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Les_Kloo
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Registered: 06/24/11
Posts: 124
Location: City in My Head, Utopia, United States
 
Darkness, darkness
Monday, July 23 2012 @ 12:40 AM CDT

Still one of my favorite songs from the 60s. One of my favorite songs, period.

A few versions:

Lisa Torban



Ann Wilson (w/ Nancy)



And the mighty original by the Youngbloods.



Darkness, Darkness
Be my pillow
Take my head
And let me sleep
In the coolness of your shadow
In the silence of your deep

Darkness, Darkness
Hide my yearning
For the things I cannot be
Keep my mind from constant turning
Toward the things I cannot see now
Things I cannot see now
Things I cannot see

Darkness, darkness,
Long and lonesome,
Ease the day that brings me pain.
I have felt the edge of sadness,
I have known the depth of fear.
Darkness, darkness, be my blanket,
Cover me with the endless night,
Take away, take away the pain of knowing,
Fill the emptiness of right now,
Emptiness of right now, now, now
Emptiness of right now.

Darkness, darkness, be my pillow,
Take my hand, and let me sleep.
In the coolness of your shadow,
In the silence, the silence of your deep.
Darkness, darkness, be my blanket,
Cover me with the endless night,
Take away, take away the pain of knowing
Fill the emptiness of right now,
Emptiness of right now now now
Emptiness of right....
Oh yeah Oh yeah
Emptiness, emptiness
Oh yeah

My music is much better than it sounds.
Char
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Registered: 11/01/07
Posts: 1596
Location: Beavercreek, Ohio USA
 
Re:Darkness, darkness
Monday, July 23 2012 @ 03:44 PM CDT

Whoo! Yes, a great song. Thanks, Les.

Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak out and remove all doubt. Abraham Lincoln
 
SISTERS
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Registered: 01/12/09
Posts: 151
Location: North Fork, CA United States
 
Re:Darkness, darkness
Monday, July 23 2012 @ 04:08 PM CDT

oooo - i'd never heard the first version - HOW WONDERFUL!
thank you.
Anne