Альбом Gary Brooker

(G. Brooker / I. Sutherland)

When it's time for me to go
and I hear that whistle blow
I'll be waiting in line day or night
Take my hand and lead me down
Lay my burden on the ground
Break these chains and let me stand in the light
Now I know what the game's all about
If that's the way you want to play - count me out

Had enough of alibis, empty promises and lies
Trying to find a better life on my own
There's no easy way I know - now the strains begin to show
Still I'm looking for a light to lead me home
Though my heart's still full of doubt -
There's no way I'm gonna play - so count me out

I've been too long here breaking my back
Doing my best to get through
I never thought I could feel this way
But I need to find something new
It's not the money and it's not the gold
- I just want some peace of mind
My life is racing like a runaway train
Getting faster all the time...

Underneath a golden sky
Far away I'm gonna fly
To a place I know is there in my mind
Like a sailor home to die
With no journey left to try
Throw my spirit in the tide and lead me blind
Now I know what this game's all about
If that's the way you wanna play
Then count me out

(Brooker / Fisher)

Don't you listen to a word they're saying
We're in love and that's the way we'll stay forever
It doesn't matter what they think about us
I know that you and I'll work it out together
They can't stand to see us caring
Can't believe what we are sharing

They tell me I'm a gentleman of leisure
And you're just a woman of pleasure
Maybe it's only infatuation
We don't care it's a lovely situation
Don't they know it's not the way we planned it
Guess they'll never really understand it

Two fools in love
Blessed from above
Two hearts as one
Two fools in love
Nowhere to run
Two hearts as one

If people had their way they'd part us
Separate lives and far removed from each other
So let's leave the world we know behind us
We'll walk away girl as lovers
It's no crime that need our time defending
Just a case of love that's never ending

Two fools in love
Blessed from above
Two hearts as one
Two fools in love
Nowhere to run
Two hearts as one

(Brooker / Fisher / Reid)

There's a song you might remember
It's been played a thousand times.
And the words they keep returning,
I know every single line.
Please don't stop that music playing.
Turn the jukebox way up high.
Let the memories wash over me,
Just like echoes in the night.

Hold on to those echoes in the night,
Save them, don't let them out of sight.
Hold on to those echoes in the night,
Midnight got me feeling alright.

There's a guy you might remember,
He was big in '69.
Had a simple little story,
With a message in the rhyme.
When I heard that music playing,
I felt like dancing in the street.
Now I hear a different drummer
And a different kind of beat.

Hold on to those echoes in the night,
Save them, don't let them out of sight.
Hold on to those echoes in the night,
Midnight got me feeling alright.

There's a face you might remember,
Though her name you won't recall.
Had her picture in the papers
And her posters on the wall
From Los Angeles to Broadway,
You could see her name in lights,
Now the fantasy has faded
Just an echo in the night.

Hold on to those echoes in the night,
Save them, don't let them out of sight.
Hold on to those echoes in the night,
Midnight got me feeling alright.

(Brooker / Fisher / Reid)

They're putting up the posters
The carnival's in town
Performing seals and dancing dogs
And gaily painted clowns
So ladies take your places
And wear your finest clothes
Put on your silk and laces
Your buttons and your bows
Spin the wheel of fortune
And lay your money down
Let fate be your decider - "faites vos jeux"
The carnival's in town

When the show is over
The empty streets are glistering in the rain
It's still the same
Riding on a ghost train
A feeling stranger than you've ever known
You're all alone.

They're putting up the posters
A wanted man's in town
They say he's armed and dangerous
And now he's gone to ground
He's livin' rough from hand to mouth
A lethal burning fuse
He know his time is running out
There's nothing left to loose
So parents find your children
And keep them safe indoors
He's killed before he'll kill again
The next one could be yours.

When the show is over
The empty streets are glistering in the rain
It's still the same
Riding on a ghost train
A feeling stranger than you've ever known
You're all alone.

(Brooker / Sutherland)

Every Morning - sunrise dawning
Shadows lifting - night clouds drifting
Rolling away
Open your eyes from dreaming
Look to the sky - the sun is streaming down.
Lightning up the world to greet us like a friend
Lending a guiding hand until the twilight ends
- No don't give us up Mr. Blue Day
- Shine out just enough through the cold grey
To lead us home again.

Every morning sundown
Shades of darkness draw round
Day is slowly dying
Night birds homeward flying on their way
- Can't stop the night from falling
- Can't stop the shadows calling to us all
From another world of timeless mystery
Out floating helpless on some far and lonely sea
- So don't give us up Mr. Blue Day
- Shine out just enough through the cold grey
To lead us home again.

(Brooker / Fisher / Reid)

Saw the fire
Saw you laughing at the crowd
You were happy
I was glad
Drew your picture
Drew your picture in the sand
Felt your heart beat
In my hand
Felt the wind roar
On the seashore
I heard a voice calling calling
In the half light
Saw a strange light
Up in the sky falling falling

Just a picture
Just a picture on the beach
You were always
Out of reach
Saw the fire
Saw the flames light up the sky
Saw your picture
Floating by
Feel the wind roar
On the seashore
I heard a voice calling calling
In the half light
I saw a strange light
Up in the sky falling falling

(Brooker / Fisher / Reid)

I know I've done my best
But that's no consolation
I s'pose I should have guessed
When I saw the invitation
you told me love was blind
But you were only joking
I know you've changed your mind
But I still keep on hoping.

Head held high
Eyes on the sky
I know I've got to be strong
If I see you again
it will be as a friend
With time for a long goodbye

You know I felt so bad
When I left you at the station
It was the first time I
Had felt such desolation
It's been a long, log time
And I still can't forget you
But my friends all say
That maybe I don't want to.

Head held high
Eyes on the sky
I know I've got to be strong
If I see you again
it will be as a friend
With time for a long goodbye

(Brooker / Fisher)

My band was playing at a club just down the road
The room was hot and they were dancing' toe to toe
When in the corner - I saw a lonely face
Turnin' down the suitors - the music weren't her taste

Play some
Play something to make me move
Sing some
Sing a song let's change the mood

Upon the stage guitar and saxophone
They kept on wailin' windin' up the song
The drummer laying right back on the beat
But still that girl stayed right back on her seat

Play some
Play something to make me move
Sing some
Sing a song to change the mood

Is this what you're saying
That somehow we're failing
You speak for us all but tell me how
It needs all the soul that's
Deep down inside us
I hear what you're saying now

I stopped the singing let the band take up the beat
And fought a passage thru' the crowd up to hear seat
I took her hands in mine and drew her to the floor
We'd found the one thing that we'd both been looking for

Play some
Play something to make me move
Sing some
Sing some more you've changed the mood

(Brooker / Sutherland)

I've been waiting
For you to come home
It's such a long time
So all alone
And when the night comes
It hits me so hard
Thinking about you
And where you've gone
Why don't you come home
Why don't you come home
Why don't you come home

You've got me wondering
What would I do now
If you don't come back
How can I get through now
The way I see it
Sooner or later
You're gonna miss me
Then you'll come running back
Why don't you come home
Why don't you come home
Why don't you come home

Every time I hear the telephone
I run and pick it up
Hoping it you to say you're coming back
Every time I see the setting sun
I can't help counting the days you've been gone

The way I see it
Sooner or later
You're gonna miss me
Then you'll come running back
When the night comes
It hits me so hard
I gets me hurtin'
It hits me so hard
Why don't you come home
Why don't you come home
Why don't you come home

(Brooker / Fisher / Reid)

There's a pile of papers I was going through
Old reminders I was saving
Released I had changed my view
All because of you

Found a picture of a friend of mine
Make me think of times together
Fond old memories of a friend of mine
In another time

It's a trick of the night
Everything is all right
Caught me while I was dreaming of you
It's a trick of the night
Everything is alright
Caught me while I was sleeping

Still I remember
It don't seem so long ago
Since that evening last summer
like the words in a song
Looking back on the way it was
did it really happen?
You're still there in my memory

You and I in the sweet rain falling
on a summer night (gimme those summer nights)
No-one else in the world at all
on such a magic night (gimme those summer nights)

A voice in the darkness
Shadows on the wall
A midsummer madness
Ooh, the thrill of it all
Everything seemed so easy then
nothing in our way
still believe she'll come back again

You and I in the sweet rain falling
on a summer night (gimme those summer nights)
no-one else in the world at all
on such a magic night (gimme those summer nights)
stopping time for a moment
lying in the full moonlight (gimme those summer nights)
like a girl on a swing
forever on an endless flight

I keep playing that old song
From so long ago
I keep watching the firelight
It sets those memories aglow
Keep it burning right to the end
Someday we'll make it back again

You and I in the sweet rain falling
On a summer night (gimme those summer nights)
No-one else in the world at all
On such a magic night (gimme those summer nights)
Stopping time for a moment
Lying in the full moonlight (gimme those summer nights)
Like a girl on a swing
Forever on an endless flight (gimme those summer nights)
(Gimme those summer nights)
(Gimme those summer nights)
(Gimme those summer nights)
(Gimme those summer nights)
Let's do it right now (gimme those summer nights)