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(ferry)

You - the hero
So many times
You´ve loved
And didn´t linger
Now my finger
Points at you
- another loser
You - an island
On your own
Complete
In every detail
Monumental
A precious jewel
Or just a fool
Innovator
It´s in your mind
And blood
I watch it simmer
I see you´re courting
More despair
No hope?
Not a glimmer
Now you´re nothing
But second hand
In glove
With second rate
Now you´re flirting
With heroin
- or is it cocaine?
Casanova -
Is that your name
Or do you live there?
I know my place
Is here with you
Tonight
But not together

(ferry)

The sky is dark
The wind is cold
The night is young
Before it´s old and grey
We will know
The trill of it all
The time has come
It´s getting late
It´s now or never
Don´t hesitate or stall
When i call
Don´t spoil
The thrill of it all
And before you go to sleep at night
Preying shadows - do they ask you why?
And in the morning through the afternoon
Do you wonder where you´re going to?
Every word i use
Each crumpled page
Strange ideas
Mature with age
Like leaves
When autumn falls
Turn gold
Then they hit the ground
Every time i hear
The latest sound
It´s pure whiskey
Reeling round and around
My brain
Oh and all o´ that jive
It´s driving me wild -
The dizzy spin i´m in
Everywhere i look
I see your face
I hear your name
It´s all over the place
Hey girl
Though you´ve gone
Still i recall
The trill of it all
You might as well know what is right for you
And make the most of what you like to do
For all the pleasure that´s surrounding you
Should compensate for all you´re going through
So if you´re feeling fraught
With mental strain
Too much thinking´s got you down again
Well let your senses skip
Stay hip
Keep cool
To the thrill of it all
When you try too much
You lose control
Pressure rises
And so i´m told
Something's got the give
Oy veh
High life ecstasy
You might as well live
I can´t see
I can´t speak
I couldn't take more than another week
Without you - oh no
So i will drink my fill
Till the trill is you
Oh the thrill of it all
Oh the thrill of it all
No i won´t forget
The thrill of it all
No no no no no no no....

(ferry/mackay)

You might remember
How it used to be
3 and 9 could show you
Any fantasy
Parti-coloured pictures
Now and then 3d
No cheap nostalgia
Conjured up by me
Back to the old days
Close to home
Show me some new ways
I´ll carry on
Whether making out or played out
Three and nine make twelve
I´ve a dozen reasons
Lying on the shelf
B feature back rows
Filed away
No point pretending
Change is here to stay
3 and 9 to 45
Decimal romance
If you´ve warmed to centigrade
You stand a sporting chance
I´m not so special
You´re a misfit too
Why must they interfere
In everything we do?
Should we play safe now
Or go all the way?
Six and two threes now
More i cannot say

(ferry)

Lover, when you make me come alive
Lover, when you take me i could die
Hold me, hold me tonight
Show time next to no time next to you
Showed me how to love you and i do
Lover, lover that´s you
Always losing time
And all too soon you´re leaving
That ain´t right
So hold me close tonight
So hold me close tonight
Lover
Just hold me close tonight

(mackay)

Instrumental

(ferry/mackay)

Well this is such
A sad affair
I´ve opened up my heart
So many times
But now it´s closed
Oh my dear
Every salted tear
It wrings
Bitter - sweet applause
But when the show´s in full swing
Every once in a while
High stepping chorus lines
Mean i´m forgetting
Mein lullaby - liebchen
How rich in contrast
Love can be
Sometimes i´m quite amused
To see it twist and turn
To taste - both sweet and dry
These vintage years!
Lovers you consume, my friend
As others their wine
Nein - das ist nicht
Das ende der welt
Gestrandet an leben und kunst
Und das spiel geht weiter
Wie man weiss
Noch viele schönste...wiedershen
And now, as you turn to leave
You try to force a smile -
As if to compensate -
Then you break down and cry

(ferry)

You´re heard enough
Of the blues and stuff
You´re pretty swell now
´cause you´re pretty tough
But i don´t have to tell you
How hard it can be to get by
You never bothered
About anyone else
You´re well educated
With no common sense
But love - that´s one thing
You really need to get by
All your troubles
Come from yourself
Nobody hurts you
- they don´t care
Just as long as you show them
A really good time
All the things
You used to do
A trip to the movies
A drink or two
They don´t satisfy you
They don´t tell you anything new
You know i don´t talk much
Except to myself
´cause i´ve not much to say
And there´s nobody else
Who´s ready and willing
And able to know me - i guess
Listen to me
I´m not finished yet
There´s something to tell you
That i can´t forget
Just have a really good time
There´s a girl
I used to know
Her face is her fortune
She´s got a heart of gold
She never goes out much
But boy - when she does
Then you know
She´s got no money
Well, maybe a dime
But she knows what she´s worth
And that´s reason why
She´s gonna make it
She´s got what it takes
You´ll appreciate that
She´s probably late
But i know
And you know
We all know
She´ll have a really good time

(ferry)

Oh here it comes again
That old ennui
I hope it won´t stay long
Well it´s every-man to his own thing
And every singer to his song
If you´re feeling low
And all upset
Nothing's going right
You just make a wish
Like in a fairy tale
And i´ll bewitch you
If it takes all night
There are many things
That i could say
To try and comfort you
But i know the words you´d like to hear
Are simply "i love you"
Sometimes i´m up
Sometimes i´m down
A topsy-turvy life
But only searching
For the truth
And i´ll find it
If it takes all night long
Well i myself
May main concern
Is what i can afford
So if music be my mistress
Then at least she´s madame claude...d´accord
Ah - more champagne!
To lose this pain
Would be very nice
So i´ll help myself to one more drink
And i´ll find myself
If it takes all night long