Dr. Hook and the Medicine Show

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(Shel Silverstein)

I guess the dance is over now
So you just curtsey and I'll bow
And ask the band to play us Auld Lang Syne

Then I'll just take what's left of me
Right back to where it used to be
And you'll go sail your magic carpet, far across the sky

I wish I could have made it
More like the movies for you
Some pretty Technicolor way it's never been
I'm sorry when I kissed you
You only heard me whisper
You never got to hear those violins
Did you girl?
No you never got to hear those violins, no

The castles that you built so high
Were just too steep for me to climb
And I guess these dirty streets of mine
Were just too rough for you

I wish I could've helped you see
Just one of your sweet childhood dreams
But though I tried I could not make not one of them come true

And I wish I could have made it
More like the movies for you
Some pretty Technicolor way it's never been
I'm sorry when I kissed you
You only heard me whisper
You never got to hear those violins
Did you girl?
No you never got to hear those violins

Oh I'm sorry when I kissed you
You only heard me whisper
You never got to hear those violins
No you never got to hear those violins

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songmeanings On Feb 06, 2012

Sylvia's Mother

Cover Of The Rolling Stone

Walk Right In

When You're In Love With A Beautiful Woman

Carry me, Carrie

(Shel Silverstein)

I guess the dance is over now
So you just curtsey and I'll bow
And ask the band to play us Auld Lang Syne

Then I'll just take what's left of me
Right back to where it used to be
And you'll go sail your magic carpet, far across the sky

The castles that you built so high
Were just too steep for me to climb
And I guess these dirty streets of mine
Were just too rough for you

I wish I could've helped you see
Just one of your sweet childhood dreams
But though I tried I could not make not one of them come true

Oh I'm sorry when I kissed you
You only heard me whisper
You never got to hear those violins
No you never got to hear those violins

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by Graspthenettle

1y ago

I have always felt a close connection to these lyrics. I started reading Mills and Boon from an early age and loved the whole romantic love featured in them. As I got older I realised life doesn't always turn out that way, which is emphasised in the chorus, 'I'm sorry when I kissed you, you only heard me whisper, you never got to hear those violins'. Luckily for me, I did find my special person just before my 18th birthday, 45 years ago. He is not only quietly romantic in his own way, he also knows how important the more 'showy' side is to me too. Even to carrying me over the threshold of our marital home. (I'll be honest it was more of an assisted lift, lol, but he wanted me to have that moment). Sadly the female character in this song forgot to take ordinary life in to account. It can't all be high romance all the time.

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