Written when Adams was 18, released as a single six years later (1983). The first single to leave an impact on US charts (No 10). A staple at concerts and in rock/pop radio stations.
From the album Cuts Like a Knife*, his first major and very successful album.
[Verse 1]
I could start dreamin' but it never ends
As long as you're gone we may as well pretend
I've been dreamin'
Straight from the heart
[Verse 2]
You say it's easy but who's to say
That we'd be able to keep it this way
But it's easier
Comin' straight from the heart
[Chorus]
Oh, give it to me straight from the heart
Tell me we can make another start
You know I'll never go - as long as I know
It's comin' straight from the heart
[Verse 3]
I see you on the street some other time
And all my words would just fall out of line
While we're dreamin'
Straight from the heart
[Chorus]
Oh, give it to me straight from the heart
Tell me we can make one more start
You know I'll never go - as long as I know
It's comin' straight from the heart
[Bridge]
Oh
Don't ever leave me darlin'
[Outro]
Oh, straight from the heart
Tell me we can make one more start
You know I'll never go- as long as I know
You'll give it to me now
Straight from the heart
Tell me we can make one more start
You know I'll never go-as long as I know
It's coming straight from the heart
Give it to me
Oh no, oh no
Straight from the heart
You know I'll never go-as long as I know
It's coming straight from the heart
Straight from the Heart was written by Eric Kagna & Bryan Adams.
Straight from the Heart was produced by Bob Clearmountain & Bryan Adams.
Bryan Adams released Straight from the Heart on Tue Jan 18 1983.
I wrote it when I was 18 and it was one of the first complete songs I’d ever written. I’d been living in Vancouver and teaching myself piano and this came out. Sometime after I had written the song, my friend Bruce Fairbairn was producing an album for an artist called Ian Lloyd, and wanted the song...