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This songbook contains all the songs Graham Gouldman has written or co-written throughout his career.  Titles written in  this colour are      from Graham Gouldman's solo-albums or written by 'Graham Gouldman-the-composer' for other groups or artists than 10cc.   Titles written in thiscolour are from the 10cc-catalogue. Titles written in this colour are from the Wax- or Common Knowledge-catalogue. Lyrics of titles with this * mark may need correction. We are still searching for lyrics to complete this songbook.  If you are in possession of the lyrics to the titles in this colour, please send a copy to the webmaster. Also adress to the webmaster if you have any remarks to make. Eternal gratitude and a place for your name in the  Graham Gouldman Virtual Hall of Friends will be your part.
 
 

Madeleine   (1989)
(Gold/Gouldman)

Made-Madeleine
Mad about Madeleine
I've been born again
Glad about Madeleine
I rejoice amen
Sad without Madeleine
Right on course again
Mad about Madeleine
If you see me steppin' on down the street
Cool cat in the heat
Wasn't easy but now I'm glad I'm here
Grinnin' from ear to ear

Madeleine
I do believe that I've been born again
I've found a reason to rejoice amen
I've seen the light
I'm right on course again

Madeleine
Nothin' doin' I tip-toe through the mines
I've fallen on troubled times
War on road to ruin
Been down quite a while
Now I got a brand new style

Madeleine
I do believe that I've been born again
I've found a reason to rejoice amen
I've seen the light
I'm right on course again

Madeleine
I believe the world's a better place
Just because a smile's upon her face
Inch by inch she helped me find my way
And now I've finally found her
Gonna make my world around her

Mad about Madeleine
I've been born again
Glad about Madeleine
I rejoice amen
Sad without Madeleine
Right on course again
Mad about Madeleine

When things got bad to worse
You came to lift the curse
Stop thinkin' in reverse
Your light shine down on me
Had my back against the wall
Now I feel about ten feet tall
Threw my castaway
I thought about a brand new day

Madeleine
I do believe that I've been born again
I've found a reason to rejoice amen
I've seen the light
I'm right on course again

Madeleine
Mad about Madeleine
I've been born again
Glad about Madeleine
I rejoice amen
Sad without Madeleine
Right on course again
Mad about Madeleine
Mad about Madeleine
I've been born again
Glad about Madeleine
I rejoice amen
Sad without Madeleine
Right on course again
Mad about Madeleine
 
 

Man with a mission  (1992)
(Gouldman/Stewart)

There's a man at the top
And I know that he's pulling the strings
He's got his eye in the sky
And I know that he sees everything
There's a bug on the phone
Got his eye on the fly on the wall
But the man in the street doesn't know
'till the guillotine falls
Then he drops before you realize
Bullets hit you right between the eyes
I'm a man with a mission
Got my foot in the door

I'm the man with a mission
And I'm breaking the arm of the law
There's a voice in the air
And you welcome it into your home
But the snake in the grass
Is the power behind the throne
While you sit in your castle
The enemy's scaling the wall
If you don't make a sound
There'll be no one to answer your call
The evidence is there in black and white
Your number's up for grabs if you don't fight

I'm a man with a mission
Got my foot in the door
I'm the man with a mission
And I'm breaking the arm of the law
I'm a man with a mission
got an ace up my sleeve
I'm the man with a mission
And your trapped in the web that I weave

Open your eyes - see the lies while you dance in the dirt
Open your eyes - to the lies while you still got a chance
Open your mind - and you find that you're locked in a trance
Stars in your eyes - they make you blind this is not a romance
The evidence is there in black and white
How long will it take you to see the light?

I'm a man with a mission
Got my foot in your door
I'm the man with a mission
And I'm breaking the arm of the law
I'm a man with a mission
got an ace up my sleeve
I'm the man with a mission
And your trapped in the web that I weave I'm a man with a mission
Yeh, I'm a man with a mission
Ooh, I'm a man with a mission
I'm a man with a mission

Marcel’s (1966)
(Gouldman)

Marcel lives in Wapping
The dockside view is topping
Marcel’s got a houseboat on the Thames.
There’s grotesque decorations
Eccentric demonstrations
Oh, let’s go down to Marcel’s on the Thames

Knock, knock, ‘Sesame’ – it’s open
It’s an east end wonderland
Marcel, Marcel
Can we come around, can we see you right away?
Can we come around?, it’s such a groovy day
Marcel, Marcel

You’ll meet the oddest creatures
With unfamiliar features
Greeks and Turks with quirks and lemon tyne,
Men with long eyelashes
And ladies with moustaches
On Marcel’s creaking house, it’s on the Thames

Knock, knock, ‘Sesame’ – it’s open
It’s an east end wonderland
Marcel, Marcel
Can we come around, can we see you right away?
Can we come around?, it’s such a groovy day
Marcel, Marcel

The cost is worth the giving
A pound and man, you’re living
Oh, let’s go down to Marcel’s on the Thames
Let’s go down to Marcel’s on the Thames
Let’s go down to Marcel’s on the Thames
Let’s go down to Marcel’s on the Thames
 

Marie Claire   (1985)
(Gold/Gouldman)

Well you did what you had to do
When your backs to the wall what else can you do
And you're pushed just a little too far
Now the heat is on, and here you are

Well I waited my life for you
I said I'd always be there no matter what you do
Between the devil and the deep blue sea
And if that's where you want me, then that's where I'll be

Don't keep me waiting Marie Claire
I know there's a place for us somewhere
We'll be together now
Find our way out somehow
Your secret's safe with me I swear

Don't keep me waiting Marie Claire
Well you never gave me a chance
To be more than a victim of circumstance
Now I find myself lying for you
And I'll do anything that you want me to

I don't care if it's right or wrong
I don't care who the world tries to blame this on
Your the one thing that's right in my life
And I can't let you turn me away tonight

Don't keep me waiting Marie Claire
I know there's a place for us somewhere
We'll be together now
Find our way out somehow
Your secret's safe with me I swear
Don't keep me waiting Marie Claire
 
 
 

Marriage Bureau Rendezvous (1977)
(Gouldman/Stewart)

Well I've been lookin' after number one for too long
And it seemed the love was passing me by
So I thought I better do something about it
And that's why I'm sittin' here lookin' cross the table at you
That's why I'm sittin' here lookin' cross the table at you

Well a lonely man needs a Marriage Bureau
Where they sit you right down and you fill in a form
Would you like a blonde or a black or a blue rinse
Do you like 'em small, love 'em slim long and tall
Do you like 'em small, love 'em slim long and tall

Oh no, too many questions
I'm looking for a girl like Momma used to be
She's cooking up a dream, she's baking ecstasy
Won't it be fine when
I find her

Would I like to take her to a movie or the theatre
Would I pick her up at home or would I like to meet her
Somewhere we could take a good look at each other
Smile and say hello or walk away
Smile and say hello or walk away

So I'm squeaky clean in and out of the bath
I never shaved so close before
I'm gonna put on a tie, I'm gonna shine up my shoes
I'm gonna slick back my hair, I've got nothin' to lose
Oh, oh, I'll be stinkin' so good
like I'm drowning in a sea of cologne
Hey... do you know you remind me of someone
But I'm here making eyes at you
And I think we're gonna say goodbye to the bureau
Close the files, turn the page, start anew
Close the files, turn the page, start anew
 
 
 
 

Maybe    (1989)
(Gold/Gouldman)

Maybe just lately I'm lonely
Maybe things at home not what they should be
And maybe I notice the way you act around me
But you shouldn't take it too seriously

Maybe I called you but that doesn't mean
That I really want you closer to me
But maybe I knew we'd both end up here in this way
You, you make it so easy to stray

Maybe I'm tempted but it ain't right
Maybe I better say goodnight
But maybe I'm human and passion's strong
Maybe I can't stop what we've begun

Maybe there's trouble for me and my wife
Maybe our coming here was unwise
But maybe I see my reflection in your shining eyes
You, you make it too easy to stay

Maybe I'm tempted but it ain't right
Maybe I better say goodnight
But maybe I'm human and passion's strong
Maybe I can't stop what we've begun

Want you too much
Yes I want you too much
Yes I burn for your touch
Oooh
Lookin' that way
You make it to easy for me
Oooh
To lose control
Maybe I'm tempted but it ain't right
Maybe I better say goodnight
But maybe I'm human and passion's strong
Maybe I can't stop what we've begun
 
 

Memories   (1981)
(Gouldman/Stewart)

The summers were longer, they went on forever
Oh and the sky so blue
We never worried about anything
We didn't question the nature of things
We didn't want to know
Talking in whispers and wondering
Oh and I loved you so

Memories, they linger with you but you
soon forget that we started in innocence
Memories, they linger with you but you
soon forget when you're grown

We dream in the night, of mythical days
And nights in white satin
But when the child wakes, the fantasy breaks
We didn't know what the future would bring
We didn't want to know
Something was growing inside me
Oh and I loved you so

Memories, they linger with you but you
soon forget that we started in innocence
Memories, they linger with you but you
soon forget when you're grown

Photographs, faded photographs
Holidays, summer holidays
First love, broken promises
All a play, I'm going back to yesterday

The feeling was stronger, if went on forever
Oh and your eyes were true
We were so wrapped up in all of our dreams
We didn't care what the future would bring
We didn't want to know
Talking in whispers and wondering
Oh and I loved you so......

Memories, they linger with you but you
soon forget that we started in innocence
Memories, they linger with you but you
soon forget when you're grown
 
 
 

Modern Man Blues   (1977)
(Gouldman/Stewart)

I'm tired Lord and I'm drawn
And I'm chilled right to the bone
I crawled home from my work
And this note said she was gone
Said your dinner's in the cat
And your love is out the door
I'm goin' back to my momma
And I don't want you no more, no more
She said she don't want me no more
She's gone back to her momma
Said she's never never comin' back no more

Now a man can take so much
And only heaven knows his limit
But a naggin' bitchin' woman
Digs a hole and puts him in it
A sophisticated man
Needs a little something on the side
So what you don't get at home
You've gotta get outside, hey

She's gone
I'm spending all of my money
She's gone, gone, gone
And I can swing with my honey
She's gone
I'm so glad my woman's gone

Now time goes marching on
And it won't wait for you
You've gotta take it when it's offered
And get it when it's due
Now a man can move much faster
Without a millstone around his neck
So if you get the chance to lose it
You've gotta drop it and run like heck, hey

She's gone
I'm spending all of my money
She's gone, gone, gone
And I can swing with my honey
She's gone
I'm so glad my woman's gone
She's gone
I'm spending all of my money
She's gone, gone, gone
And I can swing with my honey
She's gone
I'm so glad my woman's gone
 

The Monkey And The Onion  (1995)
(Gouldman/Rice)

See the monkey peel the onion
See the monkey cry
He can feel his tears are flowin'
But he don't know why
He continues peeling faster
'Til the onion is no more
Now at last his cryin's over
But all he had is gone
Whatever for

You and I are always chasing
Wild ambitions and far off dreams
As we run in all directions
Nothing's quite the joy it seems
If I tell you that I love you
Don't ask how much
And don't ask why
Have no doubt and ask no questions
Just believe it's not a lie
Never take my love for granted
But never put it to the test
Like the monkey and his onion
Too much investigation
You know the rest

You and I are always chasing
Wild ambitions and far off dreams
As we run in all directions
Nothing's quite the joy it seems
On that we could be contented
With the good things that we've gained
But in the end we're empty handed
Just because we need the world explained
 

My Father   (1968)
(Gouldman)

My father
Knows more than I'll ever know
My father's
Been places I'll never go

I want to know
(Want to know all the words and phrases)
I want to show
(Want to show his fine airs and graces)
If only it were me

My father's
Fought battles I've never fought
My father
Brings pleasures I've never bought

I want the sky
(Want the sky and sophistication)
And have the gift
(Have the gift of appreciation)
If only it were me

But it's no use
Being somebody else
On my own two feet
I've got meet
The world alone
I'm on my own, just me
Independent and free

My father
Knows more than I'll ever know
My father's
Gone places I'll never go

Don't have the sound
(Have the sound of his voice, so charming)
Don't have the guile
(Have the guile of his smile disarming)
If only it were me

But it's no use
Being somebody else
On my own two feet
I've got meet
The world alone
I'm on my own, just me
Independent and free
The son of my father
 
 

No milk today   (1966)
(Gouldman)

No milk today, my love has gone away
The bottle stands forlorn, a symbol of the dawn
No milk today, it seems a common sight
But people passing by don't know the reason why

How could they know just what this message means
The end of my hopes, the end of all my dreams
How cou ld they know a palace there has been
Behind the door where my love reigned as queen
No milk today, it wasn't always so
The company was gay, we turned night into day

But all that's left is a place dark and lonely
A terraced house in a mean street back of town
Becomes a shrine when I think of you only
Just two up two down

No milk today, it wasn't always so
The company was gay, we turned night into day
As music played the faster did we dance
We felt it both at once, the start of our romance

How could they know just what this message means
The end of my hopes, the end of all my dreams
How could they know a palace there had been
Behind the door where my love reigned as queen
No milk today, my love has gone away
The bottle stands forlorn, a symbol of the dawn
But all that's left is a place dark and lonely
A terraced house in a mean street back of town
Becomes a shrine when I think of you only
Just two up two down
 
 
 

Notell Hotel   (1981)
(Gouldman/Stewart)

I checked into the room and I checked the view
And then I locked and chained the door
I had time to kill I had space to fill
Like a prisoner on the floor
But then the silence broke, there's a woman
screaming down the hall
And I wondered what was going on
Here at the Notell Hotel

So I killed the light and I slipped the chain
took a peek into the hall
I was just in time to see the waiter trip
and drop the dinner on the floor
But the Bellboy smiled as the elevator started to fall
And I wondered what was going on
down at the Notell Hotel

Ooh, I love a mystery (cover up and intrigue)
Life can be a thriller, a fantasy of everything I see
Ooh, how I love a mystery (turned up raincoats)
Secret agents, waiting for the missing clue
at a rendezvous

I heard the sound of feet and I looked out to
meet a girl I knew I'd seen before
She had the kind of looks, you see in dirty books
and she was dripping on the floor
She was taking a shower when someone tiptoed in
and turned out the lights
It's gonna be one of those nights
down at the Notell Hotel

I took her into my room and picked the lock on the bar
to get a drink to calm her down
Then the mirror cracked as the window shook
and the table turned around
And when I grabbed at the phone
there was a voice at the end of the line
"Is that 1059? Is anything wrong, Is there anything wrong"
here at the Notell Hotel

Ooh, I love a mystery (cover up and intrigue)
Life can be a thriller, a fantasy of everything I see
Ooh, how I love a mystery (turned up raincoats)
Secret agents, waiting for the missing clue
at a rendezvous
 
 
 
 

Nothing Can Move Me   (1978)
(Gouldman/Stewart)

There's talk about some people
That maybe you know
The heroes and the villains
And the places that they know
The highest and the finest
The lowest of the low
Just stop and get it through you
There's somewhere you can go
Tell you what I do when I'm lonely
I'll tell you what I do when I'm blue
Tell you what I do when I'm lonely
I close my eyes and think about you

CHORUS
['Cause] nothing can move me like my rock ' n roll
Nothing can blow me away
Nothing can move me like my rock 'n roll do
Nothing can move
Nothing can move
Nothing can move me away

You wake up in the morning
The wrong side of the bed
The spirit that was in you
is hammering your head
You crawl up to your hi fi
Select a side or two
Sharpen up your needle
and feel it coming through
CHORUS
CHORUS
 

Now You're Gone   (1995)
(Gouldman)

You promised me a life
You promised me everything would change
Even said you'd be my wife
Ooh now you're gone
You told me I was handsome
Even told me I was smart
And I believed every word you said
Ooh then you broke my heart

I don't know why I was so hard of hearing
I only listened to what I wanted to
I couldn't see what was goin' on around me
You didn't need me
But I needed you
Ooh ooh

Now everything has changed
The tables have been turned on me
It's all been rearranged
Like the setting sun
Ooh now you're gone
I don't know why I was so hard of hearing
I only listened to what I wanted to
I couldn't see what was goin' on around me
You didn't need me
But I needed you
Ooh ooh

Now I'm sittin' in the dark place
I got murder on my mind
Say goodbye to the rat race
No more setting sun
'Cause soon I'll be gone
 
 
 
 

Oh Effendi   (1974)
(Gouldman/Stewart)

In the middle of a caravan
On a four wheel drive oasis
There's a man with a thought in mind
To cash in on the desert faces
He's got a truckload of Yorkshire girls
For your harem going places
And the border bums never saw
The guns in the whiskey cases

There's a real, big demand
And it's written in the palm of his hand
He's gonna change the face of the desert
He's gonna sweep away the sand
Hang on sheik, I've got a yellow streak
I ain't here, I'm a mirage

Get back Des, keep it under your fez
And don't give us away in the massage
Look what I did for the pyramid
I put a pool in and made it pay
I built an elevator and a film theatre
And I shipped it to the U.S.A.

'Cos there's a real big demand
And it's written in the palm of my hand
I'm gonna change the face of the desert
I'm gonna sweep away the sand

Hang on friends!
There's a lot more goodies in the pipeline
So this ain't the time to close the deal
Here's the deal

Ooh, now you've got a Howitzer all of your own
Ooh, and a Panzer division to chauffeur you home
Gun running is fun
But hang on, friends, hang on friends

Allah be praised, there's a whole new craze
We're gonna shoot up the foreign legion
And it's up with the sheik
And down with the frog
We're gonna liberate the region!

Oh Effendi, we're gonna bury your head in the sand
Oh Effendi, you better get off my doggone land

Hey, Prince of the moonbeams
Son of the Sun,
Light of a thousand stars
Your gorillas are urban
And there's bourbon on your turban
And the sun shines out of your ass

Oh Effendi, I'm gonna grovel in your wake
Oh Effendi, it's all been a big mistake
You're gonna cut out my liver
If I don't deliver
Things are getting out of hand
I'm going to ride off into the sunset and
Make a deal with the promised land
Goodbye friends
There's no more goodies in the pipeline
 

One Two Five   (1980)
(Gouldman/Stewart)

One hundred and twenty five
Beats to, beats to the minute
One hundred and twenty five
You get the notion with the motion
Then you're out on the floor

Fahrenheit, one hundred and two
Centigrade, it's getting to you
Your heart is beating, eight to the bar
You can't control it so you hold it
Then you're out on the floor

On the floor
You feel it coming to ya
On the floor
You know it's getting through ya
On the floor
You can't control the feeling
Let it go

See the faces passing
Smile in time
See the faces passing
All in line
You say, Hey! Can I take you home tonight?
But she knows that you're throwin' a line
She's heard it before, she'll hear it again
It's the same pitch every time
Change your line of patter
Make her laugh, not at her
Change your line of patter
Make her laugh, not at her
She tells you her friend wants to say hello
But say that you don't want to know
It's her that you're throwing your glances to
Her that you want to know
Don't let her stray it's a Saturday night
The Boys are after trouble
You're in for a fight

One hundred and twenty five
Beats to, beats to the minute
One hundred and twenty five
You get the motion with the notion
Then you're out on the floor
Fahrenheit, one hundred and two
Centigrade, it's getting to you
Your heart is beating, eight to the bar
You can't control it so you hold it
Then you're out on the floor

Reggae, Reggae, Reggae, Reggae

See the faces passing
Smile in time
She says if you're lookin' to take her home
Well I'd better not be in late
But the look on her face
And the smile in her eyes say
Baby I'm gonna wait
See the faces swimming
Hear the music dimming
Well I'm all danced out, I'm all done in
And I'm starting to talk out of tune
We can go on a ride, we can jump in a boat
We can dance by the light of the moon
One hundred and twenty five
Beats to, beats to the minute
 
 

Only Child   (1980)
(Gouldman/Stewart)

I never had a little sister
No brother to tell my troubles to
My nights were oh so sad and lonely
Until the day that I met you
Some people say it isn't healthy
To be the only one around
That's why I get a little edgy
Don't want to lose what I have found

'Cause I'm an only child
You are the light at the end of the tunnel
You are the sun and the moon and sky
You are my sister mother lover
Without you, babe, I'm gonna die

Some people say it isn't healthy
To be the only one around
That's why I get a little edgy
Don't want to lose what I have found
'Cause I'm an only child
 

On the waterfront (1997)

On the waterfront, come and join the fun
'Cause the party starts right here yeah
On the waterfront
On the waterfront, won't you all come down
And be with everyone, dancing round and round
We can sing, we can play
We can breathe today

On the waterfront
Let's go, let's go, let's go
Say yes, better don't say no
Come on, don't you drag your feet
Let's, let's, let's all meet
On the waterfront, it's the place to be
On the waterfront, come and go with me
We can have some fun in the morning sun

On the waterfront
Hey!
I'm gonna get away, it's a holiday
'Cause the party starts right here, yeah
On the waterfront
Hear the music play, come on everyone
Have a laugh today, I'm gonna have big fun
Come and be a part now when the magic starts

On the waterfront
Let's go, let's go, let's go
Say yes, better don't say no
Come on, don't you drag your feet
Yeah, yeah, let's all meet
On the waterfront, it's the place to be
On the waterfront, gonna go with me
You can have some fun in the morning sun

On the waterfront. woah! hey!
On the waterfront, come and join the fun
On the waterfront, be with everyone
'Cause the party starts right here yeah
On the waterfront ooh
We can have some fun in the morning sun
On the waterfront
 

Overdraft in Overdrive   (1981)
(Gouldman/Stewart)

I got a letter this morning
My overdraft's in overdrive
They wanna know what I'm gonna do about it
How I'm proposing to survive
Stay alive stay alive oooh

They want the money
so I work and work and work ......
They're making me roast
The cheque's in the post
You needn't worry worry worry....
You hit the roof when I'm on the floor
Did I ever let you down before

I got a letter from my broker
He say he's broker than me
My silver mine has tarnished over
I'm on the road to tragedy
Help me, help me, oooooh
I need the money
so I work and work and work.....
I'm deeper in debt, I'm covered in sweat
You make me worry, worry, worry....
This nightmare's giving me the shakes
Hope I wake and find it's all a mistake

I started with nothing, and worked my way down
I know the things that I do, they mystify you
It's a strange way of living
But I like playing with fire
I'm always walking the wire
And when the tightrope snaps
You'll see my world collapse

I got a letter this morning
Must be my lucky day
Seems I've inherited a fortune
Rich Uncle Sam passed away, away, away, ooooh
I'm in the money
No more work and work and work.....
My banker's aghast, I'm dripping with cash
No need to worry, worry, worry.....
You need an angel to survive
An overdraft in overdrive