Lee Fields & The Expressions - Don't Give Up
In Our Headphones
KEXP
4.6 • 1.1K Ratings
🗓️ 4 May 2020
⏱️ 4 minutes
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Summary
Lee Fields & The Expressions - "Don't Give Up," a 2019 single on Big Crown Records.
Plainfield, NJ-based artist Lee Fields just celebrated his 70th birthday last week, and he's spent 50 of those years performing old-school soul, funk, and R&B. His first single was released in 1969, and he went on to work with artists like B.B. King, Clarence Carter, Kool & The Gang, and more.
Last year, he released his seventh full-length (and fifth with his power-house backing band The Expressions) titled It Rains Love. Today's featured track was recorded during those sessions, but was unreleased until late 2019, when it was shared as a digital single. While the passionate ballad most likely reflects a love gone wrong, it bears a message of hope and solidarity that's perfect for these times.
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| 0:00.0 | Don't give up on me. |
| 0:20.0 | When the day breaks and there's too much pain to stand. |
| 0:25.0 | And the winds of uncertainties have rally your faith. |
| 0:30.0 | It's the time for you to reach out and grab a loving hand |
| 0:37.0 | and put your trust in a power that's greater than man. |
| 0:43.0 | I know the road and |
| 0:45.0 | I know the road and for this |
| 0:50.0 | for this down, |
| 0:52.0 | down. |
| 0:55.0 | And nothing good for you can be found out. |
| 1:00.0 | But I believe... found out. |
| 1:07.0 | But I believe if you just give your trust. It is a turn on found out. |
| 1:10.0 | Don't give up on me. |
| 1:18.0 | Don't give up my love. |
| 1:25.0 | Don't give up on me. Don't give up my love. |
| 1:30.0 | Don't give up my love. |
| 1:32.0 | Don't give up on me. |
| 1:37.0 | Our hour, I was, |
| 1:42.0 | tried to find a little relief from this pain. |
| 1:45.0 | You're thinking of things you used to do to keep from going insane. |
| 1:50.0 | But I believe you can just put your trust in a higher power. I believe relief |
| 2:00.4 | will be restored by the hour. |
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