Do I Love You
Gerald Wilson And His Orchestra Lyrics
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If I thought that you'd love me too
Does a birdie fly
Ooh-ooh-ooh-aah
Would I want you
If I thought thay you'd want me too
Does a baby cry
(Would I love you)
Each and every day
(Would I love you)
Darling, come what may
(Would I love you)
Ooh-ooh, I would and I do
With a love that is true
Oh, would I kiss you
If I thought that you'd come on and kiss me too
Does a river flow
'N just in case you'd like to know
Would I hold you
And never let you go for my whole life through
Does a fire glow
Oh, my Darlin', Darlin', Darlin'
(Would I love you)
Oh, you don't have to doubt it
(Would I love you)
There's no question about it
(Would I love you)
Darlin', Darlin', Darlin', I would and I do
With a love that is true
Oooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh
(Would I love you)
As long as I'm here, I will
(Would I love you)
For everything that I'm worth
(would I love you)
Just like a flower loves the rain
(Would I love you)
I try to never
The lyrics of "Do I Love You" by Gerald Wilson And His Orchestra speak of a deep love that the singer feels for their beloved. The song talks about how the singer saw their beloved for the first time on a sweet summer afternoon after which they started dreaming about them and even composed a tune thinking of them. The lyrics then pose a series of rhetorical questions to express the singer's feelings towards their beloved. The singer asks whether they love their beloved, whether they would miss them, and whether they would leave them. The questions are answered through a series of comparisons with natural phenomena, such as the need for a blue sky in July or the ocean never leaving the shore. The final verse puts forth the singer's declaration of love, as they tell their beloved that it's easy to see how much they love them and that they demonstrate it every day, just as their beloved does.
Line by Line Meaning
After that sweet Summer afternoon
Referring to the moment when the singer first saw his love interest.
When for the first time I saw you appear,
Recalling the initial sighting of the person being addressed.
Dreaming of you I composed a tune,
The singer found inspiration in the memory of the person they saw.
So will you listen to it, dear?
Asking their love interest to hear the song that was inspired by their presence.
Do I love you, do I?
Asking whether the singer has true feelings for the person being addressed.
Doesn't one and one make two?
Using the idea of basic arithmetic to suggest that the answer to the previous question is obvious.
Does July need a sky of blue?
Imagining a world where the essence of a thing is required for it to exist.
Would I miss you, would I?
Asking whether the singer would feel the absence of the person being addressed if they were gone.
If you ever should go away?
Speculating about the possibility of the person leaving the singer in the future.
If the sun should desert the day,
Using hyperbole to emphasize the importance of the person to the singer's life.
What would life be?
Contemplating the meaninglessness of life without the person being addressed.
Will I leave you, never?
Expressing the singer's intent to never leave the person being addressed.
Could the ocean leave the shore?
Drawing a comparison between the singer's loyalty and the immutability of natural phenomena.
Will I worship you for ever?
Affirming the singer's devotion to the person being addressed.
Isn't heaven forever more?
A rhetorical question that plays on the concept of eternity.
Oh, my dear, it's so easy to see,
The singer believes that their love for the person being addressed is transparent.
Don't you know I do?
Asking a rhetorical question to remind their love interest of the singer's feelings.
Don't I show you I do,
Citing evidence of the ways in which the singer shows their love.
Just as you love me?
Asserting that the love is reciprocated.
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Written by: Bob Russell, Harold Spina
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