After learning guitar at the age of 12, Scaggs met Steve Miller at St. Mark's School of Texas in Dallas. In 1959, he became the vocalist for Miller's band The Marksmen. The pair later attended the University of Wisconsin together, playing in blues bands like The Ardells and The Fabulous Knight Trains. Leaving school, Scaggs briefly left Texas to join the burgeoning rhythm and blues scene in London. After singing in bands such as The Wigs and Mother Earth, he recorded his first solo album Boz in 1965, which was not a commercial success. He traveled to Sweden as a solo performer and did a brief stint with the band The Other Side with fellow American Jack Downing and Brit Mac MacLeod.
Returning to the US, Scaggs promptly headed for the booming psychedelic music center of San Francisco in 1967. Linking up with Steve Miller again, he appeared on the Steve Miller Band's first two albums Children of the Future and Sailor, which won over critical reviews. After being spotted by Rolling Stone publisher Jann Wenner, Scaggs secured a solo contract with Atlantic Records in 1968. Despite good reviews, his first Atlantic album was met with lukewarm sales, as were followup albums on Columbia Records. In 1976, he linked up with session musicians who would later form Toto and recorded his smash album Silk Degrees. The album reached number 2 on the US charts and number 1 in a number of countries across the world, spawning three hit singles: "Lowdown", "Lido Shuffle", and "What Can I Say", as well as the MOR standard "We're All Alone", later a hit for Rita Coolidge. A sellout world tour followed, but his follow-up album, the 1977 Down Two Then Left, lacked the cohesion of Silk Degrees.
Scaggs' 1980 album Middle Man would spawn two top 20 hits, "Breakdown Dead Ahead" and "Jojo," and Scaggs would enjoy two more hits over 1980 and 1981 ("Look What You've Done to Me" from the Urban Cowboy soundtrack, and "Miss Sun" from a greatest hits set).
Scaggs continued to record and tour sporadically throughout the 1980s and 1990s, although he semi-retired from the music business and turned owner of the San Francisco nightclub Slim's. His lengthy hiatus from the music industry slowed his chart career down dramatically.
Scaggs recorded Other Roads in 1988, took another hiatus, and then came back in 1994 with Some Change. In the late 190s he released Come On Home, an album of blues, and My Time, an anthology. He garnered good reviews with Dig, although the CD, which was released on September 11, 2001, was lost in the post-911 melée. In May, 2003, Scaggs released But Beautiful, a collection of jazz standards that debuted at number 1 on the jazz charts.
In 2013 he released the album Memphis
It's Over
Boz Scaggs Lyrics
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Never part
Best of fools has love forever
From the bottom of his heart
So why pretend
This is the end
You'll have to find out for yourself
Why can't you just get it through your head
It's over
It's over now
Yes you heard me clearly now I said
It's over
It's over now
I'm not really over you
You might say that
I can't take it
I can't take it
Lord I swear
I just can't take it no more
(Go away)
Go away
(Far away)
So far away
It's too late to turn back now
And it don't matter anyhow
Cos you were right
I'm to blame
Can't go on the same old way
Can't keep up the same old game
Why can't you just get it through your head
It's over
It's over now
Yes you heard me clearly now I said
It's over
It's over now
I'm not really over you
You might say that
I can't take it
I can't take it
Lord I swear
I just can't take it no more
(Why can't you just get it through your head
It's over it's over now)
Yes you heard me clearly now I said
It's o, o, o, o
Why can't you just get it through your head
It's o-o-over
Yes you heard me clearly now
Clearly now
So clearly now
"It's Over" is a song by Boz Scaggs that deals with a breakup. The first verse describes two people who were once very close, never wanting to be apart because of the love they shared. In the chorus, Scaggs highlights that the relationship has ended and encourages his partner to accept the fact and find out for herself from someone else. He repeats "It's over now" to emphasize the finality of the situation. Although he claims he is not over his partner, he cannot continue the way they were living.
In the second verse, Scaggs acknowledges his blame in the relationship's failure and suggests it is impossible to continue playing the same game. The outro further emphasizes his point as Scaggs repeatedly sings, "Why can't you just get it through your head, it's over now." The song's overall tone is sad, hurt, and reflective of a relationship that has ultimately failed despite the initial deep love and affection.
Line by Line Meaning
Best of friends
Acknowledging a positive relationship
Never part
Expressing a desire to maintain the friendship
Best of fools has love forever
Realizing that love always comes with risk
From the bottom of his heart
Affirming the depth of his feelings
So why pretend
Questioning why to continue to act as if everything is okay
This is the end
Acknowledging that the relationship is over
You'll have to find out for yourself
Indicating that the decision to accept the situation is the listener's alone
Go on ask somebody else
Declining to offer assistance
Why can't you just get it through your head
Asking the listener to accept the reality of the situation
It's over
Confirming that the relationship has ended
It's over now
Stressing that the situation has been resolved
Yes you heard me clearly now I said
Asserting that the message has been received
I'm not really over you
Admitting to lingering feelings
You might say that
Agreeing with a possible criticism
I can't take it
Expressing an inability to cope
Lord I swear
Using faith to emphasize one's distress
I just can't take it no more
Asserting that the situation is unbearable
(Go away)
Ordering the other party to leave
(Far away)
Emphasizing the desire for distance
It's too late to turn back now
Pointing out that the time for reconciliation has passed
And it don't matter anyhow
Stressing that there is no point in trying to change things
Cos you were right
Acknowledging that the other person was correct
I'm to blame
Accepting responsibility for the situation
Can't go on the same old way
Realizing that things cannot continue unchanged
Can't keep up the same old game
Acknowledging that familiar patterns cannot be maintained
(Why can't you just get it through your head
Repeating the assertion that acceptance is necessary
It's over it's over now)
Reiterating the fact that the relationship has ended
Yes you heard me clearly now
Stressing again that the message has been understood
So clearly now
Emphasizing the need for clarity
Lyrics © CONCORD MUSIC PUBLISHING LLC, Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.
Written by: David Paich, Boz Scaggs
Lyrics Licensed & Provided by LyricFind
Tipster Jacks
on Georgia
Are you daft? First of all your lyrics are incorrect (you can figure that out yourself). The song is about having sex with a minor. Lordy, you peeps need to rev up your ears.