Missing You
John Waite
Album:
No Brakes
Wiki:
"Missing You" is the title of a song co-written and recorded by British musician John Waite (other writers were Mark Leonard and Chas Sandford). It was released in June 1984 as the lead single from the album No Brakes. It peaked at #1 on the US Billboard Hot 100 during the week of September 22, 1984, and reached number nine on the UK Singles Chart. John Waite re-recorded the song with country/bluegrass artist Alison Krauss which appeared on her album A Hundred Miles or More: A Collection, and released it to country music radio in 2007. The re-recording peaked at #34 on the Hot Country Songs chart. It was also featured in the popular '80s inspired video game Grand Theft Auto: Vice City, and in an ad campaign for Conan O'Brien's return to late night TV on TBS. The opening line is sometimes misheard as "Everyime I hear your name, I always catch my breasts".
Lyrics:
[Intro] Missing you, missing you Missing you, missing you Missing you, missing you Missing you, missing you [Verse 1] Every time I think of you I always catch my breath And I'm still standing here And you're miles away And I'm wondering why you left [Verse 2] And there's a storm that's raging Through my frozen heart tonight I hear your name in certain circles And it always makes me smile I spend my time Thinking about you And it's almost driving me wild [Pre-Chorus] And there's a heart that's breaking Down this long distance line tonight [Chorus] I ain't missing you at all (Missing you, missing you) Since you've been gone away (Missing you, missing you) I ain't missing you (Missing you, missing you) No matter what I might say (Missing you, missing you) [Verse 3] There's a message in the wire And I'm sending you this signal tonight You don't know How desperate I've become And it looks like I'm losing this fight In your world I have no meaning Though I'm trying hard to understand [Pre-Chorus] And it's my heart that's breaking Down this long distance line tonight [Chorus] I ain't missing you at all (Missing you, missing you) Since you've been gone away (Missing you, missing you) I ain't missing you (Missing you, missing you) No matter what my friends say (Missing you, missing you) [Bridge] And there's a message that I'm sending out Like a telegraph to your soul And if I can't bridge this distance Stop this heartbreak overload [Chorus] I ain't missing you at all (Missing you, missing you) Since you've been gone away (Missing you, missing you) I ain't missing you (Missing you, missing you) No matter what my friends say (Missing you, missing you) I ain't missing you (Missing you, missing you) I ain't missing you (Missing you, missing you) I keep lying to myself (Missing you, missing you) [Pre-Chorus] And there's a storm that's raging Through my frozen heart tonight [Chorus] I ain't missing you at all (Missing you, missing you) Since you've been gone away (Missing you, missing you) I ain't missing you (Missing you, missing you) No matter what my friends say [Outro] Ain't missing you (Missing you) I ain't missing you I ain't missing you I keep lying to myself (Missing you) Ain't missing you I ain't missing you I ain't missing you I ain't missing you I ain't missing you I ain't missing you Ain't missing you Oh no (Missing you, missing you, missing you) No matter what my friends might say I ain't missing you (Missing you)