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C02.01 Times Like These

 

Written by Nik Kershaw

 


 

Anything we say

Would just be a big cliché

Not a word I can think of

Could ever be big enough

Well, if I were Superman, this would be my cue

But I'm Joe Nobody and there's not a thing

That I can do

It's at times like these I wish I could

Get on my knees and somehow put

My arms around the world

Put my arms around the world and make it better

There's blood on my TV

It's making me guilty

Stereo sound-bites

Live by satellite

Well, if I were a hero, I'd be doing something now

But I sit doing nothing and I watch these walls

Tumbling down

It's at times like these I wish I could

Get on my knees and somehow put

My arms around the world

Put my arms around the world and make it better

Yeah-yeah

Make it better

Wo Oh… Make it better

I thought we were doing alright

I thought we were safe in our sleep

I knew that reality bites

But I didn't know it could bite so deep

It's at times like these I wish I could

Get on my knees and somehow put

My arms around the world

Put my arms around the world

Yes, at times like these I wish I could

Get on my knees and somehow put

My arms around the world

Put my arms around the world and make it better

Ohhhh

Yeah-eah-eahhhhh

Yeah-eah-eahhhhh

 


 

C02.02 Dangerous Eyes

 

Written by Nik Kershaw

 


 

(One-two-three, One-two-three)

She has office girl hair that she wears in a bun

And her confident air doesn't fool anyone

With her curious walk neither clumsy or svelte

And a mouth where the bravest of butter would never dare melt

But her dangerous eyes could get you in trouble

Could make you do something you might regret

Her dangerous eyes could make you see double

Could make you see God for a second, I bet

Well she's wider than some, if I can be graphic

With a generous bum that wouldn't stop traffic

Her functional fingers, not exactly petite

And you wouldn't get anyone queuing to fall at those feet

But her dangerous eyes could get you in trouble

Could make you do something you might regret

Her dangerous eyes could make you see double

Could make you see God for a second, I bet

You'll say when you've seen her

She's no Angelina

She'll never make you lose your cool

But I know when she flashes

Those Medusa lashes

You'll just be one more fool

Aaah… You fool

And her schoolteacher voice wouldn't deign to entice

And her ever so sensible dresses wouldn't make you look twice

But her dangerous eyes could get me in trouble

Could make me do something I might regret

Her dangerous eyes could well burst my bubble

Could make me see God for a second

Well her dangerous eyes could get you in trouble

Could make you do something you might regret

Her dangerous eyes could make you see double

Could make you see God for a second…

Well her dangerous eyes could get you in trouble

Could make you do something you might regret

Her dangerous eyes could make you see double

Could make you see God for a second, I bet

 


 

C02.03 Cloud Nine

 

Written by Nik Kershaw

 


 

Oh-oh, Oh-oh-ohhh-oh

Oh-oh-ohhh-oh… Oh-oh-ohhh-oh….

Oh-oh-ohhh-oh… Oh-oh-ohhh-oh….

Oh-oh-ohhh-oh… Oh-oh-ohhh-oh….

High above the push and shove

I float without a sound

Paradise found

I can see a lilac field

A blue and crimson sky

How lucky am I

And sunlight makes it alright

Makes me shine

I watch you watching

Miss you

Doing fine

But even though the view is ours

The pleasure is all mine

Living on cloud nine

Oh-oh, Oh-oh-ohhh-oh

Oh-oh-ohhh-oh… Oh-oh-ohhh-oh….

High above a crowded street

A little bird of prey

Sings have a nice day

I can hear the falling rain

The crushing ocean wave

And Dagenham Dave

And music makes me lose it

Makes me shine

When he sings

Oh my darling, Clementine

But even though the song is ours

The pleasure is all mine

Living on cloud nine

I own my world

I own my world

And all that's in it

As far as I can see

I own my world

I own my world

And all that's in it

It all belongs to me

I would love to share my love with you

But you don't see this beauty like I do

Oooohhhh

And even though the world is ours

The pleasure is all mine

Living on cloud

Get off my cloud nine

Oh-oh, Oh-oh-ohhh-oh

Oh-oh-ohhh-oh

Yeah… yeah…

Oh-oh-ohhh-oh

Get off my cloud nine

Oh-oh-ohhh-oh… Oh-oh-ohhh-oh….

Oh-oh-ohhh-oh… Oh-oh-ohhh-oh….

Get off my cloud nine

Oh-oh-ohhh-oh… Oh-oh-ohhh-oh….

Oh-oh-ohhh-oh… Oh-oh-ohhh-oh….

High above the push and shove

I float without a sound

Paradise found

 


 

C02.04 What It Is

 

Written by Nik Kershaw

 


 

Hmmmmmmmm

Hmmmmmmmm

Wo-ohhh

What if it hasn't gone the way you planned

Life isn't as grand, as everyone else's

There go the neighbours in their four by four

It's bigger than yours, it's bigger than Elvis

God knows, that's the way that it goes

It’s what it is, what it is, not the way than you wanted

Not a song or a sonnet

Not a hope or a wish

Ohh… you are, you are not what you wanted to be

Not a dream or a movie

What it is, what it is, what it is…

Everybody's in the back of a limousine and

You're the chauffeur

Doing less work and having more fun

Them on big brother, they don't have a clue

It should've been you, it should've been someone

So what, they would kill for

What you've got

It’s what it is, what it is not the way than you wanted

Not a song or a sonnet

Not a hope or a wish

Ohh… You are, you are not what you wanted to be

Not a dream or a movie

What it is, what it is, what it is…

What it is…

Hmmmmmmmm

You should've been someone

Big deal, that's a lie, this is real

It’s what it is, what it is not the way than you wanted

Not a song or a sonnet

Not a hope or a wish

Ohh… You are, you are not what you wanted to be

Not a dream or a movie

What it is, what it is, what it is…

Hmmmmmmmm

And you don't know what you want

Hmmmmmmmm

And you do know you ain't got it

 


 

C02.05 Lost In You

 

Co-written by Nik Kershaw and Chesney Lee Hawkes

 


 

I feel like breaking this silence

It's so loud, so loud

Just me and these four walls

And my MTV

So I close my eyes

And I open my heart

And I find myself

Lost in you

I've had enough of this cold night

It's so long, yeah too long

Only you can make it feel right

Alright for me

So I close my eyes

And I open my heart

And I find myself

Lost in you

New day, new town, same old song

Feels like I’ve been gone too long

Oh-Ohhhh

How I wish I could call you

I just want to hear your voice

But it's early morning where you are

And late night for me

So I close my eyes

And I open my heart

And I find myself

Lost in you

Yeah I close my eyes

And I open up my heart

And I find myself

Lost in you

 


 

C02.06 This Broken Man

 

Co-written by Nik Kershaw, Jon Willy Rydningen and Nick Hammond

 


 

I have always tried to paint someone else's picture of me

But I never fit the frame, never fit the frame

So I hid inside myself, fooling everyone around me

But I never had a name, never had a name

Now I know

I don't have to be someone I'm not

And I know

You take me as you find me

Want me for who i am

And I thank the stars above

That someone loves this broken man

I have always been the star

In someone else's movie

But I never knew the lines

Never knew the lines

Now I know

I don't have to play that part

And I know

I can play it by heart

Take me as you find me

Want me for who I am

And I thank the stars above

That someone loves this broken man

Your faith in me

Has set me free

Now I believe in me

Ohhhhh

So, take me as you find me

Want me for who I am

And I thank the stars above

That someone loves, you can love,

I can love this broken man

 


 

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