MISS YOUR KISS
 (Words and Music by Rick Springfield, Bob Marlette and Tim Pierce)

Well I miss you yeah
But I don't really miss your touch
Not too much
Send your love express
But I don't need it all that much
Not too much
Baby, you, you know it's true
You know it's true

But I don't miss your
Fascinating conversation
And there's more room in the bed
Now that you're gone
Don't tell me I miss your smile
You know me baby
This is the real deal
And you know just what I've missed
You get my gist
The thing is this

Baby I miss your kiss
Not joking
The truth is this
You just can't miss
I don't want to be fooling around
Miss your kiss
Baby I miss your kiss
Trust me on this
If I had my wish couldn't ask for more
Miss your...kiss

Now when I get home
If you still want to talk all night
That's alright
And I want it known
If you just want to turn out the light
I won't fight
I'll make love to you
Make love to you
If you want to
You know baby anything goes
And I'll even get you breakfast in your bed
As long as I get my fix
You know it baby
I'm missing the real thing
And you know just what that is
If I resist just slap my wrist

Baby I miss your kiss
Not joking
The truth is this
You just can't miss
I don't want to be fooling around
Miss your kiss
Baby I miss your kiss
Trust me on this
If I had my wish couldn't ask for more
Miss your
Miss your kiss

I know what I want
And what I don't have
What I won't give for your kiss
Nothing better
Nothing better
If you hear me say 'Yeah-yeah'
Yeah-yeah
That's the way I want it face to face

Baby I miss your kiss
Not joking
The truth is this
You just can't miss
I don't want to be fooling around
Miss your kiss
Baby I miss your kiss
Trust me on this
If I had my wish couldn't ask for more
Miss your

Baby I miss your kiss
Not joking
The truth is this
You just can't miss
I don't want to be fooling around
Miss your kiss
Baby I miss your kiss
Trust me on this
If I had my wish couldn't ask for more
Miss your

Baby I miss your kiss
Not joking
The truth is this
You just can't miss
I don't want to be fooling around
Miss your kiss
Baby I miss your kiss


(total playing time 5:02)

Song Facts: This can be found on Sahara Snow.

 According to US

Ugh. Now THIS one rattles my nerves. It's actually been a while since I made it all the way through the whole song, this is the one that I hit skip on the CD player when it starts up because it irritates me so. But, in the interest of formulating a review (and hey if Denyele is gritting her teeth I guess I can too) I listened to it as much as I could possibly tolerate today. What I discovered is that my feelings toward this one have not changed much. So now I'm gonna pound out this review as quickly as possible to get the damn song outta my head.

That's the first thing that bugs me. The chorus is like one of those maddening commercial jingles that you cannot get out of your brain and you find yourself humming it when you least expect it. What I find so nails on the chalkboard bad is that Rick really sounds like he's straining (something) while singing the chorus, like he's trying to hit some kind of note his voice hasn't touched in years. Maybe he was, I don't know but it sure annoys me.

The second thing that I really dislike are the lyrics. I can tell that all three gentlemen wrote this one, because I *know* Rick Springfield is not that chauvinistic! <said tongue-in-cheek> I'm even willing to entertain the thought they he may possibly have some chauvinistic tendencies in everyday life, but not in his music for cryin' out loud! This is the man who wrote My Father's Chair, and Inside Silvia, Free, (alright, I won't do the whole catalog of tender songs, you guys know them as well as I) and has brought me to tears many a time. But to listen to him sing the words that he doesn't miss her touch, her love, her fascinating conversation-well THAT'S a lie for sure Mr. Springfield. We know you better. The line that bothers me the most is "I'll even get you breakfast in your bed, AS LONG AS I GET MY FIX" What? Excuse me? Oooh, that one just makes me want to reach out and smack him. (and it won't be his wrist, that's for sure) Oh, and in the interest of trying to get a different angle out of this song because I really didn't want to trash the whole thing-- I really started to think the "I'm missing the real thing -slap my wrist" mention might have had something to do with masturbation (again), but hey I'm NOT going there! (this time! LOL)

Ya know, I really hate writing these kind of reviews. It makes me feel like a traitor. I almost think it might just be better to not write anything at all. (my mother always said if you can't say something nice..) However, my need to have an intelligent good debate every once in a while won out. So it's up to you (other RS fans) to convince me what's good about this song that I may be missing. Because I'm certainly not missing his kiss on this one. - Michelle P.

I have to say that this one isn't one of my favorites on the album. Don't get me wrong; it's a nice, peppy song that can get you moving and grooving. It's a great pick me up song. But I think why I don't care for this song is that there really isn't a lot of depth to it. It's a three minute perfect pop radio tune. The epitome of ear candy. The lyrics are cute and sexy but not in the way that the lyrics to some of the other tunes precede it are sexy, and deep and evoke images in your head that just drive you absolutely insane. 

I also don't really care for the scenario set in this song. It could be about someone who has left him, but more of what I see in it is a long term relationship that just doesn't have that spark anymore. It reminds me of a marriage where it is all perfunctory, where the talk and the sex are a chore that the woman does because she has to, but the character Rick describes wants the kiss, the passion, the "real thing" that has long since left the relationship. I don't like to think that this is personal to Rick's experience, though I have to suspect it is personal to everyone's experience who has been in a long term relationship. 

Anyway, I think this song is just not the quality of some of the other tunes on the disc. It almost seems like because it's a sexy disc, this one just got thrown in the mix because it's a song about sex, but I for one do not find it a particularly sexy song. Modern World, for example, I think is sexy, even though it's not about sex: that bass line where he goes "Uh...yeah..." in the middle of it just gets me every single time. :) And we all know I think Scandalous Life is WAAAAY sexy, and Rovianne is in my top three Rick songs of all time. :) So for me to NOT like a sexy Rick song (well, a song about sex that I don't find sexy) is a stretch.

Thank goodness he had cowriters. I feel less like a traitor that way. :)

This song really confuses me. A part of me thinks there is some sarcasm going on, like the John Lovett character as someone else mentioned, that he's trying to convince himself that things are better without here (more room in the bed), and yet I do see the line "I don't miss your fascinating conversation" as sort of a slap in the face, and that he is kind of bored with that part of the relationship. And I think "kiss" is a substitute for sex, and he's really saying he misses having sex, with her, that he hasn't found anyone else that compares. - rlh