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Release date:
17.10.80
Tracks:
1. Tunnel of Love (8:05)
2. Romeo and Juliet (5:50)
3. Skateaway (6:15)
4. Expresso Love (5:00)
5. Hand in Hand (4:46)
6. Solid Rock (3:17)
7. Les Boys (4:06)
Getting crazy on the waltzers
but it's the life that I choose
Sing about the sixblade
sing about the switchback and a torture tattoo
And I been riding on
a ghost train where the cars they scream and slam
And I don't know where
I'll be tonight but I'd always tell you where I am
In a screaming ring of
faces I seen her standing in the light
She had a ticket for
the races just like me she was a victim of the night
I put a hand upon the
lever said let it rock and let it roll
I had the one arm bandit
fever there was an arrow through my heart and my soul
And the big wheel keep
on turning neon burning up above
And I'm just high on
the world
Come on and take a low
ride with me girl
On the tunnel of love
It's just the danger when
you're riding at your own risk
She said you are the
perfect stranger she said baby let's keep it like this
It's just a cake walk
twisting baby step right up and say
Hey mister give me two
give me two cos any two can play
And the big wheel keep
on turning neon burning up above
And I'm just high on
the world
Come on and take a low
ride with me girl
On the tunnel of love
Well it's been money for
muscle another whirligig
Money for muscle and
another girl I dig
Another hustle just to
make it big
And rockaway rockaway
And girl it looks so pretty
to me just like it always did
Like the Spanish city
to me when we were kids
Oh girl it looks so pretty
to me just like it always did
Like the Spanish city
to me when we were kids
She took off a silver
locket she said remember me by this
She put her hand in my
pocket I got a keepsake and a kiss
And in the roar of the
dust and diesel I stood and watched her walk away
I could have caught up
with her easy enough but something must have made me stay
And the big wheel keep
on turning neon burning up above
And I'm just high on
the world
Come on and take a low
ride with me girl
On the tunnel of love
And now I'm searching
through these carousels and the carnival arcades
Searching everywhere
from steeplechase to palisades
In any shooting gallery
where promises are made
To rockaway rockaway
from Cullercoats and Whitley bay out to rockaway
And girl it looks so pretty
to me like it always did
Like the Spanish city
to me when we were kids
Girl it looks so pretty
to me like it always did
Like the Spanish city
to me when we were kids
A lovestruck Romeo sings
the streets a serenade
Laying everybody low
with a lovesong that he made
Finds a streetlight steps
out of the shade
Says something like you
and me babe how about it?
Juliet says hey it's Romeo
you nearly gave me a heart attack
He's underneath the window
she's singing hey la my boyfriend's back
You shouldn't come around
here singing up at people like that
Anyway what you gonna
do about it?
Juliet the dice were loaded
from the start
And I bet and you exploded
in my heart
And I forget I forget
the movie song
When you gonna realise
it was just that the time was wrong Juliet?
Come up on different streets
they both were streets of shame
Both dirty both mean
yes and the dream was just the same
And I dream your dream
for you and now your dream is real
How can you look at me
as I was just another one of your deals?
Well you can fall for
chains of silver you can fall for chains of gold
You can fall for pretty
strangers and the promises they hold
You promised me everything
you promised me thick and thin
Now you just say oh Romeo
yeah you know I used to have a scene with him
Juliet when we made love
you used to cry
You said I love you like
the stars above I'll love you till I die
There's a place for us
you know the movie song
When you gonna realise
it was just that the time was wrong?
I can't do the talk like
the talk on the TV
And I can't do a love
song like the way its meant to be
I can't do everything
but I'd do anything for you
Can't do anything except
be in love with you
And all I do is miss you
and the way we used to be
All I do is keep the
beat the bad company
All I do is kiss you
through the bars of Orion
Julie I'd do the stars
with you any time
Juliet when we made love
you used to cry
You said I love you like
the stars above Ill love you till I die
There's a place for us
you know the movie song
When you gonna realise
it was just that the time was wrong?
A lovestruck Romeo sings
the streets a serenade
Laying everybody low
with a lovesong that he made
Finds a convenient streetlight
steps out of the shade
Says something like you
and me babe how about it?
I seen a girl on a one
way corridor
Stealing down a wrong
way street
For all the world like
an urban toreador
She had wheels on on
her feet
Well the cars do the
usual dances
Same old cruise and the
kerbside crawl
But the rollergirl she's
taking chances
They just love to see
her take them all
No fears alone at night
she's sailing through the crowd
In her ears the phones
are tight and the music's playing loud
Hallelujah here she comes
queen rollerball
Enchanté what
can I say don't care at all
You know she used to
have to wait around
She used to be the lonely
one
But now that she can
skate around town
She's the only one
No fears alone at night
she's sailing through the crowd
In her ears the phones
are tight and the music's playing loud
She gets rock n roll a
rock n roll station
And a rock n roll dream
She's making movies on
location
She don't know what it
means
But the music make her
wanna be the story
And the story was whatever
was the song what it was
Rollergirl don't worry
D.J. play the movies
all night long
She tortures taxi drivers
just for fun
She like to read their
lips
Says toro toro taxi see
ya tomorrow my son
I swear she let a big
truck grease her hip
She got her own world
in the city
You can't intrude on
her
She got her own world
in the city
Cos the city's been so
rude to her
No fears alone at night
she's sailing through the crowd
In her ears the phones
are tight and the music's playing loud
She gets rock n roll a
rock n roll station
And a rock n roll dream
She's making movies on
location
She don't know what it
means
But the music make her
wanna be the story
And the story was whatever
was the song what it was
Rollergirl don't worry
D.j. play the movies
all night long
Come slippin and slidin
Life's roller ball
Slippin and a slidin
Skateaway that's all
Shala shalay hey hey
skateaway
She's going sining shala
shalay hey hey
Skateaway
She gets the sun in the
daytime
Perfume in the dusk
And she comes out in
the night time
With the honeysuckle
musk
Because she smells just
like a rose
And she tastes just like
a peach
She got me walking where
the wildlife goes
I'd do anything to reach
her
And she was made in heaven
Heaven's in the world
Is this just expresso
love
You know I'm crazy for
the girl
She call me just to talk
She's my lover, she's
a friend of mine
She says hey mister you
wanna take a walk
In the wild west end
sometime
And I get trouble with
my breathing
She says boys don't know
anything
But I know what I want
I want everything
Well I feel so good cos
I feel so good
And I feel so good cos
it feels so right
I was made to go with
my girl
Like a saxophone was
made to go with the night
And she can raise one
eyebrow
Put her hand on my hip
And I close one eye now
Sweat on her tip
And I surrender to the
fever
She love me so tender
I got to believe her
Love? Expresso love's
alright
I don't want no sugar
in it
Thank you very much
All wired up on it all
fired up on it
Expresso touch
Hey maestro expresso
It's just another one
just like the other one
Hey maestro expresso
Is this another one just
like the other one
The sky is crying the
streets are full of tears
Rain come down wash away
my tears
And all this writing
on the wall
Oh I can read between
the lines
Rain come down forgive
this dirty town
Rain come down and give
this dirty town
A drink of water a drink
of wine
If I been hard on you
I never chose to be
I never wanted no one
else
I tried my best to be
somebody you'd be close to
Hand in hand like lovers
are supposed to
As you'd sleep I'd think
my heart would break in two
I'd kiss your cheek I'd
stop myself from waking you
But in the dark you'd
speak my name
You'd say baby what's
wrong?
Oh here I am baby I'm
coming back for more
I'm like a wave that's
got to roll into the shore
Yes and if my love's
in vain how come my love is so strong?
Now you and me go parallel
together and apart
And you keep the perfect
distance and it's tearing at my heart
Did you never feel the
distance
You never tried to cross
no line
Now it's another dirty
river and another dirty scar
And I don't know who's
kissing you and I don't know where you are
So far from home don't
you think of me sometime
Sky is crying see the
streets are full of tears
Rain coming down to wash
away my fears
And all this writing
on the wall
Oh I can read between
the lines
Well take a look at that
I made a castle in the
sand
Saying this is where
it's you know
Couldn't understand now
If I realised that the
chances were slim
How come I'm so surprised
when the tide rolled in
I wanna live on solid
rock
I'm gonna live on solid
rock
I wanna give I don't
wanna be blocked
I'm gonna live on solid
rock
Well I'm sick of potential
I'm sick of vanity now
I'm sticking to essential
reality now
I don't know what's worse
Try to make a silk purse
Living an illusion living
in confusion
Well a house of cards
Was never built for shock
You could blow it down
in any kind of weather
Now two solid rocks two
solid blocks
You know they're gonna
stick
Yeah they're gonna stick
together
Because the heart that
you break
That's the one that you
rely on
The bed that you make
That's the one you gotta
lie on
When you point your finger
cos your plan fell through
You got three more fingers
pointing back at you
I wanna live on solid
rock
I'm gonna live on solid
rock
I wanna give I don't
wanna be blocked
I'm gonna live on solid
rock
I'm solid rock now
Les boys do cabaret
Les boys are glad to
be gay
They're not afraid now
Disco bar in Germany
Les boys are glad to
be
Upon parade now
Les boys got leather straps
Les boys got SS caps
But they got no gun now
Get dressed up get a
little risqué
Got to do a little s
& m these days
It's all in fun now
Les boys come on again
For the high class whores
And the businessmen
Who drive in their Mercedes
Benz
To a disco bar in old
Munchen
They get the jokes that
the D.J. makes
They get nervous and
they make mistakes
They're bad for business
Some tourists take a
photograph
Les boys don't get one
laugh
He says they're useless
Late at night when they've
gone away
Les boys dream of Jean
Genet
High heel shoes and a
black beret
And the posters on the
wall that say
Les boys do cabaret
Les boys are glad to
be gay