Shirley Bassey NEW YORK STATE OF MIND & JUST THE WAY YOU ARE
Video Info
Description:
A Special Lady Part 3
DVD: Brazil 2003, Multimedia Group
A Special Lady
DVD: Brazil 2003, Multimedia Group AA1500, Australia 2004, Umbrella DAVID0343
Produced by Thames Television UK in 1983, this musical extravaganza features a selection of songs, featuring Richard Clayderman and Robert Goulet. Musical Director Michael Alexander. Programme produced by Keith Beckett.
Sleeve Note
From the Australian Release
Shirley Bassey needs no introduction, she is truly one of the greatest in the entertainment business whose unwavering appeal spans more than four decades, many generations, and fans spanning to the corners of the globe. Shirley belongs quite rightly to a tiny handful of international artists whose popularity refuses to diminish.
In this concert, recorded for English TV in 1980, Bassey delivers a stellar performance and invites special guests Robert Goulet and Richard Clayderman to join her on stage.
New York State Of Mind
Written by Billy Joel.
Released on the 1982 album All By Myself. Shirley Bassey performed this in the TV special A Special Lady in 1983.
Billy Joel originally released this song on his 1976 album "Turnstiles". Turnstiles stalled on the charts, only reaching number 122. Billy Joel was born in New York and wrote this song after he had moved back to New York 1975. For detailed information on Billy Joel look at the official Billy Joel homepage.
Lyrics
Some folks like to get away
Take a holiday from the neighbourhood
Hop a flight to Miami Beach
Or to Hollywood
But I'm taking a Greyhound
On the Hudson River Line
I'm in a New York state of mind
I've seen all the movie stars
In their fancy cars and their limousines
Been high in the Rockies
Under the evergreens
But I know what I'm needing
And I don't want to waste more time
I'm in a New York state of mind
It was so easy living day by day
Out of touch with the rhythm and blues
And now I need a little give and take
The New York Times
The Daily News
It comes down to reality
And that's fine with me 'cause I've let it slide
Don't care if it's Chinatown
or on the Riverside
I don't have any reasons
I've left them all behind
I'm in a New York state of mind
I don't have any reasons
I've left them all behind
I'm in a New York state of mind
I'm taking a Greyhound
On the Hudson River Line
I'm in a New York...
I'm in a New York...
State of mind
New York state of mind
(Transcribed by Roman)
Lyrics Just The Way You Are:
Don't go changing, to try and please me
You never let me down before
Don't imagine you're too familiar
And I don't see you anymore
I wouldn't leave you in times of trouble
We never could have come this far
I took the good times, I'll take the bad times
I'll take you just the way you are
Don't go trying some new fashion
Don't change the color of your hair
You always have my unspoken passion
Although I might not seem to care
I don't want clever conversation
I never want to work that hard
I just want someone that I can talk to
I want you just the way you are.
I need to know that you will always be
The same old someone that I knew
What will it take till you believe in me
The way that I believe in you.
I said I love you and that's forever
And this I promise from the heart
I could not love you any better
I love you just the way you are.
If And When
Written by Norman Newell.
Released on the 1982 album All By Myself.
Shirley Bassey performed this song live in the TV special A Special Lady in 1983
Lyrics
If and when
I've fallen in love again
I shall remember when
My world was you
When and if
I get that all terrific thrill
It will last until
I think of you
Live and learn
They say we live and learn
And may be in return
We learn to live
Foolish me
How crazy can I be?
When anyone can see
There's only you
If and when
Love ever calls again
I close the door and say
You've been this way before
If and when
Love ever calls again
I close the door and say
You've been this way before
(Transcribed by Roman)
