Skip to main content

Finally

"Oh Girl" - The Chi-Lites

My intentions were to write about something completely different, but in the process of searching I realized that for now I'm still in wonderment.

I can't believe that after all this time, I found this song. Finally. I've been trying since I started you, dear blog. I've been trying since I heard it the first time long ago. Don't get me wrong, I knew how to get it. I just didn't know which version I liked until the familiar harmonica kicked in. It may sound cheesy, but I don't give a damn. It's on my playlist and that's all that matters now.

I feel like I was born into a time that doesn't quite fit me right. I should've came into this world a decade or two earlier when real music had a profound impact on a listener. When it just wasn't about a good beat or catchy lyrics. It was poetic, dramatic, memorable. When love songs were really about wanting and needing someone so much it hurts. You can hear it here. When he sings, even the "oh" eats at me and chisels away at my hopelessness. This is one of my all time favorite classic love songs and believe me, I do have many. But this, this is what I long for...someone who longs for me just as much.

It's a fight...a pull...an uncontrollable urge...As Carrie Bradshaw eloquently stated in Sex and the City's final season (Season 6/Episode 21), "I'm looking for love. Real love. Ridiculous, inconvenient, consuming, can't-live-without-each-other love..." Watch it and you'll see what I mean. Hmmm...I couldn't help, but wonder will it ever find me?

Lyrics:

Oh, girl
I'd be in trouble if you left me now
'Cause I don't know where to look for love
I just don't know how

Oh, girl
How I depend on you
To give me love when I need it
Right on time you would always be

All my friends call me a fool
They say, "Let the woman take care of you"
So I try to be hip and think like the crowd
But even the crowd can't help me now
Oh-oh-oh, oh-oh, oh

Oh, girl
Tell me what am I gonna do
I know I've got a guilty face
Girl, I feel so out of place
Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah

Don't know where to go, who to see
Yeah, yeah, yeah

Oh, girl
I guess I better go
I can save myself a lot of useless tears
Girl, I've gotta get away from here

Oh, girl
Pain will double if you leave me now
'Cause I don't know where to look for love
And I don't, I don't know how

Oh, yeah
Mmm-hmm-hmm

Oh, girl
Why do I love you so, yeah
Mmmmmmm
Better be on my way, I can't stay, yeah

Have you ever seen such a helpless man
Oh-oh, no

http://www.lyricstime.com/the-chi-lites-oh-girl-lyrics.html
http://thechicagocitizen.com
Labels:

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Welcome to People

Songs TBA Last night, I saw a special, private screening courtesy of the Screening Exchange called, "Welcome to People" directed by Alex Kurtzman. I loved it and it wasn't something that I thought I'd love. In fact, I almost changed my mind at the last minute when I saw that familiar long line down the steps at Arclight Paseo. I figured, "Hell it's just another movie." But I'm so glad I didn't turn around. I'm glad I stood in the back of the line, got my hand stamped and cell phone taken away for nearly 3-hours in order to be in a room filled with strangers. I just wish I had something with me to write down the great songs I heard that disappeared by the time I logged onto this blog. It makes me appreciate technology...so check it out when it comes out. I'll make sure I have my cell phone handy the next time I see it so I can grab some songs along the way. Oh, I'm Hannah, not Frankie and let me know what you think.
16 comments
Read more

Love Is Not Blind

"Colorblind" - Counting Crows I originally had a Dave Matthews Band song in my head, but like always I'm bending the rules a little bit and going with what's in my heart. After all, I couldn't follow my last blog with something you didn't like, could I? That just wouldn't fit and this seems to do just that. This song reminds me of the movie Cruel Intentions . It's hard not to think of it. Reese Witherspoon and Ryan Phillippe's chemistry was so strong, especially in their steamy love scene with this song playing in the background, that any other memory pales in comparison. I always thought the lyrics were so simple and romantic, but it became even clearer here. There was no doubt about it. I knew instantly that they were a real life couple even before they announced it. Love is obvious. Acting can never really be this good unless two people have genuine feelings for each. Look at Ryan Gosling and Rachel McAdams in The Notebook and Angelina Jolie ...
Post a Comment
Read more

UnBreakable Me

"Like A G6 & Bass Down Low" - Far East Movement, The Cataracs, & Dev I promised every week at the least. For Me. This is me keeping my promise. For Me. Cuz it's what I've been doing. For Me. And it's what I'll always do. For Me. Lyrics: If you wanna get with me There's some things you gotta know I like my beats fast And my bass down low (Drop it to the floor) Ba-ba-bass, bass, bass down low (to the floor) Bass, bass, bass down low (Drop it to the floor) I, I, I like my beats fast (to the floor) And my bass down low (to the floor) Bass, bass down low (Drop it to the floor) Bass, bass, bass down low (to the floor) I, I, I like my beats fast (Drop it to the floor) And my bass down low (to the floor) Popping bottles in the ice, like a blizzard When we drink we do it right gettin slizzard Sippin sizzurp in my ride, like Three 6 Now I'm feeling so fly like a G6 (808) Like a G6, Like a G6 Now I'm feeling so fly like a G6 Like a G6, Like a G6 Now I...
Post a Comment
Read more