Peter CETERA


Peter Cetera

(1981)



1. Livin' In The Limelight 4'22
(Peter Cetera)
2. I Can Feel It 3'11
(Peter Cetera / Ricky Fataar / Carl Wilson)
3. How Many Times 4'24
(Peter Cetera)
4. Holy Moly 4'27
(Peter Cetera)
5. Mona Mona 3'21
(Peter Cetera)
6. On The Line 4'04
(Peter Cetera)
7. Not Afraid To Cry 3'30
(Peter Cetera)
8. Evil Eye 2'37
(Peter Cetera)
9. Practical Man 3'53
(Peter Cetera)
10. Ivy Covered Walls 3'57
(Peter Cetera)

Total Time: 37:46


  • Peter Cetera - Vocals, Background Vocals, Bass (2-5, 7-10), Guitar (3), 2nd Guitar (5), Acoustic Guitar (4), Synthesizer (8, 9), Vocorder (9), Percussion (6, 7, 9, 10)
  • Steve Lukather - Lead Guitar and Solo (1), Electric Guitar (4)
  • Craig Huff - 2nd Guitar (1), Electric Guitar (6, 9)
  • Chris Pinnick - Lead Guitar and Solo (2), 1st Guitar (3, 5), Electric Guitar (4, 8, 9), Electric 6-String (7), 12-String (8), Guitars and Solo (10)
  • Carl Wilson - 2nd Guitar (2)
  • Kenny Edwards - Acoustic Guitar (6)
  • Mark Goldenberg - Acoustic 12-String and Solo Guitars (7), 12-String (8)
  • Josh Leo - Electric Guitar and Solo (6)
  • Michael Boddicker - Synthesizer (1, 6)
  • Rich Eames - Electric Piano (3)
  • Craig Doerge - Piano (6)
  • Carli Munoz - Piano (10)
  • David "Hawk" Wolinski - Synthesizer and Solo (3), Synthesizer (5, 9)
  • William "Smitty" Smith - Organ (9)
  • Tommy Morgan - Harmonica and Solo (4)
  • Gary Herbig - Saxophone (5)
  • Roland Vazquez - Horns Arranger (9)
  • Bob Glaub - Bass (6)
  • Michael Botts - Drums (1, 6)
  • Ricky Fataar - Drums (2-5, 7, 9, 10), Percussion (4)
  • Steve Foreman - Percussion (3)
  • Mark Williams - Percussion (2)

    Produced by Peter Cetera & Jim Boyer
    Dennis Kirk - Engineer

    All Songs Written by Peter Cetera
    Except Track 2 by Cetera / Fataar / Wilson

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    1. Livin' In The Limelight

      ** Everybody wants to be a star
      Living in the limelight
      A big house and a fancy car
      Living in the limelight

      Everybody gonna know your name
      Surely pleased to meet you
      Ask you for your autograph
      See your latest feature
      In the middle of the middle of a dream
      Living in the limelight
      See yourself on the silver screen
      Living in the limelight

      * How you gonna keep 'em down on the farm
      Never make 'em happy
      How you gonna keep 'em close to home
      Everybody's leavin', headin' for Hollywood

      Everybody has a fantasy
      Living in the limelight
      A personality
      Living in the Limelight
      Hypnotisin' the roar of the crowd
      Living in the limelight
      Never heard of stagefright
      First one back for the curtain call
      Fall in love with the spotlight
      On the cover of a magazine
      Living in the limelight
      In your limousine
      Living in the limelight

      Everybody gonna know your name
      Living in the limelight
      Say, gonna be pleased to meet you
      Living in the limelight
      Living in the lime, living in the limelight
      Living in the limelight
      They go to Hollywood, be a star
      Living in the limelight...
    (* Repeat)

    (** Repeat)

    2. I Can Feel It

      You know there's something I gotta say
      I can feel it, yeah yeah
      And I'm old enough to do things my way
      I can feel it, yeah yeah

      * Once I get to you
      I'm never gonna let you go
      I can feel it
      'Cause I love you so

      Baby, baby, i just want you to know

      You know there's something I gotta do
      I can feel it, yeah yeah
      I've just gotta get next to you
      I can feel it, yeah yeah
    (* Repeat)
      Ooh wee, baby, I just want you to know

      ** The way you love me, child Makes me feel good
      Do I love (want) you, girl
      Ooh it's understood
      Every woman needs to love a good man

      And child you're looking good
      From everywhere I stand
      Ooh wee, baby, you're drivin' me crazy
      I can feel it, I can feel it
    (* Repeat)
      Let me tell you, baby
      I just want you to know
    (** Repeat)
      Lookin' mighty good
      From anywhere I stand

      *** I can feel it
      Come here, baby, you're drivin' me crazy
      I can feel it
      Yeah yeah, you've got me climbin' up the wall
    (*** Repeat)
      Climbin'

    3. How Many Times

      * How many tears have you cried
      How many eyes have you dried
      How many ways have you tried
      And don't you get tired of people sayin'

      How many times, how many times

      How many dream have been bad
      How many nights have been sad
      How many days have you had
      When you get tired of people sayin'
      How many times, how many times
      How many times, how many times
    (* Repeat)
      I said tired of people sayin'
      Don't you get tired of people sayin'
      How many times, how many times
      How many times, how many times
      How many times, times, times, times
      Times, times, times, times, times

    4. Holy Moly

      Holy moly dynamite
      Feelin' good so the time is right, you know
      I'm too shy, don't let me down
      I'm just a country boy from a town in Tupelo
      I said I'm in love, can't you see
      Come on.....make love to me

      Holy moly dynamite
      I'm gonna show you, baby
      That tonight's the night, yeah yeah

      Meet me tonight
      You messin' with a mad desire
      Meet me tonight
      We're gonna set you're house on fire
      Meet me tonight
      I tell you, mama, it's alright
      Meet me tonight, yeah yeah yeah yeah

      Movin', groovin', hoochie coo
      I'm gonna get down
      I wanna get next to you
      I said don't look back, take my advice
      It's gettin' mighty late
      And we've got a lot of things to do

      * Meet me tonight
      It's alright
      I said holy moly dynamite
      I'm gonna show you, baby
      That tonight's the night
      I said holy moly dynamite
      I'm gonna show you

      Baby, that's tonight's the night
      Yeah yeah, yeah yeah
    (* Repeat)
      Gonna show you, pretty baby
      That tonight's the night, yeah yeah

      Said tonight's the night
      Tonight's the night
      Tonight's the night
      Tonight's the night

      Tonight's the night
    ( Repeat and fade with following )

    Yeah yeah, yeah yeah
    Come here, baby
    Don't you want me to love you .....

    5. Mona Mona

      I remember sayin'
      She came out of nowhere
      Like the devil in disguise
      I believed it when she told me
      That she loved me
      ..... tellin' lies

      * Everybody knows her name
      Mona Mona
      Everybody knows her game
      Mona Mona
      She's gonna break your heart
      Mona Mona
      (She) Cut you right down
      Then she'll tear you apart
      Mona Mona

      ** You know you'd better try to forget it
      You know you're gonna live to regret it
      I'd really hate to be the one
      To tell you so (I told you so)
      Let me take the time to remind you
      You're better off leavin' her behind you
      I really think it's something
      That you oughta know
      You better let her go

      Yeah yeah, let her go
    (* Repeat)

    (** Repeat)
      Don't you think you'd better let her go
      Let her go

    6. On The Line

      I was drivin' along at the end of the day
      I was weary and so all alone
      Looking ahead by the side of the road
      What I saw was the sign "Telephone"

      * Talking to you is something I need
      More than I needed before
      If I ever get through won't you give me the time
      Won't you answer my call, won't you stay on the line

      It's a moment of truth then a shadow of doubt
      Now I need you to stay on the line
      It's never as bad when we're talkin' it out
      Now I need you to stay on the line
    (* Repeat)
      Answer my call, won't you stay on the line

      I believe I have a right to say
      What I wanna say
      And I believe it but I'm keeping it to myself
      I believe I have a right to do
      What I wanna do

      ** All of my life, all of my life
      All of my life, all of my life

      I believe I have a right to be
      Where I wanna be
      I believe it and I wanna be there with you
      I believe I have a right to see
      Who I wanna see
    (** Repeat 2 times)

    7. Not Afraid To Cry

      In the morning when I saw the light
      On the letter you left in the night
      After you had gone without saying goodbye
      Here to tell you that I'm not afraid to cry
      Oh, no oh, no

      Tried to find you but I lost my way
      Tried to tell you what I couldn't say
      After you had gone without telling me why
      I'm just here to tell you
      That I'm not afraid to cry, oh no
      And I'm not afraid to cry, oh no

      * Not afraid to cry
      And I'm not afraid to say
      Doesn't seem the same
      When you're not around
      Now I'm here to tell you
      That I'm going out today
      Gonna pick-a-myself back up
      Get my feet on the ground
    (* Repeat)
      I'm not afraid -- repeat

    8. Evil Eye

      You've got an evil eye
      And I wanna say mama
      I can't face it for another day
      You don't even try
      And I wanna say baby
      I can't take it when you're.......

      * Makin' me hurry, makin' me wait
      Takin' me early, leavin' me late
      Shakin' my feelin', makin' me cry
      Don't it sound funny
      But I'm saying bye-bye

      You've got an evil eye
      And I wanna say mama
      You can't see it any other way
      All you do is lie
      And I wanna say baby
      You know I can't stand it when you're.......
    (* Repeat)
      I don't need what you're givin' me honey
      You know I don't want
      What you've got on your mind
      I don't care if you're missin' my money
      You know I don't care if you're stealin' me blind
      I'll leave you behind

      Oh well, leavin' you baby
      So long bye-bye
      Oh well, when you're drivin' me crazy
      So long bye-bye
      Oh well, don't believe it's funny
      So long bye-bye
      Oh well, now I'm movin' on honey
      So long bye-bye

    9. Practical Man

      I've always been known as a practical man
      Certainly one-of-a-kind
      Then you came along with the wave of your hand
      And suddenly young love is blind
      I'll build you a house by the water
      It's always been your fantasy

      * Then I'll settle down for the rest of my life
      Now that you're livin' with me, oh,
      Now that you're livin' with me

      I've always been known as the kind of a guy
      Who runs off to hide from a dream
      But you've got that good one I've never tried
      And nothing's as hard as it seems
      I'll build you a house by the mountains
      It's always been your fantasy
    (* Repeat)
      Oh, you brighten my life

      Fill me with a burnin' desire
      Oh, you lighten my life
      Touch me and I'm feelin' on fire
      We're never ever gonna lose
      This feeling that we're feeling tonight
      oh, oh
      We're never ever gonna let it happen
      'Cause it wouldn't be right
      Wouldn't be right

      Oh, you lighten my life
      Fill me with a burnin' desire
      Oh, you brighten my life
      Touch me and I'm feeling on fire
      We're never ever gonna lose this feeling
      That we're feeling tonight
      oh, oh
      We're never gonna ever let it happen
      'Cause it wouldn't be right
      oh, oh ,oh -- repeat

    10. Ivy Covered Walls

      Maybe you can move into a cabin
      And near a river down a lonely winding road
      Friendly conversation
      Then you read by candlelight
      Every word of every story told

      Maybe you can move into the castle
      Surrounded by the ivy covered walls
      Find a bit of paradise
      Where no one bothers you
      Only time they come is when you call

      Something I never realized about the city
      Once it's in your heart it's there to stay
      When you close your eyes you realize
      It's been there all along
      Home is where you live and where you lay
      Everywhere that you go it may seem funny
      You can hide if you want, you can change your name

      Everywhere I look, everyone I see
      Everywhere it's all the same

      Something I never realized about the country
      Once it's in your heart it's there to stay
      When you close your eyes you realize
      It's been there all along
      Home is where you live and where you lay
      Everywhere that you go it may sound funny
      You can hide if you want, you can change your name

      Everywhere I look
      Everyone I see
      Everywhere it's all the same