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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
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
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
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
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
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