 Genius Lyrics
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Olivia Newton-John (Ft. Electric Light Orchestra) – Xanadu
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The word Xanadu showed up in the poem Kubla Khan by Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1772-1834). Xanadu is the fictional name of the land where Khubla Khan ordered the dome to be built
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Olivia Newton-John – Greensleeves
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Alas, my love, you do me wrong / To cast me off discourteously / And I have loved you oh so long / Delighting in your company / Greensleeves was all my joy / Greensleeves was my
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Olivia Newton-John – Gaia
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I am your mother - born of the sun / I gave you shelter - what have you done? / Your heart's in turmoil - my world's in pain / I need to turn you back home again / I am a woman - I
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Olivia Newton-John – Fool Country
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Fool,whatever you do you're reminded / Fool,wherever you go you won't find it / I'm really down on love, so save all your smiles / Ooh,I won't be needin' any love for a while / I'm
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Olivia Newton-John – Hopelessly Devoted to You
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“Hopelessly Devoted To You” by Olivia Newton-John was an original song written by John Farrar specifically for the 1978 movie, Grease, which was an adaptation of the 1972 musical
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Olivia Newton-John – Heart Attack
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“Heart Attack” was a single released from Olivia Newton-John’s compliation album Olivia’s Greatest Hits Vol 2. .
The song peaked at #2 in Canada and #3 in the US in late 1982. It
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Olivia Newton-John – Boats Against the Current
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I know it's over / You know it's over / We're just goin' through the motions / But we're sailing separate oceans, worlds apart / And you know it's breakin' my heart / I was a
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Olivia Newton-John – Magic
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After ONJ became an international star in 1978 with the success of the film Grease (and its soundtrack), her next film Xanadu, a roller-skating, disco fantasy flick, was considered
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Olivia Newton-John – Stranger's Touch
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[Verse 1] / I've been doing some soul searching / Feel guilty as a girl can feel / I've got no business smiling, beguiling / I'm caught up in a triangle / No future in this shape I
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Olivia Newton-John – Never Enough
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Twelve hours a day ain't such a long time / It's only a means to an end / He thinks that his pay will buy her devotion / But he's only payin' for her to pretend / What more can he
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Olivia Newton-John – Twist of Fate
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“Twist Of Fate” was ONJ’s last top 10 hit, reaching #5 in early 1984. It comes from the soundtrack of the film Two Of A Kind – an unsuccessful attempt to recreate the success ONJ
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Olivia Newton-John – Trust Yourself
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I need to tell the truth / I can't lie anymore / I need to do what's right / I know that's what my life is for / I can't be quiet anymore / About what I'm supposed to do / I need
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Olivia Newton-John – Changes
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We said a million times we'd change / Can't bring myself to say those words again / A piper never changes tune / You can't grow apples on the moon / The hurtful things we say still
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Olivia Newton-John – Landslide
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“Landslide” was a single from Olivia Newton-John’s album Physical.
The song peaked at #52 on the Billboard Hot 100, #18 on the U.K. Singles chart and #39 on the Dutch Singles
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Olivia Newton-John – Silvery Rain
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[VERSE 1] / Butterflies danced on invisible strings / Showing wings they borrowed from a rainbow / And a blackbird on high sang a praise to the sky / While a light aeroplane
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Olivia Newton-John – Why Me
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Oh don't ask why me, why me, why not me / Why not me is the thing / Don't ask why, life's running by me / Live each moment that it brings / Take the time to smell the roses / Take
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Olivia Newton-John – Warm and Tender
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Warm and tender is my prayer for your world / That I surrender to my girl / All my life I've waited for the angel you are / You're the dream that I knew you'd be / And I love you
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Olivia Newton-John – No Matter What You Do
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No matter what you do I'll send you love / No matter what you say / No matter what you do I'll send you love / Starting today / I'm not lost / I'm not scared / I'm not frightened
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Olivia Newton-John – I Honestly Love You
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I Honestly Love You was written by Jeff Barry and Peter Allen. In the United Kingdom, it was featured on Olivia Newton-John’s fourth album Long Live Love.
In the United States
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Olivia Newton-John – Free The People
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Free the people from the fire / Pull the boat out of the raging sea / Tell the Devil he's a liar / Come and save the likes of me / Saw your light from the street / As I passed by
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Olivia Newton-John – Suspended in Time
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[Verse 1] / A child and a fool in one / So sure I could need no one / My heart always on the run to nowhere / Now as you're holding me / My heart is reminding me / That now I could
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Olivia Newton-John – Come On Over
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[Verse 1] / If my life gets like a jigsaw / With the pieces out of place / Come on over / Put a smile back on my face / [Verse 2] / And if all my bad days came at once / You would
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Olivia Newton-John – Electric
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From the beginning / I was on to you / But like a magnet / I was drawn to you / Don't leave me waiting here in the dark / Switch off the static of a broken heart / We're holding a
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John Farnham & Olivia Newton-John – If Not for You
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[Verse 1] / If not for you / Babe, I couldn't even find the door / I couldn't even see the floor / I'd be sad and blue / If not for you / [Verse 2] / If not for you / Babe, the
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Olivia Newton-John – Grace and Gratitude
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All I have and all I feel / Is all because of you / All I reap is all I sow / And love is our living proof / Thank you for life / Thank you for everything / I stand here in Grace
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Olivia Newton-John – I Need Love
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It's nothing personal / In other circumstances / Another place, another time / I would take my chances / Oh, I know I could take you home tonight / But I don't want to wake up with
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Olivia Newton-John – A Little More Love
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She knows she has no self control over her man. The night is going by slowly and she cannot say no ever.
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Olivia Newton-John – Underneath the Same Sky
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When it's snowing in December / That's when I remember how it used to be / I could smell my mama's cooking / While Dad was outside looking for a Christmas tree / Christmas time in
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Olivia Newton-John – Who Are You Now?
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Somebody said "Tomorrow never brings nothing new" / Wasn't that someone you? / Who are you now? / Don't I remember someone standing outside the door / Wasn't that you before? / Who
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Olivia Newton-John – If You Love Me (Let Me Know)
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[Verse 1] / You came when I was happy in your sunshine / I grew to love you more each passin' day / Before too long, I built my world around you / And I prayed you'd love enough of
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Olivia Newton-John – Love Song
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The words I have to say / May well be simple but they're true / Until you give your love / There's nothing more that we can do / Love is the opening door / Love is what we came
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Olivia Newton-John & Dolly Parton – Jolene
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[Chorus: Olivia Newton-John, Both] / Jolene, Jolene, Jolene, Jolene / I'm beggin' of you, please don't take my man / Jolene, Jolene, Jolene, Jolene / Please don't take him just
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Olivia Newton-John (Ft. Elton John) – The Rumour
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This is the last time / I'll look across this table / And try to face a feeling I don't even recognize / This is a sad hand / That reached across and touched you / When all we'd
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Olivia Newton-John – Let Go Let God
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When you can't find your direction / And your heart won't guide you home / Let Go / Let God / When your dreams are broken in the dust / And you've lost the will to trust / Let Go
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Olivia Newton-John – Soul Kiss
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Soul kiss / You left me dreaming / Now I wonder are things just what they seem / Well, I get down on my knees (and beg you, baby) / Get down on my knees / Soul kiss / Some nights
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Olivia Newton-John – Don't Stop Believin'
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You think the world should see things your way / Love, I know you, you think good fortune's here to stay / Love, I know you shined in everything you tried before / Your smile can
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Olivia Newton-John – Sam
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I heard that you're on your own now / So am I, I'm living alone now / I was wrong, so were you / What will you do / Are you glad to be free / Are you feeling lost, just like me
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Olivia Newton-John – Please Mr. Please
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[Verse 1] / In the corner of the bar there stands a jukebox / With the best of country music, old and new / You can hear your five selections for a quarter / And somebody else's
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Olivia Newton-John – Serenity
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And when the shadow descend again / Give me the eyes / To see / And when the silence / Stills my lips / Give me the words / To speak / Accept the things I can't change / And change
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Olivia Newton-John – Promise (The Dolphin Song)
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[VERSE 1] / See them play in the moonlight / Watch them dance in the sun / They're the children of freedom, everyone / As they care for each other / With no question or cause
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Olivia Newton-John – Emotional Tangle
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The moment we met / You knew me / I felt you melt into me / Wrap around my heart / And shake me inside / One simple conversation / Such gentle communication / Love found a way in
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Olivia Newton-John – Back with a Heart
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Every day the pain dies a little / I'm not at the end but I'm way past the middle / I know when I'm all healed up / I'll be back with a heart and ready to love / Good as new or
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Olivia Newton-John – Take Me Home Country Roads
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[Intro] / Country roads, take me home / To the place I belong / West Virginia, mountain mamma / Take me home, country roads / [Verse 1] / Almost heaven, West Virginia / Blue Ridge
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Olivia Newton-John – Have You Never Been Mellow
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Have You Never Been Mellow topped the Billboard Hot 100 and Adult Contemporary chart in March of 1975. It even peaked at #3 on Billboard’s Hot Country Singles chart.
It also
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Olivia Newton-John – Jolene
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Jolene, Jolene, Jolene, Jolene / I'm begging of you / Please don't take my man / Jolene, Jolene, Jolene, Jolene / Please don't take him / Just because you can / Your beauty is
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Olivia Newton-John – Pass It On
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If a stranger shows you a kindness / For no reason shows you a smile / Don't hold it there in your heart very long / Pass it on / If you find your magical lantern / And your wishes
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Olivia Newton-John – Moth to a Flame
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Here again drawn like a moth to a flame / An invisible force pulling me close to you / I can't break free / There's some kind of hold over me / Like a magnet, you attract me like
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