Kim Carnes Album

When voices from the thin walls
Speak of aberrant behaviour
And the video (videos)
Her only savior

She turns it on when they're all gone
Then she turns an slips her high heels on
Shadows fill the room
And she starts movin'

Voyeur, voyeurs are ya' hot tonite
Dance, dance, dance
Till it makes ya' feel good
Voyeur, voyeur, who ya' got tonight?
Where love is still alive
It's just locked up inside

Lingerie and lovliness
Still lookin' for a strange and sweet caress
Her love life's hot
But her life's a mess
Says she's got no minor vices
And she makes no excuses
And she concedes
That she's the one she pleases

Voyeur, voyeur are ya' hot tonight
Dance, dance, dance
Till it makes you feel good
Voyeur, voyeur who ya' got tonight?
Where love is atill alive
It's just locked up inside

(Barry DeVorzon/Michael Towers)

A pretty face reflected in a mirror
So perfect in every way
With every move
The picture's getting clearer
She's got it all
She's got it made

But when she smiles
Is she really smilin'
She's the only one who really knows
Emerald eyes so cool
And so inviting--hide the side
She never shows

She's a looker
That's what they say
She's got it all
She's got it made
She's a looker
With a beautiful face
Always on display

The magazines always show her smilin'
So perfect in every way
But in the night
I hear a young girl cryin'
She's got it all
She's got it made

She's a looker
That's what they say
She's got it all
She's got it made
She's a looker
With a beautiful face
Always on display

See the face reflected in a mirror
With every move the picture's getting clearer
She walks into a room
People stop and stare
But she just looks away
As if she didn't care

She's a looker
That's what they say
She's got it all
She's got it made
She's a looker
With a beautiful face
Always on display

(Kim Carnes)

When I pass you on the street
And I wanna yell come back
Don't tell 'em that you know me
And when I'm standin' next to ya'
In a crowded room
And I wanna yell come back
Don't tell 'em that you know me
Don't let on
Don't let on
Don't let on
When they try and drive you out of your head
Just turn instead and say you don't know me

When I call your name out loud in a dream
Don't tell 'em that you know me
And when I look you in the eye
Cause eyes never lie
Don't tell 'em that you know me
Don't let on
Don't let on
Don't let on
When they try and drive you out of your head
Just turn instead and say you don't know me

When I talk too much about you
And they look for my reaction
Don't tell 'em that you know me
And when I try too hard to hide it
I look quick for some distraction
Cause I can't let it show on me
Don't let on
Don't let on
Don't let on
When they try and drive you out of your head
Just turn instead and say you don't know me
Say you don't know me

I've heard talk goin' round about you
They say you've taken up with somebody new
And they say you're still crazy
But I'm still crazy about you
And you do remember

The heart abused of the heart unused
When it's all said and done
I know what I'd chose
So why did you run to her
Is she just an excuse

To help you remember
Make you forget
Does it just bring a tear to your eye
With the pain and the pleasure
Do you ever regret
When you see how love passed you by
Does it make you remember
Does it make you remember

I saw your car from my window last night
You were drivin' real slow
and I hid from your lights
Was it bringing you back
I was hopin' it might

Make you remember
Make you forget
Does it just bring a tear to your eye
With the pain and the pleasure
Do you ever regret
When you see how love passed you by

I've heard talk goin' round about you
They say you've taken up with somebody new
And they say you're still crazy
But I'm still crazy about you
And you do remember

Does it make you remember
Make you forget
Does it just bring a tear to your eye
With the pain and the pleasure
Do you ever regret
When you see how love passed you by
Does it make you remember
Does it make you remember
Someone is waiting
Waiting for you
Someone is waiting for you

(Kim Carnes/Craig Krampf)

Nearly every nite I stay awake
And I don't understand it myself
Livin' on the edge--it's almost real
You can't depend on me

I'm breakin' away from sanity
Showin' the ghost inside of me
I'm running away
From you and me
Breakin' away from sanity
Breakin' away from sanity

I talk to myself when you're not there
Oh if you could read my mind
I'm chained to nothin'
But it's all chained to me
You can't depend on me

I'm breakin' away from sanity
Showin' the ghost inside of me
I'm running away
From you and me
Breakin' away from sanity
Breakin' away from sanity

Nearly every night I stay away
And I don't understand it myself

(Kim Carnes/Duane Hitchings)

Is anybody in there
Is anybody home
Is anybody in there
Is anybody home
Can anybody hear me
Does anybody know
Know the way to break out of the undertow

When you need to hear your heartbeat
Just to know that you're alive
When someone's crying help me
You can see it in their eyes
Circumstance is deadly
Too afraid to know
The moment that we wake up
Caught in the undertow

Has anybody seen her
We've searched the city high and low
We've even heard her calling
From a place that no one knows
Listen you can hear her calling
I will never let you go
You're caught in the undertow

Can anybody hear me
Can anybody hear me
Can anybody hear me
Can anybody hear me

(Kim Carnes/Dave Ellingson/Duane Hitchings/Craig Krampf)

Larry got a job as a soda jerk
Worked five days bought a 55 merc
He raised it in the front
He lowered in the back
Now all the girls just call him Mercury Jack

He's the Merc man how do you do
Merc man that's who
Merc man he likes to cruise around
Merc man he's got his coolness down

Saturday night Larry's in the valley dancin'
He looks across the room
And spots some black stretch
Pants and she got
Legs tha go clear up to the rafters
A pair of nocturnal fantasy hips
He knew right away what
He was after
When she looked his way and moistened her lips

He said I'm the Merc man how do you do
Merc man that's who
Merc man he likes to cruise around
Merc man he's got his coolness down

Larry's pulse quickened
As she crossed the floor
He backed up slowly
And showed her to the door
She yes with her xray eyes

She walked up to him
And he just sighed
I'm the Merc man how do you do
Merc man that's who
Merc man he likes to cruise around
Merc man he's got his coolness down

(Dennis Polen)

He drives her all day long
To fancy bars and restaurants
She acts like nothing's wrong
She satisfies his needs and wants
He will drive her
She will drive him crazy with demands
Until he takes all that he can stand

She believes in gold
And he believes he's lost his soul
She knows she's getting old
She's lost her vision and her goals

She hires gentlemen
For pleasure and for company
He wants her to himself
His love is blind and she can't see
But he will drive her
She will drive him crazy with demands
Until he takes all that he can stand
That's the arrangement
That's the arrangement
That's the arrangement
That's the arrangement

He wants a single lover
She wants a couple more
He'd like to change her life but
She does not know what for

He feels it's time to leave her
She knows she broke his heart
She kind of fell in love and
He kind of fell apart
But he will drive her
She will drive him crazy with demands
Until he takes all that he can stand
That's the arrangement
That's the arrangement
That's the arrangement
That's the arrangement

She works real hard in an all night café
She says she loves her job
Wouldn't have it any other way

And he walks in wearin' cheap cologne
She says, "I'll take off early
If you'll take me home"

And he says
"Come on, honey, say you will
Jump on into my Coupe De Ville
There's a Mexico sunset standing still
Fall in love to the thrill of the grill"

His hair was slick and he was slicker
His touch was radioactive
And it made her shiver
And when he emptied his pockets
They were filled with champagne
He held out his hand
As he called out her name

And he said,
"Come on honey say you will
Jump on into my Coupe De Ville
There's a Mexico sunset standing still
Fall in love to the thrill of the grill
Let's fall in love to the thrill of the grill"

Sideways, oh my God, I'm sideways
Half-crazed, I said I'm dizzy
Dazed and waylayed

The boss said, "Phyllis have you gone mad
Hon, you're the best short order that I ever had
Don't throw it all away on a one night fling
Ah, don't be a fool for a foolish thing"

So she tore off her apron
Threw down the pan
She said, "Buzz it boss
You just don't understand
I've waited all my life
To feel the thrill
To be carried away
On the thrill of the grill"

So come on honey yes I will
I'll jump on into your Coupe De Ville
There's a Mexico sunset standing still
Fall in love to the thrill of the grill

Come on honey yes I will
I'll jump on into your Coupe De Ville
There's a Mexico sunset standing still
Fall in love to the thrill of the grill
Let's fall in love to the thrill of the grill

(Kim Carnes)

You're lookin' right you're walkin' tight
You think everybody wants you
Cause you can do it all night
Don't think you heard me the first time
Goodbye goodbye goodbye
Is is a shock to ya
That I'm not standin' in line

So take it on the chin baby
Take it on the chin baby
Take it on the chin baby
If you're tough enough

Oh you magnetized me
You really paralyzed me
Got me so crazy that I couldn't see
What kinda guy you were
But when I caught you in my car
You were huggin' and kissin' her
I sad boy you've gone too far
You've really gone too far

So take it on the chin baby
Take it on the chin baby
Take it on the chin baby
If you're tough enough
If you're rough enough

I can be a fool all by myself
I can get along without your help
I can whisper dirty words with someone else
Better than you do
Better than you do

I can use the phone without your dime
I can be alone and dance all night
Don't worry 'bout me
Cause I'll be alright

So take it on the chin baby
Take it on the chin baby
Take it on the chin baby
If you're tough enough