don't give up on us

David Soul put one by and became a one-hit wonder with this weepy plea for reconciliation. 'Don't Give Up on Us' was written and produced by Tony Macaulay after earlier singles floundered. Soul remembers: "I made an album in San Francisco for Private Stock but there was nothing suitable for a single. The company told me that Tony Macaulay had some good tunes and he came over and played me 'Don't Give Up On Us' and 'Going In With My Eyes Wide Open'. Within ten days, I had leant the songs and recorded them and Tony had mixed them and taken them back to England. They bazoomed to the top and they are two songs which have stood the test of time." In the US, 'Don't Give Up on Us' was a number one smash on the pop and adult contemporary charts. He failed to break the top forty again in the States; but in the UK he had several other hits.

Don't give up on us, baby

Don't make the wrong seem right

The future isn't just one night

It's written in the moonlight

Painted on the stars

We can't change ours

Don't give up on us, baby

We're still worth one more try

I know we put a last one by

Just for a rainy evening

When maybe stars are few

Don't give up on us, I know

We can still come through

I really lost my head last night

You've got a right to start believin'

There's still a little love left, even so

Don't give up on us, baby

Lord knows we've come this far

Can't we stay the way we are?

The angel and the dreamer

Who sometimes plays a fool

Don't give up on us, I know

We can still come through

It's written in the moonlight

Painted on the stars

We can't change ours

Don't give up on us, baby

We're still worth one more try

I know we put a last one by

Just for a rainy evening

When maybe stars are few

Don't give up on us, I know

We can still come through

Don't give up on us, baby

Don't give up on us, baby