The Osmonds - Our Best To You

The Osmonds - Our Best To You - (LP) - 1985

Album: The Osmonds Our Best To You
Released: 1985
Label: United Management
Produced by Merrill Osmond

Side one

01. Down By The Lazy River
02. Let Me In
03. Crazy Horses
04. Back Step Lovin’
05. Singin’ Again

Side Two

01. Takin’ Country To The City
02. Let’s Make It Love Again
03. There’s Gonna Be A Heartache Tonight
04. He’s A Heartache
05. Memory

Side One

1. Down By The Lazy River

What are ya doin’ tonight
Ya got no place to go.
Gotta get out of the city,
Why dont’cha come along with me

Mighty fine out tonight,
Get your girl and hold her tight.
We can take it nice and easy,
you know it won’t be long
till we’ll be, we’ll be

Down by the lazy river,
come as you please.
Down by the lazy river,
one big family
If you’re all alone,
you won’t be long.
Just bring your guitar
and sing your song.
Down by the lazy river,
everybody follow me.

Better make up your mind,
get the show on the road.
We’re gonna have a party,
come along or you’ll
be sorry, sorry.

You know there’s
plenty of room,
come on and sing a
boom boom boom.
We can get nice and cozy,
why don’t you come
along and mosey

Down by the lazy river,
come as you please.
Down by the lazy river,
one big family.
If you’re all alone,
you won’t be long.
Just bring your guitar
and sing your song.

Down by the lazy river
Down, I’m goin’
Down By The Lazy River

Take it now!

If you’re all alone,
you won’t be long.
Just bring your guitar
and sing your song.
Down by the lazy river
Everybody follow me.

2. Let Me In

Lovin’ you could be so easy,
lovin’ you could make me warm.
Ever since the day I left you,
I try, but I just can’t get you
out of my mind.

Thought that I could do without you,
thought I had to look around.
But now that I know I need you,
and promise that I’ll never leave you,
won’t you please

Let me in,
let me in your arms again.
Let me give my love
to you once more.
Let me love you,
let me love you.
Take me in,
take me in your arms to stay,
and I’ll never go away again.
’Cause I love you,
’cause I love you.

I’ll never be the same without you,
if I have to say goodbye.
I have no right to ask you,
but if you can,
won’t you try to love me?
(Won’t you try to love me)
Help me
(I need you so badly)
And let me
(and let me)

Let me in,
let me in your arms again.
Let me give my love
to you once more.
Oh, ’cause I love you,
’cause I love you.

Take me in,
take me in your arms to stay
and I’ll never go away again.
Oh, ’cause I love you,
’cause I love you.

Let me in
let me in your arms again.
Let me give my love
to you once more.
Oh, let me love you,
let me love you.
Take me in,
take me in your arms to stay
and I’ll never go away.

3. Crazy Horses

There’s a message floatin’
in the air come from
crazy horses ridin’ everywhere.
It’s a warning, it’s in
every tongue. Gotta
stop them crazy horses on the run.

What a show,
there they go
smokin’ up the sky, yeah.
Crazy horses all got riders,
and they’re you and I.
Crazy horses. Crazy horses.

Never stop and they
never die. They just
keep on pumpin’ how they multiply.
Crazy horses, will they
never halt If they
keep on movin’
then it’s all our fault.

What a show,
there they go
smokin’ up the sky, yeah.
Crazy horses all got riders,
and they’re you and I.

So take a good look around,
see what they’ve done,
what they’ve done, they’ve done,
they’ve done, they’ve done,
they’ve done.

Crazy horses
Crazy horses
Crazy horses

4. Back Step Lovin’

Well I’ve been looking her over
Like I did once before
Never should have left her
Never close the door.
Well she’s a fine looking woman
I’m going to make her mine, all mine
Come Saturday night, I’ll get her back
For the second time.

Back step lovin’ on Saturday night
Little turtle dovin’ and feelin’ alright
Full moon shinin’
Making my move
I want to do some back step lovin’
with you tonight, all night
Come Saturday night I’ll
be back step lovin’ with you.

Now I’ve been thinking this over
Had such a good time
She’s all I could think of
Burnin’ up my mind
When the week is over
And all the work is done
I’m going back step lovin’
With the girl who’s number one.

5. Singin’ Again’

I wish someone here could tell me
How so many loves could fail me
When I gave it everything that I had
Well I sure got tired of hurtin’
Seems like nothin’ ain’t for certain
I was sure a singing
note just went bad

Well I thought I hit my limit
Just can’t play this game and win it
I swore I’d never try it again
Then one cold lonely day
You came passin’ by my way
I was right back singin’
love songs again

Oh well you, you chanced along,
you changed the whole song
Like a melody I’ve waited to hear
I thought I could never
know a heart so low
But oh darling,
you got me singin’ again

You know last time love had hit me
It just turned around and quit me
Let me with such an ache in my heart
I thought there wasn’t born a lady
Who was more than just a maybe
Who wouldn’t take the dreams all apart

But now since you’ve been around
You’ve turned my whole
world upside down
And I think this time
forever won’t end
I’ve laid my blues down in the past
I believe in love at last
You sure have got me singin’ again

Oh well you, you chanced along,
you changed the whole song
Like a melody I’ve waited to hear
I thought I could never know
a heart so low
But oh darling,
you got me singin’ again
But oh darling,
you got me singin’ again

Oh well you, you chanced along,
you changed the whole song
Like a melody I’ve waited ta hear
I thought I could never
know a heart so low
But oh darling,
you got me singin’ again

Side Two

1. Takin’ Country To The City

Music, another Friday
my work day blues are long gone
Music, keep me singing
a good time country song
Full moon over Texas,
shine on Oklahoma
We’re winding down
a ten hour day
But in Forth Worth, Tulsa,
Houston, Okie City
They’ll be jumping
when the band starts to play

We’re taking country
to the city tonight
We’ll be hanging
till the morning light
I’ve got the honky tonk fever
and I’ve got to leave here
And head for where
the bright lights shine

I’ve got me two hot feet
with a two steppin’ beat
Someone to hold me tight
I love that country steel
and a city feel
Takin country to
the city tonight

Music another Friday
This working girl’s
Goin’ strong
Music keep me singing
My favorite country song

They’re riding broncs up in New York City
Their ropin’ down Rodeo Drive
Broadway, Sunset, Lonestar, Palomino
Coast to Coast their doing it right.

We’re taking country to the city tonight
We’ll be hanging til the morning light
I’ve got the honky tonk fever
And I’ve got to leave here
And head for where the
bright light shines

I’ve got me two hot feet
with a two steppin’ beat
Someone to hold me tight
I love that country steel
with a city feel
Takin country to the city
Country to the city
Country to the city
Tonight

2. Let’s Make It Love Again

Hello friend, it’s good to see
those smilin’ eyes
you’ve kept for me
The road’s been long,
still I’ve always known
My love would bring you
right back to my door.

Sometimes a man
must go on his own
Just to try and find
his way back home
I’ve got lost chasin’ foolish dreams
When the only dream
I needed girl was you

Let’s make it love again
Make it shine all the time
and never end
I keep holdin’ on,
Hold on to the love
We left behind so long
I’m on my knees,
sorry that it’s taken me
so long to finally see
You’re the one I’ve needed babe
Let’s make it love again.

Hello friend, it’s good to see
those smilin’ eyes still wantin’ me.
I’ve missed the arms
that kept me so warm.
Come and hold me.
Let me feel your touch again.

Let’s make it love again
Make it shine all the
time and never end
I keep holdin’ on,
hold onto the love
we left behind so long
I’m on my knees,
sorry that it’s taken me
so long to finally see
You’re the one I’ve needed babe
Let’s make it love again.

3. There’s Gonna Be A Heartache Tonight

Somebody’s gonna hurt someone
Before the night is through
Somebody’s gonna come undone.
Theres nothin we can’t do.
And everybody wants
to touch somebody
If it takes all night.
And everybody wants
to take a little chance,
Make it come out right.

Oh, there’s gonna be
a heartache tonight,
A heartache tonight, I know.
Oh, there’s gonna be a heartache tonight,
A heartache tonight, I know
Yeah I know

Now some people like to stay out late
Some folks can’t hold out that long
And nobody wants to go home now.
Theres too much goin’ on.

Oh, there’s gonna be
a heartache tonight,
A heartache tonight, I know.
Yeah, I know
There’s gonna be a heartache tonight,
A heartache tonight, I know
Yeah I know

Now you can beat around the bushes;
You can get down to the bone
You can leave it in the parking lot,
But either way, there’s gonna be a
Heartache tonight,
a heartache tonight I know.
Yeah, I know

There’s gonna be a heartache tonight
A heartache tonight I know
Wo yeah.

4. He’s A Heartache

Well, you can’t deny how
good he looks
You’ll never find another
on the cover of a book, believe me
Well, I’ve almost loved him
once or twice

And don’t be fooled
by his innocent smile
he’s clever as the devil
and just as wild
he’s crazy,
But a little crazy’s kind of nice

Well, he’s a heartache looking
for a place to happen
Lookin’ for a little action
Livin’ for the moment not for lovin’
He’s a heartache looking
for a place to happen
Temporary satisfaction
If you try to hold on
He’s gone.

Well I might as well
tell somebody else
I know I’ll never have him
all to myself, not likely
But I wouldn’t mind
just one more time

If he want’s to hold you
Let him be
Don’t pass up the opportunity
To know him
Cos you won’t forget
Him all your life.

Oh, You’d better be careful
be warned about
Not to fall in love

’Cos he’s a heartache
looking for a place to happen
Lookin’ for a little action
Livin’ for the moment
not for lovin’

He’s a heartache looking
for a place to happen
temporary satisfaction
If you want to hold on
He’s gone

Well, he’s a heartache looking
for a place to happen
Looking for a little action
Livin’ for the moment
not for lovin’
He’s a heartache lookin’
for a place to happen
Temporary satisfaction
If you try to hold on, he’s gone
If you try to hold on, he’s gone
If you try to hold on, he’s gone

5. Memory

Midnight.
Not a sound from the pavement
Has the moon lost it’s memory
She is smiling alone
In the lamplight, the withered leaves
collect at my feet
And the wind
begins to moan

Memory
all alone in the moonlight
I can smile at the old days
It was beautiful then
I remember a time
I knew what happiness was
Let the memory live again

Burned out ends
of smoky days
The cold stale smell of morning
Streetlamp dies,
another night is over
Another day is dawning

Touch me.
It’s so easy to leave me
all alone with the memory
of my days in the sun
If you touch me
you’ll understand
what happiness is
Let the memory live again

Burned out ends
of smoky days
The cold stale smell of morning
Streetlamp dies
another night is over
Another day is dawning

Touch me
It’s so easy to leave me
all alone with the memory
of my days in the sun
If you touch me
you’ll understand
what happiness is
Look a new day has begun.