England Dan & John Ford…Whatthef**k?
Jeff Wells wonders: ‘All my adult life I’ve been bothered by a garbled lyric in the chorus of “I’d Really Love To See You Tonightâ€, a loathsome soft-rock tune by England Dan & John Ford Coley. The printed lyrics: “I’m not talking ’bout movin’ in / And I don’t want to change your life / But there’s a warm wind blowing the stars around / And I’d really love to see you tonight.†The problem is that the singer doesn’t sing “movin’ in†— he sings “duhlivian.†If you don’t believe me, listen to this and then this. Listen to this a second time — there’s no question he’s not saying “movin’ in.†All my life I’ve saying ‘what does ‘duhlivian’ mean?’ So in my head I changed it to “deliverance†because at least that made some
kind of sense, but not really if you think about it. I just wanted to clear that up. It’s been bothering me since the mid ’70s.’
