Genre not found
Artist not found
Album not found
Song not found

You Go to My Head
Art Pepper Lyrics


Jump to: Overall Meaning ↴  Line by Line Meaning ↴

You go to my head
And you linger like a haunting refrain
And I find you spinning round in my brain
Like the bubbles in a glass of champagne

You go to my head
Like a sip of sparkling burgundy brew
And I find the very mention of you
Like the kicker in a julep or two

The thrill of the thought
That you might give a thought to my plea, cast a spell over me
Still I say to myself get a hold of yourself
Can't you see that it never can be?

You go to my head
With a smile that makes my temperature rise
Like a summer with a thousand July's
You intoxicate my soul with your eyes

Though I'm certain that this heart of mine
Hasn't a ghost of a chance in this crazy romance
You go to my head
You go to my head

Overall Meaning

Art Pepper's version of "You Go to My Head" is a classic example of a love song. The song describes an intense and all-consuming love that the singer feels for someone. The lyrics use a number of metaphors to describe the depth of the singer's feelings. The opening verse, for instance, compares the person to a "haunting refrain" that lingers in the singer's mind like the bubbles in a glass of champagne. The second verse compares the person to a sip of sparkling burgundy brew that gets the singer drunk with love. The chorus repeats the phrase "you go to my head" several times, emphasizing the obsessive nature of the singer's thoughts.


The third verse explores the singer's doubts about this love, suggesting that it might be unrequited. The singer says that "it never can be" and warns himself to "get a hold of yourself". However, these doubts do not seem to dampen the singer's passion, as evidenced by the final verse, which describes the person's smile as making the singer's "temperature rise" and "intoxicating" the singer's soul with their eyes. Despite the odds against the singer's love being returned, the singer cannot help but feel captivated by this person.


Overall, "You Go to My Head" is a romantic and passionate love song that uses a variety of metaphors to describe the all-consuming nature of love. The lyrics suggest that even if the love is unrequited, it can still have a powerful and intoxicating effect on the individual.


Line by Line Meaning

You go to my head
You occupy a lot of space in my thoughts and emotions


And you linger like a haunting refrain
Your presence is unforgettable and often keeps re-occurring in my thoughts


And I find you spinning round in my brain
I can't stop thinking about you constantly


Like the bubbles in a glass of champagne
Your presence in my life is as refreshing as champagne bubbles


Like a sip of sparkling burgundy brew
Thinking of you gives me a taste of life's divinity


And I find the very mention of you
Just hearing your name puts me in a buoyant mood


Like the kicker in a julep or two
Thinking of you excites me like the mint in a julep


The thrill of the thought
The mere thought of being with you gives me an adrenaline rush


That you might give a thought to my plea, cast a spell over me
The possibility that you might consider being with me has me under your spell


Still I say to myself get a hold of yourself
I try to remind myself to be rational and get a hold of my emotions


Can't you see that it never can be?
I know it's impossible for anything to happen between us


With a smile that makes my temperature rise
Your smile has a magical power over me and gets me all excited


Like a summer with a thousand July's
Your presence makes my life feel like an endless summer with limitless joys


You intoxicate my soul with your eyes
I am mesmerized by the way you look and feel a connection with your soul


Though I'm certain that this heart of mine
Even though I am aware and sure that my heart has no chance with you


Hasn't a ghost of a chance in this crazy romance
I have no chance with you, no matter how much I want to be with you


You go to my head
You occupy my thoughts and emotions, always and forever.




Lyrics © BMG Rights Management, Universal Music Publishing Group, Royalty Network
Written by: J Fred Coots, Haven Gillespie

Lyrics Licensed & Provided by LyricFind
To comment on or correct specific content, highlight it

More Versions