Thinkin' 'Bout You by John Speckine

All music and lyrics ©2014 by John Speckine
Renewed: ©2025

Lyrics below.

BACKSTORY: If you're a fan of the Doobie Brothers, you might notice the similarity of THIS song and the Doobie's "Take Me in Your Arms" - not in the sound (I've occasionally been told I sound like a couple of famous musicians/bands, but never the Doobies). The similarity is in the subject combined with tempo.

"Take Me in Your Arms" is a very upbeat song but the subject is far from happy. It's about seeing someone for the last time.

This is, more or less, my "Take Me In Your Arms".

The song combines two events in my life: Watching my wife's plane take off in Frankfurt, Germany to bring her home to Michigan for her brother's wedding; and the day, five months later, I got her letter telling me we were getting a divorce. So in real life, her getting on a plane happened before I knew she was leaving me. The song is the opposite.

So... Tempo = Upbeat. Subject, not so much.

NOTE ABOUT NOTHING IMPORTANT: I've caught myself singing along with this song in my truck and sometimes, during the Chorus where the lyrics are:

"I'm sitting in the darkness with the radio on..."

I sometimes catch myself singing something that relates to no part of my life whatsoever - but it DOES fit:

"I'm sitting in Caracas with the radio on..."

I don't know why. I've never been to Caracas; I don't plan on ever going to Caracas; and I have NO IDEA why the city of Caracas popped into my mind in the first place.

I guess the mind is the SECOND thing to go - at least in MY world. :)

Words & Music ©2014 by John Speckine

LYRICS:

I'm sittin' in the darkness with the radio on
I'm thinkin' 'bout you - I know that you're leavin'
I listen to the music of another sad song
And think about you - I don't like this feeling at all

You, you were my girl, you were my world
But now you say you're goin'
'Cause I am not the guy you wanna love

Now you've packed up your things, you'll get on a plane
And you'll be gone forever
And I think that I might just lose my mind

I'm sittin' in the darkness with the radio on
I'm thinkin' 'bout you - I know that you're leavin'
I listen to the music of another sad song
And think about you - I don't like this feeling at all

I gave you my love, I gave you my life
From the first time that I met you
And you said you would be forever for me

But we, we grew apart and I lost your heart
And now you say you're goin'
And I think that I might just lose my mind

I'm sittin' in the darkness with the radio on
I'm thinkin' 'bout you - I know that you're leavin'
I listen to the music of another sad song
And think about you - I don't like this feeling

I'm sittin' in the darkness with the radio on
I'm thinkin' 'bout you - I know that you're leavin'
I listen to the music of another sad song
And think about you - I don't like this feeling at all

BREAK

I'm sittin' in the darkness with the radio on
I'm thinkin' 'bout you - I know that you're leavin'
I listen to the music of another sad song
And think about you - I don't like this feeling

I'm sittin' in the darkness with the radio on
I'm thinkin' 'bout you - I know that you're leavin'
I listen to the music of another sad song
And think about you - I don't like this feeling at all

All words and music ©2014 by John Speckine