/ G /George Michael / Older(2000)

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JESUS TO A CHILD
kidness in your eyes
I guess you heard me cry
you smiled at me
like Jesus to a child
I'm blessed I know
heaven sent and heaven stole
you smiled at me like
Jesus to a child
and what have I learned
from all this pain
I thought I'd never feel the same
about anyone or anything again
but now I know

when you find a love
when you know that it exists
then the lover that you miss
will come to you on those cold, cold nights
when you've been loved
when you know it holds such bliss
then the lover that you kissed
will comfort you when there's no hope in sight

sadness in my eyes
no one guessed, well no one tried
you smiled at me
like Jesus to a child
loveless and cold
whith your last breath you saved my soul
you smiled at me
like Jesus to a child
and what have I learned
from all these tears
I've waited for you all those years
then just when it began
he took your love away
but I still say

repeat chorus

so the words you could not say
I'll sing them for you
and the love we would have made
I'll make it for two
for every single memory
has become a part of me

you will always be...my love

wel I've been loved
so I know just what love is
and the lover that I kissed is always by my side
oh the lover I still miss...was Jesus to a child

FASTLOVE

looking for some inspiration
made my way into the night
all that bullshit conversation
well baby can't you read the signs?

I won't bore you with the detais baby
I don't even want to waste your time
let's just say that maybe
you could help to ease my mind
baby, I ain't Mr. Right

but if you're looking for fastlove
if that's love in your eyes
it's more than enough
had some bad luck
so fastlove is all that I've got on my mind

what's there to think about baby?

looking for some affirmation
made my way into the night
my friends got their ladies,
they all have babies
but I just want to have some fun

I won't bore you with the detais baby
I don't even want to waste your time
let's just say that maybe
you could help to ease my mind
baby, I ain't Mr. Right

chorus

what's there to think about baby?
get yourself some lessons in love

in the absence of security
I made my way into the night
stupid cupid keeps on calling me
but I see nothing in his eyes
I miss my baby
I miss my baby, oh yeah
so why don't we make a little room
in my BMW baby
searching for some peace of mind
hey I'll help you find it
I do believe that we are practicing
the same religion
you realy ought to get up now

looking for some affirmation?

OLDER

I should have known
it seemed too easy
you were there
and I was breathing blue

strange
don't you think I'm looking older?
but something good has happened to me
change is a stranger
you have yet to know

well you're out of time
I'm letting go
you'll be fine
well that much I know
well you're out of time
I'm letting go
I'm not the man you want

I should have known
it seemed so easy
you were there
I thought I needed you

strange
don't you think I'm looking older?
but something good has happened to me
change is a stranger
who never seems to show

well you're out of time
I'm letting go
you'll be fine
(or maybe you won't)
well you're out of time
I'm letting go

I'm not the man you want

I never should haved looked back in your direction
I know that
just the same old fights again, baby
these are wasted days without affection
I'm not that foolish anymore

SPINING THE WEEL

spin the weel

five o'clock in the morning
you ain't home
I can't help thinking that's strange
baby I just want you to know
I won't go through it again
yes, those clouds are closing in

and I will not accept this as a part of my life
I will not live in fear
of what may be
and the lessons I have learn...
I would rather be alone than watch you
spining that weel for me

you've got a thing about danger
ain't you getting what you want from me
you've got a thing about strangers
baby that's what we used to be
you've got a thing about danger baby
I guess the hungry just can't see
one on these days
you're gonna bring some hope to me

six o'clock in the morning
you ain't home
I can't help thinking that's strange
it seems that everybody takes their chances
these days
oh yeah, we're standing in the rain

and I will not accept this as a part of my life...

how can you love me
when you are playing with my life
you can give me time and I'll do better I swear
give me time and I lead you back to dispair

and I don't want to go back there

IT DOESN'T REALLY MATTER

it doesn't really matter that I love you
how many reasons call
it doesn't really matter at all

it doesn't matter that I failed to
breake down your father's wall
it really doesn't matter at all

why tell me you don't understand when you do
I thought I had something to say

but it really doesn't matter at all.....

I changed my name
to be rid of the things that I want from you
it's strange
but the name is the name and the truth is the truth

oh, there is always
always someone else to remind me

so I learned to live with shame
tell myself I feel no pain
but I do
and if I have to tell you

then it really doesn't matter at all.....

ant it's no good loking back
because time's a thief and I believe that
I'm too old for that
we're just saying the things that we have said
forever

it doesn't really matter that I loved you
how many seasons fall
it's too bad
it really doesn't matter at all

THE STRANGEST THING

take my life
time has been twisting the knife
I don't recognise
people I care for

take my dreams
childish and weak at the seams
please don't analyse
please just be there for me

the things that I know
nobody told me
the seads that are sown
they still control me
there's a liar in my head
there's a thief upon my bed
and the strangest thing
is I cannot get my eyes open

take my hand
lead me to some peaceful land
that I cannot find
inside my head

wake me with love
it's all I need
but in all this time
still no one said...

if I had not asked
would you have told me
if you call this love
why don't you hold me

there's a liar in my head
there's a thief upon my bed
and the strangest thing
is I cannot get my eyes open

give something I can hold
give me something to believe in
I am frightined for my soul, please, please
make love to me, send love through me
heal me with your crime
the only one who ever knew me
we've wasted so much time
so much time

TO BE FORGIVEN

I'm going down
won't you help me
save me from myself
I hear the sound of a memory
maybe time will tell

suddenly my life is like a river
taking me places I don't want to go
but like all good man who swim too well
I takes all that I have just to cry for help
then that voice in my head
tells me no

I'm going down
won't you help me
save my from myself
I look around for a fantasy
maybe
time can tell?

let me live my life beside the river
take my to places where a child can grow
and then
maybe the boy inside will forsake me
maybe
the child in me
will just let me go

I'm going down
the cold, cold water is rushing in
I'm going down
and I would beg to be forgiven

if I knew my sin

MOVE ON

I've been in and out of favour with lady luck
I gotta tell you
I've seen things I never wanted to see

I've got to get back on my feet
I feel like I've been sleeping
sweet, sweet time
has been a real good friend of mine

wating for that change of season
oh the winter's been so long
searching for that rhyme of reason
you've just got to

move on
hold it together,move on
life's so short,move on
only time will set you free

you put your fears behind you
better get yourself where you wanna be
I think of all the days and nights I spent crying
and I move on

I've been in and out of favour with love
because I gotta tell you
I've been things I never wanted to be
and then some angel called me up
he told me I was sleeping
said "don't waste time
'cos even angels say goodbye"

wating for that change of season
oh the winter's been so long
searching for that rhyme of reason
you've just got to

move on...

and oh, there goes another season
getting hard to find a decent song to play
but oh, I guess I got my reasons
everybody thinks I'm doing a.o.k.
they ought to know bu now

chorus

you put your fears behind you
better get yourself where you wanna be
I think of all the days and nights I spent crying
before my angel set me free

I'm gonna be lucky in love someday

STAR PEOPLE

star people
counting your money till your soul turns green
star people
counting the cost of your desire to be seen

I do not count myself among you
I maybe living in a dream
it's just there seem so many of you
can't help but hope
there's a difference between...you and me

you're a star
(I'm talking to you)
you're a star

maybe your mama gave you up boy
(it's the same old same old)
maybe your daddy didn't love you enough girl

star people
never forget your secret's safe with me
just look at all the wonderful people
trying forget they had to pay for what you see

it's a dream
with the nightmare stuck in the middle
but there would you be
without all of those attention
you'd die
we'd die wouldn't we
(well wouldn't we)

big, big star!
should go far!

chorus

talk about your mother
talk about your father
talk about the people
who have made you what you are
talk about your teacher,
bully boy who beat you
talk about the people who have paid
for that new sport car

did you get off on a bad foot, baby
do you have a little tale to tell
is that why you're a star?
is that what makes a star?

nothing comes for nothing baby
that fame and fortune's heaven sent
and who gives a f*** about your problems, darling
when you can pay the rent

how much is enough?

YOU HAVE BEEN LOVED

she takes the back road and the lane
past the school that has no changed
in all this time
she thinks of when the boy was young
all the battles she had won
just to give him life

that man
she loved that man
for all his life
but now we meet to take him flowers
and only God knows why

for what's the use in pressing palms
when children fade in mother's arms
it's a cruel world
we've so much to lose
and what we have to learn. we rarely choose

so if it's God who took her son
he cannot be the one living in her mind

take care my love, she said
don't think that God is dead
take care my love, she said

you have been loved

if I was weak, forgive me
but I was terrified
you brushed my eyes with angels wings, full of love
the kind that makes devils cry

so these days my life has changed
and I'll be fine
but she just sits and count the hours
searching for her crime

so what's the use of pressing palms
if you won't keep such love from harm
it's a cruel world
you've so much to prove

and heaven help the ones who wait for you

well I've no daughters, I've no sons
gues I'me the only one
living in my life

take care my love, he said
don't think that God is dead
take care my love, he said

you have been loved

1.JESUS TO A CHILD
Acoustic guitar - Hugh Burns
All other instruments - George Michael

2.FASTLOVE
Keyboards - Jo Doughlas, Dave Clews
and George Michael
Saxophone - Andy Hamilton
Forget me notes - Jo

3.OLDER
Trumpet - Steve Sidewell
String and Piano Keyboards - Chris Cameron
All other instruments - George Michael

4.SPINING THE WEEL
Trumpet and Flungelhorn - John Thirkell
and Stuart Brooks
Sax - Chris Davis - Phil Smith
Trombone - Fayyaz Virji
Guitar - Alan Ross
Baby loves - Jo
Keyboards - John Doughlas, Dave Clews
and George Michael

5.IT DOESN'T REALLY MATTER
All instruments - George Michael

6.THE STRANGEST THING
All instruments - George Michael

7.TO BE FORGIVEN
Guitar - Danny Jackobs
All other instruments - George Michael

8.MOVE ON
All instruments - George Michael

9.STAR PEOPLE
Rhodes Piano - Chris Cameron
Chorus Vocals - Jo
All other instruments - George Michael

10 YOU HAVE BEEN LOVED
Keyboards - Chris Cameron - David Austin
Guitars - John Themis
Bass Guitar and Drums - George Michael

11. FREE
Strings - Chris Cameron
All other instruments - George Michael

The album is dedicated to
Antonio Carlos Jobin,
who changed the way I listened the misic
and to Anselmo Feleppa,
who canged the way that I look at my life.