Quote Originally Posted by sup_fan View Post
it is a very interesting song, from a structure perspective, within the supremes catalog. It's essentially 3 large verses. there's a bridge between verse 1 and 2 and then the modulations during 2 leads to 3. and you're right. there really isn't a story. more of a poem

Intro
You've given me a true love and ev'ry day I thank you love
For a feeling that's so new, so inviting, so exciting


Verse 1
Whenever you are near, I hear a symphony
A tender melody pulling me closer, closer to your arms
Then suddenly, oh, your lips are touching mine
A feeling so divine 'til I leave the past behind
[[leading into bridge) I'm lost in a world made for you and me


Verse 2
Whenever you are near I hear a symphony
play sweet and tenderly
Ev'ry time your lips meet mine my baby
Baby, baby, I feel a joy within
Don't let this feeling end
Let it go on and on and on now baby
Baby, baby, those tears that fill my eyes
I care not for myself but for those
Who've never felt the joy we've felt

Verse 3
Whenever you are near
I hear a symphony each time you speak to me
I hear a tender rhapsody of love, love
Baby, baby, as you stand up holding me
Whispering how much you care
A thousand violins fill the air now
Baby, baby, don't let this moment end
Keep standing close to me
Oh so close to me, baby, baby

[[ending) Baby, baby, I hear a symphony, a tender melody
Ah it goes on and on
This is what I call a "Bulldozer" song. Just what you described. A song that more or less repeats the same musical pattern with no deviations, no turns. Like a bulldozer, it just keeps rolling along, picking up a certain kind of momentum by sheer force. Chris Clark's "It Must Be Love" is another example.