Xl1

Pete Shelley Xl1 Lyrics
1.Telephone Operator

Telephone operator
Why can't i see you later
Telephone operator
Why can't i see you later
Tell me is it wine
That makes things so fine
Or is it 'cos you're mine

Telephone operator
You're my aural stimulator
Telephone operator
Ne c'est pas la raison d'etre
Tell me is it love
That i feel because
You're all i'm thinking of

Telephone operator
Phone you up an hour later
Telephone operator
Phoned you up an hour later
Tell me is it love
That i'm in because
I'm only thinking of you

Telephone operator


2.If You Ask Me I Won't Say No

I can't sleep my dreams are dreamless
Something's going on between us
I'm too nervous though to make the first move
All i need is your attention
Love's so very hard to mention
Especially when we're just supposed to be friends
You look to me like you've got all the answers
Here's something else you should know
If you ask me i won't say no
If you ask me i won't say no

Small talk always sounds familiar
If i make a pass won't you will you
I couldn't stand to have to start over again
I react to your reaction
I'm attracted by your attraction
Can't see why we cannot be lovers as friends
I'm not saying that i've got all the answers
But i can tell you this though
If you ask me i won't say no
If you ask me i won't say no

I'm not being backward coming forward
Just sideway's my style
Instead of me just inching closer
Won't you give me a sign

The cause of my misaprehension's
My deep seated fear of rejection
Help me to express the affection i feel

I'm not being backward coming forward
Just sideway's my style
Instead of me just inching closer
Won't you give me a sign

And what's the point in me pretending
That i don't mind
You need only to ask me the question
And i'll be by your side
If you ask me i won't say no
If you ask me i won't say no
If you ask me i won't say no
If you ask me i won't say no


3.What Was Heaven?

I can't run to the light
It's you that i need
I could cut myself with a knife
For you babe and bleed

What was heaven without you babe
Now everything is complete
I sometimes wish it's a novel
And i'd see you in the street

All the day is the night
But somehow i just can't sleep
Somehow though it don't seem right
I had you but love didn't keep

What was heaven without you babe
Now everything is complete
I sometimes wish it's a novel
And i'd see you in the street

Sometimes i hear your voice
Echoing it makes me cry
I don't seem to have the choice
I want you but i don't wanna die

What was heaven without you babe
Now everything is complete
I sometimes wish it's a novel
And i'd see you in the street


4.You Know Better Than I Know

Understanding don't come easy
Love's a state of mine
Trying hard just to make it perfect
Try'n'a make life rhyme
Questions only lead to questions
Round and 'round they spin
There's no need to make excuses for
The shape that you're in

You know better than i know
That we'll always feel the same
And you know better than i know
So there's no need to explain

And so it makes no difference
I guess we'll never win
We'll just have to pick ourselves up
And start all over again

I'm consummed by a passion burning
So deep inside
I know that i'll always love you
I couldn't even leave you if i tried
Need you more than ever
You make me complete
You supply me with the danger that
Makes life so sweet

You know better than i know
That we'll always feel the same
And you know better than i know
So there's no need to explain

And if it makes no difference
I guess we'll never win
We'll just have to pick ourselves up
And start all over again

Lying in the darkness
And i just can't get to sleep
Sorting out my thoughts
But i don't know which are the right ones to keep
Thinking of the countries
Where there's nothing left to eat
Counting the starving millions by the thousand
I fall asleep

And if it makes no difference
I guess we'll never win
We'll just have to pick ourselves up
And start all over again

Understanding don't come easy
Love's a state of mine
I know that i'll always love you
I couldn't even leave you if i tried
Need you more than ever
Where do i begin
I've no need to make excuses for
The state that i'm in

You know better than i know
That we'll always feel the same
And you know better than i know
So there's no need to explain

And if it makes no difference
I guess we'll never win
We'll just have to pick ourselves up
And start all over again
Start all over again
Start all over again

You know better than i know
You know better than i know
You know better than i know
You know better than i know


5.Twilight

Watching the twilight
I saw it flicker
Feel that i might as well give up and go
On the horizon
Are distant reminders
Twilight is the only love i know

Shadows dissolving
No good me trying
I always find it hard to leave and let go
I knew that you loved me
Guess i was mistaken
Twilight is the only love i know


6.Millions Of People No One Like You

Stupid things keep on happening
Every single day
When i fall in love
It slips away
Finding out was so hard to take
There's no reason why
When i phoned you up
You said goodbye

You say love's dead and gone
I just carry on
What else can i do
Maybe i don't know right from wrong
Who knows who cares now
What else can i do

Yesterday i kept wishing that
You had changed your mind
Now i guess that it's
All up to you
Am i just today another one
That you've left behind
Or did you love me
With a love so true

I thought you and i were friends
Still you made me cry
What else can i do
'n' maybe love will find a way
Give me one more try
It's all up to you

How can you tell me that i must be dreaming
You're waiting around i've got nothing to do
So tired of waiting i've only one lifetime
There's millions of people but no one like you

I thought you and i were friends
Still you made me cry
What else can i do
'n' maybe love will find a way
Give me one more try
It's all up to you

How can you tell me that i must be dreaming
You're waiting around i've got nothing to do
So tired of waiting i've only one lifetime
There's millions of people but no one like you


7.Many A Time

I seem to pack my mind
With useless information
Until it drags me down
You seem to fill the time
With uselesss occupations
Until it drags you down
I've had my share
Of broken promise dreaming
Until it dragged me down
Why should i wait
Another lonely lifetime
Until it drags you down

I'm more and more amazed by the world that i see
I'm quite convinced though that this is all happening to me

Many a time i've tried concealing
Looking the other way
Many a time i've tried believing
Living from day to day
Many a time i've lied deceiving
Many a time

Why must we wait until a revolution
Before we drag it down
It's not too late to resolve the old solution
And then we'll drag it down

I'm more and more amazed by the world that i see
I'm quite convinced though that this is all happening to me

Many a time i've tried concealing
Looking the other way
Many a time i've tried believing
Living from day to day
Many a time i've lied deceiving
Many a time

I'm more and more amazed by the world that i see
I'm quite concerned though that this is all happening to me

Many a time i've tried
Many a time i've tried
Many a time i've tried
Many a time i've tried
Many a time i've tried
Many a time i've tried


8.I Just Wanna Touch

I don't wanna maul you at all
You know i kinda like you too much
It would be great if we could relate this way
Cos i, i just wanna touch

I don't wanna play the old roles
You know like taking turns to be butch
Don't want our love to be over in minutes
And so i, i just wanna touch

Oh i wonder if you understand
That oh just having you near
Is better than all of those one night stands

I hope that you don't get me wrong
You see i'm not perverted as such
Just wanna love that is more than mere fantasy
So i, i just wanna touch

I, i just wanna
I, i just wanna
I, i just wanna touch
I, i just wanna
I, i just wanna
I, i just wanna touch

Oh i wonder if you understand
That oh just having you near
Is better than all of those one night stands

I don't wanna maul you at all
You know i kinda like you too much
It would be great if we could relate this way
Cos i, i just wanna touch

I, i just wanna
I, i just wanna
I, i just wanna touch
I, i just wanna
I, i just wanna
I, i just wanna touch


9.You And I

You and i will never change
Though we're different we'll remain the same
Love's devoid of reason anyway
Finder's keepers so they say
What i grasp at only fades away
Love's devoid of reason anyway

I heard something you know i
Know that it's true
You know it makes no difference
What you try to do
You know that
Love will always take you by surprise
I feel something special
But i just don't know why

You and i could have such fun
The evening's over the party's just begun
Love dissolves all reason anyway
In the space between the lines
There's the truth that we'd all like to find
What's the point of reason anyway

I heard something you know i
Know that it's true
You know it makes no difference
What you try to do
You know that
Love will always take you by surprise
I feel something special
But i just don't know why

In point of fact
You know it's plain to see
I've got a real thing going here
Not fantasy
You know that
I won't treat you like those other guys
As time is my witness
I don't have the need for alibies

You and i will never change
Though we're different we'll remain the same
Love's devoid of reason anyway
Finder's keepers so they say
What i grasp at only fades away
What's the point of reason anyway


10.Xl1

You talked about the weather
What could i say
We're never seen together
We hide away

Didn't know what dreams were for
Didn't know what friends were for
Didn't know what love was for
You still don't know now
Xl1

You had a secret passion
I had one too
You tend to follow fashion
Do what i do

Didn't know what dreams were for
Didn't know what friends were for
Didn't know what love was for
You still don't know now
Xl1

You talked about the weather
What could i say
We're never seen together
We hide away

Didn't know what dreams were for
Didn't know what friends were for
Didn't know what love was for
You still don't know now
Xl1

Didn't know what dreams were for
Didn't know what friends were for
Didn't know what love was for
You still don't know now
Xl1