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What'll you do when you get lonely
And nobody's waiting by your side?
You've been running and hiding much too long.
You know it's just your foolish pride.
[Chorus]
Layla, you've got me on my knees.
Layla, I'm begging, darling please.
Layla, darling won't you ease my worried mind.
I tried to give you consolation
When your old man had let you down.
Like a fool, I fell in love with you,
Turned my whole world upside down.
Layla, you've got me on my knees.
Layla, I'm begging, darling please.
Layla, darling won't you ease my worried mind.
Let's make the best of the situation
Before I finally go insane.
Please don't say I'll never find a way
And tell me all my love's in vain.
Layla, you've got me on my knees.
Layla, I'm begging, darling please.
Layla, darling won't you ease my worried mind.
Layla, you've got me on my knees.
Layla, I'm begging, darling please.
Layla, darling won't you ease my worried mind.
And nobody's waiting by your side?
You've been running and hiding much too long.
You know it's just your foolish pride.
[Chorus]
Layla, you've got me on my knees.
Layla, I'm begging, darling please.
Layla, darling won't you ease my worried mind.
I tried to give you consolation
When your old man had let you down.
Like a fool, I fell in love with you,
Turned my whole world upside down.
Layla, you've got me on my knees.
Layla, I'm begging, darling please.
Layla, darling won't you ease my worried mind.
Let's make the best of the situation
Before I finally go insane.
Please don't say I'll never find a way
And tell me all my love's in vain.
Layla, you've got me on my knees.
Layla, I'm begging, darling please.
Layla, darling won't you ease my worried mind.
Layla, you've got me on my knees.
Layla, I'm begging, darling please.
Layla, darling won't you ease my worried mind.
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I was disappointed. This was the greated unrequited-love songs of all times - and he almost kills himself with heroin around this time...... and then he gets together with her years later???
I imagine their relationship never matched the passion he expressed in this song.......
Rather it is summed up by the song "Wonderful Tonight" - I always hated that song.
But who I am I to judge? The greatest rock'n'roll was created under the influence of heroin. It must bring out a lot of raw passion - but you wouldn't catch me doing it. :-)
There's a lot of pain in this song, a lot of anger. The music's high energy literally makes you feel like you're going insane, as does Duane Allman's solo at the end (BTW, Duane was the one who wrote the guitar lick, not Clapton).
The final piano coda is very lamenting about lost love. I don't know what Jim Gordon was thinking when he wrote this piece, but it fits so perfectly with the first part. It's also very sad when you think of what happened to Derek and the Dominos. A band separated by drugs, Duane Allman died a year later, Carl Radle years later, and Jim Gordon now in the nuthouse for murdering his mother. To me, this final coda represents the death a great band.
However, I can't listen to the final coda now without thinking about the scene from "Goodfellas!" Genius film-making at it's finest (imagine how that scene would have worked without the "Layla" coda at the end).
No doubt there's history behind this song, I've just read Eric's autobiography and must say it is worth reading and gives you insight to not only his life but some songs too.
And the unplugged version is so goood.