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How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved By You)

This version of How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved By You) was released by James Taylor in 1975.

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How sweet it is to be loved by you. How sweet it is to be loved by you.

I needed the shelter of someone’s arms and there you were.
I needed someone to understand my ups and downs and there you were.
With sweet love and devotion, deeply touching my emotion,
I want to stop and thank you baby. I want to stop and thank you baby.
How sweet it is to be loved by you. How sweet it is to be loved by you.

I close my eyes at night wondering where would I be without you in my life.
Everything I did was just a bore, everywhere I went it seems I’d been there before.
But you brighten up for me all of my days with a love so sweet in so many ways,
I want to stop and thank you baby, I just want to stop and thank you baby.
How sweet it is to be loved by you, feels so fine. How sweet it is to be loved by you.

You were better for me than I was for myself,
for me, there’s you and there ain’t nobody else,
I want to stop and thank you baby. I just want to stop and thank you baby, yes I do,
how sweet it is to be loved by you. How sweet it is to be loved by you.
Feels so fine, how sweet it is to be loved by you.
Just like jelly baby, oh yeah, how sweet it is to be loved by you.
Just like honey to the bee, babe, how sweet it is to be loved by you.

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The lyrics to How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved By You) are the words, verses and chorus for the song released by James Taylor in 1975. Elements of the lyrics to How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved By You) are both direct in meaning and also metaphorical with the real meanings of the song only known by James Taylor and any collaborating writers working on the lyrics for How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved By You) back when it was created.

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