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You Are My Sunshine Lyrics
The other night
As I lay sleeping
Whoah, I dreamed I held you
Held you in my arms
Well, but when I woke up this morning
I found out I was mistaken
Do you know that I hung my
I hung my head and cried
Whoah you are my sunshine
(you are my sunshine)
Ohh, my only sunshine
(my only sunshine)
Well, little girl you make me happy sometimes
(you make me happy)
When my skies are grey
(when skies are grey)
Umm, you'll never never never know dear
(you'll never know, dear)
How much I love you
(how much I love you)
Whoa, and I don't want you to take
(don't take my sunshine)
My sunshine away
(shine away)
{instrumental interlude}
You told me once, dear,
That you really loved me
And no one else
could ever come between, yeah
But now you left me and you love another, yeah
And you have shattered, oh yeah
All of my dreams
Whoah you are my sunshine
(you are my sunshine)
Ohh, my only sunshine
(my only sunshine)
Ohh, you make me happy sometimes
(you make me happy)
When my skies are grey
(when skies are grey)
Whoa, you'll never never never know dear
(you'll never know, dear)
How much I love you
(how much I love you)
Whoa, and I don't want you to take
(don't take my sunshine)
Whoa, if you love me
(don't take my sunshine)
Umm-hmm, if you need me
(don't take my sunshine)
Uh-huh if you want me
(don't take my sunshine)
Waaaahh! Listen
(don't take my sunshine)
(don't take my sunshine)
I don't want you to take
(don't take my sunshine)
Waaaahh! Listen
(don't take my sunshine)
(don't take my sunshine)
I don't want you to take
(don't take my sunshine)
Whoah, my sunshine away
(shine away)
this is my favorite song of all time...my great-grandpa used to sing it to me when i was little
fuck all
I have a punk covers version of this, it makes me cry :(
this song is sad it always makes me cry.it fits sasori and deidara so well!
I've heard soooo many covers. The best recent one I've heard is by The Civil Wars. You'd have to youtube it...but wow. Filled with such longing. And it being a duet by a man/woman (Joy & John Paul)makes it fresher...I think it is ripe for revival..and they would be just the ones to do it.
Well, Ray Charles pulls his classic performance trick on this one, splitting the verses between himself and one of the Raelettes' girls to create a pretty vivid argument between the two. This really changes the song, from a slow development of the idea that the lovers have separated, to a very fast, upbeat version, which makes the whole thing a lot more dramatic, but actually detracts from the sense of sadness and despair present in the original.
I love the way Ray sings the first verse and chorus, but after that I can't help but think of this version as a bit of a marketing ploy.
Still, it rocks along pretty easily.