Stone was born and raised in Atlanta, GA, and learned guitar at the age of five from his mother, also a country singer. As a teenager, he performed in skating rinks in his hometown and later moved on to playing area bars while working long hours as a mechanic during the day.
It took Stone several years to be “found” by his soon-to-be manager who helped him finally land a record deal with Epic. His self-titled debut was released in 1990 and broke him in a big way with the despairing lead single "I'd Be Better Off (In a Pine Box)," which shot into the country Top Five. Stone landed three more Top Ten hits from the album, including "Fourteen Minutes Old," "These Lips Don't Know How to Say Goodbye," and his first number one, "In a Different Light."
He quickly completed a follow-up album, I Thought It Was You, for release in 1991, which solidified his persona as country music’s suave song stylist and became his second straight million-seller on the strength of three Top Five hits: the title track, "Come In Out of the Pain," and a second number one in "A Jukebox With a Country Song."
Stone’s third album, 1992’s From the Heart, spun off one hit after another: "Warning Labels" and "Made for Lovin' You" went Top Ten, while "Too Busy Being in Love" and "Why Didn't I Think of That" topped the charts.n 2004, Doug Stone started a new chapter in his career and his life. After a brief hiatus from recording, a renewed interest in Doug's music by fans and radio made Doug one of the highlights at the 2004 Country Radio Seminar (CRS). The week of CRS, Doug joined Lofton Creek Records and reunited with a member of his former management team, Martha (Taylor) Borchetta who worked with Doug in the 90s.
Stone’s first album with Lofton Creek Records, In A Different Light, re-releases the original title track and “Why Didn’t I Think of That” from Stone’s library of hits. The album also contains Stone’s version of timeless classics as he artfully blends the traditional spirit of “Only You,” “Tell It Like It is,” “Georgia On My Mind” and “Crazy Love” with that famous Doug Stone style. The eight original songs on this album will both tug on heartstrings and invoke smiles—a task that only Stone can perform with such style and grace. With this new album, Lofton Creek Records is honored to place Doug Stone back in the spotlight.
In a Different Light
Doug Stone Lyrics
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Walk into the office, in you business suit
And matching shoes
With your hair pulled back neatly
You tug at your glasses
And you sit down just 3 desks down
And I watch you in the fluorescent glare,
And my mind drifts away somewhere
And I see you... In a different light
Your hair falling down
With love in your eyes
In my mind.... you're a beautiful sight
I see you in a different light
Just the way I saw you, last night
There's girls at the office
The guys always notice, when they walk by
But, you're not the type
They don't know what I know
How somethings just don't show
In tailored tweets, that's fine with me
Let them all think what they want to
As for me when I look at you
I see you... In a different light
Your hair falling down
With love in your eyes
In my mind... You're a beautiful sight
I see you in a different light
Just the way I saw you, last night
Baby it's you... In a different light
Your hair falling down
With love in your eyes
In my mind... You're a beautiful sight
I see you in a different light
Just the way I saw you, last night
"It's You"
In a different light
Your hair falling down
With love in your eyes
In my mind you're a beautiful sight
I see you in a different light
Just the way I saw you, last night
Doug Stone’s song “In a Different Light” is about a man who is secretly in love with a woman he works with. Every morning when she walks into the office, he is captivated by her as she’s decked in her business attire with her hair neatly pulled back and glasses neatly tugged. Even when she’s working, his mind drifts away somewhere else. Suddenly, he begins to see her in a different light with his mind’s eye.
He imagines her completely different, with her hair falling down and love in her eyes, which he finds a beautiful sight. Even though she’s a professional and not the type of woman, the men in the office usually notice or get attracted to, he can see her intangible, hidden beauty that’s not apparent to everyone else. In his mind, he envisions her in a completely different way that nobody else sees, and it makes him fall in love with her even more.
Overall, the song tries to convey that love is more than just physical attraction; it’s also about seeing the person in a unique and different way that nobody else has seen before. It’s about finding beauty in unlikely places and peeling back the layers to reveal the person beneath the surface.
Line by Line Meaning
Every morning I watch you
I start my day watching you
Walk into the office, in you business suit
I see you dressed in professional attire walking into the workplace
And matching shoes
You have a good fashion sense that your shoes match your clothes
With your hair pulled back neatly
You look tidy, organized and professional with your hair pulled back
You tug at your glasses
You seem to adjust your glasses often
And you sit down just 3 desks down
You occupy the desk that is three away from mine
And I watch you in the fluorescent glare,
I look at you under the fluorescent light
And my mind drifts away somewhere
I get lost in thought and daydreaming
And I see you... In a different light
I imagine you in a different way
Your hair falling down
I picture you with your hair not tied back and falling down
With love in your eyes
I perceive an expression of love in your eyes
In my mind.... you're a beautiful sight
To me, you look very attractive in my imagination
Just the way I saw you, last night
Your appearance was the same way I saw you last night in my mind's eye
There's girls at the office
There are other women in the workplace too
The guys always notice, when they walk by
Male colleagues pay attention to them when they walk
But, you're not the type
You don't fit the stereotype of these women
They don't know what I know
They lack the understanding that I possess about you
How somethings just don't show
There are aspects of your personality that aren't visible
In tailored tweets, that's fine with me
It doesn't matter if you go unnoticed by others, it's okay with me
Let them all think what they want to
I'm not bothered by their opinions and perceptions about you
As for me when I look at you
For me, seeing you is different
It's You
It's your personality that makes you special
Baby it's you... In a different light
I see you in a contrasting image or alternate impression
In my mind you're a beautiful sight
You look gorgeous or impressive in my imagination
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
Written by: BUCKY JONES, DICKEY LEE, BOB MCDILL
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