Written for Tina Jacobowitz to whom I was married in the mid-80s. Many of my songs are written when relationships have gone sour, this one was before the relationship started in an attempt to get it to start. I have to think it helped make that happen (although the result of that, at least for Tina, was not felicitous). I intended the song to be somewhat light in tone with a lot of wordplay and some humor. But when a friend who had never heard the song read the lyrics she commented on how beautiful they were. Not sure about that, but clearly no matter how lightly I intended to treat the song, my deeper feelings came through. (In the spirit of full disclosure, I don’t drink, but I liked the image and the rhymes)
Lyrics
With You In My Eyes
I’ve been thinking ‘bout the drinking
I’ve been doing lately
I ain’t used to all this booze
It hits me too ornately
At first I’m just a bum in a chair
Brooding ‘bout my latest affair
But soon as I complete another margarita
I notice that you’re standing there
You’ll never know how many times a day you come to my eyes
You won’t believe the different places you materialize
I hear the ringing of my telephone
And though it’s never you, at least I’m not alone
I play an old song in a different key
And just as suddenly there’s harmony
You can’t imagine all the dreams I visualize
With you in my eyes, with you in my eyes
People pry ask why am I
So lost in this obsession
They’re afraid this masquerade
Will lead me to depression
I guess it’s just a matter of taste
But look at all the time that they waste
Don’t they ever notice my eyes are out of focus
Just looking at a different face
You’ll never know how many times a day you come to my eyes
You won’t believe the different places you materialize
Friends all lend me their analysis
But they just seem to miss the point somehow
I don’t think that they could ever guess
The kind of woman I am seeing now
You can’t imagine all the dreams I visualize
With you in my eyes, with you in my eyes
I can see through my unruly mind when you are in my eyes
I can see that I am truly blind when you are in my eyes
It’s just this feeling of uncertainty
Not know if you’re there that should be hurting me
But I don’t seem to care, ‘cause you’re exactly where
My whole damn future lies, in my eyes
You’ll never know how many times a day you come to my eyes
You won’t believe the different places you materialize
It’s certainly not a flight of fantasy
It’s just the way that you appear to me
I’d like to hold you in my arms tonight
And if the light is right, I just might
You can’t imagine all the dreams I visualize
With you in my eyes, with you in my eyes.