HOW MANY SLEEPS |
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| Written by: Barry Gibb David English (2002) Lead vocals: Cliff Richard Album: <b-side> 2004 Transcript by |
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many sleeps ‘till I see you again How many waves on the shore How many wishes and how many prayers Before you are with me once more I’ll kiss you goodnight And I’ll promise to write And I’ll see you very soon We’ll be looking at the same moon I will be there when you call And the moment is forever Oh, Amy Rose, I love you most of all. Lions and tigers and crocodile tears Things that go bump in the night I’ll be your hero and dry all your tears Drive all your fears out of sight And how do you find it’s so easy to leave me Alone inside my room I will see you in the same stars I will hold your face, oh And the moment is forever My Amy Rose This is your daddy’s vow. I will meet you at the kissing gate Remember the fish on the stone I will meet you down at Amy’s barn And you will never be alone You will never be alone. How many sleeps ‘till I see you again How many rays in the sun Daddy I love you as long as I live Long as a river may run How many colours we see in the rainbow And chase that red balloon Are we looking at the same moon We will never be apart And the moment is forever My Amy Rose I live inside your heart. I will meet you at the kissing gate Remember the fish on the stone I will meet you down at Amy’s barn And you will never be alone And whether she’s running through the yellow fields Or barefoot on the stones I will meet you down at Amy’s barn And you will never be alone You will never be alone. No, not alone, Amy. |
| As you know this is the B side of Cliff Richards new single. A wonderful composition written by Barry and his best friend David English. David is very pleased with the success of the song. David: 'It's quite wonderful that it's doing so well. I wrote the song about my daughter Amy Rose, who, as a little girl, used to phone me from Zimbabwe, where she lived at the time, and asked, How many sleeps before I see you daddy?' She would measure how long she hadn't seen me in how many nights she had slept I thought this was a lovely idea for a song so me and Barry went to Miami to record it. We thought it would be perfect for Cliff Richard so he came over and put down the vocals. The funny thing is that Cliff hasn't even met Amy Rose, even though he's singing about her.' | |