Words and music by Robbie Smith
Lately I’ve been thinking of someone
I never really knew
Lately I’ve been waking and wond’ring
And lately I’ve been blue
Lately I’ve been looking for someone else’s lovelight
In a stranger’s eyes
Lately I’ve been lost and lonely
Needing only love – the love that passed me by
Lately I’ve been waiting for someone
That looks a bit like you
Lately I’ve been playing old love songs
That lately sound like new
Lately I’ve been searching for one familiar flower
In a spring bouquet
Lately I’ve been back home wishing
Somehow missing the love – I lost along the way
Some songs are written overnight
Like dreams coming true
But this song has taken me a lifetime
To tell the world I still love you
Lately I’ve been saving sweet moments
Inside a lover’s dream
Lately I’ve been gazing at sunsets
That I only lately have I seen
Lately I’ve been looking for someone else’s lovelight
In a stranger’s eyes
Lately I’ve been lost and lonely
Needing only love – the love that passed me by
Needing only love – the love that passed me by
Needing only love – the kind of love that passed me by