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Time © 1981

1. Prologue
2. Twilight
3. Yours Truly, 2095
4. Ticket To The Moon
5. The Way Life's Meant To Be
6. Another Heart Breaks [instrumental]
7. Rain Is Falling
8. From The End Of The World
9. The Lights Go Down
10. Here Is The News
11. 21st Century Man
12. Hold On Tight
13. Epilogue

PROLOGUE /Jeff Lynne/

Just on the border of your waking mind,
There lies another time
Where darkness and light are one,
And as you tread the halls of sanity
You feel so glad to be unable to go beyond

I have a message from another time.

TWILIGHT /Jeff Lynne/

The visions dancing in my mind,
The early dawn the shades of time
Twilight crawling through my windowpane,
Am I awake or do I dream,
The strangest pictures I have seen,
Night is day and twilight's gone away,

With your head held high and your scarlet lies,
You came down to me from the open skies,
It's either real or it's a dream
There's nothing that is in between

(Chorus:)
Twilight, I only meant to stay a while Twilight, I gave you time to steal my mind Away from me

(Chorus)

With your head high and your scarlet lies
You came down to me from the open skies
It's either real or it's a dream
There's nothing that is in between

(Chorus)

I sent a message to another time,
But as the days unwind - this I just can't believe,
I send a note across another plane,
Maybe it's all a game - but this I just can't conceive

I drive the very latest Hover car,
I don't know where you are - but I miss you so much till then,
I met someone who looks a lot like you,
She does the things you do, but she is an IBM

She's only programmed to be very nice,
But she's as cold as ice, whenever I get too near,
She tells me that she likes me very much,
But when I try to touch, she makes it all too clear.

She is the latest in technology,
Almost mythology, but she haz a heart of stone,
She haz an IQ of 1,001,
She haz a jump suit on ,and she's also a telephone.

(Chorus:)
Is that what you want - is it what you really want.

Although her memory banks overflow
No one would ever know, all she says is that what you want
Maybe one day I'll feel her cold embrace,
And kiss her interface, until then I'll leave her alone.

(Chorus)

Remember the good old 1980's,
When things were so uncomplicated,
I wish I could go back there again,
And everything could be the same.

I've got a ticket to the moon,
I'll be leaving here any day soon,
Yeah, I've got a ticket to the moon,
But I'd rather see the sunrise, in your eyes.

Got a ticket to the moon,
I'll be rising high above the earth so soon,
And the tears I cry might turn into the rain,
That gently falls upon your window,
You'll never know.

Ticket to the moon
Fly, fly through a troubled sky
Up to a new world shining bright.

Flying with above,
Soaring madly through the mysteries that come,
Wondering sadly if the ways that led me there,
Could turn around and I would see you there, standing there.

Ticket to the moon,
Flight leaves here today from Satellite 2,
As the minutes go by what shall I do,
I paid the fare but what more can I say,
It's just one way

Ticket to the moon.

THE WAY LIFE'S MEANT TO BE /Jeff Lynne/

Well I came a long way to be here today
And I left you so long on this avenue,
And here I stand in the strangest land
Not knowing what to say or do.
As I gaze around at these strangers in town,
I guess the only stranger is me,
And I wonder, yes I wonder,is this
The way life's meant to be

Although it's only a day since I was taken away
And left standing here looking in wonder,
The ground at my feet maybe it's just the old street
But everything that I know lies under,
And when I see what they've done to this place that was home,

Shame is all that I feel,
And I wonder, yes I wonder, is this
The way life's meant to be.

Too late, too late to cry, the people say,
Too late for you, too late for me
You've come so far, now you know everything
My friend
Just look and see the wonders of our world

As I wander around this wreck of a town
Where people never speak aloud
With its ivory towers and its plastic flowers
I wish I was back in 1981
Just to see your face, instead of this place
Now I know what you mean to me,

And I wonder, yes I wonder, is this
The way life's meant to be.

ANOTHER HEART BREAKS /Jeff Lynne/

[Instrumental]

RAIN IS FALLING /Jeff Lynne/

Early in the morning,
The sun was up and the sky was very blue,
Without a warning,
As I looked out, my thoughts returned to you
A noise in the city made the children run,
And hide themselves away,
And thunder boomed and lightning filled the sky.

Looking from this window,
A thousand rivers running past my door
Standing on an island, looking for someone
Upon the shore,
I can see it very clearly nothing's really changed,
Then lightning strikes across an empty sky,

(Chorus:)
Ooh-the rain is falling,
Ooh-the rain is falling,
Ooh-the rain is falling,
Will it wash away the lonely tears,

(Chorus)

Oh you, you're so hard to get to,
Oh you, you don't wanna play,
You were no better before,
I sent a letter before,
I sent a dream to you last night
From the end of the world.

Oh you, you keep me hangin' 'round and 'round
And 'round,
Oh you, look at the trouble I've found
You were no better before
I sent a letter before,
I sent a dream to you last night
From the end of the world.

I saw you last night but you couldn't answer,
You were a lonely little sidewalk dancer,
When I woke up I could not stand it
You were gone but I got to hand it to you.

Solo

Oh please if this is a game I wish someone would win
Oh please just let it fly to be upon the wind
You were no better before, I sent a letter before
I sent a dream to you baby last night
From the end of the world

THE LIGHTS GO DOWN /Jeff Lynne/

One day, I gotta get out of here,
I gotta make everything clear
I gotta see you.
I know, the way that I feel is wrong, so wrong.
But I gotta carry on, when you ain't around.

I believe things are going wrong,
And the night goes on and on,
All your dreams have flown away,
And the sun won't shine today

(Chorus:)
The lights go down,
The lights go down,
The lights go down,
And there's no one around.

I believe things are going wrong,
And the night goes on and on,
All your dreams have flown away,
And the sun won't shine today

(Chorus)

Here is the news
Coming to you every hour on the hour
(Here is the news)
The weather's fine but there may be a meteor shower

Here is the news
A cure's been found for good old rocket lag
(Here is the news)
Someone left their life behind in a plastic bag

(Chorus:)
Here is the news
Here is the news
Here is the news

("Ten eurotechnicians were today sentenced
by the justice computer to be banished for life
to the prison satellite Penal One...")

Here is the news
Another action filled adventure
(Here is the news)
All the worst from the world convention

(Chorus:)
Here is the news (the very latest)
Here is the news
Here is the news
Here is the news

Here is the news
I wanna go home, I want my baby back
(Here is the news)
I wanna go back!

Here is the news
Somebody has broken out of Satellite Two
(Here is the news)
Look very carefully, it may be you, you, you, you...

("...the energy counsel today announced...
"...the archbishop is waving to the crowds..."
"...the World Broadcasting Authority today announced..."
"...I think that's going to be alright, you'll have to wait and see..."
"...I'll call you back later...")

(Chorus)

A penny in your pocket, suitcase in your hand
They won't get you very far,
Now you're a 21st century man.

Fly across the city, rise above the land,
You can do 'most anything,
Now you're a 21st century man.

Though you ride on the wheels of tomorrow,
You still wander the fields of your sorrow.

One day you're a hero, next day you're a clown,
There's nothing that is in between,
Now you're a 21st century man.

You should be so happy, you should be so glad,
So why are you so lonely, you 21st century man.

You stepped out of a dream believing
Everything was gone,
Return with what you've learnt they'll kiss the
Ground you walk upon.

Things ain't how you thought they were,
Nothing have you planned,
So pick up your penny and your suitcase,
You're not a 21st century man.

Though you ride on the wheels of tomorrow,
You still wander the fields of your sorrow,
21st century man.

HOLD ON TIGHT /Jeff Lynne/

Hold on tight to your dream,
Hold on tight to your dream,
When you see your ship go sailing,
When you feel your heart is breaking,
Hold on tight to your dream.

It's a long time to be gone,
Time just rolls on and on,
When you need a shoulder to cry on,
When you get so sick of trying,
Just hold on tight to your dream.

(Chorus:)
When you get so down that you can't get up,
And you want so much but you're all out of luck,
When you're so down hearted and misunderstood,
Just over & over & over you could.

Chorus

EPILOGUE /Jeff Lynne/

String by Jeff Lynne, Richard Tandy, Rainer Pietsch
Conducted by Rainer Pietsch
Recorded at Musicland Studios - Munich
Album Coordinator - Brian Jones

Special thanks to Bill Bottrell
Special thanks to Brendan Higgs
Thanks to Brian Gardner

Girl's voice on "Yours Truly, 2095" by Sandi
French verse in "Hold On Tight" by Ghislaine

Special thanks to Nancy & Phil for their front room

Gibson, Ovation - guitars
Yamaha, Oberheim, S.L.M., Wurlitzer - keyboards
Fender, Gibson - bass guitars
Slingerland drums
Zildjian cymbals
Remo heads

Artwork by - Guy Fery
Photos by - Frank Griffin

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