words of Donna Summer

Words of Donna & *Pete Bellotte
TO THE ITALIAN TRANSLATIONS
*I REMEMBER YESTERDAY I remember the first night we met Dancing to the sounds of clarinet Dancing cheek to cheek, oh how sweet You and me and the 30's beat Oh, I remember our first night I remember how we carried on Holding arms until the light of dawn From the very start you stole my heart I knew right there that we'd never part Oh, I remember that first night I saw your love light through the candle's glow Champagne was flowing and so I let myself go And when the night was over we both looked across the room Remember darling? Chairs on the tables and only me and you Walking home in Springtime showers In the early morning hours You took me to my door, we were sure So we swore love forever more I remember our first night Taken from I REMEMBER YESTERDAY *WORKING THE MIDNIGHT SHIFT I'm just a working girl, just earning her living When the city's waking up I'm going home Working the midnight shift, when all my friends are out They've all gone out dancing, they're out having fun Working the midnight shift for that extra little something The things that are out of my reach, I need so bad Seems like I'm always leaving when all the others arrive My body still carries on, but I'm dying inside *RUMOUR HAS IT Rumour has it all around the town (keep it to yourself) Someone's looking for a girl like me Where can she be found I hope he's who I think he is, I wonder if it's really him It's gotta be the man I love, no one else but him Rumour has it They say he's gonna make this girl his everything He's gonna love her and surround her with all those beautiful things It was the most wonderful moment in my life I had My life ended on that evening I lost him and it hurt so bad Rumour has it You never know just what you've won until you've lost And the object of the game is not to pay the cost Anyone can play the game, there are no rules And you never know just what you've won until you lose I know he's gonna find me, I know this was meant to be Well you can change a lot of things in your life, but not your destiny And when you find the best thing in life has come to you Hold it in your hand real tight or it may slip through Taken from ONCE UPON A TIME... MIMI'S SONG I bet you ask yourself why I'm never there It's not that I like being away You see, I made a spectacle of myself And it seems that the whole world needs me I understand when you cry alone And mama's not there to wipe your eyes You see, it's only because I'm out being someone to make it right I got a little letter and I read it on the plane And in my heart I felt a funny kind of pain I wished that I could be there and touch your face again Mimi, you're beautiful Mimi, you're mine And all the things that I do in my life Seem to take up all your precious time There's so much more I'd long to say So much more I'd long to do But I guess it'll all just have to wait Till I can get to see you Mimi, you're mine Mimi, you're mine Mimi you fill my life You fill my life with so much love 'Cause you're beautiful, and you love me and you understand Taken from LIVE AND MORE BAD GIRLS (Toot toot, hey, beep beep) Bad girls, talking 'bout the sad girls Sad girls, talking 'bout bad girls, yeah See them out on the street at night (walkin') Picking up all kind of strangers, if the price is right You can't score if your pocket's tight But you want a good time You ask yourself who they are Like everybody else they come from near and far Bad girls, talking 'bout the sad girls, yeah Sad girls, talking 'bout bad girls, yeah Friday night and the strip is hot Sun's gone down and they're about to trot Spirit's high and legs look hot Do you wanna get down? Now don't you ask yourself who they are Like everybody else they wanna be a star Bad girl, sad girl, you're such a dirty bad girl, beep beep, huh huh You sad girl, you bad girl, you're such a naughty bad girl, beep beep, huh huh Now you and me we're both the same, but you call yourself by a different name Now your mama won't like it when she finds out Her girl is out at night Hey mister, have you got a dime? Hey mister, do you wan to spend some time, oh yeah? I've got what you want, you've got what I need I'll be your baby come and spend it on me Hey mister, I'll spend some time with you With you, you fine, with you Bad girls, they're just bad girls Talking 'bout sad girls DIM ALL THE LIGHTS Dim all the lights, sweet darling, 'cause the night it's on the way Turn up the old Victrola, gonna dance the night away Love just don't come easy, no it seldom does When you find the perfect love, let it fill you up Dim all the lights, sweet honey, 'cause tonight it's you and me No need to worry, darling, 'cause it's for eternity Love just don't come easy, this you know I understand I want to be your woman if you'll be my man Let yourself go freely and I'll show you things that you've dreamed of Don't think that you're dreaming ('Cause) we've found the perfect love And I'm like a cup, so fill me up Do what you want, you can use me all up Take me bottom to top, don't leave even one drop No, no, no, no, no, no, no, do it tonight You know the moment's so right Turn my brown body white Come on, dim all the lights ON MY HONOR Here I am, on my own again The days rush by, the nights all seem so slow Guess I've let you down, in my way somehow If you take me back I know we'll make it We'll make a promise and then break it On my honor I will try Always do the best I can Though the tears may fall like raindrops from your eyes, honey On my honor I will try If you want me to be strong (I'll) give it ev'rything I have You'll never have to worry 'Cause we're not in a hurry On my honor I will try It's a lover's dance in a fiery chant Don't be afraid to face the music now It's a gambler's chance, not a lost romance And I'm not you and you're not me Sometimes we feel diff'rently On my honor I will try Always do the best I can Though the tears may fall like raindrops from your eyes, darlin' On my honor I will try If you want me to be strong (I'll) give it ev'rything I have You'll never have to worry 'Cause we're not in a hurry On my honor I will try I'll try I will try I'll try Taken from BAD GIRLS ON THE RADIO Someone found the letter you wrote me on the radio And they told the world just how you felt It must have fallen out of a hole in your old brown overcoat They never said your name but I knew just who they meant Oh, I was so surprised and shocked and I wondered too If by chance you heard it for yourself I never told a soul just how I've been feeling over you But they said really loud, they said it on the air On the radio, oh oh Now, don't it kinda strike you sad when you hear our song? Things are not the same since we broke up last June The only thing that I want to hear is that you love me still And that you think you'll be coming home real soon, oh Yeah, it kinda made me feel proud when I heard them say You couldn't find the words to say it yourself And now in my heart I know I can say what I really feel 'Cause they said it really loud, they said it on the air On the radio, oh oh If you think that love isn't found on the radio Then tune right in, you may find the love you lost 'Cause now I'm sitting here with the man I sent away long ago He found me really loud, they said really loud On the radio Taken from ON THE RADIO *LOOKING UP Looking up, again I'm coming back to life, I'm coming back to life Looking up, to you If it's really up to you, you had to pull me through Looking up, a change is coming over me I know now that I'm free Looking up, I find I'm walking tall and proud And happy all the time Looking up, I'm looking up I see my troubles far behind Looking up, I'm looking up I feel I'm rising to the top, ooh yeah Someone that understands, is there until the end To hold the light for me, the light that helps me see And in my darkest hours will come with sunny showers To help me to forget, oh I'm so glad we met And since that rainy day the clouds just stay away You chase them with your love, the greatest love I've known 'Cause in the darkest hour you come with sunny showers My life is yours today Don't ever go away RUNNING FOR COVER Spent the best of my life running scared in the city Left my shoes and my lovers behind, yeah Oh but I felt incomplete Living out there in the street I was always alone and afraid such a pity Little girls just don't know what comes out of the dark, well But the devil waits in heat down on that dead end street And I say, running for cover Running for cover Running for cover It's keeping me running I'm just ascared that he's out tonight It's keeping me running I don't know why but it's getting dark Say the devil's in the park and it's already after dark Running for cover Running for cover Running for cover, now Life is really so hard when you live in the city No one knows what a young girl has on her mind, yeah But you're headed for defeat Down on that dead end street Never learned of the lesson, you should, such a pity Still and all you'll stay with the others behind, well And the promise in the park Is that devil's in the park Taken from THE WANDERER LIVIN' IN AMERICA Straight outta school but still just a fool Thought the streets were paved with gold He moved off the block and found he was lost In a world he'd never known He had to hustle so he could pay the rent Played all the aces and wound up president You see it's okay, baby (Got to find your own way) Hold your dream real tight (Keep on trying all day) Some days are hard And you know your time will come you'll get your chance to run We're livin' in America You're livin' in the home of the dream You're livin' in America Just make it what you want it to be Soap-opera child with hope in her eyes Looking for a starring role She came into town and acted the clown Had a long, long way to go Waiting at tables and pumping gasoline She served an agent now she's a movie queen It' all okay Hold on to your dreams Sometimes it's hard Time will come for each and ev'ry one You're Livin' in America You're livin' in the home of the dream, don't be afraid You're livin' in America Just make it what you want it to be You'll stand alone on a long hard road With a crown that you can't see Just start by steppin' out Then let your mind run free Taken from DONNA SUMMER SHE WORKS HARD FOR THE MONEY She works hard for the money, so hard for it, honey She works hard for money so you'd better treat her right She works hard for the money... Onetta there in the corner stands and she wonders where she is And it's strange to her, some people seem to have ev'rything 9 A.M. on the hour hand and she's waiting for the bell And she's looking real pretty just waiting for her clientele She works hard for the money... 28 years have come and gone and she's seen a lot of tears Of the ones who come in, they really seem to need her there It's a sacrifice working day to day For little money, just tips for pay But it's worth it all to hear them say that they care She works hard for the money... Already knows she's seen her bad times Already knows these are the good times She'll never sell out She never will Not for a dollar bill She works hard I DO BELIEVE I FELL IN LOVE You and me we're together, loving eyes can always stray Loving hearts will always find the way Don't pass through my life like a season Don't hurry by like a highway sign Hear with your heart while I tell you what's on my mind I do believe I fell in love I do believe I fell in love, oh yeah If I've made mistakes please forgive me Oh, Charlie B. don't you run away Forget your old pride, I tell you that I'm going to stay 'Cause love knows no pain, knows no worry Love is the same for all time Hear with your heart while I tell you what's on my mind I do believe I fell in love I do believe I fell in love, oh yeah Oh, let me love you, oh let me kiss you Baby I'm falling your love is a calling The night is wasting away It used to be you and I knew at the dawning our love would last more than a day And every single little word is true I still love you (I loved you, I'll love you) Do believe it Do believe that I'm falling in love I'm going to love you like nobody's loved you, come rain or shine I'm gonna need you like nobody's needed you before, oh my Taken from SHE WORKS HARD FOR THE MONEY I'M FREE I was stranded in the dark, trying to find an open door, so low Chains were wrapped around my heart, did not know what love was for, no more Heard these voices in my head telling me "you'll never escape, oh no you can't get away" When the spirit in me said that your love could show me the way My whole life changed from that day Now I'm walking in the light, all aglow All I see is sunshine in my eyes, skies of blue, it's true I'm free (Out from under shadows) (The only thing that matters is that you've worked a miracle in me) I'm free (Now when clouds surround me they have no place around me) (All because your love has set me free) I'm free From the time that I knew that I could find love in you My heart's been renewed Now all my dreams are coming true I'm free I was frightened in the cold, desperate when you found me in time You saved me from the world Got my life back in control Chased away the madness in my mind, you saved me right in time Now the future's looking up, skies are blue All because you Got the sunshine in my life, all aglow, baby don't you know I'm free Taken from CATS WITHOUT CLAWS ALL SYSTEMS GO If you're ready to fall in love Here's the thing you've been dreaming of (A) scientific fact that you should know If you're ready to give your heart And you don't know which way to start And you're afraid you'll go against the flow Ask anyone who's ever been given the blow If you'll know, when all systems are go All systems go, oh All systems go Is your mind in computer mode And all your senses in overload And all controls for take off in your hands 200.000 watts of my love are starting to glow Let you know that all systems are go All systems go, oh All systems go You're on a one way trip to the Sun Your heart's on fire and you're ready to run Faster now faster, we're heading now for planet Mars Love on sudden impact Ev'rything's under control and all systems go All systems go Boy meets girl and in fact Love on sudden impact VOICES CRYING OUT Voices crying out Voices crying out, in the night hear them call Voices crying out, hear them call It's a night like no other night It's a day almost turning gray It's a heart like a broken heart It's a wheel at the end of day It's the life Of a boy who's scared Of the waves rushing out and the wind in the air It's the sight Of one longing to taste of life Voices crying out, in the night hear them call Voices from some foreign shore Visions that seem an incredible dream Echoing out for more Voices crying out, in the night hear them call It's a song Of a love unsung It's the pain Of just being young It's the cry Of a voice unheard Of a face Speaking silent words It's the hope That the time goes by Take you up on a wind teach your soul how to fly It's a wish That you'll live to experience life Voices crying out... Oh, do you know how it feels to be free Walking your path of life Embracing destiny one day at a time (Voices crying out) Oh, can't you hear them? (Voices crying out) Listen please, please, listen to the future (Voices crying out) Millions and millions and millions of voices Taken from ALL SYSTEMS GO LET THERE BE PEACE Someone put the communication out the door Someone decides it's worth fighting for Why haven't we learned by what we've done before Don't you know history's keeping score And just once more For every boy and every girl Let there be love all over the world For everyone under the sun Let there be peace on earth Let every voice be heard Let there be peace on earth Brother to brother 'Till it's felt around the world There's only one world in which we all must live Heaven show us how to forgive And on that marble wall which holds a million names Generations of dreams gone down in flames Isn't, isn't it a shame For every boy and every girl under the sun (Let there be peace on earth) Why don't you try just a little harder (Let every voice be heard) (Let there be peace on earth) Oh, if we could just get it together ('Till it's felt around the world) We're running out of time As our leaders roll the dice The human spirit cries It's a precious, precious sacrifice Taken from MISTAKEN IDENTITY MELODY OF LOVE (WANNA BE LOVED) I always stayed away from love Afraid of what might, might happen 'Till I thought I heard a sound above Singing through my very own heart Was a melody I'd never heard Like birds singing loud to the sky (Wanna be loved) Never dreamed that true love would help me find my way Didn't know how deep I'd fallen Until you rescued, you rescued me When suddenly strings began I heard the melody again and again and again The sound of music blowing through my head So rare I'm walking on air Melody of love Sing this song for me I want to hear somebody sing (Wanna be loved) Melody of love Oh, take me away One lonely night you up and danced into my dreams Baby, you set my heart on fire So I've been burning and burning ever since then When suddenly strings began I heard the melody again and again and again The sound of a trumpet blowing through my head So rare I'm walking on air Melody of love... Taken from ENDLESS SUMMER MY LIFE When I was young I used to dream of going far Having my once in a lifetime chance to prove I was a star Thousands of times I stood in the wings Dreaming it was me I heard the people going wild But it was just my fantasy Life is a dance Maybe we're all players So stand up and smile And don't be afraid This is my life, this is my song Standing right here Out on the stage Is where I belong This is my song, this is my life Standing right here Out on the stage In the spotlight Traveled the road wherever the road would leave I made mistakes but I wouldn't quit I made myself believe Dreams come true for those who dream So one day you can say Music be the fruit of life and Let my music play Life is a dance... Taken from LIVE & MORE ENCORE!