The Rox Box

Roxette The Rox Box Lyrics
1.Neverending Love

Lyrics:Per Gessle
Music:Per Gessle

Chasing your shadow,
the senses together,
four-leafed and clever
I come from behind.

Chasing your shadow,
I wander in circles,
you're one in a million,
we're two of a kind.

It's you that I long for,
it's you that I hunger,
oh you are the maker
of waves in my mind.

We dance in the moonlight
a run on the wire,
drawing a fine line,
a neverending love.
The fever turns slowly
into a fire,
drawing a fine line,
a neverending love.

Chasing your shadow,
moon and the water,
field and the reaper,
star and the sky.

Chasing your shadow,
hammer and heartbeat,
clay and new concrete,
I follow the signs,

It's you that I long for,
it's you that I hunger
and you are the maker
of waves in my mind.

We dance in the moonlight
a run on the wire,
drawing a fine line,
a neverending love.
The fever turns slowly
into a fire,
drawing a fine line,
a neverending love.

We dance in the moonlight
a run on the wire,
drawing a fine line,
a neverending love.
The fever turns slowly
into a fire,
drawing a fine line,
a neverending love.


2.Secrets That She Keeps

Lyrics:Per Gessle
Music:Per Gessle

I move all right,
I got the wheels going round,
making ways in the night.
Yea we're movin' all right,
wipin' the rain from the ground
and the pale from the sky but something happens
in his heart when the morning comes.

The secrets that she keeps away from me,
the tears on the pillow she don't want me to see,
well every little thing she does is for me
but somebody new is breaking us in two.

He's the kind of love that makes a whirl in your mind,
like the tide and the time.
With just a little bit o'soul he fights to find peace of mind
in these shattering eyes but something happens
in his heart when the morning comes.

The secrets that she keeps away from me,
the tears on the pillow she don't want me to see,
well every little thing she does is for me
but somebody new is breaking us in two.

The secrets that she keeps away from me,
the tears on the pillow she don't want me to see,
well every little thing she does is for me
but somebody new is breaking us in two.

The secrets that she keeps away from me.
The love of you and me...


3.Goodbye To You

Lyrics:Per Gessle
Music:Per Gessle

Goodby to you,
goodbye to broken hearts,
goodbye to romance,
hiding in the dark,
nights that leave a scar.
Goodbye to you,
goodbye to empty cards,
goodbye to this ball of bliss,
I'm dancing from your arms.

And I fill the bedroom with silent visions of rain.
And I paint the morning with echoes from pleasure in pain.
I don't want to touch emotions,
I just got to run away.
Electric blue like oceans,
wild like lover sway.

Goodby to you,
goodbye to broken hearts,
goodbye to romance,
hiding in the dark,
nights that leave a scar.
Goodbye to you,
goodbye to empty cards,
goodbye to this ball of bliss,
I'm dancing from your arms.

And I seal the pillow and shatter dreams down the hall.
And I hag the heartache like pictures on the wall.
Can you hear the sound of angels playing hurting games?
Well, I'm a stranger when I'm leaving,
I was a stranger when I came.

Goodby to you,
goodbye to broken hearts,
goodbye to romance,
hiding in the dark,
nights that leave a scar.
Goodbye to you,
goodbye to empty cards,
goodbye to this ball of bliss,
I'm dancing from your arms.


4.Soul Deep

Lyrics:Per Gessle
Music:Per Gessle

Save a prayer for a sinner and a saint,
My baby's coming back.
Say a prayer, hide hide away yea baby's coming back.
Hey hey hey, ain't gonna trouble his wandering mind,
Gonna take on the time to find out if my love is

Soul deep -
Spinning the heart round a wire.
Soul deep -
A heavenly wave.
Soul deep -
Heating the heart like a fire,
Soul deep is taking my breath away-ay-ay.

Save a tear till the curtain will fall,
Well I'm saving them all for you.
Knock on wood,
Is it understood that I'm saving it up for you.
Hey hey hey,
Love is a hustle just a moment behind,
Gonna walk on the line to find out if my love is

Soul deep...
Save a prayer for a sinner and a saint,
My baby's coming back.
Say a prayer, hide hide away yea yea baby's coming back.
Hey hey hey ride on the soul train now I'm too close to hide,
Gonna take on the time to find out if my love is soul deep...


5.The Look

Lyrics:Per Gessle
Music:Per Gessle

1-2-3-4 walking like a man,
hitting like a hammer,
she's a juvenile scam.
Never was a quitter,
tasty like a raindrop,
she's got the look.

Heavenly bound
cause heaven's got a number
when she's spinning me around,
kissing is a colour.
Her loving is a wild dog,
She's got the look.

She's got the look.
She's got the look.
What in the world can make a brown-eyed girl turn blue.
When everything I'll ever do, I'll do for you and I go:
la la la la la
she's got the look.

Fire in the ice
naked to the t-bone
is a lover's disguise.
Banging on the head drum,
shaking like a mad bull,
she's got the look.

Swaying to the band,
moving like a hammer
she's a miracle man.
Loving is the ocean,
kissing is the wet sand,
she's got the look.

And she goes: na na na na na na na na.


6.Dressed For Success

Lyrics:Per Gessle
Music:Per Gessle

Tried to make it little by little,
tried to make it bit by bit on my own.
Quit the job, the grey believers,
another town where I get close to the bone.
Whatcha gonna tell your brother? - oh oh oh
whatcha gonna tell your father? - I don't know!
Whatcha gonna tell your mother? - Let me go...

I'm gonna get dressed for success
shaping me up for the big time, baby.
Get dressed for success
shaping it up for your love yea yea yea.

I'm not afraid, a trembling flower,
I'll feed your heart and blow the dust from your eyes
and in the dark things happen faster.
I love the way you sway your hips next to mine.
Whatcha gonna tell your brother? - oh oh oh
whatcha gonna tell your father? - I don't know!
Whatcha gonna tell your mother? - Let me go...

I'm gonna get dressed for success,
hitting a spot for the big time, baby.
Get dressed for success
shaping it up for your love.

Look sharp!


7.Sleeping Single

Lyrics:Per Gessle
Music:Per Gessle

Here's the house.
Here's the city and the stream.
Here's the father to my dream.
Here's the lost and lonely look in your eyes.
When you leave
I will break down and cry.

Sleeping single
I will wait for you.
I'm sleeping single
'til you change your mind.
Sleeping single
I will wait for you
'til time has gone by.

I'll pay the price for all the love you poured like rain
'toujours l'amour'
over again,
but the midnight chills are getting so rough
and the bed is big enough for both of us.
Sleeping single
I would die for you.
I'm sleeping single
won't you change your way.
Sleeping single
I will pray for you to stay,
he-hey ... he-he-hey...


8.Paint

Lyrics:Per Gessle
Music:Per Gessle

I've got a hot chilly feeling I don't understand.
I've got to run through this minute like a hurricane
I've got to tighten my wire from the sense to the soul.
I find my back to the wall when it's time to go
I've got to know is that your heartbeat?

Paint...me right.
Can you feel the heat in me tonight?
Oh I, I'm the pearl...
Paint your love all over my world.

I get a love shock/electric from the touch of your hand.
I'm getting lost in the riddles of the modern man.
I've got it up down all around tied to the bone.
Hey there's a strange situation on the late nite show.
I've got to know is that your heartbeat?

Paint...me right.
Can you feel the heat in me tonight?
Oh I, I'm the pearl...
Paint your love all over my world.
Do it right,
I can feel the woman in me tonight.
Oh I, I'm the pearl...
Paint your love all over my world.


9.Dangerous

Lyrics:Per Gessle
Music:Per Gessle

You pack your bag.
You take control.
You're moving into my heart
and into my soul.
Get out of my way!
Get out of my sight!
I won't be walking on thin
ice to get through the night.

Hey, where's your work?
What's your game?
I know your business
but I don't know your name...
Hold on tight,
you know she's a little bit dangerous.
She's got what it takes to make ends meet
the eyes of a lover that hit like heat.
You know she's a little bit dangerous.

You turn around,
so hot and dry.
You're hiding under a halo,
your mouth is alive.
Get out of my way!
Get out of my sight!
I'm not attracted to go-go deeper tonight.

Hey, what's your word?
What's your game?
I know your business
but I don't know your name...
Hold on tight...


10.Listen To Your Heart

Lyrics:Per Gessle
Music:Per Gessle/M.P.Persson

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 it 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.


11.The Voice

Lyrics:Per Gessle
Music:Per Gessle

Between the open heart
And a whisper goodbye
There's a perfect teardrop in your eye
Between the lover's moon
And the trembling sky
There's a broken dream in your mind

And the voice is carrying the love you have lost
And the change of heart in someone you trust
Yea, the voice is carrying the love and the scars
Hear the lonely voice in the dark

Between the careful touch
And the breakaway kiss
There's a beauty you can't resist
Mmm, between the fall apart
And the moment of bliss
There must be something more than this

And the voice is carrying the love you have lost
(Love you have lost)
And the change of heart in someone you trust
yea, the voice is carrying the love adn the scars
(Love and the scars)
Hear the lonely voice in the dark
In the dark

Hear the lonely voice in the dark
Hear the lonely voice in the dark

And the voice is carrying the love you have lost
(Love you have lost_
And the change of heart in someone you trust
Yea, the voice is carrying the love and the scars
(Love and the scars)
Hera the lonely voice in the dark

Oh yeah, the voice is carrying the love you have lost
(Love you have lost)
And the change of heart in someone you trust
Yea, the voice is carrying the love and the scars
(love and the scars)
Hear the lonely voice in the dark
In the dark

Lonely voice
Lonely voice in the dark
Hear the lonely voice
Hear the lonely voice in the dark


12.Cry(Demo)

Lyrics:Per Gessle
Music:Marie Fredriksson/Per Gessle

Living here without you is not an easy way of life.
I spend my time without you,
I try to make it all worthwhile.
Standing in a rainfull coming down from the sky.

Why should I cry over you?
Why should I cry cry cry over you?

I keep on thinking about you.
I've got no private pride to hide.
I've built my world around you
like a call without reply.
My love has lost direction,
she's got the sun in her eyes.

Why should I cry over you?
Why should I cry cry cry over you?

Hearing your footsteps,
loud on my stairs
a walking...
living without you.
Feeling the sweet sweet smell of love in the air.
I can feel it
living without you.
Kissing the face that I see everywhere
but I'm living without you,
living without.


13.It Must Have Been Love

Lyrics:Per Gessle
Music:Per Gessle

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 good 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 winter's day,
I dream away.

It must have been love but it's over now,
it was 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.


14.Joyride

Lyrics:Per Gessle
Music:Per Gessle

I hit the road out of nowhere,
I had to jump in my car
and be a rider in a love game,
following the stars.
Don't need no book of wisdom,
I get no money talk at all.
She has a train going downtown,
she's got a club on the moon
and she's telling all her secrets
in a wonderful balloon.
Oh, she's the heart of the funfair,
she's got me whistling her private tune.

And it all begins where it ends
and she's all mine, my magic friend.

She says: Hello, you fool I love you.
C'mon join the joyride.
Join the joyride.

She's a flower, I can paint her.
She's a child of the sun.
We're part of this together,
could never turn around and run.
Don't need no fortune teller
to know where my lucky love belongs, oh no

Cos it all begins where it ends
and we're all magic friends.

She says: Hello, you fool I love you.
C'mon join the joyride.
Join the joynride.

Be a joyrider.

I take you on a skyride,
a feeling like you're spellbound.
the sunshine is a lady,
who ROX you like a baby.


15.Fading Like A Flower(Every Time You Leave)

Lyrics:Per Gessle
Music:Per Gessle

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.


16.Spending My Time

Lyrics:Per Gessle
Music:Per Gessle

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 that 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.
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 get over you.
This silly game of love -
you play, you win only to lose.

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.

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.
I'm spending my time.


17.Watercolours In The Rain

Lyrics:Per Gessle
Music:Marie Fredriksson

Going through the motions.
Ending up nowhere at all.
Can't see the sun on my wall.
Going through emotions.
Ending up on a frozen morning
with a heart not even broken.

Seems I've been running
all my life all my life.
Seems I've been running
all my life all my life
like watercolours in the rain.

Find a place to settle down.
Get a job in a city nearby
and watch the trains roll on by.
I'll find the falling star.
I'll fall in love with the eyes of a dreamer
and a dream worth believing.

Seems I've been running
all my life all my life.
Seems I've been running
all my life all my life
like watercolours in the rain.


18.Church Of Your Heart

Lyrics:Per Gessle
Music:Per Gessle

Can't we leave the world outside
just for a while?
Just for a while?
And spend some time, you and I,
under this bright glorious sky.
It's been so long since I first saw you,
but I still love that smile in your eyes.

Yes it's true, right from the start,
I believed in the church of your heart.
Yes it's you that made me be part of
and believe in the church of your heart.

Step inside, lay yourself down
just for a while,
rest for a while.
I can hear a thundering sound
beating inside when you're around.
It's been so long since I first met you,
since we made love, you know how time flies.

Yes it's true, right from the start,
I believed in the church of your heart.
Yes it's you that made me be part of
and believe in the church of your heart
In the church of your heart.

Yes it's true, right from the start,
I believed in the church of your heart.
Yes it's you that made me be part of
and believe in the church of your heart

Pretty baby, it's true right from the start,
I believed in the church of your heart.
Yes it's you that made me be part of
and believe in the church of your heart
In the church of your heart.


19.Perfect Day

Lyrics:Per Gessle
Music:Per Gessle/Mats Persson

Breathe some faith
into my chest.
Lay me down,
I need the rest.
Ever since
the sky turned grey
I've waited for
the perfect day.

Hey now -
it seems you've always
touched me like the sun.

There's no escape
for the broken-hearted,
there's no return
once you've lost your way.
I say a prayer
now our love's departed
that you'll come back to stay
and bring the perfect day.

Blinded by
a crazy light
I fell into
the darkest night.
Those magic ties,
the two of us,
I couldn't see
it turn to dust.

Hey now -
it seems you've always
reached me like the sun.

There's no escape
for the broken-hearted,
there's no return
once you've lost your way.
I say a prayer
now your love's departed
that you'll come back to stay.
Bring back the perfect day.

Hey now -
it seems you've always
reached me like the sun.

There's no escape
for the broken-hearted,
there's no return
once you've lost your way.
I say a prayer
now your love's departed
that you'll come back to stay.
Bring back the perfect day.

'Closing time, closing time, folks.
Thank you very much for coming.'


20.The Big L.

Lyrics:Per Gessle
Music:Per Gessle

She's the top, she's got the world on a string.
She makes me boogie, makes me do anything yea yea.
Hey now, touch the sky,
you've got a certain kind of look in your eyes.
Well, she's a miracle, she's all that I need
like the water and the air that I breathe yea yea.
Hey now, reach the sky,
there's a certain kind of look in your smile.
And I know what love can do,
yes I know what hearts can do.

The big love is taking the wheel,
the big love goes head over heels,
the big lust, bring it into a small world,
the bigger, the better.
Big love, waiting to catch the big one,
head over heels,
the big one, bring it into the small world.
I'm building the big big love,
I'm building the big big love.

It's kinda strange, a bit mysterious,
I got to take it oh so so serious.
Hey now, touch the sky,
you've got a certain kind of look in your eyes.
It used to be so hard, so lonely at night,
well, she's my baby and I'm feeling alright.
Hey now, move the sky,
there's a certain kind of look in that smile.
When I'm making love with her,
when I'm making love to her yea.

The big love is taking the wheel,
the big love goes head over heels,
the big lust, bring it into a small world,
the bigger, the better.
Big love, waiting to catch the big one,
head over heels,
the big one, bring it into the small world.
I'm building the big big love,
I'm building the big big love.

It has to be a big thing.
It's bringing me to my knees.
Has to be a big thing, big thing,
ya know what I'm saying...


21.Do You Get Excited?

Lyrics:Per Gessle
Music:Per Gessle/Mats Persson

When the day gets dark
over a thousand streets
and you feel your heart
is a living beat.
When you're all alone
and you close your eyes,
naked to the bone
the dream comes alive.

Do you get excited
when I touch you in the night?
My oh my...
Do you get excited
when I meet you every night?
You won't let the night pass you by.

Three, four?
When your body's hot,
the window's open wide.
This moment's all you got
in this race of life.
When you feel the fire
is getting close to you,
hey baby, you know
I'm lonely too.

Do you get excited
when I touch you in the night?
My oh my...
Do you get excited
when I meet you every night?
You won't let the night pass you by.

Do you get excited
when I touch you in the night?
My oh my...
Do you get excited, excited
when I meet you every night?
My oh my...

Do you get exicited,
when I touch you in the night?
My oh my...
Do you get excited,
when I meet you every night?
You won't let the night pass you by.

Ooh! I wanna know.
I gotta know.
I wanna know.


22.Things Will Never Be The Same

Lyrics:Per Gessle
Music:Per Gessle

Lay it down, pull my heart to the ground,
time's getting cold now the leaves all turn hard and blue.
And I know when I gaze to the sun, no place to hide,
I got nowhere to run from you, away from you.

Hold me now, girl, I don't know when,
when we will ever meet again.
That was then, baby, this is now,
I try to get over you.

Losing you...
Things will never be the same.
Can you hear me call your name?
If we changed it back again
things would never be...

In your hand, babe, I don't understand,
you've got the eyes of a child
but you hurt like a man always do, always do.

Touch me now, girl, I don't know when,
when we will ever meet again.
That was then, baby, this is now,
time won't get over you.


23.The Sweet Hello, The Sad Goodbye

Lyrics:Per Gessle
Music:Per Gessle

Red like fire was the day I met you.
I tell you now, there are no regrets.
In this room there are many memories.
Some are good, some I try to forget.
I thought we were the chosen ones,
who were supposed to fly.
We're very much the same, you and I.
The sweet hello, the sad goodbye.
Still waiting to get hurt, time after time.
The sweet hello, the sad goodbye.
When love lies in our hands,
we seem to run and hide.
And I can't help but wonder why.
The sweet hello, the sad goodbye.

My heart was like a runaway train, babe.
I don't believe I've ever felt more alive.
In this room I hear voices linger.
We never talked about the price.
You know you're not the only one,
who knows how to cry.

We're very much the same, you and I.
The sweet hello, the sad goodbye.
Still waiting to get hurt, time after time.
The sweet hello, the sad goodbye.
When love lies in our hands,
we run away and hide.
And I can't help but wonder why.
The sweet hello, the sad goodbye.
The sweet hello, the sad goodbye.

We're very much the same, you and I.
The sweet hello, the sad goodbye.
Still waiting to get hurt, time after time.
The sweet hello, the sad goodbye.
When love lies in our hands,
we run away and hide.
And I can't help but wonder why.
The sweet hello, the sad goodbye.
Goodbye.
The sweet hello, the sad goodbye.

The sweet hello, the sad goodbye.
The sweet hello, the sad goodbye.


24.Love Spins(Demo)

Lyrics:Per Gessle
Music:Per Gessle

Hold back the night
I wonder what she's doing when she's not in sight
I wonder where she's going who she holds tonight
I wonder if she's sleeping alone

And hold back the pain
I cover up the teardrops in the pouring rain
My heart has been run over by a runaway train
I wonder if she's ever alone
Let it go! let it go! let it go!

Her love spins like a merry-go-round
Going up and down, she's far away bound
Her love - expression of vision and sound
It's setting me up, and then it's kicking me down

Don't fade to gray,
I wonder if she's ever coming back to stay
She's running on the edge she hit the harder way
I wonder if she's only a dream

So hold back the night,
I wonder what she's doing when she's not in sight
I wonder where she's going who she holds tonight
I wonder if she's lost in a dream
Let it go! let it go! let it go!

Her love spins ...


25.Seduce Me

Lyrics:Per Gessle
Music:Marie Fredriksson/Per Gessle

Don't ever say you do
Don't ever say you want to make me shine
You keep your mystery, don't ever try
To be my guiding light
Mmm...

Don't ever say you care
Don't follow when I'm here and everywhere
I'm blinded by your looks but there's a scent
Of heartache in the air
In the air...
Hey you!
Walk out through that door
And into that dream
Where I met you before
Oh oh...

Babe, you seduce me
You take my heart and use me
My feelings all run wild
When you seduce me all the time

Don't ever call me up
I never wanna hear your voice again
Oh lay your pretty hands on someone else
Somebody who don't know you well
Know you well...

Hey you!
Your sweet sweet talk can't stay
And get back to that dream
Let's both keep it that way
Hey hey...

Oh you seduce me
You pull my heart and use me
And I keep running blind
When you seduce me all the time
Mmmm... get back to that dream
Let's both keep it that way
Hey hey...
Tell me once again...

You seduce me
You take my heart and use me
My feelings all run wild
When you seduce me all the time
When you seduce me all the time
You seduce me all the time
You seduce me...


26.How Do You Do!

Lyrics:Per Gessle
Music:Per Gessle

I see you comb your hair and gimme that grin.
It's making me spin now, spinnin' within.
Before I melt like snow, I say hello
How do you do!
I love the way you undress now, Baby begin.
Do you caress, honey, my heart's in a mess.
I love your blue-eyed voice,
like Tiny Tim shines thru.
How do you do!

Well here we are crackin' jokes in the corner of our mouths
and I feel like I'm laughing in a dream.
If I was young I could wait outside your school,
cos your face is like the cover of a magazine.

How do you do, do you do,
the things that you do.
No one I know could ever keep up with you.
How do you do! Did it ever make sense to you
to say Bye Bye Bye?

I see you in that chair with perfect skin.
Well how have you been, baby,
livin' in sin?
Hey I gona know, did you say hello
How do you do?

Well, here we are, spending time in the louder part of town
and I feel like everything's surreal.
When I get old I will wait outside your house
cos your hands have got the power meant to heal.

How do you do, do you do,
the things that you do.
No one I know could ever keep up with you.
How do you do! Did it ever make sense to you
to say Bye Bye Bye?


27.Heart Shaped Sea

Lyrics:Per Gessle
Music:Per Gessle

Babe it's time to tell me that it's over,
tell me that it's over, it's plain to see.
And this time we won't be starting over,
no crying on your shoulder into the heart shaped sea.
Oh you've been a-running from our door
and you've been enchanted by the gracious voice of love.

Babe it's time to look me in the eyes,
time to say goodbye, it's clear to me.
And this time I won't let you down,
you can turn around, I'll set you free.
Oh you've been a-sailing from our shore
and you've been enchanted by someone from afar.

Babe it's time to gather all the harvest,
to pray before the winter
and sail the heart shaped sea.
Oh you've been a-running from my love
and you've been enchanted by the powers up above.


28.The Rain

Lyrics:Per Gessle
Music:Per Gessle

I was raised the northern way
and my father had a northern name,
I did my crying out in the pouring rain.
And a season turned into another one,
I found a heart bright like the morning sun.
He touched my lips, so softly, with his fingertips.

But I kept the rain falling down on me
all the time, all the time.
I kept the rain falling down on me
all the time, all the time.

And some things in life won't ever change,
there's a smell of a rusty chain
and of love disappearing like an aeroplane.

I've kept the rain falling down on me
all the time, all the time.
I kept the rain falling down on me
all the time, all the time, all the time.


29.Never Is A Long Time

Lyrics:Per Gessle
Music:Per Gessle

You build it up and tear it down,
there's no reason to follow you.
You left the song without a sound,
you left the story I made for you.
Softly angels bow and cry
in the stillness of the night.

Never is a long time - goodbye.
No answers for the asking.
It's a long time - goodbye.
No mercy for the aching.
It's a long time
oh I see no light on the forsaken.
Never is a long time - goodbye.
Let's spend the night when this dream
has come to an end.

Sometimes you laugh, sometimes you cry,
and yes, I've cried over you.
You've left me blind in paradise.
You've left me hungering for the touch of you.
Snow white angels run and hide
in the blackness of the night.

Never is a long time - goodbye.
No answers for the asking.
It's a long time - goodbye.
No mercy for the aching.
It's a long time
oh I see no light on the forsaken.
Never is a long time - goodbye.
Let's spend the night when this dream
has come to an end.


30.Silver Blue

Lyrics:Per Gessle
Music:Per Gessle

I got to get a message through,
I don't know where we're going.
I wrap my arms around your naked shoulders.
Take cover for the night.
I see you in the morning rain,
oh step inside and lay beside me.
Tender can you close my eyes and blind me,
oh give me just a smile...

Before I fade to silver,
Silver Blue for you.
Before I fade to silver,
Silver Blue for you.

I've turned into The Broken One
who lost the inspiration.
I want to give you all my love
like water to a blood red rose.
The Passion - I can't deal with her.
The Pain - well, I can do without him.
And this is like the milky way,
an ocean that only grows and grows.

And babe I fade to silver,
Silver Blue for you.
I turn and fade to silver,
Silver Blue for you.

I wrap my arms around your naked shoulders,
take cover for the night.


31.Come Back(Before You Leave)

Lyrics:Per Gessle
Music:Per Gessle

Never looked back on a love affair.
I never spent minutes on history,
it made me sad, it made me so sad.
And in no time no time at all a change has begun
and the name is You, I feel strange,
you've made my life strange.
Cos baby when you get close to me
I say there's a certain chemistry.

Come back before you leave.
I haven't got room for a broken heart.
Come back before you leave.
You shouldn't go at all,
you shouldn't go at all.

So many years and so many nights,
I still can recall oh
the way that you move when you dance,
do you want to dance?
We've had our habits and attitudes,
you make me remember the power when everything's right,
please stay the night.
Cos baby when you get close to me
there's something about you I really need.

Come back before you leave.
I haven't got room for a broken heart.
Come back before you leave.
You shouldn't go at all,
you shouldn't go at all.

Babe, come back before you leave,
I'll be the air for you when you breathe,
I'll be the rising sun.
Close the door, let's make love,
all God's angels sing above
into the rising sun.


32.Queen Of Rain

Lyrics:Per Gessle
Music:Per Gessle

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.


33.Almost Unreal

Lyrics:Per Gessle
Music:Per Gessle

Babe, come in from the cold,
and put that coat to rest.
Step inside,
take a deep breath,
and do what you do best.
Yea, 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.
Let's hope our prayers are in good hands tonight.


34.Sleeping In My Car

Lyrics:Per Gessle
Music:Per Gessle

I'll tell you what I've done
I'll tell you what I do
Been driving all nite just to get close to you
Baby babe - I'm moving so fast
You'd better come on.

The moon is alright
The freeway's heading south
My heart is going Boom!
There's a strange taste in my mouth
Baby Babe - I'm moving real fast
So try to hold on
Try to hold on!

Sleeping in my car - I will undress you
Sleeping in my car - I will caress you
Staying in the back seat of my car making up.

So come out tonight
I'll take you for a ride
This steamy ol' wagon
The radio is getting wild
Baby Babe - we're moving so fast
I try to hang on
Try to hang on!

Sleeping in my car - I will undress you
Sleeping in my car - I will caress you
Staying in the back seat of my car making love, oh yea!

Sleeping in my car - I will possess you
Sleeping in my car - certainly bless you
Laying in the back seat of my car making up.

The night is so pretty and so young
The night is so pretty and so young
So very young...

Sleeping in my car - I will undress you
Sleeping in my car - I will caress you
Staying in the back seat of my car making love to you.

Sleeping in my car - I will possess you
Sleeping in my car - certainly bless you
Laying in the back seat of my car making up.

I will undress you
I will undress you.

The night is so pretty and so young.


35.Crash! Boom! Bang!

Lyrics:Per Gessle
Music:Per Gessle

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.

Cos 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 call, 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 Uh-huh
Been the same, been the same
It has always been the same.


36.Vulnerable

Lyrics:Per Gessle
Music:Per Gessle

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 someone I love
She's all I've got
But she's so vulnerable
Oh so vulnerable.

Don't hide your eyes...


37.The First Girl On The Moon

Lyrics:Per Gessle
Music:Per Gessle

She was the first girl on the moon
She didn't compromise
When she took off that cold afternoon
Heading for the northern skies.

I told her I could come
That I could come along.

She was the first girl on the moon
I think I was her only friend
She brought her raygun, an old harpoon
Just in case of accidents.

I told her I could come
That I could come along
But she didn't let me come along
Wave goodbye
Wave goodbye.

She was the first girl on the moon
Standing tall, flag in hand
She looked around humming a tune
The strangest song known to man.

I told her I could come
That I could come along
But she never let me come along
Wave goodbye
Wave goodbye.


38.I'm Sorry

Lyrics:Per Gessle
Music:Per Gessle

The first time we met time stood still
You left me breathless
Suddenly speechless.

Within the hour we were one
Two total strangers kissing the moonlight.

Oh, you know I'm sorry I had to go
I'm really sorry it had to die
I'm really sorry I mad you cry
Cry.

We fell in love between the nights
Of too many lovers and too many teardrops.

And fate won't resist some satin sheets
I was so helpless
Totally ruthless.

Oh, you know I'm sorry I had to go
I'm really sorry you're hurt inside
I'm really sorry I made you cry
Cry, cry.

Love is lifting you up and draggin' you down
Makes you go round and round and round
Time makes a stop then it's all gone
Funny how memories keep ingering on.


39.Run To You

Lyrics:Per Gessle
Music:Per Gessle

Baby, sometimes I feel like dying
Driving while I'm closing my eyes
Moving in and out of hiding
Trying to catch some truth in my life
Watching your stars and your moonlight
Come tumbling down from the sky
Take it now.

I'm gonna run to you
I'm gonna come to you
I wanna find you
In everything that I do
I'm gonna run to you
I'm gonna count on you
I'm gonna follow
Baby, what else can I do?

Sunday morning, my town is sleeping
Lying all alone in my bed
There's not a sound, I can't help but listening
Wishing I was somewhere else instead
But sometimes they're too hard to handle
Those voices inside my head
Listen now.

I'm gonna run to you
I'm gonna come to you
I wanna find you
In everything that I do
I'm gonna run to you
I'm gonna count on you
I'm gonna follow
Baby, what else can I do?

Take a walk inside my dream: A church, a lonely road
All the people come and go and come and go.

Do it now!


40.See Me

Lyrics:Marie Fredriksson
Music:Marie Fredriksson

With the moon and the sun in his eyes
He's arriving
And I don't know what I'd do without him
I got life suddenly

See, see me
I've got nothing to hide
See me
I've got nothing to hide
See me

I'm leaving my heart in the palm of his hand
So gently
I know he knows that I love him
Though I've never said is there an easy way

See, see me
I've got nothing to hide
See me
I've got nothing to hide
See me

Coming home
I'm coming home
It feels like I'm coming home
Coming home
I'm coming home

See, see me
I've got nothing to hide
See me I've got nothing to hide
See, see me


41.June Afternoon

Lyrics:Per Gessle
Music:Per Gessle

Didn't I tell you everything is possible in this déjà vu?
Try the river boat, the carousel, feed the pigeons, Bar-B-Q.
Look at all the people, happy faces all around.
Smiling, throwing kisses, busy making lazy sounds.

It's a bright June afternoon, it never gets dark.
Wah-wah! Here comes the sun.
Get your green green tambourine, let's play in the park.
Wah-wah! Here comes the sun.

Some folks are on blankets, slowly daydreaming
and reaching for their food.
Let's go buy an icecream and a magazine with an attitude
and put on the cassette, we can pretend that you're a star
cos life's so very simple just like la-la-la

It's a bright June afternoon, it never gets dark.
Wah-wah! Here comes the sun.
Get your green green tambourine, let's play in the park.
Wah-wah! Here comes the sun.

There's a painter painting his masterpiece.
There are some squirrels jumping in the trees.
There's a wide-eyed boy with a red balloon.
All my life I've longed for this afternoon.

It's a bright June afternoon, it never gets dark.
Wah-wah! Here comes the sun.
Get your green green tambourine, let's play in the park.
Wah-wah! Here comes the sun.


42.You Don't Understand Me

Lyrics:Per Gessle/Desmond Child
Music:Per Gessle/Desmond Child

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 my trust in your hands.
C'mon and look in my eyes, here 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.
You don't understand me.
Understand me.


43.She Doesn't Live Here Anymore

Lyrics:Per Gessle
Music:Per Gessle

We grew up together,
we've been here forever.
Barefoot in the summer,
cold in stormy wheather.
She taught me all there is,
magic and love,
lots of forgotten words.

But now,
she doesn't live here anymore.
She's off and she's gone,
she doesn't live here anymore.
I'm sorry that's all
there is to it,
I'm sorry that's all.

She dressed just like a painter,
a female street Picasso
and I, I will remember
the heaven in her laughter.
And the scent of her sweet perfume
when we made love under an August moon.

But now,
she doesn't live here anymore.
She's off and she's gone,
she doesn't live here anymore.
She's gone since long, so long.
She doesn't live here anymore.
She took off and left home,
she doesn't live here anymore.
I'm sorry that's all
there is to it,
I'm sorry that's all.
That's all.


44.I Don't Want To Get Hurt

Lyrics:Per Gessle
Music:Per Gessle

In everything I see you appear with me,
how come? How come?
And everything I do involves you too.
We are like one.
In my life there has been so many changes
and I don't want to be left out in the rain.

I don't want to get hurt,
I've done my time.
All I want from you is to tell the truth.
I don't want to get hurt no more this time.
I don't want to go blind and find it's falling apart all the
time.

In the middle of a dream you are there for me,
your face, your lips.
But there's no way you can tell
cos I hide it really well, so well.
In my life there has been loving and lying
and I don't another reason to cry.

I don't want to get hurt,
I've done my time.
All I want from you is to tell the truth.
I don't want to get hurt no more this time.
I don't want to go blind and find I'm falling apart one more
time.


45.Always Breaking My Heart(Demo)

Lyrics:Per Gessle
Music:Per Gessle

Is this what you want, every finger points at me
I'm eating your words, but are they really here for me
I've tasted before, you crashed at my door
To bring some hot stuff baby

So when you need me in the middle of the night
I won't be there cos you're always breaking my heart
You're always breaking my heart, you always tear it apart
Yeah Oh Yeah

So take off your shades, go get down on your knees and pray
But no powers from heaven, could ever take the darkness away
My love rise on laughing mind, love talks to the roses
But you bring 'em bad bad weather (bad bad weather)

So when you need me in the middle of the night (of the night)
I won't be there cos you're always breaking my heart
You're always breaking my heart, you always tear it apart
Yeah Yeah Yeah

Reach out a hand to hold, ain't it sad when the distance grows
Two hearts cling to their fates, hurry hurry don't be late
But I can't worry anymore...


46.Help!

Written:John Lennon/Paul Mccartney

Help, I need somebody,
Help, not just anybody,
Help, you know I need someone, help.

When I was younger, so much younger than today,
I never needed anybody's help in any way.
But now these days are gone, I'm not so self assured,
Now I find I've changed my mind and opened up the doors.

Help me if you can, I'm feeling down
And I do appreciate you being round.
Help me, get my feet back on the ground,
Won't you please, please help me.

And now my life has changed in oh so many ways,
My independence seems to vanish in the haze.
But every now and then I feel so insecure,
I know that I just need you like I've never done before.

Help me if you can, I'm feeling down
And I do appreciate you being round.
Help me, get my feet back on the ground,
Won't you please, please help me.

When I was younger, so much younger than today,
I never needed anybody's help in any way.
But now these daya are gone, I'm not so self assured,
Now I find I've changed my mind and opened up the doors.

Help me if you can, I'm feeling down
And I do appreciate you being round.
Help me, get my feet back on the ground,
Won't you please, please help me, help me, help me, oh.


47.Wish I Could Fly

Lyrics:Per Gessle
Music:Per Gessle

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

I wish I could fly now
Wish I could fly now
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


48.You Can't Put Your Arms Around What's Already Gone

Lyrics:Per Gessle
Music:Per Gessle

I saw red, stayed at home
Placed a big pillow over the phone
In this town where I'm from
I've learned two is so much better than one

But you left me alone
You can't put your arms around what's already gone
Watch you sink like a stone
You can't put your arms around what's already gone

Well, you hurt to the core
You used to kiss like no one had done before
And your taste turned me on
Now you drive me real crazy just by being born

Cos you left (left left left) me alone (left me alone)
And you can't put your arms around what's already gone
Watch you sink like a stone
You can't put your arms around what's already gone

Baba b-baba b-baba ba
Baba b-baba b-baba ba

Took the tram 'round the bay
Where everyone tells you to have a nice day
And my pride almost broke
When the tears don't fit you, you look like a joke

And you left (left left left) me alone (left me alone)
You can't put your arms around what's already gone
Cryin' eyes gettin' worn
You can't put your arms around what's already gone

Hey, you left (left left left) me alone (left me alone)
You can't put your arms around what's already gone
Watch you sink like a stone
You can't put your arms around what's already gone

Baba b-baba b-baba ba
Baba b-baba b-baba ba


49.Waiting For The Rain

Lyrics:Marie Fredrikson
Music:Marie Fredrikson

I'm waiting for the rain
I'm waiting for you
I'm waiting for the rain
To clean my soul
I'm waiting for the rain
Nothing's gonna be better
Without you

The day you left me
The day you came
I'll never forget you
Feel you in my pain
The time stood still
The time was flying
I wonder why
I'm not dying

I'm waiting for the sun
I'm waiting for a new day
I'm waiting for the night
To close my eyes
I'm waiting for the dark
Oh it's gonna be harder
Without you

The way we danced
I'll always miss
I'll never forget
The way we kissed
The time stood still
The time was flying
I wonder why
I'm not dying

Na na na na na
Na na na na na


50.Anyone

Lyrics:Per Gessle
Music:Per Gessle

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 ever 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 it's all over


51.Stars

Lyrics:Per Gessle
Music:Per Gessle

You keep on walkin' on the other side
Other side, other side
You keep on walkin' on the other side
Other side, other side
Wherever you go, I'm going with you
Shouldn't you know I'm bound to follow
Whatever you say, whatever you do
I give you a clue, I'm gonna follow

And the stars will show
Where the waters flow
Where the gardens grow
That's where I'll meet you

Why don't you let me, let me come along
Na na na, na na na
Why don't you open, make me come along
Na na na, na na na
Wherever you go, I'm going for you
Oh, I was truly born to follow
Like fire and wood and paper and glue
Only a few were born to follow

And the stars will show
Where the waters flow
Where the gardens grow
That's where I'll meet you
And the sun will glow
Melting all the snow
Knowing all I know
That's where I'll meet you

Stars will show
Where the waters flow
Where the gardens grow
That's where I'll meet you
And the sun will glow
Melting all the snow
Knowing all I know
That's where I'll meet you

And the stars will show
Every breeze will blow
Knowing all I know
That's where I'll meet you


52.Salvation

Lyrics:Per Gessle
Music:Per Gessle

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


53.Cooper

Lyrics:Per Gessle
Music:Per Gessle

Cooper went out late last night
I heard the slam from her door
Foggy ways, November daze
All the white wolves were smiling

Cooper went out walkin' the clouds
She left everything in a mess
'Shut your mouth when you talk to me'
Her words were always so small

And there's a sound from the telephone
When can I say she's coming home?
Leave me the number you're dialing from
And may I ask who's calling?
May I ask who's calling?

Cooper went out, 3 o'clock sharp
I heard the bells from the church
Someone said they saw a car
Picking her up by the stations

Cooper went out and that's all there is
I'm just no one from next door
Everything will be alright
When all the flowers have cried

Then there's a voice on the telephone
When can I say she's coming home?
Leave me the number you're dialing from
And may I ask who's callin'? (Who's calling?)
May I ask who's calling? (Who's calling?)
May I ask who's calling?


54.Beautiful Things

Lyrics:Per Gessle
Music:Marie Fredriksson

Beautiful things
Are comin' my way
Beautiful things
I want them to stay
But after a while
My beautiful things
Don't seem beautiful at all

Terrible things
Like when you wake up
And all of your dreams
Seem to crack up
Like things you have done
Like breakin' my heart
For you it don't seem
Terrible at all

Is there someone I can talk to?
Someone on the line?
Does anybody want to hear
What's on my mind?

Beautiful things
Like leaves on a tree
Beautiful things
The sky and the sea
Since you've been gone
No beautiful things
Seem beautiful to me

Is there someone I can talk to?
Someone out there on the line?
Does anybody want to hear
What's on my mind?

Make the grass grow in the garden
When the rain is passin' by
Does anybody want to know
What's on my mind?


55.It Hurts

Lyrics:Per Gessle
Music:Per Gessle

Can you tell me where we'd meet
When it's never ending
Can you tell me where to go
When noone's home

And I know you know it hurts
It hurts to be alone
Your arm, your arm
On a one way train going down

Can you tell me what to say
When there's noone listening
Can you show me what to do
When all is done

Oooooh, I know you know it hurts
It hurts to be alone
The plan has gone wrong
Like a one way train going down
Going down, down, down
Going down.

Yes I know you know it hurts
It hurts to be alone
Your arm, oh your arm
On a one way train going down
Going down, down, down
Going down.

It hurts to be alone, it hurts to be alone
Going down...


56.Little Miss Sorrow

Lyrics:Per Gessle
Music:Per Gessle

She had those magic eyes you could see from miles around
She wore her summer dresses bright
Quite like the sky
She always came in colours
All smiles in daffodils
She let her hair down in the breeze

But every little thing has changed today - little Miss Sorrow
Every little thing turned pale and faded - little Miss Sorrow
The sunlight doesn't show
Although the colours go
Out through the window

She used to go out dancing
Cool silver fingernails
I used to watch her from the bar
Following her car
She always came in colours
She always kept control
She painted yesterday in gold

But every little thing turned grey today - little Miss Sorrow
Every little thing turned pale and faded - little Miss Sorrow
The sunlight doesn't show
All the colours go
Even the rainbow

Allow me to introduce myself
I'm just a local boy
She was my little Miss Joy
I want to call her name
My life won't be the same
Dear God

Every little thing has changed today - little Miss Sorrow
Every little thing turned pale and faded - little Miss Sorrow
Yes, every little thing turned grey today - little Miss Sorrow
The weakling plays the strong
The bird forgot the song
What's going on?
What's going on?
Tell me what's going on?
What's going on?
What's going on?
Tell me what's going on?


57.Happy Together

Lyrics:Per Gessle
Music:Per Gessle

When she walked up, he walked down
Just like the seasons, went round and around
She was in love, he wasn't sure
She wrote some letters, he tried to ignore

They could have been so happy together
They could have been so lucky in love
Sing la-di-dah, so happy together
They could have run the earth, the sky, the sun

She carried his ring since she left school
He knew she was precious, the prettiest jewel
She wanted a baby but he wasn't sure
He couldn't make up his mind anymore

They could have been so happy together
They could have been so lucky in love
Sing la-di-dah, so happy together
They could have run the earth, the stars, the sun

I couldn't ever hurt no-one
If you feel shattered I'm sorry
For what I've done

We could have been so happy together
We could have been so lucky in love
Sing la-di-dah, so happy together
We could have run the earth, the sky, the sun
Yeah we could have been so happy together
We could have been so lucky in love
So happy together
We could have run the universe
Could have run the universe
Could have run the universe
For fun, so happy together


58.Staring At The Ground(Demo)

Lyrics:Per Gessle
Music:Per Gessle

I'm staring at the ground
I'm bloodless, thrown away from the sun
What's lost cannot be found
I can't return your tears
If I ever live to be a thousand years

I'm staring at the ground
I never wished you a broken heart
Coincidence put you down
He won't withdraw those tears
If you ever lived to be a thousand years

What do I have to say to make you stay?
What do I have to do to make you happy?

I'm staring at the ground
I wish I could bring the spring to your door
To the coldest side of town
I carry your wounded dreams
Like the devil's deeds in the pocket of my jeans

What do I have to say to make you stay?
What do I have to do to make you happy?


59.7twenty7(Demo)

Lyrics:Per Gessle
Music:Per Gessle

7twenty7 is ready to move
You know she packed her bags
With nothing left to prove
I thought I didn't care
Now I'm fallin' through
Wouldn't you?

Well, it's a long long journey to the other side
Oh I've been wishin' all night I was on that flight
And god, you'd better take care of the sweetest eyes
I hear myself swallowin' the tears I cry
I hear myself swallowin' the tears I cry

7twenty7 is up in the air
You know I feel her hands
On me everywhere
I thought I didn't care
Now I'm saying a prayer
Hey mister, do you know the way
To salvation square?

It's a long long winter 'til the birds will sing
Oh I'll be waitin' all night for the phone to ring
I'm goin' up in smoke and phoney magazines
Everything is just pieces of my stupid dreams
Everything is just spieces of my stupid dreams

With the clouds passin' by
With the clouds passin' by
It's all right

7twenty7 is close to the sky
It carries the world
Between hello and goodbye
Like the Monday we met
That disappeared in a breath
Like the Sunday she left
Forever smellin' of death

Another jet black night, another drink to go
Oh I'll be diving my head in the pure white snow
God, you'd better take care of this gold skinned friend
Tell me, will I ever see her again
Tell me, will I ever see her again


60.It Will Take A Long Long Time

Lyrics:Per Gessle
Music:Per Gessle

Sunny called, I was in the hall
And made a note I have to paint the kitchen walls
An angel smiled across the room
All in all, it was a lazy afternoon

Then I thought about you
I think it was some sweet song that I heard

Got to get goin' goin' ahead
It will take a long, long time
Got to go ahead and deal with my life
It has taken such a long time this time

Sunny called, I was in the bath
And heard the rain hit the roof and tiles

real hard (hit the roof real hard/hit the roof)
Then I ran through my magazines
A few letters poorly hidden in a jar
(hidden in a jar/oh what a jar!)

And I thought about you
It must have been some old pictures I found

Got to get goin' goin' ahead
It will take a long, long time, yea yea
Got to go ahead and deal with my life
It has taken such a long time this time

Inganakee leo yo
Inganakee leo


61.Anyone / I Love How You Love Me(Demo)

Lyrics:Per Gessle
Music:Per Gessle

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 ever 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 it's all over


62.Myth(Demo)

Lyrics:Per Gessle
Music:Per Gessle

You weere born with one story in mind
One story town
when Mondays, Mondays all the time.
But you never slept, my baby, you have talked.
Your peppermint flashed in the night
You always made the wrong words sound alright

I love your Myth,
I love what they say about you
I love all the things,
all the things that you do
The talk of town,
the stories of you
Green tangerine,
baby I love your Myth

I got this urge coming on strong,
Oh I want to take you home
I've got to,
I've got to take you home
I'm feeling like a monkey hanging in the tree
I love when you pay attention to me
I want to read your steamy poetry

I love your Myth,
I love what they say about you
I love every little thing,
every little thing that you do
The talk of town,
the stories about you
Green tangerine,
baby I love your Myth

I got this urge coming on strong
Oh I want to take you home
I've got to take you
I've got to
I got this urge coming on strong
Oh I want to take you home tonight
I've got to take you home
Oh baby I love your Myth

I love your Myth,
I love what they say about you
Green tangerine, baby I love you
I love your Myth,
I love what they say about you
I love all the things,
all the things that you do
The talk of town,
the stories of you
Green tangerine, baby I love you


63.New World(Demo)


64.Better Off On Her Own(Demo)

Lyrics:Per Gessle
Music:Per Gessle

My girl
Came home to me
Just the other day
Acting okay

I was
Reading alone
In my favourite room
The TV was on

May I be excused
For not telling the truth?

'Cos
She's gone
She said
She's better off on her own
She turned
Her head
Much better off one her own

My girl
Knocked on the door
To the place I usually
Refer to as home
I died
Surely some tide
Should have dimmed my eyes
Small and surprised

And god closed every gate
The moon fell into the lake

Boy
She's gone
She's better off on her own
She closed
And she left
Much better off on her own

Sitting naked
By the window sill
Watching cars upon the hill
Am I sleeping?
I was dreaming
For just a moment time stood still
Hey

Better off on her own
Better off on her own

Now
She's gone (better off on her own)
She said (she's better off on her own)
She's better off on her own
She turned (better off on her own)
Her head (she's better off on her own)
Much better off on her own

She's gone (better off on her own)
She sighed (she's better off on her own)
She's better off on her own
The tears (better off on her own)
I cried (she's better off on her own)
Much better off on her own

My girl
Came home to me
Just the other day


65.Real Sugar

Lyrics:Per Gessle
Music:Per Gessle

Right at the front door I recognised the perfume
The scent was perfect in the dusk by the moon
There must be many ways to ask her to my room
Why didn't I dare?

Well, every hour I try to get somethin' done
Out on the weekend when I'm just havin' some fun
I'm windin' up with none, just zeroes, no 1's,
just space with no air

I get: 'Bye-bye baby-baby bye baby-baby bye-bye...
Real sugar, I don't wanna climb the walls
Real sugar, that's what I want or none at all
Real sugar, sweet as a sweet can be
Real sugar, that's what I want and what I need
That's what I need

Yeah, every Friday I'm gettin' ready to roll
I want her blue eyes start sayin' 'Hi' and 'Hello'
but I can always tell she'd rather be alone
with some other guy

I get: 'Bye-bye baby-baby bye baby-baby bye-bye...
Real sugar, I don't wanna climb no walls
Real sugar, that's what I want or none at all
Real sugar, sweet as a sweet can be
Real sugar, that's what I want and what I need
Real sugar, I don't wanna climb the walls
Real sugar, that's what I want or none at all
Real sugar, sweet as a sweet can be
Real sugar, that's what you've got so what's for me?
Hey, what's for me?

I turn myself in, turn turn turn
I turn myself out, outside and in
I turn myself in, turn turn turn
I turn myself out, outside and in
Real sugar, real sugar

I get: 'Bye-bye baby-baby bye baby-baby bye-bye...
Real sugar, I don't wanna climb no walls
Real sugar, that's what I want or none at all
Real sugar, sweet as a sweet can be
Real sugar, that's what I want and what I need
Real sugar, I don't wanna climb the walls
Real sugar, that's what I want or none at all
Real sugar, sweet as a sweet can be
Real sugar, that's what you've got so what's for me?
Gimme gimme real sugar
Gimme gimme real sugar
Real sugar, I don't wanna climb no walls


66.The Centre Of The Heart

Lyrics:Per Gessle
Music:Per Gessle

What am I gonna do when I get a little excited,
a little in pain, tell me baby
What am I gonna say when I find the center of my heart is a
suburb to the brain?

You wear them so well, those innocent eyes
You're puttin' on a wonderful disguise
I want you so bad.
I'm pushing my luck
It feels like being hit by a truck
This is no place special.
Don't know why I came
If someone has a minute,
won't you explain

What am I gonna do when I get a little excited,
a little in pain, tell me
What am I gonna say when I find the center of my heart
is a suburb to the brain?

Singing
na nana nana na

Being with you, dealing with fire
Oh won't you come around (come out)
come out (today) and play
(I want you so bad)
Answer my calls

Let's spend the night within these walls
This is no place special
Nothing for the sane
If someone's got minute, do please explain


67.Milk And Toast And Honey

Lyrics:Per Gessle
Music:Per Gessle

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 analyse but didn't he blow my mind this time
Didn't he blow my mind?

Here he comes
To bring a little lovin', honey
Here he comes
To take away the hurt inside
Here he comes
is everything that matters to me
Here he comes
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 wishfull 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?

Milk and toast and honey

Here he comes
To bring a little lovin', honey
To take away the pain inside
Here he comes
is everything that matters to me
Here he comes
is everything I want in life
Here he comes
Oh lay a little lovin', honey
Here he comes
To feel you're gettin' close to me
Here he comes
is everything that matters to me
Here he comes
Is everywhere I want to be

Here he comes
To bring a little lovin', honey
Here he comes
To take away the pain inside
Here he comes
is everything that matters to me
Here he comes
is everything I want from life
Here he comes
Oh lay a little lovin', baby, baby
Here he comes
To gettin' close to me
Here he comes
is everything that matters to me
Here he comes
Is everywhere I want to be

To bring a little lovin'
is everything I want
To lay a little lovin'
is everything I want
Oh, here he comes


68.Jefferson

Lyrics:Per Gessle
Music:Per Gessle

Jefferson was always out of luck
I remember when we both grew up
Jefferson got hit by a westbound truck
I guess that didn't make him look like a million bucks
That night when Sally really stole the show
And every boy was captured diggin' for gold
Poor old Jefferson was left in the snow

I'm gonna pray for Jefferson
Pray for Jefferson's soul
I'm gonna pray for Jefferson
Pray for Jefferson's soul

Jefferson is always on my mind
When him and me were runnin' out of time
Jefferson was sure enough left be behind
The cops came in and took him by surprise
That night when Sally really showed her game
The neighbourhood would never be the same
Poor old Jefferson got the blame

Ooooh
I'm gonna pray for Jefferson
Pray for Jefferson's soul
I'm gonna pray for Jefferson
Pray for Jefferson's soul
I'm gonna pray for Jefferson
Pray for Jefferson's soul
Yeah
I'm gonna pray for Jefferson
Pray for Jefferson's soul

I do believe he didn't do wrong
I say a prayer for someone I care for
I do believe he didn't do wrong
I say a prayer for someone I care for

That night where Sally really gave it all
And made us small boys look quite tall
Poor old Jefferson left the ball

Yeah
I'm gonna pray for Jefferson
Pray for Jefferson's soul
I'm gonna pray for Jefferson
Pray for Jefferson's soul
I'm gonna pray for Jefferson
Pray for Jefferson's soul
I'm gonna pray for Jefferson
Pray for Jefferson's soul
a-a-a-a-ah
a-a-a-a-ah
a-a-a-a-ah


69.Little Girl

Lyrics:Marie Fredriksson
Music:Marie Fredriksson

Once upon a time there was a little girl
Once she was mine
In my heart the only one
I wonder where you are
I know you're somewhere in me
I can see your smile when I close, close my eyes

Oh little girl
Where did you go, little girl
I miss you so
Oh, I remember when she was mine
I remember when she was mine

Once upon a time there was a little voice
Singing loud and clear
In my heart the only one
Once upon a time there were so many dreams
Once they were mine
Oh little girl, they're with, oh they're with you now

Oh little girl
Where did you go, little girl
I miss you so
I remember when she was mine
Oh, I remember when she was mine

Oh girl, little girl
where did you go, little girl
I miss you so
Oh, I remember when she was mine
Oh little girl
where did you go, little girl
I miss you so
Oh, I remember when she was mine
My little girl
I remember when she was mine
Oh, I remember when she was mine


70.The Weight Of The World

Lyrics:Per Gessle
Music:Per Gessle

(Per)
Sunday morning
I'm still hiding in bed
Listening to the rhythm of the rain above my head
and all that I have said
I sure saved a lot for you
But what could I do?
If I'd been talking to the wall
it wouldn't make any difference to you
That's the art of being you
I think I carry the weight of the world
sometimes you lose
the weight of the world
sometimes you cryyyyy

(Marie)
I kiss your smile
I wish you'd stay the night
I put my arms around your golden head and turn out the light
Oh I love to watch your eyes
when I make love to you
wait little world
sometimes you lose
the weight of the world
sometimes you cryyyyy
sometimes you cryyyyy

The weight of the world
sometimes you lose
the weight of the world
sometimes you cryyyyy
sometimes you cryyyyy


71.Every Day

Lyrics:Marie Fredriksson
Music:Marie Fredriksson

Every day I see him coming
Every day he walks on by
Life used to be so plain and simple
Before he came into my life

Every night I keep on dreaming
Every night I take him home
We always go to bed together
I always wake up all alone

Chorus:
Oh it's strange, so strange
What he's doing to me
Oh it's strange so strange
Did this ever happen to you
The way it has happened to me
The way it just happened to me

Every day outside my window
Always minutes close to eight
I wish he stayed a little longer
But his bus is never late

Every night we're dancing slowly
I play the music he adores
Like Sinatra then we're talking
All important things for sure

Chorus:
Oh it's strange so strange
What he's doing to me
Oh it's strange so strange
Did this ever happen to you
The way it has happened to me
The way it just happened to me

Oh it's strange so strange
What he's doing to me
Oh so strange real strange
Did this ever happen to you
The way it has happened to me
The way it just happened to me


72.Bla Bla Bla Bla Bla(You Broke My Heart)

Lyrics:Per Gessle
Music:Per Gessle

You promised me it will last forever.
You said there is no way you could die.
Everything you ever told me was a bunch of lies.
Hey mama back on the outside.
You know that's not where I belong. No.
Every truth, everything I believed in has turned out wrong.

Refrain
It's all bla bla bla bla bla.
You broke my heart so many times.
A lot of bla bla bla bla bla. You broke my heart.

It's so clear when you scratch on the surface.
Going deeper, deeper down.
All I wanted was to make you happy.
But baby, what's that sound?
But baby what's that sound? Ehhhh

Refrain
It's all bla bla bla bla bla.
You broke my heart so many times.
A lot of bla bla bla bla bla.
You broke my heart.
You've broke my heart.
You've broke my heart.

All you ever cared for was to make you stronger.
No one I have known has looked so weak.
Oh
You never know.

Refrain
It's so bla bla bla bla bla.
You broke my heart so many times.
A lot of bla bla bla bla bla.
A lot of bla bla bla bla bla.
You broke my heart so many times.
A lot of bla bla bla bla bla.
You broke my heart.
You broke my heart.
You broke my heart.
You broke my heart.
You broke my heart so many times.


73.A Thing About You

Lyrics:Per Gessle
Music:Per Gessle

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 reaping is done
you are the one
The radio is on
but the sound is off gone
And I wanna walk out in the sun
Lately, that's been very hard to do

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

I pick up the phone
I'm dialing 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

Refrain:
Lately,
you've been painting my world blue
I've got a thing about you ( I've got a thing about you)
I don't really care what you do
I've got a thing about you (I've got a thing about you)
Hey you

Lately,
you've been painting my world blue
I've got a thing about you
I don't really know what to do
I've got a thing about you
Hoping the story cuts through
The story cuts through

And I don't really know what to do


74.Breathe

Lyrics:Per Gessle
Music:Per Gessle

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 breathed your love
I filled my lungs and veins
I breathed your love
untill I felt the pain
and like rain it slipped away

I tried to find out
what love was really 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
I breathed your love until I met the pain
and like rain it swept away

I breathed your love
and nothing stayed the same
yes I breathe your love
and filled my heart in vein
'cause like rain it swept away


75.Opportunity Nox

Lyrics:Per Gessle
Music:Per Gessle

Well, I like you, I couldn't think of anything but you
For a week I was in love with your hairdo
I couldn't chew those muffins I used to
I knew I was way over the moon

When I met you, when I met you, I didn't know what to do.
When I saw you, when I saw you you said...

Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh
I'm living in a box but I'm out when opportunity nox...
Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh
I'm living in a box but I'm out when opportunity nox...
Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh
I'm dying in a box but I'm out when opportunity rox on

I'm sleeping and I'm dreaming so solo
I saw you in the crowd in the front row
You couldn't get it right in the disco
You're dancing so much better in slo-mo

When I met you, when I met you, I didn't know what to do.
When I saw you, yeah, when I saw you, I said...

Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh
I'm living in a box but I'm out when opportunity nox...
Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh
I'm living in a box but I'm out when opportunity nox...
Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh
I'm dying in a box but I'm out when opportunity rox on


76.All I Ever Wanted(Demo)


77.Reveal

Lyrics:Per Gessle
Music:Per Gessle

Everything here, close to me
is just the way I want it to be
It's all about faith
it's all about trust
all about luck and all about lust
My wish comes true
my wish comes true

I don't mind showing for you
I reveal everything for you
Just about anything

Could it be night
could it be day
floating in space
I was drifting away
You're making me warm
You're making me high
I feel like laughing where I used to cry
My wish comes true
my dream comes true

I don't mind showing for you
I reveal everything for you
Just about anything for you
I reveal everything for you
Just about anything

I don't mind showing for you
I reveal everything for you
Just about anything for you
I reveal everything for you
Just about anything for you
Everything for you
Anything for you


78.One Wish

Lyrics:Per Gessle
Music:Per Gessle

If you had one wish, what would it be?
If you had one wish, would it be about me?
Just one wish, could it be about me?
You might make a wish for money or peace
You'd make a wish for cosmic relief
shade by the trees and green summer leaves

Well I was thinking that hey-hey-hey
maybe one day
a wish of you and me
yeah hey-hey-hey
maybe one day
a wish of you and me

Please don't tell me what I don't need to know
Please stop offer what I shouldn't know
I don't wanna know what doesn't show
If you had one wish, what would it be?
If you had one wish, would it be about me?
Just one wish, could it be about me?

'Cause I was thinking that hey-hey-hey
maybe one day
a wish of you and me
yeah hey-hey-hey
maybe one day
a wish of you and me

Waving high, then down below
shine your light
down here below
oh one wish
one wish
one wish
one wish

Hey-hey-hey
maybe one day
a wish of you and me
yeah hey-hey-hey
maybe one day
a wish of you and me



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