--words and music by Michael Stanley
from "Live In Tangiers", 1998, Razor & Tie Entertainment<
Here I am, last of the romantics Everytime I get caught in the sway I'm just a fool for a love song But I wouldn't have it any other way The white boys and the black girls sang The heartbreak kids kept dreaming Through the thick flat light of a midwest night The Detroit station came screaming... And all I ever wanted, all you got to do is, baby, just don't say goodnight till the man gets around to our song Turn up the radio till this one's through I got what I wanted, all I ever wanted was you... Take your time, make your mind up Don't say yes if you really don't know 'Cause I can hold on just a little longer And the night is still young, so let's go... You hold it all in your hands tonight with your sweet surrender sighs French kisses 'neath the streetlight You never win if you never try... And all I ever wanted, all you got to do is, baby, just don't say goodnight till the man gets around to our song Turn up the radio till this one's through I got what I wanted, all I ever wanted was you... Ooh, tell me, baby, what you want me to do Tell me what you want me to be You can make my dreams come true if you only say to me... And all I ever wanted, all you got to do is, baby, just don't say goodnight till the man gets around to our song Turn up the radio till this one's through I got what I wanted, all I ever wanted was you... I got what I wanted, all I ever wanted was you... I got what I wanted, all I ever wanted was you...
ALL I EVER WANTED (M. Stanley) Another from Heartland. The original version was heavily influenced by one of my all-time favorite albums, Elvis Costello's This Year's Model. The spirit of this version came from an arrangement that Jonanh Koslen did years ago.