miracle
WILLY DEVILLE
Birth Name: William Borsay
Born: August 25, 1950
Died: August 6, 2009
Genres: Rock, Soul, R&B, Blues, Cajun, Latin, Cabaret, Mariachi, Creole, Doo Wop, Country
Member of: Mink DeVille
basic information
| release date | 1987 Oct, 9 [CD, LP] |
| country of manufacture | USA [Cass.], Germany [CD, LP] |
| label | A&M Records [Cass.], Polydor [CD, LP] |
| catalog no. | CS 5177 [Cass.], 833669-2 [CD], 833 669-1 [LP] |
| format | Cass., CD, LP |
| note of registration | P1987 Polydor International Music B.V. The Netherlands ©1987 Polydor International Music B.V. The Netherlands [CD, LP], P & ©1987 A& M Records, Inc |
| recording | n/a |
| mixing | Bob Clearmountain assisted by Jay Healy |
| mastering | Bob Ludwig (Masterdisk, New York) |
| production | Mark Knopfler |
| credits | Thanks to: Ed Bicknell, Paul Cummins, Lance Freed, Amy Siegel, C.E. Leggot. Dedicated to Mark and Lourdes Knopfler for their support which was nothing short of a Miracle in a time of Dire Straits |
musicians
| Willy DeVille † 25) | n/a |
| Mark Knopfler | guitar |
| Guy Fletcher 5) | keyboards, backing vocals |
| Vicki Brown † | backing vocals |
| Margo Buchanan | backing vocals |
| Jeff Porcaro † 5) | drums |
| Mickey Feat 5) | bass, backing vocals |
| Errol „Crusher“ Bennett | percussion |
| Chet Atkins † 21) | guitar |
| Jamie Lane | drums |
tracks [CD]
| 1 | (due to) gun control (5:54) |
| 2 | could you would you (3:31) |
| 3 | heart and soul (4:06) |
| 4 | assassin of love (4:09) |
| 5 | Spanish Jack (3:49) 6) |
| 6 | miracle (4:51) |
| 7 | angel eyes (4:48) |
| 8 | nightfalls (4:48) |
| 9 | southern politician (6:32) |
| 10 | storybook love (4:26) 1) |
lyrics
1. (due to) gun control
(due to) gun control
(Willy DeVille)
My daddy he once told me
Don’t think you can be a man
With just’ a bullet in your gun
And a pistol in your hand
Guns are now outlawed
And only outlaws have guns
And you can’t walk the streets
Feeling safe anymore
Only thieves on parole
And the cops out on patrol
Walk the streets feeling safe
Ain’t it strange
Due to gun control
Let me see ya dance
Let me see ya dance
Let me see ya dance partner dance
Ain’t it strange hit the floor
Due to gun control
In this land of milk and honey
We tried so hard to make our own
You’ve got your freedom of choise
Living clean or living wrong
The power of persuasion
Like your loved one’s broken bones
And if not your wife and child
You lose everything your own
Only thieves on parole
And the cops out on patrol
Walk the streets feeling safe
Ain’t it strange
Due to gun control
Let me see ya dance
Let me see ya dance
Let me see ya dance partner dance
Ain’t it strange out of range
Due to gun control
In this great country of ours
Yes we have finally grown
Built with sweat and muscle
And tape recorded telephones
Only thieves on parole
And the cops out on patrol
Walk the streets feeling safe
Ain’t it strange
Due to gun control
Let me see ya dance
Let me see ya dance
Let me see ya dance partner dance
Ain’t it strange hit the floor
Due to gun control
©1987 Crosstown Music. Inc.
2. could you would you
could you would you
(Van Morrison)
Could you would you
Hold me in your arms
And show me all your charms
Or make me sad or make me blue
Could you love me
Like I love you
Like I love you
Could you would you
Squeeze and hold me tight
Love me all through the night
And never ever let me go
Could you would me
Like I love you so
Like I love you so
Everytime I see you walking down my avenue
I say hey are you all right
You just say how do you do
Just like you always do
But if I had you in my arms tonight
Could you would you
Hold me oh so near
While I whisper in your ear
The sweet words you long to hear
Could you love me
Like I love you
Like I love you
Could you would you
Hold me oh so near
While I whisper in your ear
The sweet words you long to hear
Could you love me
Like I love you
Like I love you
Just like I love you
©1987 Carlin Music Corp. (PRS)
3. heart and soul
heart and soul
(Willy DeVille)
Every night
I have the same reoccurring dream
There you are
Dressed so fine standing next to me
Just you and me in a church of old
Standing hand in hand
And the choir sings
Ave Maria
I look into your eyes
They say a million things
Cathedral bells they start to ring
And you are mine, yes you are mine
You are mine, forever and ever
Forever and ever, heart and soul
Forever and ever, heart and soul
You promised me
With just a kiss and a slow embrace
You promised me like I promised you
Stand by me I’ll stand by you
I wanna hold you close
Say soft and low that you’re all I need
And the coir sings
Ave Maria
I look into your eyes
They say a million things
Cathedral bells they start to ring
And you are mine, yes you are mine
Yes you are mine, forever and ever
Heart and soul
Forever and ever heart and soul
Forever and ever heart and soul
If I only kissed you once
And never really possessed your love
I surely would go mad
And when a mad man roams the street
A sad sight for his friends to see
He's a broken man from his broken dreams
Every night
I have the sane reoccurring dream
There you are
Dressed so fine standing next to me
Just you and me in a church of old
Standing hand in hand
And the coir sings
Ave Maria
I look into your eyes they say a million things
Cathedral bells they start to ring
And you are mine, yes you are mine
Yes you are mine, forever and ever
Heart and soul
Forever and ever
Heart and soul
Forever and ever
Heart and soul
©1987 Crosstown Music Inc.
4. assassin of love
assassin of love
(Willy DeVille)
She’s got a heart of stone that cares for nobody
Lips as sweet as cherry wine
And you’re addicted so very quickly
You just have to look into her eyes
She’s an assassin of love
She’s an assassin of love
You need her in your waking hours
You call her name all through the night
Sorrow is your constant companion
An empty heart with nothing left to fight
She’s an assassin of love
Just an assassin of love
What’s happened to you
Do you remember
The memory has gotten dim
Look all around you
You’ve been swallowed
Too weak to fight as you’re draw in
Like a moth oh so truly
To a flame it closely flies
Or a blossom opens slowly
And from the tree so quickly dies
She’s an assassin of love
Just an assassin of love
©1987 Crosstown Music Inc.
5. Spanish Jack
Spanish Jack
(Willy DeVille, Mark Knopfler)
Spanish Jack had a Cadillac
That he always parked around the corner
He wore his hat tipped to the side
Like a pimp on Easter morning
I was on the street that Saturday night
When they all claim they saw him
In his cowboy shoes and shantung suit
And the night was young in August
His lady’s name was Sunny Day
She had Jack tattoed an her shoulder
Jack played cards with Gentleman Jim
And Sunny did everything Jack told her
Gentleman Jim won Jack’s watch and chain
In a badly dealt game of poker
Then Sunny Day kind of moved away
As the last hand hit the table
Jack he had a pair of nines
And the Gentleman showed three aces
You took my watch and chain and now my gold tipped cane
Put both your hands up on the table
We can settle this thing in a gentleman’s way
Let’s just step outside the doorway
The night was warm and they looked at the stars
But only one would see the morning
There’s nothing lower than a cheat at cards
Especially at poker
Before the Gentleman he could cheat again
The Spaniard pulled out his revolver
Spanish Jack shot Gentleman dead
And the shots sounded loud as thunder
And when the smoke it cleared Gentleman Jim lay dead
This was his last game of poker
Jack filled Jim with so much lead
It took six men to move him over
So full of lead and oozing red
They stole the boots right off his body
If you’re gonna play a game of cards
Be sure with who you’re gambling
This game of chance you can never win
If Spanish Jack is at the table
©1987 Crosstown Music Inc./Chariscourt Ltd.
6. miracle
miracle
(Willy DeVille)
Please help me up
You let me down
If there’s a way
Please show me how
I can’t go on
Without your love
So lift me up
Give me your hand
Look way down deep
You’ll understand
If you walk away
Away from me
Then I’m gonna need a miracle now
Yes and I’m gonna need a miracle now
Give back to me
What I lost to you
So hard to live
When you just lose
They say life goes on
Yes on and on
Yes if I
Could just forget
Put back the pieces
Like they once fit
It might look right
But there’s a piece that’s gone
And I need a miracle now
Yes and I’m gonna need a miracle now
Every night I hope and pray
That you’ll be mine again some day
Only you
Can stop this pain
If there’s a way
To live again
So say a prayer
A prayer for me
And I need a miracle now
Yes and I’m gonna need a miracle now
©1987 Crosstown Music Inc.
7. angel eyes
angel eyes
(Willy DeVille)
Angel baby
You’re the strength in my life
And when we come so close
I’ve love on my side
Where did you come from?
In the darkness of night
They must have sent you from heaven
And with your wings you did fly
Angel, angel
Angel eyes, angel eyes
You’re untouched by the city
An empty excuse of a life
What did I do to deserve you?
I believe in miracle now
Where is your halo?
Baby I see the light
Why did they send you from heaven
And into my life?
Angel, angel
Angel eyes, angel eyes
They say love
Makes the world go around
Now what goes up must come down
Now that you
Came into my life
And after darkness
There must be light
And on these terms
The world can be mine
Now that you
Came into my life
In your voice there is rapture
A magic touch so divine
You got to rock me sway me
From side to side.
You got your way
So take me up lay me down
There’s no room for the blues
In love there’s no room for pride
Angel
Angel
Angel eyes
Angel eyes
Angel eyes
Angel eyes
Angel eyes (ad lib to end.)
©1987 Crosstown Music Inc.
8. nightfalls
nightfalls
(Willy DeVille)
When the morning breaks
The sun comes up
I’m still awake from the night before.
The hours pass
I wait ‘til when
And the moon is lit
This magic time between night and day
I wait all day long
‘Til you’re mine again
The minutes like hours
The hours like days
‘Til the stars come out
And the sunlight fades
No matter where I am
Or how long I wait
I’ll be with you
When the daylight’s spent
And then nightfalls
Then the nightfalls
Oh the nightfalls
Just you and I at nightfall
At nightfall
This mystic time between night and day
I wait all day long
‘Til you’re mine again
The minutes pass like hours
The hours like days
‘Til the stars come out
And the sunlight fades
No matter where I am
Or how long I wait
I’ll be with you
When the daylight’s spent
And then nightfalls
Then the nightfalls
Oh the nightfalls
Just you and I at nightfall
At nightfall
©1987 Crosstown Music Inc.
9. southern politician
southern politician
(Willy DeVille)
Momma had such high hopes for her favourite son
He’d be an evangelist of God or maybe even president
He was such the diplomat with so much southern charm
But when he growed up he outgrowed all his friends
He was a southern politician a political man
He sips mint juleps on evenings so warm
He converses with the devil who wears a hat made of strow
Saying “A smart-assed northern liberal was something I never could stand”
While they might take an inch he takes all he can
He’s a southern politician a political man
He’s a southern politician set on winning this here election
Inside his big white plantation
All the liquor and woman that money can buy
All the liquor and woman that money can buy
The folks down here believe in his cause
His hands are clean and his vest pockets the low
‘Cos his brother the sheriff is head of the klan
Well the states locked up tight in the palm of his hand
He’s a southern politician a political man
All round the big house painted white
An electrical fence that’s strung with barbed wire
He’s got guard dogs, shot guns and homemade pecan pie
Friends come to swim he gets a tan
He’s a southern politician a political man
He’s a southern politician set on winning this here election
Inside his big white plantation
All the liquor and woman that money can buy
All the liquor and woman that money can buy
There’s cocktail parties every night
Now his wife she don’t love him but don’t pay her no mind
The smell of sweet gardenias always fill the air
Well they’ve black bodies floating in the bayou down there
He’s a southern politician a political man
He’s kissing babies at campaign time
He’s making promises like they’re going out of style
Loves every woman child and American man
Says he’s religious just a God-fearing man
He’s a southern politician a political man
He’s a southern politician
Set on winning this here election
Inside his big white plantation
All the liquor and woman that money can buy
All the liquor and woman that money can buy
©1987 Crosstown Music Inc.
notes
1) The song storybook love was used by Mark in his composition of the soundtrack for The Princess Bride orig.: USA, 1987 q.v. (?).
3) Source: database by Wolf-Dieter Mattick
also available
| cover | year | country of manufacture | format | label | catalog no. | note of registration |
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1994 |
Australia |
CD³ | Raven | RVCD-41 | (C) + (P) 1994 Raven Records |
- cassettes
- singles
- promos
- compilations
- sampler
- soundtrack
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angel eyes | assassin of love (1) | assassin of love (2) | miracle | storybook love : the theme from The Princess Bride
– Bonus track for the album I call your name on single
miracle
– Modified tracks
assassin of love
| angel eyes | U.S. | A&M Records | # SP-17538 | Vinyl 12" |
| assassin of love | U.S. | A&M Records | # SP-17507 | Vinyl 12" |
| southern politician | U.S. | A&M Records | # SP-17528 | Vinyl 12"³ |
| storybook love | Canada | Vertigo | # DJV243 | Vinyl 12" |
| storybook love : theme generique du Film Princess Bride | France | Vertigo | # 888 989-7 | Vinyl 7"³ |
| storybook love : the theme from the Princess Bride | Italy | PolyGram | # AS 5000 776 | Vinyl 7" [B-side] |
| storybook love | U.S. | WB Records | # 7-28242-A | Vinyl 7"³ |
Sampler
with track assassin of love, miracle, (la storia fantastica) storybook love :
| Ημέρα Των Ερωτευμένων, η | Greece | PolyGram | # 91085 | LP |
| good records don't know what time of years it is | U.S. | A&M Records | CD 17524 | CD |
| Polydor contemporary hits vol. 2 | Japan | Polydor | # KA 8801 / DMI 3006 | LP |
| promotional only sample | Greece | PolyGram | # 91081 | LP |
Cass., CD
| Cinema & Pop Musica³ | january | rock legend | we make the fire work | |||
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Tracks assassin of love, could you would you?, heart and soul, miracle, storybook love also available on
Spanish stroll 1977-1987
Mink DeVille
release date: 1997 Feb, 11
country of manufacture: [Australia]
label: Raven
catalog no.: RVCD32
format: CD
note of registration: (P) + (C) 1993 Raven Records
| 20 | could you would you? (3:29) |
| 21 | heart and soul (4:06) |
with tracks: angel eyes, assassin of love, heart and soul, miracle, storybook love - the theme from the princess bride
LP
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CD
| high life : hits á la chart³ | high-tech digital | high-tech digital vol. 3 | high-tech digital vol. 4 | high-tech digital vol. 5³ | made in UK '88 |
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| 1987 | 1987 | 1987 | 1987 | 1987 | 1988 |
| ¬the¬ greatest popsongs of the century volume 2 | Henry Wintermans music collection | summer party | ¬the¬ greatest love volume 3 | total relaxed : Urlaub für die Seele³ | ¬the¬ 80's collection |
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| Heiße Scheibe für pikante Typen | pop 'n' rock 80 volume 7 | ||||
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| 1996 | 1997 |
Besides the song 'storybook love' in 'The Princes Bride' (USA, 1987), the song 'assassin of love' ¤ was used as soundtrack in the movie 'The Rachel Papers' (USA, 1989).
VHS Video
country of manufacture: U.S. - label: MGM Metro Goldwyn Mayer - catalog no.: 1001141- note of registration:
DVD Video
country of manufacture: U.S. - label: MGM - catalog no.: 4764 - note of registration: ©1989 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios Inc.
revised
10.08.2019