Song Lyrics

Wednesday, 22 August, 2007, 21:55 - Random Thoughts

Every once in a while there is a song that moves you every time you hear it. In this case, I'm not even sure why. Perhaps I've purposely forgotten who this song is supposed to remind me of. The song came out around the same time I started high school, which is always a very impressionable time in a person's life. I can remember listening to the radio (either Hot 97.7 or X100) during Drafting class. Mr. Geraci would only let us listen to pop music on Fridays. The rest of the time we listened to his music (generally classical). For some weird reason, this song always connected with me. Even though it took me quite a while to figure out who sang it, and to finally track down a copy of the album; I always loved the song.

Even now, nearly 18 years later I can still listen to the song feel that same connection. Perhaps it's just a reminder of how sad life is when you are only clinging to a hope of something that will never be. Hell, perhaps back then it was a subconscious warning about things to come.

The song debuted on the Billboard chard on July 8, 1989; and reached number 1 on August 12. After 3 weeks it was dislodged by Paul Abdul's Cold Hearted. Which reminds me of what I did that summer... That was my first trip out of the country, helping to build a house for a poor family down in San Felipe, Baja California Norte with the youth group from my grandpa's church.

Anyway, Right Here Waiting by Richard Marx has been one of my favorite songs (for a long time it WAS my favorite) for all these years. And surely it will be amongst my favorites through the rest of my life.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Right_Here_Waiting

Oceans apart day after day
And I slowly go insane
I hear your voice on the line
But it doesn't stop the pain

If I see you next to never
How can we say forever

Wherever you go
Whatever you do
I will be right here waiting for you
Whatever it takes
Or how my heart breaks
I will be right here waiting for you

I took for granted, all the times
That I thought would last somehow
I hear the laughter, I taste the tears
But I can't get near you now

Oh, can't you see it baby
You've got me goin' crazy

Wherever you go
Whatever you do
I will be right here waiting for you
Whatever it takes
Or how my heart breaks
I will be right here waiting for you

I wonder how we can survive
This romance
But in the end if I'm with you
I'll take the chance

Oh, can't you see it baby
You've got me goin' crazy

Wherever you go
Whatever you do
I will be right here waiting for you
Whatever it takes
Or how my heart breaks
I will be right here waiting for you