Blood, Sweat & Tears - Lisa, Listen To Me Lyrics

One of the most underrated bands of all time. Why aren't they in the rrhof?

My twin daughters have just entered the 6th grade and are joining the band. They want to play saxophone, woo! Got that covered. I never could read music well but could play by ear and was thinking of pickin up the horn again. Now i have a reason! Pretty cool, gonna make them listen to good music like this.

this song went to #33 on the adult contemporary charts in 1971!!!

I love this BST song. What a love song!

I have always loved this song! Thanks to DCT and BST for this wonderful love and life song...

Underrated song from BST.

Great Clayton-Tomas and nice song! BST are wonderfull. Russia loves these guys!

Thanks for posting, wormpiano!!! First heard in early June, 1971: grade 6, 3 weeks until summer break, a school field trip to the Wesco fertilizer plant in Calgary, AB. A great time to be alive and listening to a great BS&T song!

Gets better every time i hear it. That song could have been 2 or 3 times as long and nobody would complain. Just plain good stuff.

😘😍😍

"...............his were gentle words she had never heard before. Ooh, well, she had never heard before."

Lisa you should have been a Big hit for sure. Great Tune And Great Band

not in H of Fame, why?
because too many front men?

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Top BS&T................

One of my favorite bands of all time.

this is just a great song

This song goes out to every female I've known named Lisa.

Why isn't this group in the R^R Hall of fame. Damn shame.

this is so good... its like a conspiracy

In spite of a short  solo, Steve Katz's guitar is very sweet and impressive. I've thought that he is one the most underestimated guitarists.

A soulful, heartfelt song delivered with great vocals and a great, great band - classic !

Great song, pure class

...Was a young sax player in high school and spent a lot of time listening to great music like B,S, and T and Chicago. Great music from a great time. Not much this good has come out since. I still listen to this fondly...maybe i'll pick up the horn again someday...

A classic, the beginning of which could have been from a Fastball song decades later.

The lyrics are simple but haunting, leaving you with vague knowledge of something, but you're not quite sure what. Only one person is named and she says and does nothing. The actors are referred to only by pronouns.

The music is richer and more complex than anything the Stones or led Zep were doing. The horn arrangement is crisp and the sax riff precise and perfect.

+John Rogitz  - Well written.  Surprised however, you didn't highlight Bobby Colomby as probably the best damn drummer who ever lived.....or WILL live.

LISA, LISTEN TO ME pieseň skupiny BLOOD SWEAT AND TEARS, ktorá bola v rebríčku Billboardu ako siedmy hit skupiny 6 týždňov od 30. oktobra 1971 a ako prvý sa nedostal do TOP 40. V týždni od 27. novembra 1971 skončil na 73.m., keď na vrchole rebríčka bola pieseň Theme From Shaft od Isaaca Hayesa. Autorom textu bol David Clayton-Thomas hudby a aranžmá bol Dick Halligan nar. 29. augusta 1943 v Troy,New York, ktorý hral v skupine pôvodne na trombone. Po odchode Koopera a príchode Jerry Hyman nar. 19. mája 1947 trombon začal hrať klavesové nástroje.Skupina na albume Blood Sweat And Tears 4, ktorý bol v rebríčku Billboardu od 10. júla 1971 celkom 33 týždňov a od 21. augusta 1971 bol dva týždne na 10.m., kým na vrchole bol album Tapestry od Carole King.a od RIAA získal zlatú platňu ako švrtý a posledný radový album,sa snažila o zmenu orientácie od rock jazzu smerom k piesňam pohybujúcim sa od Ars Nova po Bluegrass. S výnimkou jednej skladby od autorov Holland Dozier Holland Take Me In Your Arms predstavili vlastné kompozície tvoriace mnoho žanrovú paletu piesni medzi ktorými vyniká jemná Lisa, Listen To Me s úžasným solom Freda Lipsiusa na alt saxofone alebo Cowboys and Indians a pieseň John The Baptist( Holy John) od bývalého zakladateľa skupiny Al Koopera s textom Terryho Kirkmana.Po koncerte skupiny 31. decembra 1971 v Anaheime odišli David Clayton-Thomas a Fred Lipsius.

Please someone tell me why this group is not in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame?. That also goes for the super group "Chicago" What a God damn shame.

@raymoles they don't have room since putting ringo starr in twice.

+jsilence418 - Ringo. A moderate drummer at best.

Chicago made it

The Hall of the Shame?

Darling Lisa, you can tell me. You've been silent for to long"!

That sax solo is perfection.

súhlasím je perlou tejto piesne alt saxofon Freda Lipsiusa je neskutočný ...bol prvým s dychovej sekcie, ktorý doplnil pôvodnú štvoricu Kooper, Katz, Fielder a Colomby v jeseni 1967 a vystúpil s nimi na koncerte ako kvinteto vo Filmore East v New Yorku. Zo skupiny odišiel v januari 1972 spoločne s Thomasom. V zostave ho nahradil Joe Henderson (1937-2001)

i wish i had of heard this when i was young enough to understand

specially after the battering and bashings. and shit.. but it made me strong.. just a shame i didnt here this song early enough

for all the diggers,check out Terri&Monica"Uhh Ahh"

This song came out in 1971, the year I was born, I wonder if my mother named me after this song. Anyhow it is a great song, like all Blood, Sweat, and Tears music,

if she did hope it gave you the power to overcome assholes. xx

They are a great band, for sure.

I named my oldest daughter, born in 1978, after this song.

Yes, Ms. Trotto, this song is for you!

Outstanding....!!!! Always has been a favorite of mine....

I ♡♥ this song

Use this as my ringtone.

One Of Their Best, and One Of The Best of among all Pops!!!!

Heard this one back in the 70's, and it's my favorite BS&T's song. The brass really pops on this one.

They blend together, very

Yes, my favorite BS & T songs with DCT....

Heard this vocalist a rhousand times; never this song. Lisa, Listen to Me--You handed me my soul back.

Excellent song and David Clayton Thomas: what a voice.

Dynamite song....!!!!

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@PlayIt4MeAgainSam Yes. I'm sure that someone does.

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大好きアルバム、B・S＆TのⅣ～デヴィッド・クレイトンの歌が実にいい!ディック・ハリガンのホーン・アレンジもグッド!"お聴きリサ"

This was my favorite BS&T song. It was played on the air, but never really hit it big. Great song too.

This was my favorite BS&T song. It was played on the air, but never really hit it big. Great song too.

its like they mixed dixieland jazz and soul and rockand roll

Does anyone know who the "Lisa" is that Halligan & Clayton-Thomas were referring to in the lyrics of this song?

This ranks among their best tracks, the great sounding DCT and a great easygoing sax solo by Fred; all way ahead of its time. I can't even talk to the young kids today about this. It's still way over their heads.

This has to be one of the best EVER. Amalgamating jazz and rock fusion. Brilliant.

listen to my original music vids...no one else does :(

Bobby Colomby was one hell of a drummer -- can you hear that sophisticated poly rhythmic under and back beat but seeming simple and yet so smooth!! I grew up listening to this band and this drummer -- Great band and their tunes still work today!! especially today!!

One of my all-time favorite B,S & T songs! Had the album on LP for many, many years. Bought the CD back in the '90s. Great (but short) Fred Lipsius sax solo. Those 3 albums from 1969-1971 will always be the quintessential B,S & T recordings.

This and "John the Baptist" are the very best from this album. Always considered BST4 the very best BST album! After this all went down the hill...

B S T The band that was ahead of their time for at least A century !! or maybe 4 ever !!

Simply the ballziest voice in rock and roll

this is a very good song!

Thanks for posting this overlooked BS&T tune. Did David Clayton-Thomas write this one?

BS&T rule!!!!!!!!!