Valentine's Day is right around the corner, which means we're all scrambling to find the perfect Valentine's Day gift for your spouse, girlfriend, or boyfriend, along with the just-right Valentine's Day message to write in a card. Sometimes, it's difficult to find the right words to express how you feel. But a song can say it all, and in some cases, better than we ever could! Here, we've rounded up some of the best romantic song lyrics—from Nat King Cole to Bruno Mars—from our favorite Valentine's Day songs and best country love songs. Whether you're looking for a sweet opening line for your Valentine's Day love letter or you're simply a hopeless romantic looking to indulge yourself, this list is for you.
Look to the classics, like Etta James ("At last...my love has come along") or Frank Sinatra ("Some day, when I'm awfully low, when the world is cold, I will feel a glow just thinking of you and the way you look tonight"), for good old-fashioned sentiment. But don't ignore more current tunes, like Coldplay's "Yellow" ("Look at the stars, look how they shine for you and everything you do...") or Goo Goo Dolls' "Iris" ("And I'd give up forever to touch you, 'cause I know that you feel me somehow") for meaningful quotes and phrases. Whichever words you pick, you can't go wrong with one of these romantic Valentine's Day quotes.
1
Keith Urban, 'Somebody Like You'
"When you put your arms around me, you let me know there's nothing in this world I can't do."
2
Little River Band, 'Lady'
"I love you best. You're not like the rest."
3
Phillipa Soo & Original Broadway Cast of "Hamilton," 'Helpless'
"Then you walked in and my heart went, 'Boom!' "
4
Cyndi Lauper, 'Time After Time'
"If you fall I will catch you, I'll be waiting...time after time."
5
Sarah McLachlan, 'Ice Cream'
"Your love is better than ice cream."
6
Bruno Mars, 'Just the Way You Are'
"And when you smile, the whole world stops and stares for a while..."
"Look at the stars, look how they shine for you and everything you do..."
8
Elvis Presley, 'Love Me Tender'
"Take me to your heart, for it's there that I belong."
"Well, I found a woman stronger than anyone I know. She shares my dreams; I hope that someday I'll share her home."
10
Elton John, 'Your Song'
"I hope you don't mind that I put down in words how wonderful life is while you're in the world."
11
Frank Sinatra, 'The Way You Look Tonight'
"Some day, when I'm awfully low, when the world is cold, I will feel a glow just thinking of you and the way you look tonight."
12
Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros, 'Home'
"Man, oh, man, you're my best friend. I scream it to the nothingness. There ain't nothing that I need. Home, let me come home, home is wherever I'm with you."
"At last...my love has come along. My lonely days are over. And life is like a song."
14
Michael Bublé, 'Close Your Eyes'
"Here's to you, the one that always pulls us through, always do what you gotta do. You're one of a kind. Thank God you're mine."
15
James Taylor, 'How Sweet It Is'
"How sweet it is to be loved by you..."
"And I'd give up forever to touch you, 'cause I know that you feel me somehow. You're the closest to heaven that I'll ever be and I don't wanna go home right now."
17
Otis Redding, 'That's How Strong My Love Is'
"I'll be the weeping willow drowning in my tears, and you can go swimming when you are here. I'll be the rainbow after the tears are gone, wrap you in my colors and keep you warm."
18
Rod Stewart, 'Have I Told You Lately'
"You fill my life with laughter, and somehow you make it better... Ease my troubles, that's what you do."
"Hit me like a ray of sun burning through my darkest night. You're the only one that I want. Think I'm addicted to your light."
20
Sam Cooke, 'You Send Me'
"At first, I thought it was infatuation...but, oh, it's lasted so long. Now, I find myself wanting to marry you, and take you home..."
21
Sara Bareilles, 'The Light'
"Beating out of my chest, my heart is holding onto you... From the moment I knew, from the moment I knew."
22
John Legend, 'All of Me'
"'Cause all of me loves all of you."
23
Stevie Wonder, 'You Are the Sunshine of My Life'
"You must have known that I was lonely because you came to my rescue, and I know that this must be heaven. How could so much love be inside of you?"
24
Van Morrison, 'Crazy Love'
"I can hear her heartbeat for a thousand miles, and the heavens open every time she smiles..."
25
Kacey Musgraves, 'Butterflies'
"Now you're lifting me up instead of holding me down, stealing my heart instead of stealing my crown."
26
Al Green, 'Let's Stay Together'
"I'm so in love with you. Whatever you want to do is all right with me...'cause you make me feel so brand new and I want to spend my life with you."
27
Velvet Underground, 'I'll Be Your Mirror'
"When you think the night has seen your mind, that inside you're twisted and unkind, let me stand to show that you are blind. Please put down your hands, 'cause I see you..."
28
Kacey Musgraves, 'Oh What a World'
"Oh, what a world... And then there is you."
29
Barbra Streisand, 'My Man'
"For whatever my man is, I am his...forever more."
30
The Beatles, 'Here, There, and Everywhere'
"Here, making each day of the year, changing my life with a wave of her hand. Nobody can deny that there's something there..."
31
Katy Perry, 'Unconditionally'
"All your insecurities, all the dirty laundry never made me blink one time."
32
The Beach Boys, 'God Only Knows'
"If you should ever leave me—though life would still go on, believe me—the world could show nothing to me, so what good would living do me? God only knows what I'd be without you."
33
Nat King Cole, 'Unforgettable'
"Like a song of love that clings to me, how the thought of you does things to me... Never before has someone been more unforgettable."
34
Bryan Adams, 'Everything I Do (I Do it For You)'
"There's no love like your love and no other could give me more love. There's nowhere unless you're there...all the time, all the way."
35
Celine Dion, 'Because You Loved Me'
"You've been my inspiration. Through the lies you were the truth. My world is a better place because of you."
36
Shania Twain, 'Still the One'
"You're still the one I run to, the one that I belong to. You're still the one I want for life."
37
Eric Clapton, 'Wonderful Tonight'
"I feel wonderful because I see the love light in your eyes. And the wonder of it all is that you just don't realize...how much I love you."
"My heart's been borrowed and yours has been blue; all's well that ends well to end up with you."
39
Ben Folds, 'The Luckiest'
"And where was I before the day that I first saw your lovely face? Now I see it every day... And I know that I am, I am, I am the luckiest."
"And now you're my whole life, now you're my whole world. I just can't believe the way I feel about you, girl. Like a river meets the sea, stronger than it's ever been, we've come so far since that day...and I thought I loved you then."