Only You Lyrics
Looking from a window above
It's like a story of love
Can you hear me?
Came back only yesterday
I'm moving farther away
Want you near me
[Chorus]
All I needed was the love you gave
All I needed for another day
And all I ever knew
Only you
[Verse 2]
Sometimes when I think of her name
When it's only a game
And I need you
Listen to the words that you say
It's getting harder to stay
When I see you
[Chorus]
All I needed was the love you gave
All I needed for another day
And all I ever knew
Only you
[Chorus]
All I needed was the love you gave
All I needed for another day
And all I ever knew
Only you
[Verse 3]
This is going to take a long time
And I wonder what's mine
Can't take no more (Can't take no more)
Wonder if you'll understand
It's just the touch of your hand
Behind a closed door
[Chorus]
All I needed was the love you gave
All I needed for another day
And all I ever knew (All I ever knew)
Only you
About
“Only You” is a ballad written by musician Vince Clarke. He wrote it while with Depeche Mode but recorded it in 1982 after forming the duo Yazoo with Alison Moyet. It was released as Yazoo’s first single on 15 March 1982 in the United Kingdom and in November that same year in the US.
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Vince Clarke wrote Only You in an attempt to impress the founder of Mute Records, Daniel Miller over fears he would be dropped from the label following his recent departure from Depeche Mode. In recalling the writing of the song Clarke has said:
It was a very simple arrangement. I just formed words on a piece of paper. I was just hoping Daniel Miller, Mute Records founder, would like it
Meanwhile, vocalist Alison Moyet has highlighted the almost folksong, simplistic nature of the song saying:
Only You has a nursery rhyme simplicity and a lack of pretension. You don’t need to be a great instrumentalist to play it. It’s a universal, everyman song.
The Flying Picketts covered this song on the album Lost Boys in 1983
Enrique covered this song in Spanish on the album Vivir and in English on the album Bailamos Greatest Hits.
- 1.Don’t Go
- 2.Too Pieces
- 5.Midnight
- 6.In My Room
- 7.Only You
- 9.Tuesday
- 10.Winter Kills
- 13.Situation
