Elliott Murphy - Everything I Do (Leads Me Back To You)

First performance: no live dates


Coverinfo

Bruce Springsteen contributed to the studio recording of 'Everything I do, leads me back to you' , providing duet vocals. Eliot Murphy recorded his album at IPC Studios in Belgium. Springsteen overdubbed his parts around mid-1995 at Thrill Hill West, his home studio in Los Angeles, CA. The complete line-up on this track includes Andy Newmark (drums), Chucho Merchan (acoustic bass), Bertrand Bonello (acoustic piano), Kevin Mulligan (electric guitar), Frank Deruyter (horns), Serge Plume (horns), Carlo Mertens (horns), B.J. Scott (backing vocals), Mieke Delanghe (backing vocals), Elliott Murphy (acoustic guitar, lead guitar, voice), and Bruce Springsteen (vocal).

Elliott Murphy talking about the songs on Selling The Gold:

"Everything I Do (Leads Me Back To You) is a complicated love song of sorts after finally realizing that to love another I must learn to love myself first. I wrote the song after listening to Lucinda Williams and admiring her sense of phrasing so much. Bruce Springsteen and I had done Rock Ballad together at one of his shows in Paris in 1992 and after 20 years of friendship it was the first time we sang together so I asked him to sing with me on this one because I thought our voices would blend well. He decided to sing that second verse without any prompting from me. I guess the "blow my tires out...rolling on my rims" imagery was irresistible."
 
  

Songinfo

Everything I do ( leads me back to you ) Everything I do ( leads me back to you ) is a song written by Elliott Murphy and released on his 1995 album Selling The Gold.  Bruce Springsteen contributed to the studio recording of the song, providing duet vocals. Eliot Murphy recorded his album at IPC Studios in Belgium. 
 
 

Other cover versions

Bruce on the artist

Bruce had 17 performances together with Elliott Murphy: 
 
  
 
1992-06-30 - PALAIS OMNISPORTS DE PARIS-BERCY, PARIS, FRANCE
1994-10-21 - THE PLAYPEN, SAYREVILLE, NJ 
1996-04-25 - BRIXTON ACADEMY, LONDON, ENGLAND
1997-05-26 - PALAIS DES CONGRÉS DE PARIS, PARIS, FRANCE
1999-05-27 - FLANDERS EXPO, GHENT, BELGIUM
1999-06-02 - PALAIS OMNISPORTS DE PARIS-BERCY, PARIS, FRANCE
2002-10-14 - PALAIS OMNISPORTS DE PARIS-BERCY, PARIS, FRANCE
2002-10-18 - PALAMALAGUTI, BOLOGNA, ITALY
2003-05-19 - ESTADIO DE LA COMUNIDAD, MADRID, SPAIN
2005-06-20 - PALAIS OMNISPORTS DE PARIS-BERCY, PARIS, FRANCE
2006-05-10 - PALAIS OMNISPORTS DE PARIS-BERCY, PARIS, FRANCE
2007-12-17 - PALAIS OMNISPORTS DE PARIS-BERCY, PARIS, FRANCE
2008-06-27 - PARC DES PRINCES, PARIS, FRANCE
2012-06-11 - STADIO NEREO ROCCO, TRIESTE, ITALY
2013-05-03 - FRIENDS ARENA, SOLNA, SWEDEN
2013-06-29 - STADE DE FRANCE, SAINT-DENIS, FRANCE
2016-07-11 - ACCORHOTELS ARENA, PARIS, FRANCE
 
Bruce also contributed to the studio recording of Everything I do (Leads me back to you), providing duet vocals. Eliot Murphy recorded his album at IPC Studios in Belgium. Springsteen overdubbed his parts around mid-1995 at Thrill Hill West, his home studio in Los Angeles, CA. 

Elliott Murphy talking about the songs on Selling The Gold:

"Everything I Do (Leads Me Back To You) is a complicated love song of sorts after finally realizing that to love another I must learn to love myself first. I wrote the song after listening to Lucinda Williams and admiring her sense of phrasing so much. Bruce Springsteen and I had done Rock Ballad together at one of his shows in Paris in 1992 and after 20 years of friendship it was the first time we sang together so I asked him to sing with me on this one because I thought our voices would blend well. He decided to sing that second verse without any prompting from me. I guess the "blow my tires out...rolling on my rims" imagery was irresistible. " 
 
 

Lyrics

Everything I do
Leads me back to you
A-see me standing in the acid rain
A-full of existential pain
(Ooh) A-you can look for love so long
Until you're sure you'll never feel so good again
(Ooh) Then you came along
Like an angel, like a lover, like a friend

Yeah everything I do (everything I do)
Leads me back to you

Well I'm a man without a place
Sometimes afraid to show my face
Hear me humming in the night
When you turn out the light
(Ooh) They can blow my tires out
'Til I'm filled up with nothing else but doubt
(Ooh) Still I'm rolling on my rims
Oh baby, coming back to you again

Yeah everything I do (everything I do)
Leads me back to you

When I'm on the rise
When it's do or die or lullaby
Would you take an alibi
If I said was you and I
Further on

'Cause it's everything I do (everything I do)
Everything I do (leads me back to you)

You know it's hard for a man to sing
When his pride blocks everything
A-you can have a way with words
When your thoughts they can't be heard
(Ooh) But don't take it the wrong way
Like half the things I ever tried to say
(Ooh) Well I got my demons too
A-but my angels, they're all cheering for you

'Cause everything I do (everything I do)
It leads me back to you
Yeah everything I do (everything I do)
Leads me back to you
'Cause everything I do (everything I do)
It leads me back to you
Yeah everything I do (everything I do)
Leads me back to you
Everything I do (everything I do)
It leads me back to you
Yeah everything I do (everything I do)
Leads me back to you