1974년에 최초 솔로 인기곡인 〈Daltrey〉 이후 〈Giving It All Away〉가 인기를 얻었고 템포감이 있는 〈The Show Must Go On〉이 영국에서 인기를 얻었다. 1975년에 미국으로 진출하여 상큼한 곡인 〈Long Tall Glasses〉가 인기를 얻었으며, 1976년에는 《Endless Fight》를 발표하여 〈You Make Me Feel Like Dance〉를 빌보드 싱글 차트 정상에 올려놓았다. 또한, 아름다운 가사가 인상적인 〈When I Need You〉를 발표하여 크게 인기를 얻었으며, 200만 장 이상의 판매고를 기록하였다. 1980년에는 〈More Than I Can Say〉가 인기를 얻었다. 순수하고 아름다운 목소리로 노래하는 그의 공연모습은 차분하면서 열정적인 무대 매너를 보여주는 것으로 알려져 있다. 항상 변모하는 음악계이지만, 그의 서정적인 곡들은 언제나 우리의 마음에 조용한 파문을 던져주고 있다. .... ....
From the window of our honeymoon The night looks a mite bizarre They're burning us in effigy And smoke's blots out the stars They're torturing our servants By the light of an armoured car Please don't ask if it's the end of the line As I never could see that far Tonight I'd rather look at you How beautiful you are If they ask you "what are lovers" Tell them "lovers are Set against the order We live outside the law" I'm no hero under torture I'll tell them all I heard and saw I saw everything in you, my love How beautiful you are
[Solo]
Through a broken telescope We focus on the stars I don't want my vision magnified I don't need to see that far From the window of our honeymoon Draw the curtains cross the bars Let's spare ourselves the spectacle The problem's theirs not ours Tonight I'd rather look at you How beautiful you are How beautiful you are How beautiful How beautiful How beautiful you are You are
when there's no more looking back and you feel you've loved in vain you try and hide your sorrow now you're alone again so you block out your emotion laugh it off and carry on sayin' why do I have to feel this way was loving you so wrong
if I could only turn around one more time for old time's sake I'd pick up all the pieces from the mistakes I made did I give myself completely or did I hang on for too long ah, but what's the use of me talking this way now that you're gone
no looking back, it's over now all over now I tell myself I'm glad it's over now all over now it's over now
but if I ever love again oh, I won't be played a fool I'll put in my performance this time I'll know the moves it's not that I'm feeling bitter I've no bitterness to show and all I'm really trying to say is that I wish I'd never let you go
Oh the lights in the harbour They don't shine for me I'm like a lost ship Adrift on the sea Sea of heartbreak Lost love and loneliness Memories of your caress So divine How I wish You were mine again my dear I'm on the sea of tears Sea of heartbreak Oh, how did I lose you Oh where did I fail Why did you leave me Always to sail Sea of heartbreak Lost love and loneliness Memories of your caress So divine How I wish You were mine again my dear I'm on the sea of tears Sea of heartbreak Oh what I'd give to sail back to shore Back to your arms once more
[Solo]
Come to my rescue, oh come here to me Take me and keep me away from the Sea of heartbreak Lost love and loneliness Memories of your caress So divine How I wish you were mine again my dear I'm on a sea of tears Sea of heartbreak
oh I can see the sadness in your eyesyou shouldn't ever have to cryI will put you back on your feet againif you'll let me tryoh I will not stop fighting for youuntil the day I die oh they know how to shatter your dreamsbut this time they've really gone to extremesthey just don't give a damn about you and me babebut we will not stop fightinguntil they set us free a change of heartleads toa change of mindwe shouldn't be here wishingfor a change of timeI remember when we were just starting outyour world was lonely needed mineso I will not stop fighting for youuntil I run out of time oh and I want to stay this close to youand I don't want to stop; no until you feel happy toono one else will understand what we're going throughbut I will not stop fightinguntil you stop fighting too
Don't wait until tomorrow It may come too late Don't wait until tomorrow Only fools hesitate Take hold of every chance That's offered to you Don't say it can wait That never will do Don't wait until tomorrow 'Cos it won't wait for you Well I wonder sometimes What the future will be And all that it tells me Is wait and see Should I let the wind carry me Like a wave on the shore But I don't want my life To just pass me by When I think I'll grow old It just makes me cry There's too much to do and to say And I don't have the time It's all a waste of time Don't wait until tomorrow The waiting's no fun Don't wait until tomorrow Tomorrow never comes Take hold of every chance That's offered to you Don't say it can wait That never will do Don't wait until tomorrow 'Cos it won't wait for you
[Solo]
And this is the time where my heart belongs I've waited in this town for much too long Feeling like a leaf on a tree I'm waiting to fall I think I've seen it all Don't wait until tomorrow It may come too late Don't wait until tomorrow Only fools hesitate Take hold of every chance that's offered to you Don't say it can wait that never will do Don't wait until tomorrow 'Cos it won't wait for tomorrow, no Don't wait until tomorrow It won't wait for you
We giving up on all the emptiness I fill it up with your sweet love beside me Ain't no fun to be a rolling stone inside You buy the feeling and you pay with tears
For what it matters you flow with the motion Then out of nowhere there's a full moon rising And it's mine and every every moment Is the history we make and more
We got a legacy of understanding I can love you better but don let your Heart stop beating in time Don't take me below the danger level Caught up in the middle of a misery Don't let me die
And I warn you if you let your Heart stop beating in time Don't make it a fatal combination I won't ever find another your love no more
Got to get closer, got to be in sight You make it heaven to breathe with you woman Don't you get lonely in the midnight hour like me? And there's an angel that I follow on the wind and more
Within a universe of undiscovered eyes We found each other So don't let your heart stop beating in time Don't take me below the danger level Caught up in the middle of a misery
Oh, baby, don't let it be, save my soul I don't wanna be no chains that hold Gotta be a wild new world out, there is a plan I don't wanna be no one night stand
Gonna be alive for you down Here is the love I can hold out in my hand And you can feel it I'm nothing If you let your heart stop beating in time Don't let your heart stop beating in time
In the morning light Half awake and half asleep Have you ever lain there thinking Was it all in a dream? But you reach out and she's there Every moment everywhere Have you ever been in love?
Have you ever felt how far a heart can fall? Have you ever stayed up waiting for a telephone call? Just to hear her say hello Cos you miss each other so Have you ever been in love?
Have there been times to laugh And times you really wanna cry Finding reasons to believe her Cos you'd die a little if she lied When in times of doubt Have you ever tried to work it out? But still she leaves you wondering what it's all about
When she's far away, you ever felt the need to stray? And tried and then discovered it just doesn't pay And with her you can be true For with her you can be you Have you ever been in love?
Have there been times to laugh And times you really wanna cry Finding reasons to believe her Cos you'd die a little if she lied When in times of doubt Have you ever tried to work it out? But still she leaves you wondering what it's all about
And When in times of doubt Have you ever tried to work it out? And still she leaves you wondering what it's all about
And when the night comes down And you call this house a home Do you dream you're still together And wake up alone? Have you ever been in love the way that I'm in love? Have you ever been in love?
I paid all my dues so I picked up my shoes I got up and walked away Oh, I was just a boy giving it all away.
I’ve worked hard and failed, now all I can say is I threw it all away Oh, I was just a boy giving it all away.
Sail away, sail away.
Ooh, well I know better now I know better now, giving it all away Oh oh yeah, I now better now I know better now, I’ve given it all away.
Went out in the world, too much for my nerves Well, only myself to blame See, I was just a boy and there was nobody else to blame.
I’ve done all I can, now it’s out of my hands Stand on my head and say Oh, I was just a boy giving it all away.
Sail away, yeah, sail away.
Oh, I know better now I know better now, ain’t gonna give it all away Oh oh, yeah yeah, I now better now I know better now, ain’t gonna give it all away.
Ooh, I know better now I know better now, I’ve given it all away Ooh, I know better now I know better now, I’ve given it all away.
See I was just a boy giving it all away Yeah, I was just a boy giving it all away See I was just a boy giving it all away I was just a boy I was just a boy Oh, I know better now I was just a boy giving it all away I was just a boy, just a boy Just a boy.
standing beside of the ocean looking out across the water everything is beautiful but I still don't feel like I oughta
things we wanted, not so long ago I got 'em all now, babe but I ain't got you no more
still I remember the way you held me and all the sweet things you used to say when we were two young lovers dancing the night away
I remember everything dresses you used to wear you were so light and graceful you seem to float right through the air
me I looked so funny dancing but you loved me anyhow now I wish I could find somebody to love me like that now
still I remember the way you held me and all the sweet things you used to say when we were two young lovers dancing the night away
standing beside of the ocean looking out across the bay I should look for companionship but it just gets in my way
all the lights are flickering out along the shore I see people dancing there but I just don't dance no more
still I remember the way you held me and all the sweet things you used to say when we were two young lovers dancing the night away
let me see you dance let me see you dance oh, babe, let me see you dance I can still see you dance I remember you dancing oh, babe, let me see you dance
oh when the night creepsup over the hillsideoh it's so quiet up hereyou can hear your thoughts from the insideoh well it took me a whileto take in the atmospheredark clouds of evil all around you're only dreamingyou're only dreamingyou're only dreamingyou're only dreaming there is no hooded killerno draculano frankensteinoh well it's all psychologicaloh it's all in your mind oh when a boywe'd visit a haunted houseand there were demons insideof that there isn't a doubtand I would hide behind my hand every nightwith fear right there on my brow oh I see danger in livingI'm on a runaway train without wheelsnow I'm crawling through a tunnelwith bloodhounds at my heelseverywhere I turn there are screams all aroundbehind trees wolves howl
oh girl I'd be in trouble if you left me now 'cos I don't know where to look for love I just don't know how oh girl how I depend on you to give me love when I need it right on time you would always be there
all my friends call me a fool they say let the woman take care of you so I try to be hip and think like the crowd but not even the crowd will help me now
oh girl tell me what am I gonna do? 'cos I know I got such a guilty face girl, I feel so out of place
all my friends call me a fool they say the woman should be taking care of you so I try to be hip and think like the crowd but not even the crowd will help me now
oh girl I guess I'll never know I could save myself a lot of useless tears girl, I've gotta get away from here oh girl pain will double if you leave me now 'cos I don't know where to look for love and I just don't know how
I love you more than I can say I'll love you twice as much tomorrow love you more than I can say
I miss you every single day why must my life be filled with sorrow love you more than I can say I don't you know I need you so oh tell me please I gotta know do you mean to make me cry am I just another guy
I miss you more than I can say why must my life be filled with sorrow I love you more than I can say
oh don't you know I need you so so tell me please I gotta know do you mean to make me cry am I just another guy
I love you more than I can say I'll love you twice as much tomorrow love you more than I can say I love you more than I can say I love you more than I can say more than I can say I'll love you twice as much tomorrow More than I can say I'll love you twice as much tomorrow
More than I can say I love you more than I can say
More than I can say I love you more than I can say
Oh, my love, my darling, I've hungered for your touch a long, lonely time. Time goes by so slowly and time can do so much. Are you still mine?
I need your love. I need your love. God speed your love to me.
Lonely rivers flow to the sea, to the sea, to the open arms of the sea. Lonely rivers sigh, wait for me, wait for me. I'll be coming home, wait for me.
Oh, my love, my darling, I've hungered for your touch a long lonely time. Time, goes by so slowly, and time can do so much, Are you still mine?
I need your love. I need your love. God speed your love, to me.
<P>The sun is out, the sky is blue There's not a cloud to spoil the view But it's raining, raining in my heart The weather man says "Clear today" He doesn't know you've gone away And it's raining, raining in my heart
Oh misery, misery What's gonna become of me? I tell my blues they mustn't show But soon these tears are bound to flow 'Cause it's raining, raining in my heart
But it's raining, raining in my heart</P><P>And it's raining, raining in my heart
Oh misery, misery What's gonna become of me? I tell my blues they mustn't show But soon these tears are bound to flow 'Cause it's raining, raining in my heart Raining in my heart, raining in my heart </P>
To tell the truth it's really such a sad affair Standing here waiting in the cold night air But I've got to make this call Cause my heart is breaking
I hear the pips, drop a coin in the slot has it been that long? I thought you'd forgotten me I know that it's getting late But it just couldn't wait Will I have the nerve to say I just wanna come back Or should I just go away I just wanna come back
I've been struck by such bad luck I need a place, a little happiness and some love I think, I can see it now Now let me paint the picture It's 12 o'clock and the curtains are drawn They're counting sheep down in Orchard road You're hanging on the telephone line tonight oh, I wish I could be in Orchard road
Not much been happening here I think I got a job They're gonna call me next week And I'll be working out of town Well, it sure beats hanging around
What's that, tomorrow at two? You're kidding me? No? Is it all right with you ...? I don't know what to say it'll be like a holiday When you say you're all alone Makes me wanna come back And this house is not a home I just gotta go back
It's 12:10 when I put down the phone Moon shining down on Orchard road And I'm feeling like a schoolboy again tonight, I'll see you in my dreams of Orchard road
It's funny but I thought I'd never go back I think sometimes I might lose track But I remember you and the things we'd do I want it back
In Orchard road, you've got my heart I left it in your doorway In Orchard road, a welcome back is waiting there just for me In Orchard road, the sun will shine again, I know, I know In Orchard road, you keep my love Just waiting there for me
It's 8 o'clock and the dawn's arrived In Orchard road it's breakfast time I climb in my car and I turn the key And I'm gone, I am coming home To Orchard road
When I need you I just close my eyes and I'm with you And all that I so want to give you It's only a heartbeat away When I need love I hold out my hands and I touch love I never knew there was so much love Keeping me warm night and day Miles and miles of empty space in between us The telephone can't take the place of your smile But you know I won't be travelin' forever It's cold out but hold out And do I like do When I need you I just close my eyes and I'm with you And all that I so wanna give you babe It's only a heartbeat away It's not easy when the road is your driver Honey that's heavy load that we bear But you know I won't be traveling a lifetime It's cold out but hold out And do like I do Oh I need you
When I need love I hold out my hands and I touch love I never knew there was so much love Keeping me warm night and day When I need you just close my eyes And you're right by my side Keeping me warm night and day I just hold out my hand I just hold out my hand And I'm with you darling yes I'm with you darling All I wanna give you Is only a heartbeat away
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