Year: 1985 - Album: The Best of Simple Minds
Written by Charles Burchill, Jim Kerr, Mc Neil Michael Joseph
INTRO: G G C F F G You turn me on C You lift me up F G like the sweetest cup i'd share with you C You lift me up F G Dont'you ever stop. I'm there with you C Now it's all or nothing, F G 'cause you said you'll follow through C You follow me, F G and I I I follow you G What you gonna do when the things go wrong? G What you gonna do when it alla cracks up? C What you gonna do when love burns down? F What you gonna do when the flames go up? Em Who is gonna come and turn the tide? Em What's it gonna take to make a dream survive? C Who's got the touch to calm the storm inside? F Who's gonna save you?.... G Alive and kicking C F Stay until your love is G Alive and kicking C F Stay until you love is until your love is alive... Instr. G G C F G C Oh, you lift me up F G To the crucial top so i can see. C Oh you lead me on F G till the feelings come and the lights that shine on C But if that dont't mean nothing F G like if some day it should fall through C You'd take me home F Where the magic's from and I'll be with you G What you gonna do when the things go wrong? G What you gonna do when it alla cracks up? C What you gonna do when love burns down? F What you gonna do when the flames go up? Em Who is gonna come and turn the tide? Em What's it gonna take to make a dream survive? C Who's got the touch to calm the storm inside? F Don't say good-bye.Dont' say good-bye F In the final second who's gonna save you? D F Ooh, oh, oh..Alive and kicking D Oh stay untill your love is, love is C G Alive and kicking D F Ooh, oh, oh..Alive and kicking D Oh stay untill your love is, love is C G Alive and kicking........ Instr. G G Em Cmaj7 G G F ...Alive and kicking... (fade out)