Everytime I hear this song makes me so sad, Remembering my dad died 2006 and my mom left alone.She says it's hard to be alone. Mom was thankfulul to God, she had us her children, now many grandchildren.
I listened to this song 11 years ago I'm just 27 years old then and still have my parent with me I still feel so sad but now I'm 38 and he's dead it has double the pain.
Leaving me to doubt, all about God and His mercy For if He really does exist, Why did He desert me In my hour of need? I truly am indeed, Alone Again Naturally. R.I.P. We'll soon be reunited.
"Leaving me to doubt LOVE and its mercies " in this version. The lyrics printed on the screen are the original Gilbert O'Sullivan in more than one place.
AWESOME!! I heard the original last week, and in the back of my mind I recalled Vonda Shepard's version on "Ally McBeal". Did a search, and I'm glad I wasn't mistaken.
😊what a blessing! 😅I can paint read meditate sleep eat my favorite foods dance swim run read 😊 it is all for my own good! You don't need to run after people just become harmonious and they will run after you😂🎉😊
The Gilbert O’Sullivan original was ubiquitous when I was in jr high. This is a nice version. I notice she doesn’t want to say God, but then she anthropomorphizes Love. Odd distinction.
I really relate to this song. In my experiences I am 28 which makes me feel old and even though I don't like to admit this but I have autism and I really do struggle with general life, initiative, and being completely afraid of personal things but I mostly resent the fact that I feel that loads of certain people (celebraties or people young than me) have successed to have certain things that I truly want but I can never have it because I don't know how to do it and I always feel like this complete outsider who doesn't belong. I'm sorry its sounds all self pitying junk but I am only describing what it is like that is all.😭😭😞😞💔💔
Second time listening to the song, and I noticed she says, “If love really does exist”. In the original it’s, “if god really does exist”. I wonder if Vonda Shepherd is religious and that’s why she didn’t sing the same lyric. Or maybe she didn’t want to make people angry. Maybe she song it this way just to be different. But she did do a really good job. I just wonder what the story there is.
I love this song and this is an interesting version with a deep haunting intro. but, the lyrics on the screen here do not match what Ms. Shepard is singing at many points. as if they did them from the Shirley Bassey version and just moved them over here.
Not an original Vonda Shepard song. It's a cover. A good cover. This was a number #1 hit for Irish singer-songwriter Gilbert O'Sullivan (1972). The song was covered by many, many artists. He was not a one-hit-wonder either -- he had hits with "Clair," & "Get Down." (All total -- he charted worldwide 16 top 40 hits). But this was what he was famous for. It played all over the radio that year -- along with Procol Harum's live "Conquistador," & Alice Cooper's "Billion Dollar Babies." It was quite a summer of memorable hits.
The lyrics are really hard to read at times and they're not even correct. It's "leaving me to doubt LOVE and its mercies" also the genders are different from the original " HE stood HER up, no point in us remaining. Maybe just remove the lyrics, since they're really hard to read, and in at least two places wrong but video is nice.
Interesting that she changed the words at 2:11 but not at 3:53. Sounds like someone who doesn't want to acknowledge God until she needs Heaven. My understanding is that it doesn't work that way.
" God rest her soul" is an expression that plenty of people use not meaning it literally. They don't necessarily believe in any god. Just like " my God that's tough he stood her up" "Leaving me to doubt LOVE and its mercies " makes more sense for the show, and is an easy change to make. Changing the other verse would be much harder, and pretty much pointless.
I get that people often say things like that regardless of their beliefs. I doubt the singer made the change… I think it was probably for the show. My original reason for commenting is still true (for me).
