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Richard Marx - Right Here Waiting



Marx wrote this song on the road as a love letter to his wife, actress Cynthia Rhodes. In a 2010 interview, Marx told the Indian newspaper The Indian Express the story behind the song: "I wrote the song for my wife Cynthia who was in South Africa shooting for a film. We were not married then and I wanted to meet her because I had not seen her for a few months. But my visa application was rejected and when I came back I wrote this song which was more of a letter from me to her.


It was the fastest song I wrote, in barely 20 minutes. And this was the time when there was no Skype and Social networking so I had to ship the track to her. The song was very personal and was not intended to go public. But my friends pursued me to record it."


Marx and Rhodes were married from 1989-2014.



Lyrics


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 going 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 going 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


Waiting for you

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