Everytime I Close My Eyes (with Babyface)
Kenny G · The Moment
But I I know that it's been worth the wait
It feels like springtime in winter
It feels like Christmas in June
It feels like heaven has opened up it's gates for me and you
And every time I close my eyes
I thank the lord that I've got you
And you've got me too
And every time I think of it
I pinch myself 'cause
I don't believe it's true
That someone like you
Loves me too
Girl I think that you're truly somethin'
And you're you're every bit of a dream come true
With you baby it never rains and it's no wonder
The sun always shines when I'm near you
It's just a blessing that I have found somebody like you
And every time I close my eyes
I thank the lord that I've got you
And you've got me too
And every time I think of it
I pinch myself 'cause
I don't believe it's true
That someone like you
Loves me too
To think of all the nights
I've cried myself to sleep
You really oughtta know
How much you mean to me
It's only right that you be in my life right here with me
Oh baby baby
And every time I close my eyes
I thank the lord that I've got you
And you've got me too
And every time I think of it
I pinch myself 'cause
I don't believe it's true
That someone like you
Loves me too
Loves me too
The chart story behind ‘Everytime I Close My Eyes’
A chart distinction matters before listening: the No. 6 Billboard Hot 100 peak often associated with “Every Time I Close My Eyes” belongs to Babyface’s 1997 single, not automatically to every recording of the song. This lyric-page entry is Kenny G’s “Everytime I Close My Eyes (with Babyface),” listed on the saxophonist’s album *The Moment*. Babyface wrote and sings the romantic ballad, while Kenny G’s saxophone is part of the song’s crossover identity. The words are unusually direct for a hit of this polished late-nineties moment: the narrator insists that love still feels improbable, as if gratitude itself needs to be checked against reality.
The recording sits at the intersection of adult contemporary R&B and smooth jazz, with the saxophone functioning as a melodic voice rather than an ornamental solo pasted onto the end. That shared space helps explain why the title circulated under both artists’ names and on their respective album contexts. Babyface’s version appeared on *The Day* and became a major radio hit; Kenny G’s *The Moment* presents the collaboration within a larger instrumental-pop and smooth-jazz program. The distinction is important for reception claims: chart data for the Babyface single describes that single’s chart history, not a separate chart run for the Kenny G album track.
On Billboard’s Hot 100, Babyface’s single peaked at No. 6 in 1997 and spent 26 weeks on the chart. That durable performance is the clearest public-reception measure available, but it should not be recast as a chart result for Kenny G’s album version. Here, the song’s appeal lies in how completely it accommodates two musical identities: Babyface’s warm, conversational R&B vocal and Kenny G’s smooth-jazz phrasing. The track can be heard as a ballad first and a crossover collaboration second, but its catalog history makes clear that the distinction between the underlying composition, the hit single and the *The Moment* version should remain visible.