motorbikes, cars, and summer bars pretty young blonde outside the bar, i see her watching as we park the car hot sun setting the sky alight up for fun and feeling alright warm air filled with sweet perfume, in our little town, summers in bloom motorbikes, cars, and summer bars, girls like dreams beneath the stars sunshine days and summer nights, the band starts up, they sound alright at every turn there’s a different smile, some that i haven’t seen for a while, everybody knows, anything could happen tonight young girls dance in dresses and shorts each in so many hearts or thoughts cold drinks flow as the sun grows hot an old bike stutters cos the engine’s shot and over in the corner, you took your chance and asked that little beauty if she wanted to dance, yeah, motorbikes, cars, and summer bars, girls like dreams beneath the stars, sunshine days and summer nights, the band starts up, they sound alright at every turn there’s a different smile, some that i haven’t seen for a while, everybody knows, anything could happen tonight oh what a time it is when you’re young our plans not made, our songs not sung all that matters is the here and now gotta make this time last somehow got your name on the tip of my tongue, yeah, motorbikes, cars, and summer bars, girls like dreams beneath the stars. sunshine days and summer nights, the band starts up, they sound alright at every turn there’s a different smile, some that i haven’t seen for a while, everybody knows, anything could happen tonight the sun goes down but the nights still warm feels like calm before the storm the motorbike guys ride in together fourteen strong and all in leather the bikes all gleam in the sunset glow these are the right kinda guys to know motorbikes, cars, and summer bars, girls like dreams beneath the stars. sunshine days and summer nights, the band starts up, they sound alright at every turn there’s a different smile, some that i haven’t seen for a while, everybody knows, anything could happen tonight

 

where did the summertime go remember back, back  when we were kids, wild and free, the things we did long and dusty summer days, in terraced streets and alleyways my friend i wanna know tell me where did the summertime go summer days in albert park, on street corners after dark you and me and all the boys, a little drink, a lot of noise old friend i wanna know tell me where did the summertime go times were tough and the streets were hard but we owned ‘em and roamed ‘em together so long ago, the memories fade we thought we’d be the new boys forever there were girls and there were bars motorbikes and fixed-up cars on winding roads we’d drive too fast young and wild it couldn’t last my friend i wanna know tell me where did the summertime go playing football, in the street didn't know, when we were beat we somehow knew, we'd be friends forever, i wish that we were still together the summer sun is going down, winter slowly coming round some boys left when autumn came, still remember just the same old friend i wanna know where did our summertime go time it wouldn’t wait for us, moved on like it always does those memories still make me smile, and make me cry once in a while now the years have rolled on where has our summertime gone

who was that girl you were with? down at the trooper on a hot summer night mini skirt, her legs were great we shared a glance and we tempted fate i didn't know then my life would change forever that night yeah, yeah and the boys asked 'who was that girl you were with?' her name is michelle but i don't know where she lives god i hope i see her again she said she had a boyfriend but i could see she was falling in love with me jukebox playing pretty in pink and as she left, all i could think she was the prettiest girl my eyes had ever seen oh yeah, she's the one and the boys asked 'who was that girl you were with?' her name is michelle but i don't know where she lives god i hope i see her again those were the days i was running free but all i could think was 'who is she?' it wouldn't be long til the summer was gone i knew i had to find her but where would she be oh, where would she be, come on girl and the boys asked 'who was that girl you were with?' her name is michelle but i don't know where she lives god i hope i see her again i had a fast old car on a beautiful day she walked right by, i was going the wrong way so i spun it around, you could call it romance and i bumped into her like it was just by chance the boys asked 'who was that girl you were with?' her name is michelle but i don't know where she lives god i hope i see her again she looked even better than the first time i met her she told me she was seventeen can we go out tonight she said yeah, alright the prettiest girl i'd ever seen come on girl, don't you break my heart no no no the boys asked 'who was that girl you were with?' her name is michelle and now i know where she lives thank god i saw her again yeah, thank god i saw her again ohhhh, oh oh, mmm mmm i love you michelle i had a fast old car on a beautiful day she walked right by, i was going the wrong way so i spun it around, you could call it romance and i bumped into her like it was just by chance the boys asked 'who was that girl you were with?' her name is michelle but i don't know where she lives god i hope i see her again she looked even better than the first time i met her she told me she was seventeen can we go out tonight she said yeah, alright the prettiest girl i'd ever seen come on girl, don't you break my heart no the boys asked 'who was that girl you were with?' her name is michelle and now i know where she lives thank god i saw her again yeah, thank god i saw her again ohhhh, oh i love you michelle and the boys asked, who was that girl?

oh stevie we love you stevie's a guy who was born in the town he’s proud of the place, it runs in his blood he’s streetwise and he’s sharp as a tack he can handle himself, and he tries to be good when he started school, ste found his own way he sized up the bullies, he stood his ground he made his first stand, learned how to fight set up for a life where he wouldn't back down oh stevie we love you so just you keep smiling i know life’s a fight boy, but don’t you give in yeah stevie we love you and don’t you forget it cos life is a battle you know you can win from that day forward, he was nobody's fool and he grew up to have some respect in the town there’s always somebody who’s looking for trouble and once in a while, well he’ll put someone down oh stevie we love you so just you keep smiling i know life’s a fight boy, but don’t you give in yeah stevie we love you and don’t you forget it cos life is a battle you know you can win at seventeen, he signed up for the navy he might have a girl in every port after four years, he decided to walk he’ll settle down, at least that’s what he thought throughout his twenties the girls came and went one gave birth to a daughter that he doesn’t see if a girl walked away, well, he still had his mates he’d get himself out and enjoy being free oh stevie we love you so just you keep smiling i know life’s a fight boy, but don’t you give in yeah stevie we love you and don’t you forget it cos life is a battle you know you can win he’s had several jobs, now he’s started a business it’s a bit hit and miss, but he's having a go he’s worked out that he, has to work for himself he’s not good with authority oh, no no no out in spain, stevie fell for a girl it turned into love, and they moved in together then came the kids first a boy, then a girl he finds most days hard says it’ll get better oh stevie we love you so just you keep smiling life is a battle you know you can win yeah stevie we love you

the heartbreak child the first time i saw her i could only stare those tight ripped jeans and her long dark hair that flowed as she walked like a cat in the wild the first time i saw the heartbreak child don’t be consumed by the glittering eyes she can rely on the art of surprise you’ll always remember the way that she smiled caught in the spell of the heartbreak child don't look back boy she's trouble you know she'll feed on your weakness so don't let it show, no, no the girls got you thinking of her night and day whatever you do, whatever you say it ends the same way she looks so sweet, her innocence glows she’s smiling inside, she knows what she knows to lay eyes on her is to be beguiled that’s how it goes with the heartbreak child she’s walking, she’s stalking, there’s no going back she's just like a panther about to attack she can’t be tamed she was born to be wild don’t lose your heart to the heartbreak child don't look back boy she's trouble you know she'll feed on your weakness so don't let it show, no, no the girls got you thinking of her night and day whatever you do, whatever you say it ends the same way now that she’s got you she’s not slowing down and you could be the luckiest boy in the town you knew you were hers from that very first smile the first time you saw the heartbreak child don't look back boy she's trouble you know she'll feed on your weakness so don't let it show, no, no the girls got you thinking of her night and day whatever you do, whatever you say it ends the same way and you could be the luckiest boy in the town

shadows fall behind you turn your green eyes to the sun and the shadows fall behind you believe you can, you’re almost there don't let the sunlight blind you oh hold on to your dreams, for if they die, life is like a bird with broken wings that cannot fly a journey of a thousand miles starts with just one step it’s your life you can do whatever you choose yeah, whatever you choose turn your green eyes to the sun and the shadows fall behind you believe you can, you’re almost there don't let the sunlight blind you oh happiness breaks in through an open door a friend walks in when the world walks out they love you as you are that’s what friends do they love you as you are turn your green eyes to the sun and the shadows fall behind you believe you can, you’re almost there don't let the sunlight blind you oh you need never fear the storm, but learn to sail your ship the best of times, or the worst, it’s the only time we know don’t judge life by what you reap, but by the seeds you sew turn your green eyes to the sun and the shadows fall behind you believe you can, you’re almost there don't let the sunlight blind you , just walk into the light baby girl, stay away from the shadows in this world turn your green eyes to the sun and the shadows fall behind you believe you can, you’re almost there don't let the sunlight blind you watch the shadows fall behind you, yeah, shadows fall behind you so walk into the light and turn your green eyes to the sun my baby girl

don't let the wrong one in my friends all tell me i'm playing with fire don't let the wrong one in i know they're right, in the middle of the night don't let the wrong one in but i always open my window wide i have to invite her to come inside she holds me tight and i'm in trouble again don't let the wrong one in she won’t come outside if the sun is shining, loves the shadows and rooftop climbing her pale, pretty face and her raven black hair whisper of ghosts in the autumn air the boys who go out with her they disappear my friends all tell me i'm playing with fire don't let the wrong one in i know they're right, in the middle of the night don't let the wrong one in but i always open my window wide i invite her to come inside she holds me tight and i'm in trouble again don't let the wrong one in her parents look strange, like they've stepped from a dream, with their eyes made of secrets, rarely seen i remember last summer, when i saw her alone, dancing through street lights, not on her own the clock strikes twelve the night is dead a blood moon paints the sky in red aw midnight angel, can’t you see beautiful moonlight drowning me with your haunted house eyes and your vampire spies, midnight angel, love me, set me free walking down my street, i hear her laughing, trick or treat heart racing in the dead of night a promise of love, home before light i hear the wolves serenade the moon she’ll be at my window soon whispering ghosts in the autumn air, the boys who go out with her they disappear my friends all tell me i'm playing with fire don't let the wrong one in i know they're right, in the middle of the night don't let the wrong one in but i always open my window wide i invite her to come inside she holds me tight and i'm in trouble again don't let the wrong one in she won’t come outside if the sun is shining, loves the shadows and rooftop climbing her pale, pretty face and her raven black hair whisper of ghosts in the autumn air the boys who go out with her they disappear my friends all tell me i'm playing with fire don't let the wrong one in i know they're right, in the middle of the night don't let the wrong one in but i always open my window wide i invite her to come inside she holds me tight and i'm in trouble again don't let the wrong one in

seaton carew i was born in the early hours of a cloudy april shower in an old house by the tees in a town of grit and steel where industry was big and real and though i never left it, well this town set me free oh, i wish i could go back in time a summer day and bright sunshine down to seaton carew just my dad and me on that old transporter bridge we’d both stand he'd hold my hand, to catch the bus that took us to the sea my mum and dad they really tried made me what i am inside and when they got divorced my world just fell apart my mum moved on with someone new my dad said, now it's me and you what he didn't have, he made up for it with heart oh, i wish i could go back in time a summer day and bright sunshine down to seaton carew just my dad and me on that old transporter bridge we’d both stand he'd hold my hand, to catch the bus that took us to the sea i bought my first motorbike dad showed me how to ride it right he rode when he was younger, gave it up in sixty-two he got me in to british steel where he'd worked since he was just nineteen i was too young to see, he taught me everything i knew oh, i wish i could go back in time to a summer day and bright sunshine down to seaton carew just my dad and me on that old transporter bridge we’d both stand he'd hold my hand, to catch the bus that took us to the sea mum died when i was twenty one and dad he said, now come on son i'll take you for a beer, we can sit and talk it through it wasn't often that i cried but i broke my heart when my dad died for the first time in my life, i did not know what to do yeah, i wish i could go back in time a summer day and bright sunshine down to seaton crew just my dad and me on that old transporter bridge we’d both stand he'd hold my hand to catch the bus that took us to the sea

a dreamer’s note mmmm, mmmmm i had a dream last night it was a bit too real it was so long ago and i was just a teen i didn't have a mobile phone i couldn't send a text so i wrote myself a letter all about what happens next i woke up in the morning sun shining through the blinds i couldn't find my dreamers note i couldn't find the words i wrote it was buried in the deepest darkest corners of my mind i guess i would have told myself just do it all the same you've got things wrong you've made mistakes just make them all again yeah, you should make them all again 'cos life is never perfect, it's the lows that make the highs and a heads-up from a different me would not be very wise, no, no and now the race is almost run i look back down the track i don't think that i'd change a thing even if i could go back and why would i, ooooh, why would i? life is made for living, we do the best we can if i got it wrong sometimes, i hope you understand there's nothing i regret, nothing that i'd change the pieces all fell into place, no need to rearrange you know, if i could change it now i'd probably spoil it all somehow, oh yeah i woke up in the morning sun shining through the blinds i couldn't find my dreamers note i couldn't find the words i wrote it was buried in the deepest darkest corners of my mind i could have been a better man i wasn't always right decisions always driven by the fun i had in sight but if i take a step back and look down on my time overall i'd shake my hand and tell myself 'you did just fine' i woke up in the morning sun shining through the blinds i couldn't find my dreamers note i couldn't find the words i wrote it was buried in the deepest darkest corners of my mind i guess i would have told myself just do it all the same you've got things wrong you've made mistakes just make them all again yeah, you should make them all again

midnight riders  out on those dusty backroads, where the moonlight meets the gravel, streetlights shining, hearts on fire, engines roar again, leather jackets, no fear, the boys are ready, they’re all here the midnight riders break the chains roll the dice on a dangerous game push the throttle, and the engines cry, against the studded ink-black sky, every reckless heartbeat, friday night on overload, roar the tired streets alive paint our future on the tarmac roads lightning bolts and the sky so bright like bullets from a gun in the dead of night, riding it hard with all we’ve got midnight riders racing with the devil dicing with death and running hot eighteen summers, eyes so bright powering out of this tired old town so let’s burn like a fire, light up the night, wild beneath the moon tonight, with the world behind us, eyes open wide, just boys living life on the wild wild side yeah lightning bolts and the sky so bright like bullets from a gun in the dead of night, riding it hard with all we’ve got midnight riders racing with the devil dicing with death and running hot rusty old ford outside the bar bernie plays his air guitar pool balls clackin' like a supernova rosie lost at cards again, tables going over she looks across, she looks alright boys are out in force tonight beer gets spilled, pushing and shoving friday night fights and teenage love lightning bolts and the sky so bright like bullets from a gun in the dead of night, riding it hard with all we’ve got midnight riders racing with the devil dicing with death and running hot the musics loud and the gangs all here, leather jackets stained with beer midnight riders, you and me, headin' for the coast, breaking free bernie starts trouble in an empty room, someone stole his air guitar pool balls clackin' like a supernova, rosie lost at cards again, tables going over, oh no, not again not again lightning bolts and the sky so bright like bullets from a gun in the dead of night, riding it hard with all we’ve got midnight riders racing with the devil dicing with death and running hot oh no, not again

now she's got you wondering have you ever stopped to wonder just what it's all about scared to fall in love just in case you fall back out and now she's got you wondering what she feels inside do you start the dance do you take your chance and you wish you hadn't lied no-one knows what love is though we might think we know you can catch her eye as she starts to cry and you beg her not to go she told you that she's leaving but you know she wants to stay and it hurts inside but you've got your pride so you don't stand in her way you can still remember the days when you first met you thought it was forever as good as life could get and now she's got you wondering how did you get here you wanna tell her how sorry you are now hold her close and dry her tears no-one knows what love is though we might think we know you can catch her eye as she starts to cry and you beg her not to go she told you that she's leaving but you know she wants to stay and it hurts inside but you've got your pride so you don't stand in her way and then you get to thinking about the plans you made about what will be left behind if she walks away and now she's got you wondering what the future holds cos you love her so and inside you know that it just can't end this way no-one knows what love is though we might think we know you can catch her eye as she starts to cry and you beg her not to go she told you that she's leaving but you know she wants to stay and it hurts inside but you've got your pride so you won't stand in her way no-one knows what love is

the hideaway  oh.. i see her every morning, looking lovely as she’s walking her pretty eyes so distant, oh so very far away i never spoke to her before, i don’t know why i did today it turns out that she’ll meet me at the hideaway on saturday now i don’t know what to think, and i just can’t think what to say you could call it nerves it’s true, but i suppose i’m made that way, played it over in my mind, about a million times please don't let her be the one that got away from me cos’ i want this girl to stay with my friends on saturday we’re sitting at the hideaway she walks in, she waves and smiles my heart begins to race her dark hair is shining, those pretty eyes are smiling, and when she sits right down, her smile lights up the place now i don’t know what to think, and i just can’t think what to say you could call it nerves it’s true, but i suppose i’m made that way i've played it over in my mind, about a million times please don't let her be the one that got away from me cos’ i want this girl to stay the hideaway on saturday, the day turned into night we walked home in summer rain, and everything’s alright the park it looks so beautiful, the streetlights  shining bright and i can see it in her eyes, oh it’s love, it's love in the moonlight oh yeah just let those stars shine down now i don’t know what to think, and i just can’t think what to say you could call it nerves it’s true, but i suppose i’m made that way i've played it over in my mind, about a million times please don't let her be the one that got away from me cos’ i want this girl to stay yeah i want this girl to stay it turns out that she’s not the one that got away i walked her to her house and she kissed me goodnight on saturday

lost, broken and lonely Feels like a lifetime on the road, headlights shining, tired of driving, every night, every town a million miles from home, but love, well love stays out of sight on a lonely stage In a crowded bar, he pours out his heart on that guitar songs of life, a lonely heart, watch on as he plays, while his world just falls apart playing for the lost, the broken and lonely he sees her face, he sees her all the time he doesn't know exactly what went wrong In the crowd, is she the one the one who stays behind? he sees the laughter and he hears the cheers, deep inside, he's drowning, in a sea of tears each face a stranger, unseen and not to share, and the girl he's looking for, tonight she isn't there, playing for the lost, the broken and lonely he sees her face, he sees her all the time he doesn't know exactly what went wrong in the crowd, is she the one the one who stays behind? every lyric tells its tale, heartbreak on a lonely trail every road he travels, love went on the run, will this road be the one? yeah will this road be the one? playing for the lost, the broken and lonely he sees her face, he sees her all the time he doesn't know exactly what went wrong in the crowd, is she the one the one who stays behind? every dusty road looks just the same with no heart to hold, every stage he's finding loves a treasure never sold he'll keep on singing, night after night, hoping he can find her, somewhere, in the fading light playing for the lost, the broken and lonely he sees her face, he sees her all the time he doesn't know exactly what went wrong in the crowd, is she the one the one who stays behind? throws his old white guitar in that tired rusty car, holds on tight to what tomorrow brings

sheila’s walking  men worked in this tough old town so families could eat spend pocket money in the pub weekends in the workies club and in the early evening they'd step into the street at five-o-clock all through the week it's sheila walking down the street whoever she is off to meet she'll bring a bit of colour to a world of black and white and for a fleeting moment, she makes them feel alright she's looking good tonight, ah yeah life was lived in black and white oh i was just a kid all the street would come alive when sheila finished work at five they'd walk into the street, just like they always did at five-o-clock all through the week it's sheila walking down the street whoever she is off to meet she'll bring a bit of colour to a world of black and white and for a fleeting moment, she makes them feel alright she's looking good tonight, ah yeah oh the doors would open, and they’d stand there in the sun smile to one another, cos they wish she was the one a daily flash of colour in those times of black and white she makes them feel alright yeah, she makes them feel alright rows and rows of terraced streets houses, all the same a close knit little working town where families would settle down and in the road, if it was light, children playing games at five-o-clock all through the week it's sheila walking down the street whoever she is off to meet she'll bring a bit of colour to a world of black and white and for a fleeting moment, she makes them feel alright she's looking good tonight, ah yeah, oh here she comes she'd bring a bit of colour, and chase the blues away at five-o-clock all through the week it's sheila walking down the street whoever she is off to meet she'll bring a bit of colour to a world of black and white and for a fleeting moment, she makes them feel alright she's looking good tonight, oh yeah oh here she comes, she'll bring a bit of colour and chase the blues away at five-o-clock all through the week it's sheila walking down the street whoever she is off to meet she'll bring a bit of colour to a world of black and white and for a fleeting moment, she makes them feel alright she's looking good tonight