IT WAS YOU
hansen/randow Lyrics

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Frederick
I'd love to chat
About your little girlfriend
And precisely where that's at.
You seem smitten
Peachy keen
So why have you not brought her
To meet your mum and queen?

I don't mind if
She's not a Dane
You're radiantly happy
So I shan't complain
I've heard so much
About her charms
But there's just one detail
That causes me alarm
You see
I never did insist that you must wed a Scandinavian
It doesn't matter if she's from a class that's subterranean
I'd even settle for a bride a bit Mediterranean
But Frederick, my dear, you didn't say she was Tasmanian!
(Gasp!)
(Tasmanian?!)
I'd probably prefer it if you ran off with an alien
Or married a small canine like a pug or pomeranian
I'd almost be ok if she was mainlander Australian
But one must draw the line at anyone who is Tasmanian.
(One must draw the line at anyone who is Tasmanian!)
Mother, please, spare me the pomp
The woman that I marry is for me to choose
Tasmania's not some backwater swamp
The only thing that's backward, frankly, are your views.
They have lots of trees
And lovely cheese
And mountain trails to hike
There's a gallery
That amazingly
Even Sydney people like.
I'm sure, but would you not prefer a woman more exotic and Arabian?
I know a nubile princess who is single and Jordanian
I also have the number of a kinky Transylvanian
Anything is better than a pitiful Tasmanian.
(Anything is better than a pitiful Tasmanian!)
You'd have attractive children if you married a Romanian
Your worldliness would double if you wed a French Canadian
Get endless marijuana when your wife is Trinidadian
But name me one good reason why you'd marry a Tasmanian.
(Name me one good reason why you'd marry a Tasmanian!)
At the risk of harping on and sounding sesquipedalian
I want you to find happiness and have a life arcadian

So do the proper thing and prove that you can be a brainy man
By stopping all this nonsense about loving a Tasmanian!

Overall Meaning

The lyrics to Hansen/Randow's "It Had to Be You" speak to the idea of destiny and fate. The singer reflects on a long and meandering search for the perfect person, someone who could make them feel true emotions and create a real connection. Despite encountering other people who were nice or good, these individuals weren't quite enough to meet the singer's standards. The listener gets the sense that this individual has been searching for a soulmate, someone special who can make them feel alive in a way that nobody else can.

The chorus repeats the refrain, "It had to be you," and emphasizes the idea that there is perhaps only one person in the world who could truly fulfill the singer's desires. This is further emphasized by the line, "With all your faults, I love you still," which speaks to the idea that the singer recognizes that even the perfect person will have imperfections and flaws. Ultimately, the song serves as a tribute to the magic of love and the power of finding the right person at the right time.

Line by Line Meaning

It had to be you, it had to be you.
You were the only one who could make me feel this way.

I wandered around and finally found the somebody who
I searched for so long to find someone like you.

Could make me be true, could make me feel blue,
You make me be honest and feel both happiness and sadness.

And even be glad just to be sad thinkin' of you.
Thinking of you even makes me happy when I'm sad.

Some others I've seen might never be mean
I've seen other people who are never unkind.

Might never be cross or try to be boss,
They might not ever get upset or try to control me.

But they wouldn't do.
But they are not you.

For nobody else gave me a thrill.
No one else has ever made me feel this way.

With all your faults, I love you still,
Even though you're imperfect, I still love you.

It had to be you, wonderful you,
You are amazing and there's nobody else like you.

It had to be you.
You were always destined to be the one for me.