She's like the wind through my tree
She rides the night next to me
She leads me through moonlight
Only to burn me with the sun
She's taken my heart
But she doesn't know what she's done

Feel her breath on my face
Her body close to me
Can't look in her eyes
She's out of my league
Just a fool to believe
I have anything she needs
She's like the wind

(SOLO)

I look in the mirror and all I see
Is a young old man with only a dream
Am I just fooling myself
That she'll stop the pain
Living without her
I'd go insane

Feel her breath on my face
Her body close to me
Can't look in her eyes
She's out of my league
Just a fool to believe
I have anything she needs
She's like the wind

Feel your breath on my face
Your body close to me
Can't look in your eyes
You're out of my league
Just a fool to believe
(Just a fool to believe)
She's like the wind
(Just a fool to believe)
Just a fool to believe
(She's like the wind)
Just a fool to believe
(Just a fool to believe)
She's like the wind
(Just a fool to believe)
Just a fool to believe
She's like the wind

(Just a fool...)
(She's like the wind)
(She's like the wind)
(Just a fool...)
(She's like the wind)
(Just a fool...)



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    General Comment:are u just lyric blind...she's saying he's not good enough...he's a fool to believe he has anything she needs...he wrote it when he met his wife...the same woman who survived his death...he felt he wasn't good enough and she was like the wind meaning she couldn't be contained...
    Flag dixie323on December 02, 2012   Link
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    General Comment:I think he's stating "she's like the wind" meaning you can feel it but it's not really there?
    Flag summitdogon September 11, 2012   Link
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    General Comment:He's in love with someone so deeply and she doesn't either know, or feel the same. "Am i just fooling myself that she'll stop the pain...." meaning he's hurting because he wants her so much and only she can stop that pain by being with him. Its a sad song and anyone thats ever had their heartbroken can relate to how he feels.
    Flag JoJoAon September 05, 2012   Link
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    General Comment:Another thing to back up my earlier point that the song is about depression is that swayze had battles with depression and alcaholism around the time the song was written in 1984 and indeed later into his adult life,he said in interviews that the song was inspired by his wife who helped him through it.
    Flag billythepubon October 17, 2011   Link
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    General Comment:i think alot of you are missing a key point in the song.Rather than a love song it may actually be about depression.It has nothing to do with her.The clue is in the line-

    ''Am I just fooling myself
    That she'll stop the pain''

    I see this line as very multilayered.It tells us that that the singer is in some sort of deep depression/pain in his life that has nothing to do with the woman.It bring to the light the parodoxical nature of the song,does he really love this woman afterall? 'Am i just fooling myself'... Or is he simply looking for an escape route from his pain/depression and hence sees her solely as a force to end the suffering? Afterall,he wants to 'stop the pain' and the pain is seperate from her,it's something else on his mind that is troubling him and he needs relief. If so then it's not a love song,there's little love involved,it's more to do with the singer needing an escape from his pain and that is'nt love.

    Flag billythepubon October 17, 2011   Link
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    General Comment:LOVE THIS SONG!!!!!!
    So important to my childhood!Great to fall in love:)
    Flag GLACon July 12, 2011   Link
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    General Comment:Patrick Swayze was such a beautiful man. I have never been so sad on someone I don't even know passing.

    This song is written by Patrick about his wife, Lisa.
    For the first say 10 years of their relationship he didn't feel good enough for her and always worried she would leave him.

    I love listening to this song and feeling the love that they shared. What a beautiful couple.

    I have a little fantasy that Patrick recorded other music that will one day be released as he is definitely a beautiful songwriter and singer, and altogether a beautiful man.
    Flag tantramon January 14, 2010   Link
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    General Comment:Simply beautiful, makes me cry
    Flag annieTLSon January 12, 2010   Link
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    General Comment:RIP Patrick Swayze
    Flag moulin.rouge2001on September 18, 2009   Link
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    Song Meaning:What I love about this...

    Eleanor Bergstein (Dirty Dancing's writer) was on a plane with Patrick. He gave her a tape to listen to a song... and it was this.

    What I love about this so much is that it shows a softer side to Johnny. It was a perfect theme because it is music in the film that helps you understand that the biggest change in a character is Johnny...

    I agree with the wind blowing concept.

    She's like the wind through my tree
    (She crosses his bath and sets motion in him)
    She rides the night next to me
    (Hard line... I actually consulted a friend and that didn't go anywhere. I'd love input!)
    She leads me through moonlight
    Only to burn me with the sun
    (She's there in the day but not the night. Maybe they're strictly sex. It could be more metaphoric.)
    She's taken my heart
    But she doesn't know what she's done
    (She doesn't know he's that deep)

    I look in the mirror and all I see
    Is a young old man with only a dream
    (He thinks he's passed the point of having anything to offer her.)
    Am I just fooling myself
    That she'll stop the pain
    (He's setting this possible love up to be all reason for life)
    Living without her
    I'd go insane




    I guess this is just one of those love songs that every girl likes... because they wish that it was about them!
    Flag tiffanymcdon April 09, 2009   Link

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