Baker Gurvitz Army were an English rock group. Their self-titled debut album featured a blend of hard rock laced with Ginger Baker's drumming. The lengthy "Mad Jack" was that album's outstanding track, and the album hit the US Billboard 200 chart, and peaked at #22 in the UK Albums Chart. The two following albums contained similar material, although neither charted in the UK nor the US.
Former The Gun and Three Man Army members Paul and Adrian Gurvitz joined forces with ex-Cream drummer Ginger Baker in 1974. Things had not been going too well for Ginger Baker since the demise of his own band Ginger Baker's Air Force. The Gurvitz Brothers, too, were looking for a new way ahead after the early success of their band The Gun.
When Cream split up in 1968, Baker was invited to join Blind Faith, which formed the following year. This was not such a successful venture and following its demise, Baker put together his own outfit, Ginger Baker's Airforce, in 1970. This band included many of his friends and musicians such as Graham Bond, Phil Seamen, Denny Laine and Steve Winwood. The band recorded two albums in 1970, one live and one studio album.
Baker Gurvitz Army is Baker Gurvitz Army's first studio album.
Inside of me is someone who's trying
To learn while I'm dying
Inside of me
See inside me
Sit beside me
Feel me, love me, oh, so love me
Can you take me
Never break me, no
Try except me
Never rape me
I will love you, always be there
When you need me
You can see me always
Inside of me
Don't conform to society
Don't refuse to see poverty
I get so blue when I cannot see
Inside of me
The way I think to carry on
I think it's real, don't think it's wrong
I know it's life, life lived so long together
Life lived for health not gain of wealth
But love of song, you can't go wrong
You can't go wrong
You can't go wrong forever
There's something more in what we see
Than looking in and feeling me
'Cos eyes look out and all around
Not in for selfish gain I found