Australian singles chart:
Show Me the Way entered the Kent Music Report on 5 April 1976 and peaked at #25.
Album:
The song is on Frampton Comes Alive! which entered the Kent Music Report album charts on 5 April 1976 and peaked at #8.
Songwriter:
Peter Frampton
Producer:
Peter Frampton
Record label of Australian release:
A&M
Songfacts:
In Show Me the Way, Frampton is a drowning man looking for someone to throw him a life preserver. The lyric is rather vague, but it’s clear he is seeking guidance, asking another to “show him the way.”
The lyric could relate to a specific person or to a higher power; Frampton kept it universal on purpose, but he did have a specific inspiration in mind. “I just met somebody that gave me such confidence,” he told Melody Maker in 1976. “My life is completely changed. All the lyrics in that song are about me and her.”
Read more: www.songfacts.com/facts/peter-frampton/show-me-the-way
Lyrics:
I wonder how you′re feeling
There’s ringing in my ears
And no one to relate to ′cept the sea
Who can I believe in?
I’m kneeling on the floor
There has to be a force
Who do I phone?
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