16th November 1992 (Germany), 16th November 1992 (UK), 24th November 1992 (USA), 4th May 2009 (Remastered Edition)
FORMATS
VINYL (UK – MUTEL2 | Germany – INT 197.800 | Brazil – Mute/WEA 670.8275/01542), DIGITAL DOWNLOAD (iMUTEL2), CD (UK – CDMUTEL2 | Germany – INT 879.800 | USA – Sire 45153-2 | Japan – Toshiba/EMI TOCP-50558-9 | Brazil – Mute/WEA 767.8275/401542), CASSETTE (UK – CMUTEL2 | Germany – INT 479.800 | USA – Sire 45153-4), MINI DISC (UK – MDMUTEL2 | Germany – INT 579.800), DIGITAL COMPACT CASSETTE (UK – DCCMUTEL2), CD (2009 REMASTER) (UK – CDXMUTEL2)
SINGLES
Who Needs Love Like That (Hamburg Mix)
CHART POSITION
1 (UK) | 12 (Germany) | 112 (USA)
TRACKLISTING (ALL FORMATS)
MUTEL2 (UK Vinyl) & CDMUTEL2 (UK CD)
CMUTEL2 (UK Cassette) & MDMUTEL2 (UK Minidisc)
• Who Needs Love Like That (Single Edit) [3:03]
• Heavenly Action (Single Edit) [3:20]
• Oh L’Amour (Single Edit) [3:04]
• Sometimes [3:37]
• It Doesn’t Have To Be (Single Edit) [3:41]
• Victim Of Love (Single Mix) [3:38]
• The Circus (Single Mix) [4:06]
• Ship Of Fools [4:01]
• Chains Of Love (Single Mix) [3:40]
• A Little Respect [3:31]
• Stop! (Fade Ending) [2:55]
• Drama! [4:04]
• You Surround Me [3:57]
• Blue Savannah (Single Mix) [4:18]
• Star (Single Mix) [3:37]
• Chorus [4:29]
• Love To Hate You [3:56]
• Am I Right? [4:16]
• Breath Of Life (Single Mix) [3:54]
• Take A Chance On Me [3:44]
• Who Needs Love Like That (Hamburg Mix) [3:03]
VARIATIONS
USA TRACKLISTING (ALL FORMATS)
Sire 45153-2 (CD) & Sire 45153-4 (Cassette)
• Who Needs Love Like That (Single Edit) [3:03]
• Heavenly Action (Single Edit) [3:20]
• Oh L’Amour (Single Edit) [3:04]
• Sometimes [3:37]
• It Doesn’t Have To Be (Single Edit) [3:41]
• Victim Of Love (Single Mix) [3:38]
• The Circus (Single Mix) [4:06]
• Ship Of Fools [4:01]
• Chains Of Love (Single Mix) [3:40]
• A Little Respect [3:31]
• Stop! (Fade Ending) [2:55]
• Drama! [4:04]
• You Surround Me [3:57]
• Blue Savannah (Single Mix) [4:18]
• Star (Single Mix) [3:37]
• Chorus [4:29]
• Love To Hate You [3:56]
• Am I Right? [4:16]
• Breath Of Life (Single Mix) [3:54]
• Take A Chance On Me [3:44]
JAPANESE 2-CD EDITION ‘POP! THE FIRST 20 HITS PLUS’
Toshiba/EMI TOCP-50558-9 (JAPAN)
CD1
• Who Needs Love Like That (Single Edit) [3:03]
• Heavenly Action (Single Edit) [3:20]
• Oh L’Amour (Single Edit) [3:04]
• Sometimes [3:37]
• It Doesn’t Have To Be (Single Edit) [3:41]
• Victim Of Love (Single Mix) [3:38]
• The Circus (Single Mix) [4:06]
• Ship Of Fools [4:01]
• Chains Of Love (Single Mix) [3:40]
• A Little Respect [3:31]
• Stop! (Fade Ending) [2:55]
• Drama! [4:04]
• You Surround Me [3:57]
• Blue Savannah (Single Mix) [4:18]
• Star (Single Mix) [3:37]
• Chorus [4:29]
• Love To Hate You [3:56]
• Am I Right? [4:16]
• Breath Of Life (Single Mix) [3:54]
• Take A Chance On Me [3:44]
• Who Needs Love Like That (Hamburg Mix) [3:03]
CD2
• I Love Saturday (Single Edit) [3:59]
• Run To The Sun [4:11]
• Always (Single Edit) [4:03]
• Fingers & Thumbs (Cold Summer’s Day) (Single Edit) [4:22]
• Stay With Me [4:43]
• Rain [4:10]
• Don’t Say Your Love Is Killing Me [3:26]
• In My Arms (Single Edit) [3:47]
• First Contact (Vocal Mix) [6:03]
BRAZILIAN VINYL & CASSETTE ‘POP! THE FIRST 11 HITS’
Mute/WEA 670.8275/01542 (Brazil)
• Who Needs Love Like That (Single Edit) [3:03]
• Oh L’Amour (Single Edit) [3:04]
• Sometimes [3:37]
• A Little Respect [3:31]
• Stop! (Fade Ending) [2:55]
• Blue Savannah (Single Mix) [4:18]
• Star (Single Mix) [3:37]
• Chorus [4:29]
• Love To Hate You [3:56]
• Breath Of Life (Single Mix) [3:54]
• Take A Chance On Me [3:44]
FRENCH CD & CASSETTE + RUSSIAN CASSETTE ‘POP! 12 HITS – THE VINCE CLARKE COLLECTION’
TBC (FRANCE) & TBC (RUSSIA)
• Don’t Go (Yazoo) [2:56]
• Only You (Yazoo) [3:13]
• Never Never (The Assembly) [3:42]
• One Day (Vince Clarke & Paul Quinn) [3:14]
• Who Needs Love Like That (Erasure) [3:03]
• Oh L’Amour (Erasure) [3:04]
• Sometimes (Erasure) [3:37]
• Victim Of Love (Erasure) [3:38]
• Ship Of Fools (Erasure) [4:01]
• Star (Erasure) [3:37]
• Love To Hate You (Erasure) [3:56]
• Voulez Vous (Erasure) [5:30]
NOTES
The album was re-released in Japan with a second CD as ‘Pop! – The First 20 Hits Plus’, containing the singles from the ‘I Say I Say I Say’, ‘Erasure’ and ‘Cowboy’ albums (except ‘Rock Me Gently’) plus the b-side ‘First Contact’. All of the tracks on ‘Pop! – The First 20 Hits’ are the edits/mixes featured on the 7″ singles (or, for the latter singles, on the CD singles). The 2009 release was re-mastered by Simon Heyworth at Super Audio Mastering, Devon.
CREDITS
Written by Clarke/Bell.
Published by Musical Moments Ltd/Minotaur Music Ltd/Sony/ATV Music Publishing (UK) Ltd.
‘Who Needs Love Like That’ written by Clarke and published by Musical Moments Ltd/Sony/ATV Music Publishing (UK) Ltd.
‘Take A Chance On Me’ written by Andersson/Ulvaeus and published by Bocu Music Ltd.
‘Take A Chance On Me’ rap written by MC Kinky.
‘First Contact’ written by Clarke/Bell/Harding/Curnow/Jones and published by Musical Moments Ltd/Minotaur Music Ltd/Sony/ATV Music Publishing (UK) Ltd/BMG Music.
‘Who Needs Love Like That’, ‘Heavenly Action’ and ‘Oh L’Amour’ produced by Flood. Assisted on ‘Who Needs Love Like That’ and ‘Heavenly Action’ by A. Clay. Recorded at Trident, Powerplant, Blackwing and Livingstone.
‘Oh L’Amour’ mixed by Daniel Miller and Flood assisted by Phil Legg. Guitar on ‘Who Needs Love Like That’ by Maurice Michael. Bass on ‘Heavenly Action’ by Dave Foster.
‘Sometimes’, ‘It Doesn’t Have To Be’, ‘Victim Of Love’ and ‘The Circus’ produced by Flood. Recorded at Worldwide International, The Garden, The Strongroom and The Powerplant.
‘Sometimes’ mixed by Flood and Daniel Miller.
‘Victim Of Love’ mixed by Phil Harding.
Trumpet on ‘Sometimes’ by Guy Barker.
‘Ship Of Fools’ produced by Stephen Hague and Dave Jacob. Engineered by Dave Jacob.
‘Chains Of Love’ and ‘A Little Respect’ produced by Stephen Hague. Engineered by Bob Kraushaar.
‘Chains Of Love’ mixed by Stephen Hague, engineered by Dave Meegan.
‘Stop!’ produced by Erasure. Recorded at Powerplant Studios. Engineered by Alan Moulder. Assisted by Cameron Jenkins and Jack Loveband. ‘Stop!’ mixed by Mark Saunders and Phil Legg.
‘Drama!’, ‘You Surround Me’, ‘Blue Savannah’ and ‘Star’ produced by Gareth Jones, Mark Saunders and Erasure.
Recorded at Swing and Church Studios. Assisted by Nick Addison at Church Studios and George Holt, Jo Gibb and Flinton McDonald at Konk Studios. Mixed by Gareth Jones and Mark Saunders at Konk and Church Studios. ‘Star’ mixed by Daniel Miller and Bob Kraushaar.
‘Chorus’, ‘Love To Hate You’, ‘Am I Right?’ and ‘Breath Of Life’ produced by Martyn Phillips. Recorded at Polygone Studios, Chateau Du Pape. Engineered by Vinod Sodhi at Chateau Du Pape and Joel Theux at Polygone Studios. Mixed by Dave Bascombe at Chateau Du Pape.
‘Take A Chance On Me’ produced by Dave Bascombe. Assisted by Dave Eringa at Konk and Ben Darlow at Nomis. Recorded at Amsterdam and Konk studios.
‘Who Needs Love Like That [Hamburg Mix]’ mixed by Dave Bascombe and Erasure.
‘Always’, ‘Run To The Sun’ and ‘I Love Saturday’ produced by Martyn Ware. Recorded at Studio 142, Windmill Lane, 37B, The Church. Engineered by Andy Houston at Studio 142, Al Stone at Windmill Lane and Phil Legg at Windmill Lane, 37B and The Strongroom. Assisted by Rob Kirwan at Windmill Lane, Luke Gifford at The Strongroom and Elliot Singleman at The Church. Mixed at The Strongroom.
‘Stay With Me’ and ‘Fingers & Thumbs (Cold Summer’s Day) produced by Thomas Fehlmann and Gareth Jones. Recorded at 37B and The Strongroom. Engineered by George Holt at 37B and Lloyd Puckitt at The Strongroom. Mixed by Francois Kevorkian at The Strongroom assisted by Patrick McGovern. Additional backing vocals on ‘Stay With Me’ by members Of The London Community Gospel Choir.
‘In My Arms’, ‘Don’t Say Your Love Is Killing Me’ and ‘Rain’ produced by: Gareth Jones and Neil McLellan. Recorded at 37B, Strongroom, The Church, Beethoven Street and Es Teix in Spain. Engineered by George Holt at 37B and Luke Gifford at The Church. Assisted by Darren Tai at Beethoven Street and Graham Dominy at The Church. Mixed by Mark Stent at Olympic Studio assisted by Paul Walton. Additional backing vocals on ‘In My Arms’ Sam Smith and Jordan Bailey. Additional backing vocals on ‘Don’t Say Your Love Is Killing Me’ Tracy Ackerman.
Design by Me Company.
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?
HEAVENLY ACTION
Angel made in heaven
All I want is your love
Gimme some of that action, reaction
Angel made in heaven
All I want is your love
Gimme some of that action
Found out I was standing in your firing line
You made your mark, your arrow went through me
Cut a real impression on this heart of mine
I’m loving – what is happening to me?
Angel made in heaven
All I want is your love
Gimme some of that action, reaction
Angel made in heaven
All I want is your love
Gimme some of that action
Be my lover
I don’t want another
My angel from heaven
Be my lover
I don’t want another
My angel from heaven
Angel made in heaven
All I want is your love
Gimme some of that action
Arrow in my heart, yeah we were meant to be
I knew it was my name you were calling
Celebration, now you’re standing next to me
Show me love emotion, I’m falling
Angel made in heaven
All I want is your love
Gimme some of that action, reaction
Angel made in heaven
All I want is your love
Gimme some of that action
Be my lover
I don’t want another
My angel from heaven
Be my lover
I don’t want another
My angel from heaven
Angel, angel
Angel made in heaven
All I want is your love
Gimme some of that action, reaction
Angel made in heaven
All I want is your love
Gimme some of that action
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
IT DOESN’T HAVE TO BE
You are on one side and I am on the other
Are we divided?
You are on one side and I am on the other
Are we divided?
Why can’t we live together?
There are no rights
This isn’t your decision
We need to talk of changing things
But no one wants to listen
It doesn’t have to be like that
It doesn’t have to be like that
It doesn’t have to be like that
A heart on the inside the same as any other
Are we divided?
Someone always has to suffer
We are broken
There’s no one left to change it
Is that the way it has to be?
Why can’t we rearrange it?
It doesn’t have to be like that (one against one)
It doesn’t have to be like that (one against one)
It doesn’t have to be like that
Alava mo ja na me me limbaniango limbaniago
Zimbabwe abo naga na me me limbaniango limbaniago
Alava mo ja na me me limbaniango limbaniago
Zimbabwe abo naga na me me limbaniango limbaniago
What is the secret in calling me a brother?
Are we divided?
Always one against the other
We are strong now
Put down the ammunition
For what we know is right
Is gonna break down this division
It doesn’t have to be like that (one against one)
It doesn’t have to be like that (one against one)
It doesn’t have to be like that (one against one, one against one)
It doesn’t have to be like that (one against one, one against one)
It doesn’t have to be like that
You are on one side and I am on the other
Are we divided?
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
YOU SURROUND ME
Don’t ever let me take you for granted
You’ve got the finger on the pulse of my soul
Mmm, let me place a kiss in the small of your back
Love and protect you from the evils of this world
Mmm, baby don’t ever leave me stranded
Who ever said that the streets were paved with gold?
Well I’m afraid that we’re all sadly mistaken
There’s nothing here ’til we have someone to hold
Mmm, I love you with all the joy of living
‘Til the lights go down in New York City
It’s a special love affair
There’s magic in the air
You’ve gotta shake me down
Bring me ’round to my senses
‘Til I’m lost and found
And you surround me with your senses
If love wasn’t here would we reinvent it?
Mmm, take me down to the very root of my soul
Mmm, baby say it as if you really mean it
And feel the passion work its way up through your skin
Mmm, I love you with all the joy of living
‘Til the lights go down in New York City
It’s a special love affair
There’s magic in the air
You’ve gotta shake me down
Bring me ’round to my senses
‘Til I’m lost and found
And you surround me with your senses
Let me take you by the hand
And we can go and find a brand new world
Star light, star bright
Let me take you by the hand
And lead you to a safe place in this world
You’ve gotta shake me down
Bring me ’round to my senses
‘Til I’m lost and found
And you surround me with your senses
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
STAR
We go waiting for the stars
To come showering down
From Moscow to Mars
Universe falling down
You’ve got look real hard
There’s a fiery star hidden out there somewhere
Not the satellite of love but a laser shooting out it’s shiny tongue there
God is love, god is war
TV preacher tell me more
Lord redeem me, am I pure?
Pure as pure as heaven
Sent you money, sent you flowers
Could worship you for hours
In whose hands are we anyway?
Go waiting for the stars
To come showering down
From Moscow to Mars
Universe falling down
You’ve got look real hard
Is it in your heart? Yeah it’s in there somewhere
The power wrapped in your palm, show it to me, hit them with your wrath and thunder
What’s your pleasure? Tell it to me
How did you know? Show your beauty
In you somewhere, somewhere in me
Pure as pure as heaven
Sent you money, sent you flowers
Could worship you for hours
In whose hands are we anyway?
Yee-hah
Rolling along through a rose-coloured glow
The city looks pretty in pink
Armageddon is here
Did you ever have a lover leave you for another
And take your love and kisses for granted?
Never to discover war is not the answer, leave you only disenchanted
God is love, god is war (God is love, god is war)
TV preacher tell me more (God is pure as pure as heaven)
Father help me, am I pure?
Pure as pure as heaven
Sent you money, sent you flowers (God is love, god is war)
Could worship you for hours (God is pure as pure as heaven)
In whose hands are we anyway?
Go waiting for the stars
To come showering down
From Moscow to Mars
Universe falling down
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
AM I RIGHT?
Wandering through the back roads
And the rain comes rushing down
To resolve your love
For this man in his twenties
Am I right?
Am I wrong?
Or am I just dreaming?
Climbing up the back stairs
There’s a chill wind in the air
I wrap up from the cold
Pull the blind in the window
Who was here?
Was it you?
Or am I just dreaming?
Look at all the lonely people
Walking miles around the town
I can see the old cathedral
But I have to play it down
Boats along the river
Setting up their sails
And life carries on as normal
Although you’re not around
Waiting at the bus stop
Laughing off the
Shaking their umbrellas
‘Til it starts again
Flowers in the water
Floating off downstream
Paper in the gutter
Blowing in the breeze
Am I right?
Am I wrong?
Or am I just dreaming?
Look at all the lonely people
Walking miles around the town
I can see the old cathedral
But I have to play it down
Boats along the river
Setting up their sails
And life carries on as normal
Although you’re not around
Waiting at the bus stop
Laughing off the rain
Shaking their umbrellas
‘Til it starts again
Flowers in the water
Floating off downstream
Paper in the gutter
Blowing in the breeze
Wandering through the back roads
And the rain comes rushing down
To resolve your love
For this man in his twenties
Am I right?
Am I wrong?
Or am I just dreaming?
BREATH OF LIFE
Never had a point of view
‘Cause my mind was always someone else’s mind
I never had to tell a lie
‘Cause I left the choices up to them
Don’t know why, but I did
Oh, I want life
Life wants me
To breathe in its love
Take me I’m yours
Now I’m coming up for air
I’m gonna live my time for the rest of my life
Then I’ll be coming back for more
I never had to call the tune
‘Cause I always drifted with the tide of the moon
I would go out every night
Looking for someone to treat me right
Not a chance, not a hope in this world (world)
Oh, I want life
Life wants me
To breathe in its love
Take me I’m yours (take me)
Now I’m coming up for air (I’m yours)
I’m gonna live my time for the rest of my life
Then I’ll be coming back for more
Ooh, ooh
Take me I’m yours (take me)
Now I’m coming up for air (I’m yours)
I’m gonna live my time for the rest of my life
Then I’ll be coming back for more
More
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 reggae 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
I LOVE SATURDAY
If they’d ever have told me that I’d find true love in every way
Would I cry ’til tomorrow? Would I keep the non-believers away?
Remember that late night last September when you held me in your arms so tight?
I was feeling kind of low, my heart was blue, I was empty ’til you came
But oh what a Saturday night
Things were going right
As right as they’d ever been
I know that you love me
If they’d ever have told me that I’d find true love in every way
Would I cry ’til tomorrow? Would I keep the non-believers away?
Was I shy? Was I good? With this foolish heart?
Did I try to deny we would fall apart?
Like a knight in shining armor you came over to save me, what a bolt out of the blue
Just one look into those eyes you had me fallen completely head over heels in love with you
But oh what a Saturday night
Things were going right
As right as they’d ever been
I know that you love me
If they’d ever have told me that I’d find true love in every way
Would I cry ’til tomorrow? Would I keep the non-believers away?
Was I shy? Was I good? With this foolish heart?
Did I try to deny we would fall apart?
And you saw me, I was falling head over heels in love with you
Saturday night
Things were going right
As right as they’d ever been
I know that you love me
If they’d ever have told me that I’d find true love in every way
Would I cry ’til tomorrow? Would I keep the non-believers away?
Was I shy? Was I good? With this foolish heart?
Did I try to deny we would fall apart?
If they’d ever have told me that I’d find true love in every way
Would I cry ’til tomorrow? Would I keep the non-believers away?
Was I shy? Was I good? With this foolish heart?
Did I try to deny we would fall
Did I try to deny we would fall a
Did I try to deny we would fall apart?
RUN TO THE SUN
For the first time in my life I’m up to run away
It’s not a choice that I made easily
It’s not that I’m ashamed to face the light of day
It’s really just a case of self-delusion
And I know it ain’t easy
I know it ain’t easy
I know it ain’t easy
To see the truth
So run the sun, here’s one for the road
And may god’s love go with you
My tears are starting to show
Whoa
That I should fall from grace implies a twist of fate
But I’m open to the joys and woes of passion
And who shall take the wheel when it’s time for overkill?
There’s no release when destiny is calling
And I know it ain’t easy
I know it ain’t easy
I know it ain’t easy
To see the truth
So run the sun, here’s one for the road
And may God’s love go with you
My tears are starting to show
Whoa
So run to the sun, here’s one for the road
Though I’ll never be lonely
Are you so high above me?
Whoa
Run to the sun
Run to the sun
Run to the sun
And I know it ain’t easy
Somebody reach me
Willing to teach me
So run to the sun, here’s one for the road
And may god’s love go with you
My tears are starting to show
Whoa
I’ll run to the sun, here’s one for the road
Though I’ll never be lonely
Are you so high above me?
Whoa
So run to the sun, here’s one for the road
And may god’s love go with you
My tears are starting to show
Whoa
So run to the sun, here’s one for the road
Though I’ll never be lonely
Are you so high above me?
Whoa
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 AND 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
STAY WITH ME
Tempered by greed, tall buildings breathe
Give a sigh of relief when it’s night
Stirring from sleep, we night owls creep
Is there any sign of life under this stone?
Star chime, hollow and true
Love child
Weep for me, and I will cast your wheels in motion
Walk with me the inner reaches of emotion
Sheltered by creed, one piled on one
Do you have a little room for one small one?
Light shine, wild and free
Sunrise
Weep for me, and I will set your wheels in motion
Keep with me, like a roller on the ocean
Stand by me, and I will fill you with devotion
Walk with me the inner reaches of emotion
Here we are, in the sunshine
Everything is fine
Here we are, in the sunshine
Everything is fine
Weep for me, and the sands of time will fill the ocean
Keep with me, ’till rays of sunshine fill the ocean
Walk with me the inner reaches of emotion
Stand by me, and I will fill you with devotion
Weep for me, and the sands of time will fill the ocean
Keep with me, like a roller on the ocean
Stand by me, and I will fill you with devotion
Walk with me the inner reaches of emotion
The sands of time will fill the ocean
Keep with me, and rays of sunshine will fill the ocean
Walk with me, the inner reaches of emotion
RAIN
What is there to do? Only rain
Falling down from the sky
Only me and you, fair and plain
Nothing lost and nothing gained
Only the love, nothing more, nothing less comes between us
Temperature’s rising, my passion is burning inside
My world in light saving all as one
A love that no one can deny
My one true light, same for everyone
A love we dare you to defy
Only rain
I won’t settle for less, but no regrets
See myself in your own reflection (See myself in your reflection)
Something in your eyes that tells me why
I’m a fool for your warm affection (I’m a fool for your affection)
Only the love, nothing more, nothing less comes between us
Temperature’s rising, my passion is burning inside
My world in light saving all as one
A love that no one can deny
My one true light, same for everyone
A love we dare you to defy
Only rain
You are my, my one true, my world in light
You are my, my one true, my world in light
DON’T SAY YOUR LOVE IS KILLING ME
My eyes are closed
And I’ve nothing more to say
But I was so willing to give it all away
And what a show
I’ve loved you all I could
When will I see you, is nothing understood?
You thought I was stupid, but now I stop at nothing (I stop at nothing)
I thought you were better but love’s gonna take a man
Yeah, love’s gonna take a man
Don’t say your love is killing me
You know how much it means to me
I too have feelings deep inside
But would not hurt your foolish pride
Heaven only knows
At your every turn a scandal
But how does it suit you
When it’s all too much to cope with?
You thought I was nothing before you stepped into my life
I thought you were clever, but love’s gonna take a man
And you haven’t got it in you
Don’t say your love is killing me
You know how much it means to me
I too have feelings deep inside
But would not hurt your foolish pride
Don’t say your love is killing me
You know how much it means to me
I too have feelings deep inside
But would not hurt your foolish pride
Don’t say your love is killing me
You know how much it means to me
I too have feelings deep inside
But would not hurt your foolish pride
IN MY ARMS
The deal is on the rise again
The ship comes in to shore
You’ve been away to somewhere
But life goes on no less
Through the foreign ocean
Underneath the sea
And walls come tumbling down
We’ll be forever calm
And you’ll be here in my arms
I’ll keep you away from harm
I thought about you twice just then
You get me every time
Keeps coming out of nowhere
It cannot be defined
Your colours are magnificent
From magenta to bright blue
And walls come tumbling down
We’ll be forever calm
And you’ll be here in my arms
I’ll keep you away from harm
Through the foreign ocean
Underneath the sea
And walls come tumbling down
We’ll be forever calm
And you’ll be here in my arms
I’ll keep you away from harm
FIRST CONTACT
That was the first time
I saw you in the undergrowth
You only heard the voices in the wind
Then came the next time
They called me to the great unknown
A transformation changing everything
Metamorphosis
First Contact
Metamorphosis
First Contact
First Contact
It was my first and only
Encounter with the outer reaches of space
You send them through my heart
That was the first time
I saw you in the undergrowth
You only heard the voices in the wind
Then came the next time
They called me to the great unknown
A transformation changing everything
Metamorphosis
First Contact
Metamorphosis
First Contact
First Contact
It was my first and only
Encounter with the outer reaches of space
You send them through my heart
Resistance is futile
Resistance is futile
First Contact
First Contact
First Contact
Metamorphosis
First Contact
Metamorphosis
First Contact
First Contact
Metamorphosis
First Contact
Metamorphosis
First Contact
First Contact
It was my first and only
Encounter with the outer reaches of space
