The Top Love Songs of the Rock Era: #100-91

Romance is in full bloom with Inside The Rock Era's salute to The Top Love Songs of the Rock Era*.  The passion intensifies as we listen to numbers 100-91:

#100:

"Can't Take My Eyes Off You"

Frankie Valli

 

The protagonist here has gone ga-ga for his new woman, not able to take his eyes off her.  The sight of her buckles him at the knees, and he is hoping she feels the same way.   

 

 

You're just too good to be true;
Can't take my eyes off you.
You'd be like heaven to touch;
I wanna hold you so much.

At long last, love has arrived,
And I thank God I'm alive.
You're just too good to be true;
Can't take my eyes off you.

Pardon the way that I stare;
There's nothing else to compare.
The sight of you leaves me weak;
There are no words left to speak.

But if you feel like I feel,
Please let me know that it's real.
You're just too good to be true;
Can't take my eyes off you.

I love you baby, and if it's quite all right,
I need you baby, to warm the lonely night.
I love you baby!
Trust in me when I say:
Oh pretty baby, don't bring me down, I pray.
Oh pretty baby, now that I found you, stay.

And let me love you, baby, let me love you ...

I love you baby, and if it's quite allright,
I need you baby, to warm the lonely night.
I love you baby!
Trust in me when I say:
Oh pretty baby, don't bring me down, I pray.
Oh pretty baby, now that I found you, stay.

Oh pretty baby, trust in me when I say: Oh pretty baby ...






 

 

 

#99:

"Lost In Love"

Air Supply

 

 The man in this song is saying that whatever his woman wants, he will find a way to get it.  At some point, he fell out of touch, but is now "back on his feet and eager to be what she wanted." 

I realize the best part of love is the thinnest slice,
And it don't count for much,
but I'm not letting go.
I believe there's still much to believe in...

So lift your eyes, if you feel you can,
Reach for a star, and I'll show you a plan.
I figured it out,
What I needed was someone to show me.

You know you can't fool me;
I've been loving you too long.
It started so easy;
You want to carry on.

[Chorus:]
Lost In Love, and I don't know much,
Was I thinking aloud and fell out of touch?
But, I'm back on my feet and eager to be what you wanted.

So lift your eyes, if you feel you can,
Reach for a star, and I'll show you a plan.
I figured it out,
What I needed was someone to show me.

You know you can't fool me;
I've been loving you too long.
It started so easy;
You want to carry on.

[Chorus]

You know you can't fool me;
I've been loving you too long.
It started so easy;
You want to carry on.

[Chorus]

Now I'm lost, lost in love, lost in love, lost in love...
Now I'm lost, lost in love, lost in love, lost in love...
Lost in love, lost in love, lost in love...
Lost in love, lost in love, lost in love... 

 
#98:

"Reunited"
Peaches & Herb

This #1 smash from 1979 is a unique love song in which the two lovers broke up, then both realized it was a mistake because they still love each other.  Now, their love is back, stronger than ever.

[HERB] I was a fool to ever leave your side,
Me minus you is such a lonely ride,
The breakup we had has made me lonesome and sad.
I realize I love you, 'cause I want you bad, hey, hey.

[PEACHES]
I spent the ev'ning with the radio,
Regret the moment that I let you go,
Our quarrel was such a way of learnin' so much.
I know now that I love you, 'cause I need your touch, hey, hey.

[CHORUS: BOTH]
Reunited and it feels so good,
Reunited 'cause we understood,
There's one perfect fit,
And, sugar, this one is it,
We both are so excited, 'cause we're reunited, hey, hey.

[PEACHES]
I sat here starin' at the same old wall,
Came back to life just when I got your call.
I wished I could climb right through the telephone line,
And give you what you want so you will still be mine, hey, hey.

[HERB]
I can't go cheatin', honey, I can't play,
I found it very hard to stay away.
As we reminisce on precious moments like this,
I'm glad we're back together, 'cause I missed your kiss, hey, hey.

[CHORUS: BOTH]

Yeah, yeah, yeah,
Ba-a-a-by...

Lover, lover, this is solid love,
And you're exactly what I'm dreamin' of.
All through the day,
And all through the night,
BOTH: I'll give you all the love I have with all my might, hey, hey.

[CHORUS: BOTH with FADE in middle]







#97:

"Just The Two Of Us"
Grover Washington, Jr. & Bill Withers

As the lyrics say, "Good things might come to those who wait, not to those who wait too late."  The windows of love won't stay open forever, and if you feel something, you need to act on it.  The protagonist in this song feels that this is one of those windows, and believes the two of them "can make it if they try". 

I see the crystal raindrops fall and the beauty of it all
Is when the sun comes shining through.
To make those rainbows in my mind,
When I think of you some time, and I want to spend some time with you.

Just the two of us, we can make it if we try,
Just the two of us.
(Just the two of us)
Just the two of us, building castles in the sky,
Just the two of us, you and I.

We look for love, no time for tears,
Wasted water's all that is, and it don't make no flowers grow.
Good things might come to those who wait,
Not to those who wait too late, we got to go for all we know.

Just the two of us, we can make it if we try,
Just the two of us.
(Just the two of us)
Just the two of us, building them castles in the sky,
Just the two of us, you and I.

Just the two of us, we can make it, just the two of us.
Just the two of us, we can make it, just the two of us.
Just the two of us, we can make it, just the two of us.
Just the two of us, we can make it, just the two of us.

Just the two of us, we can make it, just the two of us.
Just the two of us, we can make it, just the two of us.
Just the two of us, we can make it, just the two of us.
Just the two of us, we can make it, just the two of us.

I hear the crystal raindrops fall on the window down the hall,
And it becomes the morning dew.
And darling, when the morning comes,
And I see the morning sun, I want to be the one with you.

Just the two of us, we can make it if we try,
Just the two of us.
(Just the two of us)
Just the two of us, building big castles way on high,
Just the two of us, you and I.

Just the two of us, we can make it, just the two of us.
(Yeah, just the two of us, let's get together, baby)
Just the two of us, we can make it, just the two of us.
(Just the two of us)
Just the two of us, we can make it, just the two of us.
Just the two of us, we can make it, just the two of us.

Just the two of us, we can make it, just the two of us.
Just the two of us, we can make it, just the two of us.
Just the two of us, we can make it, just the two of us.
Just the two of us, we can make it, just the two of us.
Just the two of us, we can make it, just the two of us.



 



#96:

"Kiss From A Rose"
Seal

This classic is about a man who lived a lonely life, until a woman "became the light on the dark side of him".  Now, she is "a growing addiction he can't deny".  Seal did a masterful job with both the lyrics and the way he sings it.   

There used to be a graying tower alone on the sea.
You became the light on the dark side of me.
Love remained a drug that's the high and not the pill.
But did you know,
That when it snows,
My eyes become large and
The light that you shine can be seen.

Baby,
I compare you to a kiss from a rose on the gray.
Ooh,
The more I get of you,
The stranger it feels, yeah.
And now that your rose is in bloom.
A light hits the gloom on the gray.

There is so much a man can tell you,
So much he can say.
You remain,
My power, my pleasure, my pain, baby...
To me you're like a growing addiction that I can't deny.
Won't you tell me is that healthy, baby?
But did you know,
That when it snows,
My eyes become large and the light that you shine can be seen.

Baby,
I compare you to a kiss from a rose on the gray.
Ooh, the more I get of you
The stranger it feels, yeah
Now that your rose is in bloom.
A light hits the gloom on the gray,

I've been kissed by a rose on the gray,
I've been kissed by a rose
I've been kissed by a rose on the gray,
...And if I should fall along the way
I've been kissed by a rose
...been kissed by a rose on the gray.

There is so much a man can tell you,
So much he can say.
You remain
My power, my pleasure, my pain.
To me you're like a growing addiction that I can't deny, yeah,
Won't you tell me is that healthy, baby?
But did you know,
That when it snows,
My eyes become large and the light that you shine can be seen.

Baby,
I compare you to a kiss from a rose on the gray.
Ooh, the more I get of you
The stranger it feels, yeah
Now that your rose is in bloom,
A light hits the gloom on the gray.

Yes I compare you to a kiss from a rose on the gray
Ooh, the more I get of you
The stranger it feels, yeah
And now that your rose is in bloom
A light hits the gloom on the gray

Now that your rose is in bloom,
A light hits the gloom on the gray.





#95:

"I Have Nothing"
Whitney Houston

The protagonist in this song wants her man for "all that he is and everything that he does".  The love and passion she feels tells her that this is a love for all-time. 

 Share my life, take me for what I am,
'Cause I'll never change all my colours for you.
Take my love, I'll never ask for too much,
Just all that you are and everything that you do.

I don't really need to look very much further,
I don't wanna' have to go where you don't follow.
I won't hold it back again, this passion inside.
Can't run from myself,
There's nowhere to hide.

Don't make me close one more door,
I don't wanna hurt anymore.
Stay in my arms if you dare,
Or must I imagine you there?
Don't walk away from me...
I have nothing, nothing, nothing,
If I don't have you, you, you, you, you.

You see through right to the heart of me,
You break down my walls with the strength of your love.
I never knew love like I've known it with you.
Will a memory survive, one I can hold on to?

I don't really need to look very much further,
I don't wanna' have to go where you don't follow/
I won't hold it back again, this passion inside.
I can't run from myself.
There's nowhere to hide.
Your love I'll remember forever/

Don't make me close one more door.
I don't wanna hurt anymore.
Stay in my arms if you dare,
Or must I imagine you there?
Don't walk away from me...
I have nothing, nothing, nothing...

Don't make me close one more door.
I don't wanna hurt anymore.
Stay in my arms if you dare,
Or must I imagine you there?
Don't walk away from me, no.
Don't walk away from me.
Don't you dare walk away from me!

I have nothing, nothing, nothing,
If I don't have you, you,
If I don't have you, oh, ooh, ooh.

 

 

 #94:

"Waiting For A Girl Like You"

Foreigner

 

While this man feels "so warm and true", he wants to make sure that she feels the same way.  He feels that every aspect of their relationship, from morning to night, is right, and he wants to spend his life holding her. 

So long,
I've been looking too hard; I've waiting too long.
Sometimes I don't know what I will find;
I only know it's a matter of time.
When you love someone...
When you love someone...

It feels so right, so warm and true.
I need to know if you feel it too.

Maybe I'm wrong,
Won't you tell me if I'm coming on too strong?
This heart of mine has been hurt before,
This time I want to be sure.

I've been waiting for a girl like you,
To come into my life.
I've been waiting for a girl like you,
A love that will survive.
I've been waiting for someone new,
To make me feel alive.
Yeah, waiting for a girl like you,
To come into my life.

You're so good;
When we make love it's understood.
It's more than a touch or a word we say--
 Only in dreams could it be this way.
When you love someone...
Yeah, really love someone...

Now, I know it's right
From the moment I wake up till deep in the night.
There's no where on earth that I'd rather be,
Than holding you, tenderly.

I've been waiting for a girl like you,
To come into my life.
I've been waiting for a girl like you,
A love that will survive.
I've been waiting for someone new,
To make me feel alive.
Yeah, waiting for a girl like you,
To come into my life.








93:

 
"Let's Stay Together"
Tina Turner

This song, originally done by Al Green, was superbly remade by Tina Turner on her comeback album Private Dancer.  The protagonist is not only making a pledge of love and faithfulness, but wants her and her lover to make a long-term commitment, to endure the ups and downs of love.

Baby, let me say that since, babe,
since we've been together,
ooh, loving you forever,
is all I need.

Let me be the one you come running to!
I'll never be untrue.
Oh baby, let's...let's stay together,
Loving you whether, whether,
Times are good or bad,
happy or sad...

I'm... I'm so in love with you,
Whatever you want to do,
Is all right with me...
'Cause you... make me feel so brand new,
And I... want to spend my life with you...

Let me say that since, baby
Since we've been together
Ooo...
Loving you forever
Is what I... need...
Let me... be the one you come running to.
I'll... never be untrue.

Ooo baby...
Let's, let's stay together,
Loving you whether, whether
Times are good or bad, happy or sad...
Ooooo... Oooo... Yeah...
Whether times are good or bad, happy or sad...

Why, somebody, why, do people break-up
Ohhh, turn around and make-up?
I just can't see.
You'd... never do that to me... (would you, baby?)
Stayin' around you is all I see.

(Here's what I want us to do)

Let's, we oughta stay together!
Loving you whether, whether,
Times are good or bad, happy or sad... Come on

Let's, let's stay together,
Loving you whether, whether,
Times are good or bad, happy or sad...
And if you mess with me, you can't set me free.

Lets, let's stay together,
Loving you whether, whether,
Times are good or bad, happy or sad...
And if you mess with me, you can't set me free.

Let's, let's stay together,
Loving you whether, whether,
Times are good or bad, happy or sad.
And if you mess with me, oh, don't go away.

Let's, let's stay together,
Loving you whether, whether,
Times are good or bad, happy or sad...
And if you do me wrong, I just might leave you alone 

#92:

"My Guy"

Mary Wells

 

In this song, the woman declares to other men, or perhaps one specifically, that she is "off limits".  She is going to stick to her guy "like glue" and be faithful, and no guy, no matter how strong or handsome, is going to make her change her mind. 

 

 

Nothing you can say
Can take me away
From my guy.
Nothing you could do,
'cause I'm stuck like glue
To my guy.

I'm sticking to my guy
Like a stamp to a letter,
Like birds of a feather,
We, stick together.
I can tell you from the start;
I can't be torn apart from my guy.

Nothing you could do
Could make me be untrue
To my guy.
(My Guy)
Nothing you could buy
Could make me tell a lie
To my guy.
(My Guy)

I gave my guy
My word of honor,
To be faithful,
And I'm gonna'.
You'd better be believing,
I won't be deceiving
My guy.

As a matter of opinion,
I think he's tops.
My opinion is
He's the cream of the crop.
As a matter of taste,
To be exact,
He's my ideal
As a matter of fact.

No muscle bound man
Could take my hand
From my guy.
(My guy)
No handsome face
Could ever take the place
Of my guy.
(My guy)

He may not be a movie star,
But when it comes to being happy,
We are!
There's not a man today,
Who can take me away
From my guy.

No muscle bound man
Could take my hand
From my guy.
(My guy)
No handsome face
Could ever take the place
Of my guy.
(My guy)

He may not be a movie star,
But when it comes to being happy,
We are!
There's not a man today
Who can take me away
From my guy.
(what'cha say?)

There's not a man today
Who could take me away,
From my guy.
(Tell me more!)
There's not a man today
Who could take me away
From my guy.

 

 

#91:

"Night And Day"
Temptations

This incredible love song was given a huge boost when it was included on the soundtrack to the great movie What Women Want.  The woman is on his mind constantly, and he won't be satisfied until "he spends his life making love to her".   

When the jungle shadows fall,
Like the tick. tick. tock of the eye of the clock
As it's standing against the wall.
Like the drip. drip. drip of the rain drops,
When the summer shower's through,
So a voice within me,
Keeps revealing you...you.

Night and day,
You are the one,
Only you beneath the moon,
And under the sun.
Whether near to me, or far,
It's no matter, baby, where you are,
I think of you,
Night and day.

Day and night,
Why is it so?
That this longing for you follows wherever I go,
In the roaring traffic gloom,
In the silence of my lonely room,
I think of you,
Night and day.

Night and day,
Under the hide of me,
Though such a hungry yearning,
Burning inside of me.
This torment won't be through,
'til you let me spend my life making love to you,
Day and night,
Night and day.

Night and day,
Under the hide of me,
Oh, such a hungry yearning,
Burning, burning inside of me.
This torment won't be through,
'til you let me spend my life making love to you,
Day and night,
Night and day.

Night and day,
Night and day,
Night and day,
Night, night, night and day,
Night and day,
Night, night and day,
Night and day...