美國靈魂樂夫人［艾瑞莎富蘭克林］──成人流行／靈魂抒情曲──［Someone Elses Eyes／別人的眼睛］

This is my life and its my right to live

The way I want to live each day

Thats what I wanna say

And this is my song

And for too long I sang someone elses melody

It wasnt really me

Somehow I took myself for granted

In someone elses eyes

I saw reflections of a girl I was who caught me by surprise

Seein a woman whos defined by you, I never realized

I cant love you, I cant love me through someone elses eyes

You were the sun, I was the one who just

Revolved around you day and night

You were my only life but if I were free

Baby, Id take control of everything inside of me

Find who I wanna be

Id never take myself for granted

In someone elses eyes

I saw reflections of a girl I was who caught me by surprise

Seein a woman whos defined by you, I never realized

I cant love you, I cant love me in someone elses eyes

I gotta show myself I can still exist without a man

Gotta finally take control, gotta see myself as whole with you

Though youre not the one to blame, I was lost inside your name

And Ill never be the same till I find a way back home again

In someone elses eyes

I saw reflections of a girl I was who caught me by surprise

Seein a woman whos defined by you, I never realized

When I, I cant, I and I will not, you cant make me

Ooh, someone elses eyes, ooh, baby, baby, baby

Till I find a way back home again

Through someone elses eyes

I saw reflections of a girl I was, hey, caught me by surprise

Seein a woman whos defined by you, I never realized

I cant love you, I cant love you through someone elses eyes, ooh

Someone elses eyes, no baby, ooh

Someone elses eyes, cant do it, I cant do it

I, I love you, sweet baby, I wanna be with you, baby

Through someones elses eyes, ooh

Someone elses eyes, oh, baby

Oh yeah, someone elses eyes

I wanna be by your side

God havent you heard this ladys cry?

１９９１年６月　４９歲的美國靈魂樂夫人艾瑞莎富蘭克林（Aretha Franklin）發行大碟［What You Get Is What You Sweat／淋漓盡致］（Arista唱片）

但反應不佳　只拿到美國Billboard專輯榜＃５３　副榜──R&B榜＃２８　至今只賣出１８萬張, 創下成名後新低（除兩張成名前在哥倫比亞公司灌錄的舊輯新發外）

至於發行的幾首單曲完全沒打入流行單曲榜, 這還是１２年來首次出現

可說是艾瑞莎事業另一商業低點

首支主打［Everyday People／普通人］並沒入Billboard單曲榜, 但升到副榜──R&B榜＃１３　舞曲榜＃３３

第二主打［Someone Elses Eyes／別人的眼睛］

由Burt Bacharach＆Carole Bayer Sager夫妻檔和Bruce Roberts譜寫

並製作成一首成人流行／靈魂抒情曲, 艾瑞莎的詮釋溫婉迷人

可富蘭克林的聲勢持續下滑, ［Someone Elses Eyes］也沒打入Billboard單曲榜

只拿到副榜──R&B榜＃５３

不過這是首動聽的抒情佳作, 彼時艾瑞莎宣傳演唱的狀況亦十分良好

Audio

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jSLilNlxzw0

MDA Telethon

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O-tx68LLYKI

1991 live

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v_OOU0lvl9Y

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GexLTqmoFb4

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JsrkJ_zk34U