The Electric Light Orchestra
OUT OF THE BLUE
Creado en 1977
Producido por Jeff Lynne
Temas del álbum
A sound that flows into my mind
(The echoes of the daylight)
Of everything that is alive
(In my blue world).
Chorus:
I turn to stone, when you are gone
I turn to stone
Turn to stone, when you coming home?
I can't go on.
The dying embers of a night
(A fire that slowly fades till dawn)
Still glow upon the wall so bright.
The tired streets that hide away
(From here to everywhere they go)
Roll past my door into the day
(In my blue world).
(chorus)
I turn to stone, when you are gone
I turn to stone.
Yes I'm turning to stone 'cos you ain't coming home
Why ain't you coming home if I'm turning to stone
You've been gone for so long and I can't carry on
Yes, I'm turning, I'm turning
I'm turning to stone.
The dancing shadows on the wall
(The two-step in the hall)
Are all I see since you've been gone.
Through all I sit here and I wait
(I turn to stone, I turn to stone)
You will return again some day
(To my blue world).
(chorus)
I turn to stone, when you are gone
I turn to stone.
(chorus)
I turn to stone, when you are gone
I turn to stone.
ITS OVER
(J.Lynne)
It's over, it's over, it's over
Summer came and passed away
Hardly seemed to last a day
But it's over
And what can I do?
Music playing in the air
Silence on a darkened stair
'Cos it's over
And what can I do?
Chorus:
It's over, it's over, all over
It's all over now
And the way you looked
Don't even mean I'm down
When you kick out the sea
And the sun says goodbye
There is nothing much to speak of
Looking over sunny days
Searching for the righteous wave
'Cos it's over
And what can I do?
Looking from this distant shore
You ain't sailing by no more
'Cos it's over
And what can I do?
(chorus)
(chorus)
It's over, it's over, it's over
It's all over
And what can I do?
It's over, it's over, it's all over
It's over, yeah it's over
Don't shed a tear for me, it's over
Don't shed a tear although it's over.
SWEET TALKING WOMAN
(J.Lynne)
I was searching on a one-way street
I was hoping for a chance to meet
I was waiting for the operator on the line
(She's gone so long) What can I do?
(Where could she be?) Don't know what I'm gonna do
I gotta get back to you.
Chorus:
Slow down, sweet talking woman
You got me running
You got me searching
Hold on, sweet talking lover
It's so sad if that's the way it's over
Sweet talking woman.
I was walking, many days go by
I was thinking, about the lonely nights
Communication breakdown all around
(She's gone so long) What can I do?
(Where could she be now?) Don't know what I'm gonna do
I gotta get back to you.
(chorus)
I've been living on a dead-end street
I've been asking everybody I meet
Insufficient data coming through
(She's gone so long) What can I do?
(Where could she be?) Don't know what I'm gonna do
I gotta get back to you.
(chorus)
ACROSS THE BOARDER
(J.Lynne)
I've been work so hard baby, trying to get to you
I'm gonna be there soon
In the heat of the day, many miles away
When the sun is beating down upon the main street
I'll be waiting at the station
I gotta move down the line.
They'll be dancing and singing and doing their thing
And they'll be rocking and rolling until the day is done
You know I've got to make the deadline.
Chorus:
I gotta get that southbound train tonight
If I don't get to the border then I'll write.
The Mardi Gras will be blowing strong
And the people dancing all across the city
I'm leaving here tonight
I gotta move down the line.
I'm gonna catch a ride on the 9:05
I'm gonna ride the rails until we reach the morning
Maybe three or four hundred miles.
(chorus)
When the wind is blowing softly through the streets
Of a little town and the music's playing
You're waiting somewhere over the horizon.
(chorus)
You know I'm coming, baby
You know I'm coming, baby.
STEPPIN OUT
(J.Lynne)
Pack up all your things
We're gonna be leaving
Sooner than I thought
Take the things you bought
Clouds are gathering.
Say goodbye to all your friends
We're gonna be sorry
For a while, that's how it goes
But then again, who knows
About the rain.
Chorus:
I'm steppin' out
I'm moving on
I'm gonna see the world
Like a rolling stone
I'm gonna be somebody...
Oh, I'm steppin' out.
Did you hear what he said?
He said they sold me down the river
They thought I was a fool
They said the rain would fall
What did they know?
Then I saw your face
And the song that you were singing
Though I thought I knew the words
The tune was quite absurd and out of key
Doo dah dah dee.
(chorus)
I'm steppin' out, I'm steppin' out
I'm steppin' out, I'm steppin' out
I'm steppin' out, I'm steppin' out
I'm steppin' out, I'm steppin' out
I'm steppin' out, I'm steppin' out
I'm steppin' out, I'm steppin' out
Steppin' out, steppin' out, steppin' out.
Don't know where I'm going
Gonna see the world, gonna be somebody
Don't know where I'm going
I'm just steppin' out
I'm steppin' out
I'm steppin' out.
NIGHT IN THE CITY
(J.Lynne)
Standing at the airport looking down the strip
She was drying her eyes, she was biting her lip
747 just left from gate eleven and there's no turning around
'Cos it's just leaving the ground and getting higher.
Standing at the dockside, looking out to sea
When I saw her but she did not see me
There she stood with no hope because she'd missed the boat
And as her dreams sailed away she headed back for the day
Back to the city.
Chorus:
Night in the city
Oh, oh, oh
Madness at midnight
Night in the city
Driving you insane.
In the city...
In the city...
(chorus)
I was running kinda lonely at the ciI waited for an hour,
I never saw her face
Crazy ladies that wait and slide around like a snake
I just can't take anymore, I'm going in through the door
Into the city.
I'll get you, yes I'm gonna get you
I'll get you, yes I'm gonna get you
I'll get you, yes I'm gonna get you
I'll get you, yes I'm gonna get you
I'll get you, yes I'm gonna get you
I'll get you, yes I'm gonna get you
Driving you insane.
(chorus)
Driving you insane
Driving you insane.
STARLIGHT
(J.Lynne)
Starlight
I hear you calling out to me
Sweet love
Rolling across my mind again
I want you, yes I do
I need you, yes I do
Chorus:
But then you run -- you gotta stop
Fooling around, keep your feet
On the ground little girl
And starlight will shine
All around, little girl
You had me all
Summer long, little girl
Starlight
Your eyes are looking out so far away
Constellation in the sky is smiling down on me
I wonder, wonder why
I can feel you're so real
I can see you're so near
(chorus)
Moon glow, come light the way up to my window
As you roll across the night
Don't tell nobody that I told you so
I want you, yes I do
I need you, yes I do
(chorus)
JUNGLE
(J.Lynne)
I was standing in the jungle, I was feeling alright
Mmmhmmm, Mmmhmmm
I was wondering in the darkness, in the middle of the night
Mmmhmmm, Mmmhmmm
The moon began to shine, I saw a clearing ahead
Mmmhmmm, Mmmhmmm
But what's that going on, I think I'm outta my head
Mmmhmmm, Mmmhmmm.