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I remember like it's yesterday
The song we used to sing
What was it's name
Danced together till the break of day
And I knew I'd never be the same
Now so many winters turned to spring
But where is the love that I thought they would bring
Sit and think about that girl from Spain
And how we used to sing

La la la la la la... La... La... La... Europa (x 2)

London, Amsterdam and gay Paris
Don't mean that much to me, they're all the same
People falling but no one for me
They can never match that girl from Spain
Now so many years have passed me by
And still I long for that sweet Spanish sky
Sènorita do you think of me and of this melody

La la la la la la... La... La... La... Europa (x 2)

A box of letters and a photograph
Are all that's left to keep our memory
Sometimes I swear that I can hear you laugh
Like a ghost of what could never be
At night I will look across the sea
And wonder if you could be looking at me
The ocean haunts me like a symphony that plays our melody

La la la la la la... La... La... La... Europa (x 2)

A little sexual frustration
Combined with lack of motivation
And a loss of concentration
I've got a strange disease
I can't concentrate on work
My libido's gone berserk
Now I'm sweating through my shirt
I've got a strange disease

Two weeks ago
You said you'd never leave me
And here I am alone
And in this world of reckless happenstance
Why do good things have to go away
And leave you with nothing
Ya, you left me with nothing
Ah ah ah ah ah
And a strange disease
wee ooo wee ooo

Hyper emotional sensations
Sent via television stations
Unaffected by locations
I've got a strange disease
I can't seem to get to sleep
I don't want nothing to eat
Walking up and down your street
I've got a strange disease

Why did you have to put
so much pressure on me ?
You pushed my heart away

I didn't mean to scare you little one
Is there nothing I can say ?
Don't leave me with nothing
Ya you left me with nothing
Ah ah ah ah ah
And a strange disease
wee ooo wee ooo

Now I'm standing in the rain
Water soaking through my brain
Every droplet speaks your name
And it's driving me insane

I don't want to go to work
My libido's gone berserk
I don't want nothing to eat
Walking up and down your street

But only two weeks ago
You said you'd never leave me
And here I am alone
And in this world of reckless happenstance
Why do good things have to go away?
And leave you with nothing
Ya you left me with nothing
Ah ah ah ah ah
And a strange disease
wee ooo wee ooo

The politics of nations got me down
Geography and policy have run me out of town
Seems like worldly things have come between us now
But I've got the will and if there's a way
I'll get to you somehow

Omobolasire, I really wanta see ya
Omobolasire, hang on because I'm on my way

She is my lover
From the heart of Africa
Like no other
Princess of Nigeria
I was delirious
Ya that sun was beating down
Lady mysterious
Like an oasis that I found
And then she smiled
And then she came
And when she spoke
She told me her name

Omobolasire, I really wanta see ya
Omobolasire, hang on because I'm on my way

Short cut through Lagos
Through the market place together
Was getting serious
I could have stayed that way forever

As fate dictated I had to go back home to London
My heart vibrated
Cause I knew I had to get to you

Then came that sad day
A flight from Heathrow back to Lagos
Desperate to see ya
But they would not let me through
What can I do?
'Cept write to you
And everyday my letters will say

Nothing much to do but watch the rain
Sunday morning all alone again
So I ring you up for consolation
Hop the underground I'll meet you at the station
I've got a little game that we can play
I've saved it specially for a rainy day
We don't even have to leave my flat
The rules are simple you can bet on that

Let's play shag tag baby
(Run around with nothing on)
Let's play shag tag baby
(We'll do it till the clouds are gone)
Let's play shag tag Uh huh
You're it!

Do you remember how we used to play
Running 'round the playground everyday
Now we're tied to adult situations
The rules for play have different connotations
Take your cloths off
Find a hiding spot
I'll count to ten and girl I'll get you hot
And after all the games are said and done
We'll cuddle up together and make some love

Let's play shag tag baby
(Run around with nothing on)
Let's play shag tag
(We'll do it till the clouds are gone)
Let's play shag tag Uh huh
You're it!

Every time I feel the way I do today
I think of you and it seems a little better
And in this gloomy world of ours
The games we play
Are magical

And sexual
And wonderful
So come to me and save me girl today

Let's play shag tag baby
(Run around with nothing on)
Let's play shag tag
(We'll do it till the clouds are gone)
Let's play shag tag Uh huh

Hot Show
She's my technicolour disco
Yo, Yo
Ya we're gonna make a video
She'll keep it on the down-low
Dig It
Hot show
You look beautiful in slow-mo
Quid Pro Quo
Cause she's my sexy queen of Soho
And the reason that I come and go
From Brooklyn to Manhattan
You're the one
Who makes me hum

Every time I see ya girl
I get to feeling sorta down
And kinda out
Like you'll never be mine
And you and I could be so crazy
Like a crazy roller coaster ride
Let me in 'cause
I'm out of my mind

Hot show
I didn't know that you go stereo
Yo, Yo
Meet me at the local Ho-Jo
Drop that good for nothing zero
And come into my life
Forever more my little

Do you remember how we met?
Spring time on the Island of Corfu
I was lost and asked for help
You were teaching at the local school
We talked a while and then made plans
While all the children laughed at me and you
They could see the way we felt
Much before either of us knew

Walked together hand in hand
A stranger from a foreign land but soon,
mornings turned to afternoons
And dinners turned to making love
To you, to you

Oh oh oh oh oh
Mediterranean lady oh......
Oh oh oh oh oh
La la la la la la la la

Summer days out on the beach
Cocktails on the patio at noon
You waved to me from out at sea
And I considered staying there with you
I watched the sunlight dancing through your hair
And like a ghost of history
I don't know why
My heart just died
I realized that it could never be

Circumstance and broken dreams
Like satellites with laser beams from above
Tracked me down and found us out
And filled my head
And made me doubt
This love of ours

Oh oh oh oh oh
Mediterranean lady oh......
Oh oh oh oh oh
You know you're beautiful when you smile
Oh oh oh oh oh
Mediterranean lady oh......
La la la la la la la la

Seems like life has played another joke
This dream of love has left me broke again
Ah ah ah ah ah
What is it for
Been dumped
Been hurt
I've been around
Maybe I've forgotten how to love
Ah ah ah ah ah
Or maybe I've given up

Oh oh oh Mediterranean lady
Oh oh oh oh oh
La la la la la la la

Oh oh...
Mediterranean lady
Oh oh...
You know you're beautiful when you smile
Oh oh oh oh oh
Mediterranean lady
Oh oh oh oh oh
Now the ocean is in your eyes
Oh oh oh oh oh
Mediterranean lady
Oh oh oh oh oh
I never meant to make you cry
Oh oh oh oh oh
Mediterranean lady
Oh oh oh oh oh
I've never been good with good-byes

Every time I see you....
I know, I know
No, I can't, not tonight...

Ah! Ah!
Ah! Ah!

Wild thing, you make my heart sing,
You make everything, groovy
Wild thing

Wild thing, I think I love you,
But I wanna know for sure,
Come on and hold me tight,
I love you

Wild thing, you make my heart sing,
You make everything, groovy
Wild thing

Ah! Ah!
Ah! Ah!

Wild thing, I think you move me,
But I wanna know for sure.
Come on and hold me tight,
You move me

Wild thing, you make my heart sing,
You make everything, groovy
Wild thing

Poor boy
I know you want me
You think you need me,
But I'm not that kind of girl.
You need to prove your love,
Before I give it up,
This bird is gonna fly away.

Ah! Ah!
Ah! Ah!

Wild thing, you make my heart sing,
You make everything, groovy
Wild thing

Wild thing, you make my heart sing,
You make everything, groovy
Wild thing

- Sucks to be you
- I know, I know
- Sucks to be you
- I know it's true
I'm a bastard if it's true
If the thing she did to me
Is what I did to you
I'm a bastard if it's true
And I guess it's true
- Sucks to be you
- I know, I know
- Sucks to be you
- I know it's true
You need to know I finally understand
And I gotta get in touch with you now
But I can't
I just want to tell you I'm sorry

I'm a bastard if it's true
If the thing she did to me
Was what I did to you
I'm a bastard if it's true
And I guess it's true
- Sucks to be you
- I know, I know
- Sucks to be you
- I know it's true
You need to know I finally understand
And I gotta get in touch with you now
But I can't
I wish I could have made you happy
But I'm a bastard

I'm not saying that I wanted you to stay
But tonight I feel like driving my car to LA
Just so you can see me crying
'Cause I'm a bastard if it's true
Yeah and I guess it's true
- Sucks to be you
- Sucks to be you
- I know it's true
- Sucks to be you
- I know, I know
- Sucks to be you
- I know it's true

Was it Washington Square
Or the way you wore you hair?
Was it central park
Or kissing after dark?
Guess I'll never know
Not sure I even care
But my heart will always live
With you and me there

But I can't afford to live in N.Y.C.
Ahahahah
And she can't afford to leave
Ahahah
Was it the Sea Port in June
Or your face by the moon?
Was it Soho's charm
Or you and I arm in arm?
Was it the 6 train uptown
Or true love that I found?
It all blends into one
When I think of you now

But I can't afford to live in N.Y.C.
Ahahahah
And she can't afford to leave
Ahahah

Well I know that a promise is to keep
But money's tight and I've been losing sleep
Old Man Circumstance will have his way
It's true
But what I wouldn't give to stay here with you

And I can't afford to live in N.Y.C.
Ahahahah
And she can't afford to leave
Ahahah

And I've never been good with good-byes
But good-byes are all I have

I like to watch
I like the way you bounce bounce
I like to watch
Ya ya groove 'n' move it
I like to watch
Shake it if you've got it lady
Here's my confession
I like to watch your hot box

I leave my house anticipating cruising/using
Down at the discotheque
Night time is for fun
Step to the bar
Drink with me for leisure/pleasure
I spy a frauline
The party's just begun
I like to watch
I like the way you bounce bounce
I like to watch
Ya ya groove 'n' move it
I like to watch
Shake it if you've got it lady
Here's my confession
I like to watch your hot box

You've got the moves
That make me feel so fly/high
The way you wiggle and jiggle is astounding
Feel the rhythm
It puts you in a trance/dance
You little devil
You've got my heart a pounding

I like to watch
I like the way you bounce bounce
I like to watch
Ya ya groove 'n' move it
I like to watch
Shake it if you've got it lady
Here's my confession
I like to watch your hot box

Do you have papers for being so beautiful
I spy with my eye
Something that is

I'll crack your code
Please give up your digits/gigits
Release your data
The contents of your mind
I see you blushing
Adrenaline is flushing/rushing
No need to fear me
I did not come to touch
I I I I I I I I I like to...

O.K. ya see t'was 1983 when we first walked arm in arm
Across the sea it was my destiny that I'd find her in Hong Kong
There it was a soldier falls in love as we walked through Lan Kwai Fong
Limousines and new wave beauty queens and a romance just begun

Ya Tsunami was her name like a title wave she came
And now I'll never be free

I was drowning in a wave of ecstasy Tsunami
Just when you think the worst has past she rises up to destroy me,
Just when you think it's safe to sail again
Ya she rises up and then
I'm drowning in a wave of ecstasy
Tsu-Tsu-Tsunami

Now some more t'was 1984 tour of duty's almost over
Begged that girl to join me in my world but no man could control her

Out of the south China Sea Tsunami rolled over me
And now I'll never be free

I told you 'bout Europa and me
And how she haunted every memory
Went round the world just to forget that song
To sing a new one for a girl from Hong Kong

And like a killer title wave she washed my heart away
And now I'll never be free

I'm still drowning in a wave of ecstasy Tsu-Tsu-Tsunami
So long ago so far away she still rises up to destroy me
Although she's half a world away
It feels like yesterday
I'm still drowning in a wave of ecstasy
Tsu-Tsu-Tsunami

Ya I'll dance with you for a while
But I'm not going to take you home

I don't even know you last name
Let me explain

Been around the world a thousand times
Been swept away on distant shores
Bedded down with angels
Drank their wine
And always the conclusion is the same
Making love is always grand
But eventually
Love ends a losing game
So let's leave it alone
I'm going home

I'd rather sleep with myself tonight
Where no one else can harm me baby no
Oh Oh
Although I'm really quite fond of you
My best intentions never turn out right
I'd rather sleep with myself tonight

People think celibacy's a crime
Not saying I won't love again
But couldn't we just talk for a while
And lately intimacy's got me down
Been hurt so many times before
Jumped the gun and ended up alone
It may sound a little funny
But you gotta know

The information age
Things move so fast
Fax machines
Computer screens
Seems like love
Is something of the past
And modern girls
Got one thing in their head
Before you down your second drink
You're in the cab
And then you're in her bed
So let's hold off on the sex play
I don't even know your last name

I'd rather sleep with myself tonight
Where no one else can harm me baby no
Oh Oh
Although I'm really quite fond of you
My best intentions never turn out right
I'd rather sleep with myself tonight

Is it really over
Anna-Lisa
Seems that we've grown older
And time has beat us
Seems I've forgotten who to be
You took the better part of me
My heart, my soul, my sweetest memories
You're my identity

Boxes line our hallway
Where laughter used to be
Empty house surrounds me
And echos our history
I wrack my brain
To find a way
To bring us back to yesterday
My love, my life, my childhood fantasy
Still everything to me
My Anna-Lisa

Looking out this window
Almost seeing
You pull in the driveway
And kiss me so casually
If I knew then
What I know now
I would have changed your mind somehow
My hopes, my dreams, my future family
That's what you took from me
My Anna-Lisa

Something is wrong with me

Can't seem to get to sleep

I've got a strange disease

Words tumble out of me

Careless and clumsily

Nothing is what it seems

Passing my time planning the crime

Of stealing your heart away from you

Wondering if I could rock you a rhyme

To convince you to marry me

Ya I've got a strange disease