Author: Per Gessle

Lägg din arm omkring min hals
så du är nära
Det finns inget mer i kväll
du måste bära

Fäll ut ditt hår, en silvertår
Lägg ditt huvud på min kudde

Om du bara vill, så säg till
Jag kan va’ din vän, när natten faller
Om du bara vill, öppna din dörr
och bara våga släppa nån in

Det bor en sorg i dina ögon som jag inte når
Det bor en sorg i ditt hjärta som är svår att förstå
Hur kom den dit? Hur kom den dit?
Den är svart som svart granit

Om du bara vill, så säg till
Jag kan va’ din vän, när natten faller
Om du bara vill, öppna din dörr
och bara våga släppa nån in

Om du bara vill, så säg till
säg till
säg till
Om du bara vill, så säg till
Jag kan va’ din vän, när mörkret faller
Om du bara vill, öppna din dörr
och bara våga släppa nån in

© Gessle – Hip Happy

Jag vill inte spela fel
spänna strängar som gå av
detta överlevnadskrav
har jag ändå varje dag
ska jag ärligt spela falskt
så ska jag stjäla något met stil
jag stjäl en harmoni
från själens mandolin

Jag vill inte dö i moll
inte leva helt i dur
inte jaga som ett djur
inte måla dej någon gud
för dina färger är regnbågens
eldslågans och vårens dans
och jag vill bara ha sympatin
från ditt hjärtas mandolin
så, låt mej stjäla din sympati
från ditt hjärtas mandolin

© Gessle – Jimmy Fun Music

All around the world you go
All around the world you go
All around the world you go
The more you go
The less you know, hey baby
You’ll never stand a chance

All you’re lookin’ for is somebody to feed you
All you’re lookin’ for is something in the air
All you’re gettin’ are some trash to breathe
The more you leave
The more we love you, baby
Why should you stand a chance?

All that you love
All that you need
You came in for kix
All that you love
All that you need
You came in for kix

You’re a super accident
You’re a major accident
Everybody’s tryin’ to pay the rent
-“Out she went!”
It’s heaven sent, hey baby
You’ll never understand

All that you love
All that you need
You came in for kix
You’re workin’ so hard
On your demand
It’s all about kix

It’s not that funny, is it?
It’s not that funny, is it?
It’s not that funny… funny…

All that you love
All that you need
You came in for kix
You’re workin’ so hard
On your demand
It’s all about kix

All that you love
All that you dig
You came in for kix
It’s all in your head
It’s all in your blood
It’s all about kix

© Gessle – Jimmy Fun Music

Ever since I saw you
Entering my world
Life has really changed
To diamonds and pearls
I’m tryin’ to take it slow
Just goin’ with the flow

I want you to know
I want you to stay
Don’t go

Every day’s the same
Like cracks on the wall
But every time I meet you
All walls start to fall
But I’m tryin’ to take things slow
Just goin’ with the flow

I want you to know
I want you to stay
Don’t go

I want you to know
I’m comin’ your way
Don’t go
I want you to know
I want you to stay
Don’t go
I want you to know
I want you today
Don’t go

© Gessle – Jimmy Fun Music

Board a plane to Katmandu
Talk to Indians in Peru
Find out how the fire went
Was it all an accident?
Trace a modern voodoo chile
Maybe Jimi’s still alive
Retrospective
big intrigue
The early ’80:s
The Human League

She’s such a good reporter – workin’ for a magazine
She’s such a good reporter – got a big editorial dream

Take the government to court
Is the Mayor really bought?
Who went to the Hockney show?
Michael Caine, Brigitte Bardot
Ol’ Lee Harvey will never die
CIA or the FBI?
Feed sir Santa’s nose a tissue
Centerfold, the xmas issue

She’s such a good reporter – workin’ for a magazine
She’s such a good reporter – got a big editorial dream
She’s such a good reporter – watchin’ from the trampoline
She’s such a good reporter – keepin’ her desk very clean

She wants political operations
She wants porno queen sensations
She wants wanted men’s descriptions
And some celebrity addictions
She wants acces to the ANC
She wants lunch with British Royalty
She wants the management to tell her
where she can interview Marie and Per

She’s such a good reporter – workin’ for a magazine
She’s such a good reporter – got a big editorial dream
She’s such a good reporter – watchin’ from the trampoline
She’s such a good reporter – keepin’ her desk very clean

Keepin’ her ass very clean
Keepin’ her nose very clean
Keepin’ her laundry clean
Oooh ooh

© Gessle – Jimmy Fun Music

Stay forever
Stay a little while
I’m pleased to see you
I’m pleased to see you smile
September clouds
Shaped just like shells
September rain
Should fall somewhere else
It’s been a long time
A lonely long time for me
I’ve missed your body
I’ve missed you company

There was a girl
Who looked just like you
There were some nights
You passed thru my room
And I walk around this small town
Like small town people do
You would never stay for long
Always passin’ thru

Shine forever
Shine a little while
I’m pleased to see you
I’m pleased to see you smile
This distant dream
It might as well rest
I wish you peace
I wish you the best
Wherever you’ll go
Whatever you’ll do
I wish you the best

© Gessle – Jimmy Fun Music

The sky was clear
it was a beautiful day
the King arrived in such a glamorous way
Women ravin’ wavin’ hands in the air
men were cheerin’, children started to stare
the King he said he was the luckiest
he finally made it to the European side
then the orchestra got ready to play
another song from the Glorious Days

Oh boy, did he look good in green!
Oh boy, did he did he look good in green!
Oh boy!

Hey! Let’s celebrate
the nation’s joinin’ in (I’ll tell you all about it)
hey! Let’s party on
the whole world’s joinin’ in

These were the days of peace in our hearts
no Major Tom was to be seen in the charts
no Sgt Pepper was found in your home
just Colonel Parker countin’ money alone
the King he said he was a fortunate guy
then he smiled and made every girl cry
cos they all knew that this was the end
that things would never be quite the same again

Oh boy, did he look good in green!
Oh boy, did he did he look good in green!
Oh boy!

Hey! Let’s celebrate
the nation’s joinin’ in (I´ll tell you all about it)
hey! Let’s party on
the whole world’s joinin’ in
with Elvis

© Gessle – Jimmy Fun Music

She is such a good girl livin’ down the street
Workin’ in the diner at the local brewery
She’s married to this man for reasons I can only guess
He always beats her up and turns her face into a mess
I’m watchin’ from the outside
Outside lookin’ in
Watchin’ from the outside

T-T-T-Take it!
T-T-Take it away
don’t you leave it alone
When you walk out that door
honey you’re on your own
Hey, God knows you’ll be glad when he’s gone

Sometimes when it’s rainin’ she doesn’t go to work
She’s lookin’ at some pictures of her dad who was a clerk
She’s puttin’ on a record form the spring of 65
She’s dancin’ by herself with big faraway eyes
I’m watchin’ from the outside
Outside lookin’ in
Watchin’ from the outside

T-T-T-Take it!
T-T-Take it away
don’t you leave it alone
When you walk out that door
honey you’re on your own
You’ll be glad when he’s buried and gone
Yea, God knows you’ll be glad when he’s gone
Take it away
go back home
Take it away
won’t you please go back home

© Gessle – Jimmy Fun Music

If you ever leave me
If you ever let me down
If you ever tell me
You don’t want my love around

I’ll be alright
You gave me the best years of my life
And a girl like you is very hard to find
So everything will be alright

People change, I know it
It’s a most natural thing
And if you want to show it
You don’t owe me anything

I’ll be alright
I had the moments of my life
All I need is a little time to cry
Then everything will be alright

Take it easy, baby
I wouldn’t change a thing (anything about it)
After all, honey
I don’t regret anything

I’ll be alright
You gave me the finest things in life
And a love like that is very hard to find
So everything will be alright
You gave me the best years of my life
A love like that is very hard to find
So everything will be alright

© Gessle – Jimmy Fun Music

I drive home late at night
Real tired
Got the radio blastin’ high
I kill an hour on the freeway
It’s so easy
Cos I know what’s waitin’ for me
I park the car in the yard
Got my key in the direction
And suddenly she appears
In front of me like 1-2-3

There is my baby
There is my girl
And she looks so fine
Best thing that ever happened in my life

Sometimes I feel so alone
All destroyed
Cryin’ like a baby boy
She puts her arms around me
Then she kisses me
And tells me stupid little things I adore
In this old town you’re bound to lose
I was the one with my mouth shut down
There’s just one real reality
Waitin’ there ahead of me

There is my baby
There is my girl
And she looks so fine
Best thing that ever happened in my life

Yes, she looks so fine
Best thing that ever happened in my life
Yes, she looks so fine
God, she looks so fine

© Gessle – Jimmy Fun Music

Babe, it feels like I’ve known you forever
You’re a most peculiar girl
You seem to belong to a different world
And whatever you’re thinkin’ about me
Whatever you’ve heard around town
This time it’s for real
the deal is all done

Lay down your arms
Right from the start
I’m out to make sure
I’ll capture your heart
Lay it all down

When my love is comin’ around
Whatever you planned for this summer
Whatever you’ll read in my palm
There’s no lookin’ back babe
surrender your heart, yea yea yea
Lay down your arms
Right from the start
I’m out to make sure
I’ll capture your heart
Lay it all down
When my love is comin’ around
Comin’ around
Lay down your arms
Right from the start
I’m out to connect
To capture your heart
Lay it all down
When my love is comin’ around
Comin’ around

© Gessle – Jimmy Fun Music

I wake up each day
I wanna sleep that day away
I catch a train in the rush hour rain
Some people are talking to me
I don’t care what they say
Cos I know

Love doesn’t live here
now you’ve gone away
Love doesn’t live here but I’m left to stay
And I thought it was me and you who gave it all
Yes I thought it was me and you who couldn’t fall
But it’s all over now
over now

Friends on the phone
life is good, life goes on
But I spend my days in a heart broken haze
Of movies and lonely tunes
every song seems to be about you

Oh, love doesn’t live here
since you went away
Love doesn’t live here but I’m here to stay
And I thought you and me
we were the chosen ones
Yes I thought you and me
we’d sail into the sun
But it’s gone, it’s over now

Do you ever think about it?
Do you wanna talk about it with me?

Love doesn’t live here since you went away
Love doesn’t live here but I’m left to stay
And I thought it was me and you who had it all
Yes I thought it was me and you who stood so tall
But it’s all over now
yes it’s all over now
Over now
It’s all over now, baby

© Gessle – Jimmy Fun Music

Jag har vandrat i en småstad
längs ensliga vägar
jag har sett drömmar komma o gå
jag har sett träden blomma i rader i parker
jag har hört klockor ringa in år
jag har lyssnat till såger
som kom från ett hjärta
en ton från en sommar jag vårdar som guld
när juni var framme blev längtan min herde
och jag följde med för kärlekens skull

Så kom ut
kom ut till stranden
innan värmen är borta, min vän
kom ut, kom ut till stranden
våra timmar är korta, min vän
kom ut till stranden
vi kan mötas igen

Som en resa
människor o känslor förändras
alla kvarteren som glömts föds igen
men regnet som faller är samma som alltid
och vattnet som flyter når havet igen

Och för en sekund
i en vind
där tiden stod stilla
kom allt tillbaka till mej igen
och allting var verkligt
och allting var äkta
för en sekund var du hos mej igen

Så kom ut
kom ut till stranden
innan värmen är borta, min vän
kom ut
kom ut till stranden
våra timmar är korta, min vän
kom ut till stranden
vi kan mötas igen

Kom ut till stranden
jag är hos dej igen

© Gessle – Jimmy Fun Music

Natt
det är kanske försent
att ta del av din tid
jag kommer ensam
som alltid
när jag kommer med strid
hon som är min bästa vän
den enda sanningen
är borta och förbi
och mitt hjärta står vidöppet
i en stormvind utan slut
jag går ensam
ensam
när kärlekens skepp lägger ut

Natt
jag önskar att jag kunde
ge henne all den kärlek
jag ger till döda ting
och visa all den ömhet
jag vet att hon behöver
när vit syren
blir vintertid
men mitt hjärta står vidöppet
i en stormvind utan slut
jag går ensam
ensam
när kärlekens skepp lägger ut

Jag står ensam
ensam
när kärlekens skepp lägger ut

© Gessle – Jimmy Fun Music

It was a rainy morning
The leaves fought a hard November
In a soft unguarded moment she jumped into my life
She had a blue umbrella with a top of silver
She wore a coat in shiny tangerine like the firy southern sky

Oh I, I wanted to show her
that I’d really like to get to know her
that I didn’t mind to spend some time

She turned at the bookstore
seemed to stop to buy a paper
I noticed from behind two trucks
with engines roaring wild
when I made my crossing
I saw that blue umbrella disappear into this crowded bus
I watched the red taillights

Oh I, I wanted to show her
(I really wanted to show her)
that I’d really like to get to know her
that I didn’t mind to spend some time

There are lonely nights when she disappears from my bed
I wish I knew what goes on in her head
What goes on in her head?

Oh I, I wanted to show her
(I really wanted to show her)
that I’d really like to get to know her
that I didn’t mind to spend some time

I wanted to show her
(I really wanted to show her)
that I’d really like to get to know her
that I didn’t mind to spend some time
Spend some time
Spend some time

© Gessle – Jimmy Fun Music

Is this what you want
every finger point at me
I’m eating your words
but are they really here for me
I’ve tasted before
you crashed at my door
To bring some hot stuff baby

So when you need me in the middle of the night
I won’t be there cos you’re always breaking my heart
You’re always breaking my heart
you always tear it apart
Yeah Oh Yeah

So take off your shades
go get down on your knees and pray
But no powers from heaven
could ever take the darkness away
My love rise on laughing mind
love talks to the roses
But you bring ’em bad bad weather (bad bad weather)

So when you need me in the middle of the night (of the night)
I won’t be there cos you’re always breaking my heart
You’re always breaking my heart
you always tear it apart
Yeah Yeah Yeah

Reach out a hand to hold
ain’t it sad when the distance grows
Two hearts cling to their fates
hurry hurry don’t be late
But I can’t worry anymore…

© Gessle – Jimmy Fun Music

I wanna be with you all day
I wanna be with you all night
I wanna be with you all day
I wanna be with you all night

I’ve never felt so good about it
I think of funny things to do
Girl, I love the way you’re talking
your clothes, your biker-boots

I wanna stay with you all day
I wanna stay with you all night
I wanna stay with you oh yeah
I wanna stay with you all right

Babe, I wanna join you shopping
together we can grab a bite
I’ll follow you to that painting
you talked about last night

Let’s take a ride in the countryside
or watch the lions at the zoo
Let’s take a walk by the waterline
and throw some pebbles to the blue

I wanna sleep with you all day
I wanna sleep with you all night
I wanna sleep with you oh yeah
I wanna sleep with you all right

Hey, who brought this terrible weather?
let’s stay in bed all day long
And watch a Peter Lorre-movie
by tea-time he’ll be gone (and we’re alone…)

I wanna be with you

© Gessle – Jimmy Fun Music

I woke up to a bang
So I rushed down to the level below
The city was asleep
So I ran upstairs for my radio

I couldn’t get it working, the batteries were down
But suddenly like thunder
came this crazy
cosmic sound

I heard Jupiter calling on the mysterious satellite
I heard Jupiter calling connecting into the night
I heard Jupiter calling and I saw the stars were falling
I heard Jupiter calling sending a message across to the Earth

I had to call a friend
So I begged you
won’t you please come around?
No time to be afraid
maybe you and me are the chosen ones

Let’s sit by the window in case we catch a light
A glowing information transmitting through the night

I heard Jupiter calling (ooh ooh ooh) on the mysterious satellite
I heard Jupiter calling (ooh ooh ooh) connecting into the night
I heard Jupiter calling and I saw all the stars came falling
I heard Jupiter calling (ooh ooh ooh) sending some messages down to the Earth

Jupiter calling (ooh ooh ooh) on the mysterious satellite
I heard Jupiter calling (ooh ooh ooh) connecting into the night
I heard Jupiter calling and I saw the stars were falling
I heard Jupiter calling (ooh ooh ooh) sending the message across to the Earth

Send a message across to the Earth!

© Gessle – Jimmy Fun Music

Watch Out!

And I want to tell you what’s going down
Tell you all to scream and shout
tell you what it’s all about
All I know the felling that it’s time to go
And everybody join the show
now Europe and now Tokyo

Well let’s party!
let’s party all over the world!
Party! Party!
make a wave all over this world!
Calling every boy and girl
take it to the top
Get aboard and party til ya drop!
Well let’s party!
party! party!

And I want to tell you how to serve your mind
Tell you how to draw the line
tell you how to spend your dime
All I know, don’t need no rocket ticket to go
Everybody steal the show
tune into your radio, oh oh!

Well let’s party!
let’s party all over the world!
Party! Party!
make a wave all over this world!
Calling every boy and girl
take it to the top
Get aboard and party til ya drop!
Well let’s party! party!
party! oh oh!

Well let’s party!
let’s party all over the world!
Party! Party!
make a wave all over this world!
Calling every boy and girl
take it to the top
Get aboard and party til ya drop!
Well let’s party!
party! party! oh oh!

Well let’s party!
well let’s party all over the world!

Watch out!
Oh oh oh oh oh!
Oh oh oh oh oh!

© Gessle – Jimmy Fun Music

en stad i blom
när karolina kom
och satte tiden ur led
hon vände allt upp och ned

himlen var evig
och full av astronauter
när karolina kom
när karolina kom

att springa hem förtrollad av karolina
var det enklaste jag gjort nån gång

allt stod i blom
när karolina kom
i sin finaste kjol
jag höll andan och log

och solen var evig
som sångerna på radion
men det är längesen nu
ljusår från nu

att bli blint förälskad i karolina
var det enklaste jag varit med om

kom karolina
karolina na na
kom karolina
jag blundar

att komma hem förtrollad av karolina
var det enklaste jag varit med om

en stad i blom
när karolina kom
när karolina kom
karolina kom!

© gessle / jimmy fun music / november 2006