1. |
Are You Ready
04:02
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Darling, you've got me on hold, I swear you are the beat of my life,
and better than gold, Woh, woh, woh....
Lover, I sigh when you call, I'm leaning like a broken machine
- I'm stuck in `record',
God willing, we could say we had to feel this way
God willing, we could find, we've got the dream this time
we've got the rhythm..
Are you ready? It's an automatic word, are you ready for what will be?
Going steady? If we are, just say the word, are you ready for loving me?
I never feel right 'til I'm hugging my baby;
After all this love, I don't want no pain that I'd regret
I've got the green light, but I'm mumbling: "maybe"...
I'll have to sort it out from far away as I can get
God willing, we could say we had to feel this way
God willing, we could find, we've got the dream this time
we've got the rhythm..
Are you ready? It's an automatic word, are you ready for what will be?
Going steady? If we are, just say the word, are you ready for loving me?
Darling, I'm losing control; I never meant to open my eyes,
or tangle your soul...this time we've got the rhythm...
are you ready? It's an automatic word, are you ready for what will be?
Going steady? If we are, just say the word, are you ready for loving me?
I hardly said a word, but this could all turn out the way things should be:
you loving me
Two heart-beats in a whirl, think of all your doubts as waves in the sea
and wash over me.....are you ready, are you ready.....
Copyright © Paul Carman [Copyright Control - PRS] 1989
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2. |
Only Human
04:12
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Oh, no-one sees the child wake up
to the mysteries of life and luck,
see him learn the little things,
the hard, the cruel, the bitter things,
you wonder he has to walk alone?
Take hold of life, she'll say to you -
then do exactly what you've got to do;
make this world a better place,
take love and friends of any race,
be patient and try to get along
After all, we're only human
- we are woman and man who know nothing
about the world in our hands;
it's very clear that it needs a friend
In a terrible confusion, we've awakened to find
we've got nothing beyond a power and pride
to see a new world - it can be living and green again
Go through your time with dignity,
but don't forget you have a history
be amazing, dedicate your best to life
- it's getting late - as children we'll find that special song
After all, we're only human
- we are woman and man who know nothing
about the world in our hands; it's no illusion -
it's getting nearer than near the end
In a terrible confusion, we've awakened to find
we've got nothing beyond a power and pride
to see a new world - it can be living and green again
Oh, no-one sees the child wake up
to the mysteries of life and luck
see him learn the little things,
the hard, the cruel, the bitter things
- you wonder he has to walk alone?
After all, we're only human - we are woman and man
who know nothing about the world in our hands;
it's no illusion - it's getting nearer than near the end
In a terrible confusion, we've awakened to find
we've got nothing beyond a power and pride
to see a new world - it can be living and green again
Copyright © Paul Carman [Copyright Control - PRS] 1981
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3. |
Hold On To Your Heart
03:52
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Oh no, it doesn't really show - you want her back so hard it hurts,
you hold on, hoping "goodbye" was only words
she doesn't need you now, you don't believe it now,
you want to ask love, "how much worse?",
it's all gone, we'll never get back to how things were...
So hold on to your heart,
it may get back, or she may tear it apart a little,
hold on to your dreams,
although you know she was acting in all the scenes....
take hold of your heart,
and face this fact, it was a rare mood, and part of it'll
take over your dreams
and leave you thanking love for the memory
that's the way it's meant to be!?!
Oh yes, it's hard to see, I guess, but love can always start anew,
you're so wrong to say it won't matter what you do...
she left an emptiness, you're going to fade unless
you mend the lonesome part of you,
it's your heart no one defends it, only you....
Hold on to your heart,
it may get back, or she may tear it apart a little,
hold on to your dreams,
although you know she was acting in all the scenes...
take hold of your heart,
and face this fact, it was a rare mood, and part of it'll
take over your dreams
and leave you thanking love for the memory
So when you get right down to the horrors, don't get right down to the bottom
yes, you'll sigh like a waterfall - yes, you'll cry - it's really awful!
forget those feelings they're here to stay,
life is the deal and it's ticking away….
you're going to learn love whichever way...take heart today!..
Hold on to your heart,
it may get back, or she may tear it apart a little,
hold on to your dreams,
although you know she was acting in all the scenes....
take hold of your heart,
and face this fact, it was a rare mood, and part of it'll
take over your dreams
and leave you thanking love for the memory....
you gotta take a hold of your heart, your heart, your careless heart
you gotta make the most of your dreams, your dreams...
love paid for all of these....
Copyright © Paul Carman [Copyright Control - PRS] 1985
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4. |
Horizon
03:25
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I cannot hear you, I cannot see.....
oh, I know you've got your reasons,
but they don't shelter me.....
All the way down from here we're going to feel a wind blow
fatal and cold like a bad dream
it's all the way down from here
we're finally at the limits of life with all we do....
and far away, at the edge of all this madness there's a moment
where nature's shocked the system
I can tell you like to look at the horizon
all the same, it may be better if you looked into our eyes
and saw the pain......
I'm too weak for anger - I'm too sad for woe….
when I see those children - I simply have to go
all the way out of here, I lie to myself:
`don't cry, it's not going so badly',
but the rains don't appear,
the forest was a symbol of life we thought we knew
forget about all the places that were nice, like California ,
for they do not exist now.....
I can tell you like to look at the horizon
all the same, it may be better if you looked into the fires
and saw your name
I'm the millions who need looking after,
find me...medication for the miseries that blind me
time is scattered where the tiny bodies lie
we didn't shout enough
and a whole world dies..........................
I can tell you like to look at the horizon
all the same, it may be better if you looked into our eyes
and saw the pain
I can tell you like to look at the horizon
all the same, it may be better if you looked into the fires
and saw your name.....................all the same....
Copyright © Paul Carman [Copyright Control - PRS] 1985
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5. |
I'll Tell You Something
03:45
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How would it have been, with the state I'm in
not to be with you sometimes?
how d'you think it feels? - I'm not made of steel -
I can't even think what's mine
find love?! - you'll never find a love
if you say I'm not part of it, cruel love -
you don't know what you're saying….
I'll tell you something, these things I see
your smiling face is going to be the death of me
no rhyme or reason, ain't that a shame
I wonder if they'll ever tell me who's to blame
Haven't had a dream since you played your scene
and you'd really learned your lines
heart ache every page - no more centre stage -
now I see the plot unwind
Fine love?! I guess that's a kind of love:
being chained to bright promises?...ooh - love -
you don't know what you're saying….
I'll tell you something, these things I see
your smiling face is going to be the death of me
once I had feelings - they're blown away
don't know if I can make it through another day
Break down - the walls of love are tumbling down
on all of us now (blame it on the moonlight)
break down - no warning shot, no wondering how...
we're all so proud, until we feel the pain.....
I'll tell you something, these things I see
your smiling face is going to be the death of me
once I had feelings - they're blown away
I don't know if I can make it through another day
I'll tell you something, these things I do
just hide away another way of kissing you.
Copyright © Paul Carman [Copyright Control - PRS] 1987
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6. |
Los Pequeños
03:32
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Look at all the children, turning every day into fun
they do not owe their time to anyone
they will all be lovers, they will all be healthy and strong
they're learning slowly how to get along
See your own impatience in the child; he hurries to play;
flies through his cornflakes to another day
he is `oh so busy', he forgot he wanted to say
he's got no time for clearing up today
Espera, escucha, y mira, dejar el chiquitito jugar,
es el millonario del tiempo, pero no siempre sera...
espera, escucha, y mira, esta aprendiendo de sus errores
crecera con gentil paciencia, y tu amor
And you soon discover, as he comes to earth for the night
that one little spaceman got it `almost right'!
so you calm his worries: "there are no more monsters in sight,
there's always tomorrow - you can win the fight!"
It is a part of living, it is half the challenge we face
to understand it is not all a race
and that a man's completeness will depend on childhood mistakes
and on the care and time our loving makes
Espera, escucha, y mira, dejar el chiquitito jugar,
es el millonario del tiempo, pero no siempre sera...
espera, escucha, y mira, esta aprendiendo de sus errores
crecera con gentil paciencia, y tu amor
Look at all the children turning every day into fun
they do not owe their time to anyone
they will all be lovers, they will all be healthy and strong
they're learning slowly how to get along
It is a part of living, it is half the challenge we face
to understand it is not all a race,
and that a man's completeness will depend on childhood mistakes,
and on the care and time our loving makes
Espera, escucha, y mira, dejar el chiquitito jugar,
es el millonario del tiempo, pero no siempre sera...
espera, escucha, y mira, esta aprendiendo de sus errores,
crecera con gentil paciencia, y tu amor
..espera....escucha....espera..escucha....
Copyright © Paul Carman [Copyright Control - PRS] 1988
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7. |
Lost For Words
04:38
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...so begins the rest of my life in the rain
- I won't hear you call my name
enfolded in forever's appalling domain,
tell yourself you're not to blame,
you refuse the rest of the light that remains
'cause your mind's made up:
"only blue notes" - who wrote `love shouldn't be alone'?
now we both know where it ends,
we won't be singing `let's go round again'
going through the motions isn't all it should be
- love really hurts
knowing that you've thrown away the lock and the key,
honey, I'm lost for words
...thus I disconnect from my time without trace;
see the suns absorb my face,
feel the spirits moving me back into phase
- you won't hear the voice I raise
who produced the dreadful design of your rage?
I wanted to be wild enough for you, cruel eyes,
sure, I'm changing the locks on my soul....
now we both know where we stand
- I just became the ocean 'round your land
going through the motions isn't all it should be
- love really hurts....
knowing that you've thrown away the lock and the key,
honey, I'm lost for words
showing no emotion, only wanting to sleep,
I hate this world............
knowing where I'm going there's a promise to keep,
honey, I'm lost for words...
I'd forgotten I'd need to smile one day -
I'd forgotten to see that there's life that way -
I'd forgotten that tears divide by two -
I'd forgotten to be unkind like you.....
Copyright © Paul Carman [Copyright Control - PRS] 1997
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8. |
Too Many People
03:11
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It should have happened to me, it just ain’t right
- we don’t understand - how come he’s going to heaven?
goodbye little man - our best to you - it isn’t their fault
- they didn’t know you were special…
Ah, we’d give anything if we could get you back
– even the late nights calling you....
Too many people go without a warning
- too many good friends lost along the way
- too many petals from the flower fallen
- too many broken toys are thrown away
Wherever you are, we want you to know, you’ve got to believe
I wish we could have done better for beautiful baby,
you were warm as life – just looking for love, and never nasty to anyone we forgot to sing you our latest lullaby - it goes, “na na, na-na-na”
Too many people go without a warning
- too many good friends lost along the way
- too many petals from the flower fallen
- too many broken toys are thrown away
If only he knew, he wouldn’t wander so far away.....
If only he knew, about the places where not to play….
Oh, it isn’t a dream, we know too well,
but if we could travel back before it all happened,
we wouldn’t let baby out of sight,
and certainly not to fall a victim of circumstance
we keep thinking of you, frightened and all alone,
your momma cries now
- she wants you home
Too many people go without a warning
– too many good friends lost along the way
– too many petals from the flower fallen
– too many broken toys are thrown away
Too many people go without a warning....that number comes up....
Copyright © Paul Carman [Copyright Control - PRS] 1979
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9. |
It's Only The Rain
03:49
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It's only the rain falling, I let it get in;
he may not be far, so I don't try to admit it may never be him
whenever the rain gets into your heart you think it won't go,
but even the darkest night's so bright for a little
- when he wants to know
Raindrops: the frame stops on me crying in my hands again
- this is no way to play the game,
over and over in the sad garden of my heart-aches
a love awakes, I heard him call my name
(it's just the autumn leaves?...the rain and the trees?)
It's only the rain falling, I let it get in;
he may not be far, so I don't try to admit it may never be him...
whenever the rain gets into your heart, you think it won't go,
but even the darkest night's so bright for a little
- when he wants to know
Sunshine: the one time I was happy, then he went away,
I'm quite unable to complain,
holding myself, oh, I rock my body to believe the pain
of loving in vain - I heard him call my name
(it's just the autumn leaves?...the rain and the trees?)
It's only the rain falling, I let it get in;
he may not be far, so I don't try to admit it may never be him...
whenever the rain gets into your heart, you think it won't go
but even the darkest night's so bright for a little -
then I know what you did: you talked of love forever
- I wonder if it ends the wrong way...
know what you did? You broke this love between us,
as if we'd never been! - the wrong way....
know what you did? - you cornered love completely;
you find me on my knees, the wrong way....
so I'll do what you did; I'm gonna live without it -
I'll find a way around: the wrong way...
it's only the rain falling, it's only the rain
it's only the rain….. in your heart
Copyright © Paul Carman [Copyright Control - PRS] 1987
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10. |
Dream On Me
03:56
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I'm not having the doubts they're putting about you, honey,
it hurts, I guess - I've said more than I should, I knew I would,
they tell me we're too young for harvest yet……
they're not playing, they've all been saying that you're a lover
I should forget, find your flame in the sun, you're not too young
you know the way a heart beats!
A window open can never be broken; it's just a crack you see,
So dream on me, I won't forget you
So dream on me, I won't reject you
A magic carpet could never get started without a fantasy
So dream on me, I won't reject you
So dream on me, I won't forget you
I won't listen to all these whispering stories about
my first time love - I cared more than I knew, I'm stuck on you,
they're trying to say we're hardly grown enough…..
I did not plan it to be this radical scene with all the pain and regret,
shine your way little one, when you're not so young,
I'll always show you star dreams!
A window open can never be broken; it's just a crack you see,
So dream on me, I won't forget you
So dream on me, I won't reject you
A magic carpet could never get started without a fantasy
So dream on me, I won't reject you
So dream on me, I won't forget you
I love the way we laugh together
I love the way we get it right
I love to say we'll last forever
I love the way you feel tonight
I only brought a rainbow, a rainbow
I only brought a rainbow, darling a window open
A rainbow, darling so dream on me
I only brought a rainbow, darling
A rainbow, a rainbow, darling a magic carpet
I only brought a rainbow, darling a window open
A rainbow, darling, a rainbow, darling
A rainbow, darling, so dream on me a magic carpet
I only brought a rainbow so dream on me......
....a rainbow.....darling....
Copyright © Paul Carman [Copyright Control - PRS] 1987
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11. |
Darling, You Knew
03:17
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I had to draw conclusions, you don't like that,
heart in a sling, heart in a sling, oh baby,
you shattered my illusions with cold, hard facts,
heart in a sling heart in a sling, and baby,
I can't afford to lose you if you run away,
and I can't afford to wait in line, whatever you say
I think I'd like to say, darling you knew
Think whatever you do
Think I've got a right to say, I've got this thing for you,
Think I'd like to say, darling you knew,
Think whatever you do,
I think I've got a right to say I've got this thing about the best of love
I practiced all the movements, I broke my back,
hard medicine, hard medicine you gave me
it's sacrifices you want, that don't bite back,
hard medicine, hard medicine, and maybe
the panic ought to keep you for another day,
but I can't ignore the feeling that you're slipping away
I think I'd like to say, darling you knew
Think whatever you do
Think I've got a right to say, I've got this thing for you,
Think I'd like to say, darling you knew,
Think whatever you do,
I think I've got a right to say I've got this thing about the best of love
A part of me knew I won't ever see
Your eyes back in that bubble where two lovers built a dream
And for the love line that ties us, I'm thankful, but oh!...
It's not the same as touching....
it's not the same thing as really seeing you.....
It's not the same darling you knew,
whatever you do
I've got this thing for you
It's really not the same darling you knew
It's not the same whatever you do
It's not the best of love
Think I'd like to say darling you knew
Think whatever you do
Think I've got a right to say I've got this thing for you,
Think I'd like to say, darling you knew,
Think, whatever you do
Think I've got a right to say,
I've this thing about the best of love
Think about it, think about it don't say we're not in love...
Copyright © Paul Carman [Copyright Control - PRS] 1986
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12. |
Rays Of Love
05:19
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I don't know if the straw was short or long,
that took me from the world where I belong
I'm frozen in a cryogenic case, and roaming through deep space
the only human child to come so far; a Sirius attempt to touch the stars
this galaxy's a black and icy glove, but even here I feel these
Rays of love - love shining through, I feel rays of love,
sun-shining from you
My body is a billion years of stone
- I'm never going to see the lights of home
I wasn't meant to hear or feel a thing - but I'm getting something
the harmony that no-one's ever heard
- the spirit of the whole wide universe,
and if my heart and soul are strong enough,
I'll sing it to you: "feel these
rays of love come shining through,
feel the rays of love sun-shining on you"….
I feel the rays of love wash over me, all the rays of love;
all the love that can be
I don't know what our science has begun,
I don't know if I'll end up old or young
they said I'd be asleep 'til time has died
- 'til the end of the long ride…
I wish that I could whisper in your ear
the messages the heavens make me hear
To tell of the infinities above, I only have these tears and
Rays of love, love shining through
I send you rays of love, that's all I can do
feel the rays of love, they are all that will be,
sweet rays of love, sun-shining from me
feel the rays of love, love shining through,
feel the rays of love sun-shining on you
feel the rays of love, they're all that will be,
sweet rays of love, sunshiny and free
rays of love shining through, rays of love shining on you………
Copyright © Paul Carman [Copyright Control - PRS] 1989
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Paul Carman UK
All of the songs and music on this page are written/composed by Paul Carman. [PRS, except when ASCAP]
Here's a link to some of my music for Film, TV, Games, etc: www.cues4u.com#/album/C4U075/30e0bf073435f0be
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