Andromeda Heights

Prefab Sprout Andromeda Heights Lyrics
1.Electric Guitars

I'd a dream that we were rock stars

And that flash bulbs popped the air

And girls fainted, every time we shook our hair.

We were songbirds, we were greek gods

We were singled out by fate

We were quoted out of context - it was great.

Grander than castles, cathedrals or stars

Electric guitars !

Riots in airports - everywhere that we go

Mascara meltdown - hysteria-a-go-go

Electric guitars !

Grander than castles, cathedrals or stars

Electric guitars !

Riots in airports - everywhere that we go

Mascara meltdown - hysteria-a-go-go

Electric guitars ! electric guitars !

When i woke up i was laughing

Well what else was i to do

Every details of the dream i had was true

We were songbirds, we were greek gods

We were singled out by fate

We were quoted out of context - we were... great

Grander than castles, cathedrals or stars

Electric guitars !

Riots in airports - everywhere that we go

Mascara meltdown - hysteria-a-go-go

Electric guitars !

Grander than castles, cathedrals or stars

Electric guitars !

Riots in airports - everywhere that we go

Mascara meltdown - hysteria-a-go-go

Electric guitars !

Grander than castles, cathedrals or stars

Electric guitars !

Riots in airports - everywhere that we go

Mascara meltdown - hysteria-a-go-go

Electric guitars ! electric guitars !

Electric guitars !


2.A Prisoner Of The Past

I'm a ghost to you now, i'm someone you don't really wish to see

I'm a ghost to you now, a shadow since you turned your back on
me

Maybe you'll learn why it was i shook

Baby your turn to wear the haunted look

This ghost is here to stay

I survived the blast

Get ready, get ready to pay

I'm taking you at last -

A prisoner of the past

This ghost is here to stay

He survived the blast

Get ready, get ready to say

'i've found my niche at last -

A prisoner of the past'

Anywhere that you go, i'm going to be the welcome there for you

Everywhere that you go - be certain that the table's set for two
!

Maybe you'll learn - there's nowhere you can go

Baby you'll turn - as white, as white as snow

This ghost is here to stay

I survived the blast

Get ready, get ready to pay

I'm taking you at last -

A prisoner of the past

This ghost is here to stay

He survived the blast

Get ready, get ready to say

'i've found my niche at last -

A prisoner of the past'

This ghost is here to stay

I survived the blast

Get ready, get ready to pay

I'm taking you at last -

A prisoner of the past


3.The Mystery Of Love

Have you ever thought who made all those stars in the endless
sky above ?

It's a mystery, but no mystery like the mystery of love

Should i live to see someone smarter than me

Explain the secrets of the skies

I won't be too impressed, i've got a tougher test

What's going on behind your eyes ?

What you see in me i will never know

That's the mystery of love

But each time we kiss

Ignorance is bliss - that's the mystery of love

That's the mystery, that's the mystery, that's the mystery of
love

That's the mystery, that's the mystery, that's the mystery of
love

What you see in me i will never know

That's the mystery of love

But each time we kiss

Ignorance is bliss - that's the mystery of love

And while i do not know who made them long ago

I love the stars that light the night

And when you take my hand - what is there to understand ?

I only know that it feels right

Yes each time we kiss

Ignorance is bliss - that's the mystery of love

That's the mystery, that's the mystery, that's the mystery of
love

That's the mystery, that's the mystery, that's the mystery of
love

What you see in me i will never know


4.Life's A Miracle

Say, what you doing' sleeping ? hey half the day is gone

Get a move on

Life's a miracle, let me tell you why

If you look above you, there are no more stars

Like this one in the sky

Life's a miracle, we gotta make the most

Of the passing moment,

Gotta do our best, there'll be time enough to rest

Gotta do our best, there'll be time enough to rest

Tell someone you them, there's always a way

And if the dead could speak i know what they would say

To you and me - don't waste another day

Show someone you love them don't be scared

And if they fall into your arms you'll be surprised to find

The weight that you can bear, because

Life's a miracle, we gotta do our best

Before it's time to rest

Life's a miracle - it's a summer's day

It's a passing moment

Enjoy the sky, be a brilliant butterfly !

Tell someone you them, there's always a way

And if the dead could speak i know what they would say

To you and me - don't waste another day

Show someone you love them don't be scared

And if they fall into your arms you'll be surprised to find

The weight that you can bear, because

Life's a miracle

Life's a miracle

Life's a miracle


5.Anne Marie

There's a person that i'd like to be, anne marie

I can glimpse him when you're next to me, anne marie

There is music that no-one can hear, anne marie

Yet it's audible when you are near

Anne marie, anne marie, what am i to do ?

You are married to someone else yet

Every waking hour i think of you

Oh listen to me anne marie

Anne marie, anne marie, nothing much is new

I've a history of wanting what i cannot have

This time it is you

Don't listen to me anne marie

Anne marie, there's a person that i'd like to be, anne marie

I can glimpse him when you're next to me, anne marie

There is music that no-one can hear, anne marie

Yet it's audible when you are near

Oh anne marie, this world's an unfamiliar place i see

When you're with me, when you're with me i hear

Strange music in undiscovered keys

When you're with me, when you're with me

Anne marie, anne marie, it's time to walk away

I have never been noble but then maybe being

Noble feels this way, when you're next to me anne marie

Anne marie, and though it's time i can't believe

That i'm saying goodbye

Anne marie - why ?


6.Whoever You Are

Whoever you are i'm looking for you

On street after street, in bar after bar

The search for love is never ending

Whoever you are

Wherever you are i'm prepared to travel

No matter how long no matter how far

Now it may be eternity before i see you

Whoever you are

And while i search for you

I'll leave my door ajar

Whoever you are you may well be weary

From dragging your feet round this little star

But don't despair one step you're there

You have to meet me...

Whoever you are


7.Steal Your Thunder

Perhaps one day i'll love another

Whose eyes may be storm cloud grey

Whose every kiss is hot as summer

With the suns every ray

But no-one's ever, ever gonna steal

Ever gonna steal your thunder

Never, ever gonna steal

Ever gonna steal your thunder

Never, ever gonna steal your thunder

Of course, i might get lucky

And roll a six on the dice

There is a chance i'll be lucky

And see lightning strike twice

But no-one's ever, ever gonna steal

Ever gonna steal your thunder

Never, ever gonna steal

Ever gonna steal

...no ...no ...no ...no ...

No-one's ever, ever gonna steal, ever gonna steal your thunder

No-one's ever, ever gonna steal

Your thunder


8.Avenue Of Stars

Love is an avenue of stars, i know because i've seen the glow

Lighting up faces, faces that have been

Close enough to shine at what they have seen

Love is an avenue of stars, and if it is light years away

One day i'll get there nursing tired feet

Happy beyond words to be on that street

Each step is hard, each step is slow

Each step unsure and yet i know

Love is an avenue of stars and though i'm tired and i'm lame

My will is iron and one day i will race

Down that silver highway, light on my face

Until then, until that day

One single thought lights up the way

Love is an avenue of stars

Avenue of stars, avenue of stars, avenue of stars


9.Swans

Swans and their partners they say

Faithful forever or die on the water

Foxes are only good for

Ruffling feathers, leading lambs to the slaughter

Swans - effortlessly beautiful take care !

You ought to be aware of foxes hiding

Go on - there's time for you to sail back to his side

While i forget i ever saw you gliding

Swans and their partners they say

Faithful forever or die on the water

Swans - effortlessly beautiful take care !

You ought to be aware of foxes hiding

Go on - still time for you to sail back to his side

While i forget i ever saw you gliding

Swans, swans


10.The Fifth Horseman

You do not have to see me to know that i'm around

Pupils dilate, the anxious heart will pound

If you've a problem sleeping, well that's a danger sign

It means your troubled heart will soon be mine

The bible mentions four

I tell you there's one more...

Love is the fifth horseman, love is the fifth horseman

Love is the fifth horseman of the apocalypse

So know that i could catch you at any time i choose

I do not feel the ground beneath my shoes

This stallion i am riding, his pedigree, his pride

Won't let him rest 'till i am by your side

The bible mentions four

I'm living proof of more...

Love is the fifth horseman, love is the fifth horseman

Love is the fifth horseman of the apocalypse


11.Weightless

Who was yuri gagarin ?

He was the first man in funky bass... space

Somewhere among the stars tonight my heart

Floats like a russian satellite

Weightless - love is a pure sensation

Weightless - i feel like yuri gagarin

Somewhere among the stars tonight

I call out to a passing fireball

Weightless - love is a pure sensation

Weightless - i feel like yuri gagarin

Weightless among the stars tonight

Weightless among the stars

Love put me in space way above the trees

Listen nasa can you get my heart back please ?

Weightless among the stars tonight

Weightless among the stars

Love has given me a new slant on it all

The galaxy's a nightclub, earth's a mirror ball !

Weightless

Somewhere among the stars tonight i spin

And only you can reel me in

Weightless - love is a pure sensation

Weightless - i feel like yuri, i feel like yuri gagarin

Gagarin, gagarin, gagarin


12.Andromreda Heights

We're building a home on the side of a mountain

Above the clouds, next to the sky

And after our labours the stars will be neighbours

We'll take our place with them in space

We're not using concrete or plaster or wood -

They'd lower the tone of our new neighbourhood

And mortar will crumble with age and neglect

We're building our home upon love and respect

And when we've built it we'll call it andromeda heights

When we've built it we'll call it andromeda heights

When we've built it we'll call it andromeda heights

We're building a home on the side of a mountain

Above the clouds, next to the sky

Our plans are ambitious - a blueprint of wishes

That will come true and when they do...

Folks in the valley will look up and say

'you've finally built it can we come and stay ?'

And cynics will marvel and say 'we confess -

There were times when we thought it was just an address !

But now that we've seen it we know it's andromeda heights

Now we've seen it we know it's andromeda heights

Now we've seen it we know it's andromeda heights.'

We're building a home on the side of a mountain

Above the clouds, next to the sky

And after our labours the stars will be neighbours

We'll take our place with them in space