In 1978, A&M Records released Tim Curry's debut solo album. Entitled Read My Lips, the album featured an eclectic range of songs (mostly covers) performed in diverse genre. Highlights of the album are a reggae version of the Beatles song "I Will", a rendition of "Wake Nicodemus" with full bagpipe backing, and an original bar-room ballad, "Alan".
The following year, Curry's second and most successful album was released. Titled Fearless, the LP was more rock-oriented than Read My Lips and mostly featured original songs rather than cover versions. The record included Tim Curry's only US charting songs: "I Do the Rock" and "Paradise Garage".
Curry's third and final album, Simplicity, was released in 1981, again by A&M Records. This record did not sell as well as the previous offerings, due in part to a less appealing, more maudlin sound. This record combined both original songs and cover versions, and is commonly held to be the weakest of the three albums.
In 1989, A&M released The Best of Tim Curry on CD and cassette, featuring songs from his albums (including a live version of "Alan") and a previously-unreleased song, a live cover version of "Simple Twist of Fate".
Curry toured America with his band through the late 1970s and the first half of the 1980s.
Curry's first full-time role was as part of the original London cast of the musical Hair in 1968. Here he first met Richard O'Brien, who went on to create his next full-time and perhaps still most famous role, that of Frank N. Furter in the Rocky Horror Show.
Originally Curry rehearsed the character with a German accent and peroxide blonde hair, but the character evolved into the sly, very upper-class English (He says 'dine' instead of down, 'brine' instead of brown etc) drag-wearing mad scientist incarnation that carried over to the movie version and made Curry both a star and a cult figure. He continued to play the character in London, Los Angeles and New York until 1975.
For many years, Curry was reluctant to talk about Rocky Horror, feeling that it was a trend that had gone too far and had distracted attention away from his later roles. However, in recent years he has been much more open about discussing the show and now recognises it as a "rite of passage" for many young people.
Anyone Who Had a Heart
Tim Curry Lyrics
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Could look at me
And know that I love you
Anyone who ever dreamed
Could look at me
And know I dream of you
Knowing I love you so
Would take me in their arms and love me too
You couldn't really have a heart
And hurt me like you hurt me
And be so untrue
What am I to do
Everytime you go away
I always say
This time it's goodbye dear
Loving you the way I do
I take you back
Without you I'd die dear
Knowing I love you so
Anyone who had a heart
Would take me in their arms and love me too
You couldn't really have a heart
And hurt me like you hurt me
And be so untrue
What am I to do
Knowing I love you so
Anyone who had a heart
Would take me in their arms and love me too
You couldn't really have a heart
And hurt me like you hurt me
And be so untrue
What am I to do
Everytime you go away
I always say
This time it's goodbye dear
Loving you the way I do
I take you back
Without you I'd die dear
Knowing I love you so
Anyone who had a heart
Would take me in their arms and love me too
You couldn't really have a heart
And hurt me like you hurt me
And be so untrue
Anyone who had a heart
Would take me in their arms and love me too
Anyone who had a heart
Would take me in their arms and love me too
Anyone who had a heart
Would take me in their arms and love me too
Oh!
The lyrics of Tim Curry's song "Anyone Who Had a Heart" express the pain of unrequited love. The song is directed towards a lover who has hurt the singer, and the singer is pleading for validation of their love. The repeated chorus "Anyone who had a heart / Would take me in their arms and love me too" is a cry for acceptance and acknowledgement of the depth of their feelings. The lyrics also suggest that the singer will continue to take their lover back, despite the pain they have caused, because their love is too strong to let go of. Overall, the song conveys the vulnerability and desperation of someone deeply in love but unable to have that love reciprocated.
Line by Line Meaning
Anyone who had a heart
If someone has a true heart, they would understand what I'm going through
Could look at me
By just looking at me, they can tell I love you deeply
And know that I love you
It's easy to see that I have strong feelings for you
Anyone who ever dreamed
If someone has ever had a dream, they would understand that I dream of you too
Knowing I love you so
It's obvious that I have a deep and intense love for you
Would take me in their arms and love me too
If you truly loved me, you would hold me tightly and love me endlessly
You couldn't really have a heart
Someone who treats me this way doesn't really have a heart or feelings for me
And hurt me like you hurt me
The pain you caused me shows that you don't truly care about me
And be so untrue
Being unfaithful to me shows that you don't respect or value our relationship
What am I to do
I don't know what to do in this situation because I still love you despite your actions
Everytime you go away
Every time you leave, I feel empty and alone without you
This time it's goodbye dear
This time, I'm finally saying goodbye because I'm tired of the pain
Loving you the way I do
I love you with all my heart and can't imagine life without you
I take you back
Even though you hurt me, I can't resist giving our love another chance
Without you I'd die dear
You mean the world to me and without you, my life would be meaningless
Oh!
An expression of pain, sadness, and longing
Lyrics © Warner/Chappell Music, Inc., BMG RIGHTS MANAGEMENT US, LLC
Written by: BURT BACHARACH, HAL DAVID
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