Song Lyrics

A famous video was made which provided some definitive images of the 1980s music industry in the process - Michael in shades, leather jacket and a particularly memorable pair of tight Levis jeans and cowboy boots, playing a guitar near a classic-design jukebox.
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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 mother’s 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 angel’s wings
Full of love
The kind that makes devils cry

So these days
My life has changed
And I’ll be fine
But she just 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

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Eventually, a two-chord guitar progression takes up the song with Michael singing a basic but meaningful lyric about not being tempted away from his relationship by an attractive third party. The song reached #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 in the USA and hit #2 in the UK singles chart. Please click here to download George Michael - Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go Mp3

You put the boom-boom into my heart
You send my soul sky high
When your loving starts
A jitterbug into my brain
It goes a bang-bang
Till my feet do the same

But something’s bugging me
Something ain’t right
My best friend told me what
you did last night
You left me sleeping in my bed
I was dreaming but I should have
been with you instead

Chorus:
Wake me up before you go-go
Don’t leave me hanging on like a yo-yo
Wake me up before you go-go
I don’t wanna miss it when
you hit that high
Wake me up before you go-go
‘Cos I’m not planning on going solo
Wake me up before you go-go
Take me dancing tonight

You put the grey skies out of my way
You make the sun shine

brighter than Doris Day
Turned a bright spark into a flame
My beats per minute never been the same

‘Cos you’re my lady
I’m your fool
It makes me crazy when you act so cruel
Come on baby lets not fight
We’ll go dancing
Everything will be alright

Chorus:

Cuddle up baby, move in tight
We’ll go dancing tomorrow night
It’s cold out there but it’s warm in bed
They can dance
We’ll stay at home instead

Chorus to fade
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The second single, “Faith” was released in October 1987, just a few weeks before the album. “Faith” would go on to become one of his most popular and enduring songs, as well as being the most simplistic in its production. “Faith” is just over three minutes long, the first 37 seconds of which is taken up by a straightforward, fade-up organ introduction (based on the Wham! song “Freedom”). Please click here to download George Michael These Are The Days Of Our Lives Mp3

(feat. Queen)

Sometimes I Get The 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 it seems like lately - i just don’t know
The rest of my life’s been - 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 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

‘Cause these are the days of our lives
They’ve flown in the swiftness of time
These days are all gone now but some things remain
When i look and 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 is true-
When i look and i find, i still love you

I still love you
I love you
I still love you
I still love you
I still love you
Still love you

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The song charted at #3 in Britain, where the song’s reprise maintained an audience for many years thanks to BBC Radio 1’s breakfast show host Simon Mayo using a looped version as backing music for his daily feature On This Day In History. In 2002, several years after the major controversy that followed the release of the song, the music video was featured at #3 on MTV’s countdown of the most controversial videos in the channel’s history. Please click here to download George Michael Spinning The Wheel Mp3

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 home
I can’t help thinking that’s strange
It seems that everybody 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 swea
Give me time and I’ll lead you back to despair

And I don’t want to go back there
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Despite censorship and airplay issues, “I Want Your Sex” reached #2 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 singles chart on the week of August 8, 1987. Moreover, the single remained in the Top 10 for six weeks and the Top 40 for a total of fourteen weeks, becoming one of the most popular songs of the summer of 1987. Please click here to download George Michael Something To Save Mp3

If you’ve got something to say
Why don’t you say it
If you’ve got something to give
Why don’t you give it to me
Day after day I have to say it
We’re moving further from heaven
And closer to the deep blue sea

‘Cause I have no secrets from you
And I have nothing left to hide
And I’m open to all your questions
Why can’t you reach inside
Like I have
Like I have for you

And all these games that you play
Don’t tell me how a man should be
Some would say if you knew
You wouldn’t be here with me
I love you
I still love you
But I guess it’s time to let you be

‘Cause I have no secrets from you
And I have nothing left to hide
And I’m so tired of all your questions
‘Cause maybe you just changed your mind

Like I have (4x)

When I was at your doorstep
You told me to look around
Said come in
You and your heart sit down
But you better watch your step
‘Cause your not far from the ground
And one fine day this all falls down
Like I have
Like I have

If you’ve got something to say
Why don’t you say it
If you’ve got something to give
Why don’t you give it to me
Day after day I have to say it
If we’ve got something to save
Why don’t we save it

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Many radio stations played a toned-down version of the song, “I Want Your Love”, which was mainly the word “love” replacing “sex”. When the tune reached the US charts, American Top 40 host Casey Kasem refused to say the song’s title, referring to it only as “the new single by George Michael”. Please click here to download George Michael Somebody To Love Mp3

(feat. Queen)
Can Anybody Find Me
Somebody to love?
Each morning i get up i die a little
Can’t barely stand on my feet

Take a look in the mirror and cry
Lord, what you’re doing ro me
I have spent all my years
in believing you
But i just can’t get no relief, lord

Somebody, somebody
Can anybody find me someone to love
I work hard everyday of my life
I work till i ache my bones

At the end i take home my
Hard earned pay ail of my own
I get down on my knees
and i start to pray
‘Til the tears run down
from my eyes, lord

Somebody, somebody
Can anybody find me somebody to love
Everyday i try and i try
But everybody want to put me down

They say i go’in crazy
They say i got a lot of
water in my brain
Got no common sense
I got nobody to believe

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Ooh, somebody
Somebody can anybody find me
Somebody to love

Got no feel, i got no rhythm

I just keep losing my bear
I’m ok, i’m alright
Ain’t gonna face no defeat

I just got ta get out of
this prison cell
One day i’m gonna be free, lord
Find me somebody to love
Find me somebody to tove

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 love

Find me somebody to love!
Find me somebody to love!
Find me, find me, find me, find me.
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instead of promiscuous sex, he showed the audience that the act was a beautiful thing if the sex was monogamous. (Michael even recorded a brief prologue for the video in which he said “this song is not about casual sex.”) One of the racier scenes attacked involved Michael writing the words “explore monogamy” on his partner’s back in lipstick. Please click here to download George Michael Round Here Mp3

My daddy got here on the gravy train
I guess my mama had a real bad start to the game
They went walking and she took his name
Round here

There was dancing in the afternoons those days
Waiting tables, chasing girls
with the money he made
It was 1957, and love felt the
same, love felt the same

Frightened little girl, she makes a break
Into the arms of… something better
Round here

I hear my mama call in Kingsbury Park
Just me and David and a football
that glowed in the dark
Waiting patiently to make my mark
Round here

And I remember my first day at school
And I remember trouble, and thinking I was so cool
I remember it all, like yesterday

Don’t you

Every time I try to leave this place
Something inside says, “You can do better”
Round here

So come with me, let me show you where I’ve lived
I want to put my hands in this earth again
Music fell like rain to the streets
The Specials and The Jam, to The Beat
Even though I think I’ve seen
everything there is to see of
this world
I gotta be thankful that this crowded space
Is the place of my birth

When all that I wanted, was to be someone.

Two little Hitlers in an old church hall
Some cheesy covers and those
neighbours that banged on the walls
Andy says it’s time to show them all
Round here

Please sir, we two have other plans

Please sir you would not understand,
What’s going on
Is magical, can’t you see
That some of us do more than dream

Every time I try to leave this place
Something inside says, “Keep on
keeping, on and on….”
Around here

So come with me, let me show you where I’ve lived
I want to put my hands in this earth again
Music fell like rain to the streets
The Specials and The Jam, ABC
Even though I think I’ve seen
everything there is to see of
this world
I gotta be thankful that this crowded space
Is the place of my birth

My birth,
In this town,
Yes I guess I got to be someone

To be somebody
In the Beautiful city

This place I call home
These streets of London
It’s everything I know (everything and everybody)
On the streets of London
I want to thank you

My daddy got here on the gravy train.
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MTV would only show the video, featuring celebrity make-up artist Kathy Jeung in basque and suspenders, in the late night hours due to the music video’s implied nudity. The grounds that the song had been banned upon were completely the opposite of Michael’s intention, as the theme of the video had blatantly been shown; Please click here to download George Michael Precious Box Mp3

In my house there’s a circle,
where the life comes in
From the stars to my home, down through the stone,
I could have been so alone,
Without my precious box
Have I a family? I guess not
I’ve never seen a lot of beauty
In my life.

Well in your house there are
servants, and the lights all dim
Such a beautiful home, your agent’s
on the phone, they never
leave you alone
The party never stops!
You say that’s fantasy, I say “So what,
I need a little beauty…”

So let me in,
You know you’ve kind of got under my skin
You know we never see a lot of
the action round here
My dear
You may want to strip again

And you look so fine in your Gucci suit
And you’re making more money than your daddy
could have imagined
But people can go out of fashion,
honey, yeah, any time

So take that picture, stop acting so dumb
Don’t you know that the moment will come
I will find someone like you
But with something extra, I’m sorry baby
I don’t know why
I don’t know why that is

The systematic breakdown of my community
You know I hate my job, I try to save but God
There’s just never enough
Switch on, the pressure - stops
You know the one for me, she’s on Fox
And she’s a little beauty…

Give me your life, give me your life, I want it
Because lately, it’s so freezing out here
(This side of the glass, life
keeps kicking my ass)
In so many ways, but you make it good
Made me the kind of happy that my baby never could
(This side of the glass…)

So take that picture, stop acting so dumb
Don’t you know that the moment will come
I will find someone like you
But with something extra, I’m so sorry baby
I don’t know why

I don’t know why that is

Precious keeps me company
Keeps me from being alone

Because no-one comes in the morning
No-one comes in the evening time
I’d sit and wait for the phone to ring
I could be waiting my whole damn life

So sick of the same old faces
In this street, where nobody talks to me
And the funny side of the situation is
I don’t care, I’ll always be there

When you come down from the sky
And make yourself at home
In my house

Because these days it’s the money the money
The money, honey, or your life
I said don’t you know you can’t have both

Stop acting so dumb
The moment will come
I will find someone like you
Something extra, (always happens
baby to me) sorry baby
I don’t know why (something)
Said I don’t know why that is

You may want to strip again
You may want to let me in
You may want to sacrifice
More than you think is fair or right

You may want to think again
You may want to watch your friends
You may want to change your mind
You may wish you could turn back time.

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The first single released from the upcoming album Faith was “I Want Your Sex”, in the summer of 1987. The song was banned by many radio stations in UK and USA, due to its suggestive lyrics. Please click here to download George Michael Shoot The Dog Mp3

GTi, Hot Shot,
He parks it there,just to piss me off.
Bullyboy, gonna show ya who’s tough,
I’m gonna shoot the dog, I’m
gonna shoot the dog

It’s party time, everyday
I spent Saturday night on Novocaine
Called the pigs, but nobody came
I’m gonna shoot the dog, I’m
gonna shoot the dog (come on
ladies)

Nine nine nine gettin’ jiggy
People did you see that fire in the City?
It’s like we’re fresh out of democratic,
Gotta get yourself a little
something semi-automatic yeahh

That’s why I’m always gettin’ stoned yeah
That’s why I’m out there havin’ fun again
Good puppy, good puppy
Rolling on over

Mustapha
Mazeltov,
The Gaza Boys,
All that holy stuff.
I got the feelin’ when it al goes off,
They’re gonna shoot the dog,
they’re gonna shoot the dog

So, Cherie my dear,
Could you leave the way clear for sex tonight?
Tell him
“Tony Tony Tony, I know that
your horny, but there’s
somethin bout that Bush ain’t right”

Nine nine nine gettin’ jiggy
People did you see that fire in the City?
It’s like we’re fresh out of democratic,
Gotta get yourself a little
something semi-automatic yeahh

That’s why I’m always gettin’ stoned yeah
That’s why I’m out there havin’ fun again
Good puppy, good puppy
Rolling on over for The Man…

The Ayatollah’s gettin’ bombed yeah,
See Seargeat Bilko havin fun again,
Good puppy, good puppy
Rollin on over for The Man…

I believe, I believe what the old man said
Tough I know that there’s no lord above
I belive in me, I believe in you
And you know I believe in love
I believe in truth though I lie a lot
I fell the pain from the push and shove
No matter what you put me through
I’ll still believe in love
And I say

Cherie Baby, Spliff up
I wanna kick back mama
And whatch the world cup whith ya baby
Yeah, that’s right!
We’re gettin freeky tonight
Stay whith me tonight
Let’s have some fun while Tony’s stateside
It’s gonna be alright
It’s gonna be alright
See Tony dancing whith Dubya
Don’t you wanna know why?

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The single was also the first Michael had recorded as a lead artist which he had not written himself, with the exception of his turn in the Band Aid charity project of 1984. The co-writer, Simon Climie, was an unknown at the time, although he would go on to have success as a performer with “Climie Fisher” in 1988.  Please click here to download George Michael Praying For Time Mp3

These are the days of the open hand
They will not be the last
Look around now
These are the days of the beggars and the choosers

This is the year of the hungry man
Whose place is in the past
Hand in hand with ignorance
And legitimate excuses

The rich declare themselves poor
And most of us are not sure
If we have too much
But we’ll take our chances
Because God’s stopped keeping score
I guess somewhere along the way
He must have let us all out to play
Turned his back and all Gods children
Crept out the back door

And its hard to love, there’s so much tohate
Hanging on to hope
When there is no hope to speak of
And the wounded skies above say
it’s much, much too late
Well maybe we should all be praying for time

These are the days of the empty hand

Oh you hold on to what you can
And charity is a coat you wear twice a year

This is the year of the guilty man
Your television takes a stand
And you find that what was over there is over here

So you scream from behind your door
Say what’s mine is mine and not yours
I may have too much but I’ll take my chances
Because God’s stopped keeping score
And you cling to the things they sold you
Did you cover your eyes when they told you
That he can’t come back
Because he has no children to come back for

Its hard to love there’s so much to hate
Hanging on to hope when there is no hope to speak of
And the wounded skies above say its much too late
So maybe we should all be praying for time

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