1    Psalmus ode    4:53         
2    Like a dream  3:15 
3    Rachel’s song  4:23 
4    Conquest of paradise  4:40 
5    Come to me  4:21 
6    The friends of Mr. Cairo  4:07 
7    Voices  5:07 
8    Losing sleep  5:34 
9    So long ago, so clear  3:44 
10    March with me  4:27 
11    Italian song  3:24 
12  Chariots of fire  4:09 
13  Prelude  5:10 
       
    Total playing time  57:23 


All music composed by Vangelis.
Psalmus ode: Lyrics selected and edited by Guy Protheroe
Like a dream: lyrics by Montserrat Caballe
Come to me: lyrics by Caroline Lavelle
The friends of Mr. Cairo: lyrics by Jon Anderson
Losing sleep, still my heart: lyrics by Paul Young
So long ago, so clear: lyrics by Jon Anderson
March with me: lyrics by Montserrat Caballe
Italian song: lyrics by Jon Anderson
Chariots of fire: lyrics by Jon Anderson.

Choir arrangements: Guy Protheroe
Choir: English Chamber Choir.

Executive producer: Maurice Velenosi and Larry Mancini

Produced by Alain Sauvageau, Guido Diodati and GioAria.

Note: Vangelis doesn’t play on this album.

Lyrics transcribed from CD recording (lyrics not available on sleeve or in booklet).



PSALMUS ODE
A gloria quo fulguras
Quo prodigis protectionem
Consolaris Roce amaritudem
Quarum petunt tum intercessum
Roce a gloria quo fulguras
Quo prodigis tuam protectionem
Consolaris amaritudem Roce

A gloria quo fulguras
Quo prodigis protectionem
Consolaris Roce amaritudem
Quarum petunt tum intercessum

Roce, Roce salva nos
Deus miserere Deus
English translation:
From the glory you shine
You dispense your marvellous protection
Give solace, Roce, to the bitter
Feelings of those pleading for
your intercession

Roce ,save us
Lord, have mercy




LIKE A DREAM
Let me feel once more
the moments
of music with you
music and feelings
within it are the moments
that can call my heart
a life full of fantasy
full of joy, like a dream
My shining star is born  Let me sing, let me sigh with you
Let us seal
and find the heart
my love
My love of life
my love of my dream




CONQUEST OF PARADISE
Hmmmmmmmmmm.
Hmmmmmmmmmm.
Hmmmmmmmmmm.
Hmmmmmmmmmm.

There shines a light in the heart of man
That defies the dead of the night
A beam that glows within every soul
Like wings of hope taking flight

A sunny day, when a baby’s born
The little things that we say
A special sparkle in someone’s eye
Simple gifts, every day

Come - open your heart
Reach for the stars
Believe your own power
Now, here in this place
Here on this earth
This is the hour
[Interlude]
A dream that reaches beyond the stars
The endless blue of the skies
Forever wondering who we are?
Forever questioning why?

Come - open your heart
Reach for the stars
Believe your own power
Now, here in this place
Here on this earth
This is the hour

There shines a light in the heart of man
That defies the dead of the night
A beam that glows within every soul
Like wings of hope taking flight
Like wings of hope taking flight




COME TO ME
Come to me
while I’m sleeping
so their wagging tongues
will not find you my love
All the while
they dull
our lighter souls fuse
fly and dive my love

So stamp the night so strong
that I will remember
and have it ever after

Come to me
while I’m sleeping
so their wagging tongues
will not find you my love
All the while
they dull
our lighter souls fuse
fly and dive my love

[interlude]

Come to me
in my dreaming
so their wagging tongues
will not find you my love

’Round the corner
back of hands
they’ll still be talking
whether or not we’d ever...

whether or not we’d ever...(my love)...




THE FRIENDS OF MR. CAIRO
She came, as in the book, Mickey Spillane
That Saturday night dark masquerade
Had filled his friend with lead, the same, sweetheart
But then, as nothing happens quite the same
Investigation is the game
He had to check her story right away-he dead
Sam Spade his buddy Archer first to go he got it
She spelt it out, how could they know the ’Fatman’ got it -he dead
Her sister didn’t really live at all-confusion-he dead
His chase led to the Fatman, to face the friends of Mr. Cairo

To face the friends of Mr. Cairo

That night, the double crosser got it right
Pretending he was really dim
He slipped to Sam a double gin (Mickey Finn)

He woke, the boys had gone, but not his gun
They’d left a note to lead him on
The chase to find the Maltese Falcon-you bet
Early thirties gangster movies
Set to spellbind population
From Chicago to Hong Kong
Via Istanbul the Talking Tong

Dirty rats thru’ prohibition
Money flowed thru gangsterism

Or Edward ’G’ and all those guys
Who always shoot between the eyes
Between the eyes
Between the eyes

Father love do you work, do you work for Mother
Chances could call, and accept that, be no other
Tell me straight be the Godfather be no other
Now being here, being now, being here believing
Being here, being here.




LOSING SLEEP (STILL MY HEART)
Losing sleep
in a waking dream
A recurring face I see
comes to pass my way

Still, my heart,
will you please be still, my heart
In this world of change
you keep turning me round again

[interlude]

In my mind
could it be that I’m just a fool for love
Is blind to danger
Is this faith,
then why should I
Hesitate when love would dance with a stranger?
[interlude]

Shout it loud from the rooftop high
Let it burn inside,
and try only to fade and die

If I knew all there was to learn,
Every twist and turn,
why do I still try




SO LONG AGO, SO CLEAR
Once, we did run
How we chased a million stars
and touched as only one can
Once, we did play
How the past delivered you
Amidst our youth we’d dream away, away

As if I knew the words I’m sure you’ll hear
Of how we met as you recall so clear

Once, we did love
Long ago how did I forget
Holding you so closely
Look, how I move
Chance would have me glance at you
To know how you move me, me
All barriers fall around us as we hear
Of memories known and matters so long ago, so clear

[interlude]

Once, we did run
How we chased a million stars
And touched as only one can




MARCH WITH ME
Come sing with me
for peace and love
my only dream
and wish for the world
Join with me now
and march with me
Love is the word
let’s try once again
stop all fights now
and march ...
Let’s try once again
to help all mankind
to win those lost hearts
and start this new life
No evil, no guns,
just freedom and peace
No evil, just freedom, no guns,
no evil, just freedom
and march




ITALIAN SONG *
Oh ma la oh oh me giova oh,
pe dolae gi?po va po;
e sha me co oh me gioma ah,
p?d?le pa tus dac.
E la fongo oh te de van,
pe a su mon ah tu na.

Oh de salai tu ghe,
mani tai oh ye.

Oh ni?pa eh eh pad?pa nar,
oh da ne pe se do oh;
e cha la co na cha me pa de,
sar male giac ef ma.
Oh ni?pa eh eh pad?pa nar,
oh da ne pe se do oh;
e cha la co na cha me pa de,
sar male giac ef ma.
[interlude]

E ma pa co oh te do la ah,
cas do le pa ta..
.. pa.


* It is neither wordpainting, nor pseudolatin, but just an invented language based on sounds.
The transcription is in phonetic Italian.



CHARIOTS OF FIRE
There is one freedom
Man running along
Each step that he’s taking
A step to his soul
The passion and courage
It takes to be there
A man and his spirit
Alive in the air

And if he should stumble
as he goes
If he should fall
It won’t really matter
If he knows
he gave it his all

Let no one surround himself with pain
But use it to free him
The game is to learn to live again
A race to the end
Interlude]
The circles together
Hold hands to the sky
A man and his spirit
he’s learning to fly

And if he should stumble
as he goes
If he should fall
It won’t really matter
If he knows
he gave it his all

Let no one surround himself with pain
But use it to free him
The game is to learn to live again
A race to the end