Sailin’ away on the crest of a wave
It’s like magic
Rollin’ and ridin’ and slippin’ & slidin’
It’s magic
CHORUS
And you, and your sweet desire,
You took me, higher and higher
It’s a livin’ thing,
It’s a terrible thing to lose
It’s a given thing
What a terrible thing to lose.
Making believe this is what you’ve conceived
From your worst day,
Moving in line when you look back in time
To your first day
CHORUS — repeat
Takin’ a dive ‘cos you can’t halt the slide
Floating downstream,
So let her go don’t start spoiling the show
It’s a bad dream
CHORUS — repeat
Why do I say, dont walk away
Youll be the way you were before, when you dont want me anymore
Dont turn around, dont ever leave, a lonely room where empty days
Are gathering to meet me when youre gone, gone
How in the world will I go on
(dont walk away) all you gotta do is stay
(dont walk away) all you gotta do is stay (dont walk away)
Chorus:
Dont walk away (dont walk away), dont say goodbye (dont say goodbye)
Dont turn around (dont turn around), dont let it die (dont let it die)
When shadows fall (when shadows fall), when day is done (when day is done)
All through the night (all through the night), all of my life (all of my life)
Dont walk away
Is it a dream, when will it end
When everything weve ever known has ended and Im all alone
Where will I go, where will I be, the feelings that Ive never shown
Maybe Ill find the answer when youre gone, gone
How in the world will I go on
(dont walk away) all you gotta do is stay
(dont walk away) all you gotta do is stay (dont walk away)
Chorus repeats 3x
Midnight, on the water,
I saw the ocean’s daughter,
Walking on the wave’s chicane,
Staring as she called my name.
CHORUS
And I can’t get it out of my head,
No, I can’t get it out of my head.
Now my old world is gone for dead
‘Cause I can’t get it out of my head.
Breakdown, on the shoreline,
Can’t move, it’s an ebbtide,
Morning don’t get here tonight,
Searching for her silver light.
CHORUS
Bank job, in the city,
Robin Hood and William Tell and
Ivanhoe and Lancelot,
They don’t envy me,
Sitting ’til the sun goes down,
In dreams the world keeps going
round and round.
CHORUS x 2
