Loving Arms.

Loving Arms.

Lyrics: American folk singer-songwriter and guitarist, the late Tom Jans (1948–1984).
Vocals: American musician and actor, the late Kris Kristofferson (1936–2024) and American recording artist Rita Coolidge.

Back in the early ’70s, there was a song that captured something a lot of us have felt at one time or another; that moment when you walk away from love, thinking you need freedom, only to realize later what you left behind really mattered.
Written by Tom Jans and brought to life by Kris Kristofferson and Rita Coolidge, ‘Loving Arms’ is a quiet, heartfelt reflection on regret, longing, and the hope of finding your way back home.
This is a song about mistakes, and the courage it takes to admit them.

Loving Arms.

Loving Arms.

If you could see me now,
The one who said that he’d rather roam,
The one who said he’d rather be alone,
If you could only see me now.

If I could hold you now,
Just for a moment, if I could make you mine,
Just for a while, turn back the hands of time,
If I could only hold you now.

I’ve been too long in the wind, too long in the rain,
Takin’ any comfort that I can,
Lookin’ back and longin’ for the freedom of my chains,
Lyin’ in your lovin’ arms again.

If you could hear me now,
Singin’ somewhere through a lonely night,
Dreamin’ of the arms that held me tight,
If you could only hear me now.

I’ve been too long in the wind, too long in the rain,
Takin’ any comfort that I can,
Lookin’ back and longin’ for the freedom of my chains,
Lyin’ in your lovin’ arms again.

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