The Other Side Of Midnight
Head First (May 1983)
Mick Box /Bob Daisley /Peter Goalby /Lee Kerslake /John Sinclair

Peter Goalby - Lead Vocals
Mick Box - Lead Guitars
John Sinclair - Keyboards
Bob Daisley - Bass
Lee Kerslake - Drums

Late at night I'll be knocking
On your door
Late tonight I'll be calling
You can be sure
I'll be waiting
Standin' in the shadows once again
Sneakin', creepin'
Howling like a tom cat once again

Oh, there'll be nowhere
You can hide
When I take you
On the other side of midnight

You know I don't love you
But I love what you can do
Some more of that hot persuasion
This time it's just like you

Oh, there'll be nowhere
You can hide
When I take you
On the other side of midnight
I'll be knockin'
The other side of midnight
I'll be callin'
The other side of midnight
Knock, knockin'
The other side of midnight

I'm gonna take you
I'm gonna make you
At midnight, at midnight

Late at night
I'll be knock knock knockin'
On your door
I said late tonight I'll be callin'
You can be sure
I'm gonna take you
Oh, it's gonna hurt so good
I'm gonna make you do
What a bad girl should

Oh, there'll be nowhere to hide
When I take you
On the other side of midnight
The other side of midnight
I'll be knockin'
The other side of midnight
I'll be callin'
The other side of midnight
On the other side
I'll be waitin', I'll be callin'
The other side of midnight
I'll be knock knock
Knockin' at midnight
 
Stay on Top
Head First (May 1983)
T. Jackson

Peter Goalby - Lead Vocals
Mick Box - Lead Guitars
John Sinclair - Keyboards
Bob Daisley - Bass
Lee Kerslake - Drums

Everybody got somebody
trying to make you feel real bad
Ain't none of their business
Talking behind your back
Be strong in yourself
Stand up - walk away
Nobody gives a damn for a 
Single thing you say

I'm singing
Stay on top - never go under
Lightning strikes
Before you hear the thunder
Stay on top - never go under
Hold on tight
Here comes the thunder

Hide money in your pocket
Be nobody's fool
Always think of number one
That's my golden rule
Take care of business
Go for it with the best
Be strong enough to take it
Ain't no need to rest

I'm singing
Stay on top - never go under
Lightning strikes
Before you hear the thunder
Stay on top - never go under
Hold on tight
Watch out for the thunder

Bad times make you cry
But the good times get you high

I can't stand it
I can't stand it no no
I can't stand it
I can't stand it no more
I can't stand it
I can't stand it
I can't stand it no more

Somebody, everybody
trying to make you feel real bad
Aint' nobody's business
Talking behind your back
Be strong in yourself
Stand up - walk away
Nobody's gonna listen
To a single word you say
Single

Stay on top - never go under
Lightning strikes
Before you hear the thunder
Stay on top - never go under
Hold on tight
Look out for the thunder

Stay on top
You've got to stay on top
Stand up and sing it
Stay on top
Take care of business
Stay on top

Lonely Nights
Head First (May 1983)
Bryan Adams /Jim Vallance

Peter Goalby - Lead Vocals
Mick Box - Lead Guitars
John Sinclair - Keyboards
Bob Daisley - Bass
Lee Kerslake - Drums

Will you risk your reputation
I don't know
You just don't know
What you're saying
Anymore
You know beggars
Can't be choosers
And it's fair
We may win, we may be loosers
I don't care, no no no

Oh baby, I just can't stand
Another lonely night
So come on over and save me
Save me from another lonely night

I hear every word you're saying
They're all lies
But with every breath you're taking
You're thinking of
Ways to say goodnight

Baby, I just can't stand
Another lonely night
So come on over and save me
Save me from another lonely night
Come on over
Come and save me
 
Sweet Talk
Head First (May 1983)
Mick Box /Bob Daisley /Peter Goalby /J. & L. John Sinclair /Lee Kerslake

Peter Goalby - Lead Vocals
Mick Box - Lead Guitars
John Sinclair - Keyboards
Bob Daisley - Bass
Lee Kerslake - Drums

I see your face in
The magazine stand
I wanna hold you in the palm 
Of my hand
I love everything about you
You're such a long way away

Your sweet talk
Ain't enough for me
I may be deaf, but you're
Too blind to see

You're gonna break my bones
With your feminine tones
But I don't wanna hear

Your sweet talk tonight
Not again tonight
When I call tonight
Don't wanna hear your
Sweet talk tonight

I hear your voice on the radio
It's gettin' so bad I don't know
Which way to go
Why don't you wake up girl
You're such a long way away

Your sweet talk ain't enough
You see
I need a woman
Who's a woman to me


You're gonna break my bones
With those feminine tones
But I don't wanna hear

Oh, I don't wanna hear it
Not tonight

You're gonna break my bones
With your feminine tones
But I don't wanna hear
None of that sweet talk tonight
Oh, not again tonight
When I call tonight

Sweet talk tonight
Not again tonight
When I call tonight
Don't wanna hear your sweet talk
 
Love Is Blind
Head First (May 1983)
Joey Carbone /Richie Zito

Peter Goalby - Lead Vocals
Mick Box - Lead Guitars
John Sinclair - Keyboards
Bob Daisley - Bass
Lee Kerslake - Drums

I tried to give you love
That was ever flowing
I tried to give a love
That could be so true
But you wanted less
Than I had to offer
What was I to do
I tried to bare a soul
That would swear devotion
I tried to promise dreams
I would make come true
But you said that love was
A game for children
Here I stand, a fool

Love is blind
Blinded by love
You're all I can see in my eyes
My mind says, stop
But my heart says, go
And oh, how it hurts to find
It's true when they say that
Love is blind
Love is blind

I told myself if there
Was a chance to show you
Just how good a love affair could be
But love was something that
You had never given
I just couldn't see
I closed my eyes to all that
You never gave me
My heart didn't wanna see
How you played around
And how well you showed me
How wounded love can be

Love is blind
Blinded by love
You're all I can see in my eyes
My mind says, stop
But my heart says, go
Oh, how it hurts to find
It's true when they say that
Love is blind
Love is blind
So blind
 
Red Lights
Head First (May 1983)
Mick Box /Bob Daisley /Peter Goalby /John Sinclair

Peter Goalby - Lead Vocals
Mick Box - Lead Guitars
John Sinclair - Keyboards
Bob Daisley - Bass
Lee Kerslake - Drums

Red lights - on the highway
Headlights - blinding my eye
Red lights - keep me waiting
White lights - drive me insane
Red lights - in the city
Streetlights - high in the night
Searchlights - I'm looking for someone
Red lights - young blood's alright

Try as I can but
I can't keep away
No no no no way

Red lights - She knows what I'm here for
Headlights - look me in the eye
Red lights - are you looking for danger
White lights - drives me insane

Try as I can but
I can't keep away
No no no, not for one day

Red lights - no questions
Streetlights - youth's desire 
Red lights - burning desire
White lights - put you to bed
Red lights- in the city
Streetlights - shadow the night
Sunshine - if you need some one
Headlights - that young blood's alright

Try as I can but
I can't keep away
Not today
She brings me to my knees
Try as I can but
I can't keep away
I want you babe

Red lights - Oh, I want you
Red lights - I need it
Red lights - you get too heavy
 
Rollin' The Rock
Head First (May 1983)
Mick Box /Bob Daisley /Peter Goalby /John Sinclair

Peter Goalby - Lead Vocals
Mick Box - Lead Guitars
John Sinclair - Keyboards
Bob Daisley - Bass
Lee Kerslake - Drums

Feels so cold, so alone
An empty stage, no one home
I feel so strange, so scared
No point in screaming
I won't be heard
You're so cold, you're so cool
It's so dark in this tomb

Time has come so soon
And time takes no prisoners
Except in the womb
There's no way out, no escape
This silence is deafening
I have to cry out
You're so cold, you're so cool
It's so dark in this tomb

Roll away the rock
Roll the rock away

Set me free from this grave
Am I forgiven, can I be saved?
You've been so cold for so long
This silence is deafening
Was I so wrong?
You're so cold, you're so cool
It's so dark in this tomb

Roll away the rock
Take that rock and roll it

Roll away the rock
You gotta roll the rock away

This silence is deafening

Straight Through The Heart
Head First (May 1983)
Mick Box /Bob Daisley /Peter Goalby /John Sinclair /Lee Kerslake

Peter Goalby - Lead Vocals
Mick Box - Lead Guitars
John Sinclair - Keyboards
Bob Daisley - Bass
Lee Kerslake - Drums

You came on like an angel
I didn't see the evil in your eyes
I could see but I was blinded
Oh, believed your lies

You hit we with your promises
You shot me, I fell to the ground
Your promise of tomorrow
When I looked, you were
Nowhere to be found

You set me up right from the start
Stripped me of my dignity
You got me straight
Through the heart
I never did stand a chance
You got me straight
Through the heart
You cut me and left me for dead

You promised me a heaven
Turned out to be one hell all the time
The truth that you're pretending
Was just a chorus of lies

You set me up right from the start
Strip me of my dignity
And got me straight
Through the heart
I never did stand a chance
Got me straight through the heart
You cut me and left me for dead
You cut me and left me for dead

You came on like an angel
Just like an angel
You set me up

You got me straight
Through the heart
I never did stand a chance
Got me straight through the heart
You cut me, you left me
Straight through the heart
You never gave me a chance
Got me straight throught the heart
I'm bleeding, you're leaving
Got me straight through the heart
 
Weekend Warriors
Head First (May 1983)
Mick Box /Bob Daisley /Peter Goalby /John Sinclair /Lee Kerslake

Peter Goalby - Lead Vocals
Mick Box - Lead Guitars
John Sinclair - Keyboards
Bob Daisley - Bass
Lee Kerslake - Drums

Ten thousand stallions runnin' wild
They dare to race the devil's child
The race is on, hold tight the reins
They shared a week of broken chains

Wheels turnin', wheels burnin'
See the eagles fly
Weekend warriors ...

Like shining knights
Of days gone by
They're born again
They'll never die

Wheels turnin', wheels burnin'
See the angels fly
Weekend warriors ...

Like silver lighting from the sky
These gold-clad horses thunder by

Weekend warriors ...
 
Playing For Time
Ridge Farm sessions 1981, single Stay On Top b-side.
Bonus track on remastered Head First CD 1997
Mick Box /Bob Daisley /Peter Goalby /John Sinclair

Peter Goalby - Lead Vocals
Mick Box - Lead Guitars
John Sinclair - Keyboards
Bob Daisley - Bass
Lee Kerslake - Drums

Travel down the road of heartache
Hear an echo in my mind
I've played with fire
Burned my fingers
Now I'm gonna take my time
You don't have to shout about it
Can't you see it obvious
Feel - it's getting close to comfort
Why you makin' such a fuss

Take your time with
What you're doin'
And you'll see the skies appear
Seen and heard it all before her
Now you understand my fear
Can't you see the time will tell us
How it's gonna always be
You can wrap me
Around your finger
And I ain't no mystery

Playing for time
That's all I can do
I'm playing for time
Before I fall in love with you

You can push me every which way
Hey I got no place to fall
Guess you're gonna rue your bullshit
When your back's against the wall
Louder now that's what the games go
And I bought the devil now
You can get to dream about it
I won't need one anyhow

Playing for time
That's all I can do
Playing for time
Before I fall in love 
Playing for time
That's all I wanna do
Playing for time
Before I fall in love

Oh, you don't have to shout about it
Can't you see it obvious
Feel it's getting close for comfort
Why you making such a fuss?
travel down the road of heartache
Hear an echo my mind
Played with fire, burned my fingers
Now I'm gonna take my time

Playing for time
Before I fall in love with you
Playing for time
That's all I want to do
Playing for time
Before I fall
Playing for time
All I wanna do
Playing for time ...
 

Searching
(Instrumental) (Extended Demo Version Recorded at Head First May 1983 Sessions)
Peter Goalby