Roxette
Crash! Boom! Bang!
Words and music by Per Gessle
{Crash! Boom! Bang!}
My Papa told me to stay out of trouble:
"When you've found your man, make sure he's for real!".
I've learned that nothing really lasts forever
I sleep with the scars I wear that won't heal.
They won't heal
Cos everytime I seem to fall in love
Crash! Boom! Bang!
I find the heart but then I hit the wall
Crash! Boom! Bang!
That's the call, that's the game and the pain stays the same.
I'm walking down this empty road to nowhere
I pass by the houses and blocks I once knew.
My Mama told me not to mess with sorrow
But I always did, and Lord, I still do
I'm still breaking the rules
{I kick it up}
{I kick it down}
Cos everytime I seem to fall in love
Crash! Boom! Bang!
I find the heart but then I hit the wall
Crash! Boom! Bang!
That's my real middle-name
It has always been the same
That's the call, that's the game and the pain stays the same.
I still feel the heat
{Slowly fallin' from the sky}
And the taste of the kissing
Shattered by rain
{Comin' tumblin' from behind}
And the wild holy war.
{I kick it up}
{I kick it down}
And everytime I seem to fall in love
Crash! Boom! Bang!
I find the roses dying on the floor
Crash! Boom! Bang!
{Crash! Boom! Bang!}
That's the call, that's the game and the pain stays the same.
That's my real middle-name
It has always been the same
Oh yea, Oh yea, Oh yea
Been the same, been the same
It has always been the same
It has always been the same
Fireworks
Words and music by Per Gessle
I once knew a girl
I can't remember her name but I remember her face cos her sister looked the same.
They both left school, but they couln't find a job.
So they said farewell and stole a small town car.
As they were riding by the beach some summer night
The radio shouted out one of those songs that might just change your life
{It went like this -}
(CHORUS:)
"Checkin' in checkin' out
Making love I like watching all your fireworks
I like it when I light those stars in your eyes
Just like the fireworks in the sky"
{- yes it did...}
Throwing some poems to the ports and docks
They were sleeping outdoors pushing all their luck.
They sent me a letter full of pills and thrills
Then they both got rich and moved to Hollywood Hills.
Yea they made lots of money playing folk guitar
Cos everywhere the boys went crazy just to hear these words of art:
(CHORUS)
Fireworks in the sky...
They're comming to get you
They're comming to get you now
Comming to get you now
...
(CHORUS)
Fireworks in the sky...
Watch the sky!
Watch the sky!
Joyride
words & music: Per Gessle
I hit the road out of nowhere, I had to jump in my car
and be a rider in a love game following the stars.
Don't need no book of wisdom,
I get no money talk at all.
She has a train going downtown,
she's got a club on the moon,
and she's telling all her secrets in a wonderful balloon.
Oh she's the heart of the funfair,
she's got me whistling her private tune.
And it all begins where it ends,
and she's all mine, my magic friend.
She says: Hello, you fool, I love you.
C'mon join the joyride. Join the joyride.
She's a flower, I can paint her. She's a child of the sun.
We're a part of this together, could never turn around and run.
Don't need no fortune teller
to know where my lucky love belongs, oh no.
Cos it all begins again when it ends,
and we're all magic friends.
She says: Hello, you fool I love you.
C'mon join the joyride. Join the joyride.
Be a joyrider.
I take you on a skyride, a feeling like you're spellbound.
The sunshine is a lady, who ROX you like a baby
June Afternoon
Didn't I tell you everything is possible in this d�j� vu?
Try the river boat, the carousel, feed the pigeons, Bar-B-Q.
Look at all the people, happy faces all around.
Smiling, throwing kisses, busy making lazy sounds
It's a bright June afternoon,
it never gets dark. Wah-wah!
Here comes the sun.
Get your green green tambourine,
let's play in the park. Wah-wah!
Here comes the sun
Some folks are on blankets, slowly daydreaming
and reaching for their food.
Let's go buy an ice-cream and a magazine
with an attitude
and put on a cassette,
we can pretend that you're a star
cos life's so very simple
just like la-la-la
It's a bright June afternoon,
it never gets dark. Wah-wah!
Here comes the sun.
Get your green green tambourine,
let's play in the park. Wah-wah!
Here comes the sun
There's a painter painting his masterpiece.
There are some squirrels jumping in the trees.
There's a wide-eyed boy with a red balloon.
All my life I've longed for this afternoon.
Run To You
Words and music by Per Gessle
Baby, sometimes I feel like dying
Driving while I'm closing my eyes
Moving in and out of hiding
Trying to catch some thruth in my life
Wathing your stars and your moonlight
Come tumbling down from the sky
Take it now.
(CHORUS:)
I'm gonna run to you
I'm gonna come to you
I wanna find you
In everything that I do
I'm gonna run to you
I'm gonna count on you
I'm gonna follow
Baby, what else can I do?
Sunday morning my town is sleeping
Lying all alone in my bed
There's not a sound, I can't help but listening
Wishing I was somewhere else instead
But sometimes they are too hard to handle
Those voices inside my head
Listen now.
(CHORUS)
Take a walk inside my dream: A church, a lonely road
All the people come and go and come and go.
I'm gonna run to you
I'm gonna come to you
Do it now!
I'm gonna run to you
I'm gonna come to you
I'm gonna follow
(CHORUS)
I'm gonna run to you
I'm gonna come to you
Baby, what else can I do?
Sleeping In My Car
Words and music by Per Gessle
I'll tell you what I've done
I'll tell you what I'll do
Been driving all nite
Just to get close to you?
Babe Babe - I'm moving so fast
You'd better come on.
The moon is allright
The freeway's heading south
My heart is going Boom!
There's strange taste in my mouth
Baby Babe - I'm moving real fast
So try to hold on
Try to hold on!
(CHORUS:)
Sleeping in my car - I will undess you
Sleeping in my car - I will caress you
Staying in the back seat of my car making up.
So come out tonight
I'll take you for a ride
This steemy ol' wagon
The radio is getting wild
Babe Babe - we're moving so fast
I try to hang on
Try to hang on!
(CHORUS)
Staying in the back seat of my car making love, oh yea!
Sleeping in my car - I will possess you
Sleeping in my car - certainly bless you
Lying in the back seat of my car making up.
The night is so pretty and so young
The night is so pretty and so young
So very young
(CHORUS)
Staying in the back seat of my car making love
Till you (I?) do
Sleeping in my car
I will possess you
Sleeping in my car
Certainly bless you
Lying in the back seat of my car
Making up
Making love
I will undress you
I will undress you, yeah
Sleeping in my car
Sleeping in my car - I will undress you
Sleeping in my car
The night is so pretty and so young, yeah
What's She Like?
Words and music by Per Gessle
What's she like when she turns around to kiss you goodnight?
When she wakes up in the morning by your side?
What's she like?
What's she like?
The yellow moon or the deep blue of the sea?
Do you feel the same way you did when it was me?
What's she like?
(CHORUS:)
Oh I've been holding on
I've been holding on for far too long
I've been holding on
I've been holding on much too long
What's she like when you're making love and the stars are in her eyes?
When you're looking for the answers in her smile?
Oh, what's she like?
(CHORUS)
Too long
I never knew I could love somebody the way that I loved you
I never thought I'd be the broken-hearted
Nothing hurts you like the truth.
So what's she like when she turns to you, when push comes to shove?
When she whispers in your ear that she's in love?
Oh what's she like?
(CHORUS)
So what's she like?