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Buddy DeFranco took Charlie Parker's (The Bird) saxophone style and translated it for the clarinet. He introduced the clarinet to modern jazz and created a whole new sound. Buddy is considered to be the greatest jazz clarinetist alive. His continuing influence and contribution to jazz is prolific.

The Song Is You
Buddy De Franco Lyrics

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I hear music when I look at you,
A beautiful theme of every
Dream I ever knew.
Down deep in my heart I hear it play.
I feel it start, then melt away.

I hear music when I touch your hand,
A beautiful melody

From some enchanted land.
Down deep in my heart, I hear it say,
Is this the day?

I alone have heard this lovely strain,
I alone have heard this glad refrain,
Must it be forever inside of me,
Why can't I let it go,
Why can't I let you know,
Why can't I let you know the song
My heart would sing?

That beautiful rhapsody
Of love and youth and spring,
The music is sweet,

The words are true
The song is you.

Overall Meaning

In Buddy De Franco's The Song Is You, the singer portrays his intense love towards another person, whom he reveres as a source of beauty and inspiration. The lyrics convey the idea that the singer hears music whenever they are close to this individual. This music fills him with an intense sense of joy, reminiscent of the happiest dreams he ever had. In his heart, he can hear it play beautifully, as he feels it begin and then fade away.

The lyrics go on to further illustrate the overwhelming effect this person has on the singer. When he touches their hand, he hears a melody that seems to come from an enchanted land, and again, he feels it resonating deep inside of him. The song that the singer hears is a testimony to their source of love and inspiration. The singer alone feels the beauty and sweetness of this song and its true words. However, he wonders why he can not let go of this song and let this person know how he feels. In essence, the singer is asking why he cannot reveal the song that his heart would sing when his love is near.

Line by Line Meaning

I hear music when I look at you,
The sight of you creates a beautiful theme of every dream I have ever known and I hear its melody loud and clear.

A beautiful theme of every Dream I ever knew.
You embody everything that I have ever dreamed of and the music in my soul is a reflection of that.

Down deep in my heart I hear it play.
There is an eternal melody of love that is always playing deep within me, and it doesn't stop when I am around you.

I feel it start, then melt away.
As soon as I feel the music start, it disappears in a flash, leaving me longing for more.

I hear music when I touch your hand,
When I touch your hand, I am transported to some enchanted land where the music is even more beautiful than before.

A beautiful melody From some enchanted land.
There is something truly magical about the way you make me feel, and the melody that comes with it is something that can only come from a place of pure bliss.

Down deep in my heart, I hear it say, Is this the day?
My heart is constantly asking if today is going to be the day when I finally confess how much I love you and how much your presence means to me.

I alone have heard this lovely strain,
This melody is something that only my own heart has heard, and it is something that I keep locked away deep inside me.

I alone have heard this glad refrain,
This joyful melody is something that only I have access to, and it is a reminder of the happiness that I feel whenever I am around you.

Must it be forever inside of me,
It feels as though this melody will be with me forever, and I wonder if I'll ever be able to share it with you.

Why can't I let it go,
I am hesitant to let go of this melody that resides within me, as it has become such an integral part of my being that I fear losing it.

Why can't I let you know,
I am hesitant to share this melody with you, as I am afraid that doing so will change the way that you see me.

Why can't I let you know the song My heart would sing?
I want more than anything to share this beautiful melody that my heart is singing, but I am held back by my own fears and inhibitions.

That beautiful rhapsody Of love and youth and spring,
This melody is a beautiful masterpiece of everything that love, youth, and the spring season should be, and it is something that I hold dear to my heart.

The music is sweet, The words are true The song is you.
In the end, there is no denying that the music is sweet, the words are true, and that this melody is completely intertwined with you and everything that you represent in my life.

Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group, BMG RIGHTS MANAGEMENT US, LLC
Written by: JEROME KERN, OSCAR II HAMMERSTEIN

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