How Deep Is the Ocean?
Frank Sinatra Lyrics


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How much do i love you?
I'll tell you no lie
How deep is the ocean?
How high is the sky?

How many times a day do i think of you?
How many roses are sprinkled with dew?
How far would i travel
To be where you are?
How far is the journey
From here to a star?

And if i ever lost you, how much would i cry?
How deep is the ocean?
How high is the sky?

How far would i travel
To be where you are?
How far is the journey
From here to a star?

And if i ever lost you, how much would i cry?
How deep is the ocean?




How high is the sky?
How high is the sky?

Overall Meaning

In the song "How Deep Is the Ocean?", Frank Sinatra asks a series of questions that are rhetorical in nature but are meant to convey the deepness of his love for his significant other. He starts off by asking "How much do I love you?" and then follows it up with "I'll tell you no lie," implying that his love for his partner is immense and true. The second line in the song, "How deep is the ocean? How high is the sky?" is where the real meat of the song lies. This line is symbolic in nature and denotes the depth and height of his love for his partner. The two images that are used in this particular line serve as metaphors for illustrating the true depth of his love. He then goes on to ask a series of other questions, which are meant to convey the same intensity of emotion he feels for his significant other.


The third verse of the song continues with the metaphorical imagery of the ocean and the sky. It shows the desperation of the singer’s longing to be near his partner. He talks about travelling far and how the distance does not matter if he can be by her side. He then continues to question what would happen if he ever lost his partner and how deeply it would affect him, reiterating the extent of his love.


Frank Sinatra’s version of the song, "How Deep Is the Ocean?" is not the only one. Other versions include Billie Holiday's, Ella Fitzgerald's, and even a version by Oscar Peterson.


Line by Line Meaning

How much do I love you?
The singer is asking their loved one how much they are loved.


I'll tell you no lie
The singer is assuring their loved one that they are being truthful.


How deep is the ocean?
The singer is asking a rhetorical question to emphasize the depths of their love.


How high is the sky?
The singer is asking a rhetorical question to emphasize the vastness of their love.


How many times a day do I think of you?
The singer is wondering about the frequency of their thoughts about their loved one.


How many roses are sprinkled with dew?
The singer is posing an impossible question to express how much they care.


How far would I travel
The singer is willing to go great distances to be with their loved one.


To be where you are?
The singer wants to be in the physical presence of their loved one.


How far is the journey
The singer sees the distance between them and their loved one as a significant obstacle.


From here to a star?
The singer poses an impossible distance to emphasize the lengths they would go for their loved one.


And if I ever lost you, how much would I cry?
The singer acknowledges the possibility of losing their loved one and how much it would affect them.


How deep is the ocean?
The singer uses the rhetorical question again to emphasize the depth of their love.


How high is the sky?
The singer uses the rhetorical question again to emphasize the vastness of their love.


How high is the sky?
The singer uses the rhetorical question again to emphasize the vastness of their love.




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Written by: IRVING BERLIN

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Mike


on The Lady Is A Champ

eight

She gets too hungry for dinner at eight
She can't eat late and stay up all night, because unlike society types, she has to get up in the morning.

She likes the theatre and never comes late
She cares more about seeing the play than being seen making an entrance.

She never bothers with people she'd hate
Her friends are friends, not social trophies.

Doesn't like crap games with barons or earls
While barrns and earls probably don't play craps, she associates with friends, not people to be seen with.

Won't go to Harlem in ermine and pearls
She doesn't "slum", the practice of the rich in the 30's, when the song was written, of touring poor neighborhoods dressed in rich clothes to "tut, tut" about the deplorable conditions, and congratulate each other for "caring about the poor"

Won't dish the dirt with the rest of the girls
Doesn't trade gossip for acceptance among an in-crowd


She likes the free, fresh wind in her hair
She cares more about how her hair feels than conforming with current hair fashions

Hates California, it's cold and it's damp
Since most of California is noticeably warmer and / or drier than New York, where the play the song was written for is set, this is probably a facetious excuse to like what she likes.


And she won't go to Harlem in Lincoln's or Ford's
Another reference to slumming, but facetious, since Lincolns and Fords were middle-class, not luxury brands when the lyric was written

Anonymous


on Try a Little Tenderness

Here are the correct lyrics

Try A Little Tenderness - Frank Sinatra - Lyrics

Oh she may be weary
Women do get wearied
Wearing that same old shabby dress
And when she’s weary
You try a little tenderness

You know she’s waiting
Just anticipating things she’ll may never possess
While she is without them
Try just a little bit of tenderness

It’s not just sentimental
She has her grieve and her care
And the words that soft and gentle
Makes it easier to bear
You wont regret it
Women don't forget it
Love is their whole happiness
And it’s all so easy
Try a little tenderness

Musical Interlude

And, it’s all so easy
Try a little tenderness

Daniel


on The Way You Look Tonight

I met Frank Jr. in Las Vegas, a real gentleman. RIP you both.

Giorgi Khutashvili


on Theme from New York, New York

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