@ALBUM: A walk across the rooftops @ARTIST: THE BLUE NILE For whomever (besides me) wanted the lyrics of The Blue Nile's first album 'A walk across the rooftops', here are my guesses! This is just me listening to the disc and typing as I go, so it is nothing official. Due to my limited vocabulary the words I heard often don't make much sense to me, so I would be glad to receive alternate suggestions. Feel free to mail me at 'j.pruemmer@kfa-juelich.de'. Joachim Pruemmer @SONG: A walk across the rooftops I walk across the rooftops I follow a broken path Of quite rags falling slowly down Rags caught on the fences I am in love, I am in love with you I am in love, I am in love with you I walk across the rooftops The jangle I've seen Steven's bells The telephones that ring all night Incommunicado I am in love, I am in love with you I am in love, I am in love with you The traffic lights are changing The black and white horizon I leave the quiet redstone And walk across the rooftops I walk across the rooftops Congratulations (???) To look for independence, yeah I am in love, I am in love with you I am in love, I am in love with you The lights are always changing The black and white horizon I leave the redstone building And walk across the rooftops, yeah I walk across the rooftops I walk across the rooftops I walk across the rooftops @SONG: Tinseltown in the rain Why did we ever come so far ? I knew I've seen it all before Tall building reach up and (???) Tinseltown is in the rain I know now love was so exciting Tinseltown in the rain All men and women Here we are, caught up in this big rhythm One day this love will all grow over Time for leaving the parade Is there a place in this city A place to always feel this way And hey, there's a red car in the fountain Tinseltown in the rain All men and women Here we are, caught up in this big rhythm Do I love you ? Yes I love you Will we always be happy and lucky ? Do I love you ? Yes I love you But it's easy come, and it's easy go All this talking is only provident Oh, Tinseltown Tinseltown is in the rain Tinseltown in the rain All men and women Here we are, caught up in this big rhythm Tinseltown in the rain All men and women Here we are, caught up in this big rhythm Tinseltown is in the rain Tinseltown is in the rain Tinseltown is in the rain Tinseltown is in the rain Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah Do I love you ? Yes I love you Will we always be happy and lucky ? Do I love you ? Yes I love you But it's easy come, and it's easy go All this talking, talking is only provident Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah Tinseltown is in the rain Tinseltown is in the rain Tinseltown is in the rain Tinseltown is in the rain @SONG: From rags to riches I leave the home of a lifetime Like any son I have hope and good intention And wandering into the daybreak I learn as I go To fall laughing into the water Sticks and stones are your broken promises We wait too long to go from rags to riches I am in love, I am in love with a feeling A wild wild sky, a wild wild sky Fences and tumble down bridges surround and divide I wear a coat of many colours, of many colours Sticks and stones, our broken promises I wait no longer to go from rags to riches People are leaving this qualer They're leaving their houses and fire And starting out (???) We'll find the waiting country Sticks and stones are your broken promises I wait no longer, I go from rags to riches From rags to riches I go from rags to riches Go from rags to riches From rags to riches @SONG: Stay I'm taking this part here The white situation is over The new situation begins Red guitar is broken To beat the (???) of youth again Take too long to say Stay, stay, stay and I will understand you Stay, I will understand you I write a new book The love theme for the wilderness I patch the words together Candy girl loves candy boxes She loves the musicbox forever She's crying in my shoulder Stay, stay, stay and I will understand you Stay, I will understand you Summer girls in disarray Can be so free and easy now Well, we'll be free and easy Stay, stay, stay and I will understand you Stay, I will understand you I write a new book everyday A love theme for the wilderness A love theme Stay (repeat until fade) @SONG: Easter parade The line of traffic comes to stand still For the love came out in the morning air I find a place I start it from The wildest calling, the (???) I follow Easter parade In the bureau typewriter's quiet Confetti falls from every window Throwing hats up in the air A city perfect in every detail Easter parade I know you, birthday cards and silent music Paperbacks and sunday clothes In holeway(???) and railway stations Radio across the morning air A crowd of people everywhere And then the people are running forward Easter parade @SONG: Heatwave You live beneath a mother star You are pretending love is worth waiting for You always breathe another air The rivers in the distance must be leading somewhere Heatwave, Heatwave Why is it rolling down on the young and foolish ? Heatwave, Heatwave Are we rich or poor ? Doesn't matter anymore Heatwave Can this be all we will desire ? Straw houses in the promised land Why is it time for taking sight ? When all I say and do is take too many chances Heatwave, Heatwave Why is it rolling down on the young and foolish ? Heatwave, Heatwave Are we rich or poor ? Doesn't matter anymore Heatwave Will I tell you ? Will you listen ? If I tell you, what will happen ? Heatwave, Heatwave Why is it rolling down on the young and foolish ? Heatwave, Heatwave Are we rich or are we poor ? Doesn't matter anymore In the heatwave Heatwave, Heatwave Why is it rolling down on the young and foolish ? Heatwave, Heatwave Are we rich or are we poor ? Doesn't matter anymore In the heatwave @SONG: Automobile noise Automobile noise Out in the traffic Black cars and blue cars go by Backwards and forward The names and places I know Alright I cross the same old ground Automobile noise Exit signs and subway trains Twenty-four hours, splashes in the rain Walk in the headlights, walk in the daylight Automobile noise Climbing a latter to all the money in the world Watching it blow across the wire Automobile noise Exit signs and subway trains Twenty-four hours, splashes in the rain Walk in the headlights, walk the daylight Automobile noise I am tired of this riding I'm weary I surrender Heat of the moment Then the unwinding of it all Sattle the horses and we'll go Automobile noise Exit signs and subway trains Twenty-four hours, splashes in the rain Walk in the headlights, walk into daylight Automobile noise