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John Waite

John Charles Waite (born 4 July 1952; Lancaster Lancaster, Lancashire , Lancashire, England) is an English rock rock music singer and musician. He was lead vocalist for the bands band (music) The Babys and Bad English. As a solo artist, he scored a #1 hit in the United States with "Missing You Missing You (John Waite song) " in 1984. [read more]

Mask of Smiles (9 Lyrics)

You're The One
You could be anywhereBut if you think of meKnow that you're on my mindGot my soul in you handsNo matter what you doI know it must be rightI'm a man of the worldAnd I've seen everythingAnd this time I see one I like...
Every Step Of The Way
I spend my timeThinkin' 'bout you constantlyIt's true that I want youYou're the meaning of success to me Cause anything you wantYou can get from meDon't try to work it outJust let it beEmotion has no priceAnd love is...
Lust For Life
From your mothers' breast to the Vatican stepsIt ain't such a long way down noAbsolution comes with the confessionBut the priest still hangs aroundAnd I don't want to lose myselfIn some uniformNo I'm not gonna be...
Laydown
Oh yeahIt ain't the way that you look at meNo nor the way you talkCould be a dark side coming out of meBut I just like that way that you walkAnd I know what you've got is a thing for meAnd I want that thing awful...
Welcome To Paradise
Sour milk in the saucerAnd the cat won't come homeAnd sometimes New York CityFeels like burnin' Rome I'm lost and I'm crazyToo much time on my ownI'd give anything to find a heartThat can't be sold Welcome to...
Ain't That Peculiar
Honey you do me wrongBut I'm still crazy about youStay away too longWhen you know I can't do without youEvery chance you get you seem toHurt me more and more and moreBut each hurt makes my love Stronger than beforeI...
The Choice
I will be there for youFor you are mineAnd I'll take care of youEvery single timeI'll be watching over youWhen the world seems bitter coldWhen you're closer to the edgeAnd you're feeling so aloneBut do you still...
Just Like Lovers
You keep catching my eyeAnd we keep looking at each otherIs this what it feels likeTo be someone's loverThere was never a timeAnd the clock didn't matter 'til nowAnd we could say that it's going wellIt feels like Hell...
No Brakes
I can't take you to the moviesAnd I can't tell the real thingFrom a fakeBut I'm curled up tightIn your ChevroletAnd baby you got wowYou've got what it takesYou've got no brakes I can't take you anywhere these daysBaby...

Essentials (19 Lyrics)

White Heat
She's just a working girl from BaltimoreShe'll choose youShe's been thereShe's been there and back againIt's in and outIt's up it's down It's a mercenaryAnd you get what you need When you walk on the streets of...
Love Is A Rose To Me
Love is a rose to meGrowin' desperate and I'm desperatelyReliving memoriesFor love is a rose And when you look at meThere's no one that I would rather seeYou make me feel completeFor love is a rose Love is a rose to...
Rock'n Roll Is (Alive And Well)
I wrote the presidentBut I got no replyHe claims he tells the truthHe writes it in the skyThe taxman's at the doorThough he never seems politeThey've got me corneredCornered in the lightWe could change that overnight...
Jesus, Are You There?
Give me something I can touch with my handsSomething I can look at and understandIf you're up there no don't look down on meDo something quick I can't pay the rent Do you believe in JesusIs he thereIs there a God...
If Anybody Had A Heart
In this world of right and wrongThe hardest part is beginningBy the time you findwhere you belongYou're either losing or winning Well I don't know howBut people seem to knowWhen you want somebodybad enoughWell I want...
A Piece Of The Action
I've got no moneyCould you spare a dime?I got the planIf you got the time If you take me thereYou can claim your shareOf the actionBeen on the roadfor a long time nowPaid all my duesOh, I'm ready nowIf you take me...
Run To Mexico
Come on baby don't you wanna goI could take you thereYou could get what you want in the southYou could let down your hairI said do you don't you will you won't youBaby won't you please let me knowI ain't talkin' 'bout...
White Lightening
When I was young They took me to the dentistI had a toothacheBut that's okayThey gave me some timeAnd that night in my bedroomI worked it looseLike I used to doOne little boy in a dentist's chairHeard a hundred...
Make It Happen
I've been watching you nowI've been caught in these hoursDays are turning to nightsOut of where there's no No rules for strangers When I see you againWill you still feel the same wayUnderstand In your eyesI can't get...
Union Jack
Missin' at schoolBustin' the rulesHates everything in sightNeeds some new shoesDad's on the boozeShe's never thereFar away kidAll on his ownCan't tell the wrong from rightThin as a rakeTough as a nail tonightTonight...
Change
People talkingAnd they're saying that you're leavingSo unhappyWith the way that you've been living Oh oh ohWe always wish for moneyWe always wish for fameWe think we have the answersSome things ain't ever gonna change...
Broken Heart
I heard that she's back in townHeard she's been seen around I hear she getswhat she wants everytimeI know what she put you throughI know what you'd like to doCause I lost my heartto her sometime ago So come onWipe...
Gonna Be Somebody
You spin around and turn on me Stop me in my crashYou wanna be somebody else Say you won't be backYour bourgeois friends call you dear Deal you like a cardYour eyes out for the diamonds now Experienced and scarred You...
Mr. Wonderful
I can't play these games with you no moreI get my fingers caught inside the doorNow everything I say is just a jokeSpend my money now you leave me broke Living someone's life in clear blue skiesFairy tales and dreams...
Anytime
Hear a message on my radioI get home I got nowhere to goThink about ya day and nightI'll be waiting so when it feels right Anytime you want at allAnytimeAnytime you want just call Heartbeat faster lose controlA...
Head Above The Waves
You quit the band and got a jobDecided to take a wifeThen you stood stillAnd I went on And almost lost my life No I don't wanna be in your shoesAnd I don't wanna read local newsAnd though I know we had the same...
Darker Side Of Town
You always give me something To help me understandTurn those tracks around me one more timeBut all you give is killing me I can't turn around I'm gettin' loaded on a darker side of townI don't know who I am on a...
Love Don't Prove I'm Right
You used to celebrate itWhen I came in at 6 AMOoh babeI could never really fake itCause I was in love again Love don't proveLove don't prove I'm rightLove don't proveLove don't prove I'm rightYou used to sing and...
World In A Bottle
Give your love awayIt's not the way you seemCause someone's just come in your lifeAnd broken up your dreamsLook into my eyes and tell me what you seeAnd if my eyes are emptyWell that's the way I'm meant to be What I...

When You Were Mine (11 Lyrics)

Suicide Life
You say there's nothing wrongWith the lessons that your learningThe school of the streetsYou'll kick next yearSkateboarding Hollywood and VineYeahYou're a spaced out face in a crowdYou're 17 and shootingThe cars slow...
I-95
In the cruel month grey morningI woke up freezing coldTo possibly start overBefore the day got oldTo my anger in my solitudeI had to say goodbyeSo I turned on my ignitionNo reason to denyI-95AlrightFrom the canyons on...
All I Want For Christmas
Well I stood by the streetlightAnd I whispered your nameTo the circle of darkness againIn the mercury nightThe snow fell like cocaineBut all I want for Christmas is youI'd been out with some good friendsAnd we raised...
Just Like A Woman
Nobody feels any painTonight as I stand inside the rainEverybody knowsThat baby's got new clothesBut lately I've seen herRibbons and her bowsHave fallen from her curlsShe takes just like a womanShe makes love just...
Imaginary Girl
Do you think you have to actlike you're someone else with meLike a cover girlOr a barbie dollOr a beauty queenYou'll be gone when I wake upto the Rolling StonesAnd the jukes and earlsBut I ain't looking forAn...
Show Me How To Love You
Put on something pretty babyAnd turn down the lightsLet's leave the world outside the windowFor justJust one nightAnd show meI'll show you what my love is good forAnd I'll always be there for you babyAnd I'll always...
Valentine
Inside these moments waitingBeneath the windows ofThe house of LoveLike Romeo to Juliet aboveThe lights out on the freewayThey lead me back to youFor always and forever nowI'll be with youCause you know that I've come...
Lets Get Out Of Here
I've been out here in this wastelandThrowing horseshoes at the starsNickel, Silver, and pearl inlayOn an old guitar for my new lifeFor the playwright and the printerTheme cafes and tourist barsThey're on a permanent...
Bluebird Cafe
Her I.D, says she's 21But she's just 17Her apron says MaryBut her real name is JeanShe's working cleaning tables offAt the local Dairy QueenAnd she's the real thingYeahYoung hearts can fly restless and wildThough it's...
When You Were Mine
Sweet 17 in summertimeDrunk on elderberry wineLaughing in the cornfieldsAnd taking our sweet timeThe world was ours togetherAnd all the things we hadWere cast up in the future babyHow could things turn out bad?Now I...
Have You Seen Her My Friend
The day begins with CNNAnd it looks like WWIIIThe forecast calls for freezing rainIt doesn't matter much to meThe Wheel of Fortune never turnsIt's all insanityHave you seen her my friend?I've been up all nightI've...

No Brakes (8 Lyrics)

For Your Love
Thinking about you tonightIn a 3-D hotel room in RomeChainsmoking American cigarettesAnd keeping my ear to the phone Through the blinds to the streetMy mind wandersTo the nights when I had you aloneReality becomes...
Euroshima
Storm warning on the radioFlags and bannersArmageddon on the late night showAnd like my father beforeWe've got love on the barricadesSweethearts who miss Battle hymns and hit paradesArmageddon cascadesWhat's my...
Tears
You left me here aloneI guess I'll never see the lightYou turned another's thumbAnd he makes your wrongsseem right Out on some different wavelengthSomehow he brings you more But sweetheart tonightI know for sureI'll...
Dark Side Of The Sun
I looked over my shoulderStraight into your eyesAs you stood in my shadowIn some loud disguiseYou were lookin' straight through meLike a piece of glassOut of step with the fashionFashions always pass I've been living...
Shake It Up/Dreamtime
If I fallRight out of sleepDeepsea diving in the darkWith those creatures of the deepBroken skisOver silent snowAs the ground comes up to meet meIs it then you let me go Here we goTo the other sideNo one comes backAnd...
Love Collision
Ain't it beautifulDon't it make you feel completeIt comes into your lifeThen sweeps you right off your feetTime stands still for two loversAnd it's intangibleBut it hits like steelIt stops me in my tracksMakes my...
Restless Heart
Three years comeI'm still alone and you're so lonelyI look in the mirrorI see those lines on my faceAll of my dreams are goneFlyin' with the starlingsBut they were not stolen gemsColored glass I can replace You've got...
Saturday Night
Workin' overtime Just to keep myself from getting sackedWell I don't like my jobTell the boss to shove itI ain't goin' back Just like Gene VincentI'm longing to proveI know what I need this timeMe and my girl together...

Ignition (6 Lyrics)

Temptation
When you tell me that you're leavingAnd that you've got to be aloneSometimes you seem to me like you're far awayIn some different danger zoneI couldn't stop you if I wantedYou found somebody else for sureWhat you...
Desperate Love
No guardian angel looking down on me tonightI'm on the streets againAnd I can't tell wrong from rightI'm on the run from loveBut I don't know what I'm running forBut it all looks alright when I'm standing at your door...
Wild Life
Well you fooled me say your livin' in FranceDrinkin' cheap champagneGot a second chanceYou got a lover and he's six feet-fiveAin't he shakin' you upAin't you glad you're alive It's a wild lifeYou're not in my shoesA...
I'm Still In Love
You've been livin' with your broken heartI've been trying hard to play the partBut some pretender with an easy smile Can tell you it's alrightI ain't got nothin' if you leave me nowJust a hypocrite with broken vowsIf...
Going To The Top
Saw you standing in the darknessWith your back against the wallAnd your eyes looked kind of distantThen I knew you'd seen it allIt was then that you betrayed meCause I could see right through your gazeI guess you and...
Be My Baby Tonight
She's got a certain style In everything she doesShe's someone to knowJust becauseYeahJust becauseYeah Ooh yeah yeah yeahCome onBe my little baby tonight She's seen everywhereLooking like Venus tooEmotional suicideShe...

Rover's Return (7 Lyrics)

Sometimes
I remember when you whispered lowI will go with you wherever you goThen I went and found someone newNo one ever made me feel the way that you do Sometimes you don't knowWhen to hold on or when to let goSometimes you...
Woman's Touch
Give me one thing I can believeGive me one thing I can touchTasteWantTake again And again And againGive me something I can't rememberForget me notGive me something over and overDon't forgetKeep me lovedGive me...
She's The One
She's got everything I wantGot my world in a tight black dressKeeps me on my feet and walkingKeeps my heart alive I look up at the moonTo see her looking down on meAnd it's a magic carpet rideTo a place that fate...
Wild One
See you moving through the squareIn your motorcycle leatherDiamonds cascade at your feetIn an instant we are forever See you're a rebel with a causeNo one ever gets close to you Oh whoa whoa whoaYou're my wild oneOh...
Don't Lose Any Sleep
You tell me to be strongYou tell me to be strongGoodbye ain't no reason to cryIt ain¹t no big deal You say I'll get alongSure I'll get alongYou're so nonchalant That it's unreal Well I thought this love would be all...
These Times Are Hard For Lovers
Babe I had a dreamWoke up in a sweatDarkness all around meI was caught in its netTried to reach for youBut you weren't thereIt only was a dreamBut it put danger in the air I can feel the nervous rhythmof your heart...
Big Time For Love
These days I feel I'm fightin'Everything in sightI'm fighting for my freedomFor my life Some bigshot with the moneyPuts my back against the wallThe red brick's waitingFor another bullet hole There's a blitzkreig on...

Temple Bar (7 Lyrics)

Price Of My Tears
In the real worldAll that goldAll that silver proveIs that the powerful own the truthWith their Heckle and Jeckyll smilesDown to nickels and dimes The lawyers will sueWhat those bastards won't do But sometimes with...
Someone Like You
I've been searchin' for a long timeFor someone exactly like youI've been travelin' all around the worldWaitin' for you to come through Someone like youTo make it all worthwhileSomeone like youTo keep me...
More
Fell out of the sky sometime in 1952Through the radianceLooking for my shoesDaddy left and momma criedHad a passport for the bluesI didn't share their hometown point of view Cause I need moreI need moreJust give me...
I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry
Hear the lonesome whippoorwillHe sounds too blue to flyThe midnight train is whining lowI'm so lonesome I could cry I've never seen a night so longWhen time goes crawling byThe moon just went behind a cloudTo hide its...
The Glittering Prize
There's a silent movie Running off its reel inside my mindAs I try to fall asleep tonightOn prescription lullabyesIn the darkness there's a doorwayThat leads me back to you forever But these days there's onlyYou and I...
Ain't No Sunshine
Ain't no sunshine when she's goneIt's not warm when she's awayAin't no sunshine when she's goneAnd she's always gone too longAnytime she goes away I wonder this time where she's goneI wonder if she's gone to stayAin't...
In God's Shadow
We speak out like childrenOf the dreams that we chase and pursueThese rights we hold preciousSay it loud enoughAnd it'll be trueIn the company of strangersWild conversationAnd the hours go by so fastAnd you find a lot...

Falling Backwards (13 Lyrics)

Isn't It Time
Falling in love was thelast thing I had on my mindHolding you is a warmth that I thought I could never find (Sitting here all alone)Just trying to decide(Whether to go all alone)Or stay by your side(Then I stop myself...
If You've Got The Time
If I say I love yaAnd lay it on the line YeahCould you say you need meAnd put your hands in mine Oh I got love that growsOh I got love that showsI got the loveIf you've got the timeThen I've got the time Do you say...
Downtown
I wait for sundown on the fire escapeAnd watch the passing cars downstairsI'm high above Korean groceriesA sublet castle in the air It's down to cigarettes and rosariesChrist, I wish someone would call meJohnny...
Head First
Well the first time that I saw yaYou looked down and outAnd I had my doubtsAbout youBut baby since I've come to know yaI ain't got no doubtsWhat it's aboutMe and babyWe're going out tonightShe's gonna treat me...
Back On My Feet Again
I was so lonely until I met youTold myself I'd get by without loveDrownin' my sorrowsAvoiding tomorrowsKind of felt that I just had enough You light up my face with your jokes and your smilesAnd the way that you came...
Midnight Rendezvous
Driving faster than you want me toCan't help myself when I'm alone with youAlrightAlright I've passed the limit and there's no way backYour kind of love gives me a heart attackAlrightAlright Cause baby can't you seeWe...
When I See You Smile
Sometimes I wonderIf I'd ever make it throughThrough this worldwithout having in youI just wouldn't have a clue Cause sometimes it seemsLike this world's closing in on meAnd there's no way of breaking freeAnd then I...
Straight To Your Heart
I can't reach behind your eyesYou always look awayYou hide behind your alibisAnd change your mindfrom day to dayIf there's something I can doThen I'll be thereOutside your broken worldYou'll see it's me who cares Take...
In Dreams
In my life I've seen such thingsThat I wish I had not seenBut through your eyesI can let it goWhen you're lying here with me Sunshine knocking on my windowCouldn't wake me from this dream(we dream)Cause babyanywhere...
Price Of Love
Girl sometimes it seems to meThat I don't say the things I shouldTo you I act like I'm no goodAnd you wait for me patientlyThis houseis not a home without youIt takes two hearts to share Your eyes will always see...
Act Of Love
Sometimes I wake upAnd I watch you sleepAnd in the darkness I wonder if I'm in too deepHelp-what if it's true I say the wrong thingsCause I'm just a jealous guyAnd I hurt you sometimesI make you cryOh I'm so sorry You...
Encircled
In these days of wild rosesI held a compass in my handI had three wishes for a futureThat I won't need to understandAnd I've got holly green on blood redManhattan Christmas on my armMy soul ain't worth savingFeels...
How Did I Get By Without You
There was a time When I thought I knewEverything aboutthis great big worldUntil I met youInto my lifeLike a brand new sunNow I find my homeinside your eyesWherever you are It's hard to say itCause I hide things so...

The Hard Way (2 Lyrics)

New York City Girl
There's diamonds in the avenueAs the dayshift turns to nightIn the Empire diner dreamingHard rain, fluorescent lightsAs the waitress fills my coffee cupAnd the working girls go byDrenched Irish Cops are dreaming...
Carina
I'll steal your heart away in timeIt's only fair cause you have mineOh CarinaDon't make me wait too longBaby can you tell me trueDo I stand a chance with youOh CarinaDon't make me wait too longGood things will comeTo...

Missing You (2 Lyrics)

Missing You
Everytime I think of you, I always catch my breathAnd I'm still standing here, and you're miles awayAnd I'm wonderin' why you leftAnd there's a storm that's raging through my frozen heart tonightI hear your name in...
You've Lost That Loving Feelin
You never close your eyes anymore when I kiss your lips. And there's no tenderness like before in your fingertips. You're trying hard not to show it, (baby). But baby, can't you see that I know it... You've lost...