Released: July 28, 1986
Songwriter: UB40
Producer: UB40
(chorus)
You could meet somebody, you never know
From brief encounters habits grow
Into giant oaks that hide the sun
Life in the shadows ain't no fun
It's easy getting up there
Never think of coming down
Not hard to say 'i want you'
When you're floating on a cloud
But you know that lonely feeling
When nothing's going right
'cause it's only the beginning
Of a cold and sleepless night
(chorus)
You could meet somebody, you never know
From brief encounters habits grow
Into giant oaks that hide the sun
Your only chance is to turn and run
It's harder getting up there
And it's painful coming down
And now you can't see clearly
Beneath the thunder cloud
And the loneliness gets longer
When nothing's going right
And things ain't getting any better
With another sleepless night
(chorus)
You could meet somebody, you never know
From brief encounters habits grow
Into giant oaks that hide the sun
Your only chance is to turn and run
You could meet somebody, you never know
From brief encounters habits grow
Into giant oaks that hide the sun
Life in the shadows ain't no fun
It's easy getting up there
Never think of coming down
Not hard to say 'i want you'
When you're floating on a cloud
But you know that lonely feeling
When nothing's going right
'cause it's only the beginning
Of a cold and sleepless night
(chorus)
You could meet somebody, you never know
From brief encounters habits grow
Into giant oaks that hide the sun
Your only chance is to turn and run
It's harder getting up there
And it's painful coming down
And now you can't see clearly
Beneath the thunder cloud
And the loneliness gets longer
When nothing's going right
And things ain't getting any better
With another sleepless night
(chorus)
You could meet somebody, you never know
From brief encounters habits grow
Into giant oaks that hide the sun
Your only chance is to turn and run
more tracks from the album
From the album
- Rat in the Kitchen (1986)
UB40 popular songs
- Red Red Wine
- Kingston Town
- (I Can’t Help) Falling in Love with You
- Bring Me Your Cup
- Impossible Love
- The Way You Do the Things You Do
- Rat in Mi Kitchen
- Please Don’t Make Me Cry
- Where Did I Go Wrong
- Cherry Oh Baby
- One in Ten
- Red Red Wine - 12'’ version
- Johnny Too Bad
- Homely Girl
- Tears from My Eyes
- Here I Am (Come and Take Me)
- Food for Thought
- Don’t Break My Heart
- I’ll Be on My Way
- I Got You Babe
- Reasons
- War Poem
- Silent Witness
- The Earth Dies Screaming