Eurythmics

Released: November 7, 2005

Songwriter: Annie Lennox David A. Stewart

Producer: David A. Stewart

Turn it down, so I can't hear it
Turn it out so I can't see it
It's just useless to ignore

We're going down, but you don't feel it
Turn it round, you don't mean it
And I can't stand it anymore

When the whole world sighs
And it's making you, so deflated

I've got a light
Though it refuses to shine
I've got a life
It ain't over, it ain't over (got a life)
I've got a way
It's the only thing that's mine (got a way)
All I'm asking for is tenderness
A little tenderness...
Tenderness

Oh it's a cruel place
And you never asked to be here
And nobody cares and no one's gonna help you now (ho no)
It's dog-eat-dog (dog-eat-dog), the human race
The only thing they'll do is hate you
Hate you

It's such a crime
To be unkind
You turn your cheek
Pretend you're blind

I've got a light
Though it refuses to shine (got a light)
I've got a life
It ain't over, it ain't over (got a life)
I've got a way
It's the only thing that's mine (got a way)
All I'm asking for is tenderness
Tenderness

I've got a light
Though it refuses to shine (got a light)
I've got a life
It ain't over, it ain't over (got a life)
I've got a way
It's the only thing that's mine (got a way)
All I'm asking for is tenderness
Tenderness

Strong now baby (I've got a light)
Gotta be strong now baby (though it refuses to shine)
(Got a light)
Gotta be strong (I've got a life)
Gotta be strong (It ain't over, it ain't over) (Got a life)

Strong now baby (I've got a way)
Gotta be strong now baby (got a way)
Gotta be strong

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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