Wendy Waldman is an American recording artist, as well as a writer of multi… Read Full Bio ↴Wendy Waldman is an American recording artist, as well as a writer of multi-platinum songs for other singers in musical genres ranging from country to pop, film, jazz, children's music and R&B. She is one of the first female record producers to have a major impact in the music industry. Wendy Waldman's career in the music business started with her band, Bryndle, in the early 1970s in Los Angeles. Bryndle was made up of Wendy Waldman and her friends Karla Bonoff, Kenny Edwards, and Andrew Gold.

Waldman's solo career had an auspicious beginning. The first Wendy Waldman album, "Love Has Got Me," was released by Warner Bros. Records in 1973 and proclaimed by Rolling Stone Magazine to be the "singer-songwriter debut of the year." She has made eight critically acclaimed solo albums and toured extensively as well. In 1996, Warner Bros. released Love Is The Only Goal: The Best Of Wendy Waldman, followed in 2005 with the reissue of her entire catalog of Warner albums. More than 70 other artists have recorded her songs in fields as diverse as pop, R&B, jazz, country, film and Latin music. Among her biggest records are "Save The Best For Last" and "The Sweetest Days" by Vanessa Williams; "Fishin' In The Dark" by the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band (most recently covered by Garth Brooks); "Baby What About You" by Crystal Gayle; "I Owe You One" by Aaron Neville; "Heartbeat" by Don Johnson, "I'm Gone" by Alison Krauss.

Waldman became the first woman to produce country music extensively and was responsible for Suzy Bogguss' award-winning debut album, as well as New Grass Revival's "Friday Night in America," considered a tour de force in the acoustic music world. In recent years she has focused on producing independent artists, among them John Cowan, Arthur Lee Land, Brian Joseph and Anna Wolfe. Her most recent production projects include Acoustic Sunset: Live At The Longhouse (the latest album from Los Angeles based rock band Hypnogaja), and Thief Of Time, the new recording by the late Artie Traum. She recently put the finishing touches on a brand new solo album entitled My Time In The Desert, her first in 18 years. Wendy recently filmed a music video for the set's first single, "My Last Thought," with critically acclaimed director, Graham Baclagon.

Wings
Wendy Waldman Lyrics

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Sunlight comes creeping in
Illuminates our skin
We watch the day go by
Stories of all we did
It made me think of you
It made me think of you

Under a trillion stars

We danced on top of cars
Took pictures of the stage
So far from where we are
They made me think of you
They made me think of you

Oh lights go down
In the moment we're lost and found
I just wanna be by your side
If these wings could fly
Oh damn these walls
In the moment we're ten feet tall
And how you told me after it all
We'd remember tonight
For the rest of our lives

I'm in a foreign state
My thoughts they slip away
My words are leaving me
They caught an aeroplane
Because I thought of you
Just from the thought of you

Oh lights go down
In the moment we're lost and found
I just wanna be by your side
If these wings could fly
Oh damn these walls
In the moment we're ten feet tall
And how you told me after it all
We'd remember tonight
For the rest of our lives

If these wings could fly

Oh lights go down
In the moment we're lost and found
I just wanna be by your side
If these wings could fly
Oh damn these walls
In the moment we're ten feet tall
And how you told me after it all

We'd remember tonight
For the rest of our lives

Overall Meaning

In "Wings" by Wendy Waldman, the singer reminisces about moments spent with a special person. The song describes two people basking in the warmth of the sun as they watch the passing day. As they dance on top of cars under a galaxy of stars, with pictures of the stage they marvel at the moment. However, the singer's mind is continuously thinking of their loved one, even when they're physically apart. When the lights go down, they feel lost and found, and they just want to be by their lover’s side. The singer passionately wishes they could fly and break down the walls that separate them.

The metaphor of wings represents the desire to break free from barriers and the longing for genuine human connection experienced by the song's narrator. Despite the barriers, distance, and challenges faced by the lovers, they hold onto each other, with the hope of experiencing love once again. In the end, the significance of living in the present moment and sharing moments with loved ones are echoed by the line, "We'd remember tonight, for the rest of our lives."

Line by Line Meaning

Sunlight comes creeping in
The sun rises and shines light on us

Illuminates our skin
The sun makes our skin glow

We watch the day go by
We spend the day together

Stories of all we did
We share stories about our adventures

It made me think of you
I couldn't help but think of you

Under a trillion stars
We were stargazing

We danced on top of cars
We had fun dancing on cars

Took pictures of the stage
We took pictures of the concert stage

So far from where we are
The concert was far from our current location

They made me think of you
I couldn't help but think of you during the concert

Oh lights go down
The lights dim