13. studio album



NO RETURN (Mick Box/Trevor Bolder/Ken Hensley)

Chorus:
I'm at the point of no return
I'm watching the candle burn - both ends
There's a lesson we both can learn - this time
So if you wanna make my day
There's something you've gotta say
Now please don't laugh and turn away - this time
I don't wanna make a fuss
But this is the time for us
And I ain't gonna miss the bus - this time

No return
So there'll be no turning back once
I know that you'll be by my side
No return
Maybe you'll give me all the love
That you always felt you had to hide
No return
I've come a thousand miles across the ocean
But that ain't half as far as my emotion
And now I've reached the point of no return

While on my way down the avenue
I had to stop for a drink or two - or three
Now not that I was stalling you - for time
It's just I wanted to feel my best
And I almost passed the test
I need your lovin' to do the rest - this time 
No return
So please don't ever do what you've done
So many times before
No return
Because I've made up my mind
that this time I'll make it thru' your door
No return
I rose above the clouds so far below me
But didn't get as high as when you hold me
And now I've reached the point of no return

I'm at the point of no return
I'm watching the candle burn - both ends
There's a lesson we both can learn - this time
I don't wanna make a fuss
But this is the time for us
And I ain't gonna miss the bus - this time



IMAGINATION (Ken Hensley)

Sometimes I'm certain, sometimes my mind is filled with doubt
Some thoughts lay heavy here sometimes I think it's figured out
Imagination, endless voyage of discovery
I'm at once impatient and afraid some day you may walk out on me

At least when you're with me, I'm not afraid to live with mystery
For I'm sure you know how sad one night without a dream can be
Imagination, bitter-sweet companion as my time flies by
Love-hate relation, hand in hand toward infinity

Chorus:
Lead me here, lead me there
Everywhere if you really dare
Today, tonight, tomorrow
You don't have to take my hand
I'll take it just the way it's planned
Lead on, speed on, I'll follow

When you see me coming, you're gonna know I'm not alone
Me and my imagination
We'll be side by side any way the wind is blown
Love songs and fantasies, they've kept us busy
Since the day we met
But each new horizon, only reminds us it's not over yet
Lead me here, etc.



FEELINGS (Ken Hensley)

Chorus:
Feelings, empty feelings
Prayin', hopin', needin'
Just when I wanted to hold you
You're leavin', leavin', leavin'

I remember those magic nights
Those nights when it all seemed right
But I knew that by mornin' yaou'd be gone
And though you tell me that it's not for long
It ain't easy here holdin' on 
You gotta tell me where I stand

'Cause either you don't give a damn
Or you don't even care to pretend
Or you won't spare a thought
Though you know it must come to an end

You'd better know that I've made up my mind
I gotta high of a different kind
And it's gonna take me where I wanna be
Sure I'll miss ya but I gotta choose
You can't believe that I came here to lose
And you ain't a winner that's easy to see

So I'll see you around or I'll write
And I'll send you some love
'Cause where I wanna go there ain't nothing to do but move

Chorus:
Feelings, empty feelings
Prayin', hopin', needin'
Just when I wanted to hold you
You're leavin', leavin', leavin'



FOOLS (Trevor Bolder)

Fools play at games don't you know that fools play at games
And I know that I'm not afraid of you

I know this feeling inside has just made up my mind
I'm gonna take this chance and do what's in my heart
You always said that you'd stand by me and help me get along
So understand I must do what's in my heart

I know this feeling inside has helped me to carry on
So as the days go by and the nights that never end
You play the clubs and you play the game
The next day you will find
You'll have to try and please that fool again

Day after day I feel this way that I need to be moving on
You know I depend on you, but don't get me wrong
I'll throw the dice and play the game and hope we get along
Even then I won't be fooled again

So I've read your words and I've signed my name
But I can't make up my mind
If you really care or you're playing your games



CARRY ON (Trevor Bolder/Mick Box/Ken Hensley)

What can I do what can I say
Do I have to stand and watch you walk away
I know there's got to be a better way
I just can't go on living for today

I thought I heard a voice out on the wind
And I'm sure I heard it say I'd find a friend
And it said I'd find the answers in the end
All I gotta do is carry on

Carry on carry on the time is flyin'
You need another love maybe another town
Carry on carry on
Don't wait until your hope has gone
When your last chance comes round

I'm gonna keep on looking I won't quit
Aggravation, it ain't gonna hurt a bit
And I believe that I have seen the last of it
There's nothing left to do but carry on



WON'T HAVE TO WAIT TOO LONG (Trevor Bolder/Mick Box/Ken Hensley)

It's a quatter to seven on a Saturday morning
I open my eyes after die Friday night
I don't worry about the rain upon my window
Cos where I'm going I know the sun will always shine
So now I'm heading away down to Rio de Janeiro
I'll be leaving all my lonely times behind
And if I'm looking for love in Rio de Janeiro
There'll be someone there I know who'll find the time
In this golden place, there's a smiling face
I've got to find
And I wont have to wait too long before she's mine

My friends are telling me I'm chasing rainbows
Or searching for the gold beneath the sea
Bur rainbows only shine when it's been raining
And gold can never keep you company
So now I'm wondrin' what to say in conversation
To the lady of my dreams that I should meet
If I speak to her in die language of all nations
Then I'm sure that she'd be knocked right off her feet
And I know she will, then I'll love her till
The end of time
And I won't have to wait too long before she's mine

Well I've been happy enough in Rio de Janeiro
I've got a woman here that I can call my own
But it doesn't matter if I'm living here or there-o
'Cos she used to live next door to me back home
But if you're thinking that've settled down forever
I'll be telling you, you've made a big mistake
'Cos I'll be heading away down to Denver, Colorado
There's woman there l've got to try and make
She can fill the hole, in my heart and soul
For a long long time
And now I won't have to wait too long before she's mine



OUT ON THE STREET (Ken Hensley)

Out on the street, dead on my feet
At the mercy of the stone-cold night
It's hard to compete, in a dead-end street
With frustration in your line of sight
Do you ever stop and think
Do you ever stop at all
Do you have the time to feel
And if you do, do you know the feeling's real 

Followed a sign that pointed the way
And I found myself right back at the start
I like to feel good, I've tried feeling sad
But I can't stand a broken heart
Don't wanna wait till my dyin' day
to realise
I guess I'm lucky in a strange kind of way
'Cause it's clear before my eyes 

A grey cloud they say hides a surprise
But it rained until I lost my belief
Just close your eyes and we'll show you the way
But I believe I've lost my faith
One man speaks and one man does while another soul 
wields the sword
I hear you all but I still can't see just who it is
Who speaks the chosen word 



IT AIN'T EASY (Trevor Bolder)

You make it all sound easy, now you've tasted all my wine
I never wanted to hear the news, that you'd found another man
But it's hard to see what you want from me
It's not easy to be in-between
It's now up to you to make the move this time

Monday morning's waiting
Take a look at what you see
Make the most of your life
Don't keep the pages clean
Baby, now you've got this chance
Don't leave me out
It's so hard when you're in-between
What you need and what may never be

It ain't easy when you don't know where to turn
And it ain't easy but you take the chance
The final chance to learn, yes to learn
That it ain't easy when you don't know where to turn
And it ain't easy, so take a look
Another look at life, look at life
'Cos it ain't what you've got in the palm of your hand
And it's not what you'll get from another man
That will last you the rest of your life my friend



Bonus tracks:

BEEN HURT (Ken Hensley)

At the age of eighteen
I had had enough
And by twenty-one
I decided to get tough
And then I found the guard
Was still too rough

And I've been hurt
Ever since that day
I've been hurt
And I've lost my way
And still think I have a chance
To find your love

Well, I tried to love you
One day at a time
Each day waiting, hoping for the sign
It was clear I needed luck
More than this time

And I've been hurt
Ever since that day
I've been hurt
Well, I've lost my way
And still think I have a chance
To make you mine

My empty heart is
Counting all the ways
Fire and desire
Sat and count days
Will you, won't you
When and where
Do you, don't you, do I care
That same eternal question
Is always there
It's always there



LOVE STEALER (Phil Wainman/Trevor Bolder)

She's got an eye on you
There's nowhere to hide
She keeps her motives still
Deep down inside
She shows no mercy, no
She plays it rough
She don't want your money
She just wants to love 

Love stealer, raw dealer
Heart breaker, love taker

She walks in the shadows
As she waits for the night
She gets what she's looking for
She knows how to fight
If you see her coming
Then you'd better know
If your love's for the taking
She'll steal the show 

She just can't go round there first
Facing the joint
Then she'll move in
And get right to the point
So keep your love locked away
Don't let it show
Or the love stealer will rock you
For more than you'll know



THINK IT OVER (John Sloman/Trevor Bolder)
(1982) Abominog

I've had all I can take
I've taken just too much
I've made a big mistake
That put me out of touch
I don't think I can face
Another single day
Without a companion
To take this pain away

So many tears ago
It's then you walked away
It could've been the end
But I knew babe
I had to tell myself
There'll be another day
She wants to go to glench
But don't you know

Can't you see
There's a chance for you and me
Think it over
Don't believe
In the things that may not be
Think it over
I got to think it over

Forgetting the result
I can't give it in
Whisper startle you
But it's not over
You have to face the truth
I'm still in love with you
I have to make you see
But it's not over

I got to think about it baby



MY JOANNA NEEDS TUNNING (John Sloman/Trevor Bolder/Mick Box/Gregg Dechert/Chris Slade)

I was waiting for somebody
This afternoon
Hope that she remembered
Our rendezvouz
And when she didn't show
Just like yesterday
I do the last, I'll find another way

One night I saw the stranger
Across the hall
I knew he was the reason
Why she didn't call
I wish I had imagined
Or dreamt the lot
But the heart didn't choose
The pain I've got

Now she' turning me inside out
Upside down
And me heart is all a roundabout
Spinnin' round

She's turnin' me inside out
Inside out
She's turnin' me inside out
Inside out

Now he's got all so melt
With a diamond ring
And she was thinking through
Almost anything
She's like a shadow going up
Seventh avenue
But so what, she's only going
Where she's didn't to

I just got one thing to say
Just before I go
Since he was the offender
I want her to know
Now my mind has got me the day
I'm watching to
I'll never raise a thought
Of what she'd done

Now she' turning me inside out
Upside down
And me heart is all a roundabout
Spinnin' round

She's turnin' me inside out
Inside out
She's turnin' me inside out
Inside out



LYING (Ken Hensley/John Sloman/Trevor Bolder/Chris Slade)

Don't let love make a fool of you
Love is made to telling truth
Than never any lies
Came to me by seeing truth
In each other's eyes
Each other's eyes

What can of a fool do you think I am?
Cause I have no money
Does it mean I'm half a man?
You know that I will give you all
Give you all that I can

You're lying, telling me what I should be
You're lying, telling everyone it's me
You're lying, telling me what I should be
You're lying, lying, lying, lying ...

Telling lies can only break you in two
You tell the biggest solo
What do you hope to gain?
If I were you then I would
Try to make amends
I'll tell all my friends

You living in a world of dreams
But it's too late to change
Your way of life, it seems
So you just carry on
The best way you know how
You know how 

You're lying, telling me what I should be
You're lying, telling everyone it's me
You're lying, telling me what I should be
You're lying, lying, lying, lying ...