# Needing \*Missing You\* songs **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 14, 2005, 6:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/needing-missing-you-songs/312478 "2005-07-14T06:37:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2005, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/needing-missing-you-songs/312478/21 "2005-07-14T15:05:34Z")
> [@Shirley Ujest](#): > > **Oh Beautiful** Ray Charles Is da man! All though I agree with Ray Charles manliness I believe the song you are thinking of is **America the Beautiful**. **You’re Missing** , \*\*Waiting a Sunny Day \*\* by The Boss on his album The Rising. ---
**Author:** ![Spoke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e57/32.png) [@Spoke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoke)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2005, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/needing-missing-you-songs/312478/22 "2005-07-14T15:33:19Z")
More “missing you” songs: _Here I am again in this mean old town And you’re so far away from me And where are you when the sun goes down You’re so far away from me So far away from me So far I just can’t see So far away from me You’re so far away from me_ [“So Far Away”](http://www.lyricsfreak.com/d/dire-straits/40684.html) - **Dire Straits** _He’s gone 2000 miles It’s very far The snow is falling down Gets colder day by day I miss you_ [“2000 Miles”](http://www.lyricsfreak.com/p/pretenders/110669.html) - **The Pretenders** (Though this song also has a Christmas theme.) _When I need you I just close my eyes and I’m with you And all that I so wanna give you babe It’s only a heartbeat away_ [“When I Need You”](http://www.lyricsfreak.com/l/leo-sayer/82745.html) - **Leo Sayer** _I dreamt we were standing By the banks of the thames Where the cold grey waters ripple In the misty morning light Held a match to your cigarette Watched the smoke curl in the mist Your eyes, blue as the ocean between us Smiling at me_ [“Misty Morning, Albert Bridge”](http://www.lyricsfreak.com/p/pogues/109750.html) - **The Pogues** ---
**Author:** ![DeVena](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/dec6dc/32.png) [@DeVena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DeVena)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2005, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/needing-missing-you-songs/312478/23 "2005-07-14T15:45:55Z")
Wishing you were here - Chicago ---
**Author:** ![ioioio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ioioio/32/316_2.png) [@ioioio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ioioio)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2005, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/needing-missing-you-songs/312478/24 "2005-07-14T16:00:17Z")
\*Wherever you go My heart will follow I love you so I’ll be true to you Take my love with you To any port or foreign shore Darling you must feel for sure I’ll be true to you Soldier boy Oh, my little soldier boy I’ll be true to you\* [Soldier Boy](http://www.lyricsdepot.com/the-shirelles/soldier-boy.html) - The Shirelles \*While I’m far away from you my baby I know it’s hard for you my baby Because it’s hard for me my baby And the darkest hour is just before dawn Each night before you go to bed my baby Whisper a little prayer for me my baby And tell all the stars above This is dedicated to the one I love\* [Dedicated to the One I Love](http://www.lyricsfreak.com/m/mamas-&-the-papas,-the/87273.html) - The Mamas and Papas ---
**Author:** ![Ol\_Gaffer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Ol\_Gaffer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ol_Gaffer)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2005, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/needing-missing-you-songs/312478/25 "2005-07-14T17:06:51Z")
“Missing You” - John Waite “Darling Be Home Soon” - Lovin’ Spoonful (beautiful song despite the fact that John Sebastian used the words “dawdled” and “toddled” in the chorus) ---
**Author:** ![gaucho](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c67d28/32.png) [@gaucho](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gaucho)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2005, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/needing-missing-you-songs/312478/26 "2005-07-14T17:35:29Z")
How 'bout **Blue Kentucky Girl** , done by Loretta Lynn, Emmylou Harris, and probably others? ---
**Author:** ![Enginerd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/bcef8e/32.png) [@Enginerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enginerd)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2005, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/needing-missing-you-songs/312478/27 "2005-07-14T17:54:44Z")
“[If I Needed You](http://www.cowboylyrics.com/lyrics/van-zandt-townes/if-i-needed-you-12427.html),” written by Townes van Zandt. I love the original, but his voice isn’t for everyone. My favorite cover is probably Lyle Lovett’s. “[Love Minus Zero/No Limit](http://bobdylan.com/songs/zero.html),” by Bob Dylan. “[Anniversary Song](http://www.cowboyjunkies.com/albums/album_details.php?album_id=5#),” by the Cowboy Junkies. ---
**Author:** ![flight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/bbce88/32.png) [@flight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flight)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2005, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/needing-missing-you-songs/312478/28 "2005-07-14T17:56:43Z")
Man, I thought I had several, but once I really thought about it I realized they are way too depressing for your purposes: Georgia - Ray Charles Always on my Mind - Willie Nelson Wish You Were Here - Pink Floyd This one is kind of depressig too, but may be good enough for what you nee: Kathy’s Song - Simon & Garfunkel Man, now I’m feeling down, but in a reminiscing about loves gone by sort of way so it’s not so bad. ---
**Author:** ![Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troy_mcclure_sf/32/4150_2.png) [@Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Troy_McClure_SF)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2005, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/needing-missing-you-songs/312478/29 "2005-07-14T17:59:05Z")
No Doubt’s “Making Out” fits the bill quite well. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2005, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/needing-missing-you-songs/312478/30 "2005-07-14T18:19:33Z")
_You’ll remember me when the west wind moves Among the fields of barley You can tell the sun in his jealous sky When we walked in fields of gold_ “Fields of Gold” - I recommed Eva Cassidy’s cover if you can find it. > [@Eve](#): > > **World War II** : > You’ll Never Know > I Can’t Begin To Tell You > I Don’t Want To Walk Without You, Baby > I’ll Be Seeing You > It’s Been A Long Long Time > Spring Will Be A Little Late This Year > We’ll Meet Again “Don’t Sit Under the Apple Tree (With Anyone Else But Me)” coupled with Glenn Miller’s “American Patrol” would be great. ---
**Author:** ![malkavia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/malkavia/32/5621_2.png) [@malkavia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/malkavia)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2005, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/needing-missing-you-songs/312478/31 "2005-07-14T19:18:05Z")
Getup Kids - Valentine \*Will you be my valentine if i’m a world away? Constants aren’t so constant anymore\* ---
**Author:** ![sj2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/65b543/32.png) [@sj2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sj2)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2005, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/needing-missing-you-songs/312478/32 "2005-07-14T20:30:01Z")
Great work! There are so many songs that I just didn’t think of. I think this may just be a multi-volume set! ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2005, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/needing-missing-you-songs/312478/33 "2005-07-14T20:55:56Z")
Counting Crows’ **Raining in Baltimore** \*There’s things I remember and things I forget I miss you 'guess that I should. Three thousand five hundred miles away What would you change if you could? \* ::goosebumps:: ---
**Author:** ![ioioio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ioioio/32/316_2.png) [@ioioio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ioioio)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2005, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/needing-missing-you-songs/312478/34 "2005-07-14T21:23:26Z")
[I will wait for you](http://lyricsplayground.com/alpha/songs/i/iwillwaitforyou.shtml) - recorded by many people _If it takes forever I will wait for you For a thousand summers I will wait for you Till you’re back beside me, till I’m holding you Till I hear you sigh here in my arms_ **sj2** , I’d love to see the list of songs you wind up using. ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2005, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/needing-missing-you-songs/312478/35 "2005-07-14T22:17:58Z")
> [@laina\_f](#): > > **sj2** , I’d love to see the list of songs you wind up using. Aye! Second that! ---
**Author:** ![bytheway](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/df705f/32.png) [@bytheway](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bytheway)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2005, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/needing-missing-you-songs/312478/36 "2005-07-14T23:06:13Z")
> [@One And Only Wanderers](#): > > Oceans Apart - Richard Marx I think this song is **Right Here Waiting** , in which the first line begins with “Oceans apart, day after day…” My suggestions: **Faithfully** - Journey **Forever** - Kenny Loggins **I Can Wait Forever** - Air Supply **Day After Day** - Badfinger **I’ll Still Be Loving You** - Restless Heart ---
**Author:** ![feppytweed](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/feppytweed/32/4280_2.png) [@feppytweed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/feppytweed)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2005, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/needing-missing-you-songs/312478/37 "2005-07-14T23:16:15Z")
When I’m gone"-- 3 Doors Down ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2005, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/needing-missing-you-songs/312478/38 "2005-07-15T01:25:05Z")
“I Guess That’s Why They Call It The Blues” - Sir Elton John **Shirley** - “Always Something There to Remind Me” is by Naked Eyes. ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2005, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/needing-missing-you-songs/312478/39 "2005-07-15T01:56:11Z")
I say a little prayer for you Aint no Mountain High Enough There is another really sappy song that I won’t mention but it comes from a Bette Midler movie. ---
**Author:** ![Aitara](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b3f665/32.png) [@Aitara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aitara)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2005, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/needing-missing-you-songs/312478/40 "2005-07-15T02:17:28Z")
Sileas did a cover of Bill Withers’ **Ain’t No Sunshine** that I love. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/needing-missing-you-songs/312478.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/needing-missing-you-songs/312478.md?page=3)