99 Miles From L.A. - Albert Hammond (cover-live by Bill Sharkey)

99 Miles From L.A. (Albert Hammond, 1975). Live cover performance by Bill Sharkey, Home Studio, Hawaii Kai, HI. 2023-05-21. "Keeping the Oldies & Classics Alive"

"99 Miles From L.A.," written by Albert Hammond and Hal David, was Hammond's last entry onto the Billboard Hot 100 chart stalling at no. 91 in 1975 (Whitburn, 2013); however, his song rose to the top no. 1 position on Billbaord's Adult Contemporary chart that year (Wikipedia, 2023). The song has been covered my a number of artists including Art Garfunkel, Nancy Sinatra, Johnny Mathis, Dionne Warwick and Julio Iglesias (secondhandsongs, 2023). In the song "a man is desperate to meet this woman and while driving to their date, he imagines and perhaps hallucinates of what they could have together" (songfacts, 2023).

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Lyrics:

Keeping my eyes on the road I see you,
Keeping my hands on the wheel I hold you,
Ninety-nine miles from L.A.
I kiss you, I miss you,
Please be there.

Passing a white sandy beach we're sailing,
Turning the radio on we're dancing,
Ninety-nine miles from L.A.
I want you, I need you,
Please be there.

The windshield is covered with rain, I'm crying,
Pressing my foot on the gas, I'm flying.

Counting the telephone poles, I phone you,
Reading the signs on the road, I write you,
Ninety-nine miles from L.A. we're laughing, we're loving,
Please be there.
We're laughing, we're loving,
Please be there.