How Does It Feel to Be Back lyrics & music: John Oates Please return, come back, I've been saving your place Too much time has elapsed-unreality-memory erases The rules and the rights and the wrongs don't apply Far apart - So together is destiny weeded to fate I write the script, you direct my dreams We're along on the beach for the passionate scene And it's a drag to wake up with you ... saying to me How does it feel to be back in my arms again I'm bored and alone and it's weakening me One night out and I'm looking for trouble and finding it's easy You know we all make mistakes and we all need the touch of a hand In the right kind of place, in a time of need I could pick up the phone, but the talk ain't cheap I pick up on the thoughts that you're sending to me And i wait for the day I hear you saying to me How does it feel to be back in my arms again Big Kids Lyrics: Daryl Hall, John Oates Music: Daryl Hall Got a good education now And I'm ready for the world (yeah) We've been going together It's gonna last forever, it ain't never gonna change I'm a real hard charger (yeah) Everybody's gonna listen to me We're a winning combination, that nobody's gonna rearrange Big Kids breakin' up 'cause they're lookin' for fun Everybody's leavin', boy-girl on the run My situation's static, there's no reason to fear It's too calm around me and it can't happen here Big Kids - think they know it all Big Kids - think they've got the world up against the wall All the grown-ups show me that they're only Big Kids in disguise Who do you think your leaders are? Big Kids Who do you think your heros are? Big Kids I may never reach maturity but, baby, I'm gonna try United State Lyrics: Daryl Hall, John Oates Music: Daryl Hall Make an amendment to the constitution To preserve the state of our union I stop believing what you say to me There's a tragic gap in credibility When the light is gone from your eyes And re-entry may be denied Do I want to expatriate Or live in the united state Inflationary insecurity 'Cause a love ain't worth as much as it used to be Clean break, running away Should I work it out some way Watch the tress in the wind when it's starting to blow Is the reason to leave, is it treason to go Just appeasing you is the wrong thing, I know Break away! Hard To Be In Love With You Lyrics: Daryl Hall John Oates Music: Daryl Hall, John Oates, Neil Jason Don't want to face it but I know that it's time to go home I cannot say what I want to say when we're alone I've got to leave but I want to stay Where you are is so far from the U.S. of A. When we're more than half a world away It's so hard to be in love with you Operator, International 011, oh Put your love on the line, put your ear to the phone Maybe it's no longer than a night and a day But where you are is so far from the U.S. of A. And it ain't so easy, easy on the heart It's so hard to be in love with you Kiss on My List Lyrics & Music: Janna Allen, Daryl Hall My friends wonder why I call you all of the time What can I say I don't feel the need to give such secrets away You think maybe I need help, no, I know that I'm right I'm just better off not listening to friends' advice When they insist on knowing my bliss I tell them this When they want to know what the reason is I only smile when I lie, then I tell them why (Because your kiss) your kiss is on my list (Because your kiss) your kiss is on my list Because your kiss is on my list of the best things in life (Because your kiss) your kiss is on my list (Because your kiss) your kiss I can't resist I go crazy wondering what there is to really see Did the night just take up your time, 'cause it means more to me Sometimes I forget what I'm doing, I don't forget what I want Regret what I've done, regret you? I couldn't go on And if you insist on knowing my bliss I'll tell you this If you want to know what the reason is I'll only smile when I lie, then I'll tell you this Gotta Lotta Nerve (Perfect Perfect) Lyrics: Daryl Hall, John Oates, Sara Allen Music: Daryl Hall Oh, no, stop bitching indiscretion You're such an A-1 lover, since when are you perfection Never true blue to me, so why are you getting nasty Well, it's lucky for you that I'm gonna keep dancing Oh, I know Everyone you do is perfect Everyone you know is perfect Everywhere you go is perfect So on and so on But you've gotta lotta nerve when you talk about love If you've gotta lotta nerve we can talk about love Oh, you've gotta lotta nerve to be talking about love Yeah, you gotta lotta nerve 'til we talk about love Listen to you ... your roots will be showing Better watch what you say and do Or da cool you'll be blowing We're talking 16 tones of nerve-a We're talking perfect nerve You've Lost That Lovin' Feeling Lyrics & Music: Phil Spector, Barry Mann, Cynthia Well Lyrics not given You Make My Dreams Lyrics: Daryl Hall, John Oates, Sara Allen Music: Daryl Hall What I want, you've got And it might be hard to handle But like the flame that burns the candle The candle feeds the flame What I've got's full stock of thoughts and dreams that scatter You pull them all together And how, I can't explain But You make my dreams come true On a night when bad dreams become a screamer When they're messin' with the dreamer I can laugh it in the face Twist and shout my way out And wrape yourself around me 'Cause I ain't the way that you found me I'll never be the same 'Cause You may my dreams come true I'm down on the daydream That sleepwalk should be over by now I know that You make my dreams come true" Everytime You Go Away Lyrics & Music: Daryl Hall Baby, if we can't solve any problems Why do we lose so many tears? Oh, so you go again When the leading man appears Always the same theme But can't you see we've got everything going on and Everytime you go away You take a piece of me with you Go on and go free Maybe you're too close to me I can feel your body move But does it mean that much to me I can't go on singing the same theme "Cause you can't see we've got everything Baby, even though you know that Everytime you go away You take a piece of me with you You just don't care Africa Lyrics & Music: John Oates My Baby went to Africa With the dirty lens photographer My Baby stayin' in jungle land With a U S body and a real light tan My Baby went to Africa With a make-up man and his love-sick lover She get a couple o' grand and a two-piece suit Let the folks back home see the native beauty My Baby went to Africa Gotta pack my bags and get to her Before the lions and tigers try to jump on her bones Diddy Doo Wop (I Heart The Voices) Lyrics & Music: Daryl Hall, John Oates Look at me, I'm running Ooh, what have I done Oh, I must have hurt someone Dark in subway station Gimme place to hide Oh, I hear the Voices deep inside And the Voice is singing Diddy Doo Wop Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh Diddy Doo Wop Well, it starts in my head and it ends when I stop Keep singing Diddy Doo Wop Charlie liked the Beatles Sam, he liked Rich Girl I'm still hung up on the Duke of Earl Reaching for the handle Slicing through the air Oh, the Doo Wop Voices everywhere Oh, the Duke is singing Diddy Doo Wop Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh Diddy Doo Wop Well, it starts in my head and it ends when I stop Diddy Doo Wop I hear the Voices