I want to be everything to you
I wanna be your sunrise
your sunset too
let me be the one
oh, it’s just gotta be me
I’m only living to fulfill your every need
riding here above the clouds
it comes down clear to me
I want to be your god
but there is only one God
only one can satisfy us
there’s one who we must worship
only one love that unites us
one touch that makes us whole
only one hand leads us home
I’d give everything to keep you satisfied
I’d pledge my every waking hour
to keep you high
you could depend on me
to grant your every wish
nothing could go wrong
that my lovin’ couldn’t fix
I get so jealous
seeing someone else
I get so crazy wishing
you’d find love with me instead
but there is only one God
only one can satisfy us
there’s one who we must worship
only one love that unites us
one touch that makes us whole
only one hand leads us home
(instr)
you could depend on me
to grant your every wish
nothing could go wrong
that my lovin’ couldn’t fix
I get so jealous
seeing someone else
I get so crazy wishing
you’d find love with me instead
but there is only one God
only one can satisfy us
there’s one who we must worship
only one love that unites us
one touch that makes us whole
only one hand leads us home
Reviews
Beautiful song, Doug… and I love how that scene from Somewhere In Time inspired you to write it. The phenomena of Time Travel has always fascinated me and that movie is my favorite in that genre. 💕⏳ 🕰 —Jay E.
Super nice tune, Doug. Nice arrangement and production. —Kurt S.
The juxtaposition of our desire and our limitation/freedom is wonderful. And, “wonderknucks” puts the raw where it needs to be. You’ve got the emotional chops, Doug, and the music to make it speak!! Thank you! —Randy C.
Beautiful, thanks for the link! —Rick M.
Thank you for the backstory to this song! The chorus is magical. Stuck in my head, on repeat, magical! —Dina H. D.
Beautiful and very much true regarding a place where we all tend to go, when love becomes selfish and our egos take over. —John Y.
So true, beautiful words. ❤ —Maris M.
What an incredibly beautiful, moving song, Doug! This one is new to me; so glad you shared it. ❤️ —Frances P.
This is a great song, and you are an amazing singer! way to go, Doug! —Megan P.
2023 Notes
I performed this every once in a while back in the day, and usually introduced it with a reference to the movie Somewhere in Time. That’s because near the end of that 1980 fantasy romance (complete with prizewinning score by John Barry—and including music by Rachmaninoff), just before everything crashes and burns, there’s a scene where love-struck Richard Collier (Christopher Reeve) tells Elise McKenna (Jane Seymour), “I want to be everything to you.” The camera goes in for a closeup, complete with soft-focus lens (come to think of it, about every other scene in that movie is shot in soft focus). And from her perfect lips comes the declaration, “You are! You are everything to me.” Whereupon an overlooked contemporary coin shows up where it shouldn’t and they are torn from each other forever. You can bet that if things don’t work out in the movie version, it probably won’t work out in real life either.
I don’t believe we were ever meant to be everything to each other. First place was designed for our Creator, not a fellow creature. And whenever a human being takes over that top spot, it makes you want to be in their top spot, too, and then there’s no more room for God in the relationship at all. And that’s when the trouble really starts!
Even though I knew better, I let all this happen anyway, and this song is the evidence. So here’s what it felt like, and here’s what I learned (again)…
Music
Thank you, Dan Leonhardt, for helping bring this song to fruition with your incredible acoustic, electric, “bubble” guitar and lead electric tracks. And thanks for listening with that amazing ear of yours, Dina! As fate would have it, Dan sent me his tracks the night before I had to fly to Honolulu, so I had my first listen right where the song was inspired: on an airplane, above the clouds. And I loved them instantly (which is my usual response to hearing his tracks).
The image for this song is from a promotional photo session my beloved former producer, Mike Kuzma, did at my apartment in the early 80s (as you can see by the haircut and fashions!), around the time this song was written. I remember giving a copy to my Mom, but I don’t think I’ve ever used it for anything else up until now.