Cover art for Everybody Loves You by Stevie Nicks

Everybody Loves You

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Everybody Loves You Lyrics

She was so enticed
By his smile
She was so unaffected
By his dream
For his dream of her
Was just not possible
She was so not that girl


It was just one of those things
That happened or didn't happen
A strand of golden hair tangled
Like the words of a song
Like a spider's web
And then he said

Everybody loves you
But you're so alone
Everybody knows your name
But you can't find your way home
No one really knows you
I'm the only one


She was so enchanted by his voice
She was so shaken by his words
His plan for her...
Was just not possible
She had no words...
Ooh it isn't just that
We cause each other such pain
Everywhere we go now
At home or on stage

Sometimes it was heavenly
Sometimes it was too heavy
I looked the other way

Everybody loves you
But you're so alone
Everybody knows your name
But you can't find your way home

No one really knows you
I'm the only one

Don't come here again
Unless fear of fire leaves you cold
And the cold makes you tired
If you feel it all
It's all about desire
About when you were true
About a bird on a wire
And that was you

She does still hear him
All night long
The same song over and over

It heals her heart
No voice of a stranger
Could play that part
It broke her heart
Broke her heart
Everybody loves you
But you're so alone
Everybody knows your name
But you can't find your way home

Everybody loves you
But you're so alone
Everybody knows your name
But you can't find your way home
No one really knows you
I'm the only one

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In a 2011 conversation with American Songwriter, Stevie Nicks confirmed Everybody Loves You is about her ex-boyfriend and on/off lover Lindsey Buckingham:

“The words to ‘Everybody Loves You’ came from a poem that’s pretty old, like maybe 12 years old, that was definitely written about [Buckingham]. Where it says, ‘No one else can play that part. No voice of a stranger could play that part/It broke my heart,’ that’s pretty much all about Lindsey.”

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