Darling Be Home Soon - Allison Crowe (Lovin' Spoonful tribute)

Allison Crowe's trio perform "Darling Be Home Soon", a song penned by the great American songwriter and musician John Sebastian - and which was a hit for The Lovin' Spoonful in 1967 and performed solo at Woodstock in '69. (This lovely tune has been covered memorably by a range of artists - including Joe Cocker, Slade, Bobby Darrin, and The Association.)

These days Sebastian, composer of numerous classic songs - beautiful and playful - is still busy, making jug band music. "It seems to make him feel just fine..."

Crowe, who engineered and recorded this track for her album, "This Little Bird", is accompanied here by Dave Baird on bass and Laurent Boucher on percussion.

http://music.allisoncrowe.com/track/darling-be-home-soon

The b/w photo of Allison Crowe and her darling is by Billie Woods.

Darling Be Home Soon

Words & Music by John Sebastian
As performed by Allison Crowe

Come
And talk of all the things we did today

Here
And laugh about our funny little ways
While we have a few minutes to breathe
Then I know that it's time you must leave

But darling be home soon
I couldn't bear to wait an extra minute if you dawdled
My darling be home soon
It's not just these few hours but I've been waiting since I toddled
For the great relief of having you to talk to

And now
A quarter of my life is almost past
I think I've come to see myself at last
And I see that the time spent confused
Was the time that I spent without you
And I feel myself in bloom

So darling be home soon
I couldn't bear to wait an extra minute if you dawdled
My darling be home soon
It's not just these few hours but I've been waiting since I toddled
For the great relief of having you to talk to

Darling be home soon
I couldn't bear to wait an extra minute if you dawdled
My darling be home soon
It's not just these few hours but I've been waiting since I toddled
For the great relief of having you to talk to

Go
And beat your crazy head against the sky
Try
And see beyond the houses and your eyes
It's ok to shoot the moon

So darling
My darling be home soon
I couldn't bear to wait an extra minute if you dawdled

My darling be home soon
It's not just these few hours but I've been waiting since I toddled
For the great relief of having you to talk to

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[paws4caws]

who is singing harmony on this track?

[Adrian22]

@paws4caws Allison (Crowe) herself is singing harmony :)

[MsMelja]

beautiful voice)))

Allison on photo?

[Adrian22]

yes, indeed, it's Allison in the photo ( :

[54taqiyya]

@spacepatrolman  i want to hear that

[spacepatrolman]

@kgm925 there hasnt been a cover of this this good since the associations version

[MzFlowerchild]

Great Cover.......Allison's voice is amazing thank you so much for sharing & posting.....Peace

[rosesredvioletsblue]

I could spend the day and night listening to all of Allison's songs.

Excellent - all of them.

Such an extraordinary artist.

ty!

[rosesredvioletsblue]

thank you, Allison.

[Bluebottle83]

wonderful,l haunting voice

[kgm925]

your voice is beautiful i listen to your songs every day. you should post at least 1 vid a week. I've been waiting awhile for something new. recently i heard eli mattson you guys would sound great together. thank you for the great music.

[canheat1]

Excellent song choice for you and you nailed it! Please keep them comming. Mis'n you Allison....