Song Description
"By Heart" showcases artist Nancy Hall (Neil Young) singing a medium tempo ballad about love and heartache along the foggy California coast. Lost in thought, a young girl is singing quietly to herself those songs that we all know "by heart". In the final
| Song Length |
5:25 |
Genre |
Pop - Classic, Pop - General |
| Tempo |
Medium (111 - 130) |
Lead Vocal |
Female Vocal |
| Mood |
Peaceful, Poignant |
Subject |
Heartbreak, Lost Love |
| Similar Artists |
Sheryl Crow, Sarah Mclachlan |
Language |
English |
| Era |
2000 and later |
| |
Lyrics
BY HEART
Patterson, Parvin & Hall
Copyright 1999
Saw your girl down in Monterey
On the beach in a mist of gray
She didn't hear the waves
She couldn't feel the spray
Swirling round and round her footsteps by the bay
CHORUS:
And I thought I heard her singing softly to someone far away
Just another case of love misplaced you know it happens every day
And I don't need to know which sad songs are tearing her apart
Some things you just know by heart
Hard to say when it slipped off the track
Such a waste of time when it's love that we lack
She waits for his return
You'd think that we would learn
With time and love there's just no turning back
CHORUS:
And I thought I heard her singing softly to someone far away
Just another case of love misplaced you know it happens every day
And I don't need to know which sad songs are tearing her apart
Some things you just know by heart
Saw your girl down in Monterey
On the shore of a sapphire bay
The sea had been so kind
And she had left behind
The trail of tears the tide had washed away...
(CHORUS)
You know it by heart
(REPEAT)