Listening to Caro Emerald

2010

Lyrics
01. That Man
I'm in a little bit of trouble
And I'm in real deep
From the beginning to the end
He was no more than a friend to me

The thought is makin' me hazy
I think I better sit down
Cause like the sweetest serenade
Bet he knows he's got it made with me

Twisting round on a carousel
This speeds' too much to stop
One second I'm thinkin' I'm feeling the lust
And then I feel a lot

That man is like a flame
And ooh that man plays me like a game
My only sin is I can't win
Ooh I wanna love that man
Ooh that man is on my list
And ooh that man I wanna kiss
My only sin is I can't win
Ooh I wanna love that man

Now it's like I'm on a mission
Headed everywhere
And if it takes a little long
And it feels a little wrong who cares?

My baby fits the description
And does it easily
A little Gable, some Astaire
When he dances I can hardly breathe

Someone call a doctor
Need some help to rescue me
One second I'm thinkin' I must be lost
And he keeps on findin' me

That man is like a flame
And ooh that man plays me like a game
My only sin is I can't win
Ooh I wanna love that man
Ooh that man is on my list
And ooh that man I wanna kiss
My only sin is I can't win
Ooh I wanna love that man

Ooh, I'm gonna find that man
You bet ya, I'm gonna find that man
Ooh, I'm gonna find that man
I'm gonna find that, I'm gonna find that man

02. Just One Dance

Hey handsome have you got the time
I've been watching you since the moment you arrived
A white suit from London, and shoes from Paris
Don't'cha wanna spend about an hour with me

The scent and the aroma refuses to breathe
It's more like a haze that is trying to succeed
It's drawing me in and pulling me to you
And every thought I have turns the language blue

All it costs is just a minute now
For one dollar you can show me how
I'll take your hand and then your worries too
In just one dance I'll make your dreams come true

Don't know why you play hard to get
I'm here to kiss away any thoughts of your regret
The silk tie from Siam shows elegance and class
Handsome as the heavens that a film would never cast

But underneath the mask I see the skin of a man
Smooth and seductive who's really got a plan
It's drawing me in, magnetically to you

All it costs is just a minute now
For one dollar you can show me how
I'll take your hand and then your worries too
In just one dance I'll make your dreams come true

I'm like the smoke on your fire
Smoldering endless desire
How long will your flame burn

All it costs is just a minute now
For one dollar you can show me how
I'll take your hand and then your worries too
In just one dance I'll make your dreams come true
03. Riviera

I'm really tired of my concrete jungle
Six days a week is way too much
I'm gonna make the great escape, go on a little getaway

I'll go get my beat-up motor
Start it up and head for the green of endless countrysides
And go somewhere I have never been

I'll stop, kiss my blues goodbye
Breathe until I soar outside my crazy nights
And live the Riviera life
I'll stop, thank you for today
I'm sure that by candlelight,
I'll be alright and live a Riviera life

The road can wind like my hidden hair bow
You clear my face so I can feel the breeze
And down below it's Monaco and mister, I don't know a soul

I'll drop off the keys at valet
Look out my window bay
One afternoon martini
Wouldn't want it any other way

I'll stop. Kiss my blues goodbye
Breathe until I soar outside my crazy nights
And live the Riviera life
I'll stop, thank you for today
I'm sure that by candlelight, I'll be alright
and live a Riviera life

So whenever my eyes get weary
I'm not fearing what life brings
Forever when times make me teary
I'll know what I was meant to do
I've nothing at all to lose

I'll stop, kiss my blues goodbye
Breathe until I soar outside my crazy nights
And live the Riviera life
I'll stop, thank you for today
I'm sure that by candlelight, I'll be alright
and live a Riviera life
04. Back it up
I can't stop shaking
The room has a groove and the floor
It's almost earthquaking, uhuh

Look what we're making
History out on the floor
And it's just awaking, uhuh

So get that needle in the core
Scratch that back and gimme more
You know exactly what I came here for
Back it up and do it again

From the middle to the top to the end
Ba du da dun doday
Ba du da dun doday
Back to the middle to the front to the end
Za du da dun doday

Everybody ba dun doday
I don't care if he's a friend
From the front to the middle to the back to the end

Back, back, back, back it up
I wanna, I wanna
Back it up and do it again

Gimme some of that funky
The kind that the Duke used to play
And make it more swingy, heyhey

And then give me some horn-ay
You know the bub-pu-pa bub-pu-pa-bay
Come on, give it to me
Hmmm hmmm

Slam that bass and make it sing
Give those strings that rip 'n zing
You know exactly what I came here for
Back it up and do it again

05. The Other Woman
Little girl, just keep on waiting
Little girl, just keep on waiting
For that man to give you a life
You keep on hoping
So this prince can save you
Keep on dreaming his scandalous lie
For your love is he the hero?
Does he know that you're begging him please?
Where angels dare, the devils fill that need
In your despair does he get up to leave?

At the start of his goodbye, do you ever realize
That you never get the chance? All you get is alibis
When smoke begins to fade and you standing face to face
Does he kiss you in the way to say you're the other woman? the other woman?..

Wear that dress, the one you rely on (mmmmm)
Slip up high, that shows off your wares
And when he's arriving give him that invitation
Keep on wishing of his dollars and cares
For your love he is your hero, yes!
Even though, you are begging him, please, please
Woman, I'm scarred, your risks are neverending
And don't you pretend you don't live what you dream

At the start of his goodbye do you ever realize
That you never get the chance all you get is alibis
When smoke begins to fade and you standing face to face
Does he kiss you in the way to say
You're the other woman, the other woman
You'll always be the other woman
You'll always be the other woman

Baby trust me, I’ve been there before...
You don't know him. I know him more

At the start of his goodbye, do you ever realize
That you never get the chance, all you get is alibis
When smoke begins to fade and you standing face to face
Does he kiss you in the way to say you're the other woman, the other woman


06. Absolutely Me

Clear the way, boys
The lady has arrived
All you handsome fellas
Please wait for me to the right

Don't keep me waiting
Ooh, thank you for the drink
It's quarter past eleven
I'm not in the mood to think

Mr. Bandleader
Let's kick out the jam
Gimme something that'll light it up
And make my feet go bam bam bam!

Cos Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday
Are impossible you see
But when it gets to Friday
Whatcha get is absolutely me

I said, Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday
Are impossible for me
But once you get to Friday
Whatcha get is absolutely me

Sweeter than the candy
About to caress my lips
Imagine all the sugar
When I start to shake my hips

It's not an illusion
I'm as live as I can be
Instead of all your promises
Why don't you show all your charms to me

Mr. Bandleader
The arrangement has to change
Gimme something that will light it up
Won't'cha let the boogie start to play

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday
Are impossible you see
But when it gets to Friday
Whatcha get is absolutely me

I said Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday
Are impossible for me
But once you get to Friday
What'cha get is absolutely me

i don't want a serenade
To hear you say a thing
All I need is your attention
And a thank you, a ten carat diamond ring

Cos Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday
Are impossible you see
But when it gets to Friday
Whatcha get is absolutely me

I said Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday
Are impossible for me
But once you get to Friday
Whatcha get is absolutely me


08. Dr. Wanna Do


I just made an appointment
For a special rendez-vous
To see a man of miracles
And all that he can do

I checked in at reception
Put my hat onto my lap
And when he walked in dressed in white
I had a heart attack

My eyes went ooh
My voice just cooed
My mind let loose
I'll stay forever, it's up to you

Doctor, I want you
Ooh, my doctor wanna do
I can't get over you
Doctor, do anything that you wanna so

I sat down and I waited
Til I heard my name get called
It's like I'm at races
And I think I won them all

He asked me to step forward
First I caught my breath, and ran
For endless observation
In the hands of Superman

My eyes went ooh
My voice just cooed
My mind let loose
I'll stay forever, it's up to you

Doctor I want you
Ooh, my Doctor Wanna Do
I can't get over you
Dr. do anything that ya Wanna Do

Come over here and give me some medicine
Move a little closer so my head can spin
A little bit of potion makes my fever go
Get it outta me like a vulcano

My eyes went ooh
My voice just cooed
My mind let loose
Ooh, Dr. Love

Doctor, I want you
Ooh, my doctor wanna do
I can't get over you
Doctor, do anything that ya wanna do

10. I Know That He's Mine
Three o'clock on a late Sunday morning
The candles have burned to their end
Found the pictures we've taken, and now I'm awaking,
and slipped my invisible friend
So I'm staring at the hands of my wall-clock
Seems both of us just hanging round
Got noone to want me, and nothing to hold,
my body needs what it don't have

Without him I really don't mind
a little bit lonely - he'll make up in time
as long as he loves me, he'll answer his crime
the door stays wide open - i know that he's mine

the tracks of my tears keep on freezing
I'm melting the cold in the halls
I feel like I'm drowning, there's no-one around,
and now I'm just climbing the walls
Perhaps if I played the seductress
A passionate woman of gall
He'd be there in a minute, the heat won't diminish, I'd wear nothing more than a smile

Without him I really don't mind
a little bit lonely - he'll make up in time
as long as he loves me, he'll answers his crime
the door stays wide open - I know that he's mine

Charlie keeps singing that chanson
Your words always make so much sense
And though they're in French, I've got no defense, I know that I'm reaching the end
The rumors keep flying around me
It's you I refuse to believe
He's right from the corner, he knows that I'm home now,
and nobody calls me naive

Without him I really don't mind
a little bit lonely - he'll make up in time
as long as he loves me, he'll answers his crime
the door stays wide open - i know that he's mine

11. A Night Like This


From where you are you see the smoke starts to arise
Where they play cards and you walk over softly moving past the guards
The stakes are getting higher you can feel it in your heart

He calls you bluff, he is the ace you never thought he played that much
And now it's more than all this cards you want to touch you never know
If winning this could really be enough

Take a look beyond the moon you see the stars
And when you look around you know the room by heart

I have never dreamed it
Have you ever dreamed a night like this?
I cannot believe it
I may never see a night like this
When everything you think is incomplete
Starts happening when you are cheek-to-cheek
Could you ever dream it
I have never dreamed, dreamed a night like this

How many times have I been waiting by the door to hear these chimes
To hear that someone debonaire has just a arrived
And opened up to see my world before my eyes
That silhouette creates an image on the night
I can't forget it has the scent of something special I can't rest
If I resist temptation Oh, I know for sure that I will lose the bet

I walk away and suddenly it seems I'm not alone
In front of me he stands. I stop, before he goes

I have never dreamed it
Have you ever dreamed a night like this?
I cannot believe it
I may never see a night like this
When everything you think is incomplete
Starts happening when you are cheek to cheek
Could you ever dream it?
I have never dreamed, dreamed a night like this

I have never dreamed it
Have you ever dreamed a night like this?
I cannot believe it
I may never see a night like this
When everything you think is incomplete
Starts happening when you are cheek to cheek
Could you ever dream it?
I have never dreamed, dreamed a night like this