RELEASE DATE:
March 9, 1999
RECORD LABEL:
East West, Koch, WEA Japan
ALBUM PERFORMERS
Klaus Meine:
Lead Vocals
Rudolf Schenker:
Lead, Rhythm & Acoustic Guitar
Sitar
Backing Vocals
Matthias Jabs:
Lead, Rhythm, Slide & Acoustic Guitar
Voice Box
Mandolin
James Kottak:
Drums
Backing Vocals
Ralph Rieckermann:
Bass Guitar
Backing Vocals
Mick Jones:
Guitar
Peter Wolf:
Piano
Keyboards
Siedah Garrett:
Backing Vocals
Michelle Wolf:
Backing Vocals
Lynn Davis:
Backing Vocals
James Ingram:
Backing Vocals
Phil Perry:
Backing Vocals
Kevin Dorsey:
Backing Vocals

Eye II Eye

1. Mysterious LYRICS
I thought I knew you baby
But it seems I don't know, I don't know you at all
One thing is for sure is you're so bad
And then again, when you kiss me baby
You know it's got the taste
The taste of an eternal life
I want you to feel the taste of life
This moment in time
I hear the call of a siren
This lady is quite
Mysterious
I want your mind to lock in
If my life were a glass of water
Filled by the rain from a velvet sky
I want you to drink
Because your lips are dry
This moment in time
I follow her blind
This lady is quite
Mysterious
I want your mind to lock in
This time I tought I got you baby
But you slipped away
And I tought I'd die
This moment in time
I'm losing my mind
But she remains quite
Mysterious
I'm crossing the line
I will follow her blind
This lady is quite
Mysterious
I want your mind to lock in
I'm losing my mind
I hear the call of a siren
This lady is quite
Mysterious
I want your mind to lock in
You're so bad
I thought I knew you baby
But I don't know you at all
It's got the taste you know it's got the taste
Of an eternal life
05:28
2. To Be No. 1 LYRICS
Give me a job
The one I havn't got
Don't write me off at anytime
Don't ever leave me unsatisfied
I don't wanna come in a second
I just wanna come
Don't wanna be the last in line
Don't wanna be just left behind

And in the evening when I come home
It is time to throw my dog a bone
That's when I wear my shirt that says
In capital letters In capital letters

Isn't it fun fun fun to be number one
(He's got no job, got no blow got no Monica to go to)
Isn't it fun fun fun to be number one
(He's a superstar, wunderbar, out of touch too much)

Don't tell me I'm small
An inch too short
I might not be your size but I'm sure great
And definitely underpaid
So give me a job
The one I haven't got
Don't tell me I'm too poor to join the club
To hang out with the big shots

And in the evening when I come home
It is time to give my dog a bone
That's when I wear my shirt that says
In capital letters In capital letters

Isn't it fun fun fun to be number one
(He's got no job, got no blow, got no Monica to go to)
Isn't it fun fun fun to be number one
(He's a V.I.P. wannabe, all he ever wants is)
Isn't it fun fun fun to be number one
Isn't it fun fun fun yeah to be number one
(He's a V.I.P. wannabe all he ever wants is)
To be number one

And in the evening when I come home
It is time to throw my dog a bone
That's when I wear my shirt that says
In capital letters In capital letters

Isn't it fun fun fun to be number one
(He's got no job, got no blow got no Monica to go to)
Isn't it fun fun fun yeah to be number one
(He's a superstar, wunderbar, out of touch too much)

Isn't it fun fun fun to be number one
Isn't it fun fun fun fun to be number one
To be number one
(Fun, fun, fun)
To be number one
To be number one
(He's got no job, got no blow got no Monica to go to)
To be number one
To be number one
(He's a superstar, wunderbar, out of touch too much)
To be number one
To be number one
(He's got no job, got no blow got no Monica to go to)
Yeah
03:57
3. Obsession LYRICS
Girl I don't think of you
At least that's what I try to do
And I just miss those days
Our secret little place, Oh well
But I'll be there
Anytime your heart is desperate just to love someone
I want you to call my now
Cause it feels so good to be your lover
When my lips are kissing you all over
And no matter what I do I can't get you off my mind
I just want this night to last forever
It can not get any better
In my life
Now I don't feel the pain
My world went upside down insane
And I don't miss those nights
Now maybe that's a lie as well
Still I'll be there
Anytime your heart is desperate just to love someone
I want you to call my now
Cause it feels so good to be your lover
When my lips are kissing you all over
And no matter what I do I can't get you off my mind
I just want this night to last forever
It can not get any better
In my life
And I'll be there
Anytime your heart is desperate just to love someone
I want you to call my now
Cause it feels so good to be your lover
When my lips are kissing you all over
And no matter what I do I can't get you off my mind
I just want this night to last forever
It can not get any better
In my life
There's nothing left to do
But to say those words to you
Oh yes I do
04:09
4. 10 Light Years Away LYRICS
In a run down bed and breakfast
A room with a view, across the river
I tried to loos the claustrophobia
Opened up and find Utopia
There's no more denying
As my mind go flying
10 light years away to save my soul
10 light years away to change it all
Whatever it may take I gotta try again
Girl it's time to start over
10 light years away
I'd been watching the reflection
Of a bamboo in the shade, when I saw her
A very hot day in Havana
In a midnight blue lagoon
I knew she was hiding
10 light years away so take me home
10 light years away to change it all
Help me find today It's been way too long
Girl it's time to start over
10 light years away
There's no more denying
As my mind go flying
10 light years away to save my soul
10 light years away to change it all
Whatever it may take I gotta try again
Girl it's time to start over
10 light years away so take me home
10 light years away to change it all
Help me find today It's been way too long
Girl it's time to start over
10 light years away
03:52
5. Mind Like A Tree LYRICS
Come with me come with me now
Inside the garden
Inside the garden of God
Smell the sand it's running through your hands
It's where we're from
And where we'll go in the end

Hear me calling
Hear me calling
Hear me calling
Hear me calling
Hear me calling
Hear me calling

My mind is like a tree
And I want you to water me
You gotta spread the
You gotta spread the seed

Hear me calling
Hear me calling
Hear me calling
Hear me calling
Hear me calling
Hear me calling

Sit in the shadow just smell the grass
Where the past is buried
Where the future grows so fast

My mind is like a tree
And I want you to water me
You gotta spread the
You gotta spread the seed

Hear me calling
Hear me calling
Hear me calling
Hear me calling
Hear me calling
Hear me calling

You touch me so
You touch me so deep
I only wish my eyes could see
The way you feel for me

Hear me calling
Hear me calling
Hear me calling

My mind is like a tree
And I want you to water me
My mind is like a tree
And I want you to water me
You gotta spread the
You gotta spread the seed

Hear me calling
Hear me calling
Hear me calling
Hear me calling
Hear me calling
Hear me calling

Take my hand
Make me see
05:34
6. Eye To Eye LYRICS
A live begins another's over
As another day begins
Life runs full circle getting older
It happens to me
It happens to you
I do believe you're still around me
You're still around me all the time
I have no doubt one day in heaven
I will see you again
I'll see you again, see you again
Break the bread drink the wine
In my heart you'll live forever
The time to go is never right
When we say goodbye
While we're here we shouldn't waste
A day in life to say I love you
It's now that I'd just wish so much, to see you
Eye to eye
When you came home the war was over
So many years before my time
I was so proud the day you told me
You havn't hurt anyone
No one
Break the bread drink the wine
In my heart you'll live forever
The time to go is never right
When we say goodbye
While we're here we shouldn't waste
A day in life to say I love you
It's now that I'd just wish so much to see you
Eye to eye
05:04
7. What U Give U Get Back LYRICS
What you give, you get back
As long as I can think I've been
Running to be free
There's not a place that could have been too far
Had nothing but a bag of dreams
And this old guitar
A couple of songs to play for you an me
There's so much love inside of me
That wants to be released
I can't help it so I give it all away
What you give you get it back
So take my love just because it's all I have
Take my heart take my soul
I just never want it back
As long as I've been living
I've had music in my veins
I can't go on without it anymore
My suitcase is a wanderer
That takes me I believe
For a walk right across your heart
There's so much love inside of you
That wants to be released
And all you gotta do is let it go
What you give you get back
So take my love just because it's all I have
Take my heart take my soul
I just never want it back
Cause the love you give, is the love you'll get
There's so much love inside of me
That wants to be released
I can't help it so I gave it all away
What you give you get back
So take my love just because it's all I have
What you give you get back
So take my love just because it's all I have
Take my heart take my soul
I just never want it back
Cause your love, your love is all I have
All I have
Love is all we have
All I have
05:02
8. Skywriter LYRICS
You have got a body to
To make a man just lose his mind
To give me a shiver send it down to my spine
It's all because of
You have got a body to
To bring a man down on his knees
Just let me inside don't leave me begging please
Don't ever go
Everybody knows
That I'm under the spell of your love
Got nothing but you on my mind
That's the way it goes
It's no wonder you're tearing my heart
Simply in pieces tonight
You have got a body to
To make a man just sell his soul
Right to the devil I think after all
I should have known
Everybody knows
That I'm under the spell of your love
Got nothing but you on my mind
Everybody knows
And I wonder if you know it too
I skywrite your name way up high
In the sky in the sky in the sky
To bring a man down on his knees
Just let me inside don't leave me begging please
Don't ever go
Everybody knows
That I'm under the spell of your love
Got nothing but you on my mind
That's the way it goes
It's no wonder you're tearing my heart
Simply in pieces tonight
Everybody knows
That I'm under the spell of your love
Got nothing but you on my mind
Everybody knows
And I wonder if you know it too
I skywrite your name way up high
In the sky in the sky in the sky
Skywriter
04:55
9. Yellow Butterfly LYRICS
In the temple of gods
The day had come to come together
In the early morning sun
They saw that girl that come to heaven

They ask her 'bout life on earth
If it was getting any better
She told 'em someone took her life
If they could send her back
Just one more time
She knew that someone feels so blue

Wouldn't it be nice ...Hold on
To spread the wings and fly ...Don't kill the butterfly
To see him one more time ...Hold on
To be a yellow butterfly ...Don't kill the butterfly

He's been sitting on the bay
Lost inside a cloud of darkness
When I saw the butterfly
Dancing in the wind
The story goes
He knew that she was still so close

Wouldn't it be nice ...Hold on
To spread the wings and fly ...Don't kill the butterfly
To see him one more time ...Hold on
To be a yellow butterfly ...Don't kill the butterfly
05:44
10. Freshly Squeezed LYRICS
A G-string is looking for a pilot
White flesh is coming down the stairs again
Your look just makes me a believer
Stray cats are landing in a rain storm
Crashed down lost in wango tango land
Spaced out your body gives me fever
You sex it
Relax it
Reload it
You want it freshly squeezed
Closed down the road of all restrictions
Mad dogs are tearing down the roof again
Sweet noise is pouring from the speakers
Last dance I'm drowning in the moonlight
Exit is the door that I can't find
Black out it can't get it any deeper
You sex it
Relax it
Reload it
And never hold it
You slash it
Refresh it
Reload it
You want it fresh
Got no diamonds rings
But a song to sing
Just to make you fly
Beggar or a king
03:58
11. Priscilla LYRICS
She likes it hot, she likes it humid
She likes my cake, and she's not stupid
She likes my sugar, she likes my bread
I'm ready to attack
She comes at night, when I'm asleep
Without a sound, just like a thief
She comes to crawl, under my bed
I'm ready to attack
Priscilla oh Priscilla
You last resistant chiller
Priscilla oh Priscilla
Tonight I'm going to kill ya
She lives in my kitchen
Down in the shade
She likes leftovers
And throwaways
I'm on a diet
And she is fat
I'm ready to attack
Priscilla oh Priscilla
You last resistant chiller
Priscilla oh Priscilla
Tonight I'm going to kill ya
I can't do it I can't do it at all
She turns a man into killer
This cockroach named Priscilla
This cockroach named Priscilla
You're gonna be here
You're gonna be there
You're gonna be everywhere
I'm coming after you
I'm coming after you
You're gonna be now
You're gonna be then
You're gonna be out and in
I'm coming after you
I'm coming after you
You're gonna be saint
You're gonna be sin
You're gonna lose and win
I'm coming after you
I'm coming after you
Priscilla oh Priscilla
Tonight I'm going to kill ya
03:17
12. Du bist So Schmutzig LYRICS
Der Atem kalt wie Eis
Obwohl die Erde brennt
Wo du auch bist, da werd' ich sein
Ich lebe jetzt, ich lebe hier in dieser Welt
Ich atme durch voller Gier
Damn you slam you, eat me like a menue
Take it brake it, kick it to the ground
Empty hollow, it's so hard to swallow
Gotta know what's your size
Du bist so schmutzig, und doch so schon
Ich will mich in dir verlier'n
Du bist so schmutzig, wie weit willst Du geh'n
Nur um mich zu amusier'n
Du bringst mich noch einmal um den Verstand
Niemand hat Dich je gesehen
Doch ich folge nur Deiner Spur
Durch Fleisch und Blut
Denn Du, Du lebst in mir
Ammo slammo, it's gotta go blammo
Lust you bust, Can I ever trust you
Scare you dare you, anyway I want you
Catch you grab you now
Du bist so schmutzig, und doch so schon
Ich will mich in dir verlier'n
Du bist so schmutzig, wie weit willst Du geh'n
Nur um mich zu amusier'n
Hard ass lard ass, keep your hands of my stash
Holy stoli gotta have a stogie
Master blaster, buy a jabocaster
Gotta eat your heart out now
Du bist so schmutzig, und doch so schon
Oh du meine Phantasie
Du bist so schmutzig, wie weit willst Du geh'n
Bleib mir treu, verlass mich nie
Du bist so schmutzig, und doch so schon
Ich will mich in dir verlier'n
Du bist so schmutzig, wie weit willst Du geh'n
Nur um mich zu amusier'n
03:55
13. Aleyah LYRICS
The easy way
Is not the way my life will take
Because the limit is the sky
The easy way
Is not the way that I can take
My life's in pieces half the time
Dancing on a razor blade
Break the ice but never break
Where the time meets destiny
Take your chance and come with me
Aleyah
The easy way
Is not the way that I can take
I keep on dancing in the sky
It's the way
And not the goal that will make it
All so special in my life
Dancing on the pulse of time
Bring it home across the line
Come with me
Aleyah
Dancing on a razor blade
Break the ice but never break
Where the time meets destiny
Take your chance and come with me
Aleyah
Life in the fast lane
Don't you think baby
To make it up there
We gotta be crazy
04:19
14. A Moment In A Million Years LYRICS
The lights are slowly fading down
There's no one else, just you and me
Nothing ever changed
I see your faces in the crowd
It seems I know each one of you
For all my life
I wish this night could last forever
But it's time to go
I saw you laugh, I saw you cry
All for one and one for all
Nothing ever changed
The way you sang just blew my mind
It gave me chills from head to toe
What a glorious night
To me it could have lasted forever
But it's time to go
A moment in a million years
Is all I've got for you
A moment in a million years
To make some dreams come true
A moment that I won't forget
Until the day I die
A moment in a million years
Called life
The bus is waiting right outside
To hit the road and once again
I leave you all behind
I chase another dream tonight
And by the time you'll be home
I'll be far away
Nothing seems to last forever
It's time to go
A moment in a million years
Is all I've got for you
A moment in a million years
To make some dreams come true
A moment that I won't forget
Until the day I die
A moment in a million years
Called life
03:38

ALBUM DETAILS

Producer: Peter Wolf
Engineer: Christian Leitgeb, A.T., Paul Ericksen
Mastering: Stephen Marcussen & Chris Von Rautenkranz
Ensemble: Airway Allstars
Photography: Olaf Heine

Eye II Eye is the fourteenth studio album released on 9 March 1999.