Jan 15, 2019
Infinite list of favourite lyrics: 109/?
Amen Corner - (If Paradise Is) Half As Nice (1969)
"They say paradise
Is up in the stars,
But I needn't sigh
Because it's so far -
'Cos I know it's worth
A heaven on earth
For me where you are.
A look from your eyes,
The touch of your hand,
And I seem to fly
To some other land -
When you are around,
My heart always pounds
Just like a brass band..."
#amen corner#if paradise is half as nice#(if paradise is) half as nice#1969#lucio battisti#jack fishman#favourite lyrics#originally written by battisti in italian as the paradise of life#and then translated by fishman#this song was fished around a lot and turned down by a couple of bands before amen corner recorded it#making it far and away their biggest hit#it's a beautiful song. beautifully simple#straightforward in it's lyrics but also with a depth of feeling and honesty that can be harder to capture with more complex writing#the song owes a lot to the tremendous vocal performance by andy fairweather low#few 60s pop hits sound quite so desperately hopelessly in love#it's like a capturing of real joy. real awestruck reverence#also as there is no indication in the lyrics of the gender of either singer or subject#i hereby declare this an lgbtqia friendly love song#so there
