Boz Scaggs,Frankie Valli (#78 in 1976), Rita Coolidge (#7 in 1977)
Outside the rain begins
and it may never end
So cry no more
on the shore a dream
will take us out to sea
Forever more, forever more
Close your eyes Aime,
and you can be with be
'Neath the waves, through the caves of hours
long forgotten now
We're all alone,
we're all alone
Close the window, come alive and it will be alright
No need to bother now, let it out, let it all begin
Learn how to pretend
Once a story's told,
it can't help but grow old
Roses do, lovers too so cast your seasons to the wind and
Hold me dear, oh, hold me dear Chorus
(2x)
Coolidge recalled: "When I was with A&M Records, it was like a family. I would visit Herb Alpert and Jerry Moss, and it was a very open, communicative group of people. One day I was in Jerry Moss' office and he said that the Boz Scaggs album Silk Degrees was in a million homes and there was a song on it that was perfect for a woman to sing. He said, 'It's called "We're All Alone" and as he's not doing it as a single, I think you ought to record it.'"
The original lyrics of "We're All Alone" include lines "Close your eyes ami" and "Throw it to the wind my love". Coolidge sings these lines as "Close your eyes and dream" and "Owe it to the wind my love".
