ELO Album

A moving stream of information
That is floating on the wind
The secrets never end
And now they call
They sing, they play, they dance for you
From out of the blue
What can you do?

The secret messages are calling to me endlessly
They call to me across the air
The messages across the atmosphere
They whisper in your ear
They're calling everywhere

Where words cascade like rainbows tumbling from the sky
Then i'll be there, I'll be there
When messages will call to you their secrets all around
Without a sound, they're all around

Those secret messages that spill into the air from far away
So far away
A flowing river of illusion running with confusion
Never gone - It goes on and on

I don't mind the pain, or the joker's cold refrain
The days pass by so slowly, I count them all again
Silence of a basement, shades all closed at noon (loser gone wild)
Lie awake for fear of strangers.

Darkness comes on slowly, twilight is the ecstasy
Like a candle burning bright, shadows dance until the night
Empty rooms and chilling smiles, ooh (loser gone wild)
They go on for miles and miles...

But in the evening when the sun goes down
Crawl from the shadows, got to get into town
Where the music is playin' all across the night
And every cloud disappears from sight

There goes a loser (loser), another loser gone
There goes another (loser), another who's alone
There goes a loser (loser), another loser gone wild.

I don't mind if violins don't play
I won't listen to them anyway
I don't care what people say (loser gone wild)
Some things just can't be arranged.

But in the evening when the sun goes down
Crawl from the shadows, got to get into town
Where the music is playin' all across the night

There goes a loser (loser), another loser gone
There goes another (loser), another who's alone
There goes a loser (loser), another loser gone wild.

But in the evening when the sun goes down
Crawl from the shadows, got to get into town
Where the music is playin' all across the night
And every cloud disappears from sight

There goes a loser (loser), another loser gone
There goes another (loser), another who's alone
There goes a loser (loser), another loser gone wild.

Icy fingers touching you
Silent voices calling too
What else is there to lose (loser gone wild)?
I am here, but where are you?

(But in the evening when the sun goes down
Crawl from the shadows, got to get into town...)

(There goes a loser)

Loser...

The streets, the signs are pointing all one way
But you don't realise just what they say
You may fight (you may fight), you may run (you may run),
You may know (you may know) what you've done (what you've done)
Ah, It makes me feel so sad (makes me feel so sad)
To think what I might've had (what I might've had)
I watch the stars (I watch the stars),
I watch the sun (I watch the sun), now I watch for anyone
But it's only make believe.

You work (work, work, work),
You work, you work so hard, and then (work, work, work, work)
Someone, someone will come around again (work, work, work, work, work, work, work, work)
You may think (you may think) it's for real (it's for real),
But you know (but you know) how you feel (how you feel)
The places that I go (places that I go)
Don't feel good anymore (don't feel good anymore)
I see it all rainbows in fall, I see her face upon my wall
But it's only make believe.

Fly away, bluebird, fly away for me
To a place somewhere far across the sea
Fly away (fly away), far away (far away),
Don't look back (don't look back), go today (go today)
The waves that crash upon the sand (crash upon the sand)
Another place, a far-off land (places far-off land)
And every day (and every day) I have to stay (I have to stay)
But you are free, you could fly away (fly away),
But it's only make believe.

Ooh (work, work, work, work, work, work, work, work)
Ooh (work, work, work, work, work, work, work, work)

Bluebird, bluebird, fly away for me
(Work, work, work, work, work, work, work, work).

Bluebird, bluebird, fly away
(Work, work, work, work, work, work, work, work).

Bluebird, bluebird, fly away for me
(Bluebird, bluebird, bluebird, bluebird)

Bluebird, bluebird, fly away
(Bluebird, bluebird, bluebird, bluebird).

Bluebird, fly away, away, away
(Bluebird, bluebird, bluebird).

A bluebird, bluebird, fly away for me
(Bluebird, bluebird, bluebird)...

The stars that shine so brightly
They call to me
I dream of how it might be
Somewhere far away.

Oh, take me on and on
Oh, ooh, until the world has gone
Take me on and on, on and on.

The chains that hold you
Those chains will soon be gone
Sail upon the ocean
Sail back to me.

Oh, take me on and on
Oh, ooh, until the world has gone
Take me on and on, on and on.

Take me on, on and on
I see it all below
I know which way to go
I see the afterglow.

Oh, take me on and on
Oh, ooh, until the world has gone
Take me on and on, on and on
Take me on and on, on and on
Take me on and on, on and on
Take me on and on, on and on
Take me on and on, on and on
Take me on and on, on and on...

(Time after time, time after time)
The skies are darkening, they grow so dim
Strangers are meeting, but it never ends
And one day they'll remember, one day they will know.

(Time after time)
From far away, there comes a warning sound
(Time after time)
And no one listens, but it's all around
And one day they'll remember, one day they will know.

Time after time, no hiding anywhere
Time after time, the visions in the air
Time after time, they come from everywhere.

(Time after time
Time after time
Time after time)
Just listen to the sirens of the world
(Time after time)
They breathe a whisper waiting for the word
(Time after time)
And one day they'll remember, one day they will know.

(Time after time)
Time after time, it is the same old story
(Time after time)
Another footstep on the trail of glory
And one day they'll remember, one day they will know.

Time after time, no hiding anywhere
Time after time, the visions in the air
Time after time, they come from everywhere.

The beauty of the earth from way up high
Shines like a jewel on the velvet sky
And one day they'll remember, one day they will know.

The skies are darkening, they grow so dim
Strangers are meeting, but it never ends
And one day they'll remember, one day they will know.

(Time after time)
Time after time, no hiding anywhere
(Time after time)
Time after time, the visions in the air
(Time after time)
Time after time, they come from everywhere.

(Emit retfa emit)
Emit retfa emit, no hiding anywhere
(Emit retfa emit)
Emit retfa emit, no visions in the air
(Emit retfa emit)
Emit retfa emit, they come from everywhere.

SPOKEN:
Is this on?
OK, after four!
Four!

SUNG:
I used to think she was the greatest thing
I really can't give her a diamond ring
She said she'd rather die than ever leave me
Well I never saw her face since then
And if the law don't get her then I will
Four little diamonds

She must be somewhere on the open road
She always said she was the lonely one
She gets you down with her tales of woe
She took me for everything
And if the law don't get her then I will
Four little diamonds

Ooooo
Four little diamonds

I looked around, I climbed up high into the dawn
But she was gone into the night
I thought about the things she said and all the things we'd done
But where could she run
There's just no answer to give

I keep a-wonderin' 'bout her day and night
She probably thinks I was a fool, she's right
She don't know it but I'm gonna keep on searchin for that woman
I'm gonna search everywhere
And if the law don't get her then I will
Four little diamonds

Ooooo
Four little diamonds

I looked around, I climbed up high into the dawn
But she was gone into the night
I thought about the things she said and all the things we'd done
But she ran away
There's just to answer to give

I still hear callin' out to me
I still listen for her endlessly
But it never even crossed my mind, she was a cheater
I gotta find out where she hides
Cause if the law don't get her then I will
Four little diamonds

Said if the law don't get her then I will
Four little diamonds

Said if the law don't get her then I will
Four little diamonds
Four little diamonds
Four little diamonds
Four little diamonds
Four little diamonds
Four little diamonds

On a cold and windy morning, said goodbye to my old friends
They were hangin' around the corner,
They were stayin' till the end - till the end.

On the other side of midnight, I was lookin' for a place to stay
And one thing's sure for certain,
I ain't never goin' back again, no, no.

(The stranger...)

The streetlights looked so pretty as they spread into a town
I was lookin' for another sundown
And my head was spinning round and round - going around.

Lookin' through the eyes of a stranger
(I'm looking through the air)
Lookin' through the eyes of danger
Lookin' at the all-night dancer
(I'm looking through the air)
Never takin' all the chances
(I was stranger).

As I walked into the main street, saw a crowd across the square
And I heard a guitar playin'
And I saw you standing there - standing there.

Lookin' through the eyes of a stranger
(I'm looking through the air)
Lookin' through the eyes of danger
Lookin' at the all-night dancer
(I'm looking through the air)
Never takin' all the chances
(I was stranger).

Distant bells, they started groovin' somewhere far off in the night
And the place was full of loneliness
That disappeared from sight.

Lookin' through the eyes of a stranger
(I'm looking through the air)
Lookin' through the eyes of danger
Lookin' at the all-night dancer
(I'm looking through the air)
Never takin' all the chances
(I was stranger).
Lookin' through the eyes of a stranger...

I ain't never goin' back
Never goin' back
Never goin' back
Never goin' back
Never goin' back
Never goin' back
Never goin' back
Never goin' back...

Here she comes down the street and that look is in her eye
And the way she looks, if looks could kill they might
All the kids down in the street run away
When she goes by, it's the end of the day
So believe what they say, there's danger in the air.

Look through a window and you'll see her standing there
She's the latest of the greatest with the wind blowin' in her hair
The prima donna, she's back in town
And you see her for miles around
So believe what they say, there's danger in the air.

Beware, there's danger ahead
The endless summer is dead
Look out, there's danger ahead.

Monday mornin' she's already up and gone
Oh, she knows what she wants and she knew it all along
With her entourage on either side
Just one look she can't be denied
So believe what they say, there's danger in the air.

Beware, there's danger ahead
The endless summer is dead
Look out, there's danger ahead.

Beware, there's danger ahead
The endless summer is dead
(--a regnad s'ereht ,tuo kooL)

She's got a reputation that's way ahead of her time
She's got adulation that's way ahead of her mind
Everybody runs around to please
When she looks in the mirror, she just has to freeze
So believe what they say, there's danger in the air.

Beware, there's danger ahead
The endless summer is dead
Look out, there's danger ahead.

Beware, there's danger ahead
The endless summer is dead
Look out, there's danger ahead.

I read the papers this morning
I saw your photograph
You look good in the movie
It must be so much fun.

Letter from Spain
From someone I once knew
Letter from Spain.

I got a letter this morning
(You're doing very well)
Postmark said it was from Spain
(Never thought you'd had the time)
Your writing is so very strange
(To think there meaning right)
I guess it always was that way
(I'm glad you're doing fine).

Letter from Spain
From someone I once knew.

Letter from Spain
From someone I once knew.

Letter from Spain
From someone I once knew
Letter from Spain.

I saw her there from across the street,
She was dressed in black
And when she moved, she moved to a beat, like a Cadillac
She rode a train, train, train, train, train of gold.

She was a woman of suspicious ways,
Never saw daylight
And in her room, she sat and passed the days
And she'd creep out at night
She rode a train, train, train, train, train of gold.

Train of gold, train of gold
It took me so long to find out I was wrong
Now I wait for her in the night.

Looked through a window saw a velvet sky,
A shade of green
A violin was playing soft and sweet,
Like it was a dream
She rode a train, train, train, train, train of gold.

Train of gold, train of gold
It took me so long to find out I was wrong
Now I wait for her in the night.

Train of gold, train of gold
I don't believe her, it just couldn't be her
I can't get it out of my mind.

She rode a train, train, train, train, train of gold
She rode a train, train, train, train, train of gold.

Train, train of gold
Train, train of gold
She rode a train...

Listen everybody let me tell you 'bout the rock'n'roll
Feel that rhythm and it's really gonna thrill your soul
She said come along with me, to a land of make believe
She said whamalamabamalama rock'n'roll is king

She loves that rock'n'roll and she plays it all night long
That's all she ever tells me when I call her on the telephone
She says feel that jumpin' beat, and git up on your feet
She says whamalamabamalama rock'n'roll is king

Chorus

Oh let those guitars play
Play for me play for me
Oh let that song ring out
That's how it's meant to be

It rolls like a train that's comin' on down the track
She rolled over Beethoven and she gave Tchaikovsky back
She loves that drivin' beat, she goes dancin' on down the street
She said whamalamabamalama rock'n'roll is king

Repeat Chorus

When she comes around and I'm listenin' to the radio
She says you can't do that 'cos all I wanna do is rock'n'roll
Now here I'm gonna stay when that music starts to play
She says whamalamabamalama rock'n'roll is king

Can't you see I'm shaking in my shoes?
I've done everything, but I still got the blues
Everywhere I turn, there's misery
Stuck in the middle of nowhere street.

Go away, come back where ya goin'
Don't do that, do this, don't you blow it
Run don't walk, shout don't talk about it
You don't know anything about it.

It's no good there's no way out
(No way out)
A fine affair and there's no doubt
(There's no doubt)
That there's no way out, no way out.

She left some money in a paper sack
And a note to say she ain't coming back
It's no good there's no way out
A fine affair and there's no doubt
But there's no way out, no way out.

They're coming at me from everywhere
They say she's already gone from here.

Go away, come back where ya goin'
Don't do that, do this, don't you blow it
Run don't walk, shout don't talk about it
You don't know anything about it.

It's no good there's no way out
A fine affair and there's no doubt
That there's no way out, no way out
No way out (no way out)
No way out (no way out)
No way out
No way out (no way out)
No way out (no way out)...

...It's no good there's no way out
A fine affair and there's no doubt...

Bye-bye, pretty woman
I've got to leave you now
I find you never really cared.

Stand back, take a look at you
You couldn't care if you wanted to
You keep saying it's gonna change
But every time it comes back again
It's a merry-go-round.

Endless lies shine in your eyes.

It's alright, count to ten
It will all be better then
It's alright, the world will go away.

Stand back, take a look at you
You couldn't care if you wanted to
You keep saying it's gonna change
But every time it comes back again
It's a merry-go-round.

Endless lies, I can see it in your eyes
The heartbreak is, if you could only see
That's not the way it's supposed to be
Endless tears that flowed through the years
You take it all, and then you take some more
Then you come running back to me.

Play on, pretty music
Play on and on for me
Shine on, silver stars
Over the sea.

Endless lies, I can see it in your eyes
The heartbreak is, if you could only see
That's not the way it's supposed to be.

Endless lies shine in your eyes.

[No lyrics]