I'm Here You're Here

Written by Wes Farrell and Gerry Goffin

I'm here, you're here, I don't care where you been before

You're the sweetest thing I ever saw

What could you do, what could you say to make me wanna go away

I know, I know I never wanted anyone more

Baby, you know if I go it's gonna be a long walk home

And a pretty thing like you shouldn't spend her time alone

No, shouldn't spend her time alone

And I know that you'll be sorry if I'm gone

Hearts beat, we know what we're sayin'...don't run away

Eyes meet, why are we playin' all those games that children play?

I'm here, you're here, I don't care where you been before

You're the sweetest thing I ever saw

What could you do, what could you say to make me wanna go away

I know, I know I never wanted anyone more

Baby, you know if I go it's gonna be a long walk home

And a pretty thing like you shouldn't spend her time alone

No, shouldn't spend her time alone

And I know that you'll be sorry if I'm gone

Hearts beat, we know what we're sayin'...don't run away

Eyes meet, why are we playin' all those games that children play?

I'm here, you're here, I don't care where you been before

You're the sweetest thing I ever saw

What could you do, what could you say to make me wanna go away

I know, I know I never wanted anyone more

I'm here, you're here, I don't care where you been before

You're the sweetest thing I ever saw

What could you do, what could you say to make me wanna go away

I know, I know I never wanted anyone more

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As David explains in the following excerpt from the book “C’mon Get Happy…Fear and Loathing on the Partridge Family Bus” by David Cassidy & Chip Deffaa, his voice on the first two of The Partridge Family records, his voice was altered.

“Wes had some problem with the way I naturally sounded. He had me double-track vocals (the way Neil Sedaka had so often done) to give my voice added pop-ness. And by altering the tape speed, he was able to raise the pitch of my voice a half-tone above what it actually was, so that on records I sounded a little younger, lighter than in real life.”

The following two recordings highlight this. The first recording is a small part of the original recording from 1971 LP “Up To Date”. The second recording has been provided by John Gomolka who altered the original track to better reflect David’s true voice.

"I'm Here You're Here" - Part of original recording

"I'm Here You're Here" - altered to reflect David’s true voice

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