On May 7th, 2003, I wrote a post that began by explaining why I had the idea of writing it - which is usual. I mentioned I was looking for the few pieces I could remember from the lyrics of a song, and the search had led me somewhere completely unexpected.
"She's feeling cynical, tired, the city lights can really, really blow your mind" was what I could remember. I was very sure those were the words. Yet there was no mention of it on the internet. I tried Altavista years ago; I tried Lycos and Infoseek back then; and on that day I tried Yahoo and Google. And Google found nothing.
When the Vineyards were moved to this domain, last year, I finally had access to some statistics I always wondered about - one of them being what search strings had led to this blog. At first I noticed some "she's feeling cynical" pointing here. Eventually, someone commented on that post, stating that song was "Don't Walk Away From Love", by Gregory Gray - a fact I had found out some time before, but which did not help me find lyrics or mp3.
Fact is, once those comments were in place, something most wondrous happened: the statistics began to show an increasing number of people reaching the Vineyards by searching for "Don't Walk Away From Love" and the singer's name (because other artists have songs of similar name). Curious, I went to Google again and gave it a try. Go ahead, try it yourself. The Vineyards hold the eighth position in the search results; when I first tried, it was the sixth. Among fifty-one results, most of them Brazilian online stores; nothing too big, but none of those have the lyrics.
Looking at my statistics today, I see about 3 in each 10 search results that wind up here were searches for this song's lyrics. So again I went after an mp3, and this time I found it. Poor quality, but it would have to do. Earphones, years of fast typing experience, notepad. A difficult battle of about an hour ensued, but I had a satisfactory result. I am breaking a number of my own rules by doing this, but I believe it is a valid purpose.
As this was taken from a sub-par recording and I am quite untrained in my understanding of spoken English, I leave it open for debate: anyone who disagrees with words or verses is free to say so. I believe all is right, but looking at it now, in all honesty, it makes little sense. So, if you hear something I do not, let me know.
Without further ado, I now present to the internet the lyrics to Gregory Gray's "Don't Walk Away From Love".
This is the story of a girl in town
Her dream is bigger than her tiny frame
Tries to carve out some kind of career
Business views and power games
Someday she would even wear a tie
Hiding most of her emotional side
In the name of business many men would try their hand
They soon found out where they stand
On her way home she's feeling cynical, tired
The city lights can really, really change your mind
Don't walk away from love
Oh my baby, honey, why
Don't walk away from love
Oh no, you're just finding out another side of the same coin
Drive on, drive on
Many girls surrender, I guess
This one's like no one else
The story goes from strength to strength
Female charm, the sweetest blade
One day this guy with a bad bushy tail
Came rushing out of the rush hour haze
He took her to the cleaners and he suffered for his crime
She took that guy to court and she won with her hands down
On her way home she's feeling cynical, tired
The city lights can really, really blow your mind
Don't walk away from love
Oh my baby, honey, why
Don't want away from love, oh no
You're just finding out another side of the same coin
Drive on, drive on
Take it all in the day
Oh oh oh-ho, a-ha
Don't walk away from love
Don't walk away from love
Don't walk away from love
C'mon, c'mon, c'mon, c'mon, c'mon
Don't walk away from love
Tananananananarana
Don't walk away from love
C'mon, c'mon, c'mon, c'mon
This will not make the world a better place, but a few people will not walk out of the Vineyards disappointed for not finding the lyrics here - or anywhere else.
Posted by Etienne at January 20, 2005 11:14 PM^^v
Só espero que essas pessoas agradeçam, né!
Thank you!
Sorry for my bronken english. It's strange that a beautiful song like that is so dificult to find
on internet. I heard it form time to time, on the
radio, here in Brazil.
Yay! \o/
Posted by: Flines at February 2, 2005 10:02 PMHi Etienne!
I´m so glad that you found the lyric, because I was looking for it since many times ago...
Yesterday, I played with a friend of mine that he never could find this lyric. He told me that he can find any lyric in the internet, with his "magics". So he looked in google like you and me ever did, and he found you message, with the lyric. I´ve already seen your message in 2003.
Today, I´m seeing what´s the problem so that my friend found this lyric and I didn´t.
I would like to send you many, many, many kisses, because you finished my pain.
I would like to talk with you in other mail´s.
A wait for a message by you.
You were my Holy Angel!!!
Good night...!
ZIGGY
(dlrolim@unimep.br)
Hi there! As I can see, many people who come to your page looking for the lyrics of "Don't walk away from love" are brazilian, just like me. Probably it's because of an radio station called "Antena 1", which uses to play that nice song. I just heard it and searched for it's lyrics on Google and found your site.
Thank you!
By the way, I've found that Antena 1 released a CD with this and many other nice songs. www.antena1.com.br
Roger
Posted by: Rogerio at April 12, 2005 12:35 PMSuponho q vc fale português... então...
Caramba!! Muito obrigado por ter colocado essa letra de música aqui.. pra vc ter idéia.. um dia eu estava dormindo e comecei a sonhar com a música.. depois disso fiquei procurando um tempo.. até que achei aqui!
Muitíssimo grato.
Thanks God! Finally someone have hear me! I'm looking for this lyrics a couple of years, trying lot of times, in every search sites...I don't believe I have found it today!!
Posted by: Johnny at April 22, 2005 06:57 PMwow, I can not believe I could finally find out this lyric "Don´t walk way from love", I was trying to get it since long time ago... thank you very much!
Posted by: Vany at August 4, 2005 12:46 AMThank you very much! I usually hear the radio Antena-1 in Porto Alegre, Brazil where this song its been played often for so many years. I agree its very beautiful and your page it was the only place where I could find the lyric!
Posted by: Adriano Camargo at August 10, 2005 08:28 PM I think it's both odd and nice that brazilians were searching for this lyrics. I am one of them as well! ANd by chance, I hear this song on "antena 1" too, a brazilian radio station. Thanks for putting the lyrics on the net for us.
There is just another thing. I can't understand someparts of the song very well either, but I think that on the verse of the chorus, he says "you're just hiding out" instead of "finding out" another side of the same coin. It makes more sense also. I just heard it today on the radio, so I'm quite sure about that. However, I won't make any more corrections, because I wouldn't be certain.
Cheers
As I say on the post, corrections are welcome. I disagree, however, about that line.
To extract the lyrics, I listened to the song more than I can remember. And now that this was brought up, I listened to that part another few times to be sure. I am confident he says "finding out".
As for this or that making more sense: sense is not a thing I looked for in this song. Otherwise, I would never have accepted "a bad bushy tail", heh.
Posted by: Etienne at August 29, 2005 04:54 AMWow! Thanks a lot for sharing this wonderful song's lyric with us! It's a real and rare pearl, that cannot be found in any of the search sites. I'm also a part of the crowd of brazilians who listened to "Don't Walk Away From Love" in Antena 1 (it's also nice to know that other people like this radio station too!). Once again, thank you.
By the way, listening carefully to the song, I think he says "You're just finding out another side of the same point", instead of "of the same coin". I'm not sure of it, but what do you think about it?
Hmm. That could be so, but I doubt it. I lack proper audio equipment to check right now (ie, my good earphones are not here, I am limited to simple speakers).
I still believe, however, it is "coin". There are many clichés in this song, "another side of the same coin" is just one of them; he would not change it, I assume.
Also, from what I can hear on these speakers, while the C is a bit weak and could be mistaken with a P in "coin", his voice dies out right after the N, there is no sign of a T after that. I know that T would barely be audible if it was indeed "point", but I see nothing at all there, no matter how hard I try to.
Posted by: Etienne at October 26, 2005 06:30 PMT H A N K Y O U!!!!!
You rule! You're the best! I can't count how many times I've been looking for this lyric. I love ya.