My BabyI want you to love me That's all I want from you I want you to love me One day I know I'm a peasant Dressed as a princess But that doesn't mean you have To take my clothes away If I could show you Some happiness Then I would feel Like a real princess That to me would be success My bay I seen you dancin' A natural beauty You make this dive Seem sublime You really get To the heart of the music You're the poetry of time If there's a method To writing a song How come I'm getting it wrong You write the beautiful songs Baby C'mon, c'mon, c'mon baby Take my hand C'mon, c'mon, c'mon shoe me To the love land Can this really happen In this day and age Suddenly To just turn the page Like walking on stage My baby Pretenders Index When I Change My LifeWhen I change my life There'll be no more disgrace The deeds of my past Will be erased Aan you'll forgive me Then you will come back Hold my hand and say "I still love you" When I change my life When I change my life And all the scars have faded I'll be someone you look up to Not excused when your friends come around And you'll want me always to be there You'll be proud to say "I'm with her" When I change my life I want a place in the sun, I do I want to be in love with someone I want to forget every regret And all those rotten things that I put you through When I change my life And the idiot me Leaves this town forever Leaves us to be Together, for the rest of our lives Happily forever and ever When I change my life Pretenders Index Light Of The MoonTake a message to my love And don't say where you saw me Seven men crossed the river And they took all the money Colour the wind And search deep within And by the light of the moon Light of the moon Light of the moon We'll begin again Secrets whispered in shadows While the village lay sleeping Guiding me to the answer Bang a drum and I'll follow Colour the wind And search deep within And by the light of the moon Light of the moon Light of the moon We'll begin again Say they're taking the children Oh, I think they've forgotten Does their innocence wander On its way back to my love Colour the wind And search deep within And by the light of the moon Light of the moon Light of the moon We'll begin again Pretenders Index Dance ! ( Full Length Version )Dance! If you will Dance! On your capitol hill Dance! If you can Dance! Like a twentieth century man Take the people by the throat Give 'em a reason to give you a vote Take your audience up on stage Let them think you're a sage Dance! If you want Dance! Like you've got a house to haunt Dance! Like a freak Dance! Like you needed it all week Take your people by the hand Tell 'em you'll get 'em to the promised land Take your woman in the heat of the night Make her think you're right C'mon! Dance! Like a chimpanzee Dance! In the 'land of the free' Dance! Like a russian ballet Dance! Like a funky situe Let 'em know that you're well read Quote the things that Jesus said Lift your face and your whiskey neat To get you up on your feet C'mon! Pretenders Index Tradion Of LoveDon't you go away C'mon get close to me The hassles of the day Have made a real mess of me The moon is in the sky And the stars are out tonight They shimmer in the pools of your eyes In the moonlight You're so nice to touch Lovely to look at Touch, touch In the tradition of love Hear the summer breeze All the nighttime's listening Your eyes are sparkling now And their oceans glistening Sail upon a sea Of love filling the room Lilacs seem to be Everywhere with their perfume Love, love Love, love Love, love You can in a breath Blow the storm clouds out the sky A hurricane retreats In the blinking of your eye A flame within my heart Is ignited by your voice C'mon baby now Let's make love our final choice Ooh you're nice to touch Lovely to look at Touch, touch In the tradition of love Love, love Love, love Love, love Shri gouranga Jaya gouranga Gour gour gouranga Nam Gour gour gouranga Nam Pretenders Index Don't Get Me WrongDon't get me wrong If I'm looking kind of dazzled I see neon lights Whenever you walk by Don't get me wrong If you say hello and I take a ride Upon a sea where the mystic moon Is playing havoc with the tide Don't get me wrong Don't get me wrong If I'm acting so distracted I'm thinking about the fireworks That go off when you smile Don't get me wrong If I split like light refracted I'm only off to wander Across a moonlit mile Once in a while Two people meet Seemingly for no reason They just pass on the street Suddenly thunder showers everywhere Who can explain the thunder and rain But there's something in the air Don't get me wrong If I come and go like fashion I might be great tomorrow But hopeless yesterday Don't get me wrong If I fall in the mode of passion It might be unbelievable But let's not say so long It might just be fantastic Don't get me wrong Pretenders Index I Remember YouI remember you I remember the first time we met I may be a sentimental fool Forever in your debt For something I cannae forget I remember you I remember the first time we spoke The sound of your voice like a lover's tongue Got in my ear when I'd just begun To wonder if springtime was through I remember you How do we change so easily? You'll always be a part of me I thought you'd never go It shows you what I know I remember the first time we slept What a surprise to wake up to Someone I hardly knew From a sleep to a dream come true I remember you Pretenders Index How Much did You Get For Your Soul ?Hey baby I wanna know How much Did you get for your soul? You had the gospel When you were shackled to a tree Now you've got your freedom You sing for the money Soul Soul Soul Soul How much did ya How much did ya How much did ya get ? Hey babe Tell me please How much Did you get for that sleaze? You finally made it Right up to the top Millions of kids are looking at you You say "let them drink soda pop" Soul Soul Soul Soul How much did ya How much did ya How much did ya get ? Who's got soul? Who's got soul? From the african nation To the pepsi generation Who's got soul? Who's got soul? It dwell from tree to sea Every living entity Share the super soul We got super soul Who's got soul? Who could think that you're for real A puppet in a cabaret To increase your wealth Baby realise yourself Hey baby I wanna know From the 'a-go-go' to the disco Where did you really go? You finally made it You're gonna make it rich As long as some poor bastard in africa Is lying in a ditch Soul Soul Soul Soul How much did ya How much did ya How much did ya get ? Pretenders Index Chill FactorShe's getting older Yeah, she's getting wise But a change has changed the girl Gone's the sparkle from her eyes She wants to be a good mother So she'll do the best she can But what about the other What about the man Well it's cold to leave a woman With family on her own It's chill factor To the bone Resignation In her sighs Is a sorry indication Of how time Can brutalise Take away the hope And the will will follow Take away the faith And goodbye tomorrow Well it's cold to leave a woman With family on her own It's chill factor To the bone She had her dreams too But how can she pursue Her ambitions' be they great or small You took her wings and flew But remember when you're through Your rise was due To somebody else's fall When the hard part's over And the kids are almost grown You'll be their big hero Whenever you make it home Shower them with presents Things she could never buy Delight them with your stories About the great big, great big world outside But dig It's cold to leave a woman With family on her own It's chill factor Chill factor To the bone Pretenders Index Hymn To HerLet me inside you, Into your room. I've heard it's lined, With the things you don't show. Lay me beside you, Down on the floor. I've been your lover, from the womb to the tomb. I'' dress as your daughter, when the moon becomes round. You'll be my mother, when everything's gone. She will always carry on Something is lost, something is found. They will keep on speaking her name Something's changed, some stay the same. Keep beckoning to me, From behind that closed door, The maiden, the mother, and the crone that's grown old. I hear your voice, Coming out of that hole. I listen to you, And I want some more. I listen to you, And I want some more. She will always carry on. Something is lost, something is found. They will keep on speaking her name, Some things changed, some stay the same. Let me inside you, Into your room. I've heard it's lined, With the things that you don't show. Lay me beside you, Down on the floor, I've been your lover from the womb to the tomb. I've dresed your daughter, when the moon becomes round. You'll be my mother, when everything's gone. She will always carry on. Something is lost, something is found. They will keep on speaking her name, Some things changed, some stay the same. Pretenders Index Room Full Of MirrorsI used to live in a room full of mirrors All I could see was me Well I took my spirit Aan I crashed my mirrors Now the whole world is here for me to see I've got a whole world that's here for me to see Now I'm searching for my love to be Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, Broken glass was falling in my brain Cuttin' and screamin' and crying in my head Broken glass was falling in my brain It used to fall on my dreams and cut me in my bed It used to fall on my dreams and cut me in my bed I said making love was strange in my bed Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, Love come shining o'er the mountain Love come shining o'er the sea Love will shine on my baby Then IllL know exactly who's for me Then IllL know exactly who's for me (In the meantime we still got alotta groovy time) Hey ! yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, Pretenders Index |
