Secret Messages

Secret Messages
Loser Gone Wild
Bluebird
Take Me On And On
Time After Time
Four Little Diamonds
Danger Ahead
Stranger
Letter From Spain
Train Of Gold
Rock'n'roll Is King

A moving stream of information
That is floating on the wind
The secrets never end
And now they call
They sing, they play, they dance for you
From out the blue
What can you do?

Where words cascade like rainbows
Tumbling from the sky
Then I'll be there, I'll be there
When messages will call to you
Their secrets all around
Without a sound, they're all around

The secret messages that spill
Into the air from far away
So far away
A floating river of illusion
Running with confusion
Never gone - it goes on and on

LOSER GONE WILD /Jeff Lynne/

I don't mind the pain or the joker's cold refrain
The days pass by so slowly, I count them all again
Silence of a basement, shades all closed at noon
Lie awake for tear of strangers

Darkness comes on slowly, twilight is the ecstasy
Like a candle burning bright, shadows dance until the light
Empty room and chilling smiles
They go on for miles and miles

I don't mind if violins don't play
I won't listen to them anyway
I don't care what people say
Something just can be arranged

Icy fingers touching you
Silent voices calling too
What else is there to lose
I'm here but where are you?

BLUEBIRD /Jeff Lynne/

The streets, the signs are pointing all one way
But you don't realize just what they say
You may fight, you may run, you may know what you've done
It makes me feel so sad to think of what I might have had
I watch the stars, I watch the sun, now I watch for anyone
But it's only make believe

You work, you work, you work so hard and then
someone, someone will come around again
You may think it's for real, but you know how you feel
The places that I go don't feel good anymore
I see it all rainbows in fall I see her face upon my wall
But it's only make believe

Fly away, bluebird, fly away from me
To a place somewhere far across the sea
Fly away, far away, don't look back, go today
The waves that crash upon the sand
Another place, a far-off land
And everyday, I have to stay, but you are free
You could fly away
But it's only make believe

TAKE ME ON AND ON /Jeff Lynne/

The stars that shine so brightly
They call to me
I dream of how it might be
Somewhere far away

The chains that hold you
These chains will soon be gone
Sail upon the ocean
Sail back to me

TIME AFTER TIME /Jeff Lynne/

The skies are darkening they grow so dim
Strangers are meeting but it never ends
And one day they'll remember, one day they will know

From far away there comes a warning sound
And no one listens but it's all around
And one day they'll remember, one day they will know

Just listen to the sirens of the world
They breathe a whisper waiting for the word
And one day they'll remember, one day they will know

Time after time it is the same old story
Another footstep on the trail of glory
And one day they'll remember, one day they will know

The beauty of the world from way up high
Shines like a jewel upon the velvet sky
And one day they'll remember, one day they will know

The skies are darkening they grow so dim
Strangers are meeting but it never ends
And one day they'll remember, one day they will know

FOUR LITTLE DIAMONDS /Jeff Lynne/

(The A's not on.....how does this go?...dunda dunda dunda dun......ok! after four......FOUR!)

I used to think she was the greated thing
I realy cared gave her a diamond ring
She said she'd rather die than ever leave me
And if the law don't get her then I will-
Four little diamonds

She must be somewhere on the open road
She always said she was a lonely one
She gets you down with her tales of woe
She took me for everything
And if the law don't get her then I will
Four little diamonds

I keep wondering about her, day and night
She probably thinks I was a fool - she's right
She don't know it
But I'm gonna search everywhere
And if the law don't get her then I will
Four little diamonds

I still hear her calling out to me
I still listen for her endlessly
But it never even crossed my mind she was a cheater
I gotta find where she hides
'cos if the law don't get her then I will-
Four little diamonds

STRANGER /Jeff Lynne/

On a cold and windy morning, said good bye to my old friends
They were hanging around the corner
They will staying till the end
On the other side of midnight, I was looking for the place to stay
And one thing sure for certain
I ain't never going back again

The streetlights look so pretty, as they spread into a town
I was looking for another sundown
And my head was spinning round and round

As I walked into the main street, saw a crowd across the square
And I heard a guitar playing
And I saw her standing there

Distant bells they started ringing, somewhere far off in the night
And the place was full of loneliness
That disappears from sight

DANGER AHEAD /Jeff Lynne/

Here she comes down the street and that look is in her eye
And the way she looks' if looks could kill they might
All the kidsdown in the street run away
When she goes by it's the end of the day
So believe what they say'there's danger in theair

Look through a window and you'll see her standing there
She the latest of the greatest with the wind blowin' in her hair
The prima donna she's back in town
And you see her for miles around
So believe what they say there's dander in the air

Monday mornin' she's already up and gone
She knows what she wants and she knew it all along
With her entourage on either side
Just one look she can't be denied
So believe what they say there's danger in tne air

She's got a reputation that's way ahead of her time
She's got adulation that's way ahead of her mind
Everybody runs around to please
When she looks in the mirror she just has to freeze
So believe whet they say there's danger in the air

LETTER FROM SPAIN /Jeff Lynne/

I read the paper this morning
I saw your photograph
You look good in the movie
It must be so much fun

Letter from Spain
From someone I once knew

I've got a letter this morning
Postmark said it was from Spain
You writing it so very strange
I guess it always was that way

Letter from Spain
From someone I once knew

TRAIN OF GOLD /Jeff Lynne/

I saw her there from across the street
She was dressed in black
And then she moved, she moved to a beak, like a cadillac
She rode a train, train, train, train, train of gold

She was a woman of suspicious ways
Never saw daylight
And in her room she sat and passed her days
And she creep out at night
She rode a train, train, train, train, train of gold

Look through the window saw a velvet sky
A shade of green
A violin was playing soft and sweet
Like it was a dream
She rode a train, train, train, train, train of gold

Train of gold, train of gold
I don't believe her, it just couldn't be her
I can't get it out of my mind

ROCK'N'ROLL IS KING /Jeff Lynne/

Listen everybody let me tell 'bout the rock'n'roll
Feel that rhythm and it's really gonna thrill your soul
She said come along with me, to a land of make believe
She said rock'n'roll is king
She loves that rock'n'roll and she plays it all night long
That's all the ever tells me when I call her on the telephone
She says fell that jumping beat, and get up on your feet
She said rock'n'roll is king

It rolls like a train that's coming on down the track
She rolled over Beethoven and she gave Tchaikovsky back
She loves that driving beat, she goes dancing on down the street
She said rock'n'roll is king

When she comes around and I'm listening to the radio
She says you can't do that 'cos all I wanna go is rock'n'roll
Now here I'm gonna stay where the music starts to play
She said rock'n'roll is king

All music and lyrics by Jeff Lynne
PRODUCED BY JEFF LYNNE
Engineer: Bill Bottrell

JEFF LYNNE - Vocals, background vocals, guitar, synthesizers, bass guitar, percussion, oberheim dmx
BEV BEVAN - Drums, percussion
RICHARD TANDY - Synthesizers, grand piano, electric piano, harmonica, oberheim dsx
KELLY GROUCUTT - Bass guitar, background vocals

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