Greatest Hits

The Bangles Greatest Hits Lyrics
1.Hero Takes A Fall

Written:Susanna Hoffs/Vicki Peterson

Main voice:SUSANNA

The hero is exposed when
His crimes are brought to the light of day
Won't be feelin' sorry, sorry, sorry
On the judgement day.

It wasn't me who said
There'll be a price to pay
And I won't feel bad at all
When the hero takes a fall
When the hero takes a fall
(Hero takes a fall) oh no.

Your mother told you stories
You substitute with girls who tell you more
Suddenly you sight a fancy chance
Since love is at your door.

We're seeing through you now
I saw it all before
And I won't feel bad at all
When the hero takes a fall
When the hero takes a fall
(Hero takes a fall) oh no.

Oh oh, oh oh, oh oh
Oh oh, oh oh, oh oh
Oh oh, oh oh, uh-huh oh.

Emotion is a virtue
For you, it is the one fatal flaw
Sitting on your throne and drinking,
Thinking she'll return your call.

Every story's got an ending
Look out! Here it comes, here it comes
And I won't feel bad at all
When the hero takes a fall
When the hero takes a fall
(Hero takes a fall) oh woe, woe hoe.

Oh oh, oh oh, oh oh
Oh oh, oh oh, oh oh
Oh oh, oh oh, uh-huh oh.


2.Going Down To Liverpool

Lyrics:Kimberly Rew
Music:Kimberly Rew

Main voice:DEBBI

Hey now...
Where you going with that load of nothing in your hand
I said: Hey now...
All through this green and pleasant land.

I'm going down to Liverpool to do nothing
I'm going down to Liverpool to do nothing
I'm going down to Liverpool to do nothing
All the days of my life
All the days of my life.

Hey there...
Where you going with that UB40 in your hand
I said: Hey there...
All through this green and pleasant land.

I'm going down to Liverpool to do nothing
I'm going down to Liverpool to do nothing
I'm going down to Liverpool to do nothing
All the days of my life
All the days of my life.

Hey now
Where you going with that UB40 in your hand
I said: Hey now
All through this green and pleasant land.

I'm going down to Liverpool to do nothing
I'm going down to Liverpool to do nothing
All the days of my life
All the days of my life.


3.Manic Monday

Lyrics:Christopher
Music:Christopher

Main voice:SUSANNA

Six o'clock already I was just in the middle of a dream
I was kissin' Valentino by a crystal blue Italian stream
But I can't be late 'cause then I guess I just won't get paid
These are the days when you wish your bed was already made.

It's just another manic Monday (oh-woe)
I wish it was Sunday (oh-woe)
'Cause that's my Funday (oh-woe)
My I don't have to runday (oh)
It's just another manic Monday.

Have to catch an early train, got to be to work by nine
And if I had an air-o-plane, I still couldn't make it on time
'Cause it takes me so long just to figure out what I'm gonna
wear
Blame it on the train but the boss is already there.

It's just another manic Monday (oh-woe)
I wish it was Sunday (oh-woe)
'Cause that's my Funday (oh-woe)
My I don't have to runday (oh)
It's just another manic Monday.

All of my nights why did my lover have to pick last night to get
down (last night, last night)
Doesn't it matter that I have to feed the both of us,
employment's down
He tells me in his bedroom voice, 'C'mon honey, let's go make
some noise' (ba ba ba
baaaa)
Time, it goes so fast (when you're having fun).

It's just another manic Monday (oh-woe)
I wish it was Sunday (oh-woe)
'Cause that's my Funday (oh-woe)
My I don't have to runday (woe)
It's just another manic Monday (oh-woe)
I wish it was Sunday (oh-woe)
'Cause that's my funday (oh)
It's just another manic Monday.


4.If She Knew What She Wants

Lyrics:Jules Shear
Music:Jules Shear

Main voice:SUSANNA

Oooooh.

If she knew what she wants
(He'd be giving it to her)
If she knew what she needs
(He could give her that too)
If she knew what she wants
(But he can't see through her)
If she knew what she wants
He'd be giving it to her
Giving it to her.

But she wants everything
(He can pretend to give her everything)
Or there's nothing she wants
(She don't want to sort it out)
He's crazy for this girl
(But she don't know what she's looking for)
If she knew what she wants
He'd be giving it to her
Giving it to her.

I'd say her values are corrupted
But she's open to change
Then one day she's satisfied
And the next I'll find her crying
And it's nothing she can explain.

If she knew what she wants
(He'd be giving it to her)
If she knew what she needs
(He could give her that too)
If she knew what she wants
(But he can't see through her)
If she knew what she wants
He'd be giving it to her
Giving it to her (giving it to her).

Some have a style
That they work hard to refine
So they walk a crooked line
But she won't understand
Why anyone would have to try
To walk a line when they could fly.

No sense thinking I could rehabilitate her
When she's fine, fine, fine
She's got so many ideas traveling around in her head
She doesn't need nothing from mine.

If she knew what she wants
(He'd be giving it to her)
If she knew what she needs
(He could give her that too)
If she knew what she wants
(But he can't see through her)
If she knew what she wants
He'd be giving it to her
Giving it to her.

But she wants everything
(He can pretend to give her everything)
Or there's nothing she wants
(She don't want to sort it out)
He's crazy for this girl
(But she don't know what she's looking for)
If she knew what she wants
He'd be giving it to her
Giving it to her.

(He'd be giving it to her)
(He could give her that too)
(But he can't see through her)
Ooooooh
Giving it to her
Giving it to her now.


5.Walk Like An Egyptian

Lyrics:Liam Sternberg
Music:Liam Sternberg

Main voice:VICKI/MICHAEL/SUSANNA

All the old paintings on the tombs
They do the sand dance, dont you know
If they move too quick (oh whey oh)
They're falling down like a domino.

All the bazaar men by the Nile
They got their money on a bet
Gold crocodiles (oh whey oh)
They snap their teeth on your cigarette.

Foreign types with the hookah pipes say:
Ay oh whey oh, ay oh whey oh
Walk like an Egyptian.

The blonde waitresses take their trays
They spin around and they cross the floor
They've got the moves (oh whey oh)
They drop your drink, then they bring you more.

All the school kids so sick of books
They like the punk and the metal band
When the buzzer rings (oh whey oh)
They're walking like an Egyptian.

All the kids in the market place say:
Ay oh whey oh, ay oh whey oh
Walk like an Egyptian.

Slide your feet up the street, bend your back
Shift your arm, then you pull it back
Life is hard, you know (oh whey oh)
So strike a pose on a Cadillac.

If you want to find all the cops
They're hanging out in the donut shop
They sing and dance (oh whey oh)
Spin the clubs, cruise down the block.

All the Japanese with their yen
The party boys call the Kremlin
And the Chinese know (oh whey oh)
They walk the line like Egyptian.

All the cops in the donut shop say:
Ay oh whey oh, ay oh whey oh
Walk like an Egyptian
Walk like an Egyptian.


6.Walking Down Your Street

Written:Susanna Hoffs/Louis Gutierrez/David Kahne

Main voice:SUSANNA

Oooh, oh I've had sleepless nights
Toss and turn, wake up burning
For what you inspire.

So, I'm gonna walk right down your street
With a love that I can't hide
I've got one thing on my mind
Yeah, I'll even sacrifice my pride, 'cause I want you.

Oooh, oh how I wish you would be mine
My pulse is weak, I'm blushing brighter
Then a valentine.

'Cause I've been walking down your street
With a love that I can't hide
I've got one thing on my mind
Yeah, I'll even sacrifice my pride.

'Cause I can't stop the way I feel
So, I'll keep walking on, 'cause I want you.

(Walking...down...down...down your street
Walking...down your street)
Walking...down your street (walking)
Down your street (walking...down...down...down)
Oh no (walking) oh-woe-oh.

I can't stop the way I feel
So, I'll keep walking on.

Walking down your street
With a love that I can't hide
Oh, I've got one thing on my mind
Yeah, I'll even sacrifice my pride ('cause I want you).

Walking down your street
With a love that I can't hide
Yeah, I've got one thing on my mind
Yeah, I'll even sacrifice my pride ('cause I want you).

Walking down your street
With a love that I can't hide
Oh, I've got one thing on my mind
Yeah, I'll even sacrifice my pride ('cause I want you)


7.Following

Lyrics:Michael Steele
Music:Michael Steele

Main voice:MICHAEL

You think I'm crazy or something
Always following you around
You say I'm a hopeless case
Run an obsession into the ground.

You call me a loser
You call me a shadowing fool
Look over your shoulder
And you say I'm haunting you.

So why do you call me
Why do you look for me
Why do your eyes follow me the way they do.

You hold me responsible
Yeah, so I stand accused
Of causing all the trouble after high school
Between him and you.

Yeah, you call me a loser
You call me a shadowing fool
But I was a good girl
Yeah, 'til you taught me what it means to be true.

Why do you call me
Why do you look for me
Why do your eyes follow me the way they do.

Why do you call me
I know you look for me
Why do your eyes follow me the way they do.


8.Hazy Shade Of Winter

Lyrics:Paul Simon
Music:Paul Simon

Main voice:BANGLES

Time, time, time
See what's become of me.

Time, time, time
See what's become of me
While I looked around
For my possibilities
I was so hard to please.

Look around
Leaves are brown
And the sky
Is a hazy shade of winter.

Hear the Salvation Army Band
Down by the riverside
It's bound to be a better ride
Than what you've got planned
Carry your cup in your hand.

Look around
Leaves are brown
And the sky
Is a hazy shade of winter.

Hang onto your hopes, my friend
That's an easy thing to say
But if your hopes should pass away
Simply pretend
That you can build them again.

Look around
Grass is high
Fields are ripe
It's the springtime of my life.

Seasons change with the scenery
Weaving time in a tapestry
Won't you stop and remember me.

Look around
Leaves are brown
And the sky
Is a hazy shade of winter.

Look around
Leaves are brown
There's a patch of snow on the ground.

Look around
Leaves are brown
There's a patch of snow on the ground.

Look around
Leaves are brown
There's a patch of snow on the ground.


9.In Your Room

Written:Susanna Hoffs/Billy Steinberg/Tom Kelly

Main voice:SUSANNA

I love it in your room at night
You're the only one who gets through to me
In the warm glow of the candlelight
Oh, I wonder what you're gonna do to me.

(In your room)
I come alive when I'm with you
I'll do anything you want me to
In your room.

I love it in your room all day
When you're gone I like to try on all your clothes
You won't regret it if you let me stay
I'll teach you everything that a boy should know.

(In your room)
I'm alive when I'm with you
Gonna make your dreams come true
In your room.

I feel good in your room
Let's lock the world out
Feels so good when we kiss
Nobody ever made me crazy like this.

I love it in your room at night
You're the only one who gets through to me
In the warm glow of the candlelight
Oh, I wonder what you're gonna do to me.

(In your room)
I'll do anything you want me to
Only wanna be with you
In your room, in your room.

I feel good in your room
Let's lock the world out
Feels so good when we kiss
Nobody ever made me crazy like this.

In your room, in your room.

(In your room...in your room)
(In your room...in your room)
(In your room).


10.Eternal Flame

Written:Susanna Hoffs/Billy Steinberg/Tom Kelly

Main voice:SUSANNA

Close your eyes
Give me your hand, darlin'
Do you feel my heart beating
Do you understand
Do you feel the same
Am I only dreaming
Is this burning an eternal flame.

I believe
It's meant to be, darlin'
I watch you when you are sleeping
You belong with me
Do you feel the same
Am I only dreaming
Or is this burning (burning) an eternal flame.

Say my name
Sun shines through the rain
A whole life so lonely
And then you come and ease the pain
I don't want to lose this feeling, oh.

Say my name
Sun shines through the rain
A whole life so lonely
And then you come and ease the pain
I don't want to lose this feeling, oh.

Close your eyes
Give me your hand
Do you feel my heart beating
Do you understand
Do you feel the same
Am I only dreaming
Or is this burning an eternal flame.

Close your eyes
Give me your hand, darlin'
Do you feel my heart beating
Do you understand
Do you feel the same
Am I only dreaming
Is this burning an eternal flame.

Close your eyes
Give me your hand, darlin'
Do you feel my heart beating
Do you understand
Do you feel the same
Am I only dreaming
Aaaaahh, an eternal flame.

Close your eyes
Give me your hand, darlin'
Do you feel my heart beating
Do you understand
Do you feel the same
Am I only dreaming
Is this burning an eternal flame.


11.Be With You

Written:Debbi Peterson/Walker Igleheart
Vocal:Debbi

Out my window
The rain starts to fall
And the wind blows
Through an empty hall
In the mirror
Ooh, reflections of you.

In the distance I hear a sound
Is that you coming around.

(What you gonna do) oh, what you gonna do
(I think I should) I think I should be with you
(A love that's overdue) a love that's overdue
Oh, I think I should be with you.

Thought I saw you
Through a stranger's face
Should I call you
Or should I walk away
Round the corner
Is around the world.

Is that you looking at me
Or am I living a dream, woe-oh.

(What you gonna do) oh, what you gonna do
(I think I should) I think I should be with you
(A love that's overdue) oh, a love that's overdue
Oh, I think I should be with you.

And when I'm lost in a dream
You are all I can see
All alone in the night I'm waiting for you
Every moment I'd die
Just to look in your eyes
The dream is alive...I'm waiting.

Oh, my (oh my)
How I try
To make you see that
I should be with you.

In the distance I hear a sound
Is that you coming around.

(What you gonna do) oh, what you gonna do
(I think I should) I think I should be with you
(A love that's overdue) oh, a love that's overdue
Oh, I think I should be with you.

(Oh-I-I-I-I-I) I think I should be with you
(I-I-I-I-I) I think I should be with you
(I-I-I-I-I) I think I should be with you.


12.I'll Set You Free

Written:Susanna Hoffs/Eric Lowen/Dan Navarro

Main voice:SUSANNA

I hear you through the wire
The words all sound like noise
What happened to the fire in your voice
Don't try to hide the distance
It's just too big to ignore
We work it out like business
It won't work anymore.

I remember eyes that shined
As they looked so hard back into mine
Now it's just a memory
So I'll set you free (I'll set you free)
(I'll) set you free.

Still sometimes late at night
Moonlight comes into my window
I can make believe it's how it used to be
We made it look so easy
We never tried to resist
Somehow you stopped believing
Somehow we've come to this.

I remember eyes that shined
As they looked so hard back into mine
Now it's just a memory
So I'll set you free
I remember words that fell
Like coins into a wishing well
It was never meant to be
So I'll set you free (I'll set you free)
(I'll) set you free.

So now I must go on
What more can I do
What good is being strong
When all I ever really want is you.

I remember eyes that shined
As they looked so hard back into mine
Now it's just a memory
So I'll set you free
I remember words that fell
Like coins into a wishing well
It was never meant to be
So I'll set you free (I'll set you free)
(I'll) set you free.

I remember eyes that shined (I remember)
As they looked so hard back into mine (all I want is you)
All I want is you
(I remember) I remember words that fell
Like coins into a wishing well (all I want is you)
It's you want that I want
It's you want but I won't tell, oh
I remember eyes that shined
As they looked so hard back into mine (all I want is you).


13.Everything I Wanted

Written:Susanna Hoffs/Eric Lowen/Dan Navarro

Main voice:SUSANNA

He was standing like a statue in the light
And he looked just like perfection in my eyes
When he spoke I staggered from the glow
Once I touched I never could let go
(Oh) oh (oh) this is what I've waited for.

Oh oh oh, everything I wanted
Oh oh oh, everything I wanted
For a while.

So we whispered every secret we could tell
And we painted lovely pictures of ourselves
Though we hid the parts we did not want to know
As the strength of our illusions took control
(Oh) oh (oh) this is what I've waited for.

Oh oh oh, everything I wanted
Oh oh oh, everything I wanted
Oh oh oh, everything I wanted.

I never know if my heart tells lies
Caught in a feeling I just can't fight
First I go up then I come back down
'Til we come back around.

(Oh) oh (oh) this is what I've waited for.

Oh oh oh, everything I wanted
Oh oh oh, everything I wanted
Oh oh oh, everything I wanted.

Everything I want (oh oh oh)
Everything I need (everything I wanted)
I don't know (oh oh oh)
Everything I want (everything I wanted)
Baby come on time will tell (oh oh oh)
Everything I need (everything I wanted).

Oh yeah (oh oh oh)
Oh oh - everything that I wanted
Oh oh (oh oh oh)
Oh oh - everything I want
I don't hide (oh oh oh)
Oh oh - everything I wanted.


14.Where Were You When I Needed You

Lyrics:S.Barri/P.F.Sloan
Music:S.Barri/P.F.Sloan

Main voice:SUSANNA

Don't bother cryin', don't bother callin'
It's all over now, no use in stallin'
The love I once felt I don't feel anymore for you
This time I'll even open the door for you.

You walked out when I was down
Well, now I'm well off and look...look who's comin' round.

Where were you when I needed ya
Where were you when I wanted ya
Where were you when I needed ya
Where?

You're looking good, it's hard to fight it
There's no use explaining, I've already decided
That living with you is worse than without ya
I won't spend a lifetime worrying about ya.

Aah things got rough and you disappeared
Now I'm back on my feet and look...look who's standing there.

Where were you when I needed ya
Where were you when I wanted ya
Where were you when I needed ya
Where?

You were so young and you were so wild
I knew you were nobody's innocent child
The first day I saw you, you really got to me
I thought I could change you, what good did it do me.

Aah things got rough and you couldn't wait
Now you're trippin' back but babe...babe it's too late.

Where were you when I needed ya
Where were you when I wanted ya
Where were you when I needed ya
Where?

Where were you when I needed ya
Where were you when I wanted ya
Where were you when I needed ya
Where?