Story Behind The Song

My Mom left when I was a kid. I used to go into my parents' room and smell the sweaters she left behind. This song came out of those feelings, though it also has a romantic element to it.

Song Description

Our senses are involved in loving someone and a scent, an image, song or sound can bring them onto our mind. THis song is about burying your face in the sweater a loved one left behind to indulge in that sensory intimacy. Memories enhanced by the scent of the person and the warmth of their sweater can have a pwerful impact when you really miss them. This song is about those moments. It came out of my childhood. My mother left us when I was young and I used to go into my parents' room and bury my face in her sweater.This song adds a romantic element to it.

Lyrics

Your Sweater
music, lyrics, and vocal by Johnny Schaefer

You left your sweater here
the one with all the colors
the one that makes me glad it's winter time
I know it inside out
I know its every snag
I must've read that stupid tag
a thousand times
and you know what they say
'bout "it's a cold, cold world,
it'll freeze you if you let it"
But there's warmth here in these arms unfurled
Why don't you come back and get it?
You left your sweater here
the one that makes me shiver
the one that wraps me up and ties me down
Your sweater keeps me warm
no fire holds a candle to it
but only when you're wearin' it
I hold your sweater to me
bury my face
smothering in your scent and
imagining your gaze
while in my head, the most impressive music plays
and plays
I get a nervous cough
when you take your sweater off
because I'm not sure what it means
Your sweater looks so good
You really should be proud
You fill it up with love
it's empty now
you left
but your sweater's here
©1985, 2013 Johnny Schaefer, Auditory Verve Music, ASCAP