Slim Whitman (January 20, 1923 in Tampa, Florida - June 19, 2013, Orange Pa… Read Full Bio ↴Slim Whitman (January 20, 1923 in Tampa, Florida - June 19, 2013, Orange Park, Florida) was an American country music singer and songwriter.

Self-taught on the guitar, Otis Whitman worked at a shipyard in Tampa while developing a musical career, eventually performing with a band known as the "Variety Rhythm Boys". Whitman's first big break came when agent Colonel Tom Parker heard him singing on the radio and offered to represent him. Signed with RCA Records, he was billed as the cowboy singer, "Slim Whitman" and released his first 45rpm single in 1948. He toured and sang at a variety of venues including on the popular radio show, the Louisiana Hayride.

He only became a full time musician in the early 1950s after he recorded a version of the Bob Nolan hit Love Song of the Waterfall that made it into the country music Top 10 chart. His next single, Indian Love Call, was even more successful, going to the No.2 position (and actually saving the world in the 1996 movie Mars Attacks! where it proves fatal to the invading Martians). A yodeler, Whitman avoided the "down on yer luck-buried in booze" songs, preferring instead to sing laid-back romantic melodies about simple life and love.

In 1955, in the United Kingdom, he had a No.1 hit on the pop music charts with Rose Marie. With eleven weeks at the top of the charts, the song set a record that lasted for thirty-six years. Soon after recording this big hit Whitman was invited to join the Grand Ole Opry and in 1957, along with other musical stars, he appeared in the film musical, Jamboree. Despite this type of exposure, he never achieved the level of stardom in the United States that he did in Britain where he had a number of hits during the 1950s and 60s. Throughout the early 1970s, he continued to record and was a guest on Wolfman Jack's musical television show, The Midnight Special. At the time, Whitman's recording efforts were yielding only minor hits and in 1974 he stopped making new records.

As You Take a Walk Through My Mind
Slim Whitman Lyrics

Jump to: Overall Meaning ↴ Line by Line Meaning ↴

Vou jogar na sua janela
A canção mais bela
Pra você aparecer
Assim, singela e te dizer
Que o meu sol só renasce se o dia tem você
Êiêê êiêê
Que o meu sol só renasce se o dia tem você
Êiêê êiêê

Linda de se olhar
Era tudo aquilo que eu pedi pra Jah
E eu vou fazer por merecer
Ter você
E vai renascer
Todo dia o sol
Êiêê êiêê
O meu sol só renasce se o dia tem você
Êiêê êiêê
Vem por mim ficar
Clarear minha vida é de se admirar
Tanta coisa envolvida nesse seu olhar
Que é repleto de flores de amor, de paz
Vem por mim ficar
Clarear minha vida é de se admirar
Tanta coisa envolvida nesse seu olhar
Que é repleto de flores de amor, de paz
E além disso é lindo demais
Êiêê êiêê êiêê
O meu sol só renasce se o dia tem você

Êiêê êiêê
O meu sol só renasce se o dia tem você

Overall Meaning

The lyrics of "As You Take a Walk Through My Mind" sung by Slim Whitman portray the feelings of a person who is deeply in love. In the first verse, the person expresses his desire to serenade his loved one with the most beautiful song, hoping that she appears to him so that he can express his love to her. He proclaims that his day starts and ends with her, and his life would lose its meaning without her presence. The chorus repeats his belief that his sun only rises in the company of his loved one, and he must have her to complete his day.

In the second verse, the person describes how beautiful his loved one is to him and how he always wished to be with her. He desires to prove himself worthy of her love and wants to see her every day in his life. He talks about the many emotions that are visible in her eyes, including love and peace, and how they attract him to her every time. The chorus concludes by reinforcing his belief that his day only starts when he is with her.

As You Take a Walk Through My MindSlim Whitman Lyrics

As You Take a Walk Through My Mind
Slim Whitman Lyrics