The Babys were a British rock group best known for their songs "Isn't It Time," and "Every Time I Think of You." Both songs were composed by Jack Conrad and Ray Kennedy, and reached #13 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 chart in the late 1970s. The 1976–1978 Babys line-up consisted of keyboard player/guitarist Michael Corby, vocalist John Waite, drummer Tony Brock and guitarist Wally Stocker.
After Corby was unexpectedly sacked by Chrysalis in August 1978, a replacement was sought and the company brought in two musicians to replace the co-founder: Jonathan Cain on keyboards and Ricky Phillips to play bass. From 1979 until the final breakup in 1981, The Babys line-up consisted of vocalist Waite, drummer Brock, bassist Phillips, guitarist Stocker, and keyboardist Cain. The Babys Archives makes a very strong case against the name being used after the charismatic Corby and Millar were sacked, as the original contract clearly has Corby as a member and never lists Cain and Phillips. Corby commissioned The Babys Archives a number of years ago to correct a number of misconceptions about the origins of the group.
John Charles Waite (born 4 July 1952) is an English musician. He was lead vocalist for The Babys and Bad English. As a solo artist, he scored several international hits, including 1984's "Missing You", a #1 hit on the US Billboard Hot 100 and a top ten hit on the UK Singles Chart.
Waite was born in Lancaster, England. He first came to attention as the lead singer and bassist of The Babys, a British group which had moderate chart success, including two pop hits that both coincidentally peaked at #13 on the Billboard Hot 100, "Isn't It Time" (1977) and "Everytime I Think Of You" (1979), and a solid following for their concert tours. Over the course of five years, the band produced five albums ending with the final album On the Edge in October 1980, after which the group broke up.
Waite subsequently launched his solo career with his 1982 debut album Ignition, which produced the hit single "Change". The Chrysalis 45 failed to chart on Billboard's Hot 100 during its initial release but was a top track on AOR radio stations as well as a very popular music video on MTV as the 'new' cable channel celebrated its first full year of operation. The pulsating track was written by Holly Knight (The song was originally recorded in 1981 by Knight's band Spider) and in 1985 was included on the Platinum selling Vision Quest soundtrack. (The single was reissued and this time it reached the Top 50 on the Hot 100.) "Going To The Top" was released as the original follow-up single to "Change".
Hear a message on my radio
I get home I got nowhere to go
Think about ya day and night
I'll be waiting so when it feels right
Anytime you want at all
Anytime
Anytime you want just call
Heartbeat faster lose control
A burnin' fever gets you alone
I need your love you're the only one
The night is passin' I could soon be gone
So anytime you want at all
Anytime
Anytime you want just call
Anytime you wanna rock and roll
Anytime
Telephone telegram
Come on over
Make me feel like a man
A crack of thunder over my hometown
I read the future it has to go down
So anytime you want at all
Anytime
Anytime you want just call
Anytime you wanna rock and roll
Anytime you need my love
Anytime
Anytime you want just call
Ooh yeah
(Anytime anytime)
Anytime you want my love
Yeah yeah
(Anytime anytime)
Anytime you're on your own
(Anytime anytime)
Anytime you want my love
(Anytime anytime)
I heard that she's back in town
Heard she's been seen around
I hear she gets
What she wants everytime
I know what she put you through
I know what you'd like to do
Cause I lost my heart
To her sometime ago
So come on
Wipe your tears away
It's all that you can do
A broken heart never mends
Crying tears til the very end
At home on the boulevard
Cheap whiskey and tarot cards
Man she's outrageous
She wants the best in life
Sugar daddies with agin' wives
She's expensive everything she does
So come on
Wipe your tears away
It's all that you can do
A broken heart never mends
Crying tears til the very end
She knows what it must be like
Living in paradise
If you ain't got money she don't wanna know
I know what she put you through
I know what you'd like to do
I lost my heart to her sometime ago
So come on
Wipe your tears away
It's all that you can do
When you've got a broken heart
Come on
Wipe your tears away
It's all that you can do
When I came back home from the USA
I had nothin' in my pockets and not a lot to say
Though I knew somehow we would meet real soon
But the way you've been avoidin' me
It's like I'm livin' on the moon
Here I am on this side of the stars
Livin' in California
And sometimes I get out of reach in the bars
Dreamin' about my life
And maybe one day I'll take a wife
Though I spent some time on the evil road
I've done things that I'm ashamed of
Oh man it's such a heavy load
Though I knew somehow we would meet real soon
But the way you've been avoidin' me
It's like I'm livin' on the moon
Here I am on this side of the stars
Livin' in California
And sometimes I get out of reach in the bars
Dreamin' about my life
And maybe one day I'll take a wife
I miss you girl
Your dreams are more than I can take
You are the love of my life
But I could be my biggest mistake
Ah babe my heart's turnin' like a wheel
I feel emotion for you but I just can't tell if it's real
When I came back home from the USA
I had nothin' in my pockets and not a lot to say
Though I knew somehow we would meet real soon
But the way you've been avoidin' me
It's like I'm livin' on the moon
Here I am on this side of the stars
Livin' in California
And sometimes I get out of reach in the bars
Dreamin' about my life
And maybe one day I'll take a wife
You always give me something
To help me understand
Turn those tracks around me one more time
But all you give is killing me
I can't turn around
I'm gettin' loaded on a darker side of town
I don't know who I am on a darker side of town
I came to win some game I played
When I was just a boy
I've done too much have nothing in my life
I understood the rules back then
Now I can't decide
I'm gettin' loaded on a darker side of town
I'm gettin' wasted on a darker side of town
Oh I give to you everything I've got
Even start again to make you smile yeah
But my luck's run out
My head is burned
I can't turn around
I'm gettin' loaded on a darker side of town
I'm drownin' in some wine on a darker side of town
If I had the time to look hard at you
The things I know I'd find
The things I'd have to do
And sometimes I wonder
Oooh I'm falling
What else can I say
Oooh I'm falling
Fading away
If I had the peace of mind
Oooh I'd catch a plane and move away
Far away from you and the things you say
And sometimes I love ya
Oooh I'm falling
What else can I say
Oooh I'm falling
Fading away
If I had your dreams
Oooh I'd have everything
Time has taken mine
And left me these songs to sing
And sometimes I wonder
Oooh I'm Falling
What else can I say
Oooh I'm Falling
Fading away
Can you see me
Feet off the ground
Can you feel me
Head spinnin' 'round
Oooh I'm falling
What else can I say
Oooh I'm falling
If I say I love ya
And lay it on the line
Yeah
Could you say you need me
And put your hands in mine
Oh I got love that grows
Oh I got love that shows
I got the love
If you've got the time
Then I've got the time
Do you say you want me
You'll give me everything
Then you could come live here
I'd even buy a ring
Oh I've got lots to learn
Oh I've got love to burn
I got the love
If you've got the time
Oh I've got love that shows
Oh I've got love that grows
I got the love
If you've got the time
Then I've got the time
Yeah
Do you say you need me
You'll give me everything
Then you could come live here
I'd even buy a ring
Oh I've got love that shows
Oh I've got love that grows
I got the love
If you've got the time
Then I've got the time
Oh I've got love that shows
Oh I've got love that grows
I got the love
If you've got the time
Then I've got the time
Oh I've got love that shows
Oh I've got love that grows
I've got no money
Could you spare a dime?
I got the plan
If you got the time
If you take me there
You can claim your share
Of the action
Been on the road
For a long time now
Paid all my dues
Oh, I'm ready now
If you take me there
You can claim your share
Of the action
Oh, for a piece of the action
Oh, for a slice of the cake
Oh, for a piece of the action
Oh, for a slice of the cake
Sometimes I feel
As I'm going down
That nothing can stop me
From losing ground
If you take me there
You can claim your share
Of the action
Oh, for a piece of the action
Oh, for a slice of the cake
Oh, for a piece of the action
Oh, for a slice of the cake
For a slice of the cake
Do you wanna make
I wanna know
I love you baby
I'm hurtin' so
But oh if you could see me baby
And understand the things I've done
I know you can do that baby
And if you could see me fly
Do you need me
Come on let's go
I love ya baby
On the ceiling
The walls and the floor
But oh if you could see me baby
And understand the things I've done
I know you can do that baby
And if you could see me fly
Don't look at me like you can't stand
I'm in the mood
Talk loud
Take my money like a wanted bandit
I've had enough
Do you love me
I wanna know
I love you baby
I'm hurtin' so
Come on and love me
Come on all night
Come on here baby
Do it once again right
But oh if you could see me baby
And understand the things I've done
I know you can do that baby
And if you could
Give me something I can touch with my hands
Something I can look at and understand
If you're up there no don't look down on me
Do something quick I can't pay the rent
Do you believe in Jesus
Is he there
Is there a God above
And does he really care
Oh yeah
Jesus are you there
And do you really care
I don't believe in nothing no more
Can't find the truth
I just need to score
Don't give me Hare Krishna
Keep it to yourself man
Stand back
Get back
Do you believe in Jesus
Is he there
Is there a God above
And does he really care
Oh yeah
Jesus are you there
And do you really care
Take me on a cruise around the world
Give me a break
Bring me a girl
Getting crazy about World War Three
It's suicide of the sanctuary
Should I believe in Jesus
Is he there
Is there a God above
And does he really care
Oh yeah
Jesus are you there
And do you really care
Oh yeah
No no no no
Jesus are you there
Oh yeah
No no no no no no
Do you really care
Jesus are you there
Anybody in
It's been a year since we last met
But you're still clear in my mind
You gave me things I can't forget
You gave me love I still can't find
Oh Laura I miss you so
Oh Laura
Somtimes I see you in my dreams
When I wake up my troubled mind yeah
I found a new love for myself
You know I do the best I can
Oh Laura I miss you so
Oh Laura
I hope that we meet again
Oh I've rehearsed the things I'd say
And if that should never be
I'll love you 'til I'm blown away
Oh Laura I miss you so
Oh Laura
Oh yeah
I miss you so
Oh Laura
I miss you so
Oh Laura
Where can it be
Is it you
It had to be someone
In my life through these days
There's got to be a better way
Seen my love lose her grip
She can't take it
Get high
Get low
Well one day I'm gonna break it
But here in your eyes
I see what I need to know
You're so young you've got alibis
And you stripped away my disguise
Ain't it so
Day or night
You make me feel alright
Ain't it funny how the time flies
Gazing in your eyes
Who in the world even cares
We're all gettin older
I'm alone
I need love
I'm gonna break it
Seen my love lose her grip
She can't take it
Get high
Get low
Well one day I'm gonna break it
But here in your eyes
I see what I need to know
You're so young you've got alibis
And you stripped away my disguise
Ain't it so
Day or night
You make me feel alright
Ain't it funny how the time flies
Gazing in your eyes
Gazing in your eyes
Falling in love was the
Last thing I had on my mind
Holding you is a warmth
That I thought I could never find
(Sitting here all alone)
Just trying to decide
(Whether to go all alone)
Or stay by your side
(Then I stop myself because)
I know I could cry
I just can't find the answers
To the questions that keep going through my mind
Hey babe
Isn't it time
(Isn't time it took time to wait)
(Falling in love could be your mistake)
Isn't it time
(Isn't time you took time to wait)
(Falling in love could be your mistake)
I've seen visions of someone like you in my life
A love that's strong reaching out
Holding me through the darkest night
(Sitting here all alone)
Just trying to decide
(Whether to go all alone)
Or stay by your side
(then I stop myself because)
I don't want to cry
I just can't find the answers
To the questions that keep going through my mind
Hey babe
Isn't it time
(Isn't it time it took time to wait)
(Falling in love could be your mistake)
(Isn't time you took time to wait)
(Falling in love could be your mistake)
(Isn't time you took time to wait)
(Falling in love could be your mistake)
I feel a warmth in my heart
And my soul that I never knew
This love affair gives me strength
That I need just to get me through
(Sitting here all alone)
Just wondering why
(Then I stop myself because)
I know I could cry
(Then I think of you)
And everything seems alright
I've finally found the answers
To the questions that keep going through my mind
Hey babe
Isn't it time
(Isn't time you don't have to wait)
(Don't have to wait)
I know it's time
Ooh yeah
I know it's time
It must be time
(Don't have to wait)
(Losing this love could be your mistake)
(Isn't time you don't have to wait)
(Don't have to wait)
It oughta be time
(Isn't time you don't have to wait)
(Isn't time you don't have to wait)
It must be time
(Don't have to wait)
(Losing this love could be your mistake)
(Isn't time you don't have to wait)
(Isn't time you don't have to wait)
(Losin' this love could be your mistake)
(Isn't time you don't have to wait)
You turn your back on me
And you slam the door
I burn my bridges
Watch the players
I know the score
The starlings fly for winter skies
Only the cold wind blows
Love is just a mystery
Like colors to the blind
You always need
A secret agent love
You feel you've missed
Once chance for the spirits
Something stronger than a kiss
Around the world
The signal beams
For others and their dreams
Love is just a mystery
Like colors to the blind
Love is just a mystery
Like colors to the blind
Love is just a mystery
Love is just a mystery
Love is just a mystery
Tell me that you're lonely
And you miss me so
And that you're living for me
In the afterglow
I can feel the passion
I can feel the heat
You can't keep a secret
And I can't be discrete
You tell me love won't wait
Love won't wait
Love won't wait
Love won't wait
Love won't wait
Tell me that you miss me
And that your heart's on fire
Living out a fantasy
And it's all desire
Neon lovers making
Red hot neon love
Gazing at the sky together
Into to the stars above
They tell you
Love won't wait
Love won't wait
Love won't wait
Love won't wait
Love won't wait
When I'm alone with you
The whole world seems alight
Burnin' through the darkness
Til the daytime turns to night
Love won't wait
Love won't wait
Love won't wait
Love won't wait
Up in the sky deep in the sea
I'm looking for love
Where can it be
Been everywhere
And I've asked everyone
I'm looking for love
But love can't be
Day after day
The need in me grows
The more that I need
The more that it shows
Lone will I be
Cannot survive
I need some love
To keep me alive
Looking for love
Looking for love
Yeah yeah
Looking for love
Yeah yeah yeah
Up in the sky
Deep in the sea
I'm looking for love
Where can it be
I've been round the world
I've asked everyone
I'm looking for love
You used to celebrate it
When I came in at 6 AM
Ooh babe
I could never really fake it
Cause I was in love again
Love don't prove
Love don't prove I'm right
Love don't prove
Love don't prove I'm right
You used to sing and shout it
Showing me what you got
Ooh babe
I could never really doubt it
Cause baby you got such a lot
Love don't prove
Love don't prove I'm right
No no
Love don't prove
Love don't prove
Ooh you used to celebrate
Ooh now you have to wait
You're gonna wait
Love don't prove
Love don't prove I'm right
No no no no no no
Love don't prove
Love don't prove
If you need a hand to guide you
Let me be your northern light
You could give me all of your lovin'
And I'll make everything alright
Love don't prove
Love don't prove I'm right
No no no
Love don't prove
Love don't prove I'm right
Love don't prove
Love don't prove that I'm right
Staring down a bottle
Feeling kinda mean
Itchin' for some trouble
Tryin' to keep it clean
Wound up so tight
Poundin' like a drum
Put up a good fight
I've been never known to run
One shot too many
Two for the road
I'm ready for action
I'm ready too far gone
Weavin' down the highway
Cross the double yellow line
Never saw 'em comin'
Never saw a sign
Smell of burnin' rubber
Screamin' to the right
On the straight of center
But I got lucky all night
One shot too many
Two for the road
I'm way in the outskirts and
I'm ready too far gone
One shot too many
Two for the road
I'm way in the outskirts and
All I've ever wanted is not to be alone
Everywhere I go people say it shows
They all tell me that it's wrong to live alone
I believe say they believe in love
Could you walk out on me
I wanna love you and I long to agree
Could you stand in my way
I wanna love you some other day
Could you stand in my way
I wanna love you girl some other day
Could you walk out of me
I wanna love you and I long to agree
I believe in love
Oh I believe
I believe it so
I believe
I believe in love
Oh I believe in love
I believe in love
Oh I believe in love
Yeah yeah yeah
All I need
All I need is love
(I need your love)
All I need al
Al I need is your love baby
(I need your love)
I need your love yeah
(I believe in love)
All I want to have
All I need to breathe
(I believe in love)
I believe I believe in your love
(I believe in love)
I really need
I really need your love yeah
(I need your love)
I believe
I believe in love oh
(I believe in love)
You quit the band and got a job
Decided to take a wife
Then you stood still
And I went on
And almost lost my life
No I don't wanna be in your shoes
And I don't wanna read local news
And though I know we had the same views
Who's the fool?
Try and keep your head above the waves
Try and tell yourself that you're safe
I know you do your best to keep faith
So round and round we go
It's a shame
Oh but you never know
There you go praised again
Your head pressed against the glass
You always tried to put me down
But I knew that it couldn't last
Cause I don't wanna be in your shoes
And I don't wanna read local news
And though I know we had the same views
Who's the fool
Try 'n keep your head above the waves
Try and tell yourself that you're safe
I know you do your best to keep faith
So try and keep your head above the waves
Oh, feels so good
Yeah yeah yeah yeah
I knew it would
Come on baby don't you wanna go
I could take you there
You could get what you want in the south
You could let down your hair
I said do you don't you will you won't you
Baby won't you please let me know
I ain't talkin' 'bout Chicago
I'm talkin' about Mexico
Na na na na na
Na na na na na
Makin' a run for Mexico
Makin' a run for Mexico
Could you
Come on baby cause I got to know
The law is after me
I killed a man in a bar last night
There was no other way it could be
While the air in this joint could be cut with a knife
As the jukebox got rotten selections
Bring a compass and some money for gas
Cause I ain't gonna stop for directions
Not to Mexico
Na na na na na
Makin' a run to Mexico
Na na na na na
Makin' a run to Mexico
Could you
Oh oh
Come on baby don't you wanna go
I gotta get away
And everytime the phone rings
It scares me to death
Saw my face in the paper today
I don't wanna hear the stories
About your mama and papa
No I don't wanna hear you cry
For me there's no second chance right now
It's the F. B. fucking I!
Na na na na na
Na na na na na
Makin' a run to Mexico
Na na na na na
Ooh yeah
Makin' a run to Mexico
Na na na na na
Makin' a run to Mexico
Na na na na na
My life goes on in Mexico
Mexico
In Mexico
In Mexico
In Mexico
In Mexico
In Mexico
Mexico
Yeah
In Mexico
In Mexico
Mexico
In Mexico
In Mexico
Gettin' a job
Sweat and grime
Bound to come some day
Now I'm not sure about the rules
Make them as they play
That's alright
That's okay
I've seen it all before
They smile at you and shake your hand
Then throw you out the door
All that I need to know
Well I loved it where the trumpets show
Won the ribbons at the Rodeo
But lost them on the way home
Oh when the cold wind blows
And I watch the stars and feel their glow
I realize that I'll never know
So down and out I go
Looking back along the trail
Thought I saw your face
Tired and worn
Your eyes turned gray
Tried to find a place
That's alright
That's okay
It's the only way to go
So smile at me and shake your head
As you stumble to the floor
All that I need to know
Well I loved where the trumpets show
Won the ribbons at the Rodeo
But lost them on my way home
Oh where the cold wind blows
And I watch the stars and feel their glow
I realize that I'll never know
So down and out I go
All that I need to know
Why I love it when they slam the door
Guess that's just the way it goes
Up in the sky deep in the sea
I'm looking for love
Where can it be
Been everywhere
And I've asked everyone
I'm looking for love
But love can't be
Day after day
The need in me grows
The more that I need
The more that it shows
Lone will I be
Cannot survive
I need some love
To keep me alive
Looking for love
Looking for love
Yeah yeah
Looking for love
Yeah yeah yeah
Up in the sky
Deep in the sea
I'm looking for love
Where can it be
I've been round the world
I've asked everyone
I'm looking for love
But love never comes
Does it feel wrong or right
When he loves you babe
Do you turn out your light
When he loves you babe
Well he takes you babe
Ah when he loves you babe
My whole world comes a part
When he loves you babe
In the day and the night
How I want you babe
Though I put up a fight
I still need you babe
Oh how I need you babe
Oh when he takes you babe
My whole world comes apart
When he loves you babe
Oh yeah
I'm the kid with the broken heart
I'm the kid you nearly fooled
You've broken all the rules
And hey babe that isn't cool
In my days and your nights
How I want you babe
It's so wrong it could be right
How I need you babe
Well when he takes you babe
Ah when I love you babe
For the last year
I've been searching
I needed something to believe
I'm a gambler
With my fortune
Trying to keep you up my sleeve
When I'm away
I fill my heart with
Dreams
I lose myself
Keep my silver dreams of you
Are you lonely
Are you crying
Are your tears for me
When I come home
And I touch you
What will our eyes see?
For the next year
I'll be traveling
Roads that take you far from me
Time can take love
Time can fade love
I hope that you'll remember me
When I'm away
I fill my heart with
Dreams
I lose myself
Keep my silver dreams of you
I lose myself dreaming silver dreams
I lose myself dreaming silver dreams
Silver dreams
Silver dreams
Ahh...
You spin around and turn on me
Stop me in my crash
You wanna be somebody else
Say you won't be back
Your bourgeois friends call you dear
Deal you like a card
Your eyes out for the diamonds now
Experienced and scarred
You tell me gonna be somebody
Gonna be okay
Gonna be somebody someday
You're moving through a different space
Where I don't belong
Elegance gold and silver
Superficial grace
They'll pervert you
Masquerade you
Pass evil as good taste
They'll chew you up and spit you out
And put you in your place
You tell me gonna be somebody
Gonna be okay
Gonna be somebody someday
Gonna be somebody
Gonna be okay
Gonna be somebody someday
Gonna be somebody
Gonna be okay
Gonna be somebody someday
Gonna be somebody
Gonna be somebody
The best things in life are free
But you can keep 'em for the birds and bees
Money
That's what I want
That's what I want
(Ahhh)
Ooh babe yeah
That's what I want
Money don't get everything it's true
But what it don't get
Baby I can't use
Money
That's what I want
That's what I want
(Ahh)
All I need
That's what I want
Yeah
Your lovin' gives me a thrill
But your lovin' don't pay my bills
Money
That's what I want
That's what I want
(Ahh)
That's what I want
(Money)
I want you baby bless my soul
(That's what I want)
(Money)
Never let you go
(That's what I want)
(Money)
Give me everything you got
(That's what I want)
(Money)
Yeah
(That's what I want)
That's what I want
(Ohh)
That's what I want
Yeah
(Money)
(That's what I want)
Gimme your money baby
(That's what I want)
I wanna be free baby
Yeah
(That's what I want)
What I want
Yeah yeah yeah
That's what I want
(Money)
Money baby
(That's what I want)
I want your money baby
(That's what I want)
I need your money baby
Give me your money money money baby
Ooh yeah yeah
Driving faster than you want me to
Can't help myself when I'm alone with you
Alright
Alright
I've passed the limit and there's no way back
Your kind of love gives me a heart attack
Alright
Alright
Cause baby can't you see
We need to spend some time alone
We need to see some dreams come true
I wanna feel me touching you
We need a midnight rendezvous
On the freeway with the throttle down
You drive me crazy as we drive around
Alright
All night
The way you look tonight you aim to please
The dress you're wearin' is way past your knees
Alright
Alright
Cause baby can't you see
We need to spend some time alone
We need to see some dreams come true
I wanna feel you touching me
We need a midnight rendezvous
Midnight
Midnight rendezvous
Midnight
Midnight rendezvous
Midnight
Midnight rendezvous
Midnight
Midnight rendezvous
Yeah yeah
All I really wanna do
Spend some time alone with you
Yeah
A midnight
(Baby baby can箃 you see)
(Baby baby you and me)
(Baby baby can箃 you see)
(Baby baby you and me)
A midnight rendezvous
Yeah
All I really wanna do
Oh I really wanna fuck you
Had a vision on the Golden Mile
Turned my head and walked away
Sun was shinin' and it caught my eyes
Damn near blew me away
Sometimes I look back
And I think to myself
Had some friends there
And they lost their way
It's funny when I recall their smiles
I swear to God I didn't know them all
But it seemed so for a while
And sometimes I look back
And I cry to myself
I can feel I can feel the world turnin' round
Yeah
Feel it turn
I can feel the world turnin' round on me
Yeah
I can feel the world turnin' round
Going back there to the Golden Mile
It's where I belong anyway
If you should see me stay out my way
I'm going back to find my golden days
I can feel
I can feel the world turnin' round on me
Yeah
I can feel the world spinnin' round
Yeah
I can feel the world spinnin' round on me
Spinning 'round
Turnin' 'round
Spinning 'round
Come on sugar
You know I love you so
I ain't got much time before I go
I'm a dyin' man yeah
That's all I am
I'm a dyin' man
That's all I am
So help me baby
Come on baby
You know I feel
Just make it fast before I go
I'm a dyin' man
Oh yeah
That's all I am
I'm a dyin' man yeah
That's all I am
Come on sugar
Give me everything you got
I love you so I'm feelin' hot
Cause I'm a dyin' man
Well that's all I am
Yeah that's all I am
That's all I am
That's all
If you want to get in touch with me
If you want to chance the US mail
I can show you things you've never seen
I can tell you girl it never fails
Let me take you
Where a million (can't deciper?) will chime for you
And the music flashes through the air
There is nowhere else for us to be
Come on baby let me take you there
Let me take you around
Get your feet off the ground
No way we won't be found
Yeah, let me take you Downtown
Come on, come on
Come on, come on
I can hear my heart beat faster now
I can feel yours too babe
Take my hand and I will show you
Do anything you want to do
Let me take you
We can stay out till the morning light
Out in the street. out in the night
I got a pocket full of money
And it's bound to be alright
Let me take you around
Get your feet off the ground
No way, we can't be found
Yeah, let me take you Downtown
Come on, come on
Come on, come on
We'll take your Daddy's car
Drive it into town
Put on your best dress girl
I said come on out
Come on babe
Come on out, come on
I'm gonna take you
I can hear my heart beat faster now
I can feel yours too babe
Take my hand and I will show you
Do anything you want to do
Let me take you around
Get your feet off the ground
No way, we won't be found
Yeah, come on I'll take you Downtown
Come on, come on
I'm gonna take you around
Get your feet off the ground
I'm gonna take you..
Downtown
Baby gonna
Down, down
Down, down
Down, down
Down,down
Give me your love
Ah I need that thing real bad
Give me your love
Ah baby you're drivin' me mad
Give me your love
Give me your hands
Ah babe I want to feel your touch
Give me your hands babe
Nothin' could ever mean as much
Give me your love
Oh babe feels like I'm falling
(Oh oh oh)
Ah sugar pie feels like I'm falling
Feel like a fool
Give me your love
Ah I need it right away
Give me your love
Ah babe there's nothin' else to say
Give me your love no
Give me your love ooh
Oh babe feels like I'm falling
(Oh oh oh)
Ah sugar pie feels like I'm falling
Feel like a fool
Give me your love
Give me your love
Yeah
Give me your love
Give me your love
Give me your love
Give me your love
Everytime I think of you
It always turns out good
Everytime I've held you
I thought you understood
People say a love like ours
Will surely pass
But I know a love like ours
Will last and last
But baby I was wrong
Not knowing how
Our love should go
(How our love)
(How our love should go)
But then I wasn't wrong
In knowing how our love would grow
(How our love)
(How our love would grow)
And everytime I think of you
Everytime
Everytime I think of you
Every single time
It always turns out good
Seasons come and seasons go
But our love will never die
Let me hold you darling
So you won't cry
Cause people say that our love affair
Will never last
But we know a love like ours
Will never pass
And baby I was wrong
Not knowing how our love should go
(How our love)
(How our love should go)
But then I wasn't wrong
In knowing how our love would grow
(How our love)
(How our love would grow)
And everytime I think of you
Everytime
Everytime I think of you
Every single time
It always turns out good
People say a love like ours
Will surely pass
But I know a love like ours
Will last and last
And baby I was wrong
Not knowing how our love should go
(How our love)
(How our love should go)
But I wasn't wrong
In knowing how our love would grow
(How our love)
(How our love would grow)
Everytime I think of you
Everytime I think of you
Everytime I think of you
It always turns out good
Everytime I think of you
Everytime I think of you
Everytime I think of you
Everytime
Everytime I think of you
Everytime I think of you (everytime)
Everytime I think of you
Everytime I think of you
Everytime I think of you (everytime)
Everytime I think of you
Everytime I think of you
Everytime I think of you (everytime)
I wrote the president
But i got no reply
He claims he tells the truth
He writes it in the sky
The taxman's at the door
Though he never seems polite
They've got me cornered
Cornered in the light
We could change that overnight
So goodnight to all the world
Sleep tight all you boys and girls
I spent some time at school
Livin' by the rules
They didn't like me much
Hypocrites and fools
Old men teach young men
To surrender to the law
The straight and narrow path
Leads to the same old door
Gonne kick it in like before
So goodnight to all the world
Sleep tight all you boys and girls
Heaven walks hand in hand with hell
Rock 'n roll is alive and well
Too many heroes looking dead upon their feet
It's time to raise the roof
And shout it in the street
It's time to take command
It's time to make a stand
Yeah
Don't need a uniform
To know which side i'm on
Don't need a set of rules
To know what's right or wrong
I've been an outcast
In your eyes and to the law
The right hand takes away
The left hand asks for more
But we all know the score
So goodnight to all the world
Sleep tight all you boys and girls
Heaven walks hand in hand with hell
Rock 'n roll is alive
Is alive and well
So goodnight to all the world
Sleep tight all the boys and girls
Heaven walks hand in hand with hell
Rock 'n roll is alive
Is alive and well
Goodnight
Goodnight
Goodnight
Goodnight
Goodnight
Goodnight
Goodnight
Goodnight
Gonna have some fun tonight
Everything's alright
Goodnight
Goodnight
Goodnight
Talking bout a silver spoon
Money stocks and shares
Daddy's little sweetheart and private affairs
Said you looked so devine
Seen dining at the Ritz
And Daddy's little sweetheart
Is looking for a fix
Oh yeah ooh
Talking bout the silver spoon
And such expensive clothes
And Daddy's little sweetheart
Would love some of those
I may be going crazy but I swear you're looking thin
Don't know where your're going
I sure know where you've been
So come on and kick it
Oh baby if you could only see
Come on
Rescue me
Feels like I'm falling on a whiskey sea
Come on baby and rescue me
Talking bout silver spoons
Money stocks and shares
And Daddy's little sweetheart
And private affairs
Said you looked so divine
Seen dining at the Ritz
And Daddy's little sweetheart
Is looking for a fix
Round and round she goes
Round and round she goes
Oh baby if you could only see
So come on and rescue me
Feels like I'm fallin' on a whiskey sea
Say you love me
I know you do
Go anywhere I want you to
Yeah but I love ya
So now I read my stars
Gettin' worried
I face the floor
Hearin' noises outside my door
Think it's friends
Can't be sure
So now I read my stars
And now I turn the cards
Is it love
Oh I don't know
Is it real I can't tell
Why the smile
Well I'm happy
Do you know her that well
Is it strange
Well I don't know
Seein' stars all around yeah
It's a spell yeah I think so
Seein' rainbows well
Crystal gaze and visions fade
Make the card the ace of spades
Can't walk the streets
I don't feel safe
So now I read my stars
Say you love you me I know you do
Do anythin' I want you to
Oh the things you put me through
So now I read my stars
Well the first time that I saw you
You looked down and out
And I had my doubts about you
But baby since I've come to know you
I ain't got no doubts what it's about
Me and baby we're going out tonight
She's gonna treat me right, oh yeah
Me and sugar we've got it all sewn up
She fills my loving cup
We're going head first
Well the second time that I saw you
Boy you'd really improved
I was really moved
How I wanted you
I'm knocking at your door
To see if you're alone tonight
'Cause I need some more
Of what you got
Me and baby we're going out tonight
She's gonna treat me right, oh yeah
Me and sugar we've got it all sewn up
She fills my loving cup
We're going head first
Baby baby baby
Take me in your arms and love me
'Cause you know what I am anyway
You got me on my knees
I'm gonna say please if you want me
'Cause I want you so
I'm never gonna let you go
Me and baby we're going out tonight
She's gonna treat me right, oh yeah
Me and sugar we've got it all sewn up
She fills my loving cup
We're going head first
Me and baby we're going out tonight
She's gonna treat me right, oh yeah
Said me and baby we've got it all sewn up
She fills my loving cup, oh yeah
Me and baby
Me and baby gonna rock and roll
She fills my loving cup
It's gonna be alright
Me and baby we're gonna rock and roll
We're gonna rip it up
Cause babe since you been gone
I haven't had a home
And I'm so alone
And now I miss you so
When the night comes down
I got nowhere to go
And now I'm miles away
Pick up the telephone
Can't think of things to say
But please don't let me down
This could be the last time
Don't wanna live this way
Don't wanna lose your love
With nothin' else to say
I been so lonely babe
On your days are my days
I don't wanna sleep alone
Please don't leave me this way
So get back on the phone
Send me some poetry
Doesn't matter if it rhymes
Cause I'm out here singin'
If you got the time
Please don't say no to me
Not when I'm on the line
And all I feel I've passed
No one gets close to me
I feel that I won't last
So please don't let me down
This could be the last time
Don't wanna live this way
Don't wanna lose your love
Oh no
Baby since you've been away
I've lost your address
And baby ooh I'm so alone
I got myself into a mess
And some nights
When I'm lonely
I read your mail
And baby
Oh my heart's broken
And now it's gonna fail
Yeah
So babe come runnin' home
Oh I want you back
I feel so alone
And I'll always be your friend
Please don't let me down
Don't let me down again
I know you feel abused
I took your love for granted
Looks like I'm being used
But please don't let me down
No no no no
Don't wanna live this way
Don't wanna lose your love
Don't wanna sleep alone
Please don't leave me this way baby
No no no no
No no no no
I love how your eyes close
Whenever you kiss me
And when I'm away from you
I love how you miss me
I love the way you always
Treat me tenderly
But darlin' most of all
I love how you you love me
I love how your heart beats
Whenever I hold you
I love how you think of me
Without being told to
I love the way your touch
Is always heavenly
But darlin' most of all
I love how you love me
I love the way your touch
Is always heavenly
But darlin' most of all
I love how you love me
I love how you love me
I love how you tease me
Squeeze me
Please me tenderly
I love the way your touch
Is always heavenly
But darlin' most of all
I love how you love me
Love how you love me
Too many people
Have been disillusioned
By the way you've spit it out
You promise them everything
They believe in your dream
Of make believe
But that's an illusion
I was one
Who was caught in your make believe
I was one
Who was lost in your fantasy
You took me in
I was a friend
I joined in your dream
Of make believe
Clearly blinded
And once you hurt me twice
It opened my eyes
It was dawnin'
I was seein' through your scheme
I was one
Who was caught in your make believe
I was one
Who was lost in your fantasy
I was one
But I can see
You're caught in the light now
Nothing seems right now
We're too far apart
You can call me
Tryin' to stall me
But I can see through you
So get out run away
Too many people
Have been disillusioned
By the way that you spit it out
You promise them everything
They believe in your dream
Of make believe
But that's an illusion
I was one
Who was caught in your make believe
I was one
Who was lost in your fantasy
I was one
Who was caught in your make believe
I was one
Who was lost in your fantasy
I was one
Caught in your make believe
I was one
Lost in your fantasy
I was one
And when i'm all alone at night
The things i've done pass through my mind
The thoughtless words the useless fights
I guess i'll never learn cause here i go
Over and over again
Why why why why
Over and over again
I thought i had it all worked out
Just what to say and what to do
So why these fears and all this doubt
Just sitting in my room thinking it over
Over and over again
Why why why why
Over and over again
Over and over again
Over and over again
And if i thought that things would change
I'd say i'm sorry once again ooh
But this time things feel so damn strange
I know i'll never love
Over and over again
Me and my girl we don't like rules
Living hard and fast
Doin' what we want to do
We're as free as the wind we choose
We got each other so we never lose
My heart is on a one way trip
Flyin' higher
Kind of feels like a rocket ship
She's the finest I've ever seen
Sometimes we're livin' in a two way dream
She's my
She's my girl
She's my
She's my world
Her friends tell her that I'm a fool
She doesn't listen
She knows what I'm trying to do
We're as free as the wind we choose
We got each other so we never lose
Some guys would like to take my place
They try to steal her
But she winds up laughing in their face
She's the finest I've ever seen
Sometimes we're livin' in a two way dream
She's my
She's my girl
She's my
She's my world
She always takes it to a different place
She makes it harder
And we always wind up face to lace
She turns me on when she goes down
She always turns my head around
She's my
She's my girl yeah
She's my
She's my world
Yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah
She's my
She's my girl
She's my
She's my world
Yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah
She's my baby
She's my girl
She's my
She's my world
I love ya
I love ya
I love ya so
She's my baby
She's my girl
She's my
She's my world
She's my baby
She's my girl
She's my
She's my world
Summer comes
to multiply,
to multiply!
summer comes
to multiply,
to multiply!
and I...
I'm the Carnival of Peace
I'll probably start a fleet
with no apologies
and the Carnival of Scenes...
it grows more and more appealing
but my woman and I...
my woman and I know what we're for
summer comes
to multiply,
to multiply!
summer comes
to multiply,
to multiply!
You pack your case and you're leaving
You live your life in a different place
So many miles in between us
Give anything just to see your face
When you come home I'll be waiting
Imagination's gonna pull me through
Yeah yeah
I will send you
All my love
In a postcard
All my love
I spend my time thinkin' of you
My nights and days turned into grey
I can't hold moments together
Winter箂 come since you've been away
My heart is yours now forever
I feel my love must be a part of you
Yeah yeah
I will send you
All my love
In a postcard
All my love
I realize why I miss you
It seems so strange everything's unchanged
I feel I'm caught in a silence
I feel my life has been rearranged
When you come home I'll be waiting
When you left you took my heart with you
Yeah Yeah
I will send you
All my love
In a postcard
Sixteen going on seventeen
But she thinks that she's twenty-one
Doing things she ain't done before
Got her hands on a loaded gun
Talking 'bout
Sweet seventeen
Got a mouthful of sticky stuff
Blowing bubbles in the parking lot
She's in love with a film star
So she gives it everything she's got
Her daddy tells her she's crazy
And her momma says
Please slow down
See her out on the dance floor
She's gonna wind up in the lost and found
I'm talking about
(Fifteen sixteen seventeen)
Sweet seventeen
(Fifteen sixteen seventeen)
Sweet seventeen
I wouldn't say she's easy
But she's the kinda girl that won't say no
She's always getting into trouble
Though she's only got a year to go
She's got a record with the local sherriff
And a reputation coast to coast
(Fifteen sixteen seventeen)
Sweet seventeen
(Fifteen sixteen seventeen)
Sweet seventeen
Sixteen going on seventeen
And she acts like she's twenty-one
Counting days til she's eighteen
She's rated expert
She's having fun
I'm talking 'bout
(Fifteen sixteen seventeen)
Sweet seventeen
(Fifteen sixteen seventeen)
Sweet seventeen
(Fifteen sixteen seventeen)
You know what I mean
(Fifteen sixteen seventeen)
Staring down a bottle
Feeling kinda mean
Itchin' for some trouble
Tryin' to keep it clean
Wound up so tight
Poundin' like a drum
Put up a good fight
I've been never known to run
One shot too many
Two for the road
I'm ready for action
I'm ready too far gone
Weavin' down the highway
Cross the double yellow line
Never saw 'em comin'
Never saw a sign
Smell of burnin' rubber
Screamin' to the right
On the straight of center
But I got lucky all night
One shot too many
Two for the road
I'm way in the outskirts and
I'm ready too far gone
One shot too many
Two for the road
I'm way in the outskirts and
I try to call ya
But I only get your service
You're the playmate of the year
So I guess that I deserve it
Well you left me with some habits
That are awful hard to kick
If you see me on your TV screen
You better come on over quick
Cause true love and true confessions
Are the same thing
Don't go and sell our secrets for a gold ring
Our love was ended quickly for the deadlines
Now you talk about me in the headlines
You're always seen in Paris
At the Central Fashion Show
You got a million lovers
And I can't forget your glow
Well each week was like a playing card
And I'm living in a dream
You were nothin' like I thought you were
But I'm nothin' like I seem
Cause true love and true confessions
Are the same thing
Don't go and sell our secrets for a gold ring
Our love was ended quickly for the deadlines
Now you talk about me in the headlines
You're so beautiful and clever
But you always have to scheme
Your reckless life will turn on you
Up along the silver screen
Oh yeah
This is true love
Cause true love and true confessions
Are the same thing
Don't go and sell our secrets for a gold ring
Our love was ended quickly for the deadlines
Now you talk about me in the headlines
Cause true love and true confessions
Are the same thing
Don't go and sell our secrets for a gold ring
Our love was ended quickly for the deadlines
You still believe you love him
I still believe Im right
Youre lost and I can't find you
Youre somewhere in the night
Weve got nothing left to talk about
This time it's goodbye
But you can't hurt me anymore
Ive no more chance to cry
Walk away
Gonna build our plans to start again
Walk away
Were gonna turn our backs on love
And walk away
Captivated by you
Im reaching for your love
Living in your shadow
But that was not enough
You don't seem to care about
The reasons that I give
Well go fall in love again
Survivors always live
Walk away
Gonna build our plans to start again
Walk away
Were gonna turn our backs on love
And walk away
I love you
I love you still
I am broken by your words
But I love you still
Walk away
Gonna build our plans to start again
Walk away
Were gonna turn our backs on love again
Walk away
Turn around
Turn and walk away
Were gonna turn our backs on love
Walk away
Turn around
Turn and walk away
Were gonna turn our backs on love
Walk away
Turn around
Turn and walk away
Leavin' on the runway
To another world
Still stranded somewhere
In between the earth and sky
It's 3 AM
I'm in Japan
You're still on my mind
Your long-distance love is coming through alright
And I'm not lonely
Lost in the Orient
I'm dreamin' of
Turn around in Tokyo
Gotta send it back to you
Turn around in Tokyo
Well I feel like a stranger
In a modern land
Outside the sky light stands like a Buddha shrine
And on the east horizon there's complete design
It's the quiet hours of darkness before the light
The words don't come easy
Lost in the Orient
I miss you
Turn around in Tokyo
Gotta make it back to you
Turn around in Tokyo
I'm comin' home now
And I'm not lonely
Lost in the Orient
I'm dreamin'
Turn around in Tokyo
Gotta make it back to you
Turn around in Tokyo
I'm comin' home
Oh oh
I'm all turned around yeah
I'm all turned around
I'm all turned around yeah
I'm all turned around
Turn around in Tokyo
I said turn around in Tokyo
Tokyo Tokyo Tokyo Tokyo
Oh baby
I'm all turned around
Gotta make it back to you
I miss ya girl
Missin' at school
Bustin' the rules
Hates everything in sight
Needs some new shoes
Dad's on the booze
She's never there
Far away kid
All on his own
Can't tell the wrong from right
Thin as a rake
Tough as a nail tonight
Tonight
Here are your hopes for the future you'll see
If you hang 'round the neck of a loser like me
There's no one else in your life
You don't need anyone
Come with me in the night
I will give you the matches
I will make you complete
Won't you please come with me
I won't ask you again
I can give you the hopes of a younger man
In the night we can hear
I'm your friend and what's more
I will give you what you've been looking for
Yes I can give you what you've been looking for
Should I run
Should I take it
Should I go or should I stay?
Who side am I on in this game that we play
I wanna be somebody someday
Living my life away
And I can't find a job
I can't pay the rent
Police are always breathing down my neck
And there's no way out
There's no way out no more
Under this flag
We're all Union Jacks
And there's no home for the brave
And there's no way back
We are the obeyer
We are the law
In stained boots
And navy blue
Hello hello hello
With fire in my heart and you along beside me
We'll burn down all the schools
That taught us theres nothing better than
To live by all the rules
Made by the ruling classes
So the scales of justice tip
In the favor of the government
Under this flag
We're all Union Jacks
And there's no home for the brave
And there's no way back
We are the obeyer
When I was young
They took me to the dentist
I had a toothache
But that's okay
They gave me some time
And that night in my bedroom
I worked it loose
Like I used to do
One little boy in a dentist's chair
Heard a hundred angels
flying past him
What a gas
Sitting there
The same little boy with a few more years
Took a sniff of this
A taste of that
What a drag
Nothing there
And then one day he saw you walk
And heard you didn't talk
Saw the writing on the wall
It didn't thunder anymore
White lightening it's got nothing on you
Lucy in the sky with diamonds
Oh it didn't shine like you Lord
White lightening way out in the blue
With a million angels singin'
Oh it didn't sound like you Lord
Come on to tell when I tell you to breathe in
I will take out everything while you're sleeping
Always refusing the heavenly music
When you awake it will have a new meaning
White lightening it's got nothing on you
Lucy in the sky with diamonds
Oh it didn't shine like you Lord
White lightening way out in the blue
With a million angels singin'
Oh it didn't sound like you Lord
Come on to tell when I tell you to breathe in
I will take out everything while you're sleeping
Always refusing the heavenly music
When you awake it will have a new meaning
White lightening it's got nothing on you
Lucy in the sky with diamonds
Oh it didn't shine like you Lord
White lightening way out in the blue
With a million angels singin'
Call me a wild man
Well I've seen the world
I've had it all in my hands
I had some love but I lost my way
I threw it in for the band
Oh Oh
Call me a wild man
And I'll never know
Oh Oh
Call me a wild man
And I'll never know
Call me a rover
Cause I've seen some sights
I've had the things that make men smile
But through these years
As I reached the end
Oh I need a friend
This ain't like I thought it would be no
I'm just a sailor on the deepest dark sea
Looks like life's got the best of me
I'm just a young man
But at least I've tried
Call me a wild man
Yeah I've seen the world
I've had it all in my hands
I had some love but I lost my way
I threw it in for the band
Oh Oh
Call me a wild man and I'll never know
Oh Oh
Call me a wild man and I'll never know
Oh Oh
You....
You said you'd come around
Silk stockings can't be found
On my floor no more
You....
You're the one i want to see
You could make me happy
If you'd come and live with me
I don't even know that much about losing
I've had some bad times
I've had some good times
I've done ok
You could take it all from me if you wanted
And i'm sure that you'd agree
Well, i hope that you'd agree
You....
You opened up my mind
I'm standing in the rain
Feeling alright
You....
You put a grin across my face
I love the way you taste
I really want you babe
I don't even know that much about you
You've got that magic touch
You've really got it down
I don't even see your face when i want you
But i hear you come around
Well, i know you come around
Oh, babe i want you
Yeah, yeah yeah ohhhh...
How i want you
I don't even know that much about losing
But you've got that magic touch
You really got it down
I don't even see your face when i want you
But i hope you come around
Well, i know you come around
You....
You said you'd come around
Silk stockings can't be found
On my floor no more
You....
Your the one i want to see
You could make me happy
If you'd only come and live with me
Baby
You can fall in love
Fall in love again
Me and my girl we don't like rules
Living hard and fast
Doin' what we want to do
We're as free as the wind we choose
We got each other so we never lose
My heart is on a one way trip
Flyin' higher
Kind of feels like a rocket ship
She's the finest I've ever seen
Sometimes we're livin' in a two way dream
She's my
She's my girl
She's my
She's my world
Her friends tell her that I'm a fool
She doesn't listen
She knows what I'm trying to do
We're as free as the wind we choose
We got each other so we never lose
Some guys would like to take my place
They try to steal her
But she winds up laughing in their face
She's the finest I've ever seen
Sometimes we're livin' in a two way dream
She's my
She's my girl
She's my
She's my world
She always takes it to a different place
She makes it harder
And we always wind up face to lace
She turns me on when she goes down
She always turns my head around
She's my
She's my girl yeah
She's my
She's my world
Yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah
She's my
She's my girl
She's my
She's my world
Yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah
She's my baby
She's my girl
She's my
She's my world
I love ya
I love ya
I love ya so
She's my baby
She's my girl
She's my
She's my world
She's my baby
She's my girl
She's my
For the last year
I've been searching
I needed something to believe
I'm a gambler
With my fortune
Trying to keep you up my sleeve
When I'm away
I fill my heart with
Dreams
I lose myself
Keep my silver dreams of you
Are you lonely
Are you crying
Are your tears for me
When I come home
And I touch you
What will our eyes see?
For the next year
I'll be traveling
Roads that take you far from me
Time can take love
Time can fade love
I hope that you'll remember me
When I'm away
I fill my heart with
Dreams
I lose myself
Keep my silver dreams of you
I lose myself dreaming silver dreams
I lose myself dreaming silver dreams
Silver dreams
Silver dreams