Dame Shirley Veronica Bassey, (born January 8, 1937), is a Welsh singer, pe… Read Full Bio ↴Dame Shirley Veronica Bassey, (born January 8, 1937), is a Welsh singer, perhaps best-known for performing the theme songs to the James Bond films Goldfinger (1964), Diamonds Are Forever (1971), and Moonraker (1979). She is the only singer to have recorded more than one James Bond theme song.

She now resides in Monaco and has recently sold her London apartment. Many of its furnishings were auctioned for charity. Two very popular 'Audiences With Shirley Bassey' have aired on British TV, the most recent being in March 2006.

In 2006, UK retailer Marks and Spencer hired Bassey for their Christmas advertising campaign, with Dame Shirley singing a cover of P!nk's 'Get the Party Started'.

In late 2009 Bassey released 'The Performance' her first studio album for two decades, which was released in a maelstrom of anticipation. Still popular well into one of the longest and most illustrious musical careers in British and indeed international history, Bassey is considered by Brits to be a national treasure.

Easy to Love
Shirley Bassey Lyrics

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I know too well that I'm just wasting precious time
In thinking such a thing could be
That you could ever care for me
I'm sure you hate to hear
That I adore you, dear
But grant me

Just the same

I'm not entirely to blame
For love
You'd be so easy to love
So easy to idolize
All others above
So worth the yearning for
So swell to keep every home fire burning for

We'd be so grand at the game
So carefree together
That it does seem a shame
That you can't see

Your future with me
Cause you'd be oh, so easy to love

Overall Meaning

The lyrics above are from Shirley Bassey's song "Easy to Love." The song tells the story of a person who is hopelessly in love with someone who they believe is out of reach. They acknowledge that they are wasting their time by pining for this person, yet they cannot help but adore them. The hopelessness and longing are encapsulated in the lines, "I'm sure you hate to hear, That I adore you, dear, But grant me, Just the same." It's a plea for the person they love to at least acknowledge their feelings, even if they cannot reciprocate them.

The chorus of the song describes how the person they love is "so easy to love, so easy to idolize, all others above." The singer believes that this person is worth the yearning and effort it takes to be with them. The lines, "We'd be so grand at the game, So carefree together, That it does seem a shame, That you can't see, Your future with me," paint a picture of a life that they could have together if only the person they love would give them a chance. Overall, the song captures the agony of unrequited love and the desire for that love to be reciprocated.

Line by Line Meaning

I know too well that I'm just wasting precious time
I am aware that I am not using my time wisely.

In thinking such a thing could be
Believing in the possibility of something that is not true.

That you could ever care for me
The idea that you would ever have affection for me.

I'm sure you hate to hear
I am confident that you do not like what you are about to hear.

That I adore you, dear
I have feelings of deep love and admiration for you.

But grant me
Please provide me with this request.

Just the same
Despite the preceding negativity, the following statement remains unchanged.

I'm not entirely to blame
I am not fully responsible for the situation.

For love
In the matter of love.

You'd be so easy to love
It would be effortless to love and have a relationship with you.

So easy to idolize
You are easy to adore and place on a pedestal.