You Are Like the Song — A clearly adult beloved walks beside a Central Valley canal while an adult musician hears their movement echoed in birds, water and wind chimes

The songbook

You Are Like the Song

Words by Douglas Heyes Jr. Listen to the recorded versions and follow the lyric below.

Original Doug Heyes lyrics · AI-generated music & vocals

An ended relationship repeats in the narrator's mind like a song stuck in a record groove. Radio playlists and a motionless dance floor make his inability to move on tangible. He hopes for another tune, but the absent lover remains the melody that turns every night into the same sad refrain.

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Recorded versions

2 recordings. Different voices and arrangements bring another side of the song into the light.

Lyrics

You Are Like the Song

Words by Douglas Heyes Jr

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You are like the song
That keeps playing in my mind
I hear it playing all night long
Since you left me behind
I can’t say I blame you
It was just so unkind
Now you’re like the song
That keeps playing in my mind

You are like a melody
Another sad love song
How something completely right
Can go completely wrong
One I never thought I’d write
Before you came along
Now you are the melody
To another sad love song

Playing on the radio
Over and over again
Another late night music show
Countdown the top 10
You took away forever
When you went around the bend
I could be your lover
But I can’t be your friend

You are like the song
That keeps playing in my mind
I hear it playing all night long
Since you left me behind
I can’t say I blame you
It was just so unkind
Now you’re like the song
That keeps playing in my mind

I hope I do get over you
Hope it's coming soon
I’d like the music in my head
To play another tune
For now the record needle
Is stuck down in the groove
I want to dance but I just can’t
Get my feet to move

You are like the song
That keeps playing in my mind
I hear it playing all night long
Since you left me behind
I can’t say I blame you
It was just so unkind
Now you’re like the song
That keeps playing in my mind
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