Category: Lyrics Roxette

My girl came home to me
just the other day, acting OK
I was reading alone
in my favourite room, the TV was on
may I be excused
for not telling the truth
‘cos she’s gone, she said
she’s better off on her own

She turned her head
much better off on her own
my girl knocked on the door
to the place I usually refer to as home
I died, shoelace untied
she looked in my eyes, small and surprised
and God closed every gaze
the moon fell into the lake
Boy, she’s gone, a drift
she’s better off on her own

She closed, then she left
much better off on her own

Sitting naked by the windowsill
watching cars upon the hill
am I sleeping?
I was dreaming
for just a moment time stood still
better off on her own
better off on her own
now she’s gone, she said
she’s better of on her own
she turned her head
much better off on her own
she’s gone, she sighed
she’s better of on her own
the tears I cried
much better off on her own
my girl came home to me just the other day

© Gessle – Jimmy Fun Music

I pick up the phone
I’m dialing your number
While I pray you’re at home
At home and alone
‘Cuz I can’t function on my own
And I’ll never stop believing…

The reaping is done
You are the one
The radio is on but the sound is all gone
And I wanna walk out in the sun
But lately that’s been very hard to do

I’ve got a thing about you
And I don’t really know what to do
‘Cuz I’ve got a thing about you
Hey you

I pick up the phone
I’m dialing that number
And my heart like a stone
Waits for the tone
Oh I can’t make it on my own
And I’ll never stop believing…

I know what is right and this is so wrong
Alone in my bed, better off on my own
The TV is on but the colors are gone
And lately you’ve been painting my world blue

I’ve got a thing about you
(I’ve got a thing about you)
And I don’t really care what you do
I’ve got a thing about you
(I’ve got a thing about you)
Yeah, you

I’ve got a thing about you
I’ve got a thing about you

Lately you’ve been painting my world blue

I’ve got a thing about you
(I’ve got a thing about you)
And I don’t really know what to do
I’ve got a thing about you
Hoping this story cuts through
(this story cuts through)
Yeah, I’ve got a thing about you
A thing about you

I’ve got a thing about you
I’ve got a thing about you
And I don’t really know what to do

I’ve got a thing about you…

© Gessle – Jimmy Fun Music

She was the first girl on the moon
She didn’t compromise
When she took off that cold afternoon
Heading for the northern skies.

I told her I could come
That I could come along.

She was the first girl on the moon
I think I was her only friend
She brought her raygun an old harpoon
Just in case of accidents.

I told her I could come
That I could come along
But she didn’t let me come along
Wave goodbye
Wave goodbye.

She was the first girl on the moon
Standing tall flag in hand
She looked around humming a tune
The strangest song known to man.

I told her I could come
That I could come along
But she never let me come along
Wave goodbye
Wave goodbye.

© Gessle – Jimmy Fun Music

You pack your bag
you take control
you’re moving into my heart and into my soul

Get out of my way!
get out of my sight!
I won’t be walking on thin ice
to get through the night

Hey, where’s your work?
what’s your game?
I know your business but I don’t know your name…

Hold on tight
you know she a little bit dangerous
she’s got what it takes to make ends meet
the eyes of a lover that hit like heat
you know she’s a little bit dangerous

You turn around
so hot and dry
you’re hiding under a halo
your mouth is alive
get out of my way!
get out of my sight!
I’m not attracted to go deeper tonight

Hey, what’s your word?
what’s your game?
I know your business but I don’t know your name…

Hold on tight
you know she a little bit dangerous
she’s got what it takes to make ends meet
the eyes of a lover that hit like heat
you know she’s a little bit dangerous
she’s armed and extremely dangerous…

© Gessle – Jimmy Fun Music

Are you ready? go!

I hear your footsteps like you’re walking
I hear your voice like you’re talking to me
and I can reach every moment
every caress like i’m living a dream
down to the bone
go little darling

Oh I remember you
feels like it was yesterday
I remember you
you’ve got me running back again
you shared my secrets and my laughter
I fell in love with the light in your eyes
and I believed that summer would go on and on
for the rest of my life
down to the bone
go little darling

hey I remember you
feels like it was yesterday
I remember you
you’ve got me running back again
you’ve got me running
I say: na na na na na na na na na na

© Gessle – Jimmy Fun Music

You keep on walkin’ on the other side
other side other side
you keep on walkin’ on the other side
other side other side

Wherever you go I’m going with you
shouldn’t you know I’m bound to follow
whatever you say whatever you do
I give you a clue I’m gonna follow

And the stars will show
where the waters flow
where the gardens grow
that’s where I’ll meet you

Why don’t you let me let me come along
na na na na na na
why don’t you open make me come along
na na na na na na

Wherever you go I’m going for you
oh I was truly born to follow
like fire and wood and paper and glue
only a few were born to follow

And the stars will show
where the waters flow
where the gardens grow
that’s where I’ll meet you
and the sun will glow
melting all the snow
knowing all I know
that’s where I’ll meet you

Stars will show
where the waters flow
where the gardens grow
that’s where I’ll meet you
and the sun will glow
melting all the snow
knowing all I know
that’s where I’ll meet you

And the stars will show
every breeze will blow
knowing all I know
that’s where I’ll meet you

© Gessle – HipHappy

Take the line between us and hold it close to you
I want us to get together like lovers do
Let me kiss away your troubles the cold and lonely nights
just take this heart I’m giving and love is on the rise

Like lovers do – want to hold you through the night
Like lovers do – and when I look into your eyes
Like lovers do – oh I’m drowning in an ocean of emotion

It feels just like forever since I made love to you
September days of scarlet April morning dew
So take the love between us and hold it close to you
I want us to get together like lovers do

Like lovers do – want to hold you through the night
Like lovers do – and when I look into your eyes
Like lovers do – oh I’m drowning in an ocean of emotion
Like lovers do – want to hold you through the night
Like lovers do – and when I look into your eyes
Like lovers do – oh I’m drowning in an ocean of emotion
Like lovers do – want to hold you through the night
Like lovers do – and when I look into your eyes
Like lovers do – oh I’m drowning in an ocean of emotion
Like lovers do – want to hold you through the night
Like lovers do – and when I look into your eyes
Like lovers do – oh I’m drowning in an ocean of emotion

© Gessle – Jimmy Fun Music

Alguien para descubrir el amor
para quererse
alguien para compartir el dolor
y perdonarse
toda la vida buscándote
lejos de mi y eras tu
esa persona que sabe querer
y eres tu…
alguien para dar un beso total
y abandonarse
alguien para dar un salto mortal
y no morirse
quien iba decirmelo
tu eres el único, tu amor
mi corazón desde el cielo al suelo
buscándote…

Alguien para conocer la vida
alguien para conservar el calor
alguien para creer en todo
alguien para disfrutar del amor

Después más que nada
estar feliz contigo
mi buen amigo…

Siempre buscándote
ahora sintiéndote
aquí en mi
para los dos un amor
sin testigos
gracias a ti

Alguien para conocer la vida
alguien para conservar el calor
alguien para creer en todo
alguien para disfrutar del amor
después más que nada
estar feliz contigo oh
mi buen amigo, amigo

Alguien para conocer la vida
alguien para conservar el calor
alguien para creer en todo
alguien para disfrutar del amor
después más que nada
estar feliz contigo oh
mi buen amigo, tu eres ese alguien

Spanish lyrics: Luis G. Escolar © Gessle – Jimmy Fun Music

When she walked up, he walked down
just like the seasons went round and round
she was in love, he wasn’t sure
she wrote some letters he tried to ignore

They could have been so happy together
they could have been so lucky in love
sing la di da
so happy together
they could have run the earth, the sky, the sun

She carried his ring since she left school
he knew she was precious, the prettiest jewel
she wanted a baby, but he wasn’t sure
he couldn’t make up his mind anymore

They could have been so happy together
they could have been so lucky in love
sing la di da
so happy together
they could have run the earth, the stars, the sun

I couldn’t ever hurt no one
if you feel shattered I’m sorry for what I’ve done
we could have been so happy together
we could have been so lucky in love
sing la di da
so happy together
we could have run the earth, the sky, the sun
Yea, we could have been so happy together
we could have been so lucky in love
sing la di da
so happy together

We could have run the universe
could have run the universe
could have run the universe for fun
so happy together
so happy together
so happy together

© Gessle – HipHappy

What am I gonna do when I get a little excited
a little in pain? Tell me
What am I gonna say when I find the centre of my heart
is a suburb to the brain?

You wear them so well those innocent eyes
You’re puttin’ on a wonderful disguise
I want you so bad. I’m pushing my luck
It feels like being hit by a truck
This is no place special. Don’t know why I came
If someone has a minute won’t you explain

What am I gonna do when I get a little excited
a little in pain? Tell me
What am I gonna say when I find the centre of my heart
is a suburb to the brain?

na nana nana na
na nana nana na

Being with you; dealing with fire
Oh won’t you come around (come out)
come out (today) and play
(I want you so bad)
Answer my calls
Let’s spend the night within these walls
This is no place special.
Nothing for the saying (Nothing for the saying)
If someone’s got minute; do please explain

What am I gonna do when I get a little excited
a little in vain? Tell me
What am I gonna say when I find the centre of my heart
is a suburb to the brain?

na nana nana na
na nana nana na

What am I gonna do when I get a little excited
a little in vain? Tell me. Tell me. Tell me. Tell me
What am I gonna do when I get a little excited
a little in vain? Tell me

What am I gonna say when I find the centre of my heart
is a suburb to the brain?

na nana nana na
na nana nana na

What am I gonna to do

What am I gonna do when I get a little excited
a little in vain?

The centre of my heart
Yeah yeah yeah

What am I gonna say when I find the centre of my heart
is a suburb to the brain?
What am I gonna do now?
What am I gonna say when I find the centre of my heart
is a suburb to the brain?

© Gessle – HipHappy

Every day I see him coming
every day he walks on by
life used to be so plain and simple
before he came into my life

Every night I keep on dreaming
every night I take him home
we always go to bed together
I always wake up all alone

Oh it’s strange, so strange
what he’s doing to me
Oh it’s strange so strange
did this ever happen to you
the way it has happened to me
the way it just happened to me

Every day outside my window
always minutes close to eight
I wish he stayed a little longer
but his bus is never late

Every night we’re dancing slowly
I play the music he adores
like Sinatra then we’re talking
all important things for sure

Oh it’s strange so strange
what he’s doing to me
Oh it’s strange so strange
did this ever happen to you
the way it has happened to me

Oh it’s strange so strange
what he’s doing to me
Oh so strange real strange
did this ever happen to you
the way it has happened to me
the way it just happened to me

© Music by Marie Fredriksson – Jimmy Fun Music

Sunday
sick o’ my tears
monday morning
I could’ve felt much better

Tuesday
you’re in my way
I wish you would type my heart a letter

Place your love
in my world
it’s for you
it’s made for you
I need time
a lot o’ time
to get you off my mind
to get you off my mind

Wednesday
nuthin’s OK
Thursday afternoon
I wish I was sleepin’

Friday and Saturday sun
gettin’ up early but I can’t get nuthin’ done

Place your love
in my world
it’s for you
it’s all made for you
I need time
a lot o’ time
to get you off my mind
to get you off my mind

Maybe you’ll come here
maybe you’ll disappear
maybe the clouds I fear
will turn to flowers in the air
these cool vibrations
they’re hitting me all the time
you’ve got me diggin’ and divin’
in the garden of my mind

Place your love
in my world
it’s for you
it’s all made for you
I need time
a lot o’ time
to get you off my mind

It’s a high
to watch you fly
across the sky
all the time
to watch you all the time

© Gessle – Jimmy Fun Music

Raging waves sweep this heavy heart
cold is the colour of the dark
find a byway and climb that hill
watch the thunder cast a spell
what did you gain from love?
Don’t ask me!
All for the sweetest thrill…

I see a view from a hill
Oh oh
I see it perfectly clear
and I cry for the dreams that you kill
Oh oh view from a hill
and it’s only a moment away

Love is a rainfall
hard on the head
no escape though you’re soaking wet
leave me blinded by your light
leave me stranded alone tonight
what did you gain from love?
Don’t ask me!
All for the cheapest thrill…

I see a view from a hill
Oh oh
I see it perfectly clear
and I cry for the dreams that you kill
Oh oh view from a hill
and it’s only a motion away

© Gessle – Jimmy Fun Music

Going through the motions
ending up nowhere at all
can’t see the sun on my wall
going through emotions
ending up on a frozen morning
with a heart not even broken

Seems I’ve been running all my life
all my life
seems I’ve been running all my life
all my life like watercolours in the rain

Find a place to settle down
get a job in a city nearby
and watch the trains roll on by
I’ll find the falling star
I’ll fall in love with the eyes of a dreamer
and a dream worth believing

Seems I’ve been running all my life
all my life
seems I’ve been running all my life
all my life like watercolours in the rain

© Music by Marie Fredriksson – Jimmy Fun Music

I can barely remember my past
everything seems to disappear so fast
but I recall being jealous and alone
gazing at the dreams going by

I started my life when you knocked on the door
found something inside I didn’t dare to ignore
now I do believe in flowers on the moon
I’ll swim beside the golden tide

You crashed by the gate
captured my fate
salvation
my eyes couldn’t see
I hardly breathed
I was diving so deep
salvation

I’m down in the study holding on to my luck
will you still love me when I call you up?
I gave you my body the power over me
come on bring out the best in me

You crashed by the gate
captured my fate
salvation
my eyes couldn’t see
I hardly breathed
my heart was asleep
salvation

Some will get broken
others will get lucky like me meeting you
don’t pass me by

You crashed by the gate
captured my fate
salvation
my eyes couldn’t see
I hardly breathed
I was down on my knees
salvation

Some will get broken
others will get lucky like me meeting you
don’t pass me by
don’t pass me by

I found salvation oh yea
you bring me salvation
I found salvation

© Gessle – HipHappy

There was a banquet of believers
when we walked into the room
December days of Christmas
felt like days in June
and there were morning light
and sunrise chimes echoed all around
now’s the time for weary minds
the moon is northern bound

And you know I’m going back
going back today
back to where I came from
and you know I’m going back
going back to stay
to the alleys where pearls of passion came my way

There’s a promise in the twilight
it’s so innocent and wild.
two hearts that break the silence
you can hear a distant cry
and there’s emptiness and loneliness
it’s more or less the same
let’s run between the raindrops babe
and catch the midnight train

And you know I’m going back
going back today
back to where I came from
and you know I’m going back
going back to stay
to the alleys where pearls of passion came my way

And you know I’m going back
going back today
back to where I came from
and you know I’m going back
going back to stay
to the alleys where pearls of passion came my way

© Gessle – Jimmy Fun Music

You promised me it will last forever
you said there is no way you could die
everything you ever told me was a bunch of lies
hey mama back on the outside
you know that’s not where I belong, no
every truth, everything I believed in has turned out wrong

It’s all bla bla bla bla bla
you broke my heart so many times
a lot of bla bla bla bla bla
you broke my heart

It’s so clear when you scratch on the surface
going deeper, deeper down
all I wanted was to make you happy
but baby, what’s that sound?
but baby what’s that sound?

It’s all bla bla bla bla bla
you broke my heart so many times
a lot of bla bla bla bla bla
you broke my heart
you’ve broke my heart
you’ve broke my heart

All you ever cared for was to make you stronger
no one I have known has looked so weak
Oh
you never know

It’s so bla bla bla bla bla
you broke my heart so many times
a lot of bla bla bla bla bla
a lot of bla bla bla bla bla
you broke my heart so many times
a lot of bla bla bla bla bla
you broke my heart
you broke my heart
you broke my heart
you broke my heart
you broke my heart so many times

© Gessle – Jimmy Fun Music

Mi propio padre qua me conocía
no se equivocó
dudaba da mi

Mi madre siempre todo lo sabía
No doy más da no, no doy más de si
soy así

Cada vez que me enamoro yo…
Crash! Boom! Bangi
Siento algo como vértigo
Crash! Boom! Bang!
Soy un tren un misil
voy a cien, voy a mil

Mi corazón me ha superdemostrado
que pierdo el control en la intimidad
que soy capaz de
dar mi amor privado
a aquel que me da sus ganas de amar
me dejo llevar

Cada vez qua me enamoro yo..
Crash! Boom! Bang!
Siento algo como vértigo…
Crash! Boom! Bang!
Yo no sé ni quién soy
nada pido, todo doy
soy así, natural
vaya bien o fatal

Me dejo llevar
por la piel
por instinto
puedo morir
por amor, sin solución

Cada vez qua me enamoro yo…
Crash! Boom! Bang!

Oh, yeah… Oh, yeah…
Soy así: Crash! Boom! Bang!

Spanish lyrics: Luis G. Escolar – Jimmy Fun Music

Every shape of every word you say that
breaks the silence of an ordinary day
every look that seems to mystify
every single smile that spins me to the sky

It makes me wanna run
it makes me wanna hide
cos you’re the only one that makes me come alive
it’s getting closer now and darker by the hour

It only goes to show that here it comes
here comes the weekend and I’m on my own again
with a Saturday in the rain
here it comes
here comes the weekend
the fine line from pleasure to pain
is making me cry
when will I see you again?

Every breath
every vision you make
every chance in love you love to take
every move that seems to alter my world
every dream I’ve had about this boy and this girl

It makes me wanna run
it makes me wanna hide
cos you’re the only one that makes my love alive
and time is running fast into a new goodbye

It only goes to show that here it comes
here comes the weekend
another walk down that lonely lane
another Sunday that feels the same
here it comes
here comes the weekend
the fine line from pleasure to pain
is making me cry
When will I see you again?

© Gessle – Jimmy Fun Music

Can you tell me where it leaves
when it’s neverending?
Can you tell me where to go
when no one’s home?

And I know you know
it hurts
it hurts to be alone
you’re on your own
on the one-way train going down

Can you tell me what to say
when there’s no one listening?
Can you show me what to do
when all is done?

I know you know
it hurts
it hurts to be alone
the plan has gone wrong
like a runaway train going down
going down, down, down
going down
going down, down, down
Oooohhhh

Yes I know you know
it hurts
it hurts to be alone
you’re on
on your own
on a one-way train going down
going down
going down, down, down
going down
going down, down, down

That’s the feeling
it hurts to be alone…
going down

© Gessle – Jimmy Fun Music

Mao Mao Mao…

I love the sound of smashing guitars
I love the sound of crashing guitars
red guitars against the wall
big guitars can turn so small
I love the sound of crashing guitars
show it!

The 6-string kick inside
the 6-string kick inside
the 6-string kick inside

I love the sound of breaking guitars
I love the sound of crashing guitars
hey you long haired vintage Jesus
break the guitar into 1000 pieces
I love the sound of crashing guitars
don’t you?

The 6-string kick inside
the 6-string kick inside

Don’t you love the sound of crashing guitars?
Don’t you love the sound of crashing electric guitars?
Don’t you love that sound; drinvin’ in your car?
Don’t you love the sound of crashing electric guitars?
Don’t you?
Don’t you?

I love the touch of watching the stars
I love the sound of trashing guitars
custom made, Townshend’s ace
smash the axe and break the case
I love the sound of crashing guitars
crashing and crashing!

The 6-string kick inside
the 6-string kick inside

I love the sound of crashing guitars
Mao Mao Mao…

© Gessle – Jimmy Fun Music

Babe it’s time to tell me that it’s over
tell me that it’s over it’s plain to see
and this time we won’t be starting over
no crying on your shoulder into the heart shaped sea
oh you’ve been a-running from our door
and you’ve been enchanted by the gracious voice of love

Babe it’s time to look me in the eyes
time to say goodbye it’s clear to me
and this time I won’t let you down
you can turn around I’ll set you free
Oh you’ve been a-sailing from our shore
and you’ve been enchanted by someone from afar

Babe it’s time to gather all the harvest
to pray before the winter
and sail the heart shaped sea
Oh you’ve been a-running from my love
and you’ve been enchanted by the powers up above

© Gessle – Jimmy Fun Music

Save a prayer for a sinner and a saint
my baby’s coming back
say a prayer
hide hide away yea baby’s coming back
hey hey hey ain’t gonna trouble his wandering mind
gonna take on the time to find out

If my love is
soul deep – spinning the heart round a wire
soul deep – a heavenly wave
soul deep – heating the heart like a fire
soul deep is taking my breath away-ay-ay

Save a tear till the curtain will fall
well I’m saving them all for you
knock on wood
is it understood that I’m saving it up for you
hey hey hey
love is a hustle just a moment behind
gonna walk on the line to find out
if my love is soul deep…

Save a prayer for a sinner and a saint
my baby’s coming back
say a prayer
hide hide away yea yea baby’s coming back

hey hey hey
ride on the soul train
now I’m too close to hide
gonna take on the time to find out
if my love is soul deep…

© Gessle – Jimmy Fun Music

I try to keep your name
and still get rid of your face
I hate to be by myself
all locked away in this place
you turn me inside out
you turn me outside in
around and upside down
a rollercoaster within

Pay the price of love
when he calls for you
you’ve got to
pay the price of love
when he calls for you

I grab my big black book
and call the numbers I know
something is melting this town
like it was all made of snow
you turn me inside out
you turn me outside in
around and up and down
the elevator within

Pay the price of love (ooh la la la)
when he calls for you
you’ve got to
pay the price of love (ooh la la la)
when he calls for you

Spending the evening alone
with the 10 o’clock news
looking at you through the holes
in the soles of my old brown shoes

© Gessle – HipHappy

Lay a whisper on my pillow
leave the winter on the ground
I wake up lonely there’s air of silence
in the bedroom and all around
touch me now I close my eyes and dream away

It must have been love but it’s over now
it must have been good but I lost it somehow
It must have been love but it’s over now
from the moment we touched ’til the time had run out

Make-believing we’re together
that I’m sheltered by your heart
but in and outside I’ve turned to water
like a teardrop in your palm
and it’s a hard Christmas (winter’s) Day I dream away

It must have been love but it’s over now
it was all that I wanted now I’m living without
It must have been love but it’s over now
it’s where the water flows
it’s where the wind blows

© Gessle – Jimmy Fun Music

You could see from miles around
She wore her summer dresses bright
Quite like the sky
She always came in colours
All smiles and daffodils
She let her hair down in the breeze

But every little thing has changed today
Little Miss Sorrow
Every little thing turned pale then faded
Little Miss Sorrow
The sunlight doesn’t show
All the colours go
Out through the window

She used to go out dancing
Cool silver fingernails
I used to watch her from the bar
Following her car
She always came in colours
She always kept control
She painted yesterday in gold

But every little thing turned grey today
Little Miss Sorrow
Every little thing turned pale then faded
Little Miss Sorrow
The sunlight doesn’t show
All the colours go
Even the rainbow

Allow me to introduce myself
I’m just a local boy
She was my Little Miss Joy
I want to call her name
My life won’t be the same
Dear God

Every little thing has changed today
Little Miss Sorrow
Every little thing turned pale and faded
Little Miss Sorrow
Yes, every little thing turned grey today
Little Miss Sorrow
The weak replaced the strong
The bird forgot the song
What’s going on?
What’s going on?
Tell me, what’s going on?

© Gessle – HipHappy

Wash my pain away,
Half a woman, half a shadow…

Daylight is breaking again
I hide in the dark. I’m watching the rain.
You’re out of touch. You’re out of reach.
What can I say, I never wanted it this way.

Love sleeps all alone
The cold telephone I know the heart.
Yes, I know the kind The kisses of fire
Turning to grey I never wanted it this way
I always wanted you to stay

Wash my pain away
Cause I’m half a woman half a shadow.

Love always change with the trees
the spring and the leaves the waves on the sea
Wilder than light the wind in your eyes
led me astray I never wanted it this way
I always wanted you to stay

Oh I need you yes I need you
Give me a reason to believe

© Music by Marie Fredriksson – Jimmy Fun Music

I came in crawling
with an absent-minded smile
I had so many things untied that summer night
when I decided it was worth another try

Entering your heart.. ohh yeah

The clock turned seven
it was cold and damp outside
but sort of strange considering
it was July
But it helped convincing me I had, I had to to try

Entering your heart…

Close your eyes
don’t say a word
all your thoughts must go unheard
and I…
have failed so many times…
entering your mind…
entering your mind…

I’m not the most important one under the sun
I don’t have any power connections to the Pentagon
but I’ve got something of my own
that must get done

Entering you heart
ohhh… entering your heart
close your eyes
don’t tell a soul…
all you dreams must be told…
and I…
have failed so many times…
entering you mind…
entering you mind

ohhh…
ohhh…

I…
have failed so many times…
entering your mind…
entering your mind…
ohhh… entering you heart
woah.. entering you heart

© Gessle – Jimmy Fun Music
Lyrics in italics are taken from the extended version.

Sunday morning
I’m still hiding in bed
listening to the rhythm of the rain above my head
and all that I have said
I sure saved a lot for you
but what could I do?
If I’d been talking to the wall
it wouldn’t make any difference to you
that’s the art of being you
I think I carry the weight of the world
sometimes you lose
the weight of the world
sometimes you cry

I kiss your smile
I wish you’d stay the night
I put my arms around your golden head
and turn out the light
oh I love to watch your eyes
when I make love to you
wait little world
sometimes you lose
the weight of the world
sometimes you cry
sometimes you cry

The weight of the world
sometimes you lose
the weight of the world
sometimes you cry
sometimes you cry

© Gessle – Jimmy Fun Music

What’s she like
when she turns around to kiss you goodnight?
When she wakes up in the morning by your side?
What’s she like?

What’s she like?
The yellow moon or the deep blue of the sea?
Do you feel the same way you did when it was me?
What’s she like?

Oh I’ve been holding on
I’ve been holding on for far too long
I’ve been holding on
I’ve been holding on much too long

What’s she like
when you’re making love and stars are in her eyes?
When you’re looking for the answers in her smile?
What’s she like?

Oh I’ve been holding on
I’ve been holding on for far too long
I’ve been holding on
I’ve been holding on much too long
too long

I never knew I could love somebody
the way that I loved you
I never thought I’d be the broken-hearted
well nothing hurts you like the truth

So what’s she like when she turns to you
when push comes to shove?
When she whispers in your ear that she’s in love?
What’s she like?

Oh I’ve been holding on
I’ve been holding on for far too long
I’ve been holding on
I’ve been holding on much too long
So what’s she like?

© Gessle – Jimmy Fun Music

I’ve been hiding
I’ve been hiding
lost in the love of another
I’ve followed the moon and a song
and I thought it would take me forever
to find a place where I belong

I watch a rainbow rise
I give you all I’ve got

I could never give you up
the way you make my love shine
I could never give you up
the way you make true love shine

I believe you when you say
you don’t want to be lonely
I’ll carry your heart like a bridge
when you need all the time you can find
to get the hurt out of your mind

I’ll watch the rain go by
and give you all I’ve got

Cause I could never give you up
the way you make my love shine
I could never give you up
the way you make true love shine

© Gessle – Jimmy Fun Music

When the day gets dark
over a thousand streets
and you feel your heart is a living beat

When you’re all alone
and you close your eyes
naked to the bone
the dream comes alive

Do you get excited
when I touch you in the night?
my oh my…

Do you get excited
when I meet you every night?
you won’t let the night pass you by

When your body’s hot
the window’s open wide
this moment’s all you got
in this race of life
when you feel the fire
is getting close to you
hey baby, you know I’m lonely too

Do you get excited
when I touch you in the night?
my oh my…
do you get excited
when I meet you every night?

You won’t let the night pass you by
I wanna know

© Per Gessle and Mats MP Persson – Jimmy Fun Music

Cooper went out late last night
I heard the slam from her door
foggy ways
November daze
all the white wolves were smiling

Cooper went out walkin’ the clouds
she left everything in a mess
“Shut your mouth when you talk to me”
her words were always so small

And there’s a sound from the telephone
when can I say she’s coming home?
Leave me the number you’re dialing from
and may I ask who’s calling?
May I ask who’s calling?

Cooper went out
3 o’clock sharp
I heard the bells from the church
someone said they saw a car
Picking her up by the station

Cooper went out and that’s all there is
I’m just no one from next door
everything will be alright
when all the flowers have cried

Then there’s a voice on the telephone
when can I say she’s coming home?
Leave me the number you’re dialing from
and may I ask who’s callin’? (Who’s calling?)
May I ask who’s calling? (Who’s calling?)
May I ask who’s calling?

© Gessle – HipHappy

Turn to me
when your heart breaks away
turn to me
don’t turn me away

When everything’s said and done
when you’re looking for somewhere to run

Why don’t you turn to me?
Turn to me
Why don’t you turn to me?
Turn to me

Turn to me
when the moon gets too cold
turn to me
when the story’s been told
when everything’s dim and grey
when you’ve hidden the rainbow away

Why don’t you turn to me?
Turn to me
Why don’t you turn to me?
Turn to me

Now that Christmas is here
I’ll shatter your fears
and if you want the secrets of mine
turn to me and read these lonely lonely eyes

Why don’t you
why don’t you turn to me?
Turn to me
Why don’t you turn to me?
Rely on me
why don’t you turn to me?
Turn to me
why don’t you
why don’t you turn to me?

Now that Christmas is here
Rely on me
Why don’t you turn to me?
Now that Christmas is here
turn to me

© Music by Marie Fredriksson – Jimmy Fun Music

Poco a poco me olvido de tí
es natural las cosas son así
me equivoqué, buscaba un corazon
hecho para mi, mi mitad
depronto la vida cambió de color
el viento bailaba separándonos
mi mundo feliz dejó de ser feliz
y apenas nos mirábamos.

Yo, voy a seguir, sola sin tí
lo siento
voy a olvidar lo que gané, lo que perdí, lo siento

Ahora me queda detener el reloj
volver atras y ver que nos pasó
comerme la vida, pasando de tí
pensando solamente en mi, en mi

Yo, voy a seguir, sola sinti
lo siento

Voy a olvidar lo que gané
lo que perdí, lo siento

Algo que termina
algo que se queda en el aire se va,
no volverá
salvation, salvation
yo, voy a seguir, sola sin ti
lo siento

Voy a olvidar lo que gané
lo que perdí, lo siento
algo que termina
algo que se queda en el aire se va
no volverá
cuanto lo siento, cuanto lo siento

Spanish lyrics: Luis G. Escolar – HipHappy

7twenty7 is ready to move
you know she packed her bags
with nothing left to prove
I thought I didn’t care
now I’m fallin’ through
wouldn’t you?

Well, it’s a long long journey to the other side
oh I’ve been wishin’ all night I was on that flight
and god you’d better take care of the sweetest eyes
I hear myself swallowin’ the tears I cry
I hear myself swallowin’ the tears I cry

7twenty7 is up in the air
you know I feel her hands
on me everywhere
I thought I didn’t care
now I’m saying a prayer
hey mister, do you know the way
to salvation square?

It’s a long long winter ’til the birds will sing
oh I’ll be waitin’ all night for the phone to ring
I’m goin’ up in smoke and phoney magazines
everything is just pieces of my stupid dreams
everything is just spieces of my stupid dreams

With the clouds passin’ by
with the clouds passin’ by
it’s all right

7twenty7 is close to the sky
it carries the world
between hello and goodbye
like the Monday we met
that disappeared in a breath
like the Sunday she left
forever smellin’ of death

Another jet black night
another drink to go
oh I’ll be diving my head in the pure white snow
God you’d better take care of this gold skinned friend
tell me, will I ever see her again
tell me, will I ever see her again

© Gessle – Jimmy Fun Music

Right at the front door
I recognized the perfume
the scent was perfect in the dusk by the moon
there must be many ways
to ask her to my room
why didn’t I dare?

Well every hour
I try to get somethin’ done
out on the weekend
when I’m just havin’ some fun
I’m windin’ up with none
just zeroes, no 1’s
just space with no air

I get: “Bye-bye baby-baby bye baby-baby bye-bye…”

Real sugar
I don’t wanna climb the walls
Real sugar
that’s what I want or none at all
Real sugar
sweet as a sweet can be
Real sugar
that’s what I want and what I need
that’s what I need

Yeah every Friday
I’m gettin’ ready to roll
I want her blue eyes start sayin’ “Hi” and “Hello”
but I can always tell she’d rather be alone
with some other guy

I get: “Bye-bye baby-baby bye baby-baby bye-bye…”
Real sugar
I don’t wanna climb no walls
Real sugar
that’s what I want or none at all
Real sugar
sweet as a sweet can be
Real sugar
that’s what I want and what I need
Real sugar
I don’t wanna climb the walls
Real sugar
that’s what I want or none at all
Real sugar
sweet as a sweet can be
Real sugar
that’s what you’ve got so what’s for me?
Hey what’s for me?

I turn myself in turn turn turn
I turn myself out outside and in
I turn myself in turn turn turn
I turn myself out outside and in
Real sugar real sugar

I get: “Bye-bye baby-baby bye baby-baby bye-bye…”
Real sugar
I don’t wanna climb no walls
Real sugar
that’s what I want or none at all
Real sugar
sweet as a sweet can be
Real sugar
that’s what I want and what I need
Real sugar
I don’t wanna climb the walls
Real sugar
that’s what I want or none at all
Real sugar
sweet as a sweet can be
Real sugar
that’s what you’ve got so what’s for me?
Gimme gimme real sugar
gimme gimme real sugar
Real sugar
I don’t wanna climb no walls

© Gessle – HipHappy

I’ve got to come down
I’ve been awake for far too long
my eyes look torn
they were so strong
I wore the crown
I wrote the song
now it’s fading
my heart was open like a window to a summer breeze

I breathed your love
I filled my lungs and veins
and I breathed your love until I felt the pain
and like rain it slipped away

I tried to find out what love was really all about
behind the curtain waits the sky
it’s rare I feel enough to cry
I’m drying up inside

My life was open like a window to the summer breeze

I breathed your love
I filled my lungs and veins
and U breathed your love until I met the pain
and like rain it slipped away
just like a little rain

I breathed your love and nothing stayed the same
yes I breathed your love and filled my heart in vain
cuz like rain it slipped away
just like rain it swept away

© Gessle – Jimmy Fun Music

Before the take off all our clothes and get close together
before it gets too serious both of us need to know
are we gonna go the whole way this time?

Before all secrets are revealed old scars must heal or whither
but it’s getting very late and I can’t wait anymore
are we gonna go the whole way this time?
do you wanna go the whole way this time?
this time?

Do you wanna go the whole way now?
we’re taking it easy
do you wanna go the whole way, babe?
Kick it in, kick it in slowly

Do you wanna go the whole way this time?
Do you wanna go the whole way for sure?
Do you wanna go the whole way this time?
This time?
This time?
Do ya?

© Gessle – Jimmy Fun Music

I heard your heart
you held it close to me
the wild embrace
the silent sea
a whisper of imagery for Lovers Supreme

But now I’m lost in the crowd
no shadow of a doubt
it’s all over now
no shadow of a doubt

You changed the dream
you changed the scenery
the tender touch
the urge to breathe
there under a love-lit sun
what’s lost could be found

But now no trace of a sound
no shadow of a doubt
I’m far away bound
no shadow of a doubt

© Music by Per Gessle and Mats MP Persson – Jimmy Fun Music

Can’t we leave the world outside
just for a while?
just for a while?
and spend some time, you and I
under this bright glorious sky

It’s been so long since i first saw you
but I still love that smile in your eyes

Yes it’s true, right from the start
I believed in the church of your heart
yes it’s you that made me be part of
and believe in the church of your heart

Step inside, lay yourself down
just for a while
rest for a while
I can hear a thundering sound
beating inside when you’re around

It’s been so long since I first met you
since we made love
you know how time flies

Yes it’s true, right from the start
I believed in the church of your heart
yes it’s you that made me be part of
and believe in the church of your heart
in the church of your heart

© Gessle – Jimmy Fun Music

I’m staring at the ground
I’m bloodless thrown away from the sun
what’s lost cannot be found
I can’t return your tears
if I ever live to be a thousand years

I’m staring at the ground
I never wished you a broken heart
coincidence put you down
he won’t withdraw those tears
if you ever lived to be a thousand years

What do I have to say to make you stay?
What do I have to do to make you happy?

I’m staring at the ground
I wish I could bring the spring to your door
to the coldest side of town
I carry your wounded dreams
like the devil’s deeds in the pocket of my jeans

What do I have to say to make you stay?
What do I have to do to make you happy?

© Gessle – HipHappy

Ooooo…
I’m crazy about you
I’ll give you all my love
yes I’m crazy about you
night and day
day and night

I’ll be your heart’s salvation
hey baby let’s stay together
let’s make it now and forever
I want to show it and shout it
and tell the whole world about it

I thought it never could happen
I thought you never would see me
you run a lovin’ locomotive
you make my needs very primitive

The more I get
the more I want from you
of your affection
when you’re around
I’m in control
I feel a complete connection

Hello hello
I’m so crazy about you
you know… baby
hello hello hello
yes I’m crazy
so crazy about you

C’mon close your eyes
honey trust me!
I want to enjoy your body
I want to take you much higher
and play the game of desire

Well I can’t hide
I’m getting hungry for a bite
I’m blinded by this obsession
I keep dancing like your possession

I’ll wrap my legs all around you
I’ll show you total devotion
no need to talk
love will speak to you
with sweet emotions

Hello hello
I’m so crazy about you
you know…baby
Hello hello hello
Yes I’m crazy
so crazy about you

© Gessle – Jimmy Fun Music

There was a night to say
something to cherish on a rainy day
if I close my eyes and go blind
I’m in the middle of the rush rush

Making love to you
is all I ever wanted to do

And I leave the world behind
I laugh at all the things I’ve done for you
if there was a dream to say
I’m in the middle of a rush rush

Making love to you
is all I ever wanted to do

Making love
Making love to you
Making love
Making love to you

Your love is so sweet to recall
the greatest of them all
I’m easy on my knees for you

Making love to you
I couldn’t love you
anymore than I do
God knows
it’s all I ever wanted to do

All I ever wanted to do

© Gessle – Jimmy Fun Music

I’ve been up all night
You’ve been putting up a fight
Seems like nothing I say gets through
How did this old bed
fit a world between me and you?

We said goodnight but the silence was so thick
You could cut it with a knife
We’ve hit a wall again
and there’s nothing I can do

You’re the one
yea I’ve put all my trust in your hands
C’mon look in my eyes
here I am,
here I am

You don’t understand me
my baby
You don’t seem to know
that I need you so much
You don’t understand me
my feelings
The reason I’m breathing, my love

The mornin’ comes
and you’re reaching out for me
just like everything’s the same
and I let myself believe
things are gonna change

When you kiss my mouth
and you hold my body close
do you wonder who’s inside?
Maybe there’s no way
we could feel each other’s pain.

Tell me why
it gets harder to know where I stand
I guess loneliness found a new friend
here I am.

You don’t understand me
You don’t seem to get me
my baby
You don’t really see
that I live for your touch

You don’t understand me
my dreams or
the things I believe in, my love
You don’t understand me
Understand me

© Gessle – HipHappy
Words & Music: Per Gessle & Desmond Child.

Per: Co-written with American songwriter Desmond Child, actually the first song ever to be written with someone from the “outside”. It wasn’t intended to be recorded by Roxette. Desmond came to Halmstad this summer, just to see if we could create something together. He had this idea, I changed it around a bit, and asked Marie to sing on the demo. Then I realized it suited us very well. Marie: You can hear that there are two songwriters working here.. it’s like a mix between Europe and the US. Per: Greenland, almost.

From “Don’t Bore Us – Get To The Chorus!”

Milk and toast and honey make it sunny
on a rainy Saturday he-he-hey
Milk and toast
some coffee take the stuffiness
out of days you hate you really hate
slow morning news pass me by
I try not to analyse but didn’t he blow my mind this time
didn’t he blow my mind?

Here he comes
to bring a little lovin’, honey
here he comes
to take away the hurt inside
here he comes
is everything that matters to me
here he comes
is everything I want in life

Milk and toast and honey
ain’t it funny how things sometimes look so clear
and feel so near
the dreams I dream my favorite wishful thinkin’
oh he’s bookmarked everywhere everywhere
true love might fall from the sky
you never know what to find
but didn’t he blow my mind this time
didn’t he blow my mind?

Milk and toast and honey

Here he comes
to bring a little lovin’ honey
to take away the pain inside
here he comes
is everything that matters to me
here he comes
is everything I want in life
here he comes
oh lay a little lovin’ honey
here he comes
to feel you’re gettin’ close to me
here he comes
is everything that matters to me
here he comes
is everywhere I want to be

Here he comes
to bring a little lovin’ honey
here he comes
to take away the pain inside
here he comes
is everything that matters to me
here he comes
is everything I want from life
here he comes
Oh lay a little lovin’ baby baby
here he comes
to gettin’ close to me
here he comes
is everything that matters to me
here he comes
is everywhere I want to be

To bring a little lovin’
is everything I want
to lay a little lovin’
is everything I want
Oh here he comes

© Gessle – HipHappy

Never looked back on a love affair
I never spent minutes on history
it made me sad
it made me so sad

And in no time no time at all a change has begun
and the name is You
I feel strange
you’ve made my life strange

Cos baby when you get close to me
I say there’s a certain chemistry

Come back before you leave
I haven’t got room for a broken heart
come back before you leave
you shouldn’t go at all
you shouldn’t go at all.

So many years and so many nights
I still can recall oh
the way that you move when you dance
do you want to dance?
We’ve had our habits and attitudes
you make me remember the power when everything’s right
please stay the night

Cos baby when you get close to me
there’s something about you I really need

Come back before you leave
I haven’t got room for a broken heart
come back before you leave
you shouldn’t go at all
you shouldn’t go at all

Babe, come back before you leave
I’ll be the air for you when you breathe
I’ll be the rising sun
Close the door, let’s make love
all God’s angels sing above
into the rising sun

© Gessle – Jimmy Fun Music

Put ’em on
put the big boots on
baby put them big boots on

Make a mark
make a good kick start
Kick yourself right outta my heart

It’s a cookin’ jumpin’ jivin’ shout
cos you’re every little thing I can do without
every line you lay every trick you trade
they could never ever make the grade

Lies
La-la-la-la-lies
It’s all lies
La-la-la-la-lies
You’re all lies

Honeybutt
keep your big mouth shut
baby keep that big mouth shut

It’s a steamin’ jumpin’ jivin’ shout
cos you’re every little thing I still dream about
but the love you lay every prayer you pray
it will never ever make my day
listen to me good…

Lies
La-la-la-la-lies
It’s all lies
La-la-la-la-lies
You’re all lies

Doo doo doo doo doo

© Gessle – Jimmy Fun Music

I know there’s something in the wake of your smile
I get a notion from the look in your eyes yea
you’ve built a love but that love falls apart
your little piece of heaven turns too dark

Listen to your heart
when he’s calling for you
Listen to your heart
there’s nothing else you can do
I don’t know where you’re going
and I don’t know why
but listen to your heart
before you tell him goodbye

Sometimes you wonder if this fight is worthwhile
The precious moments are all lost in the tide yea
They’re swept away and nothing is what it seems
the feeling of belonging to your dreams

Listen to your heart
when he’s calling for you
Listen to your heart
there’s nothing else you can do
I don’t know where you’re going
and I don’t know why
but listen to your heart
before you tell him goodbye

And there are voices that want to be heard
So much to mention but you can’t find the words
The scent of magic the beauty that’s been
when love was wilder than the wind

Listen to your heart
when he’s calling for you
Listen to your heart
there’s nothing else you can do
I don’t know where you’re going
and I don’t know why
but listen to your heart
before you tell him goodbye

© Per Gessle and Mats MP Persson – Jimmy Fun Music

It’s not the chapters he reads
when you’re feeling low down
it’s not the touch of his skin
when you kiss him goodnight
it’s not the money he spends
when you want to buy a daydream
and not that miracle smile
that makes the sky bright
it’s not the way his hands behave
when you’ve turned out the light

It’s the small small small talk
that makes it all happen
small small small talk
that makes you want to fly
yes it does

It’s not the way he believes in
you like a religion
it’s not the thrill that you get
when he’s holding you tight
it’s not the way his eyes persuade
you to stay the night

It’s the small small small talk
that makes it all happen (just like that)
small small small talk
that makes you feel like flying
yes it does

information heart and soul
a whisper a word
confessions that have to be heard
small small talk small small talk

come on now come on now come on
– you make it rock so heavenly
come on now come on now come on
– you seem to talk so heavenly
big words…
small talk…

© Gessle – Jimmy Fun Music

Beautiful things
are comin’ my way
beautiful things
I want them to stay
but after a while
my beautiful things
don’t seem beautiful at all

Terrible things
like when you wake up
and all of your dreams
seem to crack up
like things you have done
like breakin’ my heart
for you it don’t seem
terrible at all

Is there someone I can talk to?
Someone on the line?
Does anybody want to hear
what’s on my mind?

Beautiful things
like leaves on a tree
beautiful things
the sky and the sea
since you’ve been gone
no beautiful things
seem beautiful to me

Is there someone I can talk to?
Someone out there on the line?
Does anybody want to hear
what’s on my mind?

Make the grass grow in the garden
when the rain is passin’ by
does anybody want to know
what’s on my mind?

© Music by Marie Fredriksson – Jimmy Fun Music/Shock the Music

Anything can happen
when I wind up alone with you
put your finger on the things I like to do
well anything can happen
there’s a feel in the air around you
commanding parts of me
I never ever knew
I want your love
of flesh and blood
hey you!

This was really meant to be
it’s for sure our destiny
making lovers out of friends
I don’t believe in accidents

Anything can happen
when you hit that electric room in me
I lose the time
the place and everything I see
well anything can happen
there’s nothin’ else in the world I’d rather do
than to feed the secret dreams
hidden in you

You want the love
of flesh and blood
hey you!
This was really meant to be
it’s for sure our destiny
making lovers out of friends
I don’t believe in accidents
I don’t believe in accidents

Hey you!
This was really meant to be
it’s for sure our destiny
making lovers out of friends
don’t believe in accidents
this was really meant to be
it’s for sure our destiny
making lovers out friends
I don’t believe in accidents
I don’t believe in accidents
don’t believe in accidents
don’t believe in accidents…

© Gessle – Jimmy Fun Music

Opportunity nox Opportunity nox…

Well, I like you
I couldn’t think of anything but you
for a week I was in love with your hairdo
I couldn’t chew the smart things I used to
I knew I was way over the moon

When I met you
when I met you
I didn’t know what to do
when I saw you
when I saw you you said:

Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh
I’m living in a box but I’m out when opportunity nox…
Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh
I’m living in a box but I’m out when opportunity nox…
Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh
I’m dying in a box but I’m out when opportunity rox on

I’m sleeping and I’m dreaming so solo
I saw you in the crowd in the front row
you couldn’t get it right in the disco
you’re dancing so much better in slo-mo

When I met you
when I met you
I didn’t know what to do
When I saw you
when I saw you, you said:

Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh
I’m living in a box but I’m out when opportunity nox…
Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh
I’m living in a box but I’m out when opportunity nox…
Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh
I’m dying in a box but I’m out when opportunity rox on

When I met you
when I met you
I didn’t know what to do
when I saw you
when I saw you you said

Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh
I’m living in a box but I’m out when opportunity nox…
Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh
I’m living in a box but I’m out when opportunity nox…
Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh
I’m dying in a box but I’m out when opportunity ROX

© Gessle – Jimmy Fun Music

With the moon and the sun in his eyes
he’s arrivin’
and I don’t know what I’d do without him
I’ve got life
suddenly

See, see me
I’ve got nothing to hide
see me
I’ve got nothing to hide
see me

I’m leavin’ my heart
in the palm of his hand
so gently
I know he knows that I love him
though I’ve never said
is there an easy way?

See, see me
I’ve got nothing to hide
see me
I’ve got nothing to hide
see me

Comin’ home, I’m comin’ home
it feels like I’m comin’ home
comin’ home, I’m comin’ home

See, (see me see me) see me
I’ve got nothing to hide (nothing to hide)
see me
I’ve got nothing to hide (nothing to hide)

See me…

© Gessle – Jimmy Fun Music

Jefferson was always out of luck
I remember when we both grew up
Jefferson got hit by a westbound truck
I guess that didn’t make him look like a million bucks
that night when Sally really stole the show
and every boy was captured diggin’ for gold
poor old Jefferson was left in the snow

I’m gonna pray for Jefferson
pray for Jefferson’s soul
I’m gonna pray for Jefferson
pray for Jefferson’s soul

Jefferson is always on my mind
when him and me were runnin’ out of time
Jefferson was sure enough left be behind
the cops came in and took him by surprise
that night when Sally really showed her game
the neighbourhood would never be the same
poor old Jefferson got the blame

Ooooh
I’m gonna pray for Jefferson
pray for Jefferson’s soul
I’m gonna pray for Jefferson
pray for Jefferson’s soul
I’m gonna pray for Jefferson
pray for Jefferson’s soul
yeah
I’m gonna pray for Jefferson
pray for Jefferson’s soul

I do believe he didn’t do wrong
I say a prayer for someone I care for
I do believe he didn’t do wrong
I say a prayer for someone I care for

That night where Sally really gave it all
and made us small boys look quite tall
poor old Jefferson left the ball

Yeah
I’m gonna pray for Jefferson
pray for Jefferson’s soul
I’m gonna pray for Jefferson
pray for Jefferson’s soul
I’m gonna pray for Jefferson
pray for Jefferson’s soul
I’m gonna pray for Jefferson
pray for Jefferson’s soul
a-a-a-a-ah
a-a-a-a-ah
a-a-a-a-ah

© Gessle – HipHappy

Lay it down
pull my heart to the ground
time’s getting cold
now the leaves all turn hard and blue

And I know
when I gaze to the sun
no place to hide
I got nowhere to run
from you away from you

Hold me now
girl I don’t know when
when we will ever meet again
that was then baby this is now
I try to get over you

Losing you…
things will never be the same
Can you hear me call your name?
If we changed it back again
things would never be…

In your hand
babe I don’t understand
you’ve got the eyes of a child
but you hurt like a man
always do always do

Touch me now girl
I don’t know when
when we will ever meet again
that was then baby this is now
time won’t get over you

© Gessle – Jimmy Fun Music

The first time we met time stood still
you left me breathless
suddenly speechless

Within the hour we were one
two total strangers kissing the moonlight

Oh
you know I’m sorry I had to go
I’m really sorry it had to die
I’m really sorry I made you cry
cry

We fell in love between the nights
of too many lovers and too many teardrops

And fate won’t resist some satin sheets
I was so helpless
totally ruthless

Oh
you know I’m sorry I had to go
I’m really sorry you’re hurt inside
I’m really sorry I made you cry
Cry cry

Love is lifting you up and draggin’ you down
makes you go round and round and round
time makes a stop then it’s all gone
funny how memories keep ingering on

© Gessle – Jimmy Fun Music

Didn’t I tell you everything is possible in this déjà vu?
Try the river boat the carousel feed the pigeons Bar-B-Q
look at all the people happy faces all around
smiling throwing kisses busy making lazy sounds

It’s a bright June afternoon it never gets dark
Wah-wah! Here comes the sun
Get your green green tambourine let’s play in the park
Wah-wah! Here comes the sun

Some folks are on blankets slowly daydreaming
and reaching for their food
let’s go buy an icecream and a magazine with an attitude
and put on the cassette we can pretend that you’re a star
cos life’s so very simple just like la-la-la

It’s a bright June afternoon it never gets dark
Wah-wah! Here comes the sun
Get your green green tambourine let’s play in the park
Wah-wah! Here comes the sun

There’s a painter painting his masterpiece
there are some squirrels jumping in the trees
there’s a wide-eyed boy with a red balloon
all my life I’ve longed for this afternoon

It’s a bright June afternoon it never gets dark
Wah-wah! Here comes the sun
get your green green tambourine let’s play in the park
Wah-wah! Here comes the sun

© Gessle – Jimmy Fun Music
Marie: This is a very Per Gessle-ish song… straight, simple, sunny. Per: A summer song , written in winter. Gessle-ish? Yeah, maybe. Marie: Yes, it’s so much you… perfect for you to sing. Per: Well, in my litle world songs like this have always topped the charts. I’ve sent lots of dead simple songs like this to other artists and they all seem to have problems doing them right, especially if they’ve got big voices – whereas I can get away with it – almost. Marie: Almost always. Per: You know, our producer Clarence Öfwerman sometimes jokes about my songs being too much “ice cream and balloons”, too jolly and lightweight – but this is actually the first Roxette song to include both “ice cream” and “balloons” in the lyrics. A nice first.

From “Don’t Bore Us – Get To The Chorus!”

Hi! I got to go
get aboard
attack a love jet heaven and back
my-my-my-my-my-my-my
and I got to find a power station
with a beat
I can’t take no conversation
my-my-my-my-my-my-my
looking for the inspiration

All succumb to the physical fascination
all succumb to the physical fascination

Hi! shake shake it up
this love divine
you’re out of touch babe
I’m going out of my mind
my-my-my-my-my-my-mind
Talk to me! why don’t you talk to me?
C’mon and use your body language
and have yourself a good time
my-my-my-my-my-my-my
and radiate your sweet temptation

All succumb to the physical fascination
all surrender to the physical fascination
yea yea yea yea

© Gessle – Jimmy Fun Music

I move all right
I got the wheels going ’round
making ways in the night
yea we’re movin’ all right
wipin’ the rain from the ground
and the pale from the sky but something happens
in his heart when the morning comes

The secrets that she keeps away from me
the tears on the pillow she don’t want me to see
well every little thing she does is for me
but somebody new is breaking us in two

He’s the kind of love that makes a whirl in your mind
like the tide and the time
With just a little bit o’soul
he fights to find peace of mind
in these shattering eyes
but something happens
in his heart when the morning comes

The secrets that she keeps away from me
the tears on the pillow she don’t want me to see
well every little thing she does is for me
but somebody new is breaking us in two

The secrets that she keeps away from me
the tears on the pillow she don’t want me to see
well every little thing she does is for me
but somebody new is breaking us in two

The secrets that she keeps away from me
The love of you and me

© Gessle – Jimmy Fun Music

You build it up and tear it down
there’s no reason to follow you
you left the song without a sound
you left the story I made for you
softly angels bow and cry
in the stillness of the night

Never is a long time – goodbye
no answers for the asking
it’s a long time – goodbye
no mercy for the aching
it’s a long time
oh I see no light on the forsaken
never is a long time – goodbye
let’s spend the night when this dream
has come to an end

Sometimes you laugh sometimes you cry
and yes I’ve cried over you
you’ve left me blind in paradise
you’ve left me hungering for the touch of you
snow white angels run and hide
in the blackness of the night

Never is a long time – goodbye
no answers for the asking
it’s a long time – goodbye
no mercy for the aching
it’s a long time
oh I see no light on the forsaken
never is a long time – goodbye
let’s spend the night when this dream
has come to an end

© Gessle – Jimmy Fun Music

Una noche más
en blanco sin dormir
tu sombra en la pared
la mente se me va en ti

Quisiera volar
hacia la luz
ir más allá
donde estás tú
lejos del mar
y la ciudad
besar el azul por donde tú vas

Otra noche sin dormir
yo, que voy a hacer
dando vueltas sin parar
lo que diera por poder volar

Quisiera volar
hacia la luz
ir más allá
donde estás tú
lejos del mar
y la ciudad
besar el azul por donde tú vas
por donde tú vas

Quisiera volar, quisiera volar, quisiera volar

Quisiera volar
hacia la luz
ir más allá
donde estás tú
lejos del mar
y la ciudad
besar el azul por donde tú vas
por donde tú vas
por donde tú vas

Quisiera volar, volar…

Una noche más
otra noche sin dormir
quisiera volar

Spanish lyrics: Luis G. Escolar – HipHappy

I see you comb your hair
and gimme that grin
it’s making me spin now
spinnin’ within
before I melt like snow
I say hello
How do you do!

I love the way you undress now baby begin
do you caress
honey my heart’s in a mess
I love your blue-eyed voice
like Tiny Tim shines thru
How do you do!

Well here we are crackin’ jokes in the corner of our mouths
and I feel like I’m laughing in a dream
if I was young I could wait outside your school
cos your face is like the cover of a magazine

How do you do
do you do
the things that you do
no one I know could ever keep up with you
how do you do!
did it ever make sense to you
to say bye bye bye?

I see you in that chair with perfect skin
well how have you been baby
livin’ in sin?
hey I gona know
did you say hello
How do you do?

Well, here we are spending time in the louder part of town
and I feel like everything’s surreal
when I get old I will wait outside your house
cos your hands have got the power meant to heal

How do you do
do you do
the things that you do
no one I know could ever keep up with you
how do you do!
did it ever make sense to you
to say bye bye bye?

© Gessle – Jimmy Fun Music

Once upon a time there was a little girl
once she was mine
in my heart the only one
I wonder where you are
I know you’re somewhere in me
I can see your smile when I close close my eyes

Oh little girl
where did you go
little girl
I miss you so
Oh I remember when she was mine
I remember when she was mine

Once upon a time there was a little voice
singing loud and clear
in my heart the only one
once upon a time there were so many dreams
once they were mine

Oh little girl
they’re with oh they’re with you now

Oh little girl
where did you go little girl
I miss you so
I remember when she was mine
Oh I remember when she was mine

Oh girl little girl
where did you go little girl
I miss you so
Oh I remember when she was mine
Oh little girl
where did you go little girl
I miss you so
Oh I remember when she was mine
My little girl
I remember when she was mine
Oh I remember when she was mine

© Words and music by Marie Fredriksson – Shock the Music

I hit the road out of nowhere
I had to jump in my car
and be a rider in a love game
following the stars.

Don’t need no book of wisdom
I get no money talk at all.

She has a train going downtown
she’s got a club on the moon
and she’s telling all her secrets
in a wonderful balloon.
Oh she’s the heart of the funfair
she’s got me whistling her private tune.

And it all begins where it ends
and she’s all mine my magic friend.

She says: Hello you fool I love you
C’mon join the joyride
Join the joyride

She’s a flower I can paint her
she’s a child of the sun
we’re part of this together
could never turn around and run

Don’t need no fortune teller
to know where my lucky love belongs oh no

Cos it all begins where it ends
and we’re all magic friends

She says: Hello you fool I love you
C’mon join the joyride
Join the joynride

Be a joyrider

I take you on a skyride
a feeling like you’re spellbound
the sunshine is a lady
who ROX you like a baby

© Gessle – Jimmy Fun Music

1-2-3-4 walking like a man
hitting like a hammer
she’s a juvenile scam
never was a quitter
tasty like a raindrop
she’s got the look

Heavenly bound
cause heaven’s got a number
when she’s spinning me around
kissing is a color
her loving is a wild dog
she’s got the look

She’s got the look
she’s got the look
what in the world can make a brown-eyed girl turn blue
when everything I’ll ever do
I’ll do for you and I go
la la la la la
she’s got the look

Fire in the ice
naked to the t-bone
is a lover’s disguise
banging on the head drum
shaking like a mad bull
she’s got the look

Swaying to the band
moving like a hammer
she’s a miracle man
loving is the ocean
kissing is the wet sand
she’s got the look

And she goes: na na na na na na na na

© Gessle – Jimmy Fun Music

In a time where the sun descends alone
I ran a long long way from home
to find a heart that’s made of stone
I will try, I just need a little time
to get your face right out of my mind
to see the world through different eyes

Every time I see you oh I try to hide away
but when we meet it seems I can’t let go
every time you leave the room
I feel I’m fading like a flower

Tell me why
when I scream there’s no reply
when I reach out there’s nothing to find
when I sleep I break down and cry

Every time I see you oh I try to hide away
but when we meet it seems I can’t let go
every time you leave the room
I feel I’m fading like a flower

Fading like a rose
fading like a rose
beaten by the storm
talking to myself
getting washed by the rain
it’s such a cold cold town

Every time I see you oh I try to hide away
but when we meet it seems I can’t let go
every time you leave the room
I feel I’m fading like a flower

© Gessle – Jimmy Fun Music

I hit the coast with the faith of a preacherman
I saw a ghost with a face like a madman
I had this dream I was sleeping at the Royal Ball
I hit the streets
hey watch me in the monitor!
I saw a clone who looked just like a senator
I checked the clock I felt that it was time to go go go

Then came you
Why did you keep me waiting so long?
Why did you keep me waiting so long?
Why did you keep me waiting so long?

I was a spy I was captured by the enemies
I made a million selling secret fantasies
I saw my love wasted in a pale grey zone
I was the quake shaking every monument
I had to fi-find out what all the money meant
I checked the sun I knew that it was time to go go go

Then came you
Why did you keep me waiting so long?
Why did you keep me waiting so long?
Why did you keep me waiting so long?

© Gessle – Jimmy Fun Music

Goodbye to you
goodbye to broken hearts
goodbye to romance
hiding in the dark
nights that leave a scar

Goodbye to you
goodbye to empty cards
goodbye to this ball of bliss
I’m dancing from your arms

And I fill the bedroom with silent visions of rain
and I paint the morning with echoes from pleasure in pain
I don’t want to touch emotions
I just got to run away
electric blue like oceans
wild like lover sway

Goodby to you
goodbye to broken hearts
goodbye to romance
hiding in the dark
nights that leave a scar

Goodbye to you
goodbye to empty cards
goodbye to this ball of bliss
I’m dancing from your arms

And I seal the pillow and shatter dreams down the hall
and I hag the heartache like pictures on the wall
can you hear the sound of angels playing hurting games?
Well, I’m a stranger when I’m leaving
I was a stranger when I came

Goodby to you
goodbye to broken hearts
goodbye to romance
hiding in the dark
nights that leave a scar

Goodbye to you
goodbye to empty cards
goodbye to this ball of bliss
I’m dancing from your arms

© Gessle – Jimmy Fun Music

Like a whisper in me
I feel the warm winds coming through
I want you…
I want you…
The empty streets all look the same
take me home blue morning rain
I want you…

Calling pictures in my mind
when I wanna be with you
on this long distance line
how I wish that you would stay
I want you…

Remember what you told me
we always wind up all alone
together…
as long as rivers will run
as long as I can see the sun
I want you…

Moving pictures in my mind
when I wanna be with you
along this long distance line
how I wish that you would say
I want you!

When your nights are lonely
no, you’re not the only
just waiting for another day
how I wish that you would say
how I wish that you would say
I want you!

For all the love in your eyes
for all the love that’s in your mind
I want you…
I want you…