Somebody Loves Me
Teddy Wilson And His Orchestra Lyrics


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Somebody loves me
I wonder who
I wonder who she can be;

Somebody loves me
I wish I knew,
Who can she be worries me
For every girl who passes me
I shout, hey! maybe,
You were meant to be my loving baby;

Somebody loves me




I wonder who,
Maybe it's you.

Overall Meaning

"Somebody Loves Me" is a song about the feeling of being loved by someone, without knowing their identity. The song opens with the lyrics "Somebody loves me, I wonder who" which sets up the tone of a mystery, and the singer is curious to find out the person behind the expressions of love. This theme is repeated when the singer sings "Somebody loves me, I wish I knew, who can she be, it worries me".


The singer is on a lookout to find his love, and whenever he sees a girl who passes by, he wonders if she is the one who loves him. He calls out to them with a shout "Hey! maybe, you were meant to be my loving baby;", but despite the possible candidates, he remains unsure about who the person is who loves him. The last lines of the song "Somebody loves me, I wonder who, maybe it's you" suggest the possibility of the unnamed person being the one who loves him.


Overall, the lyrics of "Somebody Loves Me" convey a sense of longing for love and the curiosity about the identity of the one who loves him.


Line by Line Meaning

Somebody loves me
I am feeling loved by someone.


I wonder who
I am curious about the identity of this person who loves me.


I wonder who she can be;
I am questioning the gender of the person who loves me.


Somebody loves me
I keep on experiencing this overwhelming feeling of being loved.


I wish I knew,
I want to find out who this person is.


Who can she be worries me
The thought of not knowing who loves me is causing concern.


For every girl who passes me
Every time I see a girl, I begin to wonder if she's the one who loves me.


I shout, hey! maybe,
I audibly vocalize my thoughts, contemplating if any one of these girls is the one who loves me.


You were meant to be my loving baby;
I visualize and speak out loud to these girls as if they were my significant other.


Somebody loves me
I can't shake off this feeling that someone out there in the world loves me.


I wonder who,
Despite all my ponderings and castings of suspicions, I have not been able to identify the person who loves me.


Maybe it's you.
I am suggesting that maybe the listener is the one who loves me.




Lyrics © Wixen Music Publishing, BMG Rights Management, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Royalty Network, Songtrust Ave, Broma 16
Written by: Buddy DeSylva, Ballard MacDonald, George Gershwin

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Comments from YouTube:

Cocktail Piano

Wonderful

Sugar Bear Mosher

he sort of sounds like Earl Hines in this recording, anyone else agree?

umbrellashotgunman

Heh, pretty much every Swing-Age pianist sounded a bit like Earl, except for maybe Fats.

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