Self Control
Album - 1984 - Debaser id 55199

(Bruce Roberts)

You can break away or you can stay
You choose your life
You're free to fly
Go on and fly
Go on and fly

She had it in her all the time
To get away and try to find
Somewhere to go, to run
She saw the world through open eyes
And never let a soul inside
Don't come too close, so close
Baby thinks she's smart, but what about her heart?

Like a wild bird of prey, like a thief in the night
You can take what you want and you don't think twice
'Cause the world's in your hands you got all you want
And you won't change a thing, you're the lucky one
Oh, the lucky one
Oh, the lucky one

Her soul was strong, her heart was tough
And when she felt she had enough
She tore herself away
Love in the dark is all you see
Get what you want, not what you need
You look the other way
Never letting on what it's all become

Like a wild bird of prey, like a thief in the night
You can take what you want and you don't think twice
'Cause the world's in your hands and you've got all you want
And you won't change a thing, you're the lucky one
Oh, the lucky one
Oh, the lucky one

Life is a dream, the lucky one, the lucky one, the lucky one
Oh, life is a dream, the lucky one
Life is a dream, the lucky one, the lucky one

Baby thinks she's smart, but what about her heart?

Like a wild bird of prey, like a thief in the night
You can take what you want and you don't think twice
'cos the world's in your hands and you've got all you want
And you won't change a thing, you're the lucky one
Oh, the lucky one...

Oh, the night is my world
City light painted girl
In the day nothing matters
It's the night time that flatters
In the night, no control
Through the wall something's breaking
Wearing white as you're walkin'
Down the street of my soul

You take my self, you take my self control
You got me livin' only for the night
Before the morning comes, the story's told
You take my self, you take my self control

Another night, another day goes by
I never stop myself to wonder why
You help me to forget to play my role
You take my self, you take my self control

I, I live among the creatures of the night
I haven't got the will to try and fight
Against a new tomorrow, so I guess I'll just believe it
That tomorrow never comes

A safe night, I'm living in the forest of my dream
I know the night is not as it would seem
I must believe in something, so I'll make myself believe it
That this night will never go

Oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh
Oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh

Oh, the night is my world
City light painted girl
In the day nothing matters
It's the night time that flatters

I, I live among the creatures of the night
I haven't got the will to try and fight
Against a new tomorrow, so I guess I'll just believe it
That tomorrow never knows

A safe night, I'm living in the forest of a dream
I know the night is not as it would seem
I must believe in something, so I'll make myself believe it
That this night will never go

Oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh
You take my self, you take my self control
You take my self, you take my self control
You take my self, you take my self control ...

Ti amo
God how I love you so
My heart just won't let go
Day after day I'm still holdin' on
Even though you're gone

Ti amo
Wasn't I good to you?
I did all that I could do
To make you want to be here with me
I thought you loved me
I can't believe you could just turn and leave
Did it so easily
You pulled my world out from under me
Look what you've done to me
How could you end it this way
After the love that we made?
God, how I wish you had stayed
Can't you see that I just want you back?

Ti amo
I never had a clue that I was losin' you
You never once let me know you were lettin' me go
Oh, I guess it was there in your eyes
Guess it was there in your sighs
Guess it was there in your lies
I was blind then
Couldn't face the end

Ti amo
Thought we'd go on and on
Thought we had something strong
You pulled my world out from under me
Look what you've done to me
How could you end it this way
After the love that we made?
God, how I wish you had stayed
Can't you see that I just want you back?

Ti amo
God how I love you so
My heart just won't let go
Day after day I'm still holdin' on
Even though you're gone
Guess it was there in your eyes
Guess it was there in your sighs
Guess it was there in your lies
I was blind then
Couldn't face the end

Ti amo
Thought we'd go on and on
Thought we had something strong
You pulled my world out from under me
Look what you've done to me
How could you end it this way
After the love that we made?
God, how I wish you had stayed
Can't you see that I just want you back?

Ti amo
wasn't I good to you?
Did all that I could do
To make you want to be here with me
I thought you loved me
I can't believe you could just turn and leave
Did it so easily
You pulled my world out from under me
Look what you've done to me

Ti amo
God how I love you so
My heart just won't let go
Day after day I'm still holdin' on
Even though you're gone ... [fade out]

(Bernd Dietrich/Gerd Grabowski/Engelbert Simons/Marc Spiro/Diane Warren)

Don't know what you're doin'
But you're doin' somethin' I think I like
Not sure what I'm feelin'
But it feels like somethin' so right
The sound of your sigh
The touch of your skin
Is takin' me places I've never been
I wanna go there again and again

'Cause you give me
Satisfaction
When you're touchin' me
You start a chain reaction deep inside of me
Satisfaction
I just never knew that I could feel this way
Oh babe, I love you

Holdin' you close now
I keep thinkin' of times before
When nothin' was good enough
I was always left wantin' more
You took my world, turned it around
I know you won't be lettin' me down
'Cause baby, you showed me that love could be found
When you gave me

Satisfaction
When you're touchin' me
You start a chain reaction deep inside of me
Satisfaction
I just never knew that I could feel this way
Oh babe, I love you

(Diane Warren & The Doctor)

We have to take our chances we have to keep it down
We have to steal our kisses when nobody's around
We have to hide the tenderness inside
To make love on the sly
You say it's for the better
We have to speak in riddles to cloak the things we say
We have to watch our whispers not to give ourselves away
We have to run in shadows in the dark
We have to stand apart when they see us together

So we're livin' like silent partners
Sneakin' like thieves in the night
Can't let it show, gotta keep it low, so no one knows
We're silent partners
Never come to the light

It'll never be right whatever we do
You need me too much and I'm just not givin' up on you
We have to keep the secret burnin' on our lips
We'd both be hurting someone if they caught us here like this
We have to bear this burden that we share
Knowin' our affair just can't go on forever

And we're livin' like silent partners
Sneakin' like thieves in the night
Can't let it show, gotta keep it low, so no one knows
We're silent partners
Never come to the light

It'll never be right whatever we do
You need me too much and I'm just not givin' up on you
Silent partners
I can't let it show, we gotta keep it low, so no one knows
We're silent partners
Are we ever gonna come to the light?
It'll never be right, whatever we do
You need me too much and I'm just not givin' up
Silent partners
Sneakin' like thieves in the night
Can't let it show, gotta keep it low, so no one knows
We're silent partners
Are we ever gonna come to the light?
Can't let it show, gotta keep it low, so no one knows
We're silent partners
Sneakin' like thieves in the night