Dusty Springfield - I Close My Eyes and Count to Ten
I’ve always wanted to sample this song but I would never do it any justice. I once flipped it to sound like “It had nothing to do with the white, whiteeee” but turning this into a song about blow is a little tacky. A lot of people are familiar with Dusty’s song Son of a Preacher Man either from the scene in Pulp Fiction when John Travolta is about to scoop up Uma Thurman or from it being covered numerous times by other artists. The Look of Love is another Dusty classic originally recorded for a Bond flick and then covered a million times over. I Close My Eyes and Count to Ten is another great song out of her collection of work. The changes of pace and melody in I Close My Eyes, especially at 1:30 and 2:40 are intense and amazing. It’s not her most popular song but it’s one of her best.
Lyrics:
It isnt the way that you look
And it isnt the way that you talk
It isnt the things that you say or do
Make me want you so
It is nothing to do with the wine
Or the music thats flooding my mind
But never before have I been so sure
Youre the someone I dreamed I would find
Its the way you make me feel
The moment I am close to you
Its a feeling so unreal
Somehow I cant believe its true
The pounding I feel in my heart
The hoping that well never part
I cant believe this is really happening to me
I close my eyes and count to ten
And when I open them youre still here
I close my eyes and count again
I cant believe it but youre still here
We were strangers a moment ago
With a few dreams but nothing to show
The world was a place
With a frown on its face
And tomorrow was just, I dont know
But the way you make me feel
The moment I am close to you
Makes today seem so unreal
Somehow I cant believe its true
Tomorrow will you still be here?
Tomorrow will come but I fear
That what is happening to me
Is only a dream
I close my eyes and count to ten
And when I open them youre still here
I close my eyes and count again
I cant believe it but youre still here
I close my eyes and count to ten
And when I open them youre still here
