When you're a boy
some days are tough
lying on your bed
playing punk rock and stuff
Home is a boot camp
you gotta escape
Wanna go and wander
in the ticker-tape
You feel the deals is real
You're a New York City boy
So young, so run
into New York City
New York City boy
you'll never have a bored day
‘cause you're a New York
City boy
where Seventh Avenue
meets Broadway
The street is amazing
the hoochies unreal
Check out all the hardware
at the latest deal
Hear a song
That's the bomb!
If you don't get the mix
it's gone eighty-six
You feel the deal is real
You're in New York City
New York City boy
you'll never have a bored day
‘cause you're a New York
City boy
where Seventh Avenue
meets Broadway
New York City boy
Sooner or later, this happens to everyone
To everyone
You can live your life lonely
Heavy as stone
Live your life learning
And working alone
Say this is all you want
But I don't believe that it's true
'Cause when you least expect it
Waiting round the corner for you
Love comes quickly, whatever you do
You can't stop falling (Ooh ooh)
Love comes quickly, whatever you do
You can't stop falling (Ooh ooh)
You can live a life of luxury
If that's what you want
Taste forbidden pleasures
Whatever you want
You can fly away to the end of the world
But where does it get you to?
'Cause just when you least expect it
Just what you least expect
Love comes quickly, whatever you do
You can't stop falling (Ooh ooh)
Love comes quickly, whatever you do
You can't stop falling (Ooh ooh)
I know it sounds ridiculous, but speaking from experience
It may seem romantic, and that's no defense
Love will always get to you
Sooner or later, sooner or later, this happens to everyone
To everyone
You can fly away to the end of the world
But where does it get you?
Love comes quickly, whatever you do
You can't stop falling (Ooh ooh)
Love comes quickly, whatever you do
Take my hand,
I've changed my mind again
Really, I believed it true
That all who fell in love were foolish
But I was wrong,
I've learned that lesson well
All the way back home at midnight
You were sleeping on my shoulder
Take my hand,
Don't think of obligations
Now, right now,
Your love is liberation
To free in me
The trust, I never dared
I always thought the risk too great
But suddenly, I don't hesitate, so
Take my hand,
Don't think of complications
Now, right now,
Your love is liberation
Liberation
Ta ra ra ra ra ra
Ta ra ra ra ra ra
The night, the stars
Our light shone through the dark
All the way back home at midnight
You were sleeping on my shoulder
Take my hand,
Don't think of hesitation
Now, right now,
Your love is liberation
You wait 'till later
'Till later tonight
You wait 'till later, 'till later
'Till later tonight
That boy never cast a look in your direction
Never tried to hook for your affection
Dresses like the mod of your invention, tall and proud
He is the head boy of the school of thought
That plays in your intentions, night and day
And you wait 'till later
'Till later tonight
You wait 'till later, 'till later
'Till later tonight
Please allow me to try and explain
I'm living proof that man can change
I knew what I wanted
I knew how to get it
It didn't make it happy so I started again
What I wanted to be was a family man
but nature had some alternative plans
So I did without the lot put emotion on hold
and hoped my instincts would do what they were told
I wanna know yeah
I wanna know
But every now and then
often at night
a particular feeling would surface in spite
of what I told myself and tried to deny
I kept on asking the question: why?
I wanna know yeah
I wanna know
You grow up and experience this
a total metamorphosis
It's all about change
It's a metamorphosis
With time and age I had to change
'cause my behaviour was getting strange
People on the street caught my eye
and I began to think I might be their kind of guy
The long-term suppression of an adolescent urge
was in retreat and I was on the verge
of falling in love or having fun
Time was running out
Something had to be done
I wanna know yeah
I wanna know
I wanna know yeah
Tell me what's the reason
Where was I?
Laying down the law
dancing with others
out on the floor
Music and smoke
What did it mean?
Somebody spoke and I went into a dream
I had what I wanted
madly in love
Nothing else mattered
This was enough
Questions were answered
which used to perplex
in particular those about the big s.e.x.
I wanna know yeah
I wanna know
I wanna know yeah
Tell me what's the reason
You grow up and experience this
A total metamorphosis
It's all about love
It's a metamorphosis
The sun comes up - I think about you
The coffee cup - I think about you
I want you so, it's like I'm losing my mind
The morning ends - I think about you
I talk to friends and think about you
And do they know it's like I'm losing my mind?
All afternoon doing every little chore
The thought of you stays bright
Sometimes I stand in the middle of the floor
Not going left - not going right
I dim the lights and think about you
Spend sleepless nights to think about you
You said you loved me, or were you just being kind?
Or am I losing
My mind?
All afternoon doing every little chore
The thought of you stays bright
Sometimes I stand in the middle of the floor
Not going left - not going right
I dim the lights and think about you
Spend sleepless nights to think about you
You said you loved me, or were you just being kind?
Or am I losing my mind?
Or am I losing
Losing my mind?
You said you loved me, or were you just being kind?
I get out of bed at half past ten
Phone up a friend, who's a party animal
Turn on the news and drink some tea
Maybe if you're with me we'll do some shopping
One day I'll read, or learn to drive a car
If you pass the test, you can beat the rest
But I don't like to compete, or talk street, street, street
I can pick up the best from the party animal
I could leave you, say goodbye
Or I could love you, if I try
And I could
And left to my own devices, I probably would
Left to my own devices, I probably would
Pick up a brochure about the sun
Learn to ignore what the photographer saw
I was always told that you should join a club
Stick with the gang, if you want to belong
I was a lonely boy, no strength, no joy
In a world of my own at the back of the garden
I didn't want to compete, or play out on the street
For in a secret life I was a round head general
I could leave you, say goodbye
Or I could love you, if I try
And I could
And left to my own devices, I probably would
Left to my own devices, I probably would
Oh, I would
I was faced with a choice at a difficult age
Would I write a book? Or should I take to the stage?
But in the back of my head I heard distant feet
Che Guevara and Debussy to a disco beat
It's not a crime when you look the way you do
The way I like to picture you
When I get home, it's late at night
I pour a drink and watch the fight
Turn off the TV, look at a book
Pick up the phone, fix some food
Maybe I'll sit up all night and day
Waiting for the minute I hear you say
I could leave you, say goodbye
Or I could love you, if I try
And I could
And left to my own devices, I probably would
Come on, baby, say goodbye
I could lov
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