The initial creation of writing and production team Steve Barri and P.F. Sloan of Lou Adler's Dunhill/ABC records, a group was selected by the LA based production team at an open audition in San Francisco. A group of suburban teenagers called The Bedouins were selected. and then another band called The 13th Floor had to be hired when one of their members left to play with Gene Clark. The legal rights to the name The Grass Roots was purchased from Arthur Lee of Love, who had also performed under this moniker. Soon the project was having great success on the radio including 1967's #8 hit Let’s Live For Today and 1968's #5 chart hit Midnight Confessions.
More problems ensued when PF Sloan left the Dunhill writing team, and a new lineup shift occured in 1969 when guitarist Creed Bratton left to become an actor ( he's now seen on NBC's The Office). With new writers, the group scored chart action once again in 70-71 with Baby Hold On and Temptation Eyes as well as Sooner Or Later and Two Divided By Love all produced by founder Barri.
The lineup shifted several times, and the hits stopped coming, but Rob Grill has remained running various revamped live versions of the group since the 70's.
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Sooner or Later
Grass Roots Lyrics
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Sooner or later, girl you got to give in
Sooner or later, love is gonna let 'cha
Sooner or later, love is gonna win
Its just a matter of time
Before you make up your mind
To give all that love that you've been hiding
I've told you time and again
I'll get all the love you've been denying
Sooner or later, love is gonna get ya
Sooner or later, girl you got to give in
Sooner or later, love is gonna let 'cha
Sooner or later, love is gonna win
You say you'll never be mine
But darling they'll come a time
I'll taste all that love that you've been hiding
Its just a question of time
Before you make up your mind
And give all that love you've been denying
You've been looking for love
In all the wrong places
You've been looking for love
All the wrong faces
Gotta get 'cha girl
Off this illusion
Gonna save your heart
From all this confusion
Sooner or later, love is gonna get ya
Sooner or later, girl you got to give in
Sooner or later, love is gonna let 'cha
Sooner or later, love is gonna win
Love is gonna win
Its just a matter of time
Before you make up your mind
And give all the love that you've been hiding
Its just a question of when
Told you time and again
I'll get all the love you've been denying
Sooner or later, love is gonna get ya
Sooner or later, girl you got to give in
Sooner or later, love is gonna let 'cha
Sooner or later, love is gonna win
The song "Sooner or Later" by Grass Roots is about the inevitability of love. The lyrics talk about how love will eventually catch up to the person, and they will have to give in to it. The repeated chorus of "Sooner or later, love is gonna get ya" emphasizes this point and shows that love will eventually win in the end. The song urges the person to stop denying their feelings and give in to love before it's too late.
The lyrics also suggest that the person has been looking for love in the wrong places and with the wrong people. The line "You've been looking for love in all the wrong faces" highlights this idea. The song suggests that the person needs to let go of their illusions and confusion around love and open their heart to a genuine connection.
Overall, the song "Sooner or Later" encourages the listener to embrace love and not be afraid to express their feelings. It reminds us that love can be a powerful force that can't be ignored forever.
Line by Line Meaning
Sooner or later, love is gonna get ya
Love will eventually find you and catch up to you.
Sooner or later, girl you got to give in
At some point, you have to let go and give in to love.
Sooner or later, love is gonna let 'cha
Love will eventually free you.
Sooner or later, love is gonna win
Ultimately, love will triumph.
Its just a matter of time
It's inevitable and just a question of when.
Before you make up your mind
Before you decide whether or not to love.
To give all that love that you've been hiding
To finally show the love that you've been keeping hidden.
Its just a question of when
It's just a matter of time.
I've told you time and again
I've already told you many times.
I'll get all the love you've been denying
I will receive all the love that you haven't been giving.
You say you'll never be mine
You deny the possibility of us being together.
But darling they'll come a time
But don't worry, the right time will come.
I'll taste all that love that you've been hiding
I will finally experience all the love that you've kept hidden.
You've been looking for love
You've been searching for love.
In all the wrong places
But you've been looking in the wrong places.
All the wrong faces
You've been looking at the wrong people.
Gotta get 'cha girl
I need to help you.
Off this illusion
Get off the idea that what you're doing is correct.
Gonna save your heart
I'm going to protect your heart.
From all this confusion
I'm going to keep you from being confused.
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
Written by: BRIAN POTTER, DENNIS EARLE LAMBERT, MARTIN L. KUPPS
Lyrics Licensed & Provided by LyricFind
@jeffa1961
WOW, had not heard this song for about 40 plus years and still remember the words. I was a 10 year old in 1971 and remember singing this on AM radio that summer. What wonderful memories of a different era. Things were simpler and at 63, I look back and smile at such great memories.
@tunes7497
The Grass Roots were my dad's favorite band.He's been gone almost 34 years. This is how I still see him.
Thank you.
@jctorontojctoronto
Hey tunes..just turned 63...born in n.h. 57..lived in hampton va 63-72
Canada 73 til today.
Salute to your dad ..in 67 68 69 enjoyed my first radio yrs..9 volt transistor am radio and on our am only car radio then. GRASS ROOTS WERE MONSTERS. Im 11, 12 yrs old and WGH Hampton/norfolk Virginia blasting out pop giants like grass roots midnight confessions temptation eyes, etc..fifth dimension bill deal, aretha franklin, tommy james, beatles hey jude, crazy elephant.etc etc etc...so many perfect songs 2:30 to 3:15, long.
Kids' radio station djs were yelling and hitting posts and had sound fx..a crazy time....just before more serious fm world hit, to balance off pop songs, that were still terrific in early 70s.
Anyway..your dad a man after my own taste..
jc from toronto
@dakotathompson4123
My dad was born August 18, 1972 and died July 5, 2009 at age 36 of a heart attack. I was eight years old when he died. I was born May 11, 2001.
@jctorontojctoronto
@@dakotathompson4123 my dad born...aug 18. 1931
89. Still going
@sandyinmd1
@@dakotathompson4123 I'm so sorry. Hugs
@denizkacan8007
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Here we go.. 18 January 2022
@IOAFan
I hear the first few notes of this song and I'm instantly transported to the summer of '71.
@bobcarlino7280
Yes!!!!!!! Same here!
@virginiaramirez8944
you are....SUPER AWESOME!!!