Jordan Knight of New Kids On The Block also recorded a cover of the song. Don Henley sang it at the Kennedy Center in 2014 when Billy was honored. The song has stood the test of time and remains one of Billy's more popular ballads. ![]() The song also appears in the 1983 version of Cold Spring Harbor of course, the 1998 re-mastered version, and on the 2013 compilation She's Got A Way: Love Songs. He was too poor to buy anything, so he wrote this song. ![]() In the liner notes to Songs In The Attic, Billy writes that the song was a Valentine's Day gift for his wife Elizabeth. There is no hint of the duplicity of love that would be the theme of several of his later songs such as "The Stranger," "She's Always A Woman," and "Stiletto."īilly released a live version of "She's Got A Way" for his live album Songs In The Attic in 1981, and the song was a minor hit. Billy was just 22 when "She's Got A Way" was recorded and he sounds very young, even naive (though one must remember that the original version of the song was recorded at the wrong speed, making Billy's voice seem much higher). ![]() He adores the woman he is singing about, she has a smile that heals, a way about her. The sincerity and earnestness in the lyrics and in Billy's voice are palpable. ![]() "She's Got A Way" is a simple, elegant, and straightforward ballad.
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