Black Cars

Gino Vanelli Black Cars Lyrics
1.Black Cars

Under the cover of night
She crawls into sight
Her skin is cold china white
She's a dark angel wearing dark glasses
Dark shadows under long false lashes

The night exposes the cracks
She wears her makeup like wax
To hide every scratch
'cause she a dark angel riding dark horses
Sitting pretty in her dim lit covers ... i say

Black cars look better in the shade
She smears her lipstick on right before she sleeps
For all those phantom lovers in her dreams

She smokes them french cigarettes
In cocktail gloves and a strapless dress
She cuts a perfect silhouette

But she's a dark angel wearing dark glasses
A fading beauty as the night time passes ... i say

Black cars look better in the shade
Black cars look better in the shade


2.The Other Man

An urgent call in the dead of night
A voice that whispers 'now'
A voice that trembles like a winter leaf
Before it hits the ground

She leaves a crack in the bedroom door
To slip the wire through
Her husband sleeping in a empty bed
No witness to the truth

It's a oneway conversation
I try to tell her no
But it's a hopeless situation
I just can't let her go

And here she is another desperate night
In the arms of the other man
Another day in a double life
Every moment that she holds me tight
I know just where i stand
As i am the other man

She leaves my room like a criminal
To beat the morning light
Rehearsing ever little alibi
To get it water tight

There's a note on the dresser top
It's the same old classic line
She says she's leaving him
It's just a question of time

It's a no win situation
'cause i just can't let her go
And here she is another desperate night
In the arms of the other man

Another day in a double life
Every moment that she holds me tight
I know just where i stand
As i am the other man
As i am the other man
As i am the other man
As i am the other man


3.It's Over

You go through the motions
Of a woman in love
Every kiss is a token
Every sigh is a bluff

Words confuse me but i see it in your eyes
You try not to show it
But any fool would know it

It's over .... it's over this love is ending
It's over .... it's over there's no use pretending

I see through your make up
You're not quite yourself
Don't you know that your games up
I know there's somebody else

You tell me i'm crazy and that i'm still the only one
Well maybe i'm dreaming
But i know what i'm feeling

It's over .... it's over this love is ending
It's over .... it's over there's no use pretending

You fake your way through the night time
But even your best is less than before
'cause you don't care anymore

You tell me i'm crazy and that i'm still the only one
Well maybe i'm dreaming
But i know what i'm feeling

It's over
It's over
It's over there's no use pretending
It's over


4.Here She Comes

Here she comes the ghost of venus de milo
A touch of madness streaks through her hair
She'll tear your heart with a poisonous arrow
She'll rob your soul if you look at her square
.......... do i dare?

Here she comes ..... such a beautiful sight
Here she comes ..... oh i wish that i might

Hear she comes the wildest cat in the jungle
A beast of beauty beyond compare
I watch the stalkers stalk but they stumble

The fools rush into vanity fair
............ but shes not there

Here she comes ..... such a beautiful sight
Here she comes ..... oh i wish that i might

And all the green eyed women
Swaying to the rhythm

Here she comes ..... such a beautiful sight
Here she comes ..... oh i wish that i might
Here she comes
Here she comes


5.Hurts To Be In Love

More and more
Your kiss is like a half opened door
I can't get in
You stop me just before i begin
And it hurts to be in love
When you never get enough
Oh it hurts to be in love

This endless urge
Keeps my body right on the verge
We touch and then
I wanna do it all over again

And it hurts to be in love
When you only want me half as much
I tell you it hurts to be in love

I'm always worried you think i'm pushing too hard
Oh baby it hurts me when you tell me i'm going to far

We touch and then
I wanna do it all over again
And it hurts to be in love
When you only want me half as much
I tell you it hurts to be in love
It hurts
Baby it hurts
It hurts


6.Total Stranger

Is anybody out there?
There's no knock on my door
No one comes anymore
To this island

Trapped on memory lane
Caught in yesturdays rain
In the silence

I have looked in your eye
Calling your name outloud
But you look right through me
Like a ghost in a crowd

Just like a total stranger
Behind those walls of stone
I've been a missing person
Location unknown

Living like a total stranger
A nowhere man
You see i couldn't get a listed number
Living in a now man's land

Well did you take me for dead
Did you know i still bled
With desire

Hey i'm talking to you
But the words don't come through
On this wire

I'm a voice in the dark
Crying out to the ghost
So i reach out my hand
Like a man overboard

Just like a total stranger
Behind those walls of stone
I've been a missing person
Location unknown
Living like a total stranger
A nowhere man
You see i couldn't get a listed number
Living in a no man's land

I'm a voice in the dark
Crying out to the ghost
So i reach out my hand
Like a man overboard

Just like a total stranger
Behind those walls of stone
I've been a missing person
Location unknown

Living like a total stranger
Does anybody understand
You see i couldn't get a listed number
Living in a no man's land

Is anybody out there?
Is anybody out there?
Is anybody out there?


7.Just A Motion Away

Sometimes you win sometimes you lose
Ain't turnin' back for me and you
Don't look over your shoulder
No time for regrets

You got your demons i got mine
Our paths have crossed at a crucial time
Suddenly we're older
Scared of whats ahead

We were looking for the answers in all the wrong places
But now the chance is knocking on our door
To grab hold of what we been readin' for

It's just a motion away
It's just a motion away
It's just a motion away

No need to wonder where the future lies
It's right before our very eyes
Don't even think it over
Just say yes

We were clinging to some old cliches and old familar faces
But now they're only shattered dreams
So let's dry our eyes and start away clean

It's just a motion away
It's just a motion away
It's just a motion away

We were lookin' for the answers in all the wrong places
But now the chance is knocking on our door
To open up our aliing hearts once more

It's just a motion away
It's just a motion away
It's just a motion away


8.Imagination

I look at photographs of you
Sweat and shame till the sun comes through
I think of things i ought not to

I've hung your memory on the wall
A life-size portrait ten feet tall
I feel my skin begin to crawl

Suddenly i see you take a breath
And out of the cameras you come through
Is it you

Must be my imagination
Must be my imagination

Must be the shock waves of the moon
The entertainment of a lonely room
The devil playing that same old tune

'cause something strange is happening to me
Feel in the land of make believe
Please look me up and swallow the key

'cause i feel your fingers running through my hair
I feel the human touch of you

Must be my imagination
Must be my imagination


9.How Much

How many tears must i cry
Before your heart is satisfied
How many flames must i walk through
Before i make it up to you

I wanna ask now how much
Oh how much
Oh how much
Oh much does it have to hurt to make it right

I've been a fool i confess
But i know in your heart you love me no less
Just tell me how bad must my body ache
Before i live down my one mistake

I keep wonderin' how much
Oh how much
Oh how much
How much does it have to hurt to get back in your life

Just how much does it thrill you
To see me down on my knees
Don't you know i love you baby .... mercy please

I keep wonderin' how much
Oh how much
Oh how much
Oh how much does it have to hurt to make it right
I wanna make it right

I keep wonderin' how much
I keep wonderin' how much
How many tears must i cry