Joe Cocker - Dear Landlord Lyrics
Dear landlord
Please don't put a price on my soul
My burden is heavy
My dreams are beyond control
When that steamboat whistle blows
And I do hope you receive it well
Depending on the way you feel that you live.
Dear landlord
Please heed these words that I speak
I know you've suffered much
But in this you are not so unique
All of us, at times we might work too hard
To have it too fast and too much
And anyone can fill his life up
Dear landlord
Please don't dismiss my case
I'm not about to argue
I'm not about to move to no other place
Now, each of us has his own special gift
And you know this was meant to be true
And if you don't underestimate me
I won't underestimate you.
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Joe Cocker Dear Landlord Comments
super.romania,,,,,
sick af
So much better than Bob's own
The version by Bob Dylan is definitly the best
Ho questo LP,una roba stratosferica,a mio avviso !
... feeling Ray Charles or Otis. Survived his death, man.
Omg.that bassline ist fluid
i was 13..the first album that i personally owned...the first song on my first album....i remember...
"if you dont under-estimate me i wont underestimate thee..." i remember that...
Mr. Cover
This has been one of my favourite songs for years now. I love the weaving between ( I guess ) Chris Stainton's piano and Clarence White's guitar and Sneaky Pete Kleinow's pedal steel guitar, with Joe's super soulful voice layered over the top of it all. To think that Keef Richards knows something about weaving! lol Here's a very young Joe showing us just how good he was going to be, by showing us just how good he already was. As Paul McCartney said of Joe - "He was a loovely northern lad". I agree completely.
great version....also listen to janis joplin's version, excellent
I did...for once Janis has been outshined. Joe Cocker was at his peak here and his band was tight and powerful and could move it. In his prime, Joe was a top 10 UK singer ever....maybe 8.....Plant, Marriot, Stewart, McCartney, Mercury, Rodgers...ummm, top 7. lol
you can SANG JOe.
When I was in college, this song was my girlfriend's and my "anthem". we had a landlord who ripped us off for our security deposit. We even took the asshole to small claims court to try to get our deposit back, but he won. Some kids had broken into the apartment after we had moved out, and painted shit all over the walls. Ahhh- college days. This song brings back memories!
wadr, bob dylan was a great writer but Joe Cocker does this song justice. Diff league.
Joe Cocker re-arranged the lyrics of the original to suit his singing style.
well said even beautifully spoken.
With Clarence White on guitar
Tanx for this aaaaaaah clarence ...A MUST
you all should try to find the original by bob dylan
i put on youtube night after night.
i always end up with joe cocker tunes
just unique, class
Zee Madd Dawgs and zee Englishmen
and
Joe Cock-air!
Dear Landlord
My favorite Joe Cocker tune.
Don't know why.
'nuff said.
This was his first release, around 1968 when I was 15 barely out of childhood. Now I'm 60 & getting into adult diapers but for Joe Cocker I still get up & dance wildly around the room.
Still kicking Than God.
from the album "Joe Cocker" 1969, Dear Landlord, Bird on a Wire, Lawdy Miss Clawdy, She Came inThrought the Bathroom Window, Hitchcock Railway, That's Your Business, Something, Delta Lady, Hellow Little Friend and my favorite Darling Be Home Soon.
I love this song. When I was young, I didn't realize it was promoting class warfare but I love it anyway. Don't spread my wealth, spread my work ethic.
thanks for posting,this was the first album I bought by Joe, .....awesome band.....I still remember the liner notes, Denny Cordell....the greaseband..yea!