Clay Aiken (born Clayton Holmes Grissom on November 30, 1978) is a popular American singer who rose to fame on the American Idol television program, and who has become the most successful second-place finisher in that show's history, even handily eclipsing that year's "Idol" winner in sales. His first CD, Measure of a Man, went triple platinum and was the subject of conflicting reviews: Many fans and some critics recognized and admired the pure pop sound ("so pure it floats") and top-notch production values while others heard only a manufactured sound, noting that the singer hadn't earned his musical chops but "merely" sang his way to the hearts of millions on television, a perceived unjust leap-frogging of "the true path of the true artist." Merry Christmas With Love was his first Christmas album, and unusually for such a seasonal offering, it too went platinum, again with soaring, crystalline vocals and beautiful production work. His accompanying seasonal tour, The Joyful Noise tour, allowed him to combine his faith and moral vision with the triumphant power vocals his audiences had come to love. His latest offering, 2006's A Thousand Different Ways, was, through the direction of mega-producer Clive Davis, largely a covers CD, ten of the fourteen cuts being well known melodic pop songs ranging from Richard Marx, Bryan Adams, Dolly Parton, Mister Mister, and Elton John. Two other songs, available only on digital versions of the album, are "If You Don't Know Me By Now" (through K-Mart.com) and "Lover All Alone" (through iTunes and co-written by Aiken himself).
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When You Say You Love Me Lyrics

Clay Aiken

I've been watchin' you from afar
And the way you make your way 'round the bar
You laugh like you're really entertained
And you smile like it's your favorite game
Now you're movin' closer to me
And our eyes connected emotionally
I'm not lookin for a one night stand (stand)
Or a place for a broken heart to mend (mend)

I know everybody here wants to hold ya
I know what it's like 'cause I feel the same (same, same)
When you look in my eyes
There's a part of me that's still afraid

When you say you love me
Do you mean it?
Baby, when you hold me
Do you feel it?
I believe the magic in your eyes
I will wait until the end of time
To hear you say you love me
Like you mean it
Baby, when you hold me
Make me feel it
All I wanna do is make you mine
I've been hurt way too many times

They say if you wanna make God laugh
(yeah) All ya gotta do is tell him your plans
I know that the time is not right (right, right)
Didn't know that I would meet you tonight (night, night)
Not that I don't really like the attention
I feel like the only man in the room
Are you really sincere?
Is this just something that you do?

Now when you say you love me
Do you mean it?
Baby, when you hold me
Do you feel it?
I believe the magic in your eyes
I will wait until the end of time
To hear you say you love me
Like you mean it
Baby, when you hold me
Make me feel it
All I wanna do is make you mine
I've been hurt way too may times

Again, and again, and again
I've been hurt, my friend, till the end
You know I been high, I been low
I got no place left to go
Again, and again, and again
When will this search ever end?