Veronica Nunn (born October 7, 1957 in Little Rock, Arkansas) is an America… Read Full Bio ↴Veronica Nunn (born October 7, 1957 in Little Rock, Arkansas) is an American jazz singer most known as the featured vocalist with Michael Franks since 1992. In the late 1970s she moved to New York to pursue a degree in Theology at Lehmans College in the Bronx. Singing in the music clubs at night to support her college tuition, she met George Walker, a.k.a. Big Nick Nicholas (who was famous for being a teacher of legendary tenor saxophonist John Coltrane) who took her under wing, and she became a first-call jazz singer in the Harlem and Greenwich Village jazz scene in New York. In 1997 she married jazz pianist Travis Shook and together they started their own record label, Dead Horse Records, which is currently based out of Woodstock, NY.

I Hadn’t Anyone Till You
Veronica Nunn Lyrics

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I hadn't anyone till you,
I was a lonely one 'til you,
I used to lie awake and wonder if there could be
A someone in the wide world just made for me,
Now I see

I had to save my love for you, (I saved my love for you)
I never gave my love 'til you, (I saved it all for you)

And through my lonely heart demanding it,
Cupid took a hand in it,
I hadn't anyone till you.

I kept my love in secrecy,
I put it under lock and key,
I had to save my love for you!
I never gave my love away,
I waited for that lucky day
When I could give it to you

And through my lonely heart demanding it,

Cupid took a hand in it,
I hadn't anyone till you.

Overall Meaning

The lyrics to “I Hadn’t Anyone Till You” by Veronica Nunn express the feelings of loneliness and longing for love that one may experience before finding their soulmate. The singer reflects on their past, when they used to lay awake at night and wonder if they would ever find someone who was truly made for them. However, now that they have found their love, they realize that they had never truly been happy or fulfilled until that moment. The lyrics are filled with gratitude and appreciation for the other person, who has changed the singer’s life for the better.

The song has a romantic, almost nostalgic feel to it, as if the singer is looking back on their past with a sense of wonder and amazement. The emotions in the lyrics are heightened by Nunn’s smooth and soulful voice, which conveys the depth and intensity of the singer’s feelings. The use of repetition in the lyrics (“I hadn’t anyone till you,” “I saved my love for you,” etc.) reinforces the idea of the all-consuming nature of love, and how it can transform someone’s life completely.

Line by Line Meaning

I hadn't anyone till you,
I was alone, without anyone to call my own, until you came into my life.

I was a lonely one 'til you,
My heart was lonely and yearning for someone to fill the void, until you showed up.

I used to lie awake and wonder if there could be A someone in the wide world just made for me,
I would spend countless nights imagining if there was someone out there who was meant to be mine, until I found you.

Now I see
Now that I have you in my life, everything makes sense and I see how much I was missing before.

I had to save my love for you,
My love was so special and rare that I knew it had to be saved for someone as deserving as you.

I never gave my love 'til you,
I never gave my heart fully to anyone else before you came into my life.

And through my lonely heart demanding it, Cupid took a hand in it,
Even though I was lonely and yearning for love, fate had a way of bringing us together through the power of love.

I kept my love in secrecy, I put it under lock and key,
My love was so precious to me that I kept it hidden and protected until I found the right person to share it with.

I waited for that lucky day When I could give it to you
I patiently waited for the perfect moment to share my love with you, and when it finally came, it was a lucky day indeed.

I hadn't anyone till you.
You are the first and only person I have ever truly loved and been loved by.

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