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RIVERMAN
2. IN THE HEAT OF THE MOMENT
3. THE GIRL WITH X-RAY EYES
4. LOCK ALL THE DOORS
5. THE DYING OF THE LIGHT
6. THE RIGHT STUFF
7. WHILE THE SONG REMAINS THE SAME
8. THE MEXICAN
9. YOU KNOW WE CAN’T GO BACK
10. BALLAD OF THE MIGHTY I
11. DO THE DAMAGE
12. REVOLUTION SONG
13. FREAKY TEETH
14. IN THE HEAT OF THE MOMENT (TOYDRUM REMIX)

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RIVERMAN
There’s something in the way she moves me to distraction.
I’ve travelled all this way to try and make amends.
‘Cause heavy in the air are the words that she left hanging.
I’ve tried to walk away but I only stand and stare.
In the rain that comes...
All of the love that was left behind is gone.
When the Riverman runs...
Find me the girl who electrified the storm.
‘Cause in a little while... she’ll be gone.
I waited in the rain, my feet too wet to stand in.
I shouted out your name behind the rainbows end.
But somewhere in the crowd she heard me jingle-jangling.
And like a memory that fades, she slipped away again.
IN THE HEAT OF THE MOMENT
They tell me you’ve touched the face of God.
At the sound of the rope cracking on your neck.
They tell me you never give it up.
Like the song that was soul singing in your head.
So honey please don’t let go or you’ll fall into the dead of night.
So honey please don’t let go.
You’d better learn to fly ‘cause they’re gonna point you up at the sky.
The more that you want it the more that you need it.
I know that you’ll be by my side in the heat of the moment.
When the thunder and lightning comes I know that you’ll be by my side.
That loving man ain’t no rolling stone.
At the sound of the drums I’m gonna set you free.
I talked to him on the telephone.
And these are the words that he gave to me.
So honey please don’t let go or you’ll fall into the dead of night.
So honey please don’t let go.
You’d better learn to fly ‘cause they’re gonna point you up at the sky.
THE GIRL WITH X-RAY EYES
I try to hang on to myself I don’t believe in no-one else.
And I’m shaking like a leaf as I fall into the street.
But the girl with X-ray eyes, she’s gonna see through my disguise.
Going nowhere down a hill is hard to swallow like the pill.
That was twisted on your tongue by the sea that was standing still.
There was no-one to be seen, no-one left to hear my scream.
So she took me by the hand, we followed clues left in the sand.
As she swallowed space and time we gathered pearls and swine.
She shot me to the sun like a bullet from a gun.
And when the deed was done in the morning she was gone.
Turn the page and let it go like your mother told you so.
Life it stretches out for miles, the truth is on your stereo.
But the girl with X-ray eyes, she’s gonna see through your disguise.
LOCK ALL THE DOORS
She wore a star shaped tambourine.
The prettiest girl I had ever seen.
Was standing lost and lonely on the shore.
I try to catch her every night.
Dancing on her own in the candlelight.
But I can’t seem to reach her anymore.
Lock all the doors!
Maybe they’ll never find us.
I can be sure like never before this time.
Get down on the floor!
Turn all the lights off inside.
I can be sure like never before this time.
You know it’s mine... you know it’s mine.
She never hears me when I speak.
I gotta find out where the magic sleeps.
And I can feel you underneath my skin.
And if we take our love inside.
‘Cause I don’t want to sail on the ocean wide.
‘Cause we might never live to meet again.
THE DYING OF THE LIGHT
I keep on running but I can’t get to the mountain.
Behind me lie the years that I’ve misspent.
And I’ve been sinking like a flower in the fountain.
When all the love I’m gonna need is heaven sent.
Gonna try my best to get there
but I can’t afford the bus fare.
And the storm that’s rolling over man,
it makes me want to cry.
And I was told that the streets
were paved with gold and there’d be no time.
For getting old when we were young.
But it’s alright, if you dance with me tonight
we’ll fight the dying of the light.
And we’ll catch the sun.
I woke up sleeping on a train
that was bound for nowhere.
The echoes that I could hear were all my own.
The world had turned and I’d become a stranger.
And I’m tired of watching all the flowers turn to stone.
‘Cause I tried my best to get there
but I can’t afford the bus fare.
And the storm that’s rolling over man,
it makes me want to cry.
And the cold against my shoulder
when it comes on in the winter.
And it seems to last forever
and it makes me want to - it makes me want to cry.
THE RIGHT STUFF
Out of the blue I heard an angel say...
“Give me your soul and I’ll be on my way...”
You and I got the right stuff.
Are you a sleeper or a mortal soul?
Are you the devil with a heart of gold?
You and I got the right stuff.
When your heart gets shattered and your jeans get frayed.
And your baby sings the mourning at the end of the day.
You and I got the right stuff.

WHILE THE SONG REMAINS THE SAME

Hold that thought don’t let me go.
We can dance beneath the fireflies on an empty road.
It’s a shame how a memory fades to grey.
We let love get lost in anger chasing yesterday.
Find me a place where the sun shines through the rain.
Find me the pleasure in the pain.
While the song remains the same let it go on and on and on...
Take me back to the town where I was born.
‘Cause I’m tired of being a stranger and I’m miles from home.
We can hide by a lonely windowpane.
We can walk the streets of my life while they still remain.
Hold that thought don’t let me go.
We can dance beneath the fireflies on an empty road...
THE MEXICAN
They say that you need love.
Just like a kid on crack?
I got a feeling that what you are is kind of holding you back.
They say you can’t find your feet.
Under the morning sun.
I got a feeling that what you are might just be blowing away your mind.
Thought I was talking about a new religion.
Waiting on the outside lost in the fog.
I was only dreaming of a revolution.
Waiting for the right time.
Watching the clock.
They said that you need love.
Just like a kid on crack?
I got a feeling that what you are is kind of holding you back.
They say you can’t feel the heat.
Behind the setting sun.
I got a feeling that what you are might just be blowing away your mind.
YOU KNOW WE CAN’T GO BACK
Many’s the time when I found I’d lost my way love.
I was stranded inside of the silent city walls.
With my hand on my heart
I couldn’t tell you if I’d been dreaming.
Take me to my lover’s arms,
I won’t wake up this time.
Maybe I believe in magic love.
I find it in the moon and stars above.
I’ll drag you from the one horse town
that’ll bring you down.
And I’ll love you for all time.
But it’s alright and you know we can’t go back.
I said it’s alright but you know we can’t go back.
You know we can’t go back.
If that’s the time then I guess I must be leaving.
Gone are the days and the dreams
we screamed out loud.
With my heart in my mouth
I couldn’t tell you what just hit me.
Take me to my lover’s arms, I won’t back down this time.
BALLAD OF THE MIGHTY I
I followed you down to the end of the world, to wait outside your window.
In the heat of the rain I will call your name but you just passed me by.
If you put me up like a fly on the wall
then you’ll be to blame when the heavens fall.
Give me a sign if you hear me call but you just pass me by.
The colours around me are fading away
but I’ll be in waiting come what may -
I’ll find you... yes I’ll find you...
if I’ve got to be the man who walks the earth alone.
I followed the stars and I sailed to the sun, I held it in my fingers.
Alone on the beach on my own out of reach when you just passed me by.
I’d give you the world if you’d take my hand
but you left me alone in the sinking sand.
I strike up the band for one last stand but you just passed me by.
Show me the rules of the games you play
and I’ll be here waiting come what may -
I’ll find you... yes I’ll find you.
If I’ve got to be the man who walks the earth,
I’ll find you... yes I’ll find you.
If I’ve got to be the man who walks the earth alone.
I’ve followed you now to the end of the world, to wait outside your window.
In the heat of the rain I will call your name but you just pass me by.
Wherever you run I’ll be on your tail.
Wherever you’re hiding behind your veil, I’ll find you... yes I’ll find you.
If I’ve got to be the man who walks the earth,
I’ll find you... yes I’ll find you.
If I’ve got to be the man who walks the earth alone.
Written by Noel Gallagher
(Dead Leg Music/Sony/ATV Music Publishing Ltd).
Produced by Noel Gallagher except tracks 6 and 8 which were co-produced with The Amorphous Androgynous.
Recorded by Paul ‘Strangeboy’ Stacey at Strangeways Studios, London, England.
Mixed by Craig Silvey at Toast, London, England.
String arrangement on track 10 by Rosie Danvers.
Strings recorded by Matt Howe at Abbey Road Studios, London, England.
Mastered by Greg Calbi at Sterling Sound, NYC, USA.

Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds were:

Noel Gallagher: Vocals, backing vocals, acoustic guitars, electric guitars, the bass guitar,
the Mellotron, the piano, various other keyboards, percussion and the electric washboard.
Paul ‘Strangeboy’ Stacey: Electric guitars, the bass guitar, the Mellotron, and various keyboards.
Jeremy Stacey: The drums.
Mikey Rowe: Various keyboards.
Johnny Marr: The electric guitar (track 10).

Jim Hunt: The saxophone and the bass clarinet (tracks 1, 6 and 11).
Beccy Byrne: Backing vocals (tracks 1, 3, 5 and 7).
Vula Malinga: Backing vocals (tracks 2 and 8, 11, 12 and 13).
Joy Rose: Backing vocals (track 6).
Gaz Cobain: Backing vocals (track 8).
The Wired Strings: Strings (track 10).
LaDonna Harley-Peters: Backing vocals (track 11).
Victoria Akintola: Backing vocals (track 11).
Remix by Toydrum (track 14).
Josh Hutton: Tea and biscuits.

NG would like to thank all of the above without whom etc...

Artwork concept and design by Noel Gallagher.

Photography by Lawrence Watson except page 10 image by Jen Stacey.
Layout design by Matthew Cooper.

www.noelgallagher.com