I Missed Again Lyrics
So you finally came right out and said it, girl
What took you so long
It was in your eyes
That look's been there for far too long
[Pre-Chorus]
I'm waiting in line
Would you say if I was wasting my time
[Chorus]
Did I miss again?
I think I missed again, oh-ho
[Verse 2]
I think about it from time to time
When I'm lonely and on my own
I try to forget
And yet still rush to the telephone
[Pre-Chorus]
And I'm waiting in line
But would you say if I was wasting my time
[Chorus]
Or did I miss again?
I think I missed again, oh-ho
Oh, I missed again, oh-ho
I think I missed again, oh-ho
Well, it feels like something you want so bad
And hen you think you've got it
But it's something you already had
And you can feel it all around you
But it's something you just can't touch, oh-ho
And I can feel it coming at me
Yes, I can feel it coming at me
[Chorus]
Oh, did I miss again?
I think I missed again, oh-ho
Oh, I missed again, oh-ho
I think I missed again, oh-ho
[Saxophone Solo]
[Pre-Chorus]
Seems I'm waiting in line
But would you say if I was wasting my time
[Chorus]
Did I miss again?
I think I missed again, oh-ho
Oh, I missed again, oh-ho
I think I missed again, oh-ho
Oh, I missed again, oh-ho
I think I missed again, oh-ho
Oh, I missed again, oh-ho
I think I missed again, oh-ho
About
A man seems to be confused. Receiving mixed messages from a girl who has other people interested in her as well.
Like many of the songs on Face Value, “I Missed Again” is about Collins’s anger and frustration about his first wife leaving him.
In the United States, “I Missed Again” was the first single from Face Value. It peaked at #19 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in May 1981. It reached #14 in the UK.
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According to Songfacts, Collins declared in an interview for The Mail on Sunday:
This song was written with a large dose of humor, with theme a little like the Basil Fawlty scene which goes something like, ‘That was your life mate.’ ‘Do I get another chance?’ ‘No mate, that’s it.“’
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