Van Morrison's Have I Told You Lately? (piano vocal cover)

Copyright music and lyrics reproduced by kind permission of Exile. For original, exclusive performances by Van Morrison, check-out the official channel at http://www.youtube.com/user/OfficialExileFilms

This cover is in honour of Valentine's day. For me this song has a deeper meaning than any notion of romantic love for an individual, but nevertheless, this is for my wife whom I love deeply. Nothing more I can say. Words cannot convey what I wish to express.

You might wish to check out these other covers of this song:

It's usually hard to find a well-performed AND clearly-recorded a capella version of any song, but...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_WwKAyO7uQc

My personal favourite (a very laidback guitar vocal cover):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P1liqO3r8Xw

Did I say that was my favourite? Now I'm not so sure. Check out this piano vocal cover. The player makes much better use of the piano than I do as well as sounding fantastic:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-AbGF0sHylc

If you're in Nantucket and looking for a function band, this is just the ticket. And if you're not, check them out anyway. A great band cover:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BPqdgjJ_VcM

Another guitar/vocal cover, but this one's a "medley" of Van Morrison and another tune. Beautiful voice:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iAekfQtFieI

My final recommendation is a great vocal performance accompanied by a simple but effective personal video that brought a tear to my eyes right near the end:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mv_HiJtLL1s

This song comes from Van Morrison's Avalon Sunset album. The lyrics that follow are pretty much as the original and roughly what I intended to sing.

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Have I told you lately that I love you
Have I told you there's no one above you
Fill my heart with gladness
Take away my sadness
Ease my troubles, that's what you do

Oh the morning sun in all it's glory
Greets the day with hope and comfort too
And you fill my life with laughter
You can make it better
Ease my troubles that's what you do

There's a love that's divine
And it's yours and it's mine
And it shines like the sun
At the end of the day we will give thanks
And pray to the one

Have I told you lately that I love you
Have I told you there's no one above you
Fill my heart with gladness
Take away my sadness
Ease my troubles, that's what you do

There's a love that's divine
And it's yours and it's mine
And it shines like the sun
At the end of the day we will give thanks
And pray to the one

Have I told you lately that I love you
Have I told you there's no one above you
Fill my heart with gladness
Take away my sadness
Ease my troubles, that's what you do

Take away my sadness
Fill my life with gladness
Ease my troubles that's what you do
Fill my life with gladness
Take away my sadness
Ease my troubles that's what you do.

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[ivymok1983]

ur voice is so touching..love it...thanks for sharing ;)

[BeetrootChessElf]

Thank you!

[eva6me]

where is the words??

[BeetrootChessElf]

The lyrics do you mean? In the description - click "more info" and scroll down a bit!

[BeetrootChessElf]

Unfortunately this wouldn't upload before Valentine's Day and since then I've been away. Better late than never.

[Dan474834]

Better than Van's.

[ECDL4]

Good Lad

[ILYTeal]

lovely 

[sirpickles]

Slightly John Denver- like, who i love...and though you were off key once or twice this was pretty nice. The problem though with this piece is that it sounds too controlled and therefore lacking in emotion. This song is riddlled with regret and pain as well as joy and relief. Goor effort nevertheless.

[JinglerWannabe]

Sweet. Very nice.

[SvenskGusse]

this is great! :D 5 stars man

[plza]

hey man...can u plzzzz plzzz do a tutorial for this?