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Simply Red
Simply Red


Background information
Origin Manchester, England
Genre(s) New Wave
Blue-eyed soul
Years active 1983—present
Label(s) East West Records
Elektra Records
Website Website
Members
Mick Hucknall
Ian Kirkham
Kenji Suzuki
Dave Clayton
Steve Lewinson
Pete Lewinson
Kevin Robinson
Former members
Aziz Ibrahim
Tony Bowers
Chris Joyce
Tim Kellett
Sylvan Richardson
Fritz McIntyre
Dave Fryman
Gota Yashiki
Tim Vine
Shaun Ward
Wayne Stobbard
Andy Wright
Mark Jaimes
Heitor Pereira
Graham Cooper
Dee Johnson
Chris De Margary
Sarah Brown
John Johnson



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Simply Red Album


Simplified (10/18/2005)
10/18/2005
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Words and music by Hucknall

Your perfect love
Your perfect love

Oh boy, what a fight
We fought and the thing is
We were both right
Ok I'm crazy but maybe

Quiero Tenerte
Quisiera Odiarte
Quiero besante
Quiero Olvidarte

Both of us, what a sight
In the morning screaming
Believing it could be so right
'Cause you know that your mine baby, yes you are

Still you're in my dreams
Not constantly
Not constantly

Your perfect love
Your perfect love
Your perfect love
Your perfect love

Through the day and the night
Dreaming of you baby
Here with a love that feels so right
I know its hazy but maybe

Yo Quiero Amarte
Quiero Olvidarte
Debi Sacarte
Pero no puedo

But believe me enough
To be eternally
Eternally

Your perfect love

Repeat

Yo Quiero amarte
Yo Quiero Verte
Debi Sacarte
Quiero Olvidarte

. . .


Words Mick Hucknall Music Mick Hucknall & Fritz McIntyre

Something got me started
You know that I will love you
Lately since we parted
I truly know that I need you

I'd give it all up for you
(Yes I would)

Totally broken-hearted
Guilty of what I did to you
Lately since we parted
I truly know that I need you

I'd give it all up for you
(Yes I would)

You've got to help me, help me,help me

. . .


Words Mick Hucknall Music Mick Hucknall & Neil Moss

Holding back the years
Thinking of the fear I've had so long
When somebody hears
Listen to the fear that's gone
Strangled by the wishes of pater
Hoping for the arms of mater
Get to me the sooner or later

Holding back the years
Chance for me to escape from all I've known
Holding back the tears
Cause nothing here has grown
I've wasted all my tears
Wasted all those years
And nothing had the chance to be good
Nothing ever could yeah

I'll keep holding on
I'll keep holding on
I'll keep holding on
I'll keep holding on
So tight

I've wasted all my tears
Wasted all of those years
And nothing had the chance to be good
Cause nothing ever could oh yeah

I'll keep holding on
I'll keep holding on
I'll keep holding on
I'll keep holding on
Holding, holding, holding

That's all I have today
It's all I have to say

. . .


Words and music Mick Hucknall

You've had your flings
I've had mine
You've grown your wings
I've flown mine

The only way out is to
Give you more love
More of my love

Not a girl of my dreams
But two hearts and two minds
The strain that brings
Is ours until the end of time

The only way out is to
Give you more love
More of my love

. . .


Words and music by Leon Russell

I've been so many places in my life and time
I've sung a lot of songs I've made some bad rhymes
I've acted out my life in stages
With ten thousand people watching
But we're alone now and I'm singing this song to you

I know your image of me is what I hope to be
I've treated you unkindly but darlin' can't you see
There's no one more important to me
Baby can't you see through me
Cause we're alone now and I'm singing this song to you

You taught me precious secrets of the truth withholding nothing
You came out in front when I was hiding
Now I'm so much better and if my words don't come together
Listen to the melody cause my love is in there hiding

I love you in a place where there's no space or time
I love you for my life you're a friend of mine
And when my life is over
Remember when we were together
We were alone and I was singing this song to you

We were alone and I was singing this song to you
We were alone and I was singing this song to you

. . .


Words and music Mick Hucknall

I've got to stand up for myself
This society don't care about nobody else
I've got to be strong
Even if I know that this feeling is wrong
I've got to not care
Even if I know that this world is meant to
Share

Wait a minute. This is wrong
Even the birds still sing their faithful song
And your beauty lies within you
Look in the mirror baby
Look in the mirror baby

What you gonna do when your friends have 
Gone away
And deserted you
You'll have to be strong
24 hours can seem so long
You're taught to not care
And then not realise this world is meant to 
Share

Wait a minute. It's wrong
Even the birds still sing their faithful song
And your beauty lies within you
Look in the mirror baby
Look in the mirror baby

We've got to stand up for ourselves
Even if a leader so cold wants to glory himself
We've got to be strong
Even if our reasons seem wrong
We've got to not care
Even if the world that we know may not even 
Be here

Hold it! It's wrong
Even the birds still sing their faithful song
And your beauty lies within you
Look in the mirror baby
Look in the mirror baby

. . .


Words and music Mick Hucknall

Driving down an endless road
Taking friends or moving alone
Pleasure at the fairground on the way

It's always friends that feel so good
Let's make amends like all good men should
Pleasure at the fairground on the way

Walk around, be free and roam
There's always someone leaving alone
Pleasure at the fairground on the way

And I love the thought of coming home to you
Even if I know we can't make it
I love the thought of giving hope to you
Just a little ray of light shining through

Love can bend and breathe alone
Until the end it finds you a home
Don't care what the people may say

It's always friends that feel so good
Let's make amends like all good men should
Pleasure at the fairground on the way

And I love the thought of coming home to you
Even if I know we can't make it
I love the thought of giving hope to you
Just a little ray of light shining through


* Fairground contains a sample of "Give It Up" by The Goodmen
Original source "Fanfarra" by Sergio Mendez

. . .


Words and music by Hucknall

Oh boy, what a fight
We fought and the thing is
Usually we were both right
Ok I'm crazy but maybe
I hope that turning the page somehow
Reveals a note that will claim you forever

Both of us, what a sight
In the mall there screaming
Believing it could be so right
'Cause you know that you're mine baby
Gotta get back home to you somehow
And take the blame for screaming much louder

Still you're in my dreams
Ok not constantly, baby
But believe me enough
To be eternally, endlessly
Stirred but never shaken
Well turned, but never burned
By your love

Your perfect love
(your perfect love)
Your perfect love
(your perfect love)
Your perfect love
(your perfect love)
Your perfect love

Through the day and the night
Thinking of you lady
Here with a love that feels so right
I know it's hazy but maybe
We've got to make it work out somehow
To keep a love that will last us forever

Still you're in my dreams
Ok, not constantly, baby
But believe me enough
To be eternally, endlessly
Stirred but never shaken
Well turned but never burned
By your love

Your perfect love
(repeat to end)

. . .


Words by Hucknall
Music by Hucknall and Kirkham

You make me smile glow and shine
You make me glad to be alive
With love its easy to survive

The girl that I lost when I was blue
Has confirmed my heart grows stronger when there's you

'Cos you make me smile
You make me smile

True love won't find a better way
Fake love best plan its getaway
New love won't find a better place to stay

The woman that I love you always knew
My heart loves longer and stronger when there's you

'Cos you make me smile

The colour of my blood is truly justified
That was me, it was me, I never lied
My blood flows through you and my heart goes to you when you cried

It's no good to bluff or never wonder why
Who to be, who to be I've never tried
It's enough to know you and to love you baby is my pride
Loving you forever is a must and from now on my love will never be denied

'Cos you make me smile

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Words and music Mick Hucknall

I walk on stone, it leads me home
We don't have streets, just pure concrete
I'm not glad when I get home
I'm sad old red, I don't wanna be alone

I go whiter in the face, my feet begin to shake 
I go upstairs to that heavenly place 
I'm not glad when I get home 
I'm sad old red, I don't wanna be alone

Chorus:
Sad old red, sat at home
Sad old red, living on his own
Sad old red, sat at home
Sad old red, let me take you home

It's a cubic room, two holes peep through
Shadows on the wall of trees so tall
I think of her again, the joy she used to bring
Lay there in bed, two words she said
She said "oh red" (repeat)

Sad old red, that's what I am
All the time, every night
Sad old red

. . .


Words and music Mick Hucknall

You've got that look again
The one I hoped I had when I was a lad
Your face is just beaming
Your smile got me boasting, my pulse roller- coastering
Any way the four winds that blow
They're gonna send me sailing home to you
Or I'll fly with the force of a rainbow
The dream of gold will be waiting in your eyes

You know I'd do most anything you want
Hey I, I try to give you everything you need
I can see that it gets to you
I don't believe in many things
But in you I do

Her faith is amazing
The pain that she goes through contained in
The hope for you
Your whole world has changed
The years spent before seem more cloudy
Than blue
In many ways your baby's controlling
When you haven't laid down for days
For the poor no time to be thinking
They're too busy finding ways

You know I'd do most anything you want
Hey I, I try to give you everything you need
I'll see that it gets to you
I don't believe in many things
But in you I do

You know I'd do most anything you want
Every day I, try to give you everything you
Need
We'll always be there for you
I don't believe in many things
But in you I do

. . .


Words and music Cole Porter

Ev'ry time we say goodbye I die a little
Ev'ry time we say goodbye I wonder why a little
Why the Gods above me who must be in the know
Think so little of me they allow you to go

When you're near there's such an air of spring about it
I can hear a lark somewhere waiting to sing about it
There's no love song finer
But how strange The change from major to minor
Ev'ry time we say goodbye.

When you're near there's such an air of spring about it
I can hear a lark somewhere waiting to sing about it
There's no love song finer
But how strange The change from major to minor
Ev'ry time we say goodbye.

. . .


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