Download Instrumental    I don’t very often say a song is “sweet”, but there’s no other word to describe this one.  Makes me feel all cuddly inside and all my “macho” instincts go right out the window.  “She Believes in Me” was recorded in 1979 by Kenny Rogers and was a huge crossover hit from country to pop.  I never paid too much attention to it, but I should have.  It’s a tune I can definitely relate to, but I missed it completely.

It’s not easy being married to a musician – just ask Karen.  There’s the borderline obsession for music  that sometimes seems to crowd out all other things in life.  A woman can get tired of that rather quickly.  Then there’s the long, late nights when she stays home, fighting sleep, because she wants to be awake when you get home.  Then there’s the fact that a huge success in the music business belongs only to a few.  Usually, the most you can hope for is a bit of local celebrity – it rarely goes any further than that.  I’ve had plenty of that kind of notoriety, but it never made me rich…. even though I promised that it would.

The lyrics to this great song say it all (they usually do, don’t they?).  The very first line:  “While she lays sleeping, I stay out late at night and play my songs”.  Then, “Quietly she says how was your night?/and I come to her and say it was all right”.  Ah…  been there, done that.  But the chorus sums it all up: “And she believes in me/I’ll never know just what she sees in me/I told her someday if she was my girl, I could change the world/with my little songs… I was wrong”.  (sigh)  Doesn’t that make you feel “cuddly”, guys?  Well, it does me.

So, all you male singers out there with a woman at home while you’re out working the clubs, this song would be a terrific gift to her – just to show you care,  even through the hard times.  I solved many of these issues by marrying a musician (French Horn in her college symphony band), so she understood – most of it.  After a few years,  I managed to change her from being a church singer to working with me as a pop vocalist – she’s never forgiven me.  After that, those long musical nights were spent together – misery loves company, you know.