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Richie Havens — Darkness, Darkness
Album: Cuts to the Chase
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Released: 1994
Length: 4:18
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Darkness, Darkness
Be my pillow
Take my hand
And let me sleep
In the coolness of your shadow
In the silence of your deep

Darkness, Darkness
Hide my yearning
For the things I cannot be
Keep my mind from constant turning
Toward the things I cannot see now
Things I cannot see now
Things I cannot see

Darkness, darkness,
Long and lonesome,
Ease the day that brings me pain.
I have felt the edge of sadness,
I have known the depth of fear.
Darkness, darkness, be my blanket,
Cover me with the endless night,
Take away, take away the pain of knowing,
Fill the emptiness of right now,
Emptiness of right now, now, now
Emptiness of ri-ight now.

Darkness, darkness, be my pillow,
Take my hand, and let me sleep.
In the coolness of your shadow,
In the silence, the silence of your deep.
Darkness, darkness, be my blanket,
Cover me with the endless night,
Take away, take away the pain of knowing
Fill the emptiness of right now,
Emptiness of right now now now
Emptiness of right....
Oh yeah Oh yeah
Emptiness, emptiness
Oh yeah
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 LPCity wrote:
Saw Richie Havens many, many years ago at the Sun Valley Arts festival.  He closed the show with an acapella version of Joe Cocker's "You are so beautiful".

He certainly was. 

 
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Posted 7 years ago by hayduke2    [ Reply ]
 Me too.  I always have enjoyed his voice. I especially like his work with Steve Hackett 'How Can I'    westslope wrote:

Yes, this cover is growing on me.  

 


Posted 7 years ago by 1wolfy    [ Reply ]
 ScottFromWyoming wrote:
Nice. I'm glad my baseball game finished just in time for me to switch back to RP and catch this...

 
Yes, this cover is growing on me.  
Posted 7 years ago by westslope    [ Reply ]
I get it   its Labor Day week end.  So, lets not work too hard.  Let's steal the work of others say.... the Youngbloods.  Call it our work and take credit.
RP  this is the 3rd cover you have played today.  How about something orinial, less pitifull. 

If you have to play Mr Havens  why not Freedom  from Woodstock.  Mindenumly repetative but its his work.  
 
Posted 8 years ago by baylees    [ Reply ]
Love this version...even better than original!
Posted 8 years ago by michbee    [ Reply ]
I met him once.  He was a force of nature. Love this 
Posted 8 years ago by Dog_Ear    [ Reply ]
God rest his soul...
Thanks Richie! 
Posted 8 years ago by rpdevotee    [ Reply ]
Youngbloods did it better, Solas did it better still

 
Posted 8 years ago by siemsen    [ Reply ]
This CAN'T be a Richie Havens original...it has a melody. :-P
Posted 9 years ago by Jelani    [ Reply ]
Never heard this version before.  I like it.  Love his voice, but the drum is a bit over powering.
Posted 9 years ago by grahamdillabough    [ Reply ]
Check out the Mott the Hoople version c. 1971, probably my favorite version.
Posted 9 years ago by Zedman    [ Reply ]
Pretty powerful song. 
Heard this version first and just listened to the Youngbloods, maybe I should have done it the other way round but that sense of pain in RH's rendition is more convincing to me. Both pretty awesome though.
Posted 9 years ago by NoEnzLefttoSplit    [ Reply ]
love the man, love his voice
Posted 9 years ago by hayduke2    [ Reply ]
Not doing it for me.
The original is far superior.

Lots of covers lately.
Some are okay, some like this one miss the mark.
Posted 9 years ago by number7    [ Reply ]
 paisleydancer66 wrote:
original is much better; sorry Richie  go to youtube and listen to the Youngbloods sing this

 
He's definitely got the voice for it, but that damn drum track turns it into an exercise.


Posted 10 years ago by rsfc_carp    [ Reply ]
original is much better; sorry Richie  go to youtube and listen to the Youngbloods sing this
Posted 10 years ago by paisleydancer66    [ Reply ]
when you are ready to learn the beautiful people who are all around Teach
Posted 10 years ago by hayduke2    [ Reply ]
Insane guitar melodies 
Posted 10 years ago by Ed222    [ Reply ]
 oldfart48 wrote:


like most of your posts, no soul, no brain, no heart......go back to your pablum, and bubblegum i'm shure squeal young has something just for you.....

 
I love you... but I still do not like this
Posted 10 years ago by rdo    [ Reply ]
 rdo wrote:
I have failed to discern one iota of musical value in this song....3

 



I was going to say that this is the first Richie Havens song I find not completely intolerable.

Posted 11 years ago by Jelani    [ Reply ]
I love some of RH's tracks, but this one leaves me cold. He sounds strained here. The original is hard to beat.
Posted 11 years ago by FlatCat    [ Reply ]
He always struck me as a holy man, enveloped in the faith of his music. Amazing vocalist and stylist. RIP.
Posted 11 years ago by WonderLizard    [ Reply ]
 rdo wrote:
I have failed to discern one iota of musical value in this song....3

 

like most of your posts, no soul, no brain, no heart......go back to your pablum, and bubblegum i'm shure squeal young has something just for you.....
Posted 11 years ago by oldfart48    [ Reply ]
RICHIES BEST{#Dancingbanana}......always majic
Posted 11 years ago by oldfart48    [ Reply ]
Mr Havens was awesome!  I remember him as a strong poet, a beautiful musical presence, Godlike
Posted 11 years ago by hayduke2    [ Reply ]
I have failed to discern one iota of musical value in this song....3
Posted 11 years ago by rdo    [ Reply ]
Well done, a very beautiful version.
Posted 11 years ago by jadewahoo    [ Reply ]
Saw Richie Havens many, many years ago at the Sun Valley Arts festival.  He closed the show with an acapella version of Joe Cocker's "You are so beautiful".

He certainly was. 
Posted 11 years ago by LPCity    [ Reply ]
Rest in peace, Richie Havens
Posted 11 years ago by lauriet    [ Reply ]
Great singer. I learned more about him on a radio piece on NPR or NYC university radio station WFUV. He was very thoughtful, witty and gracious. He wasn't scheduled to open the Woodstock mudfest way back when, but he was destined to do so, was asked to go on first, and he rocked the place with fire and improv. RIP. 
Posted 11 years ago by kingart    [ Reply ]
Nice. I'm glad my baseball game finished just in time for me to switch back to RP and catch this...
Posted 11 years ago by ScottFromWyoming    [ Reply ]
RIP Richie. Your covers were always unique. Gonna miss your voice. {#Good-vibes}
Posted 11 years ago by stargazer1    [ Reply ]
I got to see this man live a couple years ago. Spirited! Love his music, his soul...
Posted 11 years ago by k-man    [ Reply ]
I never heard this before, Richie Havens covering the Youngbloods. I like it.
Posted 11 years ago by jim1964    [ Reply ]
The poet of the 60's singing poetry of the 60's. As it should be. Live long and thanks Richie!
Posted 11 years ago by dew34    [ Reply ]
(First....)  RIP to an icon
Posted 11 years ago by silby    [ Reply ]

RIP Richie


Posted 11 years ago by xtalman    [ Reply ]