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A New World Record
October 1976 (UK, USA), Produced by Jeff Lynne

TimeLyricsMIDI
5:00Tightrope midi
4:38Telephone Line midi
3:12Rockaria! midi
4:24Mission (A World Record) midi
3:55So Fine midi
3:31Livin' Thing (Above The Clouds) midi
2:16Above The Clouds midi
3:45Do Ya midi
5:34

Shangri-la

midi


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The Electric Light Orchestra:

Jeff Lynne : Lead Vocals, Backing Vocals, Lead, Rhythum & Slide Guitars - Gibson Les Paul, L5S, Marauder, Ovation Legend, Ovation Pacemaker, Percussion, Wurlitzer EP200 Piano
Bev Bevan : Slingerland Drums, Mini Moog Drum, Percussion, Backing Vocals
Richard Tandy : Wurlitzer Electric Piano EP200, Mini Moog, Micro Moog, SLM Concert Spectrum, Electra x320 Guitar, Gibson SG Custom, Hohner Clavinet, Yamaha C7 Grand Piano, Mellotron M400, Morley R.W.V. Pedals, Maestro Phase Shifter, Percussion, Backing Vocals, Systech Flanger
Kelly Groucutt : Vocals, Gibson G3 Bass Guitar, Percussion, Backing Vocals
Mik Kaminski : Barcus Berry Violin, Maestro Echoplex, Univox Univibe
Hugh McDowell : Barcus Berry Cello, Systech Phaser, Mutron III, Mutron Phaser, Maestro Echoplex
Melvyn Gale : Barcus Berry Cello, Meastro Echoplex

Orchestra and Choral Arrangements: Jeff Lynne, Richard Tandy and Louis Clark.
Orchestra Conducted by Louis Clark.
Recorded and Mixed at Musicland Studios Munich, W. Germany.
Engineer: Mack.
Orchestra and Choir Recorded at De Lane Lea Studois, Wembley, London.
Engineers: John richards and Dick Plant.
Edits and Things: Cherokee Studios, Los Angeles, California.
Engineer: Duane Scott.
Hot Pies: Francois and Anna.
Special thanks to Brian (M&B) Jones for his support. We shall always wear it.
And Castrato Tones on Mission.
Cover design, Illustration and Photography: Kosh.
Art Direction: Ria Lewerke.

Very Special Effects: Bob Hickson, Portrait Photography: moshe Brakha.


Lyrics

Tightrope


	They say some days you're gonna win,
	They say some days you're gonna lose.
	I tell you I got news for you
	Your losin' all the time you never win
	If you believe that's how it's gonna be I'd better put you down
	Get off your tightrope up there come down on
	The ground you gotta save me now,
	You better turn around.
	When I looked around, I was heading down.
	Won't somebody throw me down a line.

	They say some days you gotta give--
	They say some days you gotta take--
	If that's the way it's gotta be,
	Roll it over and you will see.
	The city streets are full of people going nowhere making time.
	The change from night to day is really only hours,
	It's just along the line can't you see the sign
	When I looked around, I was heading down,
	Won't somebody throw me down a line.

	I want to look you straight in the eye,
	I want to tell you how I really feel,
	I can feel the wheels turnin' round,
	Won't somebody throw me down a line
	The city streets are full of people going nowhere making time,
	The change from night to day is really only hours
	It's just along the line, can't you see the sign
	When I closed my eyes, I was so surprised
	Somebody had thrown me down the line--stopped me drownin'

Jeff Lynne, 5:00
Musical Chord: C

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Telephone Line


	Hello--how are you
	Have you been alright, through all those lonely nights,
	That's what I'd say, I'd tell you everything,
	If you'd pick up that telephone.

	Hey--how you feelin'
	Are you still the same
	Don't you realize the things we did were all for real not a dream,
	I just can't believe
	They've all faded out of view.

        I look into the sky
                (The love you need ain't gonna see you through.)
        And I wonder why
                (The little things are finally coming true.)	

		CHORUS
		Telephone line, give me some time, I'm living in twilight
		Telephone line, give me some time, I'm living in twilight

	O.K. so no--one's answering,
	Well can't you just let it ring a little longer
	I'll just sit tight, through the shadows of the night
	Let it ring for evermore.

		CHORUS -- repeat

Jeff Lynne, 4:38
Musical Chord: A

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Rockaria!


	Just got back from the downtown palais
	Where the music was so sweet
	It knocked me right back in the alley
	I'm ready, yea, yea, yea, I'm ready,
	Wo, wo, wo, I'm ready
	And I'm really gonna rock tonight.

	Sweet little lady sings like a songbird
	And she sings the opera like you ain't never heard,
	But she ain't ready,
	No, no, no, she ain't ready
	No, no, no, she ain't ready,
	And she ain't gonna rock & roll

		CHORUS
		She's sweet on Wagner,
		I think she'd die for Beethoven,
		She loves the way Puccini lays down a tune,
		And Verdi's always creeping from her room

	Come on I'll show you how to sing the blues
	Now baby, come on over you got nothin' to lose,
	Are you ready, hey, hey, hey are you ready
	Ooh, ooh, ooh, are you ready
	I wanna show you how to rock and roll.

	Now listen here baby she, said to me
	Just, meet me at the opera house at a quarter to three,
	'Cos I'm ready, yea, yea, yea, I'm ready,
	Woo, hoo, hoo, I'm ready,
	I'm gonna show you how to sing the blues.

		CHORUS -- repeat

	Far, far away the music is playing.

	Well we were reelin' and a rockin' all through the night,
	Yea we were rockin' at the opera house until the break of light,
	And the orchestra were playin' all Chuck Berry's greatest tunes.
	And the singers in the chorus all got off on singing blues,
	And as the night grew older everybody was as one,
	The people on the streets came runnin' in to join in song
	Just to hear the opera singer singin' rock & roll so pure,
	I thought I saw the mayor there but I wasn't really sure,
	But it's alright.

Jeff Lynne, 3:12
Musical Chord: D

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Mission (A World Record)


	For may days we travelled from a distant place and time,
	To reach a place they call the planet Earth,
	There was to be a celebration,
	On the mission of the sacred heart.

	The planet Earth from way up there is beautiful and blue
	And floating softly through a rainbow,
	But when you touch down things look different here,
	At the mission of the sacred heart.

		CHORUS
		Watching all the days roll by
		Who are you and who am I?

	On a dirty worn-out sidewalk, sits a mother with a baby,
	In her vale of tears she sees no rainbow
	And someone's singing from a window
	In the mission of the sacred heart.

		CHORUS -- repeat

	There's a building on a corner, in a city, in a land,
	On a place they call the planet Earth,
	My orders are to sit here and watch the world go by,
	From the mission of the sacred heart.

		CHORUS -- repeat


Jeff Lynne, 4:24
Musical Chord: D

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So Fine


	Two drifters on the morning sky,
	Two drifters sailing wide and high,
	When summer breezes blow across your mind,
	With you, I will walk the line.

		CHORUS
		I want it so fine
		I want it so fine
		I want it so fine

	People walking hand in hand,
	Everybody's singing to the band,
	I want to be where the stars shine bright,
	And hear sweet music on a summer night.

		CHORUS -- repeat

	Sundowners we'll go on and on,
	We'll find the land of the midnight sun,
	And when you look you'll see for miles around,
	You'll see, the world is in your hand.

		CHORUS -- repeat
			
		CHORUS -- repeat

Jeff Lynne, 3:55
Musical Chord: E

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Livin' Thing


	Sailin' away on the crest of a wave
	It's like magic
	Rollin' and ridin' and slippin' & slidin'
	It's magic

		CHORUS
		And you, and your sweet desire,
		You took me, higher and higher
		It's a livin' thing,
		It's a terrible thing to lose
		It's a given thing
		What a terrible thing to lose.
	
	Making believe this is what you've conceived
	From your worst day,
	Moving in line when you look back in time
	To your first day
	
		CHORUS -- repeat

	Takin' a dive 'cos you can't halt the slide
	Floating downstream,
	So let her go don't start spoiling the show
	It's a bad dream

		CHORUS -- repeat

Jeff Lynne, 3:31
Musical Chord: C

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Above The Clouds


	I came along to see your face,
	But the only thing I got from you,
	Was telling me it's fantasy,
	That you would always be with me,
	I can tell you that it's true
	I'm waiting here,
	But it's alright
	It's alright with me,
	You better believe me now.

	I guess it's like a mountain side,
	You gotta climb it to the top,
	Floating in a sea of dreams
	The only thing that you can see
	Is the view above the clouds.	
	I'm waiting here,
	But it's alright,
	Still it's alright with me,
	You better believe me now.

Jeff Lynne, 2:16
Musical Chord: B flat

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Do Ya


	In this life I've seen everything I can see woman,
	I've seen lovers flying through the air hand in hand
	I've seen babies dancing in the midnight sun,
	And I've seen dreams that came from the heavenly skies above
	I've seen old men crying at their own grave sides
	And I've seen pigs all sitting watching, picture slides
	But I never seen nothing like you.

		CHORUS
		Do ya do ya want my love
		Do ya do ya want my face
		Do ya do ya want my mind
		Do ya do ya want my love

	Well I, heard the crowd singin' out of tune,
	As they, sat and sang Auld Lang Syne by the light of the moon
	I heard the preachers bangin' on the drums,
	And I heard the police playin' with their guns
	But I never heard nothin' like you.

	In the country where the sky touches down
	On the field, she lay her down to rest
	In the morning sun,
	They come a'runnin' just to get a look, just to
	Feel to touch her long black hair they don't give a damn

		CHORUS -- repeat

	Well I think you know what I'm trying to say woman,
	That is I'd like to save you for a rainy day,
	I've seen enough of the world to know,
	That I've got to get it all to get it all to grow.
	
		CHORUS -- repeat

Jeff Lynne, 3:45
Musical Chord: D

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Shangri-La


	Sitting here, waiting for,
	Someone calling at my door,
	Too bad,
	I'm getting out of love.

	What's the use of changing things,
	Wonder what tomorrow brings,
	Who knows,
	I'm getting out of love.

		CHORUS
		My Shangri-la has gone away,
		Faded like the Beatles on Hey Jude
		She seemed to drift out on the rain
		That came in somewhere softly from the blue

	Clouds roll by and hide the sun,
	Raindrops fall on everyone,
	So sad,
	I'm getting out of love.

		CHORUS -- repeat
		CHORUS -- repeat

Jeff Lynne, 5:34
Musical Chord: A

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