Electric Light Orchestra

[fox69]

"Laredo Tornado"

"Laredo Tornado"



Summer days, where did you go?
You've let me down so bad
Clouds fill the sky
Gone is the dream
My happy hunting ground
Wild buffalo played and I never saw a rainy day
But it looks like summer days ain't coming back

March, April, May, June and July
You took me for a fail
Big chief, he lie
Cold wind blows cruel, so cold to make you die
Mountain breeze, ocean bay and I never saw a rainy day
But it looks like them summer days ain't coming back

Laredo Tornado
Adios, amigos
What can you do when your dreamworld is gone
And your friends and lovers too?
No, no, no, no, no, no

West Winter Street under the ground
The air that makes you choke
Towers of concrete, hellish go-round
Were there when I awoke
City sky pouring down with rain
That can never hope to ease the pain
And it looks like summer days ain't coming back

Laredo Tornado
Adios, amigos
Laredo Tornado
Adios, amigos

 

[fox69]

"Last Train To London"

"Last Train To London"


It was 9-29,9-29 back street big city.
The sun was going' down,there was music all around
It felt so right.

It was one of those nights,one of those nights when
you feel the world stop turnin',you were standing
There,there was music in the air.I should have been
Away,but I knew I'd have to stay.

[CHORUS]
Last train to London,just headin' out,
Last train to London,just leavin' town.
But I really want tonight to last forever
I really wanna be with you.
Let the music play on down the line tonight.

It was one of those nights,one of those nights when
You feel the fire is burnin',everybody was there,
Everybody to share,it felt so right.

There you were on your own,lookin' like you were
The only one around,I had to be with you,
Nothin' else that I could do,
I should have been away,but I knew I'd have to say.

[Repeat Chorus]

Underneath a starry sky,time was still but hours
Must really have rushed by,I didn't realize
But love was in your eyes I really should have
Gone,but love went on and on...

[Repeat Chorus]

 

[fox69]

"Letter From Spain"

"Letter From Spain"



I read the papers this morning
I saw your photograph
You look good in the movie
It must be so much fun
Letter from Spain
From someone I once knew

I got a letter this morning
Postmark said it was from Spain
Your writing is so very strange
I guess it always was that way
Letter from Spain
From someone I once knew

 

[fox69]

"Livin' Thing"

"Livin' Thing"


Sailin' away on the crest of a wave
It's like magic
Rollin' and ridin' and slippin' & slidin'
It's magic

[CHORUS]
And you, and your sweet desire,
You took me, higher and higher
It's a livin' thing,
It's a terrible thing to lose
It's a given thing
What a terrible thing to lose.

Making believe this is what you've conceived
From your worst day,
Moving in line when you look back in time
To your first day

[CHORUS -- repeat]

Takin' a dive 'cos you can't halt the slide
Floating downstream,
So let her go don't start spoiling the show
It's a bad dream

[CHORUS -- repeat]

 

[fox69]

"Lonesome Lullaby"

"Lonesome Lullaby"



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

 

[fox69]

"Long Black Road"

"Long Black Road"



They used to tell me boy you ain't goin' nowhere
With your cheap guitar and your big long hair
You gotta realize 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"

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

 

[fox69]

"Look At Me Now"

"Look At Me Now"



Someone is waiting, lurking in the trees
The spirit of her is walking back to me
Ah look at me now feeling emotion
Ah look at me now

The King of the castle brought her to her knees
Gave the Salvation Army girl a squeeze
Ah look at me now feeling emotion
Ah look at me now
Look at me now

Now she's a sallow face
Scattering her lace -- on dewy ground
Ah, I keep searching my head
Now it's spinning around

Lifting her head, her countenance redeemed
Re-acted the murder by the silver stream
Ah look at me now displaying emotion
Ah look at me now

Look at me now so cold and yet so brave
Weave me some wings to take me to her grave
Ah look at me now feeling emotion
Ah look at me now
Look at me now

 

[fox69]

"Loser Gone Wild"

"Loser Gone Wild"


I don't mind the pain, or the jokers' cold refrain
The days pass by so slowly, I count them all again
Silence of a basement, shades all closed at noon
Lie awake for fear of strangers

Darkness comes on slowly, twilight is the ecstasy
Like a candle burning bright, shadows dance until the night
Empty rooms and chilling smiles
They go on for miles and miles

[Chorus:]
But in the evening when the sun goes down
Crawl from the shadows got to get into town
Where the music is playin' all across the night
And every cloud disappears from sight

There goes a loser, another loser gone
There goes another, another who's alone
There goes a loser, another loser gone wild

I don't mind if violins don't play
I won't listen to them anyway
I don't care what people say
Some things just can't be arranged
Icy fingers touching you.
Silent voices calling too
What else is there to lose- I am here but where are you?

[Chorus]

 

[fox69]

"Love And Rain"

"Love And Rain"



It takes a lot of rain to make a flower grow
Yes it takes a lot of love and rain
And it makes a lot of pain to see you steppin' out
Yes it makes a lot of rain

Love and rain, keep comin' back again
Ooh love and rain

Love and rain, oh the pleasure and the pain
Never feel the same again for love and rain

Love and rain, keep comin' back again
Ooh love and rain

Love and rain, love and rain
Love and rain, love and rain

Love and rain, keep comin' back again
Ooh love and rain

Love and rain, love and rain, yeah, love and rain

 

[fox69]

"Love Changes All"

"Love Changes All"



Love changes all
Love changes all
I never knew it was on my mind

But love changes all (love changes all)
Love changes all (love changes all)

You came along
You sang my song
I never knew if you would ever call

But love changes all (love changes all)
Love changes all (love changes all)

Go on, don't let it get away
Save it another day
In your life
Don't let it slip away in the night

Love changes all (love changes all)
Love changes all (love changes all)

Go on, don't let it get away
Save it another day
In your life
Don't let it slip away in the night

What could I do?
There was me and there were you
I didn't know what I'd got on my mind

But love changes all (love changes all)
Love changes all (love changes all)

Love changes all
Love changes all
Love changes all