Bananarama Album

Hot summer streets
And the pavements are burning
I sit around

Too hot to handle, baby
Trying to smile
But the air is so heavy and dry

Strange voices are saying
What did they say
Things I can't understand
It's too close for comfort
This heat has got right out of hand

It's a cruel, cruel summer
Leaving me here on my own
It's a cruel, cruel summer
Now you're gone

The city is crowded
My friends are away
And I'm on my own

It's too hot to handle
So I got to get up and go

It's a cruel, cruel summer
Leaving me here on my own
It's a cruel,
It's a cruel cruel summer
Now you're gone
You're not the only one

It's a cruel, cruel summer
Leaving me
Leaving me here on my own
It's a cruel,
It's a cruel cruel summer
Now you're gone

It's a cruel, cruel summer
Leaving me here on my own
It's a cruel, cruel summer
Now you're gone
You're not the only one

It's a cruel, cruel summer
Leaving me
Leaving me here on my own
It's a cruel,
It's a cruel cruel summer
Now you're gone
You're not the only one

The young don't grow up
Well not in this life
Big mouths and money
Win every time
Boy beats girl
While the sneaky and snide
Take all your money
And take your pride

Innocent people walking by
No time to smile before they die
Don't call that justice
Children are starving on the street
Another one disappearing every week
Don't call that justice

King for a day
But their kingdom grows cold
They'll never grow up
But they're bound to grow old
I remember the pain
And humiliation
And I'll show them rough justice
The way that they did

Innocent people walking by
No time to smile before they die
Don't call that justice
Children are starving on the street
Another one disappearing every week
Don't call that justice

Innocent people walking by
No time to smile before they die
Don't call that justice
Children are starving on the street
Another one disappearing every week
Don't call that justice

Boy beats girl
While the sneaky and snide
Take all your money
And take your pride

Innocent people walking by
No time to smile before they die
Don't call that justice
Children are starving on the street
Another one disappearing every week
Don't call that justice

Innocent people walking by
No time to smile before they die
Don't call that justice
Children are starving on the street
Another one disappearing every week
Don't call that justice

Don't call that justice...

Lurking, he knows your face
He waits and bides his time
Mind clocks your every move
'Till you step out of line
Stalking streets by night
Pushing guns by day
He knows it isn't right
But he wants to make his name
He's working harder
Gotta make another, make another martyr

Hide your eyes
They're moving closer
But you know you're not allowed to look them in the face
Hide your eyes
Cos' you're the loser
Before you even start to run you've lost the race

You'll never know the place
Until your time has come
It'll be a sunny day
Until his work is done
Doesn't care what pain you feel
Can't see your mother's tears
As she counts the cost of the life that's lost
And twenty wasted years
He thinks he's smarter
Gone and made another, made another martyr

Hide your eyes
They're moving closer
But you know you're not allowed to look them in the face
Hide your eyes
Cos' you're the loser
Before you even start to run you've lost the race

He's working harder
Gotta make another, make another martyr

Hide your eyes
They're moving closer
But you know you're not allowed to look them in the face
Hide your eyes
Cos' you're the loser
Before you even start to run you've lost the race

Hide your eyes
They're moving closer
Hide your eyes
Cos' you're the loser

Think of me while you're walking down the street
Scheming ways for us to meet
I know that you'd like to fool around
You know I'm the hottest thing in town

You're getting closer
Hot on my trail
I'm the queen bee baby
So you just can't fail

Cos I'm your dream dream baby
I'm your sweet thing baby
You're always worried that I'm not gonna stay
Cos when the dreaming ends you know I'll fade away

Haunting you every day and night
Haunting you till the early morning light
And you want me if you know what's right
I'm your No. 1 lady, sheer delight

You're getting closer
Hot on my trail
I'm the queen bee baby
So you just can't fail

Cos I'm your dream dream baby
I'm your sweet thing baby
You're always worried that I'm not gonna stay
Cos when the dreaming ends you know I'll fade away

Dream dream baby
Dream dream baby
You're always worried that I'll split the scene
Cos like all good things I'm fading with your dreams

I can read from your eyes that you like my style
Imagination's really running wild
If you give it a try you know it could be
So come on little baby won't you follow me

Cos I'm your dream dream baby
I'm your sweet thing baby
You're always worried that I'm not gonna stay
Cos when the dreaming ends you know I'll fade away

Dream dream baby
Dream dream baby
You're always worried that I'll split the scene
Cos like all good things I'm fading with your dreams

Gonna make you feel alright...

What your mother don't know
She won't mind
Her good advice was a waste of time
You wanna live fast
Cutting it fine
Make hay while the sun shines

No one there to say you're wrong or right
You've waited a lifetime
Burning all your bridges tonight

This is the wild life
It's the wild life
Wild life
This is the wild life
No stone left unturned
Jump in the fire you're gonna get burned
You might lose your way
When you come out to play
The wild life

I may be too young
But I've seen and done
Everything that they say is fun
I gotta find out for myself
In the end there's no one else

Every time I try to win I lose
I'm tired of waiting
Now I'm gonna make my own rules

This is the wild life
It's the wild life
Wild life
This is the wild life
No stone left unturned
Jump in the fire you're gonna get burned
You might lose your way
When you come out to play
The wild life

No one there to say you're wrong or right
You've waited a lifetime
Burning all your bridges tonight

This is the wild life
It's the wild life
Wild life
This is the wild life
No stone left unturned
Jump in the fire you're gonna get burned
You might lose your way
When you come out to play
The wild life

With your smile you're making plans
You've got the world right in the palm of your hands
Everything you touch is gold
But your future life is bought and sold
It seems to me that you've got it made
But you never show that you're afraid
Now the voices in your head
They make you scream and drive you mad

You're on a hotline to heaven
Now you're all alone
Riding on a hotline to heaven
Standing on your own

Staring eyes as cold as stone
A wandering figure that stands alone
Reaching out you cry for help
Once a man but now you're just a shell
You make a deal, you make a grade
But you're heading for an early grave
You got to find it, got to try
Something special to get you high

You're on a hotline to heaven
Now you're all alone
Riding on a hotline to heaven
Standing on your own

You're on a hotline to heaven
(Going up without me baby, I won't let you drive me crazy)
Now you're all alone
Riding on a hotline to heaven
(Going up without me baby, I won't let you drive me crazy)
Standing on your own

It seems to me that you've got it made
But you're heading for an early grave
A thousand voices in your head
Make you scream and drive you mad

You're on a hotline to heaven
Now you're all alone
Riding on a hotline to heaven
Standing on your own

You're on a hotline to heaven
(Going up without me baby, I won't let you drive me crazy)
Now you're all alone
Riding on a hotline to heaven
(Going up without me baby, I won't let you drive me crazy)
Standing on your own

Can we carry on
Or must we still pretend
That we're really friends
Those feelings have gone
But we're not the same
And we're both to blame
There's nothing left to tell you
Nothing left to give you

You walk out when I walk in
Can't you see the state I'm in
You walk out when I walk in
You walk out when I walk in
Can't you see the state I'm in
Can't you see the state I'm in

Now the time has come
To leave the past behind
And I've made up my mind
Look at what we've done
Who needs to be ashamed
Of the crying game
I've built my world around you
I'm better off without you

You walk out when I walk in
Can't you see the state I'm in
You walk out when I walk in
You walk out when I walk in
Can't you see the state I'm in
Can't you see the state I'm in

There's nothing left to tell you
Nothing left to give you

You walk out when I walk in
Can't you see the state I'm in
You walk out when I walk in
You walk out when I walk in
Can't you see the state I'm in
Can't you see the state I'm in

Hopes dashed to the floor
Like shattered teenage dreams
Boys living next door
Are never what they seem

A walk in the park can become a bad dream
People are staring and following me
This is my only escape from it all
Watching a film or a face on the wall

Robert De Niro's waiting
Talking Italian
Robert De Niro's waiting
Talking Italian
Robert De Niro's waiting
Talking Italian
(Talking Italian)
Robert De Niro's waiting

I don't need a boy
I've got a man of steel
Don't come any closer
I don't wanna feel

Your breathing, your touching, but nothing's for free
I never want this to happen to me
Don't try to change me you're wasting your time
Now I've got something much better in mind

Robert De Niro's waiting
Talking Italian
Robert De Niro's waiting
Talking Italian
Robert De Niro's waiting
Talking Italian
(Talking Italian)
Robert De Niro's waiting

A walk in the park can become a bad dream
People are staring and following me
This is my only escape from it all
Watching a film or a face on the wall

Robert De Niro's waiting
Talking Italian
Robert De Niro's waiting
Talking Italian
Robert De Niro's waiting
Talking Italian
(Talking Italian)
Robert De Niro's waiting

The sun shines forever
Through a child's eyes
The sun shines forever
No worries no ties
Laughing and learning
As time goes by

I never believed that I'd grow old
Still I can hear the things you told
The sun has gone and the nights are cold
You never told me
(Never told me)

I sit and watch the sunset
With tears in my eyes
I sit and watch the sunset
The child in me sighs
Why did you tell me
So many lies

I never believed that I'd grow old
Still I can hear the things you told
The sun has gone and the nights are cold
You never told me
(Never told me)

You never told me...