Return to Malibu - Lyrics from the album

 

 

MALIBU

1. It's the last time I'm ever gonna take you

Out with your shoes on in Malibu

And it's just a crime to hear a surf song

Inside a car with a roof on

We drove the wrong way all around the blonde waves

And stopped at Jack's down by the sea

He said "Excuse me, I can't sell you Stüssy*, your suit's not wet enough for me"

 

Carrie came round, sat a long time at the bar

Said she could get off with the way I talk

And she said Candy'd be my friend

But candy on Laguna Beach costs a lot less

Ali saw a blonde babe

Fell off his roller blades

Said "she was looking at me!"

We laughed the whole way down Ventura Highway

And stopped at Carrie's for tea

 

Hey, hey Malibu

We're going down with you

Hey, hey Beverley

Come out and dance with me

 

[solo]

 

Carrie rang the Air Bel

Candy found the stairwell free

And I just lost my way

I watched the MTV but all the chicks for free

Must have been home that day

Hey, hey Malibu

I missed the Caines' house too

Hey, hey Beverley

What does bodacious mean?

 

So I say goodbye, Malibu

We had a good time, Malibu

I had to try hard, Malibu

To stay three shades lighter than you

We walked the line in Malibu

All the words rhyme in Malibu

Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, Beverley

Don't need to mean a thing to me

 

 

* a brand of quality surfing apparel

 

RETURN TO MALIBU

 

Back on Sunset

Candy said meet Juliet

Carrie told me Holly would be waiting

Ali said "Man, it's like Electric Ladyland

And by the way this call's for you"

 

She talked the talk

Said she was a wild girl

And she could get around

Inside a red red red car

She walked the walk, man

Turned up to maximum

That car could take you all the way

 

I felt Candy bend

Ali told me Sodom and Gomorah

Could be just the same at weekends

It's like a shark attack

He said you can't look back

You'd turn into a pillar of cocaine

 

Holly worked at Ray's

Candy gets a cameo

She could be on TV

Late late late at night

Juliet could play

I said I'd be Romeo

I'd cross the line with you tonight

 

Ch: Like castaways stuck on a wave

The ride's amazing

Let the sun go down on you

Everyday's a Saturday

And we went crazy

When we went back to Malibu

Solo

Carrie Caroo

Did we play a mind game?

I'm stuck inside of you

Get 999

You're stuck inside of me

I need a razor blade

I need to cut myself away

 

Like castaways stuck on a wave

The ride's amazing

Let the sun go down on you

Everyday's a Saturday

And we went crazy

When we went back to Malibu

 

Down on the bay

I catch a ray

I'm in a Passion-play

Can't stop and I'm not trying to

Everyday's a day

When everyone goes crazy

When we go back to Malibu

 

Like castaways stuck on a wave

The ride's amazing

Let the sun go down on you

Everyday's a Saturday

And we went crazy

When we went back to Malibu

SHE SAID HEY

1.  I never let you know

Never let my picture fall apart

Never let it go

And you sit alone

Calling for a love song of your own

I got a girl who says

I left love on the rack

I just make her face turn red

And she don't need a lover like that

And she said hey

Hear what I say

Sing me a love song

You don't sing me love songs everyday

Hear what I say

I'm telling you straight

 

2.  Don't lose control

Don't let the broken hearted people make you low

They never let you go

And they can't remember love songs anymore

You don't need to break into my head

Trying to find a space of your own

I know I leave a lot unsaid

But I don't have a heart of stone

And I said hey

What can I say?

I try to sing you love songs

This might be a love song

I can play

 

Break:

3.  We could lose control

I say don't talk all the talk

Just sing along

Put that gun away

This could be our love song for today

I met a girl who said

We made it with a little contact

Now she's on the phone instead

And I don't need a lover like that

 

So I say hey

What can I say?

This song is my love song

What do you say?

And she said hey

Let me hear you play

You call this a love song anyway?

And I said hey

[Don't get me wrong]

What can I say?

[Just sing my song]

It's my only love song for today

She said hey

[This can't go on]

Well that's OK

[I'll sing this song]

This could be a love song

Let it play

 

Hear what I say

Hear what I say....................

THERE'S A FIRE

 

Intro:  D  D/B  G  A

 

                       D                    Bm

How could I ever let you go

                           Em           A

And give your heart away

         D                       Bm

And let you find a lover

                     Em            A

Who could take my place

G                         A

Because you know

                                                          D                     Db

Though you might find it never looks that way

B              A                          G

What I feel is more than I can say

A                                                   D     Db

And though I make it complicated

B                    A                  G                 A

I shouldn't hesitate to say it - cos it's true

 

                      D                       D/B                   G

Ch:  Deep inside there's a fire burning bright for

  A 

you

                D                   D/B                    G             A

All the stars in the night tell you why it's true

                     D                                  D/B

Count the stars and count the times

                         G                          A

That I could fall in love with you

Solo:  D  D/B  G  A

 

         D                                        Bm

Sometimes you cry it could be the end

       Em                                                 A

Sometimes you hurt enough for two

             D                                   Bm

But remember I will always be your friend

                    G                                  A

Couldn't find another love like you

G                               A                                    D

So if you want to dance with me I'll dance

         Db                   B                     A                G

The whole night through, just wait and see

                           A

And hold you close enough

         D             Db            B

So you can hold me too

         A                  G                           A

And you'll find me - and I'll find you

 

Break:  [G  F#  F  G  x2/A  F#  F  G]

 

And when I'm gone

 

It's just to write it in a song

 

But next to you

                              G

I'd let it drift away

 

[CHORUS]

 

REAL AMOUR click for Real Audio

 

1. Tonight we all slip out of stream

Danny looks right, Patty looks right

They copied from a magazine

The stuff was tailor-made

But it never fitted anyway

And when it all came away

We laughed like a drain

And it was real amour

Lights out on the second floor

And we were really gone

We jumped right overboard

Yes we were really gone

For just one moment of our own

2. Looking at the handbags, take a little drag

Staying out of the light that's green

Danny said "Isn't that the girl?"

"Yes", I said - I don't need a go-between

She knows we know

And all her friends know it too

We don't need a tarot

To say it's just me and it's you

3. We got a ride in Ken and Betty's car

And Kenny shook his furry dice

And Patty took us down the Rock Lobster bar

And Betty had hers with rice

Everybody split the tab

And Danny left his magazine

Patty took a radio cab

And I watched it on TV

Just like real amour

Lights out on the second floor

And they were really gone

They jumped right overboard

Yes they were really gone

For just one moment of our own

 

SALLY IS DAMN GOOD NOW click for Real Audio

Sally took my last words into the night

Thought I saw emotion stopped in the half-light

Stopped in the half-light, Sally's there shining bright

I should've known you never hold hands with a jewel

She'll take you for a fool

As she marches another boy, fast toy

All around the pool that I'm crying into

Thought we were strangers in love

Perfect strangers

Trying to arrange for a love

To invade us

All around the world

People say the word

Falling for the girl

And coming out and saying it first

I could feel the moment slip out of my hands

People tell me Sally's started living in London now

I can feel my fingers touch the dial

Trying to touch that smile

And bring it back somehow

People say she cut a dash standing in the hall

Walking to the door on the arm of an American boy with a new toy

And a big American car

She was a stranger to love

Perfect stranger

Just re-arranging for love

To evade her

All around the world

People say their love is true

But I just found a girl

Who couldn't say it too

Just another nearly-made-it filed away

SOLO

All around the world

People say the word

Falling for the girl

And coming out and saying it first

All around the world

People tell me Sally's damn good now

And in another world

I made it come true

WHAT LOVE CAN BRING Version 1

Out on the street tonight

Wish I had another love song

To sing tonight

After all it took me so long

For the time of my life

It was too easy walking

Just holding hands

Easy just talking avoiding your eyes

There must be another song

Another song I could sing

Bring words and music to me

And I'll show you love

Let you know, let it show

Show you what love can bring

The thin line of smoke from my cigarette

Writes all the words we should've shared

Before they break up and drift away

Reaching out further than I could

Calling to you like I never would

There must be another song

Yes there's another song I can sing

Bring words and music to me

And I'll show you love

Let you know, let it show

Show you what love can bring

SOLO

For the million years I live tonight

I will dream another

Dream of light

I see the arms reach from our sides

Lips touching lips and eyes touching eyes

And I sing a different song

I sing the song that lovers sing

My words and music fill me

And show me the love

That I show you that I can bring

I'll show you what love can bring

[With a different song]

I'll show you what love can bring

[Had it inside all along]

I'll show you what love can bring

 

WHAT LOVE CAN BRING Version 2

Walking the street I only repeated the words

I should've said while I could be heard

It was too easy just holding hands while your eyes

Told me it could never survive

There must be another song

Another song I could sing

Bring words and music to me

And I'll show you love

I'll show you what love can bring

The thin line of smoke from my cigarette

Writes all the words we should've shared

Reaching out further than I ever could

Calling to you like I never would

There must be another song

Yes there's another song I can sing

Bring words and music to me

And I'll show you love

I'll show you what love can bring

SOLO

For the million years I live tonight

I will dream another

Dream of light

I see the arms reach from our sides

Lips touching lips and eyes touching eyes

And I sing a different song

I sing the song that lovers sing

My words and music fill me

And show me the love

That I show you that I can bring

I'll show you what love can bring

[With a different song]

I'll show you what love can bring

[Had it inside all along]

I'll show you what love can bring

 

WHERE IS FAY?

 

In the half-light telling me vaguely she's heaven sent

Looking like nothing but just a little more than the minimum content

Asking me to take a little step to the left of my better judgment

(They) all got turned over like

So many playing cards

Can't hold, they just fold

They just fall apart

Somebody told me I

Could lose my way tonight

I cried it's one-sided

Shooting at 'em from both sides

Where is Fay?

She feels like light years away

And it was only a day

Before I stepped on the plane

 

On the rack just listening to the soundtrack, uninspired

This could be love or I could be just hot-wired

Like a loco, thinking in slow-mo, wheels on fire

Can't even use my ticket, it just expired

I let the time go by

Bye mister, goodnight

I left my ticket and my clean shirt on the outside

I just got taken there

I lost my reservation

I came without a gun

And I was shot by both sides

Where is Fay?

She feels like light years away

And it was only a day

Before I stepped on the plane

 

THIS SIDE OF PARADISE

1. I look outside - wish I could look inside

Wish I could be the one

Jump out of line, step out of time

If I could make it I might try

The radio tracks me down

And it's almost yesterday

Conspiring to break my heart

And I just can't get away

I thought I heard the tower of pictures and words

But they can't say nothing at all

I'm alive in the city branded with eyes

To watch me a thousand times over

You got it made if you can capture the woman in shades

And tell her it's not like that at all

She wouldn't smile between the sand and the ice

If she ever stepped out into this side of paradise

2. Standing under I look up and wonder if I could be the one

Rain in my eyes, wish I was holding her hand in the sun

The stones, the plastic skin and bones

They speak to me every day

"If I can't take your heart

I'll just take your life away"

Why don't you come dancing out of the walls

And boxes and paper parades

Can you wait 'till the streetlight touches the nerve

And breaks up the folded arms

I wanna start, I wanna tear that woman apart

Lay her naked across the street

See what she's got to say

She wouldn't smile between the sand and the ice

If she ever stepped out into this side of paradise

Didn't want to tell the difference

Didn't want to know

Didn't want to let my picture show

We could've been home by now

We could've been

We could've been home

SOLO

Why don't you come dancing out of the walls

And boxes and paper parades

Can you wait 'till the streetlight touches the nerve

And breaks up the folded arms

I wanna start, I wanna tear that woman apart

Lay her naked across the street

See what she's got to say

She wouldn't smile between the sand and the ice

If she ever stepped out into this side of paradise

VENUS IN MUFTI

Got my description on the classified, pre-paid

Looking for a four-string girl or a Japanese

Now I can't understand

Why they didn't come falling out of trees

I don't want a photograph

Or your CV

Or your guarantee

Oh - it's only you and only me

Be my Venus, my Venus in mufti

Be my Venus, my Venus in mufti

Be my Venus, my Venus in mufti, mufti

Yeah - ooh, ooh, ooh

GUITAR BREAK [1]

 

I'm in double vision wishing I could tell you that it's you

But the words won't - but the words won't

Still I can't understand

What I meant when I said it was a run-through

I just want to see white lines

Lips touching lips and tired eyes

We're taking the long way round

Still not in town

BREAK

Oh -

Take me out of this loneliness

Take me out of this lo -

GUITAR BREAK [2]

Be my Venus, my Venus in mufti

Be my Venus, my Venus in mufti

Be my Venus, my Venus in mufti, mufti

Yeah - ooh, ooh, ooh

ONLY THE LIGHTS STILL SHINE

 

She said "You know it might be him" - well, maybe

I'm looking at you look at me strangely

Looking for a look or a sign

Oh - he always talked at me so coldly

Now he's trying to be the one and only

Doing it all like there might not be a next time

Someone said it's just a game, boy

No, it really can't be you

Playing with a little time before you lose

Well I'm staying just a little insane, boy

I know it's too good to be true

Look me in the eye - say you don't want it too

Only the lights still shine bright in the night

It's just the same in the room with my name

I can find myself a mystery lady

But she can never call me baby

Cos I can only sing her the lines

I get it one way or another

It's like I'm working undercover

Going through the stop sign - working every line - playing double time

Yes it's just a game, girl - it's crazy but it's true

Tonight you found me here and I found you

We can get a little insane girl

We can start it on a count of two

You don't need me any more - than I need you

 

KAREN AND GARY

 

See my photograph

It's my boyfriend

In'ee lovely?

She was showing it to all her friends

And they all said "yes"

It must be lovely in the fire brigade

Does he say what it's like in the fire brigade?

Karen and Gary the fireman

They go to Bromley

On the train to weekend excitement

Two hearts beating softly

We was driving in his car

to the Air Show

He goes very fast

Sometimes on Friday he will call me up

And at the weekend we will

Sit at the bar and he will talk to his friends

And I will watch him talking - watch him talking

Karen and Gary the fireman

They go to Bromley

On the train to weekend excitement

Two hearts beating softly

Break:

(Then) one day Gary said the US of A

Is where I want to be

And he got on a plane .....

Karen looks out of the window at Bromley

Holding the letter

She writ to Gary

And one day he'll call me

One day he'll call me

One day he'll call ..........

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