I'm Saving My Love
Skeeter Davis Lyrics


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I'm saving my love for someone who loves me
For someone who loves me the way I loved you
I'm saving my lips for someone to kiss me
For someone to kiss me the way I kissed you.

Time after time I've waited for your caress
Time after time I've waited in loneliness
I'm saving my dreams for someone to dream of
For someone to dream of like I dreamed of you.

Time after time I've waited for your caress
Time after time I've waited in loneliness




I'm saving my love for someone who loves me
For someone who loves me the way I loved you...

Overall Meaning

In the first verse of "I'm Saving My Love," Skeeter Davis explains that she is saving her love for someone who will love her in the same way that she loved her past lover. She wants to have the same intensity and depth of affection reciprocated from her new partner. She also mentions that she is saving her lips, which implies she is waiting for a true romantic kiss. The second verse echoes the same message, except for the fact she is now waiting for a person that will dream and fantasize about her similarly to how she did with her ex.


The chorus is especially emotive and powerful, where Davis repeats the notion that she is saving her love for a person who will love her as deeply as she once loved her prior love interest. Moreover, she emphasizes the value of her love, and that she will not waste it on someone who cannot return it. Skeeter's longing for a kind of love that is requited is palpable through these lyrics as she emphasizes the word 'waiting.' The words "time after time" indicate her past experiences of unrequited love and a lack of affection.


In summary, the song is about someone who has had their heartbroken and is now waiting for a true and pure love, which will be reciprocated equally. It is a reflection of her yearning for a deeper connection, with lyrics that long for the same depth of affection that she had previously experienced.


Line by Line Meaning

I'm saving my love for someone who loves me
I am keeping my affection reserved for someone who cares for me.


For someone who loves me the way I loved you
I am looking for someone who reciprocates my feelings.


I'm saving my lips for someone to kiss me
I am waiting for a special person to share intimacy with.


For someone to kiss me the way I kissed you.
I am searching for a passionate lover who can match my level of affection.


Time after time I've waited for your caress
Repeatedly, I have longed for your touch.


Time after time I've waited in loneliness
I have spent many moments yearning for companionship.


I'm saving my dreams for someone to dream of
I am keeping my aspirations reserved for a significant other.


For someone to dream of like I dreamed of you.
I am seeking a partner who can envision a future with me like I did with you.


I'm saving my love for someone who loves me
I am keeping my emotions in check and waiting for someone who truly loves me.


For someone who loves me the way I loved you...
I am looking for a love that is equal and fair, just like the love that I offered you.




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Comments from YouTube:

steelmanK

This is likely the best of Skeeter's entire repertoire. So well done...the violins and piano are remarkable elements of this recording.

Frankie C

Her voice just GETS ME everytime.What a beautiful song like all the others she recorded.

Morrigan Ravenchild

Sadly missed. But a least we have her wonderful recordings. I never tire of listening to her lovely songs.

Gary Bryson

What a great recording!   Beautiful song, both melody and lyrics. Thanks to Alex Zanetis.  Great song for Skeeter, and she does it beautifully.  Wonderful arrangement too.   Love it.

Music Rocks!

I love her voice. She is one of the best female singers we will ever see. ❤❤❤Skeeter❤❤❤ One of the most beautiful songs I have ever heard. A beautiful singer inside and out.

Rosona Ramsaroop

When Skeeter sang this I was too young to know of love spent holidays with my aunt on the day as we were leaving the house to go back home the song started Oh my goodness tears to fill an ocean no one could comprehend the reason for the extreme sadness

Marge Gentry

love to listen to her...this was back in my time

Chris McDonald-69

I Still Love skeeter Davis, No Matter What !!

sauquoit13456

On this day in 1963 {May 24th} Skeeter Davis performed "I'm Saving My Love" on the ABC-TV network weekday-afternoon program 'American Bandstand'...
The next month on June 5th, 1963 the song entered Billboard's Hot Top 100 chart at position #78; five weeks later it would peak at #41 {for 1 week} and it spent 7 weeks on the Top 100...
It reached #9 on Billboard's Hot Country Singles chart...
Between 1957 and 1976 she had forty records on the Hot Country Singles chart; ten* made the Top 10 with her two biggest hits both peaking at #2, "(I Can't Help You) I'm Falling Too" {1960} and "The End of the World" {1962}...
Three of her forty hits were duets; two with Bobby Bare, "A Dear John Letter" {1965} & "Your Husband, My Wife" {1970} and one with Don Bowman, "For Loving You" {1967}...
Ms. Davis, born Mary Frances Penick, passed away at the age of 72 on September 19th, 2004...
May she R.I.P.
* She just missed having four more Top 10 records when "Am I That Easy To Forget" {1960}, "The Hands Your Holding Now" {1961}, "A Dear John Letter" {1965} and "Fuel the Flame" {1967}, all peaked at #11...

anthony belcher

Brilliant song

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