Tina Turner

Released: October 28, 1999

Songwriter: Harriet Roberts Russell Courtenay

Producer: Johnny Douglas

[Verse 1]
In what other lives have I known your kiss
And what forgotten moments have I felt like this?
The way you touch me I come undone
You know me more than anyone
Whatever you want
In what other lives have I touched your face
And what words did we whisper in a strange forbidden place?
To be with you, baby, is to find myself
We're two of a kind, you and I
I couldn't love anyone else

[Pre-Chorus]
You are my beginning, my end
You are my lover, my friend
In this life in this time?

[Chorus]
Whatever you want, whatever you need
I will be right here waiting, baby, baby, baby
Whatever you want, whatever you need
I will be right here waiting, yeah, yeah, yeah

[Verse 2]
In what other lives did I feel your skin
And when exactly did I breathe you in?
Feel like I've known you for a thousand years
You're so familiar to me and there is no fear

[Pre-Chorus]
You are my beginning, my end
You are my lover, my friend
In this life in this time?

[Chorus]
Whatever you want, whatever you need
I will be right here waiting, baby, baby, baby
Whatever you want, whatever you need
I will be right here waiting, yeah, yeah, yeah

[Bridge]
Watch the sun go down, yeah, yeah
My past and future in you are bound, oh, yeah
I watch as time moves on, I'm alive and strong
And when I'm with you there's no right, no wrong

[Chorus]
Whatever you want, whatever you need
I will be right here waiting, baby, baby, baby
Whatever you want, whatever you need
I will be right here, right here waiting, waiting, baby
Whatever you want, whatever you need
I will be right here waiting, baby, baby, baby
Whatever you want, whatever you need
I will be right here waiting, yeah, yeah, yeah

[Outro]
Right here, right here waiting
Right here, right here waiting

Often dubbed the Queen of Rock & Roll, Tina Turner is arguably among the most iconic of female divas in history, with her prolific career and memorable personality as a performer and a public figure. Hailing from a small town in Tennessee, and born Anna Mae Bullock, Turner has cemented herself as one of music’s greatest entertainers.

Turner’s career in music arose from her frequenting of nightclubs near St. Louis, where she would meet her soon-to-be husband Ike Turner, who would also give her the alias “Tina”. With Ike, she would form the famous Ike And Tina Turner Revue. A dynamic, explosive R&B ensemble, the two became the definition of the genre in the late 60s and early 70s, where R&B/Soul had only tiptoed into the realms of the mainstream. A particularly influential act in popularizing the genre, the Revue went on to release some of music’s most memorable and iconic tracks – a cover of Creedence Clearwater Revival’s “Proud Mary”, the Phil Spector-penned “River Deep – Mountain High”, and the electric “Nutbush City Limits”. After a host of drug and abuse problems on Ike’s part, with the male Turner eventually engaging in a violent altercation with his wife, Tina decided to leave her husband for the solo life – and it worked.

As a solo artist, with the help of fellow artists like glam rocker David Bowie, Turner tumbled into mainstream success in the 80s with the only number-one hit of her career – the unconquerable love ballad “What’s Love Got To Do With It” as part of her debut solo album, Private Dancer.

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