FOREIGNER - WAITING FOR A GIRL LIKE YOU

WAITING FOR A GIRL LIKE YOU

FOREIGNER

SONGWRITERS: Lou Gramm & Mick Jones

COUNTRY: U K

ALBUM: 4

LABEL: ATLANTIC RECORDS

GENRE: ROCK AND ROLL

YEAR: 1981

"Waiting for a Girl like You" is a Platinum-certified 1981 power ballad by the British-American rock band Foreigner. The distinctive synthesizer theme was performed by the then-little-known Thomas Dolby.

It was the second single released from the album (1981) and was co-written by Lou Gramm and Mick Jones. It has become one of the band's most famous songs worldwide, peaking at number 2 on the Billboard Hot 100 and number 1 on Billboard's Rock Tracks chart. On the Billboard Adult Contemporary chart, the song reached the top five. The song peaked at number 8 on the UK Singles Chart.

So long, I've been looking too hard

I've been waiting too long

Sometimes I don't know what I will find

I only know it's a matter of time

When you love someone

When you love someone

It feels so right, so warm and true

I need to know if you feel it too

Maybe I'm wrong,

Won't you tell me if I'm coming on too strong

This heart of mine has been hurt before,

This time I wanna be sure

I've been waiting for a girl like you to come into my life

I've been waiting for a girl like you, whom love I will survive

I've been waiting, someone new to make me feel alive

Yeah, waiting for a girl like you to come into my life

You're so good, when we make love it's understood

It's more than a touch or a word we say

Only in dreams could it be this way

When you love someone, yeah

I really love someone

Now I know it's right

From the moment I wake up till deep in the night

There's nowhere on earth that I'd rather be

Than holding you tenderly

I've been waiting for a girl like you to come into my life

I've been waiting for a girl like you, whom love I will survive

I've been waiting for someone new to make me feel alive

Yeah, waiting for a girl like you to come into my life

I've been waiting

Waiting for you, ooh

I've been waiting

I've been waiting

(I've been waiting for a girl like you, I've been waiting)

Won't you come into my life?