'Have I told you lately' - Van Morrison

This song is widely considered to be about Van Morrison's religious convictions. Once quoting: "Religion is a kind of word game. It's whatever it means to those individuals who are following that belief system. If you say something has got spirit or "I feel the spirit," to me, that would be more appropriate - spirit in the Aristotelian sense, that the mind and body and spirit are one thing. Which is different from religion."

Rod Stewart performed the song on his MTV Unplugged special in 1993.

There is a Country song from the '40s called "Have I Told You Lately That I Love You," by Elvis Presley, Gene Autry, Bing Crosby and Ray Price, but is a different song - written by Scotty Wiseman. Morrison recorded this song with The Chieftans in 1995.

This version appeared on the group's album The Long Black Veil and earned a Grammy for Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals.

Have I told you lately (Van Morrison) Lyrics:
Have I told you lately that I love you
Have I told you there's no one above you
Fill my heart with gladness
Take away my sadness
Ease my troubles, that's what you do
Oh the morning sun in all it's glory
Greets the day with hope and comfort too
And you fill my life with laughter
You can make it better
Ease my troubles that's what you do
There's a love that's divine
And it's yours and it's mine
Like the sun at the end of the day
We should give thanks and pray to the one
Have I told you lately that I love you
Have I told you there's no one above you
Fill my heart with gladness
Take away my sadness
 Ease my troubles, that's what you do
There's a love that's divine
And it's yours and it's mine
And it shines like the sun
At the end of the day we will give thanks
And pray to the one
Have I told you lately that I love you
Have I told you there's no one above you
Fill my heart with gladness
Take away my sadness
Ease my troubles, that's what you do
Take away my sadness
Fill my life with gladness
Ease my troubles that's what you do
Fill my life with gladness
Take away my sadness
 Ease my troubles that's what you do.