Leo Sayer

[fox69]

"Bedsitterland"

"Bedsitterland"


I'm thinking of taking
The easy way out
Open the window
And fall to the ground
I could do it, wouldn't be much too it
I gotta little place here in the city
It's kinda small and dirty, it's a bedsitter
And there's a lot of us living here
Wall to wall in one big house
And when the night comes round
I can see a lot of lonely lights
There are people in there breathing
But it don't seem right
In the streets way down below me
I'm listening for one sound
But nobody comes around
In bedsitterland
And there's a man down below me on the balcony
Crying to be heard
Screaming to be heard
I'm haunted by his words
And the people in the street just shrug their shoulders
Saying he's disturbed
He's in another world
Screaming at the birds
Crying to be heard
I hear his every word
I've slept in the gutter on a summer's day
Oh I've bummed cigarettes in the night cafes
Oh I've joined the breadline
Believe I got a deadline
I gotta little place here in the city
Oh it's kind of small and dirty, it's a bedsitter
And there's a lot of us living here
Wall to wall in one big house
And when the night comes 'round
I can see a lot of lonely lights
There are people outside breathing
But id don't seem right
In the street way down below me
I'm listening for just a sound
But nobody comes around
Oh the lights are going down
Nobody comes around
In bedsitterland

 

[fox69]

"Bells Of St. Mary's"

"Bells Of St. Mary's"


He used to play mouth-organ in a folk-club
In a pub they call the Lady Jane
Oh the sounds as his friends and he would holler
Songs of love and songs of pain
There wasn't much that he could use his time for
So he used to practice every day
Play the mouth-organ blues and holler
"Someday soon I'm gonna breakaway"
He used to listen to the bells of St. Mary's
As they would echo through those early days
And sometimes even now he thinks he still hears them
Though they're but a thousand miles away
[Solo]
And so he came into this crazy business
And do you know the stars all fell his way
And he became another of those rock and roll troubadours
Threw that mouth-organ far away
And so he listens to the bells of St. Mary's
And so their echo haunts him every day
So clear that he could reach out and touch them
Although they're but a thousand miles away...
Though they're but a thousand miles away...

 

[fox69]

"Candygram"

"Candygram"


Candy took a walk
Deep into Manhattan
Sold her soul to the devil there
Now she can't get it back – no she can't get it back

She's waiting in a phone booth
For a man to come save her
But he's taken every dollar that she made
And she can't get it back – no she can't get it back

Jesus is in heaven and Mary's in the stable
But Candy's got nowhere to go to sleep
Her poppa's in the graveyard and her momma's back in Kansas
Praying to the angels of the weak
For Candy's soul to keep

Candy was a boy
Who never played no ball games
Missed out on every ride at the fair
Now she can't get it back – no she can't get it back

Candy feels the breeze
And heads out on the highway
No one's gonna miss her when she's gone
No they won't have her back – no they won't get her back

Jesus is in heaven and Judas's in jailhouse
Chasing our poor Candy round the cell
Where are all the saints and where are all the angels
Why is every day a living hell – a living hell

Now Candy wants to die but can't afford the burial
Mama doesn't want her and won't pay
No she won't take her back – no she won't take her back

So Candy has a plan
She'll ride out on the beltway
Take the road until she dissapears
And they won't get her back – no they won't get her back

She can't get it back – no she won't get it back

Can't get it – don't get it
Can't get it – won't get it

 

[fox69]

"Cool Touch"

"Cool Touch"


Hanging out with the night-time clientele
Place your ladder for the social climb
Same old routine that you know so well
Another opening and another line
It's the cool touch
Yeah the cool touch
Call your lover on the mobile phone
C'mon over we'll have some fun
Leave a message sayin' there's no one home
I guess the good times just begun
It's the cool touch
Yeah the cool touch
Cool touch - too much - it's too much
Too much - cool touch - or not enough
Cool touch - too much - too much
Too much - cool touch - it's not enough
Take me take me to the sky above
Fool me fool me with your words of love
Cool touch - too much
Now she's reclining in the back of the sports car
Champagne and glasses he slips right in
No passing stranger could've torn them two apart
Some games you play and you just can't help but win
The cool touch
Yeah the cool touch
Cool touch - too much - it's too much
Too much - cool touch - it's not enough
Cool touch - too much - too much
Too much - cool touch - it's not enough
Take me take me to the sky above
Fool me fool me with these words of love
Cool touch - too much
A wind is blowing through this get rich town
She wraps the fur round her pretty waist
He feels a shiver as he grips the wheel
Feeling strangely out of place
Cool touch - too much -it's too much
Too much - cool touch - maybe not enough
Cool touch - too much - too much
Too much - cool touch - it's not enough
Bring me bring me someone I can trust
All this glitter's just bag of dust
Cool touch - too much - it's too much
Too much - cool touch - it's not enough
I had enough of this cool touch
Kids stuff
But I can't get enough
Cool touch - too much - too much
Too much - cool touch - it's not enough

 

[fox69]

"Dancing The Night Away"

"Dancing The Night Away"


Standing beside of the ocean
Looking out across the water
Everything is beautiful
But I still don't feel like I oughta
Things we wanted, not so long ago
I got 'em all now, babe
But I ain't got you no more
Still I remember
The way you held me
And all the sweet things you used to say
When we were two young lovers
Dancing the night away
I remember everything
Dresses you used to wear
You were so light and graceful
You seem to float right through the air
And me I looked so funny dancing
But you loved me anyhow
Now I wish I could find somebody
To love me like that now
But I remember
The way you held me
And all the sweet things you used to say
When we were two young lovers
Dancing the night away

[Solo]

Standing beside of the ocean
Looking out across the bay
I should look for companionship
But it just gets in my way
Yeah, all the lights are flickering
Out along the shore
Well, I see people dancing there
But I just don't dance no more
Still I remember
They way you held me
And all the sweet things you used to say
When were two young lovers
Dancing the night away
Let me see you dance
Let me see you dance
Oh, baby, let me see you dance
I can still see you dance
I remember you dancing
Oh, baby, let me see you dance
C'mon, let me see you dance

 

[fox69]

"Darlin'"

"Darlin'"


I don't know if words can say
But darlin' I'll find a way
To let you know what you mean to me
I guess it was meant to be
Now I hold you in my heart
As my life's most precious part
Oh darlin'
I dream about you often my pretty darlin'
I love the way you soften my life with your love
Your precious love, oh
Now I was living like half a man
And then I couldn't love but now I can
You pick me up when I'm feeling sad
You give me soul I never had
I'm gonna love you every single night
Cause I think you're outta sight
Oh darlin'
I dream you often my pretty darlin'
I love the way you soften my life with your love
Your precious love, oh, oh
I'm crazy but I wake up in the dead of night
I think some other fella's gonna hold you tight
What would life be like without you by my side
I'm crazy but I worry 'bout you day and night
Oh
Ooh darlin'
Ooh
Oh darlin'
I dream about you often my pretty darlin'
Love the way you soften my life with your love
Your precious love oh, oh
You soften my life with your precious love, oh
I love the way you soften my life with your love
I love the way you soften my life with your love
Oh darlin'
I love the way you soften my life
With your love
Oh darlin'
I worry all about you darlin'
Couldn't live without you darlin'
I worry all about you darlin', yeah
Crazy all about you darlin'
Oh darlin'

 

[fox69]

"Don't Look Away"

"Don't Look Away"


Well, she talks in her sleep
'Bout the men she meets
With so much passion
In the morning I ask
But she takes me to task
Says I'm over-reacting
She's a woman, playing woman's games
When I ask her, she looks at me like I'm strange
I say, don't look away, babe
When I'm talking to you
Don't look way, babe
It'll do you no good
I'm into your game, babe
I been listening to you
Don't look away babe
Don't look away, no
Well, she sits on the phone
Like she's here on her own
Making these calls to no-one
Then she slides out a ten
Says she's seeing a friend
She's got so much going on
She's a woman, playing woman's games
When I ask her
She looks at me like I'm strange
I say, "don't look away, babe
When I'm talking to you"
Don't look away, babe
When you know it's no good
I'm into your game, babe
I've been listening to you
Don't look away babe
Don't look away, oh no
[Solo]
Well, I follow her down to some part of town
Where we've never been before
There's a car in the drive, and a man sits inside
I gotta stop her, before she gets in
She's a woman, playing woman's games
When I ask her
She looks at me like I'm insane
I say, "Don't look away, babe
When I'm talking to you"
Don't look away, babe
It'll do you no good
I'm into your game, babe
I've been listening to you
Don't look away babe
Don't look away, babe
[Solo]
Don't walk away
Don't you walk away

 

[fox69]

"Don't Look Back"

"Don't Look Back"


Some people terrified of spiders and snakes
Ladders and space – oh what a waste
Some people never climb over the wall
Think they're too small and hide their face
Some people live their life under glass
Stay in their past – sit on their ass
I'm here to tell you that life is a gas
Tomorrow's a blast so don't look back
So come on 'n pick it up
Throw some coffee in that dirty 'ol cup
Eyes on the prize – re-energise
There's another party waiting to use your sky
Push your legs into a new pair of shoes
Don't stop you'll only get the loser's blues
Out there somebody's waiting on you
To reach out and throw 'em some slack
Behind everyone lies a mistake
A terrible place – a bad break
You can't remember every bug that you killed
Every bottle you spilled – each swallowed pill
I like to think I got no enemies
Yet here comes someone with a knife in his teeth
Telling everyone he's a looking for me
For something or other I done – oh boy
I get up and I run
Dodge every bullet from the "your guilty" gun
I paid the price – had my fun
Committed my sins – I lied to my mum
I keep my head above this watery grave
Keep my eyes on the prize – pretend I'm brave
One thing I ain't is nobody's slave
I watch my front and my back (Don't look back)
So come on 'n pick it up
Throw some coffee in that dirty 'ol cup
Eyes on the prize – re-energise
There's another party waiting to use your sky
Push your legs into a new pair of shoes
Don't stop you'll only get the loser's blues
Out there somebody's waiting on you
Reach out and throw 'em some slack (Don't look back)

 

[fox69]

"Don't Say It's Over"

"Don't Say It's Over"


They say that we could be in love
They say that we could be
They say we'll fall
Like others will fall
Don't tell me that it's over
You know you'll break my heart
Don't tell me that it's over
You'll see me fall apart
Don't tell that it's over
Or else I, well I might fall apart
Now, when we first met
I was just a poor boy on the street
And you looked at me and took me in
Yeah, and knocked me off my feet
Now you don't really wanna break things up
The things we've been through, boy they're enough
Don't tell me that it's over
Don't say that it's over
You know you'll break my heart
Don't tell me that it's over
You'll see me fall apart
Don't tell that it's over
Or else I, well I might fall apart
They say that we could be in love
They say that we could be

 

[fox69]

"Don't Wait Until Tomorrow"

"Don't Wait Until Tomorrow"


Don't wait until tomorrow
It may come too late
Don't wait until tomorrow
Only fools hesitate
Take hold of every chance
That's offered to you
Don't say it can wait
That never will do
Don't wait until tomorrow
'Cos it won't wait for you
Well I wonder sometimes
What the future will be
And all that it tells me
Is wait and see
Should I let the wind carry me
Like a wave on the shore
But I don't want my life
To just pass me by
When I think I'll grow old
It just makes me cry
There's too much to do and to say
And I don't have the time
It's all a waste of time
Don't wait until tomorrow
The waiting's no fun
Don't wait until tomorrow
Tomorrow never comes
Take hold of every chance
That's offered to you
Don't say it can wait
That never will do
Don't wait until tomorrow
'Cos it won't wait for you
[Solo]
And this is the time where my heart belongs
I've waited in this town for much too long
Feeling like a leaf on a tree
I'm waiting to fall
I think I've seen it all
Don't wait until tomorrow
It may come too late
Don't wait until tomorrow
Only fools hesitate
Take hold of every chance that's offered to you
Don't say it can wait that never will do
Don't wait until tomorrow
'Cos it won't wait for tomorrow, no
Don't wait until tomorrow
It won't wait for you
[Solo]
It won't wait for you