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Eric Patrick Clapton, CBE, (born 30 March 1945) is an English guitarist and singer-songwriter. Clapton is the only three-time inductee to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame: once as a solo artist, and separately as a member of The Yardbirds and Cream. Clapton has been referred to as one of the most important and influential guitarists of all time. Clapton ranked second in Rolling Stone magazine's list of the "100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time" and fourth in Gibson's Top 50 Guitarists of All Time.
In the mid 1960s, Clapton departed from the Yardbirds to play blues with John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers. In his one-year stay with Mayall, Clapton gained the nickname "Slowhand". Immediately after leaving Mayall, Clapton formed Cream, a power trio with drummer Ginger Baker and bassist Jack Bruce in which Clapton played sustained blues improvisations and "arty, blues-based psychedelic pop." For most of the 1970s, Clapton's output bore the influence of the mellow style of J.J. Cale and the reggae of Bob Marley. His version of Marley's "I Shot the Sheriff" helped reggae reach a mass market. Two of his most popular recordings were "Layla", recorded by Derek and the Dominos, another band he formed and Robert Johnson's "Crossroads", recorded by Cream. A recipient of seventeen Grammy Awards, in 2004 Clapton was awarded a CBE for services to music. In 1998, Clapton, a recovering alcoholic and drug addict, founded the Crossroads Centre on Antigua, a medical facility for recovering substance abusers.
Yeah, I've been thinking about the years we've been together
And trust me
Actually this song is for you
And only you
Check it out
Oh thinking about our younger years
There was only you and me
We were young and wild and free
Now, nothing can take you away from me
We've been down that road before
But that's over now,
You keep me coming back for more...
Yeah, yes
[Chorus:]
Baby you're all that I want
When you're lying here in my arms
I'm finding it hard to believe
We're in Heaven
Love is all that I need
And I found it there in your heart
It isn't too hard to see
We're In Heaven
Oh once in your life you find someone
Who will turn your world around
Pick you up when you feeling down
Now, nothing can change what you mean to me
There's a lot that I could say
Just hold me now
Cause our love will light the way
Yeah, yeah
[Chorus:]
Baby you're all that I want
When you're lying there in my arms
I'm find it hard to believe
We're in Heaven
Love is all that I need
And I found it there in your heart
Isn't too hard to see
We're In Heaven
I've been waiting for so long
For something to arrive
For love to come along
Now our dreams are coming true
Through the good times and the bad
I'll be standing there by you...
Baby
[Chorus:]
Baby you're all that I want
When you're lying here in my arms
I'm finding it hard to believe
We're in Heaven
Love is all that I need
And I found it there in your heart
Isn't too hard to see
We're In Heaven
Baby you're all that I want
When you're lying here in my arms
I'm finding it hard to believe
We're in Heaven
Love is all that I need
And I found it there in your heart
It isn't too hard to see
We're In Heaven