Right Down the Line Lyrics

[Verse 1]
You know I need your love
You've got that hold over me
Long as I've got your love
You know that I'll never leave
When I wanted you to share my life
I had no doubt in my mind
And it's been you, woman
Right down the line

[Verse 2]
I know how much I lean on you
Only you can see
The changes that I've been through
Have left a mark on me
You've been as constant as a Northern Star
The brightest light that shines

It's been you, woman
Right down the line

[Chorus]
I just wanna say this is my way
Of telling you everything
I could never say before
Yeah this is my way of telling you
That every day I'm loving you so much more
[Verse 3]
Cause you believed in me
Through my darkest night
Put something better inside of me
You brought me into the light
I threw away all those crazy dreams
I put them all behind
And it was you, woman
Right down the line

[Guitar Solo]

[Chorus]
I just wanna say this is my way
Of telling you everything
I could never say before
Yeah this is my way of telling you
That every day I'm loving you so much more

[Verse 4]
If I should doubt myself
If I'm losing ground
I won't turn to someone else
They'd only let me down
When I wanted you to share my life
I had no doubt in my mind
And it's been you, woman
Right down the line

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About

Genius Annotation

“Right Down The Line” is a single released off of Gerry’s album City To City, following his massively successful single “Bakers Street.”

“Right Down The Line” has a much different sound than “Bakers Street” despite it being the next single released by Rafferty. “Right Down The Line” is a more mellow song that describes how Gerry feels about his lover (at the time of the release of this song, Gerry was married to his wife Carla Ventilla). Gerry has suffered from alcoholism for most of his life, and in this song he is praising his lover for helping him through all the bad times in his life, saying she is the only one he can “lean on”.

This song may draw inspiration from Paul McCartneys' “Maybe I’m Amazed,” considering they both deal with the same subjects.

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