She's a brick house

Penny lover

Penny lover, won't you walk on by?

Hello, is it me you're looking for?

Ballerina girl

Are you sure it's not all day long? Gees, I certainly hope I don't have to listen to you saying those lyrics all night long!

[Ed's note: Personally, I was always bored off to sleep by the intro music, so never got to hear the droning lyrics!]

Why does it sound funny to hear that you can't stand the pain? Ha, ha.

Some time ago I submitted a commentary on the Tom Jones number I who have nothing,in which I said that the dude featured in it was maybe the wettest in song history, with his idiotic ramblings about a gorgeous girl he's infatuated with but who doesn't even know he exists.Well,guess what?Here's a very similar number,with a very similar guy who seems to be even wetter.Actually,now I think about it,there could be quite a few such troubled and intensely pathetic guys in the very same circumstances in songs,but few I suspect as far off the scale as the Jones and Richie pair,especially the latter.Check this out.[I long to see the sunlight in your hair-That sounds like something straight out of one of those old gothic romances-Are you somewhere feeling lonely,or is someone loving you?-Either way Jack I doubt YOU'RE in with a chance-Tell me how to win your heart,for I haven't got a clue-That sounds like a guy who hasn't got the remotest clue about anything.Nothing on Earth will win a girl's true love unless she's got the hots for you in return-You're all I ever wanted and my arms are open wide-Sounds more like your head is open wide,buddy-I've been alone with you inside my mind,and in my dreams I've kissed your lips a thousand times-This outpouring of childish stupidity calls to mind that well worn phrase Dream on-He talks of sometimes seeing her pass outside his door-Very like the line from I who have nothing where that dude says he must watch her go dancing by,and will be the closest either fool will ever get to their respective crushes no doubt-Hello.Is it me you're looking for?,he prattles to himself as if to her-If she ever does actually meet this guy,chances are the only thing she'll be looking for is the nearest exit,particularly if he opens the conversation with the words Let me start by saying,I love you.]Tell me how to win your heart,for I haven't got a clue?Like I said earlier mister you don't sound like you've got a clue about anything.A big,bad snakelike thought has just now slithered into my mind to impart this little nugget.There must be a lot of real life sad cases out there nursing the very same anguished crushes for ladies oblivious even to their existance.I long to see the sunlight in your hair?Like,give me a break.

Um, I think he's got it backwards, he's the one who seems to be stalking the woman. And does anyone find it weird that in the video, the woman is blind, and he asks, 'Is it me your looking for?'

"Midnight Train To Georgia" by Gladys Knight and the Pips

From his 1983 album Can't Slow Down.

Originally appearing in the 1985 movie White Nights, this song was released a year later on his 1986 album Dancing On The Ceiling.