Too Much To Ask

Video by Jordan Tetewsky

 

 

Kenny Roby with Amy Helm recorded Neal Casal’s “Too Much To Ask” (Anytime Tomorrow, 2000) for the tribute album, Highway Butterfly: The Songs of Neal Casal.

BAND: Kenny Roby - Vocals, Acoustic Guitar · Amy Helm - Vocals · Tony Leone - Drums · Jeff Hill - Bass Guitar · John Lee Shannon - Electric Guitar · Jesse Aycock - Lap Steel · Jay Collins - Tenor and Baritone Sax, Horn Arrangment · Chris Pasin - Trumpet

 

Photo by Neal, Ireland 1999

 
It was a great honor to be included on this spectacular tribute record to my old friend and to be able to sing one of my favorite Neal songs “Too Much To Ask” with the incredible Amy Helm backed by many of our dear friends.
— Kenny Roby
 

 Lyrics | Too Much To Ask

Can you remember the way it used to be?
Rest stops and break down lanes and rain,
Were all we would need

To call it a day
We didn't much to say
To explain it away

They're opening doors for me all over town
But it's just too bad that I won't be around
Now plain Jane send me flowers or a post card
I won't turn you down again

You say it ain't warm enough
But man I'm just burning up
I'm going down with the dust

Is it too much to ask, of you?
And am I moving too fast?
Did I come back too soon?
Is it too much to ask, of you?

Now sometimes just being alive is enough
The money don't matter to me
Just send me your love

I'm leaving as the crow flies
I'm coming
We don't even need to talk

About anything
We can just let it ring
There's so much I could bring

Is it too much to ask, of you?
Am I moving too fast?
Did I come back too soon?
Is it too much to ask, of you?

 

 
 

“Too Much To Ask” appears on Anytime Tomorrow (2000)