ELO Album

(Heaven only knows)

Oh, I know it's strange
But I think that it's about to change
So I'll take the chance
To get back into the straight again.

Heaven only knows, I'm really on the level
Heaven only knows, I'm trying to find a way
Heaven only knows, I'm walking down a straight and lonely road today.

(Oh, yeah, heaven only knows)

Now the sun will shine
And I'm gonna work it out this time
And before the light,
All I gotta take is one more night.

Heaven only knows, I'm really on the level
Heaven only knows, I'm trying to find a way
Heaven only knows, I'm walking down a straight and lonely road today.

Heaven only knows, heaven only knows
Heaven only knows, heaven only knows
Heaven only knows, heaven only knows
Heaven only knows, heaven only knows.

(Heaven only knows)

As the hours go by,
I can only wonder why
You can change your mind
But you never change the price.

Heaven only knows, I'm really on the level
Heaven only knows, I'm trying to find a way
Heaven only knows, I'm walking down a straight and lonely road today.

Heaven only knows, heaven only knows
Heaven only knows, heaven only knows.

Heaven only knows, I'm really on the level
Heaven only knows, I'm trying to find a way
Heaven only knows, I'm walking down a straight and lonely road.

Heaven only knows, I'm really on the level
Heaven only knows, I'm trying to find a way
Heaven only knows, I'm walking down a straight and lonely road today
Heaven only knows, I'm really on the level
Heaven only knows, I'm trying to find a way
Heaven only knows...

Night after night
I try to make it all fit together
Night after night
I see you as someone I remember

You took me by surprise
Opened up my eyes
Now we gotta talk this over

Can it really be so serious?
To be all broken up and delirious
I guess we've really been out of touch
But can it really be so serious?
(Serious, so serious)

Day after day
I know it's not the way that you want it
Day after day
I try to find the key, but it don't fit

(Day after day)
But you know how it is
(Night after night)
No matter what I did
(Day after day)
We gotta talk it over

Can it really be so serious?
To be all broken up and delirious
I guess we've really been out of touch
But can it really be so serious?
(Serious, so serious)

Tonight, tonight
I'm thinking over everything you said to me
Tonight, tonight
I'm sorry, but I just didn't see

(Day after day)
And now it's up to you
(Night after night)
There's nothing else to do
(Day after day)
We've gotta talk it over

Can it really be so serious?
To be all broken up and delirious
I guess we've really been out of touch
But can it really be so serious?
(Serious, so serious)

(Serious, so serious)
Is it so serious?
(Serious, so serious
Serious, so serious)

It's out of control (out of control)
And there's nothing I can do now
Out of control (out of control)
Spinning softly through the blue now
And look beyond these walls
As the meaning starts to dawn
It's getting to the point
Getting to the point.

It's out of control (nothing I can do)
Like a fire that keeps on burning
And nobody knows (what I'm going through)
And the thoughts just keep returning
And all you had to say
Was that you were gonna stay
It's getting to the point
It's getting to the point.

It's getting to the point
Where nobody can stop it now
It's getting to the point
Of no return
And all that I can do
Is stand and watch it now
Watch it burn, burn, burn
It's getting to the point
Where reasons are forgotten
It's getting to the point
Where no one knows
And all that I can do
Is say I'm sorry
But that's the way it goes...

It's getting to the point.

Forever
Is a long, long way
Forever
Takes your breath away
I'd like to talk about it, try to understand
It's getting to the point
It's getting to the point.

It's getting to the point
Where nobody can stop it now
It's getting to the point
Of no return
And all that I can do
Is stand and watch it now
Watch it burn, burn, burn
It's getting to the point
Where reasons are forgotten
It's getting to the point
Where no one knows
And all that I can do
Is say I'm sorry
That's the way it goes...

It's getting to the point (getting to the point)
Getting to the point (getting to the point)
It's getting to the point (getting to the point)
Getting to the point.

I don't know,
I don't know what's on your mind
I thought everything was fine,
But it was my surprise.

I don't know,
I don't know what's going on
Something surely must be wrong,
You're living secret lives.

Living secret lives, secret lives
And I wonder where she goes to in the night
In secret lives.

Wish I knew,
Wish I knew where I fit in
Wish that I knew everything
About your secret lives.

If it means,
If it means that much to you
I don't want to stop the things you do
I don't need alibis.

Living secret lives, secret lives
And I wonder where she goes to in the night
In secret lives.

I don't care,
I don't care what goes on there
As long as one day I can share,
Share your secret lives.

Living secret lives, secret lives
And I wonder where she goes to in the night
In secret lives.

Secret lives, living secret lives
And I wonder where she goes to in the night
In secret lives.

Secret lives, secret lives
And I wonder where she goes
In secret lives.

Secret lives, secret lives
Secret lives, secret lives
Secret lives, secret lives
Secret lives, secret lives...

Dear Jo,
Don't know where to begin, so I'll just hello
Dear Jo,
Is it so much better now you're on your own?

(Is it alright) you never believed in yourself
(Is it alright) now that you're free, does it help?

Is it alright
Now that you've got what you want?
And is it alright
Now that you're back where you belong?

Dear Jo,
Are you living it up every place you go?
Dear Jo,
If you're having a hard time, it sure don't show.

(Is it alright) you couldn't hold on in your mind
(Is it alright) now is it okay, is it fine?

Is it alright
Now that you've got what you want?
And is it alright
Now that you're back where you belong?

Dear Jo,
Can you believe that it's been so long?
Dear Jo,
Just thought I'd write and let you know.

(Is it alright) you never believed in yourself
(Is it alright) but now that you're free, does it help?

Is it alright
Now that you've got what you want?
And is it alright
Now that you're back where you belong?

Is it alright?
Is it alright with you?
Is it alright?
Is it alright with you?

Is it alright
Now that you've got what you want?
And is it alright
Now that you're back where you belong?

Is it alright
Now that you've got what you want?
And is it alright
Now that you're back where you belong?

Is it alright
Now that you've got what you want?
And is it alright
Now that you're back where you belong?

There's a silence in the city
There's nobody around
And everyone that we knew
Moved to higher ground.

There's a shadow hanging overhead
It lingers there alone
Changing all we ever knew
The changes start to show.

CHORUS:
There's a sorrow about to fall
There's a sorrow about to fall.

There's a new sound in the wires
And ears are to the ground
And everything that once was ours
Has slowly turned around.

Something happened to the seasons
Started falling with the rain
And something changed forever
We gotta find a way.

REPEAT CHORUS

There's people in the photographs
But they all had to run
They went away to somewhere
Beyond the setting sun.

REPEAT CHORUS
REPEAT CHORUS

Sorrow about to fall, fall, fall, fall
Sorrow about to fall
Sorrow about to fall
Sorrow about to fall...

I watch the cars move
I watch the lights up on the window
I walk along the street
I'm only thinking of you
I watch the clock staring from the wall
It hardly moves at all
It's you I'm waiting for.

Without someone I can depend on
I'm lost without someone
As I go on, I hope you're remembering
I'm lost without someone.

All alone, no one around,
I watch the shadows falling faster
The city lights begin to glow,
And then I start to realise
I count the hours
As they slip away into another day
Wondering where you'll stay.

Without someone I can depend on
I'm lost without someone
As I go on, I hope you're remembering
I'm lost without someone.

Still watching the cars move,
Still watching the lights upon the window
I'm walking down the street
I'm only thinking of you
I hear the night as it calls to me
It plays a symphony
It says you're gone from me.

Without someone I can depend on
I'm lost without someone
As I go on, I hope you're remembering
I'm lost without someone.

Without someone I can depend on
I'm lost without someone
As I go on, I hope you're remembering
I'm lost without someone.

Without someone I can depend on
I'm lost without someone...

(Somebody...)
Told her that there was a place like heaven
Across the water on a 747
Yeah, we're living in
In a modern world.

And pretty soon she's really got the notion
Of flying out across the big blue ocean
Yeah, we're living in
In a modern world.

Talk is cheap on satellite
But all I get is (static!)
Information, I'm still here
Re-dial on automatic.

CHORUS
Calling America (can't get a message through)
Calling America (that's what she said to do)
Calling America (that's where she has to be)
Calling America (she left a number for me)
Calling America.

But I'm just talking to a satellite
Twenty thousand miles up in the sky each night
Yeah, we're living in
In a modern world.

All I had to do was pick up the phone
I'm out in space, trying to talk to someone
Yeah, we're living in
In a modern world.

She left a number I could call
But no one's there, no one at all
There must be something going wrong
That number just rings on and on.

REPEAT CHORUS

Said she'd call when she'd been gone a while
Guess she's missing me across the miles
Yeah, we're living in
In a modern world.

REPEAT CHORUS

Calling America, Calling America
Calling America, Calling America...

Bye-bye, pretty woman
I've got to leave you now
I find you never really cared.

Stand back, take a look at you
You couldn't care if you wanted to
You keep saying it's gonna change
But every time it comes back again
It's a merry-go-round.

Endless lies shine in your eyes.

It's alright, count to ten
It will all be better then
It's alright, the world will go away.

Stand back, take a look at you
You couldn't care if you wanted to
You keep saying it's gonna change
But every time it comes back again
It's a merry-go-round.

Endless lies, I can see it in your eyes
The heartbreak is, if you could only see
That's not the way it's supposed to be
Endless tears that flowed through the years
You take it all, and then you take some more
Then you come running back to me.

Play on, pretty music
Play on and on for me
Shine on, silver stars
Over the sea.

Endless lies, I can see it in your eyes
The heartbreak is, if you could only see
That's not the way it's supposed to be.

Endless lies shine in your eyes.

The sun still shines way up above
But it don't matter now because the dream is gone
The dream is just a memory, oh yeah
If you see my dream, send it back home to me.

The stars still glow up in the night
But somehow, they don't seem so bright
The dream is gone, the dream is just a memory, oh yeah
if you see my dream, send it back home to me.

'Cause I've been waiting for a long, long time
Thought I'd found a way
Now I just wait for someone to call
I'm waiting for it every day.

Send it (send it, send it) on the wires
Send it (send it, send it) on a plane
Send it (send it, send it) on an express
But send it back to me again.

The music plays so loud and clear
But somehow, I can't make you hear
The dream is gone, the dream is just a memory, oh yeah
If you see my dream, send it back home to me.

When you get what you want, it's a long way down
And you can see for miles around
When you lose it, nothing is for real
If you see my dream, send it back to me.

Send it (send it, send it) on the wires
Send it (send it, send it) on a plane
Send it (send it, send it) on an express
But send it back to me again.

Send it (send it, send it) on the wires
Send it (send it, send it) on a plane
Send it (send it, send it) on an express
But send it back to me again.

Send it (send it, send it)
Send it
Send it (send it, send it)
Send it on the wires (send it, send it)
Send it on a plane
Send it on an express...

[No lyrics]

(Heaven only knows)

Oh, I know it's strange
But I think that it's about to change
So I'll take the chance
To get back into the straight again.

Heaven only knows, I'm really on the level
Heaven only knows, I'm trying to find a way
Heaven only knows, I'm walking down a straight and lonely road today.

(Oh, yeah, heaven only knows)

Now the sun will shine
And I'm gonna work it out this time
And before the light,
All I gotta take is one more night.

Heaven only knows, I'm really on the level
Heaven only knows, I'm trying to find a way
Heaven only knows, I'm walking down a straight and lonely road today.

Heaven only knows, heaven only knows
Heaven only knows, heaven only knows
Heaven only knows, heaven only knows
Heaven only knows, heaven only knows.

(Heaven only knows)

As the hours go by,
I can only wonder why
You can change your mind
But you never change the price.

Heaven only knows, I'm really on the level
Heaven only knows, I'm trying to find a way
Heaven only knows, I'm walking down a straight and lonely road today.

Heaven only knows, heaven only knows
Heaven only knows, heaven only knows.

Heaven only knows, I'm really on the level
Heaven only knows, I'm trying to find a way
Heaven only knows, I'm walking down a straight and lonely road.

Heaven only knows, I'm really on the level
Heaven only knows, I'm trying to find a way
Heaven only knows, I'm walking down a straight and lonely road today
Heaven only knows, I'm really on the level
Heaven only knows, I'm trying to find a way
Heaven only knows...

Listen to the money talk
Listen to it scream
Only lots of paper
But it haunts them in their dreams.

Doesn't matter who they are
Doesn't matter where
Some people can't get enough
That is their only care.

Going in for the kill
In for the kill.

In for the kill, in for the slaughter
In for the thrill of the power game
In for the kill, in for the finish
They've got to win, it's the only way.

In for the kill.

Sitting in a darkened room
Sharing out the land
Someone holds a document
And smiles as they shake hands.

Going in for the kill
In for the kill.

In for the kill, in for the slaughter
In for the thrill of the power game
In for the kill, in for the finish
They've got to win, it's the only way.

In for the kill.

Everywhere you wander,
Wander where you will
Someone's making deals
And going in for the kill.

In for the kill, in for the slaughter
In for the thrill of the power game
In for the kill, in for the finish
They've got to win, it's the only way.

In for the kill, in for the slaughter
In for the thrill of the power game
In for the kill, in for the finish
They've got to win, it's the only way.

In for the kill
In for the kill
In for the kill
In for the kill
In for the kill
In for the kill...

I don't know,
I don't know what's on your mind
I thought everything was fine,
But it was my surprise.

I don't know,
I don't know what's going on
Something surely must be wrong,
You're living secret lives.

Living secret lives, secret lives
And I wonder where she goes to in the night
In secret lives.

Wish I knew,
Wish I knew where I fit in
Wish that I knew everything
About your secret lives.

If it means,
If it means that much to you
I don't want to stop the things you do
I don't need alibis.

Living secret lives, secret lives
And I wonder where she goes to in the night
In secret lives.

I don't care,
I don't care what goes on there
As long as one day I can share,
Share your secret lives.

Living secret lives, secret lives
And I wonder where she goes to in the night
In secret lives.

Secret lives, living secret lives
And I wonder where she goes to in the night
In secret lives.

Secret lives, secret lives
And I wonder where she goes
In secret lives.

Secret lives, secret lives
Secret lives, secret lives
Secret lives, secret lives
Secret lives, secret lives...

There's a silence in the city
There's nobody around
And everyone that we knew
Moved to higher ground.

There's a shadow hanging overhead
It lingers there alone
Changing all we ever knew
The changes start to show.

CHORUS:
There's a sorrow about to fall
There's a sorrow about to fall.

There's a new sound in the wires
And ears are to the ground
And everything that once was ours
Has slowly turned around.

Something happened to the seasons
Started falling with the rain
And something changed forever
We gotta find a way.

REPEAT CHORUS

There's people in the photographs
But they all had to run
They went away to somewhere
Beyond the setting sun.

REPEAT CHORUS
REPEAT CHORUS

Sorrow about to fall, fall, fall, fall
Sorrow about to fall
Sorrow about to fall
Sorrow about to fall...

Sometimes you get caught in a trap and you don't know it
Sometimes it's better to get out before you blow it
Some people never learn they keep on falling
You can never get out if you keep on stalling.

Then you get caught in a trap, caught in dead end
Caught in a trap with nowhere to run
Then you get caught in a trap, caught in dead end
Nowhere to turn, but it can't go on.

Caught in a trap.

Sometimes you got to know where to run for cover
Sometimes you're better out 'till the heat is over.

Or you get caught in a trap, caught in dead end
Caught in a trap with nowhere to run
Then you get caught in a trap, caught in dead end
Nowhere to turn, but it can't go on.

Caught in a trap.

Don't know how it happens, but then it's too late
Then you gotta move on the times you contemplate.

'Cause you got caught in a trap, caught in dead end
Caught in a trap with nowhere to run
Then you got caught in a trap, caught in dead end
Nowhere to turn, but it can't go on.

Caught in a trap, caught in dead end
Caught in a trap with nowhere to run
Caught in a trap, caught in dead end
Nowhere to turn, but it can't go on.

Caught in a trap
Caught in a trap
Caught in a trap
Caught in a trap...

I'm getting outta here, 'cause there's too many complications
Yeah, I'm getting outta here, don't get given any information
And if they ask you for a number to call, just say I'm gone, that's all.

Destination unknown, I'm a long way from home
Destination unknown, I'll be gone, gone, gone
Destination unknown, destination unknown.

If anybody wants me, just say you don't know the address
'Cause I've had enough of the confusion and the madness
And should anybody ever try to stall, just say I'm gone, that's all.

Destination unknown, I'm a long way from home
Destination unknown, I'll be gone, gone, gone
Destination unknown, destination unknown.

I'm tired of playing other peoples' games
Tired of waiting for some things to change.

Destination unknown, I'm a long way from home
Destination unknown, I'll be gone, gone, gone
Destination unknown, destination unknown.

I'm tired of playing other peoples' games
Tired of waiting for some things to change.

Destination unknown, I'm a long way from home
Destination unknown, I'll be gone, gone, gone
Destination unknown, destination unknown.

Destination unknown, I'm a long way from home
Destination unknown, I'll be gone, gone, gone
Destination unknown, destination unknown.

Destination unknown, I'm a long way from home
Destination unknown, I'm a long way from home
Destination unknown, I'm a long way from home.
Destination unknown...