Elizabeth

Album: Today (1983)
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  • Oh, Elizabeth, I long to see your pretty face
    I long to touch your lips, I long to feel your warm embrace
    Don't know if I could ever live my life without you
    Oh, Elizabeth, I'm sure missing you

    I remember when we shared a life together
    You gave me strength and love, and life that felt brand new
    And you're so far away, I have to say, I'm feeling blue
    Oh, Elizabeth, I'm sure missing you

    Oh, Elizabeth, I long to see your pretty face
    I long to touch your lips, I long to feel your warm embrace
    Don't know if I could ever live my life without you
    Oh, Elizabeth, I'm sure missing you

    Well, it's been said before that I've caused many heartaches
    And I wonder if that part's really true
    Be it right or wrong, it feels my heart will surely break
    Oh, Elizabeth, I hope you understand

    Oh, Elizabeth, I long to see your pretty face
    I long to touch your lips, I long to feel your warm embrace
    Don't know if I could ever live my life without you
    Oh, Elizabeth, I'm sure missing you

    Don't know if I could ever live my life without you
    Oh, Elizabeth I'm sure missing you
    Oh, Elizabeth Writer/s: Jimmy Fortune
    Publisher: Universal Music Publishing Group
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Comments: 4

  • Carl Baxley from Lakeland FlaThere is something about the song Elizabeth that makes me sad, somehow it makes my heart break when I hear it.
  • Barry from Sauquoit, NyHarold Reid, who sang bass for the Grammy-winning country group the Statler Brothers, died on Friday, April 24th, 2002 after a long battle with kidney failure. He was 80 years old...
    Between 1965 and 1990 the Staunton, Virginia group had sixty six records on the Billboard Country charts, thirty three made the Top 10 with four reaching #1, "Do You Know You Are My Sunshine" for two weeks in May 1978, "Elizabeth" for one week in March for 1984, "My Only Love" for one week in March of 1984, and "Too Much On My Heart" for one week in November of 1985...
    Founding member Lewis Calvin DeWitt passed away at the young age of 52 on August 15th, 1990 {Crohn's disease}...
    May both Mr. Reid and Mr. DeWitt R.I.P.
    * They just missing having three more #1 records when their "Flowers On The Wall" for four weeks in 1966, "Do You Remember These" for four weeks in 1972, and "Oh Baby Mine (I Get So Lonely)" for one week in 1983, all peaked at #2...
  • Patricia from IndianaI love this song, but cried eveytime I listened to it, thinking of my Mother who was. ELizabeth. Thanks for writing it Jimmy. Love the Statlers always.
  • Ginny White from Bay AreaLove this song. I first herd it years ago, but it took on a new meaning about 25, 26 years ago, when my second niece was supposed to be born. Her first name was Elizabeth. Sadly she died in the womb, a few days before she was to have been born. I have often wondered through the years, what she would have been like or what she would be doing. can't wait to meet her in heaven. wish I could tell Jimmy THANKS for this song, and for Name On A Wall.
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