본지 해외 앨범 가이트 코너에 소개한 바 있었던 전 테이크 댓(Take That) 멤버였던 영국 출신의 로비 윌리엄스의 US 버전 앨범이 국내에도 라이선스화됐다. 미국 첫 데뷔작인 본작은 빌보드 차트 상에서는 Millenniem만이 소폭의 인기를 모았을 뿐 그다지 큰 성공은 거두지 못했다. 하지만 영국에서 발매됐던 1집 LIFE THRU LENS와 2집 I'VE BEEN EXPECTING YOU의 주요 곡을 한 장의 앨범에 감상할 수 있는 로비 윌리엄스 마니아용 작품이다. 이미 영국에서는 확고한 스타로 자리잡고 있는 로비의 무서운 재킷 이미지가 인상적인 본작에는 1집과 2집에서 뽑은 총 15곡(히드 트랙 포함)이 담겨 있다. 1집에서는 서정적인 발라드 Angles를 비롯해 Lazy days, Let me entertain you, Old before I die, One of God's better people 등이, 2집에서는 록 풍의 영국 차트 1위곡 Millennium 이외에 펫 숍 보이스(Pet Shop Boys)의 닐 테넌트가 보컬로 참여한 No regrets, Win some lose some, She's the one 등이 실려 있다.
Lazy days calling to you Come out to play The future lies with you Now you can be sure love is the cure What we're searching for Is to have a jolly good time
Crazy days but you'll get me through And here I'll stay holdin' on to you Now you can be sure our thoughts unpure Will unlock the door And we will have a jolly good time
It can happen in any season We don't need any reason To sit around and wait The world can change in a second so I find the sunshine beckons me To open up the gate And dream a dream
Lazy days don't let them get you down Wear your smile I don't want to see you frown Don't let them get you down
It can happen in any season We don't need any reason To sit around and wait The world can change in a second so I find the sunshine beckons me to open up the gate And dream a dream Then we will have - a jolly good time
We've got stars directing our fate And we're praying it's not too late Millennium
Some say that we are players Some say that we are pawns But we've been making money since the day that we were born Got to slow down 'cos we're low down
Run around in circles Live a life of solitude Till we find ourselves a partner Someone to relate to Then we'll slow down Before we fall down
We've got stars directing our fate And we're praying it's not too late 'Cos we know we're falling from grace Millennium
Live for liposuction And detox for your rent Overdose at Christmas And give it up for lent My friends are all so cynical They refuse to keep the faith We all enjoy the madness 'Cos we know we're gonna fade away
We've got stars directing our fate And we're praying it's not too late 'Cos we know we're falling from grace Millennium
Come and have a go if you think you are hard enough Come and have a go if you think you are hard enough Millennium
We've got stars directing our fate And we're praying it's not too late 'Cos we know we're falling from grace Millennium
And when we come we always come too late I often think that we were born to hate Get up and see the sarcasm in my eyes
We've got stars directing our fate Millennium And we're praying it's not too late Millennium 'Cos we know we're falling from grace Millennium
Tell me a story where we all change and we'd live our lives together and not estranged
I didn't lose my mind it was mind to give away couldn't stay to watch me cry you didn't have the time So I softly slip away
No regrets they don't work No regrets now they only hurt Sing me a love song Drop me a line suppose it's just a point of view But they tell me I'm doing fine I know from the outside We looked good for each other Felt things were going wrong when you didn't like my mother
I don't want to hate but that's All you've left me with A bitter aftertaste and a fantasy of how we all could live
No regrets they don't work No regrets now they only hurt (We've been told you stay up late) I know they're still talking (You're far too short to carry weight) The demons in your head (Return the videos they'er late) If I could just stop hating you I'd feel sorry for us instead
Remember the photographs The ones where we all laugh We were having the time of our lives Well thank you it was a real blast
No regrets they don't work No regrets now they only hurt Write me a love song Drop me a line Soppose it's just a point of view But they tell me I'm doing fine
Everything I wanted to be every time I walked away Every time you told me to leave I just wanted to stay Every time you looked at me and every time you smiled I felf so vacant you treat me like a child I loved the way we used to laugh I loved the way we used to smile Often I sit down and think of you for a while then it passes me by and I think of someone else instead I guess the love we once had is officially dead
My breath smells of a thousand fags And when I'm drunk I dance like me Dad I've started to dress a bit like him Early morning when I wake up I look like Kiss but without the make up And thats a good line to take it to The bridge
And you know and you know 'Cos my life's a mess And I'm trying to grow so before I'm old I'll confess You think that I'm strong you're wrong You're wrong I'll sing my song my song my song
My bed's full of takeaways and fantasies of easy lays The pause button's broke on my video And is this real 'cos I feel fake, Oprah Winfrey, Rikki Lake Teach me things I don't need to know
And you know and you know 'Cos my life's a mess And I'm trying to grow so before I'm old I'll confess You think that I'm strong you're wrong You're wrong I'll sing my song my song my song
If I did it all again I'd be a nun The rain was never cold when I was young I'm still young we're still young Step inside the sun
And you know and you know 'Cos my life's a mess And I'm trying to grow
You think that I'm strong you're wrong You're wrong I'll sing my song my song my song
Life's too short to be afraid So take a pill to numb the pain You don't have to take the blame
I sit and wait Does an angel contemplate my fate And do they know the places where we go When we're grey and old 'coz I've been told That salvation lets their wings unfold So when I'm lying in my bed thoughts running though my head And I feel that love is dead I'm loving angels instead
*And through it all she offers me protection A lot of love and affection Whether I'm right or wrong An down the waterfall wherever it may take me I know that life won't break me when I come to call She won't forsake me I'm loving angels instead
When I'm feeling weak And my pain walks down a one way street I look above and I know I'll always be blessed with love And as the feeling grows She breathes flesh to my bones And when love is dead I'm loving angels instead
We didn't think it'd last beyond summer I met her father, she met my mother We didn't have anywhere else to go She said to me when we grow older Will we still need young love on our shoulders Does it just fade away Will we ever know?
She touched my face and called me her lover I never thought that I'd need another
*Your cool suburban sun You're foolin' everyone You win some, you lose some
I didn't know what we had found Just caught the bus and rode it to town She wouldn't notice anything else but me
* Repeat
Dancing at discos and moaning at phone bills Torremolinos and sunburnt in high heels Swap it and sell it And drop it and smell it All those years ago
She touched my face and called me her lover I never thought that I'd need another oh
* Repeat (x2)
Now it's gone, now it's gone You win some, you lose some Now it's gone, now it's gone You win some, you lose some Now it's gone, now it's gone You win some, you lose some Now it's gone, now it's gone You win some, you lose some Win some
Hell is gone and heaven's here There's nothing left for you to fear Shake your arse come over here Now scream I'm a burning effigy Of everything I used to be You're my rock of empathy my dear
So come on let me entertain you Let me entertain you
Life's too short for you to die So grab yourself an alibi Heaven knows your mother lied Mon cher Separate your right from wrongs Come and sing a different song The kettles on so don't be long Mon cher
So come on let me entertain you Let me entertain you
Look me up in the yellow pages I won't be your rock of ages Your see through fads and your crazy phases Yeah Little bo peep has lost his sheep He popped a pill and fell asleep The dew is wet but the grass is sweet my dear
Your mind gets burned With the habits you've learnt But we're the generation that's gotta be heard You're tired of your teachers and your school's a drag You're not gonna end up like your mum and dad
So come on let me entertain you Let me entertain you Let me entertain you
He may be good he may be outta sight But he can't be here so come around tonight Here is the place where the feeling grows You gotta get high before you taste the lows So come on
Let me entertain you Let me entertain you So come on let me entertain you Let me entertain you Come on, come on, come on, come on, Come on, come on, come on, come on
Oo we've got a live one, featherweight icon Heroes let 'im down so he sleeps with theLight on And there's nothin' left to do but kneel downAnd pray Sail away with Caesar if you're a non believerEverybody get high if you're a Diamond geezerIt's the devil that needs ya so go out and play
Blame yourself it's easierThere's no need to trouble her you trouble herMy heart is starved of love Jesus in a camper van he said sorry toLeave you but I've done all I can I suppose even the son of GodGets it hard sometimesEspecially when he goes round Saying I am the way
And now it's four in the mornin' yes yes y'all in No one can shoot but everybody's scoringTrust me it's boring get down and pray
They told you not to meddle with the bass and The treble There's dust on your needle and you think that You're a rebel
You're Evel Knievel so get down and prayBlame yourself it's easier There's no need to trouble her you trouble her
Jesus in a camper van he said sorry toLeave you but I've done all I can I suppose even the son of GodGets it hard sometimesEspecially when he goes round Saying I am the way
I am the way, I am the way, I am the way I am, I am, I am, I am, I am, I am the way
Jesus in a camper van he said sorry toLeave you but I've done all I can I suppose even the son of GodGets it hard sometimes
Jesus in a camper van he said sorry toLeave you but I've done all I can I suppose even the son of GodGets it hard sometimes
Blame yourself it's easierThere's no need to trouble her Blame yourself it's easierThere's no need to trouble her
Jesus in a camper van he says sorry toLeave you but I've done all I can I suppose even the son of GodGets it hard sometimes Jesus in a camper van he says sorry toLeave you but I've done all I can I suppose even the son of GodGets it hard sometimes
She's taken me places I should never have seen She's shown me faces I should never have seen Well these are strange days We're livin' in these days C'est la vie I say I hope I'm old before I die I hope I live to relive the days gone by I hope I'm old before I die But tonight I'm gonna live for today So come along for the ride I hope I'm old before I die
She's not feeling stable She's unable to breathe Her hearts beating faster So I'll ask her to leave These are strange days We're living in today Am I straight or gay
I hope I'm old before I die I hope I live to see the day The pope gets high I hope I'm old before I die Well tonight I'm gonna live for today So come along for the ride I hope I'm old before I die
Well these are strange days We're living in today C'est la vie I say, I say, I say
I hope I'm old before I die I hope I live to relive The days gone by I hope I'm old before I die But tonight I'm gonna live for today So come along for the ride I hope I'm old before I die
Old before I die Old before Old before I die Old before I die
I don't mind the abuse It fills the time When I'm not much use But it's killing me, killing me slowly
They all say I'm too restless But words cut deep When you're defenceless And they're killing me, but killing me slowly
There was a time when we were fine And I could tolerate you I do believe that you should leave 'Cos I've grown to hate you
Should I be weak and turn my cheek 'Cos I'm scared to fall But I just don't know you And you don't know me at all
I've been told that love's a celebration But I've lost faith through frustration And it's killing me, but killing me slowly
You paint my picture black The jokes on me And I don't wanna laugh Remember the good times Won't you bring them back someday, somehow I don't mind feeling blue If I could smile just like you do And it's killing me, killing me slowly I can't go on alone Pretending nothing's wrong Maybe I just want to belong Somewhere, somehow, somehow
Sitting in the cheap seats underneath the stars I'm heading back to base, I'll drop you off at Mars I'm sure I know your face or what star you're from I try to make conversation but I'm too far gone I'm a man machine Drinking gasoline Super human being Shooting laser beams
How you gonna leave, when your bags ain't packed And how you gonna shoot, when we're back to back How d'you tell a joke, when you can't laugh You know that you're the punchine, baby take a bath
I'm a man machine Drinking gasoline Super human being I'm a queen's dream
The dog has ate my homework today It's not done, it ain't done I have heard they're not very well In the sun
'Cos I'm a man manchine I'm a queen's dream Drinking gasoline I'm a queen's dream Yeah..... Help
How you gonna live for love lying on your back And how you gonna keep it clean in a dirty mac How you gonna breathe when you're lost in space You're dazed and amused talking through a different face
'Cos I'm a man machine Drinking gasoline I'm a teen dream I'm a man machine I'm a man machine I'm a man machine Drinking gasoline
I was her she was me We were one we were free And if there's somebody calling me on She's the one If there's somebody calling me on She's the one
We were young we were wrong We were fine all along If there's somebody calling me on She's the one
When you get to where you wanna go And you know the things you wanna know You're smiling When you said what you wanna say And you know the way you wanna play You'll be so high you'll be flying
Though the sea will be strong I know we'll carry on Cos if there's somebody calling me on She's the one If there's somebody calling me on She's the one
When you get to where you wanna go And you know the things you wanna know You're smiling When you said what you wanna say And you know the way you wanna say it You'll be so high you'll be flying
I was her she was me We were one we were free If there's somebody calling me on She's the oneIf there's somebody calling me on She's the one
If there's somebody calling me on She's the one Yeah she's the one
If there's somebody calling me on She's the one She's the one
You've been naughty, very very naughty Are you cut up Or do you easily forget Are you still around Why haven't you managed to die yet You could prop up the bar in hell
How do you sleep You've never loved Why was I never good enough You thought you'd leave me falling forever Karma killer
Needless to say I guess you know I hate you You're so full of sin Even the devil hates you I hope you choke On your Bacardi and coke
How do you breathe Why don't you cry How come you never ask me why You're not a man stand and deliver Karma killer
How do you sleep You've never loved Why was I never good enough You thought you'd leave me falling forever Karma killer Karma killer Karma killer Karma killer
I hope you choke On your Bacardi and Coke
Look what you didn't take from me Look what you didn't take from me Look what you didn't take from me Look what you didn't take from me
I don't need to take revenge 'Cos they're coming to get you There's no hope for you my friend 'Cos they're coming to get you Karma killer Karma killer Karma killer
You're one of gods better people And you don't know That's why you're special And I cry so I can talk like this From my downbeat existence And I know that you can make my wish If my wish is pure But I don't know I just don't know I don't know Let me love you so
Now I can't live this without you I'd die without you Without you, without you You're one of gods better people And you don't know That's why you're special
It must hurt to see your favourite man Lose himself again and again And I know that you're my only friend From way back when My wish was pure It was oh so pure It was pure I couldn't love you more
Now I can't live this without you I'd die without you Without you Now I can't live this without you I'd die without you Without you, without you And everybody's gonna step aside as you spread your wings and you will fly And take me to the other side where they know
'Cos I don't know no more I just don't know no more I don't know Let me love you so Now I can't live this without you Without you without you You're one of gods better people And you don't know That's why you're special