I (Who Have Nothing)
Tom Jones
Words by Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller
Music, sometimes in dispute, thought to be by Giulio Rapetti,and Labati Carlo
Donida
Peaked at # 14 in 1970
Original by Ben E. King charted at # 29 in 1963
Later covered as a # 46 hit by Terry Knight and the Pack in 1966, by Liquid Smoke
as # 82 in 1970, and by Sylvester as a # 40 disco version in 1979. Also covered
by Neil Diamond as a 1993 album track [Neil Diamond Up on the Roof CD].
Some critics believe that part of this song's melody was later borrowed for the
Moody Blues' 1967 hit "Nights in White Satin."
I, I who have nothing
I, I who have no one
Adore you and want you so
I'm just a no one with nothing to give you but, oh
I love you
He, he buys you diamonds
Bright, sparkling diamonds
But, believe me, dear, when I say
That he can give you the world but he'll never love the way
I love you
He can take you any place he wants
To fancy clubs and restaurants
But I can only watch you with
My nose pressed up against the window pane
I, I who have nothing
I, I who have no one
Must watch you go dancing by
Wrapped in the arms of somebody else when, darling, it's I
Who loves you
I love you
I love you
I love you
source: Robin Hood (
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