Place Names in Rock Lyrics: Everywhere That I’m Not

For this feature we’ve previously done Sweet Little Sixteen, Dancing in the Streets, Night Train, Rock’n Me, Pop Muzik, Girls, Girls, Girls, Fire Down Below, and Truckin’.

Tonight’s song is a fairly obscure New Wave song from 1982 by the San Francisco band Translator. According to Wikipedia, this song was a hit on college radio stations at the time but failed to appear on the main US chart. I know it due to its inclusion on one of my numerous 80’s New Wave compilation discs. It’s quite a catchy tune, and adds a big international city to our list. I’ll give you the whole first verse and chorus:

I thought I saw you, out on the avenue
But I guess it was just someone
Who looked a lot like, I remember you do
‘Cause I thought I heard your voice

In a bar making a choice
But, no, it was just someone
Who sounded a lot like I remember you do

‘Cause that’s impossible, that’s im
That’s impossible, that’s imposs
That’s impossible, that’s impossible

‘Cause you’re in New York but I’m not
You’re in Tokyo but I’m not
You’re in Nova Scotia but I’m not

Yeah, you’re everywhere that I’m not
Yeah, you’re everywhere that I’m not
I’m not, I’m not, I’m not