This guy I work with has been trying for ages to find the song title with the following lyrics. Its an Anita Baker esque Jazz/R&B that he said he heard only as a Muzak sort of song working retail at large department stores in the 80's, and once or twice on easy listening radio. Lyrics he described were:
He has his father's eyes
His mother's point of view
There was no disguise
He could not see through
Could ANYONE possibly help? I've searched online and am utterly clueless...
― Bryan Moore (Bryan Moore), Saturday, 27 November 2004 12:00 (twenty-one years ago)
Don't Cry Ilene
words & music by Vonda Shepard
He had his father's eyes
And his mother's point of view
There was no disguise
He couldn't see through
Sometimes the little things
They don't seem so small
But they had a good thing...overall
(Chorus)
Nobody, nobody, nobody, nobody
Knew him the way you did
It's hard to say exactly why he left you
Maybe a change for good
Don't cry Ilene
There was a rainbow over here
He didn't see it from over there
Black and white are fine
But he's color blind
Watching over me
There must have been some kind of mystery
Because I wanted him too
But it was all wrong, all wrong
(Chorus)
Nobody, nobody, nobody, nobody
Knew him the way you did
It's hard to say exactly why he left you
Maybe a change for good
Don't cry Ilene
Nobody, nobody, nobody, nobody
Knew him the way you did
It's hard to say exactly why he left you
Maybe a change for good
Don't cry Ilene, no don't cry
It's hard to say exactly why he left you
Maybe a change for good
Don't cry Ilene...Oh no, Don't cry
― Alba (Alba), Saturday, 27 November 2004 13:04 (twenty-one years ago)
This took me approximately 8 seconds to find online - I'm not quite sure what you and your friend were doing!
― Alba (Alba), Saturday, 27 November 2004 13:05 (twenty-one years ago)
Maybe that's best. I had no idea old Vonda had been going that long. From her debut 1989 album, apparently. I wish your friend happiness.
― Alba (Alba), Saturday, 27 November 2004 13:15 (twenty-one years ago)
Thanks a lot... where did you find that online, Alba? We had no luck on google.
― Bryan Moore (Bryan Moore), Sunday, 28 November 2004 11:28 (twenty-one years ago)
technique, man. technique.
― mark grout (mark grout), Sunday, 28 November 2004 11:35 (twenty-one years ago)
five years pass...
A song from the past got into my head this morning ... need some help getting it out so I can get on with my day..
The only lyrics I can sort of remember are (or might be):
-Men in uniform are
Gathering up now
and I think that comes at the end of the song, almost at the fade out. Seems like it was an 80s Blue Nile type group ...
'sat enough?
― dave225, Tuesday, 29 December 2009 13:02 (sixteen years ago)