This ballad was written in 1977. It became Hill’s biggest hit, with a few other artistes covered the song. I’m sure it’s one of the most sung tunes in Karaoke clubs. I can imagine the locals singing it with heavy oriental accents, drowning the “r”s. Whatever it is, how you want to remember this song, is up to you. But, you can’t deny the catchy tune.
Dan Hill - Sometimes When We Touch
You ask me if I love you
And I choke on my reply
I’d rather hurt you honestly
Than mislead you with a lie
And who am I to judge you
On what you say or do?
I’m only just beginning to see the real you
And sometimes when we touch
The honesty’s too much
And I have to close my eyes and hide
I wanna hold you til I die
Til we both break down and cry
I wanna hold you till the fear in me subsides
Romance and all its strategy
Leaves me battling with my pride
But through the insecurity
Some tenderness survives
I’m just another writer
Still trapped within my truth
A hesitant prize fighter
Still trapped within my youth
A Year Ago
- 2007: Celebrity Adoptions
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Tags: 1977, ballad, can we try, classic 70s, dan hill, longer fuse, sometimes when we touch
June 1st, 2008 at 11:05am
I love this song! Sometimes sing it at karaoke. Listening to it gives me a nostalgic feeling of my childhood. I also sometimes play this song on the piano cos it’s so tuneful.
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June 1st, 2008 at 12:41pm
This is how it was sung in Malaysian karaokes:
Yew ass mee ib I lob yew
And I chock on my lee plai
I’d rudder hurt yew hornetsly
Than missleed yew wit a lie
Un who am I to judge yew
On wat yew say or do?
I’m only jazz beegeening to see the leel yew
Un sometime when we thatch
Da hornetsty two much
Un I have to close mai ais un haid
I wanna hole yew til I dai
Til we both brake down un cry
I wanna hole yew till the fear in me sapsai~~~
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June 1st, 2008 at 10:42pm
Foong Nostalgia is the right word.
wombat Nice, still think “brake” would’ve been sung as “blake”.
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June 2nd, 2008 at 10:19am
I love this song! And yes, a must in karaoke joints! haha..
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June 5th, 2008 at 6:35pm
JACQ Perhaps we could hit the karaoke joints when I’m there again in August.
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June 8th, 2008 at 7:04pm
I was quite late into the karaoke game, and when I finally came back to Sabah in the early 90s, I sung this song to the death in verious joints in KK which mostly do not exist anymore.
So much so, you’d never catch me singing this song on karaoke ever again, not even at home
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June 8th, 2008 at 8:22pm
wombat..
ahaha…u so funnylah…
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June 8th, 2008 at 9:57pm
ben LOL. I know what you mean. My period of loving this song was really short. Now, each time I hear it, I can imagine some Ah Beng or Ah Lian destroying it.
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