One Heartbeat b/w The Tears of a Clown

Single: One Heartbeat b/w The Tears of a Clown

Release Date: January 18, 2019

Label: Wicked Cool Records

Format: 7-inch Vinyl, Digital Release

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  • One Heartbeat

    Written by Brian Ray and Steve Legassick
    Bright Ray Music (BMI) / Legassick Pub. Co. (ASCAP)

    The Tears Of A Clown

    Written by William Jr. Robinson, Stevie Wonder, and Henry Cosby
    Primary Wave / Black Bull Music inc. (ASCAP) / Jobete Music Co. Inc. (ASCAP)

    Brian Ray: Guitars, Vocals, Electric Sitar, Keyboards
    Smokey Robinson: Guest Vocals
    Erik Eldenius: Drums, Percussion
    Davey Faragher: Bass

    The Texacali Horns:
    Darrell Leonard: Trumpet
    Joe Sublettt: Tenor Sax
    Tom Peterson: Tenor and Baritone Sax

    Arranged by Brian Ray

    Recorded and mixed by Joe Zook at Eastwest Studios in Hollywood, CA in Studio 3 (the Pet Sounds room).

    Additional recording at Bad Manors with Jose Alcantar and at the Adobe House with Joe Zook

    Mastered at The Bakery by Eric Boulanger

    Art and Design by Louis Arzonico

    Photos by Guido Adler, Nick Spanos, Brian French

One Heartbeat Lyrics

One Heartbeat at a time 
(Slow motion, baby)
Close your eyes and let your soul unwind 
(Slow motion, baby)
Sooner or later it’ll all fall in line
If we take it One Heartbeat at a time

Two hearts, two of a kind
Love at first sight, why do they say love is blind
Slow down, we don’t have to move fast
‘Cause the love that is real is made to last

Take it One Heartbeat at a time
Close your eyes and let your soul unwind
Sooner or later it’ll all fall in line
If we take it one heartbeat at a time
One Heartbeat

We paint a picture walkin’ down the street
Leaves are fallin’ baby, so are we
Hand in hand, ain’t that the way it should be
How could somethin’ so easy make me feel so complete

Take it One Heartbeat at a time
Close your eyes and let your soul unwind
Sooner or later it’ll all fall in line
If we take it One Heartbeat at a time
One Heartbeat

Take it easy, ah
I want to feel your every emotion
Shhhh, Don’t talk
And we’ll be doin’ it in slow motion

Slow motion, baby (Yeah slow motion, baby)
Slow motion, baby (Slow motion, baby)

Take it One Heartbeat at a time (Slow motion, baby)
Close your eyes and let your soul unwind 
(Slow motion, baby)
Sooner or later it’ll all fall in line
If we take it One Heartbeat at a time

One Heartbeat (Slow motion, baby)
One Heartbeat (Slow motion, baby)
Don’t have to, don’t have to,
you don’t have to hurry, don’t have to hurry

One Heartbeat
Slow motion, baby (Slow motion, baby)
One Heartbeat
You don’t have to hurry, You don’t have to worry
Slow motion, baby 
One Heartbeat

The Tears of a Clown Lyrics

Now if there's a smile on my face
It's only there trying to fool the public
But when it comes down to fooling you
Now honey that's quite a different subject
But don't let my glad expression
Give you the wrong impression
Really I'm sad, oh I'm sadder than sad
You're gone and I'm hurting so bad
Like a clown I appear to be glad (sad, sad, sad, sad)
Now there's some sad things known to man
But ain't too much sadder than

The tears of a clown
When there's no one around, uh
Oh yeah, baby

Now if I appear to be carefree
It's only to camouflage my sadness
In order to shield my pride I try
To cover this hurt with a show of gladness
But don't let my show convince you
That I've been happy since you
Decided to go (why did you go), oh I need you so (I need you so)
Look I'm hurt and I want you to know (want you to know)
For others I put on a show (it's just a show)
Now there's some sad things known to man
But ain't too much sadder than

The tears of a clown
When there's no one around, uh

Just like Pagliacci did
I try to keep my surface hid
Hiding in the gloom I try
But in my lonely room I cry

The tears of a clown
When there's no one around, oh yeah, baby

Now if there's a smile on my face
Don't let my glad expression
Give you the wrong impression
Don't let this smile I wear
Make you think that I don't care
'Cause really I'm sad