Level 42

I was living in a daydream
Letting time of day pass by
I didn't know what I was missing
Until you came into my life
When I saw you pretty girl
I felt a glowing inside
When I kissed you pretty girl
I felt you light up my life Oh I'm flying up on the wings of love
And I know that you come from him above
Holding hands we walk together
Nothing's gonna make us part
That our love will last forever
Is the song that's in our heart
Making love is oh so sweet
We're locked in each other's arms
And our bodies feel this heat
That's the answer to love
(

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Now I'm living in a love dream
Time and days are passing by
Now I really know how love feels
Can't help smiling all the time
When you're with me pretty girl
I feel your warmth by my side
When you touch me pretty girl
Dreams of joy I can't hide

You think like a loaded gun as your mind is over come
Unzipped by stellar fields infinity and love
They put the big into the bang and said that chaos is the way
I wanna hide
I wanna run before I come undone
So I fall thru' the edge of the day and stare into the night
In the abysmal atmosphere the stars don't look so bright
Feeling small wanna crawl now I got nowhere to run
Let's turn around and dive into the sun

Dive into the sun
You know that life's what you make it
So make it happen the way you want
Dive into the sun
You got to know how to take it
To take it all and be grateful ??yeah-e-eah

You dream in catastrophes you want eternal guarantees
That don't mean much to me, eternity is free
A giant leap a step too far? you can count your lucky stars
I'll read the signs for all our times and count on who we are
I know
you you know me gotta help me find a light
With convoluted attitudes we may as well as might
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Turn it up turn it down now you know you are the one
Let's turn around and dive into the sun

Dive into the sun
You know that life's what you make it
So make it happen the way you want
Dive into the sun
You got to know how to take it
To take it all and be grateful ??yeah-e-eah

Dive into the sun
You know that life's what you make it
So make it happen the way you want
Dive into the sun
You got to know how to take it
To take it all and be grateful ??yeah-e-eah

Repeat

I talk to the empty air
I guess it's some kind of empty prayer
To no one who's never there

It doesn't matter if they exist
I'm aesthetically atheist
It only matters I pray for this

You took the prodigal from my heart
And gave me a safe place to fall apart
You know all about me now

I was a typical crash and burn
Spent a life that I'd never earned
It wasn't ever enough somehow

I'm rooted in this place
I'm watching your silent face
I'm sensing my saving grace
Is rooted deep inside of you

Had so many trials of style
Exponentially growing wilder
Til I was right on the edge of it
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And it was all down to me I guess
I must be some kind of holy mess
I only wanted you to exist

My conscience is still intact
I just thought that I would mention that
It doesn't matter it's just a fact

Aesthetically atheist
Cos I'm not sure that I would pass the test
I only wanna be sure of this

I'm rooted in this place
I'm watching your silent face
I'm sensing my saving grace
Is rooted deep inside of you

The measure of consequence
Is how far down you go before you have the sense
To pray for deliverance

I prayed for it more or less
A lot of empty words I guess
I only wanted you to exist

I'm rooted in this place
I'm watching your silent face
I'm sensing my saving grace
Is rooted deep inside of you

Didn't I tell you the way back home
Didn't I warn you to stay on the road
Didn't I help you to understand
That life is just time passing thru your hands

There's no easy path thru it
The truth is there is no truth to it
Moving thru the spotlight
Don't let the paparazzi world define you
Now you've made your mark on it
I know you believed the hope of it
You know nobody wins
It's the way you lose that keeps it hopeful

Didn't I tell you I will be there
Didn't I show you
I really care

You spoke of your plans for it
You talked all about your destiny
I could see the rain clouds
But I couldn't stop the rain from falling
You tried to go way beyond it
You'd already made the most of it
Nothing wrong with dreaming
Just don't fool yourself about the meaning

Didn't I tell you the way back home
Didn't I warn you to stay on the road
Didn't I help you to understand
That life is just time passing thru your plans

You say that you can't let go of it
That your life only works because of it
You're afraid that you can't hold on to it
But your heart doesn't seem so sold on it
Why not try to believe the heart of it
Why not try to perceive the art in it
Why not let me be more a part of it
Didn't I tell you that I'd be there
Didn't I show you that I really care

Didn't I tell you the way back home
Didn't I warn you to stay on the road
Didn't I help you to understand
That life is just time passing thru your hands
Lyrics > Level 42 Lyrics > Level 42 The Way Back Home Lyrics

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Written By MARK KING, ROLAND GOULD
Lyrics © WINDSWEPT HOLDINGS LLC

I'll dream another day for you
I'll peel another skin for you
I'll bare another soul just for you

I'll bleed another heart for you
I'll even play the fool for you
I'll act so crazy just for you

There's nothing I will not deny
If you're the sun I'll be the sky
So many times I've walked right by your side
So many times I've been a superfly
But I am not your candy coated crazy little guy

I'll be the martyr to your cause
I'll be the star that has to fall
Anything you want I will be

I'll fill my head with thoughts of you
I'll steal the moon and paint it blue
I'll pull my own strings all for you

There's nothing I will not deny
If you're the sun I'll be the sky
So many times I've walked right by your side
So many times I've been a superfly
So many times I've wandered thru your heart
So many times I've wondered where to start
So many times I've walked right by your side
So many times I've been a super fly
But I am not your candy coated crazy little guy

There's nothing I will not deny
If you're the sun I'll be the sky
So many times I've walked right by your side
So many times I've been a superfly
So many times I've wandered thru your heart
So many times I've wondered where to start
So many times I've walked right by your side
So many times I've been your super fly
But I am not your candy coated crazy little guy

I will not deny...

You gone and told me 'bout the Hollywood Hills
The thrills and chills
The passion and the pills
Keep talking

You told me all about the men you met
The come and get
The kiss that you regret
Keep talking

You went and told me 'bout the fame in Spain
The plain in Jane
The losing it again
Keep talking

You told me all about the sweet sunset
In love and debt
The one you can't forget
Keep talking

Now you keep talking in your sleep
You've had it rough
It went too deep
I pray the lord your soul to keep
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I've heard enough
I'm in retreat

(You) keep talking me right out of here
Sleep talking

You went and told me bout the Italian job
The Pope and God
Spaghetti and the mob
Keep talking

And how about the little brokedown shack
The hack 'n smack
The scratching Daddy's back
Keep talking

You gone and told me bout the Broadway hits
The diva fits
The lovers and the splits
Keep talking

You went and told me bout the Paris in the spring
And the nearly thing
And the diamond in the ring
Keep talking

I don't know what I can say
Cos I can't take it away
I don't know what I can say to you
Cos you just took it away from me
Now you keep talking in your sleep
You've had it rough
It went too deep
I pray the lord your soul to keep
I've heard enough
I'm in retreat

(You) keep talking me right out of here
Sleep talking

Fell apart in St. Tropez
That kind of gave the game away
Met the set in Martinique
Couldn't hack the chic-to-chic
New York new walk big town talk
Your perfect face was white as chalk
Trailer trash to all time smash
Now you're waiting for the burn and crash
Tragedy in harmony
You gonna bling til you're back on your knees
You gonna sing til you're back on your knees
You gonna ring when you're back on your knees
Tragedy in harmony
You gonna bling til you're back on your knees
You gonna sing til you're back on your knees
You gonna ring when you're back on your knees
Monte Carlo boom to bust
Lost the lustre lost the trust
Went to Phuket went to hell
Had to get back into your shell
LA tripped over your head
Wanted to jump but you made it instead
Trailer trash to all time smash
Now you're waiting for the burn and crash

A tragedy
Yeah, yeah, yeah
Keep talking
Sleep talking
Keep talking
Sleep talking
Keep talking
Keep talking
Keep talking

Straight out of mothballs we took the jet
And flew across
Gotham in retroglide
The closest thing to heaven that I found yet
In a city full of dreamers it's as good as it gets

Go tell the spider to text the X
This comic book caper is nine to five
A seven or eleven and it's a bet
In a city full of schemers it's as good as it gets

Me, I'm an eight ball shoot me and win
There's not a lot love in this city of sin
Do you ever get the feeling this sun has set
In a city full of screamers it's as good as it gets

Calling all the great and the beautiful
How about a little empathy
What you gonna do when duty calls
Send in all the clowns to keep us happy

Repeat

Moby or Gobi a deserted dream
You hear a lot of ghosts in this old town
Gotta let the fuse blow you right out the net
In a city full of stealers it's as good as it gets

Saigon ain't bygones for viet vets
You don't know what hits you til they call in the debt
The apocalypse is now and it's still Jack Schitt
In a city full of dealers it's as good as it gets

Calling all the great and the beautiful
How about a little empathy
What you gonna do when duty calls
Send in all the clowns to keep us happy
Calling all the great and the beautiful
How about a little empathy
What you gonna do when duty calls
Send in all the clowns to keep us happy

Your small time view is so oblique
You think your thoughts are so unique
Your squeaky lies are sneaky clean
Cos you won't say just what you mean
Now, I don't recognize you

Oh, I don't recognize you
You bled me dry and left me high
Your dirty heart is by the by
You trash your friends like it's a game
Then you cry and claim the pain
Now, I don't recognize you
Oh, I don't recognize you

Chorus

All around it's all around
All ready to be found
All ready to take you down
Down, down, down, down
All around it's all around
All ready to be found
All ready to bring you round
Bring you round now

You break your beats and drop your bombs
Cos everybody else is wrong
You hawk your dove and say your prayers
Like you're the only one who cares
Don't like your TVocricy
Your karaokeosophy
Can't take another minute of what you say
I won't be the bait today
Now, I don't recognize you
Oh, I don't recognize you

Chorus

Hypno trips a psycho blitz
You tried it all but nothing fits
You got a little habit that burns your nose
A bony fido freaky pose
You hide your hat behind a stare
You take the heat out of the air
A solid state electric sigh
What made you so angelized
Well, I don't recognize you
And I won't angelize you
And I won't angelize you
Because I don't recognize you anymore

A walk in the clouds
Walking together
You feel yourself
Walking forever
The feeling that this is
Everything to amaze
And the Universe shines bright in your face
The love we had was once in a lifetime
When I held you close you were so precious

I will still be here
When the love has gone
I will always care
Holding on
What we had we share
When the love has gone
I will still be here
Holding on

We had our time
Captured the moment
You heard yourself
Talking of omens
We were bound to lose faith
Cos love is for lovers
Aimlessly open
With one another
Deeper yet, As deep as the nighttime
When you held my heart like it was precious

I will still be here
When the love has gone
I will always care
Holding on
What we had we share
When the love has gone
I will still be here
Holding on

Repeat

Daddy's little manikin likes a good time
Stretched out in the limousine head all gone
Hair is pretty astrokhan for the boyfriend
He is a zoot suited zoon politikon

Mama's mini Babylon hits the kitchen
(Can't) find the pills
that she lives on, it's a plot
See her world come crashing down, she's looking older
The Prom Queen ain't so pretty now, like it or not

It's just another little hell town story
Another blaze of hopeless glory
You don't have to end it for me
It's gonna end all by itself

Daddy's busy taking it, don't need the money
Embezzles for the sake of it, its his job
Tonight he's out and on the make, got a yearning
Cruising for some cabaret Billy Bob

Freddy's on the run again, tearing his way
Thru the streets for fun again, cross that line
Borrowed Daddy's gun again, no consequences
Money buys you everything, even crime

It's just another little hell town story
Another case of rich man poor me
You don't have to end it for me
It's gonna end all by itself

Can you feel the heat tonight, its aggressive
Hot enough to start a fight, and it does
Mama's shooting Daddy now, bang and it's all over
Turns the gun upon herself, and it's done

(The) kids find out there's nothing left, all alone now
Freddy jumps a freight train west, to Hollywood
Daddy's little manikin still craves the good times
She's so scared it's frightening, it ain't no good

Chorus

Oceans deep
Drifting as you sleep
Up on the eternal sea
A ship sails

When your ship comes in
Will you be ready to sail with the tide
And when your ship comes in
Will it be a galley full of slaves
Or a sun streaked schooner

You came so far
Between the rocks and shoals
In the blinding night
A may day

When your ship comes in
Will you step on board with a smile
Or will they have to pressgang you
Will the flag that flies in the wind
Say friend or foe
Will you know
Or bear the mark of a pirate bold
With a treasure chest full of fool's gold
Fool's gold

When your ship comes in
Don't try to pack your case with hopes and dreams
It's all behind you now
This ain't no Sunday cruise this time you
don't choose your destination
And will a silent wave carry you away
Or will the storm crash down so cold
I spent a lot of fool's gold
Fool's gold

Will you be ready when your ship comes in
When your ship comes in
Will you be ready to sail with the tide
When your ship comes in
Will you be ready when your ship comes in
When your ship comes in
Will you be ready to sail with a smile
When your ship comes in

Watch the paper window - see the stars
News and views to show you who you are
Keep the money moving change the scene
Open up the market with our dreams
Almost there - you and I
Catch the fall - touch the sky
Love a lot - paper view
Now's the time - make your move
Keep the money moving
As long as we are using
Almost without knowing
Getting ego's burning
Freightend they stop turning
See the judge adjourning
Play your part and don't get in their way
Black and White they say you must believe
Now they found a sound that we obey
If you wait to long the tide will turn
Then there'll be some brand new rules to learn
Almost there - you and I
Catch the fall - touch the sky
Love a lot - paper view
Now's the time - make your move
Read a million pages
Every headline ages
Nothing ever changes
There's a time for laughing
Time will soon be passing
Make your mark before you fade away

Reaching to another day
And the world is just one step away
Making money, aiming blind
It's time to change - leave it all behind
Turn it on - whenever you can
Turn it on - you know that you can
Hear the echo's in you heart
turn your mind in - then - make a start
Anything you want to be
Will soon become reality - then you'll see
Turn it on - whenever you can
Turn it on - you know that you can
You're out of touch - so turn it on
You don't need much - to burn it on
Take a different point of view
And discover just what you can do
Getting closer every day
Now the world is just a step away - (dont'delay)
Turn it on - whenever you can
Turn it on - you know that you can
You hit the top - so turn it on
You'll never stop - just burn it on
Turn it on (turn it on) - whenever you can
Turn it on (groovin'on) - you know that you can
Turn it on (turn it on, yeah) - whenever you can
Turn it on (just movin'on) - you know that you can
Turn it on
Turn it on
Turn it on
Turn it on

Let me out to play
Let me find a way - to be
Let me feel the sun
Life has just begun for me

Eyes waterfalling, a world full of tears
Eyes waterfalling, but nobody hears

Laughter all around
It's lonely looking down - from here
Fuel my shallow pride
And teach me how to hide my fear

Eyes waterfalling, a world full of tears
Eyes waterfalling, but nobody hears

They've got control of my life
I can't break away

They've shaped my destiny
No use the boy in me
I go to join my friend
He'll bring me joy again

Eyes waterfalling, a world full of tears
Eyes waterfalling, but nobody hears

I lost control in the night
And drifted away

Eyes waterfalling, a world full of tears
Eyes waterfalling, but nobody hears

On the streets
There's no more pavements of gold
In the heat
There's no more golden years ?
there your feet
They try to run from the cold
No retreat there's nowhere left to go

Follow me to the end of the earth
Follow me before it all breaks down
Follow me you'll find if you go there
Your waiting there to be found

Steel and stone the city's crushing you
Stand alone but that's no way to be
Follow me you'll find if you go there
Follow me you turn around

We believe the same old story
Where heroes wear the crown
We don't see the fame and glory
And watch the world go down

Silver towns that confuse you with
Silver words that turn your head around
Silver streets that amuse you with
Silver dreams and silver sounds

Follow me to the end of the earth
Follow me before it all breaks down
Follow me you'll find if you go there
Your waiting there to be found

We don't need these shades of glory
We don't want that crown
There's something sacred on this story
The heroes all fall down


It's time now

It's time now to move a bit
Forget about the stone faced angels
Just move along keep moving on
Silver to gold (Repeat)

Follow me (x5)

the spirit of the people
the spirit of the people
the spirit of the people
the rhythm has begun ...

old men with their protocol
lead us off to war
sometimes we don't even know
what we're fighting for
marching to the beat of their drum

leaders we no longer trust
told too many lies
the promises they made to us
were never realised
hear me now the chant has begun

nowhere left to turn
no-one left to turn to
voices raised in anger
they don't have the answer
our whole world's in danger

oil slicks on the ebbing tide
progress out of hand
blind men choke on swallowed pride
heads down in the sand
don't wanna see the damage they've done

trees destroyed by acid rain
falling from the skies
when our children place the blame
who will tell them why
hear me now the chant has begun

why is love so rare
all this talk of warfare
voices raised in anger
they don't have an answer
pass the word along
we can wait no longer
too much blind destruction
follow love's instructions
now the chant has begun

(chant)

make your choice there's no escape
add your voice, the chant has begun

Take a journey back in time
Leave the western world behind
Cross the mountains to Peking
Where the paper laterns gently swing

The Chinese way
Who knows what they know
The Chinese legend grows

My eyes wide open
I feel a breeze
Words softly spoken
In Cantonese

Standing at the master's side
The with patience he confides
Secret knowledge - sacred ways
Paerls of wisdom from the dragon days

I could never lie
For honour I would lie
Following the Chinese way

So many years ago hero's ruled the world
(Some died for love in a cruel world)
They were the only ones in a cruel world

I could never lie
For honour I would lie
Following the Chinese way

From the mountains to Peking
Where the paper laterns gently swing

The Chinese way
Who knows what they know
The Chinese legend grows

Though I live on the edge time is on my side
all the doors to my life are open wide
just as long as the wheels keep on turning 'round
I will live for the groove 'til the sun goes down

living it up, living it up
I can feel it
living it up
is it a crazy notion?
living it up, living it up
I can feel it
living it up
I got forward motion

I don't wanna go to war, I don't wanna go to war
I said I know what I want and I don't wanna go war - do you follow me?
I saw a soldier standing in a bar
looked so tired he'd come so far
he said "I need to love someone, before they drop the atom bomb"

there's a girl at the back making eyes at me
and her hair long and black is a sight to see
but I get kind of scared when love's around
I just live for the groove 'til the sun goes down

living it up, living it up
I can feel it
living it up
is it a false emotion?
living it up, living it up
I can feel it
living it up
I got forward motion

so I'm a-taking you out but I'm a-faking
I'm married to the beat
but to the music I gave the heart I could have given you
still there's something 'bout the way that you move
and the way that people stare it's the shock of the new
I want my friends to see me standing next to you

the sun goes down . . .

time is on my side
I don't care what they say I'll enjoy the ride
but I get kind of scared when I turn around
so I'll stay with the groove 'til the sun goes down

living it up
living it up
I can feel it
living it up
I got forward motion

ooh - watch her dance
there must be one like her in every club in every town
but I don't mind if that the way she wants to be
there's something 'bout her that reminds me of me
she's my soulmate - we'll be together 'til the sun goes down

the sun goes down

living it up
living it up
I can feel it
living it up
I got forwand motion

tell - me something
why do I always find it hard just to get along
try my best - for nothing
every little thing I do is wrong

feel it in my brain
driving me insane
round and round
the same old tune

"daddy's on the phone
you know you're not alone
turn that down
and clean up your room."

sons and daughters
(don't fall in)
in hot water
sons and daughters
(they don't do)
what they oughta

tell (tell) you something
music is the key to set me free
to the beat (on the street) I'm jumping
forgetting all the things they said 'bout me

here it comes again
chugging like a train
round and round
an impeccable groove

I know it's getting late
but I won't histate
can't slow down
got to do what I do

sons and daughters
(always in)
in hot water

wasting time
is a crime in their eyes
but I'm still young
so much time to decide - what to do ...

(I don't need confirmation
for my boyhood extrapolation
though I'm not sure of my direction
I have the groove for my protection)

here it comes again
chugging like a train
round and round
an impeccable groove

I know it's getting late
but I won't hesitate
can't slow down
got to do what I do

sons and daughters
(don't fall in)
in hot water
(when they fall by the way)
sons and daughters
(they don't do)
what they oughta

tell me something
where you staying tonight
your folks
have waited up for you
now they've locked the door
and turned off the light.

As I watch your face
I can see my life go by
You mean everyhing to me
Just can't take no more
Throw a smile my way
And the pain I feel inside
Turns to love for you
And I'm yours
Do lovers ever need to hide
The things they really fell inside
I simply need you yo need me
Can't you see
Once I hoped to be
Your lover and your friend
It just can't go on
Your love games
Your love games
Do lovers ever need to hide
The things they really feel inside
If you won't show your heart to me
Set me free
Now the time has come
To show you how I feel
The love I gave to you
I can't give no more
Even now I see
The salt tears n your eyes
But it can't go on
Your love games