When lamps are lighted in the town
And the rushing feet are off the street
And the sun goes down
I sometimes get a longing for the life I had
But when I'm counting up my blessings, Oh
It don't look so bad

Oh so many little dreams I had Prophesied
What would happen in the end, and I
Wish I could reach up into the sky
And put the setting sun up back again,
But you really must excuse me, for being so bold
Cause I don't wanna be left out in the cold
No, I don't wanna be left out in the cold.

When dark is falling all around
And the echo of your footsteps
Resound on the ground
You can't keep blaming fate for the
Mistakes you've made
And if you can't stand the limelight
You better stay in the shade.

I don't wanna have those old reminders of the
Hopes that wouldn't stay
I don't wanna have those old reminders of the
Dreams that fades in the usual way
I don't wanna have those old reminders
Of my yesterdays, no
I don't wanna be left out in the cold,
No, I don't wanna be left out in the cold.

When dawn is calling your nightmares away
And you wake to find
Your peace of mind
Is coming to stay
You reach out with open hands
To the new world outside
Cause you know it's the time
To leave those old dreams behind.

Oh so many little dreams I had Prophesied
What would happen in the end, and I
Wish I could reach up into the sky
And put the setting sun up back again
But you really must excuse me, for being so bold
Cause I don't wanna be left out in the cold
No, I don't wanna be left out in the cold.
No, I don't wanna be left out in the cold.

© 2001 Carmen Rooksby

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(Flying higher, flying higher, flying higher, flying higher............. )
(Goo.........d bye, good...d bye......good bye my world, goodbye)
(Flying higher, flying higher, flying higher, flying higher..............)
(Goo.........d bye, good...d bye......good bye my world, goodbye)...

Ooh hoo, the stars they shine so brightly
And me, as you said so rightly
I'm behaving like a space cadet
I haven't got my bearings yet,
Ooh hoo, don't bring me down too soon.

Because I'm over the moon,
Up with the stars tonight, I'm over the moon
Here in the dark tonight,
I'm over the moon because it feels so right,
Ooh, ooh, hoo...Over the moon.

Ooh hoo, my body weighs so lightly
And on Earth it was so heavy
I'm a-whirling like a hurricane,
I know I'll never be the same,
Ooh hoo, don't bring me down too soon.

Because I'm over the moon,
Up with the stars tonight,
I'm over the moon
Here in the dark toniht,
I'm over the moon because it feels so right,
Ooh, ooh, hoo...Over the moon.

Cause the moon has a face like the clock in the hall
It shines on the thieves on the garden wall
It shines on the rivers and the hills and the seas
It shines on the birdies in the forks of the trees,
Cause the Earth from the Moon's so small
It shines upon them all.

Because I'm over the moon,
Up with the stars tonight,
I'm over the moon
Here in the dark tonight,
I'm over the moon because it feels so right,
Ooh, ooh, hoo...Over the moon.

(Flying higher, flying higher, flying higher, flying higher.........)
(Goo.........d bye, good...d bye,.....good bye my world, good)
(Flying higher, flying higher, flying higher, flying higher.........)
(Goo.........d bye, good...d bye......good bye my world, good)
bye... Flying higher, flying higher, flying higher, flying higher
Flying higher, flying higher, flying higher, flying higher...

© 2001 Carmen Rooksby

|music page|     LOOK AROUND     |top|

She took a look out of the window
Then wrote a line of her story for her GCE
She was the school's best, so she walked it
The teacher said she could have the whole world at her feet
And though she wasn't really daunted
She had to make life how she wanted
More how she wanted her life to be.

She took a train down to the city
Went for a job as a typist at the B B C
She took a speed test but she flunked it
Got shown the door and found herself back outside on the street
And though she wasn't really daunted
She had to make life how she wanted
More how she wanted her life to be.

So look around, look around, look around,
Look around ye-e-yeh-yeah,
With your head held high and your ear to the ground,
So look around, look around, look around,
Look around ye-e-yeh-yeah,
If you really want to make it.

She took some time out to read the paper
Then got a job as a waitress at the A B C
She had a great smile that she flaunted
All for the man who came to see her once or twice a week
And though she wasn't really daunted
She had to make life how she wanted
More how she wanted her life to be.

So look around, look around, look around,
Look around ye-e-yeh-yeah,
With your head held high and your ear to the ground,
So look around, look around, look around,
Look around ye-e-yeh-yeah,
If you really want to make it.

© 2001 Carmen Rooksby

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