TIGHTROPE
(Justin Hayward)
Yes I used to walk the highwire every night
Yes I used to walk the tightrope
But it got too tight.
I walked the straight and narrow line
My head was spinning round
I worked without a safety net
But it was such a long way down.
Yes I used to walk the highwire every night
Yes I used to walk the tightrope
But you need a head for heights.
I walked the straight and narrow rope
My head was spinning round
I worked without a safety net
But it was such a long way down.
Oh you might have seen us
If we came to your town
This game's made for heroes
And clowns.
Not thinking about tomorrow
Living for today
I never left a note saying
I'm going away.
I used to walk the highwire every night
Oh I used to walk the tightrope
But it got too tight.
I walked the straight and narrow line
My head was spinning round
I worked without a safety net
But it was such a long way down.
SONGWRITER (Part 1)
(Justin Hayward)
Now this ain't the best number
I ever wrote
But I wrote it for you
And you alone.
Now these aren't the best words
That I ever spoke
But I'll say them to you
And you alone.
Thousands of people
Dream songs every night
And these worn out chords
Go on working for me
Still you keep on asking me
Where is the Eden that we've dreamed of
So many times we've been denied
But we can say that we're in love
Oh yes.
Now thousands of people
Dream songs every night
But these worn out chords
Go on working for me
Still you still keep asking me
Where is the Eden that we've dreamed of
So many times we've been denied
But we can say that we're in love
Oh yes.
SONGWRITER (Part 2)
(Justin Hayward)
Tried to sleep
Woke up dreaming
Guitars screaming
In the night
Heard a voice
Did you hear it
Don't be afraid
We'll be alright.
COUNTRY GIRL
(Justin Hayward)
No deposit
No return
'Cos I knew I had
Knew I had to learn
So I fell in love
With a country girl.
I'm running away from the city lights
Gonna get out of the smog
Goin' down in the countryside
I might even get me a job
I'm moving out of this neighbourhood
If I have to walk through the wall
Rockin' and rollin' down the country lanes
Getting away from it all.
No deposit
No return
'Cos I knew I had
Knew I had to learn
So I fell in love
With a country girl.
And now I'm running away from the city lights
Gonna get out of the smog
Goin' down in the countryside
I might even get me a job
I'm moving out of this neighbourhood
Doin' a daylight flit
Rockin' and rollin' down the country lanes
'Cos mother nature told me to quit
Oh yea oh yea.
I fell in love
On a cool clear night
Where the grass was green
And the moon was bright
And you wouldn't believe
But I swear I was there
And we tasted the dew
On the clean night air.
No deposit
No return
'Cos I knew I had
Knew I had to learn
So I fell in love
With a country girl
I'm running away from the city lights
Gonna get out of the smog
I'm goin' down in the countryside
I might even get me a job
I'm moving out of this neighbourhood
If I have to walk through the wall
Rockin' and rollin' down the country lanes
Getting away from it all.
ONE LONELY ROOM
(Justin Hayward)
One lonely room
Nobody there
Nobody sits
In one lonely chair
I know the feeling
For the first time in my life
I should
I should have known
Better
Oh I should
I should have known better.
One lonely room
No footsteps on the floor
Nobody needs
To answer the door
I know the feeling
For the first time in my life
Oh I should
I should have known
I should have known better
Oh I should
I should have known
Better.
You took the wind right out of my sails
You took my train right off the rails
You left a car that had no wheels
You left some shoes that had no heels
You took the wind right out of my sails
You took my train right off the rails.
LAY IT ON ME
(Justin Hayward)
I get a yearning when the sun goes down
To hold your body close to mine
I get a feeling to come round your house
And light the fire and drink some wine
I'll keep you safe and warm and free from harm
It's understood
Oh darlin'
Take your worries and lay them on me.
And if you need me on a Friday night
I'll stay the whole weekend and try
We'll solve your problem if it takes all night
Even sing a lullaby
I'll keep you safe and warm and free from harm
It's understood
Oh darlin'
I'm whatever you want me to be
I get a yearning when the sun goes down
To hold your body close to mine
I get a feeling to come round your house
And light the fire and drink some wine
I'll keep you safe and warm and free from harm
It's understood
Oh darlin'
Take your worries and lay them on me
Oh baby
I'm whatever you want me to be
Oh darlin'
Get your loving and lay it on me.
STAGE DOOR
(Justin Hayward)
A long way we have travelled
Just to see your name in lights
We're writing you this letter
Because we're with you tonight
Your Mama misses you so
And your Papa wants you to know
That babe
We want you to have your say
We don't want to stand in your way
The last time that we saw you
And we heard those curtain calls
We held hands and we loved you
And we shouted for more
Your Mama she misses you so
And your Papa wants you to know
That babe we want you to have your say
We don't want to stand in your way.
But call us and say
When you're passing this way
And let us still know that you care
Clean sheets on the bed in your room
And a place at the table and in our hearts.
Such long way we have travelled
Just to see your name in lights
We're writing you this letter
'Cos we're with you tonight
Your Mama she misses you so
And your Papa wants you to know
That baby
We want you to have your say
We don't want to stand in your way.
Every night is a first night for someone
Someone's making their debut
On starry eyes the curtain will rise
Every night is a first night for someone
Someone's bringing the house down
We want you to know
They're stealing the show.
RAISED ON LOVE
(Justin Hayward)
We won't be sleeping on our own tonight
The star that guides us
Is still shining bright
And in the darkness
There will always be a light
I think I know now
What is wrong and what is right
'Cos I was raised on love
Yes I was raised on love
And I thank heaven above
For being raised on love.
Seems like Venus was around my sign
She must have been there
In that house of mine
And when she tells me
That I'm on the right track
When she tells me
There's no looking back
'Cos I was raised on love
Yes I was raised on love
And I thank heaven above
For being raised on love
DOIN' TIME
(Justin Hayward)
They tell me that the sun comes up every morning
They tell me that there's people out on the streets
But why is life so cruel
They tell me man he tops the list in creation
He takes his place as uncrowned king of the world
But why is man so cruel
He's doin' time
Ain't it a crime.
Oh Prince of peace
We need you now
Give us a sign
To show us how.
Locked in her room the lover mourns her betrayer
Seems even love possesses treachery too
But how can love be cruel
Ain't it a shame
He took the blame:
Seems this old world
Has lost its way
On such a torn
And troubled day
Locked in her room the lover mourns her betrayer
Surely not love possesses treachery too
But how can love be cruel
He's doin' time
Ain't it a crime.
NOSTRADAMUS
(Justin Hayward)
Do you ever get the feeling
That it's all coming true
And it's all being realised by you
Do you ever get the feeling
What was prophesied was true
And it's all being witnessed now by you.
The faces of the children
In the artist's loving hands
Are all returning
Into sand
The waters of the oceans
Like the rivers running dry
It brings a tear to your eye
Don't let Terra die.
Do you ever get the feeling
That it's all coming true
And it's all being recognised by you
Do you ever get the feeling
Nostradamus told us true
And it's all being witnessed now by you.
The waters of the oceans
Like the rivers running dry
It brings a tear to your eye
The faces of the children
In the artist's loving hands
Are all returning
Into sand
And slipped right through our hands.
Do you ever get the feeling.
MARIE
(Justin Hayward)
We're waiting for the sunrise
Marie
Marie.
We're standing in the moon's eyes
Marie
Marie.
And when I tell you that I'll always be around
I'll be around
And when I tell you that it's true love that we've found
It's what we've found
The bad times and the good
Worries and the fights
A man needs a lover that can see him through the night.
We're waiting for the sunrise
Marie
And me.
We're standing in the moon's eyes
Right or wrong
Weak or strong.
And when I tell you that I'll always be around
I'll be around
And when I tell you that it's true love that we've found
That's what we've found
The bad times and the good
Worries and the fights
A man needs a lover that can see him through the night.
We're waiting for the sunrise
Marie
And me.
We're standing in the moon's eyes
Right or wrong
Weak or strong
Yeah
Marie
And me.
Right or wrong
Weak or strong
Marie.
LEARNING THE GAME
(Buddy Holly)
Hearts that are broken and love that's untrue
These go with learning the game
When you love her and she doesn't love you
You're only learning the game.
When she says that you're the only one she'll ever love
Then you find that you are not the one she's thinking of
Feeling so sad and you're all alone and blue
That's when you're learning the game.
Hearts that are broken and love that's untrue
These go with learning the game
When you love her and she doesn't love you
You're only learning the game.
When she says that you're the only one she'll ever love
Then you find that you are not the one she's thinking of
Feeling so sad and you're all alone and blue
That's when you're learning the game
That's when you're learning the game