Leo Sayer

[fox69]

"Goodnight Old Friend"

"Goodnight Old Friend"


Farewell old friend
Leave me now be gone
My soul is weak
My mind is never strong
Watch my hands at night
And see the way they're shaking
See the endless road
See the way it's taking
And it's still the same old night
And it still just don't seem right
And this darkness blinds my eyes
Writing down my life
On endless scraps of paper
Years of hanging round
A life of wasted labour
And it's still the same old night
And somehow it don't feel right
And this darkness blinds my eyes
Goodnight old friend
I'll see you once again
The dawn will come
And haunt me once again
Watch my life unfold
And see the shape it's taking
Watch my fingers write
And see the way they're shaking
And it's still the same old night
And somehow it don't feel right
And this darkness blinds my eyes
Goodnight old friend
I'll see you once again
The dawn will come
And haunt us once again
And it's still the same old night
And it's still the same old night
And it's still the same old night
Ah, it's still the same old night

 

[fox69]

"Have You Ever Been In Love"

"Have You Ever Been In Love"


In the morning light
Half awake and half asleep
Have you ever lay there thinking
Was it all in a dream
But you reach out and she's there
Every moment everywhere
Have you ever been in love
Have you ever felt how far a heart can fall
Have you ever stayed up waiting for a telephone call
Just to hear her say hello
'Cos you miss each other so
Have you ever been in love
Have there been times to laugh
And times you really wanna cry
Finding reasons to believe her
'Cos you'd die a little if she lied
And when in times of doubt
Have you ever tried to work it out
But still she leaves you wondering what it's all about
When she's far away, did you ever felt the need to stray
And tried and then discovered it just doesn't pay
And with her you can be true
For with her you can be you
Have you ever been in love
Have there been times to laugh
And times you really wanna cry
Finding reasons to believe her
'Cos you'd die a little if she lied
And when in times of doubt
Have you ever tried to work it out
But still she leaves you wondering what it's all about
[Solo]
And when in times of doubt
Have you ever tried to work it out
And still she leaves you wondering what it's all about
And when the night comes down
Can you call this house a home
Do you dream you're still together
And wake up alone
Have you ever been in love
The way that I'm in love
Have you ever been in love

 

[fox69]

"Heart (Stop Beating In Time)"

"Heart (Stop Beating In Time)"


We're giving up on all the emptiness
I fill it up with your sweet love beside me
Ain't no fun to be a rolling stone inside
You buy the feeling and then you pay with tears
For what it matters you go with the motion
Then out of nowhere there's a full moon rising
And it's mine
And every, every moment is the history we make and more
We got a legacy of understanding, I
Can love you better but don't let your
Heart stop beating in time
Don't take me below the danger level
Caught up in the middle of a misery
Don't let me die
And I warn you if you let your
Heart stop beating in time
Don't make it a fatal combination
I won't ever find another your love like yours, no, no
Got to get closer, got to be in sight
You make it heaven to breathe with you woman
Don't you get lonely in the midnight hour like me
And there's an angel that I follow on the wind, and more
Within a universe of undiscovered eyes
We found each other so don't let your
Heart stop beating in time
Don't take me below the danger level
Caught up in the middle of a misery
Oh baby don't let it be
Save my soul
I don't wanna be no chains that hold
Gotta be a wild new world out
There is a plan
I don't wanna be no one night stand
Gonna be alive for you
Now here is the love
I can hold it in my hand
Can you feel it
I'm nothing if you let your
Heart stop beating in time
Don't take me below the danger level
Caught up in the middle of this misery
Don't let me down
If you let your heart stop beating in time
You're making a fatal combination
I wont' ever find another love like yours
Don't let me down
Don't let your heart stop beating in time
Don't take me below the danger level
Living in the middle of this misery
Don't let it die

 

[fox69]

"Heaven Knows"

"Heaven Knows"


Nowadays they want a solider fighter
Not a preacher writer or a mystery man
Somebody told me that the future's brighter
Make tomorrow lighter put it in your hands
But I don't wanna cry anymore
Try anymore
Die anymore
Heaven knows I'm impatient
I can't control these hands of fate
Heaven knows I'm still waiting
Are they too soon or am I too late
Oh is that so
Only heaven knows
Well I wanna know
Tell me is that so
Only heaven knows
Heaven only knows
Here come the Romeos the brave I told you so's
The travelling G.I. Joes with come on lines
Here come the great defenders
Who think they can befriend us
Why do we all pretend to know these guys
Well I don't wanna wait anymore
Be late anymore
Hate anymore
Heaven knows I'm impatient
I can't control these hands of fate
Heaven knows I'm still waiting
Are they too soon or am I too late
Oh is that so
Only heaven knows
Well I wanna know
Tell me is that so
Only heaven knows
Heaven only knows
What a strange design
It's a planet out of time
Someone tell me why
Is the world like that
[Solo]
Oh heaven knows
I said oh heaven knows
Heaven knows I'm impatient
I can't control these hands of fate
Heaven knows I'm still waiting
Are they doo soon or am I too late
You resign yourself to a simple fate
To live your life by the sell by date
Haul yourself up the same old hill
Watch the world from you windowsill
We always want what we can't afford
So we listen out for the missing chord
The chord is there and it's in your mind
So why do you make it so hard to find

 

[fox69]

"Heroes"

"Heroes"


I live in the times
That you left behind
I sold 'em my mind for nickels and dimes
I must have been blind
I search for the cause
That has no reward
I've tried to move on
But everyone's gone on and I
Can't get it back
No, I can't get it back
I'm always reaching for the right track
Where has it gone why can't I get it back
Where have my heroes gone
I've no-one to hold on to
I'm out here standing on a landslide
I'm out here falling through a paper sky
Where have my heroes gone
I've nothing to hold onto
Lost in a daze
I'll never erase
When radio waves
Would take us away
On dreams that we've made
Like an old song
I just don't belong
But I try to be strong
So let the music roll on
We can't get it back
Yes, I can't get it back
I'm always listening for the right track
And when it's gone I wanna play it back
Where have my heroes gone
I've no-one left to hold on to
I'm out here standing on a landslide
I'm out here falling through a paper sky
Where have my heroes gone
I've no one left to hold on to, oh
(Don't let those heroes die
Their songs have changed our lives
They came they saw
They conquered all
Don't let them die
And say goodbye
Am I always searching for the right track
Where have they have gone
Why can't I get it back
Where have my heroes gone
I've no-one left to hold on to
I'm out here standing on a landslide
I'm out here falling through a paper sky
Where have my heroes gone
I've no one left to hold on to
They're gone
(Don't let those heroes die
Their songs have changed our lives
They came they saw
They conquered all
Don't let them die
And say goodbye)

 

[fox69]

"Hold On To My Love"

"Hold On To My Love"


Hello Western Union
Won't you listen to me ma'am?
I had no time to say good-bye
So take this telegram
While I'm gone
She's gotta hold on to my love
While I'm gone
She's gotta hold on to my love
It breaks my heart to leave her
But I'm working with this band
I've got one chance to make it now
Please make her understand
That while I'm gone
She's gotta hold on to my love
While I'm gone
She's gotta hold on to my love
Don't give it away
[Solo]
So come on operator
And get my message through
She don't need to write me every day
All she's gotta do is
Hold on
Hold on to my love
While I'm gone
She's gotta hold on to my love
Don't let it slip away
Hold on
Hold on to my love
Hold on
Hold on to my love

 

[fox69]

"How Beautiful You Are"

"How Beautiful You Are"


From the window of our honeymoon
The night looks a mite bizarre
They're burning us in effigy
And smoke's blots out the stars
They're torturing our servants
By the light of an armoured car
Please don't ask if it's the end of the line
As I never could see that far
Tonight I'd rather look at you
How beautiful you are
If they ask you "what are lovers"
Tell them "lovers are
Set against the order
We live outside the law"
I'm no hero under torture
I'll tell them all I heard and saw
I saw everything in you, my love
How beautiful you are
[Solo]
Through a broken telescope
We focus on the stars
I don't want my vision magnified
I don't need to see that far
From the window of our honeymoon
Draw the curtains cross the bars
Let's spare ourselves the spectacle
The problem's theirs not ours
Tonight I'd rather look at you
How beautiful you are
How beautiful you are
How beautiful
How beautiful
How beautiful you are
You are

 

[fox69]

"How Much Love"

"How Much Love"


How much love do you need
Before you give your love to me
How much time before it grows
How much love I wanna know
What can I do
What can I say
The last thing I want
Is to drive you away
How much love does it take
How much love for heaven sake
How much love, how much love
Do I rush right in or do I hesitate
How much love, how much love
How much love
Am I tryin' too hard
Give me some kind of clue
There must be a way to get through to you
Should I come on strong or do I hesitate
Do I rush right in or do I wait
How much love, how much love
Do I rush right in or do I hesitate
How much love, how much love
How much love
I've got so much love
Don't know where to begin
I'm pleadin' with you babe
You gotta let me in
How much love, how much love
How much love
I've got so much love
Don't know where to begin
I'm pleadin' with you babe
You gotta let me in
How much love do you need
Before you give your love to me
Should I come on strong or do I hesitate
Do I rush right in or should I wait
How much love, how much love
Do I rush right in or do I hesitate
How much love, how much love
How much love
How much love
How much love

 

[fox69]

"I Can't Stop"

"I Can't Stop"


Somebody get a fireman
Somebody come and hose me down
I think I'm going crazy
She got me dancing' like a clown
The D.J. plays desire
(Catch a fire)
Wanna take you higher
(Liar liar)
This gun's for hire
She's gonna burn my playhouse down
She said her name was Venus
I think she came out of the Nile
But all my friends who've seen her
Say she's not my style
The TV's showing "Dallas"
(Shrinking Alice)
Down the streets of Paris
(Elysee Palace)
I lost my ballast
She turned me upside down
Y'know I can't stop I can't stop
I can't stop must be love must be love
I can't stop I can't stop
I can't stop I can't get enough can't get enough
I can't stop I can't stop
I squeeze her in a taxi
With legs up to my ears
She smiles and then she smacks me
I think she's getting pretty weird
And then she took me swimming
(I was grinning)
In the beginning
(My head was spinning)
I said you gotta be kidding
She went and stole my heart away
Now I can't stop I can't stop I can't stop
Gotta be love I can't get enough
I can't stop I can't stop I can't stop
Gotta be love gotta be love
I can't stop
I can't stop
I can't stop
She's burning with desire
(I'm catching fire)
I can't get no higher
(On the wire)
Call me a liar
(But I'm a trier)
Yes I'm a liar
(And getting shyer)
But I think I'm gonna retire
If I survive tonight
Y'know I can't stop I can't stop I can't stop
Can't get enough of this funky stuff
I can't stop I can't stop I can't stop
Must be love gotta be love
I can't stop I can't stop
Must be love

 

[fox69]

"I Can't Stop Loving You (Though I Try)"

"I Can't Stop Loving You (Though I Try)"


So you're leaving
In the morning
On the early train
I could say everything's alright
I could pretend and say goodbye
You've got your ticket
Got your suitcase
Got your leaving smile
I could say that's the way it goes
I could pretend and you won't know
That I was lying
'Cos I can't stop loving you
I can't stop loving you
No, I can't stop loving you
Though I try
We took a taxi
To the station
Not a word was said
I saw you walk across the road
For maybe the last time, but I don't know
Feeling humble
I heard a rumble
From the railway track
And when I hear that whistle blow
I'll walk away and you won't know
That I was lying
'Cos I can't stop loving you
I can't stop loving you
No, I can't stop loving you
Though I try
'Cos I can't stop loving you
I can't stop loving you
I just can't stop loving you
Why should I try
Why should I try