(if on mobile device, pls click “Listen in browser” to play this song written and performed by Sting … about facing a blank page trying to write…)
From the music magazine, Mojo, excerpted by songfacts.com : “Lyrically, this sounds like a love song, however it’s actually about facing a blank page when writing a record. Sting explained to Mojo: “Finding subject matter is difficult because I’m comfortable. That’s the snow imagery in ‘I Can’t Stop Thinking About You.’ Snow is the blank page.” ”
Now playing: “I Can’t Stop Thinking about You” written and performed by Sting
I Can’t Stop Thinking About You
by Sting
White page, an empty field of snow
My room is twenty-five below
This cold man chasing ghosts
A road lies underneath a buried boat
Dogs search the under-forest
We scour the empty streets
The fact remains until we find you
Our lives are incomplete
Do I hear laughter through a veil of snow and ice?
Where could you be on such a lonely winter’s night?
I can’t stop thinking about you
I can’t stop wanting you this way
I can’t face dreaming without you
That’s why I’m searching night and day
This heart’s a lonely hunter
These hands are frozen fists
I can’t stop thinking about you
I don’t care if you exist
Do I hear laughter from behind this veil of midnight?
What are you hiding in the frozen heart of winter?
Somewhere a church bell tolls
I know you’re close, your scent still warm
And then your trail turns cold, cold, cold
I can’t stop thinking about you
I can’t stop wanting you this way
I can’t face living without you
That’s why I’m searching night and day
This heart’s a lonely hunter
These hands are frozen fists
I can’t stop thinking about you
I don’t care if you exist
Do I hear laughter in the silence of the snow?
I know you’re hiding in this frozen heart of winter
A midnight church bell tolls
I know you’re close, your scent still warm
Then the trail turns cold, cold, cold
I can’t stop thinking about you
I can’t stop wanting you this way
I can’t face living without you
That’s why I’m searching night and day
This heart’s a lonely hunter
These hands are frozen fists
I can’t stop thinking about you
I don’t care if you exist
I can’t stop thinking about you
I can’t stop wanting you this way
I can’t face living without you
I can’t stop wanting you
Now playing: To sir with love, performed originally by Lulu
from songfacts.com (an anthology of excerpts from various news feature magazines, not footnoted):
“This is the title song to the 1967 movie of the same name. Lulu was in the film with Sidney Poitier – she got the gig after director James Clavell saw her open a show for The Beach Boys. At first she had just a small role in the movie, but Clavell was so impressed with her that he expanded her role and had her sing the theme. The film stars Poitier as a high school teacher who has a big impact on his unruly students. Lulu plays one of his students, and sings this song to him at the end of the film as the students show their appreciation for the teacher. “Lulu is a charismatic Scottish singer known for her moving rendition of this song. She was born Marie McDonald McLaughlin Laurie (one source cites “Lawrie” as the spelling). She also sang the title song for the 1974 James Bond film The Man with the Golden Gun. From 1969 to 1973, Lulu was married to pop star Maurice Gibb. >> This was Billboard’s single of the year for 1967, having been #1 for five weeks in the USA. However in Lulu’s native UK it was only ever a B-side to her #11 hit “Let’s Pretend.” “Don Black wrote the lyrics and Mark London composed the music. Black revealed to the Sunday Times August 10, 2008: “It’s one of the very, very few songs that I’ve worked on where I’ve written the words first. Normally, I may give the composer a title or suggest a couple of lines, but I don’t like to write the whole lyric first. If you write the lyric first, you tend to ramble. You want the structure there to work against it.” Lulu performed this song on The Ed Sullivan Show on October 22, 1967, which was the day after hit #1 in America. The version used in the movie has three verses. For the single release, the third verse (“Those awkward years, have hurried by…”) was edited out. This was produced by Mickie Most, and John Paul Jones of Led Zeppelin fame was the musical director. At the time, Most was the, er, most successful producer in the UK, a consistent hitmaker whose CV includes “I’m Into Something Good” for Herman’s Hermits and “Sunshine Superman” for Donovan. Most set up his own record company, RAK, in 1970, and signed Hot Chocolate, Suzie Quatro and Racey to the label”
don’t mind me… still checking papers i’m halfway done since last week, will FINISH this WEEK, just give me caffeine and sugar in a cold can. (CAUTION/ Warning: Not recommended for people with a heart condition or with diabetes. Consult your physician before ingesting)
