Mike & the Mechanics

Take the children and yourself

And hide out in the cellar

By now the fighting will be close at hand

Don't believe the church and state

And everything they tell you

Believe in me, I'm with the high command



Can you hear me, can you hear me running?

Can you hear me running, can you hear me calling you?

Can you hear me, can you hear me running?

Can you hear me running, can you hear me calling you?



There's a gun and ammunition

Just inside the doorway

Use it only in emergency

Better you should pray to God

The Father and the Spirit

Will guide you and protect from up here



Can you hear me, can you hear me running?

Can you hear me running, can you hear me calling you?

Can you hear me, can you hear me running?

Can you hear me running, can you hear me calling you?



Swear allegiance to the flag

Whatever flag they offer

Never hint at what you really feel

Teach the children quietly

For some day sons and daughters

Will rise up and fight while we stood still



Can you hear me, can you hear me running?

Can you hear me running, can you hear me calling you?

Can you hear me, can you hear me running?

Can you hear me running, can you hear me calling you?



Can you hear me running (can you hear me calling you?)

(Can you hear me) hear me calling you?

(Can you hear me running) hear me running babe?

(Can you hear me running) hear me running?

Calling you, calling you

I said "go if you wanna go,

Stay if you wanna stay"

I didn't care if you hung around me

I didn't care if you went away

And I know you were never right

I'll admit I was never wrong

I could never make up my mind

I made it up as I went along



And though I treated you like a child

I'm gonna miss you for the rest of my life



All I need is a miracle, all I need is you

All I need is a miracle, all I need is you

All I need is a miracle, all I need is you



I never had any time

And I never had any call

But I went out of my way just to hurt you, 

The one I shouldn't hurt at all

I thought I was being cool

Yeah, I thought I was being strong

But it's always the same old story

You never know what you've got 'til it's gone



If I ever catch up with you

I'm gonna love you for the rest of your life



All I need is a miracle, all I need is you (all I need is a miracle)

All I need is a miracle, all I need is you (all I need is a miracle)

All I need is a miracle, all I need is you



And if I ever catch up with you

I'm gonna love you for the rest of your life



All I need is a miracle, all I need is you (all I need is a miracle)

All I need is a miracle, all I need is you (all I need is a miracle)

All I need is a miracle, all I need is you (all I need is a miracle)

All I need is a, all I need is a,

All I need is you (all I need is a miracle)

Another day has passed me by

And there's an island in the sun

To see me through

Another day in paradise

But there's no reason, there's no rhyme

Without you



Here comes the night (night)

Here comes the dreaming of you

Breathing your love in me

Here comes the night (night)

Here comes the feeling I've been

Waiting here for so long

I've been waiting here for so long



There's a time and there's a place

When we can share the silver night

Silent room

In my bed an empty space

Cos there's no other in my life

Only you



Here comes the night (night)

Here comes the dreaming of you

Breathing your love in me

Here comes the night (night)

Here comes the feeling I've been

Waiting here for so long

I've been waiting here for so long



Here comes the night

Here comes the dreaming of you

Breathing your love in me

Here comes the night (night)

Here comes the feeling I've been

Waiting here for so long

I've been waiting here for so long

And through the grief and pain, I'm half insane

I give an inch you take a mile

You throw away the key, ignore my plea

You cut me down without a trial

(You keep me hanging by) hanging by a thread

(You keep me hanging by) leaving me for dead

(You keep me hanging by) I heard it when you said, 

(You keep me hanging by) "Keep him hanging by a thread"



You throw a length of rope, I grab, you hope, 

It's just enough to hang myself

I make a fatal slip, I lose my grip

There's no-one left to call for help



(You keep me hanging by) hanging by a thread

(You keep me hanging by) leaving me for dead

(You keep me hanging by) I'm not finished yet

(You keep me hanging by) I'm still hanging by a thread



I hear a final scream, another dream

I hear it then I start to go (hang him by a thread)

I recognise the pain, a time to play

Then stuck me to the afterglow (hang him by a thread)

Then I wake up wet, soaked in sweat

Tell you all you want to know (hang him by a thread)

I get the feeling, that I've been here before

Saying all these things to you

I get the feeling, that I fell through that door

Comin' down with deja-vu

There's no emotion, nothing at all

You don't even know my name

I get the notion that you don't recall

So here we go, and here we go

Here we go again



It's no good saying, that you've never been in love before

No good explaining, that you've never been in love before

No good denying, I've seen them comin' back for more

I know you're lying, baby

Cos your name is written on that door



Oh, baby



I get the feeling, that you've been here before

Saying all these things to me

I get the feeling, that I'm just a chore

You don't give your love for free

There's no excuses, nothing to say

You just play those little games

I get the feeling it would turn out this way

So here we go, here we go

Here we go again



Your love has given me, what I never never had before

But the way you're living, I just never never know the score

Oh, I'm though with trying, and I say I can take no more

You know I'm lying baby, when you hear me knocking at that door



Oh girl



I get the feeling, by the look on your face

Could be the right time, but it sure is the wrong place

I get the feeling that nothing I say

Is gonna change a single thing, gonna make you come away



Oh, I get the feeling

Oh, I get the feeling

Here we go again

Here we go again

Here we go

I get the feeling

Yeah get the feeling

No no no, tell me now now

Never been in love before

Don't try tell me

Don't try tell me about it

Never been in love before

I don't believe it darling, no

I'm a man, don't you forget it, I'm not a little kid

Understand, you might regret it, treating me the way you did

Hey old man, shut your mouth and listen, this here's the new regime

I command, you could go missin', you could be off the scene



(I'm not here to pray) I'm not here to pray

(So papa don't say) so papa don't say, I'm not ready

Cos the hands feel so steady, take the reins



We got a team, we got the muscle, when things are getting tight

Will there seem, if there's a hustle, money changes every fight?

Look at me, you will discover, I'm not my father's son

You will see, when you recover, I'm mama's only one



(Look straight in my eye) look me in the eye

(Try to deny) try to deny, I'm not ready

But these hands feel so sturdy, oh, take the reins



(Take the reins)



(I'm sure in your game) I know that in your game

(You were okay) you were okay, that's behind us

Oh, Louise, is it vengeless?

Oh, take the reins



I'm a man, I'm not a little kid

Why, I understand

Shut your mouth and listen

Ah, and don't work out a new regime

Yeah, I got a team

Yeah, take the reins

I'm mama's only one

Ah, take the reins

Time from the man, who will live while he can, on his own

Pass by the dream, it's movie you've seen once before

Tears in the rain, as you wave at the plane

As it climbs through the clouds, to the sun



You are the one, oh, you are the one

You make it all worthwhile, you make it all worthwhile

You are the one, oh, you are the one

You make it all worthwhile, you make it all worthwhile

I see your picture smiling back at me

But I'm afraid of the future, I'm afraid you won't see



Look for the slave, is he trying to wave or to drown?

There at the start, he'll be there when your heart touches down

Drawn to the pain, like a moth to a flame

As he climbs through the clouds, to the sun



You are the one, oh, you are the one

You make it all worthwhile, you make it all worthwhile

You are the one (you are the one)

Oh, you are the one (you're the only one)

You make it all worthwhile (you make it all worthwhile)

You make it all worthwhile

I see your picture smiling back at me

But I'm afraid of the future, I'm afraid you won't see

Pass the word, it's a call to arms

Midnight man at your door

Blackened faces run in the night

Daybreak under the floor



Bring my bow

Fill my head with flame, and we must

Let them know that the torch is lit again

Crystalize the pain behind your eyes

Are you ready to fight?



(You hear the drum and) run for your life

(Sweet Avalon the heat is on)

In other words, I hope and pray

That time and tide wash the hate away

A simple man with simple thoughts

Who turned to force as a last resort



All around us, chaos rings

Buildings crumbling down

Silhouettes in the fiery rain

Timbers crash to the ground



Bring my spear, invested with my youth

Bring the children near, they must now be told the truth

Old and young and those of foreign tongue

Are you ready to fight?



(You hear the drum and) run for your life

(Sweet Avalon the heat is on)

In other words, I hope and pray

That time and tide wash the hate away

A simple man with simple thoughts

Who turned to force as a last resort



In other words, I hope and pray

That time and tide keep the day away

When simple men with simple thoughts

Will turn to force as a last recourse

Taken in, taken in again

Wrapped around the finger of some fair-weather friend

Caught up in the promises, left out in the end

No pride, taken for a ride

You say I'm the only one when I look in your eyes

I want to believe you but you know how to lie



And if you say you understand I don't believe it

And when you reach out for my hand I don't believe it

And if you say you take the blame I don't believe it

And if say that nothing's changed I don't believe it, don't believe it



Taken in, taken in again

Someone saw me coming, a fool without a friend

There's one born every minute and you're looking at him



And if you say you want me near I don't believe it

And when you're holding back the tears I don't believe it

And when you swear that you are mine I don't believe it

And it's your heart that's on the line I don't believe it, don't believe

it



Taken in, taken in again

Wrapped around the finger of some fair-weather friend

Caught up in the promises, left out in the end

No pride, taken for a ride

You say I'm the only one when I look in your eyes

I'd love to believe you but you know how to lie



You say you want me near I don't believe it

And when you're holding back the tears I don't believe it

Oh, there's one born every minute, you're looking at him



Taken in, taken in again

Someone saw me coming, a fool without a friend

I want to believe you, oh

When you say you understand

When you reach out for my hand

Oh, I wish I could believe you

Taken in, taken in again