George Michael
George Michael : Older (1996)

1. Jesus to a child
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
chorus :
When you find a 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, well 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
Then just when it began
He took your love away
But I still say
chorus
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.
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
chorus :
When you find a 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, well 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
Then just when it began
He took your love away
But I still say
chorus
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.
2. Fastlove
Looking for some education
Made my way into the night
All that bullshit conversation
Well baby can't you read the signs ?
I won't bore you with the details baby
I don't even want to waste your time
Let's just say that maybe
You could help to ease my mind
Baby, I ain't Mr. Right
chorus :
But if you're looking for fastlove
If that's love in your eyes
It's more than enough
Had some badluck
So fastlove is all that I've got on my mind
What's there to think about baby ?
Looking for some affirmation
Made my way into the night
My friends got their ladies,
They're all having babies
But I just want to have some fun
I won't bore you with the details baby
Gonna 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
chorus
What's there to think about baby ?
Get yourself some lessons in love
In the absence of security
I made my way into the night
Stupid cupid keeps on calling me
But I see nothing in his eyes
I miss my baby
I miss my baby, oh yeah
So why don't we make a little room
In my BMW babe
Searching for some peace of mind
Hey I'll help you find it
I do believe that we are practicing
The same religion
You really ought to get up now
Looking for some affirmation ?
Made my way into the night
All that bullshit conversation
Well baby can't you read the signs ?
I won't bore you with the details baby
I don't even want to waste your time
Let's just say that maybe
You could help to ease my mind
Baby, I ain't Mr. Right
chorus :
But if you're looking for fastlove
If that's love in your eyes
It's more than enough
Had some badluck
So fastlove is all that I've got on my mind
What's there to think about baby ?
Looking for some affirmation
Made my way into the night
My friends got their ladies,
They're all having babies
But I just want to have some fun
I won't bore you with the details baby
Gonna 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
chorus
What's there to think about baby ?
Get yourself some lessons in love
In the absence of security
I made my way into the night
Stupid cupid keeps on calling me
But I see nothing in his eyes
I miss my baby
I miss my baby, oh yeah
So why don't we make a little room
In my BMW babe
Searching for some peace of mind
Hey I'll help you find it
I do believe that we are practicing
The same religion
You really ought to get up now
Looking for some affirmation ?
3. Older
I should have known, it seemed too easy
You were there and I was feeling blue
Strange, baby
Don't you think I'm looking older?
But something good has happened to me
Change is a stranger you have yet to know
Well you're out of time I'm letting go
You'll be fine, well that much I know
You're out of time I'm letting go
I'm not the man that you want
I should have known, it seemed so easy
You were there I thought I needed you
Strange Baby
Don't you think I'm looking older?
But something good has happened to me
Change is a stranger who never seems to show
Well you're out of time
I'm letting go
You'll be fine
(or maybe you won't)
You're out of time
I'm letting go
I'm not the man that you want
I never should have looked back in your direction
I know that just the same old fights again, baby
These are wasted days without affection
I'm not that foolish anymore
You were there and I was feeling blue
Strange, baby
Don't you think I'm looking older?
But something good has happened to me
Change is a stranger you have yet to know
Well you're out of time I'm letting go
You'll be fine, well that much I know
You're out of time I'm letting go
I'm not the man that you want
I should have known, it seemed so easy
You were there I thought I needed you
Strange Baby
Don't you think I'm looking older?
But something good has happened to me
Change is a stranger who never seems to show
Well you're out of time
I'm letting go
You'll be fine
(or maybe you won't)
You're out of time
I'm letting go
I'm not the man that you want
I never should have looked back in your direction
I know that just the same old fights again, baby
These are wasted days without affection
I'm not that foolish anymore
4. Spinning the wheel
Spin the wheel
Five o'clock in the morning
You ain't home
I can't help thinking that's strange
Baby I just want you to know
I won't go through it again
Yes, those clouds are closing in
And I will not accept this as a part of my life
I will not live in fear
Of what may be
And the lessons I have learned...
I would rather be alone than watch you
Spinning that wheel for me
You've got a thing about danger
Ain't you getting what you want from me
You've got a thing about strangers
Baby that's what we used to be
You've got a thing about danger baby
I guess the hungry just can't see
One of these days
You're gonna bring some home to me
Six o'clock in the morning you ain't phoned
I can't help thinking that's strange
It seems that everybod takes
Their chances
These days
Oh yeah, we're standing in the rain
And I will not accept this as a part of my life...
How can you love me
When you are playing with my life
You say give me time and I'll do better I swear
Give me time and I'll lead you back to despair
And I don't want to go back there
Five o'clock in the morning
You ain't home
I can't help thinking that's strange
Baby I just want you to know
I won't go through it again
Yes, those clouds are closing in
And I will not accept this as a part of my life
I will not live in fear
Of what may be
And the lessons I have learned...
I would rather be alone than watch you
Spinning that wheel for me
You've got a thing about danger
Ain't you getting what you want from me
You've got a thing about strangers
Baby that's what we used to be
You've got a thing about danger baby
I guess the hungry just can't see
One of these days
You're gonna bring some home to me
Six o'clock in the morning you ain't phoned
I can't help thinking that's strange
It seems that everybod takes
Their chances
These days
Oh yeah, we're standing in the rain
And I will not accept this as a part of my life...
How can you love me
When you are playing with my life
You say give me time and I'll do better I swear
Give me time and I'll lead you back to despair
And I don't want to go back there
5. It doesn't really matter
It doesn't really matter that I loved you
How many reasons call
It doesn't really matter at all
It doesn't really matter that I failed to
Break down your father's wall
It really doesn't matter at all
Why tell me you don't understand when you do?
I thought I had something to say
But it doesn't really matter at all Yeah
It doesn't really matter at all Yeah
It doesn't really matter at all Yeah
It doesn't really matter at all
I changed my name to be rid of the things that I want from you
It's strange but the name is a name and the truth is a truth
Oh, there is always, always someone there to remind me
So I learn to live with shame
I tell myself I feel no pain
But I do and if I have to tell you
Then it doesn't really matter at all
It doesn't really matter at all yeah
It doesn't really matter at all
It doesn't really matter at all yeah
It doesn't really matter
It doesn't matter at all
Loving you less
Promises, promises
And it's no good looking back
Because time is a thief and I believe that I'm too old for that
We're just saying the things that we have said forever
It doesn't really matter that I loved you
How many seasons fall
It's too bad
It really doesn't matter at all yeah
It doesn't really matter at all yeah
It doesn't really matter at all yeah
It doesn't really matter
How many reasons call
It doesn't really matter at all
It doesn't really matter that I failed to
Break down your father's wall
It really doesn't matter at all
Why tell me you don't understand when you do?
I thought I had something to say
But it doesn't really matter at all Yeah
It doesn't really matter at all Yeah
It doesn't really matter at all Yeah
It doesn't really matter at all
I changed my name to be rid of the things that I want from you
It's strange but the name is a name and the truth is a truth
Oh, there is always, always someone there to remind me
So I learn to live with shame
I tell myself I feel no pain
But I do and if I have to tell you
Then it doesn't really matter at all
It doesn't really matter at all yeah
It doesn't really matter at all
It doesn't really matter at all yeah
It doesn't really matter
It doesn't matter at all
Loving you less
Promises, promises
And it's no good looking back
Because time is a thief and I believe that I'm too old for that
We're just saying the things that we have said forever
It doesn't really matter that I loved you
How many seasons fall
It's too bad
It really doesn't matter at all yeah
It doesn't really matter at all yeah
It doesn't really matter at all yeah
It doesn't really matter
6. The strangest thing
Take my life
Time has been twisting the knife
I don't recognize people I care for
Take my dreams
Chldish and weak at the seams
Please don't analyse, please just be there for me
The things that I know nobody told me
The seeds that are sown they still control me
chorus :
There's a liar in my head
There's a thief upon my bed
And the strangest thing is I cannot get my eyes open
Take my hand
Lead me to some peaceful land
That I cannot find inside my head
Wake me with your love
It's all I need
But in all this time still no one said
If I had not asked would you have told me?
If you call this love why don't you hold me?
chorus
Give me something I can hold
Give me something to believe in
I am frightened for my soul, please, please
Make love to me, send love through me, heal me with your crime
The only one who ever new me, we've wasted so much time
So much time
Time has been twisting the knife
I don't recognize people I care for
Take my dreams
Chldish and weak at the seams
Please don't analyse, please just be there for me
The things that I know nobody told me
The seeds that are sown they still control me
chorus :
There's a liar in my head
There's a thief upon my bed
And the strangest thing is I cannot get my eyes open
Take my hand
Lead me to some peaceful land
That I cannot find inside my head
Wake me with your love
It's all I need
But in all this time still no one said
If I had not asked would you have told me?
If you call this love why don't you hold me?
chorus
Give me something I can hold
Give me something to believe in
I am frightened for my soul, please, please
Make love to me, send love through me, heal me with your crime
The only one who ever new me, we've wasted so much time
So much time
7. To be forgiven
I'm going down
Won't you help me?
Save me from myself
I hear the sound of the memory
Maybe time will tell
Suddenly my life is like a river
Taking me places I don't want to go
But like all good men who swin too well
It takes all thet I have just to cry for help
Then that voice in my head tells me no
I'm going down
Won't you help me?
Save me from myself
I hear the sound of the memory
Maybe, who can tell?
Let me live my life beside the river
Take me to places where a child can grow
And then maybe the boy inside will forsake me
Maybe the child in me will just let me go
I'm going down
The cold, cold water is rushing in
I'm going down
And I would beg to be forgiven
If I knew my sin
Won't you help me?
Save me from myself
I hear the sound of the memory
Maybe time will tell
Suddenly my life is like a river
Taking me places I don't want to go
But like all good men who swin too well
It takes all thet I have just to cry for help
Then that voice in my head tells me no
I'm going down
Won't you help me?
Save me from myself
I hear the sound of the memory
Maybe, who can tell?
Let me live my life beside the river
Take me to places where a child can grow
And then maybe the boy inside will forsake me
Maybe the child in me will just let me go
I'm going down
The cold, cold water is rushing in
I'm going down
And I would beg to be forgiven
If I knew my sin
8. Move on
I've been in and out of favour with lady luck
I gotta tell you
I've seen things I never wanted to see
Hmmm
I've got to get back on my feet
I feel like I've been sleeping
Sweet, sweet time
Has been a real good friend of mine
Waiting for that change of season
Oh the winter's been so long
Searching for that rhyme or reason
You've just got to
chorus :
Move on Yeah
Hold it together, move on Move on
Life's so short, move on
Only time will set you free
You put your tears behind you
Better get yourself where you wanna be
I think of all the days and nights I spent crying
And I move on
I've been in and out of favour with love
Because I gotta tell you
I've been things I never wanted to be
And then some angel called me up
He told me I was sleeping
Said "don't waist time 'cos even angels say good-bye"
Waiting for that change of season
Oh the winter's been so long
Searching for that rhyme or reason
You've just got to
chorus
And oh, there goes another season
Getting hard to find a decent song to play
But oh, I guess I got my reasons
Everybody thinks I'm doing a.o.k
They ought to know by now
Yeah
Oh, that such a thing should make a mark on your life
And don't you think that maybe moving on good advice?
Move on
I tell you
chorus
And life
She won't wait for me to move on
Put your feelings behind you
Better get yourself where you want to be
I think of all the days and nights I spent crying
Until my angel set me free
I'm gonna be luck in love someday
I'm gonna be luck in love someday
I gotta tell you
I've seen things I never wanted to see
Hmmm
I've got to get back on my feet
I feel like I've been sleeping
Sweet, sweet time
Has been a real good friend of mine
Waiting for that change of season
Oh the winter's been so long
Searching for that rhyme or reason
You've just got to
chorus :
Move on Yeah
Hold it together, move on Move on
Life's so short, move on
Only time will set you free
You put your tears behind you
Better get yourself where you wanna be
I think of all the days and nights I spent crying
And I move on
I've been in and out of favour with love
Because I gotta tell you
I've been things I never wanted to be
And then some angel called me up
He told me I was sleeping
Said "don't waist time 'cos even angels say good-bye"
Waiting for that change of season
Oh the winter's been so long
Searching for that rhyme or reason
You've just got to
chorus
And oh, there goes another season
Getting hard to find a decent song to play
But oh, I guess I got my reasons
Everybody thinks I'm doing a.o.k
They ought to know by now
Yeah
Oh, that such a thing should make a mark on your life
And don't you think that maybe moving on good advice?
Move on
I tell you
chorus
And life
She won't wait for me to move on
Put your feelings behind you
Better get yourself where you want to be
I think of all the days and nights I spent crying
Until my angel set me free
I'm gonna be luck in love someday
I'm gonna be luck in love someday
9. Star people
Maybe, your mama gave you up boy
Maybe, your Daddy didn't love you enough girl
Star people
Counting your money until your soul turns green
Star people
Counting the cost of your desire to be seen
I do not count myself among you
I may be living in a dream
It's just there seems so many of you
Can't help but hope
There's a difference between...
You and me
You're a star ooh, I'm talking to you
You're a star yeah, and you should go far
Maybe your mama gave you up boy It's the same old same old
Maybe your daddy didn't love you enough girl
How much is enough?
Star people
Never forget your secret safe with me
Just look at all wonderful people
Trying to forget they had to pay for what you see
It's a dream
With a nightmare stuck in the middle
But listen brother where would you be?
Without all of that attention
You'd die
I'd die
We'd die, wouldn't we? Well wouldn't we?
You're a star ooh, I'm talking to you
You're a star talking to you
Maybe, your mama gave you up boy
Maybe, your Daddy didn't love you enough girl
You only wanted them to love you
You may have been living in a dream
And as the demons tower above you
You bite your tongue
When you really wanna scream
Maybe, mama
Maybe how much is enough?
Maybe, Daddy look at me
Maybe
I said
Talk about your mother
Talk about your father
Talk about the people
Who have made you what you are
Talk about your teacher
The bully boy who beat you
Talk about the people who have paid
For that new sports car
You're a big, big, big, big star
Look at you
How much is enough
Did you get off on a bad foot, baby
Do you have a little tale to tell
Is that why you're a star?
Is that what makes a star?
Nothing comes for nothing, baby
That fame and fortune's heaven sent
And who gives a fuck about your problems, darling
When you can pay the rent
How much is enough?
Maybe, your Daddy didn't love you enough girl
Star people
Counting your money until your soul turns green
Star people
Counting the cost of your desire to be seen
I do not count myself among you
I may be living in a dream
It's just there seems so many of you
Can't help but hope
There's a difference between...
You and me
You're a star ooh, I'm talking to you
You're a star yeah, and you should go far
Maybe your mama gave you up boy It's the same old same old
Maybe your daddy didn't love you enough girl
How much is enough?
Star people
Never forget your secret safe with me
Just look at all wonderful people
Trying to forget they had to pay for what you see
It's a dream
With a nightmare stuck in the middle
But listen brother where would you be?
Without all of that attention
You'd die
I'd die
We'd die, wouldn't we? Well wouldn't we?
You're a star ooh, I'm talking to you
You're a star talking to you
Maybe, your mama gave you up boy
Maybe, your Daddy didn't love you enough girl
You only wanted them to love you
You may have been living in a dream
And as the demons tower above you
You bite your tongue
When you really wanna scream
Maybe, mama
Maybe how much is enough?
Maybe, Daddy look at me
Maybe
I said
Talk about your mother
Talk about your father
Talk about the people
Who have made you what you are
Talk about your teacher
The bully boy who beat you
Talk about the people who have paid
For that new sports car
You're a big, big, big, big star
Look at you
How much is enough
Did you get off on a bad foot, baby
Do you have a little tale to tell
Is that why you're a star?
Is that what makes a star?
Nothing comes for nothing, baby
That fame and fortune's heaven sent
And who gives a fuck about your problems, darling
When you can pay the rent
How much is enough?
10. You have been loved
She takes the back road and the lane
Past the school that has not changed
In all this time
She thinks of when the boy was young
All the battles she had won
Just to give him life
That man
She loved that man
For all his life
But now we meet to take him flowers
And only God knows why
For what's the use in pressing palms
When children fade in mothers arms
It's a cruel world
We've so much to lose
And what we have to learn, we rarely choose
So if it's god who took her son
He cannot be the one living in her mind
Take care my love, she said
Don't think that God is dead
Take care my love, she said
You have been loved
If I was weak, forgive me
But I was terrified
You brushed my eyes with angels wings, full of love
The kind that makes devils cry
So these days
My life has changed
And I'll be fine
But she justs sits and counts the hours
Searching for her crime
So what's the use of pressing palms
If you won't keep such love from harm
It's a cruel world
You've so much to prove
And heaven help the ones who wait for you
Well I've no daughters, I've no sons
Guess I'm the only one
Living in my life
Take care my love, he said
Don't think that God is dead
Take care my love, he said
You have been loved
Past the school that has not changed
In all this time
She thinks of when the boy was young
All the battles she had won
Just to give him life
That man
She loved that man
For all his life
But now we meet to take him flowers
And only God knows why
For what's the use in pressing palms
When children fade in mothers arms
It's a cruel world
We've so much to lose
And what we have to learn, we rarely choose
So if it's god who took her son
He cannot be the one living in her mind
Take care my love, she said
Don't think that God is dead
Take care my love, she said
You have been loved
If I was weak, forgive me
But I was terrified
You brushed my eyes with angels wings, full of love
The kind that makes devils cry
So these days
My life has changed
And I'll be fine
But she justs sits and counts the hours
Searching for her crime
So what's the use of pressing palms
If you won't keep such love from harm
It's a cruel world
You've so much to prove
And heaven help the ones who wait for you
Well I've no daughters, I've no sons
Guess I'm the only one
Living in my life
Take care my love, he said
Don't think that God is dead
Take care my love, he said
You have been loved
11. Free
Feels good
To be
Free
To be
Free