Stay On These Roads

Stay On These Roads


Die zweite Single von "Stay On These Roads" war das namensgebende Lied des Albums selber. Sie war sechs Wochen lang an der Spitze der norwegischen Charts und der erfolgreichste Song in Norwegen 1988. Ob es daran lag, dass es nach "Take On Me" wieder das erste Lied war, dass alle drei gemeinsam geschrieben hatten? Wie dem auch sei, diese Single ist eine der erfolgreichsten von A-ha gewesen. Auf ihr war auch noch "Soft Rains Of April" in einem Original Mix zu finden. Die 12'' Version wurde noch durch eine Extended Remix von John Hudson bereichert. Eine Premiere besonderer Art konnte mit dieser Single auch noch gefeiert werden: Das erste Mal wurde als Datenträger nicht nur Vinylscheiben, sondern auch CDs eingesetzt.

Charts

Land Top
Plazierung
Deutschland 7
Norwegen 1
Großbritannien 5
Frankreich 3
Holland 8
Österreich 1
Irland 2

Formate

7'' 12'' CD-Single
Stay On These Roads (4:44) /
Soft Rains Of April
(Original Mix) (3:15)
Stay On These Roads
(Extended Remix) (6:14) //
Soft Rains Of April
(Original Mix) (3:15)
Stay On These Roads
(7" Version) (4:44) /
Soft Rains Of April
(Original mix) (3.15) /
Take On Me (3:46) /
Cry Wolf (4:05)



Texte

STAY ON THESE ROADS (4:44)

(Morten Harket/Mags/Pål Waaktaar)

The cold has a voice
It talks to me
Stillborn, by choice
It airs no need
To hold

Old man feels the cold...
Oh baby don't
'cause I've been told:

Stay on these roads
We shall meet, I know
Stay on...my love
We shall meet, I know
I know

Where join should reign
These skies restrain
‘Shadow your love...'
The voice trails off again

Old man feels the cold
Oh baby don't
'cause I've been told

Stay on these roads
We shall meet, I know
Stay on...my love
You feel so weak, be strong
Stay on, stay on
We shall meet, I know
I know


SOFT RAINS OF APRIL (3:12)

(Pål Waaktaar)

The soft rains of April are over
The soft rains of April are over, over

Anybody home now
I am on the phone now, please...

The soft rains of April are over
The ferry across the water to Dover, over

Anybody home now
I am on the phone, oh I'd like to go back
Is it raining back home
I'm so alone

Just got up today
And my thoughts are miles away
With you

Well, they gave me four years
Three more to go
Keep writing letters
Time's passing so slow

The soft rains of April are over
The soft rains of April are over
Over


TAKE ON ME (3:46)

(Pål Waaktaar/Mags/Morten Harket)

Talking away
I don't know what
I'm to say I'll say it anyway
Today's another day to find you
Shying away
I'll be coming for your love, OK?

Take on me
Take me on
I'll be gone
In a day or two

So needless to say
I'm odds and ends but I´m me
Stumbling away
Slowly learning that life is OK.
Say after me
It's no better to be safe than sorry

Take on me
Take me on
I'll be gone
In a day or two

Oh the things that you say
Is it live or
Just to play my worries away
You're all the things I've got to remember
You're shying away
I'll be coming for you anyway

Take on me
Take me on
I'll be gone
In a day or two


CRY WOLF (4:05)

(Mags/Pål Waaktaar)

"Night I left the city,
I dreamt of a wolf..."

He came from where the winds are cold
And truth is seen through keyholes
...strange longings never sleep
Now he's come where no hearts beat

Cry wolf
Time to worry
Cry wolf
Time to worry now

You can start, but you cannot stop
You give in, but you can't give up
You can tell all your desperate jokes
To a world that puts
Love on hold

Cry wolf
Time to worry
Cry wolf
Time to worry now

Dreamt of a wolf
Yeah, a wolf

...the sunken-in eyes
And the pain in his cries
A shape in the dark...

Cry wolf
Time to worry
Cry wolf
Time to worry now



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