I can hear them crying
Tears of all mankind
Oh children on the sidewalk
Oh before their time
There seems to be injustice
So many people live in poverty
A lack of dedication
Oh it’s like a mountain on the streets
Oh I just can’t turn away
I just can’t turn away [x2]
A sense of desperation
Tears like a dove
Said I thought we had religion
Why isn’t that enough
The sense of mass destruction
Always had to [?]
Starvation in the third world
This isn’t how it’s meant to be
Oh I just can’t turn away
I just can’t turn away [x2]
A sense of desperation
Tears like a dove
Said I thought we had religion
Why isn’t that enough
The sense of mass destruction
Always had to [?]
Starvation in the third world
This isn’t how it’s meant to be
Now it’s criminal when you come to think about the world we’re living always on the brink
Like a time bomb we can still escape
Make a first move it’s not too late
Politicians made this mess so let’s clean it out, take a world of stress
For the sake of children, you know what I mean
Everybody’s got a right to dream [x2]
It’s like an ocean
Ooh you gotta catch the wave
Try your best to beat the system
Oh before you hit for real
Smoke spasm from the oil wells
And I can’t see the sun from where I am
There’s a breakdown in the ozone
This couldn’t be a part of nature’s plan
Oh I just can’t turn away
I just can’t turn away [x2]
A sense of desperation
Tears like a dove
Said I thought we had religion
Why isn’t that enough
The sense of mass destruction
Always had to [?]
Starvation in the third world
This isn’t how it’s meant to be
We’ve both been waiting, waiting so long
Girl, in every conversation the same old song
But for all the reasons in this world
Got a secret baby, we still got the time
There’s no sense in making promises
Promises that we just can’t keep
There’s no sense in all these promises
Promises that we just can’t keep, yeah
I close my eyes and I feel the pain
It’s so plain to see girl, you’re hurting just like me
Girl it takes two to make this love go round
And this love so full of ups and downs
There’s no sense in making promises
Promises that we just can’t keep
There’s no sense in all these promises
Promises that we just can’t keep, yeah [x2]
Makes no sense, makes no sens
But for all the reasons in this world
We gotta take it baby, one step at a time, yeah
There’s no sense in making promises
Promises that we just can’t keep
There’s no sense in all these promises
Promises that we just can’t keep, yeah
Makes no sense, makes no sense, makes no sense
One more try, makes no sense
I just wanna know
Say I gotta know what you feel for me baby
Listen
Too many nights I stay wondering about this love
I can’t help thinking [?] I’m dreaming of
This feeling takes me over, just won’t let me be
Ask myself a simple question, what’s in store for me
I just wanna know you feel for me still
I say you trig for me baby
Only wanna know you feel for me still oh yeah
Seems I’m sinking clutching at every dream
Oh I’m praying things get better than the way they seem
Though I convince myself that this love is on the run
I question your devotion it used to be more than fun
What can I do to keep this love alive
I’m doing my best to keep you satisfied
I just wanna know you feel for me still
I say you trig for me baby
Only wanna know you feel for me still oh yeah [x2]
Seems I’m sinking clutching at every dream
Oh I’m praying things get better than the way it seems
Though I convince myself this love is on the run
I needed more devotion cause it seems I’m getting none
So what must I do to keep this love alive
I’m doing my best to keep you satisfied
I just wanna know you feel for me still
I say you trig for me baby
Only wanna know you feel for me still oh yeah
I can’t believe the way, that I’m feeling
I can’t cool down this fire inside
Sometimes I try to explain to myself
But it just keeps on blowing my mind
There’s no place that I rather be then with you
No better way to spend my time
So much I wanna give, so much I wanna say
Now I’m convinced you’re all I need
That’s why I say
You make my day, oh yeah
You make my sun shine in the rain
Girl you make my day, oh yeah
Say you bring me joy, when there was rain
I like the way you feel, when you need me
I love the way you turn me on
I’m gonna love you till you can’t take no more
Girl, I can’t wait to push my key in your door
There’s no doubt that you changed me
And I never knew, it could be this way
There’s so much I wanna give, so much I wanna say
Now I’m convinced you’re all I need
That’s why I say
You make my day, oh yeah
You make my sun shine in the rain
Girl you make my day, oh yeah
Say you bring me joy, when there was rain
There’s no place I’d rather be then with you
No better way to spend my time
So much I wanna give, so much I wanna say
‘Cause I’m convinced you’re all I need
That’s what I gotta say
You make my day, oh yeah
You make my sun shine in the rain
Girl you make my day, oh yeah
Say you bring me joy, when there was rain
Ten to midnight, signed, sealed, delivered
Ten to midnight, your place or mine [x2]
Our eyes may fall when you came through the door
I knew right there and then
It was not a question whether or not
But simply a matter of when
And then you smiled for a while
I thought I loose my head
For while your lips said hello, your eyes said let’s go
Get wild instead
At ten to midnight,it better be signed, sealed, delivered
Ten to midnight, oh yeah your place or mine (high speed in time)
Was that poetry in motion, when you stepped into my space
An invitation to temptation written over your face
You were dressed in black with a low cut back
I just had to take my chance
And when you said yes to my request
I wanted more than just a dance
At ten to midnight, it’s gonna be signed, sealed, delivered
Ten to midnight, oh yeah your place or mine (high speed in time)
Oh yeah
Midnight rendezvous oh yeah
Ten to midnight, signed, sealed, delivered
Ten to midnight, your place or mine [x2]
Was that poetry in motion, when you stepped into my space
An invitation to temptation written over your face
You were dressed in black with a low cut back
I just had to take my chance
And when you said yes to my request
I wanted more than just a dance
At ten to midnight, it’s gonna be signed, sealed, delivered
Ten to midnight, oh yeah your place or mine (high speed in time)
The more you get it, the more you want it [x2]
I gotta get it, gotta get it
They keep talking talking
And they keep hurting hurting
Listen
I don’t care just what people wanna say
It’s my prerogative and I do it anyway
Mouth were meant for talking, eyes were meant to see
Why are people always watching you and me
Careless whispers, they can talking if they want
Careless whispers, wickedness and gruesome
Careless whispers, they can talking if they want
Careless whispers are just wickedness and gruesome
They can love me, oh yeah
Oh the devil always seems to find a willing live for two
Humble lives? and dangerous his evil works to do
They’re the happiest when they’re causing trouble, wrecking in anothers life
Words like that are stabbing me, another home will loose some sleep
Careless whispers, talking talking
Careless whispers, wickedness and gruesome
They keep talking, talking, hurting people
They keep talking, talking, flirting evil
And if I had my own away
I put a stop to it today
I lock them in a box and throw away the key
For all the hurt they caused on me, you and me, you and me, oh yeah
Careless whispers, they can talking if they want
Careless whispers, wickedness and gruesome
Careless whispers, they can talking if they want
Careless whispers are just wickedness and gruesome
Careless whispers, they can talking if they want
Careless whispers, wickedness and gruesome
Careless whispers, they can talking if they want
Careless whispers are just wickedness and gruesome
They can’t hurt me, oh no no no, talking, talking
Careless whispers, careless whispers, talking if they want
I don’t care
Oh oh oh yeah, mmm oh oh yeah
Cool sublime together lemon and lime
Your kiss is from heaven, like rain on my skin
I win you, I loose you and I want you still
Our moments together are stolen from time
And it’s gone when I leave you, but this moments is
So sublime
Cool sublime
I want forever the whole of your love
And heaven above
You please me you tease me
And you never decide
And it’s all like a stranger, but your love don’t lie
Shivering you baby, but break on the tide
On the waves of emotion, till I blow your mind
Sublime oh oh oh sublime yeah mmm
Your kiss is from heaven like rain on my skin
I win you I loose you and I want you still
Shivering you baby, but break on the tide
On the waves of emotion, till I blow your mind
Sublime sublime sublime oh oh oh oh
I blow your mind of I blow your mind mmm
Sublime sublime
So hard to hear the smallest voice
That’s fighting to be heard above the noise of days
Hard to believe and trusting star
That’s shining on us from so far, so far away
And then you take my heart
And I surrender to your sweet care
To love with pride inside
Gives us this sweetness we’re sharing
Amazed are we who see, oh, yeah
This love is deeper than the ocean
And who could know, we’d grow
Shining and stronger with devotion
With everyday that’s passing we can
Feel and believe we’re asking
For dreams we can touch, oh, yeah
And every time I look at you
I start to believe that dreams come true
We’ve learned so much
And as you take my heart
And I surrender to your sweet care
To love with pride inside
Gives us this sweetness
We’re sharing, oh, yeah
Amazed are we who see, oh, yeah
This love is deeper than the ocean
And who could know, we’d grow
Shining and stronger with devotion
With everyday I feel the magic’s growing
Our love is like a river warm and flowing
And every morning when I wake beside you
I do believe in love so trusting and so true, Oh, yeah
To love with pride inside
Give us this sweetness we’re sharing
Amazed are we who see, oh, yeah
This love is deeper than the ocean
And who could know, we’d grow
Shining and stronger with devotion
Amazed are we, amazed are we
This love is deeper than the ocean
And who could know, we’d grow, oh, yeah
Shining and stronger with devotion
Dododo dobedodododododododo dododo oh yeah
For quite some time I been trying my very best
Hope to get real close to you
It seems my best efforts had no real effect
And there’s no way that I can get through to you
So my intentions are strictly honorable
Throughout the years that I’ve known you
Hoping within your heart you’ll be there, willing and able
See I want you and this time I gotta get you
Hard to get, is there something that I’m doing wrong
Hard to get, oh yeah is that the game you’re playing
Hard to get, oh girl won’t you stop for wasting time
Hard to get, oh yeah can’t you see I wanna make you mine
See I’ve been trying so many ways to win your attention
But it seems I can’t please you
Though within your eyes I can see true affection
Your body language can’t lie to me
My devotion is strongest on the level
My direction leads only to you
So deep within me only you seem able
To give me love I could never forget
Hard to get, surely I’m not mistaken
Hard to get, my love is true and that’s for sure
Hard to get, won’t you stop playing games with my affection
Hard to get, this love I’m offering is all for you
Oh oh yeah oh yeah
You’re trying to make me feel my chances are weaker
‘Cause every day you’re playing hide and seak
And I’m sending messages to you right around the clock
I’m still waiting, say you never answer back
Hard to get, surely I’m not mistaken
Hard to get, my love is true and that’s for sure
Hard to get, won’t you stop playing games with my affection
Hard to get, this love I’m offering is all for you
Oh oh yeah oh yeah
See I’ve been trying so many ways to win your attention
But it seems I can’t please you
Though within your eyes I can see true affection
Your body language can’t lie to me
My devotion is strongest on the level
My direction leads only to you
So deep within me only you seem able
To give me love I could never forget
Hard to get, surely I’m not mistaken
Hard to get, my love is true and that’s for sure
Hard to get, won’t you stop playing games with my affection
Hard to get, this love I’m offering is all for you
Oh oh yeah oh yeah
You’re trying to make me feel my chances are weaker
‘Cause every day you’re playing hide and seek
And I’m sending messages to you right around the clock
I’m still waiting, say you never answer back
Hard to get, surely I’m not mistaken
Hard to get, my love is true and that’s for sure
Hard to get, won’t you stop playing games with my affection
Hard to get, this love I’m offering is all for you
Oh oh yeah oh yeah
I can see you want it
Makes no sense you’re hiding
Oh oh oh yeah yeah
Maxi Priest always sings with conviction and makes you believe his words. Great production by artists such as Sly Dunbar. The album gives an amazing feeling, sometimes joyful and other times blue, but always fe real.
This album is reflective of the mix of dance, reggae, r&b and pop that Maxi came to be known for and it is reflective of the times as well.