ELO Album

The gold verandah in the dark has gone,
Down to the metal man,
No better time to leave the ground,
And maybe try to understand,

You gotta hold on to somethin' that you believe,
Hold on to somethin' that makes you feel alright,

And through the darkest times of your life,
You always tried to be the one,
And now the times have made you wonder,
If you ever knew what was going on,

You gotta hold on to somethin' that you believe,
Hold on to somethin' that makes you feel alright,
Alright, alright, alright, alright, alright.

(Solo)

No use thinkin' about what you ain't got,
Just makes you bitter,
And as you speak everything you say,
Goes out on the Big Transmitter,

You gotta hold on to somethin' that you believe,
Hold on to somethin' that makes you feel alright,
Alright, alright, alright, alright, alright.

Oh, yeah

She never cried, she only tried
To fly beyond her dreams
No walls around her mind.

Deep inside she'd try to hide
That she was way beyond her means
No borders and no lines.

She said that it's your duty to save your soul
To save it for someone
Moment in paradise
Just a moment in paradise
Oh, yeah.

Moment in paradise
Just a moment in paradise
Oh, yeah.

She floated out upon the wind
That blew my thoughts into the night
She knew the things she had to know.

She drifted high above my mind
Blew my brains out, did alright
I think she knew it all along.

She said that it's your duty to save your soul
To save it for someone
Moment in paradise
Just a moment in paradise
Oh, yeah.

Moment in paradise
Just a moment in paradise
Oh, yeah
Oh, yeah, oh, yeah, oh, yeah...

She said that it's your duty to save your soul
To save it for someone
Moment in paradise
Just a moment in paradise
Oh, yeah.

Moment in paradise
Moment in paradise
Moment in paradise
Moment in paradise
Oh, yeah
Moment in paradise
Moment in paradise
Just a moment in paradise...

I was goin' round the world,
I was looking for somewhere,
I was searchin' for someone,
Who was gonna take me there,

Didn't want to do it, 'cos I knew what I'd find,
You're really only livin' in a state of mind,

I was thinkin' of the past,
I was tryin' to wrack my brain,
I was looking at the future,
I was trying to play the game,

Didn't want to do it, 'cos I knew what I'd find,
You're really only livin' in a state of mind,

Sometimes you get lost; sometimes you get found,
In a state of mind,
Sometimes you're too high; sometimes you're too down,
It's just a state of mind,

Didn't want to do it, 'cos I knew what I'd find,
You're really only livin' in a state of mind,

Sometimes you get lost; sometimes you get found,
In a state of mind,
Sometimes you're too high; sometimes you're too down,
It's just a state of mind,

You think you know it all,
Then you think that you know nothing,
Can't dance; can't crawl,
Maybe you better forget it,

Didn't want to do it, 'cos I knew what I'd find,
You're really only livin' in a state of mind.

Falling through the endless sky,
The signals dance upon the twilight
Calling out to reach someone
Who waits there in the lonely night

Just for love
Just for love.

Soon beyond the melting clouds,
The light will shine on everyone
That waits there in the silver rain
To meet the golden sun

Just for love
Just for love
Just for love
Just for love.

I came a long way 'cross the water
Came a long way to get here
Round and round in great big circles tryin' to ease my fear
Out in all the mysteries and distant new tomorrows
There goes another one, don't know which way the wind blows...

Just for love
Just for love
Just for love
Just for love.

Love... we're gonna get it right
Just for love
We're gonna get it together
Love... we're gonna get it right
Just for love
We're gonna get it together
Love... we're gonna get it right...

When all the thrills have been forgotten
The chill of night can call them home
And all the dreams that you left stranded
Will slowly start to come along.

I felt it as she slipped away (slipped away)
I didn't have the words to say
When I saw the stranger
A stranger on a quiet street
Stranger on a quiet street.

You can go straight as an arrow
You can go straight as you dare
Walkin' the old straight and narrow
Don't always get you there.

The sun was shining when I saw it all (saw it all)
She was moving to a different beat
When I met a stranger
A stranger on a quiet street
Stranger on a quiet street.

It came to me out of the blue (out of the blue)
There came the moment that I really knew
When I met a stranger
A stranger on a quiet street
Stranger on a quiet street.

Stranger on a quiet street
Stranger on a quiet street
Stranger on a quiet street
Stranger on a quiet street
Stranger on a quiet street, on a quiet street
Stranger on a quiet street
Stranger on a quiet street
Stranger on a quiet street...

Doom, gloom and misery
That's what you gave to me
Cold, tight, late and mean
Beyond my wildest dreams.

Now that it's over
And the sun came out to shine
Don't look for me
'Cause I set myself free
In my own time.

New days have come along
And now I'm at where I belong
Blue sky shines above
And I got someone to love.

Now I think about it
Lifts the clouds from my mind
Goin' out on the sea
Getting further from me
In my own time
My own time.

Bye, bye, bye, bye
Is that a tear in your eye?
Too late to cry
You and your precious disguise.

Sometimes I wonder if I ever saw the sign
But it's too late to care
'Cause I've done that, been there
In my own time.

So don't look for me
'Cause I set myself free
In my own time
In my own time.

One, two, three...

Tell me I'm mistaken
I must be kinda slow
But the only time you ever cared
Was when you needed more... easy money, easy money
You got out of control and you sold your soul for easy money.

If you see a sucker standing at your door
Bring him in and make him grin
Then take him to the store
Easy money, easy money
Watch out from above
You broke into the bank of love
Easy money.

Some people never learn to stop when they've had enough
Easy money, easy money
Some people only have to shop when the going gets tough.

I've come to the conclusion, it's like the old man said
The only thing you gave me was shit and promises
Easy money, whoa, whoa, whoa, easy money
One day you'll have to earn all the money that you burn
Easy money.

Take it, Jeff...

Easy money.

Wha, wha, yeah!

Some people never learn to stop when they've had enough
Easy money, easy money
Some people only have to shop when the going gets tough.

Funny thing about it
Don't even make me blue
'Cause there's no better deal around
Than saying goodbye to you
Easy money, easy money.

You snatched that cash right into your stash, easy money
You got out of control and you sold your soul for easy money
Easy money (woo, woo, woo), easy money.

I spent some time across the waves
I learned a lot of things I never could
I waved my magic wand over the past
I never understood.

It really doesn't matter at all
It really doesn't matter at all
If you found what you're lookin' for
It really doesn't matter at all.

We strolled around on different ground
There must have been some kind of reason
Nothing ventured, nothing found
Must have been the wrong season.

It really doesn't matter at all
It really doesn't matter at all
If you found what you're lookin' for
It really doesn't matter at all.

I flew you high, I flew you low
I flew you all the way around
You played for me your pretty tune
Now look what I have found.

It really doesn't matter at all
It really doesn't matter at all
If you found what you're lookin' for
It really doesn't matter at all.

It really doesn't matter at all (doesn't matter at all)
It really doesn't matter at all (doesn't matter at all)
If you found what you're lookin' for (doesn't matter at all),
It really doesn't matter at all.

I couldn't really understand at all
The writing on the wall
From you to me.

A jigsaw puzzle of a twisted tale
That set its lonely sail
From you to me.

'Cause I tried to get the message
But it's not understood
Wide apart and so far away
It mattered at the start until I realised instead...

I'm flying in a troubled sky
Watching you as you go by
In an ordinary dream.

I'm sailing on a troubled sea
Watching you as you watch me
In an ordinary dream.

I couldn't understand a word it said
The letter that I read
From you to me.

I couldn't fathom out the stuff you wrote
So I guess it's just a joke
From you to me.

Though reality keeps calling me away from my dream
And the wreckage isn't all it might have been
Didn't matter at the start, until I realised it did.

I'm flying in a troubled sky
Watching you as you go by
In an ordinary dream.

I'm sailing on a troubled sea
Watching you as you watch me
In an ordinary dream.

I'm floating in a troubled sky
Watching you as you go by
In an ordinary dream.

I'm sailing on a troubled sea
Watching you as you watch me
In an ordinary dream
Ordinary dream
Ordinary dream.

Seems like forever and time left to spare
When I look out the window
And still you're not there
You're a long time gone
Such a long time gone.

Tearing down memories bitter and sweet
Smashing away 'til it's all obsolete
You're a long time gone (long time gone)
Such a long time gone (long time gone)
You're a long time gone.

Do I wonder why
Every day that I
Think about you still?
And I always will.

Did so much for me
Now I think I see
This I do believe
Feels more like a dream.

Looked at the weeds in the broken concrete
Before the bulldozers waltzed in and killed the old street
You're a long time gone (long time gone)
Such a long time gone (long time gone).

Door steps that shone in a bright summer sky
Lay shattered and wasted since our last goodbye
You're a long time gone (long time gone)
Such a long time gone (long time gone)
You're a long time gone.

Do I wonder why
Every day that I
Think about you still
And I always will.

You're a long time gone.

Did so much for me
Now I think I see
This I do believe
Feels more like a dream.

You're a long time gone.

Do I wonder why
You're a long time gone
You never did
You never said goodbye
You're a long time gone...

There's no way out and there's no way back
Sailing forever out along your path
Some troubles dare to lose you sleep
I started thinkin' that I'm in too deep.

The wheels of life will stretch your face
Squeeze you flat without a trace
But when I was in trouble, I never heard you speak
I got the message that I'm in too deep.

Blows my mind
Melting in the sun (sun)
Starts to shine (shine)
Then suddenly it's gone
Melting in the sun.

Stayed up and wondered what was goin' on
Shifted and pissed up and silent and gone
Reasons for promises that no one could keep
I got the picture and I'm in too deep.

Blows my mind
Melting in the sun (sun)
Starts to shine (shine)
Then suddenly it's gone
Melting in the sun.

There's no way out, the only way is in
Don't matter who you are
Don't matter where you've been
You can buy your freedom
But it don't come cheap
No doubt about it, now I'm in too deep.

Blows my mind
Melting in the sun (sun)
Starts to shine (shine)
Then suddenly it's gone
Melting in the sun.

Yeah!

Suddenly it's gone
Melting in the sun.

Suddenly it's gone
Melting in the sun.

She was a good girl
Been true to herself
Never swayed by the notions of somebody else
She'd had it rough, maybe most of the time
With only one thing on her mind.

All she wanted was a lovin' man
All she wanted was a lovin' man
Who was tryin' to do the best that he can
All she wanted was a lovin', a lovin' man.

There could be blue skies in her heart
She was waitin' for the good times to start
She never wanted diamonds
She never wanted gold
She was holdin' out for someone to hold.

All she wanted was a lovin' man
All she wanted was a lovin' man
Who was tryin' to do the best that he can
All she wanted was a lovin', a lovin' man.

A loving man
All she wanted was a lovin' man.

All she wanted was a lovin' man
All she wanted was a lovin' man
Who was tryin' to do the best that he can
All she wanted was a lovin', a lovin' man.

(Loving man, loving man)
All she wanted was a lovin' man
All she wanted was a lovin' man
All she wanted was a lovin' man
All she wanted was a lovin' man.

I listened to the whine for way too long
Time for me to hear a different song
I waited overtime for things to turn around
Tired of waiting for it all to hit the ground.

You said you knew all about it
What was right and what was wrong
You pulled the wool over the eyes of everyone
Maybe I was weak when I should've been strong.

Cry, baby, cry
Tell me 'bout your lonesome lullaby
Cry, baby, cry
Tell me 'bout your lonesome lullaby.

You took me by surprise and like a shot in the dark (shot in the dark)
You showed yourself in your truest light (truest light)
You saved yourself by saving nobody else
You must have cringed when you heard them tell.

Cry, baby, cry
Tell me 'bout your lonesome lullaby
Cry, baby, cry
Tell me 'bout your lonesome lullaby.

You took the wrong turn at the city of dreams (city of dreams)
You ended up back where you came from it seems (came from it seems)
Back there to where there's nothing else to do
Back there where you can sit and think of only you.

Cry, baby, cry
Tell me 'bout your lonesome lullaby
Cry, baby, cry
Tell me 'bout your lonesome lullaby.

Cry
Tell me 'bout your lonesome lullaby
Cry
Tell me 'bout your lonesome lullaby...

...Your lonesome lullaby.

They used to tell me, "Boy, you ain't goin' nowhere
With your cheap guitar and your big, long hair
You gotta realise all your responsibilities
You gotta get out to work and face reality."

You gotta get up in the morning, take your heavy load
And you gotta keep goin' down the long black road.

So I drifted for a while down the road to ruin
I couldn't find my way, I didn't know what I was doin'
I saw a lot of people coming back the other way
So I kept on goin' when I heard them say,

"You gotta get up in the morning, take your heavy load
And you gotta keep goin' down the long black road."

Long black road, long black road
Long black road, long black road.

I made a lot of money, I was makin' quite a mess
But they all told me, money wouldn't bring me happiness
"You gotta work like a man in a real man's life
You're gonna have to take all the trouble and strife."

You gotta get up in the morning, take your heavy load
And you gotta keep goin' down the long black road.

You gotta get up in the morning, take your heavy load
And you gotta keep goin' down the long black road.

You gotta get up in the morning, take your heavy load
And you gotta keep goin' down the long black road.