Move To Memphis

Move To Memphis


Diese Single wurde im Zuge von "Headlines And Deadlines - The Hits Of A-ha" im Oktober 1991 veröffentlicht. Sie wurde von A-ha produziert und enthielt
auf den verschiedenen Formaten eine Reihe Live Versionen, die für das norwegische Staatsfernsehen NRK aufgenommen wurden und hauptsächlich von "East Of The Sun, West Of The Moon" stammen. Auf der 12'' Scheibe war außerdem eine Extended Version des Songs enthalten. Die 7'' Version von "Move To Memphis" ist identisch mit der auf "Headlines And Deadlines ... " vorhandenen. Später ist das Lied auch noch in einer rockigeren Version auf "Memorial Beach" zu hören.

Charts

Land Top
Plazierung
Deutschland 39
Norwegen 2
Großbritannien 47
Argentinien 5

Formate

7'' 12'' CD-Single
Move To Memphis (4:18) /
Crying In The Rain
(Live) (4:46)
Move To Memphis
(Extended Version) (6:09) //
I've Been Losing You
(Live) (4:57) /
East Of The Sun (Live) (4:11) /
(Seemingly) Nonstop July
(Live) (3:00)
Move To Memphis
(Extended Version) (6:09) /
Crying In The Rain
(Live) (4:46) /
Early Morning (Live) (3:04) /
Manhattan Skyline
(Live) (7:08)



Texte

MOVE TO MEMPHIS (4:18)

(Pål Waaktaar/Magne Furuholmen)

Walked around no one around
You were the one who taught me better
This old town brings me down
You were the one who told me
You've got to

Move to Memphis
That's what I'll do
Move to Memphis and follow you
Trace that highway
Down to your doorway
Move tho Memphis and be with you

On the day you walked away
I was the one who said
You'd better stick around stay in town
You were the one who told me
You've got to

Move to Memphis
That's what I'll do
Chase the shadow that follows you
Trace that highway down to your doorway
Move to Memphis and be with you

That's what I'll do
Move to Memphis to be with you
I'm gonna be with you
I'm gonna be with you
Gonna move to Memphis!


CRYING IN THE RAIN (4:46)

(Howard Greenfield/Carole King)

I'll never let you see
The way my broken heart is hurting me
I've got my pride and I know how to hide
All the sorrow and pain
I'll do my crying in the rain

If I wait for cloudy skies
You won't know the rain from the tears in my eyes
You'll never know that I still love you
So though the heartaches remain
I'll do my crying in the rain

Raindrops falling from heaven
Will never wash away my misery
But since we're not together
I'll wait for stormy weather
To hide these tears I hope you'll never see

Someday when my crying's done
I'm gonna wear a smile and walk in the sun
I may be a fool
But till then, darling, you'll never see me complain
I'll do my crying in the rain
I'll do my crying in the rain
I'll do my crying in the rain
I'll do my crying in the rain


I'VE BEEN LOSING YOU (4:57)

(Pål Waaktaar)

It wasn't the rain that washed away...
Rinsed out the colours of your eyes
Putting the gun down on the bedside table
I must have realized

It wasn't the rain
That made no difference
And I could have sworn it wasn't me
Yet I did it all so coldly
...almost slowly
Plain for all to see

Oh c'mon please now
Talk to me
Tell me; things I could find helpful
How can I stop now...
Is there nothing I can do
I have lost my way
I've been losing you

I can still hear our screams competing
You're hissing your s's like a snake
Now in the mirror stands
Half a man
I thought no one could break

It wasn't the rain
That made no difference
...nervously drumming on: Run away
But I want the guilt to get me
Thoughts to wreck me
- Preying on my mind

Please now
Talk to me
Tell me; things I could find helpful
For how can I stop now...
Is there nothing I can do
I have lost my way
I've been losing you


EAST OF THE SUN (4:11)

(Pål Waaktaar)

Half of a letter
Tells half a story
The way I see it
It's half the worry
Where I came from
I forgot too soon...
East of the sun
And west of the moon

Money talks
And hey, I'm listening
I've lived without it
Enough to miss it
Where I'm going
I'll get there soon
East of the sun
And west of the moon

Another day leaves me aching
I try to wake up
But something's breaking
Here inside me
Deep and hollow
A sound that no other sound could follow
I know the pain
Before the wound
East of the sun
And west of the moon


(SEEMINGLY) NONSTOP JULY (3:00)

(Pål Waaktaar)

Walking by strangers
Stranger than me
We talk of the future
Between you and me

Sweet little darling
Where will we be
Sweet little darling
Where will we be

It's hard to conceive it
All comes to an end
A joke when it's funny, well...
I laugh and pretend

We're fools to believe it
We're fools to try


EARLY MORNING (2:58)

(Pål Waaktaar/Magne Furuholmen)

Early morning
Eight o'clock precise
I see the lonely August sun arise

Say you know
You will
Move me like you do

Out on the fields...
I'm waiting the whole night through
Early morning, early morning, yeah

Ran the whole way
Down to the tracks
Through the doorway
Then a last look back

Say you know
You will
Save me like you do

Out on the fields...
I've waited the whole night through
Early morning, early morning, yeah

I climbed all the stairways
To find the rooftop clear
Got the shotgun lying with me here
Say you know
You will
Move me like you do

Out on the fields...
You know how it feels, yeah
Early morning, early morning, yeah

Early morning
Eight o'clock precise


MANHATTAN SKYLINE (4:52)

(Pål Waaktaar)

We sit and watch umbrellas fly
I'm trying to keep my newspaper dry
I hear myself say,
"My boat's leaving now"
...so we shake hands and cry
Now I must wave goodbye
Wave goodbye

You know
I don't want to cry again
I don't want to cry again
Don't want to say goodbye
I don't want to cry again
I don't want to run away
Don't want to race this pain
I'll never see your face again

Oh but how
How can you say
That I didn't try...
You see things in the depths of my eyes
That my love's run dry
No...

We leave to their goodbyes
I've come to depend on the look in their eyes
My blood's sweet for pain
The wind and the rain bring back words of a song
And they say wave goodbye
Wave goodbye

But you know
I don't want to fall again
Don't want to know this pain
Don't want another friend
Don't want to try again
Don't want to see you hurt
Don't let me see you hurt
I don't want to cry again
I'll never see your face again

How can you say
That I didn't try
You know I did
You see things in the depths of my eyes
That my love's run dry

...So I read to myself
A chance of a lifetime to see new horizons
On the front page
A black and white picture of
Manhattan Skyline



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