Edit for headphones, March 2022. A song from the 1999 album "The Lovin' Spoonful Live at the Hotel Seville".
The songs were recorded in 1999 during great, real live performance at the Hotel Seville in Harrison, Arkansas USA. In 1966 the original single charted nr. 87 in the USA and nr. 85 in Canada.
Joe Butler - vocals, guitars, autoharp, percussion.
Jerry Yester - guitars, vocals.
Lena Yester - keyboards, vocals.
Steve Boone - bass.
Mike Arturi - drums.

FULL MEASURE
(John Sebastian/Steve Boone)

the full measure of your giving
you don't yet understand
it's a cupful of living
that you hold in your hand

the full weight of your loving
makes me lighter than air
the tax on receiving
I know that it never was there

it started off just sticking around
to give that wonderful feeling from you
now there's fin'ly someone telling me
that I can really give too

I know that you know the feeling
that getting something for nothing is wrong
getting love is so easy
giving love takes so long

it started off just stickin' around
to give that wonderful feeling from you
now there's fin'ly someone telling me
that I can really give too, to you, to you, to you

I've heard them saying at Christmas
now I can say it too
the feeling of giving
t'is just as good as I'm getting from you
I said t'is as good as I'm getting from you
t'is as good as I'm getting from you

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