Album: Don't Believe The Truth (2005)

Charted: 1

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• Calling all the stars to fall
  And catch the silver sunlight in your hands
  Call for me to set me free
  Lift me up and take me where I stand
  
  She believes in everything
  And everyone and you and yours and mine
  I waited for a thousand years
  For you to come and blow me off my mind
  
  Hey Lyla
  The stars about to fall
  So what you say Lyla
  The world around us makes me feel so
  Small Lyla
  If you can't hear me call
  Then I can't say Lyla
  Heaven help you catch me if I fall
  
  She's the queen of all I've seen
  And every song and city far and near
  Heaven help my mademoiselle
  She rings the bell for all the world to hear
  
  Hey Lyla
  The stars about to fall
  So what you say Lyla
  The world around us makes me feel so
  Small Lyla
  If you can't hear me call
  Then I can't say Lyla
  Heaven help you catch me if I fall
  
  Hey Lyla
  The stars about to fall
  So what you say Lyla
  The world around us makes me feel so
  Small Lyla
  If you can't hear me call
  Then I can't say Lyla
  Heaven help you catch me if I fall
  
  Hey Lyla
  Hey Lyla
  Hey Lyla
  Hey Lyla Writer/s: Noel Gallagher
  Publisher: Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
  Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

Comments: 11

• Kurt from Cape Town, South AfricaThe song's sound is based around The Rolling Stones' 'Street Fighting Man', just realised that when I was listening to the Stones' hit.
• Neil from Birmingham, United StatesI saw the dont believe the truth tour. I was right at the front. Beyond wordsreally. Awesome!!! Lyla is obviously an alias for something or someone that comes along just when you need it to put a big fat light in your life and pick you up off the ground. wicked song. not necessarily a girlfriend, maybe his daughter?
• Nathan from Manchester, Englandvery catchy. too bad i missed them when they toured earlier in 2005.
• John from Seattle, WaLyla IS the sister of Sally. And Sally IS the Sally from "Don't Look Back in Anger." But, she is also, in the first place, "Sally Cinnamon" by the Stone Roses. It was in an interview just before "Don't Believe the Truth" was released.
• Claire from ManchesterSally is from Don't Look Back In Anger.
• Greg from Erie, PaSally's from "Don't Look backin Anger," not "Champagne Supernova."
• Ken from St Johns, CanadaTomas probably knows this already but the reason that Noel said this about Lyla being Sallys cousin , is because He was so sick of people asking Who Sally was in Champagne Supernova.He is quoted as saying "There is no Sally...I've never met a girl called Sally in my entire life"
  
  I think he wanted the same questions with this song
• Evan from Nyc, NyOasis is a great band, but this song did not impress me. I liked the album, What's The Story (Morning Glory). That was no doubt the best CD ever.
• Jeff from Detroit, MiWhy does Oasis never get the credit or noteriety that they deserve?
• Tomas from Bruehl, GermanyNoel Gallagher said in a german TV show, that Lyla is the cousin of Sally from their song "Don't look back in anger".
• Andrei from Tallinn, Otherno, it wasn't - it IS 10th

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