Glenn Frey

On a dark desert highway, cool wind in my hair
Warm smell of colitas, rising up through the air
Up ahead in the distance, I saw shimmering light
My head grew heavy and my sight grew dim
I had to stop for the night
There she stood in the doorway;
I heard the mission bell
And I was thinking to myself,
'This could be Heaven or this could be Hell'
Then she lit up a candle and she showed me the way
There were voices down the corridor,
I thought I heard them say...

Welcome to the Hotel California
Such a lovely place (Such a lovely place)
Such a lovely face
Plenty of room at the Hotel California
Any time of year (Any time of year)
You can find it here

Her mind is Tiffany-twisted, she got the Mercedes Benz
She got a lot of pretty, pretty boys she calls friends
How they dance in the courtyard, sweet summer sweat.
Some dance to remember, some dance to forget

So I called up the Captain,
'Please bring me my wine'
He said, 'We haven't had that spirit here since nineteen sixty nine'
And still those voices are calling from far away,
Wake you up in the middle of the night
Just to hear them say...

Welcome to the Hotel California
Such a lovely place (Such a lovely place)
Such a lovely face
They livin' it up at the Hotel California
What a nice surprise (what a nice surprise)
Bring your alibis

Mirrors on the ceiling,
The pink champagne on ice
And she said 'We are all just prisoners here, of our own device'
And in the master's chambers,
They gathered for the feast
They stab it with their steely knives,
But they just can't kill the beast

Last thing I remember, I was
Running for the door
I had to find the passage back
To the place I was before
'Relax,' said the night man,
'We are programmed to receive.
You can check-out any time you like,
But you can never leave!'

You don't have to say a word
I can see it in your eyes
I know what you wanna say
It's so hard to say goodbye

I can hold back my tears
And try to be strong
While our love is fallin' apart
I know what I'll say
If you walk away
But what do I do
What do I do with my heart?

I'm not gonna say a word
I know I can't change your mind
You know where you need to go
I know I'll be left behind

I won't hold you back
I won't stand in your way
If you need to make a new start
But I still wanna know
When my arms let you go
What do I do
What do I do with my heart?

Oh, girl, don't you remember?


It was not so long ago
We were makin' plans for two
Just me and you
Now you tell me that you've found somebody
Someone who loves you better
No one could ever love you
The way I do

Tell me you're not leavin' now
Tell me you're not leavin'
Tell me that you're gonna stay
Please say you'll stay with me, baby
Tell me that you love me still
Say you love me still
For this and this alone I pray
Fall down on my knees and pray

I'll do anything
Yes, I would
To save what we have
To keep you by my side
I'll love you 'til death do us part
But what do I do
What do I do
When I'm still missing you?
What do I do
What do I do with my heart?

On a dark desert highway, cool wind in my hair
Warm smell of colitas, rising up through the air
Up ahead in the distance, I saw shimmering light
My head grew heavy and my sight grew dim
I had to stop for the night
There she stood in the doorway;
I heard the mission bell
And I was thinking to myself,
'This could be Heaven or this could be Hell'
Then she lit up a candle and she showed me the way
There were voices down the corridor,
I thought I heard them say...

Welcome to the Hotel California
Such a lovely place (Such a lovely place)
Such a lovely face
Plenty of room at the Hotel California
Any time of year (Any time of year)
You can find it here

Her mind is Tiffany-twisted, she got the Mercedes Benz
She got a lot of pretty, pretty boys she calls friends
How they dance in the courtyard, sweet summer sweat.
Some dance to remember, some dance to forget

So I called up the Captain,
'Please bring me my wine'
He said, 'We haven't had that spirit here since nineteen sixty nine'
And still those voices are calling from far away,
Wake you up in the middle of the night
Just to hear them say...

Welcome to the Hotel California
Such a lovely place (Such a lovely place)
Such a lovely face
They livin' it up at the Hotel California
What a nice surprise (what a nice surprise)
Bring your alibis

Mirrors on the ceiling,
The pink champagne on ice
And she said 'We are all just prisoners here, of our own device'
And in the master's chambers,
They gathered for the feast
They stab it with their steely knives,
But they just can't kill the beast

Last thing I remember, I was
Running for the door
I had to find the passage back
To the place I was before
'Relax,' said the night man,
'We are programmed to receive.
You can check-out any time you like,
But you can never leave!'

There′s a hole in the world tonight
There′s a cloud of fear and sorrow
There′s a hole in the world tonight
Don′t let there be a hole in the world tomorrow

They say that anger is just love disappointed
They say that love is just a state of mind.
But all this fighting over who is anointed,
Oh, how can people be so blind?

There′s a hole in the world tonight
There′s a cloud of fear and sorrow
There′s a hole in the world toniight
Don′t let there be a hole in the world tomorrow

Oh, they tell me there′s a place over yonder
Cool water running through the burning sand
Until we learn to love one another,
We will never reach the Promised Land

There′s a hole in the world tonight,
There′s a cloud of fear and sorrow
There′s a hole in the world tonight
Don′t let there be a hole in the world tomorrow

(There′s a hole in the world tonight)
They say that anger is just love disappointed
(There′s a cloud of fear and sorrow)
They say that love is just a state of mind
(There′s a hole in the world tonight)
But all this fighting over who will be anointed
(Don′t let there be a hole in the world tomorrow)
Oh, how can people be so blind?

There′s a hole in the world tonight
(Hole in the world)
There′s a cloud of fear and sorrow
(Fear and sorrow)
There′s a hole in the world tonight
(Ooooh)
Don′t let there be a hole in the world tomorrow
(Repeat 4x)

Please Come Home For Christmas
Bells will be ringing this sad sad news
Oh what a Christmas to have the blues
My baby′s gone I have no friends
To wish me greetings once again
Choirs will be singing Silent Night
Christmas carols by candle light
Please come home for Christmas
Please come home for Christmas
If not for Christmas by New Years night
Friends and relations
Send salutations
Sure as the stars shine above
But this is Christmas
Yeah, it′s Christmas my dear
It′s the time of year to be with the one you love
So won′t you tell me
You′ll never more roam
Christmas and New Year
Will find you home
There be no more sorrow
No grief and pain
And I′ll be happy, happy, once again
Ooo, there be no more sorrow
No grief and pain
And I′ll be happy, Christmas, once again

Well they look to the east
They look to the west
The Third World wonders
Which way's the best
We got freedom, we got soul
We got blue jeans and rock'n roll

Man, there ain't no choice
It's better in the U.S.A.
(It's better in the U.S.A.)
You can be what you want
Say what you wanna say
(It's better in the U.S.A.)
Why can't I make you understand
It's better in the U.S.A.
(It's better in the U.S.A.)

I hear the same propaganda
Day after day
It's gettin' so hip to knock the U.S.A.
If we're so awful and we're so bad
You oughta check the night life
In Leningrad

Man, it ain't even close
It's better in the U.S.A.
(It's better in the U.S.A.)
If you could see behind the curtain
Life is cold and grey
(It's better in the U.S.A.)
How can I make you understand
It's better in the U.S.A.
(It's better, it's better)
I think I'll play

Nobody's perfect and change comes slow
It's really up to you
Which way you wanna go
You can lean to the left
And lean to the right
You can stand in the dark
You can stand in the light

Drivin' on the beach
On a night in June
Me and my baby
In the lover's moon
They're playin' sweet soul music

Got it turned up loud
Make me feel so good
Make me feel so proud

Man, there ain't no choice
It's better in the U.S.A.
(It's better in the U.S.A.)
Well they'd be movin' here from Moscow
If they could only find a way
(It's better in the U.S.A.)
How can I make you understand
It's better in the U.S.A., baby baby
(It's better)

We got the burgers and fries
(In the U.S.A.)
We got the friendly skies
(In the U.S.A.)
We got the beautiful girls
(In the U.S.A.)
Got the beautiful curls
(In the U.S.A.)
We're drivin' beautiful cars
(In the U.S.A.)
We're diggin' movie stars
(In the U.S.A.)
We get to make romance
(In the U.S.A.)
Let the little girl dance
(In the U.S.A.)
It's better, baby
Nice sweater, baby
What do you say you and me go for a little drive.
Come on.

It's better (Repeat and fade)

All around the city
Everywhere I go
Something strange is happening
To everyone I know

Hear the voice of loneliness
Crying in the night
See the madness in their eyes
Dancing with delight

I want to know
Why everyone I know
Has gone flip city
You say it ain't true
What can I do, now
I'm going flip city

Feels like someone's watching
Every move I make
Feels like someone's following
Every step I take

Suddenly, we're not alone
You can feel it too
Suddenly, we're not ourselves
What's come over you

chorus:
I want to know
Why everyone I know
Has gone flip city
She used to want me
How can it be, now
She's gone flip city
You say it ain't true
What can I do, now
I'm going flip city
I want to know
Why everyone I know
Has gone flip city

Wake me when it's over
Tell me I'm alright
Tell me it was just a dream
Dream I had last night

I can hear the spirits now
Moving under ground
I can feel them closing in
About to drag me down

chorus

I want to know why
Gone flip city
I want to know why
Gone flip city
I want to know why
She's gone flip city

Woke up this morning with a smile on my face
Set up in bed, and looked around this old place
Opened the window, let the sun shine in
You see, me and my baby, we're back together again.

Jumped on the freeway with this song in my head
I started thinkin' 'bout the things we said
I said I'm sorry; She said I'm sorry too;
You know I can't be happy 'less I'm happy with you.

I got love, it's my lucky day
I got love, gonna keep it that way
It's the sweetest gift from the heavens above
I got you, babe, I got love.

No more staring at my blue telephone
No more pretending I like being alone
No more searching when the workday's done
I get back on the freeway, head on home to number one

I got love, she's waiting for me
I got love, she's sweet as can be
She's the greatest gift from the heavens above
OO, babe, I got love

When you've got love, you got to walk like a man
You've got to bend, you've got to understand
It won't be easy, no, no, that's not in the plan,
But if it ain't all honey, still it's right on the money

I got love, I'm happy to say
I got love, it's stronger each day
It's the sweetest gift from the powers above
I got you, babe, and I know I got love
I got love
I got love

I've been all over town
Lookin' all around
Now I fin'lly see you
At a table with friends
Where ev'ry one pretends
I'm not try'n' to free you
I know I let you down
But now I've found
I can't live alone
I just have one thing to say, baby
Let's go home

Hurry finish up your drink
We've had lots of time to think
Let's just steal away
Please just come with me
I need some privacy
For what I've got to say
You know the way I feel
And now I realize
I should have known
There's no living without you
So let's go home

Let's go home
For once in my life, I finally see
You mean ev'rything, in the world to me
I'm willing to take all the bad with the good
I'm ready to do ev'rything that I should

Since we've been apart
I've had a change of heart
Yes, I changed my mind
I'm tryin' to say it right
I need you here tonight
Baby, I ain't lyin'
So please look in my eyes
If you still love me,
You will know
It's just you with me, baby
So let's go home
Oh, let's go home
Let's go home
Oh, let's go home
Why don't you come with me girl

I wonder why you want me back
I wonder what it's all about
Why the sudden heart attack
Ever since the lights went out
Now you're coming here with your master plan
That look in your eyes, holding out your hand
But I know you, I don't think you've changed
Ev'rything about you still seems the same

You're living in darkness
You're living in the past
Living in darkness, your dreams fading fast. Hey!

You had a chance to make it right
Long before the stormy night
You didn't make the best of me
You didn't really want to see
Now you tell me the reason and the rhyme
Can't we get together just one more time?
You can say where, you can say when
There's no fooling me, it's the same thing again

You're living in darkness
You're living in the past
Living in darkness, your dreams fading fast.

You didn't want this love of mine
You didn't want the sun to shine
There was a time when we stood side by side
Now there's nowhere to run and there's nowhere to hide
Nowhere to hide

You're living in darkness
Living, living, oo, oo, oo, oo

There's a lover's moon tonight
As I look back over my shoulder
All the stars are shining bright
Just like the nights when I used to hold her
She's out there somewhere under the lover's moon

Lover's moon won't you shine on me
I'm dancing with a memory
Wish I may, I wish I might
Have one last chance to hold her tight

CHORUS:

And she's waiting, I know she's waiting
I know she waits for me
Under the lover's moon

There's a lover's moon tonight
Shining down on half of this world
So many souls are in its light
But for me there is just one girl

REPEAT CHORUS

New love is calling me
Old love has set me free
Old love is just some tears I cried
New love is walking by my side
And it's so right, and it's so fine
It's new love and it's mine, all mine

I've been walking down the same old street
Going nowhere, shuffling my feet
The lonely nights never seemed to end
There was just no reason to start again

But now, new love is calling me
Old love has set me free
Old love is just some tears I cried
New love is walking by my side
And all I want, yes indeed
It's new love and it's all I need

She said "You need me, and I need you"
And she knows how it feels, 'cause she's been there too
She took my hand and the pain was gone
She gave me hope and a brand new song

New love is calling me
Old love has set me free
Old love is just some tears I cried
New love is walking by my side

New love is calling me
Old love has set me free
Old love is just a memory
New love is calling me
It's calling me
It's calling me
Calling me

She moved in next door to me
And she showed me her world
What a neighbor, thanks for the favor
She's a very sexy girl

She's a sexy girl, sexy girl, sexy girl
She's a very sexy girl
She's a sexy girl, sexy girl, sexy girl
She's a very sexy girl

I got a feeling I can't go wrong
'Cause every time I see her
It's like hearing my favorite song
She's already down the steps,
She's way down the block
But my heart keeps beating faster,
And it just won't stop

CHORUS

I love to take her walkin'
And when we started talkin'
I'd tell her she's the finest I've ever seen
She'd look into my eyes,
But then I realize
I'm holding on to a dream

CHORUS

Stop any man walking down the street
Ask him what kind of girl he'd like to meet
There's not one thing in the whole wide world
He'd rather see than a sexy girl

CHORUS

There's trouble on the street tonight, I can feel it in my bones
I had a premonition that he should not go alone
I knew the gun was loaded, but I didn't think he'd kill
Everything exploded, and the blood began to spill
So baby, here's your ticket, and the suitcase in your hand
Here's a little money, now do it just the way we planned
You be cool for twenty hours, and I'll pay you twenty grand
I'm sorry it went down like this, but someone had to lose
It's the nature of the business, it's the smuggler's blues
Smuggler's blues

The sailors and the pilots, the soldiers and the law
The payoffs and the ripoffs and the things nobody saw
Don't matter if it's heroin, cocaine or hash,
You've got to carry weapons 'cause you always carry cash
There's lots of shady characters and lots of dirty deals
Every name's an alias in case somebody squeals
It's the lure of easy money, it's got a very strong appeal
Perhaps you'd understand it better standing in my shoes
It's the ultimate enticement, it's the smuggler's blues
Smuggler's blues

You see it in the headlines, you hear it every day
They say they're gonna stop it, but it doesn't go away
They move it through Miami and sell it in L.A.
They hide it up in Telluride, I mean it's here to stay
It's propping up the governments in Columbia and Peru
You ask any D.E.A. man, he'll say there's nothing we can do
From the office of the president right down to me and you
Me and you
It's a losing proposition, but one you can't refuse
It's the politics of contraband, it's the smugglers' blues
Smuggler's blues

Girl, I brought you a little present to celebrate tonight
And let you know ev'rything's gonna be allright
In spite of all the love I'm feeling
I know there's something you're concealing
I was hoping you would ease my worried mind

If there's somebody else, you should let me know
If there's somebody else, better let him go
If there's somebody else, you can set him free
Tell that somebody else, you belong to me
You belong to me
(spoken) Listen!

I know ev'ry secret you've been keeping
Who you're going with and where you're sleeping
And I'm telling you, you got to stop it now
Hope you're listening to what I'm saying
This is not a silly game we're playing;
It's the one and only thing I can't allow

If there's somebody else, you should set him free
If there's somebody else, then it's history
If he knew how it was, then he'd let you go
If there's somebody else, you should let him know

How could you think that I would not see?
It shows that you got no respect for me
If there's somebody else, you got one more chance
If there's somebody else, it's a dead romance

I don't really wanna say goodbye
Oh, it would break my heart, if I should see you cry
You know you can't go on denying who I am
And darlin' that is why there can be no other man

If there's somebody else, then let me know
If there's somebody else, you better let him go
If there's somebody else, you can set him free
Tell that somebody else, you belong to me
If there's somebody else
Somebody else
If there's somebody else
Somebody else
Somebody, somebody

Lonely girl, rainy night
Lookin' for that number
She needs someone to treat her right
There's plenty of men she could call
But she wants him most of all
Oh God, I hope he's home tonight
She needs a love from a real exciter
She needs the allnighter,
The allnighter

He's the one, the one she calls
When she gets that feeling
Some nights she just can't stop herself
He's tough and tender, a soul bender
Ain't no service he can't render
He touches her like nobody else
He brings out the love, love, love deep inside her
He's the allnighter

Now when all the stimulation let's you down, down, down
And there ain't no medication layin' around, 'round, 'round
Ya feel your little heart begin to pound and pound
He's a satisfier of that one desire

Other guys come and go
They may try, but they don't know
Ev'ry girl needs special care
Oh, he's so bad, he's so good
He makes it feel just the way it should
Nobody else can take her there
He's the real thing, the pure delighter
He's the allnighter
The allnighter

The heat is on, on the street
Inside your head, on every beat
And the beat's so loud, deep inside
The pressure's high, just to stay alive
'Cause the heat is on

Oh-wo-ho, oh-wo-ho
Caught up in the action
I've been looking out for you
Oh-wo-ho, oh-wo-ho
Tell me can you feel it
Tell me can you feel it
Tell me can you feel it

The heat is on, the heat is on
The heat is on
Oh it's on the street
The heat is... on


Oh-wo-ho, oh-wo-ho
Caught up in the action
I've been looking out for you
Oh-wo-ho, oh-wo-ho
Tell me can you feel it
Tell me can you feel it
Tell me can you feel it

The heat is on, the heat is on (oh yeah)
The heat is on (burnin' burnin' burnin')
Oh it's on the street
The heat is... on

The shadows are on the darker side
Behind those doors, it's a wilder ride
You can make a break, you can win or lose
That's a chance you take, when the heat's on you
When the heat is on

Oh-wo-ho, oh-wo-ho
Caught up in the action
I've been looking out for you
Oh-wo-ho, oh-wo-ho
Tell me can you feel it
Tell me can you feel it
Tell me can you feel it

The heat is on, the heat is on (oh yeah)
The heat is on (burnin' burnin' burnin')
It's on the street (woo-hoo)
The heat is on (I can feel the fire)
The heat is on (Flames are burnin' higher)
The heat is on (Baby can't you feel it?)
Yeah it's on the street (woo-hoo)
The heat is on (I can feel the fire)
The heat is on (Flames are burnin' higher)
(Fade Out)

The sun goes down
The night rolls in
You can feel it starting all over again
The moon comes up
And the music calls
You're getting tired of staring at the same four walls
You're out of your room
And down on the street
Moveing through the crowds through the midnight heat
The traffic roars
And the sirens scream
You look at the faces, its just like a dream

Nobody know where you're going
Nobody cares where you've been

'Cause you belong to the city
You belong to the night
living in a river of darkness, beneath the neon light
You were born in the city
Concrete under your feet
It's in your blood, its in your moves
You're a man of the street

When you said goodbye
You were on the run
Tryin' to get away from the things you'd done
Now you're back again
And you're feeling strange
So much has happened, but nothing has changed

You still don't know where you're going
Your still just a face in the crowd

'Cause you belong to the city...



You can feel it
You can taste it
You can see it
You can face it
You can hear it
You're getting near it
You wanna make it
'Cause you can take it.

You belong to the city (etc. to fade out)

Desperado

Desperado
Why don't you come to your senses?
You've been out riding fences, for so long now
Oh you're a hard one
But I know that you got your reasons
These things that are pleasing you
Can hurt you somehow
Don't you draw the queen of diamonds, boy
She'll beat you if she's able
You know the queen of hearts is always, your best bet
And it seems to me some fine things
Have been laid upon your table
But you only want the ones
That you can't get
Desperado
Oh, you ain't getting no younger
And your pain and your hunger
They're driving you home
And Freedom, oh and Freedom
Well, that's just some people talking
Your prison is walking through this world all alone
Don't your feet get cold in the winter time?
The sky won't snow, and the sun won't shine
It's hard to tell the night time, from the day
And you're losing all your highs and lows
Ain't it funny how the feeling goes
Away
Desperado
Why don't you come to your senses
Come down from your fences
And open the gate?
It may be raining
But there's a rainbow above you
You better let somebody love you
(Let somebody love you)
You better let somebody love you
Before it's too late.

Look at all the people lined up outside,
This must be the place
I see beautiful women dressed in black,
everyone a pretty face
Red lips, tight hips, hey little girl
You make my heart do flips
Baby please, don't tease, can't you see
I love you I'm on my knees
Something is wrong with this picture
She doesn't like the way I dance
Why is everybody just standin' around
lookin' for true romance
I'm looking at you and what do I see
Love in the 21st Century
I know what you're thinking
What's in it for me?
That's love in the 21st Century,
Love in the 21st Century

Tell me do I look like a desperate man
Champagne and flowers in my hand
I don't know her, she don't know me
She's my video date, she's my destiny

Do you like to party? (yeh, yeh, yeh)
Do you want to settle down? (no, no, no)
Do you like my kind of music? (yeh, yeh, yeh)
Do you wanna mess around? (whoa, whoa, whoa)

Something is wrong with this picture
She doesn't even look the same
Whatever a poor boy does these days
Love is still a losing game

I'm looking at you, you're looking at me
It's love in the 21st Century
We're living in pictures, we want what we see
That's love in the 21st Century
Where do you go? What do you do?
How can somebody make his dreams come true?
What does everybody need desperately?
Love in the 21st Century, love in the 21st Century

She wants to party, love on the line
She likes to party, love on the line

It's the same sad story all over this world
Every man looking for the perfect girl
He sees her everyday in a magazine
Sees her everynight on a T.V. screen

Something is wrong with this picture
Has everybody gone insane?
Whatever a poor boy does these days
You can't find love and it's a cryin' shame

I can't touch you and you can't touch me
It's love in the 21st Century
It's all imagination and fantasy
That's love in the 21st Century
You can get it by mail, you can get it by phone
You can get it late at night when you're all alone
What does everybody want desperately?
Love in the 21st Century
We need love in the 21st Century

There's talk on the street; it sounds so familiar
Great expectations, everybody's watching you
People you meet, they all seem to know you
Even your old friends treat you like you're something new

Johnny come lately, the new kid in town
Everybody loves you, so don't let them down

You look in her eyes; the music begins to play
Hopeless romantics, here we go again
But after awhile, you're lookin' the other way
It's those restless hearts that never mend

Johnny come lately, the new kid in town
Will she still love you when you're not around?
There's so many things you should have told her,
but night after night you're willing to hold her,
Just hold her, tears on your shoulder

There's talk on the street, it's there to
Remind you, that it doesn't really matter
which side you're on.
You're walking away and they're talking behind you
They will never forget you 'til somebody new comes along
Where you been lately? There's a new kid in town
Everybody loves him, don't they?
Now he's holding her, and you're still around
Oh, my, my
There's a new kid in town
Ooh, hoo
Everybody's talking 'bout the new kid in town
Ooh, hoo
Everybody's walking' like the new kid in town
There's a new kid in town
There's a new kid in town
I don't want to hear it
There's a new kid in town
I don't want to hear it
There's a new kid in town
There's a new kid in town
There's a new kid in town

On a dark December morning
When the sun refused to shine
Spent another sleepless night
Got so much on my mind
Think I finally know what's wrong
I think I've gotta leave this place behind
So I said wake up, Linda,
I've had a dream
I dreamed we moved away from here
To a place I'd never seen
Where the nights were long and cold
And the air was fresh and clean.

And there we were standing
Underneath the western sky
Beside a home we built ourselves
Way up in the mountains high
And we lived happy there, just you and I
On a river of dreams

There's no need to worry now
Cause I've got a plan
We don't need this modern world
I'm not a modern man
We're gonna get ourselves off these city streets
We're gonna get back on the land

There's a whole lot of people out there
Feel just like you and me
They'd love to pack their leavin' trucks
And say goodbye to all their misery
What'd ya say we pack up that Camaro, honey
And chase the sun until we're free

And if I could I'd lift you up on angel wings
We'd fly away and never worry about a thing
We'd know the joy and riches a simple life can bring
On a river of dreams, on a river of dreams

So get your things together now
I'll be getting mine
I've finally got the feeling girl
The sun is gonna shine
You know people don't run out of dreams
People just run out of time

Let's find that place out there
Underneath the western sky
We'll build a home ourselves
Way up in the mountains high
We'll live happy there 'til the day we die
On a river of dreams

And we'll have stars to wish on every single night
We'll build a fire and make love by candlelight
We'll do our moondance 'til we get it right
On a river of dreams, on a river of dreams
I can see us standing by the river
Holding hands beside the river

Here we are on a summer night, staring at the sea
Tell me is there something wrong?
You know you can talk to me
I can hear it in your voice, I can see it in your eyes
There's a stillness in the air that makes me wanna cry
Strange weather, dark clouds in the sky
Strange weather for you and I

We've been through so much together,
But nothing quite like this
Something's come between us now,
I can't feel it in your kiss
So tell me girl what's in your heart,
Just put your hand in mine
I feel the storm is coming soon
And we're running out of time

Strange weather, somehow we'll survive
Strange weather, we'll keep our love alive
Strange weather, dark clouds in the sky
Strange weather for you and I

So think it over one last time, don't say this is the end
Cause I remember how it use to be,
And it can be that way again

Strange weather, somehow we'll survive
Strange weather, we'll keep our love alive
Strange weather, dark clouds in the sky
Strange weather, for you and I

The heat is on, on the street
Inside your head, on every beat
And the beat's so loud, deep inside
The pressure's high, just to stay alive
'Cause the heat is on

Oh-wo-ho, oh-wo-ho
Caught up in the action
I've been looking out for you
Oh-wo-ho, oh-wo-ho
Tell me can you feel it
Tell me can you feel it
Tell me can you feel it

The heat is on, the heat is on
The heat is on
Oh it's on the street
The heat is... on


Oh-wo-ho, oh-wo-ho
Caught up in the action
I've been looking out for you
Oh-wo-ho, oh-wo-ho
Tell me can you feel it
Tell me can you feel it
Tell me can you feel it

The heat is on, the heat is on (oh yeah)
The heat is on (burnin' burnin' burnin')
Oh it's on the street
The heat is... on

The shadows are on the darker side
Behind those doors, it's a wilder ride
You can make a break, you can win or lose
That's a chance you take, when the heat's on you
When the heat is on

Oh-wo-ho, oh-wo-ho
Caught up in the action
I've been looking out for you
Oh-wo-ho, oh-wo-ho
Tell me can you feel it
Tell me can you feel it
Tell me can you feel it

The heat is on, the heat is on (oh yeah)
The heat is on (burnin' burnin' burnin')
It's on the street (woo-hoo)
The heat is on (I can feel the fire)
The heat is on (Flames are burnin' higher)
The heat is on (Baby can't you feel it?)
Yeah it's on the street (woo-hoo)
The heat is on (I can feel the fire)
The heat is on (Flames are burnin' higher)
(Fade Out)

tomoonn6pence fromshootingstar



I know you need a friend
someone you can talk to
who will understand
what you're going through
when it comes to love
there's no easy answer
only you can say
what you're gonna do
i heard you on the phone
you took his number
said you were alone
that you will call him soon
isn't he the guy
the guy who left you crying
isn't he the one
who made you blue...oooh
when you remember those lights in his arms
you know you got to make up your mind

Chorus:
are you gonna stay with the one who loves you
or are you going back to the one you love
someone's gonna cry when they know they lost you
someone's gonna thank the stars above

what you gonna say
when he comes over
there's no easy way to see this through
all the broken dreams
all the disappointment
oh girl...whatcha gonna do?
Your heart keeps sayin it's just not fair
but still you gotta make up your mind

Out of the blue, out of the night
You came along and you changed my life
You got me feeling things, I swear I never felt before
You looked at me, that's all it took
You read my heart like an open book
Well, it was true love- right from the start
True love- straight from my heart
True love- ain't no doubt about it, baby
True love- now I can't live without it
Before I met you baby, I was alone
Thought I was happy livin' on my own
But now I realize this world was made for two, like me and you
With you by my side, everything's fine
There ain't no mountain, sugar, we can't climb
We got a true love- that's all we need
True love- it's got a lifetime guarantee
True love- so hard to find
True love- put your heart on the line now
True love- makes every day a little brighter


True love- makes every burden just a little lighter
True love- it'll make you be a better man
If you had true love, you'd understand
Out of the blue, out of the night
You came along and you changed my life
You got me feeling things, I swear I never felt before
You lift me up, you make me strong
You give me lovin' lastin' all night long
When it's a true love- right from the start
True love- straight from my heart
True love- need you here beside me baby
True love- need your love to guide me
True love- I can't deny this feelin' no no matter how hard I try
I just know what I feel, and it's a true love
She's my baby, she's my girl
She changed my life, oh, she changed my world
She's my buttercup, oh, fill me up
Talkin' about love, talkin' about love, it's gotta be a true love

O the summer time has come
And the trees are sweetly bloomin'
And the wild mountain thyme
Grows around the bloomin' heather
Will ye go lassie go?

And we'll all go together
To pull wild mountain thyme
All around the bloomin' heather
Will ye go lassie go?


I will build my love a bower
By a cool crystal fountain
And around it I will pile
All the wild flowers from the mountain
Will ye go lassie go?

And we'll all go together
To pull wild mountain thyme
All around the bloomin' heather
Will ye go lassie go?


If my true love should not come
Then I'll surely find another
To pull wild mountain mountain thyme
All around the bloomin' heather
Will ye go lassie go

And we'll all go together
To pull wild mountain thyme
All around the bloomin' heather
Will ye go lassie go?

And we'll all go together
To pull wild mountain thyme
All around the bloomin' heather
Will ye go lassie go?

I woke up shakin' in a cold, cold sweat
I got so much goin' on. What did I forget?
I know there's somethin', but it got so late
I need someone to help me get my story straight
Who told shorty? Who told you?
And who else knows about the things I do?
It's my own bus'ness. It's my own fun
So don't you breathe a word of this to anyone
All those lies: I hope I can remember
All those lies: I'm a bad pretender
All those lies: Comin' back to haunt me
All those lies: I get the feeling like they want me

Listen, baby, you can take my word
Don't you believe a single lie you've heard
They're all out to get me and then get you
There's just no tellin' what these kind of people will do
They're sayin' certain things behind my back
I can't believe you'd listen to those one eyed jacks
They look you in the eye; say it with a smile
They wanna see you sad and lonely all the while

All those lies: I hope I can remember
All those lies: I'm a bad pretender
All those lies: It's a bad situation
All those lies: Try'n' to ruin my reputation

There's some bad wheels in motion, try'n' to run us down
Spreadin' dirty lies in this dirty little town
Ooh baby, you know I wouldn't dare
You know how much I love you. You know how much I care

All those lies: I hope I can remember
All those lies: I'm a bad pretender
All those lies: It's a bad situation
All those lies: Try'n' to ruin my reputation

I never thought it could happen
It was the furthest thing from my mind
I just turned my back on a sad love affair
Was try'n' to leave it all behind
That's when I met you
I just couldn't say no
One look in your eyes
And I said here I go
I found somebody
I found somebody to love
I found somebody
I found somebody to love

I'd seen so much deceivin'
I almost stopped believin'
I'd ever fall in love again
I was runnin' around hidin' my heart
Fakin' it with all of my friends
I was down on my luck
That's when you came along
You put me back on my feet
You got me singin' this song

I found somebody
I found somebody to love
I found somebody
I found somebody to love
And she loves me in the midnight hour

You know ever since I found you
And put my arms around you
I don't need a doggone thing
You know that ev'ry day is such a beautiful day
I want the whole world to dance and sing
So don't you dare hang your head
Don't you dare be blue
If it can happen to me
It can happen to you

And you'll be singin' this song
I found somebody
I found somebody to love
I found somebody
I found somebody to love

I volunteer to drive you home
To spend some time with you alone
But the words don't come, that I wanna say
And the precious time just slips away
Cause you don't know, you don't know that it's me
Who really loves you so desp'rately
If I could only make you hear,
I'd volunteer

I volunteer to stop somewhere
And talk about your love affairs
We'll laugh together like best friends
But I hate to see these moments end

Cause you still don't know, you don't know that it's me
Who really loves you so desp'rately
If I could only make you hear,
I'd volunteer

Well I volunteer the love I kept inside so long
I search in your eyes for the moment, but it never seems to come

We talk all night and forget the time
But I never say what's on my mind
And when you're gone all that I wish
Is I'd said it all with just a kiss

Cause you still don't know, you don't know that it's me
Who really loves you so desp'rately
If I could only make you hear,
I'd volunteer
If I could only make you hear,
I'd volunteer

I got sick of my job, sick of my wife
Sick of my future and sick of my life
I packed up my car and I got some gas
And told ev'rybody they could kiss my ass
I'm goin' to Party town (Yeah, yeah)
I wanna party down (Yeah, yeah)
I wanna have some fun
I wanna fool around
I'm goin' to Party town
The sun comes up, the sun goes down
Doesn't really matter in Party town
They go all day and they go all night
They keep on goin' until they get it right
Right here in Party town (Yeah, yeah)
They really party down (Yeah, yeah)
Man it's a party town (Yeah, yeah)
You know they all got their own
And they pass it all around

Well I'm burnin' like a blowtorch in my prime
Ev'rybody here is a friend of mine
I met a little girl a couple shooters ago
She's teachin' me ev'rything I don't know
About Party town (Yeah, yeah)
They really party down (Yeah, yeah)
You know they love to ball
They do it in the hall
Right here in Party town

We're so cool
You got any? Yeah
Meet you in the john
Woo hoo hoo I sure feel good!
Some Party!

Old man Rhythm is in my shoes
No use sittin' here and singin' the blues
So be my guest, you got nothin' to lose
Won't you let me take you on a sea cruise?
Ooo eee, ooo eee baby
Ooo eee, ooo eee baby
Ooo eee, ooo eee baby
Won't you let me take you on a sea cruise?

Well I feel like jumpin'
Baby, won't you join me please?
You know, I don't like beggin'
But know I'm on bended knees

Well I got to get movin' get my hat off the rack
I got to boogie woogie like a knife in the back
So be my guest, you got nothin' to lose
Won't you let me take you on a sea cruise?

Ooo eee, ooo eee baby
Ooo eee, ooo eee baby
Ooo eee, ooo eee baby
Won't you let me take you on a sea cruise?

Well I got to get to rockin' baby, I ain't lyin'
My heart is beatin' rhythm and it's right on time
So be my guest, you got nothin' to lose
Won't you let me take you on a sea cruise?

Ooo eee, ooo eee baby
Ooo eee, ooo eee baby
Ooo eee, ooo eee baby
Won't you let me take you on a sea cruise?

Well I feel like jumpin'
Baby, won't you join me please?
You know, I don't like beggin'
But know I'm on bended knees

Ooo eee, ooo eee baby
Ooo eee, ooo eee baby
Ooo eee, ooo eee baby
Won't you let me take you on a sea cruise?
Won't you let me take you on a sea cruise?
Won't you let me take you on a sea cruise?

Raindrops fallin' on these hills tonight
I've been drivin' since the mornin' light
It won't be long before those headlights shine
And I'll be missin' that girl of mine
Yesterday, I was safe and warm
Yesterday, I held her in my arms
Now the raindrops fallin'
And I feel like callin'
That Girl

Well there ain't no explainin' what she does for me
It might be somethin' only I can see
Understanding in a quiet way
Undemanding and I got to say

I'm in love, and I know it's for sure
I'm in love, I can't stop thinking of her
Now the raindrops fallin'
And I feel like callin'
That girl

Well I've been callin' that girl for such a long long time
I can't get through, I'm 'bout to lose my mind
I got so much to tell her, I got so much to say
Ooh, I'm gonna love her till my dyin' day

Oh, I'm in love, and I know it's for sure
I'm in love, I can't stop thinking of her
now the raindrops fallin'
I feel like callin'
Raindrops fallin'
I feel like callin'
Raindrops fallin'
And I feel like callin'
That girl
That girl

tomoonn6pence fromshootingstar



I know you need a friend
someone you can talk to
who will understand
what you're going through
when it comes to love
there's no easy answer
only you can say
what you're gonna do
i heard you on the phone
you took his number
said you were alone
that you will call him soon
isn't he the guy
the guy who left you crying
isn't he the one
who made you blue...oooh
when you remember those lights in his arms
you know you got to make up your mind

Chorus:
are you gonna stay with the one who loves you
or are you going back to the one you love
someone's gonna cry when they know they lost you
someone's gonna thank the stars above

what you gonna say
when he comes over
there's no easy way to see this through
all the broken dreams
all the disappointment
oh girl...whatcha gonna do?
Your heart keeps sayin it's just not fair
but still you gotta make up your mind