All lyrics by Bernard Edwards & Nile Rodgers of the CHIC org. - Take It Off 1981
STAGE FRIGHT BURN HARD FLASH BACK
My stage fright holds back me all night
Stage fright
 
(*) My stage fright holds back me all night
Stage fright, it's down right mind boggling
My stage fright
 
Ten thousand eyes stare down upon me
Five thousand handsome viewers
Make me feel a tingle in my spine
The light are bright and so adorning
They hypnotise and make me realize
That things'll work out just fine
 
(* repeat)
 
(**) The people's screams are like injections
Of magic stimulation, fascination
Hits me right on time
Once I get out there, gonna show them
 
That pound for pound
There's no one else around
I'm puttin' it on the line
 
(* repeat 2 times)
(** repeat)
(* repeat 2 times)
 
My stage fright
(*) Slap your bass, burn hard, burn hard
Work out, work out
Brahms gonna do the charm
Slap your bass, burn hard, burn hard
 
When the music calls, it's like your ten feet tall
A song can take you far away from day to day
 
(**) Let's drink to it, hold to it
(Burn hard today, today get smart)
Let's refine and free fine and moonshine
(Smart as a fox)
 
(* repeat)
 
I know the world has changed
But some things are the same
Like COD's and SOB's and ABC's
 
(** repeat)
(* repeat)
 
Burn hard, slap your bass
Burn hard, slap your bass
 
(* repeat)
 
Burn hard today, today get smart
Smart as a fox, a fox you say
 
Burn hard, slap your bass
(repeat and fade)
(*) Makin' love and dance was all we'd do
A little teasin' and plenty pleasin'
Makin' love and dance was all we'd do
A little teasin'
 
Allow me to take you back and attempt
To satisfy my curiousity
Please tell me where to place the blame
The responsibility for the change, very strange
 
(* repeat)
 
I've been thinkin' about
The good times we shared
Just getting high from the memory
You were always there, so willing to care
Now you're gone, I'm alone
 
(* repeat)
 
Flash back, a few years in time
Maybe then you will find
That the reason for the pleasin' was the teasin'
 
Now come on, get off and get used to it, my dear
Let the music possess you
And make love to your ears
 
Come on back, come on back
My sweet sexy love
Come on back, sweet love
 
(* repeat and fade)
TELLING LIES YOUR LOVE IS CANCELLED WOULD YOU BE MY BABY
(*) Telling lies is your hobby
And you don't give a damn about the truth
 
Telling lies is your hobby
And you don't give a damn about the truth
 
You're just like Pinocchio
Every time you tell one
Now you know it grows
Why don't you stop this foolishness
I can't tolerate any more of this
now you know it's late
You keep tellin' me lies, I'm on ice
 
(* repeat)
 
Runnin', hidin', slippin', slidin'
Always abidin' by your own rules
You won't win, you'll find there's no escape
You can't run this time
This time you'll pay for your crime
All I want is the truth but you keep on
 
(* repeat)
 
Why won't you, why won't you
Why won't you try to tell the truth
Watchin' the late show
I made up my mind, oh
A love that is free like a love should be
Fallin' behind, oh
Don't you see you are the one
I couldn't have begun
No, your love is cancelled
No, your love is cancelled
 
(*) (Just) look at who you are
Thinkin' you're a star
Try and hold me back, breakin' from your pack
 
(**) Just look at what you've done
Got me on the run
Took me for a ride, really hurt my pride
 
Well I saw it on TV 'bout someone like me
You just couldn't wait till I feel for you
To start your deceiving
It's the truth, you're not the one
I shouldn't have begun
No, your love is cancelled
No, your love is cancelled
 
(* repeat)
 
Just look at what you've done
Got me on the run
You hurt my pride, took me for a ride
 
(* repeat)
(** repeat)
 
Your love is cancelled
Your love is cancelled
Don't get mad, your love is cancelled
'Cause your reading's bad
Your love is cancelled
(*) Could you be my, be my baby
Don,t you tell me no or maybe
If you won,t I will go crazy
Be my baby
 
When a woman like me boy
Says there,s gonna be, boy
 
Between us something beautiful
Listen, open up your heart and let me in
Feel the way I love you
I love you so madly and I,ll go crazy
Maybe all night, baby, yes and day
 
(* repeat)
 
When the sky starts falling
That,s when I,ll start calling
I want you so badly so why can,t you
Just comply with my needs
Think of how I say that I love you
I love you cause your beautiful
And if I could I know that I,d
 
Love you till the end
 
(* repeat)
 
Oh why don,t you come on and be, yeah
Why don,t you come on and be, yeah
Why don,t you come on and be
 
(* repeat)
SO FINE TAKE IT OFF JUST OUT OF REACH
(*) So fine, so fine to me
 
'Cause you're so fine, so fine to me
So fine
 
(* repeat 2 times)
 
So fine, so fine to me
 
So fine, 'cause you're so fine
 
(* repeat)
Take it off, all off
Your package is nice but I've got to look twice
To find the real you
Your Calvins fit sung but I don't think
They hug you like I do
Now I understand the clothes don't make a man
So I'll take them off
 
Take it off, all off
What's the deal
How can you make me feel like a novice
 
I don't know what you do
When I'm so close to you
But don't stop it
My heart palpitates 'cause your body looks great
When you take it off
 
Take it off, all off, take it all off
Take it off, all off, take it all off
 
To feel your body all night love
 
Makin' love just can't be wrong
Keep the feelin' comin' strong
You make my heart palpitate
 
'Cause your body looks so great
When you take it off
 
Take it off, all off, take it all off
Take it off, all off, take it all off
(*) I want a love that's mine all mine, all the time
You keep it just out of reach
I want a love that's mine all mine
You keep it just out of reach
 
She arrives all bright-eyed and bushy-tailed
Oh but soon, soon the tears will swell
Makin' it here seems such a cinch
But soon she'll smell the stench
Of the gutter-dwellers, them pretty fellows
 
(**) I want a love that's mine all mine, all the time
You keep it just out of reach
I want a love that's mine all mine
 
I sit alone and wonder why
Sweet love just pass me by
Is there someone out there who wants to try
I'll protect you, girl I never will neglect you
Just slip on this ring and
I will make your heart sing, my love
 
(* repeat)
(** repeat)
 
I want a love that's mine all mine
But you keep it out of reach (repeat)
Thanks to Soeren from Denmark who transcribed all the lyrics.