“And I Love You So” is a popular song written by folk singer and guitarist Don McLean and released on his 1970 debut album, Tapestry. Its chorus features an unusual rhyming scheme for a popular song: ABBA versus the usual AB(C or A)B.
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“And I Love You So” was a 1973 hit for singer Perry Como on his RCA Victor album of the same name, And I Love You So, reaching No. 29 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. It would be the last of his many popular recordings, dating back to 1943, to reach the Top 40. It also spent one week at No. 1 on the easy listening chart. It reached No. 2 in South Africa and in Britain, the record reached No. 3 on the UK Singles Chart on RCA Records and remained on the chart for 35 weeks (the longest of his hits in the UK). Como also recorded a Spanish version, titled Y te quiero así.
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And I love you soThe people ask me howHow I’ve lived till nowI tell them I don’t knowI guess they understandHow lonely life has beenBut life began againThe day you took my handAnd yes, I know how lonely life can beThe shadows follow me ‘n’ the night won’t set me freeBut I don’t let the evening get me downNow that you’re around meAnd you love me, tooYour thoughts are just for meYou set my spirit freeI’m happy that you doThe book of life is briefAnd once a page is readAll but life is deadThat is my beliefAnd yes, I know how lonely life can beThe shadows follow me and the night won’t set me freeBut I don’t let the evening get me downNow that you’re around me