The Ballads Hits

Roxette The Ballads Hits Lyrics
1.A Thing About You

I pick up the phone, I'm dialing your number
while I pray you're at home, at home and alone
'cause I can't function on my own
And I'll never stop believing

The reapwork is done. You are the one
The radio is on but sound is all gone
And I wanna walk out in the sun
But lately that's been very hard to do

I've got a thing about you
And I don't really know what you do
'cause I've got a thing about you, hey you

I pick up the phone, I'm dailing that number
And my heart like a stone waits for the tone.
Oh, I can't make it on my own,
And I'll never stop believing.

I know what is right and this is so wrong
Alone in my bed, better off on my own
The TV is on, but the colours are gone
And lately youe been painting my world blue

I've got a thing about you
(I've got a thing about you)
And I don't really care what you do
I've got a thing about you
(I've got a thing about you)
Hey you

I've got a thing about you
I've got a thing about you-ou-ou-ou

Lately you've been painting my world blue

I've got a thing about you...
I've got a thing about you...
And I don't really know what to do


2.It Must Have Been Love

Lay a whisper on my pillow,
leave the winter on the ground.
I wake up lonely,
there's air of silence in the bedroom
and all around
Touch me now, I close my eyes and dream away.

It must have been love but it's over now.
It must have been love but I lost it somehow.
It must have been love but it's over now.

From the moment we touched, 'til the time had run out.
Make-believing we're together that I'm sheltered by your heart.
But in and outside I've turned to water like a teardrop in your
palm.
And it's a hard winters day, I dream away.

It must have been love but it's over now.
It's all that I wanted, now I'm living without.
It must have been love but it's over now,
it's where the water flows, it's where the wind blows.


3.Listen To Your Heart

I know there's something in the wake of your smile.
I get a notion from the look in your eyes, yea.
You've built a love but that love falls apart.
Your little piece of heaven turns too dark.

Listen to your heart
when he's calling for you.
Listen to your heart
there's nothing else you can do.
I don't know where you're going
and I don't know why,
but listen to your heart
before you tell him goodbye.

Sometimes you wonder if this fight is worthwhile.
The precious moments are all lost in the tide, yea.
They're swept away and nothing is what is seems,
the feeling of belonging to your dreams.

Listen to your heart
when he's calling for you.
Listen to your heart
there's nothing else you can do.
I don't know where you're going
and I don't know why,
but listen to your heart
before you tell him goodbye.

And there are voices that want to be heard.
So much to mention but you can't find the words.
The scent of magic, the beauty that's been
when love was wilder than the wind.

Listen to your heart
when he's calling for you.
Listen to your heart
there's nothing else you can do.
I don't know where you're going
and I don't know why,
but listen to your heart
before you tell him goodbye.


4.Fading Like A Flower

In a time where the sun descends alone,
I ran a long long way from home
to find a heart that's made of stone.
I will try, I just need a little time
to get your face right out of my mind,
to see the world through different eyes.

Every time I see you
oh I try to hide away
but when we meet it seems I can't let go.
Every time you leave the room
I feel I'm fading like a flower.

Tell me why?
When I scream there's no reply,
when I reach out there's nothing to find,
when I sleep I break down and cry.

Every time I see you
oh I try to hide away
but when we meet it seems I can't let go.
Every time you leave the room
I feel I'm fading like a flower.

Fading like a rose,
fading like a rose,
beaten by the storm,
talking to myself,
getting washed by the rain,
it's such a cold cold town.

Every time I see you
oh I try to hide away
but when we meet it seems I can't let go.
Every time you leave the room
I feel I'm fading like a flower.

(repeat)


5.Spending My Time

What's the time?
Seems it's already morning.
I see the sky, it's so beautiful and blue.
The tv's on but the only thing showing
is a picture of you.

Oh I get up and make myself some coffee.
I try to read a bit but the story's too thin.
I thank the Lord above
you're not here to see me in this shape I'm in.

Spending my time,
watching the days go by.
Feeling so small,
I stare at the wall,
hoping that you think of me too.
I'm spending my time.

I try to call but I don't know what to tell you.
I leave a kiss on your answering machine.
Oh help me please,
is there someone who can make me
wake up from this dream?

Spending my time,
watching the days go by.
Feeling so small,
I stare at the wall,
hoping that you are missing me too.
I'm spending my time,
watching the sun go down.
I fall asleep to the sound
of 'Tears of a clown',
a prayer gone blind.
I'm spending my time

My friends keep telling me:
Hey, life will go on,
time will make sure I'll get over you.
This silly game of love -
you play, you win only to lose.

I'm spending my time,
watching the days go by.
Feeling so small,
I stare at the wall,
hoping that you think of me too.
I'm spending my time.

I'm spending my time,
watching the sun go down.
I fall asleep to the sound
of 'Tears of a clown',
a prayer gone blind.
I'm spending my time.


6.Queen Of Rain

In that big big house there are fifty doors
and one of them leads to your heart.
In the time of spring I passed your gate
and tried to make a start.
All I knew was the scent of sea and dew
but I've been in love before, how about you?

There's a time for the good in life,
a time to kill the pain in life,
dream about the sun you queen of rain.

In that big old house there are fifty beds
and one of them leads to your soul.
It's a bed of fear, a bed of threats,
regrets and sheets so cold.
All I knew your eyes so velvet blue,
I've been in love before, how about you?

There's a time for the good in life,
a time to kill the pain in life,
dream about the sun you queen of rain.

It's time to place your bets in life,
I've played the loser's game of life,
dream about the sun you queen of rain.

Time went by as I wrote your name in the sky,
fly fly away, bye bye.

It's time to place your bets in life,
I've played the loser's game of life,
dream about the sun you queen of rain.
Dream about the sun you queen of rain.


7.Almost Unreal

Babe, come in from the cold and put that coat to rest.
Step inside, take a deep breath, and do what you do best.
Yes, kick off them shoes and leave those city streets.
I do believe love came our way, and fate did arrange for us to
meet.

I love when you do that hocus pocus to me.
The way that you touch, you've got the power to heal.
You give me that look, it's almost unreal. It's almost unreal.

Hey, we can't stop the rain, let's find a place by the fire.
Sometimes I feel, strange as it seems,
you've been in my dreams all my life.

I love when you do that hocus pocus to me.
The way that you touch, you've got the power to heal.
You give me that look, it's almost unreal. It's almost unreal.

It's a crazy world out there. It's a crazy...
Let's hope our prayers are in good hands tonight.

Oh, I love when you do that hocus pocus to me.
The way that you touch, you've got the power to heal.
You give me that look, it's almost unreal.
It's almost unreal, so unreal.

Yea come on and do the hocus pocus to me.
The way that you touch, you've got the power to heal.
You give me that look, it's almost unreal. It's almost unreal,
yea.

It's almost unreal. Do the hocus pocus to me. Do the hocus
pocus...


8.Crash! Boom! Bang!

My Papa told me to stay out of trouble,
'When you've found your man, make sure he's for real!'.
I've learned that nothing really lasts forever.
I sleep with the scars I wear that won't heal, they won't heal.

Cos every time I seem to fall in love,
Crash! Boom! Bang!
I find the heart but then I hit the wall,
Crash! Boom! Bang!
That's the call, that's the game
and the pain stays the same.

I'm walking down this empty road to nowhere,
I pass by the houses and blocks I once knew.
My Mama told me not to mess with sorrow,
but I always did, and Lord, I still do.
I'm still breaking the rules.

I kick it up. I kick it down.

Cos every time I seem to fall in love,
Crash! Boom! Bang!
I find the heart but then I hit the wall,
Crash! Boom! Bang!
That's my real middle-name,
it has always been the same.
That's the call, that's the game
and the pain stays the same.

I still feel the heat -
Slowly fallin' from the sky -
And the taste of the kissing,
shattered by rain -
Comin' tumblin' from behind -
And the wild holy war.

I kick it up. I kick it down

And every time I seem to fall in love,
Crash! Boom! Bang!
I find the roses dying on the floor,
Crash! Boom! Bang!
That's the tall, that's the game
and the pain stays the same.
That's my real middle-name,
it has always been the same.
Oh Yea Oh Yea Oh Yea ah-hah,
been the same, been the same.
It has always been the same.

It has always been the same.


9.Vulnerable

Everywhere I look I see her smile,
her absent-minded eyes.
And she has kept me wondering for so long,
how this thing could go wrong.

It seems to me that we are both the same,
playing the same game.
But as darkness falls this true love falls apart,
into a riddle of her heart.

She's so vulnerable, like china in my hands.
She's so vulnerable and I don't understand.
I could never hurt the one I love, she's all I've got.
But she's so vulnerable, oh so vulnerable.

Days like these no one should be alone,
no heart should hide away.
Her touch is gently conquering my mind,
there's nothing words can say.

She's coloured all the secrets of my soul,
I've whispered all my dreams.
But just as nighttime falls this vision falls apart,
into a riddle of her heart, yea.

She's so vulnerable, like china in my hands.
She's so vulnerable and I don't understand.
I could never hurt the one I love, she's all I've got.
But she's so vulnerable, oh so vulnerable yea.

Don't hide your eyes...

She's so vulnerable, like china in my hands.
She's so vulnerable and I don't understand.
I could never hurt the one I love, she's all I've got.
But she's so vulnerable, oh so vulnerable yea.


10.You Don't Understand Me

I've been up all night, you've been puttin' up a fight.
Seems like nothin' I say gets through.
How did this old bed fit a world between me and you.
We said 'Goodnight' but the silence was so thick
you could cut it with a knife.
We've hit the wall again and there's nothin' I can do.
You're the one, yea, I've put all my trust in your hands.
C'mon and look in my eyes, here I am, here I am

You don't understand me, my baby.
You don't seem to know that I need you so much.
You don't understand me, my feelings,
the reason I'm breathin', my love

The mornin' comes and you're reaching out for me
just like everything's the same
and I let myself believe things are gonna change.
When you kiss my mouth and you hold my body close,
do you wonder who's inside?
Maybe there's no way we could feel each other's pain.
Tell me why it gets harder to know where I stand.
I guess loneliness found a new friend, here I am

You don't understand me...

You don't seem to get me, my baby.
You don't really see that I live for your touch.
You don't understand me, my dreams or the things I believe in,
my love.
You don't understand me. You don't understand me. Understand me.


11.Wish I Could Fly

Halfway through the night,
I wake up in a dream
Echoes in my head,
make every whisper turn into a scream

I dreamed I could fly, out in the blue
Over this town, following you
Over the trees, subways and cars
I'd try to find out who you really are

In the middle of the night,
cool sweatin' in my bed
Got the windows open wide,
thinkin' about all the things you said

I wish I could fly, out in the blue
Over this town, following you
I'd fly over rooftops, the great boulevards
To try to find out who you really are
Who you really are
Who you really are

I wish I could fly now
I wish I could fly now

I wish I could fly, around and around
Over this town, the dirt on the ground
I'd follow your course of doors left ajar
To try to find out who you really are
To try to find out who you really are

I wish I could fly


12.Anyone

Anyone who have a love close to this,
knows what I'm saying
Anyone who wants a dream to come true,
knows how I'm feeling

All I can think of is you and me,
doing the things I wanna do
All I imagine is heaven on earth,
I know it's you

Anyone who ever kissed in the rain,
knows the whole meaning
Anyone who ever stood in the light,
needs no explaining
But everything more or less appears so meaningless,
blue and cold
Walking alone through the afternoon traffic,
I miss you so

Anyone who felt like I do
Anyone who wasn't ready to fall
Anyone who loved like I do
Knows it never really happens at all
It's over when it's over
What can I do about it
Now that it's over

Everything more or less is looking so meaningless,
and fades to grey
Lying awake in an ocean of teardrops,
I float away

Anyone who felt like I do
Anyone who wasn't ready to fall
Anyone who loved like I do
Knows it never really happens at all
It's over when it's over
What can I do about it
Now that it's over

Hey baby

Anyone who felt like I do
Anyone who wasn't ready to fall
Anyone who loved like I do
Knows it never really happens at all
It's over when it's over
What can I do about it
Now, now it's all over


13.Salvation

I can barely remember my past
Everything seems to disappear so fast
But I recall being jealous and alone
Gazing at the dreams going by

I started my life when you knocked on the door
Found something inside I didn't dare to ignore
Now I do believe in flowers on the moon
I'll swim beside the golden tide

You crashed by the gate
Captured my fate
Salvation
My eyes couldn't see
I hardly breathed
I was diving so deep
Salvation

I'm down in the study holding on to my luck
Will you still love me when I call you up?
I gave you my body, the power over me
Come on, bring out the best in me

You crashed by the gate
Captured my fate
Salvation
My eyes couldn't see
I hardly breathed
My heart was asleep
Salvation

Some will get broken
Others will get lucky like me meeting you
Don't pass me by

You crashed by the gate
Captured my fate
Salvation
My eyes couldn't see
I hardly breathed
I was down on my knees
Salvation

Some will get broken
Others will get lucky like me meeting you
Don't pass me by
Don't pass me by

I found salvation, oh yea
You bring me salvation
I found salvation


14.Milk And Toast And Honey

Milk and toast and honey make it sunny on a rainy Saturday,
he-he-hey
Milk and toast, some coffee take the stuffiness out of days you
hate, you really hate
Slow morning news pass me by
I try not to analyze but didn't he blow my mind this time
Didn't he blow my mind?

(Here he comes)
To bring a little lovin', honey
To take away the hurt inside
Is everything that matters to me
Is everything I want in life

Milk and toast and honey
Ain't it funny how things sometimes look so clear and feel so
near
The dreams I dream, my favourite wishful thinkin'
Oh, he's bookmarked everywhere, everywhere
True love might fall from the sky
You never know what to find but didn't he blow my mind this time
Didn't he blow my mind?

(Here he comes)
To bring a little lovin', honey
To take away the pain inside
Is everything that matters to me
Is everything I want from life

Oh lay a little lovin', honey
To feel you're gettin' close to me
Is everything that matters to me
Is everywhere I wanna be


15.Breathe

Breathe your life...

I've got to come down
I've been awake for far too long
My eyes look torn, they were so strong
I wore the crown, I wrote the song
Now it's fading
My heart was open
Like a window to a summer breeze

I breaaaathed your love,
I filled my lungs and veins
And I breaaathed your love
Until I felt the pain
And like rain it slipped away

I tried to find out
What love was realy all about
Behind the curtain waits the sky
It's rare I feel enough to cry
I'm drying up inside
My life was open
Like a window to the summer breeze

I breathed your love,
I filled my lungs and veins
And I breathed your love
Until I met the pain and like rain
It slipped away, just like a little rain.

I breathed your love
And nothing stayed the same.
Yes, I breathed your love
And filled my heart in vain cos like rain
It slipped away, just like rain it swept away.