Songs About...Me
- I Am Not
- Jul 8
- 2 min read
My pretty girl sent me the most perfect song tonight before she went to sleep. It was George Harrison's "If Not For You," a song that I'd never heard before listening to it just a few minutes ago. I listened to it twice actually, with the first time being just the song and the second time with reading the lyrics. I liked it from the very first few chords, which are full of guitar and organ. While Harrison sang this particular version, I was surprised to learn that Bob Dylan was the original writer and he'd written and recorded it in 1970. Harrison heard it and loved it so much that he released it on his album six months later. This gives me an idea that there should be a game about music called "Six Degrees of Dylan," the object of which should be to connect Dylan to every song written in the 1960s and 1970s with minimal separation between each connection.
I love this song. It's so simple and sweet, yet it says so much. I feel that every word of this song was written about my pretty girl. It's been added to the "Listen Next Time We're Together"playlist.
If not for you
Babe, I couldn't find the door
Couldn't even see the floor
I'd be sad and blue
If not for you
If not for you
Babe, I'd lay awake all night
Wait for the mornin' light
To shine in through
But it would not be new
If not for you
If not for you
My sky would fall
Rain would gather too
Without your love I'd be nowhere at all
I'd be lost if not for you
And you know it's true
If not for you
My sky would fall
Rain would gather too
Without your love I'd be nowhere at all
Oh! What would I do
If not for you
If not for you
Winter would have no spring
Couldn't hear the robin sing
I just wouldn't have a clue
Anyway it wouldn't ring true
If not for you
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