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CRUSH

SO IN LOVE

Musik & Text: Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark / Hague
published by EMI/Virgin Music Publishing Ltd.
 

Talk to me, don’t lie to me
Save your breath
Don’t look at me, don’t smile at me
Just close your eyes
I was so impressed by you
I was running blind
I would fall for every trick
Every twist of mind

Heaven is cold
Without any soul
It’s hard to believe
I was so in love with you

Don’t say your prayers
Don’t build your hopes
Just walk away
Don’t phone me up
Don’t call around
Don’t waste your time
You were so in awe of me
You were so divine
You would do just anything
To still be mine

Heaven is cold
Without any soul
It’s hard to believe
I was so in love with you

All the things you said to me
I was so obsessed
You were always talking talking
God I did my best

Heaven is cold
Without any soul
It’s hard to believe
I was so in love with you

SO VERLIEBT

Sprich mit mir, lüg mich nicht an
Spar deinen Atem
Schau mich nicht an, lächel mich nicht an
Schließ einfach deine Augen
Ich war so beeindruckt von dir
Ich rannte wie ein Blinder
Ich wäre auf jeden Trick reingefallen
Jede Sinnestäuschung

Der Himmel ist kalt
Ohne eine Seele
Es ist schwer zu glauben
Ich war so verliebt in dich

Sprich nicht deine Gebete
Bau nicht deine Hoffnungen auf
Geh einfach weg
Ruf mich nicht an,
Ruf nicht durch die Gegend
Verschwende nicht deine Zeit
Du hättest solchen Respekt vor mir
Du wärst so göttlich
Du würdest einfach alles tun
Um immer noch mir zu gehören

Der Himmel ist kalt
Ohne eine Seele
Es ist schwer zu glauben
Ich war so verliebt in dich

All die Dinge, die du zu mir sagtest
Ich war so besessen davon
Du warst immer am Reden, Reden
Gott, ich habe mein Bestes getan

Der Himmel ist kalt
Ohne eine Seele
Es ist schwer zu glauben
Ich war so verliebt in dich

Übersetzung: BRAVO
 

SECRET

Musik & Text: Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark
published by EMI/Virgin Music Publishing Ltd.
 

I got a secret and I can’t explain
All the time, I’ve waited for this day
All along I was never in doubt
I always knew it would never get out
There are things that I cannot tell
And there are things that you know damn well
This is getting very hard for me
I guess you’d better just wait and see

This is all, this is all

You heard a message and the message was clear
All the time you wipe away that tear
And all I want is to hold your hand
To see the sun and walk the sand
You make me sad and you make me glad
My secret is this love, is love, Is love, all my secret is this love

Everyday you’re always there
You comfort me and make me feel it’s worth my while
And then I look around and you’re not there
And everyday you say you care and I’ll beware

This is all, this is all

I’ve got a secret and I can’t explain
All I want is to hold your hand
All along I was never in doubt
To see the sun and to walk the sand
 

BLOC BLOC BLOC 

Musik & Text: Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark
published by EMI/Virgin Music Publishing Ltd.
 

I want to go up to Detroit, I want to lie in the shade
I want to visit the president and then I want to get laid
I want to go down to Memphis, I want to talk to the king
I want to tell him we’re sorry and it won’t happen again

I’ve got a photo of James Joyce, it’s a photo by Man Ray
It’s not very very much like him, but it’s not for me to say
She sacrifices her body, almost every night
Just like a lamb to the slaughter
And she thinks it makes him feel right

You gave me so many problems, you made me crash in my car
I’ll have a martini cocktail and then we’ll see where we are
So just be nice to your brother, I’ll take your sister to bed
And I can bloc bloc bloc till the weekend
But you’d better come back soon
 

WOMEN III

Musik & Text: Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark
published by EMI/Virgin Music Publishing Ltd.
 

It took a lot of reasoning
Before she got to please him
She made a combination
Of despair and inspiration
A mother and a mistress
A sister to her sisters
A child who hoped her dreams come true
But now she’s only stuck with you

At least she has a home to share
A man who comes to do her hair
A garden with a patio
A place to have a barbecue
The envy of her neighbors
Who smile and wave and ask her
If they could live for just a day
In luxury and ecstasy

But it’s a long way home from where she's come
And it’s a long way back too much to ask

The trash is in the garbage can
The mystery of wonderland
One day she thinks of leaving him
The next she treats him like a king
She hears it on the radio
She sees it on the video
She wait s until the kids have grown
And then she thinks she’ll start again

But it’s a long way home from where she's come
And it’s a long way back too much to ask

Before she gave her friends a ring
She promised almost everything
They ran away to paradise
But everything will have its price
From woman number one
To woman number two
Now she’s woman number three
And she thinks that she’s lucky

But it’s a long way home from where she's come
And it’s a long way back too much to ask

From X Y Z
To women III
 

CRUSH

Musik & Text: Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark
published by EMI/Virgin Music Publishing Ltd.
 

Rain, rain, go away
I couldn’t take you one more day
There’s broken glass here on the floor
And I can't take this anymore

Stay, stay, don’t leave now
I’ll do anything but let you go
My hands are cold, my eyes can’t see
You can’t do this, not to me

Rain, rain, go away
I can’t stand this one more day
I’ll close my eyes, I’ll shut my brain
I can’t stand thisfucking rain

I can’t stand the rain
Close my eyes
 

88 SECONDS IN GREENSBORO

Musik & Text: Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark
published by EMI/Virgin Music Publishing Ltd.
 

88 seconds, is all it takes
88 seconds, don’t make mistakes
We’ve seen you, we can see you

In red and blue, in black and white
Under crystal skies, in full daylight
You know it, God you know it

88seconds, is all it takes
In 88 seconds, we don’t make mistakes
We know you, oh yes we have known you

Times are changing, but not in our street
Once we played there like the good times
You know it, God you know it

They’re heading for a shallow grave
With a big black cross by a tall white house
To a place down south we won’t forget
To be stabbed in the back by a man they met

In 88 seconds in Greensboro
In 88 seconds in Greensboro
In 88 seconds in Greensboro
Is all we take
 

THE NATIVE DAUGHTERS OF THE GOLDEN WEST

Musik & Text: Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark
published by EMI/Virgin Music Publishing Ltd.
 

In ecstasy they cry to know
If their parents love will let them grow
Their mother’s pride, their father’s joy
We thank the stars that they’re not boys

The native daughters of the golden west
Their beauty is priceless

As children do they stayed at home
Waiting for the day that they were grown
The future seemed so far away
But every night they’d kneel and pray

But all in all they did their best
And one by one they left the nest
Across the globe they searched for love
And put their faith in God above

The native daughters of the golden west
They’re made out of light we never would have guessed

So by and by their dreams came true
They fell in love with boys they knew
Their children grew fed from the breast
Of the native daughters of the golden west

The native daughters of the golden west
They talk all day but we were not impressed

The native daughters of the golden west
They’re sisters of mercy they’ll grant your last request
 

LA FEMME ACCIDENT

Musik & Text: Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark
published by EMI/Virgin Music Publishing Ltd.
 

La femme accident’s got everything you want
You never have to know
You never have to show
she’s hanging on your every word

She clings to your heart she won’t let you depart
Oh this mine but she’s with you all the time
She’s crying like a fragile child

But if you get to know her she’s not a little girl
And if she gets to know you you can’t escape her world

La femme accident  a woman full of want
Her hearts on the line you haven’t go the time
She suffers like some Joan of Arc

She says there’s just no justice in this world
She’s paradise for a day

La femme accident what reason could you want
Just use her and turn away
La femme accident got everything you want
She’s paradise for a day
 

HOLD YOU

Musik & Text: Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark
published by EMI/Virgin Music Publishing Ltd.
 

To hold you, love you
To see you smile at the break of day
To touch you, know you
Want you by me when you’re far away

It's easy to say but hard to do
When you’re in love with a foolish child
And everybody just can’t understand
They say, see him, watch him  he will change his mind

But I see you want him
You’re always with him when the lights go down
You need him, love him
He promises he’ll always stay around

It’s easy for me when the daylights here
It’s easy to be happy when I’m in the crowd
But maybe someday I could take his place
I want you, need you I won’t change my mind

But he holds you, loves you
He has you with him  loves you
But he holds you, loves you
He has you with him, loves you at the break of day

He’ll touch you, know you
Wants you by him  when you’re far away

If all these things you say are true
There’s one thing I need to know
Is this love or lies, just a flame or a fire
There’s something I need and only you can help

To hold you, love you
See you smile at the break of day
To touch you, know you
Want you by me when you’re far away

To hold you, love you
Have you with me when the lights go down
To see you, need you
Promise me you’ll always stay around

DICH HALTEN

Dich halten, dich lieben
Dich lächeln sehen, wenn der Tag anbricht
Dich berühren, dich kennen
Ich will dich bei mir haben, wenn du weit weg bist

Es ist leicht zu sagen, aber schwer zu tun
Wenn man in ein albernes Kind verliebt ist
Und einfach keiner kann es verstehen
Sie sagen: Sieh ihn an, beobachte ihn, er wird seine Meinung ändern

Aber ich sehe du willst ihn
Du bist immer bei ihm wenn die Lichter ausgehen
Du brauchst ihn, liebst ihn
Er verspricht dir immer bei dir zu bleiben

Es ist einfach für mich wenn das Tageslicht scheint
Es ist einfach glücklich zu sein, wenn ich in der Menge untertauche
Aber vielleicht werde ich irgendwann seinen Platz einnehmen
Ich will dich, brauch’ dich, ich werde meine Meinung nicht ändern!

Aber er hält dich, liebt dich
Er hat dich bei sich, liebt dich
Aber er hält dich, liebt dich,
wenn der Tag anbricht

Er berührt dich, kennt dich
Will dich bei sich haben, wenn du weit weg bist

Wenn all diese Dinge, die du sagst, wahr sind,
Es gibt nur eine Sache, die ich wissen muss
Ist es Liebe oder sind es Lügen, nur eine Flamme oder ein Feuer?
Es gibt etwas, das ich brauche und nur Du kannst mir helfen!

Dich halten, dich lieben,
dich lächeln sehen, wenn der Tag anbricht
Dich berühren, dich kennen
Ich will dich bei mir haben, wenn du weit weg bist.

Dich halten, dich lieben,
dich bei mir haben, wenn die Lichter ausgehen
Dich sehen, dich brauchen
Versprich’ mir dass du immer bei mir bleibst

Übersetzung von:  KERSTIN PETER
 

THE LIGHTS ARE GOING OUT

Musik & Text: Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark
published by EMI/Virgin Music Publishing Ltd.
 

There’s a painting on the wall
That wasn’t there at all
Ten minutes ago

There’s a girl who walks the line
She’s with you all the time
She won’t let go

And I can’t see me with another girl
As everything slows down across the world

With faces turning sown
The night will hide the sound
She comes to you

And I can’t see me with another girl
As everything slows down across the world

In a harbor safe from storm
She waits for darkened forms
She’s seen you there

And time and time again
You hear her call your name
She calls for you

And I can’t see me with another girl
As everything slows down across the world

The lights are going out, one by one across the world
The lights are going out, one by one across the world
 

 
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