Taken My Breath Away

(album: Back To Front - 1982)

Ooh ooh, ooh ooh, taking my breath away
Ooh ooh, ooh ooh, taking my breath away

There's a whole wide world at 4 o'clock in the morning
Didn't have no place to go
With my luck run out, standing there on the pouring
My heart was feeling like a stone
Sick and tired and all alone

When I called out loud, something stirred in the darkness
Fingers running down my spine
Not a shape nor sound but coldness touching my face
I wasn't gonna hang around
My feet could hardly touch the ground

Oh, so scared!
I could feel those eyes follow me everywhere
I do yell help
God I hope somebody's listening I need a friend

Oh, I know I have to say
It's taking my breath away
Oh oh oh, hey hey
It's taking my breath away

Well, I must admit finally in the daylight
It never seems to be the same
And you tell your friends, really was such a bad fright
They'll say it's drink that's gotten your brain
You'll think you maybe grow insane [or growing sane]

Oh, it's there
But to prove it you would have to go back again
And you'll yell help
Better pray somebody's listening you'll need a friend

Oh, I know you have to say
It's taken your breath away
Oh oh oh, hey hey
It's taken your breath away, your breath away

Crawling through the senses are the voices from the darkness
Calling all the forces from beyond the other side
What I know of all this I could say in just one sentence
Nothing!

He was there the maniac before a madman and eccentric
Crazy people running scared from voices in the night
Believing what they say is right, that thief is in the bottle
Oh oh oh

Well, it all comes back to what you thought in the first place
It can't be wrong it must be right
When you know you're caught you got to put on a brave face
Trace your steps into the night
Searching for another fright

Oh, you'll be scared
You will feel those eyes follow you everywhere
You will yell help
Better hope somebody's listening you'll need a friend

Oh, I know you'll have to say
It's taking your breath away
Oh oh oh, hey hey
It's taking your breath away

Oh, you'll have to say
It's taken your breath away
Oh oh oh, hey hey
It's taken your breath away

Ooh ooh, ooh ooh, taken your breath away
Ooh ooh, ooh ooh, taken your breath away
Ooh ooh, ooh ooh, taken your breath away