| Song | Head Above the Waves |
| Artist | John Waite |
| Album | The Essential |
| Download | Image LRC TXT |
| Written:J.Waite/W.Stocker/M.Corby/A.Brock | |
| You quit the band and got a job | |
| Decided to take a wife | |
| Then you stood still | |
| And I went on | |
| And almost lost my life | |
| No I don't wanna be in your shoes | |
| And I don't wanna read local news | |
| And though I know we had the same views | |
| Who's the fool? | |
| Try and keep your head above the waves | |
| Try and tell yourself that you're safe | |
| I know you do your best to keep faith | |
| So round and round we go | |
| It's a shame | |
| Oh but you never know | |
| There you go praised again | |
| Your head pressed against the glass | |
| You always tried to put me down | |
| But I knew that it couldn't last | |
| Cause I don't wanna be in your shoes | |
| And I don't wanna read local news | |
| And though I know we had the same views | |
| Who's the fool | |
| Try 'n keep your head above the waves | |
| Try and tell yourself that you're safe | |
| I know you do your best to keep faith | |
| So try and keep your head above the waves | |
| Oh, feels so good | |
| Yeah yeah yeah yeah | |
| I knew it would | |
| Oh it just don't mean that much anymore oh |
| Written: J. Waite W. Stocker M. Corby A. Brock | |
| You quit the band and got a job | |
| Decided to take a wife | |
| Then you stood still | |
| And I went on | |
| And almost lost my life | |
| No I don' t wanna be in your shoes | |
| And I don' t wanna read local news | |
| And though I know we had the same views | |
| Who' s the fool? | |
| Try and keep your head above the waves | |
| Try and tell yourself that you' re safe | |
| I know you do your best to keep faith | |
| So round and round we go | |
| It' s a shame | |
| Oh but you never know | |
| There you go praised again | |
| Your head pressed against the glass | |
| You always tried to put me down | |
| But I knew that it couldn' t last | |
| Cause I don' t wanna be in your shoes | |
| And I don' t wanna read local news | |
| And though I know we had the same views | |
| Who' s the fool | |
| Try ' n keep your head above the waves | |
| Try and tell yourself that you' re safe | |
| I know you do your best to keep faith | |
| So try and keep your head above the waves | |
| Oh, feels so good | |
| Yeah yeah yeah yeah | |
| I knew it would | |
| Oh it just don' t mean that much anymore oh |
| Written: J. Waite W. Stocker M. Corby A. Brock | |
| You quit the band and got a job | |
| Decided to take a wife | |
| Then you stood still | |
| And I went on | |
| And almost lost my life | |
| No I don' t wanna be in your shoes | |
| And I don' t wanna read local news | |
| And though I know we had the same views | |
| Who' s the fool? | |
| Try and keep your head above the waves | |
| Try and tell yourself that you' re safe | |
| I know you do your best to keep faith | |
| So round and round we go | |
| It' s a shame | |
| Oh but you never know | |
| There you go praised again | |
| Your head pressed against the glass | |
| You always tried to put me down | |
| But I knew that it couldn' t last | |
| Cause I don' t wanna be in your shoes | |
| And I don' t wanna read local news | |
| And though I know we had the same views | |
| Who' s the fool | |
| Try ' n keep your head above the waves | |
| Try and tell yourself that you' re safe | |
| I know you do your best to keep faith | |
| So try and keep your head above the waves | |
| Oh, feels so good | |
| Yeah yeah yeah yeah | |
| I knew it would | |
| Oh it just don' t mean that much anymore oh |