Story Behind The Song
It's an old story, have your cake and eat it too. Should've asked the marriage question first. This is a relationship built on sand and can never go anywhere, especially without destroying lives. The guy is at fault and has broken a wanting heart.
Song Description
Woman got involved with a guy innocently enough at first and after she got hooked found out he was married and couldn't let go. She's voicing her feelings to him but doesn't want it to end. Wrong tome, wrong place. She's not strong enough to let go and forget but she knows inside she needs to.
| Song Length |
4:29 |
Genre |
Pop - Easy Listening, Pop - Standards |
| Tempo |
Slow (71 - 90) |
Lead Vocal |
Female Vocal |
| Mood |
Miserable, Heartbreaking |
Subject |
Love a Married Person, Unrequited Love |
| Similar Artists |
Anita Baker, Celine Dion |
Language |
English |
| Era |
1990 - 1999 |
| |
Lyrics
WOMAN IN THE DARK
Words & Music by Frank Pusateri/Paul Rizzo/Carol Becker
I threw a shiny coin into a wishing well
Where the waters of my life had run so deep
I wished that we had met and you would marry me
Then you'd be mine to keep
It started as an innocence of springtime
Till Cupid and his arrow found it's mark
But you've got her and we meet in the shadows
And I've become a WOMAN IN THE DARK
Yes I've become your WOMAN IN THE DARK
I've cried for lesser things than living in a second world
My ally in secrecy because you don't belong to me
But I love you and I want you, I can leave or play the game
Either way I lose
I'm a WOMAN IN THE DARK, a mistress of the night
Ooh the second lady in your life
A safe harbor for composure less the risk of our exposure
I know I'll never be your wife
I'm a WOMAN IN THE DARK, a WOMAN IN THE DARK
I sit home on weekends waiting for a call
A cloak of smiles is there when I'm depressed
We share no common friends in our relationship
An investment in affairs, no interest
I've cried for lesser things than living in a second world
My ally in secrecy because you don't belong to me
But I love you and I want you, I can leave or play the game
Either way I lose
I'm a WOMAN IN THE DARK, a mistress of the night
Ooh the second lady in your life
A safe harbor for composure less the risk of our exposure
I know I'll never be your wife
I'm a WOMAN IN THE DARK, a WOMAN IN THE DARK
© 1986 Frank Pusateri /Paul Rizzo/Carol Becker- All Rights Reserved
716.683.1671 OnlyFrank@aol.com