How Long Is Too Long Wasn't Long Enough

[Aruntraveller]

Ode to Boy

When he moves I watch him from behind
 He turns and laughter flickers in his eyes
 Intent and direct when he speaks, I watch his lips
 And when he drives I love to watch his hand
 White and smooth almost feminine, almost American, I have to watch him.

 In his face age descends on youth, exaggeration on the truth
 He caught me looking then but soon his eyes forgot
 And everything he seems to do reflects just another shade of blue
 I saw him searching into you and ached a while

I watch his lips caress the glass,
 His fingers stroke its stem and pass
 To lift a cigarette at last, he dries his eyes
 From a shadow by the stair
 I watch as he weeps unaware
 That I'm in awe of his despair, but I am there

[Nearly Sane]

I'm mad about the boy
I know it's stupid to be mad about the boy
I'm so ashamed of it but must admit the sleepless nights I've had
About the boy

On the silverscreen
He melts my foolish heart in every single scene
Although I'm quite aware that here and there are traces of the cad
About the boy

[ekim]

The night is like a lovely tune
Beware, my foolish heart
How white the ever constant moon
Take care, my foolish heart
There's a line between love and fascination
That's hard to see on an evening such as this
For they both give the very same sensation
When you are lost in the magic of a kiss

Her lips are much too close to mine
Beware, my foolish heart
But should our eager lips combine
Then let the fire start

[Nearly Sane]

Tell me is the crack of the pool balls, neon buzzin'?
Telephone's ringin', it's your second cousin
Is it the barmaid that's smilin' from the corner of her eye?
Magic of the melancholy tear in your eye
Makes it kind of quiver down in the core
'Cause you're dreamin' of them Saturdays that came before
And now you're stumblin'
You're stumblin' onto the heart of Saturday night
Well you gassed her up
And you're behind the wheel
With your arm around your sweet one
In your Oldsmobile
Barrellin' down the boulevard,
You're lookin' for the heart of Saturday night

[ekim]

You sigh, the song begins, you speak and I hear violins
It's magic
The stars desert the skies and rush to nestle in your eyes
It's magic
Without a golden wand or mystic charms
Fantastic things begin when I am in your arms

When we walk hand in hand, the world becomes a wonderland
It's magic
How else can I explain those rainbows when there is no rain
It's magic
Why do I tell me myself these things that happen are all really true.

[Nearly Sane]

Listen with your eyes,
Please, listen with your eyes
And sing everything you see.
You can sing a rainbow,
sing a rainbow
sing along with me.

Red and yellow and pink and green,
Orange and purple and blue,
I can sing a rainbow,
sing a rainbow,
sing a rainbow, too!

[ekim]

You're just too good to be true
Can't take my eyes off you
You'd be like heaven to touch
I wanna hold you so much
At long last love has arrived
And I thank God I'm alive
You're just too good to be true
Can't take my eyes off you.

[Nearly Sane]

See how we planned for saddened eyes
And tears to pave the way
I fought the fever as I knew
My hair returned to grey
Study your face and fade the frame
Too close for comfort now
We can recall the harmony
That lingered but turned sour
Feels like heaven...

 

[ekim]

Don't know when I've been so blue
Don't know what's come over you
You've found someone new and
Don't it make my brown eyes blue

I'll be fine when you're gone
I'll just cry all night long
Say it isn't true and
Don't it make my brown eyes blue

[Aruntraveller]

Blue eyes
Baby's got blue eyes
Like a deep blue sea
On a blue blue day

Blue eyes
Baby's got blue eyes
When the morning comes
I'll be far away
And I say

Blue eyes holding back the tears
Holding back the pain
Baby's got blue eyes
And she's alone
Again

[ekim]

Ooh ooh oooh... baby love, my baby love
I need you, oh how I need you
But all you do is treat me bad
Break my heart and leave me sad
Tell me, what did I do wrong
To make you stay away so long.

[Aruntraveller]

People stay just a little bit longer
 We want to play, just a little bit longer

Now the promoter don't mind
 And the union don't mind
 If we take a little time
 And we leave it all behind and sing
 One more song

Oh won't you stay
 Just a little bit longer
 Please please please, say you will
 Say you will

[Nearly Sane]

As a union man I'm wise
To the lies of the company spies
And I don't get fooled by the factory rules
'Cause I always read between the lines

And I always get my way
If I strike for higher pay
When I show my card to the Scotland Yard
And this is what I say:

Oh, oh, you don't get me, I'm part of the union
You don't get me, I'm part of the union
You don't get me, I'm part of the union
Til the day I die
Til the day I die

[Aruntraveller]

Oh, oh, what are we gonna do?
 Union, Union, Union City blue
 Tunnel to the other side
 It becomes daylight
 I say he's mine

Oh power, passion plays a double hand
 Union, Union Union City man
 Arrive, climb up four flights
 To the orange side
 Rearrange my mind
 In turquoise Union, Union, Union City blue
 Skyline, passion, Union City blue


(For me the best of Blondie's output - it's the opening of the song that clinches it)

[ekim]

Hey driver, where we're going?
I swear my nerves are showing
Set your hopes up way too high
The living's in the way we die
Comes the morning and the headlights fade away
Hundred thousand people, I'm the one they blame
I've been waiting long for one of us to say
Save the darkness, let it never fade away
Ah, ah, the living daylights
Ah, ah, the living daylights.

[Aruntraveller]

Tom, get your plane right on time
 I know your part'll go fine
 Fly down to Mexico
 Do-n-do-d-do-n-do and here I am,
 The only living boy in New York

I get the news I need on the weather report
 I can gather all the news I need on the weather report
 Hey, I've got nothing to do today but smile
 Do-n-doh-d-doh-n-doh and here I am
 The only living boy in New York

 

[ekim]

South of the border, down Mexico way.
That's where I fell in love where stars above, came out to play.
And now as I wonder, my thoughts ever stray.
South of the border, down Mexico way.

She was a picture, in old Spanish ways.
Just for a tender while I kissed the smile, upon her face.
For it was fiesta, and love had it's day.
South of the border, down Mexico way.

[Aruntraveller]

Blue Spanish eyes
Teardrops are falling from your Spanish eyes
Please, please don't cry

This is just adios and not goodbye
Soon I'll return
Bringing you all the love your heart can hold
Please say "Si, si"
Say you and your Spanish eyes will wait for me

Blue Spanish eyes
Prettiest eyes in all of Mexico
True Spanish eyes

[ekim]

Don't cry for me Marge and Tina 
The truth is I never left you
All through my wild days
My mad existence
I kept my promise
Don't keep your distance.

[Nearly Sane]

Brazil, where hearts were entertaining June
We stood beneath an amber moon
And softly murmured "Someday soon"
We kissed and clung together

Then, tomorrow was another day
The morning found me miles away
With still a million things to say
Now, when twilight dims the sky above
Recalling thrills of our love
There's one thing I'm certain of
Return I will to old Brazil

[ekim]

I gave a letter to the postman,
He put it in his sack.
And by the early next morning,
He brought my letter back.
She wrote upon it:
Return to sender, address unknown.
No such number, no such zone.

[Nearly Sane]

Everybody knows His bright red van
All his friends will smile as he waves to greet them
Maybe you can never be sure there'll be knock
Ring
Letters through your door


Postman Pat
Postman Pat
Postman Pat and his Black and White Cat

[ekim]

On a day like today
We pass the time away
Writing love letters in the sand

How you laughed when I cried
Each time I saw the tide
Take our love letters from the sand

You made a vow that you would ever be true
But somehow that vow meant nothing to you

Now my broken heart aches
With every wave that breaks
Over love letters in the sand.

[Aruntraveller]

One day we walked along the sand
 One day in early spring
 You held a piper in your hand
 To mend its broken wing
 Now I'll remember many a day
 And many a lonely mile
 The echo of a piper's song
 The shadow of a smile

The shadow of your smile
 When you are gone
 Will color all my dreams
 And light the dawn
 Look into my eyes
 My love and see
 All the lovely things
 You are to me

Our wistful little star
 Was far too high
 A teardrop kissed your lips
 And so did I
 Now when I remember spring
 All the joy that love can bring
 I will be remembering
 The shadow of your smile

[Nearly Sane]

The song dream happened and the cloven hoofed piper
Played in that holy ground where they felt the awe and wonder
And they all were unafraid of the great god Pan

And the wind in the willows and the piper at the gates of dawn
The wind in the willows and the piper at the gates of dawn