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the fifth album...

Roxette took a turn -- "adult," as Marie Fredriksson described -- with the 1994 release of Crash! Boom! Bang!, an ambitious set of music both loud and, at times, somber. Bryan Buss of the All Music Guide wrote, "To go from the painfully pretty 'Fading Like a Flower (Every Time You Leave)' on Joyride to the apathetic 'Vulnerable' on this album shows a serious downward slide.... Though the two have an edge on this album, they almost seem to have become a bit bored."

01. Harleys & Indians [Riders In The Sky] 3:45

02. Crash! Boom! Bang! 5:02

03. Fireworks 3:58

04. Run To You 3:39

05. Sleeping In My Car 3:47

06. Vulnerable 5:03

07. The First Girl On The Moon 3:11

08. Place Your Love 3:09

09. I Love The Sound Of Crashing Guitars 4:49

10. What's She Like? 4:16

11. Do You Wanna Go The Whole Way? 4:11

12. Lies 3:41

13. I'm Sorry 3:10

14. Love Is All [Shine Your Light On Me] 6:41

15. Go To Sleep 3:58

 

Though considered successful throughout Europe, the full 15-track set of Crash! Boom! Bang! tanked in the United States despite a successful campaign by McDonald's, which advertised and sold a 10-track "favorites" compact disc. The "favorites" CD reportedly sold more than 1 million copies, ranking as one of Roxette's most successful releases in the United States.
 
Moreover, the first single release from Crash! Boom! Bang!, the distortion guitar-heavy pop hit "Sleeping In My Car," managed to grab attention, reaching the Billboard Top 50 and the U.K. Top 20, as well as returning Roxette to No. 1 in Sweden after several years. Subsequent releases, including the title track, "Fireworks," and "Run To You," made chart showings worldwide but not in the United States. They did each make the Top 30 in the U.K. Roxette embarked on another, all be it scaled-down, worldwide tour, skipping the United States in the process. It was during this tour that Roxette became the first Western band invited to tour China.
 
Despite the effort, Crash! Boom! Bang! would be the last Roxette release EMI would issue in the United States.
 

Harleys & Indians (Riders In The Sky)

When I go to heaven, Harley Harley heaven.

I want to meet a king, like the panhead 48.

I want to meet the fat one, we can talk for hours.

When my time has come, Babe.

I won't be running late.

Flying high, riders in the sky.

Na na na na

Flying high, riders in the sky.

Na na na na

When I go to heaven, Red-skin heaven.

I want to meet the chiefs.

Yea, I want to meet all scouts.

I won't miss my friends cos I know where they'll be,

we're all part of the Indian family.

Flying high, riders in the sky.

Na na na na

Flying high, riders in the sky.

Na na na na

It's alright, Baby. I'm OK, honey.

I'm only travellin' thru this state of mine.

Hey it's alright, mama, I'm doin' fine now, mama.

I'm only in a certain state of mind.

When I go to heaven, Hog Hog heaven.

I'll have a drink with Elvis while Marlon's on his way.

We're kickin' and we're revvin', we're dressing up in style.

It's time to take a ride on that freeway in the sky.

Flying high, riders in the sky.

Na na na na

Flying high, riders in the sky.

Na na na na

(repeat)

Come on, come on.

 

Crash! Boom! Bang!

My Papa told me to stay out of trouble,

"When you've found your man, make sure he's for real!".

I've learned that nothing really lasts forever.

I sleep with the scars I wear that won't heal, they won't heal.

Cos every time I seem to fall in love,

Crash! Boom! Bang!

I find the heart but then I hit the wall,

Crash! Boom! Bang!

That's the call, that's the game

and the pain stays the same.

I'm walking down this empty road to nowhere,

I pass by the houses and blocks I once knew.

My Mama told me not to mess with sorrow,

but I always did, and Lord, I still do.

I'm still breaking the rules.

I kick it up. I kick it down.

Cos every time I seem to fall in love,

Crash! Boom! Bang!

I find the heart but then I hit the wall,

Crash! Boom! Bang!

That's my real middle-name,

it has always been the same.

That's the call, that's the game

and the pain stays the same.

I still feel the heat -

Slowly fallin' from the sky -

And the taste of the kissing,

shattered by rain -

Comin' tumblin' from behind -

And the wild holy war.

I kick it up. I kick it down

And every time I seem to fall in love,

Crash! Boom! Bang!

I find the roses dying on the floor,

Crash! Boom! Bang!

That's the tall, that's the game

and the pain stays the same.

That's my real middle-name,

it has always been the same.

Oh Yea Oh Yea Oh Yea ah-hah,

been the same, been the same.

It has always been the same.

It has always been the same.

 

Fireworks

I once knew a girl, I can't remember her name

But I remember her face cos her sister looked the same.

They both left school, but they couldn't find a job.

So they said farewell and stole a small town car.

As they were riding by the beach some summer night,

The radio shouted out one of those songs

That might just change your life -

It went like this:

"Checkin' in checkin' out,

Making love I like watching all your fireworks.

I like it when I light those stars in your eyes,

Just like fireworks in the sky"

- yes it did...

Throwing some poems to the ports and docks.

They were sleeping outdoors pushing all their luck.

They sent me a letter full of pills and thrills,

Then they both got rich and moved to Hollywood Hills.

Yea they made lots of money playing folk guitar,

Cos everywhere the boys went crazy just to hear these words of art:

"Checkin' in checkin' out,

Take it to the sky, making love

I like watching all your fireworks.

I like it when I light those stars in your eyes,

Just like fireworks in the sky"

They're coming to get you.

They're coming to get you now.

Coming to get you now.

They're coming to get you.

They're coming to get you now.

Coming to get you now.

"Checkin' in checkin' out,

Take it to the sky, making love

I like watching all your fireworks.

I like it when I light those stars in your eyes,

Just like fireworks in the sky"

Watch the sky!

 

Run To You

Baby, sometimes I feel like dying,

Driving while I'm closing my eyes.

Moving in and out of hiding,

Trying to catch some truth in my life.

Watching your stars and your moonlight,

Come tumbling down from the sky.

Take it now.

I'm gonna run to you, I'm gonna come to you,

I wanna find you in everything that I do.

I'm gonna run to you, I'm gonna count on you,

I'm gonna follow. Baby, what else can I do?

Sunday morning, my town is sleeping.

Lying all alone in my bed,

There's not a sound, I can't help but listening.

Wishing I was somewhere else instead.

But sometimes they're too hard to handle,

These voices inside my head.

Listen now.

I'm gonna run to you, I'm gonna come to you,

I wanna find you in everything that I do.

I'm gonna run to you, I'm gonna count on you,

I'm gonna follow. Baby, what else can I do?

Take a walk inside my dream:

A church, a lonely road.

All the people come and go and come and go.

I'm gonna run to you, I'm gonna come to you.

Do it now!

I'm gonna run to you, I'm gonna count on you.

I'm gonna run to you, I'm gonna come to you,

I wanna find you in everything that I do.

I'm gonna run to you, I'm gonna count on you,

I'm gonna follow. Baby, what else can I do?

 

Sleeping In My Car

I'll tell you what i've done, i'll tell you what i'll do.

Been driving all nite just to get close to you.

Baby Babe - I'm moving so fast, you'd better come on.

The moon is alright, the freeway's heading south.

My hard is going Boom!, there's a strange taste in my mouth.

Baby Babe - I'm moving real fast, so try to hold on, try to hold on!

Sleeping in my car - I will undress you.

Sleeping in my car - I will caress you.

Staying in the back seat of my car making up.

So come out tonight, i'll take you for a ride.

This steamy ol' wagon, the radio is getting wild.

Baby Babe - we're moving so fast, I try to hang on, try to hang on!

Sleeping in my car - I will undress you.

Sleeping in my car - I will caress you.

Staying in the back seat of my car making love, oh yea!

Sleeping in my car - I will possess you.

Sleeping in my car - certainly bless you.

Laying in the back seat of my car making up.

The night is so pretty and so young.

The night is so pretty and so young.

So very young... Yea.

Sleeping in my car - I will undress you.

Sleeping in my car - I will caress you.

Staying in the back seat of my car making love to you.

Sleeping in my car - I will possess you.

Sleeping in my car - certainly bless you.

Laying in the back seat of my car making up, making up.

I will undress you. I will undress you.

Sleeping in my car.

The night is so pretty and so young.

 

Vulnerable

Everywhere I look I see her smile,

Her absent-minded eyes.

And she has kept me wondering for so long,

How this thing could go wrong.

It seems to me that we are both the same,

Playing the same game.

But as darkness falls this true love falls apart,

Into a riddle of her heart.

She's so vulnerable, like china in my hands.

She's so vulnerable and I don't understand.

I could never hurt the one I love, she's all i've got.

But she's so vulnerable, oh so vulnerable.

Days like these no one should be alone,

No heart should hide away.

Her touch is gently conquering my mind,

There's nothing words can say.

She's coloured all the secrets of my soul,

I've whispered all my dreams.

But just as nighttime falls this vision falls apart,

Into a riddle of her heart, yea.

She's so vulnerable, like china in my hands.

She's so vulnerable and I don't understand.

I could never hurt the one I love, she's all i've got.

But she's so vulnerable, oh so vulnerable yea.

Don't hide your eyes...

She's so vulnerable, like china in my hands.

She's so vulnerable and I don't understand.

I could never hurt the one I love, she's all i've got.

But she's so vulnerable, oh so vulnerable yea.

 

The First Girl On The Moon

She was the first girl on the moon.

She didn't compromise,

When she took off that cold afternoon,

Heading for the northern skies.

I told her I could come,

That I could come along.

She was the first girl on the moon,

I think I was her only friend.

She brought her raygun, an old harpoon,

Just in case of accidents.

I told her I could come,

That I could come along.

But she didn't let me come along.

Wave goodbye. Wave goodbye.

She was the first girl on the moon,

Standing tall, flag in hand.

She looked around humming a tune,

The strangest song known to man.

I told her I could come, that I could come along.

But she never let me come along.

Wave goodbye. Wave goodbye.

 

Place Your Love

Sunday, sick o' my tears.

Monday morning, I could've felt much better.

Tuesday, you're in my way,

I wish you would type my heart a letter.

Place your love, in my world.

It's for you, it's made for you.

I need time, a lot o' time.

To get you off my mind.

To get you off my mind.

Wednesday, nuthin's OK.

Thursday afternoon, I wish I was sleepin'.

Friday and Saturday sun,

Gettin' up early but I can't get nuthin' done.

Place your love, in my world.

It's for you, it's made for you.

I need time, a lot o' time.

To get you off my mind.

To get you off my mind.

Maybe you'll come here.

Maybe you'll disappear.

Maybe the clouds I fear

Will turn to flowers in the air.

These cool vibrations,

They're hitting me all the time.

You've got me diggin' and divin'

In the garden of my mind.

Friday and Saturday sun.

Place your love, in my world.

It's for you, it's made for you.

I need time, a lot o' time.

To get you off my mind.

To get you off my mind.

It's a high, to watch you fly

Across the sky.

All the time.

To watch you all the time.

 

I Love The Sound Of Crashing Guitars

Mao mao mao...

I love the sound of smashing guitars.

I love the sound of crashing guitars.

Red guitars against the wall.

Big guitars can turn so small.

I love the sound of crashing guitars.

Show it!

The 6-string kick inside.

The 6-string kick inside.

The 6-string kick inside.

I love the sound of breaking guitars.

I love the sound of crashing guitars.

Hey you long haired vintage jesus.

Break the guitar into 1000 pieces.

I love the sound of crashing guitars.

Don't you?

The 6-string kick inside.

The 6-string kick inside.

Don't you love the sound of crashing guitars?

Don't you love the sound of crashing electric guitars?

Don't you love that sound, drivin' in your car.

Don't you love the sound of crashing electric guitars?

Don't you? Don't you?

I love the touch of watching the stars.

I love the sound of trashing guitars.

Custom made, townshend's ace.

Smash the axe and break the case.

I love the sound of crashing guitars.

Crashing and crashing!

The 6-string kick inside.

The 6-string kick inside

I love the sound of crashing guitars. Mao mao mao...

(repeat)

 

What's She Like

What's she like when she turns around to kiss you goodnight?

When she wakes up in the morning by your side?

What's she like?

What's she like?

The yellow moon or the deep blue of the sea?

Do you feel the same way you did when it was me?

What's she like?

Oh I've been holding on,

I've been holding on for far too long.

I've been holding on,

I've been holding on much too long.

What's she like when you're making love and stars are in her eyes?

When you're looking for the answers in her smile?

What's she like?

Oh I've been holding on,

I've been holding on for far too long.

I've been holding on,

I've been holding on much too long.

Too long.

I never knew I could love somebody the way I loved you.

I never thought I'd be the broken-hearted.

Nothing hurts you like the truth.

So what's she like when she turns to you, when push comes to shove?

When she whispers in your ear that she's in love?

What's she like?

Oh I've been holding on,

I've been holding on for far too long.

I've been holding on,

I've been holding on much too long.

Too long.

So what's she like?

I've been holding.

 

Do You Wanna Go The Whole Way?

Before we take off all our clothes and get close together.

Before it gets too serious both of us need to know.

Are we gonna go the whole way this time?

This time?

Before all secrets are revealed old scars must heal or wither.

But it's getting very late and I can't wait anymore.

Are we gonna go the whole way this time.

Do you wanna go the whole way this time?

This time?

Do you wanna go the whole way now?

We're taking it easy.

Do you wanna go the whole way, Babe?

Kick it in, kick it in slowly.

Do you wanna go the whole way this time?

Do you wanna go the whole way for sure.

Do you wanna go the whole way this time?

This time?

This time?

Do ya?

Do you wanna go the whole way?

 

Lies

Put 'em on,

Put the big boots on -

Baby put them big boots on.

Make a mark,

Make a good kick start -

Kick yourself right outa my heart.

It's a cookin' jumpin' jivin' shout,

Cos you're every little thing I can do without.

Every line you lay, every trick you trade.

They could never ever make the grade.

Lies,

La-la-la-la-lies.

It's all lies,

La-la-la-la-lies.

You're all lies.

Honeybutt,

Keep your big mouth shut -

Baby keep that big mouth shut.

It's a steamin' jumpin' jivin' shout,

Cos you're every little thing I still dream about.

But the love you lay, every prayer you pray.

It will never ever make my day.

Listen to me good...

Lies,

La-la-la-la-lies.

It's all lies -

Only lies -

La-la-la-la-lies.

You're all lies.

Doo doo doo doo doo.

Lies,

La-la-la-la-lies.

It's all lies -

Only lies -

La-la-la-la-lies.

You're all lies.

(repeat)

 

I'm Sorry

The first time we met time stood still -

You left me breathless,

Suddenly speechless.

Within the hour we were one -

Two total strangers kissing the moonlight.

Oh, you know I'm sorry I had to go.

I'm really sorry it had to die.

I'm really sorry I made you cry.

Cry

We fell in love between the nights -

Of too many lovers and too many teardrops.

And fate won't resist some satin sheets -

I was so helpless,

Totally ruthless.

Oh, you know I'm sorry I had to go.

I'm really sorry you're hurt inside.

I'm really sorry I made you cry.

Cry, cry

Love is lifting you up and draggin' you down,

Makes you go round and round and round.

Time makes a stop then it's all gone.

Funny how memories keep lingering on.

Oh, you know I'm sorry I had to go.

I'm really sorry it had to die.

I'm really sorry I made you cry.

Oh, you know I'm sorry I had to go.

I'm really sorry you're hurt inside.

I'm really sorry I made you cry.

Cry

 

Love Is All (Shine Your Light On Me)

Love is all, love is all around you.

Love is there in your laughter,

In your hair, love flows everywhere.

Love is old, love is older than you.

But the light shining through,

Makes me see, your love is all new.

Hey, sha la la.

Shine a light, shine on me.

Shine your light on me, sha la la.

Shine your light on me.

Love is all, love will always be The Law.

And higher love radiates on us all, on us all.

Hey, sha la la.

Shine a light, shine on me.

Shine your light on me, sha la la.

Shine your light on me.

(repeat)

Love is all...

 

Go To Sleep

There's a shadow on the terrace,

A snow dance for the living.

There's heavy weather on the way,

I heard it on the news.

And life's a tough principal

Who won't reward the losers.

Your name is on the tea-cup,

There's nothing I can do.

But to wish you'd think about me

Before you go to sleep.

And I wish you the best there is

Before you go to sleep.

There are tears without the colour,

A million seas with water.

An ocean full of people

Where shattered hearts can go.

And love's a golden ripple

Where answers are so simple.

But the explanations

Are very hard to do.

And I wish you'd think about me

Before you go to sleep.

And I wish you the best there is

Before you go to sleep.

Yes I wish you'd think about me

Before you go to sleep.

And I wish you the best there is

Before you go to sleep.

Go to sleep.

 

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