Written for the 1957 film The Joker Is Wild, it won the Academy Award for Best Original Song.
The words
A promise of love that holds nothing back and lasts through good times and bad.
The singer offers a love that holds nothing back, promising devotion that will last through good fortune and hard times alike. The verses explain what such love asks of a person, steady and unconditional rather than half-hearted, and the song builds gently toward its title as a final pledge. Dylan's aged voice gives the romantic standard a thoughtful, lived-in quality, backed by a small, quiet band in place of the big orchestra of earlier versions.
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The words
A promise of love that holds nothing back and lasts through good times and bad.
The singer offers a love that holds nothing back, promising devotion that will last through good fortune and hard times alike. The verses explain what such love asks of a person, steady and unconditional rather than half-hearted, and the song builds gently toward its title as a final pledge. Dylan's aged voice gives the romantic standard a thoughtful, lived-in quality, backed by a small, quiet band in place of the big orchestra of earlier versions.
Lyrics on bobdylan.com ↗The same year · 2016
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