The almost complete lyrics(2) ©1974-2000 magnet records

These songs complete the almost complete lyrics(1).This collection contains the songs of the last Chris Rea's albums :"La passione" in 1996 ,"The blue cafe" in 1998, "The Road to hell part II" in 1999,"King on the Beach" in 2000 and the song "lies become the truth" from the album "the best of Chris Rea" available only in France in 1998.This collection also contains the last songs from the others albums,songs whose were forgotten on the almost complete lyrics(1).

 last update 13/02/2001

So much love (1974)

Born to lose (1974)

Midnight love (inedite1978)

Cleveland callings (inédite 1979)

If you really love me (inédite 1980)

Don't look back (inédite 1982)

Let me be the one (inédite 1982)

Urban samurai (inédite 1983)

Mystery man (inédite 1984)

True love (inédite 1984)

Every times it rains(inédite 1985)

Look out for me (inédite1986)

Hudson's dream (inédite 1991)

Instrumental

Six up (inédite 1991)

Instrumental

Strange dance (inédite 1992)

Dino (inédite 1996)

Von trips (inédite 1997)

Schimanski and mandel theme (inédite 1997)

Instrumental

Nicolette (inédite 1997)

Instrumental

The man's so cool (inédite 1998)

Lies become the truth (1998)

When does a lie become the truth?

When does you want become what you have?

And if your dream came true,could you handle it?

Tell me what would you do

Tell me what would you do

When your lies become the truth

When your lies become the truth

We all love our dust boots

The pair that tells a thousand tales

And how we burn for going somewhere

With the full wind in our sails

So we will play this game forever

And try to hang onto our youth

And the game is never over

Until your lies become the truth

Until your lies become the truth

So we will play this game forever

And try to hang onto our youth

And the game is never over

Until your lies become the truth

Until your lies become the truth

*** Album "La Passione (1996)" : ***

La passione (film theme)

Instrumental

Dov'é il signore?(part 1) (vocals by Thobias Draper)

Dov'é il signore

Qui é il signore

Dov'é quell'o

Che porta a la pache

Che dah la luce

Che dah il giorno

Ecco lui porta il dolore

Eche lo porta via

Dov'é il signore

Qui é il signore

Shirley,do you own a ferrari? (duo with Shirley Bassey )

Shirley

Do you own a ferrari?

Do you live in a wonderful place?

And the smile on your face

Is of joyful laugther,happy ever after

Yes,i own a ferrari

Yes,my life is your dream

And i live in a wonderful place

And the smile on my face

Is not sycophantic

I'm just a true romantic

How about you?

What is so wrong

With a heart with a dream

A soul whithout hope

Is a terrible scene

Deep in the coldest and darkest of nights

I hang on to my dream

Keep it look in my sights

What is so wrong

With a heart with a dream

A soul whithout hope

Is a terrible scene

Deep in the coldest and darkest of nights

I hang on to my dream

Keep it look in my sights

Shirley, Do you own a ferrari?

Shirley

Girl in a sports car

When i was a boy

I had a dream

It never came true

But somehow it seems

When i drift away and i know it's so

There's a certain time and a place i go

Every heart's got its moment

Written on its soul

Just in a minute in its lifetime

Of a happiness untold

For the smallest grain of sand in time

Your own shadow sets you free

And you turn to your reflection

And your heart cries out

Is this really me?

It's the girl in a sports car 1961

And she's sitting in her Lusso

In the early morning sun

For the smallest grain of sand in time

Your own shadow sets you free

And you turn to your reflection

And your heart cries out

Is this really me?

It's the girl in a sports car 1961

And she's sitting in her Lusso

In the early morning sun

That girl in a sports car

That girl in a sports car

Girl in a sports car

That girl in a sports car

When the grey skies turn to blue

When the grey skies turn to blue

And the dark clouds blow away

In the morning of a new life

When the sun comes shining through

And the grey skies turn to blue

In the morning of a new life

When the sun comes shining through

And the grey skies turn to blue

Meet me on a bright and windy day

When the breeze has blown the grey skies far away

High upon a hillside when the sun comes shining through

And the grey skies turn to blue

When the grey skies turn to blue

When the grey skies turn to blue

Horses (theme from the french TV advertising "France Telecom " in1997-1998)

Instrumental

Olive oil

Instrumental

Only to fly (duo with Linda Taylor)

You must live

What you really love

You must be

Only what you're dreaming of

Like a bird

Rising through the sky

You are only

Only to fly

Only to fly

When you hear the sound you love

Do you turn and walk away

Is it something you're frightened of

Are you scared what it may say

You must run you cannot hide

It's only what you really feel

It's calls to you from deep inside

You've got to know this dream is real

Only to fly

Only to fly

Only to fly

You must live

What you really love

You must be

Only what you're dreaming of

Like a bird

Rising through the sky

You are only

Only to fly

Only to fly

Only to fly

You must follow

I recall the fleeting glimpse of light

That smiled across a sky of darkest grey

And a summer dress of cotton

Gently moved in fields of green

I tiptoed silently

I tried to hear what she may say

You must follow

You must follow

What good is love

That never sees the flame

What good are grey clouds

That never turn to rain

It's doesn't matter

She says no one turns away

And always chase your wildest dream

Just to hear what she may say

You must follow

Oh, You must follow

What good is love

That never sees the flame

What good are grey clouds

That never turn to rain

And it's doesn't matter

If she says no one turns away

Always chase your wildest dream

Just to hear what she may say

You must follow

Oh, You must follow

Yeh ,you've got to follow

You must follow

Oh, You must follow

Disco la passione (vocals by Shirley Bassey)

Dov'é il signore?(part2) (vocals by Thobias Drapper)

Dimme figlio moi

Costa stai cercando

Cosa speri di trovare

Dietro la porta

Una ragione per vivere

Una ragione per essere

Per stare al poso moi

Essenti ri cho que verdo

El tute il tempo

Da dov'é sono hio

Tu tocho que poso verdene se de

Dov'é il signore

Qui é il signore

Le Mans

Instrumental

*** Album "The Blue Cafe (1998)" :***

Square peg ,round hole

He's a square peg in a round hole

Misfit in a slick world

Don't play the game

Don't want what he's told

He's a square peg in a round hole

Square peg don't care

The brights lights he's not there

Catch the shadows see him slip away

Square peg that's what they say

Square peg,square peg

Square peg,you have got to be strong

Square peg,he's not his own song

Square peg,i'll see you around

Square peg,face down

Square peg,round hole

Miss your kiss

I've been everywhere,looking for an answer

I've been in and out,of every place in town

I've been checking out,looking for a reason

I just can't seem to work it out,which every way i choose

Oh i've been missing you

I'm missing you

I miss your kiss

I miss your touch

Can't get used to it baby

I miss you so much

I'm missing you

I miss your kiss

I miss your touch

Can't get used to it baby

I miss you so much

I'm missing you

Shadows of the big man

Oh you've been so long

In the shadows of the big man

How long can you take it

How far can you go

Don't you know how stong

Is the shadows of the big man

While he smiles in the sunlight

You can die in the cold

Spend your life , in the shadows of the big man

Sell your wife and children,if it made him smile

How long can you take it,or do you really need it!

Oh standing in the shadows ,the shadows of the big man

And you'd love all the world to see

How you break your chains and set yourself free

And all you got to do is walk away

Walk away,from the shadows of the big man

Where do we go from here?

She's 24,she's 25

She doesn't know what's true or lies

Where does she go?

Where does she go from here?

He's 21,he's 22

Tv crap is all he knew

Where does he go?

Where does he go from here?

She goes to school

She stays at home

Wherever she goes,she feels so alone

Where does she go?

Where does she go from here?

They're 34,they're 45

They're so obsessed with the car they drive

Where do we go she says

Where do we go from here?

Love is a stranger,with a silicon smile

As you choke on your envy, down the magazine mile

You must look but don't touch

You must buy,but don't feel

One day you will find out

None of it's real

Where do we go ,where do we go from here?

Where do we go ,where do we go from here?

Since i found you

There's a smile on the faces i see

Since i found you

There's a laugh in the eye,where a tear used to be

Since i found you

There's a sound of a Memphis section playing on my radio

And it sings of the reasons why i love you so

Since i found you

There's a groove that's so smooth

I can hardly tell who's in the studio

And the girls on the street

Sing out of tune so sweet

I just have to go,it's all i need to know

Since i found you,i ain't never going to give you up

Since i found you,you keep me looking up

You keep me looking up

You keep me looking up

Turn it up

Thinking of you

Somewhere in this crazy night

With all this noise,and all this light

I'm out upon the crowded street

I play the game and i keep the beat

But i'm thinking of you

And i remember the summer days

Your strength and yet your gentle ways

Now i'm back on the crowded street

Trough the darker days i keep the beat

But i'm thinking of you

Through all the grey ,i see skies of blue

I close my eyes cause i'm thinking of you

And i pray to god,that what we had,

We will have again someday

So i telephoned to tell you what

I'd hoped you'd like to hear me say

I'm thinking of you

Ouh,ouh i'm thinking of you

As long as i have your love

The word you sent today

From somewhere far away

Cut in deep to the bone

Though i'm not with you now

I feel you close somehow

Too many days,so far from home

And i send my dream to you

And i will go on

As long as i have your love

I see your candle burn

You wait for my return

I feel your shadow in the night

The question still remains,oh love it's still the same

Oh i'll get by,

Don't you know i'll be allright

As long as i have your love

Anyone quite like you

Ten thousand princes

I've seen them all

I've seen them come

And i see them fall

I've watched them win

I've watched them loose

Since you've been around

No one gets to choose

Because when the game begins

And the time is now

When there's no more talking

Only here and now

There is only here and now

I ain't seen anything quite like you

Ain't been anyone quite like you

Ten thousand princes

All backs against the wall

Ten thousand losers

When the winner comes to call

How they scream in frustration

Ten thousand reasons why

The rhetoric is endless

I see the laugther in your eyes

Because when the game begins

And the time is now

When there is no more talking

Only here and now

Only here and now

I ain't seen anything quite like you

Ain't been anyone quite like you

Sweet summer day

I want to see the blue sky

I want to feel the breeze

I want to hear the summer wind

Singing in the trees

I want to touch forever

And drift into its soul

Put my troubles in my right hand

Hold them up

And let them go

Sweet summer day

Talking about a sweet summer day

Take your troubles and let them fly away

I'm talking about a sweet summer day

So much time is wasted ,pulling the line

For sure you are running faster

But you're only running blind

I want to touch forever

I want to really know

Put my troubles in my right hand

Hold them up and let them go

Sweet summer day

I'm talking about a sweet summer day

Take your troubles and let them fly away

I'm talking about a sweet summer day

Stick by you

I'm gonna stick by you ,everyday

I won't let you down down now

No matter what they say

I won't let them get to you,no way

I'll stick by you

I'm going to stick by you

Now i know

No matter what tomorrow brings

I won't let you go

I won't let them get to you,oh no

I'll stick by you

And when the laugther seems to fade away

And mr Sun becomes a rainy day

Oh it don't matter cause you'll know anyway

I won't let you down

I'm gonna stick by you

I'll stick by you

Going to stick by you,now i know

No matter what tomorrow brings

I won't let you go

I won't let them get to you,no

I'll stick by you, I'll stick by you

I'll stick by you, I'll stick by you

I'm still holding on

How many times

Have i been here before?

Like a worn away peace of the night

Waiting for the dawn

Daylight breaks

And hte dream is gone

Leaving me to stay

But i'm still holding out

Yeah i'm still holding on

I used to think i know

Just exactly what it took

You move in,fast and hard

And you make your own luck

Daylight breaks

And hte dream is gone

Leaving me to stay

But i'm still holding out

Yeah i'm still holding on

I see it better now

Smell the tears upon his track

It's a long long way before it's over

And what you give out

Is what you get back

The easy way out

It will bite you hard someday

You see me smile and learn

I find a better way

I'm still holding out

I'm still holding out

I'm still holding out

Yeah , I'm still holding out

The blue cafe

My world is miles of endless roads

That leaves a trail of broken dreams

Where are you been

I hear you say ?

I'll meet you at the blue cafe

Because ,this is where the one who knows

Meets the one who doesn't care

The cards of fate

The older shows

To the younger one who dares to take

The chance of no return

Where have you been?

Where are you going to?

I want to know what' s new

I want to go with you

What have you seen?

What do you know that's new?

Where are you going to?

Because i want to go with you

The cost is great,the price is high

Take all you know, and say goodbye

Your innocence,inexperience

Mean nothing now

Cos ,this is where the one who knows

Meets the one who doesn't care

Where are you been

I hear you say ?

I'll meet you at the blue cafe

Where have you been?

Where are you going to?

I want to know what' s new

I want to go with you

What have you seen?

What do you know that's new?

Where are you going to?

Because i want to go with you

So meet me down ,at the blue cafe

I say meet me down,at the blue cafe

*** Album "The Road To Hell 2"(1999) ***

Can't get through

Radio speaker - radio bleep

Put in on hard disc - see it on

Your PC

Everybody moving - cos their so

Afraid of losing

You gotta pull the straps

Till it can't fight back

Say you gotta pull the straps

Till it can't fight back

Press it down, press it down

What's going on ,oh what's going on

There was a time

When all i could see was a sun

In the sky,

There was a place i knew where we,

We used to run ,run with the wind in

Our faces

I look to the left,i look to the right

Can't get through

Press it down,i can't get through

Look to the left,look to the right

I can't get through

I can't get through

I can't get through

Radio play,radio scream

Coming up through

All the crap on my windscreen

I can't get through

I can't go back

Laugh(too scared)

I might have a heart attack

I say i might have a heart attack

I can't get through

I can't get through

Good Morning

Good morning,good morning

I feel so good ,i feel so good today

Do you know, i feel so good,

So good today

I won't let nothing get in my way

Good morning,good morning

I feel so good ,i feel so good today

Do you know, i feel so good,

So good today

I won't let nothing get in my way

Good morning,good morning

E

E is for the comfort,

You give to me

E is for the peace,i feel inside

E is for the good times

That go against the bad times

E is for the world you gave us

And left us here behind

They say

Tell me what's so wrong with E

That's what i hear them say

Tell me what's so wrong with E

That's what i hear them say

Let's talk about it

E is for the reason,

To live through urban grey

E is for the warm glow

That takes the fear away

Show us what is better

Why don't you stand inside

These shoes

Oh live with me each monday...

Let's see what you would do...

Which world do you live in?

Which world did you choose?

Hiding the tears,that's all

No win

No lose

They say

Tell me what's so wrong with E

That's what i hear them say

Tell me what's so wrong with E

That's what i hear them say

Let's talk about it

Last open road

How fast can i run? How far

Can i go

These are the questions,

The young want know

I met her in Brooklyn,

She was coming from a place

I said "where are you going to"?

She sais "where have you been"?

'Cos i'm trapped in here,

Set me free

I know your world let me see

Take me down that last open road

Take me down that last open road

Take me down that last open road

I know there is so much past

This place

I see it smile on your jagged,

Ragged face

Something tells me,

Something strong

There's a world i've heard of,

So before it's gone

Take me down that last open road

Take me down that last open road

Coming off the rapes

I'm coming off the ropes

(he's going down)

he thinks i'm beat

I'm coming off the ropes yea

This ain't no retreat

He thinks i'm going down

For sure my head is spinning round

When i straighten up

But i'm going to knock him off his feet!

(wow suckerpunch!)

I'm coming off the ropes

(he's going down)

Yea i'm coming off the ropes

I'm coming off the ropes

He made me angry now

I only need to straighten up

I'm going to show him how

I can hear someone count to ten

Seems like a lifetime,

But i'll tell you when

I know i am safe down here

So till then,must have been

A lucky swing

Two years ago,

I would have not let him in.

I'm coming off the ropes

(he's going down)

Evil no.2

They call me love

They call me dear

They kiss off and leave me

For their own career

I got a satellite dish,i'm all alone

With my litlle goldfish

And eminem,em on my headphones

You heard that yet?you will!

Selfish pigs put the blame on me

So hacked off what i came to be

I'm off the tracks

Now i'm all the sea

They like jogging more than they like me

I'm evil

Evil no.2

Then need to have something

Becomes the seed to have anything

The lonely tears have dried up

And the brain cells start to fry

My heart cries out for new things

Turns do anything will do things

My left sides like a train crash

Form all the things i tried

I was so scared

I was lonely

I got mixed up

Now i'm only

I'm evil

Evil no.2

Mummy and daddy's on prozac

Said they're happy but they

Won't be back

I hope they hve a heart attack

Cos of what they done to me

They left me for a wine bar

They left me for the wrong car

I dunno how i got this far

I'm evil

Evil no.2

Eminem ain't so far away from this

Mummy got a girlfriend

Gotta go away at weekends

I tell you what i'll do

Take every pill that i see

You can do what you want to me

I'm only trying to break free

From the evil that you do

I'm evil

Evil no.2

Keep on dancing

I got a friend who loves the music

He got a red hot groove

But he don't use it.

I get so afraid,he's gonna lose it.

If you gotta gift - man don't abuse it

Keep on dancing

The experts say they really care

They don't have a clue what's out there

The theachers tell the children

Not to swear

And the drunken lawyer

Leaves the kid

To pop something in

To kill the fear...it's not fair.

Keep on dancing

I'm a frightened Dad,worried sick

Hear what i say?

I could put something in here

You know what rhymes with it

The whole world seems to end

In c.k.e.d.

You ain't fooling me anyway

Keep on dancing

Are you ready here comes

Steve Gadd

Keep on dancing

See em run for the books ,cos

They just don't get it.

They throw it at me

But i've already read it

Before they speak, some-one

Already said it.

We can't be friends

Cos Karl Marx don't rhyme

With Mercedes-Benz

I need credit

You can shove it

You know why?

'Cos i love it

Keep on dancing

Marvin

Oh Marvin,

Seems so long

But i still remember you.

I would have given everything

If i could have talked to you.

For just one small moment

In the quiet of the day

You took my pain away.

Oh Marvin

The one who wanted,

The one that could not stay

With a flash of illusion

Oh the big one that got away

Just one small moment

In the quiet of the day

You took my pain away.

Oh Marvin

Oh Marvin

Oh how we miss you

Oh how we wish somehow,

I could hold on to your wings

And fly away

Because the pain you knew

Was the pain i knew

Too

Misunderstood like the

Thorn of a rose

Before the summer came,

Your beauty washed away

Like pretty petals in the wind and rain

Firefly

Go to that secret place

Inside your soul

Go to its deepest place

Only you and i know

Can you see her?

There she is still shining bright

When the sun goes down

See her crims on glow through

The darkest of nights

She smiles and says

Everything is allright

There will never be goodbye

While we still see the firefly

The firefly

She smiles and says

Everything is allright

There will never be goodbye

While we still see the firefly

There will never be goodbye

While we still see the firefly

I'm in my car

I'm in my car

I got my telephone and my radio

This is my home

I have learnt to love and live

The only way i know

And i don't want to change a thing

This my world you're are sitting in

I got a fax so i press send

Send a message to my DJ

A message to my DJ

'Cos he's my best friend

I'm in my car

And i'm happy here,

Even though the fools will never know

I got peace in here,

My private world and endless

Stop and go

And i don't want to change a thing,

This my world you're are sitting in

I got a fax so i press send

Send a message to my DJ

A message to my DJ

'Cos he's my best friend

I'm in my car

Safe from my boos

Safe from all the gumbos

That i hate so much

It's not G.T

It's not all about you think that you

May see

Oh it's not about what you think

You see

I'm safe from my family...

I'm safe,

I'm safe

I'm in my car

I'm happy here...

I'm in my car

New times square

I'll see you round about midnight

You know i won't be late

Let's dive into this crap house

And thruth hell have to wait

The thruth of what has gone before

Lies bleeding on the floor

The only thruth remaining still

Is that thruth don't matter anymore

So meet me round about midnight

I won't let you done i swear

We'll hang on to each other

Down at the new Times Square

It seems that we can't run from this

No matter how we try

There's nothing here worth keeping

So let's it all goodbye

Tell me what's worth keeping anyway

It doesn't seem to matter what we do or say

Everything we had

They have now taken it all away

The truth don't matter anymore

So meet me round about midnight

I won't let you done i swear

We'll hang on to each other

Down at the new Times Square

The way we look toonight

(t'es vachement cool ce soir)

A sinner i may be

But i've just got to try

My Luck with you

Secret smile upon your face

So don't look down

Don't hide your grace

Let me find you

(t'es vachement cool ce soir)

Cos i can't get over the way

You look tonight

Blow me away

The you look tonight

Tell me to go away

It's allright

I just wanted to say

The you look tonight

The you look tonight...

(t'es vachement cool ce soir)

*** Album "King of the Beach"*** (02/10/2000)

King of the beach

All summer long 2

Sail away

Still beautiful

The bones of angels

Guitar street 2

Who do you love

The memory of a good friend

Sandwriting

Tamatave

God save me an angel

Waiting for a blue sky

Mississipi