Keep On Growing

Album: Layla And Other Assorted Love Songs (1970)
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  • I was laughing,
    Playing in the streets, I was unknowing;
    I didn't know my fate.
    Playing

    The game of love, but never really showing;
    I thought that love could wait.
    I was a young man and sure to go astray.
    You walked right into my life and told me love would find a way

    To keep on growing, keep on growing, keep on growing.
    I was standing,
    Looking in the face of one who loved me,
    Feeling so ashamed.

    Hoping,
    And praying, Lord, that she could understand me,
    But I didn't know her name.
    She took my hand in hers and told me I was wrong.

    She said, you're gonna be all right boy, oh just as long
    As you keep on growing, keep on growing, keep on growing. Yeah, yeah, yeah.
    Maybe,
    Someday baby, who knows where or when, Lord,

    Just you wait and see.
    We'll be walking,
    Together hand in hand, alone forever;
    Woman just you and me.

    'Cause time is gonna change us, Lord, and I know it's true;
    Our love is gonna keep on glowing and growing and it's all we gotta do.
    Keep on growing, keep on growing, keep on growing. Yeah, yeah, yeah.
    Keep on growing, keep on growing, keep on growing. Writer/s: BOBBY WHITLOCK, ERIC PATRICK CLAPTON, ROBERT S. WHITLOCK
    Publisher: MUSIC SALES CORPORATION, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

Comments: 2

  • Pappy from York, PaOne of the best songs on an an album of great songs
  • Joe from Perth, Australiathis song just really seems to KEEP ON GROWING on me! i love this song great guitar and lyrics
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