℗ 1987 Dark Hourse Records WX 123
℗ 1987 Ganga 25643
Teaming with legendary Beatles obsessive Jeff Lynne, George Harrison crafted a remarkably consistent and polished comeback effort with «Cloud Nine». Lynne adds a glossy production, reminiscent of ELO, but what is even more noticeable is that he's reined in Harrison's indulgences, keeping the focus on a set of 11 snappy pop/rock numbers. The consistency of the songs remains uneven, but the best moments — «Devil s Radio», «Cloud 9», «Just for Today», «Got My Mind Set on You», and the tongue-in-cheek Beatles pastiche «When We Was Fab» — make «Cloud Nine» one of his very best albums. — Stephen Thomas Erlewine. |
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(George Harrison)
Have my love, it fits you like a glove Join my dream, tell me yes Bail out, should there be a mess The pieces you don't need are mine Take my time, I'll show you cloud nine Take my smile and my heart They were yours from the start The pieces to omit are mine Have my love, use it while it does you good Share my highs but the times That it hurts pay no mind The pieces you don't need are mine I'll see you there on cloud nine Take my hope, maybe even share a joke If there's good to be shown You may make it all your own And if you want to quit that's fine While you're out looking for cloud nine
(Gary Wright — Jeff Lynne — George Harrison)
And now it begins to shine And you found the eyes to see Each little drop at dawn of every day Your smile, it comes back to me And whatever you may say Don't let it stop, never fade away As we got to get out in this world together Doesn't really matter if we start to make some changes If that's what it takes (That's what it takes) Then I've got to be strong (That's what it takes) Don't want to be wrong If that's what it takes The closer I get (That's what it takes) Into that open door (What it takes) I've got to be sure If that's what it takes And now that it's shining through And you can see all this world Don't let it stop, never fade away If we got to be in this life forever Then we'd better be taking all the chances If that's what it takes (That's what it takes) Then I've got to be strong (That's what it takes) Don't want to be wrong If that's what it takes The closer I get (That's what it takes) Into that open door (What it takes) I've got to be sure If that's what it takes That's what it takes, that's what it takes That's what it takes, that's what it takes What it takes, that's what it takes That's what it takes, what it takes That's what it takes That's what it takes That's what it takes
(George Harrison)
I know you're in the sun I know you're close to everyone At times it's like you don't have a hold on me I see you in the love I see you in the moon above But I want to know that you're not lost inside of me You know I need you You know I love you If I'm not with you I'm not so much of a man I'm like a fish on the sand You call me in the night (you call me in the night) And hide behind the daylight You're blowing like a wind, you don't let me see You know I feel a pain (you know I feel a pain) I'm tired of playing games with you Though there's nothing else I want that would set me free You know I love you You know I need you If I can't be with you I'm not so much of a man I'm a fish on the sand No use to no one else, they've all dried up Watching all our lives go by I can't believe you'd want to see me crying I hold you in my heart (hold you in my heart) I know that you're a part of me But it's a must to know that you love me too I look you in the eye (look you in the eye) You're swimming by my teardrops But I want to know for sure that you'll let me see You know I want you You know I need you If I'm not with you I'm not so much of a man I'm like a fish on the sand You know I need you You know I love you If I'm not with you I'm not so much of a man I'm a fish on the sand Not so much of a man More a fish on the sand
(George Harrison)
Just for today I could try to live through this day only Not deal with all life's problems Just for today If just for one night I could feel not sad and lonely Not be my own life's problem Just for one night Just for today I could try to live through this day only Not deal with all life's problems Just for today If just for one night I could feel not sad and lonely Not be my own life's problem Just for one night Just for today I could try to live through this day only Not deal with all life's problems Just for today Just for today
(Jeff Lynne — George Harrison)
Vicious words drift away from their meanings And the sun melts the chill from our lives Helping us all to remember what we came here for This is love, this is la la la la love This is love, this is la la la la love Little things that will change you forever May appear from way out of the blue Making fools of everybody who don't understand This is love, this is la la la la love This is love, this is la la la la love Since our problems have been our own creation They also can be overcome When we use the power provided free to everyone This is love, this is la la la la love This is love, this is la la la la love
(George Harrison — Jeff Lynne)
Back then long time ago when grass was green Woke up in a daze Arrived like strangers in the night Fab - Long time ago when we was fab Fab - Back when income tax was all we had Caresses fleeced you in the morning light Casualties at dawn And we did it all Fab - Long time ago when we was fab Fab - You are my world you are my only love And while you're in this world The fuzz gonna come and claim you But you mo' better wise When the buzz gonna come and take you away Take you away, take you away The microscopes that magnified the tears Studied warts and all Still the life flows on and on Fab - Long time ago when we was fab Fab - But its all over now baby blue Fab - Long time ago when we was fab Fab - like this pullover you sent to me Fab - And you've really got a hold me Fab - Long time ago when we was fab
(George Harrison)
Gossip, gossip, gossip, gossip I heard it in the night, words that thoughtless speak Like vultures swooping down below on the devil's radio I hear it through the day, airwaves getting filled With gossip broadcast to and fro on the devil's radio Oh yeah, gossip, gossip, oh yeah He's in the clubs and bars and never turns it down Talking about what he don't know on the devil's radio He's in your TV set, won't give it a rest That soul betraying so and so, the devil's radio Gossip, gossip, gossip, gossip Oh yeah, gossip, gossip, oh yeah Gossip, oh yeah, oh yeah, gossip It's white and black like industrial waste Pollution of the highest degree You wonder why I don't hang out much I wonder how you can't see He's in the films and songs and on all your magazines It's everywhere that you may go, the devil's radio Oh yeah, gossip, gossip, oh yeah Runs thick and fast, no one really sees Quite what bad it can do As it shapes you into something cold Like an Eskimo igloo It's all across our lives like a weed it's spread Until nothing else has space to grow, the devil's radio Can creep up in the dark, make us hide behind shades And buzzing like a dynamo, the devil's radio Gossip, oh yeah, gossip, oh yeah, gossip Gossip, gossip, gossip, oh yeah, gossip I heard you on Satan's wireless, gossip, oh yeah You know the devil's radio, child, gossip Gossip, gossip, gossip
(George Harrison)
Someplace else You got into my life I don't know how you found me but you did It stopped me heading someplace else Took me a while to say, wish you belong to me But now I'm saddened like I've never been Regretting that we'll leave And for a while you could comfort me And hold me for some time I need you now, to be beside me While all my world is so untidy Loneliness Empty faces Wish I could leave them all In someplace else (Someplace else) I hope you won't let go, maybe you'll let me know That you'll be saddened like you've never been Regretting that we'll leave And for a while I could comfort you And hold you in my mind I need you now to be beside me While all my world is sad and crazy Loneliness Empty faces Wish I could leave them all In someplace else (Someplace else) And for a while you could comfort me And hold me for some time I need you now, to be beside me While all my world is so untidy Loneliness Empty faces Wish I could leave them all In someplace else (Someplace else) Loneliness Empty faces Wish I could leave them all In someplace else (Someplace else) I think I'm going to leave them all In someplace else (Someplace else)
(George Harrison)
I'm not the wreck of the Hesperus Feel more like the Wall of China Getting old as Methuselah Feel tall as the Eiffel Tower I'm not a power of attorney But I can rock as good as Gibraltar Ain't no more no spring chicken Been plucked but I'm still kicking But it's alright, it's alright Poison penmen sneak, have no nerve to speak Make up lies then they leak them out Behind a pseudonym, the rottenness in them Reaching out trying to touch me Met some Oscars and Tonys I slipped on a pavement oyster Met a snake climbing ladders Got out of the line of fire (But it's alright) Brainless writers gossip nonsenses To others heads as dense as they is It's the same old malady What they see is faulty I'm not the wreck of the Hesperus Feel more like Big Bill Broonzy Getting old as my mother But I tell you I got some company (But it's alright) But it's alright, it's alright But it's alright, it's alright It's alright, alright, it's alright
(George Harrison)
In another life I woke up dreaming with a sigh As the morning light Was painting whispers of a joy And I was in the candlelit bedroom Enchanting beauty shimmering magically Like an iridescent cloud Being blown by a westerly wind, ooh She can move your soul without you knowing She can take the breath away from heaven, ooh And I was captured by her loneliness A wounded tiger on a willowy path Like an opalescent moon all alone In the sky of the foreign land She can take the breath away from heaven She can move your soul without you knowing She can take the breath away from heaven She is like an everlasting blossom She can take the breath away from heaven
(Rudy Clark)
I got my mind set on you I got my mind set on you I got my mind set on you I got my mind set on you But it's going to take money A whole lot of spending money It's going to take plenty of money To do it right, child It's going to take time A whole lot of precious time It's going to take patience and time To do it, to do it, to do it, to do it, to do it To do it right, child I got my mind set on you I got my mind set on you I got my mind set on you I got my mind set on you And this time I know it's for real The feeling that I feel I know if I put my mind to it I know that I really can do it I got my mind set on you Set on you I got my mind set on you Set on you But it's going to take money A whole lot of spending money It's going to take plenty of money To do it right, child It's going to take time A whole lot of precious time It's going to take patience and time To do it, to do it, to do it, to do it, to do it To do it right I got my mind set on you I got my mind set on you I got my mind set on you I got my mind set on you And this time I know it's for real The feelings that I feel I know if I put my mind to it I know that I really can do it But it's going to take money A whole lot of spending money It's going to take plenty of money To do it right, child It's going to take time A whole lot of precious time It's going to take patience and time To do it, to do it, to do it, to do it, to do it To do it right Set on you Set on you Set on you Set on you I got my mind set on you I got my mind set on you I got my mind set on you I got my mind set on you Set on you Set on you Set on you Set on you Set on you Set on you Set on you Set on you
(George Harrison)
I can't understand how I've gone astray I should be sailing away on a liner I was knocked on my back on a dock at Yang-Tse It's a hell of a way to see China But I'm ready You must be crazy And you got no money And you're a liar My straits are dire from the, the wok into the fire I'd like to trust you but I've broken my rickshaw Sometimes there's no hope in, in chasing opium I'd like to love you but I'm not sure what's in your eyes Mmm, Shanghai Surprise Whatever you're saying, I want it anyway in Been hanging 'round like a kid at your back door (Ooh, babe) You could be kinder, and show me Asia minor I'll let you love me, let you see what's here in my eyes Shanghai Surprise You must be crazy (Crazy) And you got no money (Money) And it seems like madness Back streets so crowded that, no room to swing a cat I'd like to know you but you're acting so coolie I'm finding out pursued by, evil looking dudes it's Getting hot for me like tofu when it deep fries Oh, Shanghai Surprise But, baby, you look like any common crook That's hanging 'round in those real shady places (Ooh, babe) While you assess me, why not try to impress me? Step over here, let me see what's there in your eyes Oh, Shanghai Surprise I don't understand how I got delayed I should be sailing today on a liner Was kicked in the ass on a dock at Yang-Tse It's no way for a man to see China But I'm ready You must be crazy (Crazy) And you got no money (Money) But you're a trier My straits are dire from the, the wok into the fire I'd like to meet you but I've broken my chopstick Sometimes there's no hope in, in chasing promises I wanna love you though it could prove to be unwise Shanghai Surprise Whatever you're saying, I want it anyway in Been hanging 'round for a ride on your rickshaw (Ooh, babe) You may correct me, now that you've inspected me Come over here, let me feel you cut down to size Oh, Shanghai Surprise My straits are dire from the, the wok into the fire I'd like to know you but I'm not really social Sometimes it's no joke, can't cope with opium I'd like to love you but I'm not sure what's in your eyes Shanghai Surprise Shanghai Surprise And you got no money But you're a trier
(George Harrison)
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