"Lately" lyrics

"Lately"

Lately, I have had the strangest feeling
With no vivid reason here to find
Yet the thought of losing you's been hanging
'Round my mind

Far more frequently you're wearing perfume
With, you say, no special place to go
But when I ask, "Will you be coming back soon?"
You don't know, never know

Well, I'm a man of many wishes
I hope my premonition misses
But what I really feel my eyes won't let me hide
'Cause they always start to cry
'Cause this time could mean goodbye

Lately I've been staring in the mirror
Very slowly picking me apart
Trying to tell myself I have no reason
With your heart

Just the other night while you were sleeping
I vaguely heard you whisper someone's name
But when I ask you of the thoughts you're keeping
You just say nothing's changed

Well, I'm a man of many wishes
I hope my premonition misses
But what I really feel my eyes won't let me hide
'Cause they always start to cry
'Cause this time could mean goodbye, goodbye

Oh, I'm a man of many wishes
I hope my premonition misses
But what I really feel my eyes won't let me hide
'Cause they always start to cry
'Cause this time could mean goodbye


Writer(s): Stevie Wonder
This is one of Stevie Wonder's greatest love songs, which was covered by many other artist, though it almost missed the US charts at that time.
The song tells about a person whose loved one is cheating on him. The narrator says that there are some signs that his partner is seeing someone else.
Jodeci covered this song and released it as a promotional single for the live album "Uptown MTV Unplugged" in June 1993.
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