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Body and Soul is a song and jazz standard featured in the 1985 film The Color Purple which was written in 1930 with music by Johnny Green and lyrics by Edward Heyman, Robert Sour, and Frank Eyton. It was also used as the musical theme and underscoring in the 1947 film Body and Soul, directed by John Huston and starring Humphrey Bogart, Lauren Bacall, Jane Greer, and William Holden.
The Lyrics of Body and Soul:
My heart is sad and lonely
For you I sigh, for you dear only
Why havent you seen it
Im all for you body and soul
I spend my days in longing
And wondering why its me youre wronging
I tell you I mean it
Im all for you body and soul
I cant believe it
Its hard to conceive it
That youd turn away romance
Are you pretending
It looks like the ending
Unless I could have just one more chance to prove, dear
My life a wreck youre making
You know Im yours for just the taking
Id gladly surrender myself to you body and soul
My life a wreck youre making
You know Im yours for the very taking
Id gladly surrender myself to you body and soul
