After becoming a police officer, like his father, during the late 1960s, Money began to be interested in music, and eventually ended his law enforcement career in favor of becoming a musician. He moved to Berkeley, California and became a regular at area clubs, where he eventually got enough attention to secure a recording contract with Columbia Records. Later in the 1970s, he charted with singles such as "Baby Hold On" and "Two Tickets to Paradise". Money continued his successes and took advantage of the MTV music video scene in the early 1980s with his humorous narrative videos for "Shakin'" and "Think I'm in Love", but his career began to fail him after several unsuccessful releases in the mid-1980s, accompanied by his struggles with drug addiction.
Money made a comeback two years later in 1986 and returned to the mainstream rock spotlight with the album Can't Hold Back, which featured a Ronnie Spector duet with "Take Me Home Tonight", which reached the Top 10, along with the hit "I Wanna Go Back". Money followed the album with another Top 10 hit, late 1988's "Walk on Water", but his Top 40 career ended when "I'll Get By" charted in 1992. During the 1990s and 2000s, Money continued to release numerous compilation albums along with several albums featuring new material. Today, he still tours the "Oldies" circuit regularly, often accompanied by other successful rock acts from his era, and has also made several television appearances on American sitcoms. Since 1992, Money has traditionally opened the summer concert season for DTE Energy Music Theatre in Clarkston, MI.
Eddie Money passed away from complications related to esophageal cancer in 2019 at the age of 70.
Maureen
Eddie Money Lyrics
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A lucky young man who fell in love
And a change in mood
Can happen to you
Oh, it seemed that late every night
I would have the same dream
About a girl, just right
And then on day this girl from my dreams
Came walking my way
Not maureen, not nadine, no, no
She smiled as she told me
Her name was maureen
Maureen ( my love)
Maureen ( my cream)
Maureen ( my girl)
Maureen (maureen)
My maureen ( my love)
Maureen ( my cream)
Maureen ( my girl)
Maureen (maureen)
Till that day, my life wasin pieces
What more can i say
Yo, oh, no
In a world now
I only been xxxxxx just to see
That damn girl
Maureen ( my love)
Maureen ( my cream)
Maureen ( my girl)
Maureen (maureen)
My maureen ( my love)
Maureen ( my cream)
Maureen ( my girl)
Maureen (maureen
Sleepy i xxxxx i was
Dreaminig life away
Now my love is full of hoy
Lucky man, oh lucky man, i am
Oh thank that old
gypsy queen
For sending you my way
The song "Maureen" by Eddie Money is a love song that tells a story of a lucky young man who fell in love with a girl named Maureen who he had been dreaming about every night before finally meeting her. The lyrics emphasize how a change in mood can happen to anyone when they fall in love. The young man had been dreaming about a girl just right, and when Maureen walks into his life, his love is full of joy. The song expresses the newfound happiness and completeness the man feels since he met Maureen, saying that until that day, his life was in pieces, but now he is a lucky man because of her.
The lyrics of the song are quite straightforward, and the melody is simple but catchy. The song has a relaxed, upbeat tone that fits well with the theme of love and joy. The chorus repeats the name Maureen over and over again, emphasizing her importance in the song and to the singer. The song also has a playful tone, with lines like "Maureen, my cream," adding a lighthearted feel to the lyrics.
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