EVERYTHING BUT THE GIRL – Missing (Todd Terry remix) [1994]

Everything but the Girl are an English musical duo formed in Kingston upon Hull in 1982, consisting of lead singer, songwriter, composer and occasional guitarist Tracey Thorn and guitarist, keyboardist, songwriter, composer, producer and singer Ben Watt. The group’s early works have been categorized as sophisti-pop with jazz influences before undergoing an electronic turn following the worldwide success of the 1994 hit single “Missing”, remixed by Todd Terry.

I step off the train I’m walking down your street again And past your door But you don’t live there anymore

It’s years since you’ve been there Now you’ve disappeared somewhere Like outer space You’ve found some better place

And I miss you Like the deserts miss the rain

Could you be dead? You always were two steps ahead Of everyone We’d walk behind while you would run

I look up at your house And I can almost hear you shout Down to me Where I always used to be

And I miss you – Like the deserts miss the rain

Back on the train I ask why did I come again Can I confess I’ve been hanging around your old address?

And the years have proved To offer nothing since you moved You’re long gone But I can’t move on

And I miss you Like the deserts miss the rain

I step off the train I’m walking down your street again And past your door I guess you don’t live there anymore

It’s years since you’ve been there Now you’ve disappeared somewhere Like outer space You’ve found some better place

And I miss you Like the deserts miss the rain

And I miss you Like the deserts miss the rain (Deserts miss the rain)