Singles Collection 1984-90

Jimmy Somerville Singles Collection 1984-90 Lyrics
1.Ain't Necessarily So

The age of consent (gershwin/gershwin)

Da ra da am de ra am de
Ba ra ba am dee da am doo
Ba ra am de ba ra am de
Da ra doo dee

It ain't necessarily so
It ain't necessarily so
The things that you're liable
To read in the bible
It ain't necessarily so

David was small but oh my
David was small but oh my
He shot goliath
Who lay down and dieth
Little david was small but oh my

Da ra da am de ra am de
Ba ra ba am dee da am doo
Ba ra am de ba ra am de
Da ra doo dee

Jonah he lived in a whale
Jonah he lived in a whale
He made his home in that fishes abdomen
Jonah he lived in a whale

Moses was found on a stream
Moses was found on a stream
Floated on water old pharoah's daughter
Fished him she says from that stream

It ain't necessarily so
It ain't necessarily so
They tell all your children
The devil he's a billain
It ain't necessarily so

Da ra da am de ra am de
Ba ra ba am dee da am doo
Ba ra am de ba ra am de
Da ra doo dee

It ain't necessarily so
It ain't necessarily so

Things that you're liable
To read in that bible
It ain't necessarily so
It ain't necessarily
It ain't necessarily
It ain't necessarily
It ain't necessarily
It ain't necessarily
It ain't necessarily
It ain't necessarily so


2.Comment Te Dire Adieu

Sous aucun pretexte
Je ne veux
Avoir de reflexes
Malheureux
Il faut que tu m' explique un peu mieux
Comment te dire adieu

Mon coeur de silex
Vite prend feu
Ton coeur de pyrex
Resiste au feu
Je suis bien perplexe
Je ne veux
Me resoudre aux adieus
Je sais bien qu'un ex
Amour n'as pas de chance ou si peu
Mais pour moi une explication voudrait mieux

Sous aucun pretexte
Je ne veux
Devant toi surexposer mes yeux
Derriere un kleenex je saurais mieux
Comment te dire adieu
Comment te dire adie

Tu a mis a l'index
Nos nuits blanches nos matins gris-bleu
Mais pour moi une explication voudrait mieux
Sous aucun pretexte
Je ne veux
Devant toi surexposer mes yeux
Derriere un kleenex je saurais mieux
Comment te dire adieu
Comment te dire adie


3.Disenchanted

Communards (somerville/coles)

So, boy where you go, what you do,
Hey there boy what is wrong with
You?
No future, no hope, just broken
Dreams,
You spend your days wondering why

I'll be your friend, i'll be around
I'll be everything you need

I'll be your friend, i'll be around
I'll be everything you need

Hey young man, why you cry
Don't you know, you've got to try
A little bit harder, you've got to stand
On your own two feet
Never let them drag you down
Hey there boy
This prejudice and ignorance we can
Overcome
I'll be your friend, i'll be around
I'll be everything you need
I'll be your friend, i'll be around
I'll be everything you need

Disenchanted angry young man
Disenchanted angry young man
Disenchanted angry young man
Disenchanted angry young man
I'll never let you down
Never let you down

So boy now you know what to do,
Hey there boy don't be blue
There's future, there's hope, hope for
You
Hey young man just believe in what
You do.

I'll be your friend, i'll be around
I'll be everything you need
I'll be your friend, i'll be around
I'll be everything you need
Pride is something good for you
Believe in yourself.


4.Don't Leave Me This Way

Communards (gamble/huft)

Don't leave me this way
I can't survive, i can't stay alive
Without your love, oh baby
Don't live me this way
I can't exist, i will surely miss
Your tender kiss
So don't leave me this way

Oh baby, my heart is full of love and
Desire for you
So come on down and do what
You've got to do
Your started this fire down in my soul
Now can't you see it's burning, out of
Control
So come on down and satisfy the
Need in me
Cos only your good loving can set me
Free

Don't leave me this way
I don't understand how i'm at your
Command
So baby please don't leave me this
Way.

Don't leave me this way
Cos i can't exist
I will surely miss
Your tender kiss
So don't leave me this way

Oh baby, my heart is full of love and
Desire for you...

Don't leave me this way
Cos i can't survive, i can't stay alive
Without your love, oh baby
Don't live me this way
I can't exist, i will surely miss
Your tender kiss
So don't leave me this way

Oh baby, my heart is full of love and
Desire for you..

(don't leave me this way is dedicated to the glc)


5.For A Friend

Red (somerville/coles)

I never cried the way i cried over you
As i put down the telephone and the world it carried on
Somewhere else, someone else is cryong too
Another man has lost a friend, i bet he feels the way i do
Although i'm left without, i know your love within
As i watch the sun go down, watching the world fade away
All the memories of you come rushing back to me
As i watch the sun go down, watching the world fade away
All i want to do id kiss you goodbye

Summer comes and i remember how we'd march
We'd march for love and peace, together arm in arm
Tears have turned, turned to anger and contempt
I'll never let you down, a battle i have found
And all the dreams we had, i will carry on
As i watch the sun go down, watching the world fade away
All the memories of you come rushing back to me
As i watch the sun go down, watching the world fade away
All i want to do id kiss you once goodbye, goodbye
Goodbye, goodbye

And all the dreams we had, i will carry on
As i watch the sun go down, watching the world fade away
All the memories of you come rushing back to me
As i watch the sun go down, watching the world fade away
All i want to do id kiss you once goodbye, goodbye
Goodbye, goodbye


6.I Feel Love

The age of consent (moroder/bellotte/summer-'i feel love')
(goddard-'johnny remember me')

Oh it's so good
Oh it's so good
Oh it's so good

Oh i'm in love
Oh i'm in love
Oh i'm in love

I feel love
I feel love
I feel love
I feel love
I feel love
I feel love

Oh what'll it be
Oh what'll it be
Oh what'll it be

You an me yeah

Oh i'm in love
Oh i'm in love
Oh i'm in love

I fell love
I fell love
I fell love
I fell love
I fell love

Johnny remember me
Johnny why don't you remember me
Johnny i feel love for you
Johnny
I love you

Why don't you come back


7.Never Can Say Goodbye

Red (somerville/coles)

Never can say goodbye
No, no, no, no, i
Never can say goodbye
Ev'ry time i think i've had enough
And start headingfor the door
There's a very strange vibration
Piercing me right to the core
It says turn around you fool
You know you love him more and more
Tell me why etc
Tell me why is it so
Yhat i don't wanna let you go
I never can say goodbye, boy
I never can say goodbye, no, no, no, no, no, no
I never can say goodbye
I keep thinkin' yhat our problems
Soon are all gonna work out
But there's that same unhappy feelin'
There's that anguish, there's that doubt
It's that same old dizzy hang up
Can't do with you or without
Tell me why etc


8.Read My Lips

Here weare and standing our ground
And we won't be moved by what they say

So we'll shout (shout!)
As loud as we can
And we'll shout (shout!)
'till they hear our demands
Money is what we need, not complacency

Read my lips and they will tell you
Enough is enough is enough is enough
Finding cures is not the only solution
And it's not a case of sinner absolution

So we'll fight (fight!)
For love and with pride
And we'll fight (fight!)
Standing together for the
Right to live and die with dignity

Read my lips and they will tell you
Enough is enough is enough is enough
The power within
We can use it to win
So we'll shout (shout!)
As loud as we can
And we'll fight (fight!)
'till they meet our demands
Money is what we need, not complacency

Read my lips and they will tell you
Enough is enough is enough is enough


9.Run From Love

Hundreds & thousands (somerville/steinbachek/bronski)

Love is strong won't let you go
Hunts you down it wants you so.
Lost in love a fool can't see
Broken heart are meant to be

You can't run from love
You can't run.

Tears its way into your heart,
Leaves and you fall apart
Pain is all it has to give
All i want is to hold

Tears of pain, once tears of joy
Emptiness and a boy destroyed
A heart lies lost and slightly soiled
And still i cry to hold you

You can't run from love
You can't run.


10.Small Town Boy

The age of consent (somerville/steinbachek/bronski)

You leave in the morning
With everything you own
In a little black case
Alone on a platform
The wind and the rain
On a sad and lonely face

Mother will never understand
Why you had to leave
But the answers you seek
Will never be found at home
The love that you need
Will never be found at home

Run away, turn away, run away, turn away, run away.
Run away, turn away, run away, turn away, run away.

Pushed around and kicked around
Always a lonely boy
You were the one
That they'd talk about around town
As they put you down

And as hard as they would try
They'd hurt to make you cry
But you never cried to them
Just to your soul
No you never cried to them
Just to your soul

Run away, turn away, run away, turn away, run away.
Run away, turn away, run away, turn away, run away.

Cry , boy, cry...

You leave in the morning
With everything you own
In a little black case
Alone on a platform
The wind and the rain
On a sad and lonely face

Run away, turn away, run away, turn away, run away.
Run away, turn away, run away, turn away, run away.


11.So Cold The Night

Communards (somerville/coles)

I watch your window
I shake so scared
Spying from my room
With nervous unrest
Night after night your fingers
Caressing
The skin that is so fair you slowly
Undress
Soon we will be together
Until then so cold the night
Soon we will be together
Until then so cold the night

I know that you knowthat i'm here
Each night
Watching and praying the time is now
Right
For me to undress and caress you
Until then i'll just sit here and dream.

Soon we will be together
Until then so cold the night
Soon we will be together
Until then so cold the night
Cold the night, cold the night

Soon my love
Soon my secret lover
Soon my love
Soon my secret lover
Soon my love
Soon my secret lover
Soon my lover

I watch your window
I shake so scared
Spying from my room with nervous
Unrest
Night after night your fingers
Caressing
The skin that is so fair you slowly
Undress

Soon we will be together
Until then so cold the night
Soon we will be together
Until then so cold the night
Soon we will be together
Until then so cold the night
Soon we will be together
Until then so cold the night
Cold the night
Cold the night
Cold the night
Cold the night
Cold the night
Cold the night
Ooh it's so cold without you
Cold the night
Cold the night
Cold the night
Cold the night
Cold the night
Cold the night


12.There's More To Love Than Boy Meets Girl

Red (somerville/coles)

I would like to shout it from the highest mountain
To tell the world i've found love and what it means to me
But all around there's violence and laws to make me think again
Maybe one day they will understand
There's more to love than boy meets girl
There's more to love than boy meets girl
For love is strange and uncontrolled, it can happen to anyone
There's more to love than boy meets girl

How can one man decide the fate and destiny of innocent lovers
And why is it less of a crime to take the life of another?
Through time they've always tried to hide and cast aside this
love denied
In the shadows we held each other tight
There's more to love than boy meets girl
There's more to love than boy meets girl
For love is strange and uncontrolled, it can happen to anyone
There's more to love than boy meets girl

I saw your face, it caught the light, infatuation swirls inside
My every thought for days was only you
So i'll climb that mountain and shout it loud
I'll never let them bring me down
And one day they will have to understand
There's more to love than boy meets girl
There's more to love than boy meets girl
For love is strange and uncontrolled, it can happen to anyone
There's more to love than boy meets girl

There's more to love than boy meets girl
There's more to love than boy meets girl
For love is strange and uncontrolled, it can happen to anyone
There's more to love than boy meets girl

There's more to love than boy meets girl
There's more to love than boy meets girl
For love is strange and uncontrolled, it can happen to anyone
There's more to love than boy meets girl


13.Tomorrow

Red (somerville/coles)

Like the knife of a thief that's held close to the throat
I'm threatened by you and the cruel way you gloat
You once turned me on, now all it seems so remote
You broke me in pieces, you cherished each blow;
The harder you hit me, the stronger i grow
I'll leave you tomorrow, take my pride and i'll go

You may break the skin but you can't kill the soul
I've had all i can take
I'm leaving tomorrow
I'm leaving tomorrow
I'm leaving, i've had all i can take

Don't tell me you love me, your tears are too late
Your trap was deception, and i took the bait
The animal in you, you can't keep at bay
I'm not your possession to treat as you wish
Your silence will slowly destroy you each day
I'm leaving tomorrow, my love for life is great

You may break the skin but you can't kill the soul
I've had all i can take
I've had all i can take
I've had all i can take
I've had all i can take

I'm leaving tomorrow
I'm leaving tomorrow
I'm leaving, yes i'm leaving

You broke me in pieces, you cherished each blow;
The harder you hit me, the stronger i grow
I'll leave you tomorrow, take my pride and i'll go
I'm leaving tomorrow... (to fade)


14.To Love Somebody

There's a light,
A certain kind of light
That's never shone on me
I want my life to be, lived with you lived with you
There's a way
Ev'rybody says
To do each and ev'ry little thing
But what does it bring
If i ain't got you, ain't got faith, baby
You don't know what it's like
Baby, you don't know what it's like
To love somebody
To love somebody
The way i love you

In my brain, i see your face again
I know my frame of mind
You ain't got to be so blind, and i'm blind
So, so, so, blind
I'm a man, can't you see what i am
I live and breathe for you
But what good does it do
If i ain't got you, ain't got faith, baby
You don't know what it's like
Baby, you don't know what it's like
To love somebody
To love somebody
The way i love you

I want my life to be
Lived with you, lived with you, ypu baby
You don't know what it's like
You don't know what it's like
To love somebody
To love somebody
The way i love you
You don't know what it's like
You don't know what it's like
To love somebody
To love somebody
The way i love you


15.Why ?

The age of consent (somerville/steinbachek/bronski)

Contempt in your eyes
As i turn to kiss his lips
Broken i lie
All my feelings denied
Blood on your fist

Can you tell me why?

You in your false securities
Tear up my life
Condemning me
Name me an illness
Call me a sin
Never feel guilty
Never give in

Tell me why?

You and me together
Fighting for our love

Can you tell me why?


16.You Are My World

Communards (somerville/coles)

There is nothing boy that can stop my
Course
I will hold you tight never let you go
Tomorrow's party will never end
Like a bud in spring our love will
Bloom and grow

Your eyes to me are precious stones
On a face that's made of a solid gold
When i hold your hand i want to cry
And your loving arms to protect me
From the could you are my world

The soul inside now belongs to you
I'm drowing in a love so deep
We will overcome those ups and
Downs
So happiness is forever ours to keep

I will follow you to the end of time
I will be the blood flowing through your veins
I will ride with you till the end of the
Line
You will be my everything; my world
You are; you are; you are; you are,
Oh boy; you are my world.


17.You Make Me Feel(Mighty Real)

When we're up an' dancing on the floor, darling
And i feel like i need some more
And i feel your body close to mine
And i know my love it's about that time
Makes me feel mighty real
You make me feel mighty real
Well you've got me goin'
Like i knew you would

And the music's in me
And i feel real hot
Then you kiss me there
And it feels real good
Cos i know you'll love me like you should
Oh, you make me feel mighty real
Makes me feel mighty real
I feel real, i feel real
Woooh, i feel real, i feel real,
I feel real, i feel real,
Well you've got me goin'
Like i knew you would

And the music's in me
And i feel real hot
Then you kiss me there
And it feels real good
Cos i know you'll love me like you should
Oh, you make me feel mighty real
Make me feel mighty real
I feel real when you kiss me baby
I feel real when you're next to me
I feel real when you love me baby
I feel real when you hold me
Oh, you make me feel mighty real
Make me feel mighty real