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The New Starlight Express soundtrack lyrics (1992 London Revival Cast)

song listing: The New Starlight Express Lyrics

Overture .......... Diane Blackett

Entry of National Trains .......... Tara Wilkinson

Rolling Stock

He'll Whistle at Me .......... Caron Cardelle

Freight

AC/DC .......... Samantha Biddulph

Pumping Iron .......... Samantha Biddulph

Coda of Freight

Crazy .......... Caron Cardelle

Make up My Heart .......... Reva Rice

Race One .......... Tara Wilkinson

Poppa's Blues .......... Greg Ellis

Race Two .......... Tara Wilkinson

Starlight Express .......... Greg Ellis

Rap

U.N.C.O.U.P.L.E.D. .......... Caron Cardelle

Race Three .......... Tara Wilkinson

Right Place, Right Time .......... Algernon Williams

Starlight Sequence .......... Greg Ellis

Race Four .......... Greg Ellis

Next Time You Fall in Love .......... Greg Ellis

One Rock & Roll Too Many .......... John Partridge

Light at the End of the Tunnel

Starlight Express Megamix


The New Starlight Express (1992 London Revival Cast) soundtrack lyrics -- Overture .. Diane Blackett


Control
This is control!
This is control!
Tonight is the most important night in the history of the world!
Take your seats for the World Championship Railroad Race!
Trains to your tracks
Ten, nine, eight, seven, six, five, four, three, two, one
Trains gone!
Four trains going for two final places
Greaseball and Espresso are the early leaders with Nintendo pressing in third
This is turning into a real grudge match
And here's a surprise: look at that Rusty go -

Mother
Put those trains away.

Control
Oh Mum - just five more minutes.

Mother
Put those trains away and get into bed.

Control
But...

Mother
No buts.

Control
Starlight Express, Starlight Express
Are you real - yes or no?
Starlight Express, Starlight Express...


The New Starlight Express (1992 London Revival Cast) soundtrack lyrics -- Entry of National Trains .. Tara Wilkinson


Control
This is control, this is control
Tonight is race night
Let's hear it for the champion engines of the world
From France the 120 mph Sudest.
The power of the Sudest - Bobo
From Italy - the Rome to Milan Express - the Settebello.
Powered by Espresso
From Germany - right on time - the Inter-Continental Express.
Powered by Ruhrgold
From Russia - as fast as possible - the Trans-Siberian express.
Powered by Turnov
From Japan - the Shinkanssen bullet train - the power of the bullet - Nintendo
From Great Britain - battling through the wrong kind of snow - the Royal Train.
Powered by the Prince of Wales
British Rail announce a delay in the arrival of the Royal Train.
This is due to staffing difficulties
And from the US of A - the reigning champion: the greatest diesel locomotive in history - the Union Pacific
Powered by - Greaseball


The New Starlight Express (1992 London Revival Cast) soundtrack lyrics -- Rolling Stock


Greaseball
I'm just the fastest thing you'll ever see
That streak of lightning you just missed was me
Don't stop now - we gotta keep it going all night
Rolling stock, rolling stock
You got no wheels, you don't know how it feels
Rolling stock, rolling stock
You got no lovers if you got no wheels
Don't try to show you can go faster than me
This is my back view and it's all you'll see
Don't stop now - we gotta keep it going all night
Rolling stock, we're rolling stock
So get the motion in your wheels somehow
The racing action's starting here and now
Don't stop now - we gotta keep it all night
Rolling stock, we're rolling stock
Rolling stock, we're rolling stock
Rolling stock, we're rolling stock


The New Starlight Express (1992 London Revival Cast) soundtrack lyrics -- He'll Whistle at Me .. Caron Cardelle


Coaches
Woo woo, woo woo - nobody can do it like a steam train
Woo woo, woo woo - everybody's waiting for their dream train

Pearl
I'll know him when I see him, for long before I see him
I will hear the far off signal, I will hear the distant call
And then he'll whistle at me, he'll send a note and woo me
He'll whistle at me, I'm gonna hitch him to me
Some day soon he'll whistle at me, that's how I'll recognise him
And maybe I will whistle at him, that should surprise him

Don't give me insistent humming, horns and bells and distant drumming
I want steam that's under pressure as it rises to a scream
Somebody whistle at me, I'm all anticipation
I need someone to whistle at me, I'm waiting at the station
Come on, someone whistle at me, I'm longing to be near him
I need someone to whistle at me, I'll know him when I hear him
He'll whistle at me


The New Starlight Express (1992 London Revival Cast) soundtrack lyrics -- Freight


Dinah
Oh no

Buffy
Oh shucks

Pearl
It's the freight train

Ashley
The dumb trucks

Buffy
Forty tons of empty chrome

Dinah
The lights are on

Ashley
But nobody's home

Buffy
Let's show them who's boss

Dinah
Let's play a joke

Pearl
Yeah, let's have some fun

Ashley
Let's have a smoke

Dinah
Here they come...

Buffy
To fill our station...

Pearl
With witty, sparkling conversation!

Trucks (Coaches)
Freight is great (That's brilliant!)
Freight is great (Don't you wish you'd thought of that?)
We carry weight 'cos we are freight
And freight is great (One more time!)
Freight is great (Did you think of that all by yourselves?)
Freight is great (It's so profound!)
We never sulk, we hulk the bulk
'Cos freight is great (Well I certainly learned something today!)
We never make a fuss, we got the goods on us
We take the loads from off the roads
And freight is great (You just listen to what the coach says!)


Coaches
Couldn't stand gravel and sand
Being ignored, no one aboard
Nobody complaining, we were late again
I should hate carrying freight
Nobody living in me
Got to be a living breathing passenger train

Freight
Freight is great, freight is great

Coaches
(Freight) Couldn't stand gravel and sand
Being ignored, no one aboard (is great)
Nobody complaining, we were late again (we carry weight)
I should hate carrying freight
Nobody living in me (and freight is great)
Got to be a living breathing passenger train

Coaches
It's Mommas and Poppas

Freight
It's commerce and hoppers

Coaches
It's daughters and sons

Freight
It's quarters and tons
They get in your hair

Coaches
It's the fun of the fare

Freight
Freight

Coaches
Folks

Freight
Tares

Coaches
Fares
Passengers, commuters and mail

Freight
Trees and meat, gravel and shale

All
Are great, are great, are great
Are great, are great

Control
Control. Control. You wagons and passenger cars just cut it out.
Trucks will identify themselves.

Rocky
I'm Rocky, there's lots like me

Rocky II
I'm Rocky Two

Rocky III
I'm Rocky Three

Rockies
The only time we get sick inside is when some bum hitches a ride
Wait for the sharp corner to come
And open the door - bye bye, bum!

Freight
Freight is great

Control
Brick truck.

Flat top
Flat top, who you looking at?
Yeah, there's bricks, what's wrong with that?
No, you're right, they don't all match -
Yeah, they're heavy - here, catch!

All
Freight is great

Control
The big hopper.

Flat top
Dustin, that's you mate

Control
Come on, the big hopper!

Flat top
Come on, Dustin!

Dustin
I'm the big hopper, I'm not a box

Rockies
Yeah, your head is full of rocks

Dustin
They're not rocks, they're bits of gravel
Gravel's got a right to travel
Travelling with gravel in

& Flat top
Praying that we don't get wet
Water and mortar, do things they didn't oughta
Empty me before I set

Freight
Down the track, from A to B and back
We carry things, not people, people talk a lot
That isn't what we like

Coaches
They're strong and silent

Freight
None of us may be a genius
But we know one thing, what we know is

Freight
Freight is great
Freight is great
Freight is great

Coaches
(Freight) Couldn't stand gravel and sand
Being ignored, no one aboard (is great)
Nobody complaining, we were late again (we carry weight)
I should hate carrying freight
Nobody living in me (and freight is great)
Got to be a living breathing passenger train

Coaches
It's Mommas and Poppas

Freight
It's commerce and hoppers

Coaches
It's daughters and sons

Freight
It's quarters and tons
They get in your hair

Coaches
It's the fun of the fare

Freight
Freight

Coaches
Folks

Freight
Tares

Coaches
Fares
Passengers, commuters and mail

Freight
Trees and meat, gravel and shale

All
Are great, are great, are great
Are great, are great
Are great, are great


The New Starlight Express (1992 London Revival Cast) soundtrack lyrics -- AC/DC .. Samantha Biddulph


Control
Oh, boy, a late entry. A superstar challenger. These must be his minders.

Pearl
He's got a gun!

Krupp
Halt. I am Krupp, Electra's armaments truck.

Rocky
Who's Electra?

Krupp
We ask the questions.

Wrench
I am Wrench, Electra's repair truck.

Dustin
This Electra must be rich to have his own repair truck

Flat-Top
Or unreliable

Purse
I am Purse, Electra's money truck
Electra is rich. Switch your allegiance to Electra

Volta
I am Volta, Electra's freezer truck

Joule
I am Joule, Electra's dynamite truck

Volta
Electra is cool

Joule
Electra is hot

Volta
Cool

Joule
Hot

Company
A megastar. A megawatt
Rich, hot, powerful - rich, hot, cool
Rich, hot, powerful - rich, hot, cool
Electra ... Electra ... Electra ... Electra ...

Electra
I am electric - feel my attraction
Feel my magnetism - you will agree
I am electric - I have the contact
I am electric - the future is me
AC/DC it's okay by me
I can switch and change my frequency
I am electric - mind how you touch me
I can shock you, I can set you on fire
I can reach up and pluck down the lightning
Watch the conductor, see the live wire
AC/DC it's okay by me
I can switch and change my frequency

Company
Electra ... Electra ... Electra ...

Electra
I am electric - resistance is pointless
Feel my magnetism - you will agree
You can't ignore me, you must adore me
I am electric, come closer to me
AC/DC it's okay by me
I can switch and turn you on to me
Can switch and turn you on to me
Can switch and turn you on to me

Company
Electra ... Electra ... Electra ... Electra ...

Electra
I can switch and change my frequency


The New Starlight Express (1992 London Revival Cast) soundtrack lyrics -- Pumping Iron .. Samantha Biddulph


Control
Oh boy - here comes trouble. It's the reigning champion

Coaches
It's Greaseball, it's Greaseball, Greaseball the diesel
Choose me Greaseball, race with me

Dinah
Back off girls - he's mine

Greaseball
Here comes the diesel train, with its steel refrain
Hear me knocking
The diesel's on its way, it's gonna win the day
Hear me knocking
Listen to the chatter of the diesel force
Generating twenty seven hundred horse
Camshaft rolling while the rockers rock
Hear me knock
See me hustle, feel my muscle
Pumping iron
Trying to build my body, trying to lose my mind
See me straining - I'm in training
Pumping iron
I'm a diesel engine
I'm knocking, I'm knocking, I'm knocking,
I'm pumping iron

Coaches
Well he's the one they'll choose
You know he just can't lose
Hear him knocking
There ain't another rig that's even half as big
Hear him knocking
Everybody's gonna say "that train is smart"
The mighty diesel engine is a work of art
The undisputed leader of the Rolling Stock

Greaseball
See me knock

Greaseball, (Coaches)
See me hustle, feel my muscle
Pumping iron
Stretching my bullworker, I'm heaving on my weights
See my flex my delts and pecs
I'm pumping iron
I'm a diesel engine
Hey, I'm knocking, you know I'm knocking, said I'm knocking hey-
Heading for the rally (heading for the rally)
Gonna win the first race (gonna win the first race)
I'm gonna run the longest (the biggest and the strongest)
I'm knocking, said I'm knocking, you know I'm knocking
Well - I'm so beautiful -
I'm pumping iron


The New Starlight Express (1992 London Revival Cast) soundtrack lyrics -- Coda of Freight


Greaseball
You, you're overloaded

Electra
I'm electric taking over

Greaseball
You'll have to beat diesel

Dinah
Take on diesel

Greaseball, Dinah
Take on diesel

Components
Electricity is taking charge

Electra
I will enter - I will win

Greaseball
You'll never win, you'll never win

Bobo
It will be me

Rusty
Listen to me, listen to me

Ruhrgold
What was that hiss?

Rusty
I'm gonna enter

Espresso
Who is this?

Prince of Wales
It's old and it's dusty,
It's can't be, it's Rusty

Turnov:
He's going to race

Nintendo
He's going to lose face

Rusty
I'm going to enter
I'll be victorious
I'm gonna win

Rusty, (Engines)
Earth, water, air, fire
(You'll never win, you'll never win)
(I'm gonna beat you, I'm gonna beat you)
See the steam rise higher
(Haven't a chance, haven't a chance)
(I'm gonna win it, yes, I'm gonna win)
Earth, water, air, fire
(I'm gonna win, I'm gonna win)
(I'm gonna beat you, I'm gonna beat you)
See the steam rise higher
(I'm gonna win the race)
(I'll be victorious, I'm gonna win)

All
Locomotion ... locomotion ...

Components
Go, electricity ... go, electricity ...

Coaches
It's Mommas and Poppas

Freight
It's commerce and hoppers

Coaches
It's daughters and sons

Freight
It's quarters and tons
They get in your hair

Coaches
It's the fun of the fare

Freight
Freight

Coaches
Folks

Freight
Tares

Coaches
Fares
Passengers, commuters and mail

Freight
Trees and meat, gravel and shale
On the rails, on the rails, on the rails, on the rails

All
Beware of the engine intent on avenging
Defeat by a rival who's bent on survival
Look out for the carriage who's out to disparage
The wagons who battle and rattle and prattle
Are great, are great, are great, are great, are great


The New Starlight Express (1992 London Revival Cast) soundtrack lyrics -- Crazy .. Caron Cardelle


Rusty
Where I go the rest better follow
Look out everybody, move aside
May go now or may go tomorrow
Hold on, I'll take you for a ride

Coaches
Crazy - can you believe him?
He's crazy - love him or leave him
He's crazy, goin' crazy, goin' crazy

Rusty
Watch me, see me, hit that horizon

Pearl
Take it slowly, what you got to prove?

Rusty
Ride with me, you'll know you've been riding
No one can move the way I move!

Coaches
Crazy - can you believe him?
He's crazy - love him or leave him
He's crazy, goin' crazy, goin' crazy

Rusty
Hold on tight, I'll turn up the pressure
Must be right, no way it can be wrong
You and me go steamin' together

Pearl
Till someone better comes along

Coaches
Crazy - can you believe him?
He's crazy - love him or leave him
He's crazy, goin' crazy, goin' crazy

Rusty
You know I'm crazy - yeah!

Coaches
Crazy - can you believe him?
He's crazy - love him or leave him
He's crazy, goin' crazy, goin' crazy
Goin' crazy, goin' crazy, goin' crazy
Goin' crazy!


The New Starlight Express (1992 London Revival Cast) soundtrack lyrics -- Make up My Heart .. Reva Rice


Pearl
It's time to choose between the two of them
I'd better make a start
Someone help me make up my heart
Tell me how to make up my heart
They say two lovers can be twice the fun
They think they're being smart
Someone help me make up my heart
Tell me how to make up my heart

One of them is strong, one of them is good
But both could turn out wrong, so who gets the part?
Make up my mind, make up my heart.

I don't want one to win and one to lose
Can't tell them yes or no
Choosing one means letting one go
I can't face letting one of them go
You'd think two lovers would be twice the fun
It's tearing me apart
Someone help me make up my heart
Tell me how to make up my heart

One of them has style, sets the world alight
The other makes me smile, so who gets the part?
Make up my mind, make up my heart
So who gets the part?
Make up my mind, make up my heart

It's time to choose between the two of them
I'd better make a start
Someone help me make up my heart
Tell me how to make up my heart
One of them has style, sets the world alight
The other makes me smile, so who gets the part?
Make up my mind, make up my heart

One of them is strong, one of them is good
But both could turn out wrong
So who gets the part?
Please someone help me make up my heart
Tell me how to make up my heart


The New Starlight Express (1992 London Revival Cast) soundtrack lyrics -- Race One .. Tara Wilkinson


Control
Heat one. Heat one. Ten, nine, eight, seven, six, five, four, three, two, one.
Trains gone! Four trains going for two final places.
Greaseball and Espresso are the early leaders with Nintendo pressing in third.
Well, that's not in the rule book. No-one messes with the champion!
Up the nursery slope, it's still Greaseball but Espresso's looking good!
It's the double whammy from Electra and the Champion!
Across the high level, it's Greaseball, Electra, Nintendo and Espresso.
Nintendo takes Electra and Nintendo passes Greaseball!
Don't play with electricity - the champ leads - this is getting hot!
Nintendo must win. He's overdone it. Nintendo crashes!
Winner of heat one: Greaseball the diesel with Electra in second place.
Greaseball and Electra have a place in the final.


The New Starlight Express (1992 London Revival Cast) soundtrack lyrics -- Poppa's Blues .. Greg Ellis


Rocky 1
Hey, Poppa's gonna sing

Flat-Top
That stuff is so out of date

Rocky 1
Cool it man. Poppa's gonna sing!

Rockies
Poppa don't sing often, but he do sing mean

Poppa
Oh the first line of the blues is always sung a second time (oh yeah?)
First line of the blues is always sung a second time (kinda smooth!)
So by the time you get to the third line you've had time to think up a rhyme
Oh there ain't no law that says the third line has to be different at all
No, no, there ain't no law that says the third line has to be different at all
No there ain't no law that says the third line has to be different at all
Never borrow a mouth organ - not even from your best friend
No, no, no, never borrow a mouth organ - not even from your best friend
'Cos you may survive the blowing, but the sucking's gonna get you in the end
Oh yeah!


The New Starlight Express (1992 London Revival Cast) soundtrack lyrics -- Race Two .. Tara Wilkinson


Control
Control, control. Heat Two. Trains to your tracks.
Ten, nine, eight, seven, six, five, four, three, two, one.
Trains gone! They've set out for the second heat and Poppa's in back and struggling.
He's on the crossing. Look out Poppa! Leaping locomotives!
Still Bobo with Turnov pressing in second but Bobo wastes the Russian.
Hey, Bobo, you lost your coach! That puts Ruhrgold in the lead but Turnov's not having any!
It's Turnov, the Russian leads. Ouch, Poppa shows Turnov he still packs a punch!
Poppa's taking the lead but Dustin takes him wide letting Ruhrgold through.
It's Ruhrgold, Turnov, Bobo and Poppa coming out of the high level.
And Ruhrgold stops - this is getting really mean!
Bobo goes through to take the lead. Poppa's turning on the power, they approach the tunnel.
The old guy does it! Winner of Heat Two: Poppa McCoy with Bobo in second place.
Poppa and Bobo have a place in the final.


The New Starlight Express (1992 London Revival Cast) soundtrack lyrics -- Starlight Express .. Greg Ellis


Rusty
When your good nights have been said and you are lying in bed
With the covers pulled up tight
And though you count every sheep you get the feeling that sleep
Is going to stay away tonight
That's when you hear it coming
That is when you hear the humming

Of the Starlight Express, Starlight Express
Are you real, yes or no?
Starlight Express, answer me yes
I don't want you to go

Want you to take me away but bring me home before daylight
And in the time between
Take me to everywhere but don't abandon me there
Just want to say I've been
I believe in you completely
Though I may be dreaming sweetly

Of the Starlight Express, answer me yes
I don't want you to go
And if you're there, and if you know
Then show me which way I should go

Starlight Express, Starlight Express,
Are you real, yes or no?
Starlight Express, answer me yes
I don't want you to go


The New Starlight Express (1992 London Revival Cast) soundtrack lyrics -- Rap


Rockies
Lead to the left and box to the right
The Rockies in the house we're here tonight
R.O.C.K.I.E.S.
Put your hands together, you know we're the best
Motivatin' (acceleratin')
Devastatin' (galvinatin')

Boys
Diesel, D-d-d-d-diesel
E.L.E.C. Elec-Electricity
Electricity is not for free

Electra
So don't mess with me

Components, Pearl
So don't mess with me

Rocky 1
Are you ready?

Rocky 2, 3
Ready, check it out, check it out

Rocky 1
Are you ready?

Rocky 2, 3
Ready, check it out, check it out

Rocky 1
Are you ready?

All
Ready!

Rockies
Are you ready for the big one?

All
Ready!

Rockies
Are you ready for the big one, starting any minute?
We're in it

Rocky 1
You gotta be in it to win it!

Rockies
Gotta be in the frame if you're gonna win the game
Are you ready for the big one?

All
Ready!

Boys
Check it out, check it out

Girls
Can you believe this?

Boys
Check it out, check it out

Girls
Can you believe this?

Components
Hey, I make Electra the one they gotta beat

Gang
Nah - Diesel's wicked!

Buffy, Ashley
Yeah - Diesel's neat!

Poppa
What about Rusty?

All
You can't be serious

Greaseball
Hasn't got a chance against his superiors

Rockies
Check it out - boy

All
Are you ready for the big one, starting any minute?
We're in it - you gotta be in it to win it
Gotta be in the frame if you're gonna win the game
Are you ready for the big one? Ready!
Are you ready for the big one? Ready!
Are you ready for the big one? Ready!

Rusty
If I was the winner of tonight's big fight
Pearl would come back

Dustin
Yeah, that's right

Flat-Top
Well then, win it, that's all you gotta do

Electra
Hey Greaseball - I'm talking to you
You still got that Dinah hanging on a lead
A new set of wheels is what you need

Rockies
Check it out

All
Are you ready for the big one?

Engines
Ready!

Rockies
Check it out

All
Are you ready for the big one?

Boys
Check it out, check it out

Girls
Can you believe this?

Boys
Check it out

Girls
Can you believe this?

Boys
Check it out, check it out

Girls
Can you believe this?

Boys
Check it out, check it out

Girls
Can you believe this?

Boys
Check it out, check it out

Girls
Can you believe this?

Greaseball
Any car here - any car you can see would be proud

Gang
Yeah, proud

Greaseball
To ride with me

Rusty
But not Pearl

Greaseball
Oh, no? Pearl's like any other
She knows I'm a fast movin' mother
Pearl knows she's a winner. She won't risk
Racing with that floppy disk

Electra, Components
Check it out, check it out
Can you believe this?
Check it out, check it out
Can you believe this?

Dinah
Greaseball, stop it

Greaseball
Shut it, Dinah

Electra
All my software is designer

Greaseball
Pearl, you know that he don't cut it

Dinah
Greaseball stop it!

All
Dinah - shut it!

Greaseball
Pearl - come on - it's time to choose:
You wanna boil with the oil or lose with the fuse?

All
Are you ready for the big one? Ready!
Are you ready for the big one starting any minute?
We're in it - you gotta be in it to win it
Unless your name's in the frame you ain't in the game
Ready for the big one? Ready!
Check it out, check it out
Can you believe it?
Check it out, check it out
Can you believe it?
Are you ready for the big one starting any minute?
We're in it - you gotta be in it to win it
Unless your name's in the frame you ain't in the game
Ready for the big one?
Ready for the big one?
Ready!


The New Starlight Express (1992 London Revival Cast) soundtrack lyrics -- U.N.C.O.U.P.L.E.D... Caron Cardelle


Dinah
I've been U.N.C.O.U.P.L.E.D.
I can't bring myself to say it, no siree
I'm a carriage with no marriage
I'm a van without a man
I've been U.N.C.O.U.P.L.E.D.

Was I corroded, or overloaded?
Maybe I shamed him
Who could have blamed him?
If he thought me second-class
Went in search of chrome and brass
Went to find some other fool like me

And I'm just U.N.C.O.U.P.L.E.D.
I can't seem to stop C.R.Y.I.N.G.
People look and me and think,
"There she goes, the missing link
She's been U.N.C.O.U.P.L.E.D."

And I'm just U.N.C.O.U.P.L.E.D.
but I'll get my R.E.V.E.N.G.E.
He'll come crawling back one day
And I'll turn to him and say
Go away, you B.A.S.T.A.R.D.


The New Starlight Express (1992 London Revival Cast) soundtrack lyrics -- Race Three .. Tara Wilkinson


Control
This is control. This is control. And now for the race that keeps going day and night.
The final Trans-America trial for the championship of the world.
Ten, nine, eight, seven, six, five, four, three, two, one. Trains gone!
Here's a surprise - look at that Rusty go. He passes Bobo.
He's got a good head of steam and he's mad to show the big boys.
He's chasing Electra. He's chasing Greaseball.
What's the champion gonna go about it?
Oh my God! Race cancelled. Race cancelled. Who did that? Re-run in fifteen minutes.


The New Starlight Express (1992 London Revival Cast) soundtrack lyrics -- Right Place, Right Time .. Algernon Williams


Rockies
If I had the chances, if I had the breaks
Could have been a winner, I had what it takes
But I wasn't in the right place at the right time
Didn't have the rhythm, didn't have the rhyme
I wasn't in the right place at the right time

Could've been a contender, could've been a star
Never reached the finals, didn't get that far
'Cos I wasn't in the right place at the right time
Didn't have the rhythm, didn't have the rhyme
I wasn't in the right place at the right time

Any time they seem to open up the door
Slam it in your face and knock it to the floor
'Tisn't only me son, 'tisn't only you
All of us are losers, all of us are through
'Cos I wasn't in the right place, wasn't in the right place
Wasn't in the right place at the right time


The New Starlight Express (1992 London Revival Cast) soundtrack lyrics -- Starlight Sequence .. Greg Ellis


Rusty
Starlight Express
Starlight Express!

Starlight
Only you have the power within you
Just believe in yourself, the sea will part before you
Stop the rain, turn the tide
If only you use the power within you
Needn't beg the world to turn around and help you
If you draw on what you have within you
Somewhere deep inside

Rusty
Starlight Express, Starlight Express
Are you real, yes or no?
Starlight Express, answer me yes
I don't want you to go

Starlight
Rusty you're blind, look in your mind
I'm there, nothing's new
The Starlight Express is no more nor less
Than you Rusty
I am you
I'm you and only you

Rusty
I am the Starlight

Starlight
Have the power within you

Rusty
I can achieve

Starlight
Just believe in yourself

Rusty
Anything

Starlight
The sea will part before you
Stop the rain and turn the tide

Rusty
All the things I didn't believe

Starlight
If only you

Rusty
I am the Starlight

Starlight
Use the power within you

Rusty
I can see it through

Both
Needn't beg the world to turn around and help you
If you draw on what is deep inside

Rusty
I won't let you down


The New Starlight Express (1992 London Revival Cast) soundtrack lyrics -- Race Four .. Greg Ellis


Control
Control. Control. Re-run of championship on downhill course.
Ten, nine, eight, seven, six, five, four, three, two, one.
It's Greaseball, Electra, Bobo and Rusty as they come down from the high level and Electra passes the champion.
Bobo passes the champion. Something's holding the champion back.
It's Pearl, and the champion doesn't like that one bit. Oh, no - he's uncoupled Pearl.
We have a runaway. Pearl's heading for the edge and Rusty saves her. That was courageous.
The champion's racing solo. That's not allowed. Not for long.
Greaseball takes Ashley and Bobo's out of it.
Back at the high level now with Electra leading and the champion is second.
It looks like Rusty's bid has failed. Can't anyone take the electric superstar?
Can the champion come back? It's Electra and the champion disputing the lead.
Rusty comes through. Electra zaps the champion. Against all the odds, Rusty is the champion.
Rusty for lap of honour.

Rusty
I must find Pearl, I must find Pearl
I must find Pearl, I must find Pearl


The New Starlight Express (1992 London Revival Cast) soundtrack lyrics -- Next Time You Fall in Love .. Greg Ellis


Pearl
I guess I'm not too good at keeping love alive for long
I think I've found the answers but the answer's always wrong
My first love was my true love and it should have been my last
The only time I'm happy's when I'm dreaming in the past
Next time you fall in love it better be with me, the way it used to be
Back then was when we touched the starlight
Sometimes you turn away from what your heart tells you is right
And so you settle for whatever gets you through the night
The flame you thought was dead may suddenly begin to burn
And broken hearts can be repaired, that's something that you learn
Next time you fall in love it better be with me, the way it used to be
Back then was when we touched the starlight

Rusty
I've re-lived every moment that I ever shared with you
What fools we were to end a dream that looked like coming true
Next time you fall in love it better be with me, the way it used to be

Pearl
Back then

Rusty
Was when

Together
We touched the starlight
Next time you fall in love it better be with me, the way it used to be
Back then was when we touched the starlight
I guess I'm not too good at keeping love alive for long
I think I've found the answers but the answer's always wrong
My first love was my true love and it should have been my last
The only time I'm happy's when I'm dreaming in the past
Next time you fall in love it better be with me, the way it used to be
Back then was when we touched the starlight

Next time you fall in love it better be with me, the way it used to be
Back then was when we touched the starlight


The New Starlight Express (1992 London Revival Cast) soundtrack lyrics -- One Rock & Roll Too Many .. John Partridge


Both
One rock'n'roll too many, one night's sleep too few
Too much ringing that bell takes its toll out of you

Greaseball
The sound's too loud

Electra
The light's too bright

Greaseball
My chains are too heavy
And my pants are too tight

Both
One rock'n'roll too many takes its toll out of you
One rock'n'roll too many, one more farewell show
C'mon, clap your hands - are you having a good time? No

Electra
Well, my rave's been raided and my hip just hopped

Greaseball
My mojo ain't working

Electra
Any my pill has just popped

Both
One rock'n'roll too many takes it's toll out of you
One rock'n'roll too many, I can't take no more

Greaseball
Whaddya say?

Electra
I can't hear nothing

Greaseball
Whaddya say?

Electra
I can't hear nothing

Greaseball
I can't hear nothing

Electra
Whaddya say?

Both
I said one rock'n'roll too many takes its toll...
And the soul... out of you


The New Starlight Express (1992 London Revival Cast) soundtrack lyrics -- Light at the End of the Tunnel


Poppa
Diesel is for unbelievers
Electricity is wrong
Steam has got the power that will pull us along
There's a light at the end of the tunnel
There's a light at the end of the tunnel
The inside might be as black as the night

All
But there's a light at the end of the tunnel
There's a light at the end of the tunnel
The inside might be as black as the night
But at the end of the tunnel there's a light

Poppa
It's the power of James Watt, the steaming Scot

All
The man who watched the pot and said "Hey, I've got
A brilliant plot: when the steam is hot
It seems to make a lot of power,"

Poppa
It could turn a wheel

All
Lots of power

Poppa
It could drive it down a track

All
Clickety clack, clickety clack

Poppa
It could drive it with a beat

All
Choo-choo-choo
With enough left over for a woo-woo!
He saw the light at the end of the tunnel
I said he saw the light at the end of the tunnel

Poppa
Thanks James Watt (thank you Mr Watt)
For watching that pot

All
He saw a light at the end of the tunnel
He saw a light at the end of the tunnel
The inside might be as black as the night
But at the end of the tunnel there's a light

Poppa
There are dark days ahead
When the power goes dead
When the oil runs dry, what can we try?

All
We could use the sunlight

Poppa
But it don't shine at night

All
Nuclear fission leaves a nasty emission

Poppa
Soon the pistons will be humming
Steam will have a second coming

All
We saw light at the end of the tunnel
We saw light at the end of the tunnel
Just dig a hole and haul out the coal
We saw light at the end of the tunnel
We saw light at the end of the tunnel
So let the water boil - goodbye to oil
At the end of the tunnel there's a light
We saw light at the end of the tunnel (we see the light)
We saw light at the end of the tunnel (we see the light)
When the Angel Gabriel blows his magic toot
We saw light at the end of the tunnel (we see the light)
We saw light at the end of the tunnel (we see the light)
At the end of the tunnel there's a light
Starlight!


The New Starlight Express (1992 London Revival Cast) soundtrack lyrics -- Starlight Express Megamix


Poppa
Everybody c'mon, clap your hands, let's have a good time

All
There's a light at the end of the tunnel
There's a light at the end of the tunnel
The inside might be as black as the night
But at the end of the tunnel there's a light

I'm just the fastest thing you'll ever see
That streak of lightning you just missed was me
Don't stop now - we gotta keep it going all night
There's a light at the end of the tunnel
There's a light at the end of the tunnel

A lotta locomotion, that's what we need
If we are ever gonna get up speed
From the Eastern ocean to the Western sea
Locomotion's gonna carry me

Woo woo, woo woo
Nobody can do it like a steam train
Woo woo, woo woo
Once upon a time there was a dream train

Freight is great, freight is great
We carry weight, cos we are freight
And freight is great

AC/DC it's OK by me
I can switch and change my frequency

See me hustle, feel my muscle
Pumping iron
Trying to build my body
Trying to lose my mind

There's a light, there's a light
We can see the light
There's a light, there's a light
We can see the light
There's a light, there's a light
We can see the light
At the end of the tunnel

I wasn't in the right place at the right time
Didn't have the rhythm, didn't have the rhyme

Rockies
Lead to the left, box to the right
The Rockies in the house we're here tonight
R.O.C.K.I.E.S.
Put your hands together, you know we're the best
Check it out - boy

All
The sound too loud, the lights too bright
My chains are too heavy and my pants are too tight
One rock'n'roll too many takes its toll out of you

Poppa
There's a light at the end of the tunnel

All
Crazy, can you believe him
He's crazy, love him or leave him
He's crazy, goin' crazy, goin' crazy

Soon the pistons will be humming
Steam will have a second coming
Woo woo woo
We see the light at the end of the tunnel
We see the light at the end of the tunnel
So let the water boil - goodbye to oil
At the end of the tunnel there's a light


We saw light at the end of the tunnel (we see the light)
We saw light at the end of the tunnel (we see the light)
When the Angel Gabriel blows his magic toot
We saw light at the end of the tunnel (we see the light)
We saw light at the end of the tunnel (we see the light)
We see the distant gleam that tells us its steam
At the end of the tunnel there's a light
Starlight!


The New Starlight Express (1992 London Revival Cast) soundtrack lyrics --


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