Taking My Time Bonnie Raitt 1973 music Review

My Review of this great album
The cover photo was taken in Union Station in Los Angeles.
Track listing
Side One
"You've Been in Love Too Long" (Ivy Hunter, Clarence Paul, William Stevenson) - 3:43
"I Gave My Love a Candle" (Joel Zoss) - 4:20
"Let Me In" (Yvonne Baker, Alphonso Howell, George Minor) - 3:38
"Everybody's Cryin' Mercy" (Mose Allison) - 3:29
"Cry Like a Rainstorm" (Eric Kaz) - 3:55

Side Two

"Wah She Go Do" (Calypso Rose) - 3:12
"I Feel the Same" (Chris Smither) - 4:40
"I Thought I Was a Child" (Jackson Browne) - 3:49
"Write Me a Few of Your Lines/Kokomo Blues" (Mississippi Fred McDowell) - 3:36
"Guilty" (Randy Newman) - 2:58

Personnel
Bonnie Raitt - acoustic guitar, electric guitar, vocals, bk vocs, handclapping, bottleneck guitar
Paul Barrere - electric guitar George Bohanon - trombone
Sam Clayton - congas Carol Farhat - handclapping
Glenn Ferris - horn Freebo - fretless bass, tuba, bk vocals
Lowell George - slide guitar Earl Palmer - drums
John Hall - electric guitar, background vocals, handclapping, mellotron
Bob Hardaway - horn Robert Hardaway - saxophone
Milt Holland - tabla, tambourine, timbales, claves, shaker
Carl Huston - handclapping Kirby Johnson - conductor
Jim Keltner - drums Marty Krystall - saxophone
Taj Mahal - harmonica, vocs, background vocals, acoustic bass
Van Dyke Parks - piano, keyboard, vocals, background vocals
Bill Payne - organ, piano, electric piano, vocals, background vocals
Joel Peskin - saxophone Nat Seligman - handclapping
Tony Terran - trumpet Oscar Brashear - trumpet
Bud Brisbois - trumpet Ernie Watts - soprano saxophone
Production
John Hall - producer John Haeny - engineer
Richard Heenan - mixing Arnie Acosta - mastering
Doug Sax - mastering Ed Cherney - remastering supervisor
Lee Herschberg - remastering Jo Motta - project coordinator
H George Bohanon - Kirby Johnson - horn arrangements
Tom Gamache - art direction, design
Sandy Kroopf - art direction, design, photography, back cover
Michael Dobo - photography, cover photo

You’ve Been In Love Too Long"

Girls, you've been in love too long
I said girls, you've been in love too long
When just his smile takes all your pain away
And you find yourself believin' whatever he may say
Now when he gets you cryin'
But your heart tells you Girl keep right on tryin'
You know Girls, you've been in love too long
(You're a fool for your baby)
Girls, you've been in love too long
(You're a fool for your baby)
When you accepted wrongs, just to share his kiss
Even your lonely nights, you know they're filled with happiness
You know Girl you're in trouble
You know your...heart is seein' double
Cuz when you're head tells you to run
But your heart tells you "Girl he's the only one..."
You know you have…been in love too long
Cuz when a week of loneliness can be erased with just one sweet caress
Girl...you've been in love too long
When his wrong looks right…though he always treats you bad
You find little excuses for all the sadness and abuses

"I Gave My Love A Candle"

I gave my love a candle
A promise at life
And I told 'm when my number comes up
Winds would fill the sky Me I'm fixin' to die
Moving down that same lonesome road
No I don't know why Goodbye, goodbye, goodbye
You didn't have to fool me You didn't have to lie
My love comes 'ound like a thief in the night
But only love can make you cry
And we have walked side by side
Moving down that same lonesome road
No I don't know why Goodbye, goodbye, goodbye
Your love was like a diamond ride a wave
On a sea that calms my mind
Moving onward to a distant shore
Where the boats sail in a line
We have danced to a fateful rhyme
Moving down the same lonesome road
No I don't know why Goodbye, goodbye, goodbye
You didn't have to fool me, no
You didn't have to lie If it all came out so ugly
It's only my love that could make you cry
And we have walked side by side
Moving down that same lonesome road
And I still don't know why
Goodbye, goodbye, goodbye x2
Ooh ooh ooh Goodbye, goodbye, goodbye

Let Me In"

Let me in
I can see the dancin', (let me in)
The silhouettes on the shade (silhouettes)
I hear the music (music)
All the lovers on parade (oh)
Open up (let me in), I wanna come in again
I thought you were my friend
Pitter patter of those fee-ee-ee-ee-eet
Movin' and a-groovin' with that be-eat
Jumpin' and stompin' on the flo-o-o-o-oor
(Lemme in ) Let me in! (Open up.) Open up!
Why won't you open up that door? (Let me in.)
I hear (open up) music let me in (music)
I wanna come in again
Let me in (let me in), a-well I heard it just then
I thought you were my friend
Pitter patter of those feet Movin' and a-groovin' with that beat
Jumpin' and stompin' on the floor
(Lemme in.) Let me in!. (Open up.) Open up!
Why don't you open up that door? (Let me in.)
I-ah-I (open up) hear music, let me in (music)
Oh, I heard it just then. Let me in. (Let me in.)
I wanna come in again I thought you were my friend

Everybody’s Cryin’ Mercy"

I don't believe the things I'm seein'
I've been wonderin' 'bout some things I've heard
Everybody's crying mercy
When they don't know the meaning of the word
A bad enough situation
Is sure enough getting worse
Everybody's crying justice
Just as soon as there's business first
Toe to toe, touch and go
Give a cheer and get your own souvenir
Well you know the people running round in circles
Don't know what they're headed for
Everybody's crying peace on earth
Just as soon as we win this war
Straight ahead, gotta knock em dead
So pack your kit, choose your own hypocrite
You don't have to go to off-Broadway
To see something plain absurd
Everybody's crying mercy
When they don't know the meaning of the word
Nobody knows the meaning of the word

Cry Like A Rainstorm"

Life isn't easy Love never lasts
You just carry on And keep moving fast
I turned off the highway Pulled into town
I'm fancy free darlin' And I've travelled round
Sometimes I'm up Sometimes I'm down
Tell me where can I run to Tell me how have I sinned
When you cry like a rainstorm And howl like the wind
So who shall I start with Tell me how to begin
When you cry like a rainstorm And howl like the wind
My thoughts are lost in memories That keep me free
Know if all the stars were shining
They would not help me see Don't you know that
Sometimes I'm up Most times down
Where can I run to Tell me how have I sinned
You cry like a rainstorm And you howl like the wind
Well my life isn't easy And my love never seems to last
So I'll keep on carrying on darlin' I'll just keep moving fast
I turned off the highway Pulled into town
And I'm still fancy free And I keep travellin' round
Sometimes I'm up Most times I'm down
Where can I run to Tell me how have I sinned
When you cry like a rainstorm And you howl like the wind
So who shall I start with Tell me how to begin
When you cry like a rainstorm And you howl like the wind
Cry like a rainstorm And you howl like the wind

"Wah She Go Do"

I could understand why a woman must have an outside man
I could understand why a woman must have an outside man
A man just wants to run like rat and have his wife to abide by that
Every night he's havin' a ball and when he reach home he ain't touching his wife at all
And if the woman says she's feelin' sexy (Wah She Go Do)
And the man says he's feelin' sleepy (Wah She Go Do)
An she's bawlin' "C'mon Doo doo" but this time it soft like soft candle
No satisfaction! So you see a woman must have an outside man
If you have a husband give him plenty of position
If he starts runnin' just laugh don't say anything
If he picks up an outside woman show him you can pick up two outside men
An that's the only way a woman should get some respect today
(Wah She Go Do) x2
Every woman they want and usin' we as a convenience
Then they turn an' say they can't trust a woman today
For days he ain't seen his home; the man goes and leaves his wife all alone
At the end when his head is bald; they go and don't know a woman never phone at all
An' if the man say "Lie down on de bed" (Wah She Go Do)
Then the man lays down as if he's dead (Wah She Go Do)
An she wantin' water in she tank. Yet de man so damn disobedient
No satisfaction! So you see a woman must have an outside man

I Feel The Same"

Say goodbye
'Well I know it's true
I know you're leaving me but I
'I'm leaving too
You won't forget me
'Or the sound of my name
Please believe me 'I feel the same
It seems so empty now
'Close the door
Ain't it hard to believe that you ever
' Lived this way before
All that nothing
' Causes all that pain
Please believe me I feel the same
Well this broken soul
'That I know a, a heart that's breakin'
You can't make it whole
'Until you know what has been taken
And all those pieces
'Uh that you find them all your own
I said goodbye 'Now you know it's true
You said you're leaving me, but honey I
'I'm leaving too You won't forget me
'Or the sound of my name
Please believe me 'I feel the same x2

"I Thought I Was A Child"

It's such a clever innocence with which you do your sorcery
As if somehow the years just bow and let that young girl go free
I thought I was a child until you turned and smiled
I thought I knew where I was going until I heard your laughter flowing
And came upon the wisdom in your eyes
Surprise--
I've spent my whole life running 'round
Chasing songs from town to town
Thinking I'd be free so long as I never let love slow me down
So lonely and so wild until you turned and smiled
By now I should have long been gone
But here I am still looking on
As if I didn't know which way to run
It's such a clever innocence with which you show myself to me
As if you know how it feels to never be who you wanted to be
I thought I was a child until you turned and smiled
I thought that I was free but I'm just one more prisoner of time
Alone within the boundaries of my mind
I thought I was a child

"Write Me a Few of Your Lines / Kokomo Blues"

When you get home baby
Write me a few of your lines
When you get home little baby
Write me a few of your lines
That'll be consolation
Lord Honey oh my worried mind
Left my baby
Standin' in the backdoor cryin'
Well I left my little baby
Standing in the backdoor cryin'
I never felt so sorry
Lord Honey till he said goodbye
Kokomo me baby
Kokomo me right Kokomo your mama
She'll be back tomorrow night
I'd like to cry in your arms tonight
Baby don't you wanna go?
Right on to Lemon Light City
Sweet home Kokomo
Go on down to the river baby
Goin' to sit down on the ground
Well I'm goin' down to the river baby
Goin' to sit down on the ground
And let the way of the water
Lord Honey wash my troubles down
Kokomo me baby
Kokomo me right Kokomo your mama
She'll be back tomorrow night
I gotta cry with you baby
Baby don't you wanna go?
Right on to Lemon Light City
Sweet home Kokomo

Guilty"

Yeah baby, I've been drinking
And I shouldn't come by I know
But I found myself in trouble darling
And I had no place else to go
Got some whiskey from a bar man
Got some cocaine from a friend
I just had to keep on moving
Till I was back in your arms again
Well I'm guilty, yeah I'm guilty
I'll be guilty for the rest of my life
How come I never do
What I'm supposed to do
Nothing that I try to do ever turns out right
Well you know how it is with me baby
You know I just can't stand myself
It takes a whole lot of medicine
For me to pretend to be somebody else