The Gibb brothers wrote both this and “Too Much Heaven” (another American #1), in an afternoon off from making the Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band movie in which they were starring. Then in the evening they wrote another American #1 single, “Shadow Dancing” for their brother Andy Gibb.
In January 1999 a cover by the British group Steps returned this song to the top of the British charts. Released as a double A-side with “Heartbeat,” it sold over a million copies in the UK, making it the top selling Bee Gees cover of all time in Britain.
Stuck for a convincing thunderclap sound, Barry Gibb cupped his hands over a microphone and made an exploding noise with his mouth. Several of these sounds were then mixed together creating the large boom heard on this song.
(source songfacts.com)
Here I lie
In a lost and lonely part of town
Held in time
In a world of tears I slowly drown
Goin’ home
I just can’t make it all alone
I really should be holding you
Holding you
Loving you, loving you
Tragedy
When the feeling’s gone and you can’t go on
It’s tragedy
When the morning cries and you don’t know why
It’s hard to bear
With no one to love you, you’re
Goin’ nowhere
Tragedy
When you lose control and you got no soul
It’s tragedy
When the morning cries and you don’t know why
It’s hard to bear
With no one beside you, you’re
Goin’ nowhere
Night and day
There’s a burning down inside of me
Burning love
With a yearning that won’t let me be
Down I go
And I just can’t take it all alone
I really should be holding you
Holding you
Loving you, loving
Tragedy
When you lose control and you got no soul
It’s tragedy
When the morning cries and you don’t know why
It’s hard to bear
With no one beside you, you’re
Goin’ nowhere
Tragedy
When the feeling’s gone and you can’t go on
It’s tragedy
When the morning cries and you don’t know why
It’s hard to bear
With no one to love you, you’re
Goin’ nowhere
Tragedy
When you lose control and you got no soul
It’s tragedy
When the morning cries and you don’t know why
It’s hard to bear
With no one beside you, you’re
Goin’ nowhere