Rumour, The lyrics

(Olivia Newton-John/Randy Goodrum)

Someone's in the kitchen
Trying to cook me up some trouble
Someone's in the kitchen
Trying to stir me up inside
He's been itching to try and burst my bubble
All this friction is killing my appetite

Get out--if you can't take it
Get out--if you can't take the heat
Throw your dirty looks out with the garbage
Humble pie is one thing I won't eat

(Olivia Newton-John/Randy Goodrum)

Have you seen them
Playing car games
Revving up your heart
Before the lights change
Have you been there
And not been aware
That you are the victim
Of a highway love affair

Thru your window
There's a stranger
Cruising right beside you
Courting danger
When your eyes meet
For one second you believe
You're another victim

(Olivia Newton-John/Randy Goodrum)

Here's your lunch money
You better hurry for the old school bus
Did you clean your teeth this morning
I know you hate it when I start to fuss
Here's the letter for your teacher
Your dinner's in the freezer
Five minutes in the microwave
Don't wait for me this evening
I'm probably working late

Your dad is coming over
With his new lover

(Mark Heard)

Strong man strangles universe--he drowns the stars
Blinded by the mission of a thousand wars
He's fit and dominant--no wonder why
He loves the battle cry

Strong man is survivor--he lives to pound
Little wooden crosses in the bloody ground
He's fit and dominant--his will is truth
His hand is absolute

And the world keeps on turning
And the sun keeps on burning

(Lucio Dalla; Translated by Davitt Sigerson)

Twice in a lifetime if you're really really lucky
You may discover why you were brought here
Tutta la vita you try to find your destination
You search for the truth, you try to make communication
All of your life

Tutta la vita asking "Where is the party?"
It's not a mansion in Malibu or a facelift at forty

(Elton John/Bernie Taupin)

This is the last time
I'll look across this table
And try to face a feeling I don't even recognize
This is a sad hand
That reached across and touched you
When all we'd built around us came crashing to the ground

There was a tide turning
Somewhere deep inside us
When all these years together seem lost behind my tears
Oh there were good times

(Olivia Newton-John/Amy Sky/John Capek)

Life
A gift we cannot take for granted
We gotta live it right
We are the parents of our planet
We've touched the moon and built the final gun
If war was food we could feed everyone

Talk about the children
What will be their legacy
If they have a future
It is up to you and me
Talk about forever
For we may not have that long

(Alan O'Day)

Two lovers watch the news
They've got more than love to lose
As they lay there under cover
Do they really know each other

There's a whisper in the air
Don't you feel a little scared
The stakes are too high
Some have even lost a friend
And we're nowhere near the end
It doesn't help to moralize

The search is not the same now
It's more than just a game now