Smitten

I’m creating a playlist of love songs.

Kelsey, Metro Station
Now it’s going to get harder, and it’s going to burn brighter
And it’s going to feel tougher each and every day
And so let me say that I love you, you’re all I’ve ever wanted
All I’ve ever dreamed of to come and yes you did come

Hey There Delilah, Plain White Tees
Hey there Delilah, what’s it like in New York City?
I’m a thousand miles away, but girl tonight you look so pretty
Yes you do,
Times Square can’t shine as bright as you, I swear it’s true

Gamble Everything For Love, Ben Lee
Make a list of things you need
Leave it empty except for number one
Write love
Gamble everything

It is You (I Have Loved), Dana Glover (Shrek)
There’s no more mystery
It is finally clear to me
You’re the home my heart searched for so long
And it is you I have loved all along

Anyone Else But You, The Moldy Peaches (Juno)
Here is the church and here is the steeple
We sure are cute for two ugly people
I don’t see what anyone can see in anyone else but you

Can You Feel the Love Tonight, The Lion King
So many things to tell her, but how to make her see
The truth about my past? Impossible; she’d turn away from me
He’s holding back, he’s hiding, but what, I can’t decide
Why won’t he be the king I know he is, the king I see inside?

Something There, Beauty and the Beast
There’s something sweet and almost kind
But he mean and he was coarse and unrefined
But now he’s dear, and so unsure; I wonder why I didn’t see it there before
She glanced this way, I thought I saw
And when we touched she didn’t shudder at my paw
No it can’t be; I’ll just ignore; but then she’s looked at me that way before

I Thought You Were God, Clare Bowditch and the Feeding Set
I was very, very young and terribly in love
And not yet knowing that love alone may not be enough
To counter all the stupid things I thought
I thought you were God

Title and Registration, Death Cab for Cutie
The glove compartment isn’t accurately named, and everybody knows it
So I’m proposing a swift orderly change
Cause behind its door there’s nothing to keep my fingers warm
And all I find are souvenirs from better times,
Before the gleam of your taillights fading east to find yourself a better life

Bridal Train, The Waifs
She was holding her future in her hand, the faded photo of a man
Catch a sailor if you can, the war bride leaves her southern land
All the girls around Australia married to a Yankee sailor
The fare is paid across the sea to the home of the brave and the land of the free

Diamonds on the Soles of her Shoes, Simon and Garfunkel
The poor boy changes his clothes and puts on aftershave
To compensate for his ordinary shoes
She said honey take me dancing but they ended up a-sleeping in a doorway

Everlasting Love, The Love Affair
Open up your eyes, then you realise
Here I stand with my everlasting love

Even Angels Fall, Jessica Riddle (10 Things I Hate About You)
It’s the secret no one tells; one day it’s heaven, one day it’s hell
And it’s no fairytale, take it from me; that’s the way it’s supposed to be
You will fly and you will crawl, God knows even angels fall

I Guess That’s Why They Call it the Blues, Elton John
And I guess that’s why they call it the blues
Time on my hands could be time spent with you
Laughing like children, living like lovers, rolling like thunder under the covers

Goodnight and Go, Imogen Heap
Why’d you have to be so cute? It’s impossible to ignore you
Must you make me laugh so much? It’s bad enough we get along so well
Say goodnight and go

Unchained Melody, Gareth Gates
All my love, my darling, I’ve hungered for your touch
A long lonely time and time goes by so slowly
And time can do so much; are you still mine?

Fever, Peggy Lee
Romeo loved Juliet; Juliet she felt the same
When he put his arms around her, he said “Julie baby you’re my flame;
Thou givest fever, when we kisseth, fever with thy flaming youth,
Fever! I’m afire, fever yeah I burn for sooth.”

(I Love It When You) Call Me Names, Joan Armatrading
Big woman and a short, short man
And he loves it when she beats his brains out
He’s pecked to death but he loves the pain
And he loves it when she calls him names

Breakfast at Tiffany’s, Deep Blue Something
And I said what about Breakfast at Tiffany’s?
She said I think I remember the film
And yes, I recall, I think we both kind of liked it
And I said, well that’s the one thing we got

Son of a Preacher Man, Dusty Springfield
When he started sweet-talking to me
He’d come and tell me everything is alright
He’d kiss and tell me everything is alright
Can I get away again tonight?

Suggestions?

x
JAG