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You Go to My Head Lyrics
You go to my head
You linger like a haunting refrain
And I find you spinning round
In my brain
Like the bubbles in a glass of champagne
You go to my head
Like a sip of sparkling burgundy brew
And I find the very mention of you
Like the kicker in a julep or two
The thrill of the thought
That you might give a thought
To my plea, casts a spell over me
Still I say to myself
Get ahold of yourself
Can't you see that it never can be
You go to my head with a smile
That makes my temperature rise
Like a summer with a thousand Julys
You intoxicate my soul with your eyes
Though I'm certain that this heart of mine
Hasn't a ghost of a chance
In this crazy romance
You go to my head, you go to my head
Though I'm certain that this heart of mine
Hasn't a ghost of a chance
In this crazy romance
You go to my head, you go to my head
You linger like a haunting refrain
And I find you spinning round
In my brain
Like the bubbles in a glass of champagne
You go to my head
Like a sip of sparkling burgundy brew
And I find the very mention of you
Like the kicker in a julep or two
The thrill of the thought
That you might give a thought
To my plea, casts a spell over me
Still I say to myself
Get ahold of yourself
Can't you see that it never can be
You go to my head with a smile
That makes my temperature rise
Like a summer with a thousand Julys
You intoxicate my soul with your eyes
Though I'm certain that this heart of mine
Hasn't a ghost of a chance
In this crazy romance
You go to my head, you go to my head
Though I'm certain that this heart of mine
Hasn't a ghost of a chance
In this crazy romance
You go to my head, you go to my head
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Submitted by
joker4mentor On Mar 24, 2005
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This is my fave. Holiday song I think though I don't know many to begin with. Some people can make even heartache sound beautiful. Plus I just love how she says bubbles like "bubboos". . .her vocals are simple but enchanting
This is my fave. Holiday song I think though I don't know many to begin with. Some people can make even heartache sound beautiful. Plus I just love how she says bubbles like "bubboos". . .her vocals are simple but enchanting
I think this song is trying to explain how infatuation and lust work; she knows that it wont work out between her and whomever she's singing about, but she can't stop thinking about them anyway. They go right to her head
I like Billie Holiday best when the optimism of the lyrics contrast movingly with the heartbreak of her voice. She makes sexual love feel like a narcotic need and she brings home its vulnerability. It's the awful yearning of her voice, and the vastness of her desire, and the implied impossibility of fulfilment that hurt your heart.