Playlist Albert Hammond

albert hammond - anyone here in the audience

Anyone here in the audience with a pad that I can crash in?
I'd really appreciate you letting me know 'cause the gig is over soon
Been out on the road for a number of weeks and we didn't take much cash in
It's raining outside and, to tell you the truth, I've been locked out of my room

Do you care? Do you pity the poor musician?
Don't you know what it's like out on the road?
Don't you think, don't you think I'm always wishing
Someone would stand up
And offer a hand up
And take me home?

Anyone here in the audience who can make a dish to fill me?
I'd really appreciate you letting me know, haven't eaten all day long
Been out on the road for a number of weeks. and the greasy food is killin' me
I'm hungry and tired and, to tell you the truth, all my will to play is gone

Do you care? Do you pity the poor musician?
Don't you know what it's like out on the road?
Don't you think, don't you think I'm always wishing
Someone would stand up
And offer a hand up
And take me home?

Anyone here in the audience with a heart that I can cling to?
I'd really appreciate you letting me know, if you've got some love to spare
Been out on the road for a number of weeks and I've found no one to sing to
And I just need to know, yes, I just wanna know: is there anyone there?

Do you care? Do you pity the poor musician?
Don't you know what it's like out on the road?
Don't you think, don't you think I'm always wishing
Someone would stand up
And offer a hand up
And take me home?

Mh-mh, someone would stand up
And offer a hand up
And take me home?

albert hammond - dream

I lost my heart, I lost my sleep
I lost my way chasing my dream

Look at me now
Taking a bow
Wondering how
My life is like a dream, dream

I never thought that I would be
Much more than I was meant to be
I put my faith in God above
Hoping he'd repay my love

I don't know how I got this far
My only skill was my guitar

Songs that I played
Took me away
It was ok
Escaping in my dream, dream

I didn't want to be a star
To be the main attraction
I never needed anything
But now I'm getting all the action

I spent some lonely years alone
Feeling much older than my bones

But it's ok
I'm on my way
And everyday
It's working like a dream, dream

So dream of something you can win
A dream that brings you pleasure
A dream that makes your heart sing
Where you will find your buried treasure

(Instrumental)

But it's ok
I'm on my way
And everyday
It's working like a dream, dream
I said dream, dream
Oh yeah, dream, dream

You won't regret a single thing

albert hammond - i'll be here for you

If it's raining in your heart
And your dreams should fall apart
I won't let your teardrops start
I'll be here for you

And if you're tired and you can't rest
And you're filled with emptiness
I will do what I do best
I'll be here for you

If you doubt my honesty
Just look back at the past
While other loves have come and gone
I know that ours will last

So let this crazy world go by
You can change it if you try
You can kiss your tears goodbye
I'll be here for you

(Instrumental)

If you doubt my honesty
Just look back at the past
While other loves have come and gone
I know that ours will last

So let this crazy world go by
You can change it if you try
You can kiss those tears goodbye
I'll be here for you
I'll be here for you

albert hammond - i'm a train

Look at me, I'm a train on a track
I'm a train, I'm a train, I'm a chucka train, yeah
Look at me, got a load on my back
I'm a train, I'm a train, I'm a chucka train, yeah

Look at me, I'm going somewhere
I'm a train, I'm a train, I'm a chucka train, yeah
Look at me, I'm going somewhere
I'm a train, I'm a train, I'm a chucka train, yeah

Been a hard day, yes, it has been a hard day
Yes, it has been a hard day, yes, it has
I'm a train, I'm a chucka train, I'm a chucka train
I'm a train, I'm a chucka train, chucka train, yeah

Look at me, I'm a train on a line
I'm a train, I'm a train, I'm a chucka train, yeah
Look at me for the very last time
I'm a train, I'm a train, I'm a chucka train, yeah

It's been a life that's long and hard
I'm a train, I'm a train, I'm a chucka train, yeah
I'm going down to the breaker's yard
I'm a train, I'm a train, I'm a chucka train, yeah

Been a hard day, yes, it has been a hard day
Yes, it has been a hard day, yes, it has
I'm a train, I'm a chucka train, I'm a chucka train
I'm a train, I'm a chucka train, chucka train, yeah

It's been a life that's long and hard
I'm a train, I'm a train, I'm a chucka train, yeah
Going down to the breaker's yard
I'm a train, I'm a train, I'm a chucka train, yeah

Been a hard day, yes, it has been a hard day
Yes, it has been a hard day, yes, it has
I'm a train, I'm a chucka train, I'm a chucka train
I'm a train, I'm a chucka train, I'm a chucka train
I'm a train, I'm a chucka train, I'm a chucka train
I'm a train, I'm a chucka train

I'm a train
I'm a train
I'm a, I'm a, I'm a train
I'm a train
I'm a train...

albert hammond - if you gotta break another heart

If you gotta break another heart
Then break it, come on and break it
If you gotta take that kind of chance
Then take it, go on and take it

Anything I say or do will make no difference
In the end youâ??ll go ahead and do what you really wanna do

If you gotta break another heart, then break it
If you gotta take that kind of chance
Then take it, you are free to take it
But donâ??t come runninâ?? back to me

If youâ??re gonna make another change
Then make it, go on and make it
If youâ??re gonna do it, do it now
Donâ??t leave it â??cause I canâ??t take it

Everybody knows that you were born a drifter
You were born a drifter, baby, youâ??ll never, never settle down

If you gotta break another heart, then break it
If you gotta take that kind of chance
Then take it, you are free to take it
But donâ??t come runninâ?? back to me

If you gotta play another tune, then play it
If you gotta say whatâ??s on your mind
Then say it, go ahead and say it
But donâ??t come runninâ?? back to me

Da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da, then break it
Da-da-da-da-da-da another chance
Then take it, you are free to take it
But donâ??t come runninâ?? back to me

If you gotta play another tune...

albert hammond - it never rains in southern california

Got on board a westbound seven-forty-seven
Didn't think before deciding what to do
All that talk of opportunities
TV breaks and movies
Rang true, sure rang true

Seems it never rains in Southern California
Seems I've often heard that kind of talk before
It never rains in California
But, girl, don't they warn you
It pours, man, it pours

Out of work, I'm out of my head
Out of self-respect, I'm out of bread
I'm underloved, I'm underfed
I want to go home

It never rains in California
But, girl, don't they warn you
It pours, man, it pours

Will you tell the folks back home I nearly made it
I had offers but don't know which one to take
Please, don't tell them how you found me
Don't tell them how you found me
Give me a break, give me a break

Seems it never rains in Southern California
Seems I've often heard that kind of talk before
It never rains in California
But, girl, don't they warn ya
It pours, man, it pours

Seems it never rains in Southern California
Seems I've often heard that kind of talk before
It never rains in California
But, girl, don't they warn ya
It pours, man...)

albert hammond - listen to the world

Listen to the world, the world, the world
Listen to the people cry
Listen to the world, the world, the world
Do you ever wonder why
We don't see eye to eye?

English doesn't flow enough
Chinese isn't slow enough
Russian we don't know enough
To tell them how we feel

All those preachers tellin' you
You're religious, good for you
Perfect for the whole world too
If they know what's good for them

Oh, listen to the world, the world, the world
Listen to the people cry
Listen to the world, the world, the world
Do you ever wonder why
We don't see eye to eye?

Did you ever listen to the TV ad-man's spiel?
Love is just another way to make another deal

Don't you feel a bit ashamed
For the politician's game?
Yet we signed beside his name
And put him where he is

Oh, listen to the world, the world, the world
Listen to the people cry
Listen to the world, the world, the world
Do you ever wonder why
We don't see eye to eye?

The voice of the people should echo far and wide
Instead of keeping what they feel bottled up inside

Let the people have their say
Tomorrow isn't far away
It should be better than today
If we raise our voices

Oh, listen to the world, the world, the world
Listen to the people cry
Listen to the world, the world, the world
Did you ever wonder why
We don't see eye to eye?

Listen to the world, the world, the world
Listen to the people cry
Listen to the world, the world, the world
Did you ever wonder why
You don't see eye to eye?

Listen to the world, the world, the world
Listen to the people cry
Oh, listen to the world, the world, the world
Did you ever wonder why
You don't see eye to eye?

Listen to the world, the world, the world
Listen to the people cry...

albert hammond - the air that i breathe

If I could make a wish, I think I'd pass
Can't think of anything I need
No cigarettes, no sleep, no light, no sound
Nothing to eat, no books to read

Making love with you has left me peaceful, warm and tired
What more could I ask? There's nothing left to be desired

Peace came upon me, and it leaves me weak
Sleep, silent angel, go to sleep

Sometimes all I need is the air that I breathe and to love you
All I need is the air that I breathe just to love you
All I need is the air that I breathe

Peace came upon me, and it leaves me weak
So sleep, silent angel, go to sleep

Sometimes all I need is the air that I breathe and to love you
All I need is the air that I breathe just to love you
All I need is the air that I breathe

Sometimes all I need is the air that I breathe and to love you
All I need is the air that I breathe just to love you
All I need is the air that I breathe

Sometimes all I need is the air that I breathe just to love you
All I need is the air that I breathe just to love you
All I need...

albert hammond - the centre of the universe

I'm at the centre of the universe
I'm gonna hide here 'til the danger's passed
Don't know why I'm here
Why I live in fear

I'm at the centre of a hurricane
Feel like a desert in the pouring rain
Don't know why I'm here
Why I live in fear

Got my hand on the tiller
Got a grip on the wheel
But my vision is failing
And my hands cannot feel
And the black night is falling
And the children are lost
And the voices are calling
"At what price, what cost
At what price, what cost?"

I'm like a dancer with a ball and chain
I'm like a painting in a broken frame
Don't know why I'm here
Why I live in fear

I'm like a child who doesn't understand
A broken promise in a wonderland
Don't know why I'm here
Why I live in fear

Got my hand on the tiller
Got a grip on the wheel
But my vision is failing
And my hands cannot feel
And the black night is falling
And the children are lost
And the voices are calling
"At what price, what cost
At what price, what cost?"

(Instrumental)

I don't know why I'm here
Why I live in fear

Got my hand on the tiller
Got a grip on the wheel
But my vision is failing
And my hands cannot feel
And the black night is falling
And the children are lost
And the voices are calling
"At what price, what cost
At what price, what cost
At what price, what cost
At what price, what cost?"

albert hammond - the free electric band

My father is a doctor he's a family man
my mother works for charity whenever she can
and they're both good clean americans who abide by the law
and they both stick up for liberty and they both support the war
my happiness was paid for when they laid their money down
for summers in a summer camp and winters in the town
my future in the system was talked about and planned
but I gave it up for music and The Free Electric Band

I went to school in handwashed shirts with neatly ordered hair
and the school was big and newly built and filled with light and air
and the teachers taught us values that we had to learn to keep
and they'd clip the ear of any idle kid who went to sleep
my father organised for me a college in the east
but I went to California the sunshine and the beach
my parents and my lecturers could never understand
why I gave it up for music and The Free Electric Band

well they used to sit and speculate upon their son's career
a lawyer or a doctor or a civil engineer
just give me bread and water put a guitar in my hand
cos all i need is music and The Free Electric Band

my father sent me money and I spent it very fast
on a girl I met in Berkeley in a social science class
yes and we learnt about her body but her mind we didn't know
until deep rooted attitudes and morals began to show
she wanted to get married even though she never said
but I knew her well enough by now to see inside her head
she'd settle for suburbia and a little patch of land
so I gave her up for music and The Free Electric Band

ooh....The Free Electric Band....

albert hammond - this side of midnight

No more sorrow, no more pain
No more tears and no more blame
I left my troubles in the past
I saw "me" through the looking glass

Only laughter, only joy
Just like when I was a boy
All my innocence shines through
When I'm lying here with you

This side of midnight
This side of my life
No longer uptight
I see it clear

This side of midnight
Under the moonlight
The feeling's so right
Now that you're here

Everyone said I was lost
I was shipwrecked, I was tossed
I found the strength of love in you
You were the one who pulled me through

This side of midnight
This side of my life
No longer uptight
I see it clear

This side of midnight
Under the moonlight
The feeling's so right
Now that you're here
Now that you're here

(Instrumental)

I found the strength of love in you
You were the one who pulled me through

This side of midnight
This side of my life
No longer uptight
I see it clear

This side of midnight
Under the moonlight
The feeling's so right
Now that you're here
Now that you're here

albert hammond - when i'm gone

When I'm gone
will you take good care of everything?
Will you keep wearing your wedding ring? When I'm gone.
And when I'm gone
will you take out all the photographs

Maybe spend a moment in the past? When I'm gone.
Will you miss me in the night?
Will your arms reach out to hold me tight

And keep me in your dreams
in your heart
in your life?
Sometimes I'll wanna run to you like lovers do

When love is new and just for a moment be close to you

Pretending I'm still holding you.
And even when I'm far away the dreams will stay.
And someday
after we've both chased our fantasies

Love will bring you back to me.
When I'm gone
I'll be thinking about you constantly

'Cause you're locked inside my memory from now on.
And I know that we said we needed time apart

But your love keeps pulling at my heart
pulling strong.
Will you miss me in the night?
Will your arms reach out to hold me tight

And keep me in your dreams
in your heart
in your life?
Sometimes I'll wanna run to you like lovers do . . .
Sometimes I'll wanna run to you like lovers do . . .
Sometimes I'll wanna run to you like lovers do .

albert hammond - i'm a train

Look at me, I'm a train on a track
I'm a train, I'm a train, I'm a chucka train, yeah
Look at me, got a load on my back
I'm a train, I'm a train, I'm a chucka train, yeah

Look at me, I'm going somewhere
I'm a train, I'm a train, I'm a chucka train, yeah
Look at me, I'm going somewhere
I'm a train, I'm a train, I'm a chucka train, yeah

Been a hard day, yes, it has been a hard day
Yes, it has been a hard day, yes, it has
I'm a train, I'm a chucka train, I'm a chucka train
I'm a train, I'm a chucka train, chucka train, yeah

Look at me, I'm a train on a line
I'm a train, I'm a train, I'm a chucka train, yeah
Look at me for the very last time
I'm a train, I'm a train, I'm a chucka train, yeah

It's been a life that's long and hard
I'm a train, I'm a train, I'm a chucka train, yeah
I'm going down to the breaker's yard
I'm a train, I'm a train, I'm a chucka train, yeah

Been a hard day, yes, it has been a hard day
Yes, it has been a hard day, yes, it has
I'm a train, I'm a chucka train, I'm a chucka train
I'm a train, I'm a chucka train, chucka train, yeah

It's been a life that's long and hard
I'm a train, I'm a train, I'm a chucka train, yeah
Going down to the breaker's yard
I'm a train, I'm a train, I'm a chucka train, yeah

Been a hard day, yes, it has been a hard day
Yes, it has been a hard day, yes, it has
I'm a train, I'm a chucka train, I'm a chucka train
I'm a train, I'm a chucka train, I'm a chucka train
I'm a train, I'm a chucka train, I'm a chucka train
I'm a train, I'm a chucka train

I'm a train
I'm a train
I'm a, I'm a, I'm a train
I'm a train
I'm a train...

albert hammond - when i'm gone

When I'm gone
will you take good care of everything?
Will you keep wearing your wedding ring? When I'm gone.
And when I'm gone
will you take out all the photographs

Maybe spend a moment in the past? When I'm gone.
Will you miss me in the night?
Will your arms reach out to hold me tight

And keep me in your dreams
in your heart
in your life?
Sometimes I'll wanna run to you like lovers do

When love is new and just for a moment be close to you

Pretending I'm still holding you.
And even when I'm far away the dreams will stay.
And someday
after we've both chased our fantasies

Love will bring you back to me.
When I'm gone
I'll be thinking about you constantly

'Cause you're locked inside my memory from now on.
And I know that we said we needed time apart

But your love keeps pulling at my heart
pulling strong.
Will you miss me in the night?
Will your arms reach out to hold me tight

And keep me in your dreams
in your heart
in your life?
Sometimes I'll wanna run to you like lovers do . . .
Sometimes I'll wanna run to you like lovers do . . .
Sometimes I'll wanna run to you like lovers do .

albert hammond