I Can't Get You Outa My Mind
Yvonne Elliman Lyrics
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The lyrics of Yvonne Elliman's song "I Can't Get You Outa My Mind" depict the story of an unrequited love. The singer is yearning for someone who is with her friend, and she cannot help but feel jealousy and longing for what she cannot have. She looks at this person and tries not to want what cannot be, but their presence is overwhelming, and she cannot shake her desire for them.
The singer is conflicted because she never knew that the person she is in love with was not free to be with her. She never asked and never suspected that she was the other woman. The revelation has added to her pain, and she cannot stop thinking about this person who was not hers to begin with.
The song conveys a sense of helplessness and vulnerability, and the lyrics reveal the complicated nature of relationships and the emotions that come with them. Ultimately, the singer cannot get this person out of her mind, and she is left trying to come to terms with her unrequited love.
Line by Line Meaning
I look at you and you look at me trying not to want what can't be
We are trying to avoid feeling something that is impossible to have between us.
you're with my friend and she holds your hand wasn't that supposed to be me
It hurts to see you with my friend because I thought I was the one supposed to be holding your hand.
oh baby I cant get you outta my mind i dont know why you came into my life I cant get you outta my mind honest I try you're there all the time
I am struggling to forget about you and move on even though you are constantly on my mind.
she never said and I never asked how was I to know you weren't free she spoke of you but I never knew that the other woman was me
I was unaware that you were not free to be with me and I only found out that I was the other woman after she spoke of you.
each time I see her now I think of you I don't what I'm gonna do I look into the eyes of someone new and there reflected is my love for you
Whenever I see her, I am reminded of you and I don't know how to move on. Even when I am with someone else, my feelings for you are still present.
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
Written by: BEATRICE VERDI, CHRISTINE YARIAN PERREN
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nigel Donaldson
simply yvonne Elliman's best song, 2021 and i'm still listening, good quality music like this, goes with the teriritory of the times it came out the 70s. Today's souless world DOESNT produce music like this, because of de-humanisation. And a non optomistic society
Dr Hintjens
So true Nigel and so sad. Love has become shot through with the search for filthy lucre. Then again in the 1970s class divides were not what they are now and life really was less toughly competitive. Love her. She was wonderful in Jesus Christ Superstar - i had never put the two together..
nigel Donaldson
@Dr Hintjens thanks for your interest, but what is lucre? money fame or power perhaps
any way I imagine your from the 70s generation like me would I be right?
Irene
@nigel Donaldson ..I agree with you Nigel...my teenage years were the 70s...and the music then was brilliant as you can hear....it was a time when life was simple...optimism by the bucket load...now I'm sad looking back all the people who were part of my life have now gone, also some friendships too, but I've a lot of good memories...enjoy your day...
senggarang bangi
The music of my youth - so many sweet memories.
phil
Reminds me of my first love. Heard it the other day for the first time in 20 years and I was back then. 🔮❤️cc
Tracey Ashton
Brilliant song , brilliantly sung by Yvonne Elliman, such an underated singer. Just love it ! ❤
Sassy8528
Wow this takes me back to my teen years....brilliant!
gordon wallace
Most underrated song on YouTube, peerless voice, the call & response part at the end is fantastic
nigel Donaldson
Also she can ACTUALLY sing , very professional deserving to be where she was, long before all the manufactured trash came along, such as the results of- x factor, the voice, fame academy pop stars & others