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.
Trinidad
Eddie Money Lyrics
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From a thousand yesterdays
I read it in this ancient book
When the old man passed away
I drifted through the pages
And it's magic filled my eyes
I dreamed she once loved me
By the wind
Sailed the water
She calls my name
To come on back to hold me
Trinidad
Trinidad
The silence on the ocean
Stopped the silence in my heart
She still sings to me softly
Through the night
And in the dark
By the wind
Sailed the water
She calls my name
To come on back to hold me
Trinidad
Take me back
Take me back
Take me back
Trinidad
She waits by her window
And she shines a light for me
To help me through the harbor
In the land called Trinidad
By the wind
Sailed the water
She calls my name
To come on back to hold me
Trinidad
Trinidad (Trinidad)
Take me back
Take me back
Take me back
(Take me back)
Trinidad (Trinidad)
Come on home to hold me
(Come on home)
Trinidad
Hey hey hey
(Trinidad, Take me back)
(Oh oh oh, oh oh oh)
(Trinidad, Take me back)
(Oh oh oh, oh oh oh)
The Eddie Money song "Trinidad" tells the story of a man who discovers an ancient book that contains a tale of a love he once had in the land of Trinidad. The singer is experiencing the pain of lost love and finds solace in the book as he dreams of a time when his lover once loved him. The chorus narrates the singer's longing for his lost love, who calls out to him as the wind sails the water of the ocean. He sings for her to take him back and bring him home to hold him.
The song creates a dreamy, romantic atmosphere with its soft guitar strumming, soothing vocals, and poetic lyrics. The singer's emotional turmoil is portrayed through the silence on the ocean that echoes the silence in his heart that is only broken when his lover sings to him softly through the night and in the dark. The lyrics capture the power of memory, the longing for the past, and ultimately hope for a future reconciliation with his long-lost love.
Line by Line Meaning
There once was a story
The singer tells the start of a story that he heard.
From a thousand yesterdays
The story dates back thousands of years.
I read it in this ancient book
The story he heard is found in an old book.
When the old man passed away
The book was from an old man who passed away.
I drifted through the pages
The singer read through the old book.
And it's magic filled my eyes
The story was so incredible that it moved the singer.
I dreamed she once loved me
The story had a female character who was a love interest to the singer’s character.
In the land called Trinidad
The story takes place in a place called Trinidad.
By the wind
The story mentions wind and ocean elements.
Sailed the water
The water was moved by the wind.
She calls my name
The female character looks for the singer.
To come on back to hold me
She wants the singer to return to her.
The silence on the ocean
The ocean was quiet and calm.
Stopped the silence in my heart
The singer was moved by the peace on the ocean.
She still sings to me softly
The female character still tries to connect with the singer.
Through the night
The connection is happening at night.
And in the dark
The connection is happening even when it is dark.
She waits by her window
The female character is waiting for the singer to return.
And she shines a light for me
The female character is guiding the singer to come back.
To help me through the harbor
The female character is helping the singer through the harbor.
Trinidad
The singer repeats the place where the story happened.
Take me back
The singer wants to go back to Trinidad.
Come on home to hold me
The female character wants the singer to return to her.
Hey hey hey
A joyful phrase that repeats throughout the song.
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There once was a story
From a thousand yesterdays
I read it in this ancient book
When the old man passed away
I drifted through the pages
And it's magic filled my eyes
I dreamed she once loved me
In the land called Trinidad
I ride the wind
Sail the water
She calls my name
To come on back to her in
Trinidad
Trinidad
The silence on the ocean
Like the silence in my heart
She still sings to me softly
Through the night
And in the dark
I ride the wind
Sail the water
She calls my name
To come on back to her in
Trinidad
Take me back (3X)
Trinidad
She waits by her window
And she shines a light for me
To help me through the harbor
In the land called Trinidad
I ride the wind
Sail the water
She calls my name
To come on back to her in
Trinidad
Trinidad (Trinidad)
Take me back (3X)
(Take me back)
Trinidad (Trinidad)
Come on home to hold me
(Come on home)
Trinidad
Hey hey hey
(Trinidad, Take me back)
(Oh oh oh, oh oh oh)
(Trinidad, Take me back)
@posteraddict
I co-wrote this tune with Lonnie Turner and Eddie and...believe me.. we thought it was going to be a monster hit. The record company released a reggae tune as the first single...good song, but reggae is a coastal thing and CBS pooped on the album from thereon out. I played the guitar fills d
uring the choruses and Jimmy Lyons played all the cool stuff at the end.It was a huge disappointment but I'm proud to have been a part of what i still think is a great and criminally overlooked song. And RIP Eddie. There was never a dull moment when you were around.
@robertspicer3716
Still gives the goose pimples 40 years later. what a great song. RIP Money man.
@nancynutt7632
Me Too. My favorite
@yazee8105
I purchased this album for my mother (we are from Trinidad)! She loved it! She has now passed and this song will forever evoke memories of my mommy! Thank you Eddie!!!
@jeffroegner1499
The guitar hook throughout this tune is haunting. Just awesome.
@billymick8094
Rest in Peace Money Man !!!
@miagabriel6229
I agree. You feel the story before he sings it. This was so much better LIVE and he gave it all.
@rickwilliamson9248
Sad to hear of Eddie's passing - far too soon.
This wasn't his biggest hit, but could have been his best song.
@jeffreywright2294
Way too soon
@learnpianofastonline
My favorite Eddie Money song. I also like "I Wanna Go Back."