Simply Red

Songwriter: Mick Hucknall

She left, you stayed
It really wasn't simple at all
You cried, I smiled
I really wasn't lonely at all

And no one really knows
What you gave me
What you made
What you gave
What you braved
What you saved

Years of devotion
Years of devotion
I got tears in my eyes

You're good
You're strong
You really, really helped me along

She left, she's gone
And you, you stuck it out on your own

And when I think of you
I wish I could phone you
I get sad
I can't call
I can't call
I can't call

Years of devotion
Years of devotion
I got tears in my eyes

Years of devotion
Years of devotion
Years of devotion
Yeah, yeah, yeah
Tears in my eyes
Tears in my eyes
Tears in my eyes
Yeah, yeah, yeah
Yeah, yeah, yeah
Yeah, yeah, yeah

Simply Red is a British soul and pop band. The first incarnation of the band was a punk group called The Frantic Elevators, whose seven-year run produced limited releases on local labels and ended in 1984 upon critical acclaim for their final single, “Holding Back the Years”.

By early 1985, Mick Hucknall and manager Elliot Rashman had assembled a band of local session musicians and begun to attract record company attention. The group adopted the name “Red” (after Hucknall’s nickname, denoting his hair colour) but then Mick decided it would sound better with the addition of the word ‘Simply.’

Since the mid 1980s, the band has sold more than 50 million albums.

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