DESCRIPTION:
"Here I Am" is a song written and composed by Burt Bacharach and Hal David.

Here I Am, the fifth album by Dionne Warwick, was recorded during the summer and fall of 1965 and released in December 1965 by Scepter Records. The LP appeared as number 531 in the Scepter catalog, and was produced by Burt Bacharach and Hal David. This album, as was usually the case until 1968, was recorded at Bell Sound Studios in New York.

The album's lead single, the title track "Here I Am", was featured in the film "What's New, Pussycat?". Despite this, the single failed to make the Top 40 in the United States. The follow-up, "Looking With My Eyes", was prominently featured on the dance show "Hullabaloo", but did not make the chart either.

The third single from the album, "Are You There With Another Girl?" was released in December, 1965, and became a hit, making the Top 40.

Several early copies of the album had errors in the album cover, listing tracks such as "It's Love That Really Counts" that were not included on the album itself. Other notable songs featured on the album are the bouncy "Window Wishing", the hauntingly beautiful "If I Ever Make You Cry" and "This Little Light" which featured Warwick herself on the piano.

Here I am, here I'll stay
All of my life we'll be together from now on
I was afraid but now my doubts and fears have gone
Here I am and here I'll always stay

I'll be wanting you, needing you
Don't let me go a single day without your love
You'll always be the one thing, I am certain now
Here I am, here I'll always stay

I can't lose you now that I found you
Please keep my arms wander around you forever

Here I am, here I'll stay
All of my life I'll be what you want me to be
All that I ask is that you just keep loving me
Here I am and here I'll always stay

Close to you, in love with you, my dear
Close to you, in love with you, my dear
Close to you