" 'Cause we've ended as lovers" lyrics

Jeff Beck's sound and playing in this song are memorable, and I saw a comment, quote: "absolutely gorgeous solo that tells all the story. needs no lyrics".

However, to quote from "Chet Atkins in Three Dimensions":
"Sing. Chet was always singing! singing through the guitar! He stressed the importance of knowing the lyrics to the songs you play, , as this will help you create a more complete legato in your musical lines or phrases."
And the way Jeff plays this, I would be surprised if he wasn't aware of the complete song, the lyrics, and the pain in them.
The song was written as a very personal song by Stevie Wonder for his ex-wife Syreeta, who sang it on the Stevie Wonder presents Syreeta" album.
Watch the video clip here:
http://www.last.fm/music/Syreeta/_/Cause+we%27ve+ended+as+lovers

I find the unusual poetic phrasing to be unnatural and stilted, however the emotional feel of the song rescues it.

Sneaking kisses in the hall
Parting love notes are on the wall
Been each other's all and all each day
Lovers walking in the rain
So close we felt each other's pain
But now you say that love has died away

*'Cause we've ended now as lovers
Doesn't mean that we each other can't be friends
'Cause we've ended now as lovers
Does our love for one another have to end

I remember teaching you
On piano 'Tea for Two'
And how playing it wrong I kissed your hand
But when our love has gone and passed
Why does the good exceed the bad
Well that's one thing I'll never understand

'Cause I remember us at class
You were always the one to pass
And gave me answers right to see me through
But that was more than years ago
And who will love me I don't know
It's sad for sure but true it won't be you

Apache Lyrics

A Google for Apache lyrics brings more than 317,000 hits.
Yes! They do exist, and I am here to share them with you!
Proof exists, see the pictorial excerpt above from Alberts 1001 Hit Songs Volume 1 above.

Back in the late 50's and in the 60's little Song booklets were available, just full of lyrics of the hits of the day. The book has long disappeared but I remember the Apache lyrics being in one of these, probably again from Alberts.

I have found a blog with the full lyrics, written by Sonny James (I have reproduced the lyrics because links can go dead:

Sonny James
Apache lyrics

Lonely Silver Dove
Sweet Apache maid
Lonely Silver Dove
Sweet Apache maid

Alone, all alone by the campfire
She dreamed of her love, her delight
Away, far away on the prairie
Her love Golden Hawk shared the night

Sometimes at night with the moon he would come
Sweet were the moments they shared
But with the dawn he was gone with the sun

A smoke sign arose from the prairie
A breeze sighed a sad mournful song
The brave Golden Hawk had departed
Had gone to that great, great beyond

Sometimes at night when there's rain in the sky
She hears her love high above
He and his pony go thundering by

The address for the blog:

http://www.lyricsmode.com/lyrics/s/sonny_james/apache.html

You can listen to Sonny James vocal version here:

http://www.jango.com/music/Sonny+James?l=0

It features a nice, easy vocal with girly chorus, some twangy guitar, and other interesting guitar fills.

Yamaha Magicstomp

The Yamaha Magicstomp
is simply one of the best sounding guitar processors ever.
It has a cult following of enthusiastic users who love it because it sounds so good, and Alan Holdsworth, the guitar virtuoso uses 5 or 6 simultaneously. (Live, Allan Holdsworth uses 5 or 6 Yamaha Magicstomps, 1 clean, 1 clean chorus/delay, one for distortion and the others for effects such as pitch shifting. )
The Magicstomp came in guitar, bass, and AG (acoustic guitar) configurations. Patches are editable and downloadable from a PC with 99 firmware patches and 99 user patches being available on each unit.
Dedicated (and superb!) Shadows echo patches are available from http://www.echotapper.nl/stomp_jpatch/index.html
The Acoustic version has an Automatic Feedback Reduction system that really works, and works very well and is a blessing for amplified acoustic guitar players.
With available firmware upgrades, the Magicstomps can become the other configurations. eg a Bass stomp can be converted to an AG, with user patches from the guitar stomp included in the user patches.
These weren't cheap to begin with, but are now more than affordable on eBay.
There are a couple of vibrant and very active dedicated Yahoo groups that provide help from other users, firmware upgrade files,manuals, patches, etc.
These groups are still gaining new members and have frequent postings.
magicstomp_ub99 is a general group http://groups.yahoo.com/group/magicstomp_ub99/?yguid=311128721 whilst John Dale started a complementary group magicstomppro http://groups.yahoo.com/group/magicstomppro/?yguid=311128721 which is more patch oriented, but also has a range of useful files. It makes sense to belong to both groups.
I own two, with one having AG firmware and the guitar patchset in the user patches. The other has Bass firmware with the Shadows patchset in the user slots.
The Shadows patches are fun to scroll through and strum, with each putting me in the mode to play a particular Shadows song.
I've snuck in the "Cause we've ended as lovers" (Jeff Beck) patch onto both machines because it is such a beautiful sound.