Lost In Your Eyes
Debbie Gibson
Here's the video
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I get lost in your eyes
And I feel my spirits rise
And soar like the wind
Is it love that I am in?
I get weak in a glance
Isn't this what's called romance?
And now I know
'Cause when I'm lost I can't let go
I don't mind not knowing what I'm headed for
You can take me to the skies
It's like being lost in heaven
When I'm lost in your eyes
I just fell, don't know why
Something's there we can't deny
And when I first knew
Was when I first looked at you
And if I can't find my way
If salvation seems worlds away
Oh I'll be found
When I am lost in your eyes
I don't mind not knowing what I'm headed for
You can take me to the skies
It's like being lost in heaven
When I'm lost in your eyes
I get weak in a glance
Isn't this what's called romance?
Oh I'll be found
When I am lost in your eyes
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I was 27 when this song was released--
on my birthday, no less!
But back then I was a total music snob who,
while listening to it in public,
would deride it, and the artist, Debbie Gibson,
mercilessly.
I was all about the heavy metal and the hair bands,
and anything that didn't belong to either
wasn't worthy of my rockin' self.
What stupidity.
In private, however, whenever this tune came on
I'd turn the radio way up and listen intently--
headphones tight against my skull--
because this truly is a beautiful ballad,
one any musician, I feel, should be deeply proud
to have written were he or she lucky enough
to have come up with it.
It's an easy thing to knock songs like these
as "teeny-bopper tunes,"
and it's easy to knock the artists,
especially if, as Ms. Gibson was,
a teenager at the time.
I was as guilty as anyone for doing so.
But while my peers may have genuinely hated it
(and so sad for them),
I genuinely loved it, but lacked the courage
of my convictions, let alone self-esteem,
to say so.
I feel this song could easily be re-recorded as
either a country song or a metal one.
There's a lot of freedom to explore there.
In the meantime, please enjoy.
And don't be ashamed:
this truly is a great song that should be heard
by everyone.
Take off the headphones and turn it up!
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Digital Art: Her Hair in My Face by yours truly
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