Göran Söllscher was born in 1955 in Växjö (Sweden). He grew up in Kalmar on… Read Full Bio ↴Göran Söllscher was born in 1955 in Växjö (Sweden). He grew up in Kalmar on the east coast of Sweden and started to play the guitar at the age of seven. After his musical education, including studies at the Malmö Conservatory (1975-77) and at the Royal Conservatory of Copenhagen (1976-79), Göran Söllscher embarked on an international career after winning the first prize at the “Concours International de Guitare" in Paris, in 1978. Since then he has performed regularly with all the major Scandinavian orchestras, made regular concert tours of Japan and China and played with the Camerata Bern, the Japan Philharmonic, the English Chamber, the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and the Chamber Orchestra of Europe, under such conductors as Claudio Abbado, Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos, Sir Alexander Gibson, Sixten Ehrling, Woldemar Nelsson and Esa-Pekka Salonen. In addition he has made frequent appearances on radio and television. Göran Söllscher's repertoire is exceptionally wide, ranging from Renaissance music to well-known standard concertos for guitar and orchestra, to contemporary music often written especially for him.

Honey Pie
Göran Söllscher Lyrics

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She was a working girl
North of England way
Now she's hit the big time
In the U.S.A.
And if she could only hear me
This is what I'd say.

Honey pie, you are making me crazy

I'm in love but I'm lazy
So won't you please come home.

Oh honey pie, my position is tragic
Come and show me the magic
Of your Hollywood song.

You became a legend of the silver screen
And now the thought of meeting you
Makes me weak in the knee.

Oh honey pie, you are driving me frantic
Sail across the Atlantic
To be where you belong.

Will the wind that blew her boat
Across the sea
Kindly send her sailing back to me.

Honey pie, you are making me crazy

I'm in love but I'm lazy
So won't you please come home.

Overall Meaning

The song "Honey Pie" by Göran Söllscher is an homage to a woman from the North of England who had made it big in the US. The lyrics convey the love and longing of the singer for this woman, who had become a legend of the silver screen. The first few lines talk about her humble beginnings as a working girl in the North of England, but now she has hit the big time in the US. The singer then expresses his desire for her to come back home and be with him by saying, "Honey pie, you are making me crazy. I'm in love but I'm lazy. So won't you please come home."

The singer goes on to describe the woman's magical Hollywood song and how the mere thought of meeting her makes him weak in the knee. He is willing to do whatever it takes to be with her and asks her to sail across the Atlantic to be where she belongs. He even sends a plea to the wind that blew her boat across the sea to kindly send her back to him. The chorus repeats the same message of longing and love but with a tinge of desperation.

Overall, "Honey Pie" is a beautiful and poetic love song that captures the essence of longing and the willingness to do anything for love.

Line by Line Meaning

She was a working girl
She used to have a job to earn a living

North of England way
She lived in the northern part of England

Now she's hit the big time
She has become successful

In the U.S.A.
Her success is in the United States

And if she could only hear me
If only she could listen to me

This is what I'd say.
I would say the following

Honey pie, you are making me crazy
Darling, you are driving me insane

I'm in love but I'm lazy
I'm in love with you but I'm not motivated enough to take action

So won't you please come home.
Please come back to me

Oh honey pie, my position is tragic
Oh darling, my situation is terrible