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"Branigan 2", I would prefer call this album "Solitaire", as homonym song that shows all the vocal skills that Laura has; besides you can understand the reason because a song like "How am I supposed to live without you" can shine in the Branigan's voice more than in the voice of other artist. I still enjoy songs like: " Lucky" and "Close enough". However this is a try to emulate the first album's success, even in the name. "Branigan 2", is not bad, but no better than "Branigan".
(1983)

Song List:

  Solitaire [4:08]
  Deep In The Dark [3:54]
  Close Enough [3:46]
  Lucky [4:00]
  Squeeze Box [3:02]
  How Am I Supposed To Live Without You[4:30]
  I'm Not The Only One [3:23]
  Mama [3:58]
  Find Me [3:24]
  Don't Show Your Love [3:30]

 

Solitaire

I still remember how much
I used to need you
Tried so hard to please you,
but you didn't need me
You knew I loved you,
knew I always would be there
You just did what you wanted,
you didn't care

All the cards were held by you
There was nothin' I could do
All those nights I sat alone,
starin' at the telephone
Wonderin' were you ever comin' home

Solitaire, it got so lonely
Solitaire, no one to hold me
Where were you when I played solitaire?

It took some time but
I stopped thinkin' about you
Started livin' without you,
now look who's back here
You've had a change of heart, well,
mine just couldn't wait, no no
You found out you loved me
just a little too late
Once the cards were held by you
Now there's nothin' you can do

All those nights you sit alone,
starin' at the telephone
Wonderin' if I'm ever comin' home

Solitaire, see what it's like now
Solitaire, to cry all night now
Solitaire, see how it feels to bear
Solitaire, it gets so lonely
Solitaire, you wanna hold me
Don't wait up, 'cos babe, I won't be there
Solitaire, solitaire, solitaire

Solitaire, see what it's like now
Solitaire, to cry all night now
Solitaire, see how it feels to bear
Solitaire, it gets so lonely
Solitaire, you wanna hold me
Don't wait up, 'cos babe,
I won't be there Solitaire (solitaire, solitaire)

Deep In The Dark

Check it out, Joe
I'll tell you a secret if you know where to keep it
And you promise not to tell
Got a tale or two about a girl
That you could have sworn you knew so well
It was years ago, though it sounds like yesterday You came on strong and she gave it all away
He had an angel's face, defied his grace,
and an ace sittin' up his sleeve
But never mind, 'cos love is blind,
and she needed to believe
His touch could feel, he held her safe from harm
If thoughts could kill,
she'd have died there in his arms

Deep in the dark, ooh-oh-oh
The thunder in her heart, ooh-oh-oh
He told her every single lie He swore
he'd never told anyone before
Check it out, Joe

Now you wake up in the dead of night,
and reach out to touch her hair
But the bed is empty, turn on the light,
and she's not even there
Then a note she wrote,
you read that thing and weep
'cos if you love someone,
and never know what runs so deep

Deep in the dark, ooh-oh-oh
The thunder in her heart, ooh-oh-oh
She told you every single lie She swore
she'd never heard before
Ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha
Deep in the dark, ooh-oh-oh
The thunder in her heart, ooh-oh-oh
She told you every single lie She swore
she'd never heard before
Two, three, four

Check it out, Joe
Deep in the dark, ooh-oh-oh
The thunder in her heart, ooh-oh-oh
She told you every single lie She swore
she'd never heard before
Two, three, four
Deep in the dark, ooh-oh-oh
The thunder in her heart, ooh-oh-oh
She told you every single lie She swore
she'd never told anyone before
Ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha
Deep in the dark, ooh-oh-oh
The thunder in her heart, ooh-oh-oh
She told you every single lie She swore
she'd never heard before
Check it out, Joe
Deep in the dark, ooh-oh-oh
The thunder in her heart, ooh-oh-oh
She told you ... [fade out]

Close Enough

I've been waiting all of my life
for you stranger, you are the light
The light that shines on me
The one that holds the key
to my love forever

Close enough,
we're close enough to fall in love
We're close enough
Just enough to make it last
Now there's no turning back
to do it together
we're close enough

Open arms reach out to my soul
Hold me closer In front the cold
And now the times has come
to keep the love we found
here forever

Close enough,
we're close enough to fall in love
We're close enough
Just enough to make it last.
Now there's no turning back
to do it together

And now,
now the time has come
to keep the love we found
Just, close enough,
we're close enough to fall in love
We're close enough
Just enough to make it last
Now there's no turning back
to do it together

Close enough,
we're close enough to fall in love
We're close enough
Just enough to make it last.
Now there's no turning back
to do it together
We're close enough to fall in love
We're close enough
Just enough to make it last.
Now there's no turning back
to do it together
Close enough,
we're close enough to fall in love
We're close enough
Just enough to make it last.
Now there's no turning back to do ...[Fade]

Lucky

Maybe I'm a fool, one day we'll know
Maybe I'm a fool, only time can show
But now these lonely nights
are killin' me
I'm so far away from reality
The pain grows stronger
I can't hold on much longer
It hurts when I think of how
I had your sweet love
And still I set you free

Lucky,
I said I hope you try and understand
Lucky,
guess it's not like we planned
Lucky,
you know I really really love you so
But Lucky,
I still have to go

I wish that you could see the tears on my face
Painful memories of a love I can't replace
I'm sailin' in the past, and I sinkin' fast
You can hear my S.O.S.
cryin' out for tenderness
Though yesterday's dead and gone
Your magic still lingers on
It hurts when I think of how
I had your sweet love
And how I set you free

Lucky,
I said I hope you try and understand
Lucky,
I guess it's not like we planned,
oh no no Oh Lucky,
you know I really really love you so
But Lucky, I still have to go Oh Lucky,
I said I hope you try and understand
Lucky, I guess it's not like we planned
Oh Lucky, you know I really really love you so
But Lucky, I still have to go Lucky,
I said I hope you try and understand
Lucky, ... [fade out]

Squeeze Box

Mama's got a squeeze she wears on her chest
When daddy comes home,
he never gets no rest 'cos she's playin' all night,
and the music's alright
Mama's got a squeeze box,
and daddy never sleeps at night

Well, the kids don't eat, and the dog can't sleep There's no escape from the music
in the whole damn street 'cos she's playin' all night, and the music's alright Mama's got a squeeze box, and daddy never sleeps at night

She goes in and out, and in and out
And in and out, and in and out
She's playin' all night, and the music's alright
Mama's got a squeeze box,
and daddy never sleeps at night

She goes "Squeeze me, come on and squeeze me Come on and tease me like you do,
I'm so in love with you"
Mama's got a squeeze box,
and daddy never sleeps at night

She goes in and out, and in and out
And in and out, and in and out, and in and out
She's playin' all night, and the music's alright
Mama's got a squeeze box,
and daddy never sleeps at night, oh
You know that mama's got a squeeze box,
and daddy never sleeps at night
Oh, oh, mama's got a squeeze box,
and daddy never sleeps at night Oh, oh-oh

How Am I Supposed
To Live Without You

I could hardly believe it
when I heard the news today
I had to come and get it straight from you
They said you were leaving,
someone swept your heart away
From the look upon your face I see it's true
So tell me all about it,
tell me 'bout the plans you're makin'
Then tell me one thing more before I go

Tell me how am I supposed to live without you
Now that I've been lovin' you so long
How am I supposed to live without you
And how am I supposed to carry on
When all that I've been livin' for is gone

Didn't come here for cryin',
didn't come here to break down
It's just a dream of mine is comin' to an end
How can I blame you
when I built my world around
The hope that one day
we'd be so much more than friends
And I don't wanna know the price
I'm gonna pay for dreamin'
I need you know, it's more than I can take

Tell me how am I supposed to live without you
Now that I've been lovin' you so long
How am I supposed to live without you
And how am I supposed to carry on
When all that I've been livin' for is gone

Guitar solo

And I don't wanna know
the price I'm gonna pay for dreamin'
Now that your dream has come true

Tell me how am I supposed to live without you
Now that I've been loving you so long
How am I supposed to live without you
And how am I supposed to carry on
All that I've been livin' for is gone without you,
after I've been lovin' you so long
How am I supposed to live without you
And how am I supposed to carry on
When all that I've been ... [fade out]

I'm not the only one

Secret eyes follow you around the room
They try to hide their glances in the darkness
How could there be anyone as beautiful as you?
Who couldn't help but want you?

I'm not the only one
who wants to get next to you
Bet I'm not the only one
who's ever told you
How much they wanted to be your only one
They all wanted you,
wanted to be holding you now
Holding you, touching you, feeling you

Will it be me at the end of the night?
Will I be, will I be the lucky one who wins you? Leavin' the place just to dream of your embrace
Who wouldn't want to be in my place?

I'm not the only one
who wants to get next to you
Bet I'm not the only one
who's ever told you
How much they wanted to be your only one
They all wanted you,
you'll break every heart before the night is through
Every heart but the one that goes with you

There you are, moving across the floor
Knowing that all those arms are waiting and wanting Longing to reach for you
You don't care, you could have anyone you choose

I'm not the (I'm not the) only one
who wants to get next to you
Bet I'm not the only one
who's ever told you
How much they wanted to be your only one
They all wanted you,
wanted to be holding you now
Holding you, touching you, feeling you
I wanna get next to you
Bet I'm not the only one
who's ever told you
How much they wanted to be your only one
They all wanted you ... [fade out]

Mama

Mama, remember how you warned me
that he would only hurt me?
Remember how I didn't listen then,
wasn't listening?
Mama, you said I shouldn't see him
Said I didn't need him
Said "Don't fall, that guy is gonna take your heart Just to break your heart"
Told me from the start
he would break my heart

And I guess I was a bad girl
But you just never understood
How the lovin' of that bad boy
Made your bad girl feel so good
I'd sneak out my window,
we'd meet in the night
Deep in the darkness,
he knew how to love me so right

Mama, ooh, he was a wild one
And, ooh, I was a child once
But I will never be a child again after lovin' him
Oh, not after lovin' him

Mama, I never knew a boy's touch
could ever teach me so much
All those nights you didn't understand
I was in good hands
Mama, if I would have listened
Ooh, the kissin' I'd be missin'!
I tell you, you were wrong as you could be
He's still here with me

Sneakin' out my window,
we meet in the night
Deep in the darkness,
he knows how to love me so right

Mama, ooh, that boy's touch,
need it so much
Mama, ooh, that wild one,
need to feel him
Mama, oh, that bad boy,
he gives me such joy
Mama, I'm such a bad girl,
he gives me such joy
Mama, ... [fade out]

Find Me

If you see me trembling 'cos you're near
Please come closer, it's not you I fear

Find me, touch me, never let me go
Darlin', I'm so cold, hold me

If you hear me cryin' in my sleep
Kiss me gently, hold me while I weep

Find me, touch me, never let me go
Find me, reach me, feel what I can't show
Darlin', I'm so cold, hold me

Because you're near me now
I'm so much braver now
No longer lost somehow with you with me

If you feel me pushin' you away
That's me simply beggin' you to stay

Find me, touch me, never let me go
Find me, reach me, feel what I can't show
Find me, love me, God I love you so
Darlin', I'm so cold, hold me

Don't show your love

Looking to find Somebody new
That's what I got in mind to do
Taking a chance No one is there
People 're afraid to share

Don't show your love Say no to love
Donīt show your love to me
Take back your love Say no to love
Donīt show your love to me

Lonely is this Outhere in the world
Peopleīre afraid to give
Better are free Are on your own?
Living your life alone

Don't show your love Say no to love
Donīt show your love to me
Take back your love Say no to love
Donīt show your love to me Oh

Guitar solo

Don't show your love Say no to love
Donīt show your love to me No, No
Take back your love Say no to love
Donīt show your love to me Oh