A classic love song, ‘You Are The Sunshine Of My Life’ was written by Stevie Wonder who was inspired by his wife Syreeta Wright. Syreeta co-wrote a lot of the songs on his 1971 album, “Where I’m Coming From”.
The couple divorced in the mid 1970’s because Syreeta Wright became frustrated by being so overshadowed by her husband’s music career that her own music career failed to flourish.
Despite this, the song remains aa heartfelt expression of undying love.
Source: SongFacts
Lyrics
You are the sunshine of my life
That’s why I’ll always be around,
You are the apple of my eye,
Forever you’ll stay in my heart
That’s why I’ll always be around,
You are the apple of my eye,
Forever you’ll stay in my heart
I feel like this is the beginning,
Though I’ve loved you for a million years,
And if I thought our love was ending,
I’d find myself drowning in my own tears, whoa oh oh ah
Though I’ve loved you for a million years,
And if I thought our love was ending,
I’d find myself drowning in my own tears, whoa oh oh ah
You are the sunshine of my life,
That’s why I’ll always stay around, mmm mmm yeah yeah
That’s why I’ll always stay around, mmm mmm yeah yeah
You are the apple of my eye,
Forever you’ll stay in my heart
Forever you’ll stay in my heart
You must have known that I was lonely,
Because you came to my rescue,
And I know that this must be heaven,
How could so much love be inside of you?
Whoa oh oh oh
Because you came to my rescue,
And I know that this must be heaven,
How could so much love be inside of you?
Whoa oh oh oh
You are the sunshine of my life, yeah,
That’s why I’ll always stay around,
That’s why I’ll always stay around,
You are the apple of my eye,
Forever you’ll stay in my heart.
Forever you’ll stay in my heart.
You are the sunshine of my life, baby,
That’s why I’ll always stay around
That’s why I’ll always stay around
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Songwriters: Stevie Wonder
You Are the Sunshine of My Life lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC