Face the Music
Electric Light Orchestra
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Fire on High
05 : 30
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Waterfall
04 : 27
3
Evil Woman
04 : 19
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Nightrider
04 : 23
5
Poker
03 : 31
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Strange Magic
04 : 29
7
Down Home Town
03 : 54
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One Summer Dream
05 : 47
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Track Lyrics
Fire on High Lyrics
[Instrumental]
(Hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelujah)
Waterfall Lyrics
[Verse 1: Jeff Lynne]
So now it's getting late, for those who hesitate, got no one
But they don't understand and no one hears the sound
It's like a waterfall, it's an illusion
[Chorus: Jeff Lynne]
Love is all, waterfall, love is what you are
Pulls you in, takes you down, it's a sad affair
But you know, as you hold, back the power there
Without the friends and lovers, you could never go on living
[Verse 2: Jeff Lynne]
Across the waterfall, that's falling evermore, down on you
Cascading through the days, and flowing on its way
That's how it has to be, just an illusion
[Chorus: Jeff Lynne, Jeff Lynne and Kelly Groucutt]
Love is all, waterfall, love is what you are
Pulls you in, takes you down, it's a sad affair
But you know, as you hold, back the power there
Without the friends and lovers, you could never go on living
Nightrider Lyrics
[Verse 1: Jeff Lynne]
I remember somewhere in the rain
The faces of the passers-by
Staring faces broken blinds
I recall the situation clear
Standing in a crowded car
I can feel the need in me
[Chorus: both]
Hold on, nightrider baby
Hold on, you're a nightrider
Riding the night searching for what is gone
Never reaching the end, so you must travel on
[Verse 2: Jeff Lynne, Kelly Groucutt]
I still see that vision of delight
While cruising on the black of night
But she keeps a step ahead
Looking out the corner of her world
Nobody ever knows a girl
Who once lived along this way
[Chorus: both]
Hold on, nightrider baby
Hold on, you're a nightrider
Riding the night, searching for what is gone
Never reaching the end, so you must travel on
[Verse 3: Jeff Lynne]
Desolation degradation row
Go on; don't let the feeling show
She's a ten a penny dream
Faces with no name and no address
Keep staring in on my distress
But she kills me with her smile
[Chorus: both]
Hold on, nightrider baby
Hold on, you're a nightrider
Riding the night, searching for what is gone
Never reaching the end, so you must travel on
Poker Lyrics
[Verse 1: Jeff Lynne and Kelly Groucutt]
Away, the joker's closing in
Reform and they will win
The light is fading fast
I know, you know, they know, we all know
Everybody's gonna burn down
[Verse 2: Jeff Lynne and Kelly Groucutt]
The girls come crawling on all fours
Banging on locked doors
High cards call the tune
I know, you know, they know, we all know
Everybody's gonna burn down
[Bridge: Jeff Lynne and Kelly Groucutt]
Play me another hand
Lose everything I am
Until we meet again
[Verse 3: Jeff Lynne and Kelly Groucutt]
The ace that's hiding up your sleeve
Will cause the world to grieve
The love you had is gone
I know you know, they know, we all know
[Verse 4: Jeff Lynne and Kelly Groucutt]
The dream in every player's heart
To win it all, not part
They lie awake at night
I know, you know, they know, we all know
[Verse 5: Jeff Lynne and Kelly Groucutt]
The game where gamblers rule the night
And get your blood they might
The joker's closin' in
I know, you know, they know, we all know
Strange Magic Lyrics
[Instrumental Intro]
[Verse 1]
You're sailing softly through the sun
In a broken stone age dawn
You fly so high
[Pre-Chorus]
I get a strange magic
Oh, what a strange magic
Oh, it's a strange magic
[Chorus]
Got a strange magic
Got a strange magic
[Verse 2]
You're walking meadows in my mind (Ah-ah-ah-ah-ah)
(Ah-ah-ah-ah-ah)
Making waves across my time (Ah-ah-ah-ah-ah)
(Ah-ah-ah-ah-ah)
Oh no (Ah-ah-ah-ah-ah)
Oh no (Ah-ah-ah-ah-ah)
[Pre-Chorus]
I get a strange magic
Oh, what a strange magic
Oh, it's a strange magic
[Chorus]
Got a strange magic
Got a strange magic
[Instrumental Break]
[Verse 3]
Oh, I'm never gonna be the same again
Now I've seen the way it's got to end
Sweet dream, sweet dream
[Pre-Chorus]
Strange magic
Oh, what a strange magic
Oh, it's a strange magic
[Chorus]
Got a strange magic
Got a strange magic
[Bridge]
It's magic
It's magic
It's magic
[Pre-Chorus]
Strange magic
Oh, what a strange magic
Oh, it's a strange magic
[Chorus]
Got a strange magic
[Pre-Chorus]
Strange magic (Strange magic)
Oh, what a strange magic (Strange magic)
Oh, it's a strange magic
[Chorus]
Got a strange magic
[Pre-Chorus]
Strange magic (Strange magic)
Oh, what a strange magic (Strange magic)
Oh, it's a strange magic
[Chorus]
Got a strange magic
Got a strange magic
[Outro]
You know I got a strange magic
Yeah, I got a strange magic
Ooh, strange magic
One Summer Dream Lyrics
[Intro]
So I go
Though it hurts me so
I'm crying
For your love
[Verse 1]
Deep waters flow out to the sea
They never needed you or me
[Chorus]
One summer dream
One summer dream
[Verse 2]
Blue mountains high and valley low
I don't know which way I should go
[Chorus]
One summer dream
One summer dream
[Verse 3]
Warm summer breeze blows endlessly
Touching the hearts of those who feel
[Chorus]
One summer dream
One summer dream
[Verse 4]
Bird on a wing goes floating by
But there's a teardrop in his eye
[Chorus]
One summer dream
One summer dream
One summer dream
One summer dream
[Post-Chorus]
(One summer dream)
[Verse 5]
Deep waters flow out to the sea
Warm summer breeze blows endlessly
[Chorus]
(One summer dream)
(One summer dream)
[Chorus]
One summer dream
One summer dream
[Post-Chorus]
(One summer dream)
[Chorus]
One summer dream
One summer dream
One summer dream (One summer dream)
One summer dream
[Chorus]
One summer dream (One summer dream)
One summer dream
One summer dream (One summer dream)
One summer dream
[Chorus]
One summer dream (One summer dream)
One summer dream