Always On My Mind
Eternal Longing: Sarah Vaughan's Melodic Tale of Love's Distance
Lyrics
Always on my mind while you're far away
Expressing constant thoughts about someone even when they are far away.
You're always on my mind every lonely day
Reiterating the persistent presence of the person in the speaker's thoughts every day.
I long to hold you near
Expressing a deep desire to be physically close to the person mentioned.
I wish that you were here
Wishing for the person's physical presence rather than their absence.
Instead of being always on my mind
Reflecting on the constant preoccupation with thoughts of the person.
What am I to do
Expressing a sense of helplessness or confusion about the current situation.
All my life I longed to give my love to you
Longing to express love throughout one's life to the person addressed.
I'm a hopeless case
Acknowledging a sense of hopelessness in the speaker's romantic situation.
There's no one else for me
Affirming that there is no one else romantically significant in the speaker's life.
Forever you will be
Declaring a commitment that the person addressed will forever be the only one in the speaker's thoughts.
The only one who's always on my mind
Reiterating the person's constant presence in the speaker's mind.
Trying all I know to make the hands of
Attempting everything possible to make time pass quickly and bring the person back.
Time go faster than they've ever gone before
Expressing a desire for time to move faster than usual.
Must they go so slow
Questioning the slow pace of time in the person's absence.
'till you return to me you will always be
Assuring that the person will always be in the speaker's thoughts until their return.
Always on my mind and I know that someday
Reiterating the constant presence of thoughts, with hope for a future reunion.
When the fait's are kind
Expressing optimism about a future where fate is kind and allows a lasting embrace.
I will hold you in my arms forevermore
Anticipating holding the person in arms forever once they return.
'till then you know for sure
Expressing certainty about the future reunion.
There's no one else
Affirming that there is no one else in the speaker's thoughts.
You're walways on my mind
Reiterating the constant presence of the person in the speaker's mind.
Always on my mind
Concluding with the repetition of the enduring presence of thoughts about the person.
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