Roy Orbison – She’s a Mystery to Me

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From his 1989 album, Mystery Girl. The song reached #23 on Billboards adult contemporary chart on May 27, 1989. The song was written by Bono and The Edge from U2.

From Wikipedia.

During a restless night of sleep in June 1987 in London during U2’s Joshua Tree Tour, Bono slept with the soundtrack to the film Blue Velvet CD on repeat. The CD had been given to him by the Edge’s wife. The soundtrack includes the song “In Dreams” by Orbison. When he woke the following morning, Bono had a tune in his head which he assumed was from the soundtrack. He soon realised it wasn’t, so he wrote down the basic structure of the song. Later that day he sang the unfinished song to the band at their pre-concert soundcheck at Wembley Arena. After the concert, Orbison paid the band an unannounced visit backstage, where a perplexed Bono played the song for him. Bono and Orbison worked again on the song in mid-November in Los Angeles. The album Mystery Girl was named after the song.

She’s a Mystery To Me

Darkness falls and she will take me by the hand
Take me to some twilight land
Where all but love is grey
Where I can’t find my way
Without her as my guide
Night falls I’m cast beneath her spell
Daylight comes our heaven turns to hell
Am I left to burn and burn eternally
She’s a mystery to me
She’s a mystery girl
She’s a mystery girl
In the night of love words tangled in her hair
Words soon to disappear
A love so sharp it cut
Like a switchblade to my heart
Words tearing me apart
She tears again my bleeding heart
I want to run she’s pulling me apart
Fallen angel cries and I just melt away
She’s a mystery to me
She’s a mystery girl
She’s a mystery girl
She’s a mystery girl
She’s a mystery girl
Haunted by her side is the darkness in her eyes
That so enslaves me
But if my love is blind
Then I don’t want to see
She’s a mystery to me
Night falls I’m cast beneath her spell
Daylight comes our heaven turns to hell
Am I left to burn and burn eternally
She’s a mystery to me
She’s a mystery girl
She’s a mystery girl
She’s a mystery girl
She’s a mystery girl
She’s a mystery girl
She’s a mystery girl
She’s a mystery girl
She’s a mystery girl
She’s a mystery girl
She’s a mystery girl
Source: LyricFind
Songwriters: Paul Hewson / David Evans
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2 thoughts on “Roy Orbison – She’s a Mystery to Me”

  2. Never heard this one before. Such a mystical way for the song to be written, and then Roy just shows up for the song. Truth is always stranger than fiction. A beautiful, haunting song that needed to be written. ::goosebumps::

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