FROM
NOW ON
(Rick
Davies/Roger Hodgson)
Monday has come around again
I'm in the same old place
With the same old faces
always watching me
Who knows how long I'll
have to stay
Could be a hundred years
Of sweat and tears
At the rate that I get paid
Sometimes I slowly drift
away
From all the dull routine
That's with me every day
A fantasy will come to me
Diamonds are what I really
need
Think I'll rob a store,
escape the law
And live in Italy
Lately my luck has been so
bad
You know the roulette wheel's
A crooked deal
I'm loosing all I had
Soon be like a man that's
on the run
And live from day to day
Never needing anyone
Play hide and seek
Throughout the week
My life is full of romance
Guess I'll always have to
be
Living in a fantasy
That's the way it's got
to be
From now on
You think I'm crazy I can
see
It's you for you, and me
for me
Living in a fantasy
From now on |
GOODBYE
STRANGER
(Rick
Davies/Roger Hodgson)
It was an early morning
yesterday
I was up before the dawn
And I really have enjoyed
my stay
But I must be moving on
Like a king without a castle
Like a queen without a throne
I'm an early morning lover
And I must be moving on
Now I believe in what you
say
Is the undisputed truth
But I have to have things
my own way
To keep me in my youth
Like a ship without an achor
Like a slave without a chain
Just the thought of those
sweet ladies
Sends a shiver through my
veins
And I will go on shining
Shining like brand new
I'll never look behind me
My troubles will be few
Goodbye strange it's been
nice
Hope you find your paradise
Tried to see your point
of view
Hope your dreams will all
come true
Goodbye Mary, Goodbye Jane
Will we ever meet again
Feel no sorrow, feel no
shame
Come tomorrow, feel no pain
Now some they do and some
they don't
And some you just can't
tell
And some they will and some
they won't
With some it's just as well
You can laugh at my behavior
That'll never bother me
Say the devil is my savior
But I don't pay no heed
And I will go on shining
Shining like brand new
I'll never look behind me
My troubles will be few
Goodbye stranger it's been
nice etc… |
SCHOOL
(Rick
Davies/Roger Hodgson)
I can see you in the morning
when you go to school
Don't forget your books,
you know you've got to learn the golden rule,
Teacher tells you stop your
play and get on with your work
And be like Johnnie - too-good,
well don't you know he never shirks
- he's coming along!
After School is over you're
playing in the park
Don't be out too late, don't
let it get too dark
They tell you not to hang
around and learn what life's about
And grow up just like them
- won't you let it work it out
- and you're full of doubt
Don't do this and don't do
that
What are they trying to
do?- Make a good boy of you
Do they know where it's
at?
Don't criticize, they're
old and wise
Do as they tell you to
Don't want the devil to
Come out and put your eyes
Maybe I'm mistaken expecting
you to fight
Or maybe I'm just crazy,
I don't know wrong from right
But while I am still living,
I've just got this to say
It's always up to you if
you want to be that
want to see that
want to see that way
- you're coming along! |
TAKE
THE LONG WAY HOME
(Rick
Davies/Roger Hodgson)
So you think you're a Romeo
playing a part in a picture-show
Take the long way home
Take the long way home
Cos you're the joke of the
neighborhood
Why should you care if you're
feeling good
Take the long way home
Take the long way home
But there are times that
you feel you're part of the scenery
all the greenery is comin'
down, boy
And then your wife seems
to think you're part of the
furniture oh, it's peculiar,
she used to be so nice.
When lonely days turn to
lonely nights
you take a trip to the city
lights
And take the long way home
Take the long way home
You never see what you want
to see
Forever playing to the gallery
You take the long way home
Take the long way home
And when you're up on the
stage, it's so unbelievable,
unforgettable, how they
adore you,
But then your wife seems
to think you're losing your sanity,
oh, calamity, is there no
way out?
Does it feel that you life's
become a catastrophe?
Oh, it has to be for you
to grow, boy.
When you look through the
years and see what you could
have been oh, what might
have been,
if you'd had more time.
So, when the day comes to
settle down,
Who's to blame if you're
not around?
You took the long way home
You took the long way home... |
