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The line "So close but yet so far/my imagination's running away with me"...Is it a reference to The Temptations - Just My Imagination (Running Away With Me)"? Or is that just some phrase that everyone uses but I've never heard anyone use?
That is all :wave:
as far as i know, saying your imagination is running away with you is a pretty common phrase. i can't think of an origin for it, and i hear it used frequently.
Yeah.
it's actually a reference to two different songs' lyrics, if you ask me
and both songs are about imagining a love that doesn't exist (mutually)
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Originally Posted by wendyful04
Yeah, I think Wendy has nailed it. Both Frankie Valli's "My Eyes Adored You" and The Temptation's "Just My Imagination" seem to be intentionally referenced in that line.Quote:
Originally Posted by wendyful04
well shit! i didn't know that. the phrase is so common i didn't know he was referencing anything. :clap:
I can't help but hear that Temptations song anytime someone says that phrase. Possibly Eddie Kendrick's finest moment.