The Final Countdown The Best Of

Europe The Final Countdown The Best Of Lyrics
1.The Final Countdown(Album Version)

We're leaving together,
But still it's farewell
And maybe we'll come back,
To earth, who can tell?
I guess there is no one to blame
We're leaving ground
Will things ever be the same again?
It's the final countdown...
We're heading for Venus and still we stand tall
Cause maybe they've seen us and welcome us all
With so many light years to go and things to be found
I'm sure that we'll all miss her so.
It's the final countdown...


2.Carrie(Single Version)


3.Rock The Night(Album Version)

Oh yeah

I've gone through changes, I've gone through pain
But there's not enough reason for me to go insane
I know the feeling just when it grows
I'm in a rage up from my head down to my toes

You know it ain't easy running out of thrills
You know it ain't easy when you don't know what you want
What you want, woh oh oh oh, you want to

Rock now, rock the night till early in the morning light
Rock now, rock the night, oh oh, woh oh, yeah
Rock now, rock the night, you'd better believe it's right
Rock now, rock the night, woh oh, woh oh
Oh woh oh woh

I know my limit, just what it takes
When things ain't good enough I just pull the brake
Sometimes it's easy, sometimes so tough
But just have one thing clear, I can't get enough

You know it ain't easy running out of thrills
You know it ain't easy when you don't know what you want
What you want, woh oh oh oh, you want to

Rock now, rock the night till early in the morning light
Rock now, rock the night, oh oh, woh oh, yeah
Rock now, rock the night, you'd better believe it's right
Rock now, rock the night, oh oh, woh oh
Yeah, yeah

Oh rock now, rock the night, ha
Rock now, rock the night
Rock now, rock the night
Rock now, rock the night, rock it

Oh, you know it ain't easy running out of thrills
You know it ain't easy when you don't know what you want
What you want, oh oh oh oh, you want to

Rock now, rock the night till early in the morning light
Rock now, rock the night, oh oh, woh oh, yeah
Rock now, rock the night, you, you'd better believe it's right
Rock now, rock the night, woh oh, woh oh, yeah

Wow, rock now, rock the night till early in the morning light
Rock now, rock the night, oh oh, oh oh (oh oh yeah)
Rock now, rock the night, you, you'd better believe it's right
Rock now, rock the night, woh oh, woh oh


4.Superstitious(Album Version)

Lyricist:Clean Version
Writer(s):Joey Tempest

Keep on walkin' that road and I'll follow
Keep on callin' my name I'll be there
And if a mirror should break it's easy to take
Cause deep down I know that you care
I'm not superstitious

I'm not superstitious, I have no doubt
That there's a reason, how things turn out
While things are changin' from day to day
I'll keep this feelin' with me all the way

And I want you to know
That you're on my mind
Every day, all of the time

So keep on walkin' that road and I'll follow...

There might be times of wonder
When I'm on my own
Tryin' to find out if love has gone
It might make a difference
It might bring me down
But no superstition is gonna turn things around

And I want you to know..

So keep on walkin'...

So keep on walkin' and we'll make things right
Yeah, keep on dreamin' each and every night
We're gonna make it, that's what we'll do
Right to the end girl, we're gonna walk on through

So keep on walkin'...


5.Love Chaser(Single Version)

Lyricist:Clean Version
Writer(s):Joey Tempest

Someone's at your door tonight
Someone wants your love
Is it real or just imagination
You decide to wait inside 'til the break of dawn
In dreams you see yourself seeking affection.

He'll know just who you are
He'll know just where you've been
He'll know just what to do.

Love chaser - If you look deep in his eyes
Then you're in for a big surprise
He can take your breath away
There's nothing you can do or say.

You can feel that someone's at your back
You can hear his pounding heart
But something tells you not to be afraid
Cause even in the darkest night
Someone's at your side
But when morning comes it all starts to fade away


6.Cherokee(Album Version)


7.Open Your Heart(Album Version)


8.Let The Good Times Rock(Album Version)


9.Sign Of The Times(Album Version)


10.More Than Meets The Eye(Album Version)

Lyricist:Clean Version
Writer(s):Joey TempestMike Moran

Now he walks in shadows
He's tryin' to pretend she never walked away
But it's not deceivin'
He's closer to an end he never could foresee
Where love goes
Where love dies,
Heaven knows
But it's more than meets the eye
So much more than just a last goodbye
It's a cold and lonely heart
So sad and torn apart

Yes it's more than meets the eye
Now he's in for trouble
His luck has turned away
Nobody seems to care
Well there's a cold moon risin'
And another lonely day
Has passed and she's not


11.Tomorrow(Album Version)

Will you be there beside me if the world falls apart
And will all of our moments remain in your heart
Will you be there to guide me all the way through,

I wonder will you walk by my side and follow my dreams
And bear with my pride, as strong as it seems

Will you be there tomorrow

Will you be there beside me as time goes on by
And be there to hold me whenever I cry
Will you be there to guide me all the way through

I wonder will you walk by my side and follow my dreams
And bear with my pride, as strong as it seems

Will you be there
Will you be there
Will you be there tomorrow


12.Prisoners In Paradise(Single Edit)


13.I'll Cry For You(Radio Edit)


14.Halfway To Heaven(Album Version)


15.Sweet Love Child(Previously Unreleased)


16.The Final Countdown 2000


17.Time Has Come(Album Version)


18.Heart Of Stone(Album Version)

Lyricist:Clean Version
Writer(s):Joey Tempest

I've told you once and I've told you twice
Wait for that day, when our love will rise
To that song that brought our hearts together.

Even though you're mistreating me
I know the girl that you used to be
For me those days were meant to last forever.

Time after time I'm wondering why
Am I to be all alone
Day after day I pray that you'll stay
Cause you've got a heart of stone.

I walk the streets like a broken man
Oh I wish that you would understand
Even though you're still the one I wait for.

I guess in love there's no guarantee
Sometimes it's not what it seems to be
Even though you're still the one I care for.


19.On Broken Wings(Album Version)


20.In The Future To Come(Album Version)

Lyricist:Clean Version
Writer(s):J. Tempest

So many tears ago the people on this earth
They were laughin'
They didn't think of anything else
Than love and peace
But generations failed to see
That they were causin'
Trouble for the future
They didn't know that one single war
Would continue to increase
But i'll be beside you
Cause i want to hide you
I'll cover myt pain
Or i'll gone insane
Oh lord where will it end
When tomorrow is done
Oh lord can we stop to pretend
That we can survive in the future to come

As long as you can see
As long as you can feel
There's no cause for alarm
As long as you can touch
As long as you can more
It ain't too bad
But one day or another
This world would maybe
Be destroyed forever
A holocaust maybe be spread
And drive us all mad


21.Seven Doors Hotel(Album Version)

Lyricist:Clean Version
Writer(s):J. Tempest

Fourhundred years back in this time
Seven doors hotel
A massacre took place and a young man
Died opened one gate to hell
The eibon is open use your eyes
To read and learn
In the end it could be your turn
1981 traces were found
That could not exist in one's mind
A woman could lead you
Totally deceive you without your knowing she's blind

Seven doors hotel
One of seven gates to hell
Seven doors hote
L one of seven gates to hell
Do always watch out for things
That you see but don't understand
The devil is there always somewhere
Ready to command


22.Stormwind(Album Version)

Lyricist:Clean Version
Writer(s):J. Tempest

I like to sit beside the fire
When the light is going down
I like to hear the wild wind blow outside my door
I have so much left to remember
I have so much left to forget
And i know i just don't have to search for more
But you want to change my world
Stay out of my life
Stormwind--you're just like a wind
Comin' to drag me away
Stormwind--what can i say

I just don't want you to stay
I like to walk around in dreams at night
And play with kings and queens 'til the morning light
I like to wake up in the morning unaware
Of the fact that you are calling me
To ask me if i want to be
Someone who you could love and always care for


23.Scream Of Anger(Album Version)

Lyricist:Clean Version
Writer(s):M. JacobsJ. Tempest

I won't live to see tomorrow
There won't be another breath
None of them will ever sorrow
Those who sentenced me to death
I've been waiting here for ages
For the hangman to appear
Soon the priest will read some pages
From the bible for my fear
I see a place an evil place
Comin' my way
What can i do where can i run
I'm gonna die anyway
Things are getting clearer
This is the price i have to pay
I feel like screaming out my anger
There is so much left here to do
When it happened i was younger
And my destiny was you
I see a place an evil place...
What can i do about leaving you
We were only halfway through
What can i say
There was no other way
They wouldn't let me stay


24.Dreamer(Album Version)

Lyricist:Clean Version
Writer(s):J. Tempest

He is down by the riverside
Late one night
He's tryin' to count the stars
In each of the signs
All alone by the riverside
And time passes by
Gathering thoughts of the past
And maybe he'll cry
So they say he's a madman
And he don't understand
But i know that he's tryin' hard
To act like a man
All those years he has suffered,
My friends
All those years of pain
But i don't think he knows for sur
E if those years were in vain
He's a dreamer
And he's fightin' for his life
He's tryin' to understand
He's a dreamer
But he wants to carry on
Yet i know he's a lonely man


25.Ninja(Album Version)

Lyricist:Clean Version
Writer(s):Joey Tempest

Tell me the story, tell me the legend
Tell me the tales of war
Tell me just one time,
What it was like before
Bring me the feeling, right in that moment
When a heart for battle cries
Find me the treasure where the legend lies.

If I were a noble ancient knight
I'd stand by jour side to rule and fight
It will always feel the same
When I call out your name.

Ninja survive, in dreams I walk by your side
Ninja survive, with you there's no need to hide.

A handful of sayings are more than a reason
For me to feel this way
I'd like to be near you
Maybe for just one day
So tell me the legend, tell me the story
Tell me the tales of war
Tell me just one time
What it was like before.


26.Coast To Coast(Album Version)

Lyricist:Clean Version
Writer(s):J. TempestMike Moran

You look out that window
For someone you know
But it all looks the same
And time and again
It hurts you so
You wonder if always
You'll stand on your own
But bear in your mind
You'll get through this time
You're not alone
When time seems so lonely
And your day seems too long
You wonder if you
Will ever get through
And still be strong
With eyes full of sadness
You stand on your own it
Tears you apart
But you know in your hear
T you're not alone
Coast to coast
And land to land
We're together
Hand in hand
Coast to coast
And land to land...


27.Ready Or Not(Album Version)


28.Seventh Sign(Album Version)

Lyricist:Clean Version
Writer(s):Kee MarcelloJoey TempestMic Michaeli

I've been sailin' 'cross the ocean
With the devil by my side
I've been flyin' cross the great blue sky
But there's nowhere to hide
I've been standin' by the crossroads
I've been lookin' for a clue
I've been prayin' for the human race
There' s not a lot i can do
I've been waitin' for the warnin'
As we look to the sky now
We all seem lost if you ask me why
It's the seventh sign
See the blood-red sky tonight
It's the seventh sign
See the blood red sky
There's a voice out on the wasteland

It says we're runnin' out of time
I used to think the world could change
Lord i must have been blind
I've been cryin' out for mankind
I've been hangin' on to faith
But the comin' of a messenger
Says it's much too late
We could all come together
And gather all around
What good is war when we all go down
It's the seventh sign
See the blood-red sky tonight
It's the seventh sign see the blood red sky


29.Got Your Mind In The Gutter(Album Version)

Lyricist:Clean Version
Writer(s):Kee MarcelloJoey TempestBeau Hill

What's a man to do when he's bein' acused
I hear you talkin' it's real bad news
Nothin' happened with that girl last night
So baby won't you tell me why
You got your mind in the gutter
You got your mind in the gutter
You're jumpin' to conclusions and it's plain to see
You got your mind in the gutter don't blame me
You say i'm foolin' 'round playin' the field
Baby let me tell you it's not big deal
No i ain't gettin' a little on the side
But i feel like a prisoner with both hands tied
You say you found a number on a matchbook in my coat
And lipstick smeared on my shirt
I hate to disappoint you and it scares me to death
That if your shovel ain't full you just keep diggin' up some
dirt
You've pushed me into a corner you've got my back to the wall
I stand accused of bein' lome kind of liar
Hey i wouldn't those you down if you were on fire
You got your mind in the gutter
You got your mind in the gutter
Baby i keep those women far away from my skin
But since your mind's in the gutter man i just can't win

I too her aside to give her my point of view
What you tryin' to pull babe it just ain't true
There should be a warnin' up above your cage
Sayin' don't feed the lion she's in a state of rage
How can i prove that i've done nothin' wrong
You know in your heart that you're all that i want
You're all fired up just a little too tight
Now babe what can i tell you you just ain't right
Ain't got a bad reputation so why you tearin' it down
Don't know what happened but your mind's gone south
No i can't believe what comes out of your mouth
You got your mind in the gutter
You got your mind in the gutter
I know what you're sayin' but it just ain't true
You've got your mind in the gutter baby shame on you
You say i'm foolin' 'round playin' the field
Baby let me tell you it's not big deal
No i ain't gettin' a little on the side
Baby what can i tell you you just ain't right


30.Aphasia(Album Version)


31.A Long Time Comin'(Single Version)


32.Girl From Lebanon(Album Version)

Lyricist:Clean Version
Writer(s):Joey Tempest

It's time to break out from the cage
It's time to change your ways
It's time to find those shattered dreams
That vanished in the haze
It's time to lose those concrete shoes
They held you down too long
'cause trouble days have come and gone
And the night has just begun
Another dawn is yet to come
Carry on my little one girl from lebanon
It's time to meet the canges
They come from all around
It's time for you to realize
Freedom has been found
It's time to meet the future
And forget about the past
It's time to make a good thing last

And the night has just begun
Another dawn is yet to come
Carry on my little one
Girl from lebanon
It's time to cut the barbwire
And walk out on the street
It's time that we stayed up all night
And lose all kinds of sleep
It's time to wear those bright blue jeans
And let your hair hang down
The word of peace is goin' 'round
And the night has just begun
Another dawn is yet to come
Carry on my little one girl from lebanon


33.Wings Of Tomorrow(Album Version)

Lyricist:Clean Version
Writer(s):J. Tempest

You must be dreaming
, or going out of your mind
There's no way of changing,
The world over one night
Maybe you need to recover,
From all the things you've been through
Maybe you need to discover
That it ain't much left to do
Ride, ride, ride the wings of tomorrow
Ride, ride, ride to change the world

You feel sorry for the nation of 1984
And it cuts you like a razor
'cause you've seen it all before
You've seen one war after another
So many lifes on the line
You must take care of one another
Or it's the end of time


34.Danger On The Track(Album Version)

Lyricist:Clean Version
Writer(s):J. Tempest

I was heading for the mountains
I had saved so much for you
And in the town I left behind me
There was nothing left to do.

I knew that you were waiting
For me to share your life
Cause I told you when I left, that
When I come back you'll be my wife.

But someone was waiting
In the shadows of the night
Someone was waiting
It just didn't feel right.

Danger on the track
Something told me there were
Strangers on my back
And I was so right.

Maybe I should surrender
Maybe I should give it up
But the strength I had inside
Told me you can never stop.

The men wanted to break me
Steal and bring me down
But I fought for you and later
They were lying on the ground.


35.Never Say Die(Album Version)

Lyricist:Clean Version
Writer(s):J. TempestMike Moran

Oh who took that shot
Well i couldn't say, i was already down
Oh who set me up
Well i couldn't say cause i saw no one around
Now i'm lyin' here in desperation
I had it all worked out
Everything i hear is consolation
I've got this feelin' you should never say die
In my fantasy
There were days to come that i wanted so bad
Someone sold me out then it all was done
That dream was all that i had
Now i'm lyin' here in desperation
I had it all worked out
Everything i hear is consolation
I've got this feelin' you should never say die


36.Lights And Shadows(Album Version)

Lyricist:Clean Version
Writer(s):J. TempestMike Moran

One night she came, in from the cold
Like a long lost friend, someone to hold
She said, don't ask me now
Cause what's in a name
But when i'm gone you'll never be the same
So won't you hold me now
Can't you see what i came here for
Save me now, cause ik now
We'll keep on headin' through
Lights and shadows
We're talkin' lights and shadows
She came from far, with so much to tell
Cause when you're lookin' for love
You can walk through hell

Just like a ricochet, she might come and go
And one look can say more than you'll ever know
So won't you hold me now
Can't you see what i came here for
Save me now, cause i know
We'll keep on headin' through
Lights and shadows
We're talkin' lights and shadows
Oh lights and shadows
We're talkin' lights and shadows
We keep on headin' through lights and shadows