Baby - Steve Forbert

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The world is new in your newborn eyes
You got no shame and you tell no lies
Your slate is clean and your mind is free
Your soul is pure let it shine on me

Let it shine, oh baby, baby
Let it shine, yes let the whole thing breathe
Let it shine, baby

A concrete town and a deep blue sea
A highway sign and some lonesome trees
The mountains reach and the rivers flow
They wait for you in the year's too long


Let it shine, yeah baby, baby
Let it shine, let the whole thing breathe
Just let it shine, oh baby

Prayers up to a God
Prayers up to a God
Prayers up to a God to your soul for the key

Sad old city moon
Sad old city moon
Sad old city moon
Sit down, down watched you sleep
Yes you little baby


You'll travel up and you'll travel down
Walk the road while the world spins around
With twinkling stars high above your head
You'll live and die and you'll end up dead

Let it shine, oh baby, baby
Let it shine, yes, let the whole thing breathe
Let it shine, oh baby

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Steve Forbert (born Samuel Stephen Forbert, December 13, 1954 in Meridian, Mississippi) is an American singer-songwriter. He is best known for his song "Romeo's Tune", which reached No. 11 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in 1980. Forbert's tribute to Jimmie Rodgers, Any Old Time, was nominated for a 2004 Grammy in the best traditional folk category. In 2006, he was inducted into the Mississippi Music Hall of Fame.

Forbert signed a recording contract with Nemperor in 1978, and they released his debut album, Alive on Arrival, that same year. His song "Romeo's Tune", although "dedicated to the memory of Florence Ballard" on the sleeve of Forbert's second album Jackrabbit Slim (released in 1979), is not about Supremes singer Ballard who died in 1976. "Forbert admits that Ballard became a timely connection for "Romeo's Tune", written about a girl from Meridian. "That seemed like such bad news to me and such sad news. She wasn't really taken care of by the music business, which is not a new story". At around this time critics hailed Forbert as "The new Bob Dylan" because of a similar vocal timbre and thoughtful songwriting. The front cover of Jackrabbit Slim encourages such comparisons with its simplicity: a black and white photo of Steve Forbert playing a well-worn Martin acoustic guitar with a capo on it, his shirt tinted green. The record was recorded in Nashville and produced by John Simon who had worked with The Band.

After many successful years, Forbert sought out new inspiration and found it when he relocated to Nashville in 1985. Forbert's tribute to Jimmie Rodgers, Any Old Time, was nominated for a 2004 Grammy in the best traditional folk category. In 2006, he was inducted into the Mississippi Music Hall of Fame.

Recent albums include Strange Names & New Sensations (2007), The Place And The Time (2009), and Over With You (2012).

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