Peaceful

Album: Greatest Hits (1973)
Charted: 12
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  • In the morning fun when no one will be drinking any more wine
    I'll wake the sun up by givin' him a fresh air full of the wind cup
    And I won't be found in the shadows hiding sorrow
    And I can wait for fate to bring around to me any part of my tomorrow, tomorrow

    'Cause it's oh, so peaceful here
    There's no one bending over my shoulder
    Nobody breathing in my ear
    Oh, so peaceful here

    In the evening shadows are callin' me and the dew settles in my mind
    And I think of friends in the yesterday when my plans were giggled in rhyme
    I had a son while on the run and his love brought a tear to my eye
    And maybe some day he'll up and say "We had a pretty nice time", oh, oh, oh, my

    'Cause it's oh, so peaceful here
    There's no one bending over my shoulder
    Nobody breathing in my ear
    Oh, so peaceful here Writer/s: KENNY RANKIN
    Publisher: Wixen Music Publishing
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

Comments: 8

  • Steve from Ontario Such a good song, one of her best.
  • Barry from Sauquoit, NyOn March 19th 1969, Bobbie Gentry performed "Peaceful" on the CBS-TV program 'The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour'...
    Was track four of side two from her third studio album, 'Local Gentry', the album was released 1968...
    Just under four years later Heddy Reddy's covered version of the song entered Billboard's Hot Top 100 chart on January 28th, 1973; eventually it peaked at #12 and spent 17 weeks on the Top 100...
    Ms. Gentry, born Roberta Lee Streeter, will celebrate her 71st birthday in four months on July 27th {2015}.
  • Barry from Sauquoit, NyOn February 2nd 1973, the musical weekly series 'The Midnight Special' debuted on the NBC-TV network; the show ran for 8.5 years with a grand total of 350 episodes...
    Helen Reddy hosted the premiere episode and performed "Peaceful"; at the time the song was at #85 on Billboard's Hot Top 100 chart and eventually peaked at #12 on the chart...
    {See the second posted below}.
  • Donna from Ft. Lauderdale, FlThis is a lovely song whether it's Helen Reddy or Kenny Rankin as vocalist. I think we can all appreciate the idea of a place where we can simply be ourselves. Nice relaxed tempo...very calming to the senses.
  • Barry from Sauquoit, NyOn January 28th 1973, "Peaceful" by Helen Reddy entered Billboard's Hot Top 100 chart; and on April 29th, 1973 it peaked at #12 (for 1 week) and spent 17 weeks on the Top 100...
    It reached #2 on Billboard's Adult Contemporary Tracks chart...
    The song was surrounded by #1 records by Helen Reddy; "I Am Woman" preceded it, and peaked at #1 and "Delta Dawn" succeeded it, and it also reached #1...
    Ms. Reddy celebrated her 72nd birthday three months ago on October 25th (2013).
  • Tony from Vero Beach, FlI always interpreted Rankin's "had a son while on the run" as being a reference to his traveling around the country making music and his unwillingness to settle down (yet). There is no better illustration of the word "mellifluous" than the voice of Kenny Rankin. He will be missed, and his catalog will continue to be cherished.
  • Daevid from Glendale, CaI'd have to say, of all the greatest hits; this one has to be my fave.
    Great melody, great arrangement, etc.
  • Larry from New York City, NyAnother great Reddy song with great lyrics!
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