More Than a Feeling Lyrics
I looked out this morning and the sun was gone
Turned on some music to start my day
I lost myself in a familiar song
I closed my eyes and I slipped away
[Chorus]
It's more than a feeling (More than a feeling)
When I hear that old song they used to play (More than a feeling)
And I begin dreaming (More than a feeling)
'Til I see Marianne walk away
[Post-Chorus]
I see my Marianne walkin' away
[Verse 2]
So many people have come and gone
Their faces fade as the years go by
Yet I still recall as I wander on
As clear as the sun in the summer sky
[Chorus]
It's more than a feeling (More than a feeling)
When I hear that old song they used to play (More than a feeling)
And I begin dreaming (More than a feeling)
'Til I see Marianne walk away
I see my Marianne walkin' away
[Guitar Solo]
[Verse 3]
When I'm tired and thinking cold
I hide in my music, forget the day
And dream of a girl I used to know
I closed my eyes and she slipped away
She slipped away
[Chorus]
It's more than a feeling (More than a feeling)
When I hear that old song they used to play (More than a feeling)
And I begin dreaming (More than a feeling)
'Til I see Marianne walk away
[Instrumental Outro]
About
This is the first track off of Boston’s self-titled debut album, which describes the emotions that the singer is going through when he hears a particular song that takes him back to his memories of Marianne.
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Tom Scholz told Maximum Guitar:
There actually is a Marienne. She wasn’t my girlfriend … when I was a little kid, I think I was maybe eight or nine, I had a much older cousin who I thought was just the most beautiful girl that I’d ever seen.Her name was Marienne.
Epic flat out rejected it and sent me an insulting letter. I have that letter framed now, but it said that there was nothing new about this music, and they were in no way interested. Then later, someone went through the proper political channels with Epic and all of a sudden, they were interested. Still, we didn’t get signed until they heard ‘More Than a Feeling.’
- 1.Tell Me
- 2.Higher Power
- 3.More Than a Feeling
- 9.Party
- 11.Amanda
- 12.Rock & Roll Band
- 13.Smokin’
