Lay It On the Line
Written by Wes Farrell and David Cassidy
I don't have to explain what's on my mind
Show ya, show ya, gonna make you mine
Ain't no mountain too high to climb
Show ya, show ya, gonna take the time
Show ya (Show ya)
Show ya (Show ya)
Show ya, show ya, gonna make you mine
Show ya, show ya, gonna blow your mind
Show ya, show ya, gonna take the time
Show ya, show ya, lay it right on the line
Right on the line, right on the line
Right on the line, right on the line
Nobody ever really got inside me just lookin' in my eyes
And touchin' you is all I needed to make me realize
Show ya, show ya
Show ya, show ya, gonna make you mine
Show ya, show ya, gonna blow your mind
Show ya, show ya, gonna take the time
Show ya, show ya, lay it right on the line
Right on the line, right on the line
Right on the line, right on the line
Show ya, show ya, gonna make you mine
Show ya, show ya, gonna blow your mind
Show ya, show ya, gonna take the time
Show ya, show ya, lay it right on the line
Right on the line, right on the line
Right on the line, right on the line
fade
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.
"Lay It On The Line" - Part of original recording
"Lay It On The Line" - altered to reflect David’s true voice.
From: Up To Date
