Pretty Girls (1979)

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1.)  PRETTY GIRLS

(Lisa Dal Bello)

Drums: Carlos Vega
Bass: Mike Porcaro, Ron Garant
Guitars: Steve Lukather, Al Ciner
Acoustic Piano: Ron Stockart
Percussion & Vibes: Victor Feldman
Moog Synthesizer: Mike Boddiker
Backing Vocals: Bill Champlin, Roy Kenner, Michael McDonald, Liz Lauzanne, LDB

 

He's triggered by the rise
Of their suburban eyes
He likes to stroke the curls
Of pretty baby girls

And he will never make it on the hit parade
Oh no, no...
Behind the counter selling health and beauty aids
In the name of

CHORUS
Pretty Girls, Pretty Girls
Look good on you
Pretty Girls, Pretty Girls
Look good on you

He reserves the luxury
Of feline company
Femme fatale is all he needs
To measure his heroic deeds

Another trying day behind the canopy... oh yes
He's nurtured by a planned, well-tanned philosophy
For the love of

CHORUS
Pretty Girls, Pretty Girls
Look good on you
Pretty Girls, Pretty Girls
Look good on you

BRIDGE
And he will never make it on the hit parade
Behind the counter selling health and beauty aids
In the name of

CHORUS
Pretty Girls...


2.)  STILL IN LOVE

(Lisa Dal Bello/David Jolliffe)


Drums: Carlos Vega
Bass: Mike Porcaro
Guitar: Steve Lukather
Acoustic Piano & Fender Rhodes: Ron Stockart
Percussion & Vibes: Victor Feldman
Backing Vocals: Bill Champlin, Roy Kenner, Michael McDonald, Liz Lauzanne, LDB

 

Perfectly alone for the lady in waiting
And it's just another day in the game of separating
It's a quarter after midnight, and I'm half-past out of reason
So here I go again, here I go again coming around for more

CHORUS
You know that I'm Still In Love with you
And I'm coming around for more...
You know that I'm Still In Love with you
And I'm coming around for more
You know that I'm Still In Love with you
(Just like the way it used to be)

Picture us alone
And it don't take much to please me
If you promise not to tell
We could take it nice and easy
It's a quarter after midnight, and I'm half-past out of reason
So here I go again, here I go again coming around for more

CHORUS
You know that I'm Still In Love with you
And I'm coming around for more...
You know that I'm Still In Love with you
And I'm coming around for more
You know that I'm Still In Love with you

BRIDGE
It's been so long
We'll have a rendezvous, I'll be alone with you
Until the feeling starts to rise
Still in love
And when the lights are low
We're gonna rodeo and take it oh so slow

CHORUS
Don'tcha know that I'm Still In Love...


3.)  HOLLYWOOD

(Lisa Dal Bello)

Drums: Carlos Vega
Bass: Denny Belfield
Guitar: Richie Zito
Acoustic Piano & Fender Rhodes: Tom Hensley
B3 Organ: Fred Mandel
Castanets: Al Ciner
Castanet Solo: LDB
Backing Vocals: Bobby Kimball, Bill Champlin, Tom Kelly

 

I'd buy a Martoni Marquis
Ride San Fernando Valley
I know I could in Hollywood

Hotdamn the L.A. Freeway
Wear mink from Montego Bay
I know I could in Hollywood

Wanna toot-toot la
In a singles bar
Gonna iron out my kinks
Play Matahara here
And the Sahara there
Won't you spin me for a drink?

You know what really blew my mind
Is that I could not be denied
That's when I began to emancipate

CHORUS
In Hollywood, Holly-Hollywood
Hollywood, Holly-Hollywood
I'd do it good
In Hollywood

"Hello Darling...
This is Zsa-Zsa talking to you out there"

You know I really could have cried
When Mama said, "Be good, Goodbye!"
I hardly could in Hollywood

Wanna déjà-vu
With a working crew
Well if you like it do it twice

I'll hit the hit parade
And start to generate
Live a social paradise
And when my time is up
I'm gonna fill my cup
Then I'll drown myself in sweet whiskey fizz

CHORUS
In Hollywood, Holly-Hollywood
Hollywood, Holly-Hollywood
I'd do it good
In Hollywood


4.)  (IS THERE) ANYTHING I CAN DO


(Lisa Dal Bello)

Drums: Carlos Vega
Bass: Ron Garant
Guitar: Richie Zito
Piano & Fender Rhodes: Tom Hensley
Percussion: Al Ciner
Backing Vocals: Bill Champlin, Tom Kelly, LDB

 

If you depend on miracles to satisfy your needs
And if your searching for the girl-next-door
You're looking for
A different breed

But for you
I would do anything
Yes for you
I would do anything

And it may surprise you, I advise you
Come with me the night is young

CHORUS
Is There Anything I Can Do
Anything for you
Is There Anything I Can Do to make you better?

If you zero in down close to me
I'll be stroking your security
And if it's true that I'm in overtime
You'll never be relying on me


But for you,
I would do anything
Yes for you,
I would do anything

And it may surprise you, I advise you
Come with me the night is young

CHORUS
So, Is There Anything I Can Do
Anything for you
Is There Anything I Can Do to make you better?

BRIDGE
Fools paradise
It's a fools paradise
Ooh-ooh-ooh...

CHORUS


5.)  TALISMAN


(Lisa Dal Bello/Joey Miquelon/Liz Lauzanne)


Drums: Carlos Vega
Bass: Ron Garant
Guitar: Richie Zito
Piano: Tom Hensley
Moog Synthesizer: Jay Gruska
Percussion: Bobby Ruffino
Backing Vocals: LDB

 

A stream-lined rail and my claim to fame
Advances further from youth but closer to my aim
Season to season
Sunshine and rain
It keeps me to wander like a gambler in the game
I will take you back in my arms

The city's slick box office craze
Flood the deserted galleries deep inside my brain
Marooned by lover
Sweet serenade
Haunting this flight by night
Onto a foreign stage

And Talisman, won't you hold my hand
Come to me and tell me again (and he said)

CHORUS
You press on
Keep right on
Talisman
Come right back into my arms to stay
You press on
Keep right on
Talisman
Come right back into my arms to stay

Lost and found lovers populate this ride
Creating a fiction that I can't deny
And it's free in my mind
To congregate in harmony
That this someone somewhere
That got left behind

CHORUS


6.)  MAKE UP YOUR MIND PAULA


(Lisa Dal Bello)


Drums: Carlos Vega
Bass: Denny Belfield
Guitars: Richie Zito, Al Ciner
Acoustic Piano & Fender Rhodes: Tom Hensley
Percussion: Bobby Ruffino
Hand Claps: Bob Monaco, Al Ciner, Lisa Mordente, Bobby Ruffino, Chris Gordon, LDB
Backing Vocals: LDB

 

When he walked in the apartment
She was hungry, she was cold
When I overheard the argument
It was half a minute old

With his finger on the trigger
And an aim as true as Capone
"You better love me like you did... It's do or die"
You better hurry, hurry!

CHORUS
Make Up Your Mind, Paula
Make Up Your Mind, Paula
Paula, make up your mind

Guaranteed to penetrate your mind
'Til he gets beneath your skin
She is juvenile and genuine
Notify your next of kin!

Common sense and social standards
Pre-determined her reply
"You better love me like you did... It's do or die"
You better hurry, hurry!

CHORUS
Make Up Your Mind, Paula
Make Up Your Mind, Paula
Paula, make up...

BRIDGE
...Your mind for the two of us
...Your mind for the two of us
And I heard him say,
"You better love me like you did... It's do or die"
You better hurry, hurry!

CHORUS


7.)  MIRACLE MAKER


(Lisa Dal Bello/Janet Keen)


Drums: Carlos Vega
Bass: Mike Porcaro
Guitar: Steve Lukather
Acoustic Piano: Ron Stockart
Moog Synthesizer: Mike Boddiker
Backing Vocals: Bill Champlin, Roy Kenner, Michael McDonald, Liz Lauzanne, LDB

 

I'll be your part-time prima donna
I'm available and free
So come make love to me

A little entertainment for a little while
You know that a miracle for me is
A one night love eternally
Oh, a one night love would surely be a miracle

CHORUS
Miracle Maker
Make it a miracle
Miracle Maker
Why don't you make it a miracle?

If you would only dare a lovely love affair
It wouldn't change your style
A lovers love would make it all worthwhile

Tell me when the play begins, or don't explain
But you know that a miracle for me is
A one night love eternally
Oh, a one night love would surely be a miracle

 

CHORUS
Miracle Maker
Make it a miracle
Miracle Maker
Why don't you make it a miracle?

BRIDGE
Take this rendezvous that I offer you
'Cause nothing is for certain
Turn down the lights (turn down the lights)
I'll show you how (I'll show you how)

CHORUS


8.)  LOST WITHOUT YOUR LOVE


(Lisa Dal Bello/Liz Lauzanne)


Drums: Carlos Vega
Bass: Mike Porcaro
Guitars: Steve Lukather, Al Ciner
Acoustic Piano: Ron Stockart
Moog Synthesizer: Mike Boddiker
Backing Vocals: Bill Champlin, Roy Kenner, Michael McDonald, Liz Lauzanne, LDB

 

I heard that love has passed you by
Leaving your heart by the wayside
What will it take to win back your love?

You... you've done more time than you deserve
Fantasy love is so absurd
Basting your pride so selfishly
And will I ever see you?

CHORUS
Lost Without Your Love
Lost Without Your Love
How was I supposed to know
That you've been living a lie?

Look... look at yourself and re-arrange
It's easy to see you feel a change
Open your eyes and reveal your disguise

I... I heard that love has passed you by
It's left you alone, well so am I!
Can I be the one you run to for love?
And will I ever see you?

CHORUS
Lost Without Your Love
Lost Without Your Love
How was I supposed to know
That you've been living a lie?

BRIDGE
Caught you blind, will I ever see you?
Will I ever see you?

CHORUS


9.)  DREAMS (ARE FOR LOVERS)


(Lisa Dal Bello)


Drums: Carlos Vega
Bass: Mike Porcaro
Guitars: Steve Lukather, Al Ciner
Acoustic Piano: Ron Stockart
Moog Synthesizer: Mike Boddiker
Backing Vocals: Bill Champlin, Roy Kenner, Michael McDonald, Liz Lauzanne, LDB

 

The train is in the distance
What a way to go
Should have had a happy end
Like the storybook has told

Aching limbs that cling at night
To a faded song
Cultivate my thoughts again
It's cold to dream alone

CHORUS
Dreams Are For Lovers
Dreams are for fools
Wish I could dream again but right now, right now
Dreams Are For Lovers
Dreams Are For Fools...
I wish that I could dream again

Misty-eyed reflection
Blur the smiling moon
Daddy holds his silence
My mother leaves the room

Distant voices question
Why the song-bird does not sing
Who will be the one to tell them
That some fool has clipped her wings?

CHORUS
Dreams Are For Lovers
Dreams are for fools
Wish I could dream again but right now, right now
Dreams Are For Lovers
Dreams Are For Fools...
I wish that I could dream again

BRIDGE
Living in dreams is such a false paradise
But visiting make-believe can be so damn nice
Where did all the dreaming go?
I need to dream again

CHORUS

TAG
Dreams... Telling me... Keep dreaming


10.)  MAKE IT LAST


(Lisa Dal Bello)


Drums: Carlos Vega
Bass: Mike Porcaro
Guitars: Steve Lukather, Al Ciner
Acoustic Piano: Ron Stockart
Moog Synthesizer: Mike Boddiker
Backing Vocals: Bill Champlin, Roy Kenner, Michael McDonald, Liz Lauzanne, LDB

 

I don't want to run your life
Or try to tell you what to do
Oh but babe it seems I never ever get enough of you
My fortune teller tells me you're the kind of man
That I should try to lose
What she don't know is no man's ever turned me on
The way you do

CHORUS
C'mon baby
Make It Last
C'mon baby
Make It Last

You call me on the phone
Whisper all the words I love to hear
Then you come around my door
Saying you only got one hour to spare
My crystal ball is spinning
Telling me I'm gonna get a good man soon
But right now honey ain't no man that turns me on
The way you do

CHORUS
C'mon baby
Make It Last
C'mon baby
Make It Last

BRIDGE
Uh-huh, let's dance the night away
Oh if only you would try to stay
Uh-huh, you're such a busy man
And I'm trying to do the best I can
So stay a little longer, just a little longer
Try to make the evening last

CHORUS

ORIGINAL LINER NOTES:

Produced by: Bob Monaco & Al Ciner for Nevebianca Productions
Associate Producer: Lisa Dal Bello

Engineered by: Denis Degher
2nd Engineer: Phil Moores, Chris Gordon
Recorded at: Quantum Audio and Recording Studio (Torrance, CA)
Basic tracks for 3-6,9-10 recorded at: Conway Recording Co. (Hollywood, CA)
All overdubs & vocals recorded & mixed at: Conway Recording Co.
All vocals for tracks 1-2,7-8 recorded at: Manta Sound (Toronto, Canada)
2nd Engineer: Gary Gray
Mastered at: Kendun Recorders Inc. (Burbank, CA)

Strings arranged by: LDB, David Foster
Conducted by: David Foster
Horns arranged by: Art Kempel
Synthesizer arrangements: LDB
Background vocals arranged by: LDB
Background vocals for tracks 2,8 arranged by: Bill Champlin, LDB
All photos: Sam Emerson
Photography location: Bonwitt Teller (Beverly Hills, CA)

Special Thanks to:
Mike Belanger, Buddy & Susan Brundo, Shaun Cassidy, Paula Ellis, Ron Garant,
Paul Gordon, Dan Hill, Bill Hudson, David Jolliffe, Diane Leineike, David Levine,
Lisa Mordente (...cough...), Little Nipper, Jonelle White, Cathy Ornelas,
Richard Perry, Phil Ramone, Nancy Smith, Graeme Waymark.
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