compilation: "The Collection" (1998)

Oh What A Circus lyrics - David Essex

(originally by Andrew Lloyd Webber & Tim Rice)

Oh what a circus! Oh what a show!
Argentina has gone to town
Over the death of an actress called Eva Peron
We've all gone crazy
Mourning all day and mourning all night
Falling over ourselves to get all, of the misery right

Oh what an exit! That's how to go!
When they're ringing your curtain down
Demand to be buried like Eva Peron
It's quite a sunset
And good for the country in a roundabout way
We've made the front pages of all, the world's papers today

But who is this Santa Evita?
Why all this howling hysterical sorrow?
What kind of goddess has lived among us?
How will we ever get by without her?

She had her moments--she had some style
The best show in town was the crowd
Outside the Casa Rosada crying, "Eva Peron"
But that's all gone now
As soon as the smoke from the funeral clears
We're all gonna see and howl, she did nothing for years!

Salve regina mater misericordiae
Vita dulcedo et spes nostra
Salve salve regina
Ad te clamamus exules filii Eva
Ad te suspiramus gementes et flentes
O clemens o pia

You let down your people Evita
You were supposed to have been immortal
That's all they wanted
Not much to ask for
But in the end you could not deliver

Salve regina mater misericordiae
Vita dulcedo et spes nostra
Salve salve regina Peron
Ad te clamamus exules filii Eva
Ad te suspiramus gementes et flentes
O clemens o pia

Silver Dream Machine lyrics - David Essex

I've a dream, silver dream machine.
Here am I, I'm going for another try,
Flying high, I've got a lot of love inside.
Is there love enough now to get me through?
Yeah, I know now where I'm going to -
Not to lose now but to win;
Tell me, how do I begin?
I've a dream, silver dream machine.
Well, alright, I've got a lot of love to try,
'Cause love is the thing,
And freedom is the word I sing.
Is there force now, yeah, to get us through?
Yeah, it's deep in me and it's deep in you -
Not to lose now but to win,
Tell me how do I begin?
I've a dream, silver dream machine;
Silver dream, silver dream machine.

Is there love enough now to get me through?
Yeah, I know now where I'm going to -
Not to lose now but to win;
Tell me how do I begin?
I've a dream, silver dream machine;
Silver dream, silver dream machine;
Silver dream, silver dream machine.

A Winter's Tale lyrics - David Essex

The nights are colder now
Maybe I should close the door
And anyway the snow has covered all your footsteps
And I can follow you no more
The fire still burns at night
My memories are warm and clear
But everybody knows it's hard to be alone at this time of year

It was only a winter's tale
Just another winter's tale
And why should the world take notice
Of one more love that's failed?
A love that could never be
Though it meant a lot to you and me
On a world-wide scale we're just another winter's tale

While I stand alone
A bell is ringing far away
I wonder if you hear, I wonder if you're listening
I wonder where you are today
Good luck, I wish you well
For all that wishes may be worth
I hope that love and strength
Are with you for the length of your time on Earth

It was only a winter's tale
Just another winter's tale
And why should the world take notice
Of one more love that's failed?
It's a love that could never be
Though it meant a lot to you and me
On a world-wide scale we're just another winter's tale

It was only a winter's tale
Just another winter's tale
And why should the world take notice
Of one more love that's failed?
It's a love that could never be
Though it meant a lot to you and me
On a world-wide scale we're just another winter's tale

"Out On The Street" (1976)

Out On The Street lyrics - David Essex

Out on the street there
People are moving
Winning and losing
Out on the street
Out on the street

Out on the corner
The pimp and the ponces
Strawberry blonded, hooker lies low
In a alley of love
They come and they go
Back to the shadows

Out on the corner
She waits for a lover
Who crawls in the gutter
For cigarette ends
Or money to spend

Alone in the city
She smile she look pretty
You've money to burn
Why not take a turn
Head spinning with wine
But you know that's it's time
For good times, only good times

You say
How much is your body?
Are you worth what you cost me?
But what do you touch?
No I've only this much!
You climb the stairs
To a room waiting there

Alone but together
You look at each other
Bowing your head
She say was it something I said?
Do you want whiskey or rum?
Would you like to have fun?
But you turn and run

Ouuuuutt
Out, on, the street
Ouuuuutt
Down and out, out on the
Down and out, out on the
Down and out, out on the
Down and out, out on the streeeeeeeeeeeet
Wooooaaaaaaaaw

Alone in his bedroom
He sits watching the moon
Tears on his face
He stares into space
Oh what a waste
And what a disgrace

Wanting and needing
But losing the thread
Sitting in corners
He stares at his bed
The devils inside him
The gel next door said

Take him the way out
He paid for the ride
Twisting and turning
And dying inside
But oh how he tried
Oh how they lied

Oh ho look at that man
Lying in the gutter
Gutter

Oh oh look at that man
Why do you think his suffer suffer
There's, no reason at all
Why he can't be straight
There's no reason on earth
Why you can't be regular

Oh oh look at that man
Do ya think he's cryin' cryin'
Oh oh look at that man
Yes I think he's dying dying
There's, no, reason why
Why he can't be straight
There's no reason on earth
Why ya can't be regular

Regular
Regular
Regular
Oh Regular
Regular
Regular

Out on the street there
Police cars are screaming
Blue lights are flashing
Into the room
Into his tomb

Into the black night
A winding the blue light
Crossing the river
They try but give up
He's cold to their touch
He's cold to their touch

Ouuuuutt
Down, on, the street
Whhhyyyy
Down and out, out on the
Down and out, out on the
Down and out, out on the
Down and out, out on the streeeeeeeeeeeet!
Yeah yeah

Let The Fool Live lyrics - David Essex

I'm a fool but I love you so
With a love that burned into my very soul
Don't take my heart
Don't break my heart

The painted fool I'm your harlequin
I'm the court, jester with the silly grin
Don't take my heart
Don't break my heart

You fire my engine and you get me high
Then you cut my lifeline and you leave me dry
Don't take my heart
Don't break my heart

You sail your ship to the city streets
And you fall in love and flirt with everybody that you meet'a
Don't take my heart
Don't break my heart

Let the fool, live
Let the fool, live
Let the fool, live
Let the fool
Let the fool
Let that fool... live
Let him live

In a gun shop bloody on a midnight flight
In your tower block in the still of the night
Don't take my heart
Don't break my heart

A lie upon lie
A lie upon you
In the midnight city
See the sun come through
Don't take my heart
Don't break my heart

Let the fool, live
Let the fool live (let him live)
Let the fool, live
Let the fool
Let the fool, live

Thank You Very Much lyrics - David Essex

One, two, three, four

Yes I was alone and I was, down and out
Looking real hard to find a, way out
But you came, you came, to me
With a love so good now girl
You set me free

Thank you very much for the love you give me
Thank you very much for the way you set me free
Oh girl yeah
Girl yeah

A man alone is like a, empty shell
When your on your own, you don't do so well
But you came, you came, to me
With a love so real so good
You set me free

Thank you very much for the love you give me
Thank you very much for the way you set me free
Oh girl

I cross the river at night
To let you know
How much I love you

My life without your love was, cold and bare
You know it makes me feel good, to know your there
Coz you came, you came, so gently
And with a love so real so real
You set me free

Thank you very much for the love you give me
Thank you very much for the way you set me free
Oh girl

Yeahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
I wanna thank you, for the love you, give me
I wanna thank you, for the love girl that, that you given me
Thank you, for the love you, for the love for the love
That you give to me
I wanna thank you girl

Thank you, thank you
Thank you for the love
For the love
For the love
For the love
For the love
For the love that you give me
Well, yeah yeah yeah yeah
I wanna thank youuuu
For the love that you givin to my lovin'
That you givin' to my love
Give it to me girl
Wanna thank ya, wanna thank ya
For the love that you give to me
For the lovin' that you give
You came so gently
Yes you came so gently
Weeeellllllllll, yeah, yeah, yeah thank you

Just Wanna Dance lyrics - David Essex

Yeah

Woah!

When I came to the city
Nobody knew my name
Yes I came to the city
Looking for fortune and fame

But it's, oh well, oh well
Just wanna dance the night away
Oh well, oh well
Just wanna dance the night away
Aay

When I left my home in the country
I was sure I'd be a movie star
But it never worked out
No I could not get a job
Except for parking car
Wooh

Oh well, oh well
Just wanna dance the night away
Oh well, oh well
Just wanna dance the night away

It's ok
Just wanna dance along today
It's alright
I just wanna dance
Just wanna dance
Just wanna dance tonight
Woah woah wow ho

Oh well, oh well
Just wanna dance the night away
Oh well, oh well
Just wanna dance the night away

I just wanna put on my best-est suit
With my white shirt gleaming in the night
And I'm gonna go out
And I'm gonna dance the night away
I wanna wanna dance it
I wanna
Dance the night away wooh

I wanna dance the night away
I wanna wanna dance
I wanna dance the night away, wooh
I wanna shiver, shake a leg
Do the Okey Cokey wooh

'Eah, well I just wanna dance
Got to do da dance
I wanna dance the night away, yeah
I wanna dance
I just wanna dance
I don't care
There's no flies on me
I wanna dance
I wanna shake my little legs, to the beat
Give me that Barry White, gimmie it wooh
I wanna dance, oh yeah I wanna do the,
I wanna do the shuffle, I wanna do the....

Run With The Pack lyrics - David Essex

(Give me a touch more drums)

Run with the pack child
Queue with the crowd
War with your greasepaint
When you shout, do it loud

Walk up when you walk in
'Cause you only need a break
Step out when you step out
Show em your the real thing
And not a fake

Your on your own
Now
Yes your on your own
Now

Run with the pack
If you really want to crack it
You, got to know that the ace is high
Wait on in the wing till it's your turn to sing it
Smile on, smile on that broadway smile
Smile on, smile on that broadway smile

Run with the pack
If you really want to crack it
You got to know that the ace is high
Wait on in the wings till it's your turn to sing it
Smile on, smile on that broadway smile
Smile on, smile on that broadway smile

Shuffle up da buffalo
Looking cool as you go
Say yeah I can do the gig
I know how to do your show
He caught the eastbound underground
Back to the poor side of town
Turning the key, he could hardly see
His pictures of Judy Garland, Garbo, and James Brown, yeah
Judy Garland, Garbo, Dietrich and James Brown
Judy Garland, Garbo, Dietrich and James Brown
Judy Garland, Garbo, Dietrich and James Brown

I, Out on the street
The pickins are sweet
But nobody sees him cry
Like a shot from a gun
In the shadow he run
He try, to hide tonight

I, I,

He was a neighbourhood queen from the broadway scene
He said he danced in chorus lines
On the weekend matinee he took over for the day
He could handle the big time
Roll with the pack child
Why don't you queue with the crowd
Walk out when you walk out
When you shout do it loud

He caught the eastbound underground
To the poor side of town
Turning the key, he could hardly see
His pictures of Judy Garland, Garbo and James Brown
Now, your on your own, now
Judy Garland, Garbo, Dietrich and James Brown
Your on your own, now

Run with the pack
If you really want to crack it
You, got to know that the ace is high
Wait on in the wings till it's your turn to crack it
Smile on, smile on that broadway smile
Smile, smile, smile

Run with the pack
If you really want to crack it
You got to, you got to know that the ace is high
Wait on in the wings till it's your turn to, sing it
Smile on, smile on that broadway smile
Smile, smile, smile
Smile, smile, smile, smile

Yaaaaruuuuaarrrrrrggggggggghhhhhhhhhhhhhh

Run with, run with, run with the pack
Pack child and, queue with the crowd
You really got to, crack it
So run run the broadway
Smile, smile, smile
Smiiiiiiiillllllllllllllleee
Woe-oh, woe-oh, woe-oh, woe-oh
Woe-oh, woe-oh, woe-oh, oh

Waaaahhhhhrrrggggggggghhhhhhhhhhhhhh
Woe-oh, woe-oh, woe-oh yeah

Run with the pack
If you really want to crack it
Smile on, smile on that broadway smile
Smile, smile, smile, smile
Smile, smile, smile, smile
Smile, smile, smile, smile

Coming Home lyrics - David Essex

Yesterday, ahah, I felt like crying
Got to go, make a move, back home
Was I right, ahah, to cause a commotion
Am I right, to go home

Home, when I think about the times, I was wrong but was I right
There's no question in my mind that I'm coming home tonight, tonight
Yes I'm coming home tonight

Oh I'm coming home
Oh I'm coming home

Start again, ahah, build a beginning
Make a plan, make a stand to go home

Walk a line, ahah, to go back in time
Leaving it, going home

Home, when I think about the times, I was wrong but was I right
There's no question in my mind that I'm coming home tonight, tonight
Yes I'm coming home tonight

Oh I'm coming home
Oh I'm coming home

ahah

ahah

Home, when I think about the times I wrong but was I right
There's no question in my mind that I'm coming home tonight, tonight
That I'm coming home tonight

Oh I'm coming home
Oh I'm coming home

Oh I'm coming home
Oh I'm coming home

Oh I'm coming home (yesterday)
Oh I'm coming home (coming home)

Oh I'm coming home (yesterday)
Oh I'm coming home (coming home)

Oh I'm coming home (make a stand)

Ooh Love lyrics - David Essex

Ooh, ah
Ah, ooh, ah

Well you pick out loose pocket
But you know you gotta stop it
'Cause you know there's no way here
Fantasize a lot
Tantalize to your tinpot city gent beer

Tin-jaw

Ooh love a love love love love
Stars in your eyes
And lies in your eyes
Talk about diamond
And you drink your wine
Now

Ooh love, cool love
Anybody want a real cool love
Talk about diamond
And you drink your wine
Now

Oh, ooh
Ah, ooh
Ah

Well yeah you you can move to a disco groove
But is Barry White still king
Feeling all alone
But it's too late to go home
So you sip along in your pink gin (cheers)

Ooh love a love love love love
Stars in your eyes
And lies in your eyes
Talk about yer diamond
And you drink your wine
Now

Ooh love, cool love
Anybody want a real cool love
Talk about diamond
And you drink your wine
Now.. oh... yeah

(we are, we are with Barry
we are we are, we are we are, were real
we are we are)

Ooh love love love love love
Stars in your eyes
And lies in your eyes
Talk about diamond
And you drink your wine
Now

Ooh love, cool love
Anybody want a real cool love
Talk about diamond
And you drink your wine
Now

Ooh.. ah
Ooh ooh, ah

In a double booked room
In a hotel lobby
In de back of a black limousine
You say look cute in a ivy league suit
Like a man on the TV screen, yeah

Ooh love a love love love love
Stars in your eyes
And lies in your eyes
Talk about diamond
And you drink your wine
Now

Ooh love, cool love
Anybody want a real cool love
Talk about diamond
And you drink your wine
Now...oh

Ooh love a love love love love
Stars in your eyes
And lies in your eyes
Talk about diamond
And you drink your wine
Now

Ooh love, cool love
Anybody want a real cool love
Talk about diamond
And you drink your wine
Now...ooh

Ooh love a love love love love
Stars in your eyes
And lies in your eyes
Talk about diamond
And you drink your wine
now

City Lights lyrics - David Essex

Walk on city light
Walk on in the night
Run on down the street
What I got I'm gonna keep

Walk on city lights
Walk on city lights
Oh it's a pity
It's a city

Yes it's the city
That's the pity

Help me in the backside door
I got what I want I need more
Take me to your car
Drag me to your bar
Walk on city lights
Walk on city lights
Oh it's a pity
It's a city

Church steeple grip hold in the city
Neon bright cold night, in the city
Skyscrape break your taken in the city
Dark is the city that's the pity
Church steeple grip on in the city
Neon bright cold night in the city
Skyscrapers their take in the city

Walk

Walk

Walk
Walk
Walk
Walk
Walk

Walk on city light
Walk on in the night
Hold me up on my money
Please don't shoot me honey

Walk on city light, city light
Walk on city light, daylight

Walk, Walk
Walk, Walk

Walk the light, walk on
Walk the light, walk on

Walk, Walk
Walk the light, walk on
Walk the light, walk on

Walk, Walk
Walk the light, walk on
Walk the light, walk on

Walk, Walk
Walk the light, walk on
Walk the light, walk on

"All The Fun Of The Fair" (1975)

All The Fun Of The Fair lyrics - David Essex

Roll on up see the main attraction
Get your money ready to step inside
Line up here for the roller coaster
Keep your arms in
And we'll take a ride

Roll on up for the fun of the fair yeah
Oh anymore for anymore
Oh coconut shy or the crazy-walker
Through the hall of mirrors
To the magic door

Roll on up see the main attraction
'Ead over heels for the fun of the fair
Catch a ghost train to the 'aunted castle
Ride a helter-skelter Jack is waiting there

Jack the lad is waiting there
The fairground king, with greasy hair
Ride at your risk, he'll steal your kiss
Jack the lad, the fairground man

Good golly miss molly
He'll spin your car round
Without a smile he'll wink his eye
Killing you softly with flashing light bulbs
Lifting your soul with a tattooed sigh

Jack the lad is waiting there
Eyes of black, that coldly stare
King of kings, lord of the ring
Jack the lad, the fairground man

Roll on up see the main attraction
Get your money ready to get inside
Line up here for the roller coaster
Keep your arms in

And we'll take the ride

I, take a ride
I, shake inside
I, take a ride
I, step inside
I, take a bow
I, step inside
I, take a ride
I, step inside
I, take a ride

[manic laughing of socks off]

Hold Me Close lyrics - David Essex

Hold, me close don't let me go, oh no
I, yes I love you and I think that you know
Do you ya know
With your love light shining
Every cloud's got a silver, lining
So hold, me close don't let me go

Hold, me close don't let me go, oh no
You and me, yes our love it will stoppa the show
Do you know
With your love light shining clearly
Its so good to have a yer, near me
So hold, me close don't let me go

And if that road get weary
Oh I love you
Waiting here if you need me
Coz I love the things that you do

So hold, me close don't let me go, oh no
You see I, yes I love you and I think that you know
Do you know
With your love light shining
Every cloud's got a silver, lining
So hold, me close don't let me go

And if that road gets tougher
Oh I love you
No I'll never let you suffer
Coz I love the things that you do

So hold me close don't let me go, oh no
You and me, yes our love it will grow and grow
Do you know
With your love light shining
Every cloud's has a silver, lining
So hold, me close
Hold, me closer

Hold me close, don't let, me, Go

Hold me close
Closer girl
Hold me close
Closer yeah

Circles lyrics - David Essex

'Eah
Ah
Why I love you for a reason
Why I love you yes I do
Why I love you for a reason
But I can't get close to you

You got me walking round in circles
'Cause I don't know what to do
Won't somebody help me
Because I'm still in love wid you, ehh

Was inside out I was inside in
You were looking real hard to get over him
Yeah you made your rule to be so cool
Well I bent my rule to be a fool

Look walking round in circles
'Cause i don't know where to go
Won't somebody help me
'Cause I'm going down slow

Yes going down yeah
I'm going down, ah
Going down
Was it something that I found
Keep going, round, round, round, yeah yeah, yeah
wooh

oh yeah

Why I love you for a reason
Say I love you yes I do
I love you for a reason girl
But I can't get close to you

You watch me walking round in circles
'Cause I don't know where to go
Won't somebody help me
'Cause I'm going down slow
Say I'm going down slow
Going down slow
I'm going down slow, eh

'eahh
Circles, yeah
Circles, yeah
Circles, ooh yeah
Circles, yeah
Hey there I'm going down in circles
Yeah ah yeah yeah

Circles, yeah
Look at me will ya yeah yeah yeah
Circles, yeah, yeah yeah
Circles, yeah
Circles going down, yeah
Circles, dah dah dah dah yeah

If I Could lyrics - David Essex

If I could, love you forever
If I could love you everyday
If I could take your hand
Would ya understand
And let, me, show, the, way

If we could dance this dance forever
If we could laugh without the world
If I give you my life
Will you be my wife
Or is that too absurd

But oh we could have a lark, a lark
Picnicking in the park, the park
On Saturday night if you feel alright
We'll go to the pictures when its dark

If I were a, plumber, would you love me
If you were a waitress, I'd love you
Could you picture us
On a number nine bus
To Canning Town we two,
Just me and you

But oh we could have a lark, a lark
Picnicking, in the park, the park
On Saturday night if you feel alright
We'll go to the pictures when its dark

Yes we could, walk our walks together
Or we could raise a family
When I come home from work
I'll change me shirt
And sit by the fireside for tea,
Just you and me

Rolling Stone lyrics - David Essex

Well I look like your brother (that's alright)
You don't feel like a sister (yeah)
If you acting like a mutha (you ought to run for cover)
'Cause pretty soon I'm gonna get ya

'Cause I'm a rolling stone
Don't carry, no load
Yes I'm a (I'm like a) rolling stone
Got no picture of home

Like a ocean liner (all at sea)
A two two timer (yeah)
Say you wanna street fighter (but you got to get lighter)
'Cause I'm a lover not a fighter

Yes I'm a rolling stone
Don't carry, no load
Yeah a (I'm like a) rolling stone
Got no picture of home
yeah yeah ergh

Like a rolling stone
Don't carry, no load
I'm like a rolling stone
Got no picture of home

Like a rolling stone
Don't carry, no load
Yes a (I'm like a) rolling stone
Got no pictures of home, yeah

(Like a rolling stone) yeah
(Like a rolling stone) got that rolling stone
(Like a rolling stone) yeah
(Like a rolling stone) like a rolling stone
(Like a rolling stone) rolling
(Like a rolling)

Won't Get Burned Again lyrics - David Essex

Yes my yeah yeah

Once bitten but a, too shy
Say I won't get burned again (ooh ooh)

I'm sickened by, your life
But I won't be burned again (ooh ooh)

'Cause I I I, I loved you girl
Yeah hey hey, say I do, a

Once bitten but a, too shy
I won't get burned again (ooh ooh)

You walk out when I, I walk in
Won't be your fool again (ooh ooh)
I still love you but I, I can't win
Won't be your fool again (ooh ooh)

But I I I, yes I love you girl
Yeah hey hey, say I do, Yeahhh

You walk out when I, I walk in
Won't be your fool again (ooh ooh)

(ooh ooh)
(ooh ooh)

But I I I, I still love you girl
Yay hey hey, yes I do
I do
I do
Yeahhhhhh

I love you but I, I can't win
Won't be your fool again
(ooh ooh)
I love you but it's too sad, yeah

Won, won't get burned, a-g-g-g-g-gain
Won't, won't, won't get burned again
Won't, won't, won't get burned again
Won't, won't, won't get burned again
Won't, won't, won't get burned again
Won't, won't, won't get burned again
Won't, won't, won't get burned again
Won't, won't, won't get burned again
Won't, won't, won't get burned again
Won't, won't, won't get burned again
Won't, won't, won't get burned again
Won't, won't, won't get burned again

Coconut Ice lyrics - David Essex

Heather Lynn come over here
Come on lets walk out
Buy some beer
You know the kind in the can
Won't that turn me in to a man
I am

Oh darling
Don't let the rain come down, no
Oh sweet darlin'
Don't let the rain come down

I bought you a new Cadillac
Oh but you wouldn't take it
No you give it right back
Your real nice super nice
Like sugar like spice
Like coconut ice
Real nice

Oh darling
Don't let the rain come down, no
Oh sweet darlin'
Don't let the rain come down

'Cause if the rain comes down girl
Do you think I'll drown
Say if the rain comes down girl
Will you stick around

Come on let's a walk on the beach
I can buy a choc ice
We can have half each ooh
Your real nice I told you twice
You pink, you white, you like coconut ice
Alright

Oh darling
Don't let the rain come down, no
Oh sweet darlin'
Don't let the rain come down

Oh darling, yeah
Don't let the rain come down, no
Oh my sweet darlin', yeah
Don't let the rain come down

Oh Darling
Don't let the rain come down, no
Oh my sweet darlin', yeah
Don't let the rain come down

Watch Out (Carolina) lyrics - David Essex

Watch out Carolina
'Cause you finer
Your two time better than you make out
Make out

Carolina hold your head high
'Cause you look good
No sense living your lie girl
(Lie girl)

Carolina find her
She the best in town
(good time)

Carolina take your pride now
Don't ya hide now
C'mon lets go and get counted
Counted

Carolina my brown girl
Such a fine girl
Carolina your my world
My world

Carolina's finder
She the best in town
(good time)

C'mon Carolina
C'mon Caroline
C'mon Carolina
We can't make it this time

C'mon Carolina
C'mon Caroline
C'mon Carolina
We can't make it this time, yeah

Carolina is finer
She the best in town
(good time)

Watch out Carolina
Two time better than you make out
Make out

Carolina hold your head up
No use living that lie girl
(Lie girl)

Carolina is finer
She the best in
She the best in
She the best in town
(good time)

(Watch out Carolina) watch out Caroline
(Watch out Carolina) watch out Caroline
(Watch out Carolina) yeah
(Watch out Carolina) shes the best the best in town
(Watch out Carolina) Carolcarolina
(Watch out Carolina) Carolina
(Watch out Carolina)

Here It Comes Again lyrics - David Essex

Heh heh, da do do da da da da da de

See the man standing in the shadow
He look just a lot like me
Do you remember my picture
Do you remember me

I was your moonlight tripper
I was the love of your life
You changed you changed direction
You told me, told many lies

Oh girl, here we come again
Oh girl, never knew just when

Girl you, you hurt my pride
Look I run I just can't hide
Ain't no matter where I run too
I hear your voice whispering through, girl

The rain falls
I stand in the shadows
You see but you don't show
It's love burning to an ember
Yes the end but oh no no no no

Here it comes again
Oh girl, I never knew just when

Oh yeah I love you
Oh yeah yes I do
Just to hold you
In the morning
Get you through
To have you there
Have you there
Have you there
To have you there
There
There
Have you there......Yeah

See the man standing in the shadow
He looks just a lot like me
Do you remember my picture
Do you remember me, girl yeah

I was your moonlight tripper
I was the love of your life
But you've changed you've changed direction
You told me so many lies lies

Oh girl, here it comes again
Oh girl, never know just when
Here it comes again
Never know just when

Here it comes again
Here it comes again
Here it comes again
Here it comes again
Here it comes again
Here it comes again
Here it comes again
Here it comes again

Funfair (Reprise) lyrics -

Roll on up see the main attraction
Get your money ready to step inside
Line up here for the roller coaster
Keep your arms in
And we'll take a ride

I, take a ride
I, step inside
I, take a bow
I, step inside
I, take a ride
I, step inside
I, take a ride
I, step inside
I, take a ride
I, step inside
I...

"David Essex" (1974)

Gonna Make You A Star lyrics - David Essex

Oh is he more, too much more, than a pretty face?
It's so strange the way he talking - it's a disgrace

Well I know I've been out of style
For a short while
But I don't care how cold you are
I'm coming home soon
I'm gonna make you a star
Yeah yeah

Well he say he's into his music but I don't believe it
He just doesn't seem to understand the rock media

Well I know I'm not super hip
And I'm liable to take a slip
But I don't care how cold you are
I'm coming home soon
I'm gonna make you a star
Yeah yeah

We gonna make you a star
We gonna make you a star

Oh is he more, too much more, than a pretty face?
(I don't think so)
It's so strange the way he talking - it's a disgrace

Well I know I've been out of style
For a short while
But you see I don't care how cold you are
I'm coming home soon
I'm gonna make you a star
Yeah yeah

We gonna make you a star
We gonna make you a star
We gonna make you a star
We gonna make you a star

Window lyrics - David Essex

Look out your window mama
Look out your window see me play
Ooh cha cha cha

Drink up yer drink now darling
Drink up yer drink I know you wanna go
Go man go

If I could, touch you girl
You know I would if I could
Touch you girl
Iiiiiiiiiiii

Please
Please
Please
Please
Please
Please
Please
Please

Oh my mama my mama my mama
my my mm yeah

Close up my window mama
Please close up my window
The man's in town
Yes he's in town

Mama say
He won't hurt,
But his make-up it sca-scares me
I know it's absurd
But I'm scared!

Look out your window mama
Look out your window see me play
Yes think I'm ok mama
Think I'm ok-a-a

Look out your window mama
Look out your window mama
Look out your window mama
Look out your window mama
Look out your window mama
Look out your window mama
Look out your window mama
Look out your window mama
Look out your window mama
Look out your window mama

I Know lyrics - David Essex

I know
I know you love me
Yes you do

I know
I know you need me
And I need you

When I call you on the telephone line (ah-ah-ah-ah)
Hey you tell me that I'm doing fine

I know (I know)
I know I love ya
Yes I do

Ooh feel good (good)
When I'm around ya
Yes a rule

Like a rose needs a lapel (ah-ah-ah-ah)
Like a ring-a-ding-ding on a bell

Oh little girl
You've been a friend to me
Oh little girl
You know I'm never, gonna, set you free

I know
I know I love you
Yes I do

I know (ah)
I know you (ah) need me
I need you

Won't you give me just another try (ah-ah-ah-ah)
'Cause I wanna get yer satisfied
And I know
I know, I know
I know, I know
hoooh

hoooh

Woooh

When I call you on the telephone line
Hey you tell me that I'm doing fine

Oh little girl
You've been a friend to me
Oh little girl
You know I'm never, gonna, set yer free

I know (I know)
I know I love ya
Yes I do

Ooh I feel good
Girl when I'm around ya
Yes a rule

Won't you give me just another try (ah-ah-ah-ah)
'I wanna get ya satisfied
But I know
I know, I know
I know, I know
hoooh
I know, I know
I know, I know, I know (I know)
hoooh
I know, I know
I know, I know, I know (I know)
hoooh
Hey ring ring, ding a shing a ling ding ding
On your bell, hoooh
I know, I know
I know, I know, I know (I know)
hoooh
I know, I know, I know
I know, I know, I know, I know (I know)
hoooh wow

[scat singing etc...]

There's Something About You lyrics - David Essex

Oh there's something about you baby
Something that's hard to explain
But I don't want you to change it
Please don't re-arrange it
I just want you to always stay the same

Though the things in my life keep on changing
And the things that people say can really hurt
With love by my side girl I know I'll be alright
'Cause love is a reassuring word

And when I'm feeling down and all alone
How good to know your waiting there at home

You've been there through the good through the bad times
Said you helped me when lines wouldn't rhyme

But with love that's been so strong girl
You helped me sing my song
How could a love like ours be wrong
Hey be wrong

With love that's been so strong yeah
You helped me sing my song
How could a love like ours be wrong

Oh there's something about you baby
Yeah something that's hard to explain
But I don't want you to change no
Please don't re-arrange it
I just want you to always stay the same
Stay the same

Oh there's something about you baby,
Yeah

Good Ol' Rock & Roll lyrics - David Essex

Like a schoolboy shakin' and quakin'
(You feel them up for your rooms) [?]
Like a king's jester
You made me fester
Teaching me to be your fool

Well you told me I got to be something
So I set for engineer
Well you gave a book, I gave you my look
I say get on outta here

And it was good ol' rock'n'roll
That saved this beast and soul
It was good ol' rock'n'roll
That dragged me from below

Well I needed to know the answer
But I didn't get it from you
I was sick of fighting, fussing and fighting
I needed to get through
So I joined a rock'n'roll band
Now I'm the leader yes I am
Hey look a one in a mill shot
I'm making a deal ooh
Hey look out rockin' band

And it was good ol' rock'n'roll
That saved this beast and soul
It was good ol' rock'n'roll
That dragged me from below

God bless Buddy Holly, peggy sue
God bless Eddie Cochran, summertime blues
God bless Little Richard, wop bop alu bop, wop bam boom
God bless you, rockin' on too, rock on

It was good ol' rock'n'roll
That saved this beast and soul
It was good ol' rock'n'roll
That dragged me from below

And it was good ol' rock'n'roll
That dragged me from from below
It was good ol' rock'n'roll
That saved this beast and soul

It was good ol' rock'n'roll
That saved this beast and soul
It was good ol' rock'n'roll
Dragged me from below
It was good ol' rock'n'roll
That saved this beasted soul
It was good ol' rock'n'roll
That dragged me from below
It was good ol' rock'n'roll
That dragged me from below
It was good ol' rock'n'roll
That dragged me from below
It was good ol' rock'n'roll
That dragged me from below
And it was good ol' rock'n'roll
That saved this beasted soul

America lyrics - David Essex

Flew out of London for the New York City
Ooh, look out boys a 'cause it looks so pretty
I'm in America, America-ca-ca, ahaha

Saw this nice man he came collect me from Kennedy
I said to DP is it New York City
He said America, America-ca-ca, aha
We're in America, America-ca-ca, ahaha

Well I really didn't wanna go there
But the man said (you gotta go)
Said I really didn't wanna go there
'Till I hit San Francisco

Well I landed in the desert in Phoenix
Drove out to K.U.P.D.
Say I landed in the desert in Phoenix
With the sun shinin' down on me

(Hey now you know you're in)
America, America-ca-ca, ahaha
Watch out!
America, black cadillac car
We're in America, America-ca-ca, ahuha
Uh
Americaaaaaaaaahh
Americaaaaaaaaahh
Americaaaaaaaaahh
Black cadillac car America
Americaaaaaaaaahh
...

Dance Little Girl lyrics - David Essex

Dance little girl yer mine now
Dance little girl you know your fine now
When you move you know you really do
I never seen nobody shake it, shakin' like you ('left channel')
(I never seen nobody body shakin' like you, aha) ('right channel')

Dance little girl of mine
C'mon Dance little girl of mine now
Dance little girl all a da time now

Like a ballerina I see you twirl
With a silver gown with your golden curl
Now, dance little girl of mine

Ah dance little girl of mine
When I come home, to you, my darling
When I come home, do you know, your the one
That I love

Dance little girl of mine now
Dance little girl you know your fine now
When you move you know you really do
I never seen nobody shake it, shakin' like you, aha ('right channel')
(I never seen nobody body body shake it a like you, aha) ('left channel')

Dance little girl, aha/now
Dance little girl, aha
Dance little girl

Cuma cuma cuma cuma dance little girl for, me
Where your watusi
Cuma cuma cuma cuma dance little girl for, me
It's getting me crazy
Cuma cuma cuma cuma dance little girl for, me
C'mon dance little girl

Ooh Darling lyrics - David Essex

Ooh darling, ooh darling
You got the key
To undo me yeah

Ooh darling, ooh darling
Wherever you go, I'll be

Ooh sugar, ooh my sugar
You my life
That's alright, yeah

Ooh sugar, ooh sugar
Want ya all of my life

Boats and trains and the aeroplanes
Take me overseas
But I've got your photograph
And oh it makes me laugh, ah

Ooh baby you drive me crazy
I'm up I'm down
You got me runnin' round

Ooh baby crazy lady
Got to shout out loud

Tsssh, tsssh, tsssh
Ah
Tsssh, tsssh, tsssh, tssshhh

Ah, ocean queen and the silver screen
Take me far away
But I've got your photograph
And oh it makes me laugh, ah

Ooh darling, ooh my darling
You got the key
To undo me yeah yeah

Ooh darling, ooh darling
Wherever you go I'll be

Oh darlin', darlin', darlin'
Oh darlin', darlin', darlin'
Oh darlin', darlin', darlin'
Oh darlin', darlin', darlin'
Oh my darlin', darlin', darlinn'
Oh my darlin', darlin', darlinn'

Little Miss Sweetness lyrics - David Essex

Now?

I've, been, looking at you
You've been looking back too

I know I've, got to get to you, sometime
Everybody say, you've got to stop wooh (ooooooh)
Ooh but what a lot she got
Oh, Miss Sweetness of mine (oh yeah)

See, her, walk on your street
As your looking so sweet
You know she, gonna get to you one time
She can she can make you feel good
Make ya feel like you should
Oh, Miss Sweetness of mine

Oh my Miss Sweetness
Sweetest honey in the tree ta me
I don't know why you cry
Sing la da do ee da da da do lee

She will make you a fool
Make you break all the rule
Make you jump up and down
All the time

You will fall on your face
When you get that taste
Oh, Miss Sweetness your fine, yeah

Oh Miss Sweetness your fine

Oh my Miss Sweetness
Sweetest honey in the tree ta me
I don't, know, why you cry
Sing la da da da da do de

I've been looking at you
You've been looking back too
I know I've got to get to you onetime
Everybody say you've got to stop
But what a lot she got
Oh Miss Sweetness of mine

Oh see her walk down your street
See her looking so sweet
You know, she gonna get to you one time
Oh she will make you feel good
Make ya feel like you should
Yeah she, my Miss Sweetness of mine

Oh she will make you a fool
Yes she'll break all that rule
She gonna jump up and down
All the time time
Ah da da da da wow oh

Fall on your face
When ya, when ya get that taste
Of, Oh, Miss, Sweetness your (mine)

[excess scat singing]

Stardust lyrics - David Essex

Ah look what they've done to da rock'n'roll clown
Ah rock'n'roll clown look he's down on the ground
Well he used to high fly, but he crashed out the sky
In a stardust fling hey rock 'n roll king is down

Roll on up won't you come and take at look at me, ah
Come on stand in line just one at a time t' see me
See my painted-on grin, as I stand up to sing
In a stardust fling, hey rock'n'roll king is down

But he's the leader of the band
Yes a lonely man
Doncha you wanna take his hand
Yes you know you can..an, owwww

Well I used to high fly, but I crashed out the sky
In a stardust fling hey rock'n'roll king is down
In a stardust fling hey rock'n'roll king is down
In a stardust fling hey rock'n'roll king is, down
In a stardust fling hey rock'n'roll king is, down
In a stardust fling hey rock'n'roll king is da down
In a stardust fling hey rock'n'roll king is, down
In a stardust fling hey rock'n'roll king is, down
In a stardust fling hey

"Rock On" (1973)

Lamplight lyrics - David Essex

I, sat down
She gonna get a lamplight
eh eh eh eh eh eh, eh

Babe I see your lamplight
Shining from your window
Babe I see your lamplight
Let it shine on me, uhuh

Baby see your window
Baby do you feel low
Waiting on your fear, no
Waiting on me

But I don't really
Wanna go alone
But I get the feeling
I better get on home

Ooh baby, would I look right
Climbing up the drainpipe
Baby would it feel right
If I stayed all night

And I don't really
Wanna go alone
Should I pack my bag
And get on out, get home

Got me rocking and reeling
Reeling and feeling
Gotta get to you babe
Just gotta get through, ooh ooh

I can see lamplight
Shining from your window
Babe I see your lamplight
And it shine on me, uhuh
It shine on me, uhuh
Shine on me, uhuh
Shine on me, uhuh

Shine on, me
Ah, Shine on, me
Now now now shine on, me
A should a shine on, me
Yeah? shine a shine on, wooh on me
I'm gonna shine on, me
Mmnot gonna shine on, me
Mmm gonna shine on, me
My cha cha cha cha

Wooh on me
Mmm gonna shine on, me
cha cha cha, on, me
cha cha ha ha ha

Turn Me Loose lyrics - David Essex

(originally by Fabian)

Oh
Turn me loose, turn me loose I say
This is the first time I ever felt this way
I'm gonna get a thousand kicks
I'm gonna kiss a thousand chicks
So turn a me loose

Turn me loose, turn me loose I say
Gonna rock 'n' roll as long as the band's gonna play
Gonna holler, gonna shout, gonna knock myself right out
So turn me loose, ooh yeah

I got some, change in my pocket uh eh, I'm rarin' to go
I'm takin' some chick-a to the picture show
And when I, see her home and then we, kiss goodnight
She'll turn me loose, turn me loose, turn me loose, turn me loose

Turn me loose, turn me loose I say
Yes today is gonna, be the day
I want ya to all understand baby that now I am a man
So turn me loose
Turn me loose
Turn me loose, listen

I got some, change in my pocket that uh eh huh I'm rarin' to go
I'm takin' some chick-a to the picture show
And when I, see her home and we, kiss goodnight
Well, turn me loose, turn me loose, Owwwwwwwwwwwwaaa

Turn me loose, turn me loose I say
I'm gonna rock 'n' roll as long as the band's gonna play
I'm gonna holler, gonna shout, gonna knock myself right out
So turn me loose
Turn me loose
Ah ooooooohh

On And On lyrics - David Essex

You're like a song
A song dat come and go
Beneath the chord
A melody that seems to linger on

You're on and on
A movie queen
The sequin goddess of the movie screen
Picture of a picture that I've seen

You're on and on
You're my song
Her clown can cry
His tears will fill our eyes
The memories that you've seen
Were made of velvetine
Your yesterdays have gone
But yesterdays live on
You're on and on

A magic spell
A shooting star
That sound like a silver bell
Something out of heaven must have fell
You're on and on

Oh let it ring
The magic a magician gets to sing
Let me be your blue eyed harlequin
You're on and on

You're on and on
You're my song
You're on and on
You're my song

Streetfight lyrics - David Essex

Yeahhhhhh

I'm cold mama, mama, ma mama now
I'm cold mama, mama, mama now

Another Saturday night
Somebody in a streetfight
Got shot tonight

It's hard now
It's gettin' harder
It's gettin' so hard now

I was lookin' back to see
If you were lookin' back at me
To see me lookin' back at you
What?!

I was lookin' back to see
If you were lookin' back at me
I saw that you were lookin' too
Oh!

Shu doop be doo, shu doop be doo
Saturday night
Shu doop be doo, shu doop
Somebody got it tonight

Shu doop be doo, shu doop be doo
Saturday night

Shu doop be doo, shu doop
Somebody got it tonight

Shu doop be doo, shu doop be doo
Saturday night

Shu doop be doo, shu doop
Somebody got it tonight

Shu doop be doo, shu doop be doo
Saturday night

Shu doop be doo, shu doop
Somebody got it tonight
...

I was lookin' back to see
If you were lookin' back at me
To see me lookin' back at you
What?!

I was lookin' back to see
If you were lookin' back at me
I saw that you were lookin' too
Oh!

Ohhhhhhhhhhaaarrrghhhhh

Another Saturday night
Somebody in a streetfight
Got shot tonight

Another Saturday night
Somebody in a streetfight
Got shot tonight

Another Saturday night
Somebody in a streetfight
Got shot tonight

Rock On lyrics - David Essex

Ooh

Hey, kid, rock 'n' roll, rock on
Ooh, my soul
Hey kid, boogie, too, did ya?
Hey, shout, summertime blues
Jump up and down in my blue suede shoes
Hey, kid, rock 'n' roll, rock on

And where do we go from here?
Which is a way that's clear?
Still looking for that blue jean baby queen
Prettiest girl I've ever seen
See her shake on the movie screen, Jimmy Dean
(James Dean)

And where do we go from here?
Which is the way that's clear?
Still looking for that blue jean baby queen
Prettiest girl I ever seen
See her shake on the movie screen, Jimmy Dean
Jimmy Dean

Rock on
Rock on
Rock on
Hey, kid, rock 'n' roll, rock on
Rock on
Hey, kid, rock 'n' roll, rock on
Rock on
Hey, kid, rock 'n' roll, rock on
Rock on
Hey, kid, rock 'n' roll, rock on
Rock on
Hey, kid, rock 'n' roll, rock on
Rock on
Hey, kid, rock 'n' roll, rock on
Rock on
Hey, kid, rock 'n' roll, rock on
Rock on
Hey, kid, rock 'n' roll, rock on

Ocean Girl lyrics - David Essex

I bought this airline ticket
For an island in the sun
Two week holiday just filled with fun
But I've see this brown eyed lady
With a flower in her hair
My holiday is done
It's so unfair

Ocean girl
Ocean girl

Oh, ocean girl
See you diving for pearls
I love the way you twirl
Ocean girl

Oh, Jungle Jim
Say that you in love with him
Threw my coconut at his chin
Dirty Jim

Oh south sea goddess of the islands
Bet you don't notice me
I'm waving from de big palm tree
Over here babe

Oh, ocean girl
Your my beautiful pearl
I love de way you twirl
Um ocean girl

Oh south sea goddess of the island
Bet you don't notice me
I'm waving from de big palm tree
Wooo-ooh

Oh, ocean girl
Your my beautiful pearl
I love da way that you twirl
Ocean girl

Ocean girl my pearl
Ocean girl

Ocean girl
Ocean girl
Ocean girl
Ocean girl
Ocean girl
Ocean girl
Ocean girl
Ocean girl
Ocean girl

Bring In The Sun lyrics - David Essex

Finger of light reaches through the red curtain
High on the rooftop, greeting his son
Lying beside me, secure in your dreamworld
A glow on your face from the light of the Sun

Gently the morning begins it's intrusion
Enters the mind with a hesitant hum
Images move within eyes not yet open
Telling the senses a new day has come

And the warmth from the light through the window
Signals a new world's begun

Let the Sun come into your life
Bring in the Sun

Let the Sun come into your life
Bring in the Sun

If you see it shine in the morning time
Your day is won

Let the Sun come into your life
Bring in the Sun
Bring in the Sun

Hours of flying, wheels in motion
A process for living, steadily done (it's done)
I fight for a moment to see your reflection
To picture your face in the soft morning Sun

But the warmth from the light through the window
Signals a new world's begun (yeah)

Let the Sun come into your life
Bring in the Sun
Let the Sun come into your life
Bring in the Sun

If you see it shine in the morning time
Your day is won

Let the Sun come into your life
Bring in the Sun
Bring in the Sun

For Emily, Whenever I May Find Her lyrics - David Essex

(originally by Simon And Garfunkel)

What a dream I had, pressed in organdie
Clothed in crinoline of smoky Burgundy
Softer than the rain.

I wandered empty streets down, past the shop displays
I heard cathedral bells, dripping down the alley ways
As I walked on.

And when you ran to me your, cheeks flushed with the night
We walked on frosted fields, of juniper and lamplight
I held your hand.

And when I awoke, felt you warm and near
I kissed your honey hair, with my grateful tears
Oh I love you girl
Oh I love, you
Girl

We All Insane lyrics - David Essex

Everyday and I'm sick of tryin'
Gonna make it on my own
Aw your sister said it
Your messin' my head now
Leave me alone

I'm gonna stretch up that thing
Gonna leave it to sing
Rock songs on my own

You say my image was strong
And the people were wrong, umm
I'm gonna sing rock songs

I'm really gonna shock you, uhuh
You'll be glad we do
It's the name of the game, uhuh
We all insane

Shaking and boppin'
And reelin' don't stopping
Gonna make it on my own

Ah your sister said
It's in my head now
Could you only telephone (ring ring)

We get pretty strange we all insane
Wear my window pane
So that you can see me
Like we watchin' tv
I won't get strange

I'm really gonna shock you, oh oh
You'll be glad we do
That's the name of the game, uhuh
We all insane

(Oh-oh-oh-oh)
Rockin' and a reelin' got me shakin'
Shakin' and a breakin' got me kneelin'
Weeping and a kneelin' got me shakin'
Shakin' and a breakin'
And a shakin' and a breakin
And a breakin' and a shakin'
And a reelin'

Rockin' and a reeling got me so high
All that dancing got me so low
All that dancing got me so high
Rockin' and a reeling got me rollin', rollin'
Rockin' and a reeling got me rollin', rollin'
Shaking girl got me (oooooooooh)

Tell Him No lyrics - David Essex

Oh my my dear

Tell him no, no no no
Tell him no, no no no
If he asks for a kiss
Tell him no, no
Tell him no

Tell him no, no no no
Tell him no, no no no
If he asks for a date
Tell him no, no no
Tell him no

It's alright to go to a party
It's alright to have some fun
It's alright to take in a movie
But don't, don't let him be the one
Be the one

Tell him no, no no no
Tell him no, no no no
If he wants to take you home
Tell him no, no no no
Tell him no

And did he tell you
That he loved you
And did you thrill to his charms
And did you feel much more better
Than when I held you in my arms
In my arms

Tell him no, no no no
Tell him no, no no no
If he wants to be your man
Tell him no, no no no
Tell him no

Ohhhhhhhhhhhh
Tell him nooooooooooooo
I'm beggin ya right now yeah
Yes I'm down on upon my knees I'm oooh oh yeah
Yeahhhhh
Oh my I no no no
That's the answer
Yeah yeah woe oh

Sept. 15th lyrics - David Essex

I've been doing a show for a long time
A show about a friend of mine
Took up all ma time
'Cause I've made my face
To get it on for the last time

With our movements of mime
We could always make it work
Me and my friends of mine

And I wanna thank you
For every single time
That you broke my bread
And drank that rose hip wine
As I say goodbye
With a tear in my eye

David Essex other songs:

Bright Eyes lyrics - David Essex


Is it a kind of dream floating out of the tide
Following the river of death downstream or is it a dream
There's a fog along the horizon a strange glow in the sky
And nobody seems to know where you go and what does it mean
Or is it a dream

Bright eyes burning like fire

Bright eyes how can you close and fail
How can the light that burned so brightly
Suddenly burn so pale bright eyes

Is it a kind of shadow reaching into the night

Wandering over the hills unseen or is it a dream
There's a high wind in the trees a cold sound in the air
And nobody ever knows when you go and where do you start
Oh into the dark

Bright eyes burning like fire

Bright eyes how can you close and fail
How can the light that burned so brightly

Suddenly burn so pale bright eyes
Bright eyes burning like fire

Bright eyes how can you close and fail
How can the light that burned so brightly

Suddenly burn so pale bright eyes

Pretty Thing lyrics - David Essex

Oh is he more, too much more than a pretty face
It's so strange the way he talk, it's a disgrace
Well I know I've been out of style
For a short while
But I don't care how cold you are
I'm coming home soon
I'm gonna make you a star, yeah

Well he say he's into his music
But I don't believe it
He just doesn't seem to understand the rock media
Well I know I'm not super hip
And I'm liable to take a slip
But I don't care how cold you are
I'm coming home soon
I'm gonna make you a star, yeah, yeah

We gonna make ya a star
We gonna make ya a star

Oh is he more, too much more than a pretty face
(I don't think so)
It's so strange the way he talkin', it's a disgrace
Well I know I've out of style
For a short while
But you see I don't care how cold you are
I'm coming home soon
I'm gonna make you a star, yeah

We gonna make ya a star
We gonna make ya a star
We gonna make ya a star
We gonna make ya a star
We gonna make ya a star

St. Elmo's Fire (Man In Motion) lyrics - David Essex

Growin' up you don't see the writing on the wall.
Passin' by, movin' straight ahead you knew it all.
But maybe sometime if you feel the pain,
You'll find you're all alone; everything has changed.

Play the game; you know you can't quit until it's won.
Soldier of only you can do what must be done.
You know, in some ways you're a lot like me.
You're just a prisoner, and you're tryin' to break free.

I can see a new horizon underneath the blazing sky.
I'll be where the eagle's flying higher and higher.
Gonna be your man in motion.
All I need is a pair of wheels.
Take me where the future's lying: St. Elmo's fire.

Burning up; don't know just how far that I can go.
Soon be home; only just a few miles down the road.
And I can make it, I know I can.
You broke the boy in me, but you won't break the man.

I can see a new horizon underneath the blazing sky.
I'll be where the eagle's flying higher and higher.
Gonna be your man in motion.
All I need is a pair of wheels.
Take me where the future's lying: St. Elmo's fire.

I can climb the highest mountain, cross the widest sea.
I can feel St. Elmo's fire burning in me, burning in me.
Just once in his life a man has his time.
And my time is now; I'm comin' alive.

I can see a new horizon underneath the blazing sky.
I'll be where the eagle's flying higher and higher.
Gonna be your man in motion.
All I need is a pair of wheels.
Take me where the future's lying: St. Elmo's fire.

I can hear the music playin'; I can see the banners fly.
Feel like a vet again. I hope I ain't high!
Gonna be your man in motion; all I need is a pair of wheels.

The Artilleryman Returns lyrics - David Essex

[JOURNALIST:] Again, I was on my way to London, through towns and villages that
were blackened ruins, totally silent, desolate, deserted. Man's empire had passed away,
taken swiftly and without error, by these creatures who were composed entirely of
brain. Unhampered by the complex systems which make up man, they made and used
different bodies according to their needs. They never tired, never slept and never
suffered, having long since eliminated from their planet the bacteria which cause all
fevers and other morbidities.

[ARTILLERYMAN:] Halt! Who goes there?

[JOURNALIST:] Er - friend.

[ARTILLERYMAN:] Be on your way. This is my territory.

[JOURNALIST:] Your territory? What do you mean?

[ARTILLERYMAN:] Wait a minute - it's you! The man from Maybury Hill!

[JOURNALIST:] Good heavens! The Artilleryman! I thought you surely burned.

ARTILLERY MAN: I thought you surely drowned.

[JOURNALIST:] Have you seen any Martians?

[ARTILLERYMAN:] Everywhere. We're done for all right.

[JOURNALIST:] We can't just give up.

[ARTILLERYMAN:] Course we can't. It's now we've got to start fighting - but not
against them 'cos we can't win. Now we've got to fight for survival, and I reckon we can
make it. I've got a plan.

[ARTILLERYMAN:] We're gonna build a whole new world for ourselves. Look, they
clap eyes on us and we're dead, right?

So we gotta make a new life where they'll never find us. You know where?
Underground.

You should see it down there - hundreds of miles of drains - sweet and clean now after
the rain, dark, quiet, safe. We can build houses and everything, start again from scratch.

And what's so bad about living underground eh? It's not been so great living up here, if
you want my opinion.

Take a look around you at the world we've come to know
Does it seem to be much more than a crazy circus show
But maybe from the madness something beautiful will grow
In a brave new world

With just a handful of men

We'll start - we'll start all over again - all over again - all over again - all over again

We'll build shops and hospitals and barracks right under their noses - right under their
feet! Everything we need - banks, prisons and schools... We'll send scouting parties to
collect books and stuff, and men like you'll teach the kids. Not poems and rubbish -
science, so we can get everything working. We'll build villages and towns and... and...
we'll play each other at cricket! Listen, maybe one day we'll capture a Fighting Machine,
eh? Learn how to make 'em ourselves and then wallop! Our turn to do some wiping out!
Whoosh with our Heat Ray - Whoosh! And them running and dying, beaten at their own game. Man on top again!

Now our domination of the Earth is fading fast
And out of the confusion the chance has come at last
To build a better future from the ashes of the past

In a brave new world
With just a handful of men
We'll start all over again

Look - Man is born in freedom but he soon becomes a slave
In cages of convention from the cradle to the grave
The weak fall by the wayside but the strong will be saved

In a brave new world
With just a handful of men
We'll start all over again

I'm not trying to tell you what to be
Oh no, oh no, not me
But if mankind is to survive
The people left alive
They're gonna have to build this world anew
And it's going to have to start with me and you

Yes!

I'm not trying to tell you what to be
Oh no, oh no, not me
But if mankind is to survive
The people left alive
They're gonna have to build this world anew
Yes and we will have to be the chosen few

Just think of all the poverty, the hatred and the lies
And imagine the destruction of all that you despise
Slowly from the ashes the phoenix will arise

In a brave new world
With just a handful of men
We'll start all over again

Take a look around you at the world you've loved so well
And bid the ageing empire of man a last farewell
It may not sound like Heaven but at least it isn't Hell

It's a brave new world
With just a handful of men
We'll start - we'll start all over again - all over again - all over again - all over again.

I've got a plan!

Can't you just see it? Civilization starting all over again - a second chance.
We'll even build a railway and tunnel to the coast, go there for our holidays.
Nothing can stop men like us. I've made a start already. Come on down here and have a look.

[JOURNALIST:] In the cellar was a tunnel scarcely ten yards long, that had taken him a week to dig.
I could have dug that much in a day, and I suddenly had my first inkling of the gulf between his dreams and his powers.

[ARTILLERYMAN:] It's doing the workin' and the thinkin' that wears a feller out.
I'm ready for a bit of a rest. How about a drink eh? Nothing but champagne, now I'm the boss.

[JOURNALIST:] We drank and then he insisted upon playing cards.
With our species on the edge of extermination, with no prospect but a horrible death, we actually played games.

Later, he talked more of his plan, but I saw flames flashing in the deep blue night.
Red weed glowing, tripod figures moving distantly - and I put down my champagne glass.
I felt a traitor to my kind and I knew I must leave this strange dreamer.

[ARTILLERYMAN:] Take a look around you at the world we've come to know
Does it seem to be much more than a crazy circus show
Maybe from the madness something beautiful will grow...

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