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The Moody Blues
Threshold (Decca), 1981
Vinyl stereo UK: Threshold TXS 139
CD: Threshold 820 105-2
At the release of this album, The Moody Blues comprised: Justin Hayward,
John Lodge, Ray Thomas, Graeme Edge & Patrick Moraz. |
Album Contents
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Justin Hayward |
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John Lodge |
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Justin Hayward, John Lodge |
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Justin Hayward |
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Justin Hayward |
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Graeme Edge |
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John Lodge |
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Ray Thomas |
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Ray Thomas |
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Ray Thomas |
The Voice
Won't you take me back to school?
I need to learn the golden rule.
Won't you lay it on the line?
I need to hear it just one more time.
Oh won't you tell me again?
Can you feel it?
Won't you tell me again
Tonight?
Each and every heart it seems
Is bounded by a world of dreams.
Each and every rising sun
Is greeted by a lonely one.
Oh won't you tell me again?
Can you feel it?
Oh won't you tell me again
Tonight?
'Cos out on the ocean of life my love
There's so many storms we must rise above?
Can you hear the spirit calling
As it's carried across the waves?
You're already falling,
It's calling you back to face the music
And the song that is coming through,
You're already falling,
The one that it's calling you.
Make a promise, take a vow
And trust your feelings, it's easy now.
Understand the voice within
And feel the changes already beginning.
Oh won't you tell me again?
Can you feel it?
Won't you tell me again
Tonight?
And how many words have I got to say
And how many times will it be this way
With your arms around the future
And your back up against the past?
You're already falling, it's calling you
On to face the music
And the song that is coming through,
You're already falling,
The one that it's calling is you.
Each and every heart it seems
Is bounded by a world of dreams.
Each and every rising sun
Is greeted by a lonely one.
Won't you tell me again?
Can you feel it?
Oh won't you tell me again
Tonight?
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Talking Out Of Turn
When I took a little loving from you,
Oh I never thought about the hurting inside,
But I took a little more than I should,
Oh why? Can't explain that I ever would
Let you slip through my fingers,
Let you escape like yesterday.
I would appreciate you knowing,
I thought your love had come to stay.
Talking out of turn,
Shot to pieces,
When will I learn?
Talking out of turn,
Shot to pieces,
When will I learn?
But I took a little more of your each day
When I didn't see that I was breaking you apart
With angry words of love I didn't mean.
Oh why? Can't believe that I ever would
Talk myself out of tomorrow,
Talked like a fool to yesterday
And, as the evening loses colour,
Your love began to fade away.
Talking out of turn,
Shot to pieces,
When will I learn?
Talking out of turn,
Shot to pieces,
When will I learn?
Talking out of turn.
Talking out of turn.
If I upset you,
I didn't mean to hurt you,
I didn't mean to make you cry.
I don't need an alibi
To start me talking out of turn
When I took a little loving from you.
Oh I can't believe that I ever would
Let you slip through my fingers,
Let you escape like yesterday.
I would appreciate you knowing,
I thought your love had come to stay
Talking out of turn,
Shot to pieces,
When will I learn?
Talking out of turn,
Shot to pieces,
When will I learn?
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Gemini Dream
Long time no see,
Short time for you and me.
So fine, so good.
We're on the road
Like you knew we would.
First night, so long,
A state of mind.
What can go wrong?
We're here, the time is right
To rock 'n' roll
Right through the night.
Make it work out.
Make it work.
Make it work out.
Make it work out
For each other tonight.
Stage fright, candle light,
You can let go,
Tonight's the night,
Came back for you.
Glad to see
That you came too.
There's a place, a Gemini dream,
There's no escaping from the love we have seen
So come with me, turn night to day.
You're gonna wake up,
You know you're gonna wake up in a Gemini dream.
Turned round to see
Where we've been
And what we believe
In life. Love,
Take a chance,
See it through.
You'll be glad
That you came too.
There's a place, a Gemini dream,
There's no escaping from the love we have seen
So come with me, turn night to day.
You're gonna wake up,
You know you're gonna wake up in a Gemini dream.
Long time, no see.
The lights go up
For you and me.
We're here,
The time is right
To rock 'n' roll
Right through the night.
Living it,
Believing it,
Wanting it,
Make it work out.
Make it work.
Make it work out.
Make it work out
For each other tonight.
Long time, no see.
Short time for you and me.
So fine, so far, so good.
We're on the road
Like you knew we would.
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In My World
In my world
It's heaven on earth when you're close to me.
I could see
That moment of truth when you spoke to me.
In my world
It's never too late we can both be free.
In my world
It's heaven on earth when you're near.
If you knew
The changes I feel that you put me through,
And you do,
I see in your eyes that you really do,
And it's true,
It happened so fast that it must be true,
In my world
It's heaven on earth when you're near.
And I'm only just beginning
To believe what you have done.
How you turned it upside down,
This world of mine,
And it seems while I was looking
It was right in front of me
All the time.
In my world
It's heaven on earth when you're close to me.
I could see
That moment of truth when you spoke to me.
In my world
It's never too late we can both be free.
In my world
It's heaven on earth when you're near.
'Cos I'm only just beginning
To believe what you have done.
How you turned it upside down,
This world of mine,
And it seems while I was looking
It was right in front of me
All the time.
If you knew
The changes I feel that you put me through,
And you do,
I see in your eyes that you really do,
And it's true,
It happened so fast that it must be true.
In my world
It's heaven on earth when you're near.
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Meanwhile
Just in a simple conversation,
You can hear the feeling change
Down to the sea
And, if you need an explanation,
I defy you to explain
But something's not the same
And it's bothering me.
I think I see where I went wrong.
I think I see what's going on,
Meanwhile and far away
As the night draws in
He's holding her right now.
I can feel it all begin,
Meanwhile and far away.
When the day is done
I ride away with my friend
Into the setting sun
And the river's running down
Down to the sea.
I let love slip right through my fingers
And I watched it drift away
But still I had to say
What was written for me.
I thought I'd end up as the hero,
Thought the glory would be mine.
Very soon I was to find
It wasn't to be.
'Cos in this part I've got to play,
It doesn't quite turn out that way.
Meanwhile and far away,
As the night draws in
He's holding her right now.
I can feel it all begin
Meanwhile and far away.
When the day is done
I ride away with my friend
Into the setting sun.
And the river's running down,
Down to the sea.
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22 000 Days
Even though I know it's only
Me and my dreams
That drive me, so let me go please.
Let me go on to tomorrow
One day at a time.
Now I know the only foe is time
22 000 days, 22 000 days, it's not a lot,
It's all you got. 22 000 days
22 000 nights, 22 000 nights, it's all, you know
So start the show and, this time,
Feel the flow and get it right.
Now the time when I first saw you is over and gone.
Then I knew my life with you would go on,
Knowing you so much longer,
I've change in mind, change for you.
You have changed to mine.
22 000 days, 22 000 days, it's not a lot,
It's all you got. 22 000 days.
22 000 nights, 22 000 nights, it's all, you know,
So start the show and, this time,
Feel the flow and get it right.
Everybody knows, it always shows.
Wasting time's an aggravation.
Got no time for confrontation.
You want to take a lot
By love, by law or stealth.
Time's the only real wealth you have got.
Even though I know it's only me and my dreams
That drive me, so let me go please.
Let me go on to tomorrow
One day at a time.
Now I know the only foe is time.
22 000 days, 22 000 days, it's not a lot,
It's all you got. 22 000 days
22 000 nights, 22 000 nights, it's all, you know,
So start the show 22,000 days.
22 000 days, 22 000 days, it's not a lot,
It's all you got. 22 000 days
22 000 nights, 22 000 nights, it's all. you know
So start the show 22 000 ways.
[footnote: 22 000 days is about 60 years and 3 months]
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Nervous
Why I am so nervous?
Please explain to me
Why I can't sleep?
I close my eyes to shelter,
In the dark I try to hide.
If you leave me on my own
I'm worried I could lose my way.
In my mind confusion.
I see you everywhere
But we don't speak.
I try so hard to touch you
But you're always out of reach.
If you walked right by
Would I see in it your eye?
Would you turn away?
Seems to me
I've been a long time
On this road.
Has there been a sign,
Another way
And I've passed it by?
I don't know what it is that drives me on,
Gotta keep movin',
Gotta keep movin' on.
Bring it on home.
Let's bring it on home - your love.
Bring it on home.
Let's bring it on home - your love.
Bring it on home.
Let's bring it on home - your love.
Down parallel lines.
Don't question faith.
Don't answer lies.
Tell me why I'm nervous?
Please explain to me
Why I can't sleep?
Please explain to me
Why you're always out of reach?
If the water ran dry
Would I see it in your eye?
Would you walk away?
It seems to me I've been a long time on this road
And I wonder why.
Has there been a sign that points another way
And I've passed it by?
I don't know what it is that drives me on.
Gotta keep movin'.
Gotta keep movin' on.
Bring it on home.
(straight lines before my eyes)
Let's bring it on home - your love.
Bring it on home.
(straight lines before my eyes)
Let's bring it on home - your love.
Bring it on home.
(straight lines before my eyes)
Let's bring it on home - your love.
Down parallel lines.
Don't question faith.
Don't answer lies.
You know you gotta keep movin'.
Bring it on home.
(straight lines before my eyes)
Let's bring it on home - your love.
Bring it on home.
(straight lines before my eyes)
Let's bring it on home - your love..
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Painted Smile
I can sing,
I can dance,
Just give me a chance
To do my turn for you.
There's a chance I'll slip
But, with stiff upper lip,
I'll sing a song for you.
Laughter is free
But it's so hard to be a jester
All the time
And no one's believing
I'm the same when I'm bleeding
And I hurt all the time deep inside.
I've shed a tear for the lying
While everyday trying to
Paint this smile for you.
Backflips, cartwheelings,
Somersault feelings.
What is there left to do?
Laughter is free
But it's so hard for me,
A jester all the time.
No one's believing
I'm the same when I'm bleeding
And I hurt all the time deep inside.
Roll up, roll up.
Enjoy the show.
Pick me up, wind me up, put me down,
You'll see me go
And this painted smile
May miss for a while
Then come back and steal your show.
I sing, I dance.
Give me a chance to do my turn for you.
With backflips, cartwheelings,
Somersault feelings,
What's there left to do?
Laughter is free
But it's so hard to be a jester
All the time.
No one's believing
I'm the same when I'm bleeding
And I hurt all the time deep inside.
Laughter is free
But it's so hard to be a jester
All the time.
No one's believing
I'm the same when I'm bleeding
And I hurt all the time deep inside.
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Reflective Smile
Your painted smile hides you still
While you search yourself within.
Yesterday and tomorrow's found,
Fused as one upon solid ground
As, all around, the milling crowd
Confuse themselves with raging sounds
And their love's forgetfulness abounds.
So be thankful for your grease-painted clown
If loneliness wears the crown
Of the veteran cosmic rocker.
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Veteran Cosmic Rocker
The lights go down,
The stage is set.
The man in the wings breaks out in sweat.
A backstage joker spiked his Coke
While the dressing room was full of smoke.
A crowd of fools got him high.
He's afraid he's gonna die.
He's the apple of their eye.
He steps into the remaining light.
The crowd go wild.
He's outa sight.
Arms held high in the sign of peace,
His manager signed the one night lease.
The house is full getting high,
He's afraid he's gonna die.
He's the apple of their eye.
(He struts, he strolls)
(His love is rock 'n' roll)
He's the veteran cosmic rocker.
He steps into the remaining light.
The crowd go wild.
Arms held high in the sign of peace,
His manager signed the one-night lease.
The house is full getting high.
He's afraid he's gonna die.
He's the apple of their eye.
(He struts, he strolls)
(His life is rock 'n' roll)
He's the veteran cosmic rocker.
He's afraid that he will die.
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