1. |
Serotonin Blues
04:51
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V.1
Sitting in the back of my Cadillac, eyeing up the road ahead. The lunatic at the wheel, he's got nerves of steel,
He's in and out of my head.
V.2
The needle is creeping up on ninety miles an hour, when the limit is just forty five.
Pedal to the metal, I'm a little unsettled.
I wish he didn't get to drive.
CHORUS
Now the serotonin blues
will be tomorrow's news, tumbling down like rain.
As the dark night falls
and the big black walls
come closing in around my brain. And with nothing to lose
‘cept a sea of booze
and the pills that just might ease my pain. It’s too close to call,
if I make it at all,
Back into the light, back into the light ag-ain.
V.3
Watching from the back of my Cadillac, think I heard the tyres scream. We're out of control and the Highway Patrol
Is crashing right into my dream
V.4
A blue light is flashing behind my eyes, the siren is beginning to wail. Will the lunatic pull over if I tap on his shoulder?
We're gonna crash right into the rail.
CHORUS
Now the serotonin blues
will be tomorrow's news, tumbling down like rain.
As the dark night falls
and the big black walls
come closing in around my brain. And with nothing to lose
except a sea of booze
and the pills that just might ease my pain. It’s too close to call,
if I make it at all,
Back into the light, back into the light ag-ain.
MIDDLE EIGHT
Wish it didn't have to be this way,
The Witches Hat just swings and sways The roller-coaster climbs and falls
And falls and falls and falls and falls...
V.5
Sitting in the front of my Cadillac, heading down to buy me champagne. No panic at the wheel and I'm starting to feel
That I'm back at the races again.
V.6
The mercury’s rising to ninety degrees, and It's only just ten thirty five The motor is purring and my heart is stirring,
Feeling good to be alive.
CHORUS
Now the serotonin blues are yesterday's news, tumbling down like rain.
As the dark night falls
no more big black walls closing in around my brain. And with nothing to lose
I can skip the booze
and the pills will ease my pain
another close call,
But I've made landfall,
And I'm back in the light, back in the light again.
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2. |
Not Crazy
04:39
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Verse 1
You should know that I’m not crazy ‘bout you any more,
I don’t need to hold you close all through the night,
Spending time trying to find some way to be with you,
I don’t need to ask if everything’s all right.
No more sleepless nights and endless phone calls, baby,
Don’t need adrenaline to get me through the day,
You know, my heart no longer pounds at just the smell of you,
I don’t worry if you’re gone for just one day.
Chorus
Cos we’re way down the road and left those days behind,
You know, we went all the way and far beyond
Loving you was only (just) the start of it
You’re part of me, I’m part of you
Verse 2
I know injustice in the world makes you so angry
Makes you shout at politicians on TV
You know I’m right there on your shoulder shouting louder
Cos whatever angers you will anger me
We cry together at the same old movies
And it’s true that I can make you laugh out loud
We know each other inside out but it’s much more than that
You’re the beating heart that I can’t live without
Chorus
Cos we’re way down the road, in such a better place
You know we went all the way and far beyond
Loving you was only just the start of it
You’re part of me, I’m part of you
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3. |
What Kind of Fool
04:46
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V.1
What kind of fool
Makes war instead of love?
What kind of fool
Brings down rain from up above?
What kind of fool
Fools with jealousy and hate?
What kind of fool
Serves only envy on his plate?
V.2
What kind of fool
Has a heart as cold as ice?
What kind of fool
Plays love with loaded dice?
What kind of fool
Throws friendship on the flames?
What kind of fool
Plays such stupid games?
CHORUS
You can send them flowers,
You can call upon your powers
To say I’m sorry.
You can send them caviar,
You can promise them the stars
Cos you’re a clown.
You can tell them all,
From London to Nepal
You’re gonna change.
But if you don’t know who you are,
It’ll be a step too far
And bring you down.
V.3
What kind of fool
Stays a fool for all his days?
What kind of fool is he
that never mend his ways?
What kind of fool
Is the fool you want to be?
You can change your ways my friend
And set that damn fool free.
CHORUS
You can send them flowers,
You can call upon your powers
To say I’m sorry.
You can send them caviar,
You can promise them the stars
Cos you’re a clown.
You can tell them all,
From London to Nepal
You’re gonna change.
But if you don’t know who you are,
It’ll be a step too far
And bring you down.
MIDDLE EIGHT
Down, down,
it'll bring you down.
There's a lonely heart on the other side of town.
I know you said
you thought love was dead
and your heart was shackled to the ground.
Down, down,
it'll bring you down.
There's a lonely heart on the other side of town.
Down, down,
it'll bring you down.
but turn around
let yourself be found.
CHORUS
You can send them flowers,
You can call upon your powers
To say I’m sorry.
You can send them caviar,
You can promise them the stars
Cos you’re a clown.
You can tell them all,
From London to Nepal
You’re gonna change.
But if you don’t know who you are,
It’ll be a step too far
And bring you down.
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4. |
Out of Here
03:46
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I GOTTA GOTTA GOTTA GOTTA GET OUT OF HERE
IT’S GOT SO BAD I GOTTA PACK MY BAGS AND DISAPPEAR
THEY SAY I BROKE A LADY’S HEART AND IT’S A DAMNED DISGRACE
I GOTTA GOTTA GOTTA GOTTA GET OUT OF THIS PLACE
NEVER MEANT TO STAY FOR SO LONG
I GOT USED TO SEEING HER AROUND
NEVER MEANT TO DO HER WRONG
HOW COULD I KNOW THAT SHE WAS ON THE REBOUND
DIDN’T WANT IT THIS WAY
HER MAN IS BACK FOR HIS SAY
AND SO I MUST SAY
SO LONG
I GOTTA GOTTA GOTTA GOTTA GET OUT OF HERE
IT’S GOING ROUND THEY MEAN TO KILL ME AND I’VE MUCH TO FEAR
MY LOVER’S OTHER LOVER’S COMIN’ ROUND TO SHOOT ME DOWN
I GOTTA GOTTA GOTTA GOTTA GET OUT OF THIS TOWN
SHE GOT BAD GUYS IN HER PAST
AND MEN IN BLACK SUITS FOLLOW ME AROUND
BROKE HER HEART BECAME AN OUTCAST
I CAN’T LIVE A LIFE THAT’S UNDERGROUND
DIDN’T WANT IT THIS WAY
HER MAN IS BACK FOR HIS SAY
AND SO I MUST SAY
SO LONG
NEVER MEANT TO STAY FOR SO LONG
I GOT USED TO SEEING HER AROUND
NEVER MEANT TO DO HER WRONG
HOW COULD I KNOW THAT SHE WAS ON THE REBOUND
DIDN’T WANT IT THIS WAY
HER MAN IS BACK FOR HIS SAY
AND SO I MUST SAY
SO LONG
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5. |
When I'm Drinking
05:05
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6. |
Mr. Miller
05:05
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Chorus 1
OH SUGAR KANE
WAS THERE A FLAME BACK IN LA
WAS IT ALL JUST A GAME?
WAS IT JUST FOR FUN IN FIFTY ONE
OR HAD THE DANCING REALLY BEGUN?
YOU MET A MAN
OF SERIOUS MIND
WHEN ALL YOU’D KNOWN
WERE GUYS WHO’D CHEAT YOU BLIND
OH SUGAR KANE
WAS THERE A FLAME BACK IN LA
WAS IT ALL JUST A GAME?
Vs 1
HE WAS A BROADWAY KIND OF GUY
SHE WAS THE KIND OF GIRL WHO’D KISS JUST ANY MAN
HE LIKED TO WEAR THOSE EAST COAST TIES
SHE WORE A DRESS, THE KIND OF DRESS, THE TYPE OF DRESS THAT HYPNOTISED AND SCANDALISED AND THRILLED HER MAN
AND SOON SHE WAS JUST MYSTIFIED
MISTY MORNING MYSTIFIED, THIS MAN JUST ISN’T MEAN
OF COURSE, THEY HAD NO ALIBI,
NO ALIBI, NO ALIBI, NO ALIBI TO TESTIFY OR FALSIFY THE MOVIE SCENE
Chorus 2
DID HE MAKE YOU CRY
OH LORELEI
AT L. A. X.
WHEN YOU WAVED GOODBYE?
WAS IT JUST FOR FUN
IN FIFTY ONE
OR HAD THE
DANCING REALLY BEGUN?
YOU MET A MAN
OF SERIOUS MIND
WHEN ALL YOU’D KNOWN
WERE GUYS WHO CHEAT YOU BLIND
DID HE MAKE YOU CRY
OH LORELEI
AT L. A. X.
WHEN YOU WAVED GOODBYE?
Vs 2
AND WHEN HE LEFT AND WENT AWAY
IT SEEMED SO VERY LONELY IN YOUR LIMOUSINE
YOU DIDN’T RUSH, I HAVE TO SAY
YOU TOOK YOUR TIME, YOU TOOK YOUR TIME, TO TRY TO FIND TO FIND A SPACE, THE KIND OF PLACE YOU’D NEVER BEEN
HE SENT YOU BOOKS AND GREETING CARDS
YOU SAW HIS PHOTOGRAPH IN ALL THE MAGAZINES AND BACK ON NEW YORK’S BOULEVARDS
NO, NO-ONE SAW HIS CHEATING EYE, A CHEATING EYE A CHEATING EYE THAT FALSIFIED AND TOLD THE LIE
Middle Eight
OH, MISTER MILLER HAVE YOU MET MISS MONROE THERE’S GONNA BE A PARTY IF YOU’D LIKE TO GO AND IF BY CHANCE YOU DANCED ALL NIGHT WELL... NO-ONE NEEDS TO KNOW
OH, MISTER MILLER HAVE YOU MET MISS MONROE
Chorus 3
DID IT BEGIN
SWEET ROSALYN
HOTEL BEL AIR
WHEN YOU DANCED WITH HIM?
WAS IT JUST FOR FUN
IN FIFTY ONE
OR HAD THE
DANCING REALLY BEGUN?
YOU MET A MAN
OF SERIOUS MIND
WHEN ALL YOU’D KNOWN
WERE GUYS WHO CHEAT YOU BLIND
DID IT BEGIN
SWEET ROSALYN
HOTEL BEL AIR
WHEN YOU DANCED WITH HIM?
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7. |
Don't Burn The World
05:01
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Vs. 1
Listen to the wild wind, listen to the seas, listen to the falling rain,
Listen to the bees.
Listen to the birdsong, in summer morning sun. Here is what they’re saying
Listen everyone…..
CHORUS 1
Don’t burn the world, (please don’t burn the world).
Don’t drown the world, (we only have one world).
It’s up to you, (and everybody too).
Don’t burn the world, (please don’t burn the world).
Vs. 2
Listen to the children, listen to their dreams. Listen to the lives they plan,
Listen to their needs
Listen to the starving, with Africa burned dry. Here is what they’re saying,
Waiting your reply…
CHORUS 2
Don’t burn the world, (please don’t burn the world).
Don’t drown the world, (we only have one world).
It’s up to you, (and everybody too).
Don’t burn the world, (please don’t burn the world).
Vs. 3
Listen to Jakarta, listen to Mumbai. They’re flooded high with water,
Drinking fountains dry
Listen to the machair, on Uist and Tiree. Taken by the ocean,
This is what they plead.
CHORUS 3
Don’t burn the world, (please don’t burn the world).
Don’t drown the world, (we only have one world).
It’s up to you, (and everybody too).
Don’t burn the world, (please don’t burn the world).
MIDDLE 8
Our planet knows its enemies of avarice and greed
Add to these complacency and those who disbelieve
Short sightedness and laxity, and unambitious plans
Don’t kill the planet with the ringing of your hands.
Vs.4
Remember childhood mornings, cool mist in the trees. Lavender and juniper
Drifting on the breeze.
Fifty years have passed now, the world is on its knees.
Looking back in anger, this is what we need.
CHORUS 4
Don’t burn the world, (please don’t burn the world).
Don’t drown the world, (we only have one world).
It’s up to you, (and everybody too).
Don’t burn the world, (please don’t burn the world).
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8. |
Making It Up
03:30
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Vs1
Long days, light nights, that was way back then,
Good times, like minds, do you remember when?
It was fun to run through city streets, acting like we were mad,
Getting high on just adrenalin, we really weren’t that bad.
Chorus
Making it up, making it up, making it up as we went along,
Breaking it up, breaking it up, breaking it up when it all went wrong.
Making it up, making it up, making it up again cos we are strong,
Yes we are strong.
Vs2
This way, that way, closure never found.
No one could say which way we were bound.
No one told us how to live our lives, in the here and now.
But love and friendship still survive, we must have found out how.
Chorus
Making it up, making it up, making it up as we went along,
Breaking it up, breaking it up, breaking it up when it all went wrong.
Making it up, making it up, making it up again cos we are strong,
Yes we are strong.
INSTRUMENTAL MIDDLE EIGHT
Chorus
Making it up, making it up, making it up as we went along,
Breaking it up, breaking it up, breaking it up when it all went wrong.
Making it up, making it up, making it up again cos we are strong.
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9. |
And It Was All A Dream
03:46
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V.1
Many times I’ve said goodbye,
Locked the door and turned the key, Thrown a bag upon my shoulder with a sigh, And heard you whisper next to me.
CHORUS
All the roads, every flight,
Although it’s far away we find ourselves tonight,
A candle burns where we belong,
We’ll turn around and be back home before too long.
V.2
Many sights along the way
Shanghai streets we walked so tall Climbed the rocky path to look on Taransay Quebec city in the fall
CHORUS
All the roads, every flight,
Although it’s far away we find ourselves tonight,
A candle burns where we belong,
We’ll turn around and be back home before too long.
MIDDLE EIGHT
Come the closing of the day
Turn the corner in the lane
It was all a dream you turn to me and say Like a shadow on the rain.
Never pack my bags again
All my wanderlust is lost or locked away Only memories remain
CHORUS
All the roads, every flight,
Although it’s far away we find ourselves tonight,
A candle burns where we belong,
We’ll turn around and be back home before too long.
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10. |
Before The Day
04:36
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Vs 1
Day before the day I met you, Living in a life, making do Over, over same replay
My days were déjà vu
Dream of you without knowing who We had dreamtime rendezvous Sometimes I’m running away
Then running back to you.
CHORUS
Now I’m with you tonight your eyes shining bright we’re drinking champagne.
I don’t know what to say The clouds have blown away You’ve coloured in the rain
Music by Penn & May, Lyrics by Dennis McCoy
Vs 2
Day before the day I met you.
black and white and grey, sometimes blue all my colours washed away
my life was faded through
Day before the day if I knew
Just around the corner there was you Would have called you up to say
I’m running round to you
CHORUS
Now I’m with you tonight your eyes shining bright we’re drinking champagne.
I don’t know what to say The clouds have blown away You’ve coloured in the rain
MIDDLE 8
I didn’t know right at the time My life was running aground Lying alone at night
Waiting for you waiting in line Don’t know what let me down I know you put it right
Vs 3
Day before the day I met you,
The music always played out blue Feeling grey and I don’t know why In grey town avenue.
Came the day right out of the blue Along came a song, it was you Turning my eyes up to the sky
The sun was shining through
CHORUS
Now I’m with you tonight your eyes shining bright we’re drinking champagne.
I don’t know what to say The clouds have blown away You’ve coloured in the rain
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11. |
Offline Baby
04:10
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Vs1
You’re the kind of girl who loves to leave me, baby,
And every time you leave we’re through
You’re the kind of girl who keeps returning, honey,
Cos coming back is what you do.
Vs2
But every time you leave it hurts less, baby,
And making up’s less fun to do.
So I’m thinking that it’s kind of time now, maybe
To take my leave before you do.
CHORUS
I’m going offline, baby, so cover up your eyes,
I’m going offline, baby, no more tears and lies,
Closing down my connections and cutting all my ties
Going offline, baby. Baby bye, bye.
Vs3
I’ve been getting used to reading your signs, baby,
I can see the signs of leaving in you.
You’ve made it clear, babe, this is not forever,
So I am getting out before you do.
MIDDLE EIGHT
There are times for staying, baby,
But I can’t wait that long.
There are times for praying, baby,
But I’m for moving on.
Ooooh, ooooh,
This is one time, baby, that you can’t prove me wrong.
Vs4
We’re the kind of folk who should never be together,
Togetherness is not for you.
You’re the kind of girl who’s wanting your cake, baby,
And I know you want to eat it too.
CHORUS
I’m going offline, baby, so cover up your eyes,
I’m going offline, baby, no more tears and lies,
Closing down my connections and cutting all my ties
Going offline, baby. Baby bye, bye
I’m going offline, baby, so cover up your eyes,
I’m going offline, baby, no more tears and lies,
Closing down my connections and cutting all my ties
Going offline, baby. Baby bye, bye
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12. |
Song For John
05:00
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Vs1
I used to think I was invincible
Till I found out that I was just like everyone
The road I’ve travelled has been sensible
And now I realise the things I should have done
Everything was going right
Now everything’s going wrong
I just woke up and realised my time has go-o-one
Crying out loud, yes I am crying out loud,
And I’m so tired of just being someone in the crowd
Crying out loud, yes I am crying out loud,
The time that’s left I need to stand up and be proud.
CHORUS
I am alive.
I am alive.
Vs2
I believed that I was indispensable
Till they came round and told me I was not required
At my age they said I was just expendable
Too old, too slow, too easy to be fired
Everything was going right
Now everything’s going wrong
They just rang up one day and told me to be go-o-one
Crying out loud, yes I am crying out loud,
Made to feel I’m someone no one wants around
Crying out loud, yes I am crying out loud,
Trying just to hide and not be found.
CHORUS
I am alive.
I am alive.
MIDDLE EIGHT
The lifetime that I gave them
The lifetime that they took
The honesty and loyalty
Not worth a second look
The years that they took from me
I’ll never have again
Thrown upon their scrap heap
And left without a friend… alone until the end
CHORUS
I am alive
I am alive
Vs3
I was told that hard work was reciprocal
We’d always be rewarded for our time
Now I know that that was just political
Could never compensate us for our lives
Everything was going wrong
Now everything’s going right
I lost my job but now I see the li-i-ight
Crying out loud, no I’m not crying out loud
I’m taking back the time that’s left to me
Crying out loud, no I’m not crying out loud
After all these years at last I’m free
CHORUS
I am alive
I am alive
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