About The Song
“Rest Your Love on Me” is a country ballad performed by the Bee Gees and written and sung by Barry Gibb. It was the B-side of the US No. 1 hit “Too Much Heaven”. Andy Gibb recorded the song as a duet with Olivia Newton-John for his 1980 album After Dark.
“Rest Your Love on Me” was written by Barry Gibb in 1976 and recorded it on 2 May on the Children of the World sessions. Stephen Stills played bass on its original demo.
It was not used until “Too Much Heaven” was released, as “Rest Your Love on Me” was chosen as the B-side. As a country song, it did not fit in with what the Bee Gees were putting on their albums, even though they continued to write the occasional country song, like “Where Do I Go”, also left off the forthcoming album.
The song reached No. 39 on the country charts in the United States, their only appearance in the Country Top 40 as artists (though Barry and Maurice also performed and played on 1983’s country chart-topping “Islands in the Stream”). The single was a double-A side in the United Kingdom, France, Scandinavia, Ireland and in Belgium. Later in 1979, it was included on the compilation album Bee Gees Greatest, which reached No. 1 on the Billboard album charts.
The Osmonds, themselves beginning a transition from pop/rock to country music, recorded the song under Maurice Gibb’s direction shortly before the Bee Gees released their version, but not released until afterward. In January 1979, Andy Gibb and Olivia Newton-John would perform it at the Music for UNICEF Concert, the first time most people would have heard it.
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Lyrics
Maybe you don’t know me
Anymore than I know you
And I wouldn’t blame you if
You walked away
I’ve been watching you on me
With the teardrops in your eyes
And it touches me much more
Than I can say
You know I’d hate to think that someone
Could have hurt someone like you
And if I was him
I’d be right by your side
Lay your troubles on my shoulders
Put your worries in my pocket
Rest your love on me awhile
Lay your troubles on my shoulder
Put your worries in my pocket
Rest your love on me awhile
Saw you in the corner
On the moment I walked in
Saw your lonely face
Across the room
No, I won’t forget it
And the way it might have been
Why did you have to leave
So soon
You know I’d hate to think that someone
Could have loved you more than me
And at times like this
I’d be right by your side
Lay your troubles on my shoulders
Put your worries in my pocket
Rest your love on me awhile
Lay your troubles on my shoulders
Put your worries in my pocket
Rest your love on me awhile
How long must I wait
For the last train to be here?
And the last chance to know
Get to think that I was born too soon
How long, honey
When the loving don’t come?
I was there when you left me
Just didn’t know how to begin
Lay your troubles on my shoulders
Put your worries in my pocket
Rest your love on me awhile
Lay your troubles on my shoulders
Put your worries in my pocket
Rest your love on me awhile