The Turn of a Friendly Card
The Alan Parsons Project
℗ 1980
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- 1. May Be a Price to Pay [04:57]
- 2. Games People Play [04:20]
- 3. Time [05:02]
- 4. I Don't Wanna Go Home [04:08]
- 5. The Gold Bug [05:21]
- 6. The Turn of a Friendly Card [16:25]
Тексты:
May Be a Price to Pay
Something's wrong in this House today While the Master was riding the Servants decided to play Something's wrong in this House today Something's been going on there may be a price to pay. There's evil brewing, getting out of control And I'm helpless I can't put it right Something unrighteous is possessing my soul And it's cold in the heat of the night Something's wrong in this House today While the Sorcerer slept the Apprentice decided to play While the Master was hiding the Servants decided to play Might be too much Sun or too much of something in the Air Whatever's happening nobody else is aware There's evil brewing, getting out of control And I'm helpless I can't put it right Something unrighteous is possessing my soul And it's cold in the heat of the night Something's wrong in this House today Something's been going on there may be a price to pay.
Games People Play
Where do we go from here now that all other children are growin' up And how do we spend our lives if there's no-one to lend us a hand I don't wanna live here no more, I don't wanna stay Ain't gonna spend the rest of my life, Quietly fading away Games people play, You take it or you leave it Things that they say, Honor Brite If I promise you the Moon and the Stars, Would you believe it Games people play in the middle of the night Where do we go from here now that all of the children have grown up And how do we spend our time knowin' nobody gives us a damn I don't wanna live here no more, I don't wanna stay Ain't gonna spend the rest of my life, Quietly fading away Games people play, You take it or leave it Things that they say, Just don't make it right If I'm tellin' you the truth right now, do you believe it Games people play in the middle of the night Games people play, You take it or you leave it Things that they say, Honor Brite If I promise you the Moon and the Stars, Would you believe it Games people play in the middle of the night Games people play, You take it or leave it Things that they say, Just don't make it right If I'm tellin' you the truth right now, do you believe it Games people play in the middle of the night
Time
Time, flowing like a river Time, beckoning me Who knows when we shall meet again If ever But time Keeps flowing like a river To the sea Goodbye my love, Maybe for forever Goodbye my love, The tide waits for me Who knows when we shall meet again If ever But time Keeps flowing like a river (on and on) To the sea, to the sea Till it's gone forever Gone forever Gone forevermore Goodbye my friends, Maybe forever Goodbye my friends, The stars wait for me Who knows where we shall meet again If ever But time Keeps flowing like a river (on and on) To the sea, to the sea Till it's gone forever Gone forever Gone forevermore
I Don't Wanna Go Home
Go back home you damn fool Surely you know you can't win You should never have come near this place You should have stayed on the outside, Lookin' in It's too late to turn back Nobody asked you to try But they blinded you with diamonds And all the money that money can buy And I'm so afraid of being on my own But I don't wanna go home You can't win you damn fool You drank all the wine from the cup And your painted lady's gone now And you're way back on the downside, Lookin' up You can't catch the monkey on your back Nobody asked you to try But for every heart they held a spade And you lost more than money can buy And I'm so afraid of being on my own But I don't wanna go home I'm like a washed up rag Tattered and torn I wish I'd never been born And I'm so afraid of being on my own But I don't wanna go home I'm like a down and out just blowin' my horn Oh I don't wanna go home I'm like a washed up rag Tattered and torn I wish I'd never been born
The Turn of a Friendly Card
There are unsmiling faces and bright plastic chains
And a wheel in perpetual motion
And they follow the races and pay out the gains
With no show of an outward emotion
And they think it will make their lives easier
For God knows up till now it's been hard
But the game never ends when your whole world depends
On the turn of a friendly card
No the game never ends when your whole world depends
On the turn of a friendly card
There's a sign in the desert that lies to the west
Where you can't tell the night from the sunrise
And not all the king's horses and all the king's men
Have prevented the fall of the unwise
And they think it will make their lives easier
For God knows up till now it's been hard
But the game never ends when your whole world depends
On the turn of a friendly card
No the game never ends when your whole world depends
On the turn of a friendly card
But a pilgrim must follow in search of a shrine
As he enters inside the cathedral...
Snake Eyes
Lead vocal--Chris Rainbow
Snake eyes
Seven eleven
Don't let me down boys
Gimme
Snake eyes
Seven eleven
Don't let me down tonight
No don't let me down tonight
Just one minute more, Give me just one minute more
It's gonna be alright, It's gonna be alright
Just one minute more, Then I'll walk right through that door
It's gonna be alright, It's gonna be alright
If ya gimme
Snake eyes
Seven eleven
Don't let me down boys
Gimme
Snake eyes
Seven eleven
Don't let me down tonight
No don't let me down tonight
Just one minute more, Gimme just one minute more
It's gonna be alright, It's gonna be alright
But'cha gotta
Gimme one minute more, Gimme one more, Gimme one minute more
It's gonna be alright, It's gonna be alright
Snake eyes
Seven eleven
Don't let me down boys
Gimme
Snake eyes
Seven eleven
Don't let me down tonight
No don't let me down tonight
Just one minute more, Then I'll walk right through that door
It's gonna be alright, It's gonna be alright
But'cha gotta
Gimme one marker more
Then I'll walk right through that door
Gimme one more, don't let me down
It's gonna be alright, alright, alright
The Ace of Swords
[instrumental]
Nothing Left To Lose
Lead vocal--Eric Woolfson
Nothing's good the news is bad
The heat goes on and it drives you mad
Scornful thoughts that fly your way
You should turn away 'cause there's nothing more to say
You gave the best you had to give
You only have one life to live
You fought so hard you were a slave
After all you gave there was nothing left to save
You've got nothing left to lose (you've got nothing left to lose)
No you've got nothing left to lose (who'd wanna be standing in your shoes)
You read the book you turn the page
You change your life in a thousand ways
The dawn of reason lights your eyes
With the key you realise
To the kingdom of the wise
You've got nothing left to lose (you've got nothing left to lose)
No you've got nothing left to lose (who'd wanna be standing in your shoes)
Nothing ventured nothing gained
No more lingering doubt remained
Nothing sacred or profane
Everything to gain
Cause you've nothing left
The Turn of a Friendly Card (Part 2)
Lead vocal--Chris Rainbow
There are unsmiling faces in fetters and chains
On a wheel in perpetual motion
Who belong to all races and answer all names
With no show of an outward emotion
And they think it will make their lives easier
But the doorway before them is barred
And the game never ends when your whole world depends
On the turn of a friendly card
No the game never ends when your whole world depends
On the turn of a friendly card