After appearing in Vaudeville theater with her sisters, Judy was signed to Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer as a teenager. There she made more than two dozen films, including nine with Mickey Rooney, and the film with which she would be most identified, "The Wizard of Oz" (1939). After 15 years, Judy was released from the studio but gained renewed success through record-breaking concert appearances, including a critically acclaimed Carnegie Hall concert, a well-regarded but short-lived television series, and a return to film acting beginning with "A Star Is Born" (1954).
Despite her professional triumphs, Judy battled personal problems throughout her life. Insecure about her appearance, her feelings were compounded by film executives who told her she was unattractive and overweight. Plied with drugs to control her weight and increase her productivity, Garland endured a decades-long struggle with addiction. Garland was plagued by financial instability, often owing hundreds of thousands of dollars in back taxes, and her first four of five marriages ended in divorce. She attempted suicide on a number of occasions. Garland died of an accidental drug overdose at the age of 47, leaving children Liza Minnelli, Lorna Luft, and Joey Luft.
Legacy
Judy Garland's legacy as a performer and a personality has endured long after her death. The American Film Institute named Garland eighth among the "Greatest Female Stars of All Time". She has been the subject of over two dozen biographies since her death, including the well-received "Me and My Shadows: A Family Memoir" by her daughter, Lorna Luft. Luft's memoir was later adapted into the multiple award-winning television mini-series, "Life with Judy Garland: Me and My Shadows", which won Emmy Awards for two actresses portraying Garland (Tammy Blanchard and Judy Davis).
Garland was posthumously awarded the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award in 1997. Several of her recordings have been inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame. These include "Over the Rainbow," which was ranked as the number one movie song of all time in the American Film Institute's "100 Years...100 Songs" list. Four more Garland songs are featured on the list: "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas" (#76), "Get Happy" (#61), "The Trolley Song" (#26), and "The Man That Got Away" (#11).
Judy Garland has twice been honored on U.S. postage stamps, in 1989 (as Dorothy) and again in 2006 (as Vicki Lester from A Star Is Born).
Oceans Apart
Judy Garland Lyrics
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Since we're apart
I'm yearning
I tell my heart
We must wait for another dawn
When he may be returning
How I regret the night he sailed for another shore
I'll kiss him again
He'll know right from the very start
That we were never meant to be oceans apart
Oceans apart and with only the blue between us
Since we're apart
I'm yearning
I'll kiss him again
He'll know right from the very start
That we were never meant to be oceans apart.
The song "Oceans Apart" by Judy Garland is a beautiful and melancholic ballad about the pain of being separated from a loved one. The lyrics describe the distance between two people who are separated by the vast ocean that lies between them. While they are apart, the singer yearns for the day when they will be reunited again. The lines "I tell my heart / We must wait for another dawn / When he may be returning" illustrate the singer's hope that her loved one will come back to her someday.
The song also expresses regret and longing for a lost love. The lines "How I regret the night he sailed for another shore / Will he come into sight to leave my arms no more?" reveal the singer's sorrow at having lost her loved one. She wonders if he will return or if they are separated forever. The final lines of the song express the hope that the distance between them was only temporary and that they will never be oceans apart again.
Overall, "Oceans Apart" is a beautiful and emotional song that captures the pain of separation and the hope for a happy reunion.
Line by Line Meaning
Oceans apart and with only the blue between
Despite the distance that separates us, the vast blue ocean is the only thing connecting us at this moment.
Since we're apart, I'm yearning
Being away from my beloved has left me with a deep longing.
I tell my heart we must wait for another dawn when he may be returning
I remind myself to be patient and wait for the next day when he might come back to me.
How I regret the night he sailed for another shore
I am filled with remorse over the night he left for another place.
Will he come into sight to leave my arms no more?
I wonder if he will return to me and never leave my embrace again.
I'll kiss him again, he'll know right from the very start
Once we are reunited, I will show him that we were always meant to be together, no matter the distance.
That we were never meant to be oceans apart
Our love was never meant to conquer the distance, as being together is our fate.
Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
Written by: MICKEY ROONEY, SIDNEY MILLER
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