英國歌姬［達絲蒂史賓絲菲爾］──流行抒情名曲──［I Close My Eyes and Count to Ten／我閉上眼數到十］

(Clive Westlake)

It isnt the way that you look

And it isnt the way that you talk

It isnt the things that you say or do

Make me want you so

It is nothing to do with the wine

Or the music thats flooding my mind

But never before have I been so sure

Youre the someone I dreamed I would find

Its the way you make me feel

The moment I am close to you

Its a feeling so unreal

Somehow I cant believe its true

The pounding I feel in my heart

The hoping that well never part

I cant believe this is really happening to me

I close my eyes and count to ten

And when I open them youre still here

I close my eyes and count again

I cant believe it but youre still here

We were strangers a moment ago

With a few dreams but nothing to show

The world was a place

With a frown on its face

And tomorrow was just, I dont know

But the way you make me feel

The moment I am close to you

Makes today seem so unreal

Somehow I cant believe its true

Tomorrow will you still be here?

Tomorrow will come but I fear

That what is happening to me

Is only a dream

I close my eyes and count to ten

And when I open them youre still here

I close my eyes and count again

I cant believe it but youre still here

I close my eyes and count to ten

And when I open them youre still here

Songwriters: CLIVE WESTLAKE

I Close My Eyes And Count To Ten lyrics © Warner/Chappell Music, Inc.

１９６８年夏天  ２９歲的英國白人靈魂歌姬達絲蒂．史賓絲菲爾（Dusty Springfield）發行單曲［I Close My Eyes and Count to Ten／我閉上眼數到十］, 由Phillips唱片出版

此曲英倫製作人Clive Westlake譜寫／製作

是首流行抒情曲

達絲蒂以輕靈魂的唱腔展現其沙啞綿軟嗓音的魅力

［I Close My Eyes and Count to Ten］登上英國榜＃４　成為史賓絲菲爾事業最成功的單曲之一

在美國, 因為１９６８年６月達絲蒂與Atlantic唱片簽約

因此［I Close My Eyes and Count to Ten］成為她在老東家Phillips唱片於新大陸出版的最後一首單曲

不過美國反應不佳, 並沒打入Billboard單曲榜　只拿到榜外的＃１２２

國際方面：愛爾蘭＃６　西德＃４０　澳大利亞＃６７

［I Close My Eyes and Count to Ten］沒收在史賓絲菲爾任何一張錄音室大碟

但收在她許多精選輯中

此後也被許多歌手翻唱過

Audio

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SUfhvCgu2ss

Mono Version

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ltn_PQn6YZA

TV

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ByqXqz7Tvqo　

TOTP

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GumP37XZ8SY

1979 Royal Albert Hall

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dl7GZJeNfI4

Live

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wfBn5IJgP0o