Somewhere Out There
'Larry wrote this song for his son; a father's longing for his son's future happiness, and a lament for the difficulty of surviving a broken home.' Written in 1988, on the same day that Larry's wife left him, taking their son Michael with her
ALSO RELEASED ON: Norman Conquest
ALSO RELEASED ON: Norman Conquest
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Version 1 is a full studio recording. Note that this has a better fade out than on any of the official releases, and is slightly longer as a result. Note also that the song has a faint 'pre-echo' on the Mastertrax cassette
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The Music To Live By Magazine, March 1989, Benson BR5914
Somewhere Out There Mastertrax cassette, Benson MT10297 |
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Version 2 is the same recording as version 1, but very slightly shorter due to the fade out being botched
Note that the stereo image is reversed on the double LP release of Home At Last Note also that the song fades out a tiny fraction earlier still on the Spark CD and on the 2007 Solid Rock CDR |
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Version 3 is the same recording as version 1 but only partial and with interview segments over the start and end
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The Music To Live By Magazine, May 1989, Benson BR5932
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Version 4 is the same recording as version 1, but only a very short excerpt
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The Music To Live By Magazine, May 1989, Benson BR5932
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Version 5 is the same recording as version 1, but with the vocals removed, and fading out about 15 seconds earlier
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Somewhere Out There Mastertrax cassette, Benson MT10297
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Version 6 is the same recording as versions 1 and 2, but only partial. It fades out at 1:45
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Version 7 is the same recording as version 2, but almost half a minute shorter due to a section before the last verse being edited out, and the end fading out earlier
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lyrics versions 1 and 2
Well I hope that somewhere out there is a woman for you
And I hope that someday waiting is a baby or two
'Cause the best gifts in life are kids and a wife
I’ve never wanted to be no star
And I’m afraid that God is still the only reason
That I pick up my guitar
Oh oh oh [x3]
When you’re awake I try to show you all the love I can give
So you’ll have strength for the fight
‘Cause as you get older life gets harder to live
I love you more than anything else on earth
I think about you all the time
And every night I’m praying that the second birth
Will someday be the first thing on your mind
Oh oh oh [x6]
Love might be blind
And life is very often so unkind
But when you’re trying to live the way you should
Sometimes you don’t know right from wrong and white from black
And when you’re trying to love the best you can, baby you don’t hold nothing back
Whoa oh oh whoa woah oh oh whoa woah oh
Well I hope that when you’re older you will understand
Why your life ain’t turning out exactly the way it was planned
'Cause everything keeps changing on this crazy planet
Sometimes I don’t know what I can do, but I’m working hard for our future
So be good to your mother and you’ll make your father happy too
Oh oh oh [x2]
Oh ah ah
Oh oh oh [x3]
Love might be blind
And life is very often so unkind
Sometimes you try to live the way you should
Don’t know right from wrong, white from black
And when I’m trying to love you the best that I can, baby I don’t hold nothing back
Whoa oh oh
Oh oh oh [x2]
Since you came into my life these last three years, I’ve felt a new kind of pain
It really breaks my heart when each tour starts and you’re waving goodbye to the plane
I’d like to live at home for the rest of my life and spend every day playing with you
But that’s not the reason I was put on earth
I gotta make my father happy too
Whoa oh oh whoa oh oh, yes I do
Mmm mm-hmm-mm-hmm-mm, oh oh ho whoa oh ho
Oh oh oh ah oh oh ah oh oh
Oh oh oh whoa oh oh ah oh-oh
Well I hope that somewhere out there it’s all waiting for you
And I hope that when you get there you know what to do
If you fall down get back up, you know I love you so much
And I hope that when you’re out there you will make it through
Oh oh oh [x11]
Ah ah ah
And I hope that someday waiting is a baby or two
'Cause the best gifts in life are kids and a wife
I’ve never wanted to be no star
And I’m afraid that God is still the only reason
That I pick up my guitar
Oh oh oh [x3]
When you’re awake I try to show you all the love I can give
So you’ll have strength for the fight
‘Cause as you get older life gets harder to live
I love you more than anything else on earth
I think about you all the time
And every night I’m praying that the second birth
Will someday be the first thing on your mind
Oh oh oh [x6]
Love might be blind
And life is very often so unkind
But when you’re trying to live the way you should
Sometimes you don’t know right from wrong and white from black
And when you’re trying to love the best you can, baby you don’t hold nothing back
Whoa oh oh whoa woah oh oh whoa woah oh
Well I hope that when you’re older you will understand
Why your life ain’t turning out exactly the way it was planned
'Cause everything keeps changing on this crazy planet
Sometimes I don’t know what I can do, but I’m working hard for our future
So be good to your mother and you’ll make your father happy too
Oh oh oh [x2]
Oh ah ah
Oh oh oh [x3]
Love might be blind
And life is very often so unkind
Sometimes you try to live the way you should
Don’t know right from wrong, white from black
And when I’m trying to love you the best that I can, baby I don’t hold nothing back
Whoa oh oh
Oh oh oh [x2]
Since you came into my life these last three years, I’ve felt a new kind of pain
It really breaks my heart when each tour starts and you’re waving goodbye to the plane
I’d like to live at home for the rest of my life and spend every day playing with you
But that’s not the reason I was put on earth
I gotta make my father happy too
Whoa oh oh whoa oh oh, yes I do
Mmm mm-hmm-mm-hmm-mm, oh oh ho whoa oh ho
Oh oh oh ah oh oh ah oh oh
Oh oh oh whoa oh oh ah oh-oh
Well I hope that somewhere out there it’s all waiting for you
And I hope that when you get there you know what to do
If you fall down get back up, you know I love you so much
And I hope that when you’re out there you will make it through
Oh oh oh [x11]
Ah ah ah
lyrics version 3
....the Face To Face video came out and the, this, the eh White Blossoms From Black Roots album, compilation of different songs from the sixties, seventies and eighties. That's why that came out. Em, I think the problem's over, medically I, I feel a lot better [Spoken]
Well I hope that somewhere out there is a woman for you
And I hope that someday waiting is a baby or two
'Cause the best gifts in life are kids and a wife
I’ve never wanted to be no star
And I’m afraid that God is still the only reason
That I pick up my guitar
Oh oh oh [x3]
When you’re awake I try to show you all the love I can give
So you’ll have strength for the fight
‘Cause as you get older life gets harder to live
I love you more than anything else on earth
I think about you all the time
And every night I’m praying that the second birth
Will someday be the first thing on your mind
Oh oh oh [x6] [Interview segment starts]
As we continue with our talk with Larry Norman, every artist has different methods of choosing material for their new abums, and during the course of the conversation with Larry, that subject came up
Depending on what the concept of the album is and the tone.... [Spoken]
Well I hope that somewhere out there is a woman for you
And I hope that someday waiting is a baby or two
'Cause the best gifts in life are kids and a wife
I’ve never wanted to be no star
And I’m afraid that God is still the only reason
That I pick up my guitar
Oh oh oh [x3]
When you’re awake I try to show you all the love I can give
So you’ll have strength for the fight
‘Cause as you get older life gets harder to live
I love you more than anything else on earth
I think about you all the time
And every night I’m praying that the second birth
Will someday be the first thing on your mind
Oh oh oh [x6] [Interview segment starts]
As we continue with our talk with Larry Norman, every artist has different methods of choosing material for their new abums, and during the course of the conversation with Larry, that subject came up
Depending on what the concept of the album is and the tone.... [Spoken]
lyrics version 4
And I’m afraid that God is still the only reason
That I pick up my guitar
[Worth waiting for. Home At Last, here at last, hear it first [Spoken]]
Oh oh oh [x3]
That I pick up my guitar
[Worth waiting for. Home At Last, here at last, hear it first [Spoken]]
Oh oh oh [x3]
lyrics version 6
Well I hope that somewhere out there is a woman for you
And I hope that someday waiting is a baby or two
'Cause the best gifts in life are kids and a wife
I’ve never wanted to be no star
And I’m afraid that God is still the only reason
That I pick up my guitar
Oh oh oh [x3]
When you’re awake I try to show you all the love I can give
So you’ll have strength for the fight
‘Cause as you get older life gets harder to live
I love you more than anything else on earth
I think about you all the time
And every night I’m praying that the second birth
Will someday be the first thing on your mind
Oh oh oh [x6]
And I hope that someday waiting is a baby or two
'Cause the best gifts in life are kids and a wife
I’ve never wanted to be no star
And I’m afraid that God is still the only reason
That I pick up my guitar
Oh oh oh [x3]
When you’re awake I try to show you all the love I can give
So you’ll have strength for the fight
‘Cause as you get older life gets harder to live
I love you more than anything else on earth
I think about you all the time
And every night I’m praying that the second birth
Will someday be the first thing on your mind
Oh oh oh [x6]
lyrics version 7
Well I hope that somewhere out there is a woman for you
And I hope that someday waiting is a baby or two
'Cause the best gifts in life are kids and a wife
I’ve never wanted to be no star
And I’m afraid that God is still the only reason
That I pick up my guitar
Oh oh oh [x3]
When you’re awake I try to show you all the love I can give
So you’ll have strength for the fight
‘Cause as you get older life gets harder to live
I love you more than anything else on earth
I think about you all the time
And every night I’m praying that the second birth
Will someday be the first thing on your mind
Oh oh oh [x6]
Love might be blind
And life is very often so unkind
But when you’re trying to live the way you should
Sometimes you don’t know right from wrong and white from black
And when you’re trying to love the best you can, baby you don’t hold nothing back
Whoa oh oh whoa woah oh oh whoa woah oh
Well I hope that when you’re older you will understand
Why your life ain’t turning out exactly the way it was planned
'Cause everything keeps changing on this crazy planet
Sometimes I don’t know what I can do, but I’m working hard for our future
So be good to your mother and you’ll make your father happy too
Oh oh oh [x2]
Oh ah ah
Oh oh oh [x3]
Love might be blind
And life is very often so unkind
Sometimes you try to live the way you should
Don’t know right from wrong, white from black
And when I’m trying to love you the best that I can, baby I don’t hold nothing back
Whoa oh oh
Oh oh oh [x2]
Since you came into my life these last three years, I’ve felt a new kind of pain
It really breaks my heart when each tour starts and you’re waving goodbye to the plane
I’d like to live at home for the rest of my life and spend every day playing with you
But that’s not the reason I was put on earth
I gotta make my father happy too
Whoa oh oh whoa oh oh, yes I do
Mmm mm-hmm-mm-hmm-mm, oh oh ho whoa oh ho
Well I hope that somewhere out there it’s all waiting for you
And I hope that when you get there you know what to do
If you fall down get back up, you know I love you so much
And I hope that when you’re out there you will make it through
Oh oh oh [x8]
And I hope that someday waiting is a baby or two
'Cause the best gifts in life are kids and a wife
I’ve never wanted to be no star
And I’m afraid that God is still the only reason
That I pick up my guitar
Oh oh oh [x3]
When you’re awake I try to show you all the love I can give
So you’ll have strength for the fight
‘Cause as you get older life gets harder to live
I love you more than anything else on earth
I think about you all the time
And every night I’m praying that the second birth
Will someday be the first thing on your mind
Oh oh oh [x6]
Love might be blind
And life is very often so unkind
But when you’re trying to live the way you should
Sometimes you don’t know right from wrong and white from black
And when you’re trying to love the best you can, baby you don’t hold nothing back
Whoa oh oh whoa woah oh oh whoa woah oh
Well I hope that when you’re older you will understand
Why your life ain’t turning out exactly the way it was planned
'Cause everything keeps changing on this crazy planet
Sometimes I don’t know what I can do, but I’m working hard for our future
So be good to your mother and you’ll make your father happy too
Oh oh oh [x2]
Oh ah ah
Oh oh oh [x3]
Love might be blind
And life is very often so unkind
Sometimes you try to live the way you should
Don’t know right from wrong, white from black
And when I’m trying to love you the best that I can, baby I don’t hold nothing back
Whoa oh oh
Oh oh oh [x2]
Since you came into my life these last three years, I’ve felt a new kind of pain
It really breaks my heart when each tour starts and you’re waving goodbye to the plane
I’d like to live at home for the rest of my life and spend every day playing with you
But that’s not the reason I was put on earth
I gotta make my father happy too
Whoa oh oh whoa oh oh, yes I do
Mmm mm-hmm-mm-hmm-mm, oh oh ho whoa oh ho
Well I hope that somewhere out there it’s all waiting for you
And I hope that when you get there you know what to do
If you fall down get back up, you know I love you so much
And I hope that when you’re out there you will make it through
Oh oh oh [x8]