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The one I love - Mike McClellan


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There are some lyrics that I remember from MANY years ago and I'm trying to find out what song they're from. Usually I can find these things fairly easily just by searching on the net but not this time.

The lyrics I remember are, "The one I love, shines like silver, the one I love..."

If anyone knows the song and who sings it, please let me know.

Thanks

Steve

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Immediately I thouhgt of a song from Les Miserables that I remember Katie Holmes singing in an episode of Dawson's Creek. Although, she doesn't sing about her love shining like silver, it just reminded me of it straight away.

Even if it's not the right song, I'm posting the lyrics as it is such a moving piece...

On my own (from Les Miserables)

And now I'm all alone again

Nowhere to go no one to turn to,

Did not want your money sir

I came out here coz i was told to

And now the night is near

Now I can make believe he's here.

Sometimes I walk alone at night

When everybody else is sleeping

I think of him and then I'm happy

With the company I'm keeping

The city goes to bed

And I can live inside my head.

On my own

Pretending he's beside me

All alone, I walk with him till morning

Without him

I feel his arms around me

And when I lose my way I close my eyes

And he has found me

In the rain the pavement shines like silver

All the lights are misty in the river

In the darkness, the trees are full of starlight

And all I see is him and me for ever and forever

And I know it's only in my mind

That I'm talking to myself and not to him

And although I know that he is blind

Still I say, there's a way for us

I love him

But when the night is over

He is gone, the river's just a river

Without him the world around me changes

The trees are bare and everywhere

The streets are full of strangers

I love him

But every day I'm learning

All my life I've only been pretending

Without me his world will go on turning

A world that's full of happiness

That I have never known!

I love him

I love him

I love him

But only on my own.

I'll keep looking for the one you're after :thumbsup: Do you have any more information on it so we can narrow the search down? Perhaps years, male/female/group, pop somg, rock song, ballad? It'll help alot and hopefully we'll find it for you :)

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i love the individual songs from les mis but the actual show was disappointing i thought! we have a stage singer and actor michael sands in cork, who was in les mis a few years back. he's a good friend of mine and the last two summers running i've had parties which ended with him singing songs from les mis in my kitchen at seven am. he's incredible. one of my best friend's does a stunning version of on my own - beautiful song - and last summer she sang a gentle fall of rain with michael. it was amazing!!

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Hi earth-angel

Yes, that is a nice song, especially since I am a bit of a Les Mis fan as well.

Thanks very much for your willingness to help. Unfortunately I can't remember much else except that I think the line "soft like moonlight" is in it as well. I imagine it would most likely be from the 70s (but possibly earlier) and it is very much in the Air Supply style of romantic pop song. I thought it might actually be an Air Supply song at first but it doesn't appear to be.

Thanks again

Steve

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  • 11 months later...

Hi Steve!

I too am looking for the complete lyrics of the song which contains partly "the one I love shines like silver ..." I saw your posting (which I noticed later on was almost a year ago) through Google search.

Anyway, here are some parts of the song, as far as I can remember (the dots indicate the missing parts):

The one I love

Shines like silver

The one I love

Glows like moonlight

The one I love

Warm like sunshine

The one I love

....

I don't care for diamonds

And I lead a quiet life

..... in a trance

It's not easy

For me to say I do

..... out loud

I'm standing right before you

Feel like a fool

Never find the right words to say

Lord, listen

To the last dance of the night

The one I love

....

Hoping we can finally complete the lyrics of this beautiful song.

Regards,

Roger

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The song is "The One I Love" by Australian artist Mike McClellan, from the 1980 album "Laughing in the Dark".

It is also available on a 2 CD set released in 2001 by EMI Music, called "Time and Time Again -

The Best Of The Song And Dance Man"

Sorry...I am a brand new user and havent quite figured how to properly navigate this site yet.

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  • 2 months later...

Hi all... I am new to this forum but I just wanted to add the lyrics for this song - as best as I can decipher them - I heard it on the radio today and I really like it.

Mike McClellan - The One I Love

I don't care for dancing and I'm not much for talk

At least I've never been that way

I know it's not easy to understand my ways

And there's so much I oughta say

When I'm standing right before you, I feel like a fool

Blinded by the light in his eyes

No the love light steals the dark night of it's soul

And the one I love she shines like silver

The one I love she glows like moonlight

The one I love is warm like sunshine

The one I love

Yes, the one I love she shines like silver

The one I love she glows like moonlight

The one I love is warm like sunshine

The one I love

I don't care for parties and I like the quiet life

And I've never felt at ease in a crowd

I've never found it easy to live the way I do

Sometimes the songs are the only time I think out loud

When I'm standing right before you I feel like a fool

Who never finds the right words to say

No, this chance goes with the last dance of the night

The one I love she shines like silver

The one I love she glows like moonlight

The one I love is warm like sunshine

The one I love

When I'm standing right before you I feel like a fool

Who never finds the right words to say

No, this chance goes with the last dance of the night

The one I love she shines like silver

The one I love she glows like moonlight

The one I love is warm like sunshine

The one I love

Yes, one I love she shines like silver

The one I love she glows like moonlight

The one I love is warm like sunshine

The one I love

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