Lyrics for #40 (VH1 Storytellers version) as interpreted by Michael

#40 (VH1 Storytellers version) Lyrics
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I spend with you
A friend is always good to have
But a lover's kiss is better than angels raining down at me
I dream of you at times when your by my side
Dream you're not just like you are
So troubled and doubling my pain
Just one more tear
You shed for me
I wish that I could climb inside your mind
And spend some time and hug and hold you
And mold you into what i'd like
But no i can't do this
Just a kiss to spend a while by you
And your familiar smile and voice

I lay awake
Then you lean back and smiling
On you
Most everything you do for me, I say
And the while let's make our way
And feel warm
In the middle of this storm with you
Like an angel

Oh, what the friends say is good is right
I say
When you were again
And you were my friend
Before the lie
This one
Say yes I do
And with you
Sometimes

But while i do my best
With all the rest i leave to you
Can't wait for the hour
And when two things become this
All this trouble from a kiss from you, i'll do it
And then you come up smiling
And I'm thrown
Into I get a little storm with you, I'll do it

Always
Lover, line up and yeah
The road to you is long and I've been on it for a while
And a need a warm embrace
I'll take a break
And say I want to leave you awake

Always

I feel tired...

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Kristina1764
01-05-2002

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this song is beautiful...my favorite line is: a friend is good to have but a lover's kiss is better than angels raining down on me. it's soo sweet and i can relate to it, i want something more than my friendship with him, but i love our friendship and i don't want to ever lose it

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sevenfooter50
01-18-2002

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the first time i heard this song it made me want to cry...it is the most amazing piece of music lyrically i have heard, because everyone can relate to it on some level. definetly one of daves best.

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DaveGod2288
04-30-2002

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"#40" is one of Matthews' more saturated love songs. This song's premise, which is that of true love, is fairly simple.

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FRoguy940
04-30-2002

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This is by far one of my most favourite DMB songs. IT is so simple yet it weaves such an intricate story. I love it.

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LiveUrLife
05-02-2002

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This is one of my favorite DMB song, its just so beautiful i cant describe it.

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CNuTT
05-14-2002

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This is probably one of the very few Dave Matthews songs that can create a swell of mixed emotions. The song is... well... perfect. As sevenfooter50 said, it relates to everyone on some deep level. The lyrics (after numerous changes) should have been kept in this beautiful format. Dave is truly a poet in his own right. This song is one that reminds me of someone special... and what could have been. It is almost eloquently haunting in it's sheer beauty... Dave is the man!

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steinberg
05-19-2002

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i cant describe the deep emotion i feel while listening to this song. it englufs everything that i think and feel into a 5 minute free for all of everything that is me. as CNuTT put it so beautifully so- dave is truly a poet in his own right. Lie In our Graves is amazing also

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dont4get2breathe
05-19-2002

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This and #41 are amazing songs. My most favorite line of this song is a friend is good to have but a lover's kiss is better than angels raining down on me. because it is all so true

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millencolinDMB
06-06-2002

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This is the best version of the song. I love the lyric "A friend is always good to have
But a lover's kiss is better than angels raining down at me". That is my favorite!


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Chipper1048
06-16-2002

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does anyone know where i can get lyrics to the other versions? i have like 3 of them and there are 2 of the lyrics on this site.

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0 mind x fuct 0
06-18-2002

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this song is just beautiful. he wrote it with all of these phrases like "a friend is always good to have, but a lover's kisses are better than angels raining down on me" and it makes you wonder...how does he know how you feel about someone?

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back2ugal
06-20-2002

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this is also one of my favorites. when i heard it me and my then gf at the time agreed that it would kind of be our song. whenever i would tell her that i loved her i would say always #40 as kind of a joke. i still love this song and it reminds me of her and the fun we have. always #40 meg.

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Michael
07-22-2002

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I think this song really needs to be released...

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Popper1777
07-23-2002

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I was lucky enough to see this one played live last summer, its simply amazing, i prefer the LS version over the Storytellers version, its shorter and sweeter.

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gromit00
08-15-2002

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Let me hear the opening chords to this song and I'm in. It doesnt matter how he changes the lyrics from one version to the other, its just different icing on the cake. Never being played in entirety makes the song that much more special for the meaning Dave has said it holds in regard to his wife, and it makes it that much more immaculate to hear if one is lucky enough to catch it in concert.

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LordNikon
03-12-2003

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This song reminds me of a friend of mine who lives five states away, she comes and visits over the holidays and spends the summers with her dad here in the town i live in. While she's here, i'm in heaven, when she's not, life is just boaring. The reason it reminds me of her is that she a boyfriend and the last time she came to visit it was hard to talk with her and hang out because of him, and i wanted to "climb insider" her "mind, and hug and hold" her "and mold her into what i like" which would be single...but i can't....so i'll just have to wait and see what comes about.

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Lilou
07-05-2003

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This song is one of my favourites (it's hard to have just one favourite as far as Dave's music is concernerd)! Anyway I just love it, the lyrics are beautiful. It's very moving! Dave's voice is just amazing!

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Madison5
05-31-2004

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There are so many parts i love with this song. One is this verse:
"But while i do my best
With all the rest i leave to you
Can't wait for the hour
And when two things become this
All this trouble for a kiss from you, i'll do it
And then you come up smiling
And I'm thrown
Into I get a little storm with you, I'll do it "

I love it because to me its saying. .ill do my best to make things happen with you but the rest if up to you..and hes so excited for the hour when they are together and its so complicated but he'll do it all for a kiss..and when they do she is smiling and happy and he sees her and is "thrown" and taken aback. and i guess maybe they get in a little fight because of what they're doin. .but its worth it? ok. .the last part i really dont know. .maybe the whole thing i dont know. .but its wonderful song and thats all that matters.

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ElleC
06-10-2004

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This is the most beautiful Dave song that I know of. It just reminds me of a relationship that hurt, but I wanted it anyway. This song just makes me want to cry. It's so lovely.

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mikedevoss6
04-24-2006

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This is actually not from Storytellers. There was no #40 at Storytellers.
This is from 5/10/95.

http://dmbalmanac.com/Lyrics.aspx?sid=40&iid=31420

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cellordore
07-26-2009

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^^ I was just going to say that... this is from the Yoshi tapes!

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