songfacts®. They asked me how I knew. My true love was true. I of course replied. Something here inside cannot be denied. They said "someday you'll find all who love are blind". When your heart's on fire, You must realize, smoke gets in your eyes. So I chaffed them and I gaily laughed. Thelyrics correspond to Holden's emotional state and his feelings of alienation. Holden is an extremely lonely person, who is struggling to transition into the world of adults. 69042 0. Smoke Gets in Your Eyes Lyrics by The Platters from the Oldies But Goodies, Vol. 14 album- including song video, artist biography, translations and more: They asked me how I knew My true love was true I of course replied Something here inside cannot be denied They said. The"Smoke gets in you eye" Kern/Harbach lyric is so famous that it's possible that Les Savy Fav are lifting the figurate meaning from the other song. I'd say - while the bush is literally blinded by smoke from it's spontaneous combustion (or self immolation - I don't know who lit it), more importantly, this makes it figuratively blind to the lyricsSongfacts®: This was written in 1933 for the musical Roberta, starring Bob Hope. The lyrics were written by Otto Harbach and the music by Jerome Kern. In 1934, four different recordings charted: Paul Whiteman #1, Leo Reisman #3, Emil Coleman #4, and Ruth Etting #15. This version by The Platters is on the Hearts in Atlantis soundtrack. Yessmoke does gets in your eyes by hurting it which makes you somewhat teary eyes, visions unclear, and hard to focus. Smokers have a very strong profound affection for its many altered uses and how it delivers the affects to them inside medically, mentally, emotionally, and spiritually. SmokeGets In Your Eyes is a song about the fleeting and blinding nature of love. People may warn you while you are in it and laugh at you when you're out of it, but that doesn't change the fact that when one is in love's passionate grip, one is oblivious to the reality of its coming and going. Something here inside Cannot be denied" (ooh, ooh, ooh) They said, "Someday you′ll find All who love are blind" Oh-oh-oh-oh When your heart's on fire You must realize Smoke gets in your eyes So, I chaffed them As I gaily laughed To think they could doubt our love Yet today, my love has flown away I am without my love (without my love) Now, Originallyrics of Smoke Gets In Your Eyes song by Serge Gainsbourg. Explain your version of song meaning, find more of Serge Gainsbourg lyrics. Watch official video, print or download text in PDF. Theline, "When your heart's on fire, smoke gets in your eyes" is apparently from a Russian proverb; the word "chaffed', which also occurs in the song, isn't ("So, I chaffed them/As I gaily 1e0KHm.