Leo Sayer

[fox69]

"Suki's Missing"

"Suki's Missing"


Let me tell you 'bout a girl I knew
A rollin' stone
The sort of girl you give your lifetime to
But you never own
Suki's missing - she's not at home
Suki's missing - address unknown
On the paper there were fifteen words
Saying Suki's gone
A scribbled line to whom it may concern
Saying nothing's wrong
Suki's missing - told a lie or two
Suki's missing - didn't leave a clue
Missing missing missing
I call on missing persons
Leave your number you'll be called
Help me operator 'cos I'm going up the wall
I've tried every method to get Suki back again
Now I'm telling a computer
'Bout the shape that I'm in
I know it's looking bad 'cos there hasn't
Been back a word
So I'm asking in the street
"You seen a Chinese girl?"
There's a poster on the box
Upon the police station wall
There's a photo there of Suki
She was with me I recall
Suki's missing - missing
Suki's missing - missing
I got to get that Chinese girl
Suki's missing - told a lie or two
Suki's missing - didn't leave a clue

 

[fox69]

"Takin' The Easy Way Out"

"Takin' The Easy Way Out"


You contend
Oh that you'll never go back to her again
You're as free as a night without end
So you tell your friends
Just what you had to endure
When you told her never, never again
And as the room about you starts to bend
You pretend
That you've taken the easy way out
Though you know when you told her last night
You were facing the easy way out
With one hand reachin' for the door
But your feet weren't movin'
They were nailed to the floor
As she told you once more
There's no easy way to get out
She's not like you
She'd rather stay at home and not get the blues
And if you ever do try to intrude
She's so respectfully rude
So it was hard to believe
Last night while you were drunk and threatening to leave
That she walked thorugh the door with such ease
And threw you the key
And she's takin' the easy way out
And now you're alone with no number to call
She's taken the easy way out
With one hand reachin' for the door
And you so speechless
Marooned on the floor
She walked out of your life
Couldn't stand it no more
Now you're all on your own
'Cos she's taken the easy way out
[Solo]
You know she's taken the easy way out
Oh, but your pride will only admit to a lie
She's taken the easy way out
But to your friends
You're the hero of the night
Drowning with beer all the tears in your eyes
Hopin' it don't show that you're dyin' inside
'Cos you can't quite believe
That she's taken the easy way out
No going back now
Stuck here on your own
Lookin' for a home
Drunk and on the streets
Stuck on your feet
Say babe we should talk about it
Hey, babe we should talk about it
Maybe we can come to some arrangement
Why can't we talk about it
Why can't we
Just like old times sit and talk about it
Y'see there's no easy way out
Why can't you come back

 

[fox69]

"Telepath"

"Telepath"


I'm leaving the smog below me now
I'm leaving my troubles on the ground
I'm watching those smokestacks just blaze away
The sky will be blue never grey
The future is filled with wasted time
I can't see the road
I'm going blind
I'm laughing at all of my future plans
Shining like gold in my hand
Isn't it funny how you reach me
You know exactly what I'm thinking
You're always helping me from sinking
It's your way
Hello, this is London calling
Is my flight due
Hello, Is there someway I can reach you
Isn't it funny when you call me
You call me up while I'm sleeping
You're always helping me from sinking
It's your way
Now this is the end of all my dreams
The drumming has stopped behind my ears
There's no looking back
'Cos I'm too far away
I'm shaking like mad in a daze
Then out of the night you join me here
The people around me, they disappear
And I hear your voice and you speak to my eyes
And every thing comes alive
Isn't it funny how you read me
You know exactly what I'm thinking
You're always helping me from sinking
It's your own way, it's your way, it's your way
Hello, this is London calling
Is my flight due
Hello, Is there someway I can reach you
I said Hello, Hello, this is London calling
Is my flight due
Hello, Hello, Is there someway I can reach you
Isn't it funny how you reach me
You call me up when I am sleeping
You're always helping me from sinking
It's your way
It's your way
It's your way

 

[fox69]

"The Dancer"

"The Dancer"


Jeanette was a dancer
I suppose I knew her well
Her feet danced miracles
I was lost within her spell
Jeanette knew a singer
Was the leader of some band
Looked just like a boy
And stood just like a man
And it rains all down the avenue
Yes it rains all down the avenue
Just for you
Just for you
Just for you boy
Just for you
The kids in the back street cry
You hear their voices in your brain
The world is full of hungry souls
Behind the window panes
Little Jenny on the high wire
Slow motion as she fell
Sometimes I think the wire is me
The tragedy as well
And it rains all down the avenue
Oh yes it rains all down the avenue
It rains all down the avenue
Just for you
Just for you
Just for you boy
Just for you
Just for you boy
Just for you

[Solo]

I work on the west side
Jeanette I pulled your strings
I stood upon the pavement
I never owned a thing
And still I am the singer
I know my song so well
The rain falls through my eyes
And lands below the shell
And it rains all down the avenue
Yes it rains all down the avenue
Oh yes it rains all down the avenue
Just for you boy
Just for you
Just for you boy
Just for you

 

[fox69]

"The End"

"The End"


He says he doesn't care
To the girl with the painted hair
And staggers through the angry crowd
Like it isn't there
Feels like a wall of sound
As he crashes down
No-one stops to look
When he hits the ground
We're the nouveaux rich
On a one way tip
Living out on a razor's edge
Just to get our kicks
We're gonna take a stand
'Til the world is in our hands
And if we win or lose
We don't give a damn
Hollow people living empty lives
Looking vacant in the neon lights
Who need the truth when you can live a lie
Can't stop now it's too late
Cos we're running blind
'Til the end - comes like a thunder
Yeah, and we all fall under
No-one gives a damn
Come on now - let's meet the end

[Solo]

He tries to make it home
Head like a block of stone
His eyes so closed up now
His arm so full of dope
There's nowhere left to run
He cries out but no-one comes
In the back of some dark alley
He dies alone
Hollow people living empty lives
Hearts feel nothing in the neon lights
Feelings here are so cheap these days
No-one really cares
If we lose of if we win
Yeah, were the angry youth
Yeah, don't wanna be like you
Yeah, we do what we want
'Til we wanna die
Yeah, we're the nouveaux rich
Yeah, we gotcha in our grip
There's no escape for you
'Cos we're running blind
We're so angry
We're just so angry
Angry
We're all so angry
In the end

 

[fox69]

"The End Of The Game"

"The End Of The Game"


Though he heard her clearly
She said it so sincerely
That's something that he doesn't understand
Her words were choked and broken
She left him with a token
The note he is holding in his hand
(Don't let me down, don't let me down)
Is this the end of the game
And will you put out the flame
And fly away
Don't fly away
Now let's find out who's too blame
And start all over again
Don't fly away
Don't fly away
Way across the city
Waiting on a taxi
Holding cases
Standing in the hall
Thinking "well if only"
She's feeling sad and lonely
Hoping 'gainst all hope that he will call
Don't let me down
Don't let me down
Is this the end of the game
And should I put out the flame
And fly away, and fly away
And if I walk out again
Is it true that the pain
Will fly away, fly away
Fly away
The taxi driver's talking
But she doesn't hear a single word he says
Fly away,
The tears fall so easily
Keep falling 'til she climbs aboard the plane
And it's the end of the game
With only fortune to blame
[Solo]
Yes, it's the end of the game
But love was given in vain
Sail away, sail away
Just like the sunshine and rain
It's true that one day will pain will fly away
Fly away, fly away

 

[fox69]

"The Kids Grown Up"

"The Kids Grown Up"


Southdown Motor Co, 2A bus
You can see right inside my parent's house
Sitting at the table and my dinners up
It's gonna be different when the kid's grown up
Gonna save some money and quit this job
Light the way
Clear the stage
The kid's grown up
Used to play in the underground, Hyde Park
Now I'm riding in a limousine through the underpass
I'm sitting in an aeroplane it's all such a rush
People all around me making so much fuss
And I've gotta little money
'Ain't gonna burn me up
If I'm in your town
Tonight I am, watch out
The kid's grown up
[Solo]
I gotta little money, ain't going to burn me up
If I'm in your town
Tonight I am, watch out
The kid's grown up
Watch out
The kid's grown up
Watch out
The kid's grown up

 

[fox69]

"The Last Gig Of Johnny B. Goode"

"The Last Gig Of Johnny B. Goode"


He pleads to his manager
There seems to be no way out
Have one last cigarette
No time to put it out
He's quitting this time for good
This is the last gig for Johnny B. Goode
And now the pressure's really on
Black limousines close in
His hotel suite is really neat
But the flight nearly did him in
A telegram said "Break a leg"
And the doctor say's "He's broken his head"
So set up the amps
And play it loud
So no one will hear the words
A good job
They wouldn't wanna hang around
Set up the lights
But keep 'em dim
So no one will see him in
The state that he's in
"Ladies and gentlemen
For the last time will you welcome
A man who if he could help it
Would not be here tonight
A man who has nothing
Nothing left to prove
Bye bye, bye Johnny B. Goode"
The agent's looking restless
He says "This house is awful bad"
He said "we should have booked the audience
Rather than booked the band"
He's quitting this tour for good
'Cos they won't turn up for Johnny B. Goode
Set up the amps
Play it loud
So no one can hear the words
Good job
They wouldn't wanna hang around
Bye, Bye Johnny B. Goode
Bye, Bye Johnny
Bye, Bye Johnny B. Goode
Bye, Bye, Johnny B. Goode
Bye, Bye Johnny
Bye, Bye Johnny B. Goode
Bye, Bye Johnny
Bye, Bye Johnny B. Goode

 

[fox69]

"The Show Must Go On"

"The Show Must Go On"


Baby, although I chose this lonely life
It seems it's strangling me now
All the wild men, big cigars, gigantic cars
They're all laughing at me now
Oh I've been used
I've been taken for a fool, oh what a fool
I broke all the rules
But I won't let the show go on
Baby look there's an enormous crowd of people
And they're all after my blood
I wish maybe they'd tear down the walls
Of this theatre and let me out, let me out
Oh I've been so blind
I've wasted time
Wasted, wasted, oh so much time
Walking on the wire, high wire
But I won't let the show go on
[Scat verse]
Oh I've been so blind
I've wasted time
Wasted, wasted, oh so much time
Walking on the wire, high wire
But I won't let the show go on
Baby I wish you'd help me escape
And help me get away
Leave me outside my address
Far away from this masquerade
I've been so used I've been so abused
I've been a fool I broke all the rules
I've been so used oh and abused
But I won't let the show go
I said I won't let the show oh
Won't let the show go on

 

[fox69]

"The World Has Changed"

"The World Has Changed"


Though the world has changed
We're still the same
You know that I love you - yeah
Though the world has changed
We're still the same
You know that I love you - yeah, yeah
Counting the months and the years
When I lived alone
The days were so bleak
And the nights were so black and cold
Walkin' around in the street
In the pouring rain
Hanging 'round waitin' for love
But it never came
Suddenly you were there
Though I never thought about you
Now that the world has changed
It's so strange how I found you
Sharing a secret that no one
Could understand
Feeling brave in my heart
Yet too scared to let go of your hand
Runnin' wild in the streets
Just the way all the young lovers do
You only livin' for me
And me only for you
Suddenly life had changed
When you said I love you
And though the words were plain
It's so strange
You said I love you
And oh how my life has changed
After searchin' in vain
I found you

[Solo]

Though the world has changed
We're still the same - I still love you
Though the world has changed
Aah, we're still the same, y'know I love you
One night I thought that you were gone
What could I do?
Runnin' around in the pouring rain
Lookin' for you
Wondering if I'd ever see you again
Then through the darkness
I heard you calling my name
Loving you when you're not there
I'm never lonely anywhere
Outside the world has changed
We're the same
I still love you
And though the world has changed
The words are the same
You know I love you