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Richard Marx


A little something about Richard Marx
Before he released his first album, Richard Marx sang on commercials and was a backing vocalist for Lionel Richie. It was here that he learned the commercial pop skills that made him an adult contemporary radio star in the late '80s. Marx shot to the top of the charts upon the release of his eponymous debut in 1987. Marx's first hit was the California rocker "Don't Mean Nothing," but his real strength lay with ballads like "Right Here Waiting," which became an adult contemporary staple in the late '80s. Richard Marx and 1989's Repeat Offender generated a string of three consecutive number one hits in America -- "Hold On to the Nights," "Satisfied" and "Right Here Waiting." With the release of Rush Street in 1991, his commercial fortunes started to slip somewhat, as the mainstream shifted away from the slick, well-constructed songs that are his forte. Despite the Top 10 hit single "Now and Forever," 1994's Paid Vacation fell from off the charts quickly, and Marx entered a period of seclusion, returing in the spring of 1997 with Flesh & Bone, an album tailored toward the adult contemporary market. My own personal favorite song of Richard Marx is his early 90's hit "Hazard". No matter how many times I listen to that song I never seem to get sick of it....


Lyrics featured below : "Right here waiting", "Endless Summer Nights", "Angelia", "Children of the Night", "Hold on to the nights"

Right here waiting

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 goin' 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

   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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Endless Summer Nights

Summer came and left without a warning
All at once I looked and you were gone
And now you're looking back at me
Searching for a way that we can be like we were before

Now I'm back to what I knew before you
Somehow the city doesn't look the same
I'd give my life for one more night
Of having you here to hold me tight; oh, please
Take me there again
Oh, oh

And I remember how you loved me
Time was all we had until the day we said goodbye
I remember every moment of those endless summer nights

I still recall the walks along the beaches
And the way your hair would glisten in the sun
Rising in the afternoon
Making love to you under the moon, oh

Do you remember all the nights we spent in silence
Every single breath you took was mine
We can have it all again
Say that you'll be with me when the sun brings your heart to mine
Oh, oh

Chorus

There's only so much I can say
So please don't run away from what we have together
It's only you and me tonight
So let's stay lost in flight
Oh, won't you please surrender

Chorus out

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Angelia

Angelia

Memories of you and me
Tumble inside my head
The way that we used to be
Things that we said
No one has ever made me believe so strong
You left me to wonder
How did our love go wrong

Angelia
Where you running to now
Angelia
Got to make you turn around

I lie awake at night
Wait for the sun to shine
I still feel you next to me
Your lips on mine
Without a warning
You made our love a lie
You said you were sorry
But you never told me why

Angelia
Where you running to now
Angelia
Got to make you turn around

Maybe my love is in vain
Maybe you're the hurting kind
Can't take no more of this pain
I've got to get you off my mind

Tried to be what you wanted
I gave you all I had
You left me with nothin'
Nothin' but a photograph

Angelia
Where you running to now
Angelia
Got to make you turn around
Angelia
Where you running to now
Angelia
Got to make you turn around


Children of the Night All that I know in my life, I have learned on the street No magic carpet, no genie, no shoes on my feet Will I wake up from this nightmare? A fear that chills me to the bone Though I may be one of many I feel so all alone We are the children of the night We won't go down without a fight Our voice is strong, our future's bright And thanks to what we learned from you We've grown into the children of the night Left by my father with only this scar on my face Told by my mother that, "No, you were just a mistake" I have tasted my own hunger Sold my body to survive Some have paid to scratch the surface But they can't touch what's inside We are the children of the night We won't go down without a fight Our voice is strong, our future's bright And thanks to what we learned from you We've grown into the children of the night How I long for something better Than this life I know too well Lord, I know I'm bound for heaven Cause I've done my time in hell We are the children of the night We won't go down without a fight Our voice is strong, our future's bright And thanks to what we learned from you We've grown into the children of the night
Hold on to the nights Just when I believed I couldn't ever want for more This ever changing world pushes me through another door I saw you smile. And my mind could not erase the beauty of your face. Just for awhile, Won't you let me shelter you. CHORUS Hold on to the nights Hold on to the memories I wish that I could give you something more. That I could be yours. How do we explain something that took us by surprise? Promises in vain, love that is real but in disguise. What happens now? Do we break another rule? Let our lovers play the fool? I don't know how To stop feeling this way CHORUS Well, I think that I've been true to everybody else but me And the way I feel about you makes my heart long to be free. Everytime I look into your eyes, I'm helplessly aware That the someone I've been looking for is right there. CHORUS