Wet Wet Wet Album

I was living in a world of make believe
When my best friend wrote and told me
That there may be a job in the city
And you never told me

He would dream about another scheme
About another sordid hall of dreams
About a man who's king of industry
He would swear by his mouth almighty
He would buy the best
But never something new
And he never told me

I like kicking in the gutter and
Wishing I was lucky
Wishing I was lucky, wishing I was lucky
Oh I like kicking in the gutter
Wishing I was lucky, wishing I was lucky

It's the only life I know
Lie, lie, lie is all you ever do
To make me want to push on through
Cry, cry, cry cry is all I ever do
Say that's how you want to make me push on through

I like kicking in the gutter and
Wishing I was lucky
Wishing I was lucky, wishing I was lucky
Oh I like kicking in the gutter
Wishing I was lucky, wishing I was lucky

My best friend wrote and told me so
He said that there may be a job in the city

I like kicking in the gutter and
Wishing I was lucky
Wishing I was lucky, wishing I was lucky
I was wishing I was lucky

Hey son go, hey son go, to the city

My love has taken a tumble
Oh, but I'm still standing
You're such a natural, sing,
That's what you are

Say I wouldn't steer you wrong now baby
I wouldn't steer you wrong

It's just that sweet little mystery
That makes me try, try, try, try
It's just that sweet little mystery
That makes me try, try, try, try

Didn't I come resisting this sight of wonder
Didn't I come insisting the higher decision
Didn't I come resisting this sight of wonder
To your life

Say I wouldn't steer you wrong now baby
I wouldn't steer you wrong

It's just that sweet little mystery
That makes me try, try, try, try
It's just that sweet little mystery
That makes me try, try, try, try

Oh, just think of the magic ooh-ooh
Don't think it is tragic, hey hey hey
Just think of the magic

Come on listen

My love has taken a tumble
My love has taken a tumble
My love has taken a tumble
But I'm still standing

It's just that sweet little mystery
That makes me try, try, try, try
It's just that sweet little mystery
That makes me try, try, try, try

Come on listen
Try, try, try, try, try, try, try, try, try
Try, try, try, try, try, try, try, try, try

I pay the price for cheap advice

Sick of leaving in the morning
With the night you gave away
So now I'm gonna take that all that I can get
With those angel eyes
You make saints do sins all the time

Say I'm gonna stay, home and away, well well,
When I said I'd catch you when you're falling
I'd have my heart open wide
And you who's not naive I thought
Say I thought I'd mend my heart

People say I'm so automatic
People say I'm not so systematic
When I'm down I'm in manual, lord
And time on time again I walk on by
With the look of love

And with those angel eyes, woh woh
You set me on fire baby
And with those angel eyes, woh woh
C'mon now baby

The saddest thing I've ever seen on my tv screen
Was a dying man who died for his dream
Toughest thing I've ever heard
Was that new-born scream in this naked world

People say I'm so automatic
People say I'm not so systematic
When I'm down I'm in manual, lord
And time on time again I walk on by
With the look of love

And with those angel eyes, woh woh
You set me on fire baby
And with those angel eyes, woh woh
C'mon now baby

Say I'm gonna stay home and away
Show a little loving that'll make you shine girl
Say I'm gonna stay home and away

People say that I'm so automatic
People say I'm not so systematic
When I'm down I'm in manual, lord
Been all around those edges
But ain't never been in love
Ain't never been in love before babe
Never been in love
Never been in love

Set me on fire, baby

And with those angel eyes, woh woh
Set me on fire, fire

And with those angel eyes, woh woh
Set me on fire, fire

When the big guns start to shooting
With their bullets of deception
With the smile upon your face
Going from second hand to almost new
Well I try to live life eye to eye
But I say I find it far too tall

Show me one more sign
Give me one more time
Cos you give me, you give me
You gimme, gimme, gimme temptation

Sing along, sing along baby
Sing along for the love of the children

And if this was to be true
Say I'd give all the tea in china
And maybe, all the tulips
In amsterdam

Well I try to live life eye to eye
But I say I find it far too tall

Show me one more sign
Give me one more time
Cos you give me, you give me
You gimme, gimme, gimme temptation

First you make me move
Until I'm so damn close
Take me back again, take me back again
Say I'm mighty thankful
But it's much too easy
Paying dues and learning vices
But no, but no, but oh no
You won't waste my angry spirit

Show me one more sign
Give me one more time
Cos you give me, give me
You gimme, gimme, gimme temptation

I want peace, love and understanding
To last throughout my life

Sing along, sing along baby
Sing along for the love of the children

What would you think if I sang out of tune
Would you stand up and walk out on me
Lend me your ears and I'll sing you a song
And I'll try not to sing out of key

Oh, I'll get by with a little help from my friends
Oh, I'll get high with a little help from my friends
Oh, I'll get by with a little help from my friends, my friends

What do you do when our love is away
Does it worry you to be alone
And how does it feel by the end of the day
Are you sad because you're on your own

Oh, I'll get by with a little help from my friends
Oh, I'll get high with a little help from my friends
Oh I'll get by with a little help from my friends
Do you need any body
I need somebody to love
Could it be anybody
I need somebody to love, to love, to love

Would you believe in this love at first sight
Yes I'm certain that it happens al the time
What do you see when you turn out the light
I can't tell you but I know that it's mine

Oh, I'll get by with a little help from my friends
Oh, I'll get high with a little help from my friends
Oh I'll get by with a little help from my friends
Do you need any body
I need somebody to love
Could it be anybody
I need somebody to love
Oh, I'll get by with a little help from my friends
Oh, I'll get high with a little help from my friends
Oh, I'll get high with a little help from my friends
Oh, I'll get by with a little help from my friends
With a little help from my friends, my friends, my friends
[Repeat to fade...]

Hey little fella, get your show together
I was listening in before
Now I don't care no more

Look around now (look around now)
It's always that it's gonna get me down
It's only begun

One look is all it took
I remember that sweet surrender
I recall, do you
That sweet surrender

Sweet surrender

My determination
Came creeping across the nation
Sure mistake for anyone
So you can't take home everyone
Cause it's only just begun

One look is all it took
To remember that sweet surrender
I recall, do you
That sweet surrender

I don't know, I don't care
Cause I'm living without you baby
Even when I know what's going on
Yeah it only took, one look, one glance
To set my heart for romance
Do you believe my sweet surrender

My sweet surrender

Hey little fella, now your show's together
I never wanted you to listen before
So why should I walk out the door
Stick around now (stick around now)
And so the story goes on through the night
It's only begun

One look is all it took
I remember that sweet surrender
Do you recall, cause I do
My sweet surrender

I don't know, I don't care
Cause I'm living without you baby
Even when I know what's going on
Yeah all it takes, one look, one glance
To set my heart for romance
One look is all it took
My sweet surrender

That sweet surrender
One look is all it took to remember
(I don't know and I don't care)

I live a perfect lie
All I ever want lies forgiven
Took away all of those chains and say
They broke away, they broke away

Do you lead a better life
Even when the sweet turns to bitter
Took away all of our chains and said
They broke away, they broke away

Walking round outer space
Knowing that you've had a taste
Walking round and out of place
And knowing what you're gonna do
To break down those chains
I can't tell you
Took away all of our chains and say
Broke away, they broke away

Got away with my ambition
Only if I want it
Only if I don't
Took away all of those chains and say
They broke away, they broke away

Walking round and out of place
Knowing that you've had a taste
Walking round out of place
Nothing what you're gonna do
To break out on me
I can't tell you
Took away all of your chains and say
They broke away, they broke away

And knowing what you're gonna do
To break down those chains
I can't tell you
Take away all of those chains and say
They broke away, they broke away

Stop your pretending
Listen to what I've got to say
How your head's went away
Only here for a day
And that grave I just made
Is for me when I get paid

Won't you wait a while
Move to the blue
Sometimes people don't want to say
Old time dancers don't die that way
See that grave I've just made
It's for me when I get paid

Somebody's gotta hold back the river
Somebody like you

Do you love and surrender
Sometimes I don't feel I can remember
I think it's fair to mention
About the days when I get paid

Somebody's gotta hold back the river
Somebody like you
Somebody's gotta hold back the river
Somebody like you

I want a little loving
I told you all to listen
But you never liked what you heard
I take what I am given
This may sound absurd
I share a double vision
That started the transition

Hey where's jimmy jazz
Steady on the scale

I told you to listen
I told you all to listen

Somebody's gotta hold back the river
Somebody like you
Somebody's gotta hold back the river
Somebody like you

You know that somebody
You know that somebody
You know that somebody
But it ain't you

Here I am
I want you to know that I understand
What it is you're giving me

I've got it all brand new

Here we are
Put up a show of hands
But I've got the feeling that
They don't know what they're gonna do

We don't live there no more
We've got the room on the second floor
Oh, we don't live there no more

Stay with me heartache so I can keep it right
Another day with the heartache
You know I can't stand the night

Think about the people in the foreign lands
Think about the dirty money in my hands
Think I know the reason why it doesn't work out right
Think of all the needy with a helping hand
Think of all the greedy people in our land
Think they know the reason why it doesn't work out right

I don't live there no more
I've got the suite on the penthouse floor
Oh, I don't live there no more

Stay with me heartache so I can keep it right
Another day with the heartache
You know I can't stand the night
Stay with me heartache so I can keep it right
Another day with the heartache
You know I can't stand the night

I don't live there no more
I've got the suite on the penthouse floor
Oh, I don't live there no more

See my pride
Been looking for it once or twice
Lost my pride
I'm really gonna make it right

I don't live there no more
I've got no room on the penthouse floor
Oh, I don't live there no more

Stay with me heartache so I can keep it right
Another day with the heartache
You know I can't stand the night
Stay with me heartache so I can keep it right
Another day with the heartache
You know I can't stand the night

Oh, this time
I'm not gonna let you get away
Oh, this time
I'll find a way to make you stay
When I say I love you
I'm serious,
Coz this time

Oh, this time
I'll make this house a happy home
There's nothing to change about you girl
Coz this time

This time
I won't listen to what my friends say
Oh, this time
Gonna do everything my way
Oh, this time
I'll change my attitude
Oh, this time
I'll make all your dreams come true
This time
I won't stand to see you cry before I leave
Girl you know I'd rather die
When the sun beats through my window
I'll be loving you and you'll be loving me
This time

This time
I won't listen to what my friends say
Oh, this time
Gonna do everything my way
Oh, this time
I'll change my attitude
Oh, this time
I'll make all your dreams come true
This time
I won't stand to see you cry before I leave
Girl you know I'd rather die
When the sun beats through my window
I'll be loving you and you'll be loving me
This time

Oh this time
Oh this time, oh please please stay
Oh this time, oh please please stay

He let the world right in
So let this tale begin
He spoke it out loud and clear
Then he shelved another frozen tear
Then he spoke it out loud and clear
But the pain got in

He always runs behind
He's only running blind
From the hurt that
Your heart's not worth healing

Come on and make it tonight
Come on this world's not so bright
Come on and make it tonight

He looks at the papers the grooves been jammed
Look at the world gettin' off
On a rhythm that just hits him out of time
Easy in the mornin' he says it's easier at night
Keeps his secrets clothed in white
Wrapped so tight it's gonna blow his mind

Come on and make it tonight
Come on this world's no so bright
Come on and make it tonight

Look up every time I feel like looking down
I look down every time you wear that pretty gown
I look up every time I look around
But remember we always said
It's be easy on the way

Come on and make it tonight
Come on this world's not so bright
Come on and make it tonight

He sits alone in a crowded station
And lights his cigarette
The light flickers slightly
And tells him politely
His life's not at it's best

She weighs him up 'cos his love's taken lightly
And love's her only regret
But love's not a sin in her eyes
And she's asking him why -
Why are you leaving
I just can't say
Why are you leaving
He don't know daddy's gonna stay

Put a little light in her darkest day
So she can see it
Put a little love in her heart on the way
So she can feel it

He walks home with his pride in his pocket
And pulls it out with his change
And his love is something and it just turned into nothing
Now isn't that strange

She holds her head high close to the bright sky
He's got his head in the clouds
But love's not a sin in her eyes
And he's telling her why
Why are you leaving
I just can't say
Why are you leaving
He don't know daddy's gonna stay

Put a little light in her darkest day
So she can see it
Put a little love in her heart on the way
So she can feel it

You can hear me so clearly
And see how I try
You feel me, so heal me
And tear me apart

I won't tell a soul
I won't tell at all
Do they have to know
About my goodnight girl

Caught up in your wishin' well
You hopes and sadness
Take your love 'n' promises
And make them last

You keep me so near you
And see me so far
And hold me and send me
And deep in your heart

It doesn't matter how sad
I made you
Doesn't matter how hard
I try

Just remember the same
Old reason
Reflected in your eyes
You said you wanted me

Caught up in your wishin' well
Your hopes and sadness
Take your love 'n' promises
And make them last

Every morning takes a chance, it might not come around
So it's maybe coming later
A preacher man on my t.v.
Says he's got the streets for me
And prays you write the letter
Heavenly father tell me how it's gonna be
So that I can try to make it better
Restless bars, you and I suppose they are
For blowing it all away
That's why I say

It takes more than love to get it on
You know it takes more than strength to carry on
It takes more than words to get it wrong
It takes more than love to get it on

Making us crazy, burnin' our bridges
Taking them out one at a time
Goodbyes you know don't come easy
Did you wanna go, for the thrill of it all
Why d'you wanna go cause you had no reason
For blowin' it all away

It takes more than love to get it on
You know it takes more than strength to carry on
It takes more than words to get it wrong
It takes more than love to get it on

Ships are sailing and you know your aim is true
The figureheads have broken in your mind
You paint yourself a picture, and it turns to black and white
And settle with the people one more time

It takes more than love to get it on
You know it takes more than strength to carry on
It takes more than words to get it wrong
It takes more than love to get it on
[To Fade]

Ain't got enough, so I go out and get some more
It got so bad it nearly left me lying on the floor
I started thinking that it's wearing on my soul
But I got to get it getting tonight

Raindrops keep fallin' on my window - pain!
They make my company
I can hear them knocking on my door
Now, should I let them in?

When I look at the faces baby
You see how the other side dies
I've got to - got to - got to
Let them come on in

Your lip service getting
Right out of order
Better keep looking
Or I'll blow my cover

She'll get caught by big sister midnight
I've been only telling stories
You will only tell me lies

I get the picture cause you never got my soul!
I get it, handed back, it turns into a tray of gold
That's just a victim of the promises you told
I sit and count the cost of living tonight

Bottle the past and number the label
Drink to the future, girl be ready and able
Get a grip with a new fixation
And take them all and let them all in

When I look at their faces baby
I see how the other side dies
I got to - got to - got to
Let them all come in

Should I let them (all come in)
Lies

I was born by the river
So I know where the river runs dry
I couldn't last forever

Accused just for living
But I know that the living was right
I couldn't last forever
Look at me making movies
Making living like I've never lived before

And the people wanting out of the river
Like a poor boy really should

Now I can sit and stand it
Like other people do
What you do for me I'll do for you, yeah

Now I can sit and stand it
Like other people do
What is blue for me, is blue for you

There's a man who I know
You know he's got a fist full of dirty dollars
And I know they won't last forever
Does he really know what people are saying
Always feeling sure what he is there saying
But the other's disappear he was alone

Now I can sit and stand it
Like other people do
What you do for me I'll do for you

Now I can sit and stand it
Like other people do
What is blue for me, is blue for you

I go back to the river
Cause I know where the river runs dry
I couldn't last forever
Take the night making movies
Like a villain never ever seen the night of day
Don't you know that I can't last forever

Now I can sit and stand it
Like other people do
What you do for me I'll do for you

Now I can sit and stand it
Like other people do
What is blue for me, is blue for you

Now I can sit and stand it
Like other people do
What is blue for me, is kind of blue for you, yeah

Hello I'm going down
You know I don't want to wear no pretty crown
Help people I'm going down

You've been talking in your sleep again.
About the way you've been pulling
my heart strings
When I think I'm on my feet again I
fall down, I fall down

At Frothy Seven Park Avenue
Loud is the singing down in the bar
room so lonely,
I wish I was in paradise

The broken lover in me, girl
Has been fixed in my memory
Lay your love, lay your love on me

[Chorus: ]
I lost a little love in this way
I find it in my heart to say
Gonna shed a tear for you today
For love, love I gave away, I gave away

You've been making those eyes
again
Down in the city and up in your
ivory tower
One day soon you're gonna reach
out and call my name

The broken lover in me girl
Has been fixed in my memory
Lay your love, lay your love on me


[Chorus 2x]

Love's got me down on my knees
again
There's no easy, no easy way out
There's no easy way out

[Chorus 2x]

Suddenly, you get a crazy feeling
Then in harmony
I won't be trading places
Now you're history,
Forget the time I let you play
Your mystery 'n' I don't know

Happy from the start
Then ripped and torn apart
Looking for a place within your heart

Cold, cold heart
Not like the stars that shine so bright
Cold, cold heart of mine
Don't you remember
Cold, cold heart of mine

Close to me you're taking out the boy in me
Your chemistry
Frightens all the life from me
Your honesty
Sometimes ain't so good
For your mystery 'n' I don't know

Happy from the start
Then ripped and torn apart
Looking for a place within your heart

Cold, cold heart
Not like the stars that shine so bright
Cold, cold heart of mine
Don't you remember
Cold, cold heart
Cold, cold heart of mine

Love's for nothing but you try to get much more
Looking for something you never had before
The words left unspoken
Just walked right out the door for evermore
For evermore

The magic that love brings
The magic, oh,
That lights the stars so bright
Shine so bright
Yeah, gonna tell the world I love her
Gonna tell the world I love her

Cold, cold heart of mine
Don't you remember
Cold, cold heart
Shine so bright
Cold, cold heart of mine
Don't you remember
Cold, cold heart, yeah