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Artist: Electric Light Orchestra
Track: Turn to Stone

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The city streets are empty now
(The lights don't shine no more)
And so the songs are way down low

A sound that flows into my mind
(The echoes of the daylight)
Of everything that is alive
(In my blue world)

I turn to stone when you are gone
I turn to stone
I turn to stone, when you comin' home
I can't go on

The dying embers of a night
(A fire that slowly fades 'till dawn)
Still glow upon the wall so bright (turning, turning)

The tired streets that hide away
(From here to everywhere they go)
Roll past my door into the day
In my blue world

I turn to stone when you are gone
I turn to stone
I turn to stone, when you comin' home
I can't go on

Turn to stone when you are gone
I turn to stone

Yes, I'm turnin' to stone
'Cause you ain't coming home
Why ain't you comin' home
If I'm turnin' to stone
You've been gone for so long
And I can't carry on
Yes, I'm turnin', I'm turnin'
I'm turnin' to stone

The dancing shadows on the wall
(The two-step in the hall)
Are all I see since you've been gone (turning, turning)

Through all I sit here and I wait
(I turn to stone, I turn to stone)
You will return again some day
To my blue world

I turn to stone when you are gone
I turn to stone
I turn to stone, when you comin' home
I can't go on

I turn to stone when you are gone
I turn to stone

I turn to stone when you are gone
I turn to stone
Turn to stone, when you comin' home
I can't go on

I turn to stone when you are gone
I turn to stone
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Electric Light Orchestra - Turn To Stone Lyrics
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Genius Meanings
Electric Light Orchestra – Turn to Stone
[Verse 1] / The city streets are empty now / (The lights don't shine no more) / And so the songs are way down low / (Turning, turning, turning) / A sound that flows into my mind
Electric Light Orchestra – Turn to Stone (2012 Version)
The city streets are empty now / -The lights don't shine no more / And so the songs are way down low / -Turning, turning, turning / A sound that flows into my mind / -The echoes of
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[Verse 1] / Pack up all your things / We're gonna be leavin' / Sooner than I thought / Take the things you bought / Clouds are gathering / Say goodbye to all your friends / We're
Electric Light Orchestra – Mr. Blue Sky
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Randy Newman – The Story of a Rock and Roll Band
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Electric Light Orchestra – Wild West Hero (Alternate Bridge Home Demo)
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ELO Part II – Showdown
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