@ALBUM: Headlines and Deadlines
The Hits of a-ha
by a-ha

@SONG: Take On Me
(Pal Waaktaar, Magne Furuholmen, Morten Harket)

<Talking away
I don't know what I'm to say
I'll say it anyway
today's another day to find you
Shying away 
I'll be coming for you love O.K.

Take on me
Take me on
I'll be gone
in a day or two

So needless to say I'm odds and ends
But that's me, stumbling away
Slowly learning that life is O.K.
Say after me
It's no better to be safe than sorry.

Take on me
Take me on
I'll be gone 
in a day or two.

The things that you say
Is it live or just to play
My worries away
You're all the things I've got to remember
You shying away
I'll be coming for you anyway

Take on me 
Take me on 
I'll be gone 
in a day or two

ad lib to end>

@SONG: Cry Wolf
(Mange Furuholmen, Pal Waaktaar)

<"Night I left the city,
I dreamt of a wolf..."

He came from where the winds are cold
and truth is seen through keyholes
...strange longings never sleep
Now he's come where no hearts beat
Cry wolf
time to worry
Cry wolf

You can start, but you cannot stop
You give in, but you can't give up
You can tell all you desperate jokes
to a world that puts 
love on hold
Cry wolf
time to worry
Cry wolf

...the sunken-in eyes
And the pain in his cries
A shape in the dark...
Cry wolf
time to worry
Cry wolf.>

@SONG: Touchy
(Pal Waaktaar, Mange Furuholmen, Morten Harket)

<Donna found us in her slow and dreamy way
I can't hear a word the waiter says
She's looking older now, the color of her hair
She walks into the room too pleased to find me there.

Me I'm touchy
Touchy you
Me I'm touchy 
And you know what to do
Me I'm touchy
Touchy, touchy you
Me I'm touchy and you know what to do

Both of us together in a room by ourselves
I sneeze to look around, but there's no escape
What can I do what can I say
She's waiting for this moment to explain iteself.

Me I'm touchy
Touchy you
Me I'm touchy
And you know what to do
Me I'm toucy
Touchy, touchy you 
Touching love is the best I can do

Hey, this time you've gone too far
You know how touchy we are

Donna found me in her slow and dreamy way
Now she reads me what the papers say
The way she laughs at what I do
I'm waiting for this moment to explain itself through

Me I'm touchy...
Ab lib until end...>

@SONG: You Are The One (Remix)
(Pal Waaktaar, Magne Furuholmen)

<You are the one who has done me in 
Guess you knew from the start
I call again, but there's no one in
Don't know where, with whom you've been
But I do 
love you
Anyway you want me to

You are the one... now this state I'm in!
Catching you was so hard
I fought for you, did you let me win!?
You don't even care, you don't care
where I've been
but I do 
love you 
Anyway you want me to

I've done all I can do 
All the letters...I've sent through
Put my life in the palms of your hands
Maybe now you can see
That it's got to be me
But if you leave me
I'll understand, yeah
If you leave me, I'll understand

You are the one who has done me in
Guess you knew from the start
I call your friends, but there's no one in 
catching you is so hard
You are the one

ad lib to end>

@SONG: Manhattan Skyline
(Pal Waaktaar, Magne Furuholmen)

<We sit and watch umbrellas fly
I'm trying to keep my newspaper dry
I hear myself say,
'My boat's leaving now'
...so we shake hands and cry
Now I must wave goodbye
Wave goodbye

You know
I don't want to cry again
I don't want to cry again
Don't want to say goodbye
I don't want to cry again
I don't want to run away
Don't want to race this pain
I'll never see your face again

Oh but how
How can you say 
that I didn't try...
You see things in the depths of my eyes
that my love's run dry
No...

We leave to their goodbyes
I've come to depend on the look in their eyes
My blood's sweet for pain
The wind and the rain bring back words of a song
And they say: wave goodbye
Wave goodbye

But you know
I don't want to fall again
Don't want to know this pain
Don't want another friend
Don't want to try again
Don't want to see you hurt
Don't let me see you hurt
I don't want to cry again
I'll never see your face again

How can you say 
that I didn't try 
You know I did
You see thngs in the depths of my eyes
that my loves run dry

...so I read to myself:
A chance of a lifetime to see new horizons

On the front page 
a black and white picture of 
Manhattan Skyline>

@SONG: The Blood That Moves My Body
(Pal Waaktaar, Magne Furuholmen)

<It's the way we feel
Tonight
As if it's all unreal
All right
My love, won't you comb back to 
Our love, you know I'll react to 
the blood that moves my body
Now covers the ground
The blood that moves my body
The blood that moves my body

There's nowhere to go
Tonight
Lend send some warmth to our cold 
And lonely lives
Red stains 'Eyes of a Blue Dog'
My pains fade as the interiors fog
The blood that moves my body
Now colours the ground
The blood that moves my body
The blood that moves my body

Not long ago
It hurt us so 
A tremble through our lives
The love and care...
The way we were 
Lost its way at nights

It's the way we feel 
Tonight
Lend some warmth to our cold 
and lonely lives
My love, won't you come back to 
Our love, you know we'll react to 
the blood that moved our bodies 
Now covers the ground...
Now covers the ground
The blood that moves the body
The blood that moves my body>

@SONG: Early Morning
(Pal Waaktaar, Magne Furuholmen)

<Early morning
Eight o'clock precise
Is see the lonely August sun rise

Say you know 
You will
Move me like you do

Out on the fields...
I'm waiting the whole night through
Early morning, early morning, yeah

Ran the whole way 
Down to the tracks
Through the doorway
then a last look back

Say you know 
You will
Save me like you do

Out on the fields...
I've waited the whole night through
Early morning, early morning, yeah.

I climbed all the stairways 
To find the rooftop clear
Got the shotgun lying with me here
Say you know
You will
Move me like you do

Out on the fields...
You know how it feels, yeah
Early morning, early morning, yeah

Early morning
Eight o'clock precise>

@SONG: Hunting High And Low (Remix)
(Pal Waaktaar)

<Here I am
and within the reach of my hand
she's sound asleep and 
she's sweeter now than my wildest dream--
could of seen her.
And I watch her sliping away

But I know I'll be hunting 
high and low, high
There's no end to the lengths 
I'll go to, hunting high and low, high
There's no end to the lengths I'll go to.

Find her again upon this 
my dreams are depending through the dark
I sense the pounding of her heart 
next to mine. She's the sweetest love I could find.

So I guess I'll be hunting
high and low, high
There's no end to the lengths I'll go to
hunting high and low, high
Do you know what it means to love you
 
I'm hunting high and low
and now she's telling me
she's got to go, away.

I'll always be hunting high and low
only for you
Watch me tearing myself to pieces,
hunting high and low, high
There's no end to the length I'll go to 
for you I'll be hunting high and low.>

@SONG: Move To Memphis
(Pal Waaktaar, Magne Furuholmen)

<Walked around no one around 
You were the one who taugh me better
this old town brings me down 
You were the one who told me you've got to
Move to Memphis 
That's waht I'll do
Move to Memphis and follow you
Trace that highway down to your doorway
Move to Memphis and be with you

On the day you walked away 
I was the one who said 
You'd better stick around stay in town
You were the one who told me you've got to 
Move to Memphis
That's what I'll do
Move to Memphis and follow you
Trace that highway down to your doorway
Move to Memphis and be with you
That's what I'll do 
Move to Memphis to be with you
I'm gonna be with you

ad lib to end>

@SONG: I've Been Losing You
(Pal Waaktaar)

<It wasn't the rain that washed away...
Rinsed out the colours of your eyes
Putting the gun down on the bedside table
I must of realized:
It wasn't the rain 
That made no difference.
And I could of sworn it wasn't me
Yet I did it all so coldly
...almost slowly
plain for all to see

Oh come on please now
talk to me
tell me; things I could find helpful
Is there nothing I can do
I have lost my way
I've been losing you

I can still hear our screams competing
You're hissing your s's like a snake
Now in the mirror stands 
half a man
I thought no one could break
It wasn't the rain 
That made no difference
...nervously drumming on: Run away
But I want the guilt to get me
thoughts to wrech me
--praying on my mind

Please now 
talk to me
tell me; things I could find helpful
For how can I stop now ...
Is there nothing I can do
I have lost my way
I've been losing you>

@SONG: The Living Daylights
(Pal Waaktaar, John Barry)

<Hey driver, where're we going
I swear my nerves are showing

Set your hopes up way too high
The living's in the way we die

Comes the morning and the headlights fade away
Hundred thousand people...I'm the one they blame
I've been waiting long for one of us to say
Save the darkness, let it never fade away
In the living daylights

All right, hold on tighter now
It's down, down to the wire

Set your hopes up way too high
The living's in the way we die

Comes the morning and the headlights fade in rain
Hundred thousand changes...everything's the same
I've been waiting long for one of us to say
Save the darkness, let it never fade away
In the living daylights

Comes the morning and the headlights fade away
Hundred thousand people...I'm the one they frame
In the living daylights 

The living daylights....
The living daylights...

ad lib to end>

@SONG: Crying In The Rain
(Howard Greenfield, Carole King)

<I'll never let you see
The way my broken heart 
is hurting me
I've got my pride and 
I know how to hide
All the sorrow and pain
I'll do my crying in the rain

If I wait for cloudy skies
You won't know the rain 
from the tears in my eyes
You'll never know that 
I still love you
So though the heartaches remain
I'll do my crying in the rain

Raindrips falling from heaven
Will never wash away my misery
But since we're not together
I'll wait for stormy weather 
To hide these tears I hope
you'll never see

Someday when my crying's done
I'm gonna wear a smile and 
walk in the sun
I may be a fool
But till then, darling
you'll never see me complain
I'll do my crying in the rain
I'll do my crying in the rain
I'll do my crying in the rain
I'll do my crying in the rain>

@SONG: I Call Your Name
(Pal Waaktaar, Magne Furuholmen)

<We got married on a cold mid-winter's morning
We said our lines
Then kissed 
And it was over

Those pronouncements had such weight
I guess they made us hesitate
Hesitate

When she moved her hips 
And swayed in my direction
I thought we could make it yet
And beat the isolation

But in that gentle dark
Man, we tore ourselves apart

Through the fire and rain 
Through the wilderness and pain
Through the losses, through the gains
On love's roller coaster train
I call your name

Oh God...we used to laugh
Is the fire dying, babe 
It hurts to ask

Let me hold you for awhile>

@SONG: Stay On These Roads
(Pal Waaktaar, Magne Furuholmen, Morten Harket)

<The cold has a voice
It talks to me
Stillborn, by choice
It airs no need 
to hold

Old man feel the cold
Oh baby don't
'cause I've been told to 
Stay on these roads
We shall meet, I know
Stay on...my love
We shall meet, I know
I know

Where joy should reign
these skies restrain
'Shadow your love...'
The voice trails off again

Old man feel the cold
Oh baby don't 
'cause I've been told
Stay on these roads
We shall meet, I know
You feel so weak, be strong
Stay on, stay on
We shall meet, I know
I know
ad lib to end>

@SONG: Train Of Thought (Remix)
(Pal Waaktaar)

<He likes to have the morning 
Paper's crossword solved,
Words go up, word come down; 
Forwards, backwards, twisted round.
He grabs a pile of letters 
From a small suitcase,
Disappears into an office
It's another working day.

And his thoughts are full of strangers
Corridors of naked lights,
And his mind once full of reason
Now there's more than meets meets the eye,
Now a stranger's face he carries with him

He likes a bit of reading
On the subway home,
A distant radio's whistling tunes
That nobody knows.
At home a house awaits him,
He unlocks the door
Thinking once there was a sea 
Here but there never was a door
 
And his thoughts are full of strangers
And his eyes, too numb to see
And nothing that he knows of 
And nowwhere where he's been
Was never quite like this

And his thoughts are full
Of strangers, corridors
Of naked lights, and his mind
Once full of reason 
Now there's more than meets the eye
Now a stranger's face he carries with him

And at heart he's full of strangers
Dodging on his train of thought
Train of thought.

ad lib to end>


@SONG: The Sun Always Shines On T.V.
(Pal Waaktaar)

<Touch me 
How can it be
Believe me 
The sun always shines on t.v.
Hold me 
Close to your heart
Touch me
And give all your love to me
To me

I reached inside myself and found
Nothing there to ease the 
Pressure of my ever worrying mind
All my powers waste away
I fear the crazed and lonely 
Looks the mirror's sending me these days

Touch me
How can it be
Believe me
The sun always shines on t.v.
Hold me 
Close to your heart.
Touch me 
And give all your love to me.

Please don't ask me to defend
The shameful lowlands of the way I'm drifting
Gloomily through time
I reached inside myself today
Thinking there's got to be some way
To keep my troubles distant.

Touch me 
How can it be
Believe me
The sun always shines on t.v.
Hold me 
Close to your heart
Touch me
And give all your love to me.
To me.>