Following Miles Davis with In A Silent Way, a beautiful ‘64 soul number pleading for silence on a noisy street by the artist who grew up in Philadelphia and developed his Sam Cooke-like voice in church and doo-wop bands. This song was written by Bert Burns and Sam Bell.
Johnny, Johnny Dollar !
Lady, lady, lady
Why do you holler?
Ain't nobody seen
Your Johnny Dollar
I can't get no sleep
In this noisy street
I've got to move
(I've got to move)
I've got to find me a quiet place
There's a man next door
With a radio and he plays it
All through the night
There's a couple in the
Apartment above my head
That don't do nothing
But fuss and fight
I can't get no sleep
In this noisy street
I've got to move
(I've got to move)
I've got to find me a quiet place
Tell me, where do you go
When you got no dough?
There must be a way
Out of here
But I've got to find
Some peace of mind
There must be a place
That I can find
Believe me when I tell you
There's a cat that gets
Under my window
And he meows all the time
There's a drunk that wakes me
In the middle of the night
Singing 'Sweet Adeline'
I can't get no sleep
In this noisy street
I've got to move
(I've got to move)
I've got to find me a quiet place
I can't get no sleep
In this noisy street
I've got to move
(I've got to move)
I've got to find me a quiet place
Oh, I've got to move
(I've got to move)
I've got to find me
A quiet place
I got to get away from
This noisy street
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