Kim Carnes Album

(Kim Carnes/Dave Ellingson/Martin Page/Brian Fairweather)

A combination makes the spark
We fuel the fire then watch it grow
A stimulation to the heart
I lose my head
Out of control

Pulling me over, running me through
I'd be right there in a beat (beat) boy
I'd do anything to be with you
I lose my breath
Out of control

You make my heart beat faster
And that's all that matters
You make my heart beat faster
And that's all that matters
You make my heart beat faster
And that's all that matters
You make my heart beat faster
And that's all that matters

Imagination turn the key
Snap the shot
It's in my head
Anticipation grabbing me
I lose my breath
Out of control

A combination makes the spark
We fuel the fire then watch it grow
A stimulation to the heart
I lose my head
Out of control

(Gary O'Commer)

Jenny loves John
But he doesn't care
Now that he loves another
I know that he's been getting his share
Sometimes want to tell her
But I wouldn't dare
And tonight when she calls
She won't know that I'm there

Remember the nights
The thing that we said
And when we climbed in the back
Love was driving me out of my head
And I want to tell you
May lightning strike me dead
If he wasn't the best love I ever had

It was young love running wild
It was young love, only young love
Like a child, it was young love
Young love, only young love
Running wild and running free

Waiting for the night
It falls in the street
She's just a young girl learning
Moving in, shaking at the knees
Now don't say forever, just say what you need
Love was never a stranger
When he called on me

It was young love running wild
It was young love, only young love
Like a child, it was young love
Young love, only young love
Running wild and running free

Jenny loves John
But he doesn't care
Now that he loves another I know he's been getting his share
Sometimes want to tell her
But I wouldn't dare
And tonight when she calls
She won't know that I'm there

It was young love running wild
It was young love, only young love
Like a child, it was young love
Young love, only young love
Running wild and running free

Love, love, love...

Met you at the wrong time of my life
I thought you were somebody I used to know
You took me by surprise, don't you see it show
But I guess it's not true, he left a long time ago
And thinking it over, you don't look the same

I met you at the wrong time of my life
Met you at the wrong time of my life

I've never felt the cold like this before
Our love is growing old but it leaves me wanting more
And more
If you don't believe me just look in my eyes
You'll see a lonely girl for sure
But thinking it over I don't look the same, same, same

I met you at the wrong time of my life
Met you at the wrong time of my life
I met you at the wrong time of my life

But don't tell me it's over when it's only just begun
The days go by we get older so don't keep me waiting
Don't keep me hanging on

I met you at the wrong time of my life
Met you at the wrong time of my life

I met you at the wrong time of my life
Met you at the wrong time of my life

I met you at the wrong time of my life
Met you at the wrong time of my life...

(Kim Carnes/Bill Cuomo)

Warning there's a storm approaching
I see it is moving our way
I can't reach you
The wind hurts my eyes
And we've got to hide

We have got to run
Away from the hurricane
We have go to run
From the island
We have got to run
Away from the hurricane
Hold out your hand
I cannot see you

Warning there's a storm approaching
You, like a bolt of lightning
We were strangers on a train
Thinking that we'd never meet again

We have got to run
Away from the hurricane
We have go to run
From the island
We have got to run
Away from the hurricane
Hold out your hand
I cannot see you

Screaming, is a silent whisper
Find me, I won't let you go now
I can't reach you
The wind hurts my eyes
And we've got to hide

We have got to run
Away from the hurricane
We have go to run
From the island
We have got to run
Away from the hurricane
Hold out your hand
I cannot see you

(Bill Cuomo/Kim Carnes/Dave Ellingson)

The neon sign lights up the room
She lifts the shade to feel the night
The universal song is playing again

And out across the boulevard
The cafe racers find their mark
Closes the door
She going looking for romance

You find it on the radio
You feel it in the air
The universal song is everywhere
You feel it in a heartbeat
And everyone's the same
The universal song is playing again

She sees his face across the street
He turns his head and looks her way
The universal song is playng again
He lifts her up and whirls her round
It's in the touch
It's in the sound
The universal song is starting to play

You find it on the radio
You feel it in the air
The universal song is everywhere
You feel it in a heartbeat
And everyone's the same
The universal song is playing again

The neon sign lights up the room
She lifts the shade to feel the night
The universal song is playing again

And out across the boulevard
The cafe racers find their mark
Closes the door
She going looking for romance

(Martin Page/Brian Fairweather)

I have your photograph
I have it hanging on my wall
You neither cry or laugh
Finding it hard to forget it all

Oh I'm reachin' out my invisible hands
To touch you
Oh I'm reachin' out my invisible hands
To feel you

You make the evening news
You never had an alibi
Your evidence my be the truth
But they believed my lies

Oh I'm reachin' out my invisible hands
To touch you
Oh I'm reachin' out my invisible hands
To feel you

Is it a lie
When you're asking me why
Hold out my had
When you don't understand
Is it a lie
When you're asking me why
Who fires the gun..gun..gun..gun

Oh I'm reachin' out my invisible hands
To touch you
Oh I'm reachin' out my invisible hands
To feel you

Is it a lie
When you're asking me why
Hold out my had
When you don't understand
Is it a lie
When you're asking me why
Who fires the gun..gun..gun..gun

Oh I'm reachin' out my invisible hands
To touch you
Oh I'm reachin' out my invisible hands
To feel you

(Martin Page/Brian Fairweather)

Time hasn't healed the wound
I wish I was in her shoes
She's got the man I could never have
My kisses were never missed
How it hurts to be second best
Oh let me tell you what I have to do
To get through the night

I pretend that you're loving me after dark
Pretend that you're holding me next to your heart
Pretend that you wanted me right from the start
Oh I'm lost in my fantasy
I pretend that your valentine is for me
Pretend that I'm the only one that you need
Pretend that we're making love in our dreams
Oh I'm lost in my fantasy

Memories that should have died
Come alive when you walk on by
I wish my eyes could turn away
For this heart there is no escape
When the truth is too hard to take
Oh let me tell you what I have to do
To get through the night

I pretend that you're loving me after dark
Pretend that you're holding me next to your heart
Pretend that you wanted me right from the start
Oh I'm lost in my fantasy
I pretend that your valentine is for me
Pretend that I'm the only one that you need
Pretend that we're making love in our dreams
Oh I'm lost in my fantasy

I pretend that you're loving me after dark
Pretend that you're holding me next to your heart
Pretend that you wanted me right from the start
Oh I'm lost in my fantasy
I pretend that your valentine is for me
Pretend that I'm the only one that you need
Pretend that we're making love in our dreams
Oh I'm lost in my fantasy

(Kim Carnes)

A familiar story
A sad affair of the heart
We spend all this time
Trying to find
The glow in the dark

Gentle changes
The eyes still look the same
A familiar heartbeat
I go weak
When you walk in

I'm hangin' on by a thread
Too many voices in my ear
Too many memories locked in here
I'm hangin' on by a thread
Too many voices in my ear
We hurt each other
And wonder why
We lie broken in two

I was dreamin'
You were here with me
And through a open window
We could look through
Straight to the sea

I'm hangin' on by a thread
Too many voices in my ear
Too many memories locked in here
I'm hangin' on by a thread
Too many voices in my ear
We hurt each other
And wonder why
We lie broken in two

And if I lose you now
Lose you now

The kiss is all, words mean nothing
Why don't we throw them away
Take my keys, love is waiting
Idling in the driveway
Today everybody is thinking about happiness
As easy to read as a cloud
But down here on earth I need just that one kiss
As easy to shape as I sound

When you love me - it's a kick in the heart
When you kiss me - it's a kick in the heart
When you touch me you take me apart & apart & apart
When you kiss me - it's a kick in the heart

Close your eyes, here comes tomorrow
Do you still feel the same
Tell me just one thing I can be sure of
Tell me the rules of this game
Today everybody is thinking about happiness
Easy to reach as a cloud
But down here on earth I need just that one kiss
Easy to shape as a sound

When you love me - it's a kick in the heart
When you touch me you take me apart & apart & apart
When you kiss me - it's a kick in the heart

Take my keys love is waiting
Revved up in the driveway
The kiss is all, words mean nothing
Why don't we throw them away

(Kim Carnes/Dave Krampf/Duane Hitchings)

It's the song that just keeps playing on the radio
And you know I haven't seen you for a while
I lie awake at night
And I wonder how you are
And I wish that I could be you again

Is it luck or is it fate
That brings us back
Or is it just a common point of view
Time has put a spell on you
You never seem to change
And I wish that I could see you again

But I'll be here where the heart
When the dreams that we've been after
All come true
You will find me here where the heart is
I'll wait for you
I'll wait for you

It's the light that keeps shining day after day
When other loves have come and gone
I'll be here with open arms to take you in
And I wish that I could see you again

And in between
And when I need to see you again
All I have to do
Is close my eyes
Oh the picture's coming in my friend
I'll hold you again
But who knows when

But I'll be here where the heart
When the dreams that we've been after
All come true
You will find me here where the heart is
I'll wait for you
I'll wait for you