JOYRIDE
(words & music by Per Gessle 1990)

Hello, you fool
I love you
Come on, join the joyride
Join the joyride

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 fun-fair
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:

She's a flower, I can paint her
She's a child of the sun
We're 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

'Cause it all begins again when it ends And we're all magic friends
She says:

Be a joyrider

I take you on a skyride
A feeling like you're spellbound
The sunshine is a lady
Who rocks you like a baby

You know, I'm HOT-BLOODED, baby

Get on up and kick it
All the systems are ready to go
Well, are you ready or not?
Hey, I got to know!
Baby, lay down the blues
And let those guitars bleed
I'm everything you wanted
I'm all you ever need

'Cause I'm HOT-BLOODED, HOT-BLOODED
I need your loving
I need your love so bad

Flash all the lights
I'll be a camera tonight
I'll snap the look on your face
When I'm squeezing you tight
Yea, sisters of soul
We got to burn this old house down
Keep on beating those drums
Keep on pumping up that sound, yea yea yea

I'm HOT-BLOODED, HOT-BLOODED
You got to know it
I need a shot of love so bad

I stay up late
Where the night's alive
No sleep at all
I work nine to five
It's honey do that
And honey do this:

"Can I call you home?"

"Can I call?" - you can call me miss

In a time where the sun descends alone I ran a long, long way from home
To find a heart that's made of stone
I will try, I just need a little time
To get your face right out of my mind
To see the world through different eyes

Every time I see you
Oh, I try to hide away
But when we meet
It seems I can't let go
Every time you leave the room
I feel I'm fading like a flower

Tell me why?
When I scream there's no reply
When I reach out there's nothing to find When I sleep I break down and cry

Fading like a rose
Fading like a rose
Beaten by the storm
Talking to myself
Getting washed by the rain
It's such a cold, cold town

Hey, now honey
You got to face the floor
You headed for the heart
But you couldn't find the door
Could you? Could you?
Well, I'm standing in the sun
But I'm living in the rain
I got to get a whirling
Like a human hurricane
Over you, over you
Now you're looking like a fox on the run And you're faster than a shot from a gun I'm pointing at you, oh you
Talking about you, hey you

I thought we had a love in store -
You keep on knocking on every door
Babe, I've seen it all before -
You keep on knocking on every door
Ain't no loving you ignore -
You keep on knocking on every door
Keep, keep knock knocking on every door - You keep on knocking on every door

Hey, now honey
Time is all you've spent
You moved into the bed
But you couldn't pay the rent
Could you?
In the twinkle of an eye you electrify I got to get a shooting
Like a rocket in the sky
Bye, bye, goodbye
Now you're burning like you're hot on the scene Don't you love to steal a part of my dream? I'm looking at you, oh you
Talking about you, yea you

I thought we had ...

I thought we had ...

I thought we used to have love in store - You keep on knocking on every door
Hey babe, don't run around here no more - You keep on knocking on every door
Ain't no sugar you ignore -
You keep on knocking on every door
Keep, keep knock knocking on every door - You keep on knocking on every door

You'd better learn your lesson now...

What's the time?
Seems it's already morning
I see the sky
It's so beautiful and blue
The TV's on
But the only thing showing
Is a picture of you

Oh, I get up
And make myself some coffee
I try to read a bit
But the story's too thin
I thank the Lord above
That you're not here to see me
In this shape I'm in

Spending my time
Watching the days go by
Feeling so small
I stare at the wall
Hoping that you
Think of me too
I'm spending my time

I try to call
But I don't know what to tell you
I leave a kiss
On your answering machine
Oh, help me please
Is there someone who can make me
Wake up from this dream?

Spending my time
Watching the days go by
Feeling so small
I stare at the wall
Hoping that you
Are missing me too
I'm spending my time

Watching the sun go down
I fall asleep
To the sound of "tears of clown"
A prayer gone blind
I'm spending my time

My friends keep telling me:
Hey, life will go on
Time will make sure I'll get over you
This silly game of love -
You play, you win only to lose

Are you ready? Go!

I hear your footsteps like you're walking I hear your voice like you're talking to me I can reach every moment, every caress Like I'm living a dream
Down to the bone, go little darling

Oh, I remember you
Feels like it was yesterday
I remember you
You've got me running back again

You shared my secrets and my laughter
I fell in love with the light in your eyes And I believed that summer would go on and on For the rest of my life
Down to the bone, go little darling

You've got me running
I say: na na na na

She's top, she's got the world on a string She makes me boogie, makes me do anything, yea yea - Hey now, touch the sky
You've got a certain kind of look in your eyes Well, she's a miracle, she's all that I need Like the water and the air that I breathe, yea yea - Hey now, reach the sky
There's a certain kind of look in your smile And I know what love can do
Yes I know what hearts can do

The big love is taking the wheel
The big love goes head over heels
The big lust, bring it into the small world The bigger, the better
Big love, waiting to catch the big one Head over heels, the big one
Bring it into the small world

I'm building the big, big love

It's kind of strange, a bit mysterious I got to take it, oh, so, so serious - Hey now, touch the sky
You've got a certain kind of look in your eyes It used to be so hard, so lonely at night Well, she's my baby and I'm feeling alright - Hey now, move the sky
There's a certain kind of look in that smile When I'm making love with her
When I'm making love to her, yea

It has to be a big thing
It's bringing me to my knees
Has to be a big thing, big thing
You know what I'm saying...

Save a prayer for a sinner and a saint My baby's coming back
Say a prayer, hide, hide away
Yea, baby's coming back

Hey hey hey, ain't gonna trouble his wandering mind Gonna take on the time to find out if my love is

Soul deep - spinning a heart around a wire Soul deep - heavenly wave
Soul deep - heating a heart like a fire Soul deep is taking my breath away

Save a tear till the curtain will fall Well, I'm saving them all for you
Knock on wood, is it understood
That I'm saving it up for you

Hey hey hey, love is a hustle just a moment behind Gonna walk on the line to find out if my love is

Hey hey hey, ride on the soul train now I'm too close to hide Gonna take on the time to find out if my love is

When the day gets dark over a thousand streets And you feel your heart is a living beat When you're all alone and you close your eyes Naked to the bone the dream comes alive

Do you get excited when I touch you in the night? My, oh, my ...
Do you get excited when I meet you every night? You won't let the night pass you by

When your body's hot, the window's open wide This moment's all you got in the race of life When you feel the fire is getting close to you Hey baby, you know I'm lonely too

I wanna know

Hi! I got to go
Get aboard attack
A love jet heaven and back
My-my-my-my-my
And I got to find power station with a beat I can't take no conversation
My-my-my-my-my

Looking for the inspiration
All succumb to the physical fascination All succumb to the physical fascination

Hi! Shake, shake it up
This love divine
You're out of touch, babe
I'm going out of my mind
My-my-my-my-mind
Talk to me!
Why don't you talk to me?
Come on and use your body language
And have yourself a good time
My-my-my-my-my

And radiate your sweet temptation
All succumb to the physical fascination

All surrender to the physical fascination

Yea yea yea

Lay it down
Pull my heart to the ground
Time's getting cold
Now the leaves all turn hard and blue
And I know when I gaze to the sun
No place to hide
I got nowhere to run from you
Away from you

Hold me now, girl
I don't know when
When we will ever meet again
That was then, baby
This is now
I try to get over you

Losing you...
Things will never be the same
Can you hear me call your name?
If we changed it back again
Things would never be...

In your hand, babe
I don't understand
You've got the eyes of a child
But you hurt like a man always do
Always do

Touch me now, girl
I don't know when
When we will ever meet again
That was then, baby
This is now
Time won't get over you