When She Loved Me

"When She Loved Me" is a song from Toy Story 2 written by Randy Newman and sung by Sarah McLachlan from the perspective of Jessie about how she was once loved by a young girl named Emily, but eventually forgotten as she grew older.

This song was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Song in 2000, where McLachlan performed it at the awards ceremony, but the award went to Phil Collins for another Disney song "You'll Be in My Heart" from Tarzan, which was released on the same year as Toy Story 2. It is listed as Track 2 on the Toy Story 2 Soundtrack.

Lyrics

 * When somebody loved me
 * Everything was beautiful
 * Every hour we spent together
 * Lives within my heart
 * And when she was sad
 * I was there to dry her tears
 * And when she was happy so was I
 * When she loved me


 * Through the summer and the fall
 * We had each other that was all
 * Just she and I together
 * Like it was meant to be
 * And when she was lonely
 * I was there to comfort her
 * And I knew that she loved me


 * So the years went by
 * I stayed the same
 * But she began to drift away
 * I was left alone
 * Still I waited for the day
 * When she'd say I will always love you


 * Lonely and forgotten
 * I'd never thought she'd look my way
 * And she smiled at me and held me
 * Just like she used to do
 * Like she loved me
 * When she loved me


 * When somebody loved me
 * Everything was beautiful
 * Every hour we spent together
 * Lives within my heart
 * When she loved me

Trivia

 * This song was nominated at the Academy Awards for Best Original Song, losing to "You'll Be in My Heart" for the Disney animated feature, Tarzan, written by Phil Collins.
 * The music that goes with this song can be heard in Toy Story 3.
 * This is the first Toy Story and Pixar song not to be performed by Randy Newman; however, he does play the piano.