SPICE GIRLS MUSIC
MGMVE

*SCREAM IF YOU WANNA GO FASTER*

Megjelenés 2001. Május 14.
Felvételek 2000 Május - 2001 Január
Műfaj Pop, Dance-pop, Pop rock
Hossz 46:55
Kiadó EMI
Írók Geri Halliwell, Rick Nowels, Gregg Alexander, Peter-John Vettese, Tracy Ackerman, Andy Watkins, Paul Wilson, Jörgen Elofsson, Stephen Lipson
Producerek Gregg Alexander, Rick Nowels, Stephen Lipson, Absolute
Eladás $ 1,500,000
UK Helyezés # 05
Kislemezek az albumról It's Raining Men, Scream If You Wanna Go Faster, Calling

A brit énekesnő, Geri Halliwell második stúdióalbuma, amely 2001. május 14-én jelent meg az EMI Records gondozásában. Két évvel korábban megjelent, debütáló szólóalbuma, a Schizophonic kereskedelmi sikerét követően az énekesnő elkezdte a folytatáson dolgozni olyan producerekkel, mint Gregg Alexander, Rick Nowels, Stephen Lipson, valamint korábbi munkatársaival, az Absolute duóval. Az album grafikáját, amely Halliwellt görkorcsolyán ábrázolja, amint egy autó hátuljába kapaszkodik, a közlekedésbiztonsági szervezetek bírálták, mondván, hogy az énekesnő rossz példát mutat a gyerekeknek.
A Scream If Wanna Go Faster általánosságban negatív kritikákat kapott a zenekritikusoktól, akik az album produkcióját és dalszövegeit, valamint Halliwell hangterjedelmét kritizálták. Kereskedelmi szempontból mérsékelt sikert aratott, Görögországban, Olaszországban és az Egyesült Királyságban a top 10-be került, miközben a Brit Fonográfiai Ipar (BPI) aranylemez minősítést kapott, és az utóbbi régióban a 2001-es év 127. legkelendőbb albuma lett.
A Scream If You Wanna Go Faster népszerűsítése érdekében Halliwell kiterjedt turnéra indult az Egyesült Királyságban és Európában, olyan televíziós műsorokban lépett fel, mint a Top of the Pops, és fesztiválokon, mint a Party in the Park és a Popkomm. Az albumról három kislemez is készült. A vezető kislemez, az "It's Raining Men" a 2001-es Bridget Jones naplója című film filmzenéjének vezető kislemezeként is szerepelt, és sikeres volt, elérve az első helyet a brit kislemezlistán. A következő kislemezek – a címadó dal és a "Calling" – a nyolcadik, illetve a hetedik helyen álltak az Egyesült Királyságban.

HÁTTÉR

1999-ben, miután elhagyta a Spice Girlst, Halliwell kiadta debütáló szólóalbumát, a Schizophonicot. Három kislemeze – a "Mi Chico Latino", a "Lift Me Up" és a "Bag It Up" – az első helyet érte el a brit kislemezlistán. Maga az album is sikeres volt, dupla platinalemez minősítést kapott a Brit Phonographic Industry (BPI), és aranylemez minősítést az Amerikai Recording Industry Association (RIAA) részéről. 2000-ben kezdett el dolgozni második albumán, együttműködve az Absolute produkciós csapattal, akik az előző albumát is készítették, valamint olyan új producerekkel, mint Gregg Alexander, Rick Nowels és Stephen Lipson. Alexanderrel Los Angelesben dolgoztak együtt.[3] Halliwell „ijesztő élményként” jellemezte a Nowels-szel végzett munkát, és így magyarázta: „Soha nem találkoztam senkivel, aki még jobban tolakodó lett volna a stúdióban a dolgok elkészítésével kapcsolatban, mint én, de Rick nagyon céltudatos volt, és nagyon keményen megdolgoztatott. A munkanap tízkor kezdődött, és addig tartott, amíg elégedett nem lett, még akkor is, ha az hajnali egy vagy kettő volt. A dalszerzési módszere egyszerű volt. Leültetett egy székre a stúdiójában, és csak annyit mondott, hogy énekeljek. Az általam kitalált szavakat és dallamokat használta fel egy dal megírásához. Még mindig nagyon bizonytalan voltam a tehetségemben, de Rick írásmódja a határaimig feszegette a határaimat. Keményen elsajátította a feladatokat, de mindig hálás leszek neki, ahogy haladt a munka. Nagyszerű barátok lettünk. Nagyon kimerítő volt”.
Halliwell azt mondta, hogy a Scream If You Wanna Go Faster különbözik az előző albumától, mert "sokkal kreatívabb utat választott, minden részletet feltártam. Ezen az albumon kezdtem rájönni, hogy hiteles művész vagyok, képes dalokat írni, és azt jól is csinálni. Az albumot úgy is jellemezte, mint "élénk és színes, de mélyebb jelentés rejlik alatta, ha törődsz vele és úgy döntesz, hogy keresed. Van, ami mély, mint egy pocsolya, van, ami feneketlen gödör, mint egy kút". Az énekesnő kijelentette, hogy szerinte az album jobb, mint az előző.

KRITIKA

A Scream If You Wanna Go Faster általánosságban negatív kritikákat kapott a zenei újságíróktól. Ian Sturgess a Daily Mirrortól megjegyezte, hogy Halliwell „mindent megtett, hogy egy olyan lemezt készítsen, amely pimasz, tiszteletlen és tele van mocskos hozzáállással, de ami végül messze eltér a valóságtól”. Lisa Oliver a Dotmusic-tól vegyes kritikákat adott az albumról, miközben azt mondta, hogy a Scream If You Wanna Go Faster „soha nem lesz egy olyan korszakalkotó album, amely megváltoztatja az életedet, és amelyhez újra és újra visszatérhetsz. De ez egy olyan album, amelyre boldogan lehet dübörögni és énekelni teli torokból egy részeges estén. Nem igazán kívánhatnál többet egy popalbumtól ennél”. Jose F. Promis az AllMusic-tól pozitívabban nyilatkozott, megjegyezve, hogy néhány unalmas pillanat ellenére az album „sokszínű, felemelő és végig szórakoztató – csak a legkeményebb és legcinikusabb hallgató lenne képtelen találni egy dalt, amire rácsaphatna a lábával”. Christian Ward az NME-től tízből egy csillagot adott az albumnak, és megjegyezte, hogy a Scream If You Wanna Go Faster olyan hangzású, mintha „Crisis Spice visszatérne egy olyan popklímába, amelyet a 'Schizophonic' után uralnia kellett volna”. Ward az album dalszövegét is kritizálta. Az entertainment.ie weboldal szintén ötből egy csillagot adott az albumnak, miközben megjegyezte, hogy az album „egy teljes katasztrófa: Geri engedelmesen próbálkozik a rockkal, a reggae-vel, a diszkóval és a rappel, amelyek mind egyformán felszínesek, nem meggyőzőek és azonnal felejthetőek. Az énekhangja gyenge, a dalai sablonosak, az album egésze pedig egy unalmas, irritáló káosz”. Egy másik negatív kritika Caroline Sullivantől, a The Guardian újságtól érkezett, aki azt mondta, hogy még az „elgondolkodtató” pillanataiban is „elsüllyed a gyártósoros hangzása és Halliwell korlátozott hangterjedelme miatt”. A Birmingham Mail újságírója, Alison Jones az album dalait úgy jellemezte, mint amelyek „a jellegtelentől a nem is olyan rosszig terjedtek”, és megjegyezte, hogy „az album lenyűgöző benyomása, hogy az összes dalszöveget egy kis klisékből álló könyv segítségével írták, ami egy szerencsesüti tartalmának rezonanciáját és érzelmi mélységét adja nekik”. A Scream If You Wanna Go Faster később felkerült a Gigwise 2000-es évek legrosszabb albumainak listájára.

DALLISTA

01: SCREAM IF YOU WANNA GO FASTER - 3:38
Írók Geri Halliwell, Rick Nowels
Producerek Rick Nowels
Kislemez megjelenés 2001. Július 30.
Eladás $ 200,000
UK Helyezés # 08

02: SHAKE YOUR BOOTIE CUTIE - 4:02
Írók Geri Halliwell, Gregg Alexander, Rick Nowels
Producerek Gregg Alexander, Rick Nowels

03: CALLING - 4:25
Írók Geri Halliwell, Peter-John Vettese
Producerek Stephen Lipson
Kislemez megjelenés 2001. November 26.
Eladás $ 73,276
UK Helyezés # 07

04: FEELS LIKE SEX - 3:24
Írók Geri Halliwell, Tracy Ackerman, Andy Watkins, Paul Wilson
Producerek Absolute

05: CICLES ROUND THE MOON - 3:59
Írók Geri Halliwell, Tracy Ackerman, Andy Watkins, Paul Wilson
Producerek Absolute

06: LOVE OS THE ONLY LIGHT - 3:26
Írók Geri Halliwell, Jörgen Elofsson, Stephen Lipson
Producerek Stephen Lipson

07: STRENGHT OF A WOMAN - 4:03
Írók Geri Halliwell, Rick Nowels
Producerek Rick Nowels

08: DON'T CALL ME BABY - 3:42
Írók Geri Halliwell, Andy Watkins, Paul Wilson
Producerek Absolute

09: LOVEY DOVEY STUFF - 3:39
Írók Geri Halliwell, Tracy Ackerman, Andy Watkins, Paul Wilson
Producerek Absolute

10: IT'S RAINING MEN - 4:18
Írók Paul Jabara, Paul Shaffer
Producerek Stephen Lipson
Kislemez megjelenés 2001. Április 30.
Eladás $ 2,000,000
UK Helyezés # 001

11: HEAVEN AND HELL (BEING GERI HALLIWELL) - 3:31
Írók Geri Halliwell, Jörgen Elofsson, Stephen Lipson
Producerek Stephen Lipson

12: I WAS MADE THAT WAY - 4:47
Írók Geri Halliwell, Peter-John Vettese
Producerek Stephen Lipson, Peter-John Vettese

MÁS DALOK

BRAVE NEW WORLD - B-SIDE: IT'S RAINING MEN (2001)
NEW RELIGION - B-SIDE: SCREAM IF YOU WANNA GO FASTER (2001)
BREAKING GLASS - B-SIDE: SCREAM IF YOU WANNA GO FASTER (2001)
GETTING BETTER - B-SIDE: CALLING (2001)
DESTINY - B-SIDE: CALLING (2001)
AU NOM DE L'AMOUR

*KISLEMEZEK*

FEELS LIKE SEX Eredetileg ebből a dalból lett volna az első kislemez, álltólag már minden kész volt, hogy leforgassák a videót, mikor az utolsó pillanatban lecserélték It's Raining Men című dalra.

IT'S RAINING MEN Geri Halliwell brit énekesnő második szólóalbumának, a Scream if You Wanna Go Faster (2001) első kislemezeként. Emellett a 2001-es Bridget Jones naplója című film filmzenéjének nemzetközi vezető kislemezeként is szerepelt. A kislemez Halliwell negyedik egymást követő listavezető slágerévé vált a brit kislemezlistán, és a mai napig a legsikeresebb szóló kislemeze lett.
Halliwell így nyilatkozott: „Nagyon furcsa volt, mert már teljesen készen álltam az új albumomra. Megvolt a kislemez, készen volt a videoklip ötlete, aztán a film producerei azt mondták nekem: »Fel akarod venni az It's Raining Men-t a filmzenéhez?« Azt gondoltam, hogy szórakoztató lesz, és imádom a Bridget Jonest, mert mindkét könyvet olvastam, így nagyon gyorsan megcsináltam. Mindannyian imádták, és kislemezt akartak belőle, én pedig egyfajta ajándéknak tartottam, ezért kiadtam.”

SCREAM IF YOU WANNA GO FASTER Geri Halliwell brit énekesnő második, azonos című albumáról (2001) származó dala. 2001. július 30-án jelent meg az EMI Records gondozásában az album második kislemezeként. Halliwell és Rick Nowels írta Halliwell első, bulimia miatti felépülési találkozójának napján, és a dalt úgy jellemezte, mint "azok a dolgok, amiket tettem, hogy elkerüljem a mozdulatlanná válást és megbirkózzak a látszataimmal". Ez Halliwell eddigi legrockosabb dala, amelyet az előző nyáron a Led Zeppelin hallgatása ihletett, amire közeli barátja, Robbie Williams biztatására.
A dal pozitív kritikákat kapott a zenekritikusoktól, akik dicsérték az énekesnő új stílusát. Kereskedelmi szempontból a 8. helyet érte el a brit kislemezlistán, és bekerült a top 40-be Ausztráliában, Belgiumban (Flandria és Vallónia), Írországban és Olaszországban. A videoklipet Jim Canty és Jake-Sebastian Wynne rendezte.
Geri Halliwell a "Scream If You Wanna Go Faster" című dalt "messze a legrock'n'rollabb dalnak írta le, amit valaha felvettem", és az "adrenalinnal teli" érzést a Led Zeppelin hallgatása iránti újonnan felfedezett lelkesedésének tulajdonította, amire közeli barátja, Robbie Williams biztatására volt szüksége. A dalról bővebben is írt: "A szám az album egyik témáján alapul – a bennünk élő gyermeken és a kreatív, vidám emberen, akit gyakran kondicionálnak belőlünk. Én csak egy nagy gyerek vagyok a szívem mélyén".

CALLING Geri Halliwell brit énekesnő dala. Halliwell és Peter-John Vettese írta a második albumára, a Scream If You Wanna Go Fasterre (2001), a producer pedig Stephen Lipson volt. A dal az album harmadik és egyben utolsó kislemezeként jelent meg. Halliwell előző kislemezéhez, a "Scream If You Wanna Go Faster"-hez hasonlóan a "Calling" sikere is korlátozott volt. Bizonyos régiókban a dal francia változatban is megjelent "Calling (Au nom de l'amour)" címmel.
A "Calling"-ot Geri Halliwell írta Peter-John Vettese-vel közösen, míg a produceri munkát Stephen Lipson végezte. Halliwell a kedvenc dalának nevezte az albumon. Miután felvette a dal demó verzióját, odasietett az énekeshez és személyes barátjához, George Michaelhez Londonba, és lejátszotta neki. Megjegyezte, hogy Michael csak akkor dicsérné, ha valóban úgy gondolja, hogy megérdemli. Mivel "brutálisan őszinte" volt, és ezt nehéz volt elviselni, annyira magabiztos volt ebben a dalban, hogy hajlandó volt kockáztatni. Amikor a dal véget ért, azt mondta: "Tudod mit, Geri, ez nagyon jó". Halliwell szerint "George Michaeltől ez sokat jelent. Tényleg hittem, hogy van egy győztesem."

CIRCLES ROUND THE MOON Az utolsó kislemez Geri második szólóalbumáról, a Scream If You Wanna Go Faster-ről. A Calling megjelenése után azonban Geri inkább nem kockáztatta meg egy olyan kislemez kiadását, amely esetleg nem lesz sikeres. Geri azonban még az album megjelenésekor is előadta a dalt, és Almighty remixeket rendeltek meg. Egy 12 hüvelykes bakelitet adtak ki promóciósan a dal remixeinek népszerűsítésére. Ezeket a verziókat nagyon könnyű megtalálni az interneten. A remixek közül azonban csak egy vásárolható meg hivatalosan egy 2002-es Almighty válogatáson, amely ma ritka válogatás.

*DALSZÖVEGEK*

*SCREAM IF YOU WANNA GO FASTER*

Lonely hearts are welcome here
Take my hand, let's disappear
Serenity is almost here, oh, Lord (Oh-oh-oh)
Don't let life pass you by
Jump on in, get ready to fly

Leave behind the walk of shame
Take my hand, you're not to blame
Surrender to what you can't change, oh, God (Oh-oh-oh)
Don't let love pass you by
Let it in and don't ask why

Gimme some, gimme some gasoline
Tell me what you want, know what I mean
And scream if you wanna go faster, baby (Scream if you wanna go faster)
Scream if you wanna go faster (Scream if you wanna go faster)
Gimme some, gimme some sweet F.A
"Have a nice day", as americans say
And scream if you wanna go faster, baby (Scream if you wanna go faster)
Scream if you wanna go faster (Scream if you wanna go faster)
(Scream if you wanna go faster, faster)
(Scream if you wanna go faster, faster)
(Scream if you wanna go faster, faster)

*SHAKE YOUR BOOTIE CUTIE*

Shake your bootie cutie
Hello Daddy Baby, hello Sexy Mama's
(Hello is anybody there? Come on! Bring your bad-ass self down here
Get out of your head and into your body!)
Shake your bootie cutie
(I wanna see you do your thing, remember to cut me in)

You walk the walk, you talk the talk
We met by chance, shut up and dance
Conversation's fine, but I haven't got the time
Coffee and small talk is the last thing on my mind
We're doin' it baby, we're out here on the floor tonight, yeah
No worries baby, forget about the problems in your life

Shake your bootie cutie, you are dancing king (Uh huh, uh huh)
Sexy daddy babym you really make my thing sing
(Sexy mama, come on! shut your mouth, ow!)

I'm a girl who likes to be kissed
I'm a sentimental freak who just loves to get frisked
I'm not in the mood to analyze
It's the way that you shake it, not the shape or the size
We're doin' it baby, we're out here on the floor tonight, my love
No worries baby, forget about the problems in your life (Shake it cutie)

Shake your bootie cutie, you are dancing king (Uh huh, uh huh)
Sexy daddy babym you really make my thing sing (yeah)
Shake your bootie cutie, and show me you can dance (I'm Mr. Big, baby can you dig)
Sexy daddy baby, I wanna see you swing your pants (oh oh oh)

Shake your bootie cutie, you are dancing king (Uh huh, uh huh)
Sexy daddy babym you really make my thing sing (yeah) (You gotta, you gotta)
Shake your bootie cutie, and show me you can dance (I'm Mr. Big, baby can you dig)
Sexy daddy baby, I wanna see you swing your pants (oh oh oh)

Lizard man, I know you can, so don't you ever stop
Get out of the kitchen, and quit your bitchin' girl (Shake your bootie cutie)
So live your life shack as an act, yool cat flash gotta let you know
Your bootie's gotta get it, I believe in soul
I'm just a bad mother Daddy-O! (Shake your bootie cutie)
Lizard man, I know you can, so don't you ever stop (Shake your bootie cutie)
Get out of the kitchen, and quit your bitchin' girl
So live your life shack as an act, cool cat flash gotta let you know (Shake your bootie cutie)
Your bootie's gotta get it, I believe in soul
You're hurting me baby, I believe in soul (Shake your bootie cutie)
I ain't mad at ya, I believe in sould, work it, I believe in soul
Cos you're worth it, I believe in soul (Shake your bootie cutie)

*CALLING*

The sun is going down on me
As she surrenders to the sea
So steal the night and fly with me, I'm calling, I'm calling
The moon is high on me and you
Is my message breaking through
Darkened skies that once were blue, are falling (So hear me now)

Calling out your name
Burning on the flame
Playing the waiting game, in my calling, in my calling
(Forever and ever)

Through distant lands, through mountain streams
My river's running through your dreams
There's an ocean in between, forever and ever
Chasing shadows through the years
I whisper softly to my dear
Be sure to know that I am here, forever (So hear me now)

Calling out your name (A wish that could come true)
Burning on the flame (I'm reaching out to you)
Playing the waiting game, in my calling, in my calling
Whispers in the air (I dream you into life)
Hear a lover's prayer (I pray for you tonight)
I can feel you there, in my calling, in my calling

No man is an island, that's an empty sin
Discovery is a journey, just have to let me in

Calling out your name (A wish that could come true)
Burning on the flame (I'm reaching out to you)
Playing the waiting game, in my calling, in my calling
Whispers in the air (I dream you into life)
Hear a lover's prayer (I pray for you tonight)
I can feel you there, in my calling, in my calling
No man is an island (A wish that could come true)
That's an empty sin (I'm reaching out to you)
So steal the night and fly with me, I'm calling, hear my calling

AU NOM DE L'AMOUR

The sun is going down on me
As she surrenders to the sea
So steal the night and fly with me, I'm calling, I'm calling
C' était autrefois et ailleurs
Une éternité dans nos coeurs
A présent trop loin de toi je t'appelle (Écoutes - moi)

Au nom de l'amour
Je t'appelle au secours
Pour que tu reviennes, juste un seul jour, juste un seul jour
(Une journée pour toujours)

Through distant lands and mountain streams
My river's running through your dreams
There's an ocean in between, forever and ever
Mais si la nature s'y oppose
Je changerai le cours des choses
Pour te parler un instant comme avant (Écoutes - moi)

Au nom de l'amour (au nom de l'amour)
Je t'appelle au secours (t'appelle au secours)
Pour que tu reviennes, juste un seul jour, juste un seul jour
Au nom de l'amour (au nom de l'amour)
Je t'appelle au secours (t'appelle au secours)
Qu'importe que tu sois, entend ma voix, entend ma voix

Et malgré le silence, je respire ta présence
L'amour est fini, ne connait pas l'oubli

Au nom de l'amour
Je t'appelle au secours
Pour que tu reviennes
Au nom de l'amour (au nom de l'amour)
Je t'appelle au secours (t'appelle au secours)
Pour que tu reviennes, juste un seul jour, juste un seul jour
Au nom de l'amour (au nom de l'amour)
Je t'appelle au secours (t'appelle au secours)
Qu'importe que tu sois, entend ma voix, entend ma voix
Et malgré le silence (au nom de l'amour)
Je respire ta présence (t'appelle au secours)
L'amour est toujours le plus fort, je t'aime encore, je t'aime encore

*FEELS LIKE SEX*

Have you ever felt too hot to go to bed
Touched yourself instead and watch your body talk, just let your body talk
Have you ever felt just too hungry for love
The more you get you find that it's just not enough, but you really can't give it up
All you people out there put your hands up in the air
Are you feeling you know what, or do you really care

If it feels like love
Then give it, baby that's a rush
If it feels like pain, pain, pain, pain
It's really just the same
If the mood is rude
Then you got the right attitude
And you better get down, you don't have to get undressed
Just because it feels like sex

Have you ever had a mind too dirty to read
Kinky freaks why don't you get down on your knees, I'm getting hard to please
Have you ever whipped love and left it to cry
Ask yourself the question, foes the cherry pie leave you satisfied
All you people out there put your hands up in the air
Have we got the right to funk, or do we really care

Turn out the light
So I can feel what you're thinking
Do you think we'd get it passed the watershed
Let's take it slow, cos you know
I know you know, sex is in your head
Baby I want you to know you're not the only one
I'm on my way to sexual healing, do you wanna come

If it feels like love (Feels like love)
Then give it, baby that's a rush (That's a rush)
If it feels like pain, pain, pain, pain (Mmm)
It's really just the same (It's really just the same)
If the mood is rude (If the mood is)
Then you got the right attitude (If the mood is rude)
And you better get down, you don't have to get undressed
Just because it feels like sex (Just because it feels like sex)

If it feels like love (Gottta feel like love)
Then give it, baby that's a rush
If it feels like pain, pain, pain, pain (Gottta feel like love)
It's really just the same
If the mood is rude
Then you got the right attitude
And you better get down, you don't have to get undressed
Just because it feels like sex

*CICLES ROUND THE MOON*

I get a feeling, morning and evening, baby when you get home
I got a vision, my superstition's gone
Baby I'm shining, you got me flying, throw me a silver line
Pull me down slowly, kiss me and hold me tight
We can't hide it, we can't fight it, just feel as you believe

I put a spell on my heart for ya
Wishin' on a little star for ya, kinda magic in everything we do
I live and I'd die for ya
Get a little bit high for ya, forever couldn't come too soon
Running circles 'round the moon

I'm moving over, you're getting closer, Heaven is in your eyes
Mystical wonder, flowing into our lives
Spirits are waking, to love that we're makin', angels are on our side
Watchin' and waitin', catching the joy we cry
We can't hide it, we can't fight it, just to feel as you believe

Out of my mind, chasin' circles of love
Just to find, every lifetime, it's always you

I got a spell on my heart for ya
Wishin' on a little star for ya, kinda magic in everything we do
I live and I'd die for ya
Get a little bit high for ya, forever couldn't come too soon
Running circles 'round the moon

Spell on my heart for ya (Circles 'round the moon)
Wishin' on a little star for ya (Circles 'round the moon)
Kinda magic in everything we do (Circles 'round the moon)
I'd live and I'd die for ya
Get a little bit high for ya, forever couldn't come too soon
Runnin' circles 'round the moon

*LOVE OS THE ONLY LIGHT*

When the lights go down on me
When the truth is hard to see
When hope is fading out of sight
Love is the only light
When my world becomes unreal
And the pain is all I feel
When I can't find the love I knew
It's sad but true

We find ourselves crying, cos we can't make it last
We hope for the future, then we reach for the past
When you find yourself alone tonight
Please believe me, love is the only light

When I find no reasons why
And it's time to say goodbye
When there's nothing left to say or do
It's sad, sad but true

We find ourselves crying, cos we can't make it last
We hope for the future, then we reach for the past
When you find yourself alone tonight
Please believe me, love is the only light

Burn my fingers, feel the pain
Kiss the flame and, start again (start again)
And again (and again) and again
And again, and again, and again

We find ourselves crying, cos we can't make it last (we find ourselves)
We hope for the future, then we reach for the past (we hope for love)
When you find yourself alone tonight
Please believe me, love is the only light, love is the only light
When you find yourself alone tonight
Please believe me, love is the only light

*STRENGHT OF A WOMAN*

Hey, remember me
We've got a date with destiny
We're falling down my human rays
We're searching for amazing grace
When the cup is half empty, make it half full
There's an underground river, shaping us all

Hey girl, I remember you
You're not alone cause I feel it too
Been searching high for a better man
But he won't save you, only you can
We're running out of heroes, good guys, I find
Mister perfect wonderful is, not on my mind

So come on (come on) speak out (speak out)
Be strong (be strong) no doubt (no doubt)
Cause, we free (we free) we hope (we hope)
We run (we run)

Step by step (Step by step) hour by hour (Hour by hour)
What we've got is a woman's power
Day by day (Day by day) believe in you (Believe in you)
In what you want and what you do
Step by step (Step by step) hour by hour (Hour by hour)
What we've got is a woman's power
Day by day (Day by day) believe in you (Believe in you)
In what you want and what you do
It's the strength of a woman, it's the strength of a woman
It's the strength of a woman, it's the strength of a woman
It's the strength of a woman, it's the strength of a woman
It's the strength of a woman, it's the strength of a woman

*DON'T CALL ME BABY*

Do you think about me, like I think about you
As these nights grow colder
Do you think about us, all the love that was lost
Looking back as we grow older
Would you cry if I die
Either way nothing changes, and just remember

Don't call me baby, baby, just because you can
Don't call me lady, boy, you ain't that kind of man
Don't call me sugar, honey, you've never done before
It's just to little to late, this baby's at the door

Do you wish that you cared, maybe you were too scared
To show me what you're feeling
Did you run out of time, with me on your mind
Didn't we have no meaning
Would you bleed if I leave
Either way nothing changes, and just remember

Come on, come on, come on, come on, come on, don't you cry no more
Come on, come on, come on, come on, come on, get up off the floor

Don't call me baby, baby, just because you can (Don't call me baby)
Don't call me lady, boy, you ain't that kind of man (Don't call me lady)
Don't call me sugar, honey, you've never done before (Don't call me sugar)
It's just to little to late, this baby's at the door

*LOVEY DOVEY STUFF*

I know how you take your morning tea, you know how I take my time
Then you try to steal my recipe, for making blue love flow like wine
I tick and you tock, I go when you stop, in ever decreasing circles
Ready or not, baby my groove will get ya

When I talk about love, you just play games
And you tie yourself up, with lust in shackles and chains
When I talk about us, I feel no shame
And I'm never giving up, till we talk about
Lovey dovey, dovey stuff
I do smooth and you do rough
I used to think that you were tough
But you're scared, say that you're not

You're so good at making fun of me, I can always make your day
I read my books about philosophy, then we fight before we play
I tick and you tock, I go when you stop, in ever decreasing circles
Ready or not, baby my groove will get ya

When little bad boys come out to play
They kiss all the girls and run away from love
When good little girls are feeling hot
He comes and he goes but he doesn't stop for love

Lovey dovey, dovey stuff
I do smooth and you do rough
I used to think that you were tough, but you're scared
Lovey dovey, dovey stuff
I do smooth and you do rough
I used to think that you were tough, but you're not (Say that you're not)
Lovey dovey, dovey stuff
I do smooth and you do rough (Say that you're not)
I used to think that you were tough, but you're scared (Say that you're not)
Lovey dovey, dovey stuff
I do smooth and you do rough (Say that you're not)
I used to think that you were tough, but you're not

*IT'S RAINING MEN*

Humidity's rising, barometer's getting low
According to all sources, the street's the place to go
'Cause tonight for the first time (First time)
Just about half-past ten (Half-past ten)
For the first time in history
It's gonna start raining men (Start raining men)

It's raining men, hallelujah, it's raining men, amen
It's raining men, hallelujah, it's raining men, amen

It's raining men, hallelujah, it's raining men, amen
I'm gonna go out, I'm gonna let myself get
Absolutely soaking wet
It's raining men, hallelujah, it's raining men, every specimen
Tall, blonde, dark, and lean
Rough and tough and strong and mean

God bless Mother Nature, she's a single woman, too
She took off to heaven, and she did what she had to do
She taught every angel to rearrange the sky
So that each and every woman could find her perfect guy
It's raining men (Go get yourself wet, girl, I know you want to)
I feel stormy weather moving in
About to begin (About to begin)
Hear the thunder, don't you lose your head
Rip off the roof and stay in bed (Rip off the roof and stay)

It's raining men, hallelujah, it's raining men, amen
It's raining men, hallelujah, it's raining men, amen
It's raining men, hallelujah, it's raining men, amen
It's raining men, hallelujah, it's raining men, amen
It's raining men, it's raining men, it's raining men, it's raining men
It's raining men, it's raining men, it's raining men, it's raining men
It's raining men, it's raining men, it's raining men, it's raining men
It's raining men, it's raining men

*HEAVEN AND HELL (BEING GERI HALLIWELL)*

(Fame costs and right here's where you start paying)
Have a drink, alcoholic, grab a coat, shopaholic
Grab a bite, anorexic, intellectual, I'm dyslexic
Feeling happy, could be gay, maybe, but not today
Right or wrong, either way, whatever

So you think you wanna be famous, so you think you wanna drive my car
Don't you know you've gotta be shameless, baby if you wanna be a star (Oh oh, uh huh, oh oh)
I'm just a girl I wanna live for ever, I'm gonna to learn how to fly

(Newsflash) Fifteen minutes, show me what you're made of
Fifteen minutes, what are you afraid of
Seen it, done it, wanna know the trade-off
It's heaven, it's hell, being Geri Halliwell
Get a job, get a car, get a life, get a face
Get a god, get a man, get some love
And lose some weight, extra extra read all about it

So you know you wanna be famous, you keep on knocking, but you can't get in
And once you get it, how you gonna keep it, don't you know it's not enough to win

Fifteen minutes, show me what you're made of
Fifteen minutes, what are you afraid of
Seen it, done it, wanna know the trade-off
It's heaven, it's hell, being Geri Halliwell
Fifteen minutes, show 'em you can do it
Fifteen minutes, are you gonna screw it
Seen it, done it, is there nothing to it
It's heaven, it's hell, being Geri Halliwell

(I just want to be loved by you)
I'm just a girl I wanna live for ever, I'm gonna learn how to fly

Fifteen minutes, show me what you're made of
Fifteen minutes, what are you afraid of
Seen it, done it, wanna know the trade-off
It's heaven, it's hell, being Geri Halliwell
Fifteen minutes, show 'em you can do it
Fifteen minutes, are you gonna screw it
Seen it, done it, is there nothing to it
It's heaven, it's hell
The only difference between you and I (It's heaven, it's hell, yeah)
Is you get deadlines and I get headlines (It's heaven, it's hell, yeah)
And you know what, you're so hip it hurts (Being Geri Halliwell)

(You like me, you really really like me)
Get the job, get the car, get the money
Get the looks, get the scale, get the right weight
Except when I've got PMS which is like today!
Why don't I just shut the fuck up
Does my bum look fat, no just don't mention the fat word
You know I just want someone to kiss me
Without selling it to the paper, extra extra read all about it (laughter)

*I WAS MADE THAT WAY*

I guess I'm a bad girl, I've learned to make you cry
I'm hanging my guilty conscience, drying on the line
Love's hangover is driftin' away
I'm good and ready for love, cos I know it's a saturday

Heaven should help me, you are my weekend lover
Just my play thing, when it's raining
I'm just like the weather, never the same
I can't help it, I was made that way

I guess you're a bad boy, you fooled around for years
I'm making my mind up baby, a change is good my dear
Love's hangover is driftin' away
I'm good and ready for love, cos I know it's a saturday

Heaven should help me, you are my weekend lover
Just my play thing, when it's raining
I'm just like the weather, never the same
I can't help it, I was made that way
Heaven should help you, you better run for cover
I'm sunshine and thunder, it's a wonder
And when I say goodbye, I want you to stay
I can't help it, I was made that way

*BRAVE NEW WORLD*
B-SIDE: IT'S RAINING MEN (2001)

Welcome (world) welcome (world)

Open your mind to come with me, we're just about to begin
Take a deeper breath now baby, stretch and breath me in
Feel your way, feel your way, feel your way
Searching for a healing hand, that moves instinctively
Open up my secret thought, and float up consciously
Far away, far away, far away
Don't insult your inner child, I'm innocently wild, to welcome

Brave new world, gotta believe I wanna be, giving you energy
Brave new girl, gotta believe in what I do, taking me back to you
Going deeper for a brave new world

Catch me when I'm falling, as I climb the wall of sound
Break on through to the other side, now reach for higher ground
Breath me in, breath me in, breath me in
Meditate and levitate, upon the human being, to welcome

Brave new world, gotta believe I wanna be, giving you energy
Brave new girl, gotta believe in what I do, taking me back to you
Going deeper for a brave new world

Relax generally energy, virtual sexuality, ego bliss (World)
Super enlightment, deeper (World)
A physical, sexual environment, breath in
Don't insult your inner child, I'm innocently wild, to welcome

Brave new world, gotta believe I wanna be giving you energy
Brave new girl, gotta believe in what I do is taking me back to you
Brave new world, gotta believe I wanna be giving you energy
Brave new girl, gotta believe in what I do is taking me back to you
Brave new world giving you energy (Relax, generally)
Brave new girl giving you energy (Breath in)
Brand new girl is in her brave new world

*NEW RELIGION*
B-SIDE: SCREAM IF YOU WANNA GO FASTER (2001)

Don't blame me, I'm crazy, PMT and I'm young
Don't hate me, that's lazy, plenty more work to be done
I'm cravin', I'm ravin', mad about the thing that you do
Oh baby, just save me, I'm giving it up for you
You can't stop me, I can't help it

Playing with my new philosophy
Livin' it up with my intuition
Getting on down is my new therapy
Working you out is my new religion
Ba, ba ba ba ba ba ba, ba-ba-ah, is my new religion
Ba, ba ba ba ba ba ba, ba-ba-ah, is my new religion

Not crazy, well maybe, insanity's been a friend
Unruley, so sue me, you're driving me down the bend
Don't choke me, provoke me, I'm looking for something new
Oh baby, just save me, give me that thing that you do
You can't stop me, I can't help it

(I get on down, get on down, I get on down) Uh, uh, uh, I get on down
(I get on down, get on down, I get on down) Uh, uh, uh, I get on down
(I get on down, get on down, I get on down) Uh, uh, uh, I get on down
(I get on down, get on down, I get on down) Uh, uh, uh, I get on down!

*BREAKING GLASS*
B-SIDE: SCREAM IF YOU WANNA GO FASTER (2001)

Someone told me "you're never gonna win"
Fool's paradise is where I've always been
So I told myself "I've got a heart of stone"
Not that strong I said, can't do it all alone
Tell me your dreams and I'll tell you what they mean
'Cause we live, we love, we learn

You can't touch me and you can't hold me
Loving me through your window pains
But I can reach you, I can see you
Trying to hide your love away
We can be breaking glass together

Someone told me "you gotta let it go"
Litlle weakness's strenght, don't you know
So I tell myself "feeling left today"
I won't lose to the pain of yesterday
Tell me your dreams and I'll tell you what they mean
'Cause we live, we love, we learn ('Cause we live, we love, we learn)

You can't touch me and you can't hold me
Loving me through your window pains
But I can reach you, I can see you
Trying to hide your love away
We can be breaking glass together
I love the sound of breaking glass (I love the sound of breakingglass)
I love the sound of breaking glass (I love the sound of breakingglass)
I love the sound of breaking glass (I love the sound of breakingglass)

You can't touch me, you can't hold me
I can reach you, I can see you

*GETTING BETTER*
B-SIDE: CALLING (2001)

Are you ready, c'mon, cut it out
You need a little therapy, c'mon lets go!

Do you feel like something's missing, treading water in the sea of life
Can do deal with what you really feel, coz we all need some peace of mind
I need connection, keep back reflection
I need to find some inspiration,, so help me if you can

Do you feel so disconnected, that you're life is lost in soul
Racing round, your mind on a spinning wheel, so lets brake out and loose control
I want attention, but not correction
You can be my inspiration, so help me if you can

Let's keep it together,, you're making me better, now!
I'm taking forever,, to get you off my mind
You're making me crazy, are you looking to save me, now!
I'm ready, yeah, baby, coz were getting better all of the time
You're making me crazy, are you looking to save me, now!
I'm ready, yeah, baby, coz were getting better all of the time

I need a cure now baby, I need a remedy
I'm getting better, you could be my therapy.
I need a cure now baby, I need a remedy
I'm getting better, getting better all of the time.

Got you a deal, looks are right, diet, straight, get a life
Sex, money, lives for car, friends, nights, Ill be your star
Love, light, but not some hate, money matters, big mistake
Got you a deal, looks are right (Getting better all of the time)
Sex, money, lives for car, friends, nights, Ill be your star
Love, light, but not some hate, money matters, big mistake
Got you a deal, looks are right, diet, straight, get a life
Sex, money, lives for car
(Im ready yeah baby, cos were getting better all of the time)

*DESTINY*
B-SIDE: CALLING (2001)

Got a twisted hungry feeling, it's a hunger for you
There's a midnight train that keeps on runnin', keeps on runnin' trough
These empty hours I should be sleeping, swimming in my dreams
But tonight my mind is dancing, I'm tearing at the seams
What we had, what we lost, we gave to yesterday
A kiss and a smile, for a little while, but heaven's blew away

Gotta keep this moment movin', it's a 'Deja Vû'
Your memory keeps rolling in, but life keeps spinnin' through
And though we've both been far away, we've never been apart
Time and space can't erase, the love that's in my heart

I believe in Destiny, one more time for you and me
So let it out and let me in
We can fly so let's begin
I believe in Destiny, tonight is ours eternally
So give it up and make it true
Set me free cause I want you

I believe in Destiny, one more time for you and me
So let it out and let me in
We can fly so let's begin
I believe in Destiny, tonight is ours eternally
So give it up and make it true
Set me free cause I want you

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