I saw you standing on the landing, dressed in white
I recognized there in your eyes a spark of light
It was a quiet night
The timing was just right
'Cause you're a big girl now
No more flashing your fake I'd
You're a big girl now
You've gotten too big for me
I nonchalantly, ungallantly asked you out
You know you teased me with your, pleased me with your girlish pout
You made my blue jeans shout (Made my blue jeans shout)
All the hems fell out
'Cause you're a big girl now
No more flashing your fake I'd
You're a big girl now
You've gotten too big for me
Love them and leave them, the name of the game
The faces are different, they all look the same
The two dollar window
Mah-jongg or roulette
You gamble with children, you're losing the bet
You're a big girl now
No more flashing your fake I'd
You're a big girl now
You've gotten too big for me
You're a big girl now
Now you can do the things they do on TV
You're a big girl now
You've gotten too big for me
You're a big girl now
You're a big girl now
I've been taking a good long look around, seeing what I lost and just what I found
And I've been thinking it's time to see how it feels, to stop hitting the gas and spinning the wheels
(Wise up) Don't you think that it might feel great (Wise up), relax and beautiful things (Wise up)
You know it's never to late to wise up (Wise up), wise up
I've been hearing your footsteps down in the hall
I've been seeing your ghost where the shadows fall
And I've been hoping my heart would finally release
And give us both the gift of a moment's peace (Wise up)
Don't you think that we might feel great (Wise up), relax and beautiful things (Wise up)
It's never to late to wise up,??? floating beds???, full of time, let's fall (Wise up)
No turning and running back home, (Wise up)
No chance getting back what's gone, wise up, now baby, what's done is done, it's over, oh wise up
(So wise up) Don't you think that it might feel great (Wise up), relax and beautiful things (Wise up)
You know it's never to late to wise up
Every day looks good when you're wearing the crown but don't the dreams die hard when they tear you down
Doesn't the world look dark when you're trying to sleep?
They put you on and nothing like what you need
(Wise up) Don't you think that it might feel great (Wise up), relax and you need to think (Wise up)
You know it's never to late to wise up (Wise up)
When a man loves a woman, can't keep his mind on nothing else
He'll trade the world for the good thing he's found
If she is bad he can't see it, she can do no wrong
Turn his back on his best friend if he put her down
When a man loves a woman, spend his very last dime tryin' to hold on to what he needs
He'd give up all of his comforts, sleeps out in the rain if she said that's the way it ought to be
When a man loves a woman, I gave up everything that I had
Tryin' to hold on to your precious love, baby, baby, please don't treat me bad
When a man loves a woman, way down deep in his soul she can bring him such misery
If she is playing him for a fool, he's the last one to know, lovin' eyes can never see
But when a man loves a woman, I gave up everything that I had, ryin' to hold on to your precious love
I said baby, baby, please don't treat me bad
When a man loves a woman, spend his very last dime
He's trying to hold on, to what he needs
When a man loves a woman, I know exactly how he feels 'cause baby, baby, baby, baby, baby
When a man loves a woman, way down deep in his soul
He's got the world on a??? love thing??? for the good thing he's found
??? On to your precious love??? when a man loves a woman
What you saw
Could it be alright?
Would you laugh at me forever?
Your two best friends in a boat out on the water
I’m taking my time ‘cause I wanna lie to you tonight (What you saw)
I’m taking my time, not a single word is workin’ right (What you saw)
C’mon (What you saw)
In my golden years, I will never think about tomorrow
If ?you? ever come, I hope that you will fall out of the sky ?on? me
(What you saw)
‘Cause I wanna lie to you tonight
I’m taking my time, not a single word is workin’ right (What you saw)
(What you saw)
What were you thinking that I was gonna say?
(What you saw)
I’m taking my time, not a single word is workin’ right (What you saw)
I’m taking my time ‘cause I wanna lie to you tonight (What you saw)
I’m taking my time, not a single word is workin’ right (What you saw)
C’mon (What you saw)
(What you saw)
(What you saw)
(What you saw)
You look, talk??? and test the bed rules, can he, pictures with a globe???
Loose??? the bonnet, fancy??? feelings, seem to swell up down below
??? Only caught the shorts and teddies???, open house with ocean view
Seeming like you're almost family, 'till the message crashes trough
Pick your boyfriend with precision, like you choose a truck or van
Put your ear up to the engine, test out every thing again (Test out every thing again)
Check the pressure of the oil; check the firmness of the seat
Look for cracks and spots and pit-marks, make sure nothing's obsolete
His mileage meter that you're reading, has it been certified as true
Poke those headlight pointed at you, buys until you go want something (Used)
Pick your boyfriend with precision, like you choose a truck or van
Put your ear up to the engine, test out every thing again (Test out every thing again)
??? On an even Sunday drill???, you push the beauty of the girl
You look out on a sale agreed and wonder if it's just a dream
(Pick your boyfriend with precision) Pick your boyfriend with precision
(Like you choose a truck or van) Like you choose a truck or van
(Put your ear up to the engine) Put your ear onto the engine
(Test out every thing again) Test out every thing again
Holy mother of invention, necessity of girl and boy
??? Is all the rating on the table???, has got you it's own just reward
Keep that condom in your pocket, and hold out 'til the bells have???
Won't come easy for a youngster, trust me, I know how it feels
Pick your boyfriend with precision, like you choose a truck or van
Put your ear up to the engine, test out every thing again (Check out, check out)
Pick your boyfriend with precision, like you choose a truck or van
Put your ear up to the engine, test out every thing again (Test out every thing again)
Test out every thing again (Test out every thing again)
Test out every thing again (Test out every thing again)
Test out, test out every thing again (Test out every thing again)
If you do want me, gimme a little sugar
If you don't want me, don't lead me on girl
But if you need me, show me that you love me
And when I'm feeling blue and I want you
There's just one thing that you should do
Just gimme some kind of sign girl, oh my baby
To show me that you're mine girl, all right
Just gimme some kind of sign girl, oh my darling
To show me that you're mine girl, all right
If you do want me, gimme a little sweet talk
If you don't want me, don't lead me on girl
But if you need me, show me that you love me
And when I'm feeling down, wearing a frown
I'll be there when you look around
Just gimme some kind of sign girl, oh my baby
To show me that you're mine girl, all right
Just gimme some kind of sign girl, oh my darling
To show me that you're mine girl, all right
Just gimme some kind of sign girl, oh my baby
To show me that you're mine girl, all right
Just gimme some kind of sign girl, oh my darling
To show me that you're mine girl, all right
Just gimme some kind of sign, sign, sign, sign
Lookin’ out a window, twenty stories high
Time for resurrection or learnin’ how to fly
Since it’s a crime to fall to pieces, I’m in a prison without you
Lookin’ through magazines ‘cause you ?have thorns? and Big Foot sightings
Living on the left side of freedom
Living on the righteous side of love
Living on the left side of freedom
Living on the other side, the righteous side of love
All the ?empty shackles?, hanging on the wall
With all the ?bedded bedrooms?, that line these angry halls
Always afraid to fight for nothing, I never reached you deep inside
You have to pick me up and dust me off and teach me not to hide
Living on the left side of freedom
Living on the righteous side of love
Living on the left side of freedom
Living on the other side, the righteous side of love
Oh, I take you up in my dreams in the night
Open my eyes in the morning, feel them explode in the light
Try to remember the warning
Walking through the doorway with lightning in my eyes
Reaching out for something to reconstruct my live
I never count on you forever, lookin’ this good couldn’t last that long
You gave me all you could when time was short and loving you was wrong
Living on the left side of freedom
Living on the righteous side of love
Living on the left side of freedom
Living on the other side, the righteous side
Living on the left side of freedom
Living on the righteous side of love
Living on the left side of freedom
Living on the other side, the righteous side of love
The righteous side of love
?(Love, little girl)?
The righteous side of love
There's a restless wind that blows outside my front door
It's the same every season of the year
It's a call of the wild of the adventures child in my heart
There's a faithful friend who sits besides me tonight
She's the first to arrive, the last to leave
She's a blessing, a curse
She's for better or worse in my heart
If I could have my way, I would let all the??? peaches??? feel the sun
To be young and carefree, nothing worrying me
Got no place I should be, just me and the deep blue sea
Late at night when I'm laying in my bed all alone
I can hear your voice whisper in my ear
Than I know I should stay in the??? lea??? of your love one more day
Save from that restless wind
I saw a girl, she reminded me of you
She did the things that a girl like you might do
Her body was green and she had two vicious jaws
She polished her mate as she kissed him with her claws
Yeah, but I'll survive, it was on tv
She had six strong legs and it frightened me
She had insect eyes but I could still see that the look she gave him you give to me
I feel like a praying mantis (I feel like a praying mantis)
I sense your antics but I can't help it (I sense your antics but I can't help it)
I've been too frantic too long (I've been too frantic too long)
She bit off his head so he would not feel the pain
She wanted his body so much she ate his brain
I'll survive, no you won't catch me
I'll resist the urge that is tempting me
I'll avert my eyes, keep you off my knee
But you look so good when you talk to me
I feel like a praying mantis (I feel like a praying mantis)
I sense your antics but I can't help it (I sense your antics but I can't help it)
I've been too frantic too long (I've been too frantic too long)
I feel like a praying mantis (I feel like a praying mantis)
I sense your antics but I can't help it (I sense your antics but I can't help it)
I've been too frantic too long (I've been too frantic so long)
But I'll survive, it was on TV
She had six strong legs and it frightened me
She had insect eyes but you still could see that the look that she gave him you give to me
I feel like a praying mantis (I feel like a praying mantis)
I sense your antics but I can't help it (I sense your antics but I can't help it)
I've been too frantic too long (I've been too frantic too long)
I feel like a praying mantis (I feel like a praying mantis)
I sense your antics but I can't help it (I sense your antics but I can't help it)
I've been too frantic too long (I've been too frantic too long)
I feel like a praying mantis (I feel like a praying mantis)
I sense your antics but I can't help it (I feel like a praying mantis)
I've been too frantic too long (I feel like a prey)
I feel like a praying mantis (I feel like a praying mantis)
I sense your antics but I can't help it (I sense your antics but I, I)
I've been too frantic too long (I feel like a prey)
(I feel like a prey), (I feel like a prey), (I feel like a praying mantis)
See you in the pocket, only time will tell
See you in the pocket, only time will tell
Ice is on the window (Ice is on the window), time will tell
Ice is on the window (Ice is on the window), time will tell
Can you really love me? Only time will tell
Can you really love me? Only time will tell
Ice is on the window (Ice is on the window), time will tell
Ice is on the window (Ice is on the window), time will tell
See you in the pocket, only time will tell
Can I live without you? Only time will tell
Do you really love me? Time will tell
Do you really love me? Time will tell
See you in the pocket, only time will tell
See you in the pocket, only time will tell
Can I live without you? (Can I live without you? ) Time will tell
Can I live without you? (Can I live without you? ) Time will tell
If cowards would play for the ?catwalk?
If money could talk like a ?friend?
If reading was fun for your children
The six o’clock news would cave in
Peace for the last time
Peace for the last time
Save in the meantime
Peace for the last time
If men can hold lives like a handle
If judges ?can honest fair say?
If time is a line straight to heaven, than lightning can strike twice a day
Peace for the last time
Peace for the last time
Save in the meantime
Peace for the last time
Oh, I look and save my ?wings?, than kiss the futures ?way?
Embracing every thing I need to know
Oh, I want you to ?go, feel like walkin’ ?
Feel my live slip through your hands
Oh, I want you to write a real letter
I read it ‘til I get to the end
Peace for the last time
Peace for the last time
Save in the meantime
Peace for the last time
Peace for the last time
Peace for the last time
Save in the meantime
Hey cheap chatter, oh cheap chatter
Hey cheap chatter, oh cheap chatter
I saw you walking on the street alone
He didn't even take the time to take you home
You were so blind to my attentions
You were dignified to mention why you don't trust this song
"Get in the car", I said, "I'll take you home" (Cheap chatter, oh cheap chatter)
I listen very patiently to what you've done
How could you tell me all your secrets?
Didn't it seem like you'd get a cheap shot back in the ladies room
Why don't I seem like a man to you? (Why don't I seem like a man to you?)
Why don't I seem like a man to you? (Cheap chatter, oh cheap chatter)
Hey cheap chatter, oh cheap chatter
Why don't I seem like a man to you? (Why don't I seem like a man to you?)
Why don't I seem like a man to you? (Cheap chatter, oh cheap chatter)
??? Picture me if I would rob her, back to me, grow to rob her???
Spinning the night to save the day
I throw my tired feelings to the floor (Cheap chatter, oh cheap chatter)
Pick them up and treat them like the girl next door
In my??? view??? window there's a sunrise
Maybe the day has gone like it simple passed me??? anymore
Why don't I seem like a man to you? (Why don't I seem like a man to you?)
Why don't I seem like a man to you?
Why don't I seem like a man to you? (Why don't I seem like a man to you?)
Why don't I seem like a man to you?
Why don't I seem like a man to you? (Why don't I seem like a man to you?)
Why don't I seem like a man to you?
Cheap chatter, oh cheap chatter
Hey cheap chatter, oh cheap chatter (Don't I seem like a man)
Oh cheap chatter, oh cheap chatter (Don't I seem like a man)
Oh cheap chatter, oh cheap chatter
Cheap chatter, oh cheap chatter (Why won't I seem like a man?)
Oh cheap chatter, oh cheap chatter (Why don't I seem like a man?)
Hey cheap chatter, oh cheap chatter (Why don't I seem? )
Hey cheap chatter, oh cheap chatter (Man tell me)
Hey cheap chatter, oh cheap chatter (Why don't I, why, why, why, why, why, why?)
Hey cheap chatter, oh cheap chatter (Don't I seem)
My back is broken
How ‘bout you?
He’s coming to my parlour
He found a spot out of our view
These questions just get harder
The answers used to seemed so clear but time’s ?sketched up your system?
Frustrated by ?something loud but subtle but just who’s will out ?
Just lay your live down
Never slow down
Push the button, ?receive the pay?
Except the awful notion, the truth is ?backed up in a cave? of a man with
blinded vision
But listen up, don’t deny that every day brings chances to throw their
foolish goals and lies right back into their faces
Just lay your live down
Never slow down
You must think, of anything, that makes my blood burn hotter, the leap of
living in the name of god will turn my wine to water
If you believe, like I believe, that you can believe what you want to
believe, than you better believe that they want you to leave
They want your parking spaces
They want your seats in congress
They want your reputation
They want your private number
They want to read your letters
They want to see your pictures
They want to test your body
They want to smell your roses
They want to teach your children
Lay your live down
Never slow down
Said: “Lay your live down”
Never slow down
She was a mixed up, muddled up girl in the rain
Wore his high school ring on a gold-plated chain (Gold-plated chain)
Her skirt was short, tight sweater but her IQ was high
When she took off her glasses all the teachers would cry
"Don't stand around, go straight to the gym
You've got to get in that line or you won't dance with him"
Most of the girls like to dance
Most of the girls like to dance
Most of the girls like to dance but only some of the boys do
His hair was slicked back wet from his walk to the prom
His dad was drunk and his mama didn't know he was gone (Know he was gone)
He took the floor like a dancer from the Bolshoi ballet
Picked a girl from the line and heard a cheerleader say
"I think I'm in love, it's gone to my head
I dream of him dancing each night in my bed"
Most of the girls like to dance
Most of the girls like to dance
Most of the girls like to dance but only some of the boys do
Some of the boys do
Hm I said: "Don't be afraid, you've got to get up and groove
Don't you know that the girls love it when you move?"
Most of the girls like to dance
Most of the girls like to dance
Most of the girls like to dance but only some of the boys do
Some of the boys do
Some of the boys do
Some of the boys do
Got to, some of the boys
Just, just,??? feel the apple pie???
You gotta, no, no, no
Won't dance with you
We gathered in dorms, every campus alike, as they read out the numbers,
controlling our lives
We were quiet and thoughtful ‘cause nobody knew if the axe of the draft
would hit me or hit you
Our student deferments had ran out of steam and the nation had called for
new blood in the stream
Consciences objection is not right for me ‘cause I thought that sometimes
you must fight to be free
But the voices in Asia seemed distant and hoarse, I knew that they were
fighting for freedom of choice
That phrase that belied segregation is tops when they needed excuses to
burn up a bus
But right now my eyes were glued to t.v. as they read out my number, 123
I was save, tucked away with my books in my bed as visions of chemistry
danced in my head
Was my protesting nature elevating through zen or was I just a wolf in a
liberal sheep skin
As I look ‘round the room at the faces of friends who would soon be shaved
bald and subjected to whims of a drill sergeant, hell bent on making them
men, I regained my conviction to make the war end and to do what I could in
my own little way to right every wrong that my forefathers made
With the fathers explaining to teary-eyed wives that their sons will grow
up in the lottery of lives
Ice on the river
Every day I'm a worker, digging long holes in the ground
Every night I'm a gambler, I leave my wages in the town
Every day she's a lady, she's wearing pearls and silken clothes
Every night she's a hooker, push-up bra and fishnet hose
Ice on the river, she's waiting for you
Ice on the river, you'll never get through
Ice on the river, each step makes a crack
Ice on the river, you'll never get back, you'll never get back
Every day I am tempted, I, I don't think of wrong or right
Every night I walk past her, I don't play with dynomite
Every day makes a difference, the things will change as people grow
Every night in the forest, the old boughs break as new winds blow
Ice on the river, she's waiting for you
Ice on the river, you'll never get through
Ice on the river, each step makes a crack
Ice on the river, you'll never get back
Ice on the river, she's waiting for you
Ice on the river, you'll never get through
Ice on the river, each step makes a crack (Crack)
Ice on the river, ice on the river, never get back
Ice on the river, don't know she's waiting for you
Ice on the river, you'll never get back
Ice on the river, each step makes a crack
Ice on the river, ice on the river, you'll never get back
Ice on the river, she's waiting for
Ice on the river, you'll never get back
Ice on the river, ice on the river, each step makes a crack
Ice on the river, ice on the river, well you'll never get back
Ice on the river, she's got, waiting for you
Ice on the river, you'll never get through
Ice on the river, ice on, each step makes a crack
Ice on the river, ice on the river, you'll never get back
It’s been one of those nights, when the jukebox shuts down
I’ve done everything there is to do in this town
Thank god the traffic is loud ‘cause I’m in no condition to put up a fight
You know, baby, I need you and how
I should know better
I should know better
I should know better by now
It’s been one of those days, when there’s no coming down
I spend my last dime
?Press well? through and no-one’s around
Well, I toss and turn, my baby, with visions of you and ?a feeling? in my
head
And oh, baby I need you and how
I should know better
I should know better
I should know better by now
I still think I see you, with open arms to receive me
I can’t understand it at all
With, my memory deceives me but you know that it’s true
Well, I so often try
Another man, declaring nothing to hide
It’s the oldest trick in the book
C’mon darling, will you please take a look?
And oh, baby I need you right now
I should know better (I should know better)
I should know better (I should know better)
I should know (Know) better by now
I should know, I should know better
I should, I should know better
Any fool can see he's a fool for you
Well, it just might be he don't need you
Every step he takes brings him closer to you
Every sound he makes is, "I love you"
He rubs his belly as the guests come in
He's eating imported caviar
He likes to spend a lot of money on a big weekend
He knows that money don't go to far
He's got everything in the world alright
He's got his heart hanging on his sleeve
He's got a whole lot of trouble in his house tonight
He's got a woman that will not leave
He's got a woman that will not leave
And any fool can see he's a fool for you
Well, it just might be he don't need you
Every step he takes brings him closer to you
Every sound he makes is, "I love you"
He's got a house, it's got thirty rooms
He's got insurance on seven cars
He's drinking thirty dollar whiskey with a silver spoon
He likes drinking from??? mason??? jars
Oh yeah, he will try to buy you if you don't watch out
??? He'll drive a package???, you like pantyhose
He seems to like it when you scream and shout
He never listens, 'cause this is what he thinks he knows
He never listens, 'cause he thinks he knows
Well, any fool can see, he's a fool for you
And it just might be he don't need you
Every step he takes brings him closer to you
Every sound he makes is, "I love you"
Every sound he makes is, "I love you"
You asked me how I’ve been, the state of mind I’m in
Everybody says, “Well, she’s gone forever”
I’m really not the type to give up without a fight
I haven’t turned the page or closed the cupboard
‘Cause everybody knows I’m no good at letting go
I’m not giving up the ghost
If she were here with me, I know that she would see, one chance is all I
need and she’d remember
You know we said goodbye, she just slipped into the night
She could never stay and face the ending
But everybody knows I’m no good at letting go
Well, I’m not giving up the ghost
I’m not giving up the ghost, as foolish as it seems
You won’t get that close and say it’s just a dream
If you see her, let her know that I’m not good at letting go
I’m not giving up the ghost
If she came back today, I wouldn’t turn away
I’d forget the things she’d done and find a new beginning
Until than I’ll be here, another day, another year
Another lonely, lonely night until the morning
Everybody knows I’m no good at letting go
I’m not giving up the ghost
I’m not giving up the ghost, as foolish as it seems
You won’t get that close and say it’s just a dream
If you see her, let her know that I’m not good at letting go
Giving up the ghost
If you see her, let her know, I’m not good at letting go
Giving up the ghost (Giving up the ghost)
I’m not (I’m not giving up the ghost) giving up the ghost
I’m not (I’m not giving up the ghost) giving up the ghost
I’m not (I’m not giving up the ghost) giving up the ghost
(I’m not giving up the ghost)
(I’m not giving up the ghost) I’m not giving up the ghost
I’m (I’m not giving up the ghost) giving up the ghost
Giving up the ghost (I’m not giving up the ghost), giving up the ghost
I was with a friend at the deli store, picking up some junk food and heading across the floor, out the door
Standing at the street by my dirty car, a vision from a dream that was tucked up far away, 'till today
I whispered to my friend, "Better go on home. Don't ask any questions, I need to be alone. Just walk on home"
I walked up to my dream girl and left my friend
My hair was just a mess but you had such perfect skin
I didn't need to ask where you had to go, I drove right outta town, heading for the open road
'Cause she's a girl with a point of view, the woman I always knew, to tell me what I should do
She's the mystery of angels, you, a source of resemblance, sooth, the girl with the point of view
She began to talk but she didn't speak
My hands began to shake and my knees got weak, oh my, I could??? try
I had to close my eyes so that I could see the pictures of the things that she thought to me that day, the kiss of fate
Well I don't have a merry,??? a please old time???, I didn't have a clue but I was feeling, feeling fine
It was like a??? class, with my girl room days???, it wasn't even boring, 'cause it was all so nice
Because, she's a girl with a point of view, the woman I always knew, would tell me what I should do
She's the mystery of angels, you, a source of resemblance, sooth, the girl with the point of view
I can still??? find??? a girl in this world, but I can tell you now, "I will never find that girl"
She??? does such beautiful things?? when I touched her lips
I'd give everything if you happen to have that kiss, no
Because, she's a girl with a point of view, the woman I always knew, would tell me what I should do
She's the mystery of angels, you, a source of resemblance, sooth, the girl with the point of view
The girl with the point of view, the girl with the point of view
The girl with the point of view, the point of view
In the beginning (You needed me so)
Unhappy endings (They come and they go)
Wait 'til tomorrow (That's all I can say)
Beg steal or borrow (Don't throw it away)
When I first met you (My time was my own)
I won't forget you (For leading me home)
But when I look into your face, I see you staring into space
Eyes on fire
Don't you know that you're burning?
Eyes on fire
Taking never returning
Eyes on fire
Everything that you've been learning
Eyes on fire
Don't you know when the thrill is gone you're all alone and on your own?
Keep on playing the games but you'll forget how it seems to be so happy just to be near the flames
Eyes on fire
Eyes on fire
Eyes on fire
Eyes on fire
In the beginning (You played on my side)
Unhappy endings (Were easy to hide)
Wait 'til tomorrow (You knew where to stop)
Beg steal or borrow (All those pills that you pop)
When I first met you (I'd kill for your smile)
I won't forget you (Your blood on the tile)
I didn't know you couldn't stand your body burning up again
Eyes on fire
Don't you know that you're burning?
Eyes on fire
Taking never returning
Eyes on fire
All those things you've been learning
Eyes on fire
Don't leave me all alone
Eyes on fire
Don't you know the thrill is gone?
Eyes on fire
Can't you feel it burning?
Eyes on fire
Don't throw it all away
Eyes on fire
Oh you said you'd never leave me
The nights are hard
The lights have all gone down
Darkness in the better parts of town
Just a night to walk out on this girl
And if she stops me I ???
With a promise in her voice ???
With the darkness handing me her world
Everytime I think of home where the bright lights ?sing in a sirens song?
Crystal clear and twice as loud, everytime I think of home
Stumble down the pavement, burns my feet
There’s no moon to help me through the street
Wish I had a flashlight and a song
Hear the sound of nothing left to think
Every step destroys another link to this place that never felt like home
Everytime I think of home where the big boats ?run in on flesh and foam?
Credit cards and broken bones, everytime I think of home
There’s a light in my head that dreams of a kid staring strait at the sun
Maybe I just take a rest right here on these stepping stones to who knows
where
If I fall asleep, don’t let me know
And everytime I think of home where the bright lights ?sing in a sirens
song?
Crystal clear and twice as loud, everytime I think of home
Everytime I think of home
Everytime I think of home
Everytime I think of home
Here's the gun that killed it all
All the rest can take a walk
Inside it's all set, testify
It said, "Talk to her, it's suicide"
I didn't like her, such a jerk
I was just a smartass clerk
God strictly said, "What's the groove"
Don't know how she made me move
Don't let me decline and fall
That's not what I want at all
Because I've seen you around and I know what you do
Hate to decline and fall for you
Pushed around and??? put 'em back???
I had passed,??? big job to do???
Still I know she's not my style
Checked off, thinking all the while
Don't let me decline and fall
That's not what I want at all
Because I've seen you around and I know what you do
Hate to decline and fall for you
Don't let me decline and fall
That's not what I want at all
'Cause I've seen you around and I know what you do
Hate to decline and fall for you
Live the low life I get paid
Left past in fairy land
Feeling cool, they only lie
Well there're biscuits on the table and turkey on the stove
Ground rice steaming and green beans stringing and pie that's??? Almond???
That's the way to spend Thanksgiving, but I'm not there to sit and??? take it??? in
I live in constant fear of being rolled, 'cause I'm up in New York city catching cold
Well there are stockings by the chimney, stuffed with nuts and tangerines
Grandma's chuckle, wild babies gurgle, dads tie is red and green
The table is packed with food again, I'm still not there to lend a hand
And I'll miss the greatest story ever told, 'cause I'm up in New York city catching cold
Oh I wish that I could be there with the packages and bows
To catch you smiling sweetly underneath the mistletoe
My chair is sitting empty as they call me on the phone
And the whole damn yule time seasons come and go
The party hats get dusted off, the family resolute
The band parades while cute spring maids give out flag salutes
Up here where they drink to twelve o'clock and then tear up the Times Square block
I think I see the ghost of Lombardo; he's up in New York City catching cold
I'll take his arm and head out for a stroll, two spectres in a swirling icy blow
I was as bad as I could in high school
She was the nicest girl that I knew
She didn't know what I was thinking when I took her to go drinking
Betty Loo got a tattoo too, yeah; Betty Loo got a tattoo too
It was a rock and roll thing to do, so Betty Loo got a tattoo too
She was a barely legal honey, with one eye a little funny
I got her drinking coke and??? tickle??? and than I began to twinkle
So Betty Loo got a tattoo too, yeah, Betty Loo got a tattoo too
It was a jurist prudent thing to do, yeah, Betty Loo got a tattoo too (Oh c'mon, yeah)
Yeah, her voice is kind of slurry but her face is awful "pretty"
As she whispers recant detres and lifted up her sweater
Betty Loo got a tattoo too; Betty Loo got a tattoo too
An existentialist thing to do, Betty Loo got a tattoo too
She was the sweetest girl in town
She always gotta help but I put her down
So now, she's made to sin
She's got a permanent impression of a teenage queen
It was a Hollywood thing to do, a bright full coloured tattoo
It was a Hip Hop, Raga Muffin, nasty thing to do
So Betty Loo got a tattoo too
Well, she's feeling right in fashion as she hides a secret passion
For a night of double vision and a fabulous decision
Betty Loo got a tattoo too, yeah; Betty Loo got a tattoo too
It was a Heavy Metal thing to do, so Betty Loo got a tattoo too
Just a military thing to do, so Betty Loo got a tattoo too
A devil angel, standing on the stairs
She asked me questions, as if I cared
She asked me questions I would never dare to ask a stranger
Then she vanished right before my eyes
A flash of lightning but there was no sound
A flash of lightning, than I turned around and ran for cover
Angel, angel, hovering around me
I’m surprised she found me
I’m the devil in her eyes
My hands are shaking, so I sit real still
Don’t need an angel trying to make a deal
Don’t need an angel who wants to make me feel my days are numbered
Angel, angel, hovering around me
Well, I’m surprised she found me
I’m the devil in her eyes
Oh, like slipping away in a dream she comes to talk again
She comes to make me scream
I’m going weaker
I’m goin’ to need her touch
I don’t want to need her so much
On the ceiling, as I lay in bed, I see my angel, smiling overhead
I see my angel, for the live I’ve led over her shoulder
Angel, angel, hovering around me
Well, I’m surprised she found me
I’m the devil
Angel, angel, hovering around me
Well, I’m surprised she found me
I’m the devil in her eyes
Angel, angel
Angel
Angel, angel
Angel
(Angel, angel)
Angel, angel
(Angel, angel)
She was dressed like Garbo, I was??? Mon Ami???
She picked??? an ashtray???, she took my glass and said, "Have one on me"
I dreamed of this first meeting but blew it from the start
The corner stone of all that's wrong, would play a loud part
'Cause nothing's gonna work out right, nothing's gonna work out, try as I might
I'm sitting on the fence, alone with the moon tonight
She was reading history, in my brother's store
A book on Andrew Jackson, paper money and he war
I broke the concentration, by falling off the desk
She stared through me with teachers eyes, I'm sure I flunked the test
Nothing's gonna work out right, nothing's gonna work out, try as I might
I'm sitting on the fence, alone with the moon tonight
If you could see me you'd take off your glasses
I thought I could dress like a man of the world
Should I drive to Texas and join a rodeo?
I would fall and hit the wall, break my neck, I know
'Cause nothing's gonna work out right, nothing's gonna work out, try as I might
I'm sitting on the fence, alone with the moon
Nothing's gonna work out right, nothing's gonna work out, try as I might
I'm sitting on the fence, alone with the moon
I'm sitting on the fence, alone with the moon
I'm sitting on the fence, alone with the moon tonight, alone with the moon tonight, alone with the moon tonight
I was such a happy boy, lead a live so full of joy
Lead a live that I had planned, superman
I am such a lonely guy
I stare at bleak and lonely skies
Take the good that I can find, from my mind
Don't take this to heart now
Listen to me, I was always lonely
So they tell me, even though I'm happy to be near you
I am still so lonely
I was such a handsome kid
I couldn't help the things I did
I couldn't push the girls aside and hide
Now I'm old and grey and blue
Heaven knows, what can I do?
Drunk and tired all the time, in my mind
Don't take this to heart now
Listen to me; I could still be happy if you help me
Even though I'm lonely, when I'm near you
You can still be happy
Laying on this bed of stone, feeling like I'm going home
Ticking like a bomb, the clock of ages
I’ve read the book of love and I, look, I’ve held the pages
Choking back the fear of ever after
To know the taste of time gone to waste, without the laughter
Wound up like a spring, forged from eternity
Live rolling endlessly, I can’t pull the hours of dreams
Somehow I have thought that I would have time to change
25,000 days isn’t nearly as long as it seems
Every day I wake up to the pressure
I feel the blush of every day rust, too small to measure
Giving up the hour for the minute
I trade the days in my shallow grave for time to spend here
Wound up like a spring, forged from eternity
Live rolling endlessly, I can’t pull the hours of dreams
Somehow I have thought that I would have time to change
25,000 days isn’t nearly as long as it seems
As long as it seems
As long as it seems
As long as it seems
As long as it seems
As long as it seems
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