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Foreigner
Foreigner


Background information
Origin New York City, New York, United States
Genre(s)
Years active 1976—present
Label(s) Atlantic Records
Associated acts Jason Bonham
King Crimson
Spooky Tooth
Hurricane
Website Website
Members
Mick Jones
Jason Sutter
Jeff Pilson
Thom Gimbel
Kelly Hansen
Michael Bluestein
Former members
Rick Wills
Lou Gramm
Ian McDonald
Dennis Elliott
Mark Schulman
Al Greenwood
Ed Gagliardi
Bruce Turgon
Johnny Edwards



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Foreigner Album


Foreigner (03/08/1977)
03/08/1977
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Feels Like The First Time (demo version; on 2002 re-issue)
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Woman Oh Woman (demo version; on 2002 re-issue)
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At War With The World (demo version; on 2002 re-issue)
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Take Me To Your Leader (demo version; on 2002 re-issue)
. . .


I would climb any mountain
Sail across the stormy sea
If that's what it takes me baby
To show how much you mean to me
And I guess it's just the woman in you
That brings out the man in me
I know I can't help myself
You're all in the world to me
It feels like the first time
It feels like the very first time
It feels like the first time
It feels like the very first time

I have waited a lifetime
Spent my time so foolishly
But now that I've found you
Together we'll make history
And I know that is must be the woman in you
That brings out the man in me
I know I can't help myself
You're all my eyes can see

And it feels like the first time
Like it never did before
It feels like the first time
Like we've opened the door
It feels like the first time
Like it never will again, never again

It feels like the first time
It feels like the first time
It feels like the very first time

Talkin 'bout it feels
It feels like the first time
Oh, it feels like the first time
It feels like the very first time

Won't you open up the door

It feels like the first time
It feels like the very first time
It feels like the first time
It feels like the very first time
It feels like the first time
It feels like the very first time

. . .


You're as cold as ice, you're willing to sacrifice our love
You never take advice, someday you'll pay the price, I know

I've seen it before, it happens all the time
You're closing the door, you leave the world behind
You're digging for gold, you're throwing away
A fortune in feelings, but someday you'll pay

You're as cold as ice, you're willing to sacrifice our love
You want paradise, but someday you'll pay the price, I know

I've seen it before, it happens all the time
You're closing the door, you leave the world behind
You're digging for gold, you're throwing away
A fortune in feelings, but someday you'll pay

(Solo)

Cold as ice - you know that you are
Cold as ice - as cold as ice to me
Cold as ice

You're as cold as ice, cold as ice, I know, yes I know
You're as cold as ice, cold as ice, I know, oh yes I know
You're as cold as ice, cold as ice, I know, oh yes I know
You're as cold as ice... (to fade)


. . .


(1st verse) " I stole a ride... on a passing star...
Not knowing where I was going, how near or how far."

" Through years of light... lands of future and past...
'Til the Heavenly gaze... was sighted at last. "

(Chorus) " Star-rider... [rider-RIDER-err]
... take me to the stars. "

" Star-rider... [rider-RIDER-err]
... show me where you are! "

(2nd verse) " Northern Lights flash by... and then they are gone...
and the old stars were dying... so the new ones were born."

" Ever on our own... celestial ways...
'Til the light of our years... shown the rest of our days. "

(Refrain/Bridge)
" Speed increasing, all control is in the hands of those who know! "
" Will they help us grow?... to one day peace - star*rider !!! "

(Repeat Chorus)
" Star-rider... [rider-RIDER-err]
... show me where you are."

" Star-rider... [rider-RIDER-err]
... take me to the stars!"

(Lead Guitar)

(Repeat Bridge)
" Speed increasing, all control is in the hands of those who know! "
" Will they help us grow?... to one day peace - STAR*RIDER !!! "

. . .


He drives a '57 coupe
Walks with a stoop
Swears James Dean isn't dead
He's a dedicated rocker
A real headknocker
Don't look at his lady again
'Cause if he catches you messin'
He's gonna teach you a lesson
Don't let me say it again

Headknocker, headknocker
Comin' on strong, a real showstopper
Headknocker

He might like to fight, oh but boy does he love to play
Ooh, headknocker, headknocker
Ooh, headknocker

He's got an old fender strat
Plays behind his back
While he sings out Louie, Louie
He's a backseat mauler
A barroom brawler
I think he's gonna blacken your eye
If that don't teach you a lesson
Might show you his Smith & Wesson
Don't let me say it again

. . .


(1st verse) "Is there a reason...
For things that you say?"

"The way you're treating me...
All the games I won't play?"

(Chorus 1) "Well it's too late -- we're no longer one...
I don't want you -- the damage is done."

(2nd verse) " Will you miss me...
When I leave you behind?"

" Will you tell your friends...
I treated you un-kind?"

(Chorus 2) " Well it's over now...
And I'm on the run!"

" I don't want you -- the damage is done!"

(Refrain/Bridge) " There have been rumors,
That my sense of humor,
Is lacking in some ways."

" To me that's no reason --
It's tantamount to treason!"
" Let's see what the Judge
Has to say!"

" You need to find,
someone half as blind... "

" As I am to your games!"

" And maybe you'll find out,
What it's all about... "

" And it can drive you INSANE !!!"

(Chorus 3) " Ohh - OHH - oh --
The damage is done."

" And now I feel it's too late --
The damage is done."

" It's ohh -- oh -- oh -- oh 'ver...
" Now I'm on the run!"

" Baby, you and I know --
The damage is done!"

(lead guitar)

" I feel it's too late...
The Damage Is Done !!!"

***END***

. . .


It was a Monday, a day like any other day
I left a small town for the apple in decay
It was my destiny, it's what we needed to do
They were telling me, I'm telling you

I was inside looking outside, the millions of faces
But still I'm alone, waiting, hours of waiting
Paying a penance, I was longing for home
I'm looking out for the two of us, I hope we'll be here
When they're through with us

I was inside looking outside, oh the millions of faces
But still I'm alone, waiting, hours of waiting
I could feel the tension, I was longing for home
I'm looking out for the two of us And I hope we'll be here
When they're through with us, I'm a long way from home

Monday, sad, sad Monday, she's waiting for me
But I'm a long, long way from home
Sad, sad Monday, she's waiting for me
But I'm a long long way from home

Sad, sad Monday, ah she's waiting for me
But I'm a long, long way from home

. . .


Search through the years
And you wipe away the tears
To find a woman, not a girl
Just that feeling, like the beginning of the world

Beginning of the world

And your love flows down like a river
'til it reaches down to the sea
And it's then you start to thinking
Will the water, will the water cover me?

Woman oh woman
Don't bury me alive
Just make me feel I've the right to survive
Woman oh woman
I hope that you can see
This is nothing like our love was meant to be
Love was meant to be

You search through the years
And you wipe away the tears
To find a woman, not a girl
But a feeling, like the beginning of the world

Woman oh woman
Don't bury me alive
Just make me feel I've the right to survive
Woman oh woman
I hope that you can see
This is nothing like our love was meant to be

Woman oh woman
Woman oh woman
Woman oh woman
Woman oh woman

Woman oh woman
Oh woman

. . .


Never had no need
For any military aid
And I never took charge of the light brigade
I got no castle to defend or attack
But still I seem to be picking up flack

I am the captain of this body of mine
I'll send fear into the enemy lines
On the ground, in the air or at sea
They're all pointing a finger at me

I'm at war with the world
That's the way it must be
I'll fight while I can
To put an end to this misery

I'm at war with the world
I'll have to fight to be free
Yes I'm at war with the world
Nobody's capturing me

Never have no need
For any military aid
Never took charge of the light brigade
I got no castle to defend or attack
But still I seem to be picking up flack

War with the world, with the world
I'll have to fight to be be free
Yes I'm at war with the world, with the world
Nobody's capturing me

War with the world
What do they want from me?
War with the world
Why don't they let me be?

. . .


Well I miss you honey
A little more every day
And I know if I kissed you
You'd be comin' back home to stay

'cause I know I was wrong
But how long do I have to pay?

You know you belong here beside me
I'm a fool for you anyway
I'm a fool for you anyway
'cause I'm a fool for you anyway

Well I cried for you so long
My river of tears ran dry
And I tried to be so strong
But grew weaker as time went by

You know your love left a mark on me
I don't think it will fade away

I'll sit here and wait 'til you come home
'cause I'm a fool for you anyway
I'm a fool for you anyway
Fool for you anyway

You know your love left a mark on me, on me
I don't think it will fade away

I'll sit here and wait 'til you come home
'cause I'm a fool for you anyway
'cause I'm a fool for you anyway
I'm a fool for you anyway

Fool for you anyway
Fool for you anyway
'cause I'm a fool for you anyway
A fool for you anyway
Fool for you anyway
I'm a fool for you anyway

. . .


Selling your soul ain't the right way of givin'
Oh with you I could change
This misguided goal I've been livin'
Anything, anything, you might need or desire
Just call on me, 'cause my heart's on fire

And I need you
Do you need me too?
Yes I need you, yes I need you

Many is the time I've cursed the lord's creations
Ah but you touched my hand
I loved this new sensation
It was very strange, what a change
Of you I did not tire
So call on me, my heart's on fire

Well I need you
Do you need me too? need me too?
Yes I need you, ah

Yes I need you
Oh I need you
And I need you
Say you need me too
Yes I need you
Oh I need
Say you need me too

Yes I need you
And I need you
Oh I need
Yes I need you
Oh I need
Say you need me too
Say you need me too
Say you need me too
Say, say baby
Say you need me too
Yes I need you
Oh I need you too
And I need you

. . .


I would climb any mountain
Sail across the stormy sea
If that's what it takes me baby
To show how much you mean to me
And I guess it's just the woman in you
That brings out the man in me
I know I can't help myself
You're all in the world to me
It feels like the first time
It feels like the very first time
It feels like the first time
It feels like the very first time

I have waited a lifetime
Spent my time so foolishly
But now that I've found you
Together we'll make history
And I know that is must be the woman in you
That brings out the man in me
I know I can't help myself
You're all my eyes can see

And it feels like the first time
Like it never did before
It feels like the first time
Like we've opened the door
It feels like the first time
Like it never will again, never again

It feels like the first time
It feels like the first time
It feels like the very first time

Talkin 'bout it feels
It feels like the first time
Oh, it feels like the first time
It feels like the very first time

Won't you open up the door

It feels like the first time
It feels like the very first time
It feels like the first time
It feels like the very first time
It feels like the first time
It feels like the very first time

. . .


Search through the years
And you wipe away the tears
To find a woman, not a girl
Just that feeling, like the beginning of the world

Beginning of the world

And your love flows down like a river
'til it reaches down to the sea
And it's then you start to thinking
Will the water, will the water cover me?

Woman oh woman
Don't bury me alive
Just make me feel I've the right to survive
Woman oh woman
I hope that you can see
This is nothing like our love was meant to be
Love was meant to be

You search through the years
And you wipe away the tears
To find a woman, not a girl
But a feeling, like the beginning of the world

Woman oh woman
Don't bury me alive
Just make me feel I've the right to survive
Woman oh woman
I hope that you can see
This is nothing like our love was meant to be

Woman oh woman
Woman oh woman
Woman oh woman
Woman oh woman

Woman oh woman
Oh woman

. . .


Never had no need
For any military aid
And I never took charge of the light brigade
I got no castle to defend or attack
But still I seem to be picking up flack

I am the captain of this body of mine
I'll send fear into the enemy lines
On the ground, in the air or at sea
They're all pointing a finger at me

I'm at war with the world
That's the way it must be
I'll fight while I can
To put an end to this misery

I'm at war with the world
I'll have to fight to be free
Yes I'm at war with the world
Nobody's capturing me

Never have no need
For any military aid
Never took charge of the light brigade
I got no castle to defend or attack
But still I seem to be picking up flack

War with the world, with the world
I'll have to fight to be be free
Yes I'm at war with the world, with the world
Nobody's capturing me

War with the world
What do they want from me?
War with the world
Why don't they let me be?

. . .


Take me...
To your leader...
Give me a chance...
To state my case...
You can make me do what you want to (yeah)
Tell her I'll give her the world just to look at her face
Can't you see how much I need her and there ain't no disgrace (no disgrace)

Fill me...
With your potions...
Use me, abuse me but don't send me away
If you will play with...
My emotions
I'll pray with my heart baby I'll get to see her someday

Here I stand...
With no defenses
And there ain't no disgrace (no disgrace)

Take me...
To your leader...
There ain't no reason on earth I asked to be your slave
Can't you see how much I need her? There never ain't no disgrace. Ain't no disgrace
Take me... to your leader

I won't need her place... I won't need her place... I won't need her place... I won't need her place...

. . .


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