The Donna Summer Lyrics Collection

high.pos.		chart entry
US	2	8/79
D	25	10/79
GB	-

Dim All The Lights
(Donna Summer)

Dim all the lights sweet darling
Cause tonight it's all the way
Turn up the old Vitrola
Gonna dance the night away

Love just don't come easy
No it seldom does
When you find the perfect love
Let it fill you up

Dim all the lights sweet darling ....

Dim all the lights sweet honey
Cause tonight it's you and me
No need to worry darlin'
Cause it's for eternity

Love don't come easy
This you know I understand
I want to be your woman
If you'll be my man
Let yourself go freely and I'll
Show you things that you've dreamed of
Don't think that your dreaming
We've found the perfect love
And I'm like a cup come fill me up

Dim all the lights sweet darling ....

Do what you want
You can use me all you want
Take me bottom to top
Don't leave anything undone

No, no, no do it tonight
You know the moments are right
Turn my brown body white
Come let's dim all the lights

Dim all the lights sweet darling ....

No More Tears (Enough Is Enough) ....

high.pos.		chart entry
US	1	1/80
GB	19	2/80
D	34	3/80

On The Radio
(Georgio Moroder/Donna Summer)

Someone found a letter you wrote me, on the radio
And they told the world just how you felt
It must have fallen out of a hole in your old brown overcoat
They never said your name
But I knew just who they meant.

I was so surprised and shocked, and I wondered, too
If by chance you heard it for yourself
I never told a soul just how I've been feeling about you
But they said it really loud
They said it on the air
On the radio - whoa, oh, oh
On the radio - whoa oh oh oh
On the radio - whoa, oh, oh
On the radio - whoa, oh, oh

Now, now don't it kinda strike you sad when you hear our song
Things are not the same since we broke up last June
The only thing that I wanna hear is that you love me still
And that you think you'll be comin' home real soon
Whoa, oh, yeah, yeah
And it made me feel proud when I heard you say
You couldn't find the words to say it yourself
And now in my heart I know I can say what I really feel
'Cause they said it really loud
They said it on the air
On the radio - whoa, oh, oh
On the radio - whoa, oh, oh
On the radio - whoa, oh, oh
On the radio

Played in shorter version:
If you think that love isn't found on the radio
Well tune right in you made find the love you lost
'Cause now I'm sitting here with the man I sent away long ago
It sounded really loud
They said it really loud
On the radio - whoa, oh, oh
On the radio - whoa, oh, oh
On the radio - whoa, oh, oh
On the radio - whoa, oh, oh
On the radio - whoa, oh, oh

[long version]
Sendin' in a letter to tell them that I love you, too
If you hear it, maybe you will know
When you hear them read the line about love's return on the radio
You'll think about the two of us and you'll come home
Whoa, oh, oh
If you knew just how I'd felt why'd you make me wait?
Life goes on and on while you play with my heart
Don't hold on any longer 'cause now I know how you really feel
'Cause I heard it really loud
They said it on the air
On the radio - whoa, oh, oh
On the radio - whoa, oh, oh
On the radio - whoa, oh, oh
On the radio - whoa, oh, oh

Now, if you think that love isn't found on the radio
Then tune right in you made find the love you lost
'Cause now I'm sittin here with the man I sent away long ago
It sounded really loud
They said it really loud
On the radio - whoa, oh, oh
On the radio - whoa, oh, oh
On the radio - whoa, oh, oh
On the radio - whoa, oh, oh
On the radio - whoa, oh, oh

high.pos.		chart entry
US	4	9/80
GB	26	10/80
D	-

The Wanderer
(Donna Summer/Giorgio Moroder)

Woke up this morning, drogged myself across the bed
Alice went to wonderland but I stayed home instead
I started feeling bad 'cause I was left behind
'Cause I'm a wanderer, oh yes, I'm a wanderer

She climbed right through the mirror
Oh that really blew my mind
I think I'll follow through her rhythm and her rhyme
I know I'm ready now, it's just a little time
'Cause I'm a wanderer, I'm a wanderer

'Cause I'm wanderer, I travel every place
'Cause I'm a wanderer, from here to outer space
'Cause I'm a wanderer, got no time
'Cause I'm a wanderer, just a wanderer

Slipped down the back stair on my toes
The out door they didn't hear
Now they won't see me anymore
'Cause I'm can't take that nine to five life, it's a bore
'Cause I'm a wanderer, just a wanderer

And so it's up and out and on and off the road
Won't have no troubles 'cause the whole world is my home
No need to worry 'cause I seldom am alone
'Cause I'm wanderer, I'm a wanderer

'Cause I'm wanderer, I travel every place ....

Now you may see me any time and any place
And you may know me from the same look on your face
And I don't know if I could change your frame of mind
'Cause I'm wanderer, just a wanderer ....

high.pos.		chart entry
US	3	6/83
GB	29	6/83
D	11	7/83

She Works Hard For The Money
(Donna Summer/Michael Omartian)

She works hard for the money, so hard for it, honey
She works hard for the money, so you better treat her right
She works hard for the money, so hard for it, honey
She works hard for the money, so you better treat her right

Onetta there in the corner stand and you wonder where she is
And it's strange to her, some people seem to have everything
Nine a.m. on the hour hand and she's waiting for the bell
And she's looking real pretty, just waiting for her clientele

She works hard for the money, so hard for it, honey ..

Twenty eight years have come and gone and she's seen a lot of tears
Of the ones who come in, they really seem to need her there
It's a sacrifice working day to day, for little money just tips for pay
But it's worth it all, just to hear them say that they care

She works hard for the money, so hard for it, honey ...
Already knows she's seen her bad times
Already knows these are the good times
She'll never sell out, she never will, not for a dollar bill
She works hard

She works hard for the money, so hard for it, honey ....
Hard for the money, so hard for it, honey ....
Hard for the money, so hard for it, honey ....

high.pos.		chart entry
GB	3	2/89
US	7	5/89
D	15	4/89

This Time I Know It's For Real

What would I have to do to get you to notice me too
Do I stand in line one of a million admiring eyes
Walk a tightrope way up high
Write your name across the sky

I'm going crazy just to let you know
You'd be amazed how much I love you so
When I get my hands on you, I won't let go
This time I know it's for real

Should I write or call your home
Shout it out with a megaphone
Radio, TV news
Got to find a way to get the message to you
Say I love you with a neon sign
Anything to make you mine

I'm going crazy just to let you know
If I wait too long for you, I might explode
I've been around the block enough to know
This time I know it's for real

Walk a tightrope way up high
Write your name across the sky

I'm going crazy just to let you know
You'd be amazed how much I love you so
When I get my hands on you, I won't let go
This time I know it's for real

I'm going crazy just to let you know
If I wait too long for you, I might explode
I've been around the block enough to know
This time I know it's for real