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  • Can You Forgive Her?
  • I Wouldn't Normally Do This Kind Of Thing
  • Liberation
  • A Different Point Of View
  • Dreaming Of The Queen
  • Yesterday, When I Was Mad
  • The Theatre
  • One And One Make Five
  • To Speak Is A Sin
  • Young Offender
  • One In A Million
  • Go West
  • Postscript

  • 1. CAN YOU FORGIVE HER? (Tennant/Lowe)
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    Another night with open eyes
    Too late to sleep, too soon to rise
    You're short of breath, is it a heart attack?
    Hot and feverish you face the fact
    
         You're in love, and it feels like shame
         Because she's gone and made a fool of you in public again
         You're in love, and it feels like pain
         Because you know there's too much truth in everything she claims
    
              So ask yourself now: Can you forgive her
              If she wants you to?
              Ask yourself: Can you even deliver
              What she demands of you?
    
    You drift into the strangest dreams
    Of youthful follies and changing teams
    Admit you're wrong, oh, no, not yet
    Then you wake up and remember that you can't forget
    
         She's made you some kind of laughing stock
         Because you dance to disco, and you don't like rock
         She'd make fun of you, and even in bed
         Said she was gonna go and get herself a real man instead
    
              So ask yourself now: Can you forgive her
              If she begs you to?
              Ask yourself: Can you even deliver
              What she demands of you?
              Or do you want revenge?
              But that's childish, so childish!
              (But that's childish, so childish!)
    
    Remember when you were more easily led
    Behind the cricket pavilion and the bicycle shed
    Trembling as your dreams came true
    You looked right into those blue eyes and knew
    
         It was love, and now you can't pretend
         You've forgotten all the promises of that first friend
         It's bad enough, she knows how you feel
         But she's not prepared to share you with the memory
    
              So ask yourself now: Can you forgive her
              If she begs you to?
              Ask yourself: Can you even deliver
              What she demands of you?
              Ask yourself now: Can you forgive her
              If she begs you to?
              And ask yourself: Can you even deliver
              What she demands of you?
              Or do you want revenge?
              But that's childish, so childish!
    
    
    2. I WOULDN'T NORMALLY DO THIS KIND OF THING (Tennant/Lowe)
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    Ask me why,
    I say it's most unusual
    How can I even try to explain
         Why today I feel like dancing
         Singing like lovers sing
         When I wouldn't normally do this kind of thing?
         I wouldn't normally do this kind of thing
    
    Ask me when, (ta ra ra ra)
    I say it started when I met you (ta ra ra ra ra ra)
    And ever since then I knew that the past couldn't last
         For right now, I think I'm running
         A race that I know I'm gonna win
         And I wouldn't normally do this kind of thing
         I wouldn't normally do this kind of thing
    
    If people say I'm crazy, I tell 'em that it's true
    Let them watch with amazement
    Say it won't last beyond breakfast
    It's a phase he's going through
    Denigrate or speculate on what I'm going through
    Because it isn't the sort of thing I would normally do
    
    Ask me what, (ta ra ra ra)
    I say I think it's good for you (ta ra ra ra ra)
    Believe it or not, I know where it's all leading to
         I feel like taking all my clothes off
         Dancing to the Rite of Spring
         And I wouldn't normally do this kind of thing
         I wouldn't normally do this kind of thing
         I wouldn't normally do this kind of -
         This kind of thing
    
    
    3. LIBERATION (Tennant/Lowe)
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    Take my hand,
    I've changed my mind again
    Really, I believed it true
    That all who fell in love were foolish
    But I was wrong,
    I've learned that lesson well
    All the way back home at midnight
    You were sleeping on my shoulder
    
         Take my hand,
         Don't think of obligations
         Now, right now,
         Your love is liberation 
    
    To free in me
    The trust, I never dared
    I always thought the risk too great
    But suddenly, I don't hesitate, so
    
         Take my hand,
         Don't think of complications
         Now, right now,
         Your love is liberation
         Liberation
    
    Ta ra ra ra ra ra
    Ta ra ra ra ra ra
    
    The night, the stars
    Our light shone through the dark
    All the way back home at midnight
    You were sleeping on my shoulder
    
         Take my hand,
         Don't think of hesitation
         Now, right now,
         Your love is liberation
         Liberation
    
    Ta ra ra ra ra ra
    Ta ra ra ra ra ra
    
    Ta ra ra ra ra ra
    
    Back home at midnight
    All the way back home at midnight
    
    
    4. A DIFFERENT POINT OF VIEW (Tennant/Lowe)
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    When I'm sitting so close to you
    There's only one thing that I wanna do
    But I know what you're likely to say
    That I'm going about it the wrong way
    
    We can't agree about anything
    Where to go or even where we've been
    And I know what you're likely to do
    Say that I've never cared about you
    
         And all I wanted to say was that I love you
         But you tell me now you don't believe it's true
         You got a different, a different
         A different point of view
         You got a different
         Point of view
    
    You don't believe a single word I say
    If I'd say black was white, you'd say it was grey
    But in spite of being treated this way
    I still dream of you all night and day
    
         And all I wanted to say was that I love you
         But you tell me now you don't believe it's true
         You got a different, a different
         A different point of view
         You got a different
         Point of view
    
    Just this once
    Just say yes
    Please
    
    You've got a clever way of haunting me
    I'm never scared, but you're still daunting me
    'Cause I know what you're likely to say
    And I know that you'll get your own way
    
         And all I wanted to say was that I love you
         But you tell me now you don't believe it's true
         You got a different, a different
         A different point of view
         You got a different
         Point of view
    
         You got a different, a different
         A different point of view
         You got a different
         Point of view
    
    
    5. DREAMING OF THE QUEEN (Tennant/Lowe)
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    Dreaming of the Queen
    Visiting for tea
    You and her and I
    And Lady Di
    
    The Queen said: "I'm aghast
    Love never seems to last
    However hard you try"
    And Di replied
    
         That there are no more lovers left alive
         No one has survived
         So there are no more lovers left alive
         And that's why love has died
         Yes, it's true
         Look, it's happened to me and you
    
    Then carriages arrived
    We stood and said goodbye
    Diana dried her eyes
    And looked surprised
    
    For I was in the nude
    The old Queen disapproved
    But people laughed and asked
    For autographs
    
         And there were no more lovers left alive
         No one had survived
         So there were no more lovers left alive
         And that's why love had died
         Yes, it's true
         Look, it's happened to me and you
    
    I woke up in a sweat
    Desolate
    
         For there were no more lovers left alive
         No one had survived
         So there were no more lovers left alive
         And that's why love had died
         Yes, it's true
         Look, it's happened to me and you
    
    
    6. YESTERDAY, WHEN I WAS MAD (Tennant/Lowe)
    ----------------------------
    Darling, you were wonderful, you really were quite good
    I enjoyed it, though, of course, no one understood
    A word of what was going on, they didn't have a clue
    They couldn't understand your sense of humour like I do
    
    You're much too kind
    I smiled with murder on my mind
    
         Yesterday, when I was mad
         And quite prepared to give up everything
         Admitting, I don't believe
         In anyone's sincerity, and that's what's really got to me
    
    You have a certain quality, which really is unique
    Expressionless, such irony, although your voice is weak
    It doesn't really matter 'cause the music is so loud
    Of course it's all on tape, but no one will find out
    
    You hated me too
    But not as much as I hated you
    
         Yesterday, when I was mad
         And quite prepared to give up everything
         Admitting, I don't believe
         In anyone's sincerity, and that's what's really got to me
    
    Then, when I was lonely
    I thought again
    And changed my mind
    
    Then we posed for pictures with the competition winners
    And argued about the hotel rooms, and where to go for dinner
    And someone said: "It's fabulous you're still around today,
    You've both made such a little go a very long way"
    
         Yesterday, when I was mad
         And quite prepared to give up everything
         Admitting, I don't believe
         In anyone's sincerity, and that's what's really got to me
    
         Yesterday, when I was mad
         And quite prepared to give up everything
         Admitting, I don't believe
         In anyone's sincerity, and that's what's really got to me
    
    Then, when I was lonely
    I thought again
    And changed my mind
    
    
    7. THE THEATRE (Tennant/Lowe)
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    (Yeah)
    
    (Yeah)
    (Yeah)
    (Tu ru tu tu tu tu)
    (Tu ru tu tu tu tu)
    (Tu ru tu tu tu tu)
    
    (Yeah)
    (Tu ru tu tu tu tu)
    (Tu ru tu tu tu tu)
    (Tu ru tu tu tu tu)
    
    (Yeah)
    (Yeah)
    
    It's another world here
    The streets are gleaming
    I was even dreaming
    That they're paved with gold
    
    Seventeen, at half past ten
    All the crowds are surging past
    An electric display
    
    There's another world here
    Below shop windows
    Upon the pavement
    Where you wave goodbye
    
    Boys and girls
    Come to roost
    From Northern parts
    And Scottish towns
    Will we catch your eye?
    
         While you pretend not to notice 
         All the years we've been here
         We're the bums you step over
         As you leave the Theatre
         (Yeah)
         (Yeah)
    
    It's another world here
    Somebody is singing (Yeah)
    I was only wishing
    For a bit of cash
    
    From a patron of the arts
    Or at least the phantom of the opera
    Will I catch your eye?
    
         While you pretend not to notice 
         (Tu ru tu tu tu tu Tu ru tu tu tu tu Tu ru tu tu tu tu)
         All the years we've been here
         We're the bums you step over
         (Tu ru tu tu tu tu Tu ru tu tu tu tu Tu ru tu tu tu tu)
         As you leave the Theatre
         (Yeah)
         (Yeah)
    
    (Ha ha ha ha...)
    (Everybody) 
    (Everybody) 
    (Everybody) 
    (Everybody) 
    (Everybody) 
    (Everybody) 
    (Everybody) 
    (Everybody) 
    
    Pavarotti in the park
    Then you walked back up the Strand
    Did you catch my eye?
    
         And then pretend not to notice 
         (Tu ru tu tu tu tu Tu ru tu tu tu tu Tu ru tu tu tu tu)
         All the years we've been here
         We're the bums you step over
         (Tu ru tu tu tu tu Tu ru tu tu tu tu Tu ru tu tu tu tu)
         As you leave the Theatre
         (Yeah)
         (Yeah)
    
         In the end, you pretend
         (Tu ru tu tu tu tu Tu ru tu tu tu tu Tu ru tu tu tu tu)
         'Cause it's so much easier
         We're the bums you step over
         (Tu ru tu tu tu tu Tu ru tu tu tu tu Tu ru tu tu tu tu)
         As you leave the Theatre (Yeah)
         (Yeah)
         (Yeah)
         (Tu ru tu tu tu tu Tu ru tu tu tu tu 
          Tu ru tu tu tu tu Tu ru tu tu tu tu)
    
         We're the bums you step over
         (Tu ru tu tu tu tu Tu ru tu tu tu tu Tu ru tu tu tu tu)
         As you leave the Theatre
         (Yeah)
         (Yeah)
    
    (Ha ha ha ha ...)
    (Ha ha ha ha ...)
    (Ha ha ha ha ...)
    
    
    8. ONE AND ONE MAKE FIVE (Tennant/Lowe)
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    Have you heard the news?
    Everybody's asking who
    Is that man you've been seen with
    And why I'm never out with you
    
         Please, tell me that you love me
         Sort out this confusion
         Say our love is still alive
         For people must be jumping
         To the wrong conclusion
         That one and one make five
    
    What I need right now
    Is to hear you say they got it wrong
    That he's just a new friend
    A perfectly innocent one
    
         So, tell me that you love me
         Sort out this confusion
         Say our love is still alive
         For people must be jumping
         To the wrong conclusion
         That one and one make five
         People are assuming
         'Cause it's so confusing
         That one and one make five
    
    If one and one make two (make two)
         (Here we go Here we go Here we go Here we go
          Here we go Here we go Here we go Here we go)
    Don't need to worry about you
         (Here we go Here we go Here we go Here we go
          Here we go Here we go Here we go Here we go)
    But here, where gossip and rumor thrive
         (Here we go Here we go Here we go Here we go
          Here we go Here we go Here we go Here we go)
    One and one add up to three, four or five
         (Here we go Here we go Here we go Here we go
          Here we go Here we go Here we go Here we go)
    
    One and one and one and one and one make five
    (One and one make five)
    
    Let's stay in tonight
    Maybe disconnect the phone
    The correct arithmetic
    Just two of us at home
    
         Oh, tell me that you love me
         Sort out this confusion
         Say our love is still alive
              (One and one make five)
         For people must be jumping
         To the wrong conclusion
         That one and one make five
              (One and one make five)
         
         Tell me that you love me
         Sort out this confusion
         Say our love is still alive
              (One and one make five)
         For people must be jumping
         To the wrong conclusion
         That one and one make five
              (One and one make five)
    
    One and one make two (make two, make two)
         (Here we go Here we go Here we go Here we go
          Here we go Here we go Here we go Here we go)
    Don't need to worry about you
         (Here we go Here we go Here we go Here we go
          Here we go Here we go Here we go Here we go)
         (Here we go Here we go Here we go Here we go
          Here we go Here we go Here we go Here we go)
    I don't need to worry about you
         (Here we go Here we go Here we go Here we go
          Here we go Here we go Here we go Here we go)
         (Here we go Here we go Here we go Here we go
          Here we go Here we go Here we go Here we go)
    Don't need to worry about you
         (Here we go Here we go Here we go Here we go
          Here we go Here we go Here we go Here we go)
    One and one make two (make two)
         (Here we go Here we go Here we go Here we go
          Here we go Here we go Here we go Here we go)
         (Here we go Here we go Here we go Here we go
          Here we go Here we go Here we go Here we go)
    
    
    9. TO SPEAK IS A SIN (Tennant/Lowe)
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    We've been around forever
    Look at us now together
    Ordering drinks at the bar
    
    Saying hello to menfriends
    Smiling across a friend's friends
    Ordering drinks at the bar
    
         To speak is a sin
         You look first, then stare
         And once in a while
         A smile, if you dare
    
    (Ta da da da da aah Ta da da da da)
    
    We'll stand around forever
    Regardless of time or weather
    Ordering drinks at the bar
    
    Looking for love, and getting
    Nothing that's worth regretting
    But wondering why we travel so far
    
         To speak is a sin
         You look first, then stare
         And once in a while
         A smile, if you dare
    
         To speak is a sin
         You'd better beware (aah)
         But once in a while
         A smile, if you dare (aah)
    
    (Aah, Aah, Aah)
    
         To speak is a sin
         You look first, then stare
         And once in a while
         A smile, if you dare
    
         To speak is a sin
         You'd better beware (aah)
         And once in a while
         A smile, if you dare (oooh)
    
    (Aaah Aaah Oooh)
    
    (Aaah)
    
    
    10. YOUNG OFFENDER (Tennant/Lowe)
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    You may be broke now, and you may be bored
    Call you delinquent or leave you ignored
    You'll get what you want
    
    Drive to distraction, crash on the way
    Watch your reaction, wait 'til you say
    You'll get what you want
    It hurts if you can't
    
         Young offender, what's your defense?
         You're younger than me, obviously
         Young offender, why the pretense?
         You don't agree, I know, I know
    
    I'll do what you want if you want me enough
    I'll put down my book and start falling in love
    Or isn't that done?
    
    How graceful your movements, how bitter your scorn
    I've been a teenager since before you were born
    And I'm younger than some
    I've only begun
    
         Young offender, what's your defense?
         You're younger than me, obviously
    
    When I get in your way, or open your eyes?
    Who will give whom the bigger surprise?
    
    Is there fire in your eyes, or the glow of machines?
    Watch how your fingers thumb over the keys
    So sure what you do
    I haven't a clue
    
         Young offender, what's your defense?
         You're younger than me, obviously
         Young offender, how you resent
         The lovers you need, it hurts when they bleed
         Young offender, why the pretense?
         You don't agree, I know, I know
    
    
    11. ONE IN A MILLION (Tennant/Lowe)
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    Why
    This uncertainty?
    It's not clear to me
    Would you rather be independent?
    Have I lost your love?
    Have you had enough?
    Do you feel too much resentment?
    How can I make you see
    When you disagree
    That you just can't leave?
    
         One in a million men
         Could change the way you feel
         One in a million men
         Baby it's up to me
    
    I
    Won't stand in your way
    I can make you stay
    Though, of course, I feel rejected
    You're a part of me
    You're the family
    I can't bear to leave
    
         One in a million men
         Could change the way you feel
         One in a million men
         Baby it's up to me
    
    Feel
    Free
    To leave
    If you think you're trapped, but
    Please
    Believe
    I'll always want you back
    
         One in a million men
         Could change the way you feel
         One in a million men
         Baby it's up to me
    
         One in a million men
         Could change the way you feel
         One in a million men
         Baby it's up to me
    
    (Ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh  Ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh)
    (Ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh  Ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh)
    
         One in a million men
         Could change the way you feel
         One in a million men
         Baby it's up to me
    
         One in a million men
         Could change the way you feel
         One in a million men
         Baby it's up to me
    
    
    12. GO WEST (Morali/Belelo/Willis/Tennant/Lowe)
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    Come on, come on, come on, come on
    
    (Together) We will go our way
    (Together) We will leave someday
    (Together) Your hand in my hands
    (Together) We will make our plans
    
    (Together) We will fly so high
    (Together) Tell all our friends goodbye
    (Together) We will start life new
    (Together) This is what we'll do
    
         (Go West) Life is peaceful there
         (Go West) In the open air
         (Go West) Where the skies are blue
         (Go West) This is what we're gonna do
    
    (Go West, this is what we're gonna do, Go West)
    
    (Together) We will love the beach
    (Together) We will learn and teach
    (Together) Change our pace of life
    (Together) We will work and strive
    
    (I love you) I know you love me
    (I want you) How could I disagree?
    (So that's why) I make no protest
    (When you say) You will do the rest
    
         (Go West) Life is peaceful there
         (Go West) In the open air
         (Go West) Baby you and me
         (Go West) This is our destiny (Aah)
    
         (Go West) Sun in wintertime
         (Go West) We will do just fine
         (Go West) Where the skies are blue
         (Go West, this is what we're gonna do)
    
    There where the air is free
    We'll be (We'll be) what we want to be (Aah aah aah aah)
    Now if we make a stand (Aah)
    We'll find (We'll find) our promised land (Aah)
    
    (I know that) There are many ways
    (To live there) In the sun or shade
    (Together) We will find a place
    (To settle) Where there's so much space
    
    (Without rush) And the pace back east
    (The hustling) Rustling just to feed
    (I know I'm) Ready to leave too
    (So that's what) We are gonna do
    
         (What we're gonna do is
          Go West) Life is peaceful there
         (Go West) There in the open air
         (Go West) Where the skies are blue
         (Go West) This is what we're gonna do
    
         (Life is peaceful there)
         Go West (In the open air)
         Go West (Baby, you and me)
         Go West (This is our destiny)
    
    Come on, come on, come on, come on
    
         (Go West) Sun in wintertime
         (Go West) We will feel just fine
         (Go West) Where the skies are blue
         (Go West) This is what we're gonna do
    
    (Come on, come on, come on)
         (Go West)
    
    (Go West)
    (Go, ooh, go, yeah)
    (Go West)
    (Go, ooh, go, yeah)
    (Go West)
    (Go, ooh, go, yeah)
    (Go West)
    (Go, ooh, go, yeah)
    (Gimme a feelin')
    (Gimme a feelin')
    (Go West)
    (Gimme a feelin')
    (Gimme a feelin')
    (Go West)
    (Gimme a feelin')
    (Gimme a feelin')
    
    
    13. POSTSCRIPT (Tennant/Lowe)
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    I believe in ecstasy
    The times we've had, you and me
    
    Friends we've met along the way
    Partied every night and day
    
    And I know we'll meet again