LIVINī IN THE LIMELIGHT (PETER CETERA)
Everybody wants to be a star, living in the limelight,
a big house and a fancy car...
...Everybody gonna know your name, surely pleased to meet you,
ask you for your autograph, see your latest feature,
in the middle of the middle of a dream...
...See yourself on the silver screen...
...How you gonna keep 'em down on the farm, never make 'em happy
How you gonna keep 'em close to home, everybody's leavin',
headin' for Hollywood, everybody has a fantasy...
...A personality...Hypnotisin' the roar of the crowd...
...Never heard of stagefright.
First one back for the curtain call,
fall in love with the spotlight on the cover of a magazine...
...In your limousine...Everybody gonna know your name...
...Say, gonna be pleased to meet you...
...They go to Hollywood, be a star...
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I CAN FEEL IT (PETER CETERA)
You know there's something I gotta say, I can feel it, yeah, yeah!
And I'm old enough to do things my way...
Once I get to you, I'm never gonna let you go...
...'Cause I love you so, baby...I just want you to know...
...I gotta do...I've just gotta get next to you...
...The way you love me, child, makes me feel good.
Do I love (want) you, girl? Ooh! it's understood.
Every woman needs to love a good man and, child,
you're looking good from everywhere I stand,
Ooh! wee! baby, you're drivin' me crazy...
...Let me tell you, baby...
...Lookin' mighty good from anywhere I stand...
...Come here, baby, you're drivin' me crazy...
...Yeah, yeah! you've got me climbin' up the wall...
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HOW MANY TIMES (PETER CETERA)
How many tears have you cried? How many eyes have you dried?
How many ways have you tried?
And don't you get tired of people sayin': "How many times...?"
How many dreams have been bad? How many nights have been sad?
How many days have you had when...I said...
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HOLY MOLY (PETER CETERA)
Holy moly dynamite.
Feelin' good so the time is right, you know,
I'm too shy, don't let me down.
I'm just a country boy from a town in Tupelo.
I said I'm in love, can't you see?
Come on! make love to me...!
...I'm gonna show you, baby, that tonight's the night, yeah, yeah!
Meet me tonight, you messin' with a mad desire...
...We're gonna set you're house on fire...
...I tell you, mama, it's alright...
...Movin', groovin', hoochie coo, I'm gonna get down,
I wanna get next to you.
I said don't look back, take my advice,
it's gettin' mighty late and we've got a lot of things to do...
...I said...Gonna show you, pretty baby...
...Come here, baby, don't you want me to love you...?
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MONA MONA (PETER CETERA)
I remember sayin' she came out of nowhere,
like the devil in disguise.
I believed it when she told me that she loved me, tellin' lies.
Everybody knows her name, Mona, Mona...her game...
She's gonna break your heart...
...She cut you right down, then she'll tear you apart...
...You know you'd better try to forget it,
you know you're gonna live to regret it.
I'd really hate to be the one to tell you so.
I told you so. Let me take the time to remind you
you're better off leavin' her behind you.
I really think it's something that you oughta know:
you better let her go...
...Don't you think you'd better let her go...?
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ON THE LINE (PETER CETERA)
I was drivin' along at the end of the day,
I was weary and so all alonen,
looking ahead by the side of the road,
what I saw was the sign: "Telephone".
Talking to you is something I need more than I needed before.
If I ever get through, won't you give me the time?
Won't you answer my call? won't you stay on the line?
It's a moment of truth, then a shadow of doubt.
Now, I need you to stay on the line.
It's never as bad when we're talkin' it out...
...Answer my call, won't you stay on the line
I believe I have a right to say what I wanna say,
and I believe it, but I'm keeping it to myself...
...to do what I wanna do. All of my life...
...to be where I wanna be.
I believe it, and I wanna be there with you...
...to see who I wanna see...
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NOT AFRAID TO CRY (PETER CETERA)
In the morning, when I saw the light
on the letter you left in the night,
after you had gone without saying goodbye,
here to tell you that I'm not afraid to cry.
Oh, no...! Tried to find you, but I lost my way.
Tried to tell you what I couldn't say...
...without telling me why. I'm just...
...And I'm not afraid to say:
"Doesn't seem the same when you're not around."
Now, I'm here to tell you that I'm going out today.
Gonna pick-a-myself back up, get my feet on the ground...
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EVIL EYE (PETER CETERA)
You've got an evil eye, and I wanna say, mama,
I can't face it for another day.
You don't even try and I wanna say, baby,
I can't take it when you're makin' me hurry, makin' me wait,
takin' me early, leavin' me late, shakin' my feelin', makin' me cry.
Don't it sound funny but I'm saying bye-bye...?
...You can't see it any other way, all you do is lie...
...You know I can't stand it when you're...
...I don't need what you're givin' me, honey,
you know I don't want what you've got on your mind.
I don't care if you're missin' my money,
you know I don't care if you're stealin' me blind,
I'll leave you behind. Oh well!
Leavin' you, baby, so long bye-bye...!
...when you're drivin' me crazy...
...don't believe it's funny...
...now, I'm movin' on, honey...
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PRACTICAL MAN (PETER CETERA)
I've always been known as a practical man,
certainly one-of-a-kind.
Then, you came along with the wave of your hand
and suddenly young love is blind.
I'll build you a house by the water,
it's always been your fantasy.
Then, I'll settle down for the rest of my life,
now that you're livin' with me, oh...!
...as the kind of a guy who runs off to hide from a dream,
but you've got that good one I've never tried
and nothing's as hard as it seems...
...by the mountains...
...Oh, you brighten my life, fill me with a burnin' desire.
Oh, you lighten my life, touch me and I'm feelin' on fire.
We're never, ever, gonna lose
this feeling that we're feeling tonight, oh! oh!
We're never ever gonna let it happen īcause it wouldn't be right...
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IVY COVERED WALLS (PETER CETERA)
Maybe, you can move into a cabin
and near a river down a lonely winding road.
Friendly conversation, then you read by candlelight
every word of every story told...
...into the castle surrounded by the ivy covered walls,
find a bit of paradise where no one bothers you.
Only time they come is when you call
something I never realized about the city:
once it's in your heart it's there to stay,
when you close your eyes you realize it's been there all along.
Home is where you live and where you lay,
everywhere that you go, it may seem funny,
you can hide if you want, you can change your name,
everywhere I look, everyone I see, everywhere it's all the same...
...about the country:...it may sound funny...
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