[2003-10-09] downloaded and deHTMLified lyrics Bel Canto: Magic Box (c)1996 Atlantic 1. The Magic Box I 2. In Zenith 3. Free Lunch in the Jungle 4. Rumour 5. Sleepwalker 6. Bombay 7. Paradise 8. Didn't You Know It? 9. Big Belly Butterflies 10. Kiss of Spring 11. The Magic Box II 1. The Magic Box I Clink, clink, clatter, rattle The penny dropped Iconized, though slightly slouched he Raised both his arms, raised his head Outside the cabinet there stood a little girl, goggle-eyed and quite atounded Gazed at the wizard, Gazed at the crystal-ball Dear Mr. Sage, what do you see? Is it my dream? - It was here with me Now it is lost Where can it be? 2. In Zenith Oh, surely love will come my way Oh, surely, in time I'm being in my zenith The vital youth The clouds glide by, baby, baby The clouds and I Stirred it up into a thunder Still craving? I know It'll get better eventually In zenith, in zenith Quiet sleep In zenith, in zenith Oh, it is my remedy: Sunshine - a balcony Mind and matter Soil and seed The birds pass by, baby, baby The birds up high Whirled it up into a thunder Still craving? I know Mind you baby, it's mutual Still craving for love? Guess you'll find it eventually In zenith, in zenith Quiet sleep In zenith, in zenith Quiet sleep Quiet sleep Still craving? I know Mind you baby, it's mutual Still craving for us? Guess we'll meet up eventually Quiet, quiet sleep Quiet, quiet sleep Yeah, quiet sleep 3. Free Lunch in the Jungle I know I'm alive And I do love lovely dos, do you? Oh yeah, I guess you do I love being alive And I hope that love will see me through In all the things I do I like the spice in me, I like the spice in you I've seen it twice in me and I've seen it twice in you I know I'm alive Until all my dreams are all come true And some things are blue I know I'm alive, I know I am 'Cause if I was not, I would be damned And, so I guess, would you Yeah I like the spice in me, I like the spice in you So throw a dice for me and I'll throw a dice for you Oh, we all cling on tight to pine-tree tops Oh, we are the lucky stars, lucky stars Oh, we all cling on tight to pine-tree tops Oh, we're just a little bit too excited Little bit too excited for me X2 Je vis avec baloo là-bas Je vis bien là-bas Oui on mange ... ... Understand? I know I'm alive 'cause I do love lovely dos, do you? Oh yeah, I know you do Bien sur Yo! I'm in love with life, I know I am and I'll try to keep it spick and span To let my love shine through I like the spice in me, I like the spice in you He put the eyes in me, a little bit the eyes in you Oh, there's a crocodile beneath the mud It wants a little snack, a little snack There's a crocodile beneath the mud It is a little bit too excited Little bit too excited for me X2 Je vis avec baloo là-bas Je vis bien là-bas Little bit too excited for me This is too excited for me Oui on mange ... Bien sûr pas loin de moi Oh, when you cling on tight to pine-tree tops I'd say shake and bend, shake and bend Oh, when you cling on tight to pine-tree tops You'll feel a little bit too excited Little bit too excited for me X2 Ecoute, j'ai deja dit tout ça Je vis bien là-bas Little bit too excited for me This is too excited for me Oui on mange ... Pourquoi pas loin de moi ? Little bit too excited for me This is too excited for me Ecoute, j'ai deja dit tout ça Je vais bien là-bas Little bit too excited for me This is too excited for me Je vis avec baloo là-bas, bas, bas 4. Rumour This is the morning When our feelings rise together with the sun There are the feelings that are yet to be awoken How many wishes fade to nothing Once they face reality? How many wishes turn to grief? How many wishes going on and on and on and on. Yeah, yeah, yeah Ouh, hey, hey I bless the sunshine With my love-disease and all my knees and more I bless the sunshine and no shadows haunt my walls Blue is a state of mind Blue makes you colourblind Beware of it, beware of it You talk about a rumour You talk about dead-end streets About this rumour Its not the way to think Talk about a rumour Then talk about a higher love You know it won't It won't satisfy my needs It won't satisfy my needs Say ne, ne, ne, ne, ne, ne, ne Talk about a rumour No one expected this That I should falter in a maudlin sky No one expected this But I misjudged and aimed to high Blue is a sacred place Where shattered dreams find shelter, well Blue is a state of mind Blue makes you colour-blind You talk about a rumour You talk about dead-end streets About this rumour It's God in me So, if you talk about a rumour Then talk about a higher love You talk about a rumour When all it takes is simple love And love and love and love and love Simple love And love and love and love and love You're too high Blue makes you colour-blind, yeah Yeah hehe, love .... 5. Sleepwalker Grandpa got trapped in the walls of mist He tried to flee and measure out the view from his braincloud But the higher he climbed, the more they dragged him down He loved to sing He didn't dare to talk He loved to sing but he didn't dare to talk A woman got injected with the poison from a man Struggled for a lifetime to wake up and understand Steady on, sleepwalker Steady on, sleepwalker There's so much more than this I swear There's so much more than this Would you care? Know that someone like this could have been spared Life's worth more than this, I swear The longer you let it wait it'll catch you up, you up Whenever you walk away, it'll catch you up, you up If you do ignore their fates, it'll catch you up, you up The consequenses of foul play is that it'll catch you up, see? Boy, it's got to stop, to stop! Boy, it's got to stop, to stop! S.T.O.P Steady on, sleepwalker Steady on, sleepwalker Sleepwalker There's so much more than this I swear Life's worth more than this Would you care? No, that someone like this should have been there Know there's more love to life than this The longer you hesitate, it'll catch you up, you up Whenever you look away, it'll catch you up, you up Don't watch their lives drift away It'll catch you up, you up No, the consequences of foul play is that it'll catch you up, see? Steady on Steady on S.T.O.P 6. Bombay I've been to Bombay I've seen what a man can do He climbs up a straight rope Right up to the clear full-moon And "boom", he is gone Yeah, heaven is not that far And limbs from a body are falling down on the ground Gee! It must be hard to do Yes, it is true, yes, it is true I think the limbs belonged to an orang-outang, Orang-outang, orang-outang I've been to Bombay I've seen what a man can do He climbs up a straight rope A monkey is with him too And "boom", he's gone to heaven He's mighty daring, mighty, Right he must be some kind'a guru He's out of orbit, out of orb... It seems as if the rope was held by one of the Gods, One of the Gods So tight! Not like elephants' trunks They wobbly-wob, wobbly-wob, wobbly-wob I've been to Bombay I've been to Bombay In my youth I've been to Bombay I've been to Bombay In my youth YaYaeeaoouth! And "boom", he's gone to heaven He's mighty daring, mighty right He must be some kind'a guru He's out of orbit, out of orbit The crowd went hurly-hurly ( No, I would never lie to you ) He never came downn, never came down (Yes, it is true ) He must have gone to heaven (yes, it is true ) And out of orbit, out of orbit 7. Paradise Only for this moment, let me be the one to hold you tight I'll hush the anguish and the fear with a lullaby If the stormy waters seize you in your restless sleep, I will safely pull you out of the deep Don't ask me why, don't ask me if Can't you see, you're my blood? Say you'll put your trust in me although it aches We'll make the demons go without a trace Mary, don't go We'll find paradise in the end Maybe Hol on to paradise baby In a whisper I once heard you vaguely: "I'm in a boat alone in the raging sea" We could calm those waves, you and I We could row the other side Mary Hold on Mary, don't go We'll find paradise in the end Maybe Hold on It will be paradise one day Mary, my blood I will be your side till the end Marry me my blood and I will be your side till the end, till the end We could row the other side Mary 8. Didn't You Know It? Hey, sibling souls, are you out there? Children of the earth, where are we going from here? 'Cause it hurts the young to live in the open with so much love to give But too little to spare Yeah, yeah, yeah, the moves we make, the moves we make We stumble and we hesitate Yeah, yeah, yeah, the moves we make, the moves we make She said I was not to worry Hadn't seen her since, but was totally convinced 'Till I heard them say; "Didn't you know it? Mary, poor child, was alone When she died" Yeah, yeah, yeah, the moves we make, the moves we make The promises we disengage Yeah, yeah, yeah, the moves we make, the moves we make Time for the unfree Time to rejuvenate the elderly Time for the unfree Time to lend a hand Time to lend a hand Time to make a stand So many things I don't want to know Told a freind one day but he says I'm o.k 'Cause we're born within the x-geberation Virtually real with a planet to heal Yeah, yeah, yeah, the moves we make, the moves we make We fumble and we hesitate Yeah, yeah, yeah, the moves we make, the moves we make Time for the unseen Time to eliminate tomorrow's fears Time for the unseen Time to make a stand Do you follow me? No? Well, it's time to move on and to set our wills free Fantasy, it's here in me 9. Big Belly Butterflies I want to give you love but it takes some guts to have and hold with empathy To coil around you tenderly feels like windows open wide, feels cold, fresh breeze So, then why do tears roll down my cheeks, flow and flood the temple of my body's flesh and bones? My body's flesh and bones My body's flesh and bones I want to give you more than I ever have Somehow this is not my curse The air, too thin, too many times recycled feels my big belly butterflies, feeds, grows too, wild Do you want to see me cry? Yeah, head bent, on my knees? No! You know I have to let you know that I have to let you go Sixteen rifts inside of me, inside this solid tube, inside is solitude, inside this solid tube... Oh hopefully truth will make me free Fly, you big belly butter, big jelly-belly butterflies Is solitude Inside they do Inside too My body's flesh and bones My body's flesh and bones Free 10. Kiss of Spring We set our sails and the sorrows passed us by like cherry-trees with their blossoms all floating through the air We made a wish while the angels boogalooed around the trees with the blossoms encircling their hair My first kiss - joy and bliss Yes, we should Touch the flame - Is it sane? Yes, we should We set our sails and the shadows stuck ashore like wooden piers But the blossoms were floating through the air We kissed the lake while the angels waved and cheered And so it seemed that the blossoms made garlands in their hair Oh, my baby - two makes three Yes, we should Is it true? - Is it me you woo? Yes, we should Yes, we should, should Oh, tickle, little, tickle, little, tickle, little sire Hottentotts and motmots will guide 'ya to the dragon and his sapphires Oh, tickle, little, tickle, little, tickle, little winner All of us have been a champion swimmer 5, 6, 7 ate 9 for dinner Oh, my baby - two makes three Yes, we should Is it true? - Is it me you woo? Yes, we should Yes, we should, should Into the air... And the blossoms were floating through the air 11. The Magic Box II Fly, fly fly with the gale to where the four winds blow Rise and rise until you've found it If man got no hopes, then man got no love Please Mr. Sage, keeper of dreams Is it somewhere beyond the last sea? Say it is so and bring it to me Iconized, though slightly slouched he. [[eof]]