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Face the Music by Electric Light Orchestra - Album Lyrics & Tracks

Electric Light Orchestra•1975 Released•Progressive Rock•United Kingdom

Tracks: 8

Duration: 36:23

Label: United Artists

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Complete Album Tracklist

Fire on High

05:30

Waterfall

04:27

Evil Woman

04:19

Nightrider

04:23

Poker

03:31

Strange Magic

04:29

Down Home Town

03:54

One Summer Dream

05:47

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Face the Music Complete 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

[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)

[Pre-Chorus]

I get a strange magic

Oh, what a strange magic

Oh, it's a strange magic

[Chorus]

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

[Bridge]

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

[Outro]

You know I got a strange magic

Yeah, I got a strange magic

Ooh, strange magic

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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

[Verse 2]

Blue mountains high and valley low

I don't know which way I should go

[Chorus]

One summer dream

[Verse 3]

Warm summer breeze blows endlessly

Touching the hearts of those who feel

[Chorus]

One summer dream

[Verse 4]

Bird on a wing goes floating by

But there's a teardrop in his eye

[Chorus]

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)

[Chorus]

One summer dream

[Post-Chorus]

(One summer dream)

[Chorus]

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