S.O.S.

 

Where are those happy days
they seem so hard to find?
I try to reach for you
but you have closed your mind
whatever happened to our love?
I wish I understood
it used to be so nice
it used to be so good

So when you’re near me
darling can’t you hear me
SOS
the love you gave me
nothing else can save me
SOS
when you’re gone
how can I even try to go on
when you’re gone
though I try how can I carry on

You seem so far away
though you are standing near
you made me feel alive
but something died I fear
I really tried to make it out
I wish I understood
what happened to our love?
It used to be so good

So when you’re near me
darling can’t you hear me
SOS
the love you gave me
nothing else can save me
SOS
when you’re gone
how can I even try to go on
when you’re gone
though I try how can I carry on

 

 

MAN IN THE MIDDLE

 

Did you see that man in the limousine?
With the pretty blonde;
he is fifty and the girl’s only seventeen
but she doesn’t care and she never will
if he’s ninety-five she don’t give a damn
just as long as he pays the bill

Did you see that man with a fat cigar?
He just left his lunch
with a belly full of lobster and caviar
he can choose the wine from a vintage year
he will drink champagne in his limousine
when the rest of us drink a beer

’Cause he’s the man in the middle
never second fiddle
just like a spider in a cobweb
hard as a hammer
not the kind of boss
you double-cross
’cause he’s the man in the middle
knows the way to diddle
he’s never bothered by his conscience
deals with the devil ’cause he wants to be
man in the middle, the middle, the middle
in the middle

But you see that man made a big mistake
even though he’s got all his servants
and a mansion beside a lake
and the money too, all that he can spend
he can buy the most, nearly anything
but he can’t buy an honest friend

’Cause he’s the man in the middle
never second fiddle
just like a spider in a cobweb
hard as a hammer
not the kind of boss
you double-cross
’cause he’s the man in the middle
knows the way to diddle
he’s never bothered by his conscience
deals with the devil ’cause he wants to be
man in the middle, the middle, the middle
in the middle

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