Kids In America

Written by ricky & marty wilde

I watch a man sitting down the park
The flashy suit manufactured by the makers
He's got a pen and he circles an add
It makes him laugh 'cos he's reading dirty papers

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She doesn't know but she's getting his call
He's talking straight but he wants it in a strange way
She combs her hair doesn't worry at all
He could be mad but its just another pay day

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She likes to live on the poor side of town
She's shacking down with a guy from west guiana
The boys around always look at the ground
Oh, what they'd give for a night with that piranha

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She doesn't have to make her money that way
She's such a pretty young girl
I guess they love it 'cos you hear when they stay
They cry oh, oh, oh

This guy arrives looking scared as a rat
He needs her love but he wants it like a brother
Three hours later he crawls out on his knees
She's laughing loud 'cos he's calling for his mother

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Written by ricky & marty wilde

Lost in the night, out on the streets
And blown into the wind
She was just heading for trouble
When they got her downstairs

Cut by the lights, strands of her hair
Just tumble from her cheeks
She's just another caucasion in a crime worn day

Inside her heart was breaking
No-one knew what she'd been through
Inside her mind's escaping
To a world that no-one knew

Lost in the night, somebody said go easy on the girl
You'll never get a confession
If you treat her that way
Two pairs of eyes shout at her face and late into the night
They heard a softer whisper saying
"let me go"

Inside her heart was breaking
No-one knew what she'd been through
Inside her mind's escaping
To a world that no-one knew

Wendy sadd has flown away
Wendy found her freedom
No-one else could follow there
Not inside the world of wendy sadd

Somebody shouts, something is wrong and panick hits the room
They said she looked at the ceiling and the lights went out
Clutched in her hand
All they could find was a letter that she'd wrote
It said try and forgive them
For what they've done

Inside her heart was breaking
No-one knew what she'd been through
Inside her mind's escaping
To a world that no-one knew

Wendy sadd has flown away
Wendy found her freedom
No-one else could follow there
Not inside the world of wendy sadd

Written by ricky & marty wilde

Caught in the times we live in
Caught in the times we know
It's taking a real hard line
You feel you're becoming a number
Nobody needs your trouble
Gives you the time of day
But kicking the world behind
Won't make it go away
Cos we're strong
And we're big enough to take
Whatever time will bring
We've only one life
And we've gotta lot to give
There's only one time
And we've got to make or break it

Let the sparks fly out again
Let the feelings tell you when
Let the sparks fly out again

Flick of the fingers
And they'll cut you down for sure
You gotta be hard sometimes
And so you pretend it's nothing
Finding what to believe in
That's what it's hard to do
Boy there was another time
I saw the best in you
Cos we're strong
And we're big enough to take
Whatever time will bring

Written by ricky & marty wilde

Well he was thailand based
She was an airforce wife
He used to fly weekends
It was the easy life
But then it turned around
And he began to change
She didn't wonder then
She didn't think it strange
But then he got a call
He had to leave that night
He couldn't say too much
But it would be alright
He didn't need to pack
They'd meet the next night
He had a job to do
Flying to cambodia

And as the nights passed by
She tried to trace the past
The way he used to look
The way he used to laugh
I guess she'll never know
What got inside his soul
She couldn't make it out
Just couldn't take it all
He had the saddest eyes
The girl had ever seen
He used to cry some nights
As though he lived a dream
Ans as she held him close
He used to search her face
As though she knew the truth
Lost inside cambodia

But then a call came through
They said he'd soon be home
She had to pack a case
And they would make a rendez-vous
But now a year has passed
And not a single word
And all the love she knew
Has disappeared out in the haze
Cambodia - don't cry now - no tears now

And now the years have passed
With not a single word
But there is only one thing left
I know for sure
She won't see his face again

Written by ricky & marty wilde

This is your town, this is my place
This is where my whole world is lived in
Nothing much, and just out of reach of all the city lights
It's a high town, it's a low town
It's get here, come on you grow town
No-one does, but everyone thinks they're gonna make it soon
This is one place i respected
Now i feel it's really dejected
No-one cares and the people just stare
And a man on the box says
"hey you, don't walk away, vote for me
You'll get more pay, keep working hard"
But they work slow

Here it comes now, sunday morning
Just another sleepy town yawning
Down below everything looks just like another day
But, in the warm glow of the sunrise
There's a child who's searching with young eyes
Looking 'round and feeling inside he's gonna fly away
There was one time i was leaving
But the folks around me kept grieving
Friends said go, but my dad said no
And my mum kept saying
"don't go, don't go away
Don't leave us, you've got to stay
Just raise them kids, oh mother no"

No prospects, just projects
Don't try to tell me we're living
There's no real need to try
Can't you see this town gonna die

Hail the new age, it's a rat cage
Join the place for breeding dumb spieces
All stacked up and doing whatever someone tells you to
Burn the place down, make it dead ground
Show the people just what they're missing
Wake up, wake up, can't you believe in what i'm telling you
There's a house where i was born in
Now it's changed without any warning
Cranes just crash and bricks just smash
While a billboard's saying
"let's go, let's get away
Come fly me, you've weeks to pay
When sunshine calls, but i won't go

This is our town

Written by ricky & marty wilde

Suddenly there's a shadow on a nation
Suddenly it's a changing situation
Fear is on the face of every tiger as the jungle grows
Suddenly people running never walking
Nobody wants to know, nobody's talking
But rushing through the air
I feel the wind of change about to blow

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Watch out tonight, the dogs are down in action city
There out tonight, there's trouble down in action city

Watching the police running from the station
Suddenly flashing lights and confrotation
The devil walks the streets
Just as the flames of hell begin to grow

Chorus

It's a brave new world, it's a brave new world
Such a brave new world
Well i don't know where it's going
But it's heading for some changes i know

People are wondering why there's such confusion
There is a face of youth with disillusion
Don't look for the reasons
They were sprayed on every wall i know

Chorus

It's a brave new world, it's a brave new world
Such a brave new world
Well i don't know where it's going
But it's heading for some changes i know

Written by ricky & marty wilde

Stand at the mirror and look at my face
See all the changes i know somethings wrong
But when i think back to the love that we had
I look for escape 'cos i know that it's gone

I always looked on the touch of our love
As a soft stream running over me
But i always knew there would be a way out
But for you, not for me
Just a felling

Now all i see is the trace of a smile
Memories forgotten a long time ago
Never believed i could see you this way
I don't know what changed you, i'll just never know

I used to dream there was someone around
Who was there just to watch over me
Out in the crowds there was someone around
Who was meant just for me

Friends say "impossible"
But i say it's got to be

Just a feeling

Repeat to fade

Written by ricky & kim wilde

Don't bring your gun 'round here
Don't need you mouthing off your fear
It touches all you can build a wall
We all have tasted tears

Everything we know
Everything we know
Everything we know
Everywhere we go

We walked along the beach
Once lovers now we're out of reach
Windy skies, they kissed me goodbye
It takes experience to teach

Everything we know
Everything we know
Everything we know
Everywhere we go

Nobody laughed today
I went to watch the children play
Their smiles and mine were frozen in time
I'll just remember them that way

Everything we know
Everything we know
Everything we know
Everywhere we go

Written by ricky & marty wilde

You say everything's alright
I say nothing can go right, yeah
Oh what a game you can play
Sad days add to confusion
Sad ways end in dillusion, yeah
That's the name of the game

Well i know your love is rough
And the road you take is tough
But i just can't get enough
Chequered love

Touch me, do what you want to
Say no, then, i just need you
Babe, your gonna drive me insane
You are man for all seasons
You are man with no reasons, yeah
You're the man with no pain

Well i know your love is rough
And the road you take is tough
But i just can't get enough
Chequered love

Oh i can't let go
Oh i can't let go
'cos i need you so tonight

You say everything's alright
I say nothing can go right, yeah
Oh what a game you can play
Sad days add to confusion
Sad ways end in dillusion, yeah
That's the name of the game

Well i know your love is rough
And the road you take is tough
But i just can't get enough
Chequered love

Oh i can't let go
Oh i can't let go
'cos i need you so tonight

Written by ricky & marty wilde

Feel it in the rushing wind
Brushing up against your mind
Look for a way to go
Head for the border sign
You could be gone
You could be far away
Soon you must fly free

And yes
Somehow you'll find what you've been missing
There was more to life
Than visions we had dreamed about

Can you hear it calling you?
Can you?
Can you hear it calling you?
Can you hear it coming through to you?
When you hear it calling you
It's your freedom

If you are on your own
If you have been betrayed
Stand by the truth you love
Don't let it get mislaid
You're not alone
And nothing can hold you down
Soon you will be free

And yes
Somehow you'll find what you've been missing
There was more to life
Than anything you dreamed about

Can you hear it calling you?
Can you?
Can you hear it calling you?
Can you hear it coming through to you?
When you hear it calling you
It's your freedom

Written by n. chinn & p. gurvitz

We were dancing
Dancing in the dark
Sweet romancing
Something's gonna start

He stepped into the night
With his heart open wide
I was standing there
With nowhere left to hide
He looked to me like a shadow
Moving in the night
Then he took a hold of my hand
In the soft moonlight

And we were dancing
Dancing in the dark
Sweet romancing
Something's gonna start

I could hear his heartbeat
Pounding in the night
I could feel his body
Starting to be kind
With his soft red lips
Made up my mind
His soothing kiss
Was all i desired

And we were dancing
Dancing in the dark
Sweet romancing
Something's gonna start

We kissed and touched
But it wasn't enough
To stop this wheel of fire
One step at a time
And i knew he was mine
We were lost in the heat of desire

And we were dancing
Dancing in the dark
Sweet romancing
Something's gonna start

No way
No way at all
To stop us moving closer
Each look in his eyes
Made my heart beat in time
Over and over and over and over

And we were dancing
Dancing in the dark
Sweet romancing
Something's gonna start

And we were dancing
Dancing in the dark
Sweet romancing
Something's gonna start

I was driving out to meet you that night
Getting reports on the weather
You were coming home, had caught the last flight
But we would soon be together
You'd been gone such a long time
When my radio gave the warning

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Chaos at the airport tonight, something ain' t right
No-one can land in the weather
Planes are crashing out of control
And all in all i think you've lost him forever

Looking up i started searching the skies
Was he still up there above me
Was the man who'd waved a million goodbyes
Now just a stranger who loved me
But as i drove to the terminal sign
I heard a great loud explosion

Chorus

I ran so, so fast but if i could only reach you
But you're so far away, you're oh so far away
Landing lights approaching
Out from a sea of darkness
But you're so far away, you're oh so far away

Like a bird of death it hovered around
Until the wheels started turning
Then i saw the jets just touching the ground
And i could see it recurring
And as i looked for the last time
My radio gave the warning

Written by ricky & marty wilde

Dancing with back street joe
That was a time i loved
When we were kids so young
So long ago

Dancing with back street joe
Back in a time i loved
We used to move all night
That was a time to know

There comes a time in your life
When you just wanna break free
But now i wanna go back
I wanna have him with me

Dancing with back street joe
We used to want that sound
And everytime it played
We used to hang around

There was music and
There was rhythm and
There was something i can't explain
Out of nowhere he'd
Move his shoulder
And make you feel you could
Live again

Then came a moment in time
When i just had to be free
But now i wanna go back
I wanna go back and see
That look in his eyes again
And now on the streets
I look for you joe

Dancing with back street joe
Back in the streets i love
We used to dance all night
Was it so long ago ?

Written by ricky & marty wilde

Just two lovers in a seedy cafe
Someone's leaving, the waiter says "hey, won't you wait"
Running nowhere, she hides in her room
What he told her had to get out and soon

It's just a bad affair you've had
No need to cry, don't take it bad
You'll soon be glad when you're far apart

You'll never be so wrong, not for a long time
You'll never be so wrong, not for a long time
'cause i'm never gonna find that feeling again
I'm never gonna find that feeling again

Now she's breaking but what can she do
Somewhere out there a car disappears out of view
Fumbles somewhere for stale cigarettes
Looks for numbers, the ones she could dial but forgets

No point in you just looking down
No way that you can turn it around
You've go to realise you''re free

You'll never be so wrong, not for a long time
You'll never be so wrong, not for a long time
'cause i'm never gonna find that feeling again
I'm never gonna find that feeling again

No point in you just looking down
No way that you can turn it around
You've go to realise you're free

You'll never be so wrong, not for a long time
You'll never be so wrong, not for a long time
'cause i'm never gonna find that feeling again
I'm never gonna find that feeling again

Written by ricky & marty wilde

Darlin', can you come over
Can you come over
Meet me tonight

I've been sitting here alone
Looking down this telephone
Thinking things i'd really love to say to you
Oh, it's true
I can't get enough of how you love
That's the truth i swear to you

Can you come over
Can you come over - think of what we could do
If you decide to, if you're alive to
What i want from a guy like you

Darlin, can you come over
Can you come over - meet me tonight

Watching movies on tv
Never does a thing for me
I get bored just living here and hanging 'round
Toss a coin it's heads or tails
If i run a bath or do my nails
What's it really matter when i'm far away from you

If you come over
If you come over - i could be good for you
Wouldn't you please me
It could be easy
Just stay here for a night or two

Darlin', can you come over
Can you come over - meet me tonight

I'm the girl who waits for you
I'm the girl who needs you too
I'm the girl who wants you tonight

Darlin', can you come over
Can you come over
Meet me tonight