Radio Paradise (mobile)

Nights in white satin, never reaching the end,
Letters I've written, never meaning to send.
Beauty I'd always missed with these eyes before.
Just what the truth is, I can't say anymore.

'Cos I love you, yes I love you, oh how I love you.

Gazing at people, some hand in hand,
Just what I'm going through they can't understand.
Some try to tell me, thoughts they cannot defend,
Just what you want to be, you will be in the end.

And I love you, yes I love you,
Oh how I love you, oh how I love you.

Nights in white satin, never reaching the end,
Letters I've written, never meaning to send.
Beauty I've always missed, with these eyes before.
Just what the truth is, I can't say anymore.

'Cos I love you, yes I love you,
Oh how I love you, oh how I love you.
'Cos I love you, yes I love you,
Oh how I love you, oh how I love you.

Breath deep
The gathering gloom
Watch lights fade
From every room
Bedsitter people
Look back and lament
Another day's useless
Energy spent

Impassioned lovers
Wrestle as one
Lonely man cries for love
And has none
New mother picks up
And suckles her son
Senior citizens
Wish they were young

Cold hearted orb
That rules the night
Removes the colours
From our sight
Red is gray and
Yellow white
But we decide
Which is right
And
Which is an Illusion

z11355 Apr 25, 2013 - 06:05	I was done w/ this song back in the 70's. [ Reply ]
mread Apr 24, 2013 - 15:46	One of the local radio personalities recites the poem at the end in a heavy drunk Irish brogue. Hilarious. Sorry, I know it's a "you-had-to-be-there" thing, so forgive me. But try to imagine ... [ Reply ]
Geecheeboy Apr 24, 2013 - 15:40	This short sample motivates me to break out the original and listen to the whole thing. "Just what you want to be, you'll be in the end..." How many times in my life have I ruminated over that thought? Many. [ Reply ]
elduderino Mar 24, 2013 - 04:10	always fine!!! great, timeless song!!! [ Reply ]
ziakut Jan 20, 2013 - 09:55	Overblown drama...lends itself to very pretentious content. In this case with the Moody Blues...it works. I like the production and over use of strings and the stately, dramatic "breathe deep" reading...It's all part of a time gone completely from mainstream music. Never such a concept or vision is created today in this sterile, "buy one song from the artist not the album on iTunes", formulaic music society. Long story short...yes it's a bit campy and over the top...but I'll take it. [ Reply ]
buddy Dec 20, 2012 - 01:31	fuzzy wrote: [ Reply ]
buddy Dec 20, 2012 - 01:30	When in the hell is the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame gonna get their head out of their ass and induct these guys? I mean....ABBA??? [ Reply ]
jocelynsart Nov 18, 2012 - 16:50	a tiny bit before my time, can take it or leave it, liked it more when I first heard this than now in my late 40s [ Reply ]
Dyn0hub Nov 18, 2012 - 16:48	not terrible. [ Reply ]
schitfitz Oct 18, 2012 - 09:36	This was one of those tunes that turned me away from pop way way back in late 60's. It's still one of my favs. It was one of the first songs I heard while listening to Radio Caroline. The BBC would never play anything good except on Saturday's "Allan Freeman Show" but Caroline even predated that. What ever happened to Radio Caroline? Oh well, RP a damned fine successor though. [ Reply ]
petesoper Oct 18, 2012 - 08:16	Ah, the 60s and the psychedelic drugs before they became problematic... This song is a 10, but "Tuesday Afternoon" is a 12.. [ Reply ]
iam_overlord Oct 18, 2012 - 08:15	And all this time I thought it was "Knights" in White Satin. I'd like to say this changes everything, but I'm still sooooo tired of this song. [ Reply ]
Proclivities Sep 16, 2012 - 19:00	"Breath deep...the gathering gloom..." — accompanied by mellotron and gong. [ Reply ]
grogg Aug 16, 2012 - 07:24	If I could give this song an 11 I would. Was all downhill after this album. [ Reply ]
michaelgmitchell Aug 16, 2012 - 07:24	rotten wrote: Mike Pinder Era Moody Blues were great. Wish they would remix this album without the awful orchestral parts. Interesting, as I was thinking along the same lines. I've found the 'Let it Be, Naked' album released without all the schlopp to be spectacular. I'd like to hear this track re-mastered without all the "stuff" and see how it stands up. [ Reply ]
hollirg1 Aug 16, 2012 - 07:18	macbags wrote: U2 is equal to moody blues::? 8.1?? I DON'T THINK SO. I do. [ Reply ]
LongGoneDaddy Aug 16, 2012 - 07:18	ZiegZeon wrote: The whole "Rock and Roll" Hall of Fame is a joke. The owner won't let Rush in simply because HE doesn't like Rush. that's not it. He can't speak Canadian! give it up for Cleveland, land of Smoke on the Water/Cuyahoga. Gotta love dem Buckeyes! ;) [ Reply ]
ozzie1313 Jul 15, 2012 - 21:05	This song evokes so much emotion and so many remembrances it is both beautiful and bittersweet simultaneously. [ Reply ]
macbags Jul 15, 2012 - 20:59	U2 is equal to moody blues::? 8.1?? I DON'T THINK SO. [ Reply ]
tkosh Jul 15, 2012 - 20:53	These guys played recently in Minneapolis. Justin Hayward still sounds exactly the same.. [ Reply ]