Billy Joel - You Can Make Me Free (Original Cold Spring Harbor 2 of 10)

The original five and a half minute version of "You Can Make Me Free"

Lyrics:
You can make me free
You can make me smile
You can make me be
Like a little child

You can melt the ice that chills my body
You can dry my every tear
You make the lonely hours disappear

You can make me free
You can make me rise
You can make me see
So open up my eyes

Don't you know my only real moments
Are the ones I spend with you
How I long to drink some wine again with you

I can take to the skies
I can soar like a bird with its heart full of song
Won't you color my eyes
I've been waiting so long

You can make me free
You can make me cry
You can make it so much better
If you would only try

And if I must wait a lonely lifetime
Until I am with you, my love
I will wait but you'll be what I'm dreamin' of

I can take to the skies
I can soar like a bird with his heart full of song
Won't you cover my eyes
I've been waiting so long

You can make me free
You can make me cry
You can make it so much better
If you would only try

And if I must wait a lonely lifetime
Until I am with you, my love
I will wait but you'll be what I'm dreamin' of

I can take to the skies
I can soar like a bird with his heart full of song
Won't you cover my eyes
I've been waiting so long

You can make me free
You can make me cry
You can make it so much better
If you would only try

And if I must wait a lonely lifetime
Until I am with you, my love
I will wait but you'll be what I'm dreamin' of

You can make me free
You can make me cry
You can make it so much better
If you would only try

Category:

Music

Tags:

• you can make me free
• billy joel
• 5.5 min.
• cold spring harbor
• 1971
• vinyl
• original
• lyrics
• paul mccartney
• rock
• attila
• family productions

[RockNRolla1996]

Where did you get this original recording of Cold Spring Harbor?

[SaturnTrack]

@RockNRolla1996 I got it off of eBay. Check there every now and then, they usually pop up.

[OldMusicOnVinyl1]

Ah yes, "You Can Make Me Free" in its full 6-minute glory. Paul McCartney must have been a big influence on Billy the Kid back in the day cause this song is very similar in style to "Hey Jude"!

[kalinka04]

I'd only ever heard the short version of this song until now, and I thought I loved it, but this version . . . this version . . . daaaaang.

[MrAllofyourbase]

@OldMusicOnVinyl1

You're right. Heck, with the pitch shifted up as this is, a person could easily be forgiven for thinking it *was* a Paul McCartney track. It honestly sounds like something I could see him putting out.

[jedenzniewielu]

@ClassicTVMan1981X

Sorry, but honestly I have no idea what you are talking about. I'm just saying that this song's chorus sounds like chorus in Macca's "Maybe I'm Amazed".

[ClassicTVMan1981X]

@jedenzniewielu

What I mean is that the 1983 version not only corrects the pitch, but it also edits out the long instrumental outro. But if I were to slow down this bastardized 1971 version by 4 percent, that's how I know the song would run for 6:15 (from 6:02) - it would have the same pitch as the 1983 version, but it also would retain the long outro.

I used Sony Vegas Pro 10 to do the pitch-correcting job.

[jedenzniewielu]

@ClassicTVMan1981X

What do you mean?

[ClassicTVMan1981X]

Without any further editing, the pitch-corrected version of this tune would run 6:15.

[ClassicTVMan1981X]

@jedenzniewielu

Which came out in 1970, so would Macca accuse BJ over this?

[davidthecook]

This is one of my all time favorite songs by Billy Joel. I am saddened that I am like the 19th person to like this. Ugh!!!! Get liking this people!!! he is awesome!!!

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[hpolsky]

Definitely one of his best. I have them all, including the ORIGINAL vinyl on Family Productions. I got that one years ago when a radio station that was closing down was selling their music inventory. Got i for under a buck, What a steal!