Heaven Must Have Sent You – English Lyrics

• By: Bonnie Pointer

Lyrics & Translation

Discover the exuberant sound of late 70s disco with Bonnie Pointer's "Heaven Must Have Sent You"! This track offers a fantastic opportunity to explore the transition from classic Motown soul to the dancefloor-filling energy of the disco era. The clear, heartfelt lyrics about finding love are perfect for language learners, while the infectious beat and Pointer's powerful vocals make it a timeless classic that will have you singing along.

[English]

Ooh

It's heaven in your arms

It's the sweetness of your charms

Makes me love you more each day

In your arms I wanna stay

I've cried through many endless nights

Just holding my pillow tight

Then you came into my lonely days

With your tender love and sweet ways

Now I don't know where you come from baby

Don't know where you been now baby

Heaven must have sent you into my arms

Now in the morning when I awake

There's a smile upon my face

You touch my heart with gladness

Wiped away all of my sadness

Oh so long I've needed love right near me

A soft voice to cheer me

Heaven must have sent you baby into my life

Ooh it's heaven in your arms

It's the sweetness of your charms

Makes me love you more each day

In your arms I wanna stay

Wanna thank you for the joy youve brought me

Thank you for the things you taught me

Thank you for holding me close

When I needed you the most

Now I dont know much about you baby

But I know I can't live without you

Heaven must have sent you honey

To love only me

Ooh

It's heaven in your arms

It's the sweetness of your charms

Makes me love you more each day

In your arms I wanna stay

It's heaven...

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Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
heaven /ˈhevən/ A2	noun - a place or state of perfect happiness
arms /ɑːrmz/ A1	noun - plural of arm
sweetness /ˈswiːtnəs/ B2	noun - the state or quality of being sweet
charms /tʃɑːrmz/ B2	noun - a quality of pleasing or attracting
love /lʌv/ A1	verb - to feel affection for someone noun - a strong feeling of affection
cried /kraɪd/ A2	verb - past tense of cry; to shed tears
endless /ˈendləs/ B1	adjective - having no end or limit
nights /naɪts/ A1	noun - plural of night
pillow /ˈpɪloʊ/ A1	noun - a cushion to support the head
lonely /ˈloʊnli/ A2	adjective - sad because one has no friends or company
tender /ˈtendər/ B1	adjective - gentle and loving
sweet /swiːt/ A2	adjective - having a pleasant taste
smile /smaɪl/ A1	noun - a happy facial expression verb - to have a happy facial expression
heart /hɑːrt/ A1	noun - the organ that pumps blood
gladness /ˈɡlædnəs/ B2	noun - the state of being glad; joy
sadness /ˈsædnəs/ B1	noun - the state of being sad
voice /vɔɪs/ A2	noun - the sound produced by humans
joy /dʒɔɪ/ A2	noun - a feeling of great pleasure and happiness

Key Grammar Structures

• Heaven must have sent you into my arms

  ➔ Modal verb of deduction in the past (must have + past participle)

  ➔ "Must have sent" expresses a strong belief or deduction about something that happened in the past. Here, it means the speaker strongly believes heaven sent the person.

• Now in the morning when I awake, there's a smile upon my face

  ➔ Time clause (when I awake) and Existential 'there is'

  ➔ "When I awake" is a time clause specifying when the smile is present. "There's a smile upon my face" uses the existential "there is" to indicate the presence of the smile.

• Wiped away all of my sadness

  ➔ Past simple (wiped) in a reduced relative clause

  ➔ This is a shortened version of "[He/She] wiped away all of my sadness". It implies an actor who performed the action of wiping.

• Oh so long I've needed love right near me

  ➔ Inversion for emphasis (Oh so long + auxiliary verb + subject)

  ➔ The standard word order would be "I've needed love right near me for oh so long". The inversion "Oh so long I've needed" emphasizes the duration of the need.

• Wanna thank you for the joy you've brought me

  ➔ Reduced infinitive ("wanna" = want to) and present perfect (you've brought)

  ➔ "Wanna" is a colloquial contraction of "want to". "You've brought" is the present perfect tense indicating an action (bringing joy) that started in the past and continues to have relevance now.

• Thank you for holding me close When I needed you the most

  ➔ Prepositional phrase of reason ("for holding me close"), and superlative adjective ("the most")

  ➔ "For holding me close" explains the reason for the thank you. "The most" is a superlative adjective modifying "needed," indicating the highest degree of need.

• But I know I can't live without you

  ➔ Modal verb (can't) expressing inability

  ➔ "Can't live" expresses the speaker's inability to live without the other person. It conveys a strong feeling of dependence.