# Obscure early-to-mid 80s song

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**Created:** [June 16, 2000, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obscure-early-to-mid-80s-song/22583 "2000-06-16T14:45:03Z")\
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**Author:** ![Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/earl_snake-hips_tucker/32/3269_2.png) [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\
**Post date:** [June 16, 2000, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obscure-early-to-mid-80s-song/22583/1 "2000-06-16T14:45:03Z")

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"If there’s somewhere else you’d rather go, I wish you’d go there now. . . "

That’s the first line of it, I think, and I don’t know the rest.

I’ve always assumed it was “When I’m With You” by Sherrif, but I don’t know. I seem to recall that they sounded similar.

Any ideas???

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**Author:** ![Milossarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3ec8ea/32.png) [@Milossarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Milossarian)\
**Post date:** [June 16, 2000, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obscure-early-to-mid-80s-song/22583/2 "2000-06-16T14:59:07Z")

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I can’t help ya, but I can tell you it’s not the Sheriff song.