This Guy's In Love With You
Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass
Written by Burt Bacharach & Hal David
Here's the video
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You see this guy
This guy's in love with you
Yes I'm in love
Who looks at you the way I do
When you smile I can tell
We know each other very well
How can I show you?
I'm glad I got to know you 'cause
I've heard some talk
They say you think I'm fine
Yes, I'm in love
And what I'd do to make you mine ...
Tell me now--is it so?
Don't let me be the last to know
My hands are shakin'
Don't let my heart keep breakin' 'cause
I need your love
I want your love
Say you're in love
In love with this guy
If not I'll just die
Tell me now--is it so?
Don't let me be the last to know
My hands are shakin'
Don't let my heart keep breakin' 'cause
I need your love
I want your love
Say you're in love
In love with this guy
If not I'll just die
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Even as a young man I knew I would never marry.
There was just something deep, deep inside that told
me it would never happen.
And despite the efforts of many,
from the honest to the nastily manipulative,
all failed.
All failed despite the fact that I was voted
"Most Likely to Get Married by 21"
by my high-school classmates.
I remember laughing when they handed me the little trophy.
But I wasn't laughing with them.
I was laughing at them.
The fools.
This amazing song is one that I have heard at more than
one wedding, especially as I was growing up in the
60s and 70s.
It's a great choice, and I have to admit
that when this comes on, I sometimes
imagine myself dancing with my new bride as this plays
at our wedding.
What does she look like, you might ask?
I never picture myself specifically,
but, say, characters from my books:
Maggie and Aedan, for example.
(Pictured above.)
This song ranks for me as one of the greatest pop love songs ever recorded.
There are simply too many superlatives to list here where it's concerned.
If this song doesn't touch you, let alone in the deepest part of your heart,
get yourself to a doctor. Or a priest. Or a guru on a mountain somewhere.
Because you, Jake, are suffering from a terminal case of cynicism.
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Art: The Love That Will Last ... Forever by yours truly
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