℗ 1986 Epic Records EPC 26467 / й CBS Records
Balance of Power was the last studio album by the Electric Light Orchestra for a period of over 15 years (until Zoom was released in 2001). By this time Kelly Groucutt had departed and the group was pared down to a trio, with Jeff Lynne handling bass (in addition to his usual guitar work) and more dabbling with electronic percussion and synthesisers. ELO played some live concerts in the UK and Europe (their last for fifteen years), and in one UK show George Harrison performed as guest guitarist. |
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Oh, I know it's strangeа But I think that it's about to change So I'll take the chanceа To get back into the straight again Heaven only knows (I'm really on the level)а Heaven only knows (I'm trying to find a way) Heaven only knows (I'm walking down the straight & lonely road today)а Now the sun will shineа And I'm gonna work it out this timeа And before the lightа All I gotta take is one more night. Heaven only knows (I'm really on the level)а Heaven only knows (I'm trying to find a way) Heaven only knows (I'm walking down the straight & lonely road today)а As the hours go by I can only wonder whyа You can change your mindа But you never change the price. Heaven only knows (I'm really on the level)а Heaven only knows (I'm trying to find a way) Heaven only knows (I'm walking down the straight & lonely road today)
Night after nightа I try to make it all fit together Night after nightа I see you as someone I remember You took me by surpriseа Opened up my eyesа Now we gotta talk this over. Can it really be so serious?а To be all broken up and deliriousа I guess we've really been out of touchа But can it really be so serious?а Day after dayа I know it's not the way that you wanted itа Day after day I try to find the key, but it don't fit But you know how it isа No matter what I didа We gotta talk it over. Can it really be so serious?а To be all broken up and deliriousа I guess we've really been out of touchа But can it really be so serious? Tonight, tonightа I'm thinking over everything you said to meа Tonight, tonight I'm sorry, but I just didn't seeа And now it's up to youа There's nothing else to doа We've gotta talk it over. Can it really be so serious?а To be all broken up and deliriousа I guess we've really been out of touchа But can it really be so serious?
It's out of control (out of control)а And there's nothing I can do nowа Out of control (out of control)а Swimming softly through the blue nowа And look beyond these wallsа As the meaning starts to dawnа It's getting to the pointа Getting to the point. It's out of control (nothing I can do)а Like a fire that keeps on burningа And nobody knows (what I'm going through) And the thoughts just keep returningа And all you had to sayа Was that you were gonna stayа It's getting to the pointа Getting to the point. It's getting to the pointа Where nobody can stop it now It's getting to the pointа Of no returnа And all that I can doа Is stand and watch it nowа Watch it burn, burn, burnа It's getting to the pointа Where reasons are forgottenа It's getting to the point Where no one knowsа And all that I can doа Is say I'm sorryа But that's the way it goes... Forever is a long, long wayа Forever takes your breath awayа I'd like to talk about it, try to understandа It's getting to the pointа Getting to the point. It's getting to the pointа Where nobody can stop it now It's getting to the pointа Of no returnа And all that I can doа Is stand and watch it nowа Watch it burn, burn, burnа It's getting to the pointа Where reasons are forgottenа It's getting to the point Where no one knowsа And all that I can doа Is say I'm sorryа But that's the way it goes...
I don't know I don't know what's on your mindа I thought everything was fineа But it was my surprise. I don't know I don't know what's going on Something surely must be wrongа You're living secret lives. Living secret lives, secret livesа And I wonder where she goes to in the nightа In secret lives. Wish I knew, wish I knew where I fit in Wish that I knew everythingа About your secret lives. If it means,if it means that much to youа I don't want to stop the things you doа I don't need alibis. Living secret lives, secret livesа And I wonder where she goes to in the nightа In secret lives. I don't care, I don't care what goes on thereа So long as one day I can shareа Share your secret lives. Living secret lives, secret livesа And I wonder where she goes to in the nightа In secret lives.
Dear Jo: I don't know where to begin so I'll just helloа Dear Jo: Is it so much better now you're on your own? (Is it alright?) You never believed in yourself (Is it alright?)а But now that you're free, does it help? Is it alright? Now that you've got what you want?а And is it alright? Now that you're back where you belong? Dear Jo: Are you living it up every place you go?а Dear Jo: If you're having a hard time it sure don't show (Is it alright?)а You couldn't hold on in your mind. (Is it alright?) Now is it okay, is it fine? Is it alright? Now that you've got what you want?а And is it alright? Now that you're back where you belong? Dear Jo: Can you believe that it's been so long?а Dear Jo: Just thought I'd write and let you know (Is it alright?)а You never believed in yourself (Is it alright?) But now that you're free, does it help? Is it alright? Now that you've got what you want?а And is it alright? Now that you're back where you belong? Is it alright? Is it alright with you? Is it alright? Is it alright with you?
There's a silence in the city There's nobody aroundа And everyone that we knew Moved to higher ground. There's a shadow hanging overhead It lingers there aloneа Changing all we ever knewа The changes start to show. There's a sorrow about to fallа There's a sorrow about to fall. There's a new sound in the wiresа And ears are to the groundа And everything that once was ours Has slowly turned around. Something happened to the seasonsа Started falling with the rainа And something changed foreverа We gotta find a way. There's a sorrow about to fallа There's a sorrow about to fall. There's people in the photographs But they all had to runа They went away to somewhereа Beyond the setting sun. There's a sorrow about to fallа There's a sorrow about to fall.
I watch the cars move I watch the lights up on the window I walk along the street I'm only thinking of youа I watch the clock staring from the wall It hardly moves at all It's you I'm waiting for. Without someone I can depend onа I'm lost without someoneа As I go on, I hope you're remembering I'm lost without someone. All alone, no one around I watch the shadows falling fasterа The city lights begin to glowа And then I start to realize I count the hours as they slip awayа Into another dayа Wondering where you'll stay. Without someone I can depend onа I'm lost without someoneа As I go on, I hope you're remembering I'm lost without someone. Still watching the cars moveа Still watching the lights upon the window I'm walking down the street I'm only thinking of youа I hear the night as it calls to me It plays a symphony It says you're gone from me. Without someone I can depend onа I'm lost without someoneа As I go on, I hope you're remembering I'm lost without someone.
Somebody told her that there was a place like heavenа Across the water on a 747а Yeah, we're living inа In a modern world. And pretty soon she's really got the notionа Of flying out across the big blue oceanа Yeah, we're living inа In a modern world. Talk is cheap on satelliteа But all I get is -static- Information,а I'm still here Re-dial on automatic. Calling America (can't get a message through)а Calling America (that's what she said to do) Calling America (that's where she has to be) Calling America (she left a number for me)а Calling America. But I'm just talking to a satelliteа Twenty thousand miles up in the sky each night Yeah, we're living inа In a modern world. All I had to do was pick up the phone I'm out in space, trying to talk to someoneа Yeah, we're living inа In a modern world. She left a number I could callа But no one's there, no one at allа There must be something going wrongа That number just rings on and on. Calling America (can't get a message through)а Calling America (that's what she said to do) Calling America (that's where she has to be) Calling America (she left a number for me)а Calling America. Said she'd call when she'd been gone a whileа Guess she's missing me across the milesа Yeah, we're living in In a modern world. Calling America (can't get a message through)а Calling America (that's what she said to do) Calling America (that's where she has to be) Calling America (she left a number for me)а Calling America.
Bye bye, pretty woman I've got to leave you nowа I find you never really cared. Stand back, take a look at youа You couldn't care if you wanted to You keep saying it's gonna changeа But every time it comes back againа It's a merry-go-round. Endless lies shine in your eyes. It's alright, count to tenа It will all be better thenа It's alright, the world will go away. Stand back, take a look at youа You couldn't care if you wanted to You keep saying it's gonna changeа But every time it comes back againа It's a merry-go-round. Endless lies shine in your eyes. Endless lies, I can see it in your eyesа The heartbreak is, if you could only seeа That's not the way it's supposed to beа Endless tears that flowed through the yearsа You take it all, and then you take some moreа Then you come running back to me. Play on, pretty musicа Play on and on for meа Shine on, silver starsа Over the sea. Endless lies, I can see it in your eyesа The heartbreak is, if you could only seeа That's not the way it's supposed to be. Endless lies shine in your eyes.
The sun still shines way up aboveа But it don't matter now becauseа The dream is gone The dream is just a memory (oh, yeah) If you see my dream, send it back home to me. The stars still glow up in the nightа But somehow, they don't seem so brightа The dream is goneа The dream is just a memory (oh, yeah) If you see my dream, send it back home to me. 'Cos I've been waiting for a long, long timeа Thought I'd found a wayа Now I just wait for someone to call I'm waiting for it every day. Send it Ч on the wiresа Send it Ч on a planeа Send it Ч on an express But send it back to me again. The music plays so loud and clearа But somehow I can't make you hearа The dream is goneа The dream is just a memory (oh, yeah) If you see my dream, send it back home to me. When you get what you want, it's a long way down And you can see for miles aroundа When you lose it, nothing is for realа If you see my dream, send it back to me. Send it Ч on the wiresа Send it Ч on a planeа Send it Ч on an express But send it back to me again.