Opening Lyrics to Songs That I Love

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#4: Ambrosia, How Much I Feel

I don’t know how this whole business started/
Of you thinkin’ that I have been untrue/
But if you think that we’d be better parted/
It’s gonna hurt me, but I’ll break away from you/

Ambrosia, How Much I Feel. YouTube

This will probably be my favorite segment on my blog in a very long time! Welcome to Opening Lyrics to Songs That I Love!

Ambrosia is an American rock band formed in Los Angeles in 1970. Ambrosia had five Top 40 hit singles released between 1975 and 1980, including the Top 5 hits “How Much I Feel” and “Biggest Part of Me“, and Top 20 hits “You’re the Only Woman (You & I)” and “Holdin’ on to Yesterday“. Most of the original band members have been active with the group continuously since their 1989 reformation to the present day, with the notable exception of original guitarist and lead vocalist David Pack who left in 2000.

“How Much I Feel” is a 1978 song by American rock band Ambrosia. The song, written by the band’s guitarist/vocalist David Pack, was released in the summer of 1978 as the lead single from their third album, Life Beyond L.A., peaking at position three on the Billboard Hot 100 chart[5] and number two for three weeks on the Cash Box Top 100.

I don’t know how anyone can hear David Pack’s crooning and not fall completely in love with this song. My favorite part (aside from the opening lyrics & the chorus) is the riff in the song where he says, “So you try to make amends/But you’re better off as friends” and he takes it up another octave and you can just hear the emotion in the pitch… Whew! It gets me every single time.

Ambrosia has a couple of other songs that I truly love as well, “Biggest Part of Me” and “You’re the Only Woman”, and I won’t deny the fact that those two pull just as much emotion from me, too, but something about them still doesn’t hold a candle to “How Much I Feel.”

For the next six Sundays, I’ll share with you my favorite opening lyrics to songs I truly love. Maybe you’ll enjoy it. Maybe you won’t. Perhaps you’ll share favorite opening lyrics to songs you love as well. Perhaps you won’t. Either way, we’re going to have a good damn time.

See you next week!

6 thoughts on “Opening Lyrics to Songs That I Love”

  • Oh, now you messing with me! 😂 This was a defining song during my senior year of high school and STILL remains on several of my playlists.

    With groups like Ambrosia , Toto, The Cars, not mention, Earth Wind & Fire, The Commodores, The Emotions, the soundtrack from “Grease” and e’rethang Donna Summer, chile’, we had some fun! We didn’t know how good we had it!

    As we all headed off in different directions for different endeavors, we used another 1978 hit as an anthem – you’re really gonna hate this 🤣 – Gloria Gaynor’s “I Will Survive!” 😂

    At first I was afraid, I was petrified

    Thinking I could live without you by my side

    And after spending nights

    Thinking how you did me wrong

    I grew strong

    And I learned how to get along

    Happy Sunday! 😁😁

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    • Ooh, I love all the artists you mentioned. I will admit, though… Gloria Gaynor’s “I Will Survive” was played so much for all the wrong reasons, that I just mentally tuned it out. It’s a great song, it just makes my skin crawl now. LOL! Thank you for sharing your favorite opening lyrics! Happy Sunday!

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