Story Behind The Song

I had written a song about a love from my past. It stirred lots of emotion from friends who were troubled by not hearing a love song specifically about my husband. I wrote this song for a few of my unsettled girlfriends. It?s a love song to my husband and my daughters. The world as I know it, life as I live it, is made with them.

Song Description

This song is about how love has the same quality as stars, springtime, mountain climbing, morning, etc. The song says you can take away all those things, but if you have love, in a way you have something much greater.

Lyrics

Take Away The Stars ? Lyric Sheet

Take away the stars at night
And there?s still plenty of light shining through
From you
Take away the hours and minutes of day
I can?t define the time I spend with you that way
Take away the morning sun
I?ve just begun to see, what you mean to me

I don?t need the things that money can buy
It?s you that I need by my side
It?s not the stars at night, or the morning light,
Not the hours and minutes of the day
It?s you that I need by my side, side by side

Take away the color of spring
It?s the love you bring to this world
That makes it a beautiful place to be
Take away the mountains to climb
There?s still new places to find with you

I don?t need the things that money can buy
It?s you that I need by my side
It?s not the stars at night, or the morning light,
Not the hours and minutes of the day
Forget the color of spring, and the mountains to climb
It?s the love that you bring, side by side

Copyright © 2003 Sarri Gilman