The Thrill Of It All

Lyrics

Pilot Of My Dreams

Exotic melody that I heard drifting in the breeze
It seemed to carry me along
And there she was just dancing on the beach
And she could really move

(Get down get down get down) you know the way
She made me feel
(Get down get down get down)

I was taken away on the wings of love
She was hitting me harder than a powerful drug
I was a passenger in first class on a flight of fantasy
She was the pilot of my dreams

I thought I heard a symphony and I saw the sun turn fire red
I swear that I saw time stand still, but it was only in my head
Ooh I was inside out now

(Get down get down get down) you know the way
She made me feel
(Get down get down get down)

And my head it was spinning like a spinning top
She was dragging me under but I couldn't stop
Didn't know where I was going but it felt so right to me
She was the pilot of my dreams

(Get down get down get down) you know the way she made me feel
(Get down get down get down) you know she made me feel so good
So good, I've got to know her name

I was taken away on the wings of love
She was hitting me harder than a powerful drug
I was a passenger in first class on a flight of fantasy
She was the pilot of my dreams

Didn't know where I was going but it felt so right to me
She was the pilot of my dreams

Morley


Living For Today

Looking down from the mountains and out to the sea
You're aware in a moment, you're nothing in the scheme

But your vanity told, you're more than a dot
And your arrogance keeps you, from thinking that your not
So when it hits you, you're fading away
Cos you won't live forever, start living for today

And the seasons are changing, faster all the time
Every day seems to pass by in the wink of an eye

Old man on the corner, laughing like a child
Clinging to a bottle, his broken eyes wild
Kept on laughing, the people turned away
But he knows something we don't, he's living for today

So you crawl through your lifetime, a slave to the grind
But time overtook you, and left yoyu far behind
So don't bother running, the moment is gone
Eats you like a cancer, but still you struggle on
Why try to fight it, you're dying anyway ?
The future doesn't matter when your living for today

Are you living for today ?

Loking down from the mountains and out to the sea
You're aware in a moment, you're nothing in the scheme

But you vanity told you, you're more than a dot
And your arrogance keeps you, from thinking that you're not
So when it hits you, you're fading away
Cos you won't live forever, start living for today

You're fading away
You're fading away

Start living for today
Start living for today

Morley


Love Worth Dying For

Tired and weary, fraying at the seams
So disillusioned, I'd forgotten how to dream for just a while
I knew a change would have to come

So wrapped up in myself that I couldn't see the truth
But the moment I looked up, I knew I'd seen the future in your eyes
And my life had just begun

Co they can take away the sun and rain
And everything I've ever owned
Let them have it all,
Cos you give me something more
A Love worth dying for

It's been such a long time, since I felt so strong inside
I know you're the reason
And the words can't quite express the way I feel
But hey're all I have to use

Cos there ain't nothing in this universe
Can hold a candle next to you
And now my life's complete, since you opened up the door
With a love worth dying for

In the morning when the sunlight hits your face
It's such a beautiful collision, but nothing could replace

Cos they can take away the sun and rain
And everything I've ever owned
Let them have it all,
Cos you give me something more

Cos there ain't nothing in this universe
Can hold a candle next to you
And now my life's complete, since you opened up the door
With a love worth dying for

Morley


Don't Wait Up

Tell me why you have to be watching me
Nearly all the time
Cos even when I look in the mirror now
I see you standing behind

That's right, that's right
Had enough of accusations and fights
Got me wound up tight
So don't wait up for me on saturday night

I don't know why you're feeling the way you are
But something made you change
I tried to re-assure you so many times
But now I'm tired of the games

That's right, that's right
If you keep telling me I have, then I might
You can say what you like
Just don't wait up for me on saturday night

You keep on saying you've lost your faith in me
Keep on telling me where I'm s'posed to be
But now I've got to the point where I just don't care
Yeah yeah

Everytime I pick up the telephone
I hear you there on the party line
You ask me if I'm sleeping with all your friends
But they ain't no friends of mine

That's right, that's right
Had enough of accusations and fights
Got me wound up so tight
So don't wait up for me on saturday night

You keep on saying you've lost your faith in me
Keep on telling me where I'm s'posed to be
But now I've got to the point where I just don't care
Yeah yeah

Morley


Something About You

Good-bye johnny sad to see you go away
Good-bye johnny is there nothing I can say ?
To make you think it over, mmaybe change your mind and stay
Good-bye johnny sad to see you go away

And it's so unfair, you had something there
And it's so unfair, cos there's something about you

Good-bye johnny it was different at the start
But she called your bluff and tore your life apart
And as I watched you crumble, I could hear your breaking heart
Good-bye johnny now it's different from the start

And it's so unfair, you had something there
And it's so unfair, cos there's something about you

You're making a sacrifice, that's alright
But sooner or later there may come a time
When you see your life and it don't belong to you
Cos you caved in under pressure, then what you gonna do ?

Good-bye johny sad to see you go away
(Good-bye johny sad to see you go away)
Good-bye johnny is there nothing I can say ?
(Good-bye johnny is there nothing I can say ?)
To make you think it over, maybe change your mind and stay
Good-bye johnny sad to see you go away
(Good-bye johnny sad to see you go)

And it's so unfair, you had something there
And it's so unfair,
And it's so unfair, you had something there
Yes it's so unfair, cos there's something about you

There's something about you
There's something about you
There's something about you

Morley / James


Welcome To The Party

Welcome to the party, there's a new kid in town
Looking like a million, gonna bring our burden down
And he's talking about love, stamping out hate
He's gonna fight for the welfare state
He's got a vision of a better day
Rip up the past and throw it all away

Welcome to the party, there's a feeling in the air
Can't you feel the vibrations, bringing everybody here
We got the right face at the right time
Leading from the front, racing for the line
This train's rolling so get on board
C'mon everybody you know that you'll be heard

Oh oh, there ain't no better place to go
And all the doors are open wide
So some on in, don't you worry about a thing
You can't fight against this tide
Say welcome to the party tonight

Welcome to the party, where the future's looking bright
See the people coming from the left and from the right
Cos everybody knows where there's got to be a change
So many things we've got to re-arrange
We've got to bring sense of freedom back
For everybody, yellow white or black

Oh oh, we'll be watching the fat cats roll
When all of the dogs have had their day
Can't see you, tomorrow's down to you and me
So don't you hang around outside
Say welcome to the party tonight

You're gonna love the show, I know
So won't you step right up today, yeah yeah

Welcome to the party, there's a new kid in town
Looking like a million, gonna bring our burden down
And he's talking about love, stamping out hate
He's gonna fight for the welfare state
He's got a vision of a better day
Rip up the past and throw it all away

Oh oh, there ain't no better place to go
And all the doors are open wide
So some on in, don't you worry about a thing
You can't fight against this tide
Say welcome to the party tonight

So don't you hang around outside
Say welcome to the party tonight

So don't you hang around outside
Say welcome to the party tonight

Morley / James


The Thrill Of It All

I wish I could find a way to make it right
I wish I could see an end to this fight
Cos all I want is a restful sleep tonight

Maybe we're both to blame, I don't know
Or maybe we're both afraid of letting go
Just like a fire that's burning low
The flames are dying,
And I can really feel the cold

Cos I don't care who's wrong or who's right
I can't stand another day, I can't stand another day
All we're doing is wasting our time, carrying on
When the thrill of it all is gone

I'd rather live alone, than live in hell
Cos it feels like I'm doing time, and this room's a cell
These four walls, the stories they could tell
But they're in the past, and we both know it well

Cos I don't care who's wrong or who's right
I can't stand another day, I can't stand another day
All we're doing is wating our time, carrying on
When the thrill of it all is gone

Cos if you cast your mind back to the way it was before
I couldn't live without you for a day
And I don't want to kid myself, the truth is plain to see
It's time we turned and went our seperate ways

I wish I could find a way to make it right
I wish I could see an end to this fight
Why don't we say our long good-byes
Then walk away, while we still both have our pride

Cos I don't care who's wrong or who's right
I can't stand another day, I can't stand another day
All we're doing is wasting our time, carrying on
When the thrill of it all is gone

Morley / James


Hotter Than The Sun

She can burn she can sting
Make you do most anything
But you can't teach her
She makes you laugh makes you cry
Climb a hundred storeys high
But you won't teach her

I thought my will was really strong
But this war is going on
She won't loosen off her grip until she's done
She's hotter than the sun

She's a sensual priestess
Like a lion in a dress
You have to feed her
Like a wasll in your mind
She's a mountain you must climb
But you won't reach her

She's got a thing about control
But I ain't used to letting go
I see the lines of battle drawn
But I won't run
Cos she's hotter than the sun

She don't lose control
But she touched my soul

She's as sharp as a knife
Carving her name across my mind
I won't forget her
She's a joy to behold
Like venus de milo
But she looks better, so much better

She don't know I play her game
And though I know I'm just the same
I never thought that I'd be shot
With my own gun
She's hotter than the sun

Morley


This Forgotten Town

Father's gone crazy he stares out the window all day
Watching the same streets where once as a kid he would play
There's no hope in his eyes anymore
He's forgotten what he was hoping for
And the postman walks straight past the door
There's no news today

Someone save me from this forgotten town
Or I'll go crazy in this forgotten town
Cos when they lay me down, it won't be here

Mother's been drinking she smokes nearly three packs a day
Once she was so pretty but time's taken it all away
Every promise she heard a lie
About the future how it would be right
And I won't understand all my life
How she gets through the day

Cos there's no way out of this forgotten town
So you live your life out of this forgotten town
The only way is down, when dreams don't come true
No not for you

There's no hope in his eyesany more
He's forgotten what he was hoping for
And the postman walks straight past the door
There's no news today

Someone save me from this forgotten town
Or I'll go crazy in this forgotten town
There's no way out of this forgotten town
So you live your life out in this forgotten town
Until you're in the ground it's all you can do

Morley / James


Cosmetic Punk

Cosmetic punk that's what you are
Dressed like a street kid in your brand new car
Your mom's a doctor and your daddy's rich
You don't want for nothing, ain't life a bitch

(You're sitting on top of the world)
And they say that nothing comes for free
(I don't believe in a word you say)
No, you ain't fooling me

I scratch the surface what do I see ?
Your running blue blood,
Cos you're not like me
The world you come from, it's so far away
So don't come around here trying to tell me you're the same

(Careful your bridges don't burn)
I bet you left an open door behind
(I know that one day you'll turn around)
You're only killing time

You think I don't know what your doing
When you pay for drinks at the bar
But you can't buy the thing that's missing from your life
So get back to what you are

(You're sitting on top of the world)
And they say that nothing comes for free
(I don't believe in a word you say)
No, you ain't fooling me

Cosmetic punk, I see right through
You got your future all mapped out for you
Soon you'll be running the family company
And you won't give a damn about the likes of me

Cosmetic punk, what do I see ?
Cosmetic punk, you're not like me

Morley


You Can't Live Your Life In A Day

Talking to a friend of mine this morning
He told me how his life was gonna change
All the reaching for the skies
And dreams unrealised
Had left him alone with his pain
And he just couldn't face it again

I said didn't you believe in tomorrow ?
Cos today's just a scene in the play
You might get some bad breaks and you'll make your mistakes
But you can't live your life in a day

Fifteen years old and on the outside
You got your face against the window looking in
Old enough to see, but too young to be free
In a grown up world loaded with sin

And your folks they don't get your frustration
Cos they can't recall feeling that way
So you fight, and you hate, but you'll just have to wait
Cos you can't live your life in a day

It always seems like life went so fast when it's gone
But when you're waiting for something,
It drags on and on
You can't take no comfort
EWhen everyone says
You'll look back and laugh at today

I said you believe in tomorrow ?
Cos today's just one scene in the play
You might get some bad breaks and you'll male your mistakes
But you can't live your life in a day

Cos tomorrow will always be coming
It's the one thing they can't take away
And you'll lose and you'll win
And you'll do it again
But you can't live your life in a day
No you can't live your life in a day
No you can't live your life in a day

Morley


Musicians
Daniel Bowes - Voice, backing voice & guitar feedback
Luke Morley - Guitars, bass guitar geezer, voices, backing vocals & percussion
Harry 'Chunky' James - Drums, percussion & dancing
Ben Matthews - Guitars, keyboards, cruise control & technowizardry


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Last updated on Friday, 20th February, 1998
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