Gary MOORE


Blues & Ballads - Vol. 2

(compilation)

(1995)



1. Spanish Guitar 3'51
(Gary Moore / Phil Lynott)
2. Parisienne Walkways 7'20
(Gary Moore / Phil Lynott)
3. Need Your Love So Bad 7'53
(Little Willie John)
4. All Time Low 5'58
(Gary Moore)
5. I Can't Wait Until Tomorrow 7'48
(Gary Moore)
6. Merry Go Round 4'15
(P.A. Greenbaum)
7. Empty Rooms 6'34
(Gary Moore / Neil Carter)
8. As The Years Go Passing By 7'43
(Dan Malone)
9. Drifting 8'29
(P.A. Greenbaum)
10. Nothing's The Same 5'02
(Gary Moore)
11. The Messiah Will Come Again 7'28
(Roy Buchanan)

Total Time: 72:21


Peter Collins - Producer
James Barton - Producer
Chris Blair - Mastering
Jeff Glixman - Producer
Steve Levine - Producer
Mike "Clay" Stone - Producer
Ian Taylor - Producer
Gered Mankowitz - Photography




1. Spanish Guitar

    As I sit here and play
    My spanish guitar
    Underneath the stars,
    It passes the time away.

    Each note I play
    Is a memory of Spain,
    The melodies they take me
    Back there again.

    So as I sit here and play
    On my old spanish guitar,
    Each note I play
    Just sails away.
    And it brings me closer
    To that spanish senorita.
    Oh, she's so far away.

    As I sit here and play
    Underneath the stars,
    It passes the time away
    And brings me closer
    To my spanish holiday.

2. Parisienne Walkways

    I remember Paris in '49.
    The Champs Elysee, San Michelle
    And old Beauolais wine.
    And I recall that you were mine
    In those Parisienne days.

    Looking back at the photographs.
    Those summerdays spent outside corner cafes.
    Oh, I could write you paragraphs,
    About my old Parisienne days.

3. Need Your Love So Bad

    Need someone's hand
    To lead me through the night
    Need someone's arms
    To hold and squeeze me tight
    'Cause when the night begins
    I'm at an end
    Because I need your love so bad

    Need some lips
    To feel next to mine
    Need someone to stand up
    And tell me when I'm lyin'
    When the lights are low
    And it's time to go
    That's when I need your love so bad

    Why don't you give it up
    Bring it on home to me,
    Or write it on a piece of paper, darlin'
    So it can be read to me
    Tell me that you love me
    And stop driving me mad
    Beacause I
    I need your love so bad

    Need your soft voice
    Talk to me at night
    Don't want you to worry baby
    'Cause I know we can make everything allright
    Listen to my plea baby
    Bring it home to me
    Because I need your love so bad

4. All Time Low

    You've had your share of troubles.
    Lord knows you've had your share of pain.
    You've had your share of troubles.
    Lord knows you've had your share of pain.

    When it all comes down to you,
    You're puttin' on a brave face.
    But it just takes some bad luck
    To put you in your place.
    When there's no place to run to,
    When there's no place to go,
    You know you've had an all time low.
    Oh.

    You thought the hard times were behind you,
    But boy were you ever wrong.
    Those hard times been followin' you
    Ever since the day that you were born.

    You've had your share of troubles.
    Lord knows you've had your share of pain.

    When it all comes down to you,
    You're puttin' on a brave face.
    But it just takes some bad luck
    To put you in your place.
    When there's no place to run to,
    When there's no place to go,
    You know you've had an all time low.
    All time low, yeah.

    You've had your share of troubles.
    Lord knows, Lord knows you've had your share of pain.
    You've had your share of troubles.
    Lord knows, Lord knows you've had your share of pain.

    When it all comes down to you,
    You're puttin' on a brave face.
    But it just takes some bad luck
    To put you in your place.
    When there's no place to run to,
    When there's no place to go,
    You know you've had an all time low.

    You've had an all time low.
    You've had an all time low.
    All time low

5. I Can't Wait Until Tomorrow

    I've been searchin' for something I might never find.
    I've been looking for something I have left behind.
    I've been searching every day in the rising sun.
    I've been trying to find my way till the day is done.
    I've been searching.

    I've been reaching for something I might never touch.
    And I've been dreaming of something that I want so much.
    I've been counting all the tears in the falling rain.
    I've been trying to hide my fears, but it's all the same.
    And I don't know if I'll ever pass this way again.

    I can't wait until tomorrow.
    It's something I might never see.
    I can't wait until tomorrow
    For tomorrow never waits for me.
    Tomorrow never waits for me.

    I can't wait until tomorrow.
    It's something I might never see.
    I can't wait until tomorrow
    For tomorrow never waits for me.
    Tomorrow just won't wait for me.
    Tomorrow never waits for me.

    I've been searchin' for something I might never find.
    And I've been looking for something I have left behind.
    I've been counting all the tears in the falling rain.
    I've been hiding all my fears, but it's all the same.
    And I don't know if I'll ever pass this way again.

    I can't wait until tomorrow.
    It's somethin' I might never see.
    I can't wait until tomorrow
    For tomorrow never waits for me.

    I can't wait until tomorrow.
    It's not the place I wanna be.
    I can't wait until tomorrow
    For tomorrow just won't wait for me.

6. Merry Go Round

    When I first met you baby
    I didn't even know your name
    When I first met you baby
    I didn't even know your name
    Oh, I was feelin' low on the ground
    Bad luck and evil women were to blame

    I never realized
    How sweet and kind one woman can be
    I never realized, people
    How sweet and kind a woman can be
    Oh, but when I looked in your eyes
    I knew true love had come to me
    Yeah

    Take my hand
    Hold it tight and don't let go
    Take my hand, take my hand
    Hold it tight and don't let go
    'Cause our love is like a merry-go-round
    Forever and ever round it goes

7. Empty Rooms

    Loneliness is your only friend.
    A broken heart that just won't mend
    Is the price you pay.

    It's hard to take when love grows old.
    The days are long and the nights turn cold
    When it fades away.

    You hope that she will change her mind
    But the days drift on and on.
    You'll never know the reason why she's gone.

    You see her face in every crowd.
    You hear her voice, but you're still proud
    So you turn away.

    You tell yourself that you'll be strong.
    But your heart tells you
    This time you're wrong.

    You hope that she will change her mind
    But the days drift on and on.
    You'll never know the reason why she's gone.

    Empty rooms
    Where we learn to live without love.
    Empty rooms
    Where we learn to live without love.
    Empty rooms
    Where we learn to live without love.

    Empty rooms
    Where we learn to live without love.
    Empty rooms
    Where we learn to live without love.
    Empty rooms
    Where we learn to live without love.
    Empty rooms
    Where we learn to live without love.

    All alone in an empty room.
    Lonliness is your only friend.
    Oh, she's gone and you're at the end.

8. As The Years Go Passing By

    There is nothing I can do
    As you leave me here to cry
    There is nothing I can do
    As you leave me here to cry
    You know my love will follow you
    As the years go passing by

    Give you all that I own
    That's one thing you can't deny
    Give you all that I own
    That's one thing you can't deny
    You know my love will follow you
    As the years go passing by

    Gonna leave it up to you
    So long, so long, goodbye
    Gonna leave it up to you
    So long, so long, goodbye
    You know my love will follow you
    As the years go passing by

    Gonna leave it up to you
    So long, so long, goodbye
    Gonna leave it up to you
    So long, so long, goodbye
    You know my love will follow you
    As the years go passing by

9. Driftin'

    I ain't never missed a woman
    Anytime or anyhow
    Said I ain't never missed a woman
    Anytime or anyhow
    I said, I ain't never missed nobody
    Just like the way I miss my baby now

    If you could see my woman
    You'd know why no one else can take her place
    If you could see my woman, people
    You'd realize why no one else can take her place
    You'd know just what I'm talking 'bout
    If you could see my baby's sweet, sweet face

    That's why I ain't never missed a woman
    Anytime or any place
    No, I ain't never ever missed a woman
    Anytime or any place
    When I say I ain't never missed nobody
    I mean I ain't never missed nobody
    Like I miss my baby now, yeah

10. Nothing's The Same

    Another time, another place.
    The lonely streets where we embraced.
    Then you would go without a trace.
    Nothing's the same without you.

    Another day goes passing by.
    I sit alone and wonder why.
    Sometimes it's hard, but I will try
    To live my life without you.

    You're in my heart, you're in my dreams.
    You're everywhere or so it seems.
    So many times I've heard that song.
    Hold back the tears, pretend you're strong.

    Another day goes slowly by.
    I sit alone and wonder why.
    I think of you, I start to cry.
    Nothing's the same without you.

    Another time, another place.
    The sweetness of our last embrace.
    What would I give to see your face.
    Nothing's the same without you.

    Nothing's the same,
    Nothing's the same,
    Nothing's the same without you.

11. The Messiah Will Come Again

    (instrumental)