant imagine my life without the ones i love.

  • Awesome :)

  • Dear David Gates: Your uniqueness cannot be denied. Elton John, the Beatles, Led Zepplin or any American artist could do what you and Bread have done. I love you. Thank you. "Just to touch you, once again," is absoulutely classic.

  • this song, is like my felings for my wife lupe romo...is a great song

  • Does anyone know when and where this video was recorded? Also, when and under what circumstances David Gates dad died? Also, does Gates still tour?

  • Den942, no dad is perfect, mine wasn't and neither am I. All u can do is strive to be a dad ur kids will be proud of and respect. Having my son be proud of me and respecting me and his elders is the most rewarding thing I've ever experienced. It certainly outshines any what ifs that I had with my dad.

  • No regrets....life is too short. Just thought of another great song by another great singer/songwriter.....Shower The People You Love With Love, show them the way you feel....by none other than J.T. Now that I think about it, it would be cool to have David Gates & James Taylor sing together....their voices would blend beautifully! Great stuff! Thanks for posting

  • It must be great to have a dad you feel that way about.

  • this song was dedicated to me from my ex who was engaged overseas 8yrs i will never get back. I loved hard at least i knew what love felt at least i was loved back in a strange way from my ex but now to this day i still think of this song and him.

  • His dad must have been an amazing man to inspire such beauty. I hope I'm that kind of dad to my son.

  • David Gates- the lead singer/songwriter of Bread, lost his father in 1967 when he was 27 yrs old. His father was a kind and supportive man. He wrote this song in rememberance of a father he loved so much

  • omg.. if i have a husband who sings like him.. i'll melt down for sure...haayyyyyyy what a voice! looking him into the eyes while singing gives that feeling

  • Leader of the band is a great tribute to dad, this is better. Miss ya dad.

  • Allright all you guys on here crying about your daddy.Man up please.If you really think about it wasn't your dad kind of a jerk most of the time? Well maybe not but come on man get over it.Why torture yourself??

  • @marcmgm you sound like an uncaring jerk off! so why dont you fuck off!

  • BEAUTIFUL!

  • Boys & Girls..... Be good with your fellows, friends & family.

    Everything is paid here.

  • Dad, you know I did everything I could. I am so full of guilt that I failed you once again. Please forgive me. I love you..,...

    Curt

  • this song is about his father and how he would give anything to have him back.

  • Now thats thats what U CALL REAL LOVE!!!

  • Wonderful - sums this song up and the band.

  • We all do stupid things when we were young.... I'm sure your dad knows you love him.

  • great song, the good thing about old songs is that, most of them were sang by their own creators unlike singers nowadays, and the meaning and stories behind them are really realistic and fantastic at the same time...awesome

  • @rhandyasis that's general. not all new songs are unoriginal. I agree that old songs are meaningful , but they can be nonsense too and new songs have this in common with old songs.

  • i love this song...David Gates you touch our hearts with this lyrics and music..

  • OMG The Mawashigeri, hope this helps to heal you. Only time heals all wounds. At least you sound like you are acknowledging some fault with your dad. hope you find peace sweetie

  • It doesn't get better than David Gates!

  • @daToinado ..yes i agree,,he said all what we want to say to our lovers who passed away..

  • To Eric, My love and thank you for everything and all the love you've shown me.

  • This song has so much meaning for me.. I lost my mom 2yrs ago yesterday..love and miss you mom.. so very much..

  • I love my mom but fathers are so underrated. R.I.P. my beautiful dad. See you on the other side.

  • Way,,,way under-recognized song. This is so great. This song is pure classic.

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  • Great song~ Sooo beautiful and the words are amazing! Thank-you for the fond memories!

  • This song, which I always loved, took on even more meaning for me when I found out he wrote it about his father.

  • I would give everything I own to have my Dad back

  • @Swhitsnk my dads been gone this july 18 , 27yrs and exactly a monthy he turned 57

  • @alwayssme ....R.I.P Amen..

  • I dedicate this song to my dad who passed away April 12th 2010, I miss you so much. Happy Father's Day in Heaven daddy. I miss you more than anything. I wish I could tell you how much I love you one more time.

  • @carebear27203 Hey I can feel your pain thoroughly.... My father passed away just 1 year earlier i.e. April 19th, 2009. I pray for your Daddy too! May God bless him with His choicest blessings.

  • @carebear27203 Hey I can feel your pain thoroughly.... My father passed away just 1 year earlier i.e. April 19th, 2009. I pray for your Daddy too! May God bless him with His choicest blessings.

  • @carebear27203 im sure he knows that you love him, be strong your dad is in a better place now.hugs.

  • This song says it all about Rachel W. If you see this Rachel please just think about one good memory of me.

  • I feel for all of you. David Gates is a master at pulling the heart strings. My Dad, my widowed mom, my failed marriages, my too distant relationships with my daughters...Imagine what it took to write this song...

  • @davidmandyelise Thank you. I couldn't have put my own situation, past & present into words any more honestly (& yes, painfully at times) than you have.Just to know that you are not alone with these thoughts & (for me) the inevitable remorse that is so much a part of that whole thought process.....well, once again, it lightens the load considerably.

  • I DEDICATE THIS SONG TO MY PARENTS...THEY LOVED BREAD...AND I WISH THEY WERE HERE TODAY....I MISS THEM VERY MUCH....NOW I HAVE LOST 2 SISTERS AND I WISH THEY WERE HERE TOO.....THIS SONG SAYS IT ALL.......I LOVE YOU ALL.....

  • This is definitely a parents song, or some caregiver; who looked out for you when you couldn't do it for yourself...

  • Had this played at my mum's funeral 2 years ago, cannot stop playing it now.

  • such an angelic voice and breathtaking song.

  • this got me mon sole (my sunshine). . . .thank you David Gates. . .David Gates got me Mady Bowen. . . . .thank you god, (and David Gates) for giving me the world's most wonderful person.

  • Who were the other members? This video implies that the other members weren't important.

  • Una cancion escrita por David Gates en homenaje a su padre,al escucharla la imagen de mi padre,dandome consejos,viene a mi mente.Que Dios lo tenga en su reino.

  • David wrote this for his father. I can relate with his lines: "...is there someone you know... but you've taken for granted...you may lose them one day and they don't hear the words you've longed to say." There are many things I wanted to say to my Dad now...but I can't..but I could always try to be a good father to my children...just like he did to me.

  • i have 2 BREAD albums... I love them <3 and I love this song! David Gates is great!

  • chata mi amor por que no se podra retroceder el tiempo mi cielo y vivir nuevamente esos 10 años una y otra vez princesa te amo bb

  • esta cancion es para ti chata me diste los 10 años mas felices de mi vida te adoro violeta te amo chata

  • One of my absolute favorites to play and sing with acoustic guitar around the bon fire.

  • wow. this song is truly incredible.......i forgot how profound it was and is

  • I'm sorry dad for all the heartache I'd given you and the silent treatment I'd childishly dished out to you when I was thirteen 38 years ago.I loved you deeply then but couldn't bring myself to reconcile with you.Those 3 words which was very important to you were never uttered to you until you passed on 17 years ago.I would give everything I own to have you back again.I'd taken you for granted and my regrets are immeasurable.This song is so salient to me.

  • @TheMawashigeri Wow, I so relate to your story. Try not to be so hard on yourself...I'm sure your father understood who you are. And I'll bet he hears you...with joy in his heart. Parents are smarter than we think. {smile} So sorry for your loss. Peace to you friend. 

  • @TheMawashigeri ur dad knows

  • @TheMawashigeri I wish you the best. I don't know if you believe in God, but maybe you should turn it over to a higher power now. Seems to me that you have done what you needed to on your end. Live, love and let go. I feel for you. I'm kinda goin through a similar situation with my daughter, and she's still here. I hope that we can work things out before she sings this song about me the way I sing it about my dad. He died last year...

  • @TheMawashigeri Bread Everything I Own........A parent's love is so great, no matter what-you have to remember this. We all are human and make mistakes. We may even do things deliberately wrong. But time is a great healer. "Love covers a multitude of sins".-1Peter 4:8.

  • @TheMawashigeri Incredibly touching. You place an awful lot of responsibility on a 13yos shoulders. I remember talking to my dad during the last few days of his life and apologizing for my childhood actions and he said, "The best ones always resist." They see right through the bull.

  • I'm so sorry for your pain. Hugs.

  • @TheMawashigeri God Bless you ~ he knows you love him! 3 words I Love you! I too love this song! Fond memories with this beautiful song.Take care and know that your father knew you always loved him!

  • @TheMawashigeri : He knows.

    

  • @TheMawashigeri OH GOD HOW ARE YOU RIGHT!!!!!

  • @TheMawashigeri Dad Miss you so much. 'Just to hold you once again'. May God watch between me and thee while we are absent from one another. You have taken my heart with you. Your princess xxx

  • I wouldn't mind hearing this on mainstream radio to get replace the talentless garbage we're hearing now... there are exceptions, but most of what's in the air is equivalent to a floating fart that you don't want to be near =/ David Gates's masterpieces are timeless.

  • I think of both my parents with this song...always loved Bread...as for the post of loveofgoodmusic - funny name since they wouldn't know good music if it smacked them in the face! The music of the 60's and 70's had body and soul. The music today is just jibberish and they arent even creative enough to write their own - they remake the songs from the 60's and 70's - loveof goodmusic is an idiot!

  • He wrote this about his father who had passed away.

  • Wow, this is EPIC! Love this song.

  • Beautiful lyricks, beautiful song as always by the BREAD. 

  • when i hear this song i think about my relationship and cry becuz this is how i feel about my boyfriend and vice versa.being in love is one of the best feelings in the world.i luv u babe.

  • david gates is a genius

  • am sorry for you mandime29..god bless you and yours xxx

  • Sorry to hear about your loss,mandime29 .I feel for you and if it was not for songs like this,we all would be worst of.Sorry again

  • beautiful song...played it at my baby girls funeral...

  • @mandime29 T.T

    

  • beautiful song.played it at my baby girls funeral...

  • this brings back memories !! How I wish I could turn back those days! 

  • Boy does this bring me back! Summers in Maine with Freddie...such an innocent time.

  • hate to admit it but I love it

  • This is a lovely song!