Lover's Plea

Composers: Keith Richards, Steve Jordan & David Porter
Recording date: Between April 2011 and 2014
Recording location: Royal Recording Studios, Memphis, Tennessee, USA; possibly also
Germano Studios, One East Recording & Brooklyn Recording, New York City, USA
Producers: Keith Richards & Steve Jordan               Chief engineer: Dave O'Donnell
Mixers: Dave O'Donnell, Keith Richards & Steve Jordan


Line-up:

Drums: Steve Jordan
Bass: Keith Richards
Electric guitars: Keith Richards
Lead vocal: Keith Richards  
Background vocals: Keith Richards, Steve Jordan, Bernard Fowler & Blondie Chaplin
Hammond organ: Charles Hodges & Spooner Oldham
Wurlitzer: Ivan Neville
Trumpet: Ben Cauley
Trombone: Jack Hale
Tenor saxophone: Lannie McMillan
Baritone saxophone: Jim Horn


Baby, baby, baby
Let me lay it out to you
I don't know where you're going
But I know what you've been through

A little wishing
Or just an apparition, baby
Baby, baby, baby
This is my lover's plea to you

Honey, honey, honey
Being left out in the cold
You know nothing turns to silver
Nothing ever turns to gold

It's been a while
For you I'd walk that extra mile
But baby, baby, baby
My lover's plea to you

This is my lover's plea to you
This is my lover's plea to you

Bitter wind is blowing
And winter is getting close
It's me that wants to keep you warm
But I'm not the one you chose

It seems too tough
Yeah and things, you know, can get little rough
Baby, baby, baby
My lover's plea to you

I wonder how you're feeling now
I leave it up to you
This seems such a problem, baby
Let me help you see it through

Yes it seems so cheap
Ooh, it's enough to make a grown man weep
But baby, baby, baby
My lover's plea to you

This is my lover's plea to you - plea
This is my lover's plea to you - my plea
This is my lover's plea to you - to you


 

TrackTalk

Ivan Neville, Keith and I cut Lover's Plea, our tribute to Otis Redding and the Stax legacy, and we brought in (Stax legend) David Porter for a co-write, and to finish up the lyric. Ivan played the Wurlitzer and Keith overdubbed the bass.

- Steve Jordan, 2015


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