Eyesight to the Blind
Love's Transformative Power Revealed
Lyrics
You've talking about your woman, I wish to God, man, that you could see
You're talking about your woman; I wish you could see my woman
Mine
Emphasizes the speaker's desire for others to witness the qualities of his woman
You're talking about your woman, I wish to God that you could see mine
Reiterates the speaker's wish for others to experience the greatness of his woman
Every time the little girl start to loving, she bring eyesight to the blind
When his woman expresses love, it has a transformative effect, curing blindness
Lord, her daddy must been a millionaire, 'cause I can tell by the way she
Suggests the woman's father was wealthy, implied by her confident and elegant walk
Walk
Highlights the woman's graceful and confident way of walking
Her daddy must been a millionaire, because I can tell by the way she walk
Reiterates the idea that her father was wealthy based on her demeanor
Every time she start to loving, the deaf and dumb begin to talk
When she loves, even those who can't hear or speak are compelled to communicate
I remember one Friday morning, we was lying down across the bed
Recalls a specific Friday morning when they were lying in bed together
Man in the next room a-dying, stopped dying and lift up his head, and said,
A dying man in the next room is momentarily revived by the sight of the woman
"Lord, ain't she pretty, and the whole state know she fine!"
The dying man praises the woman's beauty and acknowledges her widespread recognition
Every time she start to loving, she bring eyesight to the blind
Reiterates the idea that her love has a healing power for the blind
(Spoken: All right and all right, now. Lay it on me, lay it on me, lay it
Spoken interjection expressing enthusiasm and encouragement
On me
Further expressions of excitement and admiration for the woman
Oh lordy, what a woman, what a woman! )
Continued praise for the woman's extraordinary qualities
Yes, I declare she's pretty and the whole state knows she's fine
Asserts the woman's beauty and widespread recognition
Man, I declare she's pretty, God knows I declare she's fine
Reaffirms the speaker's declaration of the woman's beauty and fine qualities
Every time she starts to loving, whoo, she brings eyesight to the blind
Reiterates the transformative power of the woman's love on the blind
(I've got to get out of here, now, let's go, let's go, let's go now)
Expresses a need to leave, possibly indicating a desire to be with the woman
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