Butter Cookie (Keep Me There)

[pontiac6k]

I was just listening to Butter Cookie from the Rumours expanded disc set and I really do love this song. I mean it pales in comparison to what The Chain is but I think anything Chris does is pretty incredible. :nod: On Fleetwoodmac.net it gives some of the lyrics but not the first line or two. Can anyone tell what the lyrics are to this song? :shrug:

Thank you. ;)

[macfan 57]

This is the best I can do. I'm not completely sure about the first line.

(Keep me in???) your heart
Throw away the key
Don't leave me in the dark
I need you here with me
Yes, I need you here with me

Don't leave me in despair
You know I can't live without (it??)
No, don't leave me in despair

What do you think about that
What do you think about that

[pontiac6k]

Thank you! I love your sig pic by the way, where did you get it? I think I have seen it, I'm assuming it was from ITM.

I wonder why this song was called Butter Cookie. :confused: Any ideas?

[Chrislit18]

maybe butter cookies were chris' favorite snack??
[or the nickname for that lighting director :lol: ]

[vermicious knid]

Whenever I see the title to this song, I always scream in my head "But-Ter Cookiiiiiiieee!!!" all opera-like. You should try it sometime.

[pontiac6k]

Sounds like a good idea. :laugh:

[aleuzzi]

I was just listening to Butter Cookie from the Rumours expanded disc set and I really do love this song. I mean it pales in comparison to what The Chain is but I think anything Chris does is pretty incredible. :nod: On Fleetwoodmac.net it gives some of the lyrics but not the first line or two. Can anyone tell what the lyrics are to this song? :shrug:

Thank you. ;)

And it's pretty clear the lyrics are largely improvised. The demo shows she's feeling her way through some chords, a melody...The title...who the heck knows?

That reminds me: I remember Bob Welch saying in one of his Q & A's that, in the early days, Chris used to be a HUGE fan on Duncan Doughnuts.

[Aisling]

i just listened to the opening on loop about 20 times. :laugh: does anyone else hear the word "out" in the first line? or am i hallucinating?

if i had to guess, i'd say "butter cookie" is a nickname or term of endearment. or else she's confessing to her great love of sugary baked goods. i know that *i* can't live without it, and if i had to, it would leave me in great despair. :distress:

[macfan 57]

Thank you! I love your sig pic by the way, where did you get it? I think I have seen it, I'm assuming it was from ITM.

I bought this picture from someone who had a whole bunch of Fleetwood Mac rare pictures. It was taken around 1978, just before Tusk.


I wonder why this song was called Butter Cookie. :confused: Any ideas?

I agree with Aisling. I believe butter cookie probably was a nickname, maybe for Curry Grant, since she was with him around that time.

[pontiac6k]

i just listened to the opening on loop about 20 times. :laugh: does anyone else hear the word "out" in the first line? or am i hallucinating?

if i had to guess, i'd say "butter cookie" is a nickname or term of endearment. or else she's confessing to her great love of sugary baked goods. i know that *i* can't live without it, and if i had to, it would leave me in great despair. :distress:

I agree I thought I heard that as well as I listened to it many times.

"Keep me out of your heart. Throw away the key."

But it sort of contradicts the rest of it. :confused:

[aleuzzi]

I bought this picture from someone who had a whole bunch of Fleetwood Mac rare pictures. It was taken around 1978, just before Tusk.


I too love that sig pic. She looks distracted, as if she's dreaming. Very wisful, even kinda sexy.