OVER YOU

(Byron Hill & Tony Hiller)

Recorded by Anne Murray, Capitol Records, 1994

This song was written way back in 1984.  My good friend, the late and great Canadian singer Colleen Peterson sang the original demo, which immediately cast the song in the direction of Anne Murray.  David Foster recorded the song on Anne sometime around 1984 or 1985.  Tony Hiller and I were very disappointed then to find out then that it had been bumped from the LP.  Amazingly, nearly ten years later, Anne Murray's staff were searching through old masters to find a recording they could used as a single to promote her Greatest Hits LP.  This recording caught someone's ear, and they tracked down the master, which had long since been stored at an engineer's home in Los Angeles.  One thing lead to another and the recording was spruced up, remixed, and finally released as a single and released on Anne's album.  Though it was only a moderately successful single, it meant the world to Tony Hiller and I.  We're very proud of the cut

[LISTEN TO A SAMPLE OF ANNE MURRAY'S VERSION]

OVER YOU (Hill/Hiller)

OVER YOU

I GUESS I NEVER WILL BE OVER YOU

I HAVE TRIED BUT IT'S SO HARD TO DO

I'M SURROUNDED BY THE MEMORIES

NO I NEVER WILL BE

OVER YOU

TIME GOES BY AND I'M STILL HOLDING ON

WAITING FOR THE DAY WHEN YOU COME HOME

IF YOU EVER CHANGE YOUR MIND AGAIN

I WILL GREET YOU LIKE A LONG LOST FRIEND

IN MY HEART WE'VE NEVER REACHED THE END

AND I NEVER WILL BE OVER YOU

(INSTRUMENTAL)

I WILL LOVE YOU TILL THE END OF TIME

EVEN THOUGH I KNOW THAT YOU'RE NOT MINE

JUST AS LONG AS THERE'S A CHANCE THEN I

GUESS I NEVER WILL BE OVER YOU

LIFE'S LIKE WALKING DOWN A LONELY STREET

I SEE YOU IN EVERY ONE I MEET

HOW I LONG TO SEE YOUR SMILING FACE

OH MY LOVE FOR YOU I CAN'T ERASE

NO ONE ELSE COULD EVER TAKE YOUR PLACE

AND I NEVER WILL BE OVER YOU

© 1994 Requested Songs (ASCAP), administered by Polygram International Publishing, Inc, c/o Universal-MCA Music Publishing, A division of Universal Studios (ASCAP)/Colgems-EMI Music (ASCAP) Used by Permission. International Copyright Secured. All Rights Reserved.