@ALBUM: From Here To Eternity
BAND: Adolphson-Falk

For those of you who know Adolphson-Falk (I'm almost certain you're Swedish,
but I'm writing this in English just in case), this is an English version of
Med Rymden I Blodet. It was released in 1983, along with a 12" of
Stockholm Serenade/Waves In The Air. For those of you who don't know them,
I'm not giving you a biography - suffice it to say that the Swedish version
is a classic, and that the English version sank almost without a trace.
Pity, as it's a rather good translation...

All music by Tomas Adolphson and Anders Falk
Original lyrics by Anders Falk

English lyrics by:
Greg FitzPatrick on "They Put My Baby On The Air", "Fifth Avenue", "From Here
To Eternity" and "Sheer Attraction"
Greg FitzPatrick and Lars Falk on "Just A Machine", "Waves In The Air" and
"Stockholm Serenade"
Greg FitzPatrick and Anders Falk on "Body Machine"

@SONG: They Put My Baby On The Air

I hear your voice from the place next door
They tune you in more and more
Wherever I go I can't get away
When they broadcast every word you say

Oh no, not that station
Hey man, please turn it off
How can they do this to me
They got my baby on the air

They say your show is a lot of fun
They say that girl is a number one
But they don't know what you did to me
And they can't see my misery

Oh no, not that station
Hey man, please turn it off
How can they do this to me
They got my baby on the air

You broke my heart
Now you're rubbin' it in
Telling our secrets
To any dumb fool who calls in
You wrecked our lives
And you knocked me right down
Now you're making it public
And spreading it all over town

You're talking hip like you know where it's at
You tell them love is as easy as that
They're calling in to get your advice
They like to hear you 'cause they think you're so wise

Oh no, not that station
Hey man, please turn it off
How can they do this to me
They got my baby on the air

They put my baby on the air

[The Swedish original is about a bloke falling in love with a voice on the
radio - i.e. the exact opposite of the English version...]

@SONG: Just A Machine

I was built by Mr Jones
And he's an awfully clever man
He's regarded as the foremost in his field
His command of all God's science
Is renowned throughout the land
My existence is his craftmanship revealed
He has etched my nerves of silicon
And stitched my nylon skin
Designed my megabrain
And all the thoughts within
With unsurpassed precision
I've been put through every test
And charged with the mortal gift of life

I was made with such perfection
I am complete in every way
I'm guaranteed to never ever fail
I simply can not falter
As humans often do
Like the men who start me up and turn me off
I find it very frightening
The disorder of their plans
And I wonder at the use that's made
With the info they demand
But I have no right to question
The decisions which they make
My fate is not to reason why

I'm just a machine
I'm just a machine
They speak with all respect of Mr Jones
Despite all my perfection
I can never intervene

I'm just a machine
I'm just a machine

[The Swedish lyrics had better rhymes, but the meaning is more or less the
same.]

@SONG: Waves In The Air

I'm tuning in
On my radio
A whole world
Trying to let me know
A world of voices
Riding on the waves in the air

And though I'm shy
I'm not afraid to speak
Through the skies
To a face I cannot see
Do you read me?
I'm calling on the waves in the air

And though I'm alone
Somehow I feel you right here by my side
I've got your voice
To get me through the night
If you're a thousand miles away from my home
(Many miles from home)
Without a telex or a telephone
(Wherever you are)
Remember
You can find me on the waves in the air

Your sweet voice
Coming loud and clear
And your message
Is music to my ears
Love's sweet music
Is playing on the waves in the air

My antenna
Stands with open arms
To receive
Your radioactive charms
In return
I'm putting all my love on the air

And though I'm alone
Somehow I feel you right here by my side
I've got your voice
To get me through the night
If you're a thousand miles away from my home
(In Tokyo or Rome)
Without a telex or a telephone
(Wherever you are)
Remember
You can find me on the waves in the air

My antenna
Stands with open arms
To receive
Your radioactive charms
In return
I'm putting all my love on the air

And though I'm alone
Somehow I feel you right here by my side
I've got your voice
To get me through the night
If you're a hundred thousand miles away
(Many miles away)
In Aberdeen or Adelaide
(Wherever you are)
Remember
You can find me on the waves in the air

@SONG: Fifth Avenue

A promised phone call home to
A Minnesota mining town
From a tired hungry kid
Whom the Greyhound just let down
On the January snow in his canvas tennis shoes
The kid just took his first walk
down the great Fifth Avenue

With a guitar on his shoulder
And a pocket full of songs
He's here to make his debut
He's here to right some wrongs
But he's a bit short on references
His future's hanging loose
Just another midnight cowboy
on the great Fifth Avenue

And in some noisy uptown night club
Or in a Bleeker Street cafe
With sweaty hands and shaky knees
He takes the stage

It ain't no friendly city
If you haven't got the bread
Cause those who have ain't sharing
With those who wish they had
Sleeping out in subways
Keeping warm on cheap booze
Living with the high and mighty
On the great Fifth Avenue

And in some noisy uptown night club
Or in a Bleeker Street cafe
With sweaty hands and shaky knees
He takes the stage

In a well guarded beach-house
On the California shore
A man lives with his loneliness
And the songs he writes no more
Not real sure where he came from
And no place to go to
Just some hazy memories
Of the great Fifth Avenue

[The Swedish version is more or less a description of the Fifth Avenue - the
chorus can be translated as "I take a taxi from Harlem / down to the
Washington Square / five miles reflecting / a whole world".]

@SONG: Body Machine

The light of the day eases my tension
The dark of the night turns me on
Captures my heat
Won't let me be
I heard you laugh, I heard you scream
Let's take a chance on the body machine

You're backtalking me, gets me angry
Whisper some words, calm me down
We don't need no complications
Just get it on
Sometimes I'm cool, sometimes I'm mean
It all depends on the body machine

Here inside my blood is burning
The engine in my heart is churning
Those little bitty molecules are squirming
They're driving me way out of control

Your red-hot lips light my fire
Your deep blue eyes catch my desire
Don't mess around
We're gonna make this flight tonight
Come on woman, get on this thing
Give yourself to the body machine

Here inside my blood is burning
The engine in my heart is churning
Those little bitty molecules are squirming
They're driving me way out of control

Cruisin' around, trying to get lucky
Searchin' the dark, turn on some light
Taking what comes our way
And makin' it right
There's no use gettin' hooked on a dream
Let's take a ride on the body machine

@SONG: From Here To Eternity

We're searching for a sign
A universal message
A resemblance of life
From some outer reach of space
We're sending out our code
And listening for an echo
An answer to our call
From some strange and distant race
We're seeking out the clues
Of life's eternal mysteries
We're forcing the gates
Of mankind's holy rules
Our quest will never end
In some cul de sac of history
Our thirst will not be quenched
By the prophecies of fools

From here to eternity
Cross the barriers of tie
We will not be deterred
We will not be denied
From here to eternity
From here to afar
With our dreams in the heavens
And our sights in the stars

Like the mariners of old
We launch our fragile vessels
On an uncertain voyage
Destination unknown
A galactic caravan
Through the deserts of illusion
A celestial crusade
Past deception's dark mirage
And even you and I
The children of this planet
Whose destiny we share
On its passage round the sun
Though we're light-years apart
Our hearts are bound together
In an unrelentless search
For the meaning of it all

@SONG: Stockholm Serenade

There's a roar
From a thousand CCs
And to Johnny
The message is clean
The words of the song are
- Tonight you are free
And the music's strong

And sweet Marie
Waits with her dreams
And her clouded eyes
And her rouge-laden cheeks
She yearns for the warmth
Of her Johnny's machine
Holding on tight
Into the night

In Stockholm
In a Stockholm serenade
In Stockholm
In a Stockholm serenade

She's dressed to kill
In her black leather jeans
And her lilac shades
She's a big city queen
Who will play her part
With a shrug and a smile
And a craving heart

And they ride
On their serpentine flight
Over tire marked roads
Under shattered street lights
Until far way
The city looks
Like a fiery jewel
Ablaze in the night

In Stockholm
In a Stockholm serenade
In Stockholm
In a Stockholm serenade

It's an eternity
From dusk to dawn
Before Johnny
Is back on his job
With his welding torch
And Marie's gentle touch
Still alive on his arm
For the night it is long

In Stockholm
In a Stockholm serenade
In Stockholm
In a Stockholm serenade

[In the original Swedish lyrics, Johnny is a computer operator and Marie (who
is called Cathrine) listens to synth pop. The rest of the lyrics are more or
less the same.]

@SONG: Sheer Attraction

We're lying here just contemplating
While the heavenly bodies are rotating
Held in orbit by the powers of sheer attraction

And in this universal vastness
You and I still cling to this madness
Kept together by the forces of sheer attraction

Earth moves forever
On its eternal course
Your limbs entwined in mine
Caught up in gravitational force
Our beating hearts
Swell our heated veins
Unite two solar systems
On one relentless flame
You and I
In the force of sheer attraction
You and I
And the forces of sheer attraction

Your fingers - searching and drifting
Arouse me with their dancing and shifting
Awaken in me forces I cannot fathom

And far above this place where we're lying
Two great stars in space are colliding
Brought together by forces of sheer attraction

Earth moves forever
On its eternal course
Your limbs entwined in mine
Caught up in gravitational force
Our beating hearts
Swell our heated veins
Unite two solar systems
On one relentless flame
You and I
In the force of sheer attraction
You and I
And the forces of sheer attraction