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This album from 1998 follows the line of the previous one (1996) with a substantial difference: here only a mix of American pop and Irish music, in a blend that evokes the small to medium American provinces and the American countryside (as in the pop episodes of the first work). If you replace the American countryside with the Irish one, the effect is not so different (except in a few cases like "What can I do"). Only one instrumental track, "Paddy McCarthy", which precedes another unique instrumental track ("Rebel heart") from the following album.
Here, Andrea's beautiful voice also lends itself to the reinterpretations of Jimi Hendrix's "Little wing" and the dance of Fleetwood Mac's "Dreams".
The well-written lyrics deserve a mention - as similarly happened in the previous album - along with other authors. In-depth analysis is not necessary, only "Queen of Hollywood" deserves some words: the story of a girl who, in order to nurture her dream of becoming famous, has to fight against the misunderstanding of her mother, her boyfriend, and her friends who "talk behind her back" ("talk on corners", an English (or Irish?) phrase that serves as the album's title). Her struggle for the dream works, but the flipside arrives too, like the loss of innocence. I had to struggle to understand the full meaning of the song, so I sought help from some site (a demonstration of humility).
From here come the great classics that join those of the album from two years later: "Only when I sleep", the aforementioned "What can I do", "So young", "Queen of Hollywood" indeed, and "I never loved you anyway" which, due to its strength, is destined to remain the most famous of the album.
Tracklist Lyrics Samples and Videos
01 Only When I Sleep (04:25)
You're only just a dreamboat
Sailing in my head
You swim my secret oceans
Of coral blue and red
Your smell is incense burning
Your touch is silken yet
It reaches through my skin
Moving from within
Clutches at my breast
But it's only when I sleep
See you in my dreams
Got me spinning round and round
Turning upside down
But I only hear you breathe
Somewhere in my sleep
Got me spinning round and round
Turning upside down
But its only when I sleep
And when I wake up from slumber
Your shadow's disappeared
Your breath is just a sea mist
Surrounding my body
I'm working through the day time
But when it's time to rest
I'm lying in my bed
Listening to my breath
Falling from the edge
But it's only when I sleep
See you in my dreams
Got me spinning round and round
Turning upside down
But I only hear you breathe
Somewhere in my sleep -in my sleep-
Got me spinning round and round
Turning upside down
But its only when I sleep
It's only when I sleep
Up to the sky
Where angels fly
I'll never die
Hawaiian high
It's reachin through my skin
Moving from within
Clutches at my breast, yeah
But it's only when I sleep
See you in my dreams -dreams-
Got me spinning round and round
Turning upside down
But I only hear you breathe
In bed I lie
No need to cry
My sleeping cry
Hawaiian high
But its only when I sleep
Got me spinning round and round
Turning upside down
Up to the sky
Where angels fly
I'll never die
Hawaiian high
But its only when I sleep
Got me spinning round and round
Turning upside down
03 Dreams (04:02)
Now here you go again, you say you want your freedom
Well who am I keep you down
It's only right that you should play the way you feel it
But listen carefully to the sound
Of your loneliness
Like a heartbeat drives you mad
In the stillness of remembering what you had
And what you lost
And what you had
And what you lost
Yeah, thunder only happens when it's raining
Players only love you when they're playing
Yeah, women they will come and they will go
When the rain washes you clean you'll know, you'll know
Now here I go again, I see the crystal visions
I keep my visions to myself
It's only me who wants to wrap around your dreams
And have you any dreams you'd like to sell
Dreams of loneliness...
Like a heartbeat drives you mad
In the stillness of remembering what you had
And what you lost
And what you had
And what you lost
Thunder only happens when it's raining
Players only love you when they're playing
Yeah, women they will come and they will go
When the rain washes you clean you'll know, you'll know
You'll know, you'll know, you'll, know, you'll know
Heartbeat drives you mad
Remember what you had
05 I Never Loved You Anyway (04:27)
You bored me with your stories
I can't believe that I endured for as long as I did
I'm happy it's over, I'm only sorry
That I didn't make the move before you
And when you go I will remember
To send a thank you note to that girl -oooh that-
I see she's holding you so tender
Well I just wanna say -just wanna say-
I never really loved you anyway
No I didn't love you anyway
I never really loved you anyway
I'm so glad you're moving away
Valentino I don't think so
You watching MTV
While I lie dreaming in an empty bed,
And come to think of it
I was misled
My flat my food my everything
And thoughts inside my head
Before you go I must remember
To have a quiet word with that girl -oooh that girl-
Does she know you're not a spender
Well I just have to say -just wanna say-
I never really loved you anyway
No I didn't love you anyway
I never really loved you anyway
I'm so happy you moved away
And when you go I will remember
I must remember to say...
I never really loved you anyway
No I didn't love you anyway
I never really loved you anyway
I never really loved you anyway
I never really loved you anyway
-I never loved you anyway-
No I didn't love you anyway
-I never loved you anyway-
Never truly loved you anyway
-I never loved you anyway-
I'm so happy you moved away
Yeah, I'm delighted you're moving away
06 So Young (03:53)
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Yeah. yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
We are taking it easy and bright and breezy, yeah
We are livin' it up just fine and dandy, yeah
And it really doesn't matter that we don't eat,
And it really doesn't matter if we never sleep,
No it really doesn't matter, really doesn't matter at all.
Cause we are so young now, we are so young, so young now.
And when tomorrow comes we can do it all again
We are chasing the moon just running wild and free,
We are following through every dream and every need
And it really doesn't matter if we don't eat,
And it really doesn't matter if we never sleep,
No it really doesn't matter, really doesn't matter at all,
Cause we are so young now, we are so young, so young now.
And when tomorrow comes we can do it all again
Yeah we are so young now, we are so young, so young now.
And when tomorrow comes, we'll just do it all again.
All again, all again, yeah, all again, all again, yeah...
Yeah so young now, we are so, so young now
And when tomorrow comes, we'll just do it all again
Yeah we are so young now, we are so young, so young now.
And when tomorrow comes we'll just do it all again.
We are so young, yeah, yeah, (repeat till fade)
09 Hopelessly Addicted (04:03)
Opened my eyes today
And I knew there's something different
Saw you in a brand new way
Like the clouds had somehow lifted
And if yesterday I heard
Myself saying these words
I would swear it was a lie
I don't know why but suddenly I'm falling
Was I so blind
I was loving you all the time
Now I'm hopelessly addicted
Helplessly attracted
I'll make a wish this day
And I'll send it to the heavens
That we will always stay
Entwined like this forever
And though the world may change
Coz nothing stays the same
I know we will survive
I don't know why but suddenly I'm falling
Was I so blind
I was loving you all the time
Now I'm hopelessly addicted
Naturally we acted
I don't know why but suddenly I'm falling
I was so blind
I was loving you all the time
And now I'm
Hopelessly addicted
Helplessly attracted
Chemically reacted
I was loving you all the time
Hopelessly addicted
Helplessly attracted
Chemically reacted
Naturally we acted
Yeah, Ohh
Fade Out
11 Intimacy (03:57)
Last night before you fell asleep
You whispered something to me
Was it just a dream
I'm gonna listen to you close
Coz your goodnight kiss
Felt like a ghost
What are you trying to say to me
What are you trying to say
Everybody's searching for intimacy
Ooh ooh ooh ooh
Everybody's hurting for intimacy
Ooh ooh ooh ooh
We come into this world alone
From the heart of darkness
The infinite unknown
We're only here a little while
And I feel safe and warm
When I see your smile
Baby don't move away from me
Baby don't pull away
Everybody's searching for intimacy
Ooh ooh ooh ooh
Everybody's hurting for intimacy
Ooh ooh ooh ooh
Remember when you were a child
And your momma would hold you in her arms
And rock you to sleep
Now darling there's just you and I
Let's give each other everything baby baby
Everybody's searching for intimacy
Ooh ooh ooh ooh
Everybody's hurting for intimacy
Ooh ooh ooh ooh
Baby come and lay down next to me...
12 Queen of Hollywood (05:02)
She drove a long way through the night
From an urban neighborhood
She left her mother in a fight
For a dream misunderstood
And her friends they talk on corners
They could never comprehend
But there was always something different
In the way she held a stare
And the pictures that she painted
Were of glamour and of flair
And her boyfriend though he loved her
Knew he couldn't quite for fill
He could never meet her there
She's never gonna be like the one before
She read it in her stars that there's something more
No matter what it takes no matter how she breaks
She'll be the Queen of Hollywood
And the cynics they will wonder
What's the difference with this dream
And the dreams of countless others
All believing in TV
They see their handprints in a sidewalk
Flashing cameras on the scene
And a shining limousine
She's never gonna be like the one before
She read it in her stars that there's something more
No matter what it takes no matter how she breaks
She'll be the Queen of Hollywood
She's believing in a dream
Queen of Hollywood It's a loaded fantasy
Now her mother collects cut-outs
And the pictures make her smile
But if she saw behind the curtains
It could only make her cry
She's got hand prints on her body
Sad moonbeams in her eyes
not so innocent a child
She's never gonna be like the one before
She read it in her stars that there's something more
No matter what it takes no matter how she breaks
She'll be the Queen of Hollywood
Queen of Hollywood No she's never gonna be like the one before
She read it in her stars that there's something more
No matter what it takes and even though she breaks
She'll be the Queen of Hollywood
She's the Queen of Hollywood and
Her friends still talk On Corners
She's the Queen of Hollywood
13 No Good for Me (04:00)
I see a home in a quiet place
I see myself in a strong embrace
And I feel protection from the human race
It's not parental
But it's a fantasy, not a reality
And it's no good, no, no good for me, you have no idea
That I'm walking through the clouds
When you're looking at me
I'm feeling like a child
Vulnerability
I am shaking like a leaf if you move beside me
And you're all that I see
But it's no good for me
You have a home (You have a home), in a quiet place
And someone else feels your strong embrace
She is protected and she needs no chase
And do you love her???
You're a mystery, you are the heart of intrigue
You're no good no no good for me
You have no idea
That I'm walking through the clouds
When you're looking at me
I'm feeling like a child
Vulnerability
I am shaking like a leaf if you move beside me
And you're all that I see
But it's no good for me
No it's no good for me, no good for me
It's a make-believe, you have no idea
That I'm walking through the clouds
When you're looking at me
I'm feeling like a child
Vulnerability
I am shaking like a leaf if you move close to me
And you're all that I see
But it's no good for me
Through the clouds
When you're looking at me
I'm feeling like a child
Vulnerability
I am shaking like a leaf if you move beside to me
And you're all that I see
But it's no good, no good for me
14 Little Wing (05:10)
Now she's walking through the clouds
With a circus mind
That's running wild
Butterflies and zebras
And moonbeams and fairytales
All she ever thinks about is riding with the wind
When I'm sad she comes to me
With a thousand smiles
She gives to me free
It's alright, it's alright she says
Take anything you want from me
Anything
Fly little wing
15 Runaway (04:26)
Say it's true
There's nothing like me and you
I'm not alone
Tell me you feel it too
And I would run away
I would run away, yeah yeah
I would run away
I would run away with you
Because I, have fallen in love with you
No, never, I'm never gonna stop
Falling in love with you
Close the door
Lay down upon the floor
And by candlelight
Make love to me through the night
Cause I have run away
I have run away, yeah yeah
I have run away, run away,run away
I have run away with you
Because I, have fallen in love with you
No, never, I'm never gonna stop
Falling in love with you
And I would run away
I would run away, yeah yeah
I would run away
I would run away with you
Because I, have fallen in love with you
No, never, i'm never gonna stop
Falling in love with you
With you, my love
With you
Runaway yeah, runaway yeah
runaway, runaway, runaway, runaway
runaway yeah, runaway yeah, runaway, runaway, runaway yeah...
with.....you.......
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