Sentimental Lady
 

Written & Sung: B. Welch; Guitar and Backup Vocal: L. Buckingham
 

You are here and warm
But I could look away, and you'd be gone
'Cause we live in a time
When meaning falls in splinters from our lives
That's why I've travelled far
'Cause I come so together where you are

Yes, and all of the things that I said that I wanted
Come rushing by in my head when I'm with you
Fourteen joys and a will to be merry
All of the things that they say are buried

Sentimental, gentle wind
Blowing through my life again
Sentimental lady, gentle one
(All I needed)
Sentimental, gentle wind
Blowing through my life again
Sentimental lady, gentle one

Sentimental lady

Yes, and all of the things that I said that I wanted
Come rushing by in my head when I'm with you
Fourteen joys and a will to be merry
All of the things that they say are buried

Sentimental, gentle wind
Blowing through my life again
Sentimental lady, gentle one
(All I needed)
Sentimental, gentle wind
Blowing through my life again
Sentimental lady, gentle one
(All I needed)

Yes, all of the things that I said that I wanted
Come rushing by in my head when I'm with you
Fourteen joys and a will to be merry
All of the things that they...
(All I needed)
All of the things that I said that I wanted
Come rushing by in my head when I'm with you
Fourteen joys and a will to be merry...

WEBMISTRESS speculates:

Bob originally released this song on a Fleetwood Mac album (pre-Lindsey and Stevie), but it's a good, sweet, romantic song (I think written for his wife) so I guess he decided to pull it out for his solo album. Lindsey contributes to this one, which seems appropriate, since he replaced Bob Welch in FM! Again, I can't help but notice Bob Welch's tendency towards those pimp daddy album covers - first Three Hearts, then this. I am seeing a theme here - and somehow it doesn't seem to have much to do with "sentimental ladies"! And yet this song is a beautiful tribute to true love... so I guess appearances can be deceiving.

 

STEVE speculates:

Mick Fleetwood & John McVie also play on Bob Welch's "French Kiss" version of "Sentimental Lady". It really WAS "Fleetwood Mac" by all intents...just kind of shows what they would've sounded like had Lindsey & Stevie joined WITHOUT Bob leaving the band.

 

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