Eurythmics

Released: November 9, 1987

Songwriter: David A. Stewart Annie Lennox

Producer: David A. Stewart

[Verse 1]
I've got a lover back in Japan
He's got tatooes
He's my Superman
I try to call him up from time to time
We can talk about the weather
Is the weather fine?

[Chorus]
And I say break, break
Break away those ties
Break, break...

And I say break, break
Break away those ties
Break, break...

[Verse 2]
I've got a lover
Up in outer space
He's been tumbling around
All over the place
I like to call him from time to time
We can talk about heaven...

[Chorus]
Break, break
Break away those ties
Break, break...

Break, break
Break away those ties
Break, break...

[Bridge]
When the whole world descends on me
I'll be waiting for you...

[Verse 3]
Got another lover in Timbuktu
Got a name for him
He's my little guru
When I don't call him he starts to cry
I have to tell him stories just to pacify

[Chorus]
Break, break
Break away those ties
Break, break...
Break, break...

[Bridge]
When the whole world descends on me
Break, break...
Break, break...
Break, break...
When the whole world descends on me
Break, break...
I'll be waiting for you...

[Interlude]
Break, break...
Break, break...
Break, break...
Break, break...

[Outro]
I was bitter when I met you
I was eloquent with rage
Like honey from a poisoned cup
I flowed from stage to stage

I was bitter when I met you
I was eloquent with rage
Like honey from a poisoned cup
I flowed from stage to stage

I was eloquent with rage
Like honey from a poisoned cup
I flowed from stage to stage

Sugar baby, sing me a lullaby
Japanese baby...

While working as a waitress at a health food restaurant in London, Annie Lennox met Dave Stewart, with whom she formed the band Catch with singer-songwriter Peet Coombes. Catch released one single before adding two more members and changing their name to The Tourists. Under that name, the band scored five UK hits before Coombes' substance abuse broke the band apart.

Lennox and Stewart continued writing together – with Stewart moving from guitar to synthesizer and Lennox adopting an androgynous look – and formed Eurythmics. Within a few years, the duo was propelled into international stardom when “Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This)”, a single from their second album, became a top ten hit in nine countries.

Over the decade, the duo moved away from their dark new wave sound and S&M imagery, evolving into a more mainstream synthpop band. In that time, they scored twenty-one UK top 40’s (ten of which were also US top 40 hits). In 1990, Eurythmics quietly disbanded and Lennox took a break from music to have her first child.

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