Love Means Never Having To Say You're Sorry

"WHERE DO I BEGIN"

Music by Francis Lai. Words by Carl Sigman

Where Do I Begin to tell the story

of how great a love can be,

The sweet love story that is older than the sea,

The simple truth about the love she brings to me ?

Where do I start ?

With her first hello she gave a meaning

to this empty world of mine;

There'd never be another love, another time;

She came into my life and made the living fine.

She fills my heart,

she fills my heart with every special things,

with angel songs, with wild imaginings.

She fills my soul with so much love

that anywhere I go, I'm never lonely.

With her along, who could be lonely ?

I reach for her hand, it's always there.

How long does it last ?

Can love be measured by the hours in a day ?

I have no answers now, but this much I can say:

I know I'll need her till the stars all burn away

and she'll be there.

Love story often ends in tears, or even in tragedy.

"Love Story" 1970 film, as many of us had probably seen it,
is one of them.

Love Story (1970) (Extracted from Wikipedia):

“Love Story” is a 1970 romantic drama film written by Erich Segal

and directed by Arthur Hiller. The film, well-known as a tragedy,

is considered one of the most romantic of all time by the American

Film Institute.

Erich Segal originally wrote the screenplay and sold it to Paramount.

While the movie was being produced, Paramount wanted Segal to

write a novel to help pre-publicize the release of the movie

Valentine's Day. When the novel came out, it became a best seller

on its own in advance of the movie.

Two memorable lines from the film have entered popular culture:

"What can you say about a twenty-five year old girl who died?

That she was beautiful and brilliant. That she loved Mozart and

Bach. The Beatles. And me."

"Love Means Never Having To Say You're Sorry."

In 1970 Francis Lai won the Academy Award for Best Music,

Original Score and the Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score

for the film Love Story. In the United States, the soundtrack album

went to No. 2 in the Billboard album charts and the film's theme,

"Where Do I Begin" was a hit single with lyrics by Carl Sigman for

traditional pop singer Andy Williams.

Francis Lai also wrote the music for the 1978 Love Story sequel

titled Oliver's Story.

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Love Means Never Having To Say You're Sorry.

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In memory of my sister-in-law, a lovely wife and proud mother.


Yeh Tze