THINKING OF YOU
Loggins and Messina Lyrics

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Something about your smile
that's making it hard to say
Whenever you're near me, you've got me thinking of you

You know, you've got me singing a song
Whenever you're around me I just want to belong
To you, I would give all of my love
I wish that I could tell you all what I'm thinking of

Something inside of me
won't let me begin the day
Something inside of me

is making it hard to say
Whenever you're near me, you've got me thinking of you

Overall Meaning

The lyrics to Loggins and Messina's song "Thinking Of You" express the difficulty and complexity of feeling strongly about someone. The first verse describes an inner turmoil that the singer experiences each day, indicating the depth of their emotions. They feel a strong pull towards the person in question, even when they are not around. The second verse highlights the physical features of this person and how they affect the singer. Their eyes and smile are so captivating, that it is hard for the singer to look away or speak.

The chorus expresses the intensity of the singer's feelings, which are verging on infatuation. The person makes the singer feel complete and they just want to belong to them. The singer even goes so far as to wish that they could express to them all of their thoughts and emotions. The final verse repeats the idea of the inner turmoil that the singer experiences when this person is not around. The song ends without any resolution, leaving the listener to wonder if the singer will ever be able to express their feelings to the person they are thinking of.

Overall, this song is an honest portrayal of the internal struggle and complexity of romantic feelings. The lyrics are relatable for anyone who has ever experienced intense emotions towards someone else, but struggled to express them or wondered if the feelings were mutual.

Line by Line Meaning

Something inside of me is taking it hard each day
I feel an emotional pain or heaviness within me every day

Something inside of me is making me feel this way
There's a feeling or emotion I'm experiencing that's causing this state within me

Whenever you're near me, you've got me thinking of you
The mere presence of you around me triggers thoughts of you in my mind

Something about your eyes won't let me look away
Your eyes are captivating or mesmerizing to me and I can't take my eyes off them

Something about your smile that's making it hard to say
The way you smile is causing a difficulty for me to express myself

You know, you've got me singing a song
You have a significant effect on me that inspires me to express myself creatively

Whenever you're around me I just want to belong
Being close to you creates a feeling of wanting to be a part of your life or your world

To you, I would give all of my love
I love you so much that I would dedicate myself completely to you

I wish that I could tell you all what I'm thinking of
I desire to communicate my thoughts and feelings about you to you completely

Something inside of me won't let me begin the day
There's a feeling or issue that's holding me back from starting my day

Whenever you're near me, you've got me thinking of you
The presence of you around me constantly brings up thoughts and feelings of you in my mind

Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
Written by: JIM MESSINA

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01Good Friend4:03

02Whiskey1:56

03Your Mama Don't Dance2:50

04Long Tail Cat3:47

05Golden Ribbons6:14

06Thinking Of You2:17

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07Just Before The News1:06

08Till The Ends Meet3:05

09Holiday Hotel2:02

10Lady Of My Heart1:45

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Most interesting comment from YouTube:

@dfwdodge

4y↑11

Something inside of me
is taking it hard each day
Something inside of me
is making me feel this way
Whenever you're near me, you've got me thinking of you

Something about your eyes
won't let me look away
Something about your smile
that's making it hard to say
Whenever you're near me, you've got me thinking of you

You know, you've got me singing a song
Whenever you're around me I just want to belong
To you, I would give all of my love
I wish that I could tell you all what I'm thinking of

Something inside of me
won't let me begin the day
Something inside of me
is making it hard to say
Whenever you're near me, you've got me thinking of you

Source: LyricFind

Songwriters: Jim Messina

All comments from YouTube:

@Trasea

12y↑33

So glad I was a teenager in the 70s - such happy music! Though all music has its good points, I still love this decade the best!

@patriciastaskiel883

2y↑1

Me too!

@ralarson22

13y↑10

Saw them in concert Summer of 73, great concert. Jim Croce was the warmup act, 2 months before he died Wish I could go back to that Summer, what a great time it was!!!!!

@jesperpedersen6705

2y↑2

I'm back in the 70's when I listen to this song

@josephbenne8686

4y↑17

How can this song have ONLY 292K views???
Such a cute, relaxing, warm and endearing song... very underrated.

@jesperpedersen6705

Not by me💥

@jesperpedersen6705

2y↑12

This song makes me want to walk along a country road with Snoopy and a good friend 💥❤

@raymondmalcuit8361

3y↑4

This Song Went To Number 18 On The Billboard Hot-100 Chart In 1973.

@skyhunter6385

7y↑3

This song will Always&Forever remind me of my Brother who passed away in 2004,Love ya Bro☮️💙😊😇👍

@usmc-veteran7316

Sorry to hear about tour Brother.

@GregDad100

12y↑7

This song reminds of the time in the spring of 1973 when I fell in love with a beautiful girl named Laurie Fischer. I was in fifth grade and she was a grade below me and we rode the school bus home together. I was so much in "love" I would go home and cry in frustration (because I never had the nerve to even speak more than three words to her). Every time I hear this song, I think of 1973, that bus ride and Laurie — even 39 years later. Thanks for the upload.

@davidclifton1390

Great soft rock tune seldom played on Melbourne radio these days. Love hearing this great song.

@susansoprano

13y↑9

I still have this album - the LP version!!!! What nostalgia...

@matthewstetson1840

6y↑1

To each their own but I was major league disappointed when a DJ didn't play this version and played the other version off the LP. Oh well. Variety...

@emilio2917

16w↑1

Yo también, en España!!!!

@StanBennet

13y↑31

Kenny Loggins is the most underrated song writer and singer of all time.

@mjsmcd

4y↑6

Messina wrote this

@jodywilke4642

4y↑1

@@mjsmcd And he helped sing it, too.😊⛪

@peterlydon5100

no.

@garyconner6151

I was twelve when I heard him and is a drum lover. I'm in my fifties now.still learning.

@glennfromel5711

Larry Gatlin more under rated.

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@rschiel50

10y↑31

This one of the best albums that time has forgotten all about...real music!

@robertavila3078

4y↑1

Hanging in at 65. Loved these guys from this song until today. Seen Kenny twice on the last couple of years. Alas he’s overlooked this magic both shows. I’ll go again and maybe he’ll remember our time from long ago

@channingyourtatum6726

Real(ly cheesy) music!

@rschiel50

@@robertavila3078 I'm hanging at 68...when I was in my early twenties my first husband had a band who performed mostly original music...the few cover songs they performed came from Loggins and Messina and Jackson Browne. Time has moved on-my tastes have change but music from that era and genre will always hold a special place in my heart...

@rschiel50

@@channingyourtatum6726 Guess you just had to be there...times have changed-my musical tastes have moved on but music from that era and genre will always hold a special place in my heart...

@channingyourtatum6726

2y↑1

I was just trolling! Sorry 😞

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@Topkat311

13y↑2

Back in the 70's, no girl could resist these two talented guys!

@jesperpedersen6705

2y↑1

Window down in the station wagon with this 8 track in the radio 📻

@motorcityquig

6y↑11

A feel good 70's tune.

@LindabudLenard

12y↑11

When I moved to Europe over 30 years ago my Loggins & Messina records were the first things I packed!! Along with my guitar of course!! Love these guys!!

@markantoniogrant368

8y↑42

How can one not get anything but a rush of good feelings when listening to it? Greaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaat, great, great, great, great, great, great, great, great song!!!!!!

@nitwitromney

8y↑3

If I could put it any better, I would, but I defer to you, sir!

@usmc-veteran7316

8y↑4

Mark; I agree, a great song. As far as Im concerned, the best song Loggins & Messina sang. You know your music my friend.

@nashtndawg

7y↑3

It's a great song, but they did MANY great songs! Love L&M!

@usmc-veteran7316

7y↑4

Rick Bray reminds me of an old girlfriend back in high school....early 70s. Then before I knew it, IT was over......

@garymigliacci2568

Love, Love, Love...thank you for the great memories in my life..

@redshiftexperiment

Pure music. I'm not ashamed of it anymore. I will die loving this music!

@hardlines4

12y↑4

A time when we had REAL music!!!

@105381000

4y↑1

It reminds me of my hero, my eldest sister, who went off to college in 1973. This was on the radio when we drove her out there so long ago.

@lorenrobertson8039

5y↑3

Wow this brings back memories...how many times a day did they play this song on the radio? A LOT! Lovely to hear now after so many years.

@usmc-veteran7316

4y↑1

I agree, I was 18 yrs old in 1973. So in love. By October 1973, I was at Boot Camp Parris Island USMC.

@hollyrealmusic8817

37w↑1

Pure bliss 💌!

@garyconner6151

3y↑2

I remember being happy.

@SuperAtlantis1

8y↑23

Holy cow, it's been years. Love this song.

@usmc-veteran7316

7y↑1

SuperAtlantis1 the 70s were great, this is one of my favorite songs from the 70s.

@tonycanaris6521

6y↑7

Like Seals and Crofts a great Duo in 70s

@11dsw

2y↑1

Recently fell into a Kenny Loggins 197os (not 8os) hole. This is my latest discovery. So 7os, so cute, just awesome……Thank you 1973. 😀💕

@pigurine

6y↑3

Young and in love, this
Song is what we dreamt
Of.

@54dks2447

13y↑1

I really loved their music back in the 70's. They were awesome.

@usmc-veteran7316

7y↑16

Great song. It would be great to be 18 yrs old again. Thinking about an old girlfriend back in 1973.

@peterkoerner5556

3y↑1

Had not heard this song in decades. Like you, reminds me of a young lady in 1973. The start of a 4 year relationship.

@usmc-veteran7316

3y↑1

@@peterkoerner5556 4 year relationship WOW. Well I had 4 year relationship too,
with the United States Marine Corps 5 Oct 73 to 4 Oct 77. Dated a lot back in the 70s. Until 29 Feb 80, Leap Year Evening which was a blind date. We feel in love and was married on First Day of Spring 21 Mar 81, and we've been married 40 years. Stay safe and Semper Fi from an old Marine Sergeant from Charleston, WEST Virginia.

@wetalkinb0utpractice

3y↑1

@@usmc-veteran7316 Let's Go Mountaineers

@usmc-veteran7316

3y↑1

@@wetalkinb0utpractice I hear ya. WVU #1

@wetalkinb0utpractice

@@usmc-veteran7316 also, thank you for your service and sacrifice

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@wackedoutonweed

10y↑18

Made out with a cute girl to this in 73. This is my favorite song! I'm a Romantic!

@usmc-veteran7316

7y↑1

Jeffrey Meade 1973 great year for music. Like you I've "Made Out" to this song, her. name was Brooksie. My favorite L&M song.

@matthewstetson1840

6y↑1

So you had some tongue action?

@utubemusiccritic

15y

A blast from back in the '70's. These guys had the world by the tail.

@sheltielover2k

7y↑14

I've been on a mad search for this song. I haven't heard it for over forty years, so could not remember the words. This song is so awesome, thanks for posting :)

@usmc-veteran7316

7y↑1

sheltielover2k great song reminds me of high school 1973. Ol to be 18 yrs old again.

@dfwdodge

4y↑11

@perrystone1413

8y↑12

great song.........fond memories of earlier in life

@angiebold2592

7y↑1

@angiebold2592

7y↑1

Perry Stone. like the prophecy teacher? Perry this is stoner music. so my 20 year ood rrceptionist told me when i was 29. tell me who our singers are? is God brijging Jacobs tribes back from someplace else? are they disembodied? are they celestial beings that got caught in the sealing off of our planet? why do they enter into soldier and artists bodies? why dont they member Yahshua? are they jumping in their descendants who are controlled with mk ultra.ate they gathering the lost that have disassociated from their bodies? Isnt their a Nephelim avataring their bodies aftermidnight? Did Esau sign up Jacobs kids to be used by the ancient kings and queens? Shelley at Oxford part 2
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an un-fed head will eat it's self ~
they know, like bob dylan, (a jew and a confessed Christian) tgat the contracts they signed are invalid. if they signing their souls to satan, what if it was the after midnight guy that signed. multiple personality or DID is grounds to nullify any contract. because it is a mental illness.is gianluca grignani gathering souls for tge father? are these the talents the Father was speaking of? not miney? the Lords treasure are the souls of his children. is a watcher angel in him. where is Gianluca? has he ever been free to use his own body? is psalms 17:14 explaining these gsthering angels? Are they the spirits of Jacobs offspring? are the seven mountains surrounded by many waters what we call planets? are the hybrids that have a larger portion of our DNA than the other types, more like us. with a heart that can love? or are they angels that inhabit the stars? are all the watchers bad damned? or are they working a redemption plan by gathering disembodied chikdren of israel bloodline, that the handlers abuse and torture? are the elite and the handlers the children of Esau? is that the hatfields and mccoys?

@usmc-veteran7316

Perry Stone every time I hear this song reminds me of an old girlfriend back in 1973, right before I joined the Marine Corps. Ol to be 18 again.

@usmc-veteran7316

5y↑1

Thanks so much for posting this. 1973, I was 18 yrs old and so in love. Can you send me back to 1973.

@deniselapsley466

5y↑1

Great song

@usmc-veteran7316

Memories of being 18 yrs old back in 1973. So in love, do you know the back to 1973.

@chicagocubs1rf

12y

Such a wonderful feel good song. It reminds me of practicing with my pony league baseball team at lawndale park in chicago in the early 70's. I can smell the field and the bubble gum every time I hear this song. What a great feeling.

@ontnurse2

5y↑2

love this song,underated band and song,thanks for posting

@usmc-veteran7316

Loved this song, love to go back to the 70s and stay

@andyfrench1806

9y↑7

Well thank God YOU posted it! Thanks whoever you are, and hope you're having a good life and enjoying this sweet uplifting music. Thanks again.

@1955annemarie

13y

Ah, life before the internet, before HBO and Red Box and cell phones, in those wonderful & loving days where people talked to each other & the songs on the local radio station could be understood & which truly touched your heart. Miss those days...

@Doobie1975

16y↑2

OMG I love this song, haven't heard this song for a very long time, thanks for putting it on here.

@sweettrack

Great song !!

@tonycanaris6521

6y↑2

Such great music in the early mid 70s

@usmc-veteran7316

I agree I was 18 back in 1973. After 1975 everything went disco.

@11dsw

2y↑1

@@usmc-veteran7316 …no, not everything…and disco had some incredible moments… especially before 78…and it aged quite well.

@lazydaisydays

16y

LOVE these guys!! This is one of my favorite songs; never tire of hearing them, but...Is it me, or do they look blissfully stoned?? Ahhhh, those were the days;-)

@tovarisch2788

3y↑8

Messina is a great guitarist (underrated) and songwriter, and a fine singer, but I think his greatest talent is as an arranger/producer.

@clouds882

13y↑1

sweet pure music from the 70s...

@rickeacott385

10y↑8

Great song,actually heard it on the "bridge" XM. So came home and googled it.
Been many years since i heard this song on the radio.

@angiebold2592

7y↑1

Rick Eacott + is that like time travel. do you come over from a spirit world or from another earthly dimension in time? is that bridge like BILLY GOAT GRUFF? is it a portal? do you know where the portal to the Fathers temple is in Texas? i think my dad used to travel thru portals i think a bad wreck we had, on the way to California( in the dessert near El Paso) we were in a Mercury Cyclone white with red stripe. was my dad brought in to this planet to be adopted out. born on March 15 1941. did we drop bomb on Japan so that hybrid babies could be brought in. eliminating gods children and replacement population with fallen angel hybrid. would that be why they are called baby boomers. oh yeah that cyclone had a blow out doing 90. my dad would not have been on balr tires. how fast do you have to be going to break that portal open. i think we were coming out of a portal. not sure why, or whom for,we were going there for. my dad got a whole bunch of speeding tickets in montague county. boyd tx. was he comimg and going using a portal there?

@samparr9287

same

@DaveWollenberg

14y

Hit #18 in Billboard. God bless!

@journey46

13y↑1

this song is like a tribute or nod to neil sedaka ! so fine. jim and kenny, national treasures each and together.

@markantoniogrant368

8y↑9

It's definitely a part of my college soundtrack!!!

@Viznel137

16y↑1

My Favorite loggins/messina song!Thanks!

@TheBuckweaver

14y

those were the good ole days , great times

@thuggie1208

14y

We used this song for our 9th grade banquet. I always loved it. Thanks for posting it.

@smithfieldfair

14y

I LOVE this song and was a big L&M fan from the first album. What a charge years later to work with Merel Bregante - one of the all-time best drummers/percussionist and a sweetheart of a guy. This whole band was incredible and L&M couldn't have been what it was without them. Too bad the reunion band didn't include them - just good young cats playing what the old band already created. Still a tribute to them. Great song - great band.

@Inspired3949

14y

What a great song. I always loved this song. L&M were great. Thanks a lot for putting this song on here.

@gregglockhart9551

3y↑1

Wonderful!

@jowhite4843

9y↑3

Love this song!!!!!

@DaveWollenberg

13y

Kenny and Jim hit #18 in Billboard, 5-26-73. God bless ya, for postin' it. Thanx!

@danmathews1525

10y

Saw them in Santa Barbara, then this summer saw Kenny Loggins in San Diego @ the Belly Up....somethings never change. Thanks for posting.

@GODEED

24w

November 2023!

@jbb0357

15y

This is the first song of theirs that I heard and I fell in love with it....I even called the radio station and ended up trying to sing part of so the DJ could tell me who it was. Been a fan forever and will get to see them in Sep at the Hard Rock in Biloxi MS!! Thank you for posting.....

@outlawrichard

16y

i'm THAT old too...old men are like old wine...both are good...

@rhondahancock96

6y↑2

Great song wish I was 14 again

@usmc-veteran7316

I was a little older 18 yrs old in 1973. Memories of a beautiful 17 yr old brown eyed blond, boy she was so cute.

@kande6916

This is the only song that I could stand to listen to by this combo!!! Never liked them then and still think they suck today!!

@AlfaStop

9y↑3

I was pretty impressed when I ran across this one for the first time in years, actually sounds like it could have been a lost Lovin' Spoonful single...

@slaphead8835

If I'm not mistaken, this was a Jim Messina composition. Fabulous little tune. Very beautiful.

@grumpnet

8y↑4

thanks for posting. had to scan their discography for clues to find a title that led me to here and the melody i remembered.

@Doobie1975

15y

I really love this song, wish they didn't stop playing this song on the Satellite Feed at my job.

@lindaanderson3498

Loving Troy T. 💜Linda P. Jan 23,2020.

@snsliberty2

14y

Great song from June 1973

@lucieloves2000

5y↑1

Thank you for posting this! I LOVE this song!

@usmc-veteran7316

5y↑1

I agree I was 18 yrs old back in 1973. Memories of an old girlfriend and so in love. Do you know the way back to 1973.

@lucieloves2000

5y↑1

@@usmc-veteran7316 I wish I did!

@usmc-veteran7316

5y↑1

@@lucieloves2000 if it ever happens, I'm on the maiden voyage to 1973...and on a ONE way ticket no return.

@pigurine

7y↑10

1973 440 six pack 1969 roadrunner.
Girls girls girls pot beer friends
I thought it could get better. Nope.
How could it?

@usmc-veteran7316

6y↑1

pigurine 1973, I was 18 yrs old. Back then it was legal to buy whiskey. Man did I blow some money. Got drunk one night, next day 5 Oct 73, I joined the Marine Corps. Aug 74, I was sent to Okinawa, boy did I party.

@RDK860

No Chance!

@katherinejoyce3629

10y↑2

love this song! :) thanks for sharing!

@bigwanek

13y

songs are printed on certain days,recorded on others and copywritted.however,they are from their airtime time play time peak time to date them spwecifically.this is officially from 1973.so,we're all a yearyounger.

@tcidolfan

16y

Been looking for this FOREVER!!! Thanks for posting that!!!

@kathyhayward1840

5y↑2

I never in my life would of known they sang this.

@usmc-veteran7316

It was a great song back in 1973, I was 18 yrs old. I'd go back to 1973, and never return.

@papafirelin

16y

thanks for the memories

@Luna810

14y

LOVE them!

@eightdozenroses

11y

I will never forget when a group of guys came up to me at work and sang this to me. Me? I couldn't believe it. Oh, wow, I still blush.

@shugmccall1

10y↑1

Brilliant little ditty!

@LJL76

13y

Long Live Cathedral Girls Catholic High School Bridgeport CT Class of 1976 Thank you LORD

@matthewstetson1840

We all love Catholic girls. The Catholic boys anyway...Love this 45 too.

@elienerocha5008

que homem lindo e voz tambėm ė linda

@ks2xgaks2xga

6y↑1

I don't believe this is the exact recording I knew of back when it was on the charts back in '73

@matthewstetson1840

6y↑1

This is the original 45 single. You may be remembering another version that was played on FM radio that was different in it's slower pace and with no drums. I didn't like that LP version and for me, this is by far and away, the superior version.

@usmc-veteran7316

@@matthewstetson1840 I remember that version too. Loved this one better.

@rschiel50

The FM AOR radio stations always played the album version...

@harmonium8198

2y↑1

@@matthewstetson1840 Actually, this is the album version. The single version can be found here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lps25DJdcXg

@joealanouf

15y

i had no idea how good these guys where. ive seen there recoreds every week at teh swap meet for years

@jesperpedersen6705

Great noise 💥

@stuccoboy9077

14y

this is the first time i've ever heard this song. I guess you had to be there.

@andrer.newcomb6516

Cool how these two found each other with their voices so very close to one another. You ever hear them trading off?

@RDK860

6y↑2

This was there follow up Hit to "Your Mama Don't Dance," Hitting the Top 40 3/31/73, Peaking at No.18, 13 Weeks on the Chart!

@usmc-veteran7316

6y↑1

RDK860 L&M had some great hits. Would love to be 18 yrs old again, 1973 a lot happened to me, graduated high school and joined the Marine Corps. Semper Fi

@RDK860

5y↑1

@@usmc-veteran7316 Thanks for your Service! Army Man Myself!

@usmc-veteran7316

@@RDK860 thank you for your service in the Army. My dad was a Army Ranger in the Korean War. He wanted to to join the Army, since all my uncles and several cousins had been in the Army. I had to be different, I joined the Marine Corps. That was Oct 73, to this date Im the only Marine ever in my family. Semper Fi and Go Army

@RDK860

@@usmc-veteran7316 Thank You for your Service in the Marines!

@garyconner6151

12w

This where it begins.1975

@johnerwin981

now 'lost'AM radio' item..had a good hook, comes to mind occasionally-

@nickellodeon55

15y

To my knowledge, the single re-cut of this song has never appeared on commercial CD.

@caljn1

4y↑1

To be young and in love...you don't quite appreciate the specialness at the time.

@usmc-veteran7316

4y↑1

Reminds me being 18 yrs old and being in love. And saying goodbye to my girl before I left for boot camp, headed to Parris Island, USMC.

@AnnaKarina2

15y

Tthank you so much for this sweet song reddawg7246 :)))

@matthewstetson711

Became familiar with this version when thinking about an older woman Joanne who was in my Brother's HS senior glass. Liked the musicianship and the neat drum opening, the castanets, all of it. Did not like the other drum less? version that was played later on AOR FM radio. Got older and thought about how she needed to be near him for him to be interested. Oh well the confection is still very sweet. Thinkin' of yooooouuuuuu.

@matthewstetson1840

7y↑1

No accident that Jim Messina sings my favorite Loggins and Messina tune.

@pigurine

6y↑2

69 Roadrunner front seat 8 track playing this as my hand
Goes up her shirt.

@usmc-veteran7316

I had a 1967 Mustang with a 289CI. Today thats a big engine.

@nellybelly57

13y

@lakeladymel It's so true! did the exact same thing with my folks, except in was a dark green impala. Sweet!

@moparfan59

14y

I think you're the first person to post this mix. They (or just Kenny Loggins) did another mix which isn't as good. I haven't heard this version in years. Thanx for posting.