Heaven Must Be Missing an Angel – English Lyrics

• By: Tavares

Lyrics & Translation

Dive into the infectious rhythm and heartfelt lyrics of Tavares' 1976 hit, "Heaven Must Be Missing an Angel." This song is a perfect gateway to understanding the joyful and romantic expressions prevalent in English disco and soul music. You'll learn vocabulary related to love, admiration, and heavenly imagery, all while grooving to a track that became an anthem of its era and continues to captivate audiences with its smooth harmonies and uplifting message.

[English]

Heaven must be missin' an angel

Missin' one angel, child

'Cause you're here with me right now

(Your love is heavenly, baby)

(Heavenly to me, baby)

Your kiss

Mwah

Ah

Filled with tenderness

I want all I can get

Of your sexiness

Showers

Your love comes in showers

And every hour on the hour

You let me feel your loving power

There's a rainbow over my shoulder

When you came, my cup runneth over

You gave me your heavenly love

And if one night you hear crying from above

It's 'cause heaven must be missin' an angel

Missin' one angel, child

'Cause you're here with me right now

(Your love is heavenly, baby)

(Heavenly to me, baby)

Ooh, heaven (heaven)

Ooh, heaven (heaven)

Ooh, heaven (heaven)

Heaven (heaven)

Ooh, I'm captured by your spell

You're different, girl, I can tell

When you're layin' on my pillow, baby

Above your pretty head, there's a halo, that's why I know

Heaven must be missin' an angel

Missin' one angel, child

'Cause you're here with me right now (mm ha)

(Your love is heavenly, baby)

(Heavenly to me, baby)

Ooh, my sweet little angel (heaven)

My pretty little angel (heaven)

I love you, love you, love you, love you, love you, baby (heaven)

Say it right now (heaven)

Ooh, heaven

Must be missing an angel (heaven)

Missing one angel, child (heaven)

'Cause you're here with me right now (heaven)

Oh, my heaven (heaven)

Missin' an angel (heaven)

(Heaven)

(Heaven)

You must have slipped away

Along the Milky Way

It's 'cause (your kiss)

Your kiss (is filled with tenderness)

You came, C.O.D

On a moonbeam straight to me

Just like showers, showers (showers, showers, showers)

(Ooh-ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh-ooh)

(Ooh-ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh-ooh)

Your heavenly power gets stronger by the hour

(Heaven must be missin' an angel)

I'm captured by your spell

Oh, girl, can't you tell

(Heaven, heaven) must be missin' an angel

Heaven (heaven)

Heaven (heaven)

Heaven (heaven)

Heaven (heaven)

Ooh, so, so good

So, so good, so, so good, baby

It's just so good, so good, so good

It's just so good, so good, so good (I love the way you move, I love the way you groove)

It's just so good, so good, so good

It's just so good, so good, so good (just like heaven, oh, baby)

It's just so good, so good, so good (heaven, yeah)

Heaven, heaven (talkin' 'bout heaven, yeah)

Heaven, heaven (ooh, my heaven)

Heaven, heaven (ooh, your love is so good)

Heaven, heaven (oh, baby, got to have my love, yeah)

Heaven, heaven (need it bad, Lord, baby, yeah)

Heaven, heaven (I got to have my love, yeah)

Heaven, heaven (sit down, gonna sit down)

Heaven, heaven

...

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
heaven /ˈhevən/ A1	noun - a place or state of perfect happiness
angel /ˈeɪndʒəl/ A2	noun - a spiritual being believed to act as a messenger of God
miss /mɪs/ A1	verb - to feel sadness at the absence of someone or something
love /lʌv/ A1	noun - an intense feeling of affection verb - to feel intense affection for
kiss /kɪs/ A2	noun - an act of touching with the lips verb - to touch with the lips
tenderness /ˈtendərnəs/ B2	noun - gentleness and kindness
sexiness /ˈseksinəs/ B2	noun - the quality of being sexually attractive or appealing
showers /ˈʃaʊərz/ A2	noun - brief and light falls of rain
power /ˈpaʊər/ A2	noun - the ability to do something
rainbow /ˈreɪnboʊ/ A2	noun - an arch of colors formed in the sky by refraction of the sun's rays by rain
shoulder /ˈʃoʊldər/ A2	noun - the part of the body between the neck and the upper arm
crying /ˈkraɪɪŋ/ A2	noun - the expression of distress, sadness through tears verb - shed tears
captured /ˈkæptʃərd/ B2	verb - to take into one's possession or control by force
spell /spel/ B1	noun - a form of words used as a magical charm or incantation.
pretty /ˈprɪti/ A1	adjective - attractive in a delicate way without being truly beautiful
halo /ˈheɪloʊ/ B2	noun - a circle of light shown around or above the head of a holy person to represent their holiness
slipped /slɪpt/ B1	verb - to slide unintentionally for a short distance
Milky Way /ˌmɪlki ˈweɪ/ B1	noun - the galaxy that contains our solar system
moonbeam /ˈmuːnbiːm/ B2	noun - a ray of moonlight

Key Grammar Structures

• Heaven must be missin' an angel

  ➔ Modal verb of deduction (must + be + -ing)

  ➔ Uses "must be missin'" to express a strong belief or logical deduction that heaven is missing an angel. The present continuous form indicates that the action is happening now or around now.

• 'Cause you're here with me right now

  ➔ Contraction ('cause), Present Continuous ('re here)

  ➔ "Cause" is a shortened form of "because." "You're here" is a contraction of "you are here," using the present continuous tense to state a current situation.

• Filled with tenderness

  ➔ Past participle used as an adjective (filled)

  ➔ "Filled" is a past participle that modifies the implied subject (kiss) and describes its characteristic.

• I want all I can get

  ➔ Relative clause with omitted relative pronoun

  ➔ "I can get" is a relative clause modifying "all". The relative pronoun "that" or "which" is omitted.

• Your love comes in showers

  ➔ Simple Present tense (comes) for habitual action.

  ➔ The use of the simple present "comes" suggests that the love arrives frequently, like showers.

• There's a rainbow over my shoulder

  ➔ Existential "there is/are" (There's)

  ➔ "There's" (There is) introduces the existence of a rainbow. It doesn't refer to any particular subject.

• When you came, my cup runneth over

  ➔ Archaic verb form (runneth) - Past Tense, Figurative Language

  ➔ "Runneth" is an old-fashioned form of "runs," used here to create a more poetic and elevated tone. The phrase "my cup runneth over" is a biblical allusion, meaning to be overflowing with abundance and joy.

• If one night you hear crying from above

  ➔ Conditional clause (If + Simple Present, Main Clause)

  ➔ Uses the first conditional to express a possible future scenario and its likely outcome. "If you hear" sets the condition, and the main clause implies what might happen as a result.