@ALBUM: SILENT NIGHTS by RICK WAKEMAN SPECIAL THANKS to Eduardo Valle Pinheiro , who transcripted these lyrics. Comments and corrections will be appreciated. Let me know if you want more information about this album. Marcos Aurelio de Mello - mello@dainf.cefetpr.br ************************************************************ @SONG: TELL'EM ALL YOU KNOW Don't stand staring at the crazy man If he thinks that he knows who you are Then he knows who I am If he tries to tell you there's a place to go And the answer you think should be yes Then the answer you thell him is no Tell'em all you know=20 Tell'em all you know Tell'em all you know Tell'em all you know Don't say to me you want to go out at night Cos it's only gonna be left To a nasty little thing called time Believe in your god if you didn't care But it's all arranged by somebody Sometime, somewhere Don't tell'em all you know Don't tell'em all you know Don't tell'em all you know Don't tell'em all you know Where's the love that used to be Has the world been torn apart Where's the hope for harmony Is it time for us to start Where's the hope for harmony Is this all just history Don't tell'em Don't tell'em @SONG: THE OPENING LINE Look at the person looking at you Saving a life-line looking at you Fairly long journey, safely arrived Maybe you'll get there looking alive To visit a plane, exploring in time To capture a view To weaken the strong, to strengthen the weak To colour a view To visit a plane, exploring in time To capture a view To weaken the strong, to strengthen the weak To colour a view Taking a chance on the opening line Losing the impact, everyday time Saving the friendship, holding a view Out of perspective, never adieu Lost in a vacuum, floating around Puzzled by nature, blinded by sound Hoping for movement, deafened by sight Power and glory, power and glory Power and glory, weakened by night @SONG: THE OPERA (Nao temos a letra desta musica, infelizmente) @SONG: MAN'S BEST FRIENDS (INSTRUMENTAL) @SONG: GLORY BOYS Don't you know we're sick and tired of talking Don't you know the gap has grown too wide You think you know the answers to all our problems But you only ever see one side Glory to the boys that beat the system Glory to the boys that live to die Even tho' the odds are stacked against us Glory to the boys, glory to the boys You'll never ever stop us when we try Glory boys are all around you Doesn't matter where we hide We can always breed new winners Fighting fair is not our style Now you know we're really up against it (now you know) Condemn us all you like we're here to stay Your new laws aren't printed in our rule book (rule book) Glory boys won't go away Glory to the boys that beat the system Glory to the boys that live to die Even tho' the odds are stacked against us You'll never ever stop us when you try As we try, god knows why, you know why (Glory to the boys) Glory boys are all around you (glory to the boys) Glory boys are all around you (glory to the boys) Glory boys are all around you (glory to the boys) Glory boys (glory boys) Glory boys (glory boys) Glory boys (glory boys) Glory boys @SONG: SILENT NIGHTS They are waiting here for him to appear But he won't come home tonight Maybe if they'd loved him more, maybe He is floating down, floating Looking at the people left behind Maybe if he'd loved them more, maybe Don't you know we're looking for life Don't you know we're looking for life Don't you know we're looking for life Don't you know there's meaning to life Silent nights Stay away Don't come back another day Silent nights Stay away Don't come back another day @SONG: GHOST OF A ROCK AND ROLL STAR He's an aging man without a future plan He was a star but now they've all forgot Now he just lives in the past, he's just a blast from the past Our aging star has lost the plot Well he spends every day in salubrious bars Dreaming that he's still a star He's got a big enough gut to string a thousand guitars Wow! He writes songs all year wich no one wants to hear He's the ghost of a rock and roll star He's got no record deal, he's got no modern feel He's the ghost of a rock and roll star There's more grooves on his face than on his latest LP Which the music press just shot down in flames He's musically dead for all the world to see Wow ! He grumble he was as big as Jimi Hendrix Now the only thing that grumbles is his grumbling appendix Lots of children he's got, well he was on the road a lot He's the ghost of a rock and roll star Now the groupies ain't there...and nor is his hair He's the ghost of a rock and roll star He cries in his sleep but there is no one to hear He once used to have the ears of the world Now there is no one around to care for one single tear Wow ! Now there is no one around who wants to hear his new sound That he hoped would shoot him back to fame Now he's dying inside as well as dying outside A talent that has turned to shame Rock and roll ghost, rock and roll ghost Ghost of a rock and roll star So he's fading away, getting dimmer each day He's the ghost of a rock and roll star Rock and roll ghost, rock and roll ghost Ghost of a rock and roll star So he's leaving my friend, career at its end He's the ghost of a rock and roll star Rock and roll ghost, rock and roll ghost Ghost of a rock and roll star They find him one day, at last passed away To the rock and roll heaven afar So at last without risk, there's a psthumous disc By the ghost of a rock and roll star @SONG: THE DANCER The tension is there in the hall as they stand Soon the dancing will start To square old Syd Watter's band Anticipation is calm, mainly under the arm As they wait for the dancing to start Slow, slow, quick, quick, slow There's a plumber from Hackney with a hooker from Bow Slow, slow, quick, quick, slow What once held up high I'm afraid now hangs down low The costumes are strange just like the people inside Some men four foot six tall, some men four foot six wide Still the floor's reinforced for the onslaught to come As they wait for the dancing to start Slow, slow, quick, quick, slow Yes they glide round the floor just like hippos in snow Quick,quick,slow,slow,quick Here's the Irish contestants, yes it's Doreen and Mick They each have a number so it's easy to spot Those who can tango and those who cannot With their arms in the air and their legs wide apart They prepare for the dancing to start And Doris there who makes all her own clothes Unfortunately it's Sydney who's wearing them Formation teams in a line Some full of hope and some full of wine You know the reason why they're there more or less And their idol's dress And our solo tenor saxophonist has done for music What Walt Disney has done for blue movies Slow, slow, quick, quick, slow Good lord a couple out there are really having a go He's turned upside down, their bodies now intertwined What's their number, ay yes, sixty-nine Everyone's eyes are on the big silver cup Come in number seven, 'cos your time is up It must please one couple out there on their own 'Cos everyone else has gone home @SONG: ELGIN MANSIONS (INSTRUMENTAL) @SONG: THAT'S WHO I AM I wish you'd stay another day It hurts so much now you're away I won't forget you And what I've lost It hurts much more now you're away It didn't matter we were poor We used to laugh that we were poor And then it left us We left each other We let each other take it away And so we laughed and cried Watched as each other died Don't you know I really cared There's maybe one man which maybe I am Which maybe I can be me That's who I am There is no price to count the cost It's too late now, I guess I've lost I won't forget you I can't forget you Have you really gone away Have you really gone away Have you really gone away ************************************************************