Electric Light Orchestra

[fox69]

"From The Sun To The World (Boogie #1)"

"From The Sun To The World (Boogie #1)"



Listen to me sister, I got news from the governor,
and he's heard people shouting from the towers in the city
while their babies grow in test tubes over night

Run and fetch the priest cos there's a light on in the building
and there's sounds blowin out in the music of the night
and we should try to get the people out alive

Movin 'cross the ocean with the flag of death a'flyin
the demon butcher pointin out the message on the tide
and the demon light a'sailin at his side

Stormin down the airwaves comes the protest and the prayin
and the love that shone down from the sun to world
no longer could support the life it gave

 

[fox69]

"Getting To The Point"

"Getting To The Point"


And there's nothing I can do now
Out of control (out of control)
Swimming softly through the blue now
And look beyond these walls
As the meaning starts to dawn
It's getting to the point
Getting to the point.

It's out of control (nothing I can do)
Like a fire that keeps on burning
And nobody knows (what I'm going through)
And the thoughts just keep returning
And all you had to say
Was that you were gonna stay
It's getting to the point
Getting to the point.

[CHORUS:]
It's getting to the point
Where nobody can stop it now
It's getting to the point
Of no return
And all that I can do
Is stand and watch it now
Watch it burn, burn, burn
It's getting to the point
Where reasons are forgotten
It's getting to the point
Where no one knows
And all that I can do
Is say I'm sorry
But that's the way it goes...

Getting to the point.

Forever
Is a long, long way
Forever
Takes your breath away
I'd like to talk about it, try to understand
It's getting to the point
Getting to the point.

[REPEAT CHORUS]

It's getting to the point (getting to the point)
Getting to the point (getting to the point)
It's getting to the point (getting to the point)
Getting to the point.

 

[fox69]

"Heaven Only Knows"

"Heaven Only Knows"


(Heaven only knows...)
Oh, I know it's strange
But I think that it's about to change
So I'll take the chance
To get back into the straight again

[CHORUS:]
Heaven only knows (I'm really on the level)
Heaven only knows (I'm trying to find a way)
Heaven only knows (I'm walking down the straight & lonely road today)

(Again...)

(Heaven only knows...)
Now the sun will shine
And I'm gonna work it out this time
And before the light
All I gotta take is one more night.

[REPEAT CHORUS]

Heaven only knows, heaven only knows
Heaven only knows, heaven only knows
Heaven only knows, heaven only knows
Heaven only knows, heaven only knows
Heaven only knows.

(Heaven only knows)
As the hours go by
I can only wonder why
You can change your mind
But you never change the price.

[REPEAT CHORUS]

Heaven only knows, heaven only knows
Heaven only knows, heaven only knows.

[REPEAT CHORUS]

 

[fox69]

"Hello My Old Friend"

"Hello My Old Friend"


Early morning day is dawning
Cooling towers and factory gates
Dirty streets and laughing people
Skinny dogs and beer crates

Hello my old friend
Hello my old friend

Sad canals green black water
Somewhere bicycles and beds
Wet and windy afternoons
And pigeons coo in garden sheds

Hello my old friend
Hello my old friend

High-rise tower blocks with panoramic
Views of trains and coal
Tiehead railway tracks tread faithfully
The gas works to behold

Hello my old friend
Hello my old friend

Just to see the sunset
Pretty rainbows over your majestic towers
To feel your earth beneath my feet
Here I could stand for hours and hours

[young girls sing Fara Jacka in the background]

Big machines that once were champions
Turn to dust under the sky
Broken windows choking chimneys
Factory walls for miles and miles

By bye my old friend
By bye my old friend

Just to see the sunset pretty rainbows over your majestic towers
To feel your earth beneath my feet
Here I could stand for hours and hours

 

[fox69]

"Helpless"

"Helpless"



Helpless, helpless, helpless, helpless

I thought about it but I couldn't think of what to say
But I thought about it anyway.......yeah
I tried to tell you what you mean to me
But it didn't come so easily..........no

I never reckoned
For more than a second
Just how it would be on my own

I'd be helpless, without you
I'd be helpless, without you

The dawn that calls beyond the night
Tells its old story.
The shadows fade into the light
In all it's glory.

Helpless
Helpless baby I'm a helpless
Helpless baby
I'm a Helpless

If I could put a good shine on the past
Do you think that we could make it last - oh yeah
Seems to my mind the time goes fast
I wonder if the vote is cast

Now that you mention it,
Got my attention
I quite clearly blew me away

I'd be helpless, without you
I'd be helpless, without you

The dawn that calls beyond the night
Tells its old story.
The shadows fade into the light
In all it's glory.

Helpless
Helpless baby I'm a helpless
Helpless baby
I'm a Helpless, without you
I'd be helpless, without you

Helpless, helpless, helpless, helpless

 

[fox69]

"Here Is The News"

"Here Is The News"



Here is the news
Coming to you every hour on the hour
(Here is the news)
The weather's fine but there may be a meteor shower.

Here is the news
A cure's been found for good old rocket lag
(Here is the news)
Someone left their life behind in a plastic bag.

Here is the news
Here is the news
Here is the news.

("Spaceworkers dispute in London today.
A lightning strike by air shuttle officers
led to over 2,000 passengers being held up
for up to 10 hours to board flights...")

("Ten Eurotechnicians were today sentenced
by the justice computer to be banished for life
to the prison satellite Penal One...")

Here is the news
Another action filled adventure
(Here is the news)
All the worst from the world convention.

Here is the news (the very latest)
Here is the news
Here is the news
Here is the news

("... shares of Roboko Development are now climbing...")
("... a very great friend of mine...")
("... our regular scheduled programs...")
("... the latest report from the people down there...")
("... a tiny little detail...")
("... I'd like to say hello to everybody...")

Here is the news
I wanna go home, I want my baby back
(Here is the news)
I wanna go back!

Here is the news
Somebody has broken out of Satellite Two
(Here is the news....)
Look very carefully, it may be you, you, you, you...

("... the energy counsel today announced...")
("... the archbishop is waving to the crowds...")
("... the World Broadcasting Authority today announced...")
("... I think that's going to be alright, you'll have to wait & see...")
("... I'll call you back later...")

Here is the news.

 

[fox69]

"Hold On Tight"

"Hold On Tight"


Hold on tight to your dream
Hold on tight to your dream
When you see your ship go sailing
When you feel your heart is breaking
Hold tight to your dream.

It's a long time to be gone
Time just rolls on and on
When you need a shoulder to cry on
When you get so sick of trying
Just hold tight to your dream

[CHORUS:]
When you get so down that you can't get up
And you want so much but you're all out of luck
When you're so downhearted and misunderstood
Just over & over & over you could

Accroches-toi a ton reve
Accroches-toi a ton reve
Quand tu vois ton bateau partir
Quand tu sents -- ton coeur se briser
Accroches-toi a ton reve.

[REPEAT CHORUS]

Hold on tight to your dream
Hold on tight to your dream
When you see the shadows falling
When you hear that cold wind calling
Hold on tight to your dream.

Oh, yeah
Hold on tight to your dream
Yeah, hold on tight...
To your dream.

 

[fox69]

"I'm Alive"

"I'm Alive"


I'm alive - and the world shines for me today
I'm alive - suddenly I am here today
Seems like forever (and a day), thought I could never (feel this way)
Is this really me? I'm alive, I'm alive

I'm alive - and the dawn breaks across the sky
I'm alive - and the sun rises up so high
Lost in another world (far away), never another word (till today)
But what can I say? I'm alive, I'm alive, I'm alive

[Instrumental break]

Suddenly came the dawn (from the night), suddenly I was born (into light)
How can it be real? I'm alive, I'm alive, I'm alive

I'm alive - and the world shines for me today
I'm alive - suddenly I am here today
Seems like forever (and a day), thought I could never (feel this way)
Is this really me? I'm alive, I'm alive, I'm alive

[Instrumental break]

I'm alive, I'm alive, I'm alive, I'm alive

 

[fox69]

"Illusions In G Major"

"Illusions In G Major"


On the seven seas there was aphantom ship acoming,
Shinin' in the dead of night,
I heard the crew a hummin'
Tunes that sounded like the Rolling Stones and Leonard Cohen.
But they didn't know the words,
So I assumed that they was foreign.

[CHORUS]
But I heard them just the same doctor let me teach 'em,
I just wanna please 'em, doctor let me teach 'em.

I looked up in the sky there was a phantom plane a comin',
Shinin' in the dead of night,
I heard the pilot saying,
Poems that were written by John Keats and Robert Browning.
But he didn't know the words so,
I suppose that it was nothing.

[CHORUS]
But I heard them just the same doctor let me teach 'em,
I just wanna please 'em, doctor let me teach 'em.

Doctor please believe me, I know you won't decieve me,
But do these things I'm seein', have any hidden meaning.
It's all good entertainment and it doesn't cost a penny.
So please doc, let me teach 'em, if I could only reach 'em.

[CHORUS]
But I heard them just the same doctor let me teach 'em,
I just wanna please 'em, doctor let me teach 'em.

 

[fox69]

"In For The Kill"

"In For The Kill"



Listen to the money talk
Listen to it scream
Only lots of paper
But it haunts them in their dreams.

Doesn't matter who they are
Doesn't matter where
Some people can't get enough
That is their only care.

Going in for the kill
In for the kill.

In for the kill, in for the slaughter
In for the thrill of the power game
In for the kill, in for the finish
They've got to win, it's the only way.

In for the kill.

Sitting in a darkened room
Sharing out the land
Someone holds a document
And smiles as they shake hands.

Going in for the kill
In for the kill.

In for the kill, in for the slaughter
In for the thrill of the power game
In for the kill, in for the finish
They've got to win, it's the only way.

In for the kill.

Everywhere you wander,
Wander where you will
Someone's making deals
And going in for the kill.

In for the kill, in for the slaughter
In for the thrill of the power game
In for the kill, in for the finish
They've got to win, it's the only way.

In for the kill, in for the slaughter
In for the thrill of the power game
In for the kill, in for the finish
They've got to win, it's the only way.

In for the kill
In for the kill
In for the kill
In for the kill
In for the kill
In for the kill
In for the kill...