CARELESS WHISPER - 18/08/1984
3 weeks at #1 - 17 weeks on chart

I feel so unsure
As I take your hand and lead you to the dance floor
As the music dies, something in your eyes
Calls to mind the silver screen
And all it's sad goodbyes.

I'm never gonna dance again
Guilty feet I've got no rythm
Though it's easy to pretend
I know you're not a fool.
Should've done better than to cheat a friend
And waste the chance that I've been given
So I'm never gonna dance again
The way I danced with you

Time can never mend
The careless whispers of a good friend
To the heart and mind, ignorance is kind
There's no comfort in the truth
Pain is all you'll find

I'm never gonna dance again
Guilty feet I've got no rythm
Though it's easy to pretend
I know you're not a fool.
Should've done better than to cheat a friend
And waste the chance that I've been given
So I'm never gonna dance again
The way I danced with you oh

Tonight the music seems so loud
I wish that we could lose this crowd
Maybe it's better this way
We'd hurt each other with the things we want to say
We could have been so good together
We could have lived this dance forever
But now who's gonna dance with me
Please stay

Abd I'm never gonna dance again
Guilty feet I've got no rythm
Though it's easy to pretend
I know you're not a fool.
Should've done better than to cheat a friend
And waste the chance that I've been given
So I'm never gonna dance again
The way I danced with you

(Now that you're gone)
Now that you're gone
(Now that you're gone)

A DIFFERENT CORNER - 19/04/1986
3 weeks at #1 - 10 weeks on chart

I'd say love was a magical thing
I'd say love would keep us from pain
Had I been there, had I been there

I would promise you all of my life
But to lose you would cut like a knife
So I don't dare, no I don't dare

'Cause I've never come close in all of these years
You are the only one to stop my tears
And I'm so scared, I'm so scared

Take me back in time, maybe I can forget
Turn a different corner and we never would have met
Would you care

I don't understand it, for you it's a breeze
Little by little you've brought me to my knees
Don't you care

No I've never come close in all of these years
You are the only one to stop my tears
I'm so scared of this love

And if all that there is, is this fear of being used
I should go back to being lonely and confused
If I could, I would, I swear
Oh I swear

I KNEW YOU WERE WAITING (FOR ME) vs ARETHA FRANKLIN
07/02/1987 - 2 weeks at #1 - 9 weeks on chart

Like a warrior that fights
And wins the battle
I know the taste of victory
Though I went through some nights
Consumed by the shadows
I was crippled emotionally

Somehow I made it through the heartache
Yes I did, I escaped
I found my way out of the darkness, kept my faith
Kept my faith

When the river was deep I didn't falter
When the mountain was high
I still believed
When the valley was low
It didn't stop me no
I knew you were waiting
I knew you were waiting for me

With an endless desire
I kept on searching
Sure in time our eyes would meet
The bridge is on fire
The hurt is over
One touch and you set me free

No I don't regret a single moment
Looking back
When I think of all those disappointments
I just laugh, I just laugh

When the river was deep I didn't falter
When the mountain was high
I still believed
When the valley was low
It didn't stop me
I knew you were waiting
Knew you were waiting for me

So we were drawn together through destiny
I know this love we share was meant to be
I knew you were waiting
Knew you were waiting
I knew you were waiting
Knew you were waiting for me
I didn't falter (I didn't falter no)
I still believed (When the valley was low)
It didn't stop me (Nothing can stop me no)
I knew you were waiting (no I)
Knew you were waiting for me
I didn't falter (When the mountain was high)
I still believed (When the valley was low)
It didn't stop me (No it didn't stop me no)
I knew you were waiting
Knew you were waiting for me
I didn't falter (Oh yeah)
I still believed (Oh I still believed)
It didn't stop me
I knew you were waiting (Someday, someway, someplace, somehow, for me)
I didn't falter (When the valley was low)
I still believed (I still believed)

DON'T LET THE SUN GO DOWN ON ME vs ELTON JOHN - 07/12/1991
2 weeks at #1 - 10 weeks on chart

I can't light no more of your darkness
All my pictures seem to fade to black and white
I'm growing tired and time stands still before me
Frozen here on the ladder of my life

It's much too late to save myself from falling
I took a chance and changed your way of life
But you misread my meaning when I met you
Closed the door and left me blinded by the light

Don't let the sun go down on me yeah
Although I search myself, it's always someone else I see
I'd just allow a fragment of your life to wander free oh oh
But losing everything is like the sun going down on me

Ladies and Gentlemen Mr Elton John
I can't find, oh the right romantic line
But see me once and see the way I feel
Don't discard me (baby no) just because you think I mean you harm
(Just because you think I mean you harm no)
But these cuts I have (the cuts I have)
They need love (They need love, they need love )to help them heal
Oh
Don't let the sun go down on me
Although I search myself, it's always someone else I see
I'd just allow a fragment of your life to wander free oh
'Cause losing everything is like the sun going down on me

Don't let the sun go down on me yeah
Although I search myself, it's always someone else that I see
I'd just allow a fragment of your life to wander free baby
'Cause losing everything is like the sun going down on me
Mr Elton John

SOMEBODY TO LOVE vs QUEEN - 01/05/1993
(FIVE LIVE EP)
3 weeks at #1 - 12 weeks on chart

Can anybody find me somebody to love
Each morning I get up I die a little
Can barely stand on my feet
Take a look in the mirror and cry
Lord what are you doing to me
I have spent all my years in believing you
But I just can't get no relief
Lord
Somebody (somebody)
Somebody (somebody)
Can anybody find me somebody to love

I work hard (he works hard)
Every day of my life
I work till I ache my bones
At the end (at the end of the day)
I take home my hard earned pay all on my own
I go down on my knees
And I start to pray
Till the tears run down from my eyes Lord
Somebody (somebody)
Somebody (somebody)
Can anybody find me somebody to love

(He works hard)
Everyday (everyday)
I try and I try and I try
But everybody wants to put me down
They say I'm goin' crazy
They say I got a lot of water in my brain
I hardly got no common sense
He's got nobody left to believe in
Yeah yeah yeah yeah

Oh Lord
Somebody (somebody)
Somebody (somebody)
Can anybody find me somebody to love
(Can't anybody find me someone to love)

Got no feel, I got no rhythm
I just keep losing my beat
I'm alright, I'm alright
Ain't gonna face no defeat
I just gotta get out of this prison cell
Someday I'm gonna be free, Lord

I wanna hear every single person
See every single pair of hands
Find me somebody to love
Find me somebody to love
Find me somebody to love
Find me somebody to love
Find me somebody to love
Find me somebody to love
Find me somebody to love
Find me somebody to love
Somebody (somebody)
Somebody (somebody)
Somebody find me somebody find me somebody to love
Can anybody find me somebody to come on (love)

THESE ARE THE DAYS OF OUR LIVES vs QUEEN & LISA STANSFIELD
(FIVE LIVE EP)
3 weeks at #1 - 12 weeks on chart

Straight back from Rochdale
Would you please welcome
Miss Lisa Stansfield

Sometimes I get to feelin'
I was back in the old days, long ago
When we were kids when we were young
Things seemed so perfect you know
The days were endless we were crazy we were young
The sun was always shinin' we just lived for fun
Sometimes I feel like lately I just don't know
The rest of my life seems just a show

Those were the days of our lives
The bad things in life were so few
Those days are all gone now but one thing is true
When I look and I find I still love you

You can't turn back the clock, you can't turn back the tide
Ain't that a shame (ain't that a shame)
I'd like to go back one time on a roller coaster ride
When life was just a game
No use in sitting and thinkin' on what you did
When you can lay back and enjoy it through your kids
Sometimes it seems like lately I just don't know
Better sit back and go with the flow

'Cos these are the days of our lives
They've flown in the swiftness of time
Those days are all gone now but some things remain
When I look I find no change

Those were the days of our lives
The bad things in life were so few
Those days are all gone now but one thing's still true
When I look and I find
I still love you

I still love you
I love you
Still love you
Oohh
Thank you
Miss Lisa Stansfield

KILLER - PAPA WAS A ROLLING STONE - MEDLEY
(FIVE LIVE EP)
3 weeks at #1 - 12 weeks on chart

So you want, to be free
To live your life
The way you wanna be
Will you give, If we cry
Will we live, Or will we die
Ohh

Tainted hearts heal with time
Shoot that love
So we can stop the bleeding

Solitary brother
Is there still a part of you that wants to live
Solitary sister
Is there still a part of you that wants to give

Solitary brother
Is there still a part of you that wants to live
Solitary sister
Is there still a part of you that wants to give

If we try
To live our lives
The way we wanna be Yeah

Solitary brother
Is there still a part of you that wants to live
Solitary sister
Is there still a part of you that wants to give

Solitary brother
Is there still a part of you that wants to live
Solitary sister
Is there still a part of you that wants to give oohh

Racism in future kings can only lead to no good
Besides, all our sons and daughters already know how that feels
Yeah

It was the third of September
That day I'll always remember yes I will
'Cause that was the day my daddy died
I never had a chance to see him no
Never heard nothin' but bad things about him
Mama, I'm depending on you to tell me the tuth
My Mama just hung her head and said

Papa was a rolling stone
Wherever he laid his hat was his home
And when he died
All he left us was alone
Yes yes my son
Papa was a rolling stone
Wherever he laid his hat was his home
And when he died
All he left us was alone

Hey, Mama, is it true what they say
That Papa never worked a day in his life
And Mama, some bad talk goin' around goin' around town
Sayin' that Papa had three outside children and another wife
And that ain't right
Hey, talk about Papa doing some storefront preaching
Talking about saving your soul
And all the time leaching
Dealing in debt and stealing in the name of the Lord
But my Mama she just said

Papa was a rolling stone yeah
Wherever he laid his hat was his home
And when he died
All he left us was alone
She just said
Papa was a rolling stone
Yes yes my son
Wherever he laid his hat was his home
And when he died
All he left us was alone

Say I heard my Papa was a jack of all trades
Is that what sent Papa to an early grave
Folks say Papa would beg, borrow, steal just to pay his bills
Hey Mama well folks say Papa wasn't much on thinkin'
Spent most of his time chasin' women and drinking
Mama, I'm depending on you to tell me the truth
But my Mama she just said

Papa was a rolling stone
Wherever he laid his hat was his home
And when he died
All he left us was alone
She just said
Papa was a rolling stone yeah
Wherever he laid his hat was his home
And when he died
All he left us all he left us
Can you believe he left us
All alone yeah
All alone yeah
All alone yeah

Yeah

JESUS TO A CHILD - 20/01/1996
1 week at #1 - 13 weeks on chart

Kindness in your eyes
I guess you heard me cry
You smiled at me
Like Jesus to a child

I'm blessed, I know
Heaven sent and heaven stole
You smiled at me
Like Jesus to a child

And what have I learned
From all this pain
I thought I'd never feel the same
About anyone
Or anything again

But now I know
When you find love
When you know that it exists
Then the lover that you miss
Will come to you
On those cold, cold nights

When you've been loved
When you know it holds such bliss
Then the lover that you kissed
Will comfort you
When there's no hope in sight

Sadness in my eyes
No one guessed, or no one tried
You smiled at me
Like Jesus to a child

Loveless and cold
With your last breath you saved my soul
You smiled at me
Like Jesus to a child

And what have I learned
From all these tears
I've waited for you all those years
And just when it began
He took your love away
But I still say

When you find love
When you know that it exists
Then the lover that you miss
Will come to you
On those cold, cold nights

When you've been loved
When you know it holds such bliss
Then the lover that you kissed
Will comfort you
When there's no hope in sight

So the words you could not say
I'll sing them for you
And the love we would have made
I'll make it for two
For every single memory
Has become a part of me

You will always be
My love

Well, I've been loved
So I know just what love is
And the lover that I kissed
Is always by my side

Oh the lover I still miss
Was Jesus to a child

FASTLOVE - 04/05/1996
3 weeks at #1 - 14 weeks on chart

Gotta get up, get down
Gotta get up, get down
Gotta get up, get down
Gotta get up, get down
Gotta get up, get down
Gotta get up, get down
Gotta get up, get down
Gotta get up, get down
ooh ooh, baby baby
ooh ooh, baby baby
ooh ooh, baby baby
ooh ooh, baby baby

Looking for some education
Made my way into the night
All that bullshit conversation
Baby can't you read the signs

I won't bore you with the details, baby
I don't even wannna waste your time
Let's just say that maybe
You could help to ease my mind
Baby, I ain't Mr. Right

But if you're looking for fast love
If that's love in your eyes
It's more than enough
Had some bad love
Some fast love, is all that I've got on my mind

(ooh ooh, baby baby)
Ooh, yeah yeah (ooh ooh, baby baby)
What's there to think about baby
(ooh ooh, baby baby)
Hey baby, oh yeah (ooh ooh, baby baby)

Looking for some affirmation
Made my way into the sun
My friends got their ladies
They're all having babies
But I just wanna have some fun

I won't bore you with the detail baby
You gotta get there in your own sweet time
Let's just say that maybe
You could help to ease my mind
Baby, I ain't Mr. Right

But if you're looking for fast love
If that's love in your eyes
It's more than enough
Had some bad love
Some fast love, is all that I've got on my mind

What's there to think about baby
Get yourself some lessons in love
So close I can taste it now baby, so close

In the absence of security
I made my way into the night
Stupid Cupid keeps on calling me
And I see lovin' in his eyes
I miss my baby, oh yeah
I miss my baby tonight
So why don't we make a little room
In my BMW, babe
Searchin' for some peace of mind
Hey, I'll help you find it
I do believe that we are practicing the same religion

Oh you really oughta get up now, that's right
Oh you really oughta get up