Electric Light Orchestra Part II

Blue violin
Play for me your saddest melody
Violin
Play for me your saddest melody

Talk is cheap, but it can't pay
For all the hurt you threw my way
Oh, no - Oh, no

Love is blind but I can see
You're trying to make a fool of me
I know - I know

Sometimes I feel just like I'm running on ice
I might slip and slide girl
But you won't hurt me twice, oh no

*No matter what you say
You'll never stop me
Breaking down the walls around your heart
No matter what you do
You just can't stop me
Breaking down the walls around your heart

Love is passion, love is pain
The heat is on, we're all insane
I know, I know

Life is bitter, life is sweet
You just can't ever admit defeat
Oh, no - oh, no

Sometimes it feels like we've been fighting too long
It can't be right to make me feel so wrong - oh, no

*Repeat

Did you ever feel like superman
got the world in your hands
But you never can
Seem to break down the walls

Did you ever feel like a drowning man
Got your life in your hands
But you never can
Seem to break down the walls

Sometimes it feels just like I'm running on ice
I might slip and slide girl
But you won't hurt me twice - oh, no

*Repeat

Everywhere the sun is shining.
All around the world it's shining.
But cold winds blow across your mind.
Confusion--it's such a terrible shame.
Confusion--you don't know what you're sayin'.
You've lost your love and you just can't carry on.
You feel there's no-one there for you to lean on.

Every night you're out there darlin'.
You're always out there runnin'.
And I see that lost look in your eyes.
Confusion,I don't know what I should do.
Confusion,I leave it all up to you.
You've lost your love and you just can't carry on.
You feel there's no-one there for you to lean on.

Dark is the road you wander.
And as you stand there under.
The starry sky,you feel sad inside.
Confusion,you know it's drivin' me wild.
Confusion,it comes as no big surprise.
You've lost your love and you just can't carry on.
You feel there's no-one there for you to lean on.

Don't want to talk, don't want to walk
Don't want to do anything
Don't want to kick, don't want to scream
Don't want to sleep, don't want to dream
Just want to sit, just want to stare
Do what you want I don't care
Wait for the phone, wait for the ring
Don't want to do anything

Don't want to work, don't want to play
Just sit around everyday
Don't want to dance, don't want to sing
Don't want to do anything
Don't want to laugh, don't want to cry
Just want to sit and wonder why
It's just too much without your touch
Don't want to do anything

You made a fool of me, but them broken dreams have got to end.

Hey woman, you got the blues, cos′ you ain′t got no one else to use.
There′s an open road that leads nowhere, so just make some miles
between here and there
There′s a hole in my head where the rain comes in
You took my body and played to win
Ha Ha woman it′s a crying shame
But you ain′t got no one else to blame

Rolled in from another town,
Hit some gold too hot to settle down,
But a fool and his money soon go separate ways,
And you found a fool lyin′ in a daze,
Ha Ha woman what you gonna do,
You destroyed all the virtues that the Lord gave you,
It′s so good that you′re feeling pain,
But you better get yourself on board the very next train.

Evil woman how you done me wrong,
But now you′re tryin′ to wail a different song,
Ha Ha funny how you broke me up,
you made the wine now you drink the cup
I came runnin′ every time you cried,
Thought I saw love smilin′ in your eyes,
Ha Ha very nice to know, that you ain′t got no place left to go

Hold on tight to your dream
Hold on tight to your dream
When you see your ship go sailing
When you feel your heart is breaking
Hold tight to your dream

It′s a long time to be gone
Time just rolls on and on
When you need a shoulder to cry on
When you get so sick of trying
Just hold tight to your dream

When you get so down that you can′t get up
And you want so much but you′re all out of luck
When you′re so downhearted and misunderstood
Just over & over & over you could

Accroches-toi a ton reve
Accroches-toi a ton reve
Quand tu vois ton bateau partir
Quand tu sents ton coeur se briser
Accroches-toi a ton reve

Hold on tight to your dream
Hold on tight to your dream
When you see the shadows falling
When you hear that cold wind calling
Hold on tight to your dream

Oh, yeah
Hold on tight to your dream
Yeah, hold on tight
To your dream

Sailing away on the crest of a wave
It's like magic
Rolling and riding and slipping & sliding
It's magic

And you, and your sweet desire,
You took me, ohhh higher and higher baby,
It's a living thing,
It's a terrible thing to lose
It's a given thing
What a terrible thing to lose

I'm taking a dive (echo)

Making believe this is what you've conceived
From your worst day, I'm takin a dive
Moving in line when you look back in time
To the first day, I'm taken I'm taken

And you and your sweet desire,
Don't you do it, don't you do it,
Taking me ohh, higher and higher baby
It's a living thing,
It's a terrible thing to lose,
It's a given thing
What a terrible thing to lose

I'm takin a dive

Taking a dive 'cos you can't halt the slide
Floating downstream, I'm takin a dive
So let her go don't start spoiling the show
It's a bad dream, I'm taking , I'm taking

And you and your sweet desire
Don't you do it, don't you do it
Taking me higher and higher baby

It's a livin' thing,
It's a terrible thing to lose
It's a given thing
What a terrible thing to lose

Just don't look, no matter what they say
Don't let her get to you, make her go away
But you're only human
And the best laid plans of men go astray
So all your good sense
Goes out the door
When you see that girl walk across the floor
Too late you've seen her
You've had a glimpse of paradise

*You never want to have to choose
Is it love or money now
Even if you win you lose
Is it love or money now

I'll close my eyes, I don't want to see you
Just go ahead say what you will
And I'll agree
I don't want illusions
Don't want confusions anymore

*Repeat

Is it love or money, I said love or money
That can make your dreams come true
I know it sounds so funny
But it's always love or money
That makes you do the crazy things that you do

*Repeat

Sun is shining in the sky
There ain′t a cloud in sight
It′s stopped raining
Everybody′s in a play
And don′t you know

It′s a beautiful new day
Running down the avenue
See how the sun shines
Brightly in the city
On the streets where once was pity
Mr. Blue Sky is living here today

Mr. Blue Sky, please tell us why
You had to hide away For so long (so long)
Where did we go wrong
Mr. Blue Sky, please tell us why
You had to hide away For so long (so long)
Where did we go wrong

Hey you, with the pretty face
Welcome to the human race
A celebration
Mr. Blue Sky′s up there waiting
And today is the day we′ve waited for

Mr. Blue Sky, please tell us why
You had to hide away For so long (so long)
Where did we go wrong

Hey there, Mr. Blue
We′re so pleased to be with you
Look around, see what you do
Everybody smiles at you

Hey there, Mr. Blue
We′re so pleased to be with you
Look around, see what you do
Everybody smiles at you

Mr. Blue you did it right
But soon comes Mr. Night
Creeping over, now his
Hand is on your shoulder
Never mind, I′ll remember you this
I′ll remember you this way

Mr. Blue Sky, please tell us why
You had to hide away For so long (so long)
Where did we go wrong

Hey there, Mr. Blue (sky)
We′re so pleased to be with you (sky)
Look around, see what you do (look)
Everybody smiles at you

I'm lying here, I know the night must fall
The edge of darkness is so near
So hold back the night, hold back the night
It's the darkness that I fear

And in my heart there's not a shadow of a doubt
The final truth waits there fore me
Nowhere to hide, nowhere to hide
From the memories

*Give me one more tomorrow
All these todays alone
Mean nothing anymore
Give me one more tomorrow
Another chance to find
What I've been searching for

Inner voices in the quiet of the night
Angry silence calls to me
There's no time for tears, no time for tears
Find a way to break free

* Repeat

I'm praying for a little piece of heaven tonight
I'm searching for some help from a friend
And all I need is a miracle
To help me through this night
that never ends, it never ends

* Repeat (x2)

I hear your voice close on the phone
But I know you're far away
I've waited so long to talk to you
But now I can't find the words to say
So I sit and I listen to you
Breathe on the open line
I can almost taste your lips
And touch your hair
It's like intoxicating wine
I can almost see your face
Through the miles and miles of space

*I can feel the power of a million lights
When I see your eyes burn bright
I can see the sparks of a million volts
When you touch me through the night
I can feel the heat across a million miles
When you voice comes through the line
I can feel the power of a million lights
Come through the satellite

Although these oceans hold us apart
Where there's a will there's a way
I'm going to reach across the miles of sea
No matter what they say
So close your eyes and I'll be there
There's magic in the sky tonight
When you see the lightning flash around the world
It's the power of a million lights
Until I see your face
Through the miles and miles of space

*Repeat

Somewhere over the atmosphere
The signals are crossed
Now you're not so clear
The power is out and the lights are down
My head is spinning
Round and round and round and round and round

You know I need you more tonight
By the power of a million lights

Gonna write a little letter gonna mail it to me local D.J
it′s a jumpin little record I want my jockey to play
Roll Over Beethoven, gotta hear it again today

My temperature′s risin, the juke box′s blowin a fuse
My heart′s beatin a rhythm, singin out rhythm and blues
Roll Over Beethoven, they′re rockin in two by two

Well if you feel you like it, go get your lover and reel and rock it
roll it over and move on up now, go for cover and reel and rock it
roll it over, Roll Over Beethoven, tell Tchaikovsky the news

Early in the mornin I′m a givin you the warnin
don′t you step on my blue suede shoes
hey diddle diddle gonna play my fiddle
I ain′t got nothing to lose
Roll Over Beethoven, tell Tchaikovsky the news

She wiggles like a glow-worm, dances like a spinning top
she got a crazy partner, you should have seen her reel and rock
long as she got a dime, the music will never stop

Well if you feel you like it, go get your lover and reel and rock it
roll it over and move on up now, go for cover and reel and rock it
roll it over, Roll Over Beethoven, dig these rhythm and blues

Roll Over Beethoven, Roll Over Beethoven
Roll Over Beethoven, Roll Over Beethoven
Roll Over Beethoven, dig these rhythm and blues

She cried to the southern wind
About a love that was sure to end
Every dream in her heart was gone
Headin' for a showdown.

Bad dreamer, what's your name?
Looks like we're ridin' on the same train
Looks as though there'll be more pain
There's gonna be a showdown.

And it's rainin' all over the world
It's raining all over the world
Tonight, the longest night.

She came to me like my friend
She blew in on a southern wind
Now my heart is turned to stone again
There's gonna be a showdown.

Save me, oh, save me
It's unreal the suffering
There's gonna be a showdown.

And it's rainin' all over the world
Raining all over the world
Tonight, the longest night.

Raining all over the world
Raining all over the world
The longest night.

And it's rainin' all over the world
Raining all over the world
Tonight, the longest night.

You gotta save me, girl
When I'm ready for save
Oh, I'm fool for you
You know that real that
Go on and save me.

Can you feel what you're doin'
To me now?
I'm on the run again
You gotta save your soul...

Stepping out of the shadows
I'm blinded by the light
there'll be no more wasted days
No more sleepless nights

Stepping out of your shadow
I finally see the light
No more mister nice guy
I'm ready for the fight
Weight off my shoulders
No more tears to cry
The chains are broken now
I see through your disguise

I'm so glad you're gone
So glad you said goodbye
I'm so glad you're gone
So glad you said goodbye
Do you really think I'd just lay down and die

No infatuation
I don't believe your lies
I can see clearly now
The truth behind your eyes
Weight off my shoulders
No more tears to cry
The chains are broken
I see through your disguise

*I'm so glad you're gone
So glad you said goodbye
I'm so glad you're gone
So glad you said goodbye
No more angry words, no chance for you to lie
Did you really think I'd just lay down and die

Passion fades away
Love can turn to hate
And all the words I want to say
Are left in the hands of fate

*Repeat

I wait till everyone's asleep
Then out into the night I creep
No one can see me now
Or hear me running, soundlessly

The moon's the only light I need
To search for food, young ones to feed
But as the dawn is drawing near the earth, my way's not clear
I'm trapped on the outside

Moonlight save me, moonlight save me
Moonlight save me, moonlight save me

Unearthly fear, it grips my skin
Unearthly sound, the hunt begins
I hear excited cries
But dare not look from where I'm hiding

The multi-coloured humans ride
Soon they will find me where I hide
The brown and white tormentors
Begin to howl and then I'm running

Moonlight save me

I cut across the trail I left five miles before
One chance to throw them off my scent but I'm not sure
An elder told me it had worked sometime before

My heart is beating like a drum
I make the ridge, but can't go on
I turn to face my death
But nothing comes to stop me breathing

Down in the clearing now I see
They're searching all around for me
Confusion everywhere
But I am safe up here, I've won, I've won, I've won, I've won, I've won

The city streets are empty now THE LIGHTS DON′T SHINE NO MORE
and so the songs are way down low TURNING TURNING TURNING
A sound that flows into my mind THE ECHOES OF THE DAYLIGHT
of everything that is alive IN MY BLUE WORLD

I turn to stone when you are gone, I turn to stone
Turn to stone when you comin′ home, I can′t go on

The dying embers of the night A FIRE THAT SLOWLY FADES TILL DAWN
still glow upon the wall so bright BURNING BURNING BURNING
The tired streets that hide away FROM HERE TO EVERYWHERE THEY GO
roll past my door into the day IN MY BLUE WORLD

I turn to stone when you are gone, I turn to stone
Turn to stone when you comin′ home, I can′t go on
Turn to stone when you are gone, I turn to stone

Yes, I′m turnin′ to stone ′cos you ain′t comin′ home
Why you ain′t comin′ home if I′m turnin′ to stone
You′ve been gone for so long and I can′t carry on
yes, I′m turnin′, I′m turnin′, I′m turnin′ to stone

The dancing shadows on the wall THE TWO-STEP IN THE HALL
are all I see since you′ve been gone TURNING TURNING TURNING
Through all I sit here and I wait I TURN TO STONE I TURN TO STONE
You will return again some day TO MY BLUE WORLD

I turn to stone when you are gone, I turn to stone
Turn to stone when you comin′ home, I can′t go on
Turn to stone when you are gone, I turn to stone

I turn to stone when you are gone, I turn to stone
Turn to stone when you comin′ home, I can′t go on
Turn to stone when you are gone, I turn to stone

Lipstick traces on an unmade bed
We drank all night and got devils in our head
She said some things that should have stayed unsaid
Emotions overflowing
Now I don't know what to believe
Sitting here in the cold light of the day

She felt anger, I felt pain
I walked out into the pouring rain
Packed my bags and took the midnight train
Didn't care where it was going
On my way, running like a thief
Hard to leave, but harder to stay

There's no wrong, there's no right
But sometimes she breaks all the rules
And lying here alone tonight
Can't believe love can be so cruel

Wish I'd believed her
'Cos now I need her
Sometimes the truth just hurts too much

She goes straight to the heart
With a truth that always finds me
She goes straight to the heart
And pulls tight the ties that bind me
She can be so cold, and it tears me apart
When she twists the knife
It goes straight to the heart

Sometimes love is an endless fight
It's never simple, never black and white
Just like ships passing in the night
Who knows where they're going
No forgiveness, no reprieve
Both sailing their separate ways

Light of day, dead of night
I'm searching for what I can't find
Try and try as I might
I can't get her out of my mind

Wish I'd believed her
'Cos now I need her
I guess we all must love and learn
She goes straight to heart
With a truth that always finds me
She goes straight to the heart
And pulls tight the ties that bind me
She can be cold, and it tears me apart
When she twists the knife
It goes straight to the heart

World's going through some changes
I see so many things that
I don't understand

And people - have got to feel the power
We got to take our lives back
Into our own hands

This is no time for silence
We got to be stronger
We can't live with the violence
We can't live with the fear

*Voices - I wanna hear them calling
From the highest mountain
Over land and sea
Voices - I wanna hear them calling
Hear the sound of freedom
Calling out to me

Life - just turns in a circle
If we look for solutions
In the mistakes of the past

And now - we got to look to the future
We got to find the answers
We got to find them fast

So put the wheels in motion
If you wanna make changes
Out across the ocean
Let your words ring out

*Repeat

Long hair, flashing eyes
The kind of hips that make you fantasize
A slow smile, just meant to tease
One look and you'll be weak at the knees
They got my head in a whirl
'Cos I can't get enough of those whiskey girls

They got the world at their fingertips
With just a look and lick of the lips
They understand the rhythm of the night
I'm in a daze, I don't know wrong from right
They got my head in a whirl
'Cos I can't get enough of those whiskey girls

*Hypnotised - by the whiskey girls
Compromised - out of this world
Lord above, could this be love
Ain't no doubt about it
I'm crazy about the whiskey girls

Whiskey girls are out on the town
They'll break your heart, they'll bring you down
Whiskey girls are out of control
For just one touch you'd sell your soul

The moon is high I'm getting out of the line
Whishful thinking with a one track mind
I'm having flashes, oh can't you see
they're walking through my private fantasy
Wearing only a necklace of pearls
Those slow walking, long-legged whiskey girls

*Repeat