My Head

The song was written in response to Jeff Lynne's father, Phil, being critical of Jeff's songwriting. His father, an avid classical music lover, did not like his Electric Light Orchestra songs, saying, "they've got no tune." To prove to his father that he could write a beautiful classical influenced song, Jeff wrote the rock ballad of Can't Get It Out Of My Head. As Jeff wrote it in the front room of his parent's home in Shard End, Birmingham, one could possibly surmise that Jeff heard his father's comment and almost immediately went to the recording equipment in the front room to record the demo and show up his father. Perhaps this comment even spurred Jeff to use a full orchestra on the album, rather than dubbed together cellos as was done before.

Can't Get it Out of My Head

Midnight on the water.
I saw the ocean's daughter.
Walking on a wave she came,
Staring as she called my name.

And I can't get it out of my head,
No, I can't get it out of my head.
Now my old world is gone for dead
cos I cant get it out of my head.

Breakdown on the shoreline,
Can't move, its an ebbtide.
Morning dont get here till night,
Searching for her silver light.

And I can't get it out of my head,
No, I can't get it out of my head.
Now my old world is gone for dead
cos I cant get it out of my head, no no.

Bank job in the city.
Robin Hood and William Tell and Ivnhoe and Lancelot,
they dont envy me.
Sitting till the sun goes down,
In dreams the world keep going round and round.

And I can't get it out of my head,
No, I can't get it out of my head.
Now my old world is gone for dead
cos I can't get it out of my head, no no.

No, I can't get it out of my head,
No, I can't get it out of my head.
Now my old world is gone for dead
cos I can't get it out of my head, no no no no.

Category:

Music

Tags:

• Co-existing
• ELO
• Christopher Walken
• Can't
• Get
• It
• Out
• of
• My
• Head

[alumrof101]

I agree with the text you've written along the song and of course Christopher Walken as backgound...i'm happier

Cool as always...Peace out

[hiroshi125]

nice video

[wbter]

Now I'll never see your dreams.

[jsisco11]

Teresa, as an ELO fan I enjoyed the song but was saddened by your message. I believe you may have been reluctantly flagged. YouTube has watchdog groups watching them and they need to protect themselves against legal action. Often times there is a fine line between art and obscenity and many side with caution. I tip my hat to you. Have wonderful New Year.

[abatimbira]

This is a picture of body and soul and what we see is beautiful! I wonder if I could say something to calm you!

[Roolooth99]

Keep making the videos firstly for you but also for the rest of us who appreciate them. Let the poor soul who is blind to beauty be enlightened and any shame that they feel about nude bodies be lifted from their heart.

[jcmegabyte]

You have a great way of looking at the bright side - good for you! "Evil deeds roll off my shoulders like rain and are swept away like the pesky gnat in my face." Hopefully, you kept a copy of the original video so it's not truly "lost". But even if so, we all do appreciate having experienced your work, even once. Some of the best things in life only last a short while, leaving us to anticipate the next... Great choice of tunes - one of my favorites. :-)

[Lihinel]

Ah well, it's been a shame.

As for forever, every finite amount of time is equally far from eternity.

[WileyPossum]

Well put, T. 5*s again for you.

[lapislazzuli1986]

i like so much this vid 5*****