Eye In The Sky – Song Lyric Sunday – Yacht Rock
Thanks to Jim Adams for hosting this musical challenge each week.
To join in today’s challenge, and also see other entries just click this link below:
https://jimadamsauthordotcom.wordpress.com/2023/02/04/smooth-music/
This week the theme is to find Yacht Rock songs which was suggested by John Holton of The Sound of One Hand Typing.
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I was surprised to find so many good songs listed under this type of music. Most are smooth sounding, soft rock and pleasing to hear.
This one I chose is a favorite of mine. I like it because it’s kind of strange and creepy, but so pretty sounding. It’s mysterious because it’s like this person is able to read another person’s mind, able to spy on them anywhere, like stalking them.
Anyway, as I was listening to this again I was thinking of that spy balloon that’s been in the news the past few days. It was spying like an eye in the sky, probably taking photos, too. Scary!
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It hit No. 3 on the Billboard charts in the U.S. in October 1982,[3] No. 1 in both Canada and Spain, and No. 6 in New Zealand, it was their most successful release.
“Eye in the Sky”, by The Alan Parsons Project, is on their 1982 album of the same name. It was written by Alan Parsons and Eric Woolfson, and is on the Arista label.
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This video is including the long intro music called “Sirius”, and is really pretty. This one also has pretty twilight photos of sunsets, and also the lyrics to the song.
From Wiki: it was their most successful release. The instrumental piece entitled “Sirius” segues into “Eye in the Sky” on the original recording.
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Don’t think sorry’s easily said
Don’t try turning tables instead
You’ve taken lots of chances before
But I ain’t gonna give anymore
Don’t ask me
That’s how it goes
‘Cause part of me knows what you’re thinking
Don’t say words you’re gonna regret
Don’t let the fire rush to your head
I’ve heard the accusation before
And I ain’t gonna take any more
Believe me
The sun in your eyes
Made some of the lies worth believing
I am the eye in the sky
Looking at you
I can read your mind
I am the maker of rules
Dealing with fools
I can cheat you blind
And I don’t need to see any more to know that
I can read your mind (looking at you)
I can read your mind (looking at you)
I can read your mind (looking at you)
I can read your mind
Don’t leave false illusions behind
Don’t cry cause I ain’t changing my mind
So find another fool like before
Cause I ain’t gonna live anymore believing
Some of the lies while all of the signs are deceiving
I am the eye in the sky
Looking at you
I can read your mind
I am the maker of rules
Dealing with fools
I can cheat you blind
And I don’t need to see any more to know that
I can read your mind (looking at you)
I can read your mind (looking at you)
I can read your mind (looking at you)
I can read your mind
I am the eye in the sky
Looking at you
I can read your mind
I am the maker of rules
Dealing with fools
I can cheat you blind
And I don’t need to see any more to know that
I can read your mind (looking at you)
I can read your mind (looking at you)
I can read your mind (looking at you)
I can read your mind
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© 2023 BS
teleportingweena 
Although I love the music that falls under the name “yacht rock,” I absolutely HATE that term for some reason. I remember when “Sirius” was used a lot as a sports arena song, and had no idea until about ten years ago that it was just a long “intro” into “Eye in the Sky”….
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Thanks, Bill! Same here. I like a lot of the music, but yacht rock makes me only think of songs about boats, when it really is so much more. That is so interesting the intro music was used at sporting events. I didn’t know that. 🙂
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Nice selection, Barbara. There is a rumor about this song getting its theme from George Orwell’s 1984, which revolves around a dystopian future where citizens are constantly monitored by a totalitarian world government. Other people say that it’s a reference to ceiling cameras, particularly in casinos, where the same term “eye in the sky” is used. However, the basic message is that of somebody dumping a lover, while asserting that they know too well how the reaction will be.
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Thanks, Jim! I sure can imagine the lyrics being related to 1984 scenes of the government spying on people. I re-read that book at least once a year, and seems lots of it has come true. Glad you like the song as much as I do. 🙂
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Great choice!
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Thanks, John! Glad you like this one. It’s a favorite all the way around for me. 🙂
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Nice choice. The band rather proves the point I made in my post that yacht rock was very much an American thing: this lot were British but were much more successful over there. This one didn’t even make our top 100!
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Thanks, Clive! I did read that this group is British, so I figured they would do good there, but you say that isn’t the case. Interesting, since it is such a good song. Maybe the term ‘yacht rock’ puts off people from listening to it. There are some great songs they listed as being this type, but I’d never heard the term. 🙂
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The term hadn’t been invented when they started out, so I don’t think that was the reason. They just didn’t have a sound that was likely to sell loads here – much more suited to the US 😊
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Oh, well who knows. I sure like it a lot. 🙂
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oh, this is kinda creepy 🙂 Its my first time hearing it!
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Thanks, Carol Anne! It has a great sound, but those lyrics are kinda creepy like you say. But then I like stuff like that sometimes. Well, just to read or hear in a song, not if it happens for real! 🙂
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