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In this life I've seen ev'rything I can see, woman
I've seen lovers flying through the air hand in hand
I've see babies dancin' in the midnight sun
I've seen dreams that came from the heavenly skies above
I've seen old men cryin' at their own grave sides
And I've seen pigs all sittin' watchin' picture slides
But I never seen nothin' like you
Do ya, do ya want my love?
Do ya, do ya want my face?
Do ya, do ya want my mind?
Do ya, do ya want my love?
Well, I heard the crowd singin' out of tune
As they sat and sang Auld Lang Syne
By the light of the moon
I heard the preachers bangin' on the drums
And I heard the police playin' with their guns
But I never heard nothin' like you
In the country where the sky
Touches down on the field
She lay her down to rest in the mornin' sun
They came -a-runnin' just to get a look
Just to feel, to touch her long black hair
They don't give a damn
But I never seen nothin' like you
Do ya, do ya want my love?
Do ya, do ya want my face?
Do ya, do ya want my mind?
Do ya, do ya want my love?
Well I think you know
What I'm tryin' to say, woman
That is, I'd like to save you for a rainy day
I've seen enough of the world to know
That I've got to get it all
To get it all to grow
Do ya, do ya want my love?
Do ya, do ya want my face?
Do ya, do ya want my mind?
Do ya, do ya want my love?
I've seen lovers flying through the air hand in hand
I've see babies dancin' in the midnight sun
I've seen dreams that came from the heavenly skies above
I've seen old men cryin' at their own grave sides
And I've seen pigs all sittin' watchin' picture slides
But I never seen nothin' like you
Do ya, do ya want my face?
Do ya, do ya want my mind?
Do ya, do ya want my love?
As they sat and sang Auld Lang Syne
By the light of the moon
I heard the preachers bangin' on the drums
And I heard the police playin' with their guns
But I never heard nothin' like you
Touches down on the field
She lay her down to rest in the mornin' sun
They came -a-runnin' just to get a look
Just to feel, to touch her long black hair
They don't give a damn
But I never seen nothin' like you
Do ya, do ya want my face?
Do ya, do ya want my mind?
Do ya, do ya want my love?
What I'm tryin' to say, woman
That is, I'd like to save you for a rainy day
I've seen enough of the world to know
That I've got to get it all
To get it all to grow
Do ya, do ya want my face?
Do ya, do ya want my mind?
Do ya, do ya want my love?
Song Info
Submitted by
grebulous On Jun 01, 2004
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And I've seen pigs all sittin' watchin' picture slides... That puts such a funny charming image in my head...haha pink little piggies all sitting on their bums watching a slide show. Great song, great intro.
Crazy lyrics,great song though.
Crazy lyrics,great song though.
"But I never seen nothin' like you". :) geat song. Someday the one will ask me that. lol
I have never heard anything as joyous as the repeated string segment on the But I... lines. Pure ecstasy.
A couple of notes on this song:
1) Except for "Roll Over Beethoven", this is probably the oldest ELO song (from the standpoint of when it was written). Jeff Lynne wrote it while he was a member of The Move (the band that was the predecessor to ELO). gpciie, this might explain why it doesn't hang with the rest of the album for you.
2) It's now being used as the soundtrack for a new ad campaign in the U.S. by Monster.com (a job-search web site).
3) Back in the 1990s, it was very nearly used by Gatorade as the soundtrack to an ad featuring Michael Jordan. I know the guy who wrote the ad; he said that everyone at the agency and at the client loved it, but they realized that fairly few people in the target would recognize the song. Too bad.
This is one of my all-time favorite ELO numbers. Really great! A piece of trivia: It's not in the lyrics above, but at the very end of the song, you can hear Jeff say "Aw, lookout...!" In the original recording by The Move (or was it Idle Race?, I forget off the top of my head), the song ends with the line "Lookout baby a plane's a-comin'!"
Ace + ELO = Ecstasy. I wish Ace would do it live.
Fab version by Todd Rundgren - as a reply to ELO doing one of his
ELO is such an amazing band, but they're the kind you hear on TV and in movies but can never quite palce a name to. My dad wasa big fan of ELO and got me into them, and I've found that although before my dad mentioned them I had never really heard much of ELO the band, I still fondly recognised alot of their songs.
I love this song. I hope ELO gets a little more recognition from the Monster.Com ads, even as those ads fade into the sunset (and soon).
Ace Frehley (original member of KISS) has also done a not-bad cover version of "Do Ya". I've also read that Sheryl Crow has covered it, but I've yet to be able to find that version.