Hootie & the Blowfish

Hootie & the Blowfish formed in 1986. The quartet met when they were freshmen at the University of South Carolina in Columbia. Mark Bryan heard Darius Rucker singing in the showers of the dorm they shared and was impressed by his vocal ability. Bryan and Rucker began playing cover tunes as The Wolf Brothers; eventually Bryan and Rucker hooked up with Felber, a former high school bandmate of Bryan's, and Jim "Soni" Sonefeld as Hootie & the Blowfish.

The group independently released two cassette demo EPs in 1991 and 1992. In 1993, they pressed 50,000 copies of a self-released EP, Kootchypop, which was named after a reference to female genitalia in a stand-up comedy act by What's Happening co-star Shirley Hemphill. Their mainstream debut album was Cracked Rear View (1994). It was an instant....(read more)

You and me
We come from different worlds
You like to laugh at me
When I look at other girls

Sometimes youre crazy
And you wonder why
Im such a baby
Cause the dolphins make me cry

Well theres nothing I can do
Ive been looking for a girl like you

You look at me
Youve got nothing left to say
Ill only pout at you until I get my way
I wont dance
You wont sing
I just want to love you but you want to wear my ring.

Chorus:
Well theres nothing I can do
I only wanna be with you
You can call me your fool
Only wanna be with you

Put on a little dylan
Sitting on a fence
I say that line is great
You ask me what I meant by
said I shot a man named gray

Took his wife to italy
She inherited a million bucks
And when she died it came to me
I cant help it if Im lucky

Only wanna be with you
Aint bobby so cool
Only wanna be with you

(solo)

Yeah Im tangled up in blue
Only wanna be with you
You can call me your fool
Only wanna be with you

Sometimes I wonder
If it will ever end
You get so mad at me
When I go out with my friends
Sometimes youre crazy
And you wonder why
Im such a baby yeah
The dolphins make me cry

Well theres nothing I can do
Only wanna be with you
You can call me your fool
Only wanna be with you
Yeah Im tangled up in blue
Only wanna be with you

With a little love, and some tenderness
Well walk upon the water
Well rise above this mess
With a little peace, and some harmony
Well take the world together
Well take em by the hand

cause Ive got a hand for you
cause I wanna run with you

Yesterday, I saw you standing there
Your head was down, your eyes were red
No comb had touched your hair
I said get up, and let me see you smile
Well take a walk together
Walk the road awhile, cause

cause Ive got a hand for you
Ive got a hand for you
cause I wanna run with you
Wont you let me run with you? yeah

Hold my hand
Want you to hold my hand
Hold my hand
Ill take you to a place where you can be
Hold my hand
Anything you wanna be because
I wanna love you the best that, the best that I can

See I was wasted, and I was wasting time
till I thought about your problems, I thought about your crimes
Then I stood up, then I screamed aloud

I dont wanna be part of your problems
Dont wanna be part of your crowd, no

cause Ive got a hand for you
Ive got a hand for you
cause I wanna run with you
Ah, wont you let me run with you?

Hold my hand
Want you to hold my hand
Hold my hand
Ill take you to the promised land
Hold my hand
Maybe we cant change the world but
I wanna love you the best that, the best that I can, yeah

Hold my hand
Want you to hold my hand
Hold my hand
Ill take you to a place where you can be
Hold my hand
Anything you wanna be because
I...oh...no, no, no, no, no

Hold my hand
Want you to hold my hand
Hold my hand
Ill take you to the promised land
Hold my hand
Maybe we cant change the world but
I wanna love you the best that, best that I can
Oh, the best that I can