Secret Messages
Electric Light Orchestra
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Secret Messages
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Loser Gone Wild
05 : 25
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Bluebird
04 : 06
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Take Me On and On
05 : 02
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Four Little Diamonds
04 : 06
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Stranger
04 : 28
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Danger Ahead
03 : 52
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Letter From Spain
02 : 51
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Train of Gold
04 : 21
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Rock 'n' Roll Is King
03 : 47
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Track Lyrics
Secret Messages Lyrics
[Prelude]
(Segassem terces)
(Wohs eht ot emoclew) And again
(Wohs eht ot emoclew)
(Secret messages)
[Instrumental Intro]
[Verse 1]
A moving stream of information
That is floating on the wind
The secrets never end
And now they call, they sing
They play, they dance for you
From out of the blue
What can you do?
[Chorus]
The secret messages are calling to me endlessly
They call to me across the air
The messages across the atmosphere
They whisper in your ear
They're calling everywhere
[Verse 2]
Where words cascade like rainbows
Tumbling from the sky
Then I'll be there, I'll be there
When messages will call to you
There's secrets all around
Without a sound, they're all around
[Chorus]
The secret messages are calling to me endlessly
They call to me across the air
The messages across the atmosphere
They whisper in your ear
They're calling everywhere
They're calling everywhere
[Verse 3]
Those secret messages that spill into the air
From far away, so far away
A flowing river of illusion
Running with confusion
Never gone, it goes on and on
[Chorus]
The secret messages are calling to me endlessly
They call to me across the air
The messages across the atmosphere
They whisper in your ear
They're calling everywhere
[Outro 1]
Secret messages
(The messages across the atmosphere)
(They whisper in your ear)
Secret messages
(The secret messages are calling to me endlessly)
Secret messages
(The messages across the atmosphere)
(They whisper in your ear)
[Outro 2]
Secret
Loser Gone Wild Lyrics
[Instrumental Intro]
[Verse 1]
I don't mind the pain
Or the joker's cold refrain
The days pass by so slowly
I count them all again
The silence of a basement
Shades all closed at noon
(Loser gone wild)
Lie awake for fear of strangers
[Verse 2]
Darkness comes on slowly
Twilight is the ecstasy
Like a candle burning bright
Shadows dance until the light
Empty rooms and chilling smiles, ooh
(Loser gone wild)
They go on for miles and miles
[Chorus]
But in the evening when the sun goes down (Oh-oh)
Crawl from the shadows, gotta get into town (Oh-oh)
Where the music is playing all across the night (Oh-oh)
And every cloud disappears from sight (Oh-oh)
There goes a loser (Loser)
Another loser gone
There goes another (Loser)
Another who's alone
There goes a loser (Loser)
Another loser gone wild
[Verse 3]
I don't mind if violins don't play
I won't listen to them anyway
I don't care what people say
(Loser gone wild)
Some things just can't be arranged
[Chorus]
But in the evening when the sun goes down (Oh-oh)
Crawl from the shadows, gotta get into town (Oh-oh)
Where the music is playing all across the night (Oh-oh)
There goes a loser (Loser)
Another loser gone
There goes another (Loser)
Another who's alone
There goes a loser (Loser)
Another loser gone wild
[Guitar Solo]
(Loser)
[Chorus]
But in the evening when the sun goes down (Oh-oh)
Crawl from the shadows, gotta get into town (Oh-oh)
Where the music is playing all across the night (Oh-oh)
And every cloud disappears from sight (Oh-oh)
There goes a loser (Loser)
Another loser gone
There goes another (Loser)
Another who's alone
There goes a loser (Loser)
Another loser gone wild
[Verse 4]
Icy fingers are touching you
Silent voices calling, too
What else is there to lose?
(Loser gone wild)
I'm here, but where are you?
[Outro]
(But in the evening when the sun goes down)
(Crawl from the shadows, gotta get into town)
(There goes a loser) Loser, ooh
Stranger Lyrics
[Backwards]
You're playing me backwards
[Verse 1]
On a cold and windy morning
I said goodbye to my old friends
They were hanging 'round the corner
They were staying 'til the end, 'til the end
On the other side of midnight
I was looking for a place to stay
And one thing's sure for certain
I ain't never going back again, no more
(These strangers)
[Verse 2]
The streetlights looked so pretty
As they spread into a town
I was looking for another sundown
And my head was spinning round and round, round and round
[Chorus]
Looking through the eyes of a stranger
(I'm looking through the eyes)
Looking through the eyes of danger
Looking at the all-night dancers
(I'm looking through the eyes)
Never taking all of the chances of a stranger (Stranger)
[Verse 3]
As I walked into the main street
I saw a crowd across the square
And I heard a guitar playing
And I saw you standing there, standing there
[Chorus]
Looking through the eyes of a stranger
(I'm looking through the eyes)
Looking through the eyes of danger
Looking at the all-night dancers
(I'm looking through the eyes)
Never taking all of the chances of a stranger
[Verse 4]
Distant bells, they started ringing
Somewhere far-off in the night
And the place was full of loneliness
That disappeared from sight, ooh
[Chorus]
Looking through the eyes of a stranger
(I'm looking through the eyes)
Looking through the eyes of danger
Looking at the all-night dancers
(I'm looking through the eyes)
Never taking all of the chances of a stranger
(Looking through the eyes of a stranger)
[Instrumental]
[Outro]
I ain't never going back
Never going back
Never going back
Never going back
Never going back
Never going back
Never going back
Never going back
Danger Ahead Lyrics
[Backwards]
Plant a tree
[Instrumental]
[Verse 1]
Here she comes down the street, and the look is in her eye
And the way she looks, if looks could kill, they might
All the kids down in the street run away
When she comes by, it's the end of the day
[Pre-Chorus]
So, believe what they say
There's danger in the air
[Verse 2]
Look through a window, and you see her standin' there
She's the latest of the greatest, with the wind blowin' in her hair
The prima donna, she's back in town
And you'll see her for miles around
[Pre-Chorus]
So, believe what they say
There's danger in the air
[Chorus]
Beware, there's danger ahead
The endless summer is dead
Look out, there's danger ahead
[Verse 3]
Monday mornin', she's already up and gone
Aw, she knows what she wants, and she knew it all along
With her entourage on either side
Just one look, she can't be denied
[Pre-Chorus]
So, believe what they say
There's danger in the air
[Chorus]
Beware, there's danger ahead
The endless summer is dead
Look out, there's danger ahead
[Bridge]
Beware, there's danger ahead
The endless summer is dead
(Backwards)
Look out, there's danger ahead
[Instrumental]
Ooh!
[Verse 4]
She's got a reputation that's way ahead of her time
She's got adulation that's way ahead of her mind
Everybody runs around to please
Whe she looks in the mirror, she just has to freeze
[Pre-Chorus]
So, believe what they say
There's danger in the air
[Outro]
Beware, there's danger ahead
The endless summer is dead
Look out, there's danger ahead
Beware, there's danger ahead
The endless summer is dead
Look out, there's danger ahead
[Instrumental Outro]
Ooh!
Ooh!
Letter From Spain Lyrics
[Verse 1]
I read the papers this morning
I saw your photograph
You look good in the movie
It must be so much fun
[Chorus]
Letter from Spain
From someone I once knew
Letter from Spain
[Verse 2]
I got a letter this morning
(You're doing very well)
Postmark said it was from Spain
(Never thought you'd have the time)
Your writing is so very strange
(To think of me and write)
I guess it always was that way
(I'm glad you're doing fine)
[Chorus]
Letter from Spain
From someone I once knew
[Chorus]
Letter from Spain
From someone I once knew
[Chorus]
Letter from Spain
From someone I once knew
Letter from Spain
Train of Gold Lyrics
[Verse 1]
I saw her there from across the street
She was dressed in black
And when she moved, she moved to a beat
Like a Cadillac
She rode a train, train, train, train
(Telling lies, such a liar)
A train of gold
[Verse 2]
She was a woman of suspicious ways
Never saw daylight
And in her room, she sat and passed the days
And she'd creep out at night
She rode a train, train, train, train
(Telling lies, such a liar)
Train of gold
[Chorus]
Train of gold, train of gold
It took me so long
To find out I was wrong
Now I wait for her in the night
[Verse 3]
Looked through a window, saw a velvet sky
A shade of green
A violin was playing soft and sweet
Like it was a dream
She rode a train, train, train, train
(Telling lies, such a liar)
Train of gold
[Interlude]
(Telling lies, such a liar)
[Chorus]
Train of gold, train of gold
It took me so long (So long)
To find out I was wrong (Was wrong)
Now I wait for her in the night
[Chorus]
Train of gold, train of gold
I don't believe her (Believe)
It just couldn't be her (Be her)
I can't get it out of my mind
[Outro]
She rode a train, train, train, train
Train of gold
She rode a train, train, train, train
Train of gold
Train, train of gold
Train, train of gold
She rode a train...