The Music Still Goes On

Here's to us one more toast and then we'll pay the bill
Deep inside both of us can feel the autumn chill
Birds of passage, you and me
We fly instinctively
When the summer's over and the dark clouds hide the sun
Neither you nor i'm to blame when all is said and done

In our lives we have walked some strange and lonely treks
Slightly worn but dignified and not too old for sex
We're still striving for the sky
No taste for humble pie
Thanks for all your generous love and thanks for all the fun
Neither you nor i'm to blame when all is said and done

It's so strange when you're down and lying on the floor
How you rise, shake your head, get up and ask for more
Clear-headed and open-eyed

This tune is instrumental

They came flying from far away, now i'm under their spell
I love hearing the stories that they tell
They've seen places beyond my land and they've found new horizons
They speak strangely but i understand
And i dream i'm an eagle
And i dream i can spread my wings

Flying high, high, i'm a bird in the sky
I'm an eagle that rides on the breeze
High, high, what a feeling to fly
Over mountains and forests and seas
And to go anywhere that i please

As all good friends we talk all night, and we fly wing to wing
I have questions and they know everything
There's no limit to what i feel, we climb higher and higher
Am i dreaming or is it all real?
Is it true i'm an eagle?
Is it true i can spread my wings?

Flying high, high, i'm a bird in the sky (i'm an eagle)
I'm an eagle that rides on the breeze
High, high, what a feeling to fly (what a feeling)
Over mountains and forests and seas
And to go anywhere that i please

And i dream i'm an eagle
And i dream i can spread my wings

Flying high, high, i'm a bird in the sky (i'm an eagle)
I'm an eagle that rides on the breeze
High, high, what a feeling to fly (what a feeling)
Over mountains and forests and seas
High, high, i'm a bird in the sky (i'm an eagle)
I'm an eagle that rides on the breeze
High, high, what a feeling to fly (what a feeling)
Over mountains and forests and seas
And to go anywhere that i please

"they say a restless body can hide a peaceful soul.
A voyager, and a settler, they both have a distant goal.
If i explore the heavens, or if i search inside.
Well, it really doesn't matter as long as i can tell myself
I've always tried."

Like a roller in the ocean, life is motion
Move on
Like a wind that's always blowing, life is flowing
Move on
Like the sunrise in the morning, life is dawning
Move on
How i treasure every minute
Being part of it, being in it
With the urge to move on

I've travelled every country, i've travelled in my mind
It seems we're on a journey, a trip through space and time
And somewhere lies the answer
To all the questions why
What really makes the difference
Between all dead and living things, the will to stay alive

Like a roller in the ocean (la la la la la la-la)
Life is motion (la la la la la la-la)
Move on (la la la la-la)
Like a wind that's always blowing (la la la la la la-la)
Life is flowing (la la la la la la-la)
Move on (la la la la-la)
Like the sunrise in the morning (la la la la la la-la)
Life is dawning (la la la la la la-la)
Move on (la la la la-la)
How i treasure every minute (la la la la)
Being part of it (la la la la)
Being in it (la la la la)
With the urge to move on

The morning breeze that ripples the surface of the sea
The crying of the seagulls that hover over me
I see it and i hear it
But how can i explain
The wonder of the moment
To be alive, to feel the sun that follows every rain

Like a roller in the ocean (la la la la la la-la)
Life is motion (la la la la la la-la)
Move on (la la la la-la)
Like a wind that's always blowing (la la la la la la-la)
Life is flowing (la la la la la la-la)
Move on (la la la la-la)
Like the sunrise in the morning (la la la la la la-la)
Life is dawning (la la la la la la-la)
Move on (la la la la-la)
How i treasure every minute (la la la la)
Being part of it (la la la la-ah)
Being in it
With the urge to move on

La la la la la la-la, la la la la la la-la, la la la la-la
Like a wind that's always blowing
La la la la la la-la
La la la la la la-la (life is flowing)
La la la la-la (move on)
Like the sunrise in the morning
La la la la la la-la
La la la la la la-la (life is dawning)
La la la la-la (move on)
How i treasure every minute (la la la la)
Being part of it (la la la la-ah)
Being in it
With the urge to move on
La la la la la la-la, la la la la la la-la, la la la la-la
Like a wind that's always blowing........

I was sitting by the phone
I was waiting all alone
Baby by myself i sit and wait and wonder about you
It's a dark and dreary night
Seems like nothing's going right
Won't you tell me honey how can i go on here without you?

Yes i'm down and feeling blue
And i don't know what to do, oh-oh

Ring, ring, why don't you give me a call?
Ring, ring, the happiest sound of them all
Ring, ring, i stare at the phone on the wall
And i sit all alone impatiently
Won't you please understand the need in me
So, ring, ring, why don't you give me a call?
So, ring, ring, why don't you give me a call?

You were here and now you're gone
Hey did i do something wrong?
I just can't believe that i could be so badly mistaken
Was it me or was it you?
Tell me, are we really through?
Won't you hear me cry and you will know that my heart is breaking

Please forgive and then forget
Or maybe darling better yet, oh-oh

Ring, ring, why don't you give me a call?
Ring, ring, the happiest sound of them all
Ring, ring, i stare at the phone on the wall
And i sit all alone impatiently
Won't you please understand the need in me
So, ring, ring, why don't you give me a call?
So, ring, ring, why don't you give me a call?
Oh-oh, ring, ring, why don't you give me a call?
So, ring, ring, why don't you give me a call?

Oh, my love it makes me sad.
Why did things turn out so bad?
Was it just a dream, everything we did, everything we had?

Baby, give me one more
Dance while the music still goes on
Don't think about tomorrow
Dance and forget our time is gone
Tonight's a night we borrow.
Let's make it a memory, a night of our own
A thing to remember when we're all alone
So dance, it's our way to say goodbye

Yes, all we have to do is
Dance while the music still goes on
This is no time for crying
Dance, don't you hear them play our song
God knows that we've been trying
But we didn't make it 'cause nothing's the same
We just couldn't help it, nobody's to blame
So dance while the music still goes on
And let it be our last goodbye

Yet it seems to make me sad.
Why did things turn out so bad?
Was it just a dream, everything we did, everything we had?

Baby, give me one last
Dance while the music still goes on
Just like the night i met you
Dance and believe me, when you're gone
You know i won't forget you
Our love was a snowbird, it's flying away
You tell me it's over, what more can i say?
So dance while the music still goes on
It's gonna be our last goodbye

Dance while the music still goes on
Don't think about tomorrow
Dance and forget our time is gone
Tonight's a night we borrow.
Let's make it a memory, a night of our own
A thing to remember when we're all alone
So dance while the music still goes on
And let it be our last goodbye

Dance while the music still goes on
This is no time for crying
Dance, don't you hear them play our song
God knows that we've been trying
Dance while the music still goes on
Just like the night i met you
Dance and believe me, when you're gone
You know i won't forget you

I hear the doorbell ring and suddenly the panic takes me
The sound so ominously tearing through the silence
I cannot move, i'm standing
Numb and frozen
Among the things i love so dearly
The books, the paintings and the furniture
Help me...

The signal's sounding once again and someone tries the doorknob
None of my friends would be so stupidly impatient
And they don't dare to come here
Anymore now
But how i loved our secret meetings
We talked and talked in quiet voices
Smiling...

Now i hear them moving muffled noises coming through the door i feel i'm crackin' up
Voices growing louder, irritation building and i'm close to fainting crackin' up
They must know by now i'm in here trembling in a terror evergrowing crackin' up
My whole world is falling, going crazy there is no escaping now, i'm crackin' up

These walls have witnessed all the anguish of humiliation
And seen the hope of freedom glow in shining faces
And now they've come to take me
Come to break me
And yet it isn't unexpected
I have been waiting for these visitors
Help me...

Now i hear them moving muffled noises coming through the door i feel i'm crackin' up
Voices growing louder, irritation building and i'm close to fainting crackin' up
They must know by now i'm in here trembling in a terror evergrowing crackin' up
My whole world is falling, going crazy there is no escaping now, i'm crackin' up

Now i hear them moving muffled noises coming through the door i feel i'm crackin' up voices growing louder, irritation building and i'm close to fainting crackin' up
(i have been waiting for these visitors)
They must know by now i'm in here trembling in a terror evergrowing crackin' up
(i have been waiting for these visitors)
My whole world is falling, going crazy there is no escaping now, i'm crackin' up
(i have been waiting for these visitors)
Now i hear them moving muffled noises coming through the door i feel i'm crackin' up
(i have been waiting for these visitors)
Voices growing louder, irritation building and i'm close to fainting crackin' up
(i have been waiting for these visitors)
They must know by now i'm in here trembling in a terror evergrowing crackin' up
(i have been waiting for these visitors)
My whole world is falling, going crazy there is no escaping now, i'm crackin' up

(fade)

I got appointments, work i have to do
Keeping me so busy all the day through
They're the things that keep me from thinking of you
(ohhh) baby, i miss you so, i know i'm never gonna make it
Oh, i'm so restless, i don't care what i say
And i lose my temper ten times a day
Still it's even worse when the night's on its way
It's bad, oh, so bad

Somehow i'd be doing alright if it wasn't for the nights
(if it wasn't for the nights i think that i could make it)
I'd have courage left to fight if it wasn't for the nights
(if it wasn't for the nights i think that i could take it)
How i fear the time when shadows start to fall
Sitting here alone and staring at the wall
Even i could see a light if it wasn't for the nights
(even i could see a light i think that i could make it)
Somehow i'd be doing alright if it wasn't for the nights
(if it wasn't for the nights i think that i could take it)

No one to turn to, you know how it is
I was not prepared for something like this
Now i see them clearly, the things that i miss
(ohhh) baby, i feel so bad, i know i'm never gonna make it
I got my business to help me through the day
People i must write to, bills i must pay
But everything's so different when night's on its way
It's bad, oh, so bad

Somehow i'd be doing alright if it wasn't for the nights
(if it wasn't for the nights i think that i could make it)
I'd have courage left to fight if it wasn't for the nights
(if it wasn't for the nights i think that i could take it)
How i fear the time when shadows start to fall
Sitting here alone and staring at the wall
Even i could see a light if it wasn't for the nights
(even i could see a light i think that i could make it)
Guess my future would look bright if it wasn't for the nights
(if it wasn't for the nights i think that i could make it)

If it wasn't for the nights
(if it wasn't for the nights i think that i could take it)
If it wasn't for the nights
(if it wasn't for the nights i think that i could make it)

Even i could see a light if it wasn't for the nights
(even i could see a light i think that i could make it)
Guess my future would look bright if it wasn't for the nights
(if it wasn't for the nights i think that i could take it)

If it wasn't for the nights
(if it wasn't for the nights i think that i could make it)
If it wasn't for the nights
(if it wasn't for the nights i think that i could take it)

Even i could see a light if it wasn't for the nights
(even i could see a light i think that i could make it)
Guess my future would look bright if it wasn't for the nights