MONOLITH

               MISTER PERSONALITY  


OUT TONIGHT, OUT INTO THAT SOCIAL SCENE AGAIN
IT'LL BE ALRIGHT, IF YOU CAN MAKE YOUR DREAM COME TRUE, YOU WIN.
AGAIN YOU TRY, ANOTHER CASE OF DO OR DIE
AGAIN TONIGHT, YOU NEVER STOP TO ASK YOURSELF WHY.

CHORUS
'CAUSE YOU'VE BECOME MISTER PERSONALITY
YOU LIVE YOUR LIFE SO WILD AND FREE

SITTING AT THE BAR, ACTING LIKE SOME KIND OF STAR
YOU'RE NOT VERY FAR, WHEN YOU STOP TO THINK OF WHERE YOU ARE.
ALL THE GIRLS, HANGING 'ROUND, JUST TRYING TO TAKE YOU
AROUND THE WORLD, IF THEY ONLY KNEW, THEY MIGHT FORSAKE YOU.

CHORUS
'CAUSE YOU'VE BECOME MISTER PERSONALITY
YOU LIVE YOUR LIFE SO WILD AND FREE
BUT YOU'VE LOST THE PERFECT OPPORTUNITY
TO LIVE YOUR  LIFE AS IT SHOULD BE.


YOU WERE ALWAYS THE ONE WHO SAID HE'S GOT IT MADE
THERE WERE ALWAYS THE DUES YOU NEVER HAD TO PAY
BUT I CAN SEE ITS COMING TO AN END
SO YOU BETTER PREPARE TO FALL MY FRIEND.

GUYS LIKE YOU, THEY ALWAYS KNOW JUST WHAT TO DO
ITS SO FAR FROM YOU, THE WORDS YOU SAID, THE MEANINGS UNTRUE

REPEAT CHORUS




            WHEN PUSH COMES TO SHOVE

WHY DO I FEEL LIKE WALKING AWAY
WHEN TIME AFTER TIME YOU ASK ME TO STAY
WHY IS IT WE ALWAYS ARGUE AND FIGHT
WE'RE GOING IN CIRCLES AND YOU THINK YOU'RE RIGHT

YOU SAY THAT ITS YOU WHO KNOWS ABOUT LOVE
YOU REALLY BELIEVE THAT YOU'VE BEEN SENT FROM ABOVE
BUT I'M  HERE TO TELL YOU ITS DOWN TO THE WIRE
IT FEELS LIKE WE'VE GONE FROM THE PAN STRAIGHT TO THE FIRE


CHORUS
WHEN PUSH COMES TO SHOVE
YOU PUSHED YOUR WAY OUT OF LOVE
NOW YOU'VE LOST THE PRIZE
LOVE HAS CUT YOU DOWN TO SIZE
YOU CHEATED AT THE GAME
THINGS WILL NEVER BE THE SAME
YOU BROKE THE RULES OF LOVE
NOW PUSH HAS COME TO SHOVE
WHEN LOVE TURNS TO HATE, WELL THAT SEEMS TO BE YOUR FATE
SO STAY RIGHT WHERE YOU ARE, CAUSE NOW YOU'VE GONE TOO FAR

YOU SAY THAT IT'S YOU WHO KNOWS ABOUT LOVE
YOU REALLY BELIEVE THAT YOU'VE BEEN SENT FROM ABOVE
BUT I'M  HERE TO TELL YOU ITS DOWN TO THE WIRE
IT FEELS LIKE WE'VE GONE FROM THE PAN STRAIGHT TO THE FIRE


REPEAT CHORUS




               WASTING MY TIME

WHEN I MET YOU I COULDN'T SEE
HOW  HARD YOU TRIED TO CONQUER ME
BUT NOW I SEE EXACTLY WHAT YOU'RE TRYING TO DO
NOW THE TABLE'S TURNING AND ITS FALLING DOWN ON YOU

YOU'RE USING PEOPLE DEMONSTRATES YOUR LOVE
NO MATTER WHAT I GIVE ITS NOT ENOUGH
TRIED TO TAKE ME FOR A RIDE, I ALMOST GAVE IN
BUT THIS IS ONE GAME BABY YOU'RE NOT GOING TO WIN

CHORUS
YOU'RE WASTING MY TIME
YOU GOT ME FEELING LIKE MY LIFE ISN'T MINE
I WANT TO JUST GO FAR AWAY AND LEAVE YOU FAR BEHIND
NOW ITS THE END OF THE LINE
BEFORE I MET YOU I WAS DOING JUST FINE
I'M TIRED OF WASTING MY TIME
YOU SWEAR THAT YOU'RE SO FINE

I'M BACK ON TRACK AND I AM FREE
THIS IS HOW ITS MEANT TO BE
GO AND FIND YOURSELF ANOTHER LOVER AND WE'LL SEE
IF YOU CAN WIN HIM OVER JUST LIKE YOU TRIED WITH ME



             SOLDIER OF FORTUNE  

WHERE IS THE SOLDIER OF FORTUNE
DEEP IN THE FIRE - DEEP IN THE FIGHT
KNOWING THE MEANING OF CAUTION
WAR IS THE LIFE, EVERY DAY EVERY NIGHT

HE'LL VENTURE TO ANY COUNTRY
IN NEED OF THE SERVICE - A PROFESSIONAL MAN
WALKING THRU HELL LIKE A WEAPON
SEEKING IN SILENCE-DESTROY ON COMMAND

AND WHEN HE'S DOWN UNDER FIRE
MAY NOT GET OUT OF THERE - NO GUARANTEES
THERE'S SOMETHING YOU MUST ADMIRE
CONTROL OF THE INSTINCT TO TURN 'ROUND AND FLEE

CHORUS
SOLDIER  - I"M A MAN OF THE WORLD
OF FORTUNE  - FOR THE MONEY I WILL SERVE
SOLDIER  - IN THE DEAD OF THE NIGHT
OF FORTUNE  -  FOR THE MONEY WRONG OR RIGHT
ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD
ON THAT YOU CAN BET YOUR LIFE

YOU'LL NEVER CALL ME A HERO
NO RECOGNITION FOR THE WORK I HAVE DONE
THERE'S SOMETHING YOU NEVER WILL KNOW
WHERE I AM GOING WHEN THIS BATTLES WON

I'LL VENTURE TO ANY COUNTRY
IN NEED OF THE SERVICE- A PROFESSIONAL MAN
WALKING THRU HELL LIKE A WEAPON
SEEKING IN SILENCE-DESTROY ON COMMAND

I AM THE SOLDIER OF FORTUNE
DEEP IN THE FIRE - DEEP IN THE FIGHT
KNOWING THE MEANING OF CAUTION
WAR IS MY LIFE EVERY DAY EVERY NIGHT

REPEAT CHORUS


CONQUISTADOR   (BROOKER / REID)

Conquistador your stallion stands
in need of company
and like some angel's haloed brow
you reek of purity
I see your armour-plated breast
has long since lost its sheen
and in your death mask face
there are no signs which can be seen

And though I hoped for something to find
I could see no maze to unwind
 
Conquistador a vulture sits
upon your silver shield
and in your rusty scabbard now
the sand has taken seed
and though your jewel-encrusted blade
has not been plundered still
the sea has washed across your face
and taken of its fill

And though I hoped for something to find
I could see no maze to unwind
 
Conquistador there is no time
I must pay my respect
and though I came to jeer at you
I leave now with regret
and as the gloom begins to fall
I see there is no, only all
and though you came with sword held high
you did not conquer, only die

And though I hoped for something to find
I could see no maze to unwind



       THE FOOL WHO LAUGHED AT LIFE

TRIED IN VAIN TO FIND HIMSELF
EVERY PATH A WRONG TURN
SEEKING IMITATION WEALTH
WHENEVER WILL HE LEARN
HAPPINESS TOO HARD TO FIND
CONTENTMENT NEVER NEAR
CONFUSION DWELLS WITHIN HIS MIND
CONFIRMING ALL HIS FEAR

CHORUS
HE IS THE FOOL WHO LAUGHED AT LIFE
HIS WORLD, IT IS TURNING BLACK
HE'S THE FOOL WHO LAUGHED AT LIFE
AND LIFE LAUGHED BACK


DRINK ALL NIGHT IT LEAVES HIM THERE
ASLEEP BEHIND THE WHEEL
SILVER SPOON - WHITE POWDER BURNS
DON'T ASK HIM HOW HE FEELS
THE WOMAN HE IS WAITING FOR - SHE NEVER WILL ARRIVE
HE DREAMS OF HER FOREVER MORE
THE DREAM EVADES HIS LIFE

CHORUS

TOO MANY TIMES HE LAUGHED AT LIFE
AND STILL HE WILL NOT SEE
THAT LIFE IT HAS A FUNNY WAY
SOME THINGS CAN NEVER BE
SO ON AND ON HE GOES AGAIN SMILING ALL THE WHILE
I GUESS THAT HE WILL NEVER SEE
HIS LIFES GONE OUT OF STYLE

CHORUS




            DISTANT THUNDER


HEARING THAT THE BIG ONE IS COMING ANY DAY
YOU KNOW THE BIG BLUE SKY WILL BE TURNING RED AND GRAY
FORGET IT JUST DON'T WONDER WHY
THE THOUGHT YOU FEAR WILL JUSTIFY
THE SOUND OF DISTANT THUNDER IN THE SKY

YOU KNOW MANKIND IS ALWAYS IN THE HANDS OF MORTAL MEN
YOU SEE IT ALWAYS HAPPENING TIME AND TIME AGAIN
WHO WILL PUSH THAT BUTTON DOWN
MISSILES COME FROM UNDERGROUND
THE HEAT OF DISTANT THUNDER BURNS YOU DOWN

CHORUS
DISTANT THUNDER CRASHING IN THE SKY
DISTANT THUNDER KISS IT ALL GOODBYE
DISTANT THUNDER FEEL IT VERY NEAR
DISTANT THUNDER I NEVER WANT TO HEAR


THERE IS REALLY NO PLACE LEFT WHERE WE CAN RUN
I GUESS I MIGHT AS WELL JUST THROW AWAY MY GUN
I JUST HOPE I DON'T HAVE TO PAY
PAY MORE DUES ON JUDGMENT DAY
THE SOUND OF DISTANT THUNDER FAR AWAY

REPEAT CHORUS                                                           



                      NO CONTEST

WHERE DO YOU THINK THAT IT STARTED
AND WHY DO YOU THINK IT BEGAN
BORN WITH A FLAME OF DESIRE
PROGRESSIONS OF AN AVERAGE MAN


CONSIDER THE MIND OVER MATTER
AND EVERYTHING ELSE IN BETWEEN
ALL THAT IS LYING BEFORE YOU
ONCE CAME FROM UTOPIAN DREAMS

ONCE AGAIN ALL THE PRESSURES UPON YOU
PREPARING FOR THIS POWER PLAY
BUT YOU'VE GOT THE POWER AND IT'S ON YOUR SIDE
AND WINNING, THERE'S NO OTHER WAY

EVERYONE TRYING TO OPEN NEW DOORS
DON'T YOU KNOW IT'S ALL BEEN DONE BEFORE
EVERYONE TRYING TO TOUCH THE SKY
LET 'EM KEEP TRYING - DON'T ASK ME WHY

CHORUS
THERES NO CONTEST,  JUST GIVE UP THE SHOW
THERES NO CONTEST,  YOU CAN PACK IT UP AND GO
THERES NO CONTEST,  SORRY YOU LOST THE GAME
THERES NO CONTEST,  HERE WE WILL REMAIN

REPEAT CHORUS              



                    LOVED AND LOST  

THEY SAY YOU CAN’T LOSE WHAT YOU NEVER HAD
SO THEN TELL ME WHY TONIGHT I’M FEELING SO BAD
EVERYTHING I’D BEEN HOPING FOR
I HAD HER FOR A WHILE, I DON’T HAVE HER ANYMORE

LIFE’S STRANGE, ONE DAY YOU’RE WAY UP HIGH
YOUR SPIRIT IS FLYING WAY UP IN THE SKY
BUT THEN IN MID-FLIGHT, YOU’RE GONNA BE SHOT DOWN
YOU’RE ASKING YOURSELF WHY, BUT THERE’S NO ANSWER TO BE FOUND


EVERY TIME THAT I TURN AROUND
MY DREAMS HAVE FALLEN TO THE GROUND
EMOTIONS CAST TO THE LOST AND FOUND
EVERY TIME SALVATION’S IN MY SIGHTS
REASSURE MYSELF THIS TIME IT’S RIGHT
BUT I’VE LOST OUT AGAIN TONIGHT, AGAIN
WHEN WILL I EVER WIN

CHORUS
I’VE LOVED AND I HAVE LOST
I KEEP PAYING THAT FATEFUL COST
TELL ME WHAT PRICE PEACE OF MIND
I’VE LOST AND NOW I FIND SHE’S FOREVER ON MY MIND
I KEEP WAITING FOR THE DAY THAT LOVE
LOVE WILL TAKE ME ALL THE WAY
FOR I’VE BEEN HURT AGAIN TODAY
I HAVE LOVED AND I HAVE LOST


THEY SAY YOU CAN’T LOSE WHAT YOU NEVER HAD
STILL THE FACT REMAINS TONIGHT I’M FEELING SO SAD
EVERYTHING I’D BEEN HOPING FOR
I HAD HER FOR A WHILE, I DON’T HAVE HER ANYMORE

REPEAT CHORUS



             LONG  NIGHT    

I STAYED AWAKE LAST NIGHT, WONDERING WHERE YOU'VE GONE TO
SOMETHING ISN'T RIGHT, I CAN'T GO ON WITHOUT YOU
WHEN I TOLD YOU I, I COULD NEVER EVER BE TRUE
WELL THAT WAS A LIE, NOW I WANT TO BE BESIDE YOU
THE LOOK IN YOUR EYES, IT WAS SAYING GOODBYE ON THAT LONG NIGHT

WHY DID YOU BELIEVE, ALL THE THINGS THAT I WAS SAYING
I CAN'T CONCEIVE THE FACT YOU'RE GONE, AND NOW I'M PRAYING
FOR YOUR RETURN, YES MY HEARTS GONNA BURN ON THIS LONG NIGHT

NOW YOU'RE BACK, YOU'RE GONNA SEE, TIME ALONE WILL HEAL THE BURNS
THERE HAS BEEN A CHANGE IN ME, I'M BY YOUR SIDE THROUGH ALL THE TURNS
TOGETHER WITH ME IS RIGHT WHERE YOU SHOULD BE ON THIS LONG NIGHT (2x)

TOGETHER WITH ME IS RIGHT WHERE YOU SHOULD BE ON THIS LONG NIGHT (4x)

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ALL SONGS ARE COPYRIGHT W. HAMER/MONOLITH MUSIC PUBLISHING/B.M.I.
EXCEPT "CONQUISTADOR" (BROOKER/REID) ESSEX Publishing 1971