Electric Light Orchestra

[fox69]

"Roll Over Beethoven"

"Roll Over Beethoven"



Gonna write a little letter gonna mail it to me local D.J.
it's a jumpin little record I want my jockey to play
Roll Over Beethoven, gotta hear it again today

My temperature's risin, the juke box's blowin a fuse
My heart's beatin a rhythm, singin out rhythm and blues
Roll Over Beethoven, they're rockin in two by two

Well if you feel you like it, go get your lover and reel and rock it
roll it over and move on up now, go for cover and reel and rock it
roll it over, Roll Over Beethoven, tell Tchaikovsky the news

Early in the mornin I'm a givin you the warnin,
don't you step on my blue suede shoes
hey diddle diddle gonna play my fiddle,
I ain't got nothing to lose
Roll Over Beethoven, tell Tchaikovsky the news

She wiggles like a glow-worm, dances like a spinning top
she got a crazy partner, you should have seen her reel and rock
long as she got a dime, the music will never stop

Well if you feel you like it, go get your lover and reel and rock it
roll it over and move on up now, go for cover and reel and rock it
roll it over, Roll Over Beethoven, dig these rhythm and blues

Roll Over Beethoven, Roll Over Beethoven,
Roll Over Beethoven, Roll Over Beethoven,
Roll Over Beethoven, dig these rhythm and blues?

 

[fox69]

"Secret Lives"

"Secret Lives"


I don't know
I don't know what's on your mind
I thought everything was fine
But it was my surprise.

I don't know
I don't know what's going on
Something surely must be wrong
You're living secret lives.

[CHORUS:]
Living secret lives, secret lives
And I wonder where she goes to in the night
In secret lives.

Wish I knew
Wish I knew where I fit in
Wish that I knew everything
About your secret lives.

If it means
If it means that much to you
I don't want to stop the things you do
I don't need alibis.

[REPEAT CHORUS]

I don't care
I don't care what goes on there
So long as one day I can share
Share your secret lives.

[REPEAT CHORUS]

[REPEAT CHORUS]

[REPEAT CHORUS]

Secret lives, secret lives
Secret lives, secret lives...

 

[fox69]

"Secret Messages"

"Secret Messages"


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?

[Chorus:]
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

[Chorus]

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

[Chorus]

 

[fox69]

"Send It"

"Send It"


The sun still shines way up above
But it don't matter now because
The dream is gone
The dream is just a memory (oh, yeah)
If you see my dream, send it back home to me.

The stars still glow up in the night
But somehow, they don't seem so bright
The dream is gone
The dream is just a memory (oh, yeah)
If you see my dream, send it back home to me.

'Cos I've been waiting for a long, long time
Thought I'd found a way
Now I just wait for someone to call
I'm waiting for it every day.

[CHORUS:]
Send it -- on the wires
Send it -- on a plane
Send it -- on an express
But send it back to me again.

The music plays so loud and clear
But somehow I can't make you hear
The dream is gone
The dream is just a memory (oh, yeah)
If you see my dream, send it back home to me.

When you get what you want, it's a long way down
And you can see for miles around
When you lose it, nothing is for real
If you see my dream, send it back to me.

[REPEAT CHORUS]

[REPEAT CHORUS]

Send it (send it, send it)
Send it
Send it (send it, send it)
Send it on the wires (send it, send it)
Send it on a plane...

 

[fox69]

"Shangri-La"

"Shangri-La"


Sitting here, waiting for,
Someone calling at my door,
Too bad,
I'm getting out of love.

What's the use of changing things,
Wonder what tomorrow brings,
Who knows,
I'm getting out of love.

[CHORUS]
My Shangri-la has gone away,
Faded like the Beatles on Hey Jude
She seemed to drift out on the rain
That came in somewhere softly from the blue

Clouds roll by and hide the sun,
Raindrops fall on everyone,
So sad,
I'm getting out of love.

[CHORUS -- repeat]

[CHORUS -- repeat]

 

[fox69]

"Shine A Little Love"

"Shine A Little Love"


Although the things you've done I wouldn't criticize.
I guess you had your way.
You see I gotta make you understand.
I know it sounds a foolish thing to say.
But it don't matter baby 'cos' today's another day.

[CHORUS]
You shine a little love on my life
You shine a little love on my life
You shine a little love on my life and let me see.

Remember,tonight we're gonna run till dawn
Remember,tonight we're gonna say.
We'll never stop we got a good thing goin' on.
I know you've heard it all before.
But I really need you darlin' every day I need you more.

[Repeat Chorus]

Can you understand.(Yes I understand) Can you feel it's right.
(I know it is) Will you be the same.(I'll do it all again).

It's been a year now and it's getting so much better.
You came home without a word.
Though everybody said you'll soon forget her.
Thay couldn't see and they just didn't understand.
And lookin' in the mirror there were fools at either hand.

Can you understand.(Yes I understand) Can you feel it's right.
(I know it is) Will you be the same.(I'll do it all again).

How many days had I been waiting there to tell you.
I really can't believe.
We're walkin' out into the world tonight.
We'll do it all again until the break of light.
And the feelin' in your heart will soon be shinin' in your eyes

[Repeat Chorus]

 

[fox69]

"Showdown"

"Showdown"



She cried to the southern wind
About a love that was sure to end
Every dream in her heart was gone
Headin' for a Showdown

Bad dreamer, what's your name
Looks like we're ridin' on the same train
Looks as through there'll be more pain
There's gonna be a Showdown

And it's rainin' all over the world
It's raining all over the world
Tonight, the longest night

She came to me like a friend
She blew in on a southern wind
Now my heart is turned to stone again
There's gonna be a Showdown

Save me, oh save me
It's unreal, the suffering
There's gonna be a Showdown

And it's rainin' all over the world
It's raining all over the world
Tonight, the longest night

 

[fox69]

"So Fine"

"So Fine"


Two drifters on the morning sky,
Two drifters sailing wide and high,
When summer breezes blow across your mind,
With you, I will walk the line.

[CHORUS]
I want it so fine
I want it so fine
I want it so fine

People walking hand in hand,
Everybody's singing to the band,
I want to be where the stars shine bright,
And hear sweet music on a summer night.

[CHORUS -- repeat]

Sundowners we'll go on and on,
We'll find the land of the midnight sun,
And when you look you'll see for miles around,
You'll see, the world is in your hand.

[CHORUS -- repeat]

[CHORUS -- repeat]

 

[fox69]

"So Serious"

"So Serious"


Night after night
I try to make it all fit together
Night after night
I see you as someone I remember
You took me by surprise
Opened up my eyes
Now we gotta talk this over.

[CHORUS:]
Can it really be so serious?
To be all broken up and delirious
I guess we've really been out of touch
But can it really be so serious?
(Serious, so serious)

Day after day
I know it's not the way that you wanted it
Day after day
I try to find the key, but it don't fit
But you know how it is
No matter what I did
We gotta talk it over.

[REPEAT CHORUS]

Tonight, tonight
I'm thinking over everything you said to me
Tonight, tonight
I'm sorry, but I just didn't see
And now it's up to you
There's nothing else to do
We've gotta talk it over.

[REPEAT CHORUS]

Serious, so serious
Is it so serious?
Serious, so serious...

 

[fox69]

"Sorrow About To Fall"

"Sorrow About To Fall"


There's a silence in the city
There's nobody around
And everyone that we knew
Moved to higher ground.

There's a shadow hanging overhead
It lingers there alone
Changing all we ever knew
The changes start to show.

[CHORUS:]
There's a sorrow about to fall
There's a sorrow about to fall.

There's a new sound in the wires
And ears are to the ground
And everything that once was ours
Has slowly turned around.

Something happened to the seasons
Started falling with the rain
And something changed forever
We gotta find a way.

[REPEAT CHORUS]

There's people in the photographs
But they all had to run
They went away to somewhere
Beyond the setting sun.

[REPEAT CHORUS]

[REPEAT CHORUS]

Sorrow about to fall, fall, fall, fall
Sorrow about to fall
Sorrow about to fall
Sorrow about to fall...