– Barry and Robin Gibb of the Bee Gees wrote this song. After their wildly successful contributions to the 1978 movie Saturday Night Fever, they were asked by a reporter which artist they’d most like to produce. The answer was Barbra Streisand. Word quickly got back to Streisand’s camp, and the group was invited to work on an album for Streisand, which became Guilty. It was her best-selling album.
About The Song
– This is the fifth and final #1 hit on the Hot 100 of Streisand’s career (the first was “The Way We Were” in 1973)
– Two other songs from the album hit US Top 10, and both were duets with Barry Gibb: “Guilty” and “What Kind of Fool.” “Guilty” won a Grammy Award for Best Pop Vocal by Duo or Group.
– According to Barry Gibb, it took some convincing to get Streisand to record the song because she wasn’t entirely comfortable with the lyrics. “She questioned the line ‘it’s a right I defend, over and over again,” he told Billboard. “At first she felt that it was a little bit liberationist – a little too strong for a pop song.”
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Lyric
Life is a moment in space
When the dream is gone
It’s a lonelier place
I kiss the morning goodbye
But down inside, you know we never know why
The road is narrow and long
When eyes meet eyes
And the feeling is strong
I turn away from the wall
I stumble and fall
But I give you it allI am a woman in love
And I’d do anything
To get you into my world
And hold you within
It’s a right I defend
Over and over again
What do I doWith you eternally mine
In love there is no measure of time
We planned it all at the start
But you and I live in each other’s heart
We may be oceans away
You’ll feel my love
I hear what you say
No truth is ever a lie
I stumble and fall
But I give you it allI am a woman in love
And I’d do anything
To get you into my world
And hold you within
It’s a right I defend
Over and over again
What do I doI am a woman in love
And I’m talking to you
You know I know how you feel
What a woman can do
It’s a right I defend
Over and over againI am a woman in love
And I’d do anything
To get you into my world
And hold you within
It’s a right I defend
Over and over again