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Jeffrey Linton Osborne (born March 9, 1948) is an American musician, singer-songwriter, lyricist and lead singer of the band, LTD.
Osborne was born in Providence, Rhode Island. He is the youngest of 12 children and is part of a musical family. He has five brothers and six sisters, some of whom went on to have music careers (his brother Billy was an L.T.D. bandmate). Osborne's father, Clarence "Legs" Osborne, was a popular trumpeter who played with Lionel Hampton, Count Basie, and Duke Ellington and died when Osborne was thirteen. Osborne started his music career in 1970 with a band called Love Men Ltd., who would later become known as L.T.D. The band recorded hit singles such as "(Every Time I Turn Around) Back in Love Again", "Concentrate on You," "Love Ballad" and "Holding On (When Love Is Gone)". At first, Osborne was a drummer, sharing lead vocal duties with his brother Billy, but by 1978 he became the group's primary lead vocalist. He and Billy both left L.T.D. in late 1980 to start solo careers. His solo success includes five gold and platinum albums.
I was sitting up above the clouds
Then one day you just came soaring by
Foolish me, I hopped on for a ride
Oh, why?
Then my life just took sudden turn
It's hard to swallow but you live and learn
I never felt the pain so deep, that burn
So long
All because of you
You turned me inside out
You reached inside and shook my soul
All because of you
I can't get off the ground
I was doing fine and then came you
Then came you
I guess I should have looked before I leap
Before I knew it I was in too deep
With a, I felt with someone who would play for keep
With my heart
Felt as though the sun may never shine
At least for me not for a long, long time
You made me so ashamed to think that I
Was so blind
All because of you
You turned me inside out
You reached inside and shook my soul
All because of you
Hey, I can't get off the ground
I was doing fine and then came you
Then came you, oh
Yeah-yeah, baby
I was doing fine and then came you
All because of you
You turned me inside out
You reached inside and shook my soul
All because of you, baby
Hey, I can't get off the ground
I was doing fine and then came you
All because of you
You turned me inside out
All because of you
I can't get off the ground
I was doing fine and then came you
All because of you
You turned me inside out
All because of you