It’s not the way she smiles at me
It’s not the way she keeps me warm
It’s not the way she’d walk miles for me
It’s not the way she takes my arm
It’s not the way she softly sings
It’s not the way she twists and shouts
‘cause if it was any of these things
I wouldn’t have a thing to be uneasy about
What she really feels about me
She keeps so well hidden, I just can’t see
She makes me wanna shout Hey, what’s gonna be?!?
What she really feels about me
I like the way she whispers in my ear
I like the way she holds me so tight
I like the way she wants me hear
But there’s a feeling inside me that something’s not right
What she really feels about me ...
I creep into her house stealthily in the dark
I make my way down the hall to her and her lips
I know I’ve found the secret passage to her heart
I know it’s a special relationship
But the lights are out is something wrong?
No, it’s always like this, I suppose
We’ve been doing this for oh so long
But when I reach the end of the passageway the door is closed
What she really feels about me ...
©2023 The Hesh Inc.
This song dates back to 1986, when I was doing my army service but wasn't involved in any relationship on the "outside." I was busy writing a whole bunch of "relationship songs"—some about people I had been or wanted to be involved with, others about no one in particular. This is one of those that fell into the latter category. Musically, it has me wearing my Toto influence on my sleeve, as it were, specifically "Hold the Line" and "Stranger in Town." Never recorded or performed. (Incidentally, the "Hey" in the chorus was originally the Yiddish/Russian/Hebrew expression "Nu?" ... think of how an exasperated teacher or sergeant might yell, "נו, מה יהיה?!?" but I figured that wouldn't fly in an English-language pop song.)