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Electric Light Orchestra |
Secret Messages
June 1983 (USA, UK), Produced by Jeff Lynne
| Time | Lyrics | MIDI |
| 4:50 | Secret Messages | |
| 5:17 | Loser Gone Wild | |
| 4:11 | Bluebird | |
| 4:57 | On And On | |
| 3:55 | Time After Time | midi |
| 4:05 | Four Little Diamonds | |
| 4:27 | Stranger | midi |
| 3:51 | Danger Ahead | |
| 2:50 | Letter From Spain | |
| 4:19 | Train Of Gold | |
| 3:43 | Rock And Roll Is King | midi |
The Electric Light Orchestra:
Jeff Lynne : Vocals, Background Vocals, Guitar, Synthesisers, Bass Guitars, Piano, Percussion, Oberheim DMX
Bev Bevan : Drums, Percussion
Richard Tandy : Synthesisers, Grand Piano, Electric Piano, Harmonica, Oberheim DSX
Kelly Groucutt : Bass Guitar, Background Vocals
Engineer: Bill Bottrell
Additional Background Vocals: Dave Morgan
Strings on "Train Of Gold", "Stranger" and "Danger Ahead" Conducted by Louis Clark
Violin Solo on "Rock'N'Roll Is King", Mik Kaminski
Bark by Dennis
Album Co-ordinator: Brain Jones
Mastered by Brain Gardner
Recorded at Wisseloord Studios, Hilversum, Holland
With thanks to Bart Sloothaak, Joke Dijkstra, Albert Boekholt, Henk Korff, Ronald Prent, Pieter Boer and Freek
Also thanks to A.M.S., Digital audio Effects, Mark Crabtree and Stuart Nevison
Special thanks to everyone at hotel 't' Kompass
All sorts of things: George 'Banbury' Tolley
Travel arrangements: Jeff Perry
Guitars: Gibson, Fender, Ovation
Synthesisers: Oberheim, Moog, Yamaha, Korg, Wurlitzer, Roland, Casio SLM, Arp.
Electric Pianos: Fender, Wurlitzer
Drums: Slingerland, Oberheim
additional Electronics: Bottronix
Design and art Direction: David Costa
Photography: HAG
Hand Colouring: Kim Harris
Lyrics
Secret MessagesA 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 Where words cascade like rainbows tumbling from the sky Then I'll be there, I'll be there When messages will call to you their secrets all around Without a sound, they're all around Chorus 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 Jeff Lynne, 4:50 Musical Chord: G
Loser Gone WildI don't mind the pain, or the jokers' cold refrain The days pass by so slowly, I count them all again Silence of a basement, shades all closed at noon Lie awake for fear of strangers Darkness comes on slowly, twilight is the ecstasy Like a candle burning bright, shadows dance until the night Empty rooms and chilling smiles They go on for miles and miles Chorus: But in the evening when the sun goes down Crawl from the shadows got to get into town Where the music is playin' all across the night And every cloud disappears from sight There goes a loser, another loser gone There goes another, another who's alone There goes a loser, another loser gone wild I don't mind if violins don't play I won't listen to them anyway I don't care what people say Some things just can't be arranged Icy fingers touching you. Silent voices calling too What else is there to lose - I am here but where are you? Chorus Jeff Lynne, 5:17 Musical Chord: A minor
BluebirdThe streets, the signs are pointing all one way But you don't realize just what they say You may fight, you may run, you may know what you've done It makes me feel so sad to think what I might've had I watch the stars, I watch the sun, now I watch for anyone But it's only make believe You work, you work, you work so hard and then Someone, someone will come around again You may think it's for real, but you know how you feel The places that I go don't feel good anymore I see it all rainbows in fall I see her face upon my wall But it's only make believe Fly away, bluebird fly away for me To a place somewhere far across the sea Fly away, far away, don't look back, go today The waves that crash upon the sand Another place, a far off land And every day, I have to stay, but you are free You could fly away- But it's only make believe Jeff Lynne, 4:11 Musical Chord: G
On And OnThe stars that shine so brightly They call to me I dream of how it might be Somewhere far away Chorus: Take me on and on Until the world has gone Take me on and on The chains that hold you Those chains will soon be gone Sail upon the ocean Sail back to me Chorus Take me on, on and on I see it all below I know which way to go I see the afterglow Chorus Jeff Lynne, 4:57 Musical Chord: A
Time After Time(Released on CD & Audio cassette only) Time after time, time after time The skies are darkening they grow so dim Strangers are meeting but it never ends And one day they'll remember, one day they will know (Time after time) From far away there comes a warning sound And no one listens but it's all around And one day they'll remember, one day they will know Chorus: Time after time, no hiding anywhere Time after time, the visions in the air Time after time, they come from everywhere (Time after time) Time after time Just listen to the sirens of the world They breathe a whisper waiting for the word And one day they'll remember, one day they will know (Time after time) Time after time it is the same old story Another footstep on the trail of glory And one day they'll remember, one day they will know Repeat Chorus: The beauty of the earth from way up high Shines like a jewel on the velvet sky And one day they'll remember, one day they will know The skies are darkening they grow so dim Strangers are meeting but it never ends And one day they'll remember, one day they will know Repeat Chorus: Emit retfa emit, no hiding anywhere Emit retfa emit, no visions in the air They come from everywhere J.Lynne, 3:55
Four Little DiamondsI used to think she was the greatest thing I really cared, gave her a diamond ring She said she'd rather die than ever leave me Well I never saw her face since then And if the law don't get her then I will- Four little diamonds She must be somewhere on the open road She always said she was a lonely one She gets you down with her tales of woe She took me for everything And if the law don't get her then I will Four little diamonds Chorus: I looked around I climbed up high into the dawn But she was gone with the night I thought about the things she said And all the things we'd done But where could she run- she ran away There's just no answer to give I keep wonderin' about her, day and night She probably thinks I was a fool- she's right She don't know it But I'm gonna keep on searchin' for that woman I'm gonna search everywhere And if the law don't get her then I will Four little diamonds Chorus I still hear her callin' out to me, I still listen for her endlessly But it never even crossed my mind she was a cheater I gotta find where she hides 'Cause if the law don't get her then I will - Four little diamonds Jeff Lynne, 4:05 Musical Chord: C
StrangerOn a cold and windy morning, said goodbye to my old friends They were hangin' around the corner, They were stayin' till the end On the other side of midnight, I was lookin' for a place to stay And one thing's sure for certain, I ain't never goin' back again The streetlights looked so pretty as they spread into a town I was lookin' for another sundown And my head was spinning round and round Chorus: Lookin' through the eyes of a stranger Lookin' through the eyes of danger Lookin' at the all-night dancer Never takin' all the chances As I walked into the main street, saw a crowd across the square And I heard a guitar playin' and I saw you standing there Chorus Distant bells they started ringing, somewhere far off in the night And the place was full of loneliness that disappeared from sight Jeff Lynne, 4:27 Musical Chord: C
Danger AheadHere she comes down the street and that 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 goes by it's the end of the day So believe what they say, there's danger in the air Look through a window and you'll see her standing 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 see her for miles around 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 Monday mornin' she's already up and gone 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 So believe what they say there's danger in the air Chorus 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 When she looks in the mirror she just has to freeze So believe what they say there's danger in the air Chorus Jeff Lynne, 3:51 Musical Chord: E
Letter From SpainI read the papers this morning I saw your photograph You look good in the movie It must be so much fun Letter from Spain From someone I once knew I got a letter this morning Postmark said it was from Spain Your writing is so very strange I guess it always was that way Letter from Spain From someone I once knew Jeff Lynne, 2:50 Musical Chord: C
Train Of GoldI 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, a train of gold 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, a 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 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, a train of gold 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 Train of gold, train of gold I don't believe her, it just couldn't be her I can't get it out of my mind Jeff Lynne, 4:19 Musical Chord: G minor
Rock And Roll Is KingListen everybody let me tell you 'bout the rock 'n' roll Feel that rhythm and it's really gonna thrill your soul She said come along with me, to a land of make believe She said rock 'n' roll is king She loves that rock 'n' roll and she plays it all night long That's all she ever tells me when I call her on the telephone She says feel that jumpin' beat, and git up on your feet She says rock 'n' roll is king Chorus: Oh let those guitars play Play for me play for me Oh let that song ring out That's how it's meant to be It rolls like a train that's comin' on down the track She rolled over Beethoven and she gave Tchaikovsky back She loves that drivin' beat, she goes dancin' on down the street She said rock 'n' roll is king Chorus When she comes around and I'm listenin' to the radio She says you can't do that 'cause all I wanna do is rock 'n' roll Now here I'm gonna stay where that music starts to play She says rock 'n' roll is king Jeff Lynne, 3:43 Musical Chord: A