Bucks Fizz Lyrics - Are You Ready (1982)

ARE YOU READY(1982)

My Camera Never Lies

Ah, click click!

I've been checking you up
I've been tracking you down
Funny all the things that I've found
Was it any surprise? Didn't you realise?
I must apologise

It doesn't matter any more to you
'Cause everything you tell me is boring
Nothing's gonna throw me now
It doesn't matter what I say to you
'Cause you've got that look in your eyes
The camera never lies

My camera never lies
So I'll put you in the picture
And cut it down to size
My camera oh oh!
My camera never lies anymore
'Cause there's nothing worth lying for
There's nothing worth lying for
My camera never lies anymore

Try to cover the trail
Try to lead for the line
Wonder why you're wasting your time
With another disguise
'Cause there's no compromise

When the negative is dry
It doesn't matter what I do for you
'Cause every time you take me, I'm sleeping
You're never gonna shake me now
It doesn't matter how I try for you
I can see by the look in your eyes
The camera never lies

My camera has good eyes

My camera never lies anymore…

Easy Love

Won’t change my world for you...

Waiting in the dark
She’s hoping for a call
But he won’t be there at all
‘Til the morning comes
With a never ending lie
He’ll just look her in the eyes
And say their love is still alive
Then she’ll turn and run
She says
Is this the way you think we’re gonna go?
Just think again I don’t wanna know

Easy love
With no meanin’
Oh, easy love
Ah, with no feelin’s
Easy love

(Won’t change my world)
Waiting for the train
On a cold and windy night
‘Cos she’s lost the will to fight
But she’ll be back again
She cries
One rainy day I was fooled like this before
And anyway I don’t need no more

Easy love
With no meanin’s
Oh, easy love
Ah, with no feelin’s
Easy love

Easy love
Easy love kills words of love
Easy love
Easy love kills words of love
Easy love
Easy love kills words of love
Easy love
Easy love kills words of love
Easy love

Easy love
With no meanin’
Easy love
Ah, with no feelin’s
Easy love
With no meanin’s
Oh easy love
With no meanin’

Love

Love Dies Hard

She picked a fine time for leaving
And I thought we’d found a way
To make it alright
And I’ll say honestly
She was no good for me
And what she gave to me
She gave indifferently
Oh, and I miss her so
Why did her let her go?

‘Cos this love dies hard
I’m alone
And I still regret each moment we’re apart
Now this love dies hard
I was wrong
And I can’t forget these feelings when they start
Breaking my heart

We found the right time for talking
She just put me down
Never let me breathe
And while she cheated on me
I loved her endlessly
My love defeated me
I got too high to see
Where we were going wrong
How can I carry on?

‘Cos this love dies hard
I’m alone
And I still regret each moment we’re apart
Now this love dies hard
I was wrong
And I can’t forget these feelings when they start
Breaking me heart

She was everything there has never been
Such a love in a life before
Never been a light that shines so brightly for me
How could I have missed the signs of straying
When each and every one was saying

‘Cos this love dies hard
I’m alone
And I still regret each moment we’re apart
Now this love dies hard
I was wrong
And I can’t forget these feelings when they start
Breaking my heart

One Way Love

You were fast
You were done one on your day
You knew every line to lay
With your high speed get away
It’ll never be the same again
It was easy when your only thought was you
You were just a beginner with beginner’s luck
You never thought you’d lose to one way love

Your one way love
Has got you walking a street of desire
This one way love
Has got you caught on the edge of the fire
This one way, this one way, this one way
This one way love

(One way, one way)

No escape
No escape your hearts in chains
It’s too late for jumping trains
With your bridges all in flames
It’ll never be the same again
It was easy when you took love just to you
Well you looked like a winner
But times have changed
‘Cos even winners lose to one way love

Your one way love
Has got you walking a street of desire
This one way love
Has got you caught on the edge of the fire
This one way, this one way, this one way
This one way love

(One way love, one way love)

It’ll never be the same again
It was easy when your only thought was you
You were just a beginner with beginner’s luck
You never thought you’d lose to one way love

Your one way love
Has got you walking a street of desire
This one way love
Has got you caught on the edge of the fire
Your one way love
Has got you walking a street of desire
This one way love
Has got you caught on the edge of the fire
This one way, this one way, this one way
This one way love
This one way, this one way, this one way
This one way love

Are You Ready?

Some believe in a life of leisure
Letting your body down
Take a chance on moment’s pleasure
Putting yourself around
If you know that there ain’t a reason
Can’t you tell me why?
You’d better believe it
‘Cos you’re gonna need it
You’re doing alright if you try

Are you ready?
Well tell me are you ready?
Are you ready for the feelings
That you’re getting tonight
Ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah
Are you ready? (Are you ready, ready tonight?)
Well tell me are you ready?
(Are you ready, ready tonight?)
Well are you ready for the feelings
That I’m getting tonight

Take a step in a new direction
Do it now don’t delay
Make a break for the right connection
Break it off right away
Make a move to the easy answer
Playing it safe tonight
Forget all the waiting, anticipating
Together we’ll be making it right

Are you ready, ready tonight?
Are you ready, ready tonight?
Are you ready, ready tonight?
Are you ready, ready tonight?
Are you ready, ready tonight?
Are you ready, ready tonight?
Are you ready, ready, ready, ready, ready, ready

Are you ready?
Well tell me are you ready?
Well are you ready for the feelings
That you’re getting tonight
And I know that you’re ready
(Are you ready, ready tonight?)
Well tell me are you ready?
(Are you ready, ready tonight?)
Well are you ready for the feelings
That I’m getting tonight
And I know that you’re gonna be ready
(Are you ready, ready tonight?)
Well tell me are you ready?
(Are you ready, ready tonight?)
Well are you ready for the feelings
That I’m getting tonight

Are you ready? Well are you ready?

Breaking and Entering

You, you think that you’re well wired
You got burglar alarms
Me, I’m getting very tired
Trying to sell my good luck charm
Knock, knock, ring the bell
Gone to lunch, who can tell
Combination? Very well, well, well, well, well

Breaking and entering
I’m breaking and I’m entering
Breaking and entering
I’m breaking and I’m entering

You, you like to wear dark glasses
You got camera crew
I’ve got blueprints, let me pass
And I’ll pretend I’m you-know-who
Step, step, through your door
Wasn’t really all that hard
Getting to you to steal your heart
Your sad heart
I’m…

Breaking and entering
I’m breaking and I’m entering
Breaking and entering
I’m breaking and I’m entering

I’m breaking down
I’m breaking, breaking down

Knock, knock, ring the bell
Gone to lunch, who can tell
Combination, very well, well, well, well, well

Breaking and entering
I’m breaking and I’m entering
Breaking and entering
I’m breaking and I’m entering
Breaking and entering
I’m breaking and I’m entering
Breaking and entering
I’m breaking and I’m entering
Breaking and entering
I’m breaking and I’m entering

Now Those Days Are Gone

Thinking, long ago when we were young and free
Love happened easily and dreams never died
Life sung a pretty song, now those days are gone

Crying, finding comfort in the friends we knew
Now it’s just me and you trying alone
We used to get along (we used to) now those days are gone

Playing with words when there’s nothing much to say
Searching to find what we lost along the way
Could it be one day our feelings changed
I hope we see it through ‘cause I just can’t stand the thought
Of life without you

Dreaming, whispers echo on the summer wind
Back where the love begins, when nights were so warm
With stars we could wish upon, now those days are gone

We had a chance but we lost it all somehow
Broken the spell and our dreams lie heavy now
Could it be some day our feelings changed
I hope we see it though ‘cause I just can’t stand the thought
Of life without you

Thinking, long ago when we were young and free
Love happened suddenly and we couldn’t see
Where we were going wrong, now those days are gone.

Twentieth Century Hero

I know you read between the lines
When them up there say it’s all fine
Then break your back from nine to five
To keep your two point four alive
Well it’s Hymns for a Sunday
And it’s booze for a Monday
And dreamers thinking one day
It will all be taken care of

(You’re a hero)
Zero, zero, zero
Rather be Valentino
Well don’t run away stay here and play
Twentieth century hero

Well I know you’re never influenced
By craze or fashions zoo caress
You didn’t buy that car to show
The guy next door where he can go
Where your grass is the greenest
And your life saccharinest
Well your beach ain’t the cleanest
It will all be taken care of

(You’re a hero)
Zero, hero, zero
Cap in hand Valentino
Well I hope you know I love you so
Twentieth century hero

Ah, ah, ah, ah, ah...

Twentieth century hero you
Believe what you believe is true
Opinion polls, who gives a damn
Look Errol Flynn now there’s a man
With the price of the harvest
Is swept under the carpet
And the big ones fall the hardest
It will all be taken care of

(You’re a hero)
Dero, Dero, Dero
Vanity Valentino
Well you’re gonna be the death of me
Twentieth century hero

Hero, hero, hero
Vanity Valentino
Well you’re gonna be the death of me
Twentieth century hero

Another Night

Long time gone
Just sitting here wondering why I carry on
I’m trying to find a place where I belong
(Do you wake up calling out my name)
‘Cos it’s easy to forget that’s life a game
(Do you still think you’re the one to blame?)
When tomorrow comes I’ll miss you just the same and

Tears will fall
Looking back on life it seems I’ve done it all
But here am I with my back against a wall
(Can you feel it burning up inside)
An emotion I just don’t know how to hide
(Do you think you ever really tried)
If I said I’m not in love you know I lied and

One more heart attack
You won’t be coming back
Any more

Another night like this
And I’ll be heading for the town
Another night like this
And there’ll be action going down
Tomorrow night, no more hanging on
It makes no difference now you’re gone
Another night like this
And I’ll be heading for the town
Another night like this
And there’ll be action going down
Another night like this
And I’ll be heading for the town
Another night like this
And there’ll be action going down
Another night

The Land Of Make Believe

Stars in your eyes, little one
Where do you go to dream?
To a place we all know
To the land of make believe

Shadows, tapping at your window
Ghostly voices whisper
‘Will you come and play?’
Not for all the tea in China
Or the corn in Carolina
Never... never ever
They're running after you, babe!

Run for the sun, little one
You're an outlaw once again
Time to change
Superman will be with us while he can
In the land of make believe

Something nasty in your garden's
Waiting patiently 'til it can have your heart
Try to go, but it won't let you
Don't you know it's out to get you?
Running...keep on running
They're running after you, babe!

Run for the sun, little one
You're an outlaw once again
Time to change
Superman will be with us while he can
In the land of make believe

Your world is turning, from night to day
Your dream is burning far away...

Into the blue, you and I
To the circus in the sky
Captain Kid's on the sand
With the treasure close at hand
In the land of make believe

Run for the sun, little one
You're an outlaw once again
Time to change
Superman will be with us while he can
In the land of make believe

I've got a friend who comes to tea,
And no-one else can see, but me,
He came today, but had to go,
To visit you? You never know.

Now You're Gone

No more lies
No more ties
No more silly ways to criticise
No more dreams
That never turn out right
No more love
Left to show
Lonely tears
That say I need you so
How I’ve cried
I guess you’ll never know

And it doesn’t feel like Christmas
Now you’re gone
‘Cause I never ever thought
Of spending Christmas alone
These winter nights seem so long
Where did our love go wrong?
‘Cause it doesn’t feel like Christmas
Now you’re gone
Now you’re gone

Times to live
Times to cry
We tried to love
When love had died
Changing the way we felt inside
Nothing tried
Nothing gained
No more sun
It always rains
After all
I miss you just the same

‘Cause it doesn’t feel like Christmas
Now you’re gone
And I never ever thought
Of spending Christmas alone
These winter nights seem so long
Where did our love go wrong?
‘Cause it doesn’t feel like Christmas
Now you’re gone

It doesn’t feel like Christmas
Now you’re gone
It doesn’t feel like Christmas
Now you’re gone

What Am I Gonna Do?

Hello?
Hello, I’m making this call just to tell you
I’m sorry for what I’ve done
Hang on
Do you think that I’m gonna believe you
When I say it was just for fun?

I know that I lied
And it must have hurt you deep inside

But the only thing that matters now to me
Is making sure you know I love you

It’s late and I’m glad you decided to call me
To tell me you feel so bad
I couldn’t wait,
I’ve been sitting here feeling so guilty
And hoping you weren’t too mad

I just couldn’t see
What it was that made you do it to me

But the only thing that matters now to me
Is making sure you know I love you

But what am I gonna do?
But what am I gonna do with you?
What am I gonna say?
What am I gonna say to you?
What am I gonna do?
What am I gonna do with you?
What am I gonna do?
What am I gonna do with you?

So please tell me you’re gonna forgive me
And say that you’ll take me back

I will, the first and the last time I’ll do it
But next time I’ll help you pack
I just wanna say
I’m glad I managed to make you feel the same way

But the only thing that matters now to me
Is making sure you know I love you

Takin' Me Higher

You always played around
With the rules of the game
You never thought you’d found
A girl that you couldn’t tame
And so you shop around
But she’s never the same

Can’t get you on the phone
You leave my loving in doubt
I know you’re always home
It’s what they’re talking about
You always played alone
You never figure it out

Fire!
You know you’re burning me
My love is burning with heat and desire
It’s higher (higher) you’re takin’ me
You know your loving is takin’ me higher
It’s higher
Taking me, taking me higher.

You thought you’d never lose
But you were wrong from the start
You tried to pick and choose
And it was breaking my heart
We tried to pull together
It took us further apart

One Touch (Don't Mean Devotion)

I couldn’t try to understand
That things are never quite the way they seem
It hasn’t turned out the way I planned
And I find it hard to see just what you need
Now there’s no use in me pretending
I feel there’s something wrong
And I haven’t loved you that long to know
And I can’t help wondering
When I hear you saying

Baby baby baby
One touch don’t mean devotion
Baby one smile just ain’t enough
And don’t let your heart get fooled by emotion
One touch
One touch doesn’t mean
It doesn’t mean love

All of my life I’ve needed love
But I never thought I’d get the ‘one night’ kind
(What do you say)
When you say enough
Why don’t you stay and do it one more time
(If we could find)
If we could find the time for talking
Then we could work it out
And I know what you’re about to do
‘Cause I can’t help wondering
When I hear you saying

Baby baby baby
One touch don’t mean devotion
Baby one smile just ain’t enough
And don’t let your heart get fooled by emotion
One touch
One touch doesn’t mean
It doesn’t mean

One touch

I can’t help wondering
When I hear you saying

Baby baby baby
One touch don’t mean devotion
Baby one smile just ain’t enough
And don’t let your heart get fooled by emotion
One touch
One touch doesn’t mean
It doesn’t mean love

One touch
It doesn’t mean love…

Censored

I’m sitting in this jungle
But the help is on its way
‘Cause I’m sending up a letter today
I hope to get an answer
But the chance is very small
So I’m crossing off the moments on the wall
Not happy at all the time I’m wasting
Just waiting, my message

It must be censored
I’m feeling the chances as they fall
I was hoping I’d back home again
But now its gone I’m sure it’s all been censored
Where are the friends that I had before?
I thought they were just ignoring me
But now its gone I can’t go on being
Censored

I thought I had the address
But I may have got it wrong
Now it seems I had the number all along
Someone’s having me on
I know I sent it, I meant it, they bent it

It must be censored
I’m feeling the chances as they fall
I was hoping I’d back home again
But now its gone I’m sure it’s all been censored
Where are the friends that I had before?
I thought they were just ignoring me
But now its gone I can’t go on being
Censored

No
No more loving for you
I’ve been censored
No more giving
I’ve been censored
No more living

It’s like I been censored
I’m feeling the chances as they fall
I was hoping I’d back home again
But now its gone I’m sure it’s all been censored
Where are the friends that I had before?
I thought they were just ignoring me
But now its gone I can’t go on being
Censored

I’m feeling it, I’m losing it, censored

Don't Pay The Ferryman

It was late at night on the open road
Speeding like a man on the run
A lifetime spent preparing for the journey
He is closer now and the search is on
Reading from a map in the mind
Yes! There's that ragged hill
And there's a boat on the river.

And when the rain came down
He heard a wild dog howl
There were voices in the night (Don't do it!)
Voices out of sight (Don't do it!)
Too many men have failed before
Whatever you do

Don't pay the ferryman
Don't even fix a price
Don't pay the ferryman
‘Til he gets you to the other side
Wo-oo-oo-oo-oo, wo-oo-oo-oo-oo

In the rolling mist, then he gets on board
Now there'll be no turning back
Beware that hooded old man at the rudder.
And then the lightning flashed and the thunder roared
And people calling out his name
And dancing bones that
Jabbered-and-a-moaned on the water.

And then the ferryman said
“There is trouble ahead,
So you must pay me now” (Don't do it!)
"You must pay me now" (Don't do it!)
And still that voice came from beyond
Whatever you do

Don't pay the ferryman
Don't even fix a price
Don't pay the ferryman
‘Til he gets you to the other side
Wo-oo-oo-oo-oo, wo-oo-oo-oo-oo

Don't pay the ferryman

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