「ただ君に愛してるっていいたくて電話したんだ」

数々のすばらしい楽曲をこの世に送り出しているスティービー・ワンダーですが、その中でも、シンプルな歌詞にあふれんばかりの想いがこめられているこの曲は、彼の代表作のひとつ。新年でもない、ヴァレンタインでもない、なにも特別な日じゃないけれど、I just called to say I love you, And I mean it from the bottom of my heart.「ただ君に愛してるっていいたくて電話したんだ。心の底から本当にそう思うんだ。」メロディもすてきですが、歌詞を理解するとますます心にじわーっときます。

I Just Called To Say I Love You
by Stevie Wonder

No New Year’s Day to celebrate
No chocolate covered candy hearts to give away
No first of spring
No song to sing
In fact here’s just another ordinary day

No April rain
No flowers bloom
No wedding Saturday within the month of June
But what it is, is something true
Made up of these three words that I must say to you

I just called to say I love you
I just called to say how much I care
I just called to say I love you
And I mean it from the bottom of my heart

No summer’s high
No warm July
No harvest moon to light one tender August night
No autumn breeze
No falling leaves
Not even time for birds to fly to southern skies

No Libra sun
No Halloween
No giving thanks to all the Christmas joy you bring
But what it is, though old so new
To fill your heart like no three words could ever do

I just called to say I love you
I just called to say how much I care, I do
I just called to say I love you
And I mean it from the bottom of my heart

I just called to say I love you
I just called to say how much I care, I do
I just called to say I love you
And I mean it from the bottom of my heart, of my heart,
of my heart

I just called to say I love you
I just called to say how much I care, I do
I just called to say I love you
And I mean it from the bottom of my heart, of my heart,
baby of my heart