Where Are You Tonight
Tom Johnston Lyrics


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I want to know where are you tonight (tonight)
Tonight (tonight) I want to know where are you tonight (tonight)
Tonight (tonight)
I've got to know (where are you) girl I've got to find you

I look at the moon and a single star
It's making me crazy wondering where you are
I reach out and touch that heavenly face
Open my hand and there's empty space

Oh no, where are you tonight (tonight)
Tonight (tonight) I've got to know
Where are you tonight baby

The sink and the dishes spent the weekend there
Should clean up the place but I just don't care
Tonight I'll be talking to the moon and that star
Maybe they'll tell me where on earth you are

Oh no, where are you tonight (tonight)
Tonight (tonight) I've got to know where are you tonight

Please believe me when you leave me
Keeps me worrying through the night
Worry baby makes me crazy
Can't tell wrong from right
Come to me tonight

I want to know where are you tonight (tonight)
Tonight I got to know where are you tonight (tonight)
Don't you hear me calling to you baby
Where are you tonight (tonight)
Tonight (tonight) I got to know where are you, baby
Where are you tonight (tonight)
I got to know where are you tonight baby baby
You baby please hear just give me some kind of sound girl
Baby of what you do to

(Where are you)

Overall Meaning

The lyrics to Tom Johnston's song "Where Are You Tonight?" express the longing for a lost love. The singer searches for this person, wondering where they might be, looking at the moon and a single star for any clues. They feel worry and madness taking over them as they can't tell what is right or wrong without knowing where this person is. The lyrics plead for this person to be found through a sense of desperation, obsessing over their whereabouts.


The imagery of the moon and the star is a reflection of the singer's emotional state. The symbol of the moon and a single star represents the lost love and the feeling of being lost without them. The emptiness in their hand, after reaching out and grasping for the heavenly face, represents the absence of the person they are searching for. The singer also describes their surroundings, such as the sink and the dishes, to indicate they are not doing well without this person in their life.


The lyrics are emotional and underlined by a sense of longing, sadness and desperation for the lost love. The search and longing for someone lost is a common theme in many love songs, and this song is no exception.


Line by Line Meaning

I want to know where are you tonight (tonight)
I am desperate to learn your current whereabouts tonight


Tonight (tonight) I want to know where are you tonight (tonight)
This very evening, I need to discover your location


Tonight (tonight)
This specific night, as opposed to any other night


I've got to know (where are you) girl I've got to find you
I am compelled to find out where you are, my dear


I look at the moon and a single star
I gaze up at the sky at night and see one moon and one star


It's making me crazy wondering where you are
This uncertainty about your location is driving me insane


I reach out and touch that heavenly face
I extend my hand as if to touch the beauty of the night sky


Open my hand and there's empty space
But my hand remains empty, and you are still missing from my life


Oh no, where are you tonight (tonight)
This is a lamentation of my inability to locate you tonight


Tonight (tonight) I've got to know
On this particular evening, I must find out your whereabouts


Where are you tonight baby
My darling, please tell me where you are right now


The sink and the dishes spent the weekend there
This household chore has been neglected all weekend


Should clean up the place but I just don't care
I should take care of the cleaning, but my mind is elsewhere


Tonight I'll be talking to the moon and that star
Tonight, my plan is to address my concerns to the celestial bodies in the sky


Maybe they'll tell me where on earth you are
I hope to receive an answer from the heavens about your physical location


Please believe me when you leave me
Do not doubt my sincerity when you depart from me


Keeps me worrying through the night
This causes me to worry all night long


Worry baby makes me crazy
My anxieties about your location are driving me insane


Can't tell wrong from right
I cannot distinguish between what is right and what is wrong in my desperate state


Come to me tonight
Please reunite with me this evening


Don't you hear me calling to you baby
Can you not hear my desperate pleas to you, my dear?


I got to know where are you tonight baby baby
I must learn your location tonight, my beloved


You baby please hear just give me some kind of sound girl
My love, please listen to my cries and give me some indication of your whereabouts


Baby of what you do to
My darling, what have you done to me?


(Where are you)
This is a constant refrain indicating the song's central query about your location




Lyrics © O/B/O APRA AMCOS
Written by: MARK SCOLA

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