When all the thrills have been forgotten
The chill of night can call them home
And all the dreams that you left stranded
Will slowly start to come along
I felt it as she slipped away, slipped away
I didn't have the words to say
When I saw the stranger
A stranger on a quiet street
Stranger on a quiet street
You can go straight as an arrow
You can go straight as you dare
Walkin' the old straight and narrow
Don't always get you there
The sun was shining when I saw it all
She was moving to a different beat
When I met a stranger
A stranger on a quiet street
Stranger on a quiet street
It came to me out of the blue, out of the blue
There came the moment that I really knew
When I met a stranger
A stranger on a quiet street
Stranger on a quiet street
Stranger on a quiet street
Stranger on a quiet street
Stranger on a quiet street
Stranger on a quiet street
Stranger on a quiet street, on a quiet street
Stranger on a quiet street
Stranger on a quiet street
I couldn't really understand at all
The writing on the wall
From you to me
A jigsaw puzzle of a twisted tale
That set its lonely sail
From you to me
'Cause I tried to get the message
But it's not understood
Wide apart and so far away
It mattered at the start until I realized instead ....
I'm floating in a troubled sky
Watching you as you go by
In an ordinary dream
I'm sailing on a troubled sea
Watching you as you watch me
In an ordinary dream
I couldn't understand a word it said
The letter that I read
From you to me
I couldn't fathom out the stuff you wrote
So I guess it's just a joke
From you to me
Though reality keeps calling me away from my dream
And the wreakage isn't all it might have been
Didn't matter at the start until I realized it did
I'm floating in a troubled sky
Watching you as you go by
In an ordinary dream
I'm sailing on a troubled sea
Watching you as you watch me
In an ordinary dream
I'm floating in a troubled sky
Watching you as you go by
In an ordinary dream
I'm sailing on a troubled sea
Watching you as you watch me
In an ordinary dream
Ordinary dream
There's no way out and there's no way back
Sailing forever out along your path
Some troubles dare to lose you sleep
I started thinkin' that I'm in too deep
The wheels of life will stretch your face
Squeeze you flat without a trace
But when I was in trouble, I never heard you speak
I got the message that I'm in too deep
Blows my mind
Melting in the sun
Starts to shine
Then suddenly it's gone
Melting in the sun
Stayed up and wondered what was goin' on
Shifted and pissed up and silent and gone
Reasons for promises that no one could keep
I got the picture and I'm in too deep
Blows my mind
Melting in the sun
Starts to shine
Then suddenly it's gone
Melting in the sun
There's no way out, the only way is in
Don't matter who you are
Don't matter where you've been
You can buy your freedom
But it don't come cheap
No doubt about it, now I'm in too deep
Blows my mind
Melting in the sun
Starts to shine
Then suddenly it's gone
Melting in the sun
Suddenly it's gone
Melting in the sun
Suddenly it's gone
Falling through the endless sky
The signals dance upon the twilight
Calling out to reach someone
Who waits there in the lonely night
Just for love
Just for love
Soon beyond the melting clouds
The light will shine on everyone
That waits there in the silver rain
To meet the golden sun
Just for love
Just for love
Just for love
Just for love
I came a long way 'cross the water
Came a long way to get here
Round and round in great big circles tryin' to ease my fear
Out in all the mysteries and distant new tomorrows
There goes another one don't know which way the wind blows
Just for love
Just for love
Just for love
Just for love
Love ... we're gonna get it right
Just for love
We're gonna get it together
We're gonna get it right
Just for love
We're gonna get it together
We're gonna get it right
I spent some time across the waves
I learned a lot of things I never could
I waved my magic wand over the past
I never understood
It really doesn't matter at all
It really doesn't matter at all
If you found what you're lookin' for
It really doesn't matter at all
We strolled around on different ground
There must have been some kind of reason
Nothing ventured, nothing found
Must have been the wrong season
It really doesn't matter at all
It really doesn't matter at all
If you found what you're lookin' for
It really doesn't matter at all
I flew you high, I flew you low
I flew you all the way around
You played for me your pretty tune
Now look what I have found
It really doesn't matter at all
It really doesn't matter at all
If you found what you're lookin' for
It really doesn't matter at all
It really doesn't matter at all, doesn't matter at all
It really doesn't matter at all, doesn't matter at all
If you found what you're lookin' for, doesn't matter at all
It really doesn't matter at all
Doom, gloom and misery
That's what you gave to me
Cold, tight, late and mean
Beyond my wildest dreams
Now that it's over
And the sun came out to shine
Don't look for me
'Cause I set myself free
In my own time
New days have come along
And now I'm at where I belong
Blue sky shines above
And I got someone to love
Now I think about it
Lifts the clouds from my mind
Goin' out on the sea
Getting further from me
In my own time
My own time
Bye, bye, bye, bye
Is that a tear in your eye
Too late to cry
You and your precious disguise
Sometimes I wonder if I ever saw the sign
But it's too late to care
'Cause I've done that, been there
In my own time
So don't look for me
'Cause I set myself free
In my own time
The gold verandah in the dark has gone
down to the metal man.
No better time to leave the ground
And maybe try to understand.
You gotta hold on to somethin' that you believe,
Hold on to somethin' that makes you feel alright.
And through the darkest times of your life
You always tried to be the one,
And now the times have made you wonder
If you ever knew what was goin' on.
You gotta hold on to somethin' that you believe,
Hold on to somethin' that makes you feel alright....
Alright, alright, alright, alright, alright.
(background) Alright ... alright ... alright
No use thinkin' about what you ain't got,
Just makes you bitter.
And as you speak, everything that you say
Goes out on the big transmitter.
You gotta hold on to somethin' that you believe,
Hold on to somethin' that makes you feel alright....
Alright, alright, alright, alright, alright.
You gotta hold on to somethin' that you believe,
Hold on to somethin' that makes you feel alright....
Alright, alright, alright, alright, alright.
Alright, alright, alright, alright, alright.
She was a good girl
Been true to herself
Never swayed by the notions of somebody else
She'd had it rough, maybe most of the time
With only one thing on her mind
All she wanted was a lovin' man
All she wanted was a lovin' man
Who was tryin' to do the best that he can
All she wanted was a lovin', lovin' man
There could be blue skies in her heart
She was waitin' for the good times to start
She never wanted diamonds
She never wanted gold
She was holdin' out for someone to hold
All she wanted was a lovin' man
All she wanted was a lovin' man
Who was tryin' to do the best that he can
All she wanted was a lovin', lovin' man
A loving man
All she wanted was a lovin' man
All she wanted was a lovin' man
All she wanted was a lovin' man
Who was tryin' to do the best that he can
All she wanted was a lovin', lovin' man
Loving man
All she wanted was a lovin' man
All she wanted was a lovin' man
All she wanted was a lovin' man
Seems like forever and time left to spare
When I look out the window
And still you're not there
You're a long time gone
Such a long time gone
Tearing down memories bitter and sweet
Smashing away 'til it's all obsolete
You're a long time gone, long time gone
Such a long time gone, long time gone
You're a long time gone
Do I wonder why
Every day that I
Think about you still
And I always will
Did so much for me
Now I think I see
This I do believe
Feels more like a dream
Looked at the weeds in the broken concrete
Before the bulldozers waltzed in and killed the old street
You're a long time gone, long time gone
Such a long time gone, long time gone
Door steps that shone in a bright summer sky
Lay shattered and wasted since our last goodbye
You're a long time gone, long time gone
Such a long time gone, long time gone
You're a long time gone
Do I wonder why
Every day that I
Think about you still
And I always will
You're a long time gone
Did so much for me
Now I think I see
This I do believe
Feels more like a dream
You're a long time gone
Do I wonder why
You're a long time gone
You never did
I never said goodbye
You're a long time gone
The visions dancing in my mind
The early dawn, the shades of time
Twilight crawling through my windowpane
Am I awake or do I dream?
The strangest pictures I have seen
Night is day and twilight's gone away
With your head held high and your scarlet lies
You came down to me from the open skies
It's either real or it's a dream
There's nothing that is in between...
CHORUS:
Twilight, I only meant to stay awhile
Twilight, I gave you time to steal my mind
Away from me.
Across the night I saw your face
You disappeared without a trace
You brought me here, but can you take me back?
Inside the image of your light
That now is day and once was night
You lead me here and then you go away.
REPEAT CHORUS
(You brought me here, but can you take me back again?)
With your head held high and your scarlet lies
You came down to me from the open skies
REPEAT CHORUS
Twilight, I only meant to stay awhile
Twilight, I only meant to stay awhile
Twilight, Twilight, Twilight, Twilight.
Remember the good old 1980s?
When things were so uncomplicated?
I wish I could go back there again
And everything could be the same.
I've got a ticket to the moon
I'll be leaving here any day soon
Yeah, I've got a ticket to the moon
But I'd rather see the sunrise in your eyes.
Got a ticket to the moon
I'll be rising high above the earth so soon
And the tears I cry might turn into the rain
That gently falls upon your window
You'll never know.
CHORUS:
Ticket to the moon (ticket to the moon)
Ticket to the moon (ticket to the moon)
Ticket to the moon (ticket to the moon).
Fly, fly through a troubled sky
Up to a new world shining bright, oh, oh.
Flying high above
Soaring madly through the mysteries that come
Wondering sadly if the ways that led me here
Could turn around and I would see you there
Standing there (and I would see you there, waiting...)
Ticket to the moon
Flight leaves here today from Satellite Two
As the minutes go by, what should I do?
I paid the fare, what more can I say?
It's just one way (only one way)...
REPEAT CHORUS:
REPEAT CHORUS:
Well, I came a long way to be here today
And I left you so long on this avenue
And here I stand in the strangest land
Not knowing what to say or do
As I gaze around at these strangers in town
I guess the only stranger is me
And I wonder (yes, I wonder)
Yes, I wonder (oh, I wonder)
Is this the way life's meant to be?
Although it's only a day since I was taken away
And left standing here looking in wonder
(It's your life, it's your life)
Ah, the ground at my feet, maybe it's just the old street
But everything that I know lies under
(It's your life, it's your life)
And when I see what they've done
To this place that was home
Shame is all that I feel
Oh, and I wonder (oh, I wonder)
Yes, I wonder (wonder, wonder, wonder, wonder)
Is this the way life's meant to be?
Too late, too late to cry
The people say
Too late for you, too late for me
You've come so far, now you know everything my friend
Look and see the wonders of our world...
And I wonder (oh, I wonder)
Yes, I wonder (yes, I wonder)
Is this the way life's meant to be?
As I wander around this wreck of a town
Where people never speak aloud
With its ivory towers and its plastic flowers
I wish I was back in 1981
Just to see your face instead of this place
Now I know what you mean to me
And I wonder (oh, I wonder)
Yes, I wonder (yes, I wonder)
Is this the way life's meant to be?
And I wonder (oh, I wonder)
Yes, I wonder, wonder, wonder, wonder
Is this the way life's meant to be?
Ooohh, I wonder
Oh, I wonder, wonder, wonder
Is this the way life's meant to be?
Oh, is this the way life's meant to be?
Mmmmm, is this the way life's meant to be?
I wanna know now
Is this the way life's meant to be?
(The lights go down...)
One day
I gotta get out of here
I gotta make everything clear
I gotta see you, oh, oh.
I know
The way that I feel is wrong, so wrong
But I gotta carry on
When you ain't around.
CHORUS:
I believe things are going wrong
And the night goes on and on
All your dreams have flown away
And the sun won't shine today.
The lights go down (I want you, baby)
The lights go down (I need you, baby)
The lights go down
And there's no one around.
I know
You're waiting so close to me
But how will you ever see
As time rolls away?
Lonely
But trying to be so proud
And just as I turn around
The lights go down.
REPEAT CHORUS:
The lights go down (I want you, baby)
The lights go down (I need you, baby)
The lights go down
And there's no one around...
(Rain rain, go away, come again another day)
Early in the morning
The sun was up and the sky was very blue
Without a warning
As I looked out, my thoughts returned to you.
A noise in the city made the children run
And hide themselves away
And thunder boomed and lightning filled the sky.
Looking from this window
A thousand rivers running past my door
Standing on an island
Looking for someone upon the shore
I cane see it very clearly, nothing's really changed
Then lightning strikes across an empty sky.
CHORUS:
Ooohh, the rain is falling
Ooohh, the rain is falling
Ooohh, the rain is falling
Will it wash away the lonely tears?
(It's raining, it's pouring, the old man is snoring)
With their brand new time transporter
They'll think maybe I fought to get away
But with all their great inventions
And all their good intentions, here I stay
Down on the corner where the sun had shone
The people gathered round
Then scattered as the raindrops hit the ground.
REPEAT CHORUS:
(It's raining, it's pouring, the old man is snoring)
REPEAT CHORUS:
(It's raining, it's pouring, the old man is snoring)
(Rain rain, go away, come again another day)
Just on the border of your waking mind
There lies another time
Where darkness and light are one
And as you tread the halls of sanity
You feel so glad to be, unable to go beyond
Hold on tight to your dream
Hold on tight to your dream
When you see your ship go sailing
When you feel your heart is breaking
Hold tight to your dream.
It's a long time to be gone
Time just rolls on and on
When you need a shoulder to cry on
When you get so sick of trying
Just hold tight to your dream
CHORUS:
When you get so down that you can't get up
And you want so much but you're all out of luck
When you're so downhearted and misunderstood
Just over & over & over you could
Accroches-toi a ton reve
Accroches-toi a ton reve
Quand tu vois ton bateau partir
Quand tu sents -- ton coeur se briser
Accroches-toi a ton reve.
REPEAT CHORUS:
Hold on tight to your dream
Hold on tight to your dream
When you see the shadows falling
When you hear that cold wind calling
Hold on tight to your dream.
Oh, yeah
Hold on tight to your dream
Yeah, hold on tight...
To your dream.
Here is the news
Coming to you every hour on the hour
(Here is the news)
The weather's fine but there may be a meteor shower.
Here is the news
A cure's been found for good old rocket lag
(Here is the news)
Someone left their life behind in a plastic bag.
Here is the news
Here is the news
Here is the news.
(";Spaceworkers dispute in London today.
A lightning strike by air shuttle officers
led to over 2,000 passengers being held up
for up to 10 hours to board flights...";)
(";Ten Eurotechnicians were today sentenced
by the justice computer to be banished for life
to the prison satellite Penal One...";)
Here is the news
Another action filled adventure
(Here is the news)
All the worst from the world convention.
Here is the news (the very latest)
Here is the news
Here is the news
Here is the news
(";... shares of Roboko Development are now climbing...";)
(";... a very great friend of mine...";)
(";... our regular scheduled programs...";)
(";... the latest report from the people down there...";)
(";... a tiny little detail...";)
(";... I'd like to say hello to everybody...";)
Here is the news
I wanna go home, I want my baby back
(Here is the news)
I wanna go back!
Here is the news
Somebody has broken out of Satellite Two
(Here is the news....)
Look very carefully, it may be you, you, you, you...
(";... the energy counsel today announced...";)
(";... the archbishop is waving to the crowds...";)
(";... the World Broadcasting Authority today announced...";)
(";... I think that's going to be alright, you'll have to wait & see...";)
(";... I'll call you back later...";)
Here is the news.
Oh you, you're so hard to get to
Oh you, you don't wanna play
You were no better before
I sent a letter before
I sent a dream to last night
From the end of the world.
Oh you, you keep me hanging round & round & round & round
Oh you, look at the trouble I've found
You were no better before
I sent a letter before
I sent a dream to you last night
From the end of the world.
I saw you last night, but you couldn't answer
You were a lonely little sidewalk dancer
When I woke up I could not stand it
You were gone, but I got to hand it to you.
Dream to you last night
From the end of the world.
Oh please, if this is a game I wish someone would win
Please, just let her fly to be upon the wind
You were no better before
I sent a letter before
I sent a dream to you baby last night
From the end of the world.
You were no better before
I sent a letter before
I sent a dream to you baby last night
From the end of the world.
I sent a dream to you baby, last night
From the end of the world
I sent a dream to you, babe
From the end of the world.
I sent a dream...
To you baby...
From the end of the world.
You should be so happy
You should be so glad
Twenty first century man
Though you ride on the wheels of tomorrow
You still wander the fields of your sorrow
Let me come here and stay
The world is full of sorrow
Time
Time
Time
Time
Another heart breaks
Another heart breaks
Another heart breaks
Another heart breaks
One two three four
Five six seven eight
Another heart breaks
A penny in your pocket
Suitcase in your hand
They won't get you very far
Now you're a 21st century man.
Fly across the city
Rise above the land
You can do 'most anything
Now you're a 21st century man.
Though you ride on the wheels of tomorrow (tomorrow)
You still wander the fields of your sorrow
What will it bring?
One day you're a hero
Next day you're a clown
There's nothing that is in between
Now you're a 21st century man.
You should be so happy
You should be so glad
So why are you so lonely
You 21st century man?
You stepped out of a dream
Believing everything was gone
Return with what you've learned
They'll kiss the ground you walk upon.
Things ain't how you thought they were
Nothing have you planned
So pick up your penny and your suitcase
You're not a 21st century man.
Though you ride on the wheels of tomorrow
You still wander the fields of your sorrow (sorrow)
Tomorrow, 21st century man
21st century man
21st century man...
I saw her there from across the street, she was dressed in black
And when she moved she moved to a beat, like a Cadillac
She rode a train, train train train, a train of gold
She was a woman of suspicious ways, never saw daylight
And in her room she sat and passed the days
And she'd creep out at night
She rode a train, train train train, a train of gold
Chorus: Train of gold, train of gold
It took me so long to find out I was wrong
Now I wait for her in the night
Looked through a window saw a velvet sky, a shade of green
A violin was playing soft and sweet, like it was a dream
She rode a train, train train train, a train of gold
Train of gold, train of gold
It took me so long to find out I was wrong
Now I wait for her in the night
Train of gold, train of gold
I don't believe her, it just couldn't be her
I can't get it out of my mind
Time after time, time after time
The skies are darkening they grow so dim
Strangers are meeting but it never ends
And one day they'll remember, one day they will know
(Time after time)
From far away there comes a warning sound
And no one listens but it's all around
And one day they'll remember, one day they will know
Chorus: Time after time, no hiding anywhere
Time after time, the visions in the air
Time after time, they come from everywhere
(Time after time)
Time after time
Just listen to the sirens of the world
They breathe a whisper waiting for the word
And one day they'll remember, one day they will know
(Time after time)
Time after time it is the same old story
Another footstep on the trail of glory
And one day they'll remember, one day they will know
Chorus
The beauty of the earth from way up high
Shines like a jewel on the velvet sky
And one day they'll remember, one day they will know
The skies are darkening they grow so dim
Strangers are meeting but it never ends
And one day they'll remember, one day they will know
Chorus
Emit retfa emit, no hiding anywhere
Emit retfa emit, no visions in the air
They come from everywhere
The stars that shine so brightly
They call to me
I dream of how it might be
Somewhere far away
Chorus: Take me on and on
Until the world has gone
Take me on and on
The chains that hold you
Those chains will soon be gone
Sail upon the ocean
Sail back to me
Chorus
Take me on, on and on
I see it all below
I know which way to go
I see the afterglow
Chorus
On a cold and windy morning, said goodbye to my old friends
They were hangin' around the corner,
They were stayin' till the end
On the other side of midnight,
I was lookin' for a place to stay
And one thing's sure for certain,
I ain't never goin' back again
The streetlights looked so pretty as they spread into a town
I was lookin' for another sundown
And my head was spinning round and round
Chorus: Lookin' through the eyes of a stranger
Lookin' through the eyes of danger
Lookin' at the all-night dancer
Never takin' all the chances
As I walked into the main street, saw a crowd across the square
And I heard a guitar playin' and I saw you standing there
Chorus
Distant bells they started ringing, somewhere far off in the night
And the place was full of loneliness that disappeared from sight
A moving stream of information
That is floating on the wind
The secrets never end
And now they call,
They sing, they play, they dance
For you, from out of the blue,
What can you do?
Chorus: the secret messages are calling to me endlessly
They call to me across the air
The messages across the atmosphere
They whisper in your ear, they're calling everywhere
Where words cascade like rainbows tumbling from the sky
Then I'll be there, I'll be there
When messages will call to you their secrets all around
Without a sound, they're all around
Chorus
Those secret messages that spill into the air from far away
So far away
A flowing river of illusion running with confusion
Never gone - it goes on and on
Chorus
Listen everybody let me tell you 'bout the rock 'n' roll
Feel that rhythm and it's really gonna thrill your soul
She said come along with me, to a land of make believe
She said rock 'n' roll is king
She loves that rock 'n' roll and she plays it all night long
That's all she ever tells me when I call her on the telephone
She says feel that jumpin' beat, and git up on your feet
She says rock 'n' roll is king
Chorus: Oh let those guitars play
Play for me play for me
Oh let that song ring out
That's how it's meant to be
It rolls like a train that's comin' on down the track
She rolled over Beethoven and she gave Tchaikovsky back
She loves that drivin' beat, she goes dancin' on down the street
She said rock 'n' roll is king
Chorus
When she comes around and I'm listenin' to the radio
She says you can't do that 'cause all I wanna do is rock 'n' roll
Now here I'm gonna stay where that music starts to play
She says rock 'n' roll is king
I don't mind the pain, or the jokers' cold refrain
The days pass by so slowly, I count them all again
Silence of a basement, shades all closed at noon
Lie awake for fear of strangers
Darkness comes on slowly, twilight is the ecstasy
Like a candle burning bright, shadows dance until the night
Empty rooms and chilling smiles
They go on for miles and miles
Chorus: But in the evening when the sun goes down
Crawl from the shadows got to get into town
Where the music is playin' all across the night
And every cloud disappears from sight
There goes a loser, another loser gone
There goes another, another who's alone
There goes a loser, another loser gone wild
I don't mind if violins don't play
I won't listen to them anyway
I don't care what people say
Some things just can't be arranged
Icy fingers touching you.
Silent voices calling too
What else is there to lose- I am here but where are you?
Chorus
I read the papers this morning
I saw your photograph
You look good in the movie
It must be so much fun
Letter from Spain
From someone I once knew
I got a letter this morning
Postmark said it was from Spain
Your writing is so very strange
I guess it always was that way
Letter from Spain
From someone I once knew
I used to think she was the greatest thing
I really cared, gave her a diamond ring
She said she'd rather die than ever leave me
Well I never saw her face since then
And if the law don't get her then I will-
Four little diamonds
She must be somewhere on the open road
She always said she was a lonely one
She gets you down with her tales of woe
She took me for everything
And if the law don't get her then I will
Four little diamonds
Chorus: I looked around I climbed up high into the dawn
But she was gone with the night
I thought about the things she said
And all the things we'd done
But where could she run- she ran away
There's just no answer to give
I keep wonderin' about her, day and night
She probably thinks I was a fool- she's right
She don't know it
But I'm gonna keep on searchin' for that woman
I'm gonna search everywhere
And if the law don't get her then I will
Four little diamonds
Chorus
I still hear her callin' out to me,
I still listen for her endlessly
But it never even crossed my mind she was a cheater
I gotta find where she hides
'Cause if the law don't get her then I will -
Four little diamonds
Here she comes down the street and that look is in her eye
And the way she looks, if looks could kill they might
All the kids down in the street run away
When she goes by it's the end of the day
So believe what they say, there's danger in the air
Look through a window and you'll see her standing there
She's the latest of the greatest with the wind blowin' in her hair
The prima donna she's back in town
And you see her for miles around
So believe what they say there's danger in the air
Chorus: Beware there's danger ahead
The endless summer is dead
Look out there's danger ahead
Monday mornin' she's already up and gone
She knows what she wants and she knew it all along
With her entourage on either side
Just one look she can't be denied
So believe what they say there's danger in the air
Chorus
She's got a reputation that's way ahead of her time
She's got adulation that's way ahead of her mind
Everybody runs around to please
When she looks in the mirror she just has to freeze
So believe what they say there's danger in the air
Chorus
Wish I was, yeah, a wild west hero.
Sometimes i look up high and then I think there might
just be a better life.
Away from all we know, that's where I wanna go,
out on the wild side
and I wish I was, o-oo-o-oh, a wild west hero.
Ride the range all the day till the first fading light,
be with my western girl round the fire, oh, so bright.
I'd be the Indians friend, let them live to be free,
ridin' into the sunset, I wish I could be.
I'd ride the desert sands and through the prairie lands,
try'n to do what's right.
The folks would come to me, they'd say, we need you here.
I'd stay there for the night.
Oh, I wish I was, o-oo-o-oh, a wild west hero.
Ride the range all the day till the first fading light,
be with my western girl round the fire, oh, so bright.
I'd be the Indians friend, let them live to be free,
ridin' into the sunset, I wish I could be.
Oh, I wish I was, o-oo-o-oh, a wild west hero.
Oh, I wish I was, o-oo-o-oh, a wild west hero.
Oh, I wish I was, o-oo-o-oh, a wild west hero.
Oh, I wish I was, o-oo-o-oh, a wild west hero.
Wish I was, o-o-oo-o-o-o-oo, a wild west hero.
[Instrumental]
WHERE DID YOU GO?
I was searchin' SEARCHIN' on a one-way street,
I was hopin' HOPIN' for a chance to meet.
I was waitin' for the operator on the line.
SHE'S GONE SO LONG What can I do?
WHERE COULD SHE BE? No no no,
don't know what I'm gonna do,
I gotta get back to you.
You gotta slow down SLOW DOWN sweet talkin' woman SLOW DOWN
You got me runnin' RUN RUN you got me searchin'.
Hold on HOLD ON sweet talkin' lover HOLD ON
It's so sad if that's the way it's over.
I was WALKIN' many days go by,
I was thinkin' THINKIN' 'bout the lonely nights.
Communication breakdown all around.
SHE'S GONE SO LONG What can I do?
WHERE COULD SHE BE? No no no,
don't know what I'm gonna do,
I gotta get back to you.
You gotta slow down SLOW DOWN sweet talkin' woman SLOW DOWN
You got me runnin' RUN RUN you got me searchin'.
Hold on HOLD ON sweet talkin' lover HOLD ON
It's so sad if that's the way it's over.
I've been livin' LIVIN' on a dead end street,
I've been askin' ASKIN' KINDLY everybody I meet.
Insufficient data coming through.
SHE'S GONE SO LONG What can I do?
WHERE COULD SHE BE? No no no,
don't know what I'm gonna do,
I gotta get back to you.
Oh, slow down SLOW DOWN sweet talkin' woman SLOW DOWN
You got me runnin' RUN RUN you got me searchin'.
Hold on HOLD ON sweet talkin' lover HOLD ON
It's so sad if that's the way it's over.
Slow down SLOW DOWN sweet talkin' woman SLOW DOWN
You got me runnin', you got me searchin'.
Hold on HOLD ON sweet talkin' lover HOLD ON
It's so sad if that's the way it's over.
Slow down SLOW DOWN sweet talkin' woman SLOW DOWN
You got me runnin', you got me searchin'.
Hold on HOLD ON sweet talkin' lover HOLD ON
It's so sad if that's the way it's over. (repeat & fade out)
When the day is done and there's nowhere to run
And the people of the city have all lost and won
In your city dress you stand and stare
And you smoke another cigarette and comb your hair
And the light that shines
Paints a trace of sadness
On the street I wait
But I can't seem to get to you.
Well, you start to sway, check your Cartier
'Cos it's getting late, you can't afford to wait
So you move along where it's going on
And the people of the night are playing 'till the dawn
And the sun that shines
Paints a trace of sadness
In your eyes that cry
Wishing and hoping
Oh...
CHORUS:
Sweet, sweet is the night
Now you are near
Dark, dark were the days
They disappear
Sweet, sweet is the night
Now you are near.
Well you did your thing and you lost your wings
And you hurt so bad you lost everything
And the tears that fall on the city wall
Will fade away with the rays of morning light that shines
Paints a smile across your pretty face
I know
Everything is alright
Alright...
REPEAT CHORUS
I have waited
For your love
For so long
How do I go on?
I have told you
So many times
It's no good
You're treating me so wrong.
Out there so far away
Above the sky will say
For you...
Here it comes again
It's all around me
It must be magic
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
I can see you
In my mind
The lost time
That you're saving
I could reach out
And touch you
What can I do?
The sun ain't shining.
Out there so far away
Above the sky will say
For you...
Only for you.
Here it comes again (summer and lightning)
It's all around me (summer and lightning)
It must be magic (summer and lightning)
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Here it comes again.
Here it comes again (summer and lightning)
It's all around me (summer and lightning)
It must be magic (summer and lightning)
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Here it comes again (summer and lightning)
I can feel it (summer and lightning)
It's all around me (summer and lightning)
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Pack up all your things
We're gonna be leaving
Sooner than I thought
Take the things you bought
Clouds are gathering.
Say goodbye to all your friends
We're gonna be sorry
For a while, that's how it goes
But then again, who knows
About the rain.
CHORUS:
I'm steppin' out
I'm moving on
I'm gonna see the world
Like a rolling stone
I'm gonna be somebody...
Oh, I'm steppin' out.
Did you hear what he said?
He said they sold me down the river
They thought I was a fool
They said the rain would fall
What did they know?
Then I saw your face
And the song that you were singing
Though I thought I knew the words
The tune was quite absurd and out of key
Doo dah dah dee.
REPEAT CHORUS
I'm steppin' out, I'm steppin' out
I'm steppin' out, I'm steppin' out
I'm steppin' out, I'm steppin' out
I'm steppin' out, I'm steppin' out
I'm steppin' out, I'm steppin' out
I'm steppin' out, I'm steppin' out
Steppin' out, steppin' out, steppin' out.
Don't know where I'm going
Gonna see the world, gonna be somebody
Don't know where I'm going
I'm just steppin' out
I'm steppin' out
I'm steppin' out.
Starlight, I hear you callin' out to me.
Sweet love rollin' across my mind again.
I want you, yes, I do, I need you, yes, I do.
And then you run.
You gotta stop foolin' around,
keep your feet on the ground, little girl,
and starlight will shine all around, little girl.
Starlight, your eyes are lookin' out so far away.
Constellation in the sky is smiling down on me, I wonder, wonder why.
I can feel you're so real, I can see you're so near
and the you run.
You gotta stop foolin' around,
keep your feet on the ground, little girl,
and starlight will shine all around, little girl.
You had me all the summer long, little girl.
Moonglow, come light the way up to my window.
As you roll across the night don't tell noby that I told you so.
I want you, yes, I do, I need you, yes, I do.
And then you run.
You gotta stop foolin' around,
keep your feet on the ground, little girl,
and starlight will shine all around, little girl.
You had me all the summer long, little girl.
Starlight, your eyes are lookin' down on me so far away.
(repeat & fade)
(Concerto for a rainy day...)
(Rain...)
I'm standing in the rain
I'm waiting all alone
I'm so tired
I wanna go home.
I'm standing in the rain
Getting soaking wet
I'm doing my best
But what do I get?
I'm standing in the rain
Can't seem to get along
People rushing by
Wish they could hear my song.
I'm standing in the rain
It's teeming down on me
Cats & dogs
I wanna be free.
I'm standing in the rain
Doing my thing
I'm trying my best
What does it bring?
I'm standing in the rain
Getting soaking wet
I'm doing my best
But what does it get?
The good intentions and the pain
Lay drowned now in the pouring rain
I tried to be so good this time
But here I am under the sky.
The good intentions and the pain
Lay drowned now in the pouring rain.
Standin' at the airport lookin' down the strip,
she was cryin' her eyes, she was bitin' her lip.
Seven-four-seven just left from gate eleven
and there's no turnin' round 'cos it's just leavin' the ground
and gettin' higher HIGHER.
Standin' at the dock-side lookin' out to sea
when I saw her but she did not see me.
There she stood with no hope because she'd missed the boat
and as her dreams sailed away she headed back for the day,
back to the city CITY.
Night in the city, o-o-oh,
madness at mid-mid-mid-midnight,
night in the city drivin' you insane.
In the city CITY
Night in the city, o-o-oh,
madness at mid-mid-mid-midnight,
night in the city drivin' you insane.
I was runnin' kinda lonely at the city place.
I waited for an hour, I never saw her face.
Crazy ladies that wait and slide around like a snake.
I just can't take anymore, I'm going in through the door
into the city CITY.
I'll get you, yes, I'm gonna get you,
I'll get you, yes, I'm gonna get you,
I'll get you, yes, I'm gonna get you,
I'll get you, yes, I'm gonna get you,
I'll get you, yes, I'm gonna get you,
I'll get you, yes, I'm gonna get you,
drivin' you insane.
Night in the city, o-o-oh,
madness at mid-mid-mid-midnight,
night in the city drivin' you insane,
drivin' you insane,
drivin' you insane.
I was standing in the jungle, I was feeling alright
Mmmhmmm, Mmmhmmm
I was wondering in the darkness, in the middle of the night
Mmmhmmm, Mmmhmmm
The moon began to shine, I saw a clearing ahead
Mmmhmmm, Mmmhmmm
But what's that going on, I think I'm outta my head
Mmmhmmm, Mmmhmmm.
CHORUS:
Chooka chooka hoo la ley
Looka looka koo la ley.
A hundred animals were gathered 'round in the night
Mmmhmmm, Mmmhmmm
And they were singing out a lovely song under the pale moonlight
Mmmhmmm, Mmmhmmm
I stood and stared for quite a while
Then a lion sang to me and smiled:
";Come join us if you so desire.";
REPEAT CHORUS
I said now please explain the meaning of this song you sing
Mmmhmmm, Mmmhmmm
";Wondrous is our great blue ship
That sails around the might sun
And joy to everyone that rides along!";
REPEAT CHORUS
AND THEY DANCED!!!
Pretty soon I knew the tune and
We sat and sang under the moon
And the jungle rang in joyful harmony.
REPEAT CHORUS
REPEAT CHORUS
";Wondrous is our great blue ship
That sails around the might sun
And joy to everyone that rides along!";
Summer came and passed away,
hardly seemed to last a day
but it's over and what can I do?
Music playin' in the air,
silence on a darkened stair
'cos it's over and what can I do?
It's over, it's over, all over,
it's all over now
and the way you looked don't even mean I'm down.
When you kick out the sea and the sun says goodbye
there is nothing much to speak of.
Feelin' down, down, down,
it's all over.
Feelin' down, down, down.
Baby, baby, it's all gone,
rolled out to sea.
Lookin' over sunny days,
searchin' for the righteous wave
'cos it's over and what can I do?
Lookin' from this distant shore
you ain't sailin' by no more
'cos it's over and what can I do?
It's over, it's over, all over,
it's all over now
and the way you looked don't even mean I'm down.
When you kick out the sea and the sun says goodbye
there is nothing much to speak of.
Feelin' down, down, down,
it's all over.
Feellin' down, down, down.
Ah, it's over, it's over, it's over,
it's all over and what can I do?
Ah, it's over, it's over,
it's all over.
Oh, it's over, it's over.
Don't shed a tear for me, it's over,
don't shed a tear although it's over.
Working on the road across this great big world
I've been rolling like a stone, I never get back home
Yes, I've been long-gone
And boy, I've got the Birmingham Blues
I been across the ocean to the south sea isles
Yeah, I traveled to the east and west for miles and miles and miles
And I've been long-gone
Boy, I've got the Birmingham Blues
Across the world I've seen
People and places
Could be the same
But with a different name
I wouldn't change the things I do for anything
But I'd just like to hear the message of the streets again
Give me a ticket
'Cause boy, I've got the Birmingham Blues
It may be kind of homely but it sure is sweet
Industrial revolution put it on its feet
But it's a long, long way
Boy, I've got the Birmingham Blues
Across the world I've seen
People and places
Could be the same
But with a different name
I'll go and stay awhile and all the folks I meet
They'll say, "You won't stay long, you got them traveling feet
You'll soon be long-gone
'Cause boy, you got the rest of the world blues!"
Across the world I've seen
People and places
Don't you know it could be the same
But with a different name
Across the world I've seen
People and places
Could be the same
I've been thinking it over
So many times they say
You got it made
They never understand
The answer lies within your soul
'Cos no one know which side
The coin will fall.
Big wheels turning
Baby I know
Big wheels turning
Baby I know
Big wheels turning, turning...
Save it for a rainy day
For when the cold wind blows
Just to see how they run
I thought they'd know
I tried my best, all I could do
But somehow it was not enough for you.
Big wheels turning
Baby I know
Big wheels turning
Baby I know
Big wheels turning, turning,
Turning, turning...
CHORUS:
I remember the dead of night
A lonely light that shines upon the window
I see it all so clear
The tenderness, the silent tears
Out here in the pouring rain
Through cold dark waiting days
I see you standing there
I see the big wheels turning
Never ending, on and on they go.
I think I'm going home
I think I'm gonna have to start again
It's rather sad
Because I've looked around, can't seem to find
Whatever's always rolling through my mind
Big wheels turning
Baby I know
Big wheels turning
Baby I know
Big wheels turning, turning
Turning, turning...
REPEAT CHORUS
Instrumental with some words...
Can you hear me?
Ahhhhhh, Something, something!
Believe me now,
I could never say goodbye,
Don't leave me now,
Believe me now.
I've been workin' so hard, baby,
tryin' to get to you.
I'm gonna be there soon because
In the heat of the day many miles away
when the sun is beating down upon the main street
I'll be waiting here at the station,
I gotta move down the line.
They'll be dancin' and singin' and doin' their thing
and they'll be rockin' and rollin' until the day is done.
You know I got to make the deadline.
I gotta get that southbound train tonight, ooh.
If I don't get to the border then I'll write.
The Mardi Gras will be blowing strong
and the people dancing all across the city.
I'm leaving here tonight,
I gotta move down the line.
I'm gonna catch a ride on the nine-o-five,
I'm gonna ride the rail until we reach the morning,
maybe three or four hundred miles.
I gotta get that southbound train tonight, ooh.
If I don't get to the border then I'll write.
When the wind is blowing softly
through the streets of a little town and the music's playin
you're waiting somewhere over the horizon.
I gotta get that southbound train tonight, ooh.
If I don't get to the border then I'll write.
She cried to the southern wind
About a love that was sure to end
Every dream in her heart was gone
Headin' for a Showdown
Bad dreamer, what's your name
Looks like we're ridin' on the same train
Looks as through there'll be more pain
There's gonna be a Showdown
And it's rainin' all over the world
It's raining all over the world
Tonight, the longest night
She came to me like a friend
She blew in on a southern wind
Now my heart is turned to stone again
There's gonna be a Showdown
Save me, oh save me
It's unreal, the suffering
There's gonna be a Showdown
And it's rainin' all over the world
It's raining all over the world
Tonight, the longest night
Susan spent the weekend at her stately home
Crying at the lions on the garden wall
And then she'd sigh -- sneak away
Look at her style -- free the day
Oh no not me -- I wouldn't
Oh no not me -- I couldn't
That's all she says, her money and her place
They just don't mean a thing
Susan met the Lords and Dukes of everywhere
Smiling kissing wishing that they'd go to hell
And then she'd laugh -- wonder why
Take a nap -- sit and cry
Oh no not me -- I wouldn't
Oh no not me -- I couldn't
That's all she says, her money and her place
They just don't mean a $#%@%#$ thing
[Instrumental]
New Dawn, smiling down the old blue world
Can you feel it, like the first of Spring
The bells are ringing out a little tune for you
Daylight, everyone hears the sound
Hey, Goodmornin', how you doin', well I'm doin' fine
It's nearly nine I must be gone
I see no sorrow now
Nobody has a care
Hey there, why don't you join me I'll be glad to know you
Take some time out, would you like to work or play
Or wander slowly through this bright new day
Everyone laughs, can't believe what's goin' on round here
New World Risin', everybody kicked their blues away
Not for today but evermore
I see no sorrow now
Nobody has a care
New Day, smiling down on the world
Can you feel it, like the first of Spring
The bells are ringing out a little tune for you
Got love, if that's what you need
I got three or four babies sittin' on my knee
I got love waitin' for you
I come sneakin' round the corner of the avenue
You gotta Ma-Ma-Ma Belle, or I will get you
You know you gotta Ma-Ma-Ma Belle, before I get you
There's one thing that's on my mind
And that's getting hold of you before I serve my time
I'll keep on, with my heavy load
Till I see you come a strollin' down that open road
You gotta Ma-Ma-Ma Belle, or I will get you
You know you gotta Ma-Ma-Ma Belle, before I get you
I love you Ma-Ma-Ma Belle
That's why I want to get it all well I'm sure you can tell
I got, good soul, runnin' so deep
Gonna get you in the corner so that I can keep
Can't you hear me once Ma-Ma-Ma Belle
You gotta Ma-Ma-Ma Belle, or I will get you
You know you gotta Ma-Ma-Ma Belle, before I get you
[Instrumental]
Saviour of the night came slowly on the silent river
And the lord of life came following, his sins to be forgiven
While the world sat back and laughed away the hours
Till the dawning of the daybreak
I heard them laugh I heard them cry
I saw them praying to the sky
I heard the wind howl in the trees
Down there on bended knee
And I see the light
But I know I must be dreaming
Feel the soul, quiet emotion
Sail on by, helpless devotion
If that's how it feels, it better be real
Take care of your woman
Or you'll never ever see the light
Take heed of the warnin'
Or you know it's gonna be too late
Here, There, Everywhere
They keep on movin' without fear
They look me up, they look me down
They press my body to the ground
But I see the light, see the light it's comin' shinin'
And on a Summers day
When thoughts are drifting far away
And life is good and real to see
My world is saved and I am free
But in the night
Still I know I must be dreaming
[Instrumental]
Little Darlin' of my life
You keep movin' cross my mind
You gave me a sunny day
Now it looks as if I'll pay
Why do they say -- Bluebird is dead?
I can still see her, touch her, my Bluebird
The love that she gave, I don't believe, No, No, I don't believe
Bluebird came to me tonight
Waiting patiently for light
She said I know that you will grieve
But my darlin' I must leave
Why do they say -- Bluebird is dead?
I can still see her, touch her, my Bluebird
The love that she gave, I don't believe, No, No, I don't believe
Bluebird say it is not so
Please I cannot hear you speak
It must be that you're so tired
In the darkness of the night
Why do they say -- Bluebird is dead?
I can still see her, touch her, my Bluebird
The love that she gave, I don't believe, No, No, I don't believe
Queen of the hours lies waiting for the wind to blow away the veil of time
Slowly now the threads of age are starting to unwind
(Chorus:)
Queen of the hours
Along, Along, Along the path of time, of time,
She is still
The clock shall tell the tale
When all is well, is well.
Black was the night that came in from the East and caused the land to sleep.
Riding on a storm, it carved a message in Isabella Creek.
(Chorus)
Dawn is the death wish night has passed away, it left the sacred flower,
Opened up the grave and bowed its life unto the Queen of Hours.
[Instrumental]
[Instrumental]
Long hair, flashing eyes
The kind of hips that make you fantasize
A slow smile, just meant to tease
One look and you'll be weak at the knees
They got my head in a whirl
'Cos I can't get enough of those whiskey girls
They got the world at their fingertips
With just a look and lick of the lips
They understand the rhythm of the night
I'm in a daze, I don't know wrong from right
They got my head in a whirl
'Cos I can't get enough of those whiskey girls
CHORUS
Hypnotised - by the whiskey girls
Compromised - out of this world
Lord above, could this be love
Ain't no doubt about it
I'm crazy about the whiskey girls
Whiskey girls are out on the town
They'll break your heart, they'll bring you down
Whiskey girls are out of control
For just one touch you'd sell your soul
The moon is high I'm getting out of the line
Whishful thinking with a one track mind
I'm having flashes, oh can't you see
they're walking through my private fantasy
Wearing only a necklace of pearls
Those slow walking, long-legged whiskey girls
CHORUS TWICE
World's going through some changes
I see so many things that
I don't understand
And people - have got to feel the power
We got to take our lives back
Into our own hands
This is no time for silence
We got to be stronger
We can't live with the violence
We can't live with the fear
CHORUS
Voices - I wanna hear them calling
From the highest mountain
Over land and sea
Voices - I wanna hear them calling
Hear the sound of freedom
Calling out to me
Life - just turns in a circle
If we look for solutions
In the mistakes of the past
And now - we got to look to the future
We got to find the answers
We got to find them fast
So put the wheels in motion
If you wanna make changes
Out across the ocean
Let your words ring out
CHORUS
[Instrumental]
[Instrumental]
Lipstick traces on an unmade bed
We drank all night and got devils in our head
She said some things that should have stayed unsaid
Emotions overflowing
Now I don't know what to believe
Sitting here in the cold light of the day
She felt anger, I felt pain
I walked out into the pouring rain
Packed my bags and took the midnight train
Didn't care where it was going
On my way, running like a thief
Hard to leave, but harder to stay
There's no wrong, there's no right
But sometimes she breaks all the rules
And lying here alone tonight
Can't believe love can be so cruel
Wish I'd believed her
'Cos now I need her
Sometimes the truth just hurts too much
She goes straight to the heart
With a truth that always finds me
She goes straight to the heart
And pulls tight the ties that bind me
She can be so cold, and it tears me apart
When she twists the knife
It goes straight to the heart
Sometimes love is an endless fight
It's never simple, never black and white
Just like ships passing in the night
Who knows where they're going
No forgiveness, no reprieve
Both sailing their separate ways
Light of day, dead of night
I'm searching for what I can't find
Try and try as I might
I can't get her out of my mind
Wish I'd believed her
'Cos now I need her
I guess we all must love and learn
She goes straight to heart
With a truth that always finds me
She goes straight to the heart
And pulls tight the ties that bind me
She can be cold, and it tears me apart
When she twists the knife
It goes straight to the heart
[Instrumental]
I wait till everyone's asleep
Then out into the night I creep
No one can see me now
Or hear me running, soundlessly
The moon's the only light I need
To search for food, young ones to feed
But as the dawn is drawing near the earth, my way's not clear
I'm trapped on the outside
Moonlight save me, moonlight save me
Moonlight save me, moonlight save me
Unearthly fear, it grips my skin
Unearthly sound, the hunt begins
I hear excited cries
But dare not look from where I'm hiding
The multi-coloured humans ride
Soon they will find me where I hide
The brown and white tormentors
Begin to howl and then I'm running
Moonlight save me
I cut across the trail I left five miles before
One chance to throw them off my scent but I'm not sure
An elder told me it had worked sometime before
My heart is beating like a drum
I make the ridge, but can't go on
I turn to face my death
But nothing comes to stop me breathing
Down in the clearing now I see
They're searching all around for me
Confusion everywhere
But I am safe up here, I've won, I've won, I've won, I've won, I've won
Stepping out of the shadows
I'm blinded by the light
there'll be no more wasted days
No more sleepless nights
Stepping out of your shadow
I finally see the light
No more mister nice guy
I'm ready for the fight
Weight off my shoulders
No more tears to cry
The chains are broken now
I see through your disguise
CHORUS 1
I'm so glad you're gone
So glad you said goodbye
I'm so glad you're gone
So glad you said goodbye
Do you really think I'd just lay down and die
No infatuation
I don't believe your lies
I can see clearly now
The truth behind your eyes
Weight off my shoulders
No more tears to cry
The chains are broken
I see through your disguise
CHORUS 2
I'm so glad you're gone
So glad you said goodbye
I'm so glad you're gone
So glad you said goodbye
No more angry words, no chance for you to lie
Did you really think I'd just lay down and die
Passion fades away
Love can turn to hate
And all the words I want to say
Are left in the hands of fate
CHORUS 2
I hear your voice close on the phone
But I know you're far away
I've waited so long to talk to you
But now I can't find the words to say
So I sit and I listen to you
Breathe on the open line
I can almost taste your lips
And touch your hair
It's like intoxicating wine
I can almost see your face
Through the miles and miles of space
CHORUS
I can feel the power of a million lights
When I see your eyes burn bright
I can see the sparks of a million volts
When you touch me through the night
I can feel the heat across a million miles
When you voice comes through the line
I can feel the power of a million lights
Come through the satellite
Although these oceans hold us apart
Where there's a will there's a way
I'm going to reach across the miles of sea
No matter what they say
So close your eyes and I'll be there
There's magic in the sky tonight
When you see the lightning flash around the world
It's the power of a million lights
Until I see your face
Through the miles and miles of space
CHORUS
Somewhere over the atmosphere
The signals are crossed
Now you're not so clear
The power is out and the lights are down
My head is spinning
Round and round and round and round and round
You know I need you more tonight
By the power of a million lights
I'm lying here, I know the night must fall
The edge of darkness is so near
So hold back the night, hold back the night
It's the darkness that I fear
And in my heart there's not a shadow of a doubt
The final truth waits there fore me
Nowhere to hide, nowhere to hide
From the memories
CHORUS
Give me one more tomorrow
All these todays alone
Mean nothing anymore
Give me one more tomorrow
Another chance to find
What I've been searching for
Inner voices in the quiet of the night
Angry silence calls to me
There's no time for tears, no time for tears
Find a way to break free
CHORUS
I'm praying for a little piece of heaven tonight
I'm searching for some help from a friend
And all I need is a miracle
To help me through this night that never ends, it never ends
CHORUS TWICE
[Instrumental]
Just don't look, no matter what they say
Don't let her get to you, make her go away
But you're only human
And the best laid plans of men go astray
So all your good sense
Goes out the door
When you see that girl walk across the floor
Too late you've seen her
You've had a glimpse of paradise
CHORUS
You never want to have to choose
Is it love or money now
Even if you win you lose
Is it love or money now
I'll close my eyes, I don't want to see you
Just go ahead say what you will
And I'll agree
I don't want illusions
Don't want confusions anymore
CHORUS
Is it love or money, I said love or money
That can make your dreams come true
I know it sounds so funny
But it's always love or money
That makes you do the crazy things that you do
CHORUS
[Instrumental}
[Instrumental]
[Instrumental]
Don't want to talk, don't want to walk
Don't want to do anything
Don't want to kick, don't want to scream
Don't want to sleep, don't want to dream
Just want to sit, just want to stare
Do what you want I don't care
Wait for the phone, wait for the ring
Don't want to do anything
CHORUS
Don't want to work, don't want to play
Just sit around everyday
Don't want to dance, don't want to sing
Don't want to do anything
Don't want to laugh, don't want to cry
Just want to sit and wonder why
It's just too much without your touch
Don't want to do anything
CHORUS
Talk is cheap, but it can't pay
For all the hurt you threw my way
Oh, no - Oh, no
Love is blind but I can see
You're trying to make a fool of me
I know - I know
Sometimes I feel just like I'm running on ice
I might slip and slide girl
But you won't hurt me twice, oh no
CHORUS
No matter what you say
You'll never stop me
Breaking down the walls around your heart
No matter what you do
You just can't stop me
Breaking down the walls around your heart
Love is passion, love is pain
The heat is on, we're all insane
I know, I know
Life is bitter, life is sweet
You just can't ever admit defeat
Oh, no - oh, no
Sometimes it feels like we've been fighting too long
It can't be right to make me feel so wrong - oh, no
CHORUS
Did you ever feel like superman
got the world in your hands
But you never can
Seem to break down the walls
Did you ever feel like a drowning man
Got your life in your hands
But you never can
Seem to break down the walls
Sometimes it feels just like I'm running on ice
I might slip and slide girl
But you won't hurt me twice - oh, no
CHORUS
Blue violin
Play for me your saddest melody
Violin
Play for me your saddest melody
So now it's getting late, for thse who hesitate, got no one,
But they don't understand and no one hears the sound,
It's like a waterfall, it's an illusion.
CHORUS
Love is all, waterfall, love is what you are,
Pulls you in, takes you down, it's a sad affair,
But you know as you hold back the power there without the friends
And lovers you could never go on living.
Across the waterfall that's falling evermore down on you,
Cascading through the days, and flowing on it's way,
That's how it has to be, just an illusion.
CHORUS repeat
You're sailing softly through the sun
in a broken stone age dawn.
You fly so high.
I get a strange magic,
oh, what a strange magic,
oh, it's a strange magic.
Got a strange magic,
got a strange magic.
You're walking meadows in my mind,
making waves across my time,
oh no, oh no.
I get a strange magic,
oh, what a strange magic,
oh, it's a strange magic.
Got a strange magic,
got a strange magic.
Oh, I'm never gonna be the same again,
now I've seen the way it's got to end,
sweet dream, sweet dream.
Strange magic,
oh, what a strange magic,
oh, it's a strange magic.
Got a strange magic,
got a strange magic.
It's magic, it's magic, it's magic.
Strange magic,
oh, what a strange magic,
oh, it's a strange magic.
Got a strange magic.
Strange magic STRANGE MAGIC
oh, what a strange magic STRANGE MAGIC
oh, it's a strange magic.
Got a strange magic.
Strange magic STRANGE MAGIC
oh, what a strange magic STRANGE MAGIC
oh, it's a strange magic.
Got a strange magic,
got a strange magic,
you know I got a strange magic,
yeah, I got a strange magic,
oo-o-o-oo, strange magic. (fade)
Away, the jokers's closing in,
Reform and they will win,
The light is fading fast.
I know, you know, they know, we all know,
Everybody's gonna burn down.
The girls come crawling on all fours,
Banging on locked doors,
High cards call the tune.
I know, you know, they know, we all know,
Everybody's gonna burn down.
Play me another hand,
Loose everything I am,
Until we meet again.
The ace, that's hiding up your sleeve,
Will cause the world to grieve,
The love you had is gone,
I know you know, they know, we all know.
The dream, in every player's heart,
To win it all not part,
They lie awake at night,
I know, you know, they know, we all know.
The game, where gamblers rule the night,
And get your blood they might,
The joker's closin' in,
I know, you know, they know, we all know.
Deep waters flow, out to the sea,
They never needed you or me.
One Summer Dream, One Summer dream.
Blue Mountains high and valley low,
I don't know which way I should go,
One Summer Dream, One Summer dream.
Warm summer breeze blows endlessly,
Touching the hearts of those who feel,
One Summer Dream, One Summer dream.
Bird on wing goes floating by,
But there's a teardrop in his eye,
One Summer Dream, One Summer dream.
One Summer Dream, One Summer dream.
I remember somewhere in the rain,
The faces of the passers-by,
Staring faces broken blinds,
I recall the situation clearly standing in a crowded car,
I can feel the need in me.
CHORUS:
Hold on, nightrider baby,
Hold on you're a nightrider,
Riding the night, searching for what is gone,
Never reaching the end, so you must travel on.
I still see that vision of delight,
While cruising on the black of night,
But she keeps a step ahead,
Looking out the corner of her world,
Nobody ever knows a girl, who once lived along this way.
CHORUS: Repeat
Desolation degradation row,
Don't let the feeling show,
She's a ten a penny dream,
Faces with no name and no address,
Keep staring in on my distress, but she kills me with her smile.
CHORUS : Repeat
Fire on High
Electric Light Orchestra
Kcab nrut ,kcab nrut ,kcab nrut ,kcab nruT
Ton si emit tuB
Chorus
The night has a thousand eyes
and they're all on you
The night has a thousand ears
Listening to your cries
Let it work its magic
Let it work its magic
The night has a thousand eyes
Verse 1
You, you had to slip away
After all that spark
You, said all that you could say
And slipped into the dark
I could not let you go
Alone into the night
I had to let you know
The magic there, in the night air
Chorus
The night has a thousand eyes
and they're all on you
The night has a thousand ears
Listening to your cries
Let it work its magic
Let it work its magic
the night has a thousand eyes
Verse 2
You, somewhere out in the dark
Runs a wounded heart
You, stumbling in the night
In the air of after light
You take along the fears
Did you waste these years,
And did they warn you
of the night zone all alone
Sometimes it takes a fight
To keep everything on track,
And sometimes it takes a starry night
To bring the magic back
This was the time
And this was the place
with starlight on your face
And the moon on the rise,
The night has a thousand eyes
Meeting you in the park and talking in the pouring rain
(Oh what a time we had)
Running home in the dark and pretending it was all a game
(Oh what a time)
Those were the days, those were the days
Memories of you have really left a scar
And all that I can do now is to love you from afar
'Cos everything was fine
That once upon a time
Asking you if you'd stay, not believing that you might
(Oh what a time we had)
Missing you through the day, dreaming of you through the night
(Oh what a time)
Those were the days, those were the days
Though there's no denying that you're nowhere around
I can't help myself from looking for your face amongst the crowd
'Cos everything was fine, that once upon a time
Have to leave the past behind me and get on the right track
Though there's nothing I can say that will ever bring you back
But everything was fine, that once upon a time
I wish I knew for how much longer this misery will last
Can't control these feelings, I'm still living in the past
'Cos everything was fine, that once upon a time
I've got to build my life again, try to find somebody new
But I know inside my heart of hearts there'll be no replacing you
But everything was fine, that once upon a time
I could paint your picture in the sky tonight
Your lips stick on the moon in pastel light
Baby, it's full and white
Honey, it's full tonight
Chorus
So kiss me red
Kiss me rouge
Kiss me rough
Kiss me smooth
Oh
I could paint your picture in my room tonight
Your body's on my mind, it's full and white
Oh, but you're far away
And what I wouldn't pay
Chorus
To kiss you red
Kiss you rouge
Kiss you rough
Kiss you smooth
Oh
It's black out
And I'm afraid of the dark
So I light a candle to replace your heart
What I wouldn't give to have you here in my bed
Chorus
To kiss me red
Kiss me rouge
Kiss me rough
Kiss me smooth
One look and you know she's trouble
Ruby red lips and flashing eyes
Can't resist, you just gotta have her
Ooh it's a feeling that you can't disguise
You're booked on a one way ticket
I can tell you that you're going nowhere
She's a drug and you're not gonna kick it
Heartbreak city, she'll take you there
I know I've been here before
I read the script, I know the score
There's no rules, she plays her own game
She's a real heartbreaker and she brings on the rain
Rain (falling from the skies, falling from your eyes)
Rain (falling from the skies, falling from your eyes)
Thunder, can't you hear it crashing?
Storm clouds are waiting for you up ahead
Lightning, can't you see it flashing?
You haven't listened to a word I've said
Rain (falling from the skies, falling from your eyes)
Rain (falling from the skies, falling from your eyes)
Rain (falling from the skies, falling from your eyes)
Rain (falling from the skies, falling from your eyes)
Rain (falling from the skies, falling from your eyes)
Rain (falling from the skies, falling from your eyes)
Rain (She's a real heartbreaker, a heartbreaker)
Rain (falling from the skies, falling from your eyes)
Verse
They say there's gold under the stone
They say there's fire in the ice
They say that love is crazy it's true
But what can a poor man do
When he's burned by someone like you
Chorus
In your heart of hearts
Is this romance over
In your heart of hearts
Is there nothing I can do
You made a fool out of this desperate lover
In your heart of hearts
don't push me away
In your heart of hearts
Don't you want me to stay
Verse
Days of love mean nothing to you
Night of romance and fire
What went wrong with this paradise
What turned the gold to stone
What turned the fire to ice
Chorus
In your heart of hearts
Is this romance over
In your heart of hearts
Is there nothing I can do
You made a fool out of this desperate lover
In your heart of hearts
Don't push me away
In your heart of hearts
Don't you want me to stay
Verse
You can take the fire away
But the flame burns hotter
You can take the love away
But the memory's stronger every day
Can't stop it, can't help it
I'll never forget about you
No one could say
How she caught my eyes
To this day,
I don't know why
Oh well her eyes
So much like diamonds,
And her heart
So much like gold
I knew that I'd
Win her in time,
When I felt her heart
Beat close to mine
And once in her arms,
Then I knew anything I would do,
Just for the love of a woman,
Just for the love of a woman
I prayed that I'd never have to walk alone
I'd have a love of my own
I thank my stars,
I found an angel
Never again
Will I walk alone
She brought a light
Into my heart,
Like the brightest star,
That's ever shone
Money and gold
To a king,
When you're alone,
Don't mean a thing
And once in her arms
Then I know anything I would do,
Just for the love of a woman,
Just for the love of a woman,
I prayed that I'd never have to walk alone.
Now I have a love of my own
I could paint a masterpiece,
I could walk through fire
I could shout it from the roof,
From the smallest flame to a fire this love has grown,
Just for the love of a woman,
Money and gold mean nothing
Never again will I have to walk alone,
Now I have a love of my own
Love of my own, love of my own
I can't face this world all alone
I've got rocket for your parade
Heavy breathing for you made in the shade
I've got an itch that just won't quit
I see in that dress that just don't fit
I see you walking with that twobit boy
I see you laughing but I'm no toy
Chorus
I know what you do every night every night
I know what you do when you turn out the light
I see what you do every night every night
And I want you to do it to me
You learned that jive on MTV
That mumbo jumbo just don't work on me
Slam bang baby ala kazam
Don't disrespect me I'm a stand-up man
I see you laughing when you slam the door
I see you with him I can't take any more
Chorus
I know what you do every night every night
I know what you do when you turn out the light
I see what you do every night every night
And I want you to do it to me
Come to your senses baby
Don't hold out
Someday you'll want me don't act so proud
We've got a mutual circumstance
Come on, hold on, give me a chance
I've had enough of forever being told what to say and do
I've had enough
I've had enough being always pushed around by the likes of you
I'm making some plans of my own now
And you know what you can do
I'm so tired
Tired of the man giving me such a hard, hard time
I'm so tired
You make a man work so hard every day,
Don't you know it's a crime
Always got to hit the deadline
When will I ever get some peace of mind
I'll find a girl that's rich and pretty
I'll get myself the key to the big city
Find a way to make some money
Move into the land of milk and honey
Everything's sweet and life's a treat
Feel the heat on easy street
I'm movin' on
Movin' on to a place that I see all the time in my dreams
I'm movin' on
Gone, gone, gone from the misery
I've taken all that I can now
Gonna take my time on easy street
I'll find a girl that's rich and pretty
Get myself the key to the big city
Find a way to make some money
Move into the land of milk and honey
Everything's sweet and life's a treat
Feel the heat on easy street
I've found a girl that's rich and pretty
Got myself the key to the big city
Found a way to make some money
Moved into the land of milk and honey
Everything's sweet and life's a treat
Feel the heat on easy street
(Repeat)
Whisper in the night
Over silent evening air
Angel's gown shines white
All at once you're glad she's there
Daughter of your dream shine a guiding light for me
For I'll be here till light
Whisper in the night
Till she has forgiven me
Night turns into gold
So the tide may turn today
Though God gave the world
It's not mine to throw away
Daughter of your dream shine a guiding light for me
For I'll be here till light
Whisper in the night
Till she has forgiven me
La da da -- da
Whisper in the night
Till she has forgiven me
Help to face what the day may bring
Angels sing
You were sent to make the night be kind
What will I find
Snowflake bird she came
Taking grey clouds from your door
Face the midnight sun
You have something to live for
Daughter of your dream shine a guiding light for me
For I'll be here till light
Whisper in the night
Till she has forgiven me
La da da -- da
Whisper in the night
Till she has forgiven me
My Lord King,
You stoop to betray your own people,
And even in the eyes of God,
Do you not relent?
I am therefore bound by no other course
I shall raise an army;
Together we will march against you and your kind,
And every born man will fight to regain his own freedom,
And cleanse his wretched soul.
Who thanked the Lord for the clothes
that she wore and mended,
Nellie with the big old fashioned eyes
Who won the heart of a crowd
tore apart, took a bow,
Nellie there's a different world backstage
(Chorus:)
I see the flood lights burning
I hear the band play on
Now Nellie takes her bow
She said she really could not stay
She had a brand new play to play
And so she paints her face and smiles
And she'll be someone else in a while
(Chorus)
Just a lonely girl who could not face a broken world,
And so she acts out all her dreams and wishes that's how it had been
But when the audience is near, it seems as though she doesn't even care.
(Chorus)
Nellie just sent me a line to tell me she was doing fine
She got the lead and on Broadway, and now they're digging her today
And as she turns the final page, living
someone's life upon the stage
(Chorus)
Hello, Mr. Radio, you friendly station,
So glad of your company, your morning music,
My wife she ran away, she left our home,
And though you're here with me, I'm on my own.
Hello, Mr. Radio, you friendly speaker,
You played my request today, request to see her
Your voice comes riding home across the air,
You travel 'round the world, but still you're here.
I heard on the news today the world is no good,
But if she returns today mine could be so good
I look into the sky, your waves rush by,
The weather man has lied, it makes me cry.
Hello, Mr. Radio, do I disturb you?
Sometimes I forget my place, I seem to know you
I miss you when you close, you'll never know,
And when your programmes go, I'm on my own.
Someone is waiting, lurking in the trees
The spirit of her is walking back to me
Ah look at me now feeling emotion
Ah look at me now
The King of the castle brought her to her knees
Gave the Salvation Army girl a squeeze
Ah look at me now feeling emotion
Ah look at me now
Look at me now
Now she's a sallow face
Scattering her lace -- on dewy ground
Ah, I keep searching my head
Now it's spinning around
Lifting her head, her countenance redeemed
Re-acted the murder by the silver stream
Ah look at me now displaying emotion
Ah look at me now
Look at me now so cold and yet so brave
Weave me some wings to take me to her grave
Ah look at me now feeling emotion
Ah look at me now
Look at me now
Did you see your friend crying from his eyes today
Did you see him run through the streets and far away
Aah
Did you see him run, did you see him fall
Did his life flash by at the bedroom door
Did you hear the news it came across the air today
Someone has been found on the rocks down in the bay
Ahhh
Did you see him hide, did you see him crawl
Does his life mean more than it did before
Did you see that man running through the streets today
Did you catch his face, was it 10538
Ahhhh
Gonna write a little letter gonna mail it to me local D.J.
it's a jumpin little record I want my jockey to play
Roll Over Beethoven, gotta hear it again today
My temperature's risin, the juke box's blowin a fuse
My heart's beatin a rhythm, singin out rhythm and blues
Roll Over Beethoven, they're rockin in two by two
Well if you feel you like it, go get your lover and reel and rock it
roll it over and move on up now, go for cover and reel and rock it
roll it over, Roll Over Beethoven, tell Tchaikovsky the news
Early in the mornin I'm a givin you the warnin,
don't you step on my blue suede shoes
hey diddle diddle gonna play my fiddle,
I ain't got nothing to lose
Roll Over Beethoven, tell Tchaikovsky the news
She wiggles like a glow-worm, dances like a spinning top
she got a crazy partner, you should have seen her reel and rock
long as she got a dime, the music will never stop
Well if you feel you like it, go get your lover and reel and rock it
roll it over and move on up now, go for cover and reel and rock it
roll it over, Roll Over Beethoven, dig these rhythm and blues
Roll Over Beethoven, Roll Over Beethoven,
Roll Over Beethoven, Roll Over Beethoven,
Roll Over Beethoven, dig these rhythm and blues?
She came up from the country with a smile for everyone
she left her blue horizon just to find another home
a lonely girl who'd travelled many days
a lonely heart that could not find a way
(chorus)
and she said Momma, it's a hard life now you're gone
Momma, it's so hard to carry on
and I feel I'm a fool who lost it all
you used to make it all so very clear
that life must go on though the end is near
oh Momma, it's a sad and lonely life
A misty morning rider she came wandering through the hills
a wanderin soul appearin over rainy window sills
a loser in her heart, but in her face
a smile for everyone under God's grace
(chorus)
Midnight maiden madness, what to search for in this place
gateway to the city, night sky shadows on her face
a lady lost in nowhere but her stare
leaves the world, her life to start somewhere
(chorus)
My My Kuiama, she came in the morning
she smiled but the tears on her little face
showed the pain that had been in that far off place
so sad, treated so bad
My My Kuiama, don't break your heart tryin
to say how your ma and your pa passed away
and they left you to wander the ruin and decay
real mean, that bullet machine
See here Kuiama, now ten thousand miles
is a long long way and you're here today
and you won't go back so you might say
hello, how do you do
Kuia stop your cryin, there's no bombs a'fallin
no horsemen in the night a'ridin through your dreams and tearing at your life
baby goodnight
No more silver rain will hit your ground
and no more guns will sound
and no more life be drowned
No more trenches where the soldiers lie
and no more people die
beneath that big black sky
Wake up Kuiama, I got somethin to tell you
it's just that I mean, well that is to say,
that I'm trying to explain but I'll start again,
for you, I must be true.
Kuia in this country, they got rules with no reason
they teach you to kill and they send you away
with your gun in your hand, you pick up your pay
so cool, that no mercy tool
Kuia please believe me? I just couldn't help myself.
I wanted to run but they gave me a gun
and they told me the duty I owed to my Fatherland.
I made my stand.
Kuia I just shot them, I just blew their heads open,
and I heard them scream in their agony
Kuiama she waits there for me
True blue, you saw it through.
Down, down, you can see them all
rising gaily to the top
keep on rising babe you know you got a long drop
you better cling cos it's the done thing
Down, down, at the Policemans Ball
They're all dancing in a line
keep on gruntin boys you know you're doin fine
come quickly I've been strangled
Down, down, at the Military
they're all marching round and round
keep them boots shined and that still upper lip down
Ablution Revolution
Down, down, at the launching pad
giant phallus stands erect
ten thousand tons of waste throb then eject
look out space, we're gonna change our place
Down, down, in old England Town
there was air and now there's smoke
let's build more cars and drive away before we choke
suddenly it's always night time
Down, down, at that nice Trade Fair
all the money gone astray
let's inflate this price and float away
just you and me and everyone...
Listen to me sister, I got news from the governor,
and he's heard people shouting from the towers in the city
while their babies grow in test tubes over night
Run and fetch the priest cos there's a light on in the building
and there's sounds blowin out in the music of the night
and we should try to get the people out alive
Movin 'cross the ocean with the flag of death a'flyin
the demon butcher pointin out the message on the tide
and the demon light a'sailin at his side
Stormin down the airwaves comes the protest and the prayin
and the love that shone down from the sun to world
no longer could support the life it gave
Me I'm just a poor boy, from across the far southland,
And I've traveled many days to reach this place to mke my stand,
I fell in with a merry band, and drank away the hours.
CHORUS
Rollin' on, I've been rollin' on,
And my head is high, from the battle won,
Laid down my life for the Greenwood
The city boys, and the country boys, they come from miles around,
To defy their king and country, save the poor folks from the hand,
Of the thieving dukes and abbotts, and the gentry of the land.
CHORUS
Rollin' on, I've been rollin' on,
And my head is high, from the battle won,
Laid down my life for the Greenwood
Sweet Maid marion, don't you do me no wrong,
Stay on the right side, the Greenwood is your home,,
The dancing girls and the open fires, the wine that flows like water.
CHORUS
Rollin' on, I've been rollin' on,
And my head is high, from the battle won,
Laid down my life for the Greenwood
Painted lady, stop that closin' in on me,
Painted lady, you're supposed to be a dream,
Painted lady, you better stay away from me.
Painted lady, why you loosinin' my tie,
Painted lady, what's that twinkle in your eye,
Painted lady, you better stay away from me.
Painted lady, with your jewels and your beads,
Painted lady, don't you do these dirty deeds,
Painted lady, you better stay here with me.
Nobody's child til I saw the light of your smile.
Painted lady, nobody's child, you have set me free.
Nobody's child, you came in and stayed for a while.
Painted lady, nobody's child, you have set me free.
Summer days, where did you go,
You've let me down so bad,
Clouds fill the sky,
Gone is the dream
My happy hunting ground.
Wild buffalo played and I never saw a rainy day.
But it looks like summer days ain't coming back.
March April May, June and July,
You took me for a fall.
Big chief he lie,
Cold wind blows cool, so cold to make you die.
Mountain breeze, ocean bay and I never saw a rainy day.
But it looks like them summer days ain't comming back.
CHORUS
Laredo Tornado,
Adios amigos
What can you do, when your dream world is gone.
And your friends and lovers too.
West Winter Street under the ground,
The air that makes you choke,
Towers of concrete, helish go-round,
Were there when I awoke
City sky, pouring down with rain
That can never hope to ease the pain.
And it looks like summer days ain't coming back.
CHORUS
Laredo Tornado
Adios amigos.
Laredo Tornado
Adios amigos.
On the seven seas there was aphantom ship acoming,
Shinin' in the dead of night,
I heard the crew a hummin'
Tunes that sounded like the Rolling Stones and Leonard Cohen.
But they didn't know the words,
So I assumed that they was foreign.
CHORUS
But I heard them just the same doctor let me teach 'em,
I just wanna please 'em, doctor let me teach 'em.
I looked up in the sky there was a phantom plane a comin',
Shinin' in the dead of night,
I heard the pilot saying,
Poems that were written by John Keats and Robert Browning.
But he didn't know the words so,
I suppose that it was nothing.
CHORUS
But I heard them just the same doctor let me teach 'em,
I just wanna please 'em, doctor let me teach 'em.
Doctor please believe me, I know you won't decieve me,
But do these things I'm seein', have any hidden meaning.
It's all good entertainment and it doesn't cost a penny.
So please doc, let me teach 'em, if I could only reach 'em.
CHORUS
But I heard them just the same doctor let me teach 'em,
I just wanna please 'em, doctor let me teach 'em.
The dreamer, the unworken fool,
In dreams, no pain will kiss the brow.
The love of ages fills the head.
The days that linger there in prey of emptiness,
Of burned out dreams.
The minutes calling through the years.
The universal dreamer rises up above his earthly burden.
Journey to the dead of night.
High on a hill in Eldorado
The dreamer, the unworken fool,
High on a hill in Eldorado
Here it comes, another lonely day, playing the game,
I'll sail away on a voyage of no return to see
if eternal life is meant to be
and if I find the key to the eternal dream.
The painted ladies of the Avalon play in the sun,
take to the road, to the North there lies the chills of cold,
to the South there lies the tales untold.
But in between there lies the place to close your eyes.
And I will stay, I'll not be back, Eldorado.
I will be free of the world, Eldorado.
Say goodbye, the city's heroes sing, bird on the wing
feel, feel so free through the life upon the rooftop haze,
all the cheating and the broken days.
So through it all I see there's nothing left for me.
So I will stay, I'll not be back, Eldorado.
I will be free of the world, Eldorado.
Sitting here on top of everywhere, what do I care.
Days never end, I know the voyage's end will soon be here,
no eternal life is here for me.
And now I found the key to the eternal dream.
Then I will stay, I'll not be back, Eldorado.
I will be free of the world, Eldorado.
Then I will stay.
Hey Boy Blue, can't you hear all the noise, it's for you.
All the town's waiting there, let us go.
There's a show like you ain't seen before.
Weclome home, where you been all these years, look around.
All the crowd is in tears,
It's so good to see you in the streets of your town
CHORUS
Hey Boy Blue is back.
Hey Boy Blue is back.
Hey Boy Blue is back.
Hey Boy Blue is back.
Hey Boy Blue is back.
Hey Boy Blue is back.
I've seen bold knights, dropping down like flies,
I've seen kings, rolling in the mire,
I've seen God, point the finger of doom to our foes.
I have fought in the holiest wars,
I have smashed, some of the holiest jaws.
I've been jailed, been impaled, and been dragged through the world.
One thing, I have learned through these years,
Is that no man, should be stricken with fear.
It should be that he walks with no care in the world.
So my friends, who are gathered today,
Hear this clear, for I'll not further say.
That no amn, shall cause me to take up arms again.
Hey Boy Blue is back.
Hey Boy Blue is back.
Hey Boy Blue is back.
Hey Boy Blue is back.
Hey Boy Blue is back.
Hey Boy Blue is back.
Little darlin',don't you cry,
You know I'll try to be there with you by and by
When everything is going wrong now don't you cry.
I'm wishin'.
Little darlin',far away,
I see the world go rollin' by my window pane,
But I can only wish that I was there again.
I'm wishin'.
CHORUS
I wish that everything was cold,
I wish you were here to hold,I'm wishin'.
Little darlin',the night is long,
I thought I'd be back now I must have got it wrong
You and California call me in this song.
I'm wishin'.
Repeat Chorus
Little darlin' I see you,you're cryin' in the sun
I gotta be with you,
I'm gonna be with there soon I'll make it all come true.
I'm wishin'.
Repeat Chorus
Monday:Late again,today,he'd be in trouble though
he'd say he was sorry,he'd have to hurry out the bus.
Tuesday:Horace was so sad,he'd never had a girl that he
could care for,and if he was late once more,he'd be out.
CHORUS
Don't be afraid,just knock on the door,
Well he just stood there mumblin' and fumblin'.
Then a voice from above said--
";Horace Wimp,this is your life,
Go out and find yourself a wife.
Make a stand and be a man,
And you will have a great life plan.";
Wednesday:Horace met a girl,she was small and she
was very pretty,he thought he was in love,he was afraid.
Thursday:Asks her for a date,the cafe down the street
tomorrow evening,his head was reeling,
when she said ";Yes O.K.";
Repeat Chorus
Friday:Horace,this is it,he asks the girl if maybe they
could marry,when she says ";gladly."; Horace cries.
Sunday:Everybody's at the church,when Horace
rushes in and says ";Now here come my wife,
for the rest of my life."; and she did.
Repeat Chorus
Although the things you've done I wouldn't criticize.
I guess you had your way.
You see I gotta make you understand.
I know it sounds a foolish thing to say.
But it don't matter baby 'cos' today's another day.
CHORUS
You shine a little love on my life
You shine a little love on my life
You shine a little love on my life and let me see.
Remember,tonight we're gonna run till dawn
Remember,tonight we're gonna say.
We'll never stop we got a good thing goin' on.
I know you've heard it all before.
But I really need you darlin' every day I need you more.
Repeat Chorus
Can you understand.(Yes I understand) Can you feel it's right.
(I know it is) Will you be the same.(I'll do it all again).
It's been a year now and it's getting so much better.
You came home without a word.
Though everybody said you'll soon forget her.
Thay couldn't see and they just didn't understand.
And lookin' in the mirror there were fools at either hand.
Can you understand.(Yes I understand) Can you feel it's right.
(I know it is) Will you be the same.(I'll do it all again).
How many days had I been waiting there to tell you.
I really can't believe.
We're walkin' out into the world tonight.
We'll do it all again until the break of light.
And the feelin' in your heart will soon be shinin' in your eyes
Repeat Chorus
Whatever I do,where-ever I go,the same afterglow
Is keepin' me low,don't wanna lose it,
But don't wanna stay here too long.
They see you go by,I tell you no lie,
You're up in the sky,make everyone cry,
Don't wanna lose it,but don't wanna stay around here.
CHORUS
I'm on the run again
But it's like what they say when it happens this way
You gotta do it again and again.
I hear them talkin' and they go on and on,they think that
Nothing is wrong,and so they just carry on about you,
Don't wanna lose it,but I gotta move out of here.
I see them waiting there for most of the day,I known
You asked them to stay but they just won't go away.
Don't wanna lose it,but I gotta do it again.
Repeat Chorus
I know it ain't real,but when you are near,
You're saying the things that I wanna hear.
Don't wanna lose it,but I gotta do it again.
Repeat Chorus
She gives me love that I could never hope to have,
She tells me that she needs me,she tells me that she's glad,
And if she goes away, I'm like someone who's left out in the rain,
I need, I need her, I need her love.
She came in from the west, a summer breeze I couldn't rest,
I had to take a fast train, to be there by her side,
She made me feel so good, she made it like it should be all the time
I need, I need her, I need her love.
Just when I was thinkin' of her, she came along and made me
want her. I need her love, I need her love, I need her love.
If she goes away, I'm like someone who's left out in the rain,
I need, I need her, I need her love.
The boats that sail, the planes that fly,she is with me.
I wonder if she wonders, if this is all for real,
I couldn't stand to see her cry because of me, that would be sad.
I need, I need her, I need her love.
She tells me everything, she makes me smile, she tries to sing,
But never shares her suffering, if things are going wrong,
She makes it like a dream, if things are as they seem the
world is good. I need her love, I need her love, I need her love.
I see the lonely road that leads so far away,
I see the distant lights that left behind the day
But what I see is so much more than I can say
And I see you midnight blue.
I see you cryin' now you've found a lot of pain,
And what you're searchin' for can never be the same,
But what's the difference cos' they say what's in a name.
And I see you midnight blue.
CHORUS
I will love you tonight,and I will stay
By your side,lovin' you,I'm feelin' midnight blue.
I see you standing there far out along the way,
I want to touch you but the night becomes the day,
I count the words that I am never gonna say
And I see you midnight blue.
Repeat Chorus
Can't you feel the love that I'm offering you,
Can't you see how it's meant to be,
Can't you hear the words that I'm saying to you,
Can't you believe like I believe,
It's only one and one it's true
Still I see you midnight blue.
I see beautiful days and I feel beautiful ways
Of loving you,everything's midnight blue.
Repeat Chorus
Everywhere the sun is shining.
All around the world it's shining.
But cold winds blow across your mind.
Confusion--it's such a terrible shame.
Confusion--you don't know what you're sayin'.
You've lost your love and you just can't carry on.
You feel there's no-one there for you to lean on.
Every night you're out there darlin'.
You're always out there runnin'.
And I see that lost look in your eyes.
Confusion,I don't know what I should do.
Confusion,I leave it all up to you.
You've lost your love and you just can't carry on.
You feel there's no-one there for you to lean on.
Dark is the road you wander.
And as you stand there under.
The starry sky,you feel sad inside.
Confusion,you know it's drivin' me wild.
Confusion,it comes as no big surprise.
You've lost your love and you just can't carry on.
You feel there's no-one there for you to lean on.
I watch the cars move
I watch the lights up on the window
I walk along the street
I'm only thinking of you
I watch the clock staring from the wall
It hardly moves at all
It's you I'm waiting for.
CHORUS:
Without someone I can depend on
I'm lost without someone
As I go on, I hope you're remembering I'm lost without someone.
All alone, no one around
I watch the shadows falling faster
The city lights begin to glow
And then I start to realize
I count the hours as they slip away
Into another day
Wondering where you'll stay.
REPEAT CHORUS
Still watching the cars move
Still watching the lights upon the window
I'm walking down the street
I'm only thinking of you
I hear the night as it calls to me
It plays a symphony
It says you're gone from me.
REPEAT CHORUS
REPEAT CHORUS
There's a silence in the city
There's nobody around
And everyone that we knew
Moved to higher ground.
There's a shadow hanging overhead
It lingers there alone
Changing all we ever knew
The changes start to show.
CHORUS:
There's a sorrow about to fall
There's a sorrow about to fall.
There's a new sound in the wires
And ears are to the ground
And everything that once was ours
Has slowly turned around.
Something happened to the seasons
Started falling with the rain
And something changed forever
We gotta find a way.
REPEAT CHORUS
There's people in the photographs
But they all had to run
They went away to somewhere
Beyond the setting sun.
REPEAT CHORUS
REPEAT CHORUS
Sorrow about to fall, fall, fall, fall
Sorrow about to fall
Sorrow about to fall
Sorrow about to fall...
Night after night
I try to make it all fit together
Night after night
I see you as someone I remember
You took me by surprise
Opened up my eyes
Now we gotta talk this over.
CHORUS:
Can it really be so serious?
To be all broken up and delirious
I guess we've really been out of touch
But can it really be so serious?
(Serious, so serious)
Day after day
I know it's not the way that you wanted it
Day after day
I try to find the key, but it don't fit
But you know how it is
No matter what I did
We gotta talk it over.
REPEAT CHORUS
Tonight, tonight
I'm thinking over everything you said to me
Tonight, tonight
I'm sorry, but I just didn't see
And now it's up to you
There's nothing else to do
We've gotta talk it over.
REPEAT CHORUS
Serious, so serious
Is it so serious?
Serious, so serious...
The sun still shines way up above
But it don't matter now because
The dream is gone
The dream is just a memory (oh, yeah)
If you see my dream, send it back home to me.
The stars still glow up in the night
But somehow, they don't seem so bright
The dream is gone
The dream is just a memory (oh, yeah)
If you see my dream, send it back home to me.
'Cos I've been waiting for a long, long time
Thought I'd found a way
Now I just wait for someone to call
I'm waiting for it every day.
CHORUS:
Send it -- on the wires
Send it -- on a plane
Send it -- on an express
But send it back to me again.
The music plays so loud and clear
But somehow I can't make you hear
The dream is gone
The dream is just a memory (oh, yeah)
If you see my dream, send it back home to me.
When you get what you want, it's a long way down
And you can see for miles around
When you lose it, nothing is for real
If you see my dream, send it back to me.
REPEAT CHORUS
REPEAT CHORUS
Send it (send it, send it)
Send it
Send it (send it, send it)
Send it on the wires (send it, send it)
Send it on a plane...
I don't know
I don't know what's on your mind
I thought everything was fine
But it was my surprise.
I don't know
I don't know what's going on
Something surely must be wrong
You're living secret lives.
CHORUS:
Living secret lives, secret lives
And I wonder where she goes to in the night
In secret lives.
Wish I knew
Wish I knew where I fit in
Wish that I knew everything
About your secret lives.
If it means
If it means that much to you
I don't want to stop the things you do
I don't need alibis.
REPEAT CHORUS
I don't care
I don't care what goes on there
So long as one day I can share
Share your secret lives.
REPEAT CHORUS
REPEAT CHORUS
REPEAT CHORUS
Secret lives, secret lives
Secret lives, secret lives...
Dear Jo:
I don't know where to begin so I'll just hello
Dear Jo:
Is it so much better now you're on your own?
(Is it alright?) You never believed in yourself
(Is it alright?) But now that you're free, does it help?
CHORUS:
Is it alright?
Now that you've got what you want?
And is it alright?
Now that you're back where you belong?
Dear Jo:
Are you living it up every place you go?
Dear Jo:
If you're having a hard time it sure don't show
(Is it alright?) You couldn't hold on in your mind.
(Is it alright?) Now is it okay, is it fine?
REPEAT CHORUS
Dear Jo:
Can you believe that it's been so long?
Dear Jo:
Just thought I'd write and let you know
(Is it alright?) You never believed in yourself
(Is it alright?) But now that you're free, does it help?
REPEAT CHORUS
Is it alright?
Is it alright with you?
Is it alright?
Is it alright with you?
REPEAT CHORUS
REPEAT CHORUS
(Heaven only knows...)
Oh, I know it's strange
But I think that it's about to change
So I'll take the chance
To get back into the straight again
CHORUS:
Heaven only knows (I'm really on the level)
Heaven only knows (I'm trying to find a way)
Heaven only knows (I'm walking down the straight & lonely road today)
(Again...)
(Heaven only knows...)
Now the sun will shine
And I'm gonna work it out this time
And before the light
All I gotta take is one more night.
REPEAT CHORUS
Heaven only knows, heaven only knows
Heaven only knows, heaven only knows
Heaven only knows, heaven only knows
Heaven only knows, heaven only knows
Heaven only knows.
(Heaven only knows)
As the hours go by
I can only wonder why
You can change your mind
But you never change the price.
REPEAT CHORUS
Heaven only knows, heaven only knows
Heaven only knows, heaven only knows.
REPEAT CHORUS
It's out of control (out of control)
And there's nothing I can do now
Out of control (out of control)
Spinning softly through the blue now
And look beyond these walls
As the meaning starts to dawn
It's getting to the point
Getting to the point.
It's out of control (nothing I can do)
Like a fire that keeps on burning
And nobody knows (what I'm going through)
And the thoughts just keep returning
And all you had to say
Was that you were gonna stay
It's getting to the point
Getting to the point.
CHORUS:
It's getting to the point
Where nobody can stop it now
It's getting to the point
Of no return
And all that I can do
Is stand and watch it now
Watch it burn, burn, burn
It's getting to the point
Where reasons are forgotten
It's getting to the point
Where no one knows
And all that I can do
Is say I'm sorry
But that's the way it goes...
Getting to the point.
Forever
Is a long, long way
Forever
Takes your breath away
I'd like to talk about it, try to understand
It's getting to the point
Getting to the point.
REPEAT CHORUS
It's getting to the point (getting to the point)
Getting to the point (getting to the point)
It's getting to the point (getting to the point)
Getting to the point.
Bye bye, pretty woman
I've got to leave you now
I find you never really cared.
CHORUS:
Stand back, take a look at you
You couldn't care if you wanted to
You keep saying it's gonna change
But every time it comes back again
It's a merry-go-round.
Endless lies shine in your eyes.
It's alright, count to ten
It will all be better then
It's alright, the world will go away.
REPEAT CHORUS
Endless lies, I can see it in your eyes
The heartbreak is, if you could only see
That's not the way it's supposed to be
Endless tears that flowed through the years
You take it all, and then you take some more
Then you come running back to me.
Play on, pretty music
Play on and on for me
Shine on, silver stars
Over the sea.
Endless lies, I can see it in your eyes
The heartbreak is, if you could only see
That's not the way it's supposed to be.
Endless lies shine in your eyes.
(Somebody...)
Told her that there was a place like heaven
Across the water on a 747
Yeah, we're living in
In a modern world.
And pretty soon she's really got the notion
Of flying out across the big blue ocean
Yeah, we're living in
In a modern world.
Talk is cheap on satellite
But all I get is (static!)
Information, I'm still here
Re-dial on automatic.
CHORUS:
Calling America (can't get a message through)
Calling America (that's what she said to do)
Calling America (that's where she has to be)
Calling America (she left a number for me)
Calling America.
But I'm just talking to a satellite
Twenty thousand miles up in the sky each night
Yeah, we're living in
In a modern world.
All I had to do was pick up the phone
I'm out in space, trying to talk to someone
Yeah, we're living in
In a modern world.
She left a number I could call
But no one's there, no one at all
There must be something going wrong
That number just rings on and on.
REPEAT CHORUS
Said she'd call when she'd been gone a while
Guess she's missing me across the miles
Yeah, we're living in
In a modern world.
REPEAT CHORUS
Calling America, Calling America
Calling America, Calling America...
They say some days you're gonna win,
They say some days you're gonna lose.
I tell you I got news for you
Your losin' all the time you never win
If you believe that's how it's gonna be I'd better put you down
Get off your tightrope up there come down on
The ground you gotta save me now,
You better turn around.
When I looked around, I was heading down.
Won't somebody throw me down a line.
They say some days you gotta give--
They say some days you gotta take--
If that's the way it's gotta be,
Roll it over and you will see.
The city streets are full of people going nowhere making time.
The change from night to day is really only hours,
It's just along the line can't you see the sign
When I looked around, I was heading down,
Won't somebody throw me down a line.
I want to look you straight in the eye,
I want to tell you how I really feel,
I can feel the wheels turnin' round,
Won't somebody throw me down a line
The city streets are full of people going nowhere making time,
The change from night to day is really only hours
It's just along the line, can't you see the sign
When I closed my eyes, I was so surprised
Somebody had thrown me down the line--stopped me drownin'
Two drifters on the morning sky,
Two drifters sailing wide and high,
When summer breezes blow across your mind,
With you, I will walk the line.
CHORUS
I want it so fine
I want it so fine
I want it so fine
People walking hand in hand,
Everybody's singing to the band,
I want to be where the stars shine bright,
And hear sweet music on a summer night.
CHORUS -- repeat
Sundowners we'll go on and on,
We'll find the land of the midnight sun,
And when you look you'll see for miles around,
You'll see, the world is in your hand.
CHORUS -- repeat
CHORUS -- repeat
Sitting here, waiting for,
Someone calling at my door,
Too bad,
I'm getting out of love.
What's the use of changing things,
Wonder what tomorrow brings,
Who knows,
I'm getting out of love.
CHORUS
My Shangri-la has gone away,
Faded like the Beatles on Hey Jude
She seemed to drift out on the rain
That came in somewhere softly from the blue
Clouds roll by and hide the sun,
Raindrops fall on everyone,
So sad,
I'm getting out of love.
CHORUS -- repeat
CHORUS -- repeat
Just got back from the downtown palais
Where the music was so sweet
It knocked me right back in the alley
I'm ready, yea, yea, yea, I'm ready,
Wo, wo, wo, I'm ready
And I'm really gonna rock tonight.
Sweet little lady sings like a songbird
And she sings the opera like you ain't never heard,
But she ain't ready,
No, no, no, she ain't ready
No, no, no, she ain't ready,
And she ain't gonna rock & roll
CHORUS
She's sweet on Wagner,
I think she'd die for Beethoven,
She loves the way Puccini lays down a tune,
And Verdi's always creeping from her room
Come on I'll show you how to sing the blues
Now baby, come on over you got nothin' to lose,
Are you ready, hey, hey, hey are you ready
Ooh, ooh, ooh, are you ready
I wanna show you how to rock and roll.
Now listen here baby she, said to me
Just, meet me at the opera house at a quarter to three,
'Cos I'm ready, yea, yea, yea, I'm ready,
Woo, hoo, hoo, I'm ready,
I'm gonna show you how to sing the blues.
CHORUS -- repeat
Far, far away the music is playing.
Well we were reelin' and a rockin' all through the night,
Yea we were rockin' at the opera house until the break of light,
And the orchestra were playin' all Chuck Berry's greatest tunes.
And the singers in the chorus all got off on singing blues,
And as the night grew older everybody was as one,
The people on the streets came runnin' in to join in song
Just to hear the opera singer singin' rock & roll so pure,
I thought I saw the mayor there but I wasn't really sure,
But it's alright.
Sailin' away on the crest of a wave
It's like magic
Oh, rollin' and ridin' and slippin' and slidin'
It's magic
And you and your sweet desire
You took me, oh
Higher and higher, baby
It's a livin' thing
It's a terrible thing to lose
It's a given thing
What a terrible thing to lose
I'm takin' a dive... dive...
Making believe this is what you conceived
From your worst day (I'm takin' a dive)
Oh, moving in line, then you look back in time
To your first day (I'm takin', I'm takin')
And you and your sweet desire
(Don't you do it, don't you do it)
You took me, oh
Higher and higher, baby
It's a livin' thing
It's a terrible thing to lose
It's a given thing
What a terrible thing to lose
I'm takin' a dive...
On the sly... hey
Takin' a dive 'cause you can't halt the slide
Floating downstream (I'm takin' a dive)
Oh, so let her go, don't start spoiling the show
It's a bad dream (I'm takin', I'm takin')
And you and your sweet desire
(Don't you do it, don't you do it)
You took me, oh
Higher and higher, baby
It's a livin' thing
It's a terrible thing to lose
It's a given thing
What a terrible thing to lose
It's a livin' thing
It's a terrible thing to lose
It's a given thing
In this life I've seen everything I can see, woman
I've seen lovers flying through the air hand in hand
I've seen babies dancing in the midnight sun
And I've seen dreams that came from the heavenly skies above
I've seen old men crying at their own grave sides
And I've seen pigs all sitting, watching picture slides
But I've never seen nothing like you
Do ya, do ya want my love?
(Woman)
Do ya, do ya want my face?
(I need you)
Do ya, do ya want my mind?
(I'm saying)
Do ya, do ya want my love?
Well, I heard the crowd singin' out of tune
As they sat and sang 'Auld Lang Syne' by the light of the moon
I heard the [Incomprehensible] bangin' on his drums
And I heard the police playin' with their guns
But I've never heard nothin' like you
Do ya, do ya want my love?
(Woman)
Do ya, do ya want my face?
(I need you)
Do ya, do ya want my mind?
(I'm saying)
Do ya, do ya want my love?
(Look out)
I came along to see your face,
But the only thing I got from you,
Was telling me it's fantasy,
That you would always be with me,
I can tell you that it's true
I'm waiting here,
But it's alright
It's alright with me,
You better believe me now.
I guess it's like a mountain side,
You gotta climb it to the top,
Floating in a sea of dreams
The only thing that you can see
Is the view above the clouds.
I'm waiting here,
But it's alright,
Still it's alright with me,
You better believe me now.
Hello, hello
It's great to see you once again
It's been so long, we were such friends
Long time ago
Hello, hello
Your smiling face, your warm embrace
We've been apart far too long
It felt so wrong
Nice to know, you're coming over
Nice to know, the wait is over
Hello, hello
Is that a smile on your face?
Here's a kiss, just in case
This one's for you
Hello, hello
It's great to see you once again
It's been so long, we were such friends
Helpless, helpless, helpless, helpless
I thought about it but I couldn't think of what to say
But I thought about it anyway, yeah
I tried to tell you what you mean to me
But it didn't come so easily, no
I never reckoned
For more than a second
Just how it would be on my own
I'd be helpless, without you
I'd be helpless, without you
The dawn that calls beyond the night
Tells its old story
The shadows fade into the light
In all it's glory
Helpless
Helpless, baby, I'm a helpless
Helpless, baby
I'm a helpless
If I could put a good shine on the past
Do you think that we could make it last, oh yeah
Seems to mind the time goes fast
I wonder if the vote is cast
Now that you mention it
Got my attention
I quite clearly blew me away
I'd be helpless, without you
I'd be helpless, without you
The dawn that calls beyond the night
Tells its old story
The shadows fade into the light
In all it's glory
Helpless
Helpless, baby, I'm a helpless
Helpless, baby
I'm a helpless, without you
I'd be helpless, without you
I love you sincerely
Yours truly, yours truly
I sent a message to another time
But as the days unwind, this I just can't believe
I send a note across another plane
Maybe it's all a game but this I just can't conceive
I drive the very latest Hover car, I don't know where you are?
But I miss you so much till then
I met someone who looks a lot like you
She does the things you do but she is an IBM
I love you sincerely
Yours truly, yours truly
She's only programmed to be very nice
But she's as cold as ice whenever I get too near
She tells me that she likes me very much
But when I try to touch she makes it all too clear
She is the latest in technology
Almost mythology but she has a heart of stone
She has an I.Q. of one thousand and one
She has a jump suit on and she's also a telephone
I love you sincerely
Yours truly, yours truly
Is that what you want?
Is it what you really want?
Is that what you want?
Is it what you really want?
I realize that it must seem to strange
That time has rearranged but time has the final word
She knows I think of you, she reads my mind
She tries to be unkind, she knows nothing of your world
Although her memory banks overflow
No one would ever know, for all she says, "Is that what you want?"
Maybe one day I'll feel her cold embrace
And kiss her interface, until then I'll leave her alone
I love you sincerely
Yours truly, yours truly
Is that what you want?
Is it what you really want?
Is that what you want?
Is it what you really want?
A place where nobody dared to go
The love that we came to know
They call it Xanadu
And now open your eyes and see
What we have made is real
We are in Xanadu
A million lights are dancing
And there you are, a shooting star
An everlasting world
And you're here with me, eternally
Xanadu, Xanadu
(Now we are here)
In Xanadu
Xanadu, Xanadu
(Now we are here)
In Xanadu
Xanadu, your neon lights will shine for you
In Xanadu
The love, the echoes of long ago
You needed the world to know
They are in Xanadu
The dream that came through a million years
That lived on through all the tears
It came to Xanadu
A million lights are dancing
And there you are, a shooting star
An everlasting world
And you're here with me, eternally
Xanadu, Xanadu
(Now we are here)
In Xanadu
Xanadu, Xanadu
In Xanadu, in Xanadu
The city streets are empty now
(The lights don't shine no more)
And so the songs are way down low
(Turning, turning, turning)
A sound that flows into my mind
(The echoes of the daylight)
Of everything that is alive
(In my blue world)
I turn to stone
When you are gone
I turn to stone
Turn to stone
When you comin' home
I can't go on
The dying embers of the night
(A fire that slowly fades till dawn)
Still glow upon the wall so bright
(Turning, turning, turning)
The tired streets that hide away
(From here to everywhere they go)
Roll past my door into the day
(In my blue world)
I turn to stone
When you are gone
I turn to stone
Turn to stone
When you comin' home
I can't go on
Turn to stone
When you are gone
I turn to stone
Yes, I'm turnin' to stone
'Cause you ain't comin' home
Why you ain't comin' home
If I'm turnin' to stone?
You've been gone for so long
And I can't carry on
Yes, I'm turnin', I'm turnin'
I'm turnin' to stone
The dancing shadows on the wall
(The two step in the hall)
Are all I see since you've been gone
(Turning, turning, turning)
Through all I sit here and I wait
(I turn to stone, I turn to stone)
You will return again someday
(To my blue world)
I turn to stone
When you are gone
I turn to stone
Turn to stone
When you comin' home
I can't go on
Turn to stone
When you are gone
I turn to stone
I turn to stone
When you are gone
I turn to stone
Turn to stone
When you comin' home
I can't go on
Turn to stone
When you are gone
I turn to stone
Hello, how are you?
Have you been alright, through all those lonely
Lonely lonely lonely lonely nights?
That's what I'd say, I'd tell you everything
If you'd pick up that telephone, yeah yeah yeah
Hey, how you feelin'?
Are you still the same?
Don't you realize the things we did, we did
Were all for real, not a dream?
I just can't believe they've all faded out of view
Yeah yeah yeah, yeah yeah
Doowop dooby doo doowop
Doowah doolang
Blue days, black nights
Doowah doolang
When I look into the sky
The love you need ain't gonna see you through
And I wonder why
The little things you planned ain't coming true
Oh, oh telephone line
Give me some time, I'm living in twilight
Oh, oh telephone line
Give me some time, I'm living in twilight
Okay, so no one's answering
Well can't you just let it ring a little longer, longer, longer?
I'll just sit tight through shadows of the night
Let it ring for evermore, oh yeah yeah yeah
Doowop dooby doo doowop
Doowah doolang
Blue days, black nights
Doowah doolang
When I look into the sky
The love you need ain't gonna see you through
And I wonder why
The little things you planned ain't coming true
Oh, oh telephone line
Give me some time, I'm living in twilight
Oh, oh telephone line
Give me some time, I'm living in twilight
Oh, oh telephone line
Give me some time, I'm living in twilight
Oh, oh telephone line
Give me some time
Baby, can you hear me call?
Is it alright, now your back?s against the wall?
Baby, is it still the same?
Do you wonder? Is it on and back again?
Surrender, baby, surrender
Surrender, baby, surrender
I know it, what we said that day
Are you under? Did it matter anyway?
You told me, what you said is true
Does it all mean waiting back alone and blue?
Surrender, baby, surrender
Surrender, baby, surrender
Surrender, baby, surrender
Surrender, baby, surrender
Baby, can you hear me call?
Is it alright, now your back?s against the wall?
Baby, is it still the same?
Do you wonder? Is it on and back again?
Surrender, baby, surrender
Surrender, baby, surrender
Surrender, baby, surrender
Surrender, baby, surrender
I was goin' round the world
I was lookin' for somewhere
I was searchin' for someone
Who was gonna take me there
Didn't want to do it 'cause I knew what I'd find
You're really only livin' in a state of mind, yeah
I was thinkin' of the past
I was tryin' to rack my brain
I was looking at the future, looking at the future
I was tryin' to play the game
Didn't want to do it 'cause I knew what I'd find
You're really only livin' in a state of mind, yeah
Sometimes you get lost
Sometimes you get found
In a state of mind
Sometimes you're too high
Sometimes you're too down
It's just a state of mind
Didn't want to do it 'cause I knew what I'd find
You're really only livin' in a state of mind, yeah
Sometimes you get lost
Sometimes you get found
In a state of mind
Sometimes you're too high
Sometimes you're too down
It's just a state of mind
You think you know it all
Then you think that you know nothing
Can't dance, can't crawl, crawl
Maybe you better forget it
Didn't want to do it 'cause I knew what I'd find
You're really only livin' in a state of mind, yeah
Didn't want to do it 'cause I knew what I'd find
You're really only livin' in a state of mind, yeah
Didn't want to do it 'cause I knew what I'd find
You're really only livin' in a state of mind, yeah
State of mind
State of mind
(Concerto for a rainy day...)
(Rain...)
I'm standing in the rain
I'm waiting all alone
I'm so tired
I wanna go home.
I'm standing in the rain
Getting soaking wet
I'm doing my best
But what do I get?
I'm standing in the rain
Can't seem to get along
People rushing by
Wish they could hear my song.
I'm standing in the rain
It's teeming down on me
Cats & dogs
I wanna be free.
I'm standing in the rain
Doing my thing
I'm trying my best
What does it bring?
I'm standing in the rain
Getting soaking wet
I'm doing my best
But what does it get?
The good intentions and the pain
Lay drowned now in the pouring rain
I tried to be so good this time
But here I am under the sky.
The good intentions and the pain
Blinded by the light, revved up like a deuce, another runner in the night
Blinded by the light, revved up like a deuce, another runner in the night
Blinded by the light, revved up like a deuce, another runner in the night
Madman drummers bummers, Indians in the summer with a teenage diplomat
In the dumps with the mumps as the adolescent pumps his way into his hat
With a boulder on my shoulder, feelin' kinda older, I tripped the merry-go-round
With this very unpleasin', sneezin' and wheezin, the calliope crashed to the ground
The calliope crashed to the ground
But she was...
Blinded by the light, revved up like a deuce, another runner in the night
Blinded by the light, revved up like a deuce, another runner in the night
Blinded by the light, revved up like a deuce, another runner in the night
Blinded by the light, revved up like a deuce, another runner in the night
Some silicone sister with a manager mister told me I go what it takes
She said "I'll turn you on sonny to something strong, play the song with the funky break"
And go-cart Mozart was checkin' out the weather chart to see if it was safe outside
And little Early-Pearly came by in his curly-wurly and asked me if I needed a ride
Asked me if I needed a ride
But she was...
Blinded by the light, revved up like a deuce, another runner in the night
Blinded by the light
She got down but she never got tired
She's gonna make it through the night
She's gonna make it through the night
[ guitar solo ]
But mama, that's where the fun is
But mama, that's where the fun is
Mama always told me not to look into the eye's of the sun
But mama, that's where the fun is
Some brimstone baritone anticyclone rolling stone preacher from the east
Says, "Dethrone the dictaphone, hit it in it's funny bone, that's where they expect it least"
And some new-mown chaperone was standin' in the corner, watching the young girls dance
And some fresh-sown moonstone was messin' with his frozen zone, reminding him of romance
The calliope crashed to the ground
But she was...
Blinded by the light, revved up like a deuce, another runner in the night
Blinded by the light, revved up like a deuce, another runner in the night
Blinded by the light, revved up like a deuce, another runner in the night
Madman drummers bummers, Indians in the summer with a teenage diplomat
(Blinded by the light, revved up like a deuce, another runner in the night)
In the dumps with the mumps as the adolescent pumps his way into his hat
(Blinded by the light, revved up like a deuce, another runner in the night)
With a boulder on my shoulder, feelin' kinda older, I tripped the merry-go-round
(Blinded by the light, revved up like a deuce, another runner in the night)
With this very unpleasin', sneezin' and wheezin, the calliope crashed to the ground
(Blinded by the light, revved up like a deuce, another runner in the night)
Now Scott with a slingshot finially found a tender spot and throws his lover in the sand
(Blinded by the light, revved up like a deuce, another runner in the night)
Now Scott with a slingshot finially found a tender spot and throws his lover in the sand
(Blinded by the light, revved up like a deuce, another runner in the night)
And some bloodshot forget-me-not said daddy's within earshot save the buckshot, turn up the band
Some silicone sister with a manager mister told me I go what it takes
(Blinded by the light)
She said "I'll turn you on sonny to something strong"
She got down but she never got tired
Got love, if that's what you need
I got three or four babies sittin' on my knee
I got love waitin' for you
I come sneakin' round the corner of the avenue
You gotta ma-ma-ma belle, or i will get you
You know you gotta ma-ma-ma belle, before i get you
There's one thing that's on my mind
And that's getting hold of you before i serve my time
I'll keep on, with my heavy load
Till i see you come a strollin' down that open road
You gotta ma-ma-ma belle, or i will get you
You know you gotta ma-ma-ma belle, before i get you
I love you ma-ma-ma belle
That's why i want to get it all well i'm sure you can tell
I got, good soul, runnin' so deep
Gonna get you in the corner so that i can keep
Can't you hear me once ma-ma-ma belle
You gotta ma-ma-ma belle, or i will get you
Sun is shinin' in the sky
There ain't a cloud in sight
It's stopped rainin', everybody's in a play
And don't you know, it's a beautiful new day, hey
Runnin' down the Avenue
See how the sun shines brightly
In the city on the streets where once was pity
Mr. Blue Sky is living here today, hey
Mr. Blue Sky, please tell us why
You had to hide away for so long
Where did we go wrong?
Mr. Blue Sky, please tell us why
You had to hide away for so long
Where did we go wrong?
Hey, you with the pretty face
Welcome to the human race
A celebration Mr. Blue Sky's up there waitin'
And today is the day we've waited for
Mr. Blue Sky, please tell us why
You had to hide away for so long
Where did we go wrong?
Hey there Mr. Blue, we're so pleased to be with you
Look around see what you do
Everybody smiles at you
Hey there Mr. Blue, we're so pleased to be with you
Look around see what you do
Everyone is positive
Mr. Blue you did it right
But soon comes Mr. Night
Creepin' over, now his hand is on your shoulder
Never mind, I'll remember you this, I'll remember you this way
Mr. Blue Sky, please tell us why
You had to hide away for so long
Where did we go wrong?
Hey there Mr. Blue, we're so pleased to be with you
Look around see what you do
Oh yeah
She never cried, she only tried
To fly beyond her dreams
No walls around her mind
Deep inside she'd try to hide
That she was way beyond her means
No borders and no lines
She said that it's your duty to save your soul
To save it for someone
Moment in paradise
Just a moment in paradise
Oh yeah
Moment in paradise
Just a moment in paradise
Oh yeah
She floated out upon the wind
That blew my thoughts into the night
She knew the things she had to know
She drifted high above my mind
Blew my brains out, did alright
I think she knew it all along
She said that it's your duty to save your soul
To save it for someone
Moment in paradise
Just a moment in paradise
Oh yeah
Moment in paradise
Just a moment in paradise
Oh yeah
Oh yeah, oh yeah, oh yeah
She said that it's your duty to save your soul
To save it for someone
Moment in paradise
Just a moment in paradise
Oh yeah
(Moment in paradise)
Moment in paradise
(Moment in paradise)
Moment in paradise
Oh yeah
Moment in paradise
(Moment in paradise)
For many days we traveled from a distant place and time
To reach a place they call the planet earth
There was to be a celebration
On the mission of the sacred heart
The planet earth from way up there is beautiful and blue
And floating softly through a rainbow
But when you touch down, things look different here
At the mission of the sacred heart
Watching all the days roll by, who are you and who am I?
How's life on earth?
Livin' on the earth, livin' on the earth, livin' on the earth, livin' on the earth
Well all the stars above where I see fingers down on me
Livin' on the earth, livin' on the earth, livin' on the earth, livin' on the earth
On a dirty worn-out sidewalk, sits a mother with a baby
In her vale of tears she sees no rainbow
And someone's singing from a window
In the mission of the sacred heart
Watching all the days roll by, who are you and who am I?
How's life on earth?
Livin' on the earth, livin' on the earth, livin' on the earth, livin' on the earth
And when the stars above where I see fingers down on me
Livin' on the earth, livin' on the earth, livin' on the earth, livin' on the earth
There's a building on a corner, in a city, in a land
On a place they call the planet earth
My orders are to sit here and watch the world go by
From the mission of the sacred heart
Watching all the days roll by, who are you and who am I?
Watching all the days roll by, who are you and who am I?
Don't know why
It's the strangest thing
It's no lie
Don't know what's happening
When I know that you know that
It's a matter of fact
I know that you know that
It's a matter of fact
Don't want to stay
But I don't want to go
Don't want to say it
But you already know
And I know that you know that
It's a matter of fact
I know that you know that
It's a matter of fact
Tell me now
What is that thing you do
Tell me how
I keep thinking of you
'Cause I know that you know that
It's a matter of fact
I know that you know that
It's a matter of fact
If it's gone
Come out and say it
Don't go on
Live in and make believe
'Cause I know that you know that
It's a matter of fact
I know that you know that
It's a matter of fact
I know that you know that
I know that you know that
I know that you know that
I know that you know that
I know that you know that
It's a matter of fact
I know that you know that
I traced the footsteps through the multi-colored avenues
That wind their way down to the sea
I see the birds that fly beneath the darkened sky
They are the messengers of dreams
Mandalay, now I know what you try to be
Mandalay, now I wish you were here with me
Pages filled with science fiction
Without fear of contradiction
Walking through the fields of evergreen I see a turn and walk away
And from the east there comes a breeze that flows up high into the blue
Mandalay, now I know what you try to be
Mandalay, now I wish you were here with me
The sound of retribution
In total disillusion, Mandalay
Mandalay, now I know what you try to be
Mandalay, now I wish you were here with me
Amidst the confusion
The only conclusion
Mandalay of the misty eyes
Have gazed into the coming door
The leaves that turn to gold and brown
I've watched them falling to the ground
Mandalay, now I know what you try to be
She came up from the country with a smile for everyone
She left her blue horizon just to find another home
A lonely girl who?d traveled many days
A lonely heart that could not find the way
And she said, "Momma, it?s a hard life now you?re gone"
Momma, it?s so hard to carry on
And I feel I?m a fool who lost it all
You used to make it all so very clear
That life must go on though the end is near
Momma, it?s a sad and lonely life
A misty morning rider, she came wanderin' through the hills
A wanderin' soul appearin' over rainy window sills
A loser in her heart but in her face
A smile for everyone under God?s grace
And she said, "Momma, it?s a hard life now you?re gone"
Momma, it?s so hard to carry on
And I feel I?m a fool who lost it all
You used to make it all so very clear
That life must go on though the end is near
Momma, it?s a sad and lonely life
And she said, "Momma, it?s a hard life now you?re gone"
Momma, it?s so hard to carry on
And I feel I?m a fool who lost it all
You used to make it all so very clear
Midnight maiden madness, what to search for in this place?
Gateway to the city, night sky shadows on her face
A lady lost in nowhere but her stare
Leaves the world, her life to start somewhere
And she said, "Momma, it?s a hard life now you?re gone"
Momma, it?s so hard to carry on
And I feel I?m a fool who lost it all
You used to make it all so very clear
That life must go on though the end is near
Momma, it?s a hard life now you?re gone
Momma, it?s so hard to carry on
And I feel I?m a fool who lost it all
You used to make it all so very clear
I listened to the whine for way too long
Time for me to hear a different song
I waited overtime for things to turn around
Tired of waiting for it all to hit the ground
You said you knew all about it
What was right and what was wrong
You pulled the wool over the eyes of everyone
Maybe I was weak when I should've been strong
Cry, baby, cry
Tell me 'bout your lonesome lullaby
Cry, baby, cry
Tell me 'bout your lonesome lullaby
You took me by surprise and like a shot in the dark, shot in the dark
You showed yourself in your truest light, truest light
You saved yourself by saving nobody else
You must have cringed when you heard them tell
Cry, baby, cry
Tell me 'bout your lonesome lullaby
Cry, baby, cry
Tell me 'bout your lonesome lullaby
You took the wrong turn at the city of dreams, city of dreams
You ended up back where you came from it seems, came from it seems
Back there to where there's nothing else to do
Back there where you can sit and think of only you
Cry, baby, cry
Tell me 'bout your lonesome lullaby
Cry, baby, cry
Tell me 'bout your lonesome lullaby
Tell me 'bout your lonesome lullaby
Tell me 'bout your lonesome lullaby
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It was 9-29
9-29 back street big city
The sun was going' down
There was music all around
It felt so right
It was one of those nights
One of those nights when
you feel the world stop turnin'
You were standing there
There was music in the air
I should have been away
but I knew I'd have to stay
CHORUS
Last train to London
just headin' out
Last train to London
just leavin' town
But I really want tonight to last forever
I really wanna be with you
Let the music play on down the line tonight
It was one of those nights
One of those nights when
you feel the fire is burnin'
Everybody was there
Everybody to share
It felt so right
There you were on your own
Lookin' like you were
the only one around
I had to be with you
Nothin' else that I could do
I should have been away
but I knew I'd have to stay
Chorus
Underneath a starry sky
Time was still but hours
must really have rushed by
I didn't realize
that love was in your eyes
I really should have gone
but love went on and on
(BACKGROUND VOCALISTS)
I'm alive!
(LEAD VOCALIST)
and the world, shines on me, today.
I'm alive!
suddenly, I am here, today.
seems like forever.
and a day.
thought I could never.
feel this way.
is this really me?
I'm alive.. I'm alive..
I'm alive!
and the dawn breaks, across the sky.
I'm alive!
and the sun rises, oh to high.
lost in another world.
all your life.
never another world.
till to day.
but What can I say?
I'm alive.. I'm alive..
I'm alive...
(Instrumental break)
suddenly came the dawn.
and the night.
and suddenly I was born.
unto life.
but can it real?
I'm alive,
I'm alive.. I'm alive..
I'M ALIVE!
and the world, shines on me, today.
I'M ALIVE!
suddenly, I am here, today.
seems like, forever.
and a day, ya.
thought I could never.
feel this way.
is this really me?
I'm alive.. I'm alive..
I'm alive...
(Instrumental break)
I'm alive.. I'm alive..
I'm alive.. I'm alive(fade)...
We're just a stone's throw
From burning hellfire
Does anybody know
Where did all the heroes go?
We've had our fill of
This gallery of scoundrels
The leaders of the world
Those power hungry liars
Rise up and sound the sirens
Send out the searching parties
All we need is a few good men
Send the S.O.S. and red alerts
All across the universe
Calling all honest men?
S.O.S. emergency
Sinking fast and getting worse
Where's your honest men?
In some village far away
Or in a little town pub
High on a mountain top
There must be an honest man
Calling all honest men
Throw out the tyrants
The aged fat cats
Outlived their usefulness
They have led us to this mess
Make them answer
Hold them to their promises
And throw them in the street
If they won't tell the truth
S.O.S. and red alert
All across the universe
Calling all honest men
(Calling all honest men)
S.O.S. emergency
Sinking fast and getting worse
Where's your honest men?
(Where's your honest men?)
To your stations
Man the ramparts
The barricades
We need new heroes urgently
We need a few good honest men
Calling all honest men
Calling all honest men
Call to him
He lives next door
Across the street
On the upper floor
It's our only hope we need him now
Send the S.O.S. and red alert
All across the universe
Calling all honest men
(Calling all honest men)
S.O.S. emergency
Sinking fast and getting worse
Where's your honest men
(Where's your honest men?)
Strike a blow, save the ship
We need a few good honest men
Calling all honest men
Calling all honest men
S.O.S. across the universe
Where's your honest
We need your honest
Calling all honest men
Calling out all over the world
(Sending out an S.O.S.)
Where's your honest men
Looking out all over the world
(Sending out to save the world)
We need your honest men
Calling out all over the world
(Sending out an S.O.S.)
Where's your honest men
Looking out all over the world
(Sending out to save the world)
We need your honest men
Honest men, ooh
Calling all honest men
Save the world, ooh
Calling all honest men
Honest men, ooh
Calling all honest men
Save the world, ooh
Calling all honest men
Ooh, calling all honest men
You made a fool of me
But them broken dreams have got to end
Hey woman, you got the blues
Yes you ain't got no one else to use
There's an open road that leads nowhere
So just make some miles between here and there
There's a hole in my head where the rain comes in
You took my body and played to win
Ha ha woman it's a crying shame
But you ain't got nobody else to blame
Evil woman, evil woman
Evil woman, evil woman
Rolled in from another town
Hit some gold too hot to settle down
But a fool and his money soon go separate ways
And you found that fool lyin' in a daze
Ha ha woman, what you gonna do?
You destroyed all the virtues that the Lord gave you
It's so good that you're feeling pain
Yes you better get your face on board the very next train
Evil woman, evil woman
Evil woman, evil woman
Evil woman, evil woman
Evil woman, evil woman
Evil woman how you done me wrong
But now you're tryin' to wail a different song
Ha ha funny how you broke me up
You made the wine now you drink the cup
I came runnin' every time you cried
Thought I saw love smilin' in your eyes
Ha ha very nice to know
That you ain't got no place well left to go
Evil woman, evil woman
Evil woman, evil woman
Evil woman, evil woman
Evil woman, evil woman
One, two, three
Tell me I'm mistaken
I must be kinda slow
But the only time you ever cared
Was when you needed more
Easy money, easy money
You got out of control
And you sold your soul for
Easy money
If you see a sucker
Standing at your door
Bring him in and make him grin
Then take him to the store
Easy money, easy money
Watch out from above
You broke into the bank of love
Easy money
Some people never learn to stop when they've had enough
Easy money, easy money
Some people only have to shop when the going gets tough
I've come to the conclusion
It's like the old man said
The only thing you gave me
Was shit and promises
Easy money, whoa whoa whoa, easy money
One day you'll have to earn
All the money that you burn
Easy money
Take it, Jeff
Easy money
Whoa, whoa, yeah
Some people never learn to stop when they've had enough
Easy money, easy money
Some people only have to shop when the going gets tough
Funny thing about it
Don't even make me blue
'Cause there's no better deal around
Than saying goodbye to you
Easy money, easy money
You snatched that cash
Right into your stash
Easy money
You got out of control
And you sold your soul
For easy money
Uh uh, come on, S P in the
Up north into the NYC and the out West
And to niggas in Cali and the down south type dynamite
What, yo yo come on dynamite dynamite
Uh check it out, uh uh
Yo yo yo yo yo check it out
Everybody, touch this illa-fifth dynamite
C'mon, touch this illa-fifth dynamite
C'mon, touch this illa-fifth dynamite
Check it out, everybody
Touch this illa-fifth dynamite
C'mon, touch this illa-fifth dynamite
C'mon, touch this illa-fith dynamite
Yo, check it out, in in tro tro duc ducing
The sole missin' link, what could MC's who listen think
It's black thought, open your eyes and don't blink
Yo, to rock this mic is like a basic instinct
But yo in in tro tro duc ducing
Behind thee, the mic champion
More than a stepion
Mothafuckers sweatin' me, beggin' me just to get me on
Macro-cosmic, micro-master
Aiyyo I'm all the way way, phil phil lay lay
People wanna see the way the illadel play
Yo, look in the mirror, watch what yourself say
I'm from S P, no mortal man can test me
Thought, I keep a line in, upper eschulonein
Heineken, hold the rhymin' in, flows remindin' them
Cats that hear me up, some shit from back in the past
Your half-steppin' ass, could never fathom a grasp because
Yo we got a doctrine, in cold-rockin' it
Bringin' this apocalype, nigga you mad topical
Bitch my raps trick your optical
Mister superficial, I'm rippin apart your heart tissue
This is your official, dismissal
I don't study the artificial, who fuckin' wit the dark crystal
Yo where are is you? I'm movin like a smart missle
Aimed and guaranteed to hit you
Word up, but when the fifth do get on and perform, you in for it
It ain't no way to censor it, my style metaphoric
To bricks and ten tons stacks hard to lift
The artist, comin out the fifth darkness
We go back like ancients, while you ain't shit
Sub-terrainean, never against the grainean
Afro-American slash half bladean
In your universe, my star's the most radiant
Everybody, touch this illa-fifth dynamite
C'mon, touch this illa-fifth dynamite
C'mon, touch this illa-fifth dynamite
Check it out, everybody
Touch this illa-fifth dynamite
C'mon, touch this illa-fifth dynamite
C'mon, touch this illa-fith dynamite
Aiyyo it's all the way live, from 2 1 5
Plus admission is denied so just wait outside
Two extremes collide like Jekyl and Hyde
And I provide you wit the swerve you need, but take heed
You travelin' like speed
Iller than adventures you might read
Official original breed, the Justice League, yo it's the P 5 D
Style fashionist, other MC's they actresses
Yo it's the high-opposed, you bout to get shot down
Tryin to fly above this illa-fifth compound
You've known since the get-go, I rock your disco
Ain't nobody badder, but yo you get my gist so
I represent so you gotta squint
As far as how I do it you ain't compensate
We causin nuisance and get indecent so save your two cents
Don't come in my district, kickin' that bullshit
Yo it's all simplistic, limited click get
Lyrically lifted, touchin' the fifth shit
Trenches of the mentally twisted, you enlisted
5 was the emblem on the mic you got hit wit
And I stomp ya, 'til you call me conqueror
Back-slappin' all the niggas that slept
Thinkin that Elo could ever disappear
I'm strippin' they even near
Wit this non ether reefer, quiet frequent premiere
Everybody, touch this illa-fifth dynamite
C'mon, touch this illa-fifth dynamite
C'mon, touch this illa-fifth dynamite
Check it out, everybody
Touch this illa-fifth dynamite
C'mon, touch this illa-fifth dynamite
C'mon, touch this illa-fith dynamite
Everybody, touch this illa-fifth dynamite
C'mon, touch this illa-fifth dynamite
C'mon, touch this illa-fifth dynamite
Check it out, everybody
Touch this illa-fifth dynamite
C'mon, touch this illa-fifth dynamite
You got me runnin' goin' out of my mind
You got me thinkin' that I'm wastin' my time
Don't bring me down, no no no no no
I'll tell you once more
Before I get off the floor
Don't bring me down
You wanna stay out with your fancy friends
I'm tellin' you it's go to be the end
Don't bring me down, no no no no no
I'll tell you once more
Before I get off the floor
Don't bring me down
Don't bring me down, Bruce
Don't bring me down, Bruce
Don't bring me down, Bruce
Don't bring me down
What happened to the girl, I used to known
You let your mind out somewhere down the road
Don't bring me down, no no no no no
I'll tell you once more
Before I get off the floor
Don't bring me down
You're always talkin' 'bout your crazy nights
One of these days you're gonna get it right
Don't bring me down, no no no no no
I'll tell you once more
Before I get off the floor
Don't bring me down
Don't bring me down, Bruce
Don't bring me down, Bruce
Don't bring me down, Bruce
Don't bring me down
You're lookin' good just like a snake in the grass
One of these days you're gonna break your glass
Don't bring me down, no no no no no
I'll tell you once more
Before I get off the floor
Don't bring me down
Don't bring me down, no no no no no no no no
I'll tell you once more
Before I get off the floor
Don't bring me down
I'll tell you once more
Before I get off the floor
Don't bring me down, down, down, down, down, down
I'll tell you once more
Before I get off the floor
I'm getting outta here 'cause there's too many complications
Yeah I'm getting outta here don't get driven any information
And if they ask you for a number to call
Just say I'm gone that's all
Destination unknown, destination unknown
I'm a long way from home
Destination unknown, I'll be gone, gone, gone
Destination unknown, destination unknown
If anybody wants me just say you don't know the address
'Cause I've had enough of the confusion and the madness
And should anybody ever try to stall
Just say I'm gone that's all
Destination unknown, destination unknown
I'm a long way from home
Destination unknown, I'll be gone, gone, gone
Destination unknown, destination unknown
I'm tired of playing other people's games
Tired of waiting for some things to change
Destination unknown, destination unknown
I'm a long way from home
Destination unknown, I'll be gone, gone, gone
Destination unknown, destination unknown
I'm tired of playing other people's games
Tired of waiting for some things to change
Destination unknown, destination unknown
I'm a long way from home
Destination unknown, I'll be gone, gone, gone
Destination unknown, destination unknown
Destination unknown, destination unknown
I'm a long way from home
Destination unknown, I'll be gone, gone, gone
Destination unknown, destination unknown
Destination unknown, destination unknown
Destination unknown, I'm a long way from home
Destination unknown, destination unknown
Destination unknown, I'm a long way from home
Destination unknown, destination unknown
CAN'T GET IT OUT OF MY HEAD
Midnight on the water.
I saw the ocean's daughter.
Walking on a wave she came,
staring as she called my name.
And I can't get it out of my head,
no, I can't get it out of my head.
Now my old world is gone for dead
'cos I can't get it out of my head.
Breakdown on the shoreline,
can't move, it's an ebbtide.
Morning don't get here till night,
searching for her silver light.
And I can't get it out of my head,
no, I can't get it out of my head.
Now my old world is gone for dead
'cos I can't get it out of my head, no no.
Bank job in the city.
Robin Hood and William Tell and Ivanhoe and Lancelot, they don't
envy me, yeh.
Sitting till the sun goes down,
in dreams the world keep going round and round.
And I can't get it out of my head,
no, I can't get it out of my head.
Now my old world is gone for dead
'cos I can't get it out of my head, no no.
No, I can't get it out of my head,
no, I can't get it out of my head.
Now my old world is gone for dead
'cos I can't get it out of my head, no no no no.
Pretty pretty are the girls as they go by
Chilly chilly is the air under moonlit sky
The windows watch you as you walk along
And the streets lead back to where you started from
The cities watching and you can't get by
No matter where you hide you know the buildings have eyes
This place is lonely but you can't get away
No matter what you say you know the buildings have eyes
Silly silly are the thoughts that fill your head
Wish I'd never set out, wish I'd stayed in bed
You see reflections from across the street
So you better start movin' stop draggin' your feet
The cities watching and you can't get by
No matter where you hide you know the buildings have eyes
This place is lonely but you can't get away
No matter what you say you know the buildings have eyes
Money money, gotta get some money and run
It's an issue I find unenviable
It doesn't matter which way you turn
But you gotta keep trying cause you never learn
The cities watching and you can't get by
No matter where you hide you know the buildings have eyes
This place is lonely but you can't get away
No matter what you say you know the buildings have eyes
Funny funny how the world goes round and round
You better watch your step don't make a sound
The windows watch you as you walk along
And the streets lead back to where you started from
The cities watching and you can't get by
No matter where you hide you know the buildings have eyes
This place is lonely but you can't get away
No matter what you say you know the buildings have eyes
Pretty pretty
Chilly chilly
Silly silly
Do you remember, you said to me
That you would wait, wait for me eternally?
I've been wondering, and I've been hoping
Your still the same, only you can say
I'll be so glad to be back with you
I'll do anything you want me to
That's what I want, I'll be so happy back home
I see the light, shine in my window
And I know I am coming home
And as the light grows, grows ever brighter
I see your face, you are alone
And when I tell you all the thing I have seen
You'll say, "Darling you must have been dreaming"
That's what I want, I'll be so happy back home
Electric visions may cross, strange decisions have crossed
I felt the stars above me, I have someone to love me
That's what I want, I'll be so happy back home
Believe me baby when I say, I wish I never, never
Never, never, never be away
For the things that I see, be meant for the eyes of a time
And when we walk alone together
That's how I want it to be, want it to be forever
That's what I want, I'll be so happy
That's what I want, I'll be so happy
Take me to the heart of you,Take me to the heart of you,Take me, take me, take me, take me,Take me to the heart of you.Take me to your heart and thenTake me to your heart and thenTake me, take me, take me, take me,Take me to your heart again.Take me where the fields are green,Take me where the fields are green,Take me, take me, take me, take me,Take me where the fields are green.Take me to your heart somehow,Take me to your heart somehow,Take me, take me, take me, take me,Take me cause I need you now.Take me to cross your borderline,Take me to cross your borderline,Take me, take me, take me, take me,Take me to cross your borderline.Take me where I wanna be,Take me from this misery,Take me, take me, take me, take me,Take me where I wanna be.Take me to the heart of you,Take me to the heart of you,Take me to the heart of you,The heart of you...The heart of you...
So let it rainOr let the sun shine down on meI feel no painNow that your here it’s all the sameYou are the oneI should have knownI’m blown awayLike a boat out on the oceanTime rages onAnd all I do is watch the wayBecause of youNothing will ever be the sameYou are the oneI should have knownI’m blown awayLike a boat out on the oceanBlown awayLike a storm in the nightBlow awayYou are the oneI should have knownBlown awayLike a boat out on the oceanBlow awayLike a storm in the nightI’m blown away
Blackberry way absolutely pouring down with rain,It’s a terrible day.Up with the lark, silly girl I don’t know what to say,She was running away.But now I’m standing on the corner,Lost in the things that I said.What am I supposed to do now? Goodbye blackberry wayI can’t see you, I don’t need you.Goodbye blackberry waySure to want me back another day.Flowers in the park overgrowing but the trees are bareThere’s a memory there.Boats on the lake, unattended now for all to drownI’m incredibly down.Just like myself they are neglected,Turn with my eyes to the wallWhat am I supposed to do now? Goodbye blackberry wayI can’t see you, I don’t need you.Goodbye blackberry waySure to want me back another day.Run for the train, look behind you for she may be thereSaid a thing in the airBlackberry way, see the battlefield of careless sinsCast to the windsSo full of emptiness without her,Lost in the words that I said.What am I supposed to do now? Goodbye blackberry wayI can’t see you, I don’t need you.Goodbye blackberry waySure to want me back another day.Goodbye blackberry wayI can’t see you, I don’t need you.Goodbye blackberry waySure to want me back another day.
In the land they call the west
On the praries virgin crest
Lived a great man and his braves
And he led them to their graves
Big chief plays with baby son
The work of the indian today is done
Life is easy, life is grand
Til there is white man, gun in hand
Started out when settlers came
And built theirhomes on the indian range
Big chief woolly bosher liked it none
Traded with a bad man for a gun
Big chief looks out at his great land
Locomotive on the prairie stands
Life that leak from the city in the east
Let us destroy that iron beast
Big chief rides on the trail tonight
Tread the land for which he must fight
In their fight for love and glory
Some indians were saved
They lived to tell the story
And woolly bosher prays
Big chief rides on the trail tonight
Soldier boys marching in the morning light
Bring the guns, bring the bows
Lets blow them into heaven lets see if God knows
One hundred men must have to die
When a thousand soldiers look you in the eye
Big chief sees his men fall round
The soldiers kill and the bugle sounds
In their fight for love and glory
No indians were saved
And big chief woolly bosher
Had written on his grave
He has done no wrong
She cried to the southern wind
About a love that was sure to end
Every dream in her heart was gone
Headin' for a showdown
Bad dreamer, what's your name
Looks like we're ridin' on the same train
Looks as through there'll be more pain
There's gonna be a showdown
And it's rainin' all over the world
It's raining all over the world
Tonight, the longest night
She came to me like a friend
She blew in on a southern wind
Now my heart is turned to stone again
There's gonna be a showdown
Save me, oh save me
It's unreal, the suffering
There's gonna be a showdown
And it's rainin' all over the world
It's raining all over the world
The next train arrives on here at five o nineI’m standing where my daddy used to beTo follow his footsteps takes me three stops down the lineDown to the ben crawley steel companyWell I tried my hand at ranching but this didn’t come offSeems nothing in that for meIt always tried my patience which I haven’t enoughI’m destined to work in a steel companyJust you wait at home for me little womanBy now I should know how lovely you will beWaiting by the door for me little womanNow I wont moan when I get home from the ben crawley steel companyWhen crawley makes the jokes and four guys laugh a lotDamn, force a grin if you canI got so many words on the tip of my tongue to shoot him downBut he’d soon replace a mere steel driving manJust you wait at home for me little womanAlthough I know you won’t be as tired as meWaiting by the door for me little woman [my true lovin’ woman]Well I won’t slack when I get back from the ben crawley steel companyWell I’ve had my fill and it’s giving me hell, now it’s time for hateThanks mister for telling meSo I’ll shoot if I can and I won’t [don’t] give a damn about playing itStraightMy friends and the lord know what he’s done [he did] to meHe’s being staying at home with my little womanPlaying in the fields where I should always beIt’s hard to forgive my own little womanAnd to find a job ’cos I just blew up that steel companyHeh!
There we go, running before we can walk againCan you imagine the hours I keepLearning to sleep again, see her face againBlast the world, fruits of the morning...Carry the weight of the heart in a stormSuffer the dawn today, todayYour beautiful daughter made me younger todayBeautiful daughter, now the darkness hides the tears that soakThe pillow where she layWide awake, lying in wait for the moon to breakDrinking the lake of the dreams that we shareWanting you there today, todayChorusCan you believe she just dropped in to say goodbye, say goodbyeI’m crying, beautiful daughter give me more, open the doorPools in her eyes that are bright and deepCan you imagine the hours I keepLearning to sleep again, againChorusChorusBeautiful daughter give me more, open the doorChorus
Beatles foreverThere’s something about a beatles’ song, that lives forever moreThe beauty of the harmonies, the sound of the fab fourAll their music will live on and on, john ’n’ paul, george and ringoThey really taught the world to singBeatles forever, sergeant peppers lonely hearts club bandBeatles forever, all you need is love, yeah yeah yeahBeatles forever, I wanna hold your hand woohBeatles forever, hey jude and revolution, number nine’cause when you feel the beat, you’ve gotta move your feetYou get the rhythm’n’blues, and a pretty tuneRock’n’roll eternity, that started out as merseybeatI try to write a good song, a song with feel and careI think it’s quite a good song, ’til I hear one of their’sMakes you wonder how they did it, ooh, john ’n’ paul, george and ringoI wish I knew the secret, yeah yeah yeahBeatles forever, strawbery fields forever and everBeatles forever, nowhere man and penny lane, yeah yeah yeahBeatles forever, lucy in the sky with diamondsBeatles forever, get back and yesterday’cause when you feel the beat, you’ve gotta move your feetYou get the rhythm’n’blues, and a pretty tuneRock’n’roll eternity, that started out as merseybeatAll the children singBeatles forever, please please me, eleanor rigbyBeatles forever, I am the walrus, yeah yeah yeah, cookoo coochooBeatles forever, she loves you, ooh, day tripper,Beatles forever, eight days a week, magical mystery tour’cause when you feel the beat, you’ve gotta move your feetYou get the rhythm’n’blues, and a pretty tuneRock’n’roll eternity, that started out as merseybeatAh ah-ah-ah-ah, ah-ah ah-ah, ah-ah-all-ahAh, feel the beat, ah-ah-ah-ah, gotta move your feet ah-ah ah-ah,Rhythm and blues, ah-ah-ah-ah, pretty tuneAh, rock’n’roll, ah-ah-ah-ah, eternity, ah-ah ah-ah,Startet out, ah-ah ah-ah, as merseybeatBeatles foreverBeatles forever, yeah yeah yeahBeatles forever
Love my baby in the afternoon
But she's crying, crying
Told my baby in the afternoon
But she don't like it, she don't like it
Baby used to love me so
Baby I apologize
For telling them dirty lies
I had my fun but now it's done
Baby I apologize
Love you in the morning, in the evening too
But she won't do what I want to
Kicked me out of my own front room
For my lyin' my dirty lyin'
Baby I apologize
For telling them dirty lies
I had my fun but now it's done
Baby I apologize
You know my darling I was a broken man
All my dreams had fell apart
And then a voice from above
Told me the truth of the world we live
And my darling, I'd just like to say one more time
Please come back
Baby I apologize
For telling them dirty lies
I had my fun but now it's done
Baby I apologize
Love you in the morning, in the evening too
But she won't do what I want to
Kicked me out of my own front room
For my lyin' my dirty lyin'
Baby used to love me so
Baby I apologize
For telling them dirty lies
I had my fun but now it's done
Baby I apologize
Baby I apologize
For telling them dirty lies
I had my fun but now it's done
Everybody all around the world
Gotta tell you what I just heard
There's gonna be a party all over the world
I got a message on the radio
But where it came from I don't really know
And I heard these voices calling all over the world
All over the world
Everybody got the word
Everybody everywhere is gonna feel tonight
Everybody walkin' down the street
Everybody movin' to the beat
They're gonna get hot down in the USA
(New York, Detroit, LA)
We're gonna take a trip across the sea
Everybody come along with me
We're gonna hit the night down in Gay Paree
All over the world
Everybody got the word
Everybody everywhere is gonna feel tonight
London, Hamburg, Paris, Rome
Rio, Hong Kong, Tokyo
LA, New York, Amsterdam
Monte Carlo, Shard End and
All over the world
Everybody got the word
Everybody everywhere is gonna feel tonight
Everybody all around the world
Gotta tell you what I just heard
Everybody walkin' down the street
I know a place where we all can meet
Everybody gonna have a good time
Everybody will shine till the daylight
All over the world
Everybody got the word
Everybody everywhere is gonna feel tonight
All over the world, everybody got the word
All over the world, everybody got the word
(slow)It ain’t necessarily soNo, it ain’t necessarily soThese things that you’re liable,To read in the bible.No it ain’t necessarily so(jammin’)You bet that you can’t be wrong.No place where you don’t belong.There’s nothin’ you don’t know.But it ain’t necessarily soTo you there’s never no doubt.It’s either in or it’s out.You sure put up quite a show.But it ain’t necessarily soI said hold, let your bad self go.Hold on, caus’ you already know.It’s never maybe or might.To you it’s black or it’s white.If I say yes you say no.But it ann’s necessarily soHold on, let your bad self go.Hold on, cause’ you already know.You think that you can’t be wrong.No place where you don’t belong.There’s nothing’ you don’t know.But it ain’t necessarily soAin’t necessarily soAin’t necessarily soNo no no noNo it ain’t necessarily soNo no no noNo no no noNo no no noNo it ain’t necessarily so.No no no noNo it ain’t necessarily so.
Hush little baby, don't you cry
Oh-oh, don't you cry
Maybe tomorrow's, a better life
Oh-oh, if you try
Rain is falling all around
Storm came, it brings you down
But if you lose your mind
Weatherman, in his overcoat
Look up in the sky now, the weatherman cry now
Oh-oh, the window pane
Damp in the valley, up in the alley
Oh-oh, it's pouring rain
Rain is falling all around
Storm came, it brings you down
So let your mind roll on
Weatherman, dry's the lonely tears
Early in the morning, while the sun's still yawning
Oh-oh, smiles on you
Maybe today is, a better life
Oh-oh, if we try
Sun is shining all around
It warms your heart and melts the cloud
But if your mind can see
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