Prefab Sprout Jordan[The Comeback]

1.Looking For Atlantis

If you're looking for atlantis

You should cast your eye on me

Put your two and two together

Don't you know who built atlantis

Then returned to the sea

Don't you know who owns the weather ？

Rain or shine

Sure is good to seek a challenge

Sure is fine to set your sights

Sure is foolish to be blinded

There are legions out there churching

Searching for the holy grail

Isn't one of them can find it

All this time

You should be loving someone

And you know who it must be

Cause you'll never find atlantis

Til you make that someone me

You should be loving someone

And you know who it must be

Cause you'll never find atlantis

Til you make that someone me

Say you do find your volcano and the darn thing is still hot

Lesson one ： child don't waste it

Lesson two ： the world's your cherry

But tomorrow ？ maybe not

Lesson three ： come on and taste it

All this time

You should be loving someone

And you know who it must be

Cause you'll never find atlantis

Til you make that someone me

You should be loving someone

And you know who it must be

Cause you'll never find atlantis

Til you make that someone me


2.Wild Horses

Through the rails i spied

Your ponytail. i tried

With sugar cubes - and they're o.k.

But i don't think

I'll catch you that way

I hate myself 'cause you're so cool

With your mocking eyes

'won't you look at the old fool'

Wild horses - i want to have

Wild horses - i want to have

Wild horses - i want to have

Wild horses - i want to

Look at you - unflawed.

Now look at me - plain overawed

Grace and looks take no credit for

Girl you're young

And they're part of the score

Like the chemicals at war in me

'til i'm a wolf with an eye for the ponies

Wild horses - i want to have

Wild horses - i want to have

Wild horses - i want to have

Wild horses - i want to

I want extra time to play,

Afternoons in the hay

It's a sorry way for a man to feel

But sentimental is part of the deal

I hate myself because it shows how

I'm a fool for your rodeo

Wild horses - i want to have

Wild horses - i want to have

Wild horses - i want to have

Wild horses

Wild horses - i want to have

Wild horses - i want to have

Wild horses - i want to have you


3.Machine Gun Ibiza

He's a stone delta blues man.

He's a top rollmo' star

He's a stone delta blues man.

He's a top rollmo' star

Black wand, white magic, nitroglycerine

He's earned the right to be known as

Machine gun ibiza

Voodoo up rollmo' down

Machine gun ibiza

Hangin' ten with the hurricane sound

If you've never been nowhere

Don't you pay that no mind

If you've never been nowhere

Don't you pay that no mind

Feel part of no circle ？

If you make no scene

Well you've earned the right

To hang out with

Machine gun ibiza

Voodoo up rollmo' down

Machine gun ibiza

Hangin' ten with the hurricane sound

If you're a goddess

If your heart's sixteen

Girl you're gonna wake up buddies with

Machine gun ibiza

Voodoo up rollmo' down

Machine gun ibiza

Hangin' ten with the hurricane sound

Ooh light a fire - be an ex-marine

Baby learn to burn your dog tag like

Machine gun ibiza

Voodoo up rollmo' down

Machine gun ibiza

Hangin' ten with the hurricane sound

Hangin' ten with the hurricane sound

Hangin' ten with the hurricane sound

Hangin' ten... sound

Machine gun ibiza... voodoo


4.We Let The Stars Go

There was that girl i used to know

She'd tease me about my name

Fan the embers long enough

I sometimes catch her flame

The soothing voice of distance tells me

'that was just a fling'

Other music fills my ears

But i still hear her sing ：

She sings ：

Paddy joe, say paddy joe

Don't you remember me ？

How long ago one gorgeous night

We let the stars go

Paddy joe, say paddy joe

Don't you remember me ？

How long ago one gorgeous night

We let the stars go free

There was a boy i used to be

I guess that he was cold

If she came to buy him now

How cheaply he'd be sold

But the light is gone and it is dark

What used to be the sky

Is suddenly embarrassing

To the naked eye

You see ：

Paddy joe, see paddy joe

Can't face this memory

How long ago one gorgeous night

We let the stars go

Paddy joe, see paddy joe

Can't face this memory

How long ago one gorgeous night

We let the stars go

Long ago one gorgeous night

We let the stars go

Long ago one stupid night

We let the stars go free

We let the stars go free

We let the stars go free

We let the stars go free

We let the stars go free


5.Carnival 2000

Tonight let's raise a glass my friend

To those who couldn't make it

A century has shut its eyes

And who are we to wake it ？

Cool music we play, dance and say

Carnival 2000 ：

Lives come and go but life no denial

Is always in style. welcome to ：

Carnival 2000 ：

Loves come and go but love above all

Is belle of the ball

We ask for any wrong we've done

The years ahead forgive us

We ask for any good we've done

That all of it outlive us

Cool music we play, dance and say

Carnival 2000 ：

Lives come and go but life no denial

Is always in style. welcome to ：

Carnival 2000 ：

Loves come and go but love above all

Is belle of the ball

Welcome to ：

Carnival 2000 ：

Lives come and go but life no denial

Is always in style. welcome to ：

Carnival 2000 ：

Loves come and go but love above all

Is belle of the ball


6.Jordan： The Comeback

They say the spirit moves in mysterious ways

Sometimes the way it moves looks plain berserk

But two things you should be slow to criticize

A mans choice of woman and his choice of work

Some work'll earn you top dollar

In this here tinsel town

That's where i started thinkin' of something else

Cos they couldn't film the spirit

From the waist on down

Sometimes i don't sleep too well,

But one day i know ：

End of the road i'm travelling,

I will see jordan beckoning

End of the road i'm travelling,

I will see jordan beckoning

And all those books about me

Well there wasn't much love in 'em boys

I'm tellin' you if i'd taken all that medication

Man, i'da rattled like... one o' my lil girls toys

Now they call me a recluse

Been in the desert so long

Layin' on my back bidin' my time

I'm just waitin' for the right song

Then i'm comin' back

Sometimes i don't sleep too well,

But one day i know ：

End of the road i'm travelling,

I will see jordan beckoning

End of the road i'm travelling,

I will see jordan beckoning

Jordan sweet jordan

Hand me any cup you find that's lyin' spare

Lord i've long time been a thirstin' for a share

Jordan waiting for me there

End of the road i'm travelling,

I will see jordan beckoning

End of the road i'm travelling,

I will see jordan beckoning

End of the road i'm travelling,

I will see jordan beckoning

End of the road i'm travelling,

I will see jordan beckoning

Jordan sweet jordan

Hand me any cup you find that's lyin' spare

End of the road i'm travelling,

I will see jordan beckoning

End of the road i'm travelling,

I will see jordan beckoning

Jordan sweet jordan

Hand me any cup you find that's lyin' spare

End of the road i'm travelling,

I will see jordan beckoning

End of the road i'm travelling,

I will see jordan beckoning

Jordan sweet jordan

Hand me any cup you find that's lyin' spare


7.Jesse James Symphony

Jesse james is running and he'll never be at rest

'til the day they fold his arms across his chest

He's a long way from the cradle

And his ma's authority

But it only seems a minute

Since he stood over his bed

And she tried to tell him something

Now what the hell was it she said ？？？

Jesse james is thinking of the breaks he never had

And the gene that cursed his blood group rhesus-bad

Jesse james lived money

His account was in the black

'til the day he stopped a bullet with his back

Well the zip cose may read vegas

But the heart beats tupelo

And a footstep is such a small thing

That it's neither here nor there

'til you string those steps together

And find home is way back, way back where ？

Jesse james was never

Part of lifes great symphony

All he heard were penny whistles out of key

Jesse james he promised ：

'i will never die afraid'

That boy perjured every vow he ever made


8.Jesse James Bolero

Jesse was a renegade danced to his own drum

Growin' wise could wait 'til tomorrow

Took to a road signposted sorrow

Jesse was a hooligan jumped right off the rail

There in the cards there in the tarot

Born to despise the straight and the narrow

Jesse was a connoisseur

Home cookin' tasted stale

Jesse james bolero is a dance upon the run

Every step proclaims that he's a wayward son

Jesse james is waiting

For the cheap music to stop

Don't goodbye deserve some bach not barbershop ？

Jesse didn't hear the drum suddenly lose time

All his plans crafted, clever

Fated unborn - unfinished forever

Jesse didn't hear the drum stop outside his door

In his dreams destiny towered

In the cold light of day it came as a coward

Jesse didn't hear the drum

At the age of thirty-four

Jesse james bolero is a dance upon the run

Every step proclaims that he's a wayward son

Jesse james is waiting

For the cheap music to stop

Don't goodbye deserve some bach not barbershop ？

Jesse james bolero is a dance upon the run

Every step proclaims that he's a wayward son

Jesse james is waiting

For the cheap music to stop

Don't goodbye deserve some bach not barbershop ？


9.Moondog

The funeral cars crawl down

The heartbreak side of town

The mourners all discuss

The boy who caused a fuss

We chopped a billion trees to print up eulogies

But guys we should have guessed,

The girls would say it best

Moondog !

Love. 'cos love's the final word

Nothing crosses love

Reason has to bow if love demands it

Moondog ! - guess who's on the moon

Moondog ! - guess who's on the moon

Up there a flag will fly for mom and apple pie

Moondog ! - guess who's on the moon

Moondog ! - guess who's on the moon

The one place left to play

The comeback's underway

The world was younger then

In bed asleep by ten

And daddies shook their fists

At hidden communists

The earth was merely round

Before the slapback sound

Is there one spell can bring

The once and future king ？

Moondog !

Cut... to somewhere deep in space

Beyond the colonel's arms

Handsome doggone rake the truly weightless

Moondog ! - guess who's on the moon

Moondog ! - guess who's on the moon

Moondog ! - guess who's on the moon

Up there a flag will fly for mom and apple pie

Moondog ! - guess who's on the moon

Moondog ! - guess who's on the moon

The one place left to play

The comeback's underway

Moondog ! - guess who's on the moon

Moondog ! - guess who's on the moon

Up there a flag will fly for mom and apple pie

Moondog ! - guess who's on the moon

Moondog ! - guess who's on the moon

The one place left to play

The comeback's underway


10.All The World Loves Lovers

All the world loves lovers.

All the world loves people in love

Don't forget it. don't forget it.

Love whatever the price

All the world loves lovers.

All the world loves people in love

Don't forget it. - love

Don't forget it. - love

Love whatever the price

... love

You and i won't lose our heads the way some lovers do

Saying 'this will last forever' when it's just a year or two

You and i won't be the fools that other lovers are

Thinking every silver bottle top potentially a star still

All the world loves lovers.

All the world loves people in love

Don't forget it. - love

Don't forget it. - love

Love whatever the price

All the world loves lovers.

All the world loves people in love

Don't forget it. - love

Don't forget it. - love

Love whatever the price

We won't make the promises that every lover makes

Only to find that all we've made are similar mistakes

No you and i won't wish for things

Like other lovers do

But let's cross our hearts and hope to die

If none of them come true 'cause

All the world loves lovers.

All the world loves people in love

Don't forget it. - love

Don't forget it. - love

Love whatever the price

All the world loves lovers.

All the world loves people in love

Don't forget it. - love

Don't forget it. - love

Love whatever the price

All the world loves lovers. love whatever the price.

All the world loves lovers. love whatever the price.

All the world loves lovers

... love.


11.All The Boys Believe Anything

All boys believe anything, anything.

All boys believe anything, anything.

All boys believe anything, anything.

All boys believe anything, anything.


12.The Ice Maiden

Standing on the boulevard

You wish to know my name

I'm the ice maiden

I think perhaps you like being unhappy

I'm the ice maiden - the limit of your dreams

Arctic winds blow and still you believe

Loves makes you one of the chosen

Die in the snow - i'll never grieve

So what if tomorrow you're frozen

Death is a small price for heaven

Welcome to the glow of high octane affairs

Esperanto style and blonde disheveled hair

Subterranean streams, duckling you're a swan

Infinites of dreams imploding into one

All those nights i dreamt of you

I wonder where they've gone

You're the ice maiden

Standing on the boulevard

I've always known your name

You're the ice maiden

Let you and i grow frosty together

You're the ice maiden - today you meet your match

Girl when i burn - hell nothing's the same

I'll singe your pretty blonde lashes

We're talking fire - we're talking flame

We're talking ice into ashes

But death is a small price for heaven

All those nights i dreamt of you

I wonder where they've gone

Girl when i burn - hell nothing's the same

I'll singe your pretty blonde lashes

We're talking fire - we're talking flame

We're talking ice into ashes

But death is a small price for heaven


13.Paris Smith

Little paris smith

Lovely name for a girl is paris smith

Baby paris smith

Don't repeat my mistakes paris smith

Paris ： any music worth its salt is good for dancing

Paris ： but i tried to be the fred astaire of words

Paris you heard

Little paris smith one day you'll have a job

Yes paris smith

Baby paris smith don't you grow up a snob

No paris smith

Paris ： there are benefits to syncopated motion

Paris ： which no high falutin' double talk can show - paris

Paris ： any music worth its salt is good for dancing

Paris ： but i tried to be the fred astaire of words

Paris you heard


14.The Wedding March

One dance whose steps i never could learn

It's called the wedding march

The grace that it takes, the grace you deserve,

Require a lighter touch

I know you love dancing.

Oh, i know that you love dancing so much

I know you love dancing.

Music's a wild thing with mischief to prove

I can't adjust to the way that you move

Music's a wild thing whatever the groove

Some music isn't for dancing

One dance whose steps i never could learn

It's called the wedding march

The grace that it takes, the balance and poise,

I still find a mystery

I know you love dancing.

So, i know that you'd hate dancing with me

I know you love dancing.

So, i know that you'd hate dancing with me


15.One Of The Broken

Hi, this is god here,

Talking to me used to be a simple affair

Moses only had to see a burning bush

And he'd pull up a chair

Well it's been a long time since we talked in that way

If you're wondering what to say...

Sing me no deep hymn of devotion

Sing me no slow sweet melody

Sing it to one, one of the broken

And brother you're singing, singing to me

I remember king david

With his harp and his beautiful, beautiful songs

I answered his prayers

And showed him a place where his music belongs

It's not too far from here come get up off your knees

If you're looking for ways to please...

Sing me no psalm you're not king david

Sing me no high hushed glory be

Sing it to one, one of the broken

And brother you're singing, singing to me

Sing me no deep hymn of devotion

Sing me no slow sweet melody

Sing it to one, one of the broken

And brother you're singing, singing to me


16.Michael

All the jobs i've ever held, positions i have known

The one i was a fool to leave was

Right hand to the throne

Ambition took me speed of light

To god's exclusion zone

Michael if you're listening,

Michael who stayed true

One of us got out of line when paradise was new

One of us was exiled and the one who wasn't's you

Michael - help me write a letter to you know who

I will sign it 'lucifer regrets...'

Can't forget his final words were

'ain't no comeback gonna come your way'

What if i pray ？

Michael the archangel listen.

Michael don't you see ？

We've come to stand for principles that

Prove free will is free

If you are on the side of good

Now where does that leave me ？

Michael - help me write a letter to you know who

I will sign it 'lucifer regrets...'

Can't forget his final words were

'ain't no comeback gonna come your way'

He never could resist a sinner

Or ignore a distress call - but such a fall


17.Mercy

Mercy on me, oh say that i'm forgiven

And wrap your arms around me

To your goodness i surrender

Without mercy where is goodness ？

Won't you have mercy on me ？

Mercy on me, oh say that i'm forgiven

And wrap your arms around me

To your goodness i surrender

Without mercy where is goodness ？

Won't you have mercy on me ？


18.Scarlet Nights

This is where your sleepless eyes will close

This is where the weary find repose

This is where a kinder bugle blows

This is where you'll wake

To find the river jordan flows

Scarlet nights waiting sleep is overdue

Scarlet nights ending here on in they're blue

Yes i know we're not saying goodbye

Yes i know that farewell don't apply

Yes i know no matter how i try...

Yes i know, and you should know

That all the same i'll cry

Scarlet nights waiting sleep is overdue

Scarlet nights ending here on in they're blue

Blue as skies and blue as heavens

Watching over galilee and rome

Blue as water, jordan's waters

Blue as dawn and dawn will take you home

Scarlet nights waiting sleep is overdue

Scarlet nights ending here on in they're blue

Blue as skies and blue as heavens

Watching over you

Blue as water, jordan's water

Washing over you


19.Doo Wop In Harlem

There is a door we all walk through

And on the other side i'll meet you

Reunion in the air - a cappella meets pure prayer

Somewhere ： i can't wait to meet you there

Somewhere ： i can't wait to meet you there

If there ain't a heaven that holds you tonight

They never sang doo-wop in harlem

If there ain't a heaven that holds you tonight

They never sang doo-wop in harlem

There is a door it may seem locked

But in a little while - don't be shocked

Above the noise, behind the glare

I know you're listening out there - somewhere

Somewhere ： i can't wait to meet you there

Somewhere ： i can't wait to meet you there

If there ain't a heaven that holds you tonight

They never sang doo-wop in harlem

If there ain't a heaven that holds you tonight

They never sang doo-wop in harlem

If there ain't a heaven that holds you tonight

They never sang doo-wop in harlem

If there ain't a heaven that holds you tonight

They never sang doo-wop in harlem