Hopelessly Devoted to You
Olivia Newton-John
The song performed in the motion picture
Olive Snook (Kristin Chenoweth) from Pushing Daisies
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Guess mine is not the first heart broken, my eyes are not the first to cry
I'm not the first to know, there's just no gettin' over you
Hello, I'm just a fool who's willing to sit around and wait for you
But baby can't you see, there's nothin' else for me to do
I'm hopelessly devoted to you
But now there's nowhere to hide, since you pushed my love aside
I'm not in my head, hopelessly devoted to you
Hopelessly devoted to you, hopelessly devoted to you
My head is saying "Fool! Forget him!", my heart is saying "Don't let go!"
Hold on to the end, that's what I intend to do
I'm hopelessly devoted to you
But now there's nowhere to hide, since you pushed my love aside
I'm not in my head, hopelessly devoted to you
Hopelessly devoted to you, hopelessly devoted to you
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Want to make a sixteen-year-old boy in 1978
cross his eyes involuntarily?
That's what this song did to me.
Olivia Newton-John's breathy vocals,
the sweet, almost campy lyrics,
the innocence, the flirtation, the fumbling first kisses ...
Wow.
As far as popular love songs go,
there aren't many as good as this one.
I'm nowhere near sixteen anymore,
but this tune still makes me breathless.
Now if I can just get my eyes to uncross ...
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Digital art: Dizzy After Her Kiss, by yours truly
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