Album: Firefall (1976)

Charted: 9

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• You are the woman that I've always dreamed of
  I knew it from the start
  I saw your face and that's the last I've seen of my heart
  
  It's not so much the things you say to me
  It's not the things you do
  It's how I feel each time you're close to me
  That keeps me close to you, whoa, oh
  
  You are the woman that I've always dreamed of
  I knew it from the start
  I saw your face and that's the last I've seen of my heart
  
  It's not so much your pretty face I see
  It's not the clothes you wear
  It's more that special way you look at me
  That always keeps me there, whoa, oh
  
  You are the woman that I've always dreamed of
  I knew it from the start
  I saw your face and that's the last I've seen of my heart
  
  It's hard to tell you all the love I'm feelin'
  That's just not my style
  You got a way of send my senses rellin'
  Every time you smile, whoa
  
  You are the woman that I've always dreamed of
  I knew it from the start
  I saw your face and that's the last I've seen of my heart
  
  I saw your face and that's the last I've seen of my heart
  Of my heart, ooh, of my heart Writer/s: Rick Roberts
  Publisher: Universal Music Publishing Group
  Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

Comments: 6

• Just Saying from New MexicoWhat a ruse! The song was written by Ron Carter who received royalties under the table until his death. Ron never made it with a name band. He also swore never to use the funds except to help others. That promise was to the woman he always dreamed of, Pearl Carter.
• Crowbie from Illinoisto Aiken Nutz: i just found out it's a sound made by rubbing a wet finger across the top of a conga. also known as a "moose call". there's a video on youtube. yep, that's the sound.
• Aiken Nutz from Tahlequah OkEver since this song charted in 1976 I've wondered if there is someone murmuring or moaning in the background. On a new FM Oldies station in my area, they play the song quite often and I still hear a sound like a woman saying "mmmm" "mmm" behind the vocalist. Am I going insane? Can anyone else hear this sound?
• Barry from Sauquoit, NyOn August 15th 1976, "You Are The Woman" by Firefall entered Billboard's Hot Top 100 chart on position #82; and on October 17th, 1976 it peaked at #9 {for 2 weeks} and spent 22 weeks on the Top 100...
  It reached #6 on Billboard's Adult Contemporary Tracks chart...
  Between 1976 and 1981 the Boulder, Colorado quintet had ten Top 100 records; after "You Are The Woman" their next two biggest hits just missed making the Top 10, "Just Remember I Love You" and "Strange Way" both peaked at #11 on the Top 100.
• Miles from Vancouver, CanadaI can't stand this song. Makes the Eagles sound like AC/DC. (Plus, I'm 27 and I've never had a significant other. Why?)
• Earl from Coldwater, MiThis song came out the year I started dating the woman who eventualy became my wife. I had forgotten about it for many years, but it means more to me now after 35 years together with her. Nice song.

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