1965 – Van Morrison – Bright side of the road (1979)

 

Escrita por Van Morrison, foi gravada na primavera de 1979, no Record Plant Studios, em Sausalito, California. Saiu em agosto de 1979, no disco Into the music, o décimo primeiro disco de Van. Saiu também em setembro de 1979, no compacto que tinha Rolling Hills como Lado B. Foi produzida por Van Morrison. É uma resposta à música The dark end of the street. Foi regravada por Shakira e Jerry Garcia, entre outros artistas. Van Morrison cantou, tocou violão e gaita. Herbie Armstrong tocou guitarra. Pee Wee Ellis tocou sax tenor. David Hayes tocou baixo. Zakir Hussain tocou tabla. Mark Isham tocou trompete. Mark Jordan tocou piano. Katie Kissoon fez backing vocals. Toi Marcus tocou violino e Peter Van Hooke tocou bateria. Chegou ao número 63 no Reino Unido e número 48 na Holanda,

A letra:

From the dark end of the street
To the bright side of the road
We'll be lovers once again
On the bright side of the road

Little darlin', come with me
Won't you help me share my load
From the dark end of the street
To the bright side of the road

Into this life we're born
Baby sometimes, sometimes we don't know why
And time seems to go by so fast
In the twinkling of an eye

Let's enjoy it while we can (let's enjoy it while we can)
Won't you help me share my load (help me share my load)
From the dark end of the street
To the bright side of the road

Into this life we're born
Baby sometimes, sometimes we don't know why
And time seems to go by so fast
In the twinkling of an eye

Let's enjoy it while we can (let's enjoy it while we can)
Help me sing my song (help me sing my song)
Little darling come alone
To the bright side of the road

On the dark end of the street (on the dark end of the street)
To the bright side of the road (to the bright side of the road)
Little darling come alone
On the bright side of the road
On the dark end of the street (on the dark end of the street)
To the bright side of the road (to the bright sight of the road)
We'll be lovers once again
On the bright side of the road
Yeah, we'll be, we'll be lovers once again
On the bright side of the road

A versão de Van Morrison:

A versão de Shakira:

A versão de Jerry Garcia: