Hey Now
Eternal Yearning: Carl Thomas' Melodic Plea for Love
Lyrics
Hey now, hey now
Greeting and expressing admiration for someone's wonderful qualities.
You are so wonderful
-And I would give anything
Expressing a willingness to make any sacrifice for the person being addressed.
Hey now, hey now
Reiteration of admiration and the desire to be close to the person's arms.
I would do anything
-To be in your arms
-You are so wonderful, yeah
-Hey now, hey now
Continuation of expressing admiration and desire.
Baby I was thinking we could spend a little time
Suggesting spending time together, referencing the feeling of being like an angel.
But I hope you don't mind, hope you don't mind
-Heaven must be missing an angel tonight
-But I hope they don't mind, hope they don't mind
-Baby I was thinking we could spend a little time
Repeating the desire to spend time, emphasizing the angelic quality.
But I hope you don't mind, hope you don't mind
-Heaven must be missing an angel tonight
-But I hope they don't mind, hope they don't mind
-Hey now, hey now
Repetition of the greeting and expressing a desire to be the one needed.
Say I'm the one that you're needing babe, need
-Hey now, hey now
Expressing constant thoughts about the person throughout the day.
I think about you all day long
-Hey now, my sweet baby
Expressing a hope for shared feelings and emotions.
Do you feel the way I do
-Hey now, sweet sweet baby
-Do you oh do you do you do you
-Hey now, my sweet baby
Reiteration of the desire for shared feelings and the presence of love.
Do you feel the way I do
-Hey now, sweet sweet baby
-Don't you know love's waiting here
-Baby the way I'm feelin'
Describing strong emotions that make spending time together appealing.
Makes me wanna spend some time
-Every time I see you
-It's hard to get you off my mind
-Baby the way I'm feelin'
Reiteration of the impact of the person on the speaker's thoughts.
Makes me wanna spend some time
-Every time I see you
-It's hard to get you off my mind
-Baby the way I'm feelin'
Continued expression of the difficulty in getting the person out of the speaker's mind.
Makes me wanna spend some time
-Every time I see you
-It's hard to get you off my mind
-Baby the way I'm feelin'
Emphasizing the persistent impact and thoughts about the person.
Makes me wanna spend some time
-Every time I see you
-It's hard to get you off my mind
-Baby I was thinking we could spend a little time
Repeating the idea of spending time together, associating the person with an angel.
But I hope you don't mind, hope you don't mind
-Heaven must be missing an angel tonight
-But I hope they don't mind, hope they don't mind
-Baby I was thinking we could spend a little time
Continuation of the desire to spend time together, repeating the angelic imagery.
But I hope you don't mind, hope you don't mind
-Heaven must be missing an angel tonight
-But I hope they don't mind, hope they don't mind
-Baby I was thinking we could spend a little time
Reiteration of the wish to spend time, suggesting a heavenly connection.
But I hope you don't mind, hope you don't mind
-Heaven must be missing an angel tonight
-But I hope they don't mind, hope they don't mind
-Hey now, hey now oh
Final expression, possibly a call to attention or excitement.
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