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Get Up (Rutherford/Carrack)
Do you remember how we used to say Nothing could ever stand in our way Well it's no use pretending things are still the same 'Cause we're no longer ahead of the game Well I've already gone through it all and it's true If you want to survive there's just one thing to doChorus:
Get up! and do something Get up! and take control of your life Get up! and do something about it Don't ever make the same mistake twice Just like a flyer high above the ground I'm on a tightrope, afraid to look down Well I'm almost approaching the point of no return Sometimes I wonder if I'll ever learn Well I've already said that you ought to be proud Listen, talking is cheap oh but action speaks loud(Chorus)
All of this time you've been learning to crawl When you're down on your knees you've got nowhere to fall Get up!
Word Of Mouth (Rutherford/Neil)
Now the world is getting older There's a few things to be said Do you believe the things they told you Do you believe the things you've read There's a rumour on the corner But it's always been denied Cause they don't want you any wiser You're just toeing the party line From the west side to the east side From the north side to the south You'll never get bad information If you believe in the word of mouth Look out for those who still want to hang on Look out for those who live in the past Get out and listen to the whisper Because the times are changing fast From the west side to the east side From the north side to the south You'll never get bad information If you believe in the word of mouth You don't believe the information You don't believe it when it's denied So when you're reading explanations You have to read between the lines From the west side to the east side Through the windows I'm looking out You'll never get bad information If you believe in the word of mouth
A Time And Place (Rutherford/Robertson)
There's a time and a place For you to make your mark and show your face There's a place in time When you must step outside the line So understand what I mean There is a time and place for you to have your dream But here and now may not be The time and place for you and me You and me It's the finest line A missed opportunity or the perfect time You must not despair You'll recognise it when you're there So understand what I mean There is a time and place for you to have your dream But here and now may not be The time and place for you and me The time and place for you and me There's a time and there's a moment you will see Don't lower your expectations There are no limitations There's a time and place for you and me So understand hard as it seems There is a time and place for you to have your dreams Though here and now may not be The time and place for you and me You and me
Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow (Rutherford/Robertson)
I met a man back in the future He was high then he was low You know his one consideration Should he come or should he go I met a girl she wants to give me The gift of living just for today Ignore the past ignore the future You're only going to wish your life away - sayChorus:
Why can't today be tomorrow Why must there be yesterday Why can't today be tomorrow Oh tell me why please tell me why Are you wishing your life away? You know that life is no rehearsal You're never going to get it right It's inconsistent and it's imperfect It's going to give you sleepless nights And then you find you wake up nervous For every reason under the sun Life is full of indecision It's the same for everyone - say(Chorus)
Why can't today be tomorrow Why must there be yesterday - so tell me Why can't today be tomorrow - oh tell me Why can't today be tomorrow Are you wishing you're life away Why can't today be tomorrow?
The Way You Look At Me (Rutherford/Carrack)
Softly you told me what I already knew No doubt in my mind, no doubt that it was true The tenderness we had and the love that we used to share Have long since disappeared if ever really there Torn by the pleasure and the pain of loving you I'm so confused I don't know what to do Just when I'm saying the need for you is gone That's when I realise the feeling's just as strongChorus:
Something in the way you look at me Something that you just can't hide Something in the way you look at me Oh could never be denied Nothing I can do to change it Nothing I can even try Something in the way you look at me Darlin' I don't know, I don't know why Too long it's been easy to carry on this way When the words that really hurt are the ones we don't say Hard to believe we had a love so strong And I just can't accept that it could go so wrong Try to explain I don't know if I can What will it take to make you understand there's(Chorus x2)
Something in the way you look at me Something I just can't explain Something in the way you look at me And I know I've got to try try again Nothing I can do to change it Nothing I can even try Something in the way you look at me I don't know why
Everybody Gets A Second Chance (Rutherford/Robertson)
A single failure A little slip A misdemeanour A little trip Does this condemn me Lock me away? Before you turn the key I have one more thing to say To make amends Maybe be friendsChorus:
Everybody gets a second chance The Circumstance to say I'm sorry I'd like to tell you in advance Take my chance and tell you I'm sorry too A little stumble A little fall Inconsequential Nothing At All Now there was someone I heard him say That the best laid plans Sometimes go astray So don't be surprised If I offer you no alibis(Chorus)
Everybody gets a second chance The circumstance to say I'm sorry I'd like to tell you in advance I'll take my chance and tell you I Take my chance and tell you I love you(Chorus x2)
Everybody wants a Everybody needs a Everybody gets a second chance
Stop Baby (Rutherford/Neil)
Open your eyes Tell me what's on your mind Don't try to hide Baby what's wrong You never lie But you don't know what to say Now I look in your eyes I can see it's all goneChorus:
Stop Baby You don't understand and I said Stop Baby You don't know what you're doing and I said Stop Baby You're breaking my heart and I said Stop Baby Think it over again and I said Stop Where will you go Where will you stay tonight Is there someone you know Are you sure you're alright I never cry I never could show the pain But I won't survive Now it's all gone(Chorus)
My Crime Of Passion (Rutherford/Carrack/Lee)
Words of warning took me by surprise From a voice I hardly recognised Well my heart was beating faster And my blood ran hot and cold I was heading for disaster When suddenly I realised that I had lost control Loaded questions played upon my mind Allegations I could not deny Well my mind was in confusion Had my back against the wall I'd been led into collusion Before I realised I was a victim of it allChorus:Here's to my crime of passion I can't forget the look upon your face And to your tender mercies Goodbye to all the innocence we never can replace All of Sunday sittin' by the telephone Not a whisper, well I should have known But it seems that I'd insisted 'Cause in spite of all you said I believe my words were twisted As line by line the promises were spinning round my head(Chorus)Waves of anger slowly do recede To faded memories that I'll never need But my mind keeps on returning to the way it used to be There's a flame forever burning There's nothing I can say to you will ever make you see Here's to my crime of passion I just can't seem to shake it off my mind As for your tender mercy I'll never stop regretting that I left it all behind
Let's Pretend It Didn't Happen (Rutherford/Robertson)
Supposin' we said it didn't happen Didn't happen at all Didn't happen at all Empty and gone There is nothing left within One penny in a tin Makes all the noise You don't understand Nothing stays the same Situations change And It's all different now I've made my choiceChorus:
Let's just pretend it didn't happen Supposin' we said it didn't Come down that way at all Let's just pretend it didn't happen Did it happen at all Didn't happen at all I thought at the time When you cut me to the core It hurt and made me sore In time it would mend I hasn't you see I forgive but can't forget I tried so hard and yet I'm afraid it's the end We can never be friends(Chorus)
Does it matter at all? No going back We can't undo the past Oh you know it's built to last It outlives you and I I'm trying to say In this time and in this place Here and now and face to face With a tear eye to eye It's goodbye(Chorus x2)
Before (The Next Heartache Falls) (Rutherford/Carrack)
A freezing cold December brings a chill into my heart And fills me with an emptiness now we're so far apart Lost in my confusion now through everything I see Oh won't you come on back I need you here with meChorus:
Before Before Before the next heartache falls Before Before the next heartache falls Lonely as the darkness casts a spell upon the night I'm past the point of caring if I'm wrong or I am right I wonder if you realise oh just what it means to me Listen to me darlin' I'm just let you see(Chorus)
Early morning finds me at the house upon the hill Everywhere the laughter reminds me of you still I'm haunted by the memories all too easy to recall I would dare to mention there's a lesson for us all(Chorus)
Tears already falling like the rain upon the ground When the storm is over no trace of it is found Never will I understand how you vanished like the rain Tell me that you'll come back and let me live again(Chorus)