The Rumour

(olivia newton-john/randy goodrum)

Someone's in the kitchen
Trying to cook me up some trouble
Someone's in the kitchen
Trying to stir me up inside
He's been itching to try and burst my bubble
All this friction is killing my appetite

Get out--if you can't take it
Get out--if you can't take the heat
Throw your dirty looks out with the garbage
Humble pie is one thing i won't eat

Just because you're laid off at the office
Just because it's now all up to me
You're forgetting all the things you promised
It's the age of equal opportunity

Get out--if you can't take it
Get out--if you can't take the heat
Throw your dirty looks out with the garbage
Humble pie is one thing i won't eat

Oh--the kids are fine
We should use this time
To make some plans
Oh--i know it hurts
With our roles reversed
But darling you'll be a better man

Yes i know it's hard to do the laundry
Yes i know it's hard to mind the kids
It doesn't matter who does what, we're family
I'm just working to keep us off the skids

Get out--if you can't take it
Get out--if you can't take the heat
Throw your dirty looks out with the garbage
Humble pie is one thing i won't eat
Get out--if you can't take it
Get out--if you can't take the heat
Throw your dirty looks out with the garbage
Humble pie is one thing i won't eat
Humble pie is one thing i won't eat
Humble pie is one thing i won't eat... no

(sandy linzer/irwin levine)

Harsh words are spoken
Promises are broken
Old wounds are opened
And love walks out that door

Too proud to make up
You're ready to break up
Too late you'll wake up
And love walks out that door

Baby, oh sweet baby
I didn't mean a word i said
You know that i love you
Can't we talk it over in bed

I never meant to hurt you
I must have been out of my head
Tell me you still want me
Can't we talk it over in bed

Talk, talk, talk it over
Talk,let's talk it out baby

Harsh words are spoken
Promises are broken
Old wounds are opened
And love walks out that door

Too proud to make up
You're ready to break up
Too late you'll wake up
And love walks out that door
Out that door

Baby, oh sweet baby
Won't let you walk out that door

Come on a little closer
Can't we just forgive and forget
Everything seems to work out
When we talk it over in bed

Too much time apart
We need a little heart to heart

Can't sleep without you baby
Oooh, cuddle up, cuddle up, cuddle up, cuddle up, baby
Don't end the night this way
Oooh, cuddle up, cuddle up, cuddle up, cuddle up, cuddle up, baby
Oh sweet baby
I didn't mean a word i said
You know that i love you

(olivia newton-john/randy goodrum)

Here's your lunch money
You better hurry for the old school bus
Did you clean your teeth this morning
I know you hate it when i start to fuss
Here's the letter for your teacher
Your dinner's in the freezer
Five minutes in the microwave
Don't wait for me this evening
I'm probably working late

Your dad is coming over
With his new lover
And i don't wanna be around
So i'm gonna do some shopping
I'll buy you those stockings
I'll be back in half an hour
Oh it's my anticipation
There'd be a confrontation
I know how much it breaks your heart
Let's be pleased for him--he's trying
To make a brand new start

It's not heaven but it's all we've got
You have to understand it
I wanted ozzie and harriet
With a picket fence around it
But that was all an illusion
Now we're living in reality
But we're gonna have a happy ending--you and me

We'll spend the weekend playing
I hope it won't be raining
When we go to the game with dan
I know you think he's boring
But this time don't ignore him
Won't you give him half a chance
No he's not as fun as dad
But there's good as well as bad
In hanging on to yesterday
I'm not trying to replace him
Guess i'm really trying to say

It's not heaven but it's all we've got
You have to understand it
I wanted ozzie and harriet
With a picket fence around it
But that was all an illusion
Now we're living in reality
But we're gonna have a happy ending--you and me

Together i know we'll survive
Rebuild our lives together
One day at a time

It's not heaven but it's all we've got
You have to understand it
I wanted ozzie and harriet
With a picket fence around it
But that was all an illusion
Now we're living in reality
But there's gonna be a happy ending
Wait and see
Yes there's gonna be a happy ending
For you and me
You better hurry for the old school bus

(david baerwald/david ricketts)

Darling don't you ride so fast
Don't you want to try to make this thing last
Tell me how can i prove
I'd walk through fire

I know you've had a very hard time
No i don't know the facts but i've seen it in your eyes
And this much is true
I'd walk through fire for you

We both have reason to be afraid
But a choice has been made
No love is written in stone
But i'll walk through fire
Through fire
Oh--i'll walk through fire for you
Through fire
'cos i know you'd do the same for me

Oh baby let's run away
Let's break up some other day
Write love songs and lullabies
Make love while the skies go by
I want to prove
I'll walk through fire for you

We both have reason to be afraid
But a choice has been made
No love is written in stone
But i'll walk through fire
Through fire
Oh--i'll walk through fire for you
Through fire
'cos i know you'd do the same for me

Flame destroy a love
Flame make it stronger
Forge a blade of love
And satisfy my hunger
So we're afraid of love
I can't hide any longer
We'll find the courage as we go

Let the little boys pretend
That they're some kind of supermen
With tough talk and alibis
And flags to defend
Things too young for us to do
But i'll walk through fire for you

We both have reason to be afraid
But a choice has been made
No love is written in stone
But i'll walk through fire
Through fire
Oh--i'll walk through fire for you
Through fire
Maybe someday we'll walk through fire
Through fire
Oh--i'll walk through fire for you
Through fire
'cos i know you'd do the same for me

(elton john/bernie taupin)

This is the last time
I'll look across this table
And try to face a feeling i don't even recognize
This is a sad hand
That reached across and touched you
When all we'd built around us came crashing to the ground

There was a tide turning
Somewhere deep inside us
When all these years together seem lost behind my tears
Oh there were good times
But in between the dog days
I felt the pain of rumour whisper in my ears

But i still tried to love you
I still tried to care
Still tried to hold on with the power of my prayers
But you can't fight the rumour
You can't argue with you heart, no
Once the rumour spreads, once the rumour spreads
Once the rumour spreads, the truth is just a thing of the past

As the rain falls
I listen to the radio
And try to memorize the words to "georgia on my mind"
But we're no old song
We never stood the test of time
The lies inside the rumour left trust so far behind

But i still tried to love you
I still tried to care
Still tried to hold on with the power of my prayers
But you can't fight the rumour
You can't argue with you heart, no
Once the rumour spreads, once the rumour spreads
Once the rumour spreads, the truth is just a thing of the past

And when we say goodbye
Be sure to look me in the eye
And know the real secret
Was the thing we didn't have to hide

But i still tried to love you
I still tried to care
Still tried to hold on with the power of my prayers
But you can't fight the rumour
You can't argue with you heart, no
Once the rumour spreads, once the rumour spreads
Once the rumour spreads, the truth is just a thing of the past
Once the rumour spreads, once the rumour spreads
The truth is just a thing of, it's just a thing of
The truth is just a thing of the past