Ladies & Gentlemen: The Best of George Michael

Turn down the lights, turn down the bed
Turn down these voices inside my head
Lay down with me, tell me no lies
Just hold me close, don't patronize
Don't patronize me

'Cause I can't make you love me If you don't
You can't make your heart feel something it won't
Here in the dark in these final hours
I will lay down my heart, and I'll feel the power
But you won't, no you won't
And I can't make you love me
If you don't

I'll close my eyes and then I won't see
The love you do not feel, when you're holding me
Morning will come, and I'll do what's right
Just give me till then, to give up this fight
And I will give up this fight

And I can't make you love me if you don't
You can't make your heart feel something it won't
And here in the dark in these final hours
I will lay down my heart and I'll feel the power
But you won't, no, you won't
And I can't make you love me
If you don't

Ain't no use in you trying
It's no good for me baby without love
All my tears, all these years, everything I believed in
Baby
Oh yeah
Someone's gonna love me

As around the sun the Earth knows she's revolving
And the rosebuds know to bloom in early May
Just as hate knows love's the cure
You can rest your mind assure
That I'll be loving you always

As now can't reveal the mystery of tomorrow
But in passing will grow older every day
Just as all is born is new
Do you know what I say is true
That I'll be loving you always

Until the rainbow burns the stars out in the sky
Until the ocean covers every mountain high
Until the day that 8x8x8 is 4
Until the day is the day that are no more

Did you know that true love asks for nothing
Her acceptance is the way we pay
Did you know that life has given love a guarantee
To last through forever and another day

As today I know I'm living but tomorrow
Could make me the past
but that I mustn't fear
I know deep in my mind
The love of me I've left behind
Cause I'll be loving you always

Until the rainbow burns the stars out in the sky
Until the ocean covers every mountain high
Until the dolphin flies and parrots live at sea
Until we dream of live and live becomes a dream
Until the day is night and night becomes the day
Until the trees and seas just up and fly away
Until the day that 8x8x8 is 4
Until the day that is the day that are no more

did you know that true love asks for nothing
her acceptance is the way we pay
did you know that life has given love a guarantee
to last through forever and another day

As around the sun the earth knows she's revolving
and the rosebuds know to bloom in early May
for now I know deep in my mind
the love of me I've left behind
cause I'll be loving you always

Until the rainbow burns the stars out in the sky
Until the ocean covers every mountain high
Until the dolphin flies and parrots live at sea
Until we dream of live and live becomes a dream

Until the day is night and night becomes the day
Until the trees and seas just up and fly away
Until the day that 8X8X8 is 4
Until the day that is the day that are no more

chorus
why can't you do it?
why can't you set your monkey free?
always giving in to it-
do you love the monkey or do you love me?
why can't you do it?
why do I have to share my baby with a monkey?

oh I count to ten
but I don't know how and I don't know when
to open my eyes
if you kiss me again
like you just did now, like you just did then-
I've had the rest
now it's time I had the best
so you tell me that you won't do anymore

well I'd write your heart a letter
but i think you know me better
if I keep on askin' baby, maybe
I'll get what I'm askin' for

chorus

oh I hate your friends
but I don't know how and I don't know when
to open your eyes
yes the monkey's back again
do you want him now like you did back then?
I tried my best
but your head is such a mess
so I guess that I don't want you anymore

well you say you care about me
taht you just can't do without me
but you keep on dancin' baby
'til that monkey has you on the floor

chorus

don't look now
there's a monkey on your back
don't look now
there's a monkey on you...

I think I'm done with the sofa
I think I'm done with the hall
I think I'm done with the kitchen table, baby

let's go outside (let's go outside)
in the sunshine
I know you want to, but you can't say yes
Let's go outside
in the moonshine
take me to the places that I love best

So my angel she says, don't you worry
'bout the things they're saying, yeah
got no friends in high places
and the game that you gave away
wasn't worth playing

let's go outside
in the sunshine
I know you want to, but you can't say yes
let's go outside
in the meantime
take me to the places that I love best

and yes I've been bad
doctor won't you do with me what you can
you see I think about it all the time
twenty four seven

you say you want it, you got it
I never really said it before
there s nothing here but flesh and bone
there's nothing more nothing more
there's nothing more

back to nature, just human nature
getting on back to

I think I m done with the sofa
I think I m done with the hall
I think I'm done with the kitchen table, baby

let's go outside
in the sunshine
I know you want to, but you can't say yes
let's go outside
in the moonshine
take me to the places that I love best

and yes I've been bad
doctor won't you do with me what you can
you see I think about it all the time
I'd service the community
(but I already have you see!)
I never really said it before

there's nothing here but flesh and bone
there's nothing more, nothing more
there's nothing more
let's go outside
dancing on the D-train baby

when the moon is high
and the grass is jumpin'
come on, just keep on funkin'
keep on funkin', just keep on funkin'

(English)

If you say my singing is off key, my love
You would hurt my feelings, don't you see, my love ?
I wish I had an ear like yours,
A voice that would behave
All I have is feeling
And the voice God gave

You insist my music goes against the rules
Yes, but rules were never made for lovesick fools
I wrote this song for you
But you don't care
It's a crooked song, ah,
But my heart is there

The thing that you would see if you would play the part
Is even if I'm out of tune I have a gentle heart
I took your picture with my trusty Rolliflex
And now all I have developed is complex

Possibly in vain, I hope you weaken, oh my love
And forget those rigid rules that undermine my dream of
A life of love and music with someone who'll understand

That even though I may be out of tune when I attempt to say
How much I love you
And all that matters is the message that I bring,
Which is: my dear one, I love you

(Portuguese)

Se você disser que eu desafino amor
Saiba que isto em mim provoca imensa dor
Só previlegiados têm ouvido igual ao seu
Eu possuo apenas o que Deus me deu

Se você insiste em classificar
Como o meu comportamento de anti-musical
N?o lhes vou mentir, até vou comentar
Que isso é bossa-nova
Que isso é muito natural
Que você n?o sabe nem sequer pressente
é que os desafinados também têm um cora??o

Fotografei você na minha role-flix
Revelou-se a sua enorme ingratid?o

Só n?o poderá falar assim do meu amor
Que é o maior que você pode encontrar
Você passou a musica e esqueceu o principal
Que no peito dos desafinados
No fundo do peito bate calado
No peito dos desafinados também bate um cora??o

kindness in your eyes
I guess you heard me cry
you smiled at me like
Jesus to a child
I'm blessed I know
heaven sent and heaven stole
you smiled at me like
jesus to a child
and what have I learned
from all this pain
I thought I'd never feel the same
about anyone or anything again
but now I know

chorus
when you find a love
when you know that it exists
then the lover that you miss
will come to you on those cold,
cold nights
when you've been loved
when you know it holds such bliss
then the lover that you kissed
will comfort you when there's
no hope in sight

sadness in my eyes
no one guessed, well no one tryed
you smiled at me like
Jesus to a child
loveless and cold
with your last breath you saved my soul
you smiled at me like
Jesus to a child
and what have I learned
from all those tears
I've waited for you all those years
and just when it began
He took your love away
but I still say

chorus
so the words you could no say
I'll sing them for you
and the love we would have made
I'll make it for two
for every single memory
has become a part of me

you will always be...my love

well I've been loved
so I know just what love is
and the lover that I kissed
is always by my side
oh the lover I still miss...
was Jesus to a child

Hey, you're just too funky for me,
I gotta get inside of you,
And I'll show you heaven if you let me.
Hey you just too funky for me,
I gotta get inside, (I gotta get inside)
I gotta get inside of you (So then you will that be).
I watch your fingers working overtime (Overtime),
I got to thinking that they should be mine. Oh!
I'd love to see you naked baby,
I'd like to think that sometime maybe
Tonight, if that's all right. Yeah!

Hey, you're just too funky for me,
I gotta get inside of you , (Won't let you go)
Won't let you, no-no
Hey you're just too funky for me,
I gotta get inside, (I gotta get inside)
I gotta get inside of you (I'll let you love me).
I watch you drinkin' and I take my time,
I watch you drinkin' all that cheap red wine, Oh!
I've got to see you naked baby,
I'd like to think that sometime maybe,
Tonight my goal's in sight, Yeah!

Baby, baby, baby Why do you do this to me?
Won't let you go, (Won't let you go)
You're such a, you're such a
Baby, baby, baby Why do you do this to me?
I've got to know. (I've got to know)
(I'm gonna be the kind of lover that you never had)
Hey you're just too funky.
(You're never gonna have another lover in your bed)
You're just too funky for me.

(Would you like me to seduce you, is that what you're trying to tell me?)
(Everybody wants a lover like that)
Baby
(Everybody wants a lover like that) Yeah! Yeah!
(Everybody wants a lover like that) Everybody, everybody
(Everybody wants a lover like that)
(Is that what you are trying to tell me?)
(Everybody wants a lover, everybody wants a lover like that.
Everybody wants a lover, everybody wants a lover like that.
Everybody wants a lover, everybody wants a lover like that.
Everybody wants a lover, everybody wants a lover like that.)
(Would you like me to seduce you?)
You're such a, you're such a
(Would you like me to seduce you?) Yeah! Yeah!
(Would you like me to seduce you?) you're such a, you're such a.
Yeah! Yeah!
(Would you stop playing with that radio Yorg, I'm trying to get to sleep!)

that's all I wanted
something special, something sacred-
in your eyes
for just one moment
to be bold and naked
at your side

sometimes I think that you'll never
understand me
maybe this time is forever
say it can be

that's all you wanted
something special, someone sacred-
in your life
just for one moment
to be warm and naked
at my side

sometimes I think that you'll never
understand me
but something tells me together
we'd be happy

chorus
(baby)
I will be your father figure
(oh baby)
put your tiny hand in mine
(I'd love to)
I will be you preacher teacher
(be your daddy)
anything you have in mind
(it would make me)
I will be you father figure
(very happy)
I have had enough of crime
(please let me)
I will be the one who loves you-
until the end of time

that's all I wanted
bu sometimes love can be mistaken
for a crime
that's all I wanted
just to see my baby's
blue eyed shine
this time I think that my lover
understands me
if we have faith in each other
then we can be
strong

chorus

if you are the desert
I'll be the sea
if you ever hunger
hunger for me
whatever you ask for
that's what I'll be...

so when you remember the ones who have lied
who said that they cared
but then laughed when you cried
beautiful darling
don't think of me

because all I ever wanted
it's in you eyes baby, baby
and love can't lie, no...
(greet me with the eyes of a child)
my love is always telling me so...
(heaven is a kiss and a smile)
just hold on, hold on
I won't let you go, my baby

chorus

I will be your father
I will be your preacher
I'll be your daddy
I will be the one who loves you
until the end of time

I've had enough of danger
and people on the streets
I'm looking out for angels
just trying to find some peace
now I think it's time
that you let me know
so if you love me
say you love me
but if you don't
just let me go...

chorus
'cos teacher
there are things
that I don't want to learn
and the last one I had
made me cry
so I don't want to learn to
hold you, touch you
think taht you're mine
because it ain't no joy
for an uptown boy
whose teacher has told him goodbye,
boodbye, goodbye

when you were just a stranger
and I was at your feet
I didn't feel the danger
now I feel the heat
that look in your eyes
telling me no
so you think that you love me
know that you need me
I wrote the song, I know it's wrong
just let me go...

chorus

so when you say that you need me
that you'll never leave me
I know you're wrong, you're that strong
let me go

and teacher
there are things
that I still have to learn
but the one thing I have is my pride
oh so I don't want to
hold you, touch you
think that you're mine
because there ain't no joy
for an uptown boy
who just isn't willing to try
I'm so cold
Inside
maybe just one more try

she takes the back road and the lane
past the school that has not changed
in all this time
she thinks of when the boy was young
all the battles she had won
just to give him life

that man
she loved that man
for all his life
but now we meet to take him flowers
and only God knows why

for what's the use in pressing palms
when children fade in mother's arms
it's a cruel world
we've so much to lose
and what we have to learn
we rarely choose

so if it's God who took her son
he cannot be the one living in her mind

take care my love, she said
don't think that God is dead
take care my love, she said
you have been loved

if I was weak, forgive me
but I was terrified
you brushed my eyes with angels wings
full of love
the kind that makes devils cry

so these days
my life has changed
and I'll be fine
but she just sits and counts the hours
searching for her crime

so what's the use of pressing palms
if you won't keep such love from harm
it's a cruel world
you've so much to prove

and heaven help the ones
who wait for you

well I've no daughters I've no sons
guess I'm the only one
living in my life

take care my love, he said
don't think that God is dead
take care my love, he said
you have been loved

(George Michael/David Austin)

these are the days of the open hand
they will not be the last
look around now
these are the days of the beggars
and the choosers

this is the year of the hungry man
whose place is in the past
hand in hand with ignorance
and legitimate excuses

the rich declare themselves poor
and most of us are not sure
if we have too much
but we'll take our chances
because God stopped keeping score
I guess somewhere along the way
He must have let us all out to play
turned his back and all God's children
crept out the back door

chorus
and it's hard to love,
there's so much to hate
hanging on to hope
when there is no hope to speak of
and the wounded skies above
say it's much too late
well maybe we should all be
praying for time

these are the days of the empty hand
oh you hold on to what you can
and charity is a coat you wear
twice a year

this is the year of the guilty man
your television takes a stand
and you find that what was over there
is over here

so you scream from behind your door
say what's mine is mine and not yours
I may have too much
but I'll take my chances
because God stopped keeping score
and you cling to the things
they sold you
did you cover your eyes when
they told you
that he can't come back
because he has no children
to come back for

chorus

let me tell you a secret
put it in your heart and keep it
something that I want you to know
do something for me
listen to my simple story
and maybe we'll have something to show

you tell me you're cold on the inside
how can the outside world
be a place that your heart can embrace
be good to yourself
because nobody else
has the power to make you happy

chorus
how can I help you
please let me try to
I can heal the pain
that you're feeling inside
whenever you want me
you know that I will be
waiting for the day
that you'll say you'll be mine

he must have really hurt you
to make you say the things that you do
he must have really hurt you
to make those pretty eyes look so blue

he must have known
that he could
that you'd never leave him
now you can't see my love is good
and that I'm not him

chorus

who needs a lover
that can't be a friend
something tells me I'm the one
you've been looking for
if you should ever see him again
won't you tell him you've found
someone who gives you more

someone who will protect you
love and respect you
all those things
that he could never bring to you
like I do
or rather I would
won't you show me your heart
like you should

won't you let me in
let this love begin
won't you show me your heart now
I'll be good to you
I can make this thing true
and get to your heart somehow

Like a warrior that fights
And wins the battle
I know the taste of victory
Though I went through some nights
Consumed by the shadows
I was crippled emotionally
Somehow I made it through the heartache
Yes I did, I escaped
I found my way out of the darkness,
Kept my faith (I know you did)
Kept my faith

When the river was deep I didn¡ät falter
When the mountain was high I still believed
When the valley was low iIt didn¡ät stop me, no no
I knew you were waiting
I knew you were waiting for me

With and endless desire I kept on searching
Sure in time our eyes would meet
Like the bridge is on fire
The hurt is over, one touch and you set me free
No, I don¡ät regret a single moment
No I don't looking back
When I think of all those disappointments
I just laugh (I know you do), I just laugh

When the river was deep I didn¡ät falter
When the mountain was high I still believed
When the valley was low iIt didn¡ät stop me, no no
I knew you were waiting
I knew you were waiting for me

So we were drawn together through destiny
I know this love we share was meant to be
I knew you were waiting, knew you were waiting
I knew you were waiting, knew you were waiting for me

(you can't keep holding it in when it's something good)

hey this won't take much time
we won't touch, we'll just wait for signs
and nothing was futher from my mind
than this moment with you

but if you'd only told me baby
I would have made some other plans
if I'd only seen it sooner
but what away with your hands you had
I wanted that moment with you

I know that is wrong
but 'if you need me, I'm here', turns me on
I can't help thinking its a miracle you're here
I can't help thinking its a miracle

say, don't waste much time
we don't touch, do we baby?
but still my hands are tied
for that moment with you

but if you'd only told me baby
I would have made some other plans
if I'd only seen it sooner
but what away with your hands you had
I wanted that moment with you

you know that I'm strong
and I've no reason to fear, am I wrong?
I can't help thinking its a miracle you're here
I can't help thinking its a miracle
I can't help thinking its a american
I can't help thinking its a miracle
I can't help thinking its a miracle you're here

you can't keep holding it in when it's something good
get up, get up
you can't keep holding it in when it's something good
get up, get up

and who can you trust? dealing out justice
with a minimum of fuss
who baby
dealing out justice...

now every day I see you in some other face
they crack a smile, talk a while
try to take your place
my memory serves me far too well

I just sit here on this mountain
thinking to myself
you're a fool boy
why don't you go down
find somebody
find somebody else
my memory serves me far too well

it's not as though we just broke up
it's not as though it was yesterday
but something I just can't explain
something in me needs this pain
I know I'll never see your face again

c'mon now
I've got to be strong now

now everybody's talking about this
new decade
like you say the magic numbers
then just say goodbye to
the stupid mistakes you made
oh my memory serves me far too well

don't you know that
the years will come and go
some of us will change their lives
some of us still have nothing to show
nothing baby
but memories

and if these wounds
they are self inflicted
I don't really know
how my poor heart could have
protected me
but if I have to carry this pain
if you will not share the blame
I deserve to see your face again

c'mon now
you don't have to be strong now
come back

come back to me darling
I will make it worth your while
come on back to your baby
I miss your kiss
I miss your smile
seems to me the peace I search to find
ain't gonna be mine
until you say you will
don't you keep me waiting for that day
I know
you hear these words that I say

you can't always get what you want