Take You There (Misty)

Lyrics: Robert Hunter
Music: Bruce Hornsby

A Robert Hunter song that he hasn't yet performed. This from his journal for 7 August 2004:

"So involved in writing a new song "I'll Take You There" and learning to play an accurate samba beat."

"My one pointless regret from the tour-ette (damn!) is that I didn't perform "I'll Take You There" as promised. Still some ways from mastering its voicings, even with daily practice."

Light as a feather, take to the air
Light as a feather, floating
Light as a feather floating on air
I'll take you there

I'll take you there, I'll go with you
Down by the banks of green like we used to do
Down in the shadows of the banks below
If your heart says yes, I won't say no
I'll take you there

Places you've forgotten you know
Lost in the shuffle of long ago
Sun, moon, seashells, wind in your hair
I'll take you there, floating on air
I'll take you there

I'll take you there, I'll go with you
Dream the original dream, like we used to do
Under the moonlight on a night so rare
Just say the word, I'll take you there
I'll take you there

Just say the word
If your heart says yes, I won't say no, no
I'll take you there
Down in the shadows of the banks, of the banks below
When you're ready to go
I'll take you there
Up in the air, down low, slow, not quick
Down in the shadows so slow, slow

Let me know when you're ready to go
You been a long time thinking
Wind in sails is a-billowing slow
And the sun is sinking

I'll take you home, I'll take you there
Where the tree frogs singing love's own sweet song in the cool green air
It could be tragic, it could be hell
But you never know, it might turn out well
I'll take you there

So many places, pull at your heart
But you never could afford the fare
Rip those picture postcards apart
I'll take you there, floating on air
I'll take you there

I'll take you along, where music is playing (note 1)
The words to the song are all we're saying
Let's scrub our hearts till the love shines through
When you're ready to go, I'll go with you
I'll take you there

Just say the word
If your heart says yes, I won't say no, no
I'll take you there
Down in the shadows of the banks, of the banks below
When you're ready to go
I'll take you there
Up in the air
Down low, slow, not quick
Down in the shadows so slow, slow

Where it begins in the port of the skies
Recognition gleams from a stranger's eyes
Light as a feather, feather floating on air
Will o' the wind, I'll take you there, there
I'll take you there

Don't know nothing, which is more than a few
Who know too much, and none of it's true
Seen it all and they till don't care
I'll take you there

I'll take you there in the breath of the song
Banish despair for a moment or two, if not for long
The solution to hate is a personal thing
A melody played on just one string
But it takes you there

Just say the word
If your heart says yes, I won't say no, no
I'll take you there
Down in the shadows of the banks, of the banks below
When you're ready to go
While the wind
While the wind is billowing, billowing slow
I'll take you there
If your heart says yes, I won't say no
I'll take you there