This is the female version of the Eric Stewart & Graham Gouldman composition with gender changed from 'her' to 'his' and from 'she' to 'he' where she sings in a lower register, lower than Eric Stewart from British pop group 10cc.
When American blue-eyed soul/pop singer and backing vocalist Joyce Berry was younger back in 1977, she heard a pop song on the radio, called, "People In Love" by British pop band 10cc she would be more familiar with and then also bought both a small 45 RPM single and a sheet music of the same song, so she had to learn the words to that song over and over again until she was satisfied with it, so she decided to sing it lower in her smoky alto than band member Eric Stewart in his tenor.
Since Joyce is a straightforward pop/soul singer with a soft ballad voice in a real authentic style, she moves away from the Godley & Creme artistic, abstract art-rock stuff, progressive rock, avant-garde, rock opera and experimental stuff when she said "No, I don't like the abstract art-rock stuff of Godley & Creme because I find it bland and boring that lacks soul. I don't like it. I prefer Eric Stewart & Graham Gouldman better that have more soul than that when they made such real authentic pop music that I'm always crazy about.", so she decided to focus more on some of the straightforward Stewart & Gouldman pop stuff that she is more comfortable with.
Words and music courtesy of Eric Stewart and Graham Gouldman
lyrics
People in love do funny things
Walk under buses and burn their wings
People like us do nothing right
Talk to the ceiling into the night
Look at the smile in his eyes
I knew it was right in my bones
I feel the turning of wheels as it grows
Look at my face in his eyes
Am I right? Am I wrong?
He's given me butterflies all along
Chorus:
Ooh sitting alone in the dark (hey, hey)
Ooh feeling you close to me
We're in a dream
But the hands on the clock seem to know
Tell me (us) it's time to go
People in love play silly games
Running in circles and everywhere
People like us can make believe
Love is forever and I'll never be
Repeat Chorus
credits
from People in Love,
track released October 1, 1982
Written by Eric Stewart & Graham Gouldman
Lead Vocals: Joyce Berry
Percussion: Jimmy Maelen
Electric Piano: Randy Kerber
Parlor Piano: Randy McCormick
Bass: Dennis Belfield
Electric Guitar: Charles Fearing
Acoustic Guitar: Dennis Budimir
Drums: Ed Greene
Background Vocals: Joyce Berry, Laurie Maitland,
Scarlett McCarthy
Strings Arranged by Gene Page
Joyce Berry is a retired contralto blue-eyed soul-flavored pop singer and backing vocalist from North Dakota who cut her
first record, "Never Be Discouraged" as a disco hit from 1978, released on the West End record label, written by the late Walter Kahn, Andy Kahn & Helen Rice....more
