Lyrics to You Are
 

I've transcribed them.

Tell me, the whole thing isn't a dream
I have opened my eyes and truly seen
the color of your eyes
the feel of your lips on mine
well it took me a thousand years
to discover that love is fine

Chorus
'Cuz you are, everything to me
the touch of your hand is like
a blind man that now can see
well, the color of your eyes
the feel of your lips on mine
well it took me a thousand years
to discover that love is fine

Will you slow down
won't you give me some time
I wait endlessly
there's no reason or rhyme
for the joy and pain you bring me
I guess it's not a crime
well, if it is, then you're guilty
but somehow, we will be fine

Chorus x's 2

Everything you are
everything you feel
belongs in a little way to me
like a spinning wheel
you know, you know, you know, you know....

sounds like she says "like a spinning wheel" there. . .at least that's what it sounds like to me. :)

Yeah, 'like a spinning wheel' is what I heard. I guess she was chanelling Over My Head! ;)

I love this song...

"the color of your eyes
the feel of your lips on mine"

What Christine does best is melodise the lyrics, or lyricise the melody... either way, it gets stuck in your head!!!!!

Yep, that's why she's been the hitmaker for FM. Great track this is, and I can imagine this fitting well on the Say you will album.

yeah, i thought the same thing about 'over my head' when i heard it. . .i wonder if that was intentional? if chris meant to allude to it?

i love the song too!! i know exactly what you mean about the lyrics and the melody. . .she makes the words come alive.

I think maybe she is saying 'THE love is fine' instead of 'THAT love is fine'.

That makes a little a difference in the meaning, if you think about it. :-) I love the last two lines also, very sweet. It's so cool to hear new stuff from her.

-Lis

No one else rolls their eyes at that? Otherwise it's nice, though. :)

Thanks!!
 

:laugh: HAHAHAHAA!! i actually had to listen to it a few times to catch that. thanks for posting the lyrics tho. :)

It's McVie with a little cheese on top. But I love her for it. The song is already stuck in my head. :p

Anne Heche me, but...*
...I really like those two lines! I agree that 'fine' is a tragic word to rhyme with, but I guess that for me it's another case of Over & Over / Not Make Believe ... a sort of simple, honest, sort of bittersweet lyric.



(*Call me crazy, but...)

What a nice song. I really like it.

Thanks for transcribing the lyrics, Christy. :) I also noticed the "spinning wheel" & "thousand years" connection. Christine's voice sounds fantastic. Someone in another thread described it as like honey. That's a perfect description. Like alot of her songs, this song has already gotten stuck in my head. "You Are" will have to tide me over until I get the album in my hands in about 6 weeks.

Well, much as I love Christine and can't wait to hear the CD, I have to say lyrics never were her strong point. Just about every line in this song is a cliche! :sorry:

Her latter-day songs tend to have many cliches--some that come to mind=
"All Over Again," "Heart of Stone," "Love Shines," "Temporary One," etc.