LEO SAYER

WORLD RADIO (1982)

HEART
(B. Gibb/R. Gibb/M. Gibb)

We’re giving up on all the emptiness
I fill it up with your sweet love beside me
Ain’t no fun to be a rolling stone inside
You buy the feeling and then you pay with tears
For what it matters you go with the motion
Then out of nowhere there’s a full moon rising
And it’s mine
And every, every moment is the history we make and more
We got a legacy of understanding, I
Can love you better but don’t let your
Heart stop beating in time
Don’t take me below the danger level
Caught up in the middle of a misery
Don’t let me die
And I warn you if you let your
Heart stop beating in time
Don’t make it a fatal combination
I won’t ever find another your love like yours, no, no
Got to get closer, got to be in sight
You make it heaven to breathe with you woman
Don’t you get lonely in the midnight hour like me
And there’s an angel that I follow on the wind, and more
Within a universe of undiscovered eyes
We found each other so don’t let your
Heart stop beating in time
Don’t take me below the danger level
Caught up in the middle of a misery
Oh baby don’t let it be
Save my soul
I don’t wanna be no chains that hold
Gotta be a wild new world out
There is a plan
I don’t wanna be no one night stand
Gonna be alive for you
Now here is the love
I can hold it in my hand
Can you feel it
I’m nothing if you let your
Heart stop beating in time
Don’t take me below the danger level
Caught up in the middle of this misery
Don’t let me down
If you let your heart stop beating in time
You’re making a fatal combination
I wont’ ever find another love like yours
Don’t let me down
Don’t let your heart stop beating in time
Don’t take me below the danger level
Living in the middle of this misery
Don’t let it die

PARIS DIES IN THE MORNING
(A. McCrorie-Shand/J. Danter)

I feel so lost and lonely
Standing by the river Seine
I don’t know how I got here or why I came
But everywhere I see her smiling face
I remember
We met somewhere in the back streets
In this city of another age
And talking broken English ‘til the darkness came
And in my room she called me by my name
And she whispered
Paris dies in the morning
That’s something that they never say
They never tell you
Paris dies in the morning light
You’d never think it late at night, no, no
It disappears in the sunshine
It’s something that they never say
They never tell you
Paris dies in the morning light
It’s always gonna be that way
When we made love in that hotel
Like I never made before
Thought I could die
When she whispered slow
Marai toujours
She was wild and enchanting
The night was like a dream
We danced and sang the
Sweetest harmony
The words come back so clear
I remember when we sang
Paris dies in the morning
That’s something that they never say
They never tell you
Paris dies in the morning light
You’d never think it late at night, no, no(Solo)
When I awoke in the morning
She was nowhere to be found
That’s why I’m standing
Waiting a t this river’s edge
I know we’ll never meet again
It was true when she said
Paris dies in the morning
(It ends this way)
The moment when it steals your heart
And then it loves you
Paris dies I the morning light
You’d never think it late at night, no no
She disappeared in the morning light
She said that it would end this way
Did not believe her
Paris dies in the morning light
I know we’ll never meet again
(Solo)
I know we’ll never meet again
She’s gone
Paris dies in the morning

HAVE YOU EVER BEEN IN LOVE
(A.Hill/P. Sinfield/J. Danter)

In the morning light
Half awake and half asleep
Have you ever lay there thinking
Was it all in a dream
But you reach out and she’s there
Every moment everywhere
Have you ever been in love
Have you ever felt how far a heart can fall
Have you ever stayed up waiting for a telephone call
Just to hear her say hello
‘Cos you miss each other so
Have you ever been in love
Have there been times to laugh
And times you really wanna cry
Finding reasons to believe her
‘Cos you’d die a little if she lied
And when in times of doubt
Have you ever tried to work it out
But still she leaves you wondering what it’s all about
When she’s far away, did you ever felt the need to stray
And tried and then discovered it just doesn’t pay
And with her you can be true
For with her you can be you
Have you ever been in love
Have there been times to laugh
And times you really wanna cry
Finding reasons to believe her
‘Cos you’d die a little if she lied
And when in times of doubt
Have you ever tried to work it out
But still she leaves you wondering what it’s all about
(Solo)
And when in times of doubt
Have you ever tried to work it out
And still she leaves you wondering what it’s all about
And when the night comes down
Can you call this house a home
Do you dream you’re still together
And wake up alone
Have you ever been in love
The way that I’m in love
Have you ever been in love

RUMOURS
(G. Mark/R. Smith)

I heard some things about you
I can’t believe it’s true
I heard the flame don’t burn bright as it used to
I heard some things about you
I know they must be lies
Don’t turn your face away, baby
When I need to see your eyes
‘Cos I keep hearing rumours
People telling me rumours
I keep hearing those rumours
Seems like everybody’s my best friend
Rumours, don’t go believing rumours
I swear it’s only rumours
Listen babe, I don’t want our love to end
(It’s a shame - they talk, they talk, they talk)
I heard some things about you
Suspicion coming on
I need some answers woman
Don’t tell me nothing’s wrong, nothing’s wrong
I heard some things about you
The way you’re treating me
You give your love to someone else
When it used to come to me
Oh I’ve been hearing rumours
Everybody’s saying rumours
I don’t wanna hear no rumours
How come everybody wants to be my best friend
I don’t believe it no, oh
(It’s a shame - they talk
They talk, they talk
They talk, they talk
They talk, they talk…)
Now I’ve got so many friends
I’ve never had before
And you’re the only friend I want
I don’t want no more
All these rumours I hear
I can’t believe they’re true
And they’re trying to tear me
Oh no, they’re trying to tear me away from you
Rumours, I don’t believe it babe
Rumours
They’re just whispers in the wind
They’ve got it all wrong
Everybody’s wants our love to end
Rumours, I don’t believe in those
Rumours, lots of big rumours
Rumours, it’s only vicious rumours
I don’t want our love to end
I don’t want our love to end
I don’t want our love to end

HEROES
(Leo Sayer/D. Courtney)

I live in the times
That you left behind
I sold ‘em my mind for nickels and dimes
I must have been blind
I search for the cause
That has no reward
I’ve tried to move on
But everyone’s gone on and I
Can’t get it back
No, I can’t get it back
I’m always reaching for the right track
Where has it gone why can’t I get it back
Where have my heroes gone
I’ve no-one to hold on to
I’m out here standing on a landslide
I’m out here falling through a paper sky
Where have my heroes gone
I’ve nothing to hold onto
Lost in a daze
I’ll never erase
When radio waves
Would take us away
On dreams that we’ve made
Like an old song
I just don’t belong
But I try to be strong
So let the music roll on
We can’t get it back
Yes, I can’t get it back
I’m always listening for the right track
And when it’s gone I wanna play it back
Where have my heroes gone
I’ve no-one left to hold on to
I’m out here standing on a landslide
I’m out here falling through a paper sky
Where have my heroes gone
I’ve no one left to hold on to, oh
(Don’t let those heroes die
Their songs have changed our lives
They came they saw
They conquered all
Don’t let them die
And say goodbye
Am I always searching for the right track
Where have they have gone
Why can’t I get it back
Where have my heroes gone
I’ve no-one left to hold on to
I’m out here standing on a landslide
I’m out here falling through a paper sky
Where have my heroes gone
I’ve no one left to hold on to
They’re gone
(Don’t let those heroes die
Their songs have changed our lives
They came they saw
They conquered all
Don’t let them die
And say goodbye)

‘TIL YOU LET YOUR HEART WIN
(A.Willis/L.Wood)

I could love you but you’re hard to touch
Standing by you I have seen so much
Ain’t it funny how I found the one
But you pull back to protect a heart born to run
Passion begs you to oblige them all
Love escapes you and you watch them fall
Giving nothing you are left to bleed
Will you ever recognise I know what you need
I wanna hold you tight
Give you the rest of my life
You are my heaven
The river flows to the sea
Like you could reach out to me
But I can get in
‘Til you let your heart win
Dressed in silence
To disguise the pain
Pure emotion doesn’t know your name
Love still haunts you
Please don’t turn away
I’m with you if you care
Oh you know, things will change
‘Cos I wanna hold you tight
And give you the rest of my life
You are my heaven
The river flows to the sea
Like you could reach out to me
But love can get in
‘Til you let your heart win
(You let your heart win)
‘Til let your heart win
Oh let it win
Let your heart win baby
Please give in
Let your heart win baby
Try and give in, try and give in
Let your heart
Let your heart win

THE END OF THE GAME
(Leo Sayer/D. Courtney)

Though he heard her clearly
She said it so sincerely
That’s something that he doesn’t understand
Her words were choked and broken
She left him with a token
The note he is holding in his hand
(Don’t let me down, don’t let me down)
Is this the end of the game
And will you put out the flame
And fly away
Don’t fly away
Now let’s find out who’s too blame
And start all over again
Don’t fly away
Don’t fly away
Way across the city
Waiting on a taxi
Holding cases
Standing in the hall
Thinking “well if only”
She’s feeling sad and lonely
Hoping ‘gainst all hope that he will call
Don’t let me down
Don’t let me down
Is this the end of the game
And should I put out the flame
And fly away, and fly away
And if I walk out again
Is it true that the pain
Will fly away, fly away
Fly away
The taxi driver’s talking
But she doesn’t hear a single word he says
Fly away,
The tears fall so easily
Keep falling ‘til she climbs aboard the plane
And it’s the end of the game
With only fortune to blame
(Solo)
Yes, it’s the end of the game
But love was given in vain
Sail away, sail away
Just like the sunshine and rain
It’s true that one day will pain will fly away
Fly away, fly away

WONDERING WHERE THE LIONS ARE
(B.Cockburn)

Sun’s up, mm, hmm, looks okay
The world survives into another day
And I’m thinking about eternity
And this ecstasy’s got a hold on me
Yeah, I had another dream about lions at the door
They weren’t half as frightening as they were before
I’m thinking about eternity
Some kind of ecstasy’s got a hold on me
Walls windows trees, waves coming through
You’ll be into me and I’ll be into you
Together in eternity
All this ecstasy’s got a hold on me
And I’m wonderin’ where the lions are
Wonderin’ where the lions are
Wonderin’ where the lions are
Wonderin’ where the lions are
I’m wonderin’ where the lions are
Wonderin’ where the lions are
Wonderin’ where the lions are
Wonderin’ where the lions are
Wonderin’ where the lions are
Big orange flying boat rises off the lake
Thousand-year-old dinosaur doing a double take
Pointing a finger at eternity
I’m sitting here in the middle of this ecstasy
Last night again there where lions at the door
But I wasn’t frightened like I was before
Thinking about eternity
And the ecstasy that’s got a hold on me
And I’m wonderin’ where the lions are
Wonderin’ where the lions are
Wonderin’ where the lions are
Wonderin’ where the lions are
I’m wonderin’ where the lions are
Wonderin’ where the lions are
Wonderin’ where the lions are
I’m wonderin’
(Solo)
Freighters on the nod on the surface of the bay
One of these days we’re going to sail away
Sail into eternity
All this ecstasy’s got a hold on me
And I’m wonderin’ where the lions are
Wonderin’ where the lions are
Wonderin’ where the lions are
Wonderin’ where the lions are
Tell me where the lions are
Wonderin’ where the lions are
Tell me where the lions are
Tell me where the lions are
Tell me where they are
I wanna know
Where the lions are

WE’VE GOT OURSELVES IN LOVE
(Leo Sayer/D. Courtney)

We were just friend’s babe
But love came on too strong
We could not stop
What we knew was wrong
We meet in this hotel
To hide from prying eyes
Nobody knows
About out secret life
We’ve got ourselves in love babe
We’ve got ourselves in love
What are we going to do about us
We’re so much in love
We got ourselves in love girl
We’ve got ourselves in love
Nothin’ we can do about us
Being in love
Oh we’re so much in love
Don’t talk in my sleep babe
I don’t repeat your name
But somehow she knows
That we’re playing games
So we talk in whispers
And plan out getaway
We’ve got to make our move
Before it’s too late
We’ve got ourselves in love girl
We got ourselves in love
What are we going to do about us
We’re so much in love
We’ve got ourselves in love babe
We’ve got ourselves in love
Nothin’ they can do
My conscience says
That you and I should stay as friends
My heart pretends, oh baby
With you my life can start again
Got ourselves in love babe
We’ve got ourselves in love
There’s nothin’ they can do about us
Being in love
We got ourselves in love
We’ve got ourselves in love
And I know we’ll pull through
Just being in love

WORLD RADIO
(Leo Sayer/D. Courtney)

I am the voice
I am the radio
You hear me loud and clear
Across the open sky
Into the night
You hear me loud and clear
I was thinking you’re a part of my mind
Breathing sleeping talking two of a kind
I’m the voice in your head
(do you read me)
The word you just said
(do you hear me)
Aah – the world goes spinning around
Aah – and you all join in with the sound
Aah – we sing with one voice
Like a world radio
Aah – we sing with one voice
Like a world radio
I feel the pain
I feel the joy and love
You hear it loud and clear
But should the music stop
I’ll feel so low
I’ll fade and disappear
I’m just thinking that we’re two of a kind
Think I know what’s going on in your mind
When the red light goes on
(can you tell me)
Is your green light still on
(do your hear me)
Aah – the world goes spinning around
Aah – and you all join in with the sound
Aah – we sing with one voice
We’re a world radio
Aah – we sing with one voice
We’re a world radio
The world goes spinning around
Aah – we all join in with the sound
Aah – we sing with one voice
Like a world radio
We join in with the sound
The world goes spinning, spinning around
Aah – we sing with one voice
We’re a world radio
(Solo)
Aah – we sing with one voice
We’re a world radio
Radio
Is the green light on
(can you tell me)
Don’t put your red light on
(do you read me)
I know the green light’s on
Don’t put, don’t put your red light on
Is the green light on