Album: I Think We're Alone Now (1967)

Charted: 10

License This Song 

• I see you standing in the alleys and the hallways
  (Wait a second) you're gone now
  I run to touch you but you vanish through the doorways
  And oh, how
  Hard it is to live without you
  I love everything about you
  Now I know you're really gone
  But my imagination is so strong
  That I see you coming into view
  And your face is telling me that you
  Oh yeah oh, want to be by my side
  Oh yeah oh, now it's finally time
  (Wait a second)
  
  Mirage, that's all you are to me
  Mirage, something I only see
  
  So I keep walking through the alleys and the hallways
  (Where are you?)
  I keep remembering the kissing in the doorways
  The car too
  How it all comes back to me
  The movies every Saturday
  The place we used to go to eat
  I want so much to have it like it used to be
  That I see you coming into view
  And your face is telling me that you
  Oh yeah oh, want to be by my side
  Oh yeah oh, now it's finally time
  (Here it comes again)
  
  Mirage, that's all you are to me
  Mirage, something I only see
  
  Just a mirage, that's all you are to me
  Just a mirage, something that I only see
  Just a mirage, that's all you are to me
  Just a mirage, something that I only see Writer/s: Ritchie Cordell
  Publisher: Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
  Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

Comments: 5

• Barry from Sauquoit, NyOn April 23rd 1967, "Mirage" by Tommy James and the Shondells entered Billboard's Hot Top 100 chart at position #69; and on June 11th it peaked at #10 (for 1 week) and also spent 10 weeks on the Top 100...
  Between 1966 and 1970 the group had nineteen Top 100 records, with seven making the Top 10 and two reaching #1; "Hanky Panky" (for 2 weeks in 1966) and "Crimson and Clover" (for 2 weeks in 1969)...
  "Crystal Blue Persuasion" just missed making #1; it peaked at #2 (for 3 weeks) in 1969 and the three weeks it was at #2, the #1 record for those 3 weeks was "In the Year 2525" by Zager and Evans.
• Charlie from Binghamton, NyMost of the Oldies stations are stuck in a rut playing the same 500 oldies over & over & over. They just play only the "Safe" songs and skip many good oldies artists..... Example... When was the last time you heard a Bobby Goldsboro song???
• Scott from Palm Desert, CaI love this song. It is similar to "I think were alone now" but different. I love the singing.
• Frank from Westminster, ScWhat a great song. I don't know why even the oldies stations never seem to play it anymore. I think the really dumb bubblegum music during this era swept away much of the good pop music the same way that the really wretched disco music swept away decent tunes of that era.
• Keith from Slc, UtThere seems to be a hint of the theme from STAR TREK in there. The timing is right.

More Songfacts:

The Great PretenderThe Platters

The Pretenders are named after the 1956 song "The Great Pretender" by The Platters.

Mr. RobotoStyx

"Mr. Roboto" by Styx was written by their keyboard player, Dennis DeYoung, who used Japanese words and imagery to create an allegory about censorship.

Hey Ya!OutKast

Outkast's "Hey Ya" was the first song in history to rack up one million downloads.

Mrs. RobinsonSimon & Garfunkel

The Simon & Garfunkel song "Mrs. Robinson" was originally called "Mrs. Roosevelt," most likely after First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt. The title was changed when it was considered for use in the film The Graduate, where Anne Bancroft's character is Mrs. Robinson.

What A Fool BelievesThe Doobie Brothers

Kenny Loggins co-wrote the Doobie Brothers hit "What a Fool Believes," which is about a guy who just can't accept that an affair from long ago was meaningless to her.

Rocket ManElton John

Elton John's "Rocket Man" is based on a Ray Bradbury story called The Rocket Man published in 1951.

Editor's Picks

Eagles Lyrics QuizMusic Quiz

Lots of life lessons in these Eagles lyrics - can you match them to the correct song?

Vince ClarkeSongwriter Interviews

An original member of Depeche Mode, Vince went on to form Erasure and Yaz.

Andy McClusky of OMDSongwriter Interviews

Known in America for the hit "If You Leave," OMD is a huge influence on modern electronic music.

Lace the Music: How LSD Changed Popular MusicSong Writing

Starting in Virginia City, Nevada and rippling out to the Haight-Ashbury, LSD reshaped popular music.

Loudon Wainwright IIISongwriter Interviews

"Dead Skunk" became a stinker for Loudon when he felt pressure to make another hit - his latest songs deal with mortality, his son Rufus, and picking up poop.

TV Theme SongsFact or Fiction

Was a Beatles song a TV theme? And who came up with those Fresh Prince and Sopranos songs?