Words & Music:
Alan Blaikley
Ken Howard
Lying by your side I watch you sleeping
And in your face the sweetness of a child
Murmuring the dreams you won't recapture
Though it will haunt the corners of you mind
I've Lost though you're near me
And your body's still this kind
I've lost you on a journey,
But I can't remember where or when
Who can tell when summer turns to autumn
And who can point the moment love grows cold
Softly without pain the joy is over
Though why it's gone will neither of us know
Oh, I've lost you yes, I've lost you
I can't reach you anymore
We ought to talk it over now
But reason can't stand in for feeling, oh
Six o'clock the baby will be crying
And you will stumble, sleeping to the door
In the chill and solemn gray of morning
We play the parts that we have learned to well
Oh I've lost you, oh, I've lost you
Oh, You won't admit it so
I've lost you on a journey,
But I can't remember where or when no more
Oh, I've lost you yes, I've lost you
I can't reach you anymore
We ought to talk it over now
But reason can't stand in for feeling, oh
Oh, I've lost you yes, I've lost you
I can't reach you anymore
We ought to talk it over now
But reason can't stand in for feeling, oh
Recordingdate: 1970/06/04, first released on: single (album)
Musicians
Musicians who contributed to the first recording of I've Lost You:
(guitar)
(guitar)
(guitar)
(guitar)
(bass)
(drums)
(piano)
(organ)
(harmonica)
(marimba)
Others*
(percussion)
(clarinet)
(sax)
(sax)
(sax)
(sax)
(trumpet)
(trumpet)
(cello)
(cello)
(cello)
(viola)
(viola)
(viola)
(violin)
(violin)
(violin)
(violin)
(violin)
(violin)
(violin)
(violin)
(violin)
*Orchestra, overdubs
Availability
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Good adult ballad, poor single choice however. Strictly an LP cut in my opinion. No radio appeal.
A single that did quite well in the UK charts, although I think the B side, The Next Step Is Love would have even done better.
Love it. I prefer the live version from TTWII above the studio. 4 stars.
I've always loved this song (single version). 5 stars.
Another strong track from the outstanding LP "That's The Way It Is". Not one of the best on the LP, but still a fantastic performance by Elvis. I slightly prefer the studio version that appeared on the single as opposed to the live cut on the LP, but I also feel it was an odd choice for a single, especially as a follow-up to "The Wonder Of You". "You Don't Have to Say You Love Me" backed by "Patch It Up" should have been the summer single of '70 or perhaps Elvis' incredible version of "Bridge Over Troubled Water"....Still I give the studio version 4 1/2 stars and the live version 4 stars.
Very strong adult type ballad that Elvis sings very well. The songs were getting bit dramatic by 1970, and this one was bad choice for a single when you look at the incredible amount of songs recorded in June 1970. Many would have been better single choices that this. Good but not commercial at all for AM radio.
I adore the live version from TTWII. It took me a long time to get used to the studio version which felt less impactful. Same goes for Patch it Up from the same album/movie. Possibly not that commercial but surely a fan favourite for those of us who love the seventies material.
Love the single version.. its the best version !!
This is such a fantastic song and the only version of it that I like is Elvis' studio version with the absolute complete lyrics. I've never liked the live version.
I always preferred the flip side 'The Next Step Is Love' although some charts coupled them together as a double sided hit. Very classy material and well sung but was more of an album cut than a single release.
There is a version where the word's change slightly, not too keen on that version, but the LP version is good as is the whole LP. 5 Stars
Fantastic single, I really like both sides a lot. Better than the Ian Matthews version.
The studio version is much better then the live version. If the studio version was released as a single, then that would make sense, because that version was not on the LP.
Not a great song, drags on too long. The studio version is better then the live one. But neither has much appeal to me.
Elvis also did Johnny Cash's song I walk the line, at least half the song, so that should be in here as well.
always one of my favourites. specially the studio version is sublime and so touching.
The live version has more drive, the studio recording is more polished - and elvis sings the correct lyrics. Personally i think, that the composition sounds a bit "constructed" (if this makes sense in english, if not, I'm sorry). Overall, it's a decent song, and elvis was in great voice in 1970, so it's a pleasant listen. I like it, but it's not a classic to my ears,. Still worth 4 stars.
Overblown mellow dramatic bombastic drivel. Not my cup of tea. 1-star.
"I've Lost You" is one of my favorites. Incidentally, for me, TWII is the best album
I love the lyrics and love the melody and Elvis sings it with such tenderness, you can feel the pain and loss in his voice. Studio version all the way for me and an easy 4 stars.
One of my earliest albums... I only owned Aloha and MSG (I was a 70s live in concert fan, was only about 13) and asked the guy in the shop to play me a live cut... he picked this one and after I heard "lying by your side, I watch you sleeping", my love for Elvis grew exponentially - what a voice... one of my all time faves.