ART GARFUNKEL - BRIGHT EYES

BRIGHT EYES

ART GARFUNKEL

SONGWRITERS: M.K. JEROME; MIKE BATT & OTTO MOTZAN

COUNTRY: U. S. A.

ALBUM: FATE FOR BREAKFAST

LABEL: COLUMBIA RECORDS

GENRE: POP BALLAD

YEAR: 1979

 

              Arthur Ira Garfunkel (born November 5, 1941) is an American singer, poet, and actor. He is best known for his partnership with Paul Simon in the folk rock duo Simon & Garfunkel.

            Highlights of Garfunkel's solo music career include a top 10 hit, three top 20 hits, six top 40 hits, 14 Adult Contemporary top 30 singles, five Adult Contemporary number ones, two UK number ones and a People's Choice Award. Through his solo and collaborative work, Garfunkel has earned eight Grammys, including a Lifetime Achievement Award. In 1990, he and Simon were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. In 2008, Garfunkel was ranked 86th in Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 100 Greatest Singers of All Time.

          "Bright Eyes" is a song written by British songwriter Mike Batt and performed by Art Garfunkel. It was written for the soundtrack of the 1978 British animated adventure drama film Watership Down. Rearranged as a pop song from its original form in the film, the track appears on British and European versions of Garfunkel's 1979 Fate for Breakfast and on the US versions of his 1981 album Scissors Cut. "Bright Eyes" topped the UK Singles Chart for six weeks and became Britain's biggest-selling single of 1979, selling over a million copies. Richard Adams, author of the original novel is reported to have hated the song. A cover of the song was later used in the television series of the same name explicitly as its theme song.

Is it a kind of dream,

Floating out on the tide,

Following the river of death downstream?

Oh, is it a dream?

 

There's a fog along the horizon,

A strange glow in the sky,

And nobody seems to know where you go,

And what does it mean?

Oh, is it a dream?

 

Bright eyes,

Burning like fire.

Bright eyes,

How can you close and fail?

How can the light that burned so brightly

Suddenly burn so pale?

Bright eyes.

 

Is it a kind of shadow,

Reaching into the night,

Wandering over the hills unseen,

Or is it a dream?

 

There's a high wind in the trees,

A cold sound in the air,

And nobody ever knows when you go,

And where do you start,

Oh, into the dark.

 

Bright eyes,

burning like fire.

Bright eyes,

how can you close and fail?

How can the light that burned so brightly

Suddenly burn so pale?

bright eyes.

 

Bright eyes,

burning like fire.

Bright eyes,

how can you close and fail?

How can the light that burned so brightly

Suddenly burn so pale?

Bright eyes.