CALL ME AND I’LL BE THERE
Rita MacNeil 1991

Rita MacNeil 1991

Rita MacNeil, a Canadian from Cape Breton, province of Nova Scotia, composes
music and lyrics together spontaneously before recording to tape and has over
200 BMI registrations in 38 years.



You wanted to do this alone
I understand
You asked me to wait by the phone
What could I say
But if there’s somethin’ you can’t do
And you just can’t make it through
Call me, call me.

Sometimes we go it alone
I understand
Just havin’ someone who knows
Someone who cares
But if you find the lights get you down
You know where I’ll be found
Call me, call me.

Just call me and I’ll be there
On a wing and a prayer
Don’t you know there’s nothing that
Could keep me away
And like the wind that carries the leaves
On the earth beneath your feet
I’ll be there, I’ll be there.

Takin’ the time that you need
I understand
You just can’t give up on your dream
Dreams slip away
But if you find the wind in your sail
And the XXXX somehow fails
Call me, call me.

Just call me and I’ll be there
On a wing and a prayer
Don’t you know there’s nothing that
Could keep me away
And like the wind that carries the leaves
On the earth beneath your feet
I’ll be there, I’ll be there.

Just call me and I’ll be there
On a wing and a prayer
Don’t you know there’s nothing that
Could keep me away
Just call me and I’ll be there
On a wing and a prayer
Don’t you know there’s nothing that
Could keep me away…

(fade)



(Transcribed by David Story - October 2013)