Goodbye England's rose
May you ever grow in our hearts
You were the grace that placed itself
Where lives were torn apart
You called out to our country
And you whispered to those in pain
Now you belong to heaven
And the stars spell out your name
And it seems to me you lived your life
Like a candle in the wind
Never fading with the sunset
When the rain set in
And your footsteps will always fall here
Along England's greenest hills
Your candle's burned out long before
Your legend ever will
Loveliness we've lost
These empty days without your smile
This torch we'll always carry
For our nation's golden child
And even though we try
The truth brings us to tears
All our words cannot express
The joy you brought us through the years
And it seems to me you lived your life
Like a candle in the wind
Never fading with the sunset
When the rain set in
And your footsteps will always fall here
Along England's greenest hills
Your candle's burned out long before
Your legend ever will
Goodbye England's rose
May you ever grow in our hearts
You were the grace that placed itself
Where lives were torn apart
Goodbye England's rose
From a country lost without your soul
Who'll miss the wings of your compassion
More than you'll ever know
And it seems to me you lived your life
Like a candle in the wind
Never fading with the sunset
When the rain set in
And your footsteps will always fall here
Along England's greenest hills
Your candle's burned out long before
Your legend ever will
Kelly Osbourne - One Word (2005)
ES#9, UK#9, POR#12, CAN#17, IRL#19, AUS#38, SWE#48, US#82
Lyrics:
One word breaks the code of silence,
Silence tells me all I need to know.
One Word,
One Word, tells me everything I need to know.
One word driven in to madness,
Madness driven by the depths below.
One Word,
One Word, tells me everything I need to know
It's not the way that I want it,
It's just the way that I need it.
Day after day
It's not the way that I want it,
It's just the way that I need it.
Day after day
One lie tells a thousand stories,
The greatest stories that were ever told.
One Lie,
One Lie, tells the greatest stories ever told.
One man can predict the future,
a future journey in to outer space.
One Man,
One Man, a future journey in to outer space.
It's not the way that I want it,
It's just the way that I need it.
Day after day
It's not the way that I want it,
It's just the way that I need it.
Day after day
It's not the way that I want it,
It's just the way that I need it.
Day after day
It's not the way that I want it,
It's just the way that I need it.
Day after day
Domenico Gerhard Gorgoglione, a.k.a. Nino de Angelo, was born 1963 to Italian parents in Karlsruhe, Germany. Very popular in Germany in the 1980s, he is one of the representats of the parculiar musical genre called Schlager. Having released several songs beforehand, his breakthrough came with a track written by Drafi Deutscher: Jenseits von Eden.
Following the runaway success in the German-speaking world, it was first translated into Italian for a release in France, and then into English. While the track occupied the #1 slot in Germany, Austria and Switzerland; it also reached the top in France and achieved a noteworthy #57 in the UK.
Nino has represented Germany in the 1989 Eurovision Song Contest with 'Flieger' and continues to be very popular in his home country.
Nino de Angelo - Jenseits Von Eden (1983)
DE#1 , AT#1, CH#1, NL#13
Wenn selbst ein Kind nicht mehr lacht wie ein Kind
Dann sind wir Jenseits von Eden
Wenn wir nicht fühlen, die Erde, sie weint
Wie kein and'rer Planet
Dann haben wir umsonst gelebt
Wenn eine Träne nur Wasser noch ist
Dann sind wir Jenseits von Eden
Wenn man für Liebe bezahlen muß, nur
Um einmal zärtlich zu sein
Dann haben wir umsonst gelebt
Laß uns jeden Tag das Leben endlos spür'n
Und uns niemals uns're Ehrlichkeit verlier'n
Wenn uns gar nichts mehr zusammenhält
Verlöscht vielleicht das letzte Licht der Welt
Wenn unser Glaube nicht mehr siegen kann
Dann sind wir Jenseits von Eden
Wenn jede Hoffnung nur ein Horizont ist
Den man niemals erreicht
Dann haben wir umsonst gelebt
Ich will mit dir eine neue Liebe spür'n
Wenn wir uns auch in Gedanken nur berühr'n
Irgendwann muß ich für immer geh'n
Dann will ich sagen, diese Welt war schön
Wenn selbst ein Kind nicht mehr lacht wie ein Kind
Dann sind wir Jenseits von Eden
Wenn wir nicht fühlen, die Erde, sie weint
Wie kein and'rer Planet
Dann haben wir umsonst gelebt
English:
I feel I'm fallin' apart 'cos I know
I've lost my guardian angel.
A fleetin' glimpse of your heart
losin' right from the start - no return
An' things will never be the same.
I feel I'm fallin' apart 'cos I know
I've lost my guardian angel.
A fleetin' glimpse of your heart
losin' right from the start - no return
An' things will never be the same.
Try to find the words that show I sympathise
words of comfort Words that never criticise
though I know you simply laughin' at me
I just can't stop an' simply let it be.
Where are all those feelin's of my yesterdays
Feelin's now I have bring back those bad ole ways.
Though I know you wanna turn an' blow
I just can't stop an' simply let you go.
I feel I'm fallin' apart 'cos I know
I've lost my guardian angel.
A fleetin' glimpse of your heart
losin' right from the start - no return
An' things will never be the same.
I feel I'm fallin' apart 'cos I know
I've lost my guardian angel.
A fleetin' glimpse of your heart losin'
right from the start - no return
An' things will never be the same.
Let me see you smile once more that special way
warm as summer On a chilly winter's day
though I know you're simply laughin' at me
I just can't stop an' simply let it be.
I feel I'm fallin' apart 'cos I know
I've lost my guardian angel.
A fleetin' glimpse of your heart
losin' right from the start - no return
An' things will never be the same.
I feel I'm fallin' apart 'cos I know
I've lost my guardian angel.
A fleetin' glimpse of your heart
losin' right from the start - no return
An' things will never be the same.
An' things will never be the same.
Italian:
Se ritroviamo la felicità
Sarà la valle dell' Eden
In ogni strada, in ogni città
Un bel raggio vedrai
E nella valle dell' Eden sarai
Se hai l'amore la dentro di te
Trovi la valle dell' Eden
È un paese dove notte non c'è
Troppo lontano non è
Cerchi la valle dell' Eden in te
In un mondo dove niente vale più
Anche ridere ti può buttare giù
Ma se ti volgi intorno a te
Ritroverai la pace dentro di te
Se ritroviamo la felicità
Sarà la valle dell' Eden
In ogni strada, in ogni città
Un bel raggio vedrai
E nella valle dell' Eden sarai
sì, nella valle dell'eden sarai
Certamento lo splendore lo vedrai
E l'amore nel tuo cuore sentirai
Quando cerchi la semplicità
Arriverai e troverai il tuo Eden
Se hai l'amore la dentro di te
Trovi la valle dell' Eden
In ogni strada, in ogni città
Un bel raggio vedrai
E nella valle dell' Eden sarai
Se ritroviamo la felicità
Sarà la valle dell' Eden
In ogni strada, in ogni città
Un bel raggio vedrai
E nella valle dell' Eden sarai
sì, nella valle dell'eden sarai
sì, nella valle dell'eden sarai
A piece of music strictly for adult ears only by the infamous Armand Van Helden from his 1998 album '2 Future 4U'
Lyrics:
Armand Van Helden - Entra Mi Casa (1998)
“Anyone with a taste for adult entertainment
I don’t know what you are talking ’bout.
I’m talking ’bout sex. I am talking about sex
………………..
Entra, ->come in
entra a mi casa papi,-> come in to my house daddy
y quita tus zapatos,-> and take off your shoes
sientate.->sit down
quieres algo de beber??-> anything to drink??
entonces ta’bien-> ok then
quita tu camisa par mi -> take off your shirt for me
yo quiere ver tu cuerpo -> i wanna see your body
hmmm asi -> hmmm like that
oh!
tu quiere que yo quite mi camisa tambien?-> you want me to take off my shirt too?
hmm
si, pero tu necesitas besar mi tetitas ->ok, but you need to kiss my tits
mira que duro esta-> look! how hard it is
y tu bicho es tan duro-> and your “bicho” is so hard
ay que grande-> ay! and big!
uh
yo puedo tocar tu huevito papi?->can i touch your nuts daddy?
si?-> yes
………………
Touch me right there
………………
tocame alli->Touch me right there
oh si
………………
Slide your tongue baby, up and down my ass.
Make it nice and wet.
You like to see those juices coming out on your face?
Make this Puerto-Rican feel sooooo good.
………………
ahora te tas representando como a mi me guta!-> now you’re representing the way i like
ay mira que caliente tu eres,-> look how hot you are
a mi me gusta eso-> i like that
oh papi-> oh daddy
toca mi culo-> touch my ass
como pasa tu lengua-> slide your tongue
por mi culo-> up and down my ass
si-> yes
hey papi?
dame tu bicho en mi culo tambien-> put your”bicho” in my ass too
duro->hard
duro->hard
hmm
……………..
let me get on top
hmm
you make me feel so good
Yeah, just f**k me
……………..
chicha conmigo papi->f**k with me daddy
dame ese bicho duro-> give me that hard “bicho”
ay papi, eso duele mucho-> ay daddy, that really hurts
no te para papi, no te para-> don’t stop daddy, fdon’t stop
dame mas-> gimme more
dame mas-> gimme more
ay que rico
asi eso que yo te guta-> that’s what i like!
oh papi
dios auidame-> God Help Me!!!
que rico-> so good
ay que rico-> ay! soo good
hey papi duro-> hard daddy
mas duro-> harder
mas rapido-> faster
hey no,te vas a venir-> hey no, don’t cum yet
no te vengas, no te vengas no-> don’t cum, don’t cum no!
quitalo bicho-> take it out!
quitalo bicho->take it out!
rapido->fast
mira to’s los jugos que ta saliendo-> look at those juices coming out
ta escurrando por tu cara-> sliping down your face
en tu mano-> in yourhand
en todos laos-> everywhere
mira todos mis jugos-> look all my jiuces
te guta??-> you like it?
quieres probarlos papi?-> wanna taste them daddy?
………………..
oh!
let me stop
cause I don’t want you to cum yet
hm hmm papi eso no
(hm hm papi. I said no.)
I want you to get buckwild with me.
just pull my hair
slap my ass
………………..
hmm
papi chulito
que rico
………………..
Damn, I feel so good I wanna cry
Vive l'Entente Cordiale! This collaboration sees French producer Romain Curtis team up with Brighton DJ Seamus Haji & Swedish vocalist Awa for a sublime track dating back to November 2009. Mark recommends! (unfortunately no proper video, but instead carefully selected product placement where to get this track if to liking ;-)
Depeche Mode - Walking in my Shoes (1993)
SWE#8, IT#9, DE#14, UK#14, IRL#15, CH#26, FR#23, AT#29, NL#36, US#69, AUS#74
Lyrics:
I would tell you about the things
They put me through
The pain I've been subjected to
But the Lord himself would blush
The countless feasts laid at my feet
Forbidden fruits for me to eat
But I think your pulse would start to rush
Now I'm not looking for absolution
Forgiveness for the things I do
But before you come to any conclusions
Try walking in my shoes
Try walking in my shoes
You'll stumble in my footsteps
Keep the same appointments I kept
If you try walking in my shoes
If you try walking in my shoes
Morality would frown upon
Decency look down upon
The scapegoat fate's made of me
But I promise now, my judge and jurors
My intentions couldn't have been purer
My case is easy to see
I'm not looking for a clearer conscience
Peace of mind after what I've been through
And before we talk of any repentance
Try walking in my shoes
Try walking in my shoes
You'll stumble in my footsteps
Keep the same appointments I kept
If you try walking in my shoes
If you try walking in my shoes
Try walking in my shoes
Now I'm not looking for absolution
Forgiveness for the things I do
But before you come to any conclusions
Try walking in my shoes
Try walking in my shoes
You'll stumble in my footsteps
Keep the same appointments I kept
If you try walking in my shoes
You'll stumble in my footsteps
Keep the same appointments I kept
If you try walking in my shoes
Try walking in my shoes
If you try walking in my shoes
Try walking in my shoes
Gareth Emery & Christina Novelli - Concrete Angel (2012)
Lyrics:
Let me breath you in, and breath the words in your mouth,
Inside your shivering, the silence shouts so loud.
I just want to, I just want to stay around,
And while my heart beats I promise I won't let you down.
If I'm somewhere else it doesn't mean that I don't see,
That you don't trust yourself, that's why you don't trust me,
It makes me crazy, when you're crazy, you don't speak,
You think you know me, but what you know is just skin deep
If you keep building these walls
Brick by brick towers so tall
Soon I won't see you at all
Till the concrete angel falls
I knew who you were from the start
But now I don't know who you are
Soon there will be nothing at all
Till the concrete angel falls
May 1977: LaDonna Andrea Gaines, a.k.a. Donna Summer, released her album I Remember Yesterday, produced by Giorgio Moroder. The album contained tracks which should represent several decades of the 20th century: 'I Remember Yesterday' represented the 1940s, 'Love's Unkind' the 50s and 'Back in Love Again' the 60s. The album concluded with the then futuristic 'I Feel Love'.
As with Donna's four previous albums, different record labels distributed her work in different nations. Some of the labels chose to release the ballad 'Can't We Just Sit Down (And Talk It Over)' as the first single, with 'I Feel Love' as the B-side, but the impact of the song was so huge that it was soon released internationally as a standalone A-side.
Previous disco tracks had usually been backed by an acoustic orchestra, while 'I Feel Love' was the first ever track to use an entirely synthesized backing track, which would later help develop the music genres Dance and Techno. The repetitive vocals over the backing track helped make the song a massive hit. It finally gave Donna the follow-up 'Love to Love You Baby'.
'I Feel Love' put Donna Summer firmly in her place as the leading female artist of Disco.
The track is so genius that it has been covered endless times, from likely artists such as Blondie, Jimmy Somerville & Marc Almond and Madonna to such unlikely groups as he Red Hot Chilli Peppers and Finnish Psychadelic Rock band Kingston Wall.
Blatant samples of the basic bass track were used by Cher ('All Or Nothing' in 1998) and Moloko ('Sing It Back' in 1999).
Last Year, Gucci ran a TV advertising campaign video, directed by Chris Cunningham, for their scent Flora, which used the song in a trace version.
Donna Summer - I Feel Love (1977)
UK#1, AT#1, NL#1, CH#2, NZ#2, DE#3, SWE#5, US#6, NOR#8, FR#33,
Blondie - I Feel Love (1979)
Bronski Beat & Marc Almond - I Feel Love/Johnny Remember Me (1985)
Donna Summer - I Feel Love (Rollo Remix) (1995)
Red Hot Chilli Peppers - I Feel Love (live album 2004)
Madonna - I Feel Love (live 2006)
Donna Summer - I Feel Love (Gucci 'Flora' Advertising Campaign) (2010)
video directed by Chris Cunningham
Ian Levine's biggest ever hit, made in 1984 for Record Shack Records, sold seven million worldwide. How that label ever went bust after that is a mystery, but he stepped in and rescued the whole catalogue from the liquidator. Twenty eight years later it still sounds amazing.
Ian discovered Evelyn while holding auditions 1975 in Chicago. In February 1976, Evelyn's first record, 'Weak Spot' and a song by a young Chicago postman, L.J. Johnson, both charted in the same week, and both acts were flown over to appear on Top Of The Pops, both on the same show. The entire music business was bedazzled how two completely unknown young black singers from Chicago, who had never even recorded before, both had hits on entirely different labels in the same week as each other. It was a further eight years before Evelyn went on to record her classic: 'High Energy'.
Evelyn Thomas - High Energy (1984)
DE#1, CH#3, AT#5, UK#5, NL#8, NOR#9, IRL#12, FR#18, US#85
Lyrics:< br />
High energy, your love is lifting me-ah
Hoh-oh-oh-oh, high energy, your love is lifting me
Lifting me hiiiiiiiiiigher, hi-hi-hiiiiiiiigher
It was only last week that we first met
When I was a-walking' down the street
You came up from behi-ind me and I knew
That our eyes were gonna meet
That's when I fell, into your arms
Ima-agine my surprise
I thought this only happened in fairytales
Lo-ove hit me right between the eye-eyes
Oh yeah, high energy, your love is lifting me
Woh-oh-woh-oh-oh, high energy, yeah
Your love is lifting me
Lifting me hiiiiiiiiiigher, hi-hiiiiiiiiigher
When you call me on the phone
You make my spirits rise
I'm glad the others didn't last
It's a blessing in disguise
Everytime your touchin' me
It gives me such a thrill
When I look deep into your eyes
My heart just can't keep sti-i-i-ill, oh no
High energy, yeah, your love is lifting me
Woh-woh-woh-woh-woh, high energy, woh yeah
Your love is lifting me
Lifting me hi-i-i-igh (high energy)
Oh-high-high, (your love is lifting me)
Wooooh-hooo-hooo-hoo (high energy), high-yeah-yeah-eah
(Your love is lifting me) Lifting me hiiiiiiiiiigher, hiiiiiiiiiigher
Brother and sister
Together we'll make it through
Some day a spirit will take you and guide you there
I know you've been hurting but I've been waiting to be there for you
And I'll be there just helping you out
Whenever I can
Ohh Ohh
Everybody's free to feel good
We are a family that should stand together as one
Helping each other instead of just wasting time
Now is the moment to reach out to someone
It's all up to you
When everyone's sharing their hope
Then love will win through
The Italians have an answer to everything, it seems. In music, the Visnadi brothers (Paolo & Gianni) hailing from Venice, have been particularly successful in launching counters (or contributions) to anglo-saxon trends. In the 90s, formations like Glam, Black Box and Alex Party have added to dancefloor legacy as much as Livin Joy did. Remember 'Dreamer'? Well, in the context of the Olympics, they even turned motivation agents - nothing like 'Don't Stop Movin' makes you focus. Love that tune back then, and now.
Oh yeah
Oh yeah...
You've got to
Oh yeah
Oh yeah...
You've got to get it right
You can do anything that you want to do
With your mind body and soul
Do it, prove it to yourself and say
I want (I want)
I will (I will)
I can do anything
It's a difficult world and you have got to prove
That you're ready and you can do it
Nothing in this world would stop you
I know I can I will fulfill my dreams
Don't stop movin'
Keep it up
Keep on movin' get it right
Yeah you've got to get it right
Oh yeah oh
Don't stop movin'
It's your life
Keep on movin' get it right
Yeah you've got to get it right
You can do anything that you want to do
With your mind body and soul
Do it, prove it to yourself and say
I want (I want)
I will (I will)
I can do anything
It's a difficult world and you have got to prove
That you're ready and you can do it
Nothing in this world would stop you
I know I can I will fulfill my dreams
Don't stop movin'
Keep it up
Keep on movin' get it right
Yeah you've got to get it right
Oh yeah oh
Don't stop movin'
It's your life
Keep on movin' get it right
Yeah you've got to get it right
You can be mystical and magical
Physically phenomenal
Good to go
Not to slow
Feel the heat and let it flow
You can be mystical and magical
Physically phenomenal
Good to go
Not to slow
Feel the heat and let it flow
Don't stop movin'
Keep it up
Keep on movin' get it right
Yeah you've got to get it right
Oh yeah oh
Don't stop movin'
I it's your life
Keep on movin' get it right
Yeah you've got to get it right
In 1965 Vietnam seemed like just another foreign war but it wasn't
It was different in many ways, as so were those that did the fighting
In World War II the average age of the combat soldier was 26
In Vietnam he was 19
In Vietnam he was 19
The shooting and fighting of the past two weeks continued today
25 miles west of Saigon
I really wasn't sure what was going on
Ni-ni-ni 19, 19, ni-19 19
19, 19, 19, 19
In Vietnam the combat soldier typically served
A twelve month tour of duty
But was exposed to hostile fire almost everyday
Ni-ni-ni 19, Ni-ni-ni 19
Hundreds of thousands of men who saw heavy combat
In Vietnam were arrested since discharge
Their arrest rate is almost twice that of non-veterans of the same age
There are no accurate figures of how many of these men
Have been incarcerated
But a Veterans Administration study
Concludes that the greater of vets
Exposure to combat could more likely affect his chances
Of being arrested or convicted
This is one legacy of the Vietnam War
All those who remember the war
They won't forget what they've seen
Destruction of men in their prime
Whose average was 19
De-de-destruction
De-de-destruction
War, war
De-de-destruction, wa, wa, war, wa, war, war
De-de-destruction
War, war
After World War II the men came home together on troop ships
But the Vietnam vet often arrived home within 48 hours of jungle combat
Perhaps the most dramatic difference between
World War II and Vietnam was coming home
None of them received a hero's welcome
None of them received a heroes welcome, none of them, none of them
Ne-ne-ne, ne-ne-ne, none of them, none of them, none of them
None of them received a hero's welcome
None of them received a hero's welcome
According to a Veteran's Administration study
Half of the Vietnam combat veterans suffered from what
Psychiatrists call
Post-Traumatic-Stress-Disorder
Many vets complain of alienation, rage or guilt
Some succumb to suicidal thoughts
Eight to ten years after coming home
Almost eight hundred thousand men are still fighting the Vietnam War
When we came back it was different, everybody wants to know
"How'd it happened to those guys over there"
There's gotta be something wrong somewhere
We did what we had to do
There's gotta be something wrong somewhere
People wanted us to be ashamed of what it made us
Dad had no idea what he went to fight and he is now
All we want to do is come home
All we want to do is come home
What did we do it for?
All we want to do is come home
Was it worth it
Got my flash on, it's true
Need that picture of you
It so magical
We'd be so fantastic, oh
Leather and jeans
Garage Glamorous
Not sure what it means
But this photo of us don't have a price
Ready for those flashing lights
Cause you know that baby I
I'm your biggest fan
I'll follow you until you love me
Papa, Paparazzi
Baby there's no other superstar
You know that I'll be
You're Papa-Paparazzi
Promise I'll be kind
But I won't stop until that boy is mine
Baby you'll be famous, chase you down
Until you love me
Papa, Paparazzi
I'll be your girl
Backstage at your show
Velvet ropes and guitars
Yeah, cause you're my rockstar
In between the sets
Eyeliner and cigarettes
Shadow is burnt
Yellow, dance and return
My lashes are dry
Purple teardrops I cry
It don't have a price
Loving you is cherry pie
'Cause you know that baby I
I'm your biggest fan
I'll follow you until you love me
Papa, Paparazzi
Baby there's no other superstar-
You know that I'll be
You're Papa-Paparazzi
Promise I'll be kind
But I won't stop until that boy is mine
Baby you'll be famous, chase you down
Until you love me
Papa, Paparazzi
Real good, we dance in the studio
Snap snap, to that shit on the radio
Don't stop for anyone
We're plastic, but we still have fun
I'm your biggest fan
I'll follow you until you love me
Papa, Paparazzi
Baby there's no other superstar
You know that I'll be
You're Papa-Paparazzi
Promise I'll be kind
But I won't stop until that boy is mine
Baby you'll be famous, chase you down
Until you love me
Papa, Paparazzi
Just A Perfect Day,
Drink Sangria In The Park,
And Then Later, When It Gets Dark,
We Go Home.
Just A Perfect Day,
Feed Animals In The Zoo
Then Later, A Movie, Too,
And Then Home.
Oh It's Such A Perfect Day,
I'm Glad I Spent It With You.
Oh Such A Perfect Day,
You Just Keep Me Hanging On,
You Just Keep Me Hanging On.
Just A Perfect Day,
Problems All Left Alone,
Weekenders On Our Own.
It's Such Fun.
Just A Perfect Day,
You Made Me Forget Myself.
I Thought I Was Someone Else,
Someone Good.
Oh It's Such A Perfect Day,
I'm Glad I Spent It With You.
Oh Such A Perfect Day,
You Just Keep Me Hanging On,
You Just Keep Me Hanging On.
You're Going To Reap Just What You Sow,
You're Going To Reap Just What You Sow,
You're Going To Reap Just What You Sow,
You're Going To Reap Just What You Sow...
ABBA - The Winner Takes It All (1980)
BE#1, IRL#1, NL#1, RSA#1, UK#1, FIN#2, SWE#2, AT#3, CH#3, NOR#3, DE#4, ZIM#4, FR#5, AUS#7, IT#7, US#8, CAN#10, ES#10, NZ#16, JAP#33
Lyrics:
I don't wanna talk about things we've gone through,
Though it's hurting me, now it's history.
I've played all my cards and that's what you've done too,
Nothing more to say, no more ace to play.
The winner takes it all,
The loser standing small beside the victory, that's her destiny.
I was in your arms thinking I belonged there,
I figured it made sense, building me a fence,
Building me a home, thinking I'd be strong there,
But I was a fool, playing by the rules.
The gods may throw a dice, their minds as cold as ice,
And someone way down here loses someone dear.
The winner takes it all, the loser has to fall,
It's simple and it's plain, why should I complain.
But tell me, does she kiss like I used to kiss you,
Does it feel the same when she calls your name.
Somewhere deep inside you must know I miss you,
But what can I say, rules must be obeyed.
The judges will decide the likes of me abide,
Spectators of the show always staying low.
The game is on again, a lover or a friend,
A big thing or a small, the winner takes it all.
I don't wanna talk if it makes you feel sad,
And I understand you've come to shake my hand.
I apologize if it makes you feel bad seeing me so tense, no self confidence.
The Pet Shop Boys' new album 'Elysium' will be released on 17 Sep, preceded by the single 'Winner' out on 6 Aug.
Pet Shop Boys - Winner (2012)
Lyrics:
This is the moment, we’ll remember
Every day for the rest of out lives
Time may rush us, hurt or love us
but on this day we have arrived
It’s been a long time coming
We’ve been in the running for so long
but now we’re on our way
Let the ride just take us
side by side and make us
See the world through new eyes every day
You’re a winner
I’m a winner
This is all happening so fast
You’re a winner
I’m a winner
Let’s enjoy it all while it lasts
I’ve been a loser
I’ve paid my dues
I fought my way up from the ground
Now at this moment
the crowd acclaim us
Will you just listen to that song
It’s been a long time coming
We’ve been in the running for so long
but now we’re on our way
Let the ride just take us
side by side and make us
See the world through new eyes every day
You’re a winner
I’m a winner
This is all happening so fast
You’re a winner
I’m a winner
Let’s enjoy it all while it lasts
It took us so long
and we worked so hard
We came so far just to compete
But don’t forget all
the love and laughter
now the world is at our feet
Looking back on all the times
we felt downcast
Didn’t think we were going anywhere
just living in the past
But in that desperation
you get inspiration
You’re a winner
I’m a winner
This is all happening so fast
You’re a winner
I’m a winner
Let’s enjoy it all while it lasts
’cause you’re a winner
Took so long
We worked so hard
We came so far and just to compete
But don’t forget all the love and laughter
now the world is at our feet
You’re a winner
I’m a winner
This is hapṗening so fast
You’re a winner
I’m a winner
Enjoy it all while it lasts
