Bruce Randall Hornsby nació el 23 de noviembre de 1954 en Williamsburg, Virginia, en el seno de una familia con una rica historia musical. Desde temprana edad, mostró un notable talento para la música, aprendiendo a tocar el piano con la ayuda de su madre y sus hermanos mayores. La influencia musical en su hogar fue variada, desde el jazz hasta la música clásica y el rock and roll, lo que permitió a Bruce desarrollar un estilo único.
Bruce cursó estudios en la Universidad de Richmond y la Berklee College of Music, donde perfeccionó sus habilidades pianísticas y expandió sus conocimientos musicales. Tras graduarse, comenzó su carrera profesional tocando en bandas locales y eventualmente se mudó a Los Ángeles en busca de mayores oportunidades.
En 1984, Bruce formó la banda Bruce Hornsby and the Range. Dos años más tarde, lanzaron su álbum debut The Way It Is, que rápidamente se convirtió en un éxito rotundo. El sencillo principal del mismo nombre, "The Way It Is", alcanzó el número uno en las listas de Billboard y se convirtió en una canción emblemática de la década de 1980. El álbum ganó el Premio Grammy al Mejor Artista Nuevo en 1987.
A lo largo de sus años con The Range, lanzaron otros álbumes exitosos como Scenes from the Southside (1988) y A Night on the Town (1990). La música de la
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Sunflower Cat / It Takes A Lot To Laugh, It Takes A Train To Cry Song Lyrics
Sunflower Cat / It Takes A Lot To Laugh, It Takes A Train To Cry by Bruce Hornsby One eye is open, the other eye is shut
Don't throw anything to me
I'm in no place, no place to receive
And I just can't move a thing
Things are rough down here
You know it's a little grim
Whatever you've got to pick me up
To help me out, I'm in
I'm down with that
In my dream I can fly, fly high
Over the fields and across the sky
Then I'm awake and I'm back on the ground
If you could take me back up there
I'm down, down with that
When I escape and close my eyes
Can't tell you from me
Sometimes in the dreams I look at myself
And it's looks so good, what I see
I'm having a little trouble here
Could you maybe help me out?
A little confidence pill you got
To take away my self-doubt
I'm down with that
In my dream I can fly, fly high
Over the fields and across the sky
Then I'm awake and I'm back on the ground
If you could take me back up there
I'm down, down with that
Slow down sun, shake yourself
Why make your own hell?
Say what are you doing son?
I'm just trying to likemyself
I'd love to help myself
You know I really, really would
May your days be bright and well
In my dream I can fly, fly high
Over the fields and across the sky
Then I'm awake and I'm back on the ground
If you could take me back up there
I'm down, down with that
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Well, I ride on a mailtrain, baby, can't buy a thrill
Well, I've been up all night, baby, leanin' on the window sill
Well, if I die on top of the hill
And if I don't make it, you know my baby will
Don't the moon look good, mama, shinin' through the trees?
Don't the brakeman look good, mama, flagging down the "Double E"?
Don't the sun look good goin' down over the sea?
Don't my gal look fine when she's comin' after me?
Now the wintertime is coming, the windows are filled with frost
I want to tell everybody, but I could not get across
Well, I wanna be your lover, baby, I don't wanna be your boss
Don't say I never warned you when your train gets lost