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Outside Of Heaven by Eddie Fisher

“I pass your house with misty eyes,” sings Eddie Fisher over cod-standard musical motifs, like some sort of mystical stalker.  I think he’s suggesting that he can’t have the woman he loves until they are both dead and, nowadays, we’d assume that he’s going to kill her to have her.  Are we cynics? Or is Eddie there already? We’re told that he watched the Her of the song on her wedding day, and “could hardly keep from crying out loud”.  Eddie, get a grip! She’s not interested etc.  Move on! “Why was I meant to walk alone outside of Heaven?” he asks as the song swells to its conclusion.  Well, I think I know: you scare women, Eddie.