It is not often that all versions of a song are great. However, Whitesnake’s -Here I go again certainly has 3 great versions of the song.
“Hang on” I here you say” Are there not only 2 versions of that song> The 1987 album version and the radio edit version?”
No, the original version was actually released 40 years ago in 1982, it was on the album Saints and Sinners. The lyrics are even slightly different, In the 1982 version they use the word hobo instead of drifter.
“Here I Go Again”
I don’t know where I’m going
But I sure know where I’ve been
Hanging on the promises
In songs of yesterday
And I’ve made up my mind
I ain’t wasting no more time
Here I go again
Here I go again
Though I keep searching for an answer
I never seem to find what I’m looking for
Oh, Lord, I pray
You give me strength to carry on
‘Cause I know what it means
To walk along the lonely street of dreams
Here I go again on my own
Goin’ down the only road I’ve ever known
Like a hobo I was born to walk alone
But I’ve made up my mind
I ain’t wasting no more time
Just another heart in need of rescue
Waiting on love’s sweet charity
I am gonna hold on
For the rest of my days
‘Cause I know what it means
To walk along the lonely street of dreams
Here I go again on my own
Goin’ down the only road I’ve ever known
Like a hobo I was born to walk alone
And I’ve made up my mind
I ain’t wasting no more time
But here I go again
Here I go again
Here I go again
Here I go
And I’ve made up my mind
I ain’t wasting no more time
Here I go again on my own
Goin’ down the only road I’ve ever known
Like a hobo I was born to walk alone
‘Cause I know what it means
To walk along the lonely street of dreams
Here I go again on my own
Goin’ down the only road I’ve ever known
Like a hobo I was born to walk alone
I have made up my mind
I ain’t wasting no more time
But here I go again
Here I go again
Here I go again
Here I go
Here I go again.
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