Rafferty, Gerry - Don't Give Up On Me Lyrics
Ev'ry night's a lonely night since you went away
But you come back to haunt my memory
I lie awake and think of you and how it used to be
Oh my love don't give up on me.
I can't stand this cold reality
You alone can make me whole, our love was meant to be
Oh my love don't give up on me.
In the dying embers of the midnight hour
All these things brought me misery
In the dying embers of the midnight hour
Oh my love don't give up on me.
When you left I know I lost the better part of me
You and I were innocent, our love was meant to be
Oh my love don't give up on me.
In the dying embers of the midnight hour
All these things brought me misery
In the dying embers of the midnight hour
Oh my love don't give up on me.
Jesus came into this world so all men may be found
In the soul of all humanity
Ev'ry time I stumble on the road to Calvary
Oh my love don't give up on me.
In the dying embers of the midnight hour
All these things brought me misery
In the dying embers of the midnight hour
Oh my love don't give up on me
Oh my love don't give up on me
My sweet Lord don't give up on me.
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Oh my love don't give up on me
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Rafferty, Gerry Don't Give Up On Me Comments
A perfect diamond. A musical genius in our time. So obscure and unknown. A lost treasure for eternity. I love you Gerry.
What if?
Sync music, lip syncing. No wonder he hated “performing”
een van de beste hij word nooit vergeten.
Put simply, everyone loves Gerry Rafferty. True or not?
Obviously lip syncing.
Who has the video/dvd? I would die for making a copy!
Gerry, Elvis and Roy O.....the absolute best of the last century!
My number one from Gerry rafferty
Gerry was and is greatness personified. R.I.P.GERRY.We miss you
What a Voice! Amazing talent! His voice is like a soothing calming balm for the Soul! Thanks for the Music!
RIP Gerry Rafferty
To get a great smile out of this legend. What a beautiful piece of "folksong" as an antidote to the also truly magnificent "Baker Street". Cheers Gerry.
That voice!!! Sublime!!
'The important thing for any young singer or musician is to keep focused on becoming a better musician as opposed to becoming a bigger celebrity' - Gerry Rafferty
Brilliant quote by a genius musician.
That's not Gerry it's Roy Orbison 😁
Great singer/songwriter
Great voice 👍👍
Yes, genius! Love this, he is one of the all time greats.
La sua musica, colonna sonora della mia vita.
Thank you, Alan
Such great words such a great song....takes you away
Wonderful SONG 😀👍❤
Gerry's music will last forever!
God bless! R.I.P.
Gerry Rafferty is a true artist...absolutly love his music! Forever will be missed 😚
La sua voce, il suo stile, la sua musica, per sempre nella mia vita.
You were the Man Gerry.
Fantastic tune, the mandolin fits so well, all round it is first class. I love this tune.
What if?
One of the greatest! R.I.P
Wow this is really rare
Never give up on love :)
I actually saw a smile...epic!
This is insanely played to perfection- amazing vocals and top notch band!
Brilliant song, thanks for all the great memories Gerry.
hi mike I'll be outside under our tree bench sit with mimi ok at elevan thirty tonight kisses you meet mimi outside under our tree eat supper anytime to night four o clock this tonight kisses defiantly we go kisses hugs too tootsie roll pops mimimike
Such a unique sound. Gerry is one of a kind. brilliant.
Sweet smile.
Für mich der beste Song von ihm!Toll,man kann endlich 'mal abschalten,denn diese Welt hat nichts schönes mehr!!Danke.
Wow, I always thought Rafferty more or less gave up performing in public in the 1970's, a bit like Kate Bush. This is really excellent, and the stern or shy Rafferty even smiling now and then to the public or fellow musicians, this is really unique stuff. (Elsewhere on Youtube he's even showing his home and Mercedes coupe as promo for this single) Maybe he felt this record could make it to the charts, as did Bakerstreet, but the record buying public's indifference after that early success was as big as that of Asia after The heat of the moment or Al Stewart's Year of the cat and On the border. You'd think people would remember quality after one hit song, but the general public's memory is as short as that of my dwarf hamsters.....
A legendary, brilliant musician with an exceptional voice; sadly he didn’t make it easy for people not to give up on him. RIP
Thank you for sharing this video. I have loved Gerry since 1978 and I first heard "Right Down the Line". I was 13. He was amazing. Wish I could have known him.
Cuanto talento !! Por favor !!
desde Argentina!
Gerry could have made a dent in any music genre! He was pure genius
Omg Scotland lost a bloody great man and writer/singer such a sad loss Gerry Rafferty singing Baker Street brings back so many memories of my first engagement 😥😥
Albano country
Great Gerry.
If one day you're be asking to describe a Genius you will know easely the answer.
wow...does his only daughter Martha ever look like him now in this video from 1992.
Genius
Great songs, great voice
Lost to us too early
Saw him perform at what was then the Hammersmith Odeon I think
Gerry's loved in our household, including by our 6 year old daughter
Gerry lip-synchs to his own edited recording here.... where's the back-up chorus?
Thanks so much for posting, wonderful to have these great memories.
R.I.P. Gerry Rafferty for being such a great man.
Just shows how the british media were not going to show such a brilliant musician was gerry
Such capable and talenteted musicians,they made it sound so easy......Gerry Rafferty and his mates....Magic!!!
I love Gerry. and I love this song, but unfortunately this is not really a live performance. It was lip-synced.
uncle0eric never said it was a live performance, but I can assure you that it is Gerry on the stage.
The "unfortunately" in my comment is really directed at the music industry of the 90's which often pushed artists to lip-sync performances. I know a lot of artists really hated it, but were tied by contracts. I don't know whether this was the case with Gerry, but I would bet a few beers he would rather have played live.
I still remember exactly what I was doing the first time I heard Baker St. Driving my old ford escort through Dublin with blaupunkt radio and turning it up to get all the sounds. Man those were the days! When you listen to the dumbed down x-factor brigade now, you don't wonder that the world is gone completely mad!
29brendus my first memory of being alive was Baker Street coming on the radio at 4
@Zed I think I first heard it on Capital radio driving a Commer van with an elephantine Luton body which caught the cross winds like a sail. From introduction to the end I was transfixed. "What have I just heard?" I gasped...
I love so many songs of his . and love his voice .
look @ the Gibson Everly
great artist but he had his demons he is only 45!!! in this video he looks like in late 50s that's what alcohol does. that being said he should be in hall of fame
kristin bianchio Lol! That's a bit harsh. He's 46 there. I'm 46 now, and he doesn't look any worse than I do. And I don't have the fondness for alcohol that Gerry had.
Maybe just the Rafferty genes, or we both had tough paper rounds as young teenagers.
Paisley was a rough town!
Nice easy music, sound more country to me.
Im Radio läuft - leider nur immer sein "Baker Street"
I wonder why RTL4 asked for this song. They are more a broadcaster of sensation not subtlety.
Still sadly missed
such a big sound! Very cool.
tell me, who can sing like this now adays.......... I can not think of anyone
margaret keep playing his music you wont get any better trust me
Lovely song. I loved all his songs.
What's a Voice ! What's a Great Singer ! RIP Gerry
A class act. I don't think I ever heard him make a bad recording.
infomanic you are so true Gerry never cared, to him it was all the music he created , that mattered to him , if he brought pleasure to other people then that was a huge bonus
With brother Jim and Hugh there for support Gerry looks relaxed.
Jim isn't there......
I remember my uncle Jimmy Grimes ..who was with the original Sensational Alex Harvey band booked Gerry(or talked him into it) to play at the HLI club in Glasgow (an army club .. Highland Light Infantry).. my uncle started a folk club there on thursdays and saturdays.. anyway .. gerry had just formed the super group stealers wheel and they played at the HLI .. the sound system was archaic and broke down . so the band just played accoustic .. some of their own songs and some Everly brothers .. i wont forget that night in a hurry .. beautiful
gerry still lives prove me wrong
chissy he haas been hero for so many years i have been playing his music a long long time i am 67 years young tou will never hear a better singer songwriter rip gerry x
Quite right Les. Gerry of the velvet voice and great song writing skill.Could not be bettered
This man is my idol!! Love Gerry Rafferty like no other and he makes the most beautiful music ever!! He is so special to me and so gorgeous too
he looks like Joe egan
+andy scott that's why the sang in great harmony!
Great vocals here & the harmonizing is the best!
Don't everrr, give up! Thx for sharing mate!!!
if only id sneaked my video recorder in to frankfurt that night , mmmm i could be a rich man lol
@Trevor Mylan camera i meant
I just realized how Roy Orbison he is.
Omigosh....thank you for pointing that out. I wonder how many people have identified that??? I wonder if Roy was really an influence? That would be amazing since Gerry, Roy and Elvis are my all-time, top three favorite talents.
OMG I can see that.
baliscotsurf And maybe a scoop of James Spader here. Guy can’t write a bad song. I wish I got to see him live. There is barely ANY live video of him here on YT
Gerry Rafferty never cared about fame or the celebrity life style, all he ever wanted was respect for his talent and songs. He also never trusted the music industry and look what they're doing now. Most of the artists today are completely manufactured, they might as well just stepped off a fucking conveyor belt. In 40 years time people won't even remember Justin Bieber, One Direction or Miley Cyrus, their music is bland and forgettable. All the proper bands played in bars and clubs for years trying to clinch a record deal, they don't go on some crappy talent show get it handed to them on a silver platter!
He wrote a song for a guy called Iann Campbell who was briefly with the band .. it was about the fickle music industry called Sign on the dotted line..
Isn't Sign On The Dotted Line on one of his early albums?
Couldn't agree more .They will be talking about Gerry and his music for years to come. The other idiots you mentioned don't even come a close 10 th when compared to the greatly talented and much missed Gerry.
Ilike this song i always listen this music Gerry Rafferty
Gerry is one of the all time Greats!!
Unique,love the guy along with John Martin ,underrated by a long way !
With as many problems as Gerry suffered through, You, Allan, are just WRONG to criticize Rafferty for any good that he tried to bring to this world. He was a gifted, compassionate man, who was a blessing with his honesty, clarity and his music. Shame on you Allan...
Yes it s the great Bryn Haworth on the mandolin with Gerry s producer late Hugh Murphy on bass Pavel Rosak on keyboards and the last minute "replacement" dutch drummer who stepped in for Arran Ahmun who had missed the flight to Amsterdam Enjoy!
Pavel Kasor is this you playing with Gerry as well? this is why i love YouTube, vid documentary of performances lost in the archives stay in the collective conscious.
Playback .. !!! Lovely song / singing -
I can't begin to describe how much my Soul has been Blessed and enriched by Gerry Rafferty or how much I Love and enjoy his music - he's a real giant in my eyes..Thanks SO MUCH for sharing this video!! Of course he and the band are 'lip synching' to the track from the album, but it's SO GOOD to see him looking so well and having a good time - great video
No they AREN'T lip synching. You can see his vocal chords moving.
Looks rather like Bryn Haworth also performing on the album
Alan are you a brother or a son ? :0)
He looks SO good here!!!
I don't think that artists of Raffertys calibre need to lip sync
Audience would be disappointed if live performance didn't live up to recorded version. It usually sounds hollow with band either too loud or not loud enough. Several sound checks required beforehand. Which is why 99% of performances are lip sync on tv. Even concert performances have recorded music backup where multiple instruments were used in studio. After all you want to please your audience buy your music.
Just another point of view mate, and that is that Gerry's discomfort with touring performance and the whole panoply of what must have felt like incessant demand on him, was a reflection of his own personal demons, as it has been for many artists of his calibre. Some are well suited to those demands, understand the trade-offs, and my even have a special knack for that part of the life. I suspect that Gerry found his muse deep inside himself and distraction everywhere else.
Gerry and the band are miming to the track.
One of the last "live" performances on T.V. by the late great Gerry Rafferty. Thanks for posting this rare view of one of the greatest voices, musical composers, and arrangers of the modern age. There were very few musicians that had the complex talent and ability of Gerry Rafferty. A shy man by nature that never enjoyed the "lime light" so to speak. He just liked music, period and we were all blessed to have been a part of Gerry's music and life. His music will live on for eternity.
nice video <3 ,thanks for posting,Al:))
Brilliant !!! Many Many Thanks for posting, this Great Brilliant songwriter should be listened to much more,a truly great Scot we are so very proud of and so sadly missed.
R.I.P GERRY GOD BLESS.
Never seen this. Thanks for posting! :)
many thanks for this, the world is a sadder place with his passing....
Great. I just wish some of the younger generation would spend a little time listening to this great man! Just great.
Thanks for a wonderful upload.
Al
Thank you alan for posting its great such a talent rip gerry