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Home (When Shadows Fall)

Sam Cooke
Track 9 on Ain’t That Good News  

Produced by

Hugo Peretti & Luigi Creatore
Feb. 19641 viewer

Home (When Shadows Fall) Lyrics

Oh, when shadows fall
And trees whisper day is ending
My thoughts are ever wending home
Oh when crickets call
My heart is forever yearning
Someday to be returning home

When the hills conceal the setting sun
Stars begin a-peepin, one by one
Oh night covers all and though fortune may forsake me
My dreams will ever take me oh home
Oh night covers all and though fortune may forsake me
My dreams will ever take me oh home

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Ain’t That Good News (1964)
Sam Cooke
  1. 1.
    (Ain’t That) Good News
  2. 2.
    Meet Me at Mary’s Place
  3. 3.
    Good Times
  4. 4.
    Rome (Wasn’t Built in a Day)
  5. 5.
    Another Saturday Night
  6. 6.
    Tennessee Waltz
  7. 7.
    A Change Is Gonna Come
  8. 8.
    Falling in Love
  9. 9.
    Home (When Shadows Fall)
  10. 10.
    Sittin’ in the Sun
  11. 11.
    There’ll Be No Second Time
  12. 12.
    The Riddle Song
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Release Date
February 1964
Home (When Shadows Fall) Is A Cover Of
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R&BSoulBalladCover
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