藝人：Menudo
專輯：Reaching Out
年份：1984
曲名：If You're Not Here (By My Side)

說起這歌名，大概沒什麼人有印象；但聽起這歌，又會覺得有點熟悉，似乎很久以前曾流傳過。一首被遺忘已久的好歌。

Menudo 是個拉丁少男團體，但我搞不清他們到底是西班牙人還是中南美人。Menudo 從70年代末出道就是少男團體，到現在還存活著仍然是少男團體，因為他們跟日本的早安少女組一樣，團體會存在，成員卻會一直換。據說 Menudo 的成員只要到了16歲就會被迫退出，再換另外的新血，還真是幼齒啊。現在已是世界天王的 Ricky Martin 也曾是 Menudo 的一員。

Menudo - If You're Not Here (By My Side) (1984)
http://youtu.be/2CE9gbDsVHE

http://youtu.be/6S2NnCuVdEI

Gotta catch that plane at 7:30
Why haven't you come to say goodbye
Time is running out and I'm still waiting
I'm so lost without you, I could die
Yesterday you said you loved me
Everything seemed to be fine
Today you're not here, I'm so lonely
It's the waiting that's driving me out of my mind

Don't know how I'll sing in that big city
How can I perform if you're not there
This will be the worst of all my journeys
The image of your face will follow me everywhere

I need your tender kisses
The feel of your hands, your caress
Your perfume has me burning
My heart is yearning to touch you
I need you so much

If you're not here, by my side
Can't hold back the tears
I try to hide
Don't think I can take it
I know I won't make it
Make it without you

If you're not here, by my side
Only your love keeps me alive
No sense in dreaming
My life has no meaning
If you're not here

I need your tender kisses
The feel of your hands, your caress
Your perfume has me burning
My heart is yearning to touch you
I need you so much

If you're not here, by my side
Can't hold back the tears
I try to hide
Don't think I can take it
I know I won't make it
Make it withou you

If you're not here, by my side
Only your love keeps me alive
No sense in dreaming
My life has no meaning
If you're not here