Have You Seen Her

Album: (For God's Sake) Give More Power to the People (1971)
Charted: 3 3
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  • Ah ah ah ah ah ah
    Ooh
    Ah ah ah ah ah ah
    Ooh

    A one month ago today
    I was happy as a lark
    But now I go for walks
    To the movies, maybe to the park
    I have a seat on the same old bench
    To watch the children play
    You know tomorrow is their future
    But for me just another day
    Well, they all gather 'round me, huh
    They seem to know my name
    Well, we laugh, tell a few jokes
    But it still doesn't ease my pain
    Well, I know I can't hide from a memory
    Though day after day I've tried
    I keep sayin' she'll be back
    But today again I've lied

    Oh, I see her face everywhere I go
    On the street and even at the picture show
    Have you seen her
    Tell me have you seen her
    Oh, I hear her voice as the cold winds blow
    In the sweet music on my radio
    Have you seen her
    Tell me have you seen her
    Why, oh, why
    Did she have to leave and go away, oh yeah
    Oh, I've been used to havin' someone to lean on
    And I'm lost, baby, I'm lost

    Oh, doo, doo, doo, doo, doo, doo, doo, doo
    Doo, doo, doo, doo, doo, doo, doo, doo
    Have you seen her
    Tell me have you seen her
    Oh, doo, doo, doo, doo, doo, doo, doo, doo
    Doo, doo, doo, doo, doo, doo, doo, doo
    Have you seen her
    Tell me have you seen her

    Oh, she left her kiss upon my lips
    But left that break within my heart
    Have you seen her
    Tell me have you seen her
    Oh, I see her hand reaching out to me
    Only she can set me free
    Have you seen her
    Tell me have you seen her
    Why, oh, why
    Did she have to leave and go away, oh yeah

    Oh, I've been used to havin' someone to lean on
    And I'm lost, baby, I'm lost
    Oh, doo, doo, doo, doo, doo, doo, doo, doo
    Doo, doo, doo, doo, doo, doo, doo, doo
    Have you seen her
    Tell me have you seen her
    Oh, doo, doo, doo, doo, doo, doo, doo, doo

    As another day comes to an end
    I'm lookin' for a letter or somethin' (doo, doo, doo, doo, doo, doo, doo, doo)
    Or anything that she would send (have you seen her?)
    With all the people I know, huh (tell me have you seen her?)
    I'm still a lonely man (oh)
    You know it's funny (doo, doo, doo, doo, doo, doo, doo, doo)
    But I thought I had her in the palm of my hand (doo, doo, doo, doo, doo, doo, doo, doo)
    (Have you seen her)
    Tell me have you seen her

    Oh doo, doo, doo, doo, doo, doo, doo, doo (oh yeah)
    Doo, doo, doo, doo, doo, doo, doo, doo
    Have you seen her (have you seen her)
    Tell me have you seen her (have you seen her)
    Have you seen her
    Tell me have you seen her
    Have you seen her (have you seen her)
    Tell me have you seen her (have you seen her) Writer/s: Daniel Schnabel, Konstantin Krannich, Lucas Coly
    Publisher: Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, TUNECORE INC
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

Comments: 12

  • Anonymous from Kenzingen, Baden WürttembergI lost my wife in May 2020. This is exactly how I feel.
  • Dan Olivero from Schaumburg, Il"Ya know, I thought I hand her in the palm of my hand." A man never knows...
  • T. from Santa Clara, CaAmazingly beautiful. I thought it was about a woman who was so furious with her man, she finally leaves. Now I think its about a couple who are so in love, nothing could tear them apart except....DEATH! This explains why he feels so "lost" and keeps "seeing her face everywhere he goes." (It also explains why my father says "he keeps seeing my mother.") Not uncommon with long-term marriages. Within a few years the other passes on because life isn't worth living anymore. "I thought I had her in the palm of my hand." The most awesome R & B song I ever heard. Makes me cry every time I hear it.
  • Jim from West Palm Beach, FlGreat song, but maybe even greater arrangement and production. Or maybe all three. :-)
  • Rick from Belfast, Methis song playing.....waltzing with your sweetie and the lights dimmed......mmmmmmmmmm......this is why the 70's was a great decade of music......still is!
  • Jedd from Savannah, GaI grew up on this music and loved this song,I was a child of the 60s and 70s and had quite a few heavy metal bands in the 80s in Hollywood , but this old great soulful awesome music is where it is at and will always be,I can shred on a guitar but I cant sing or harmonize or write like these guys could,Im listening to it right now ,BEST SONG EVER WRITTEN
  • John from Hamlin, Ny...wonderful, wonderful song.
    Just a classic!!!
  • Ken from Brighton, MiGreat R&B classic. I miss the great R&B songs from the 60s and 70s.
  • David from Youngstown, OhMusic doesn't get much better than this song.
  • Dave from Des Moines, IaIf you listen to the intro to this song with the volume up all the way, you can hear someone start "One month" about a half a second before the group begins with "One moth ago today"
  • Guy from Woodinville, WaYes, such an R&B classic! Perfectly recorded. I wish there were more R&B on this site.
  • Mike from Hueytown , AlI love the opening part of this song....Great Song
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