An English version of Gilbert Bécaud's French song Je t'appartiens, made famous by the Everly Brothers in 1960 and recorded by Dylan for Self Portrait.
The words
A tender plea from a lover who asks to be the one person their beloved always turns to.
The song is a vow of devotion: the singer asks to be the one who stays by his love's side for good, offering faithfulness above everything. It is gentle and earnest, without any hint of irony. Dylan sings it softly with female backing voices, in the smooth style he adopted around Nashville Skyline. His version is a straight, affectionate tribute to a well-loved standard rather than a reinvention of it.
Words by Pierre Delanoë and Mann Curtis
Lyrics on bobdylan.com ↗Listen
The words
A tender plea from a lover who asks to be the one person their beloved always turns to.
The song is a vow of devotion: the singer asks to be the one who stays by his love's side for good, offering faithfulness above everything. It is gentle and earnest, without any hint of irony. Dylan sings it softly with female backing voices, in the smooth style he adopted around Nashville Skyline. His version is a straight, affectionate tribute to a well-loved standard rather than a reinvention of it.
Words by Pierre Delanoë and Mann Curtis
Lyrics on bobdylan.com ↗The same year · 1970
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