I Go Crazy

Album

Singer Of Songs - Teller Of Tales

Label

Bang Records

Genre

Soul

Composer(s)

Paul Davis

Entered Chart

Aug 27, 1977

Peak Date

Mar 18, 1978

Released

Unknown

Recorded

Unknown

Catalog #

Bang 733

B-Side

Reggae Kinda Way

Written by Davis, this song finds him encountering and old flame. He didn't expect to see her, and all the old feelings come rushing back. He recounts the breakup, dredging up the awful memories of how she moved on to another man who "satisfies her mind." Seeing her again is unbearable, as he's nowhere near over her. Paul Davis enjoyed a long career as a singer/songwriter in pop, country and soul music from the late 1960s through the 1980s. This, probably his best-known song, blends all three genres. This song had an unusually long run in the US Top 40, taking almost five months to climb to #7 where it spent three weeks. Davis had a few other US Top 40 hits over the next few years, including a #6 with "'65 Love Affair" and a #1 Country hit with "You're Still New To Me" (a duet with Marie Osmond) in 1986 before retiring from the music business. Davis died of a heart attack at age 60 on April 22, 2008. >>

Hello girl it's been awhile
Guess you'll be glad to know
That I've learned how to laugh and smile

Getting over you was slow
They say old lovers can be good friends
But I never thought I'd really see you,
I'd really see you again

I go crazy
When I look in your eyes I still go crazy
No my heart just can't hide that old feelin' inside
Way deep down inside
Oh baby, you know when I look in your eyes I go crazy

You say he satisfies your mind
Tells you all of his dreams
I know how much that means to you

I realize that I was blind
Just when I thought I was over you
I see your face and it just ain't true
No it just ain't true

I go crazy
When I look in your eyes I still go crazy
That old flame comes alive, it starts burning inside
Way deep down inside
Oh baby, you know when I look in your eyes I go crazy

Oooh, oh ooh, oh

I go crazy
You know when I look in your eyes I go crazy
No my heart just can't hide that old feelin' inside
Way deep down inside
I go crazy