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Balance Of Power
March 1986 (UK), April 1986 (USA), Produced by Jeff Lynne

Balance Of Power

TimeLyricsMIDI
2:53Heaven Only Knows
2:42So Serious midi
4:26Getting To the Point
3:29Secret Lives
3:24Is It Alright midi
4:03Sorrow About To Fall midi
3:49Without Someone
3:28Calling America
2:57Endless Lies
3:07

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Jeff Lynn
Jeff Lynn
Bev Bevan
Bev Bevan
Richard Tandy
Richard Tandy


Lyrics

Heaven Only Knows


     	(Heaven only knows...) 
     	Oh, I know it's strange 
     	But I think that it's about to change 
     	So I'll take the chance 
     	To get back into the straight again

     		CHORUS: 
     		Heaven only knows (I'm really on the level) 
     		Heaven only knows (I'm trying to find a way) 
     		Heaven only knows (I'm walking down the straight & lonely road today) 
     
		(Again...)

     	(Heaven only knows...) 
     	Now the sun will shine 
     	And I'm gonna work it out this time 
     	And before the light 
     	All I gotta take is one more night.

     		REPEAT CHORUS

     	Heaven only knows, heaven only knows 
     	Heaven only knows, heaven only knows 
     	Heaven only knows, heaven only knows 
     	Heaven only knows, heaven only knows 
     	Heaven only knows.

     	(Heaven only knows) 
     	As the hours go by 
     	I can only wonder why 
     	You can change your mind 
     	But you never change the price.

     		REPEAT CHORUS
     
	Heaven only knows, heaven only knows 
     	Heaven only knows, heaven only knows.

     		REPEAT CHORUS
 
Jeff Lynne, 2:53
Musical Chord: D

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So Serious


     	Night after night 
     	I try to make it all fit together 
     	Night after night 
     	I see you as someone I remember 
     	You took me by surprise 
     	Opened up my eyes 
     	Now we gotta talk this over.

     		CHORUS: 
     		Can it really be so serious? 
     		To be all broken up and delirious 
     		I guess we've really been out of touch 
     		But can it really be so serious? 
     		(Serious, so serious)

     	Day after day 
     	I know it's not the way that you wanted it 
     	Day after day 
     	I try to find the key, but it don't fit 
     	But you know how it is 
     	No matter what I did 
     	We gotta talk it over.

     		REPEAT CHORUS

     	Tonight, tonight 
     	I'm thinking over everything you said to me 
     	Tonight, tonight 
     	I'm sorry, but I just didn't see 
     	And now it's up to you 
     	There's nothing else to do 
     	We've gotta talk it over.

     		REPEAT CHORUS

     	Serious, so serious 
     	Is it so serious? 
     	Serious, so serious...
     
Jeff Lynne, 2:42
Musical Chord: C

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Getting To The Point


     	And there's nothing I can do now 
     	Out of control (out of control) 
     	Swimming softly through the blue now 
     	And look beyond these walls 
     	As the meaning starts to dawn 
     	It's getting to the point 
     	Getting to the point.

     	It's out of control (nothing I can do) 
     	Like a fire that keeps on burning 
     	And nobody knows (what I'm going through) 
     	And the thoughts just keep returning 
     	And all you had to say 
     	Was that you were gonna stay 
     	It's getting to the point 
     	Getting to the point.

     		CHORUS: 
     		It's getting to the point 
     		Where nobody can stop it now 
     		It's getting to the point 
     		Of no return 
     		And all that I can do 
     		Is stand and watch it now 
     		Watch it burn, burn, burn 
     		It's getting to the point 
     		Where reasons are forgotten 
     		It's getting to the point 
     		Where no one knows 
     		And all that I can do 
     		Is say I'm sorry 
     		But that's the way it goes...

     	Getting to the point.

     	Forever 
     	Is a long, long way 
     	Forever 
     	Takes your breath away 
     	I'd like to talk about it, try to understand 
     	It's getting to the point 
     	Getting to the point.

     		REPEAT CHORUS

     	It's getting to the point (getting to the point) 
     	Getting to the point (getting to the point) 
     	It's getting to the point (getting to the point) 
     	Getting to the point.

Jeff Lynne, 4:26 
Musical Chord: G

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Secret Lives


     	I don't know 
     	I don't know what's on your mind 
     	I thought everything was fine 
     	But it was my surprise.

     	I don't know 
     	I don't know what's going on 
     	Something surely must be wrong 
     	You're living secret lives.

     		CHORUS: 
     		Living secret lives, secret lives 
     		And I wonder where she goes to in the night 
     		In secret lives.

     	Wish I knew 
     	Wish I knew where I fit in 
     	Wish that I knew everything 
     	About your secret lives.

     	If it means 
     	If it means that much to you 
     	I don't want to stop the things you do 
     	I don't need alibis.

     		REPEAT CHORUS

     	I don't care 
     	I don't care what goes on there 
     	So long as one day I can share 
     	Share your secret lives.

     		REPEAT CHORUS
     		REPEAT CHORUS
     		REPEAT CHORUS

     	Secret lives, secret lives 
     	Secret lives, secret lives...
     
Jeff Lynne, 3:29
Musical Chord: D

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Is It Alright


     	Dear Jo: 
     	I don't know where to begin so I'll just hello 
     	Dear Jo: 
     	Is it so much better now you're on your own? 
     	(Is it alright?) You never believed in yourself 
     	(Is it alright?) But now that you're free, does it help?

     		CHORUS: 
     		Is it alright? 
     		Now that you've got what you want? 
     		And is it alright? 
     		Now that you're back where you belong?

     	Dear Jo: 
     	Are you living it up every place you go? 
     	Dear Jo: 
     	If you're having a hard time it sure don't show 
     	(Is it alright?) You couldn't hold on in your mind. 
     	(Is it alright?) Now is it okay, is it fine?

     		REPEAT CHORUS

     	Dear Jo: 
     	Can you believe that it's been so long? 
     	Dear Jo: 
     	Just thought I'd write and let you know 
     	(Is it alright?) You never believed in yourself 
     	(Is it alright?) But now that you're free, does it help?

     		REPEAT CHORUS

     	Is it alright? 
     	Is it alright with you? 
     	Is it alright? 
     	Is it alright with you?

     		REPEAT CHORUS
     		REPEAT CHORUS
 
Jeff Lynne, 3:24
Musical Chord: C

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Sorrow About To Fall


     	There's a silence in the city 
     	There's nobody around 
     	And everyone that we knew 
     	Moved to higher ground.

     	There's a shadow hanging overhead 
     	It lingers there alone 
     	Changing all we ever knew 
     	The changes start to show.

     		CHORUS: 
     		There's a sorrow about to fall 
     		There's a sorrow about to fall.

     	There's a new sound in the wires 
     	And ears are to the ground 
     	And everything that once was ours 
     	Has slowly turned around.

     	Something happened to the seasons 
     	Started falling with the rain 
     	And something changed forever 
     	We gotta find a way.

     		REPEAT CHORUS

     	There's people in the photographs 
     	But they all had to run 
     	They went away to somewhere 
     	Beyond the setting sun.

     		REPEAT CHORUS
     		REPEAT CHORUS

     	Sorrow about to fall, fall, fall, fall 
     	Sorrow about to fall 
     	Sorrow about to fall 
    	Sorrow about to fall...

     
Jeff Lynne, 4:03
Musical Chord: C minor

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Without Someone


	I watch the cars move 
	I watch the lights up on the window 
	I walk along the street 
	I'm only thinking of you 
	I watch the clock staring from the wall 
	It hardly moves at all 
	It's you I'm waiting for.

		CHORUS: 
 		Without someone I can depend on 
		I'm lost without someone 
		As I go on, I hope you're remembering
		I'm lost without someone.

	All alone, no one around 
	I watch the shadows falling faster 
	The city lights begin to glow 
	And then I start to realize 
	I count the hours as they slip away 
	Into another day 
	Wondering where you'll stay.

		REPEAT CHORUS

	Still watching the cars move 
	Still watching the lights upon the window 
	I'm walking down the street 
	I'm only thinking of you 
	I hear the night as it calls to me 
	It plays a symphony 
	It says you're gone from me.

		REPEAT CHORUS
		REPEAT CHORUS
   
Jeff Lynne, 3:49
Musical Chord: C

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Calling America


	(Somebody...) 
	Told her that there was a place like heaven 
	Across the water on a seven forty seven 
	Yeah, we're living in 
	In a modern world.

	And pretty soon she's really got the notion 
	Of flying out across the big blue ocean 
	Yeah, we're living in 
	In a modern world.

	Talk is cheap on satellite 
	But all I get is (static!) 
	Information, I'm still here 
	Re-dial on automatic.

		CHORUS: 
		Calling America (can't get a message through) 
		Calling America (that's what she said to do) 
		Calling America (that's where she has to be) 
		Calling America (she left a number for me) 
		Calling America.

	But I'm just talking to a satellite 
	Twenty thousand miles up in the sky each night 
	Yeah, we're living in 
	In a modern world.

	All I had to do was pick up the phone 
	I'm out in space, trying to talk to someone 
	Yeah, we're living in 
	In a modern world.

	She left a number I could call 
	But no one's there, no one at all 
	There must be something going wrong 
	That number just rings on and on.

		REPEAT CHORUS

	Said she'd call when she'd been gone a while 
	Guess she's missing me across the miles 
	Yeah, we're living in 
	In a modern world.

		REPEAT CHORUS

		Calling America, Calling America 
		Calling America, Calling America...

Jeff Lynne, 3:28
Musical Chord: D

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Endless Lies


     	Bye bye, pretty woman 
     	I've got to leave you now 
     	I find you never really cared.

     		CHORUS: 
     		Stand back, take a look at you 
     		You couldn't care if you wanted to 
     		You keep saying it's gonna change 
     		But every time it comes back again 
     		It's a merry-go-round.

     	Endless lies shine in your eyes.

     	It's alright, count to ten 
     	It will all be better then 
     	It's alright, the world will go away.

     		REPEAT CHORUS

     	Endless lies, I can see it in your eyes 
     	The heartbreak is, if you could only see 
     	That's not the way it's supposed to be 
     	Endless tears that flowed through the years 
     	You take it all, and then you take some more 
     	Then you come running back to me.

     	Play on, pretty music 
     	Play on and on for me 
     	Shine on, silver stars 
     	Over the sea.

     	Endless lies, I can see it in your eyes 
     	The heartbreak is, if you could only see 
     	That's not the way it's supposed to be.

     	Endless lies shine in your eyes.

Jeff Lynne, 2:57
Musical Chord: A

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Send It


     	The sun still shines way up above 
     	But it don't matter now because 
     	The dream is gone 
     	The dream is just a memory (oh, yeah) 
     	If you see my dream, send it back home to me.

     	The stars still glow up in the night 
     	But somehow, they don't seem so bright 
     	The dream is gone 
     	The dream is just a memory (oh, yeah) 
     	If you see my dream, send it back home to me.

     	'Cos I've been waiting for a long, long time 
     	Thought I'd found a way 
     	Now I just wait for someone to call 
     	I'm waiting for it every day.
     
		CHORUS: 
     		Send it -- on the wires 
     		Send it -- on a plane 
     		Send it -- on an express 
     		But send it back to me again.

     	The music plays so loud and clear 
     	But somehow I can't make you hear 
     	The dream is gone 
     	The dream is just a memory (oh, yeah) 
     	If you see my dream, send it back home to me.

     	When you get what you want, it's a long way down 
     	And you can see for miles around 
     	When you lose it, nothing is for real 
     	If you see my dream, send it back to me.

     		REPEAT CHORUS
     		REPEAT CHORUS

     	Send it (send it, send it) 
     	Send it 
     	Send it (send it, send it) 
     	Send it on the wires (send it, send it) 
     	Send it on a plane...
     
Jeff Lynne, 3:07
Musical Chord: A

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