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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.
 

Take These Chains   (1978)
(Gouldman/Stewart)

Baby baby oh baby
I'd love to love you
But my hands are tied
Break these chains
Oh oh these chains that are killing me
You don't need money if you've got love
We've got each other and its more than enough
Break these chains
Oh oh these chains that are holding me

Ooh ooh my love
It's all too much for me to take
Take these chains
Take these chains

She never thought that I could live without her
All the little things she used to do
Then I fell in love with you
You found me
You took me in
When no one wanted me

Making love on a sandy beach
The stars above us and we're clean out of reach
Of my chains
oh oh the chains that were killing me
And you make everything a paradise
And paradise with you is twice as nice
Never change, never change what you're doing to me
Never change
Never change
 
 
 

Take This Woman   (1995)
(Gouldman/Stewart)

I found myself on my knees in prayer
The consequence of my deep despair
Now I must speak, get it off my chest
It ain't no joke and it ain't no jest
Every night she would come to me
But her demands brought disharmony
I said, "You can't bring your drums to bed,
Your rhythm method's gonna leave me dead."

Got to take this woman
Cos she's a whole lotta woman
Why don't you take this woman
Take this woman lock her away

It would be churlish of me to complain
But caviar every night is insane
I'm fit to burst, I'm not in the mood
But she say, "Lie down babe, I wanna talk to you."
Well I'm not fond of your family ties
The hangman's noose in your mother's eyes
You chatterbox like a talking head
Je ne comprends pas the words that you said

Take this woman
Cos she's a whole lotta woman
Why don't you take this woman
Take this woman lock her away
Don't want to love you
I really tried
But I'm hook line and sinkered deeply fried

I've got to admit that with all your faults
We touch and it feels like a million volts
Listen - I realised I'd made a big mistake
I'm only human for heaven's sake
Lord give me strength don't let me falter
I'm gonna take her to the alter

And I'll take this woman
Cos she's a whole lotta woman
I'm gonna take this woman
Take this woman lock her away
I'm gonna take this woman
Cos she's a whole lotta woman
I'm gonna take this woman
Take this woman lock her away
Woh, yeah....
 

Tallyman (1967)
(Gouldman)

To our house on a friday
A man calls every week
We give him a pound
When he calls his round

To our house on a friday
A man calls every week
We give and we get
and we're always in dept

With his plan he carries all we're needing
With his plan most anything is ours
He's the tallyman
Oh yeah
He's the tallyman

(guitar break)

Shoes and socks hard wearing for the children
Village frocks all in the latest style
From the tallyman
Oh yeah
From the tallyman

To our house on a friday
A man calls every week
We've made him a friend
So here's to the end

From cradle to grave
We respect him to say
Here's tick to the end
So we've made him a friend
Here's tick to the end
So we've made him a friend
 

Taxi! Taxi!    (1983)
(Gouldman/Stewart)

The hands on the clock seem to stick to the face
But the seconds are turning to minutes
And minutes to days
I try not to look at the grin on it's face
But I know that it knows that I gotta get out
Of this place
Time to close the day
Time to lock the door
time to greet the street
I'm so happy I'm walking on air
People staring but I don't care

Taxi, call a taxi, yellow taxi, taxi taxi
Don't take the subway don't go that way
'snot a safe way don't go that way
Gotta cross town don't want trouble
Got to get there on the double
She'll be waiting I'll be running
She'll be thinking I'm not coming
I can't wait to talk to you
Tell you what I'd like to do

We'll find a little restaurant
A little vino for the ambiance
In the candlelight we're holding hands
Time flies when you really
Don't want it to
The waiters are staring at me
But I've only got eyes for you
Leave us alone we don't wanna go home
Put your chairs on the tables
We can let ourselves out when you've gone
Time to take your home
Time to say goodnight
We don't wanna part
Let's be together tonight
Let's be together tonight

Taxi, call a taxi, yellow taxi, taxi taxi
Don't take the subway don't go that way
'snot a safe way we'll go our way
Gotta cross town back to my place
Pull the shades down screw the rat race
We're alone now undercover
Hang the sign out don't disturb
Now I'm really close to you Beneath the stars I'll see the love in your face
In the pale moonlight
We're holding hands
Following the footprints in the sand

Tell you what I want to do
I wanna take you to a tropical place
It's been a hell of a day in the city
Now it's time to get away
 
 

There was a day  (1999)
(Gouldman/Chris Difford/Graham McPherson)

There was a day as I look at it now
Sleepin' away in a heap on the bed
Lookin' at you in the cold neon light
What did I do and what had I said

There was a day I was so full of fun
I said my piece and you looked so shocked
So much to say and so far to run
I was the beast that you couldn't stop
I couldn't stop

What happened to the Motown songs
That we heard in the pub
I heard it through the grapevine
That we are not  in love

There was a day I remember it now
We went to the shops
You looked for a skirt
I walked away
Where did I go
When I returned you looked so hurt

What happened to the Motown songs
That we heard in the pub
I heard it through the grapevine
That we are not  in love
Not in love

There was a day as I look at it now
Sleepin' away in a heap on the bed
Lookin' at you in the cold neon light
What did I do and what had I said

What had I said (5x)
There was a day etc.
 

Things Happen    (1999)
(MacColl/Gouldman)

Every Friday night she rides the whole way over town
Just to see some stupid boy who never turns around
He never sees the girl whose dreams have told her he's the one
Still she gets excited whenever Friday comes
There is no reason in love's sweet plan
It's deeper than the sea

Things happen, we fall in love
It just comes naturally
Anyone who saw her in the street would never know
The passion of the feeling she never puts on show
We can not choose the ones with whom we think that we belong
Just when you're not looking someone comes along
There is no reason in love's sweet plan
It's deeper than the sea

Things happen, we fall in love
It just comes naturally
There she stands, clothes around her feet
Choosing what to wear so she can just stand in his street
"Please, oh please, this time I'll make him mine"
She begs of her reflection in her dressing table shrine
Oh, there is no reason in love's sweet plan
It's deeper than the sea

Things happen, we fall in love
It just comes naturally
First released on the single

(from the album "Mambo de la Luna" by Kirsty MacColl)
 

The Things We Do for Love (1976)
(Gouldman/Stewart)

Too many broken hearts have fallen in the river
Too many lonely souls have drifted out to sea,
You lay your bets and then you pay the price
The things we do for love, the things we do for love.

Communication is the problem to the answer
You've got her number and your hand is on the phone
The weather's turned and all the lines are down
The things we do for love, the things we do for love.

Like walking in the rain and the snow
When there's nowhere to go
And you're feelin' like a part of you is dying
And you're looking for the answer in her eyes.
You think you're gonna break up
Then she says she wants to make up.

Ooh you made me love you
Ooh you've got a way
Ooh you had me crawling up the wall.

Like walking in the rain and the snow
When there's nowhere to go
And you're feelin' like a part of you is dying
And you're looking for the answer in her eyes.
You think you're gonna break up
Then she says she wants to make up.

Ooh you made me love you
Ooh you've got a way
Ooh you had me crawling up the wall.

A compromise would surely help the situation
Agree to disagree but disagree to part
When after all it's just a compromise of
The things we do for love, the things we do for love....
 

Think About It  (1979)
(Gouldman)

I used to think that my mouth was for talking
I used to think that my eyes made me see
But now I just let my fingers do the walking
Yeah

You better bring it up, you better bring it up
You better bring it up, you better bring it up
You better bring it up, you better bring it up
At the next board meeting of the company

Now there are feelings that I just can’t handle
And my emotions are slipping away
You put my body through the mangle
Yeah

You better bring it out, you better wring it out
You better bring it up, you better bring it up
You better bring it up, you better bring it up
At the next board meeting of the company

I made my mind up that I’m gonna getcha
Though you don’t hear all the words that I say
I know you said you liked me, didn’t you
Yeah

You better bring it up, you better bring it up
You better bring it up, you better bring it up
You better bring it up, you better bring it up
At the next board meeting of the company

Think about it. Think about it.
Think about it. Think about it.
Think about it. Think about it.
Think about it.
 

Tomorrow's World Today   (1981)
(Gouldman)

I'll tell you something you oughta know
We came a long way from the radio
But what's wrong with that?
Baby's what's wrong with that?
Now we got microchips, sci fi flicks
We got tomorrow's world today

Now there's something that I gotta say
Do you remember only yesterday
We had Blue Suede Shoes
Yeh, and we had Howard Hughes
Now we got holograms, CB hams
We got tomorrow's world today

At a time when the world is changing
Faster than ever before
Don't lose sight of the human touch
'Cause we ain't seen nothing yet
Oh no, we ain't seen nothing yet, uh huh

Now the children of the future
May take a trip to Mars
They might meet the Space Invaders on their way
'Cause we ain't seen nothing yet
Oh no, we ain't seen nothing yet, uh huh

Wish I had a calculator when I was at school
I was a simple mathematical fool
But now all that's changed
Yeh, we got computer games
And we got transplants, sperm banks
and body scanners
All there to help us survive
So we should think we're lucky
We got tomorrow's world today
 

Touch and go  (1997)

I saw you dressing, you say you got to go
Once again you leave me in the afterglow
You show me affection then you’re gone so fast
I can hardly catch my breath
Been almost two years since we first met
Like you always say I ain’t seen nothing yet
It’s almost funny, hey, I should charge you money
At least I’d make a buck
We’ve had our moments but now it don’t feel right
I need a lover who’s in this thing for life

Touch and go, it’s been touch and go
We’re always playing house but what I want’s a home
I see the signs, this love’s on borrowed time
It’s touch and go, touch and go
I see couples hand in hand
Hear the sound of children, try to understand
I want that life, yes I do
And I can’t keep waiting on you
You give me loving but you don’t give enough
You hear that ticking, your time is almost up

Touch and go, it’s been touch and go
We’re always playing house but what I want’s a home
See the signs, see the signs
This love’s on borrowed time
It’s touch and go, touch and go
Well I feel like I’m cheating and we’re not even wed
There must be more to life than just this big brass bed
I need a full, I need a full
I need a full time lover

Touch and go, it’s been touch and go
We’re always playing house but what I want’s a home
I see the signs, see the sign
This love’s on borrowed time
It’s touch and go, touch and go
Touch and go, touch and go
It’s touch and go, touch and go
 
 
 
 

Treachery   (2000)
(MacColl/Gouldman)

I'm stalking a fan
He lives in a high rise block
And here I am
He shouldn't have turned my rock
He's brushing his teeth
He doesn't look bad from this far
I'm hailing a cab
And I'm gonna follow his car
Wherever he goes
I won't be too far behind
Just hanging around
Driving him out of his mind
Treachery made a monster out of me
Treachery made a monster out of me
I'm stalking a fan
He used to write all the time
How lovely I am
He really made me feel fine
But how they forget
He needed a wake-up call
And he will regret
Having been so shallow
He made me believe
That I was some kind of myth
So here I am
How could he treat me like this?
Treachery made a monster out of me
Treachery made a monster out of me
Treachery made a monster out of me
Treachery made a monster out of me
Wherever he goes
I won't be too far behind
Just hanging around
Driving him out of his mind
I'm stalking a fan
He's gone to the record store
To buy a CD
By some other girl not me
He's taking her home
Getting her out of her box
And putting her on
And dancing around in his socks
Treachery made a monster out of me
Treachery made a monster out of me
Treachery made a monster out of me
Treachery made a monster out of me
Getting her out of her box
Treachery
And dancing around in his socks
Treachery
Treachery
And dancing around in his socks
Treachery
Driving him out of his mind

(from the album 'Tropical brainstorm' by Kirsty MacColl)