Just out of Reach (Of My Two Open Arms)

About Just out of Reach (Of My Two Open Arms)

"Just Out of Reach (Of My Two Open Arms)" (sometimes rendered as "Just Out of Reach (Of My Two Empty Arms)") is a country song written by Virgil "Pappy" Stewart and originally recorded by his band, The Stewart Family, in 1951. It was a minor country hit for Faron Young in 1952, reaching #10 on the country charts and was also recorded by Patsy Cline and Percy Sledge and many others. The most successful version was recorded by singer Solomon Burke as his second single from Atlantic Records in 1961, becoming Burke's first hit single.  more »

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2007

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A love that runs away from me
 Dreams that just won't let me be
 Blues that keeps on bothering me
 Chains that just won't set me free
 So far away from you and all your charm
 Just out of reach of my two empty arms
 Each night in dreams I see your face
 Memories and time cannot erase
 Then I awake and find you're gone
 Then I'm so blue and all alone
 So far away from you so sweet and warm
 Just out of reach of my two empty arms

 That lonesome feeling all the time
 Knowing you could not be mine
 Dreams that hurt me in my sleep
 Vows that we could never keep

 So far away from you and all your charm
 Just out of reach of my two empty arms, empty arms

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Solomon Burke

Solomon Burke (March 21, 1940 – October 10, 2010) was an American recording artist and vocalist, who shaped the sound of rhythm and blues as one of the founding fathers of soul music in the 1960s and a "key transitional figure in the development of soul music from rhythm and blues. He had a string of hits including "Cry to Me", "If You Need Me", "Got to Get You Off My Mind", "Down in the Valley" and "Everybody Needs Somebody to Love". Burke was referred to as "King Solomon", the "King of Rock 'n' Soul", "Bishop of Soul" and the "Muhammad Ali of soul". Due to Burke's minimal chart success in comparison to other soul music greats such as James Brown, Wilson Pickett and Otis Redding, Burke is often described as the genre's "most unfairly overlooked singer" of it… more »

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