THE BRIDGE ACE OF BASE 1. BEAUTIFUL LIFE (Vocals : Jenny/Linn/Joker; Backing vocals: Cue choir, Jeanette Söderholm, and Max Martin) You can do what you want just seize the day What you're doing tomorrow's gonna come your way Don't you ever consider giving up, you will find, oooh It's a beautiful life, oooh It's a beautiful life, oooh It's a beautiful life, oooh I just wanna be here beside you And stay until the break of dawn Take a walk in the park when you feel down There's so many things there that's gonna lift you up See the nature in bloom a laughing child Such a dream, oooh It's a beautiful life, oooh... I just wanna be here beside you I just wanna be here beside you and stay until the break of dawn You're looking for somewhere to belong You're standing all alone for someone to guide you on your way Now and forever It's a beautiful life, oooh... I just wanna be anybody We're living in different ways It's a beautiful life I'm gonna take you to a place I've never been before o yeah It's a beautiful life I'm gonna take you in my arms and fly away with you tonight It's a beautiful life, oooh... _____________________________________________________________________ 2. NEVER GONNA SAY I'M SORRY (Vocals: Linn/Jenny) I'm never gonna say I'm sorry, I'm a clown for everyone I'm never gonna let you down, I'm always here like a sun I'm a looser, that is a fact for sure I'm happy even if you don't want To invite me out for a dance tonight I'm not normal, I know, I don't care I'm never gonna say... I'm always here like a sun, I'm always here Like a ghost I follow your steps so true You don't have to bribe me or fill me up Give me just a minute to shine with you I will make you so happy, make you laugh I'm never gonna say I'm sorry for the essence of my soul There's so many ways to change my life 'Cause I want to...oh I'm like a clown, I'm fun for everyone... I'm never gonna say I'm sorry... _____________________________________________________________________ 3. LUCKY LOVE (Vocals : Jenny/Linn; Backing vocals : Jeanette Söderholm) Life is a paradise, oh yeah Lucky love belongs in teenage heaven I know I know 'cause I've been there with you tonight Lucky love belongs in teenage heaven I know I know 'cause I've been there with you tonight I believe life could be paradise once again And the love we thought we lost is sleeping within Close you eyes, it's something for you Lucky love... I'm a prisoner of hope I know We are young and we are old, we're falling like leaves And your heart so full of soul It makes me believe Once again it's something for you Lucky love... A bridge over time is what she needs to see the light To see the light Lucky love...Lucky love Lucky love belongs in teenage heaven Lucky love...Lucky love Lucky love belongs in teenage heaven, oh yeah Lucky love... I'm a prisoner of hope I know _____________________________________________________________________ 4. EDGE OF HEAVEN (Vocals : Jenny/Linn; Backing vocals : John Ballard and Shirley Clamp) Fire! I can see it burning so brightly Fire! I can feel it calling out to me And as the sun goes down It starts to paint a picture of an ancient town So far away, across the endless sea Lead me to the light And take me to the edge of heaven I'm standing in the night Looking for the edge of heaven We'll be touching the edge of heaven Time Close your eyes see dreams of tomorrow Time The wheels are turning till eternity And as the darkness comes I start to see a picture of a lonely man So clearly now reaching out for me Lead me to the light... And sail the endless sea so lead me to the light and take me to the edge of heaven The edge of heaven is near We'll sail the endless sea _____________________________________________________________________ 5. STRANGE WAYS (Vocals : Linn; Backing vocals : Jenny/Linn) I've got strange ways but it won't take long my friend I'm telling you someday baby I'll be gone I've got strange ways but it won't take long my friend I'm telling you someday baby I'll be back Again I've got no one but it won't take long my friend I'm telling you someday baby I'll be gone (I'm telling you someday I'll be gone) God bless you for being by my side when I fell through You could hear me you've got Internet gateways through my world God bless you I'm feeling all the force you're closing in Take it easy You dock at my side when I'm on fire I've got strange ways... Sometimes I lose it (I lose) Don't know where I'm going (don't know) But I do hope you follow all the way God bless you for being by my side when I fell through You could hear me You've got Internet gateways through my world You don't know it You're turning all this stone into a heart I can see you As you're fighting the fire When I burn I've got (I'm telling you someday baby I'll be gone/back) _____________________________________________________________________ 6. RAVINE (Vocals : Jenny; Choir : Jeanette Söderholm and Birgitta Edof) Have you heard, have you heard - About this girl who was ripped up by her roots Have you heard, what she learned? Like humility - you win when you lose I have learned - I have learned The most horrifying nights have an end I was hurt, I was lost. In the dark I found a way to a friend I am standing here in my ravine. Once again I see a piece of the sky And my joy'll never be denied 'Cause I was meant to be here - The only place on earth Where you are near - where you are near Was a flower, so frail - And I let the trees grow wild around me. Grew so high, hid the sky - Shaded everything I needed to see Then one night, someone came Took a knife an ripped me up by my roots Tossed astray, far away. In my darkest night I started to pray I am standing... Why do you, why do you ask Why I'm not blaming my god? I'll tell you, I'll tell you what - He was the only one there I am standing... _____________________________________________________________________ 7. PERFECT WORLD (Vocals : Jenny/Linn; Backing vocals : John Ballard) They say the time has come for us to start again I believe that's true They say the time has come for us to make amends And I believe that too Why tell me why is it all so hard to find I pray each day For a perfect world Where children are laughing Lovers romancing Time stands still A perfect world There's nothing to cry for No one to die for Wonderful In a perfect world Our father's father says that things were better then How easy they forgot On every page in every book of history a thousand tears were shed There's hope in our hearts and love in our eyes Day after day I keep searching Why tell me why is it all so hard to find I pray each day For a perfect world... Show me the way I'm to understand that you prove to myself that I'm a man and you love, but you can't look from above Travel cross the seven seas to be with you Passion and desire will see me through The road that I must travel will wind and curl You're all I ever needed in a perfect world _____________________________________________________________________ 8. ANGEL EYES (Vocals : Jenny/Linn/Joker; Choirs : Jeanette Söderholm and Douglas Carr) I know that I'm not the first one You have love in your path before me But when your lips touched my lips it felt like I was kissing destiny Angel eyes with your angel eyes Will you always be there to hold me Angel eyes I'm satisfied I don't want to hear your story 'Cause I can see the things I really want to see I'm in love I believe in what I'm feeling I'd give everything up just for you Love is devoted to those who see that the last dance, you dance with the truth Angel eyes with your angel eyes Will you always be there to hold me Angel eyes I'm satisfied I don't want to hear your story 'Cause I can see the things I really want to see In your eyes Angel eyes just want you here to hold me Angel eyes... _____________________________________________________________________ 9. WHISPERS IN BLINDNESS (Vocals : Linn; Backing vocals : Jenny/Linn) Darlin you were looking good when you came to me and asked for a dance And I said "we can dance" Felt like a queen Swedish summernights are hot and the trees can talk We lay on the grass So easily, so blessed Whispers in blindness And I didn't hold you back I'm talking about it babe cause you've been teasing me I'm talking about it cause you are bad right through Stay with me and I shall want no other love Stay with me another love another lie Stay with me and I shall want no other love you were talking so sweet But you were touching and teasing I can hear the soft bells ring through a thousand years they call out to me They say it's only once in a life we love Now I've had the honour too You were holding my hand You were kissing my skin Stay with me Trees are whispering Only once my dear _____________________________________________________________________ 10. MY DEJA VU (Vocals : Jenny/Linn/Joker; Backing vocals : Jeanette Söderholm and Douglas Carr) My déjà vu...you're my obsession my déjà vu everything is up to you If you do want me you know where to search We'll get the magic back again My déjà vu everything is up to you If you do want me you know where to search I wanna see you dancing naked I wanna see you touch the moon But when I try to reach your fingers You just vanish into air I wanna feel you with my senses 'Cause I'm almost sure the texture of your skin is gonna tell me who you are My déjà vu you're my obsession My déjà vu it's always you My déjà vu... I wanna hold you like I used to I wanna feel you in my blood I wonder why I do confess this To myself all the time I know the time is working against us But I'll long for you the rest of my whole life Like a prisoner of hope My déjà vu you're my obsession My déjà vu it's always you I have tried to get to know you To get you off my mind It feels like going back in time And snap, I see your figure once again My déjà vu everything is up to you If you do want me you know where to search My déjà vu you're my obsession My déjà vu it's always you My déjà vu you're my obsession... _____________________________________________________________________ 11. YOU AND I Oh yeah yeah... You make me come alive Att palla päron etc. 'Cause my eyes can see the why You make me come alive Someone maybe try to lay hurt on you I will hunt them down and blow them away And the city prays at our feet tonight You and I were only animals Live and die like burning candles yeah You and I diggin' a dirty groove 'Cause we've got none to prove And nothing left to lose You and I we're like a perfect team You and I live in an orange dream You and I we're up against the wall We got to beat them all To be invincible...yeah Will I ever be on my own again Baby you got eyes that shine in the dark Let the beat go on in the world tonite You and I... Att palla päron, ooh yeah yeah... 'Cause my eyes can see the why Groove cause we've got none to prove You and I don't care what people say You and I are living day to day Never die our love's immortalized I'm hypersensitized You make me come alive You and I... _____________________________________________________________________ 12. WAVE WET SAND (Vocals : Jenny) You are as reliable as a painting in wave wet sand. Look in your eyes and I can't see a thing, That usually means attratction to me I've read all the books about love I could find, And I've found not one, no, not one word about mine - 'Cause you are reliable as a painting in wave wet sand You're coming and you're going: Like the water you never end. 'Cause you are reliable as a painting in wave wet sand And I am just another piece of an island in reach for your hands ...feel my doubts when you are in my arms. Darling: If you know that it's love and not charm You must tell me so or go elsewhere to hunt. 'Cause you are... Your love... I am just another piece of an island I can't close my ears when I hear that you call. I don't want to fear every tear that could fall: I'll go on my own, and pass people with doubts. My goal is to find just a piece of your love. Your love is - your love is like the water You are like the water. You are like the water. You, you are my shore, and you know you are my shore. 'Cause you are reliable like a painting... I am just another piece of an island... _____________________________________________________________________ 13. QUE SERA (Vocals : Jenny/Linn; Backing vocals : John Ballard) They call to her from across the street But they don't know her name She's in the wrong place at the wrong time Who's to blame She wonders how to change the life she's living She wonders if she'll ever get away As far as I can see, the writing's on the wall There's no return, we live, we learn The game goes on and on and Que sera I like you but I don't Really want to take you home Que sera It's a lonely life Living on my own Que sera What's it gonna be, what's it gonna be She left her home when she was seventeen Simply disappeared in the rain Those were bad times so it was high time She knows she'd do it again She wonders how she's gonna make a living She wonders if she'll make it through the day As far as I can see, I've seen it all before A lonely girl in a big bad world The game goes on and on and Que sera... _____________________________________________________________________ 14. JUST'N'IMAGE (Lead vocals : Linn; Backing vocals : Jenny/Nanna Hedin) I'm driving through the night I'm driving through the rain The engine roars I'm on my way Away from Mr. Pain My eyes keep seeing what My mind wants to forget Those sequences they Rock 'n' Roll inside my head Over and over and over again I concentrate harder and harder and then You are just an image (that I can't see) You are not for real You turn into a picture of somebody Someone I don't know Someone I don't feel (...just an...) The wolves cry out tonight I see your broken line The sun will rise without A love without a smile I always think about the way you had to leave I close my eyes Cause I was with you By that time Faster and faster and faster-ahead as if you were waiting for my down the way I have never seen you lying on a floor Crying needing more (...just an...) _____________________________________________________________________ 16. EXPERIENCE PEARLS (Vocals : Jenny; Choir : Douglas Carr) Give me all your tears Let me turn them into pearls Let me turn all the tears that you've cried into pearls Hand them to me - I'm gonna keep, keep them for you. I want to hold you, I want to kiss you. I want to mend what is broken. Love me the way that you loved her - please Cause now I'm giving it all - And so I've made up my mind - I'm gonna be yours this time - I'm gonna give what I've got, and get your love in return. And so I've made up my mind - I'm gonna be yours this time - I'm gonna teach you to trust and learn how to burn - Experience pearls Pearls of experience When sand strikes up in your eyes I will cover your face. I'll plant your desert with roses, and I'm gonna keep, keep them for you. And so I've made up my mind... I'll wear your pearls more precious than silver I'll wear your pearls so close to my skin. I'd tear myself apart just to get you - And so I've made up my mind... And so I've made up my mind... _____________________________________________________________________ 17. BLOOMING 18 (Vocals : Jenny/Linn; Backing vocals : Jeanette Söderholm) Reality reality reality is always You tattooed yourself what a piece of art You've already broken your mother's heart When I was your age working my ass off Your generation's soft Reality is always such a drag For barely blooming eighteens The barely blooming eighteen Wants to know What's keeping her from searching You cannot pierce that and you're dressed too tight Got a lot to learn about wrong and right So dye you hair, dad's gonna wash it out Come on wash out your mouth Reality is always such a drag For barely blooming eighteens The barely blooming eighteen Wants to know What's hiding in the shadow Reality reality reality is always Reality is always...