Barbra Streisand (born Barbara Joan Streisand; April 24, 1942 Brooklyn, Ne… Read Full Bio ↴Barbra Streisand (born Barbara Joan Streisand; April 24, 1942 Brooklyn, New York), is an Academy Award-winning American singer, theater and film actress, composer, film producer, and director. She has won Oscars for Best Actress and Best Original Song as well as multiple Emmy Awards, Grammy Awards, Golden Globe Awards and an honorary Tony Award. She received the prestigious Kennedy Center Honor on December 7, 2008. She is the most successful female recording artist according to the Recording Industry Assoc. of America (RIAA).

Barbra Streisand has recorded more than 60 albums, almost all with Columbia Records. Her early works in the 1960s (her debut The Barbra Streisand Album which won two Grammy Awards in 1963, followed by The Second Barbra Streisand Album, The Third Album, My Name Is Barbra, etc.) are considered classic renditions of theater and nightclub standards, including her version of Happy Days Are Here Again. Beginning with My Name Is Barbra, her albums were often medley-filled keepsakes of her television specials.

Starting in 1969, Streisand tackled contemporary songwriters; like many talented singers of the day, she found herself a fish out of water in attempts to tackle rock, but her vocal talents prevailed and she gained newfound success with the pop and ballad-oriented Richard Perry-produced album Stoney End in 1971. The title track, written by Laura Nyro, was a big hit for Streisand.

Streisand's 1980 album, Guilty featured the songwriting, production and vocal talents of Barry Gibb and was the best-selling album of her recording career. During the 1970s, she was also highly prominent in the pop charts, with number-one records like The Way We Were, Evergreen, No More Tears (Enough Is Enough) (her duet with Donna Summer), and Woman In Love; some of these came from soundtracks of her films. She recently took part in supporting Haiti in singing "We are the World 25th anniversary.

When the 1970s ended, Streisand was named the most successful female singer in the U.S. - only Elvis Presley and The Beatles having sold more albums. [1]

[1] In 1982, New York Times music critic Stephen Holden wrote that Streisand was "the most influential mainstream American pop singer since Frank Sinatra."

Since I Don't Have You
Barbra Streisand Lyrics

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I don't have plans and schemes
And I don't have hopes and dreams
I don't have anything
Since I don't have you
I don't have fond desires
And I don't have happy hours
I don't have anything
Since I don't have you

I don't have happiness
And I guess I never will have it again
When you walked out on me
In walked all misery
And it's been here since then
For I don't have love to share
I don't have one who cares
I don't have anything
Since I don't have you

Oo, oo, oo
Mmm

Overall Meaning

The lyrics of the song "You Don't Have Me" by Barbra Streisand are about the sadness and emptiness the singer experiences after a breakup. She doesn't have plans, hopes, dreams, desires, or happy hours anymore because all of those things were connected to the person she's lost. She's left with nothing now and probably won't be happy again, as the person who left her took away her happiness with them. All she has left is misery, which has been with her since the breakup. She doesn't have love or someone to care for her after the heartbreak.

Overall, the song is a display of the raw emotions that someone can feel when going through a devastating breakup. The lyrics speak to how our happiness and desires can often be intertwined with other people and can feel like they are taken away with them when the relationship ends.

Line by Line Meaning

I don't have plans and schemes
I have no grand designs or schemes in my life

And I don't have hopes and dreams
I have no aspirations or dreams for my future

I don't have anything
I have nothing of value or importance in my life

Since I don't have you
Because I do not have your love or companionship in my life

I don't have fond desires
I have no strong or passionate desires

And I don't have happy hours
I have no enjoyable or joyful times in my life

I don't have anything
I lack anything of significant value or importance

Since I don't have you
Because I am lacking your love and presence in my life

I don't have happiness
I do not experience joy or contentment in my life

And I guess I never will have it again
It seems unlikely that I will ever experience happiness and love again

When you walked out on me
When you left me or ended our relationship