Story Behind The Song

I was really insipired by a songwriter during one of the most difficult times of my life. My writing had become stale, my performances were lifeless and I considered never singing again. When I heard his music, I heard a freshness, a vitality in his vocal

Song Description

A ballad to say thank you to a songwriter who will never know who I am, but whose music impacted my life.

Lyrics

VERSE ONE
How can you know the words written on my heart?
And how can you sing them back to me?
Cos even though I've never met you, I count you as a friend
Your songs have taught this heart to sing again
If I could look into your eyes
I'd tell you face to face
But I know you don't know me at all, at all

CHORUS
I hear your heart in every line
I feel your love, but it's not mine
I know I'll never know
The man behind the smile, who's singing
So if you don't mind I'd like to think
That maybe you wrote these songs for me
And though we'll never meet
Somehow the man behind the smile is singing just for me
Just for me

VERSE TWO
Your voice has been a constant friend
As I have walked alone
Down the hardest road I've travelled in my life
So for what it's worth I wan to say thank you
Thank you
For bringing back the music to my heart
Wish I could look into your eyes
And say this face to face
But I know you'll never know me at all, at all

REPEAT CHORUS

MID8
How could you ever know
How deep you've touched this soul
With the passion of your own?
When I thought I stood alone
I heard you singing 'hope'
And with your voice surrounding me
I found that I could sing again

So if you don't mind I'd like to think
That maybe you wrote these songs for me
So tell me, could it be
The man behind the smile is singing

I hear your heart in every line
I feel your love, as though it's mine
So tell me could it be
The man behind the smile is singing
Just for me, just for me

(I hear your heart in every line, I feel your love as though it's mine
(So tell me, maybe, could it be, that you are singing just for me?)

Tell me how can you know the words written on my heart?
And how can you sing them back to me?

Copyright Miranda Dickinson 2007

Playlist Creator	Playlist Name	Date Added
David Bruce Davis	My Top Songs	11/8/2007