ALWAYS – THE VERY BEST OF ERASURE (COMPILATION)

WHO NEEDS LOVE LIKE THAT
Who needs love like that?

There’s something going on, something not quite right
There something strange a-happening to me
There’s someone at the door, I hear voices in my head
It seems things aren’t the way they ought to be

Who needs love like that?
Who needs love like that?

It seemed so clear before I held my point of view
I kept my conversation never changed
And now it’s all gone wrong and words are kinda hard
And nothing else around me looks the same

Who needs love like that?
Who needs love like that?

Love can turn you upside-down then leave you cold
It’s plain to see you’re losing all control

Who needs love like that?
Who needs love like that?

I’d like to understand, like to find out why
I can’t remember all the lines I should say
But then I see your face and nothing really counts
Don’t tell me now this feeling will stay

Who needs love like that?
Who needs love like that?

Love can turn you upside-down then leave you cold
It’s plain to see you’re losin’ all control

Who needs love like that?
Who needs love like that?

Who needs love like that?
Who needs love like that?

Who needs love like that?

OH L’AMOUR

Oh l’amour
Broke my heart and now I’m aching for you
Mon amour
What’s a boy in love supposed to do?

Looking for you,you were looking for me
Always reaching for you, you were too blind to see
Oh love of my heart why leave me alone?
I’m falling apart, no good on my own

Oh l’amour
Broke my heart and now I’m aching for you
Mon amour
What’s a boy in love supposed to do?

Why throw it away? Why walk out on me?
I just live for the day, for the way it should be
There once was a time I had you here by my side
You said I wasn’t your kind, only here for the ride

Oh l’amour
Broke my heart and now I’m aching for you
Mon amour
What’s a boy in love supposed to do?

No emotional ties, you don’t remember my name
I lay down and die, I’m only to blame
Oh love of my heart, it’s up to you now
You tore me apart, I hurt inside-out

Oh l’amour
Broke my heart and now I’m aching for you
Mon amour
What’s a boy in love supposed to do?

SOMETIMES
It’s not the way you lead me by the hand into the bedroom
It’s not the way you throw your clothes upon the bathroom floor

Been thinking about you, I just couldn’t wait to see
Fling my arms around you as we fall in ecstasy

Ooh, sometimes
The truth is harder than the pain inside, yeah
Ooh, sometimes
It’s the broken heart that decides

It’s not the way that you caress me, toy with my affection
It’s not my sense of emptiness you fill with your desire

Climb in bed beside me, we can lock the world outside
Touch me, satisfy me, warm your body next to mine

Ooh, sometimes
The truth is harder than the pain inside, yeah
Ooh, sometimes
It’s the broken heart that decides

Woah

Ooh, sometimes
The truth is harder than the pain inside, yeah
Ooh, sometimes
It’s the broken heart that decides

VICTIM OF LOVE
I don’t wanna look like some kind of fool
I don’t wanna break my heart over you
I’m building a wall
Everyday it’s getting higher
This time I won’t end up another victim of love

You say that I could show some emotion
That I’ve been keeping secrets from you
But I can see through all your sweet talk
And all of your affections untrue

I’m gonna find you out
If I scream and I shout
You won’t break down my protection

I don’t wanna look like some kind of fool
I don’t wanna break my heart over you
I’m building a wall
Everyday it’s getting higher
This time I won’t end up another victim of love

I’m gonna lock up what I’m feeling inside
Ain’t no way you can break down the door
‘Cause this time I’ve learned my lesson
You can take this declaration of war

Step right back
Put on your coat and your hat
Gonna avoid all complication

I don’t wanna look like some kind of fool
I don’t wanna break my heart over you
I’m building a wall
Everyday it’s getting higher
This time I won’t end up another victim of love

THE CIRCUS
Call it new technology and they use it to burn and they show no concern
Work for their prosperity while the big wheels turn, now it’s too late to learn

Don’t upset the teacher
Though we know he lied to you
Don’t upset the preacher
He’s gonna close his eyes for you

And it’s a shame
That you’re so afraid
Just a worker waiting in the pouring rain
Putting back the pieces of a broken dream
Putting back the pieces of a broken dream

Father worked in industry, now the work has moved on and the factory’s gone
See them sell your history where once you were strong and you used to belong

There was once a future
For a working man
There was once a lifetime
For a skillful hand
Yesterday

And it’s a shame
That you’re so afraid
Just a worker waiting in the pouring rain
Putting back the pieces of a broken dream
Putting back the pieces of a broken dream

Don’t upset the teacher
Though we know he lied to you
Don’t upset the preacher
He’s gonna close his eyes for you

And it’s a shame
That you’re so afraid
Just a worker waiting in the pouring rain
Putting back the pieces of a broken dream
Putting back the pieces of a broken dream

Tempers fray so easily in desperate despair, is there anyone who cares?
Just another tragedy, just a personal affair in a room somewhere

There was once a future
For a working man
There was once a lifetime
For a skillful hand
Yesterday

And it’s a shame
That you’re so afraid
Just a worker waiting in the pouring rain
Putting back the pieces of a broken dream
Putting back the pieces of a broken dream (broken dream)
Putting back the pieces of a broken dream

Of a broken, of a broken dream

Putting back the pieces of a broken dream (broken dream)
Putting back the pieces of a broken dream

SHIP OF FOOLS
I can’t believe what is happening to me
My head is spinning
The flowers and the trees are encapsulating me
And I go spinning

He was the baby of the class you know
He really didn’t know that one and one was two
Two and two were four
He was the baby of the class you know
He really didn’t know that, really didn’t know that
Oh what a poor soul

Ooh, do we not sail on a ship of fools?
Ooh, why is life so precious and so cruel?

I close my eyes and I try to imagine
What you’re dreaming
Why can’t you see what you’re doing to me?
My world is spinning

You were the baby of the class you know
You really didn’t know that one and one was two
Two and two were four
You were the baby of the class
You were so young and so uncertain
Suffer little children
Oh what a poor soul

Ooh, do we not sail on a ship of fools?
Ooh, why is life so precious and so cruel?

He was the baby of the class you know
He really didn’t know that one and one was two
Two and two were four
He was the baby of the class you know
He was so young and so uncertain
Suffer little children
Oh what a poor soul

Ooh, do we not sail on a ship of fools?
Ooh, why is life so precious and so cruel?

Ooh, do we not sail on a ship of fools?
Ooh, why is life so fragile and so cruel?

Ooh, do we not sail on a ship of fools?
Ooh, why is life so precious and so cruel?

CHAINS OF LOVE
How can I explain when there a few words I can choose?
How can I explain when words get broken?

Do you remember there was a time when people on the street were walking hand in hand in hand?
They used to talk about the weather, making plans together, days would last forever

Come to me, cover me, hold me
Together we’ll break these chains of love
Don’t give up, don’t give up
Together with me and my baby, break the chains of love

Do you remember once upon a time when there were open doors?
An invitation to the world
We were falling in and out with lovers, looking out for others, our sisters and our brothers

Come to me, cover me, hold me
Together we’ll break these chains of love
Don’t give up, don’t give up
Together with me and my baby, break the chains of love
Together we’ll break these chains of love

How can I explain when there a few words I can choose?
How can I explain when words get broken?

We used to talk about the weather, making plans together, days would last forever

Come to me, cover me, hold me
Together we’ll break these chains of love
Don’t give up, don’t give up
Together with me and my baby, break the chains of love
Together we’ll break these chains of love

Don’t give up, don’t give up
Together with me and my baby, break the chains of love
Together we’ll break these chains of love

A LITTLE RESPECT
I try to discover a little something to make me sweeter
Oh baby refrain from breaking my heart

I’m so in love with you
I’ll be forever blue
That you gimme no reason why you make me work so hard

That you gimme no
That you gimme no
That you gimme no
That you gimme no

Soul, I hear you calling
Oh baby please
Give a little respect to me

And if I should falter would you open your arms to me?
We can make love not war and live at peace with our hearts

I’m so in love with you
I’ll be forever blue
What religion or reason could drive a man to forsake his lover?

Don’t you tell me no
Don’t you tell me no
Don’t you tell me no
Don’t you tell me no

Soul, I hear you calling
Oh baby please
Give a little respect to me

I’m so in love with you
I’ll be forever blue
That you gimme no reason, you know you make me work so hard

That you gimme no
That you gimme no
That you gimme no
That you gimme no

Soul, I hear you calling
Oh baby please (give a little respect)
Give a little respect to me

Soul, I hear you calling
Oh baby please (give a little respect)
Give a little respect to me

STOP!
We’ll be together again
I’ve been waiting for a long time
We’re gonna be, we’re gonna be together again
I’ll be connected to the right line

We’ll be together
And nobody ain’t never gonna disconnect us
Or ever separate us
Or say to us you’ve got to

Stop!
Stand there where you are
Before you go too far
Before you make a fool out of love
Stop!
Don’t jump before you look
Get hung upon a hook
Before you make a fool out of love

We’ll be together again
I’ve been waiting for a long time
We’re gonna be, we’re gonna be together again
I’ll be connected to the right line

We’ll be together
And nobody ain’t never gonna disconnect us
Or ever separate us
Or say to us you’ve got to

Stop!
Stand there where you are
Before you go too far
Before you make a fool out of love
Stop!
Don’t jump before you look
Get hung upon a hook
Before you make a fool out of love

We’ll be together
And nobody ain’t never gonna disconnect us
Or ever separate us
Or say to us you’ve got to

Stop!
Stand there where you are
Before you go too far
Before you make a fool out of love
Stop!
Don’t jump before you look
Get hung upon a hook
Before you make a fool out of love
Stop!

DRAMA!
One rule for us, for you another
Do unto yourself as you see fit for your brother
Is that not within your realm of understanding?
A fifty-second capacity of mind, too demanding?

Woah, then poor unfortunate you
There are a myriad of things that you can do
Like pick up a pen and paper (pick up a pen and paper)
Go and talk to a friend (go and talk to a friend)
The history of the future (history of the future)
No violence or revenge

Your shame is never ending
Just one psychological drama after another
You are guilty (guilty)
And how you ever entered into this life
God only knows the infinite complexities of love

We all have the ability
Our freedom is fragile
We all laugh and we cry, don’t we?
We all bleed and we smile

Your shame is never ending
Just one psychological drama after another
You are guilty (guilty, guilty)
And how you ever entered into this life
God only knows you’re not to sacrifice the art of love

Your shame is never ending
Just one psychological drama after another
We are guilty (guilty, guilty)
And how we ever entered into this life
God only knows the infinite complexities of love

We are guilty (guilty, guilty)
And how we ever entered into this life
God only knows we’re not to sacrifice the art of love

We are guilty (guilty, guilty)
And how we ever entered into this life
The Lord only knows the infinite complexities of love

You are guilty (guilty, guilty)
And how we ever entered into this life
God only knows the ultimate necessity of love

BLUE SAVANNAH
Blue savannah song
Oh, blue savannah song

Somewhere ‘cross the desert
Some time in the early hours
In a restless world
On the open highway

My home is where the heart is
Sweet to surrender to you only
I send my love to you

Blue savannah song
Oh, blue savannah song

Racing ‘cross the desert
At a hundred miles an hour
To the orange side
Through the clouds and thunder

My home is where the heart is
Sweet to surrender to you only
I send my love to you

Well I’m on my way back and your love will bring me home (say that your love will bring me home)
I’m travelling fast and your love will bring me home (say your love will bring me home)
Will I discover that your love will bring me home? (dream away darlin’)
Will I discover that your love will bring me home? (yeah)

Somewhere ‘cross the desert
Some time in the early hours
To the orange side
Through the clouds and thunder

My home is where the heart is
Sweet to surrender to you only
I send my love to you

Home is where the heart is
Sweet to surrender to you only (sweet to surrender)
I send my love to you

Ooh, savannah song (sweet to surrender)
To you only
I send my love to you

Ooh, savannah song
To you only
To you only

CHORUS
Go ahead with your dreaming
For what it’s worth or you’ll be stricken-bound kicking up dirt
For when it’s dark, you never know what the night will bring

Go ahead with your scheming
And shop at home, you’ll find treasure while cooking up bones
But the knife is sharp, you’d better watch that you don’t cut your hands

And they covered up the sun
Until the birds had flown away
And the fishes in the sea
Had gone to sleep

And they covered up the sun
Until the birds had flown away
And the fishes in the sea
Had gone to sleep

Go ahead with your dreaming
For what it’s worth or you’ll be stricken-bound kicking up dirt
For when it’s dark, you never know what the night will bring

Go ahead with your scheming
And shop at home, you’ll find treasure while cooking up bones
But the knife is sharp, you’d better watch that you don’t cut your hands

And they covered up the sun
Until the birds had flown away
And the fishes in the sea
Had gone to sleep

And they covered up the sun
Until the birds had flown away
And the fishes in the sea
Had gone to sleep

Holy moses, our hearts are screaming
Souls are lifting, only dreaming
We’ll be waiting, some are praying
For a time where no one’s cheating

The sunlight rising over the horizon
Just a distant memory
The dawn chorus (dawn chorus)
Birds singing, bells ringing
In our hearts, in our minds

And they covered up the sun
Until the birds had flown away
And the fishes in the sea
Had gone to sleep

LOVE TO HATE YOU
Woah oh oh oh, woah oh oh oh
Woah oh oh oh, woah oh oh oh
Woah oh oh oh, woah oh oh oh

I’m crazy flowing over with ideas
A thousand ways to woo a lover so sincere
Love and hate, what a beautiful combination
Sending shivers up and down my spine

For every Casanova that appears
My sense of hesitation disappears
Love and hate, what a beautiful combination
Sending shivers up and down my spine

And the lovers that you sent for me
Didn’t come with any satisfaction guarantee
So I return them to the sender
And the note attached will read

How I love to hate you
I love to hate you
I love to hate you
I love to hate you

Oh, you really still expect me to believe
Every single letter I receive
Sorry you, what a shameful situation
Sending shivers up and down my spine

Ooh, I like to read a murder mystery
I like to know the killer isn’t me
Love and hate, what a beautiful combination
Sending shivers, make me quiver
Feel it sliver up and down my spine

And the lovers that you sent for me
Didn’t come with any satisfaction guarantee
So I return them to the sender
And the note attached will read

How I love to hate you
I love to hate you
I love to hate you
I love to hate you

And the lovers that you sent for me
Didn’t come with any satisfaction guarantee
So I return them to the sender
And the note attached will read

How I love to hate you
I love to hate you

And the lovers that you sent for me
Didn’t come with any satisfaction guarantee
So I return them to the sender
And the note attached will read

How I love to hate you
I love to hate you
I love to hate you
I love to hate you
I love to hate you
I love to hate you

TAKE A CHANCE ON ME
If you change your mind, I’m the first in line
Honey I’m still free, take a chance on me
If you need me, let me know, and I’ll be around
If you’ve got no place to go, when you’re feeling down

If you’re all alone when the pretty birds have flown
Honey I’m still free, take a chance on me
Gonna do my very best and it ain’t no lie
If you put me to the test, if you let me try

Take a chance on me
Take a chance on me

We can go dancing, we can go walking
As long as we’re together
Listen to some music, maybe just talking
Get to know you better

‘Cause you know I’ve got so much that I wanna do
When I dream I’m alone with you, it’s magic!
You wanted to leave me there, afraid of a love affair
But I think you know, that I can’t let go

If you change your mind, I’m the first in line
Honey I’m still free, take a chance on me
If you need me, let me know, and I’ll be around
If you’ve got no place to go, when you’re feeling down

If you’re all alone when the pretty birds have flown
Honey I’m still free, take a chance on me
Gonna do my very best and it ain’t no lie
If you put me to the test, if you let me try

Take a chance on me
Take a chance on me

Oh you can take your time baby, I’m in no hurry
I know I’m gonna get ya
You don’t wanna hurt me, baby don’t worry
I ain’t gonna let ya

Let me tell you now: my love is strong enough
To last when things are rough, it’s magic!
You say that I waste my time, but I can’t get you off my mind
No I can’t let go, ’cause I love you so

Hopping in
If you like what you’re seeing take a chance with me, ya!
You won’t be grabbed, if you’re feeling horny
Well, you’ve passes so you got to know this precious property
I don’t know the lads, so call me MC K
Nobody sits, understand me clearly
However hard he try, could he never own me
We all fit nice and just move freely
Special K, what he says all said carefully
Me not sit all along and just wait by phone
Not call me ’cause me never, never home ya
Machinegun as we get the wrong one
Master Mark, master Paul, mister Luke and John
If we like what we see we chance a situation
Nothing don’t pay nothing, maybe see what follow on
What a Jill may do if the right man come?
Hey reagge boat, come we just have a little fun!
Go now!

Baba-ba-ba-ba, baba-baba-ba-baba
Honey I’m still free, take a chance on me
Gonna do my very best and it ain’t no lie
If you put me to the test, if you let me try

If you’re all alone when the pretty birds have flown
Honey I’m still free, take a chance on me
Gonna do my very best and it ain’t no lie
If you put me to the test, if you let me try

ALWAYS
Open your eyes, I see your eyes are open
Wear no disguise for me, come into the open

When it’s cold outside, am I here in vain?
Hold on to the night, there will be no shame

Always
I wanna be with you
And make believe with you
And live in harmony, harmony
Oh love

Always
I wanna be with you
And make believe with you
And live in harmony, harmony
Oh love

Melting the ice for me, jump into the ocean
Hold back the tide, I see your love in motion

When it’s cold outside, am I here in vain?
Hold on to the night, there will be no shame

Always
I wanna be with you
And make believe with you
And live in harmony, harmony
Oh love

Always
I wanna be with you
And make believe with you
And live in harmony, harmony
Oh love

When it’s cold outside, am I here in vain?
Hold on to the night, there will be no shame

Always
I wanna be with you
And make believe with you
And live in harmony, harmony
Oh love

Always
I wanna be with you
And make believe with you
And live in harmony, harmony
Oh love

FINGERS & THUMBS (COLD SUMMER’S DAY)
Don’t know what you’ve got ’til it’s gone
A hint of a scent then it’s gone
Look at the state of you, you’re all fingers and thumbs

So who’s your latest flame?
Driving ’em wild in the fast lane?
Won’t say I told you so, but the boy has no shame

Once when my hands were full
We were double or quits then some
Nothing at all to show for a love so precious

Gone and blown it all
How can you say, ‘it doesn’t matter much to me’? A dumb mistake
Too much to pay
A shattered heart in love’s debris

Gone and blown it all
And then you say, ‘this can’t be happening to me’
A dumb mistake
Too much to pay
A shattered heart in love’s debris

Don’t know what you’ve got ’til it’s gone
The thrill of the chase then it’s gone
Only the hurt to prove that it ever went on

And life is a wonderful thing
When you’re humming the words to a love song
Do what you wanna do, be who you want to be

When I’m in your arms I’m strong
There’s nowhere I’d rather be
We shine for liberty, life and the pursuit of pleasure

Gone and blown it all
How can you say, ‘it doesn’t matter much to me’?
A dumb mistake
Too much to pay
A shattered heart in love’s debris

Gone and blown it all
And then you say, ‘this can’t be happening to me’
A dumb mistake
Too much to pay
A shattered heart in love’s debris

And how the days have flown too few and fast
They said it wasn’t meant to last
A dumb mistake
Too much to pay
A shattered heart in love’s debris

BREATHE
Twenty-seven times I paint the city in lights
Now I changed my mind
I was living fast now I’m running on empty
And I feel yeh I feel
You’re gonna go, let me go

Breathe, and I breathe
It’s bitter without you I can’t live without you
And I’m in love with you

Stood the test of time
Though I treated you rough you were always kind
I let my head rule my heart now I’m feeling so lonely
And I feel it’s the deal
You’re letting me go gonna go

Breathe and I breathe
Hollow without you I can’t live without you
And I’m in love with you

Breathe I believe
Empty without you I can’t live without you
And I’m in love with you

Breathe, and I breathe
It’s bitter without you I can’t live without you
And I’m in love with you

Breathe I believe
Empty without you I can’t live without you
And I’m in love with you

Breathe I believe
I can’t live without you I can’t live with you
And I’m in love with you

BE WITH YOU
Call me
Any time just call me
Tell me that you want me
Feel it everywhere

Hold me
Never let go of me
I love it when you haunt me
Tell me that you care

And if the sky should ever fall
Then I’ll come running
Just you call

I could be with you
If I could be with you

Touch me
You know you make it beautiful
Everything is physical
It really turns me on

Miss me
Every time you go away
Don’t you leave me lonely
I hate it when you’re gone

And if the sky should ever fall
Then I’ll come running
Just you call

I would be with you
If I could be with you

Yeah and if the sky should ever fall
Then I’ll come running
Just you call
I could be with you
Yes I can be with you
Little darling
I’m gonna wait for you
I’m gonna wait for you
Hmmm love is coming
Sure love is coming

Want me
Lover say you want me
And tell me that you need me
Is all I wanna know

I’ll be
Waiting for the phone to ring
I love it when you haunt me
Everywhere I go

I’ll come running
If I could be
I’ll come running
If I could be
I’ll come running
I’ll come running
I’ll come running
I’ll come running

I’ll come running back to you
I’ll come running back to you

Call me
Never let go of me

ELEVATION
It’s more than just a feeling
When it gets inside and takes a hold of you
You don’t want to beat it
‘Cause the pain subsides and the hurt is gone from you, woah

It makes you kinda wonder
What are we supposed to do, woah
When the fate of many
Is guided by the hands of few

(Elevating, elevating)

No more hiding
Love is elevating love
Your light rising
Love is elevating love

You can’t fight it
The love gets higher
The love gets higher
You can’t fight it
The love gets high
Always getting higher

It’s more than just a feeling
And it’s growing stronger, brighter by the day
You just gotta feel it
And you just can’t doubt it, you can’t hide the truth, woah

All this light and this beauty
And it’s shining down all over you, woah
When the fate of many
Is guided by the hands of few

No more hiding
Love is elevating love
Your light rising
Love is elevating love

You can’t fight it
The love gets higher
The love gets higher
You can’t fight it
The love gets high
Always getting higher

You can’t fight it
The love gets higher
The love gets higher
The love gets higher
The love gets higher
The love gets higher
The love gets higher
The love gets higher
The love gets higher
The love gets higher
The love gets higher
The love gets higher

SOMETIMES 2015
It’s not the way you lead me
By the hand into the bedroom
It’s not the way you throw your clothes
Upon the bathroom floor

Been thinking about you
I just couldn’t wait to see
Fling my arms around you
As we fall in ecstasy

Ooh sometimes
The truth is harder
Than the pain inside, yeah
Ooh sometimes
It’s the broken heart
That decides

It’s not the way you caress me
Toy with my affection
It’s not my sense of emptiness
You fill with your desire

Climb in bed beside me
We can lock the world outside
Touch me satisfy me
Warm your body next to mine

Ooh sometimes
The truth is harder
Than the pain inside, yeah
Ooh sometimes
It’s the broken heart
That decides

Ooh sometimes
The truth is harder
Than the pain inside, yeah
Ooh sometimes
It’s the broken heart
That decides

Ooh sometimes
The truth is harder
Than the pain inside, yeah
Ooh sometimes
It’s the broken heart
That decides