℗ 1973 Warner Brothers Records WB 56 021
On the Third Day is the third studio LP by Electric Light Orchestra and the first to be recorded without any input from Roy Wood. |
(Jeff Lynne)
It's all making me ready It's all doing what you gonna do I know "A" I see my life come shine Golden sunrise Tragic daydream I am so afraid King of the Universe, are you King, King of the Earth King of the Universe, are you King, King of the Sky King of the Universe, are you King, King of the Sky?
(Jeff Lynne)
Little Darlin' of my life You keep movin' cross my mind You gave me a sunny day Now it looks as if I'll pay Why do they say, Bluebird is dead? I can still see her, touch her, my Bluebird The love that you gave, I don't believe, No, No, I don't believe Bluebird came to me tonight Waiting patiently for light She said I know that you will grieve But my darlin' I must leave Why do they say, Bluebird is dead? I can still see her, touch her, my Bluebird The love that you gave, I don't believe, No, No, I don't believe Bluebird say it is not so Please I cannot hear you speak It must be that you're so tired In the darkness of the night Why do they say, Bluebird is dead? I can still see her, touch her, my Bluebird The love that you gave, I don't believe, No, No, I don't believe
(Jeff Lynne)
Susan spent the weekend at her stately home Crying at the lions on the garden wall And then she'd sigh, sneak away Look at her style, free the day Oh no not me, I wouldn't Oh no not me, I couldn't That's all she says, her money and her place They just don't mean a fuckin' thing Susan met the Lords and Dukes of everywhere Smiling kissing wishing that they'd go to hell And then she'd laugh, wonder why Take a nap, sit and cry Oh no not me, I wouldn't Oh no not me, I couldn't That's all she says, her money and her place They just don't mean a fuckin' thing
(Jeff Lynne)
New Dawn, smiling down on the blue world Can you feel it, like the first of Spring The bells are ringing out a little tune for you Daylight, everyone hears the sound Hey, Good Mornin' How you doin', well I'm doin' fine It's nearly nine, I must be gone I see no sorrow now Nobody has a care Hey there, why don't you join me I'll be glad to know you Take some time out, would you like to work or play Or wander slowly through this bright new day Everyone laughs, can't believe what's goin' on round here New World Risin', everybody kicked their blues away Not for today but evermore I see no sorrow now Nobody has a care New Day, smiling down on the world Can you feel it, like the first of Spring The bells are ringing out a little tune for you
(Jeff Lynne)
She cried to the southern wind About a love that was sure to end Every dream in her heart was gone Headin' for a Showdown Bad dreamer, what's your name? Looks like we're ridin' on the same train Looks as though there'll be more pain There's gonna be a Showdown And it's rainin' all over the world It's rainin' all over the world Tonight, the longest night She came to me like my friend She blew in on the southern wind Now my heart is turned to stone again There's gonna be a Showdown Save me, save me It's unreal the suffering There's gonna be a Showdown And it's rainin' all over the world Rainin' all over the world Tonight, the longest night Rainin' rainin' Rainin' rainin' Rainin' all over the world Rainin' all over the world The longest night And it's rainin' all over the world Rainin' all over the world Tonight, the longest night You gotta save me girl When I'm ready to save All through for you You know I need you child C'mon and save me Can you feel what's comin' to me now? I'm on the run again Gotta save your soul…
(Jeff Lynne)
Got love, if that's what you need I got, three or four babies sittin' on my knee I got, good love waitin' for you I come sneakin' round the corner of the avenue You got Ma-Ma-Ma Belle, or I will get you You know you got Ma-Ma-Ma Belle, or I will get you There's one thing that's on my mind And that's a getting hold of you before I serve my time I gotta keep on, with my heavy load Till I see you come a strollin' down that open road You got Ma-Ma-Ma Belle, before I get you Don't you know you got, Ma-Ma-Ma Belle, or I will I get you Don't you feel it so, Ma-Ma-Ma Belle, or I will I get you You know it's Ma-Ma-Ma Belle, or I will I get you I love you Ma-Ma-Ma Belle That's why I want to get it on, well I'm sure you can tell I got, good soul, runnin' so deep Gonna get you in the corner so that I can keep Can't you hear me wanna Ma-Ma-Ma Belle, or I will I get you You know I want Ma-Ma-Ma Belle, or I will I get you Ma-Ma-Ma Belle, or I will I get you Ma-Ma-Ma Belle, or I will I get you You gotta Ma-Ma-Ma Belle, or I will get you
(Jeff Lynne)
Saviour of the night came slowly on the silent river And the lord of life came following, his sins to be forgiven While the world sat back and laughed away the hours Till the dawning of the daybreak I heard them laugh I heard them cry I saw them praying to the sky I heard the wind howl in the trees Down there on bended knee And I see the light But I know I must be dreaming Feel the soul, quiet emotion Sail on by, helpless devotion If that's how it feels, it better be real Take care of your woman Or you'll never ever see the light Take heed of the warnin' Or you know it's gonna be too late Too late, it's too late, it's too late, it's too late, it's too late Here, There, Everywhere They keep on movin' without fear They look me up, they look me down They press my body to the ground But I see the light, see the light it's comin' shinin' And on a Summers day When thoughts are drifting far away And life is good and real to see My world is saved and I am free But in the night Still I know I must be dreaming Feel the soul, quiet emotion Sail on by, helpless devotion If that's how it feels, it better be real Take care of your woman Or you know you'll never see the light Take heed of the warnin' Or you know it's gonna be too late Too late, it's too late, it's too late, it's too late It's too late, it's too late, it's too late, too late…
(Jeff Lynne)
I see that look of old Good tidings they are comin' Wake up that pretty face And tell me all that you know Just see the difference now You're back in front of the show Such a big deal How does it feel? The world is watchin' you Your troubles now are over Just see the people stare They love you don't you know You drive a Thunderbird To every single show If you gotta go, Go now And when you cry All the world will cry If you should laugh Well, they'll all fall down You'd better make it soon Your sins have been forgivin' When you start fallin' There is no one there to hold You trade your life in for a bag of shiny gold Something to hold Something to hold And when you cry, All the world will cry If you should laugh Well, they'll all fall down Nothing is better than Going home without a reason I look into the sky And see the reason for life Everyone's born to die.