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Jennifer Holliday
Loretta Devine
Ben Harney & Sheryl Lee Ralph
Jennifer Holliday
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“When I First Saw You” centers on the character Deena’s desire to break free and be something more and her lover and manager Curtis’s refusal to let her go, and takes place after Deena expresses her frustrations to Curtis of him always deciding “what’s right and wrong for her” and not seeing her for...
[Verse 1: CURTIS]
When I first saw you
I said, "Oh my."
I said, "Oh my, that's a dream, that's a dream."
I needed a dream when it all seemed to go bad
Then I found you
And I have had the most beautiful dreams
Any man's ever had
[Verse 2: CURTIS]
When I first saw you
I said, "Oh my
Oh my, that's my dream, that's my dream."
I needed a dream to make me strong
You were the only reason I've had to go on
[Chorus: CURTIS]
You are my dream
All the things I never knew
You are my dream
Who could believe they could ever come true?
And who could bеlieve the world would bеlieve in my dreams too?
[Verse 3: DEENA]
There comes a time when the child's got to grow
There comes a time when the woman's got to go
Mama said I am special
She said I've got to prove I am just as good
I'm even better than
[Pre-Chorus: DEENA & CURTIS]
That's what she would say
That's what she would say
"Shine, Deena, shine"
"Shine, Deena, shine"
"Shine, Deena, shine"
You're gonna shine
And I'm gonna shine
[Chorus: DEENA & CURTIS]
You are my dream
Now I've got dreams of my own
All the things I could never be
Dreams you've never known
You are my dream
They'll never take my dream from me
[Outro: CURTIS]
When I first saw you
I said, "Oh my, oh my
That's my dream."
When I First Saw You was written by Tom Eyen & Henry Krieger.
When I First Saw You was produced by David Foster.
Ben Harney released When I First Saw You on Wed Apr 14 1982.