@ALBUM: LIVING IN OZ By RICK SPRINGFIELD, 1983 Transcribed by Frantic Freddy @SONG: HUMAN TOUCH Everybody's talking to computers, they're all dancing to a drum machine I know I'm living on the outside, scared of getting caught between I'm so cool and calculated alone in the modern world, uh huh But Sally has a hard time holding back The alley to her heart is a beaten track She's got the love monkey ridin' on her back You want love I got it, come on girl Chorus: We all need the human touch, we all need the human touch I need it the human touch, we all need the human touch We all need it, and I need it too! You know I got my walls, Sally calls 'em prison cells Sometimes I need protection, I got the chains, I got the warning bells I sit so snug and isolated alone in the modern world, uh huh But Sally has a hard time holdin' back The alley to her heart is a beaten track She's never out of love, yeah she's got the lack You got love I want it, come on girl chorus Human touch (repeats 4x) (Solo) I'm so scared and isolated in the modern world - we all need We all need the human touch, we all need the human touch We all need the human touch, I need it, the human touch We all need the human touch, I need it, the human touch We all need it and I need it too! Human touch - ow! Human touch (repeats 4x) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ @SONG: ALYSON You talk about life, the imitatin' art Well I was sure that I heard the director yell, "Take it from the start" And I could feel my body crushin' yours As the camera dollied into place Your husband's in the front row, I couldn't look him in the face Part of the pleasure was that it felt so wrong But it grew too fast too strong Chorus: Don't you think your friends are talkin', Alyson? They're blamin' it all on me, I'm blamin' it all on love Well don't you think your friends are talkin', Alyson? Just a little sexual tension under the guise of love Young and tragic, I really felt the part While we were sweatin' and screamin', tearin' out his heart Well I was sure I heard the wind in the wires cryin' in sympathy For star-crossed lovers, Aly that ain't you or me Part of the pleasure was that it felt so wrong But it grew too fast too strong chorus Before we made them run into the new bedroom We knew the curtain would be coming down soon Reviews were mixed, the press was unkind Aly I hope they will forgive us in time, in time (Solo) Part of the attraction was that we knew it couldn't last So we closed our eyes and held on fast Don't you think your friends are talking, Alyson? Who were we tryin' to fool, what was I thinkin' of? chorus ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ @SONG: AFFAIR OF THE HEART Heart in my mouth, the pulse in my head, Mercury rising into the red The smell of your skin can light up all the fires in me Hungry to touch, I'm eager to please Out of control and I hand you the keys Every night I am burning to make love to you But don't try to tell me you think it's all physical It goes much deeper than that You ought to know it's an affair of the heart It's an affair of the heart, it's an affair of the heart Have a little blind faith, believe it's an affair of the heart When we make love it's a passionate thing You shudder and shake, sink your teeth in my skin I almost believe you were made to be played by my hands And you've got the power, it amazes me still How you play my emotions with consonant skill I don't have to look any further than into your eyes So don't try to tell me you think it's just physical It goes way deeper than that You better know it's an affair of the heart It's an affair of the heart, it's an affair of the heart Have a little blind faith, believe it's an affair of the heart (Bite my shoulder, I might touch you and seize you and make you....) Hey hey Don't try to tell me you think it's all physical It goes much deeper than that You ought to know it's an affair of the heart, it's an affair of the heart It's an affair of the heart, it's an affair of the heart You better know it's an affair of the heart, it's an affair of the heart You better know it's an affair of the heart, it's an affair of the heart Baby, an affair of the heart, it's an affair of the heart... (to fade) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ @SONG: LIVING IN OZ Ever since I was a kid I remember having dreams of grandeur I was gonna be someone, I know what I want Everybody played second best and I held you back just like all the rest I think I got what I want Everybody's got to fight their demons and you know I had to fight mine too It took a lot outta me, it took a lot outta you To be living in Oz, living in Oz, sometimes a dream can wake you Living in Oz, living in Oz, sometimes a dream can shock you, too All the money that I spent on you doesn't mean a thing for love's not true Baby please, I'll get what you want Can't you tell me you and me ain't lost I know what I did, I know what it cost Now I'm yours an' I've got what you want All the fightin' will have been for nothin', if at the end I can't have you I'll throw it all away if that's what you want me to do Living in Oz, living in Oz, sometimes a dream can wake you Living in Oz, living in Oz, sometimes a dream can shake you, too Funny how a desire can burn you up inside And make you commit emotional suicide Everybody's got the desire to leave their mark Some just do it over a trail of broken hearts (Solo) And all the people that protect and serve would disappear if the well dried up I'm thirsty for affection, let me drink from your loving cup Living in Oz, living in Oz, sometimes a dream can shock you Living in Oz, living in Oz, sometimes a dream can rock you Living in Oz, living in Oz, sometimes a dream can shake you Living in Oz, living in Oz, sometimes a dream can wake you, too ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ @SONG: ME & JOHNNY Lookin' back I'd say we broke a few rules, left one or two hearts in ruin Spent all that precious time doin' Things we figured that Presley might have done Stole a few cars, never got caught, we started some fights in the scrimmage We got caught up in the image of playing young rebels by the handbook Lookin' back I guess we had some attitude, we were gonna be hard and tough Me and Johnny, we're gonna play tonight, it's gonna be alright We're gonna shine Look in the mirror, watch our faces change, we were gonna be McCartney clones We skipped school to see the Rolling Stones And sang their songs on the train on our way home We were gonna be like all of them, uncompromising to the very end Live for girls, guitars and glory, and someday they'd write our story Sometimes I think that they clapped in sympathy But we were gonna be hard and tough Chorus: Me and Johnny, we're gonna play tonight It's gonna be alright, we're gonna have some fun tonight Me and Johnny, we may get blood on our face We're gonna have our place in the sun Johnny's still livin' back in Australia I hear he's got himself a wife and kids And I'm still chasin' whatever it is That put me out here on the road in the first place I think of all the times I've cursed out loud Wishin' I was still runnin' with the same old crowd Sometimes it can make you cry, just watchin' the years roll by Me and Johnny, we're gonna play tonight, it's gonna be alright We're gonna shine chorus repeats out ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ @SONG: MOTEL EYES Her come-on was direct and strong, from a question to a kiss She said she'd had a little much to drink, she didn't usually do this But she was looking for another head to scalp tonight And she had me right between her sights I turned to face her as the jukebox clicked off, playing her favorite song And she looked pretty in the low-lit bar but something was wrong I saw a dull red neon sign flashing in her eyes It said 'vacancy', she had motel eyes Chorus: They were black as the night and shone like a star Fueled by the light from her medicine jar I looked again, but there was nothing there but ice in her eyes There's no disguisin' motel eyes She had the angles all down pat, her average must be high And though it could have been a pleasure, I just had to say goodbye Though there was something wicked 'bout the way she flexed her thighs She scared me with her motel eyes chorus (Solo) She started sayin' something 'bout movement versus size The sign kept on flashing in her motel eyes chorus (with: 'There's no disguise for motel eyes') Black as the night, black as the night - motel eyes ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ @SONG: TIGER BY THE TAIL What a shock, it was so surprising, you looked so small and frail I didn't know what to do, I grabbed the tiger by the tail I grabbed the tiger by the tail, I grabbed the tiger by the tail People said that you must be joking, you let emotions run away with you I realized a little too late, I bit off more than I could chew Chorus: I grabbed the tiger by the tail, I grabbed the tiger by the tail Sometimes you grip it right and sometimes you fail I grabbed the tiger by the tail (Solo) I grabbed the tiger by the tail, I grabbed the tiger by the tail At times life can be so enlightning, but it can turn on you Lately it gets so complicated that I don't know what the tiger will do chorus repeats out ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ @SONG: SOULS It all started here, she was a girl from the Mid-West He was a stranger in a strange land Same old story, he came for the glory, she came looking for a young man's hand But they found bright lights and endless nights And men just used her innocent ways He found it all so pretty, hypnotized by the city They lost sight of the reason, they lost count of the days, and they were Chorus: Two souls searchin' for each other, one spirit looking for the other Caught between a hard hard place and a rock Two souls searchin' for heaven, rolling the dice, lookin' for a seven To the tick - tick - tickin' of time, gotta beat the clock Too many nights on the ledge, he acquired a knife edge Still the city didn't acquiesce to his demands Some nights she cried for pity in the heart of the city The city smacked her hands He met her one endless night, her eyes had a light There was something familiar 'bout the smell of her skin He held her tighter and tighter as he danced inside her She knew from the moment that she let him in, they'd been chorus Beat the clock, beat the clock, beat the clock (Solo) chorus repeats 2x ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ @SONG: I CAN'T STOP HURTING YOU She looked at me with eyes that cut right through me and said "You must be blind Let me tell you a little something about yourself, you're the hurting kind" I must admit after the pain and fight I've a sneakin' suspicion that she might be right I love you, I love you, I love you - but I can't stop hurting you I want to, I want to - I can't stop hurting you I can't, I can't - I can't stop hurting you, it's getting bad I don't know what to do I see you packin' up all your precious little things, they mean so much to you I hurt you, now you're moving out again, but we know just what you'll do We'll see the error of our ways in crime With conciliatory promises we'll change this time Chorus: I love you, I love you, I love you - I can't stop hurting you I want to, I want to - I can't stop hurting you I can't, I can't - I can't stop hurting you, it's getting bad I don't know what to do I love you, I love you - I can't stop hurting you I need to, I need to - I can't stop hurting you I can't, I can't - I can't stop hurting you, it's getting bad I don't know what to do And when you go I miss you all the night The wounds heal from the scratch and bite I don't know what's wrong, I don't know what too right But I can't stop hurting you, I can't stop hurting you (Solo) We talk so cool about the pro's and cons When I get hard-headed I just can't hold on chorus repeats out ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ @SONG: LIKE FATHER, LIKE SON He was raised in the English way His daddy taught him respect, he taught him how to pray They sent him off to boarding school Where he learned how to live by someone elses rule And he went to confession, he went to confession Holy Father wash my sins away He went to confession, he went to confession, Mother Mary take the pain away He read letters from home at night in his bed And got this uneasy feeling when his father said Fear of God and the feel of the rod will raise a good boy The fear of God and the feel of the rod will raise a good boy He bought his daddy's car and he learned to drive And when he left school he got a nine-to-five He met the girl and he got his spouse And they had the child and they got the house And he went to confession, he went to confession Holy Father wash my sins away He went to confession, he went to confession, Mother Mary take the pain away He loved his son and he helped him build walls and fronts He knew he'd heard it before, someone had said it once Fear of God and the feel of the rod will raise a good boy The fear of God and the feel of the rod will raise a good boy He raised his son in the English way And he taught him respect, he taught him how to pray He sent him off to boarding school Where he learned how to live by someone elses rules And he went to confession, he went to confession Holy Father wash my sins away And he went to confession, he went to confession Mother Mary take the pain away It must be something much deeper than fear or pain Another child learns the pattern, he won't break the chain Fear of God and the feel of the rod will raise a good boy The fear of God and the feel of the rod will raise a good boy The fear of God and the feel of the rod will raise the next boy ------------------------------------------------------------------------------