Xanadu © 1980
I'm alive - and the world shines for me today
I'm alive - suddenly I am here today
Seems like forever (and a day),
Thought I could never (feel this way)
Is this really me? I'm alive, I'm alive
I'm alive - and the dawn breaks across the sky
I'm alive - and the sun rises up so high
Lost in another world (far away),
Never another word (till today)
But what can I say? I'm alive, I'm alive, I'm alive
(Instrumental break)
Suddenly came the dawn (from the night),
Suddenly I was born (into light)
How can it be real? I'm alive, I'm alive, I'm alive
I'm alive - and the world shines for me today
I'm alive - suddenly I am here today
Seems like forever (and a day),
Thought I could never (feel this way)
Is this really me? I'm alive, I'm alive, I'm alive
(Instrumental break)
I'm alive, I'm alive, I'm alive, I'm alive
I see the early glow, I hear you say hello
I watch the shadows fall, I don't see you at all
It's a lie (I don't believe it's so), it's a lie
I see the autumn rain, falling on my window pane
I hear you say goodbye, I see a tear in your eye
(Chorus:)I see you slip away, into another day
It's a lie (I don't believe it's so), it's a lie
Our love couldn't go wrong, how could I know
I was only dreaming
And now, now that you're gone, I will go on
Really believing - I take the fall
(Chorus)(Instrumental break)
I take the fall
I see you in a dream, you turn and start to go
I call to you once more, guess that I'm takin' the fall
(Chorus)Our love couldn't go wrong, how could I know
Why do I say, don't walk away
You'll be the way you were before,
When you don't want me anymore
Don't turn around, don't ever leave,
A lonely room where empty days
Are gathering to meet me when you're gone, gone
How in the world will I go on
(Don't walk away) all you gotta do is stay
(Don't walk away) all you gotta do is stay
(Don't walk away)
(Chorus:)Is it a dream, when will it end
Don't walk away (don't walk away), don't say goodbye (don't say goodbye)
Don't turn around (don't turn around), don't let it die (don't let it die)
When shadows fall (when shadows fall), when day is done (when day is done)
All through the night (all through the night), all of my life (all of my life)
Don't walk away
Where will I go, where will I be,
The feelings that I've never shown
Maybe I'll find the answer when you're gone, gone
How in the world will I go on
(Don't walk away) all you gotta do is stay
(Don't walk away) all you gotta do is stay (don't walk away)
chorus repeats 3x
ALL OVER THE WORLD /Jeff Lynne/
Everybody all around the world,
Gotta tell you what I just heard
There's gonna be a party all over the world
I got a message on the radio,
But where it came from I don't really know
And I heard these voices calling all over the world
(Chorus:)Everybody walkin' down the street,
All over the world, everybody got the word
Everybody everywhere is gonna feel tonight
We're gonna take a trip across the sea,
Everybody come along with me
We're gonna hit the night down in gay Pareee
(Chorus)(Instrumental break)
London, Hamburg, Paris, Rome, Rio, Hong Kong, Tokyo
L.A., New York, Amsterdam, Monte Carlo, Shard End and
(Chorus)Everybody all around the world,
(Chorus)All over the world, everybody got the word (repeats 3x)
XANADU (Olivia Newton-John with ELO) /Jeff Lynne/
A place where nobody dared to go,
The love that we came to know
They call it Xanadu
And now, open your eyes and see,
What we have made is real
We are in Xanadu
A million lights are dancing
And there you are, a shooting star
An everlasting world and you're here with me,
Eternally
(Chorus:)Xanadu, your neon lights will shine for you, Xanadu
Xanadu, Xanadu, (now we are here) in Xanadu
Xanadu, Xanadu, (now we are here) in Xanadu
The love, the echoes of long ago,
You needed the world to know
They are in Xanadu
The dream that came through a million years
That lived on through all the tears,
It came to Xanadu
A million lights are dancing
And there you are, a shooting star,
An everlasting world and you're here with me,
Eternally
(Chorus)Now that I'm here, now that you're near in Xanadu
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JEFF LYNNE - Lead vocals (Except on "Xanadu") , backing vocals, electric guitars, acoustic guitars, synthesizers BEV BEVAN -Drums,percussion tympani RICHARD TANDY - Pianos, synthesizers, all other keyboards KELLY GROUCUTT - Bass guitar, backing vocals |
Engineered by Mack
Strings by Louis Clark
Recorded at Musicland Studios Munich W. Germany
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