Story Behind The Song
This is a song about a real person-the same person talked about in "Talk To Me". I always was attracted to mysterious women...
Song Description
An ode to a would-be lover, who despite her efforts to keep her secrets, inadvertantly reveals all to the one so intrigued by her.
| Song Length |
4:51 |
Genre |
Pop - Rock, Pop - Easy Listening |
| Tempo |
Medium Slow (91 - 110) |
Lead Vocal |
Male Vocal |
| Mood |
Endearing, Diplomatic |
Subject |
Searching for Love, Attracted, Crush |
| Similar Artists |
Toto, Billy Joel |
Language |
English |
| Era |
1980 - 1989 |
| |
Lyrics
She Gives Away
she tries on her faces for you
the ones so funny, all the ones so cruel
although she?s quite the jester
she lives to tell the world that she?s no fool
she?ll capture stray defenses
and take up all your senses
then she?ll turn
and give her own away
she?s friends with everybody
there ain?t a Jack in town she don?t know well
so hip to all the motions
sometimes you know more than she?d care to tell
she?s safe and out of danger
unto herself no stranger
she?s the strangest friend she ever had
but everyone knows the places she goes, ?cause
she gives it all away
the shades of black and white
she gives away
and tries so hard to hide
but she gives it all away
more than shades of gray
she gives away
the color and the light
safe, and out of danger
and to herself no stranger
she?s the strangest friend I ever had
but I?ll never doubt
her In from her Out, ?cause
she gives it all away
the shades of black and white
she gives away
and tries so hard to hide
but she gives it all away
more than shades of gray
she gives away
the color and the light
she?s giving it all
away
music and lyrics by George Wallace
published by Celestial Songs/EMI Music Inc. (ASCAP)