ERIC CLAPTON: No Reason to Cry (1976)

1. Beautiful Thing
2. Carnival
3. Sign Language
4. County Jail Blues
5. All Our Past Times
6. Hello Old Friend
7. Double Trouble
8. Innocent Times
9. Hungry
10. Black Summer Rain
11. Last Night

BEAUTIFUL THING
I've told you once, now you should know
The reason that I'm coming down.
There ain't no time to repeat again;
Just need to bring it around.

We had a beautiful thing going,
You couldn't see things my way.
We had a beautiful thing going,
Something just got in our way.

And I told you once that it was rough.
I looked on you as my friend,
Because that did not seem to be good enough,
And now it's time to begin.

We've got a beautiful thing going,
I hope that's the way it will stay.
We've got a beautiful thing going,
Nothing can stand in our way.

We've got a beautiful thing going,
I hope that's the way it will stay.
We've got a beautiful thing going,

Nothing can stand in our way.

CARNIVAL
Come with me, come with me,
To the carnival, to the carnival.

You will see, you will see,
What you want to see, exactly what you want to be,
(At the carnival, at the carnival, at the carnival.)

Come with me, come with me,
To the carnival, to the carnival,
(To the carnival, to the carnival, to the carnival.)

Come with me, come with me.
Come with me, come with me

SIGN LANGUAGE
You speak to me in sign language,
As I'm eating a sandwich in a small café
At a quarter to three.

But I can't respond to your sign language.
You're taking advantage, bringing me down.
Can't you make any sound?

‘Twas there by the bakery, surrounded by fakery.
This is my story, still I'm still there.
Does she know I still care?

Link Wray was playing on a jukebox, I was paying
For the words I was saying, so misunderstood.
He didn't do me no good.

You speak to me in sign language,
As I'm eating a sandwich in a small café
At a quarter to three.

But I can't respond to your sign language.
You're taking advantage, bringing me down.

Can't you make any sound?

COUNTY JAIL BLUES
They picked me up, put me in the county jail
They picked me up, put me in the county jai
They wouldn't let my woman come and post my bail.

Now I'm in prison, I've almost done my time
Now I'm in prison, I've almost done my time
They gave me six months, I had to work out nine.

I know my baby, she's gonna jump and shout
I know my baby, she's gonna jump and shout
When the train comes in and I come walking out.

Take these stripes from around me, chains from around my legs
Take these stripes from around me, chains from around my legs

The stripes don't hurt me; the chains could kill me dead.

ALL OUR PAST TIMES
I don't want to be the one to say I'm sorry.
I don't want to be the one to take the blame.
I don't want to be the one to throw it over.
I don't want to be the one to feel ashamed.

I don't want to be the one who thinks of nothing.
I don't want to be the one to tell you what you have seen.
After all this time, well I thought that you were mine.
I just want to be the one who would share this dream.

All our past times should be forgotten.
All our past times should be erased.
I don't care how much it costs;
'Cause I don't count the loss
As long as I can see your face again.

You don't have to tell me when you're leaving,
If it's half past one, if it's maybe four.
It makes no difference where you think you're going,
But please remember not to slam the door.

All our past times should be forgotten.
All our past times should be erased.
I don't care how much it costs;
'Cause I don't count the loss
As long as I can see your face again.

Yes, I don't care how much it costs;
You know I don't count the loss

As long as I can see your face again.

HELLO OLD FRIEND
As I am strolling down the garden path,
I saw a flower glowing in the dark.
It looked so pretty and it was unique;
I had to bend down just to have a peek.

Hello old friend,
It's really good to see you once again.
Hello old friend,
It's really good to see you once again.

I saw you walking underneath the stars;
I couldn't stop 'cause I was in a car.
I'm sure the distance wouldn't be too far
If I got out and walked to where you are.

Hello old friend,
It's really good to see you once again.
Hello old friend,
It's really good to see you once again.

An old man passed me on the street today;
I thought I knew him but I couldn't say.
I stopped to think if I could place his frame.
When he tipped his hat I knew his name.

Hello old friend,
It's really good to see you once again.
Hello old friend,

It's really good to see you once again.

DOUBLE TROUBLE
Lay awake at night,
Oh so low, just so troubled
Can't get a job,
Laid off and I'm having double trouble

Hey hey, to make you've got to try.
Baby, that's no lie.
Some of this generation is millionaires;
I can't even keep decent clothes to wear.

Laugh at me walking,
And I have no place to go
Bad luck and trouble has taken me;
I have no money to show.

Hey hey, to make you've got to try
Baby, that's no lie.
Some of this generation is millionaires;

I can't even keep decent clothes to wear.

INNOCENT TIMES
I was a child born so free;
It seems that time has put age on me
And when I grow old, will I once again find
All of those sweet, innocent times?

I was a child born without fear;
It seems that time has placed me here
With no freedom to laugh, there's more reason to cry.
I really miss those innocent times.

I used to feel joy in my soul,
But now my sorrow has taken control.
As I look around I pray, Lord be kind;
Just one more taste of those innocent times.

As I look around I pray, Lord be kind;
Just one more taste of those innocent times,

Just one more taste of those innocent times.

HUNGRY
Last night as I stepped into the stage lights,
I heard the people cry when they saw my face.
There's nothing like our hearts beating in time.
The crowd may inspire, but you give me my strength.

Oh, hungry, I'm hungry, I'm hungry for your sweet smile.
Lonely, I'm lonely, I'm lonely, I need to hold you for a while.

I've been slipping into desperation;
You're the only salvation that the Lord designed.
Your absence is controlling my defenses.
My life is senseless without you by my side.

Oh, hungry, I'm hungry, I'm hungry for your sweet smile.
Lonely, I'm lonely, I'm lonely, I need to hold you for a while.

Loose ladies on the road will drive you crazy.
Every "no" becomes a "maybe", it never takes too long.
Missing you, I don't know what I'm gonna do.
You don't know what I'm going through; everything seems wrong.

Oh, hungry, I'm hungry, I'm hungry for your sweet smile.

Lonely, I'm lonely, I'm lonely, I need to hold you for a while.

BLACK SUMMER RAIN
Where is the sun,
The sun that used to shine on me?
Where has it gone
Or is it just a memory?

I looked through the window,
Staring at the sky,
Waiting for a moment
That always passed me by.

Black summer rain,
Black summer rain,
Black summer rain is falling on me, girl.

Where is the love,
The love I need to set me free?
And how can I escape
This gloom that is swallowing me?

Black summer rain,
Black summer rain,

Black summer rain is falling on me, girl.

LAST NIGHT
Last night, I lost the best friend I ever had.
Last night, I lost the best friend I ever had.
She's gone away and left me; that makes me feel so bad.

It's early in the morning and my love is coming down to you.
It's early in the morning and my love is coming down to you.
I'll love you, love you, baby, till I don't know what to do.

Last night, I lost the best friend I ever had.
Last night, I lost the best friend I ever had.

Now you've gone away and left me; that makes me feel so bad.