New Orleans, er, Music
Some fine New Orleans music: "There is Always One More Time," can be found on Harry Connick, Jr., "30." Also recorded by B.B. King and Joe Cocker.
If your whole life somehow
Wasn't much 'til now
And you've almost lost
Your will to live
No matter what you've been through
Long as there's breath in you
There is always one more time
If your dreams go bad
Every one that you've had
Don't you think that your dreams
Can't come true
Because it's funny about dreams
Just strange as it seems
Because there is always one more time
Turnin' corners
Turnin' corners
Only a state of mind
Keeping your eyes closed
Keeping your eyes closed
Worse than being blind
If there's a heart out there
Looking for someone to share
I don't care if it's been
Turned down time and time again
And if we meet some day
Please don't walk away
'Cause there is always always one more time
There is always one more time.
Listen to a brief excerpt:
The song was actually written by Doc Pomus, who was born Jerome Felder in Brooklyn. His songwriting partner for many years was Mort Shuman. Doc wrote nearly 2,000 songs, 60 of which made the charts, including "Save the Last Dance for Me,'' "This Magic Moment," "Sweets for My Sweet" and dozens of others, including Elvis Presley's "Viva Las Vegas," "Little Sister," and "(Marie's the Name) His Latest Flame." Elvis alone recorded 20 Pomus and Shuman songs. After a hiatus, Pomus began song-writing again in the 70s, this time collaborating with Dr. John (a genuine New Orleans musician (like Connick); he got the name Dr. John from a legendary Voodoo figure). "There's Always One More Time" comes from this collaboration. Pomus died in New York in 1991.
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