"You Light Up My Life"

"You Light Up My Life"
sang by Debby Boone (1977)
Lyrics by Joseph Brooks

By Peter Y. Chou
WisdomPortal.com

Debby Boone
Album (1977)

Debby Boone
sings song (1977)

You Light Up My Life
Movie Poster (1977)

Preface: For Song #26, I've selected "You Light Up My Life" a ballad written by Joseph Brooks, and originally recorded by Kasey Cisyk for soundtrack album to the 1977 film of same title. The song was lip synced in film by its lead actress, Didi Conn. The best-known cover version of the song is by Debby Boone, the daughter of singer Pat Boone. It held No. 1 position on Billboard Hot 100 chart for 10 consecutive weeks in 1977 & topped Record World magazine's Top 100 Singles Chart for a record 13 weeks. (Lyrics).

[Verse 1]
So many nights
I'd sit by my window
Waiting for someone
To sing me his song

So many dreams
I've kept deep inside me
Alone in the dark
But now you've come along

[Chorus]
And you
Light up my life
You give me hope
To carry on
You light up my days
And fill my nights
With song

[Verse 2]
Rolling at sea
Adrift on the water
Could it be finally
I'm turning for home?
Finally, a chance
To say, "Hey, I love you,"
Never again
To be all alone
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[Chorus] x2

[Outro]
It can't be wrong
When it feels so right
'Cause you
You light up my life