Drink to Me Only With Thine Eyes
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๐ Lyrics
The reason I wanna sing this next song
Is because it has so many, and such a strong memories for me
I can see me when I was 17 years old
Standing in the end of the Dyess high school gimnasium
At a senior class graduation, I was a junior at the time
The next year I graduated
But I was a junior and they called on me to sing a special
They called it for the graduation, for the commitment exercises, so
I'm sorry, but I don't remember my piano player's name
It was a school teacher, she played a piano and I sang this song
This is... I guess this is when I was looking for myself
But I never forgot it
Because it was one of my first public singing occasions
And I've sang this song mainly to myself
Ever since I was 17 years old because of those memories
I suppose this song is Elisabehean
The words sound like King James version of the bible
Drink to me only with thine eyes
And I will pledge with mine
Or leave a kiss within the cup
And I'll not ask for wine
A thirst that from the soul doth rise
Doth ask a drink divine
But might I of Jove's nectar sip
I would not change for thine
I sent thee late a rosy wreath
Not so much hon'ring thee
As giving it a hope that there
It could not withered be
But thou thereon did'st only breathe
And sent'st it back to me
Since when it grows and smells, I swear
Not of itself, but thee
Drink to me only with thine eyes
And I will pledge with mine
Or leave a kiss within the cup
And I'll not ask for wine
The thirst that from the soul doth rise
Doth ask a drink divine
But might I of Jove's nectar sip
I would not change for thine
Is because it has so many, and such a strong memories for me
I can see me when I was 17 years old
Standing in the end of the Dyess high school gimnasium
At a senior class graduation, I was a junior at the time
The next year I graduated
But I was a junior and they called on me to sing a special
They called it for the graduation, for the commitment exercises, so
I'm sorry, but I don't remember my piano player's name
It was a school teacher, she played a piano and I sang this song
This is... I guess this is when I was looking for myself
But I never forgot it
Because it was one of my first public singing occasions
And I've sang this song mainly to myself
Ever since I was 17 years old because of those memories
I suppose this song is Elisabehean
The words sound like King James version of the bible
Drink to me only with thine eyes
And I will pledge with mine
Or leave a kiss within the cup
And I'll not ask for wine
A thirst that from the soul doth rise
Doth ask a drink divine
But might I of Jove's nectar sip
I would not change for thine
I sent thee late a rosy wreath
Not so much hon'ring thee
As giving it a hope that there
It could not withered be
But thou thereon did'st only breathe
And sent'st it back to me
Since when it grows and smells, I swear
Not of itself, but thee
Drink to me only with thine eyes
And I will pledge with mine
Or leave a kiss within the cup
And I'll not ask for wine
The thirst that from the soul doth rise
Doth ask a drink divine
But might I of Jove's nectar sip
I would not change for thine
โฑ๏ธ Synced Lyrics
[00:00.12] The reason I wanna sing this next song
[00:01.73] Is because it has so many, and such a strong memories for me
[00:07.23] I can see me when I was 17 years old
[00:09.38] Standing in the end of the Dyess high school gimnasium
[00:13.25] At a senior class graduation, I was a junior at the time
[00:17.19] The next year I graduated
[00:19.34] But I was a junior and they called on me to sing a special
[00:23.59] They called it for the graduation, for the commitment exercises, so
[00:27.87] I'm sorry, but I don't remember my piano player's name
[00:30.68] It was a school teacher, she played a piano and I sang this song
[00:34.98] This is... I guess this is when I was looking for myself
[00:39.00] But I never forgot it
[00:40.23] Because it was one of my first public singing occasions
[00:44.57] And I've sang this song mainly to myself
[00:48.16] Ever since I was 17 years old because of those memories
[00:51.96] I suppose this song is Elisabehean
[00:54.71] The words sound like King James version of the bible
[01:00.14] Drink to me only with thine eyes
[01:06.32] And I will pledge with mine
[01:12.97] Or leave a kiss within the cup
[01:17.71] And I'll not ask for wine
[01:25.05] A thirst that from the soul doth rise
[01:29.58] Doth ask a drink divine
[01:33.93] But might I of Jove's nectar sip
[01:39.49] I would not change for thine
[01:44.32]
[01:49.35] I sent thee late a rosy wreath
[01:55.56] Not so much hon'ring thee
[02:01.71] As giving it a hope that there
[02:06.88] It could not withered be
[02:12.97] But thou thereon did'st only breathe
[02:18.79] And sent'st it back to me
[02:25.12] Since when it grows and smells, I swear
[02:30.90] Not of itself, but thee
[02:37.32] Drink to me only with thine eyes
[02:42.99] And I will pledge with mine
[02:49.16] Or leave a kiss within the cup
[02:54.62] And I'll not ask for wine
[03:00.73] The thirst that from the soul doth rise
[03:06.45] Doth ask a drink divine
[03:12.70] But might I of Jove's nectar sip
[03:18.51] I would not change for thine
[03:26.84]
[00:01.73] Is because it has so many, and such a strong memories for me
[00:07.23] I can see me when I was 17 years old
[00:09.38] Standing in the end of the Dyess high school gimnasium
[00:13.25] At a senior class graduation, I was a junior at the time
[00:17.19] The next year I graduated
[00:19.34] But I was a junior and they called on me to sing a special
[00:23.59] They called it for the graduation, for the commitment exercises, so
[00:27.87] I'm sorry, but I don't remember my piano player's name
[00:30.68] It was a school teacher, she played a piano and I sang this song
[00:34.98] This is... I guess this is when I was looking for myself
[00:39.00] But I never forgot it
[00:40.23] Because it was one of my first public singing occasions
[00:44.57] And I've sang this song mainly to myself
[00:48.16] Ever since I was 17 years old because of those memories
[00:51.96] I suppose this song is Elisabehean
[00:54.71] The words sound like King James version of the bible
[01:00.14] Drink to me only with thine eyes
[01:06.32] And I will pledge with mine
[01:12.97] Or leave a kiss within the cup
[01:17.71] And I'll not ask for wine
[01:25.05] A thirst that from the soul doth rise
[01:29.58] Doth ask a drink divine
[01:33.93] But might I of Jove's nectar sip
[01:39.49] I would not change for thine
[01:44.32]
[01:49.35] I sent thee late a rosy wreath
[01:55.56] Not so much hon'ring thee
[02:01.71] As giving it a hope that there
[02:06.88] It could not withered be
[02:12.97] But thou thereon did'st only breathe
[02:18.79] And sent'st it back to me
[02:25.12] Since when it grows and smells, I swear
[02:30.90] Not of itself, but thee
[02:37.32] Drink to me only with thine eyes
[02:42.99] And I will pledge with mine
[02:49.16] Or leave a kiss within the cup
[02:54.62] And I'll not ask for wine
[03:00.73] The thirst that from the soul doth rise
[03:06.45] Doth ask a drink divine
[03:12.70] But might I of Jove's nectar sip
[03:18.51] I would not change for thine
[03:26.84]