LSP-3975 BABS SEED ~ 18/'68 DYNAGROOVE

LSP-3975 STEREO

BABS SEED
18/'68

STEREO LSP-3975
MONO LPM-3975

Many things will mark the year 1968 and one of them is definitely this show of the remarkable maturity that Babs now firmly displays as a grown woman.

This fantastic choice for an album to greet what is sure to be a golden year for the singer. It opens with a tune that fits this record very well: ''How Lovely To Be A Woman'' - especially of the kind Babs Seed becomes in 1968. That incredible voice she has was with her even back to the records she did with the Manehattan School Choir in the late 1950s. In her possession, tunes such as ''Gentle On My Mind'', ''This Is My Song'', and ''Both Sides Now'' transition from ordinary, everyday songs to moving spirituals carried by the passionate attitude that she brings to the songs that she sings.

Babs' progress, from a girl to a woman, has been evident on every record she has made since she first recorded for RCA Victor in 1960 and is almost certainly evident on this album as well.
- Sweetie Belle

SIDE 1
HOW LOVELY TO BE A WOMAN (from the Broadway production ''Bye Bye Birdie'') (ASCAP)
GENTLE ON MY MIND (BMI)
SOMETHING IN YOUR SMILE (from the 20th Century-Fox production ''Doctor Dolittle'') (BMI)
NEVER MY LOVE (BMI)
THIS IS MY SONG (from the Universal picture ''A Countess from Hong Kong'') (BMI)
BOTH SIDES NOW (BMI)

SIDE 2
I SAY A LITTLE PRAYER (ASCAP)
THE LOOK OF LOVE (from the Columbia picture ''Casino Royale'') (ASCAP)
GOIN' OUT OF MY HEAD (BMI)
CAN'T TAKE MY EYES OFF OF YOU (BMi)
A HAZY SHADE OF WINTER (BMI)
I'LL BE SEEING YOU (ASCAP)

Produced by Joe Reisman
Arranged by Babs Seed and Apple Bloom
Recorded at RCA'S Studio C, New York City

DYNAGROOVE

© 1968 RCA, New York, N.Y. - Printed in U.S.A.

When you're a skinny child of fourteen,
Wide with braces from ear to ear,
You doubt that you will ever be appealing.
Then Hallelujah! You are fifteen
And the braces disappear
And your skin is smooth and clear
And you have that happy grown-up female feeling.
How lovely to be a woman,
The wait was well worth while;
How lovely to wear mascara
And smile a woman's smile.
How lovely to have a figure,
That's round instead of flat;
Whenever you hear boys whistle,
You're what they're whistling at.
It's wonderful to feel
The way a woman feels;
It gives you such a glow just to know
You're wearing lipstick and heels!
How lovely to be a woman
And have one job to do;
To pick out a boy and train him
And then when you are through,
How lovely to be a woman like me!
How wonderful to know
The things a woman knows;
How marvelous to wait for a date
In simply beautiful clothes!
How lovely to be a woman
And change from boys to men,
To go to a fancy nightclub
And stay out after ten.
How lovely to be so grown-up and free!
Life's lovely when you're a woman like me!

It's knowin' you don't try to buy my freedom
With some promise made of gold
That for you my door stays open
And our love becomes a simple two-way street
And it's knowin' we're not shackled
By forgotten words and bonds
And the ink stains that have dried upon some line
That keeps you on the back roads
By the rivers of my mem'ry
That keeps you ever gentle on my mind

It's not clingin' to the rocks and ivy
Planted on some column now that binds us
Or somethin' that somebody said because
They thought we fit together walkin'
It's just knowin' that the world
Will not be cursin' or forgivin'
When I drift in through the market place and find
That you're movin' on the back roads
By the rivers of my mem'ry
For hours you're just gentle on my mind

Oh the wheat fields and the clothes lines
And the junkyards and the highways come between us
And some other woman cryin' to her mother
'Cause she turned and you were gone
I still might walk for hours
Tears of joy might stain my face
And the summer sun might burn me till I'm blind
But not to where I cannot see
You movin' on the back roads
By the rivers flowin' gentle on my mind

The shutters creak and Autumn winds
That make me draw inside myself in silence
Cross-legged now I sit and watch
The endless chase of leaves across my garden
And layin' down my hairbrush
I lean backward in my window seat and find
That you're movin' on the back roads
By the rivers of my mem'ry
Ever smilin', ever gentle on my mind

Something in your smile speaks to me
Something in your eyes shows me the way
And helps me to say the things
That I could never say to you.

Something in your voice sings to me
Something in your laugh makes me rejoice
And there is no choice except
To let my thoughts all stray to you
And stray to you they do.

Something in you is rich and rare
And there is something more
Something in you is everything
I've never known before.

Something of your charm clings to me
Something of your warmth has stayed in my heart
And made me a part of you for just a little while
So think of me as something in your smile
Please think of me as something in your smile.

You ask me if there'll come a time
When I grow tired of you
Never my love
Never my love

You wonder if this heart of mine
Will lose its desire for you
Never my love
Never my love

What makes you think love will end
When you know that my whole life depends
On you (on you)

Never my love
Never my love

You say you fear I'll change my mind
And I won't require you
Never my love
Never my love

How can you think love will end
When I've asked you to spend your whole life
With me (with me, with me)

Why is my heart so light
Why are the stars so bright
Why is the sky so blue
Since the hour I met you

Flowers are smiling bright
Smiling for our delight
Smiling so tenderly
For the world, you and me

I know why the world is smiling
Smiling so tenderly
Its just the same old story
Thru all eternity

Love, this is my song
Here is a song, a serenade to you
The world cannot be wrong
If in this world there's you

I care not what the world may say
Without your love there is no day
So Love, this is my song
Here is a song, a serenade to you

Love, this is my song
Here is a song, a serenade to you
The world cannot be wrong
If in this world there's you

I care not what the world may say
Without your love there is no day
So Love, this is my song
Here is a song, a serenade to you

Rows and flows of angel hair
And ice cream castles in the air
And feather canyons everywhere
I've looked at clouds that way

But now they only block the sun
They rain and snow on everyone
So many things I would have done
But clouds got in my way

I've looked at clouds from both sides now
From up and down, and still somehow
It's cloud illusions I recall
I really don't know clouds at all

Moons and Junes and Ferris wheels
The dizzy dancing way you feel
As every fairy tale comes real
I've looked at love that way

But now it's just another show
You leave 'em laughing when you go
And if you care, don't let them know
Don't give yourself away

I've looked at love from both sides now
From give and take, and still somehow
It's love's illusions I recall
I really don't know love at all

Tears and fears and feeling proud
To say "I love you" right out loud
Dreams and schemes and circus crowds
I've looked at life that way

But now old friends are acting strange
They shake their heads, they say I've changed
Well something's lost, but something's gained
In living every day

I've looked at life from both sides now
From win and lose and still somehow
It's life's illusions I recall
I really don't know life at all

I've looked at life from both sides now
From up and down and still somehow
It's life's illusions I recall
I really don't know life at all!

---

The look of love
Is in your eyes
A look your smile can't
disguise

The look of love
Is saying so much more than
Just words could every say
And what my heart has heard
Well it takes my breath away

I can hardly wait to hold you
Feel my arms around you
How long I have waited
Waited just to love you
Now that I have found you

You've got the look of love
It's on your face
A look that time can't erase
Baby be mine, tonight

Let this be just the start of
So many nights like this
Let's take a lovers vow
And seal it with a kiss

I can hardly wait to hold you
Feel my arms around you
How long I have waited
Waited just to love you
Now that I have found you

Don't ever go
Don't ever go
I love you so
The look of love

Let this be just the start of
So many nights like this
Let's take a lover's vow
And baby we'll seal it with a kiss

I can hardly wait to hold you
Feel my arms around you
How long I have waited
Waited just to love you
Now that I have found you

Well I think I'm going out of my head.
Yes I think I'm going out of my head
Over you, over you.

I want you to want me.
I need you so badly,
I can't think of anything but you.

I want you to want me.
I need you so badly,
I can't think of anything but you.

And I think I'm going out of my head
'Cause I can't explain the tears that I she'd
Over you, over you.

I see you each morning
But you just walk past me
You don't even know that I exist

Going out of my head over you
Out of my head over you
Out of my head day and night
Night and day and night wrong or right

I must think of a way into your heart
There's no reason why my being shy should keep us apart

And I think I'm going out of my head
Yes I think I'm going out of my head
(fades)

Time, time, time
See what’s become of me
While I looked around for my possibilities
I was so hard to please
But look around
Leaves are brown
And the sky is a hazy shade of winter

Hear the Salvation Army band
Down by the riverside’s
Bound to be a better ride
Than what you’ve got planned
Carry your cup in your hand
And look around you
Leaves are brown, now
And the sky is a hazy shade of winter

Hang on to your hopes, my friend
That’s an easy thing to say
But if your hopes should pass away
Simply pretend
That you can build them again
Look around
The grass is high
The fields are ripe
It’s the springtime of my life

Seasons change with the scenery
Weaving time in a tapestry
Won’t you stop and remember me
At any convenient time?
Funny how my memory skips
Looking over manuscripts
Of unpublished rhyme
Drinking my vodka and lime
I look around
Leaves are brown
And the sky is a hazy shade of winter
Look around
Leaves are brown
There’s a patch of snow on the ground
Look around
Leaves are brown
There’s a patch of snow on the ground
(fades)

I'll be seeing you
In all the old familiar places
That this heart of mine embraces
All day and through
In that small cafe
The park across the way
The children's carousel
The chestnut trees
The wishing well

I'll be seeing you
In every lovely summer's day
In everything that's light and gay
I'll always think of you that way

I'll find you in the morning sun
And when the night is new
I'll be looking at the moon
But I'll be seeing you

I'll be seeing you
In all the old familiar places
That this heart of mine embraces
All day and through
In that small cafe
The park across the way
The children's carousel
The chestnut trees
The wishing well

I'll be seeing you
In every lovely summer's day
In everything that's light and gay
I'll always think of you that way

I'll find you in the morning sun
And when the night is new
I'll be looking at the moon
But I'll be seeing you.
(fades)