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You Take My Breath Away

from Coconut Culture by Allan Thomas

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about

Carole Cook - my wife at the time - and I, were staff songwriters for ABC Music when we wrote this tune. But the lyrics were crafted so the song could be interpreted as a song to your lover, or - like the poems of Rumi the storied Sufi mystic - to the energy behind all things.

lyrics

You Take My Breath Away

words & music - Allan Thomas & Carole Cook

If I was a poet
I know what I would do
put my pen to paper
close my eyes
and think of you
I'd wait for inspiration
turn it into rhyme
praise the very thought of you
with every single line
I'd write the words
my lips could never say

you take my breath away
you take my breath away

if I was a painter
know what I would do
set my brush to canvas
lose myself in you
I see you there before me
my heart begins to race
try to catch the essence of
the mystery in your face
I'd paint what I could see
but never say

you take my breath away
you take my breath away

I'd write the words
my lips could never say
you take my breath away

and if I was a garland
gardenia white as snow
I'd wrap myself around you
and never let you go
I'd gaze upon your loveliness
feeling your heart beat
I'd be content to spend my life
making yours complete
I'd whisper things
that I could never say

you take my breath away
you take my breath away

© 1978 Dutchess Music Corp BMI

credits

from Coconut Culture, track released February 10, 1997
Allan Thomas - vocals & acoustic guitar
Michael Ruff - piano
Ken Emerson - slide guitar
Dave Inamine - bass
Rick 'the bass player' Rosas - additional bass
Mike Shipley - percussion


Photo of Carloe Cook in Copenhagen 1974

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