You’re just too good to be trueCan’t take my eyes off youYou’d be like heaven to touchI wanna hold you so muchAt long last love has arrived,And I thank God I’m aliveYou’re just too good to be trueCan’t take my eyes off you Pardon the way that I stareThere’s nothing else to compareThe sight of […]
Category Archives: Maureen McGovern
Rainy Days
Looking back on rainy daysHow I’d hate those rainy daysStayin’ home, watch the wind blowAll alone by my window Now, I love those rainy daysYou and I just locked awayLying here, love surrounds usThe skies are clear all around us Funny, for me, everything has changedAnd the bad days feel so fineFunny, you see, when […]
Bedtime Story
Love can be so hard to findDreams are never freeTime runs out foreverLike sand into the seaWe’re so lucky, you and IAnd night’s the place to be So, tell me a bedtime storyAnd touch away our caresMake a world for usAnd take me thereJust tell me a bedtime storyOf lovers and of friendsMake a world […]
I Remember
I remember skyIt was blue as inkOr at least, I thinkI remember sky I remember snowSoft as feathers,Sharp as thumbtacks,Coming down like lintAnd it made me squintWhen the wind would blow And ice like vinyl on the streets,Cold as silver, white as sheetsRain like stringsAnd changing thingsLike leaves I remember leavesGreen as spearmint,Crisp as paperI […]
Can You Read My Mind
Can you read my mind?Do you know what it is you do to me?Don’t know who you are,Just a friend from another star Here I am like a kid at a schoolHolding hands with a god, I’m a foolWill you look at me quiveringLike a little girl shivering?You can see right through me Can you […]
On My Way to You
So often as I wait for sleep,I find myself recitingThe words I’ve said or should have saidLike scenes that need rewriting,The smiles I never answered,Doors perhaps I should have opened,Songs forgotten in the morning I relive the roles I’ve played,The tears I may have squandered,The many pipers I have paidAlong the roads I’ve wanderedYet all […]
Another Woman in Love
Nothing’s worse than redundancyHow true, how trueBut I keep thinking the same old thoughtsWhen I’m with youThis has gone way past affectionIt’s my favorite directionShe’s right there in my reflectionI’m another woman in love My horoscope gave the go-aheadI know…you knewAnd here’s the proof that I’m looking forThe sky is blueYou can tell that I’m […]
I Could Have Been a Sailor
I’m a happy womanI made my choice in lifeI chose to settle downI chose to be a wifeAnd I take pleasure in my quiet hearthAnd happy homeI never gave my heartIts chance to roam I could have been a sailorAnd sailed the seven seasThe wind in my face all dayCan you taste the salty breeze?I […]