LEAVING
Music
by Francis Lai. Lyrics by Murray Head |
Waiting for a plane
in time to stare and think again
about the places up and far behind
I'm leaving
people smoke and wait
and sometimes watch departure gates
while soft routine replaces those old fears of.
Leaving once again
such cold nostalgic pain
long good bye in vain to fan the flame
that has to fade to help you face the change.
Are we all the masters of our fate
or only at the mercy of our destiny
in time like this life
in between departures and arrivals seem
more than just a resting place
reflected pasts on distant faces.
Waiting for a plane
in time to stare and think again
about the places up and far behind
leaving once again
such cold nostalgic pain
long good bye in vain to fan the flame
that has to fade to help you face the change.
Waiting for a plane
in time to stare and think again
about the places up and far behind
I'm leaving
I'm leaving
I'm leaving.... |
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BALLERINA EYES
Music
by Francis Lai. Lyrics by Nick Garrie |
The moon's up above
the stars are alight tonight
no wind to speak of
the staggering clown
looking around the ground
for the moonshine.
There's a little song of love in the air
just a little something strange everywhere you go
and though you know
the girl
ballerina eyes
inside a winter sky
staring at you
you close your mind and then
the clown is back again.
The circus has gone
you're standing alone again
seeking the answer
the preacher is drunk
searching his trunk tonight
for the answer.
There's a little song of love in the air
just a little something strange everywhere you go
and though you know
the girl
ballerina eyes
inside a winter sky
staring at you
you close your mind and then
the clown is back again.
There's a little song of love in the air
just a little something strange everywhere you go
and though you know
the girl
ballerina eyes. |
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BOTTOM LINE
Music
by Francis Lai. Lyrics by Boris Bergman |
The clock in the dashboards says seven thirty two
the cat in the backseat's no more afraid of you.
It's just one of those drives
with the mist on the glass
I'm a hanging drop
but I know it will pass.
Bottom line, bottom line
road signs are the signs
I get from the outside
I get if from the outside
bottom line, bottom line...
The man in the gas station says eleven forty four
I've emptied my wallet
but he's asking for more
it's just one of those nights
faded smiles, flaring match
the hunter lowers his gun
there's more game to catch.
Bottom line, bottom line
bottom line, bottom line... |
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DON'T LOOK NOW
Music
by Francis Lai. Lyrics by Hal Sharper |
Don't look now
but I think I've really lost my head
there's a stranger lying here in my bed
right here beside me.
Don't look now
but I know I've seen that face before
once it promised love for ever more
for two, for me and you.
But don't look now
at how suddenly I feel so old
didn't realise this room was so cold
when no one holds you.
I don't know how to touch you
don't know where I can run to
wish something could be done
to make it all right
it could be all right
if we just came through the night
together together.
What to say, I can hardly, hardly
face another day
if you don't want to see me
walking away
darling don't look now. |
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BEACH MOTELS
Music
by Francis Lai. Lyrics by Boris Bergman |
Travellin' blind
ain't necessarily blue... blue.
Painted smiles on the night
they don't have to be true
call a cab... make it quick
don't want to change my mind
I guess it's time.
Chorus:
Blue sails on my mind
weather's forecast's fine
driftin' deep and low far from your kind of croumd
blue sails from the pier
now the coast is clear
should I give the maid a tip
I got no change
should I give the drink a sip
well... should I change
o... should I change.
Naked lamps from the wall
in sleazy beach motels
hanging down broken hearts which
never were for sale
call a cab... make it quick
yes I will hold the line
there's nothing else to hold...
I guess it's time.
Travellin' blind
ain't necessarily blue... blue. |
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THE SILENCE SAYS IT ALL
Music
by Francis Lai. Lyrics by Tim Rice |
The silence says it all
I'm waiting for your call.
Some indication that you care
and how I hate the sound
of no one else around
of knowing you are god knowswhere.
Don't you believe that I still want you
don't you believe how much I want you.
Chorus:
Here comes the night
timing just right
just when I might be pulling through
the night alone knows what I do.
Hears me whisper
hears me calling
hears me crying... I love you.
The silence says it all
I'm waiting for your call.
Some indication that you care
and how I hate the sound
of no one else around
of knowing you are god knowswhere.
Don't you believe that I still want you
don't you believe how much I want you.
Here comes the night
timing just right
just when I might be pulling through
the night alone knows what I do.
Hears me whisper
hears me calling
hears me crying... I love you. |
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REDS
Music
by Francis Lai. Lyrics by Boris Bergman |
Platform nine say goodbye Vania
it's time you split from old
WARSAW WARSAW
she'll meet you on the way,
her Father will tell you to make it abroad.
One more kiss for the road
the Gispy girl got it all
now in your hands
and the Cossaks who leark in the reeds
won't spy on you anymore.
Platform two she feels fine excerpt
he's late for the train to
WARSAW WARSAW
Dad must gamble in town drink
his last cent under some
gipsy midnight lace
one last kiss for the road
and one bullet of lead
the prince lost it all
just a hole in his head
for a hole in some holy ground.
REDS what difference does, does it make
for all the colours it will take
to make life blue, so blue
out of the blue.
REDS what difference does, does it make
when they put you're life at stake
because you never belong
you don't go anywhere.
Platform two she feels fine excerpt
he's late for the train to
WARSAW WARSAW
Dad must gamble in town drink
his last cent under some
gipsy midnight lace
one last kiss for the road
and one bullet of lead
the prince lost it all
just a hole in his head
for a hole in some holy ground. |
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FORGIVE ME
Music
by Francis Lai. Lyrics by Ken Burguess |
Forgive me, but I don't understand
a wind of change began
you walk away from me
I don't want to be free
forgive me, I need you to explain
the silence is the pain
the words that never come
I don't know what I've done.
A child can't tell you why
sometimes she cries
with helpless eyes
she asks you why
but you can't tell her - that's just life
a woman loves to live
and lives to love
and loves to give
don't make my life a lie
won't you try, be with me
so if I hurt you please forgive me
don't know where I went wrong
there's nowhere to belong
the loneliness and pride
I've nowhere left to hide
tonight you're not here by my side
but I can't tell you why
forgive me if I cry.
And so I count the cost
it can't be as it was
forgive me but I'm lost. |
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RISE AND FALL
Music
by Francis Lai. Lyrics by Terry Bradford |
To every one you're the star on the stage
and very soon you'll become all the rage
there is so many friends to help you
they say the things you like to hear
and know what's good for your career.
And then your brand new record does not sell
they're all in meetings the men you knew so well
your time has come but they're afraid to tell you.
You won't believe it
you're so convinced the next song's got to be the one
won't anybody listen
the rise and fall
it never could be meant for you.
Stop searching for where it went wrong
tell yourself you're happy
just to be the man you always be
now have you got something for me?
You have to feel that your life is worth while
you start to think about changing your style
you look around at what is happening
and listen to the radio
to find a way that you can go.
Then you see that it's all over now
you realise you've had your finest hour
you have to stop before it all turns sour.
Don't feel alone now
remember me I've been here waiting in the wings
and I will listen the rise and fall
it's not so bad when it's shared by two
so don't feel embarrassed with me
I want to make you happy now
you're still the man I always knew
I never lost my love for you.
The world still needs you
can't you hear it calling
There's so much it's offering to you
go out and take it with your head up high. |
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SMILE
Music
by Francis Lai. Lyrics by Nick Garrie |
Smile, I hear you laughing in the wind
with your cigar and neck scarf try to sing
you had a way with all the girls
the grandest dancer in the world.
Smile, the nights grew cold the days drew in
and soft and sadder than an evening hymn
I feel it coming on the wind
music from 40 years ago
Oh why
Wartime
London
inside
I feel it coming over my brain
never again Oh smile.
Time, God only knows the things we do
so many died to be a part of you
eager young men to go to war
crossing the seas to die on foreign shores.
Smile, I hear you laughing in the wind
and soft and sadder than an evening hymn
I feel it coming on the wind
music from 40 years ago
Oh why
Wartime
London
inside
I feel it coming over my brain
never again Oh smile
Oh why
Wartime
London
inside
I feel it coming over my brain
never again Oh smile
Oh smile
smile... |
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THE SHOW MUST GO ON
Music
by Francis Lai. Lyrics by Boris Bergman |
Guess that he has gone
but the show sure must go on
now give me the cue I feel fine
I won't drive past the white line
nothing a looser can loose, bad news.
Guess that he'll be back
when the mirror has long been cracked
now let's get back to the love song
I ain't got it all wrong
the intro can't be that long, too long.
What is done can't be undone
I'm not blind to see he's gone
stop telling me he'll back in no time
spot-lights tonight I need you
miss the boat that carried two
keep your love songs to the wall
I blew it all.
What is done can't be undone
I'm not blind to see he's gone
stop telling me he'll back in no time
keep your love songs to the wall
I blew it all, I blew it all.
Guess the ligths are on
and the show sure must go on
now give me my props I must go
do I look good let me know
if they have sold out the show, my show.
What is done can't be undone
I'm not blind to see he's gone
stop telling me he'll back in no time
spot-lights tonight I need you
miss the boat that carried two
keep your love songs to the wall
I blew it all.
What is done can't be undone
I'm not blind to see he's gone
stop telling me he'll back in no time
spot-lights tonight I need you
miss the boat that carried two
keep your love songs to the wall
I blew it all.
What is done can't be undone
I'm not blind to see he's gone
stop telling me he'll back in no time... |
