Marc Almond - Stardom Raod (2007) by Marc Almond (보컬) on maniadb.com

[Dusty Springfield cover]

It isn't the way that you look
And it isn't the way that you talk
It isn't the things that you say or do
Make me want you so

It is nothing to do with the wine
Or the music that's flooding my mind
But never before have I been so sure
You're the someone I dreamed I would find

It's the way you make me feel
The moment I am close to you
It's a feeling so unreal
Somehow I can't believe it's true
The pounding I feel in my heart
The hoping that we'll never part
I can't believe this is really happening to me

I close my eyes and count to ten
And when I open them you're still here
I close my eyes and count again
I can't believe it but you're still here

We were strangers a moment ago
With a few dreams but nothing to show
The world was a place
With a frown on its face
And tomorrow was just, I don't know

But the way you make me feel
The moment I am close to you
Makes today seem so unreal
Somehow I can't believe it's true
Tomorrow will you still be here?
Tomorrow will come but I fear
That what is happening to me
Is only a dream

I close my eyes and count to ten
And when I open them you're still here
I close my eyes and count again
I can't believe it but you're still here
I close my eyes and count to ten
And when I open them you're still here

[Al Stewart cover]

The subway station's closed again
Sleeps beneath its veil of rain
My footprints broken trail behind
Steals the nightlights from my mind

The dark deserted streets then clear
Today has lived and died in here
So I leave the chapel gloom
To find the shelter of my tiny room

But it's alright while the lights of the city shine so bright
It's all right till the last winding train fades from sight
Then alone in my room I must stay to lose or win
While these wild bedsitter images come back to hem me in

The panneled patens (patterns?) on the door
Chase shivering shadows to the floor
Upon the pillow worn and thin
The memories of hopes begin
The carpet with its flowers and shredding
Spires a foot before my bed
The crack that won't return again
Advancing through my broken window pane

But it's alright while the lights of the city shine so bright
It's all right till the last winding train fades from sight
Then alone in my room I must stay to lose or win
While these wild bedsitter images come back to hem me in

The friends I've left back home all write
With laughing words that warm my sight
Saying "Tell us, how's the city life?"
I reply and say just fine (why?)
And so you see I can't go back
Until I either win or crack
I'm standing in a one way street
The stage is set
The story incomplete

But it's alright while the lights of the city shine so bright
It's all right till the last winding train fades from sight
Then alone in my room I must stay to lose or win
While these wild bedsitter images come back to hem me in

[David Bowie cover]

Cow bell strikes another night
Your eyes are heavy and your limbs all ache
You've bought some coffee, butter and bread
You can't make a thing cause the meter's dead
You moved away
Hold your folks you're gonna stay away

Bright lights, Soho, Wardour street
You hope you make friends with the guys that you meet
Somebody shows you round
Now you've met the London boys
Things seem good again, someone cares about you

Oh, the first time that you tried a pill
You feel a little queasy, decidedly ill
You're gonna be sick, but you mustn't lose faith
To let yourself down would be a big disgrace
With the London boys, with the London boys

You're only seventeen, but you think you've grown
In the month you've been away from your parents' home
You take the pills too much
You don't give a damn about that jobs you've got
So long as you're with the London boys

A London boy, oh a London boy
Your flashy clothes are your pride and joy
A London boy, a London boy
You're crying out loud that you're a London boy
You think you've had a lot of fun
But you ain't got nothing, you're on the run
It's too late now, cause you're out there boy
You've got it made with the rest of the toys
Now you wish you'd never left your home
You've got what you wanted but you're on your own
With the London boys
Now you've met the London boys (3 times)

[Fran Landesman cover]

Sing a song of sad young man
Glasses full of rye
All the news is bad again so
Kiss your dreams goodbye

All the sad young men
Sitting in the bars
Knowing neon nights
Missing all the stars

All the sad young men
Drifting through the town
Drinking up the night
Trying not to drown

All the sad young men
Singing in the cold
Trying to forget
That they're growing old

All the sad young men
Choking on their worth
Trying to be brave
Running from the truth

Autumm turns the leaves to gold
Slowly dies the heart
Sad young men are growing old
That's the cruelest part

All the sad young men
Seek a certain smile
Someone they can hold for a little while
Tired little girl does the best she can
Trying to be gay for her sad young man

While the grimy moon
Watches from above
All the sad young men
Play of making love

Misbegotten moon
Shine for sad young men
Let your gentle light
Guide them home tonight
All the sad young men

Well, I kicked on my mule to parade me
Everyone else laughed and betrayed me
They said, "You ain't got the look and you ain't got the size
And you sure look like a fairy with those sweet puffy eyes"

And you won't
No, you won't
No, you won't
Get that load up stardom road

Well, there's managers and producers
And all the queens you need
There's [Incomprehensible] and there's juices
And there'll spaced out on speed

And when all the public see and when all the people stare
They say look at him riding his mule upstage
He ain't going no where, no where
He ain't got no, well, he ain't got no highway fare

Well, I kicked on my mule and he obeyed me
Everyone else, they snubbed and delayed me
They said, "You ain't got voice and you ain't got the chords
And you're living in bay's water on floorboards"

And you won't
No, you won't
No, you won't
Take that load up stardom road

You're nowhere, you ain't got non'
You ain't got no highway fare
No, you're nothing, you're no one, never gonna be anyone
You ain't got nothing

And you won't
No, you won't
No, you won't
Take that load up stardom road

[Barry Ryan cover]

I had a dream
Oh what a dream
I saw the shape
Of things to come
Then I awoke
It was no joke
I'd seen the shape
Of things to come.

Kitsch is a beautiful word
It's a beautiful word
It's a beautiful lullabye.

I saw a queen
All dressed in green
But I could see
She had no soul
I see the moon
Shining in June
What we all need
Is Rock and Roll.

Kitsch is a beautiful word
It's a beautiful word
It's a beautiful lullabye.

Old plastic macs
And caddilacs
Prawn cocktails
Steak
And lovely wine
Just do your thing
And we'll all sing
So here we go
Now take your time.

Kitsch is a beautiful word
It's a beautiful word
It's a beautiful lullabye.

[Gene Pitney cover]

A thousand hands applaud tonight
I sing my songs my star shines bright
I stop and smile, I take by bow
I leave the stage and then somehow

Backstage I'm lonely
Backstage I cry
You've gone away and each night I seem to die a little

Out on that stage I play the star
I'm famous now I've come so far
A famous fool I let love go
I didn't know I'd miss you so

Backstage I'm lonely
Backstage I cry
Hating myself since I let you say goodbye

Every night a different girl
Every night a different club
And yet I'm lonely all the time
When I sign my autograph
When I hold an interview
Can't get you out of my mind

Come back my love
Come back to me
I need you now so desperately
What good is fame it's just a game
I'd give it all to be the same

Backstage I wait now hoping I'll see
Your smiling face waiting there backstage for me
Your smiling face waiting there backstage for me
Backstage, Backstage

[Bobby Darin cover]

Every night I hope and pray
A dream lover will come my way
A girl to hold in my arms
And know the magic of her charms
'cause I want (yeah-yeah yeah)
A girl (yeah-yeah yeah)
To call (yeah-yeah yeah)
My own (yeah-yeah)
I want a dream lover so I don't have to dream alone

Dream lover, where are you
With a love, oh, so true?
And a hand that I can hold,
To feel you near as I grow old?
'cause I want (yeah-yeah yeah)
A girl (yeah-yeah yeah)
To call (yeah-yeah yeah)
My own (yeah-yeah)
I want a dream lover so I don't have to dream alone

Someday, I don't know how,
I hope she'll hear my plea
Some way, I don't know how,
She'll bring her love to me

Dream lover, until then,
I'll go to sleep and dream again
That's the only thing to do,
Till all my lover's dreams come true
'Cause I want (yeah-yeah yeah)
A girl (yeah-yeah yeah)
To call (yeah-yeah yeah)
My own (yeah-yeah)
I want a dream lover so I don't have to dream alone

Dream lover, until then,
I'll go to sleep and dream again
That's the only thing to do,
Till all my lover's dreams come true
'cause I want (yeah-yeah yeah)
A girl (yeah-yeah yeah)
To call (yeah-yeah yeah)
My own (yeah-yeah)
I want a dream lover so I don't have to dream alone

Please don't make me dream alone
I beg you don't make me dream alone
No, I don't wanna dream alone
( FADE )

[Andy Williams]

There's a certain sound always follows me around
When you're close to me you will hear it
It's the sound that lovers hear when they discover
There could be no other for their love

CHORUS
It's my happy heart you hear
Singing loud and singing clear
And it's all because you're near me, my love
Take my happy heart away
Let me love you night and day
In your arms I wanna stay, oh my love

Feeling more and more like I've never felt before
You have changed my life so completely
Music fills my soul now, I've lost all control now
I'm not half, I'm whole now with your love

CHORUS

Repeat CHORUS with "La-la's"

Repeat CHORUS with "La-la's" and FADE

Don't miss the me I used to be
Don't miss the wild depravity
Perfumes and powders in my nose
The feeling of those leather clothes
The me that I was I never lost, just took a little time to see

Don't miss the places that I've been
Don't miss the people that I've seen
The making love on [????]
While planning revolutions, breaking resolutions
And now it all seems like a dream

There's a hammer, hear some voices singing
Bells are ringing in the still of the night
I want that music to soothe all my bruises
Turn darkness into light

I need some beautyin my life
I'm tired of trouble, tired of strive
To dig for diamonds, dive for pearls
Beauty will redeem the
Beauty will redeem the world

There were times I would've been outrageous
There were moments, it seemed too [???]
I danced my way through subterranean sellers
Chasing stars up alley ways

[???] doorways
Covered in glitter
Falling in and out of clubs and bars
It's not too far to fall to the gutter from the stars

There's a hammer, hear some voices singing
Bells are ringing in the still of the night
I want that music to soothe all my bruises
Turn darkness into light

I need some beautyin my life
I'm tired of trouble, tired of strive
To dig for diamonds, dive for pearls
Beauty will redeem me

I need some beautyin my life
I'm tired of trouble, tired of strive
To dig for diamonds, dive for pearls
Beauty will redeem the world
Beauty will redeem the world

Beauty will redeem me
Beauty will redeem me
Beauty will redeem me
Redeem me

Don't miss the me I used to be
It takes the strangest things to see
But in my heart, I'm the same man
The me I was, the me I am

[Sol Weinstein cover,
Sung by Bobby Darin - 1963]

Off comes the makeup, off comes the clown's disguise
The curtain's falling, the music softly dies
But I hope you're smiling as you're filing out the door
As they say in this biz that's all there is, there isn't any more

We've shared our moment, and as the moment ends
I've got a funny feeling we're parting now as friends
Your cheers and laughter will linger
After they've torn down these dusty walls

If I had this to do again
And the evening were new again
I would spend it with you again
But now the curtain falls

People say I was made for this
Nothing else would I trade for this
And just think I get paid for this
Good night, Ladies and Gentlemen and God love you