Billie Holiday

The Very Thought of You

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The very thought of you
I forget to do
Those little ordinary things
That everyone ought to do
I'm livin' in a kind of a daydream
I'm happy as a queen
And foolish though it may seem
To me that's everything
The mere idea of you
The longing here for you
You'll never know
How slow the moments go
Till I'm near to you
I see your face in every flower
Your eyes in stars above
It's just the thought of you,
The very thought of you, my love

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joker4mentor On Mar 24, 2005

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by that_sullen_girl

20y ago

why has nobody commented on this! it's like the sweetest song ever and i can totally relate to it. Miss holiday sung it beautifully

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by temperamentalgoat

19y ago

Lovely song, i think they played this in "The Notebook"

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by soulblighter08

19y ago

this is about having a person in your life you can't stop thinking about, so that just being in their presence is enough to send you for a trip. (wikipedia->limerance)

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by bear_hug20

18y ago

I don;t think it was played in "The Notebook", that was the song "I'll Be Seeing You" which was also sung by Billie Holiday, and Jimmy Duarte.

That was such a lovely movie!

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by kozloc04

17y ago

I think Billie Holiday is an amazing artist! The song the very "Thought of You" was beautifully song by her. The meaning of the lyrics to song the is about: "Two people that had much affection for each other and are now apart". "But, never can forget and muse. That no matter where each maybe that they will be thought of in everyday events. Looking up into the sky, in flower petal, in a raindrop etc...

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