Shirley Bassey - TILL / I'm Coming Home Again "Dusty Springfield" (1979 Shirley Bassey Show)

This clip includes two songs. Shirley first belts out one of her favorite songs, "TILL". She then introduces music great, Dusty Springfield, who performs the song, "I'm Coming Home Again".

This song was originally recorded and released as a track on Shirley's 1961 LP titled, 'Shirley Bassey'.

ABOUT the song, "TILL":
"Till" is a popular song with music by Charles Danvers and English lyrics by Carl Sigman, released in January 1957 by Percy Faith. It was derived from the French song "Prière Sans Espoir", released in 1956 by Lucien Lupi on the EP L'Amour Viendra with original French lyrics written by Pierre Benoit Buisson. Italian singer Caterina Valente released a version in 1960 with lyrics by Gaiano. This song has been recorded by many artists, including Percy Faith, Roger Williams, Gina Lollobrigida, Shirley Bassey, Tony Bennett, The Angels, The Vogues, Dorothy Squires, and Tom Jones.

LYRICS - TILL:
Till the moon deserts the sky
Till all the seas run dry
Till then I'll worship you
Till the tropic sun grows (turns) cold
Till this young world grows old
My darling, I'll adore you
You are my reason to live
All I own I would give
Just to have you adore me
Till the rivers flow upstream
Till lovers cease to dream
Till then I'm yours, be mine

You are my reason to live
All I own I would give
Just to have you adore me
Till the rivers flow upstream
Till lovers cease to dream
Till then I'm yours,
be mine

ABOUT Dusty Springfield:
Mary Isobel Catherine Bernadette O'Brien OBE (16 April 1939 -- 2 March 1999), known professionally as Dusty Springfield, was a British pop singer whose career extended from the late 1950s to the 1990s. With her distinctive sensual sound, she was an important white soul singer, and at her peak was one of the most successful British female performers, with 18 singles in the Billboard Hot 100 from 1964 to 1970. She is a member of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and the U.K. Music Hall of Fame. International polls have named Springfield among the best female rock artists of all time. Her solo career began in 1963 with the upbeat pop hit, "I Only Want To Be With You" (1963). Among the hits that followed were "Wishin' and Hopin'" (1964), "I Just Don't Know What to Do with Myself" (1964), "You Don't Have to Say You Love Me" (1966), and "Son of a Preacher Man" (1968). A fan of American pop music, she was the first public figure to bring little-known soul singers to a wider British audience, when she created and hosted the first British performances of the top-selling Motown artists in 1965. By 1966, she was the best selling female singer in the world, and topped a number of popularity polls, including Melody Maker's Best International Vocalist. She was the first British singer to top the New Musical Express readers' poll for Female Singer. Her image, supported by a peroxide blonde beehive hairstyle, evening gowns, and heavy
make-up, made her an icon of the Swinging Sixties.

LYRICS - I'm Coming Home Again:
I'm not as crazy as I used to be
Some of my devils
Upped and left me free
To find a quiet space
I'm not as out of place
I'm not as lonely as I was before
I don't go in 'less
There's an open door to leave by
I'm starting to believe
My own existence has a right to be
And I'm comin' home again
It's been too long a time
Gettin' back what's mine
And I can't remember
Why I went away
But it's lookin' now
Like maybe I can stay
The poets cried for dreams they never saw
The only certainty is nothin's sure
And most things stay the same
Or go back where they came
And though my answers
Still are undefined
By takin' chances I can start
To find some reasons
Somethin' to believe in
I can make it through
I can make it through
And I'm comin' home again
It's been too long a time
Gettin' back what's mine
And I can't remember
Why I went away
But it's lookin' now
Like maybe I can stay
Oh, and I'm comin' home again
It's been too long a time
Gettin' back what's mine
And I can't remember
Why I went away
But it's lookin' now
Like maybe I can stay