The Way He Makes Me Feel

Album: Yentl Soundtrack (1983)
Charted: 40
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  • There's no chill and yet I shiver
    There's no flame and yet I burn
    I'm not sure what I'm afraid of
    And yet I'm trembling

    There's no storm yet I hear thunder
    And I'm breathless, why I wonder?
    Weak one moment,
    Then the next I'm fine

    I feel as if I'm falling ev'ry time
    I close my eyes
    And flowing through my body
    Is a river of surprise
    Feelings are awakening
    I hardly recognize
    As mine!

    What are all these new sensations?
    What's the secret they reveal?
    I'm not sure I understand
    But I like the way I feel.

    Oh, why is it that ev'ry time
    I close my eyes he's there
    The water shining on his skin
    The sunlight in his hair?
    And all the while I'm thinking things
    That I can never share
    With him

    I'm a bundle of confusion
    Yes it has a strange appeal
    Did it all begin with him
    And the way he makes me feel?
    I like the way he makes me feel. Writer/s: ALAN BERGMAN, MARILYN BERGMAN, MICHEL LEGRAND
    Publisher: BMG Rights Management, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
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Comments: 2

  • Chris Y from New York, NyI do not completely agree with the comment made by Jerry from Brooklyn, NY. As a classically trained musician, I see much brilliance in Legrand's score and as for lyrics, yes, a couple of songs may be a bit pedestrian but beautiful poetry in others such as Where Is It Written and A Piece of Sky.
  • Jerry from Brooklyn, NyYes, the movie was a kind of vanity project -- Striesand was in virtually every scene and she was the only one who sang anything. The movie would have been vastly improved if the tedious and often pretentious songs were dropped. It is a rather intriguing story of cultural differences, but the music is just plain awful, and the lyrics from the usually reliable Alan and Marilyn Bergman are pedestrian at best and often rather silly.
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