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Long Way To Heaven (feat. The Brown Sisters of Chicago)

from Wily Bo Walker & The Danny Flam Big Band by Wily Bo Walker

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This is a gospel tinged version of the classic Wily Bo Walker song, Long Way To Heaven, and features The Brown Sisters of Chicago and their wonderful gospel voices, The Danny Flam Big Band and also Cenovia Cummins' String Quartet.

Long Way To Heaven has been a staple tracks in the Wily Bo Walker repertoire for over a decade now - it works as a simple singer/songwriter 'one man and a guitar' version as well as the two recent huge productions currently on release - this one and the version I recorded with Kareña K which is the title track of our joint album 'A Long Way From Heaven…'

lyrics

THIS IS THE STORY OF JOHNNY AND LOUISE
DOWN ON KENNEDY BOULEVARD
COULD BE THE STORY OF YOU AND ME
LOSING TRACK OF WHO WE BOTH ARE
SOME HOLD ON TO DREAMS
SOME HOLD ON TO THE FEAR
THEY’RE JUST GROWING OLD…
LOUISE TURNS TO JOHNNY
PUTS HER HAND INTO HIS
WITH A SMILE THAT ONLY HE KNOWS

SUCH A LONG WAY TO HEAVEN
SUCH A LONG WAY HOME

JOHNNY SAYS “LOUISE, I DON’T KNOW
HOW FAR WE’VE COME DOWN THIS ROAD
THIS TOWN DON’T HOLD THE SAME FASCINATION
I DON’T KNOW WHICH WAY WE SHOULD GO”
HE LOOKS ACROSS
TO THE SUN SINKING DOWN
IN THE SHIMMERING, SHIMMERING GOLD
‘I DON’T KNOW WHAT THEY CALL A PLACE YOU CAN’T RETURN FROM…
LORD…
I DON’T WANT TO KNOW’

SUCH A LONG WAY TO HEAVEN
SUCH A LONG WAY HOME

TIRED AND ALONE
AND A LONG WAY FROM HOME
JOHNNY AND SWEET, SWEET LOUISE…
PULLED THEIR HOPES
OUT OF THE OCEAN
HAND IN HAND IN THE SWEET SUMMER BREEZE

SUCH A LONG WAY TO HEAVEN
SUCH A LONG WAY HOME

WHEN YOU’RE DOWN UPON YOUR LUCK
YOU’RE LUCKY TO HAVE SOMEONE YOU CAN HOLD
A LONG WAY TO HEAVEN
A LONG WAY HOME…

© 2012 Wily Bo Walker. All Rights Reserved.

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from Wily Bo Walker & The Danny Flam Big Band, released November 4, 2013
Wily Bo Walker - Lead Vocals

The Danny Flam Big Band:

Drums - Eran Asias
Drums - Gal Gershovsky
Electric Bass - Tom Welsch
Keyboards - Ruslan Agababayev
Keyboards - Benjy King
Guitar - Keith Mack
Trumpets - Tony Gorruso, Michael McGovern, Kenny Rampton
Trombones - Daniel Flam, Steve Withoft
Saxes - Ron Bertolet, Mark Gatz, Nir Naaman

The Cenovia Cummins String Quartet:

Cenovia Cummins - Violin
Louise Owen - Violin
Alissa Smith - Viola
Laura Bontrager - Cello

The Brown Sisters of Chicago:

Adrienne Brown
Andrea Brown
Phyllis Brown
LaVette Brown-Sims
Vanessa Brown-Dukes

Arranged by Wily Bo Walker & Danny Flam

Mixed by Brian J

Engineering: Roger Heiss, Daniel Flam, Blue Tha Engineer, Wily Bo Walker

Recorded at: Brown Sugar Studios, New York, Tone Zone Studios, Chicago, Newyorkbrass.com Studios, West Hempstead, NY & Wily Bo Studios, London, UK

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