Turn to Stone
The city streets are empty now
(The lights don´t shine no more)
And so the songs are way down low.A sound that flows into my mind
(The echoes of the daylight)
Of everything that is alive
(In my blue world)
CHORUS
I turn to stone, when you are gone
I turn to stone
Turn to stone, when you coming home,
I can´t go on.
The dying embers of a night
(A fire that slowly fades till dawn)
Still glow upon the wall so bright,
The tired streets that hide away
(From here to everywhere they go)
Roll past my door into the day
(In my blue world)
REPEAT CHORUS
Yes I´m turning to stone
´Cos you ain´t coming home,
Why ain´t you coming home
If I´m turning 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.
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)
It's Over
It´s over, it´s over, it´s over
Summer came and passed away,
Hardly seemed to last a day,
But it´s over,
And what can I do.
Music playin´ in the air,
Silence on a darkened stair,
´Cos it´s over,
And what can I do.
CHORUS
It´s over, it´s over, all over,
It´s all over now,
And the way you looked
Don´t even mean I´m down.
When you kick out the sea
And the sun says goodbye
There is nothing much to speak of.
Looking over sunny days,
Searching for the righteous wave,
´Cos it´s over,
And what can I do.
Looking from this distant shore,
You ain´t sailin´ by no more,
´Cos it´s over,
And what can I do.
REPEAT CHORUS
It´s over, yeah it´s over,
Don´t shed a tear for me, it´s over,
Don´t shed a tear although it´s over.
Sweet Talkin' Woman
I was searchin´, on a one-way street,
I was hopin´, for a chance to meet,
I was waitin´ for the operator on the line
(She´s gone so long) what can I do
(Where could she be?)
Don´t know what I´m gonna do,
I gotta get back to you.
CHORUS
Slow down, sweet talkin´ woman
You got me runnin´,
You got me searchin´,
Hold on, sweet talkin´ lover,
It´s so sad if that´s
The way it´s over.
Sweet talking woman.
I was walkin´, many days go by
I was thinkin´ about the lonely nights
Communication breakdown all around.
(She´s gone so long) what can I do
(Where could she be now?)
Don´t know what I´m gonna do,
I gotta get back to you.
REPEAT CHORUS
Sweet talkin´ woman.
I´ve been livin´ on a dead-end street,
I´ve been askin´ everybody I meet,
Insufficient data coming through.
(She´s gone so long) what can I do
(Where could she be?)
Don´t know what I´m gonna do.
I gotta get back to you.
REPEAT CHORUS
Across the Border
I´ve been work so hard baby, trying to get to you
I´m gonna be there soon
In the heat of the day many miles away
When the sun is beating down upon the main street.
I´ll be waiting at the station.
I gotta move down the line.
They´ll be dancing and singin´ and doin´ their thing
And they´ll be rockin´ and rollin´ until the day is done
You know I´ve got to make the deadline -
CHORUS
I gotta get that southbound train tonight -
If I don´t get to the border then I´ll write.
The Mardi Gras will be blowing strong
And the people dancing all across the city,
I´m leavin´ here tonight,
Gotta move down the line.
I´m gonna catch a ride on the 9:05,
I´m gonna ride the rails until we reach the morning,
Maybe three or four hundred miles.
REPEAT CHORUS
When the wind is blowing softly through the streets
Of a little town and the music´s playin´,
You´re waitin´ somewhere over the horizon.
REPEAT CHORUS
You know I´m coming, baby
You know I´m coming, baby.
Night in the City
Standin´ at the airport lookin´ down the strip
She was dryin´ her eyes, she was bitin´ her lip
747 just left from gate eleven, and there´s no turnin´ round
´Cos it´s just leavin´ the ground and gettin´ higher
Standin´ at the dockside lookin´ out to sea
When I saw her but she did not see me
There she stood with no hope because she´d missed the boat,
And as her dreams sailed away she headed back for the day,
Back to the city.
CHORUS
Night in the city,
Oh, oh, oh,
Madness at midnight
Night in the city,
Drivin´ you insane.
In the city...
In the city...
REPEAT CHORUS
I was runnin´ kinda lonely at the city place
I waited for an hour, I never saw her face.
Crazy ladies that wait, and slide around like a snake,
I just can´t take anymore, I´m going in through the door,
Into the city.
I´ll get you, yes I´m gonna get you
I´ll get you, yes I´m gonna get you
I´ll get you, yes I´m gonna get you
I´ll get you, yes I´m gonna get you
I´ll get you, yes I´m gonna get you
I´ll get you, yes I´m gonna get you
Driving you insane.
REPEAT CHORUS
Driving you insane
Driving you insane.
Starlight
Starlight,
I hear you calling out to me
Sweet love,
Rollin´ across my mind again.
I want you, yes I do,
I need you, yes I do.
CHORUS
But then you run -- you gotta stop
Foolin´ around, keep your feet
On the ground, little girl,
And starlight will shine
All around, little girl
You had me all
Summer long, little girl
Starlight,
Your eyes are lookin´ out so far away,
Constellation in the sky
Is smiling down on me
I wonder, wonder why
I can feel you´re so real,
I can see you´re so near.
REPEAT CHORUS
Moon glow,
Come light the way up to my window
As you roll across the night,
Don´t tell nobody that I told you so
I want you, yes I do,
I need you, yes I do.
REPEAT CHORUS
Jungle
I was standing in the jungle, I was feeling alright
Mmmhmmm, Mmmhmmm --
I was wanderin´ in the darkness in the middle of the night
Mmmhmmm, Mmmhmmm --
The moon began to shine I saw a clearing ahead
Mmmhmmm, Mmmhmmm --
But what´s that goin´ on I think I´m out of my head
Mmmhmmm, Mmmhmmm --
CHORUS
Chooka chooka hoo la ley
Looka looka koo la ley
A hundred animals were gathered round in the night
Mmmhmmm, Mmmhmmm --
And they were singin´ out a lovely song under the pale moonlight
Mmmhmmm, Mmmhmmm --
I stood and stared for quite a while
Then a lion sang to me and smiled
"Come and join us if you so desire."
REPEAT CHORUS
I said now please explain the meaning of this song you sing,
Mmmhmmm, Mmmhmmm --
"Wondrous is our great blue ship
That sails around the might sun
And joy to everyone that rides along!"
REPEAT CHORUS
AND THEY DANCED!!!
Pretty soon I knew the tune
And we sat and sang under the moon
And the jungle rang in joyful harmony.
REPEAT CHORUS
"Wondrous is our great blue ship
That sails around the might sun
And joy to everyone that rides along!"
Believe Me Now
Instrumental
Steppin' Out
Pack up all your things,
We´re gonna be leavin´
Sooner than I thought,
Take the things you bought,
-- Clouds are gathering.
Say goodbye to all your friends,
We´re gonna be sorry.
-- For a while, that´s how it goes
But then again, who knows
About the rain.
CHORUS
I´m steppin´ out, I´m moving on
I´m gonna see the world,
Like a rollin´ stone,
I´m gonna be somebody --
Oh, I´m steppin´ out.
Did you hear what he said?
He said they sold me down the river --
They thought I was a fool,
They said the rain would fall
What did they know?
Then I saw your face,
Heard the song that you were singin´,
-- Though I thought I knew the words,
The tune was quite absurd and out of key.
Doo dah dah dee.
REPEAT CHORUS
I´m steppin´ out, I´m steppin´ out
I´m steppin´ out, I´m steppin´ out
I´m steppin´ out, I´m steppin´ out
I´m steppin´ out, I´m steppin´ out
I´m steppin´ out, I´m steppin´ out
I´m steppin´ out, I´m steppin´ out
Steppin´ out, steppin´ out, steppin´ out.
Don´t know where I´m going
Gonna see the world, gonna be somebody
Don´t know where I´m going
I´m just steppin´ out
I´m steppin´ out
I´m steppin´ out.
Big Wheels
I´ve been thinking it over,
So many times they say
You got it made --
They never understand
The answer lies within your soul
´Cos no one know which side
The coin will fall
Big wheels turnin´
Baby I know
Big wheels turnin´
Baby I know
Big wheels turnin´, turnin´.
Save it for a rainy day
For when the cold wind blows
Just to see how they run
-- I thought they´d know,
I tried my best, all I could do
But somehow it was not enough for you.
Big wheels turnin´
Baby I know
Big wheels turnin´
Baby I know
Big wheels turning, turning,
Turning, turning.
CHORUS
I remember the dead of night,
A lonely light that shines upon the window.
I see it all so clear
The tenderness, the silent tears
Out here in the pouring rain
Through cold dark waiting days
I see you standing there
I see the big wheels turnin´
Never endin´ on and on they go.
I think I´m goin´ home,
I think I´m gonna have to start again
It´s rather sad,
Because I´ve looked around
Can´t seem to find
Whatever´s always rollin´
Through my mind
Big wheels turnin´
Baby I know
Big wheels turnin´
Baby I know
Big wheels turning, turning
Turning, turning.
Summer and Lightning
I have waited, for your love
For so long, how do I go on,
I have told you, so many times,
It´s no good,
You´re treating me so wrong,
Out there so far away,
Above the sky will say
For you,
Here it comes again
It´s all around me
It must be magic
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
I can see you, in my mind
The lost time, that you´re savin´,
I could reach out, and touch you,
What can I do,
The sun ain´t shinin´
Out there so far away
Above the sky will say
For you,
Only for you.
Here it comes again (summer and lightning)
It´s all around me (summer and lightning)
It must be magic (summer and lightning)
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Here it comes again.
Here it comes again (summer and lightning)
It´s all around me (summer and lightning)
It must be magic (summer and lightning)
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Here it comes again (summer and lightning)
I can feel it (summer and lightning)
It´s all around me (summer and lightning)
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Mr. Blue Sky
(Good morning! Today´s forecast calls for blue skies!)
Sun is shinin´ in the sky,
There ain´t a cloud in sight
It´s stopped rainin´
Everybody´s in a play
And don´t you know,
It´s a beautiful new day.
Runnin´ 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.
CHORUS
Mr. Blue Sky, please tell us why,
You had to hide away for so long
Where did we go wrong.
REPEAT CHORUS
Hey you with the pretty face,
Welcome to the human race
A celebration Mr. Blue Sky´s
Up there waitin´ and today
Is the day we´ve waited for
REPEAT CHORUS
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,
Creepin´ over,
Now his hand is on your shoulder,
Never mind I´ll remember you this...
I´ll remember you this way.
REPEAT CHORUS
Hey there, Mr. Blue
We´re so pleased to be with you
Look around, see what you do
Everybody smiles at you.
Sweet Is the Night
When the day is done and there´s nowhere to run,
And the people of the city have all lost and won,
In your city dress you stand and stare,
And you smoke another cigarette and comb your hair,
And the light that shines,
Paints a trace of sadness
On the street, I wait,
But I can´t seem to get to you.
You start to sway, check your Cartier
´Cos it´s getting late, you can´t afford to wait,
So you move along where it´s going on,
And the people of the night are playing ´till the dawn,
And the sun that shines,
Paints a trace of sadness,
In your eyes that cry
Wishin´ and hopin´ --
CHORUS
Sweet, sweet is the night
Now you are near,
Dark, dark were the days,
They disappear,
Sweet, sweet is the night,
Now you are near.
Well you did your thing and you lost your wings,
And you hurt so bad you lost everything,
And the tears that fall on the city wall,
Will fade away with the rays of morning light
That shines,
Paints a smile across your pretty face,
I know
Everything is alright
Alright...
REPEAT CHORUS
The Whale
Instrumental
Birmingham Blues
Workin´ on the road across this great big world,
I´ve been rollin´ like a stone I never get back home,
Yes, I´ve been long-gone,
And boy I´ve got the Birmingham Blues.
Been across the ocean to the south sea isles
Yeah, I travelled to the east and west for mile and miles and miles
And I´ve been long-gone,
And boy I´ve got the Birmingham Blues.
CHORUS
Across the world I´ve seen
People and places
Could be the same
But with a different name.
I wouldn´t change the things I do for anything
But I´d just like to hear the message of the streets again
Give me a ticket,
´Cos boy I´ve got the Birmingham Blues.
It may be kind of homely but it sure is sweet
Industrial Revolution put it on its feet
But it´s a long, long way
Boy I´ve got the Birmingham Blues.
REPEAT CHORUS
I´ll go and stay a while and all the folks I meet
They´ll say "You won´t stay long, you got them travellin´ feet,
You´ll soon be long-gone,
´Cos boy you got the rest of the world blues".
REPEAT CHORUS
Wild West Hero
(Wish I was... a wild west hero)
Sometimes I look up high
And then I think there might,
Just be a better life
Away from all we know
That´s where I want to go
Out on the wild side
-- And I wish I was
(Oh, oh, oh, oh)
A wild west hero.
CHORUS
Ride the range all the day,
Till the first fading light
Be with my western girl
Round the fire, oh so bright
I´d be the indians´ friend,
Let them live to be free
Riding in to the sunset
I wish I could be.
I´d ride the desert sands
And through the prairie lands,
Trying to do what´s right,
The folks would come to me.
They´d say "We need you here",
I´d stay for the night,
Oh, I wish I was
(Oh, oh, oh, oh)
A wild west hero.
REPEAT CHORUS
Oh, I wish I was (oh, oh, oh, oh)
A wild west hero
I wish I was (oh, oh, oh, oh)
A wild west hero
Oh, I wish I was (oh, oh, oh, oh)
A wild west hero
Wish I was (oh, oh, oh, oh)
A wild west hero.
Wish I was... a wild west hero.
