RIGHT BETWEEN THE EYES
SHADOWS OF LOVE
UNDER HER SPELL
BABY’S GOT A GUN
WHEREVER YOU ARE
BRIDGE TO YOUR HEART
AMERICAN ENGLISH
BALL AND CHAIN
CLAIRE AND JOHNNY
SAME BOAT NOW
CAN ANYBODY SEE YOU
TOUCH AND GO
MAYBE
DON’T PLAY THAT SONG
HOLIDAY
ONE MORE HEARTACHE
THANK YOU FOR BEING A FRIEND (Live)
"It's great to be back in the saddle again as WAX.
This album brings together six new songs we recorded
in California over the past couple of years, two
previously unreleased tracks from the archives, and many
of our favourites from the Eighties albums.
Hope you like it"
Andrew Gold & Graham Gouldman
January 1997
RIGHT BETWEEN THE EYES
True love for me was nothing but a mystery
Just something only captured in a dream
Oh then suddenly, it was hitting me
Right between the eyes
I wasn't looking for a love explosion
But I must have been a target, my oh my
'Cause when I least expected it
Took a direct hit
Right between the eyes
You, you shattered my resistance
Yes it's true, you battered my defence
What could I do?
I'm running from the heat between me and you
You hit me with a million volts
Nailed me with a lightning bolt
Oh baby, you knocked me cold
Your love attacked me
Right between the eyes
Nothing's going to cool down my desire
'Cause I'm jumping from the fat into the fire.
The love bug has bitten me
You're hittin' me
Right between the eyes
And now, each time I think about you
I don't know how, I ever did without you
Spin me round, and I'll never get my feet back on the ground
You hit me with a million volts
Nailed me with a lightning bolt
Oh baby, you knocked me cold
Your love attacked me
Right between the eyes
Oh, the power of your love is much too strong
You turn me on
You hit me with a million volts
Nailed me with a lightning bolt
Oh baby, you knocked me cold
Your love attacked me
Right between the eyes
You hit me with a million volts
Nailed me with a lightning bolt
Oh baby, you knocked me cold
Your love attacked me
Right between the eyes
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SHADOWS OF LOVE
I said that most of us are only
Playing away today
Look at us both, we're lost and lonely
No need to stay that way
I said let's spend the night together
Under the velvet sky
Losing our loneliness in pleasure
Baby, it's cold outside
She said the night's full of shadows
And shadows aren't real
They're just illusions, confusions
That lovers might feel
Under the veil of night
Right under passions light
Forever cast by the shadows of love
Mmmm
I said we all need one another
What could be wrong with that
What could be wrong in taking cover
Even for just one night
She said a stranger's much too easy
Though it may comfort you
There's nothing but danger where it leads me
And nothing to hold onto
You see, the nights full of shadows
And shadows aren't real
They're just illusions, confusions
That lovers might feel
Under the veil of night
Right under passions light
Forever cast by the shadows of love
'Cause night was made for you and me
So let defences fall
Shadows fade eventually
They're only shadows after all
Under the veil of night
Right under passions light
Forever cast by the shadows of love
She said the night's full of shadows
And shadows aren't real
They're just illusions, confusions
That lovers might feel
She said the night's full of shadows
And shadows aren't real
They're just illusions, confusions
That lovers might feel
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UNDER HER SPELL
You may have noticed that I've been somewhere else
Lately I ain't been feeling quite myself
So confused, I'm acting curiously
Stuck in the middle of a mystery
Under her spell
She gives me fever - it must be serious
Under her spell
I'm so crazy now, I'm delirious
Under her spell
It feels so strange being a slave to her love
I know I got it bad 'cause I can't get enough
Under her spell
She reaches me in a place so deep inside
Under her spell
She's taking me on a magic carpet ride
She shook my life and turned it inside out
Now there can be no doubt
That I was looking when I fell under her spell
She looks so innocent, you'll never guess
That she's a demon in a party dress
Bubble, bubble toil and trouble, you'd agree
That it can take and make a man out of me
Under her spell
She gives me fever - it must be serious
Under her spell
I'm so crazy now, I'm delirious
Under her spell
It feels so strange being a slave to love
I know I got it bad 'cause I can't get enough
Under her spell
She reaches me in a place so deep inside
Under her spell
She's taking me on a magic carpet ride
She shook my life and turned it inside out
Now there can be no doubt
That I was looking when I fell
Can she walk on water?
Don't know but she set me free
Is she the Devil's daughter? Could be
It's getting hot in here
She gives me fever
Under her spell
She gives me fever - it must be serious
Under her spell
I'm so crazy now, I'm delirious
Under her spell
It feels so strange being a slave to her love
I know I got it bad 'cause I can't get enough
Under her spell
She reaches me in a place so deep inside
Under her spell
She's taking me on a magic carpet ride
She shook my life and turned it inside out
No there can be no doubt
That I was looking when I fell
Under her spell
She gives me fever - it must be serious
Under her spell
I'm so crazy now, I'm delirious
Under her spell
It feels so strange being a slave to love
I know I got it bad 'cause I can't get enough
Under her spell
She reaches me in a place so deep inside
Under her spell
She's taking me on a magic carpet ride
She shook my life and turned it inside out
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BABY’S GOT A GUN
They’re waking up the neighbourhood again
Don’t they know these bedroom walls are thin?
Ooh, ooh another fight
Ooh, ooh it’s bad tonight
Baby got a gun
Too many days under the thumb
Baby got a gun
With a finger on the trigger
She’ll do what must be done
Why are sirens screaming down our block?
Who’s the woman standing there in shock?
She is to take the blame
Ooh, ooh how things have changed
Baby got a gun
Too many days under the thumb
Baby got a gun
With a finger on the trigger
She’ll end what he has begun
She never told us anything was wrong
Funny how you think you know someone
Ooh, ooh just one more fight
Ooh, ooh it’s bad tonight
Baby got a gun
With a finger on the trigger
Tonight she’ll have her fun
Baby got a gun
Too many days under the thumb
Baby got a gun
And with a finger on the trigger
She’ll do what must be done
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WHEREVER YOU ARE
Whenever your shadow falls on stony ground
And there’s not a hand for you to hold
Whenever the dreams you dream come crashing down
Every time you think of home
Remember that you’re not alone
And we’ll be with you heart and soul
Wherever you are
And if you should lose your path along the way
And find yourself walking in the dark
Whenever the ones you love seem far away
Every time you think of home
Remember that you’re not alone
And we’ll be with you heart and soul
Wherever you are
(Sail on home)
Some are lost and some are lonely
Drifting away but they are only
Reaching out for love to hold on to
(Sail on home)
Mother father sister brother
Giving strength to one another
Guide them where the healing waters flow
Every time you think of home
Remember that you’re not alone
And we’ll be with you heart and soul
Wherever you are
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BRIDGE TO YOUR HEART
One Two One Two
One Two Three Four
Hold it
Now!!!
You hoo hoo you've been gone for so long
I'm losing sleep
Look at what you're doing
And I hi hi yes I know that I was wrong
But I couldn't see, see what I was losing
Come back now baby
Little run around
Little run around
Little lost and found
Little lost and found yeah
Don't make me crazy
Just bring your body back home
Right here where you belong
Whoa
Building a bridge to your heart
Whoa
Let's make a new start
Build a bridge to your heart
I don't know what the future's gonna be
Good or bad
Time won't be your saviour
And I can't give you no written guarantee
I won't make you sad
But I'll be on my best behaviour
Look what you're doing
When you put me down
When you put me down
Made me the clown
Made me the clown yeah
Look what you're doing
Just come on over and see
Just how much lovin's in me yeah
Whoa
Building a bridge to your heart
Whoa
Let's make a new start
Build a bridge to your heart
I'll take you any way I can tonight
Come back and satisfy my appetite
You gotta know you mean that much to me
To get you back you know I'll do anything
Come back - baby
Just bring your body back home
Right here now baby where you belong
Whoa
Building a bridge to your heart
Whoa
Let's make a new start
Build a bridge to your heart
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AMERICAN ENGLISH
Here comes my one and only
Talking like a starlet on a hollywood screen
She whispers something to me
I hear the words but I don't know what she means
Oh she speaks American English
Oh don’t always understand
Though she speaks American English
Got the language of love at her command
Love travels transatlantic
I'm hot and bothered by her figure of speech
Can't follow her semantics
But when her body moves it's clear to me
Oh she speaks American English
Oh don’t always understand
Though she speaks American English
Got the language of love at her command
We don’t need words to express what we feel
We've got each other
That says everything that we feel
There's too much damn confusion
With all this talking going round and round
We'll reach our own conclusion
We'll make connection on the common ground
Oh she speaks American English
Oh don’t always understand
Though she speaks American English
Got the language of love at her command
She speaks American English
She speaks the language of love
She speaks American English
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BALL AND CHAIN
I am a working man doing the best I can
I toe the line each day
To those who set the pace I'm just another face
But someday soon I'll lose this ball and chain
Everyday's a life of pain
Ball and chain
Feel like I'm dragging round this ball and chain
I'm only flesh and bone
Still they want blood from stone
And they cry more more more
Someday they'll know my name if I can stand the strain
And I won't have to haul this ball and chain
Everyday's a life of pain
Ball and chain
Feel like I'm dragging 'round a ball and chain
Someday I'm gonna break out and I'll be free
And living in paradise
I won't have to crawl
I'll walk with my head held high
Well day after day and week after week
They wear you down 'til you're dead on your feet
And what do you get?
What do you got?
You got nothin'
So you stay where you are
For security sake
You got a family to feed and pennies to make
It's a damn...
Ball and chain
Everyday's a life of pain
Ball and chain
Feel like I'm dragging round a ball and chain
Ball and chain...
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CLAIRE AND JOHNNY
Dear Mr Oriole, this is just a card to tell you how
I love your band. I have your latest album and
I can’t stop playing it. Call me your number one fan.
Jamie, me and Cynthia danced all night and we didn’t
get home for school, but before I go to sleep I had to
write and tell you.
Johnny, you’re so cool
Johnny O, we love you
Love you yes we do
For you, we’d do anything
Johnny, don’t be cruel
Dear Miss Hamilton, my manager forwarded the
note you kindly wrote last spring. Things have been
hectic but thanks for the compliments. I’m glad you
like the songs I sing. We’re coming to Fayetteville
early next year and I hope to see you at the show.
Thanks again for writing and all the great support.
Gotta run, love J.E.O.
Johnny O, we love you
Love you yes we do
For you, we’d do anything
Johnny, don’t be cruel
Oh dear Johnny Oriole, it’s unbelievable. I can’t believe
you wrote me back. Eek! I’m just so blown away and I
can’t stop smiling and I almost had a heart attack. Yeah
but Jamie thinks I’m faking it so if you don’t mind, could
you send a signed picture here? I would treasure it forever
in a place of honour – it would really, really make my year.
You’re so wonderful to take the time to talk to nobodies
like me. You’re the sexiest singer in the world.
Oh John, how I wish you and I could meet. I enclose a
Home-made movie though my ponytail’s longer now.
I read you liked long blonde hair. I hope you like it
Johnny. Love you madly signed hug and kisses
Claire.
Johnny O, we love you
Love you yes we do
For you, we’d do anything
Johnny, don’t be cruel
Dear Claire Hamilton, my number one fan, why thank
you for the video (whistle). I’ve enclosed my picture
and an autograph but I’m busy in the studio. You’re a
real nice girl and I appreciate the mail but I can’t write
back each day so thanks for all the letters but I hope
you understand that things are a little crazed.
Oh yeah another little thing and I hope you don’t mind,
all the guys love the tape you made. It’s a favourite on
the bus, yeah, it entertains us in lieu of getting laid.
Yeah we love to watch you – got to see part two, hope
You don’t think we’re slime but I got to go on ‘cause
the crew’s singing ‘showtime’
Johnny O, we love you (showtime)
Love you yes we do
For you, we’d do anything (show show showtime)
Johnny, don’t be cruel ooh
Johnny O, we love you
Love you yes we do
For you, we’d do anything
Johnny, don’t be cruel
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SAME BOAT NOW
We came on different ships
But we're all in the same boat now, mmm
Sailing on stormy seas
But we'll get there somehow
Gone to a place that’s better
Call it the Promised Land, yeah
And since we're all on board
Lend a hand
'Cause we're all in the same boat now
Yes we are
It's a one way ticket on this trip
So we all must learn
Gotta teach the, gotta teach the way
If someone shines a love on you
Love them in return
Gotta teach them, gotta teach them, yeah
Got to make this journey, yeah
A little easier to bear, yeah
It may take some work, better do your share
'Cause we're all in the same boat now
This church, that temple, same boat now
This mosque, these people, all in the same boat now
One voice talking about a new understanding
Woohoo, yeah, yeah
In the same boat, yes it is
This earth could be a Paradise
This world, our world, one world
Gonna be alright
We came on different ships
But we're all in the same boat now, yeah
Same boat now, in the same boat, woohoo
We came in (oh yeah) different ships (all right)
But we're all (this world) in the same boat now
One world, our world
One world gonna be alright
We came in (oh yeah) different ships (all right)
But we're all (this world) in the same boat now
One world, our world
One world gonna be alright
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CAN ANYBODY SEE YOU
How can I stay
When you don’t want to know me
You only see what you can alter
You want control
I just don’t know
Why you think it’s mine to give
It’s things like that I can’t forgive
Can anybody see you
Can anybody see you
Can anyone get through to you at all
You want to make
Your little sacrifices
Into a reason to get colder
Can’t see the sun
With blinkers on
You’d like to re-write history
Like the truth would make you bleed
Can anybody see you
Can anybody see you
Can anyone get through to you at all
Ignorance is bliss
In all your tales there is a twist
Yes I got written out
A long long time ago
You left no place
For me to show my face
If I’m not welcome as I am
How can you invite me in
Can anybody see you
Can anybody see you
Can anyone get through to you at all
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TOUCH AND GO
I saw you dressing, you say you got to go
Once again you leave me in the afterglow
You show me affection then you’re gone so fast
I can hardly catch my breath
Been almost two years since we first met
Like you always say I ain’t seen nothing yet
It’s almost funny, hey, I should charge you money
At least I’d make a buck
We’ve had our moments but now it don’t feel right
I need a lover who’s in this thing for life
Touch and go, it’s been touch and go
We’re always playing house but what I want’s a home
I see the signs, this love’s on borrowed time
It’s touch and go, touch and go
I see couples hand in hand
Hear the sound of children, try to understand
I want that life, yes I do
And I can’t keep waiting on you
You give me loving but you don’t give enough
You hear that ticking, your time is almost up
Touch and go, it’s been touch and go
We’re always playing house but what I want’s a home
See the signs, see the signs
This love’s on borrowed time
It’s touch and go, touch and go
Well I feel like I’m cheating and we’re not even wed
There must be more to life than just this big brass bed
I need a full, I need a full
I need a full time lover
Touch and go, it’s been touch and go
We’re always playing house but what I want’s a home
I see the signs, see the sign
This love’s on borrowed time
It’s touch and go, touch and go
Touch and go, touch and go
It’s touch and go, touch and go
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MAYBE
DON’T PLAY THAT SONG
HOLIDAY
ONE MORE HEARTACHE
THANK YOU FOR BEING A FRIEND (Live)
Maybe just lately I’m lonely
Maybe things at home not what they should be
And maybe I notice the way you act around me
But you shouldn’t take it too seriously
Maybe I called you but that doesn’t mean
That I really want you close to me
But maybe I knew we’d both end up here in this way
You, you make it so easy to stray
Maybe I’m tempted but it ain’t right
Maybe I better say goodnight
But maybe I’m human and passion’s strong
Maybe I can’t stop what we’ve begun
Maybe there’s trouble for me and my wife
Maybe our coming here was unwise
But maybe I see my reflection in your shining eyes
You, you make it too easy to stay
Maybe I’m tempted but it ain’t right
Maybe I better say goodnight
But maybe I’m human and passion’s strong
Maybe I can’t stop what we’ve begun
Want you too much
Yes I want you too much
Yes I burn for your touch
Oooh
Lookin’ that way
You make it too easy for me
Oooh to lose control
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I remember warm and tender sighs
The night before she said goodbye
The song that we liked playing just for her and I
Now when I hear it I just come apart
It’s like a needle in my heart
Each time the music starts
Please DJ don’t put that on
We fell in love to that one
Don’t play that song on the radio oh
It’s so hard to forget
So here is my request
Don’t play that song on the radio
I recall the way she held my arm
As we were dancing in the dawn
The radio on
Swaying to the same old song
It used to sound just like a lullaby
But now, it only makes me cry
So don’t play that one tonight
Please DJ don’t put that on
We fell in love to that one
Don’t play that song on the radio oh
It’s so hard to forget
So here is my request
Don’t play that song on the radio
On and on and round and round
The record spins
Every time it’s on I keep rememberin’
The things we did together
Now they’re gone forever
Round and round it keeps repeating
In my ear
All the words of love that I won’t ever hear
I’m walkin’ in the rain (remember)
Don’t play that song again
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We’re all going on a holiday
We’re all going on a holiday
Let’s spend some time without worries,
Doing what we wanna do
Instead of breaking our backs for no money
Or praying for some work to do.
We’re all going on a holiday
Why don’t you leave it, come on a holiday
Forget what you read in the papers
Forget what you see on TV
To hell with the world’s situation
Come on vacation with me.
We’re on a holiday, a magic holiday
The kids are out of school
Now the only rule is feeling okay
We’re on a holiday, we’re on a holiday
It takes your breath away, it takes your breath away
To see the sun break through,
It’s shining for you on a holiday
You’d float around in the water,
I’d fall asleep in the sand
Trees gently sway to the music
We’ll have a drink on the beach with the band
On a holiday, a magic holiday
We’ll see the sun break through,
It’s shining for you on a holiday
John’s in the back seat kissing Mary
Got a hand on the wheel and a hand on Sherry
Fiddling with the radio
Sun goes down and away we go
Pretty girls sitting on a carousel
Prove your strength to your girlfriend ringa that bell
Candy floss tastes so good
You’d hit that bolt – I’m feeling good
Up to the bedroom when the day is done
A little too much fun and too much sun
Put out the car, turn out the light
Do Not Disturb
Up and at them 7.35
You’re barely alive, but you’ll survive today, today
We’re on a holiday
John’s in the back seat kissing Mary
A magic holiday
Got a hand on the wheel and a hand on Sherry
The kids are out of school
Now the only rule is feeling okay
We’re on a holiday, we’re on a holiday
It takes your breath away, it takes your breath away
To see the sun break through,
It’s shining for you on a holiday
To see the sun break through,
It’s shining for you on a holiday
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One more heartache, I can’t take it
My heart is getting such a heavy load
One more ache would break it
Just like the camel with the heavy pack
One last straw was added
They said it broke the camel’s back
One more heartache would just be too much load
I’m fed up with the heartache
One more and I’ll explode
Like a toy balloon that’s filled
With as much air as it can take
One more puff of air
And that balloon has got to break
I can’t take it, one more heartache
I can’t stand the pain
One more heartache would just turn me right around
First you build my hope up high
Then you let me down
Like the house you built of toothpicks
Stacked up on the kitchen table
One last toothpick tore it down
The foundation was not stable
One more heartache would just be too much load
I’m fed up with the heartache
One more and I’ll explode
Like a toy balloon that’s filled
With as much air as it can take
One more puff of air
That balloon has got to break
One more heartache, heart, heart, heartache
One more, one more
One more heartache, not another
One more heartache, not another
One more heartache
One more heartache, not another
One more heartache, not another
One more heartache
I can’t take it, one more heartache
I can’t take it, one more heartache
I can’t stand it, one more heartache
Not another, one more heartache
Not another, one more heartache
Not another, one more heartache
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Thank you for being a friend
Travelled down the road and back again
Your heart is true, you're a pal and a confidante
I'm not ashamed to say
I hope it always will stay this way
My hat is off
Won't you stand up and take a bow?
And if you threw a party
And invited everyone you knew
You would see the biggest gift would be from me
And the card attached would say
Thank you for being a friend
Thank you for being a friend (thank you)
Thank you for being a friend
Thank you for being a friend
If it's a car you lack
I'll surely buy you a Cadillac
Whatever you need, any time of the day or night
I'm not ashamed to say, no, no
I hope it always will stay this way
'Cause my hat is off
Won't you stand up and take a bow?
And when we both get older
With walking canes and hair of grey
Have no fear, even though it's hard to hear
I will stand real close and say
Thank you for being a friend, I wanna thank you
Thank you for being a friend, I wanna thank you
Thank you for being a friend, I wanna thank you
Thank you for being a friend, I wanna thank you
Let me tell you about it yeah, I wanna thank you
Thank you for being a friend, I wanna thank you
Thank you for being a friend, I wanna thank you
Thank you for being a friend
And when we die and float away
Into the night, the milky way
And you would know as we'd ascend
I'd say your name, and once again
Thank you for being a
(That's my best California)
Thank you for being a friend, I wanna thank you
Thank you for being a friend, I wanna thank you
Thank you for being a friend, I wanna thank you
Thank you for being a friend, I wanna thank you
Let me tell you about it yeah, I wanna thank you
Thank you for being a friend, I wanna thank you
Thank you for being a friend, I wanna thank you
Thank you for being a friend
I wanna thank you right now for being a friend
I wanna tell you about a pal, and I'll tell you again
I wanna thank you, thank you
Thank you for being a friend
Oh, oh, oh, oh
(Applause)
ANDREW GOLD!!! Wooh!
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