Subsequently, he was chosen by Hal Prince and Lloyd Webber to play the leading role in the world premiere of Whistle Down the Wind in Washington, D.C. Other Broadway and national tour credits include Raoul in The Phantom of the Opera, Cornelius Hackl in Hello, Dolly! with Carol Channing, Camelot with Richard Burton and The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas with Alexis Smith. Gaines’ Off-Broadway appearances include Des McAnuff’s The Death of Von Richthofen as Witnessed From Earth, the Maury Yeston/Larry Gelbart musical One Two Three Four Five, Stephen Sondheim’s Assassins, She Loves Me and Forbidden Broadway. He made his New York City Opera debut in The New Moon and appeared in New York in concert versions of Sitting Pretty, The Cat and the Fiddle, Pippin and the Encores production of The Boys From Syracuse. He appeared in Damn Yankees as Joe Hardy directed by the legendary George Abbott, in Arsenic and Old Lace as Mortimer Brewster opposite Kate Reid, in The Rink with Lainie Kazan and in Two Into One with Tony Randall. Gaines played the sailor, Anthony Hope, in the 20th anniversary concert productions of Sondheim’s Sweeney Todd in Los Angeles, London, New York, San Francisco and at Ravinia Festival.
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Film work includes a featured role in Warlock: The Armageddon with Julian Sands and television credits include Chicago Hope, Veronica’s Closet, Bodies of Evidence and Murder, She Wrote. He appeared in three PBS Great Performances broadcasts (the Emmy Award-winning Sweeney Todd with the San Francisco Symphony, Broadway Originals with the Boston Pops and Jerry Herman’s Broadway at the Bowl), as well as the televised specials of the 1994 Kennedy Center Honors and the opening ceremony of the 1998 Goodwill Games. Additionally, Gaines has sung for five U.S. Presidents and with every major symphony orchestra in North America, including the New York Pops at Carnegie Hall and the Hollywood Bowl Orchestra at the Hollywood Bowl. He has also performed in cabaret at New York’s Rainbow and Stars, Hollywood’s Cinegrill and San Francisco’s Plush Room. His voice can be heard on 30 cast recordings and compilation albums, as well as two solo CDs on LAP Records, Against the Tide and All My Tomorrows: Songs of Sammy Cahn.
Out Of This World
Davis Gaines Lyrics
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When I'm looking at you,
I hear out of this world
The music that no mortal ever knew.
You're right out of a book,
The fairy tale I read when I was so high;
No armoured knight out of a book
After waiting so long for the right time,
After reaching so long for a star,
All at once from the long and lonely night time,
And despite time, here you are!
I'd fly out of this world
If you said we were through,
So let me fly out of this world
And spend the next eternity or two with you;
I'll spend the next eternity or two with you.
The lyrics of “Out Of This World” by Davis Gaines express the singer’s fascination with their beloved, and how they are beyond this world. The first verse describes how the singer sees their beloved through a lens that is out of this world, and their music is a tune that has never been heard before. The second verse continues to emphasize how the singer’s beloved is like someone out of a fairy tale, a person who is more enchanted than any Lorelei in a book. The chorus declares the singer’s undying love for their beloved, and how they cannot live without them. Towards the end of the song, the singer says that they would be willing to leave this world for the chance to spend eternity with the one they love.
The song’s romantic lyrics and beautiful melody perfectly capture the feeling of being in love with someone who is beyond compare. The song emphasizes the uniqueness of the singer’s beloved, and that loving them is like being in a dream world that is beyond this reality. Furthermore, the singer’s willingness to give up everything, including this world, to be with their beloved is an expression of their utmost devotion.
Line by Line Meaning
You're clear out of this world
You are beyond extraordinary
When I'm looking at you,
Whenever I see you,
I hear out of this world
I hear something beyond what is heard by mortals
The music that no mortal ever knew.
Such music that nobody could ever know or hear
You're right out of a book,
You seem like a character of a fairy tale that I read
The fairy tale I read when I was so high;
The story I read when I was young
No armoured knight out of a book
Even the bravest knight from a story
Could find a more enchanted Lorelei than I.
Would not be able to find a more mystical, alluring female than you
After waiting so long for the right time,
After waiting for a long time for the perfect moment,
After reaching so long for a star,
Working hard to succeed in life,
All at once from the long and lonely night time,
Suddenly, after a long period of loneliness,
And despite time, here you are!
You have arrived and time doesn't matter anymore
I'd fly out of this world
I would do anything
If you said we were through,
If you said our relationship is over
So let me fly out of this world
Allow me to do whatever it takes
And spend the next eternity or two with you;
And live forever with you
I'll spend the next eternity or two with you.
Only with you, forever and ever
Lyrics © Warner/Chappell Music, Inc.
Written by: COLE PORTER
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