1976
Don’t Stop Believin’
Produced by: John Farrar
Released: 1976
Record Label: EMI
Catalog: EMC 3162
UK LP
Other releases
USA CD MCA MCAD-1610
Germany LP EMI 1C062-98355
Don’t Stop Believin’
((John Farrar)
You think the world should see things your way
Love, I know you, you think good fortune’s here to stay
Love, I know you shined in everything you tried before
Your smile can open any door
But on those days when nobody wants to know you
And all your smiles keep falling on stoney ground
Don’t stop believin’, don’t stop believin’
Don’t stop believin’, you’ll get by
Bad days, bad days will hurry by
You never chase your dreams, they find you
Love, I know you, if you need love, it finds you too
Love, although you sail alone and free
I’ll follow in your wake
And pray one day my heart you’ll take
But on those days when nobody wants to know you
And all your smiles keep falling on stoney ground
Don’t stop believin’, don’t stop believin’
Don’t stop believin’, you’ll get by
Bad days, bad days will hurry by
A Thousand Conversations
(Bruce Welch/Hank Marvin)
A thousand conversations on a never ending theme
Seem to linger in my mind like the fragments of a dream
That was once a part of you and remains a part of me
It’s the unreal world we lived in that was born of fantasy
You whiled away the hours, making promises that might
Have just changed the world we knew, if they’d only turned out right
But now I’m a little wise
I can even raise a laugh
At the funny face you pulled on a faded photograph
New days replace yesterdays in time
It’s well to bear in mind
That new ways erase
Nothing stays the same
And now you’ve even changed your name
Forever I’ll remember as I pass by on the train
Streets of paradise we loved
Now so few of them remain
Guess it’s finally goodbye
Seems we came so suddenly
To the end of childhood dreams
And the way things used to be
Compassionate Man
(John Farrar/Chris Christian)
Love you were kind and much older
Foolish but wiser than me
Am I becoming an anchor
Holding you back from the sea
Restlessly you stand there, crying silently
It must be so hard being easy on me
Compassionate man, so gentle
Trying hard to shelter me
Compassionate man, so kind
But the bottom line will be what it will be
You’re leaving me, leaving me
Love, my whole life was a desert
Then gently your love fell like rain
We lived for awhile in a garden
But now I’m a desert again
Come right out and say it
Tell me honestly
It must be so hard being easy on me
Compassionate man, so gentle
Trying hard to shelter me
Compassionate man, so kind
But the bottom line will be what it will be
You’re leaving me, leaving me
You’re leaving me
You’re leaving me
You’re leaving me
New-Born Babe
(Glenn Cardier)
New-born babe
Don’t know nothing ‘bout the ways of the world
Or astronauts upon the moon, or witches on brooms
New-born babe
Don’t know nothing ‘bout the politics of people
Or chess pieces, or old churches
You just know your mother
New-born babe
Don’t know nothing ‘bout the way it’s gonna be
Or clown faces or masterpieces
Or love affairs or rocking chairs
I see you sleeping away, getting older every day
New-born babe
Don’t know nothing ‘bout the way it’s gonna be
Or clown faces or masterpieces
Or love affairs or rocking chairs
I see you sleeping away
Oh, you’re getting older every day
Hey Mr. Dreammaker
(Bruce Welch/Alan Tarney)
Jody’s gone now, I cried a lot
He had to go away
Oh but I miss him, I want to kiss him
Ain’t it just the way
But it’s no way at all
Cause if you knew what I’m going through you’d know
There’s one thing wrong with the way I’m living
Ain’t got my Jody no more
Hey, Mr. Dreammaker, send me a dream
This one is over
It’s not what it seems
And so tonight when I turn out the light
Send me a new dream tonight
He didn’t say much
Just a little touch and he was on the way
Oh I could have cried then
Instead I died there
He left me standing dazed
But it’s no use crying
That’s what everybody tells me
But they don’t seem to know
Cause there’s one thing wrong with the way I’m living
Ain’t got my Jody no more
Hey, Mr. Dreammaker, send me a dream
This one is over
It’s not what it seems
And so tonight when I turn out the light
Send me a new dream tonight
Oh oh oh, oh oh oh, oh oh oh, hey Mr. Dreammaker
Hey, Mr. Dreammaker, send me a dream
This one is over
It’s not what it seems
And so tonight when I turn out the light
Send me a new dream tonight
Send me a dream tonight
Hey, Mr. Dreammaker, send me a dream
This one is over
It’s not what it seems
And so tonight when I turn out the light
Send me a new dream tonight
Oh oh oh, oh oh oh, oh oh oh, hey Mr. Dreammaker
Oh oh oh, oh oh oh, oh oh oh
Every Face Tells a Story
(M. Allison/P. Sills/D. Black)
There’s no need for you to tell me
I can see the way you feel
I just know without you saying
What is a lie and what’s real
Every face tells a story
It’s hard to hide a lie
Every face tells a story
And yours is saying goodbye
Something’s going on, and I know it
You can’t keep it from me
Your smile cannot hide what you feel inside
And I don’t like what I see
Every face tells a story
It’s hard to hide a lie
Every face tells a story
And yours is saying goodbye
You’re always telling stories
You’re always telling me lies
You’re always telling stories
If you want to leave me, leave me
No good living a lie
You can pretend that we’re not gonna end
But your eyes are saying goodbye
Every face tells a story
It’s hard to hide a lie
Every face tells a story
And yours is saying goodbye
You’re always telling stories
You’re always telling me lies
You’re always telling stories
Tell me, I got a right to know
Pour your little heart out to me, baby
You know, you know I don’t want to let go
Every face tells a story
It’s hard to hide a lie
Every face tells a story
And yours is saying goodbye
Sam
(John Farrar/Hank Marvin/Don Black)
I heard that you’re on your own now
So am I
I’m living alone now
I was wrong
So were you
What will you do?
Are you glad to be free?
Are you feeling lost just like me?
Longing for company
Oh Sam, Sam, you know where I am
Come around and talk awhile
I need your smile
You need a shoulder
Oh Sam, Sam, you know where I am
And the door is open wide
Come on inside
Longing to see you
Oh Sam, Sam, you know where I am
I find the days hard to face now
Empty rooms
There’s much too much space now
And the nights go so slow
I’m sure you know
Wish I knew what to do
It would be so nice seeing you
And it might help you too
Oh Sam, Sam, you know where I am
Come around and talk awhile
I need your smile
You need a shoulder
Oh Sam, Sam, you know where I am
And the door is open wide
Come on inside
Longing to see you
Oh Sam, Sam, you know where I am
Oh Sam, you know where I am
Oh Sam, ooh Sam
You know, you know
You know where I am
Love You Hold the Key
(Olivia Newton-John/John Farrar)
Lonely, lonely man she’s set you free now
Moved aside and left a space for me now
Wasted, wasted love walled up inside you
Open up and pour it out on me
Whisper low when you come to me
Hold me tenderly
Safe and warm in my arms tonight
That’s how it’s gonna be
I’m wearing my heart on my sleeve
I don’t have to tell you I’ll never leave
Thought that heaven was close to me
But love you hold the key
Empty, empty years you left behind you
Tears and memories all cried away
Silently a love has grown between us
Now I know that I am free to say
Whisper low when you come to me
Hold me tenderly
Safe and warm in my arms tonight
That’s how it’s gonna be
I’m wearing my heart on my sleeve
I don’t have to tell you I’ll never leave
Thought that heaven was close to me
But love you hold the key
Love you hold the key
I’ll Bet You a Kangaroo
(Larry Murray)
Well I’ll bet you a kangaroo
We could all dance to a didjeridoo
Everybody’s looking for something new
Bet you something old could get to you
Come on boys, give it a chance
Adelaide ladies just love to dance
Come on boys, give it a chance
All God’s children just love to dance
Well I’ll bet you a kangaroo
The world’s been waiting for a didjeridoo
There’s a new day coming and it won’t be long
When we can all lean on a one-note song
Come on boys, give it a chance
London ladies just love to dance
Come on boys, give it a chance
All God’s children just love to dance
Listen boys, I hear thunder
Rolling up from a way down under
There’s a flash on the horizon
Like a midnight sun arising
Matilda is awaking
The world is awaiting for a song
You’ve been waltzing way too long
Matilda I think it’s time
You did a step all of your own
You’ve been waltzing away too long
Matilda is awaiting
The world is awaiting for a song
Come on boys, give it a chance
Nashville ladies just love to dance
Come on boys, give it a chance,
All God’s children just love to dance
I’ll bet you a kangaroo
The world’s been waiting for a didjeridoo
There’s a new day coming and it won’t be long
When we can all lean on a one-note song
Come on boys, give it a chance
Nashville ladies just love to dance
Come on boys, give it a chance
All God’s children just love to dance
The Last Time You Loved
(Brian Neary)
I think there are people who need to be loved
Lonely and hiding the light from their eyes
Still too afraid to light up the night
Too lonely to come out of hiding
Well I’ve seen you with the young girls
They come when you call
They make love so easy
They don’t love at all
You want me to come running
When your world’s falling in
You want me till you got me
Then you’re gone again
And your passion comes so easy
Then you ease away from me
Cause the last time you loved was the first time you ever cried
It was the first time you ever really loved
It’s the last time you ever tried
Your defenses become you, now you become them
It’s one night on the weekend
Then you’re gone again
Well I’m tears and I’m passion and there’s a woman in me
Stop all your runnin’ and I’ll set you free
And I stand before you naked, and my soul is on my sleeve
And the last time you loved was the first time you ever cried
It was the first time you ever really loved
And it’s the last time you ever tried
It was the first time you ever really loved
Say it’s not the last time you’ll ever try