Songwriter: Ivan Král John Waite
Producer: Neil Giraldo
[Verse 1]
No guardian angel looking down on me tonight
I'm on the streets again and I can't tell wrong from right
I'm on the run from love, but I don't know what I'm running for
But it all looks alright when I'm standing at your door
[Chorus]
This could be ecstasy
I've been dreaming of you
This could be reality
Tonight, tonight
Desperate love
[Verse 2]
Got no reflection in the mirror anymore
I'm falling backwards but I never hit the floor
Don't give me counterfeits, i need the real thing
This ain't a game no more, I'm bettin' everything
[Chorus]
This could be ecstasy
I've been dreaming of you
This could be reality
Tonight tonight
Desperate love
Yeah desperate love
[Verse 3]
I don't feel I should fight when you pull me through your door
You take me to your room and show me what I'm living for
And I lose myself, but my heart keeps poundin'
If you won't take me now, don't take me anymore
'Cause I don't read books, but I know the score
[Chorus]
This could be ecstasy
I've been dreaming of you
This could be reality tonight
You could be next to me
I've been waiting for you
This could be reality tonight
Yeah
[Verse 3, Reprise]
I don't feel I should fight when you pull me through your door
You take me to your room and show me what I'm living for
And I lose myself, but my heart keeps poundin'
If you won't take me now, don't take me anymore
'Cause I don't need books to know the score
[Chorus]
You could be next to me
I've been dreaming of you
This could be ecstasy
Tonight, tonight
Desperate love
Yeah, desperate love
[Outro]
Desperate love
Yeah desperate love
Ooh yeah
Desperate love
Desperate desperate love
Desperate desperate love
Love
It's desperate desperate love
No guardian angel looking down on me tonight
I'm on the streets again and I can't tell wrong from right
I'm on the run from love, but I don't know what I'm running for
But it all looks alright when I'm standing at your door
[Chorus]
This could be ecstasy
I've been dreaming of you
This could be reality
Tonight, tonight
Desperate love
[Verse 2]
Got no reflection in the mirror anymore
I'm falling backwards but I never hit the floor
Don't give me counterfeits, i need the real thing
This ain't a game no more, I'm bettin' everything
[Chorus]
This could be ecstasy
I've been dreaming of you
This could be reality
Tonight tonight
Desperate love
Yeah desperate love
[Verse 3]
I don't feel I should fight when you pull me through your door
You take me to your room and show me what I'm living for
And I lose myself, but my heart keeps poundin'
If you won't take me now, don't take me anymore
'Cause I don't read books, but I know the score
[Chorus]
This could be ecstasy
I've been dreaming of you
This could be reality tonight
You could be next to me
I've been waiting for you
This could be reality tonight
Yeah
[Verse 3, Reprise]
I don't feel I should fight when you pull me through your door
You take me to your room and show me what I'm living for
And I lose myself, but my heart keeps poundin'
If you won't take me now, don't take me anymore
'Cause I don't need books to know the score
[Chorus]
You could be next to me
I've been dreaming of you
This could be ecstasy
Tonight, tonight
Desperate love
Yeah, desperate love
[Outro]
Desperate love
Yeah desperate love
Ooh yeah
Desperate love
Desperate desperate love
Desperate desperate love
Love
It's desperate desperate love
more tracks from the album
From the album
- Ignition (1982)
John Waite popular songs
- Missing You
- Lust For Life
- New York City Girl
- Going To The Top
- Saturday Night (live)
- These Times Are Hard for Lovers
- In God’s Shadow
- White Lightening
- Big Time for Love
- If You’ve Got The Time
- Mr. Wonderful
- Broken Heart
- Wild Life
- Skyward
- Thinking About You
- Better Off Gone
- I’m So Lonesome I Could Cry
- Fly
- If You Ever Get Lonely
- The Glittering Prize
- Godhead
- When I See You Smile
- Head First
- A Piece of the Action