I woke up feeling the sunshine
Drift across my face
It took me back to emotions
From another time and place
Those yesterdays
Cruising in my Chevrolet
I held my baby in my arms
But my first love was always those songs
I'm talking about soul days
Talking about those sweet soul days
I crawled out of bed real slowly
Threw on some old blue jeans
I found my favorite t-shirt
And started rolling up my sleeves
Like James Dean
Thinking I was still nineteen
I walked outside and looked around
My heart was pumping when I found
There's gonna be a soul day
Laid back sunny sweet summer soul day
I think I'll take my baby for a ride down the back road
Out in the country where the summer winds blow
Over by the river there's a barbecue shop
Always on the jukebox
You know I like it like that
Soul days, dancing with my baby
Swaying to the sweet soul days
And when the sun goes down
We're on the road again
There's white lines running down the highway
Slowly reeling us in
With the radio on
Singing to the sweet soul songs
And the music's playing through the night
Taking us back when everything was alright
Soul days
Talking about those sweet summer soul days
I'm talking about soul days
I'm going back to the sweet summer soul days
Soul days (soul days)
I wanna hear some Wilson Pickett, some Joe Tex
I wanna hear some Sam & Dave (oh yes you do)
Hey, Sam, I wanna hear some Aretha (and I wanna hear some Ray Charles)
And some soulful Sam Cooke now (what about that)
I wanna hear some Arthur Conley (well what about Edwin Starr)
Oh yeah
Come on, sing it with me...
Drift across my face
It took me back to emotions
From another time and place
Those yesterdays
Cruising in my Chevrolet
I held my baby in my arms
But my first love was always those songs
I'm talking about soul days
Talking about those sweet soul days
I crawled out of bed real slowly
Threw on some old blue jeans
I found my favorite t-shirt
And started rolling up my sleeves
Like James Dean
Thinking I was still nineteen
I walked outside and looked around
My heart was pumping when I found
There's gonna be a soul day
Laid back sunny sweet summer soul day
I think I'll take my baby for a ride down the back road
Out in the country where the summer winds blow
Over by the river there's a barbecue shop
Always on the jukebox
You know I like it like that
Soul days, dancing with my baby
Swaying to the sweet soul days
And when the sun goes down
We're on the road again
There's white lines running down the highway
Slowly reeling us in
With the radio on
Singing to the sweet soul songs
And the music's playing through the night
Taking us back when everything was alright
Soul days
Talking about those sweet summer soul days
I'm talking about soul days
I'm going back to the sweet summer soul days
Soul days (soul days)
I wanna hear some Wilson Pickett, some Joe Tex
I wanna hear some Sam & Dave (oh yes you do)
Hey, Sam, I wanna hear some Aretha (and I wanna hear some Ray Charles)
And some soulful Sam Cooke now (what about that)
I wanna hear some Arthur Conley (well what about Edwin Starr)
Oh yeah
Come on, sing it with me...
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NOTES
Soul Days est une chanson composée par Jonathan Kaye Barnett, et sortie par Dobie Gray sur son album Soul Days (2000), sur le label Cadre.
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"Je connais Sam (Moore) depuis 30 ans. Il a chanté sur le disque Human Touch, sur Real World et Soul Driver. C'est le plus grand chanteur d'harmonies, le plus haut ténor que j'ai jamais entendu de ma vie. Lorsque nous chantons ensemble, quelque soit le titre, c'est juste incroyable. C'est probablement le plus grand chanteur de soul vivant, encore aujourd'hui" (Rolling Stone, 18.11.2022)