Marx, Richard Filmography

• Old Days (2013)
• Legends & Lyrics (2009)
• Ringo Starr and His All Starr Band Live 2006 (2008)
• The 46th Annual Grammy Awards (2004)
• 'N Sync: 'Ntimate Holiday Special (2000)
• A SHeVery Merry Christmas with SHeDAISY (2000)
• Tapestry Revisited: A Tribute to Carole King (1995)
• The 21st Annual American Music Awards (1994)
• A '70s Celebration: The Beat Is Back (1993)
• The 1993 Billboard Music Awards (1993)
• The 1992 Billboard Music Awards (1992)
• The 1992 World Music Awards (1992)
• The 19th Annual American Music Awards (1992)
• 1991 Billboard Music Awards (1991)
• 1990 MLB All-Star Game (1990)
• Grammy Legends (1990)
• The 17th Annual American Music Awards (1990)
• The 15th Annual American Music Awards (1988)
• The 30th Annual Grammy Awards (1988)
• An All Star Celebration: Vote '88 (1988)
• One Voice (1986)
• Coach of the Year (1980)

Marx, Richard Filmography

• It's Good to Be Alive (1974)
• Message to My Daughter (1973)

Marx, Richard Filmography

• Canadian Country Music Awards (2009)

• Have Mercy - Richard Marx
• First Time Ever I Saw Your Face - Richard Marx
• Come Running - Richard Marx
• Children of the night - Richard Marx
• Big Boy Now - Richard Marx
• Better Or Worse - Richard Marx
• The Other Side - Richard Marx
• Hold On To The Night - Richard Marx
• Every Day of Your Life (Chaque jour de ta vie) - Richard Marx
• Baby Blues - Richard Marx
• What You Want? - Richard Marx
• Way She Loves Me - Richard Marx
• YOU NEVER TAKE ME DANCING - Richard Marx
• Whole World To Save - Richard Marx
• Too Shy to Say - Richard Marx
• THE WAY SHE LOVES ME - Richard Marx
• The Image - Richard Marx
• The Edge Of Forever - Richard Marx
• Straight From My Heart - Richard Marx
• One More Time - Richard Marx
• Right Here Waiting - Richard Marx
• Remember Manhattan - Richard Marx
• Power of You and Me - Richard Marx
• One Thing Left - Richard Marx
• One More Try - Richard Marx
• Nothin' Left To Say - Richard Marx
• MIAMI 2017 - Richard Marx
• Love Goes On - Richard Marx
• Lonely Heart - Richard Marx
• Heaven's Waiting - Richard Marx
• Goodbye Hollywood - Richard Marx
• Everything Good - Richard Marx
• Calling You - Richard Marx
• Again - Richard Marx
• Should've Known Better - Richard Marx
• Shine - Richard Marx
• Rhythm Of Life - Richard Marx
• Always On Your Mind - Richard Marx
• Never Far Away - Richard Marx
• Your World - Richard Marx
• Your Goodbye - Richard Marx
• Wild Horses - Richard Marx
• When November Falls - Richard Marx
• Take You Back - Richard Marx
• STREETS OF PAIN - Richard Marx
• Silent Scream - Richard Marx
• Save Me - Richard Marx
• Richard Marx---Days In Avalon - Richard Marx
• You'll Never Be Alone - Richard Marx
• Touch of Heaven - Richard Marx
• Thunder And Lightning - Richard Marx
• The Power Inside Of Me - Richard Marx
• The Best Of Me - Richard Marx
• Thanks To You - Richard Marx
• Teacher I Need You - Richard Marx
• Take It To The Limit - Richard Marx
• So Into You - Richard Marx
• Satisfied - Richard Marx
• Ride With The Idol - Richard Marx
• Richard Marx--You Never Take Me Dancing - Richard Marx
• Richard Marx--What's Wrong With That - Richard Marx
• Richard Marx--What's The Story - Richard Marx
• Richard Marx--What You Want - Richard Marx
• Richard Marx--The Image - Richard Marx
• Richard Marx--Superstar - Richard Marx
• Richard Marx--Streets Of Pain - Richard Marx
• Richard Marx--Silent Scream - Richard Marx
• Richard Marx--Playing With Fire - Richard Marx
• Richard Marx--Nothing To Hide - Richard Marx
• Richard Marx--Love Unemotional - Richard Marx
• Richard Marx--I Get No Sleep - Richard Marx
• Richard Marx--Hands In Your Pockets - Richard Marx
• Richard Marx--Goodbye Hollywood - Richard Marx
• Richard Marx--Fool's Game - Richard Marx
• Richard Marx---Miami 2017 - Richard Marx
• Remmember Manhattan - Richard Marx
• One Man - Richard Marx
• Now & Forever - Richard Marx
• Nothing You Can Do About It - Richard Marx
• MY CONFESSION - Richard Marx
• Keep Coming Back - Richard Marx
• I'm Never Gonna Fall In Love Again - Richard Marx
• Heart Of My Own - Richard Marx
• Haunt Me Tonight - Richard Marx
• Everyday Of Your Life - Richard Marx
• Edge Of A Broken Heart - Richard Marx
• Dont Mean Nothing - Richard Marx
• Dependence - Richard Marx
• Chaque Jour De Ta Vie (French Version Of Every Day - Richard Marx
• CAN'T LIE TO MY HEART - Richard Marx
• Can't Help Falling In Love - Richard Marx
• Burning Of The Heart - Richard Marx
• Bring it On Home - Richard Marx
• Beautiful - Richard Marx
• Another Heaven - Richard Marx
• Waiting on Your Love - Richard Marx
• Too Early to be Over - Richard Marx
• Straight from the Heart - Richard Marx
• Richard Marx---Shine - Richard Marx
• Richard Marx---One More Time - Richard Marx
• Wait For The Sunrise - Richard Marx
• Until I Find You Again - Richard Marx
• To My Senses - Richard Marx
• Through My Veins - Richard Marx
• The Flame of Love - Richard Marx
• More than a Mystery - Richard Marx
• LOVE UNEMOTIONAL - Richard Marx
• Keep Coming Back To You - Richard Marx
• Angelia - Richard Marx
• And I Love Her - Richard Marx
• Almost Everything - Richard Marx
• Now And Forever - Richard Marx
• In This All Alone - Richard Marx
• Slipping Away - Richard Marx
• When You're Gone - Richard Marx
• When You Loved Me - Richard Marx
• WHAT'S WRONG WITH THAT - Richard Marx
• What's The Story - Richard Marx
• Too Late To Say Goodbye - Richard Marx
• That Was Lulu - Richard Marx
• Take This Heart - Richard Marx
• Suspicion - Richard Marx
• Surrender To Me - Richard Marx
• Superstar - Richard Marx
• Soul Motion - Richard Marx
• Someone Special - Richard Marx
• Real World - Richard Marx
• Ready To Fly - Richard Marx
• Playing With Fire - Richard Marx
• Part of Me - Richard Marx
• Over My Head - Richard Marx
• O Holy Night - Richard Marx
• Nothing To Hide - Richard Marx
• NOTHING LEFT BEHIND US - Richard Marx
• Nothin' You Can Do About It - Richard Marx
• Miracle - Richard Marx
• Loved - Richard Marx
• Image - Richard Marx
• If You Don't Want My Love - Richard Marx
• I GET NO SLEEP - Richard Marx
• HOLD ON TO THE NIGHTS - Richard Marx
• HEAVEN ONLY KNOWS - Richard Marx
• Colder - Richard Marx
• Heart on the Line - Richard Marx
• Hazard - Richard Marx
• Hands In Your Pocket - Richard Marx
• From The Inside - Richard Marx
• FOOL'S GAME - Richard Marx
• Falling - Richard Marx
• Eternity - Richard Marx
• Endless Summer Nights - Richard Marx
• Done To Me - Richard Marx
• Don't Mean Nothin' - Richard Marx
• Days in Avalon - Richard Marx
• CHAINS AROUND MY HEART - Richard Marx
• Breathless - Richard Marx
• Boy Next Door - Richard Marx
• At The Beginning - Richard Marx
• ANGEL'S LULLABY - Richard Marx

Ships are moving closer to the shoreline
And we're laughing in the face of a loaded guns
I saw it on the news, we ain't got no worry
But it won't be in the paper when D-day comes
Lord, have mercy
For we know not what we do
Have mercy
We've forgotten to be afraid of you
Who can solve the problems of a nation?
We cure the symptoms but we're killed by the disease
I feel I've more than made my contribution
But I hope there's room in heaven for my ego and me
Lord, have mercy
For we know not what we do
Have mercy, yeah
We've forgotten to be afraid of you
(Have mercy)
Have mercy
Lend us your hand
Lord, have mercy
Give us just another chance
Too many coaches on the sideline, yeah
Too many keepers in the zoo
How will we know we've passed the deadline
Give us the strength to stand or fall
God in heaven have mercy on us all
Have mercy
Lord, have mercy
How will we know we've passed the deadline
Give us the strength to stand or fall
God in heaven have mercy on us all
Ships are even closer to the shoreline
Now we're playing in a madman's house of fun
I read it in the news, we ain't got no worry
But it won't be in the paper when D-day comes
Lord, have mercy
For we know not what we do
Have mercy, yeah
We've forgotten to be afraid of you
(Have mercy)
Have mercy
Lend us your hand
Lord, have mercy
Give us just one more chance
(Have mercy)
Lord, have mercy
(Have mercy)

The first time ever I saw your face
I thought the sun rose in your eyes
And the moon and the stars were the gifts you gave
To the dark and empty skies, my love
The first time ever I kissed your mouth
I felt your heart beat close to mine
Like the trembling heart of a captive bird
That was ther at my command, my love
The first time ever I saw your face, your face,

I’m a prisoner in the night
Taken captive like the light
I just can’t forget you
I’ve been frozen in my tracks
I’ve been broken right in half
But I couldn’t help but let you
Roll, stroll
Like a voodoo inside my soul
Strange, daze
Melted my self-control
Any old excuse at all
All you have to do is call
Baby, don’t you know that I’ll come running
Any time of night or day
Anywhere or anyway
Baby, don’t you know that I’ll come running
You’d have thought I knew the score
That I’d seen this all before
Guess who’s got my number
You held me helpless as a child
As you slowly, you drove me wild
And I didn’t stop to wonder
Why, try
There’s no explaining this spell
Tossed, lost
You know you do it so well
Any old excuse at all
All you have to do is call
Baby, don’t you know that I’ll come running
Any time of night or day
Anywhere or anyway

All that I know in my life,
I have learned on the street
No magic carpet, no genie, no shoes on my feet
Will I wake up from this nightmare?
A fear that chills me to the bone
Though I may be one of many
I feel so all alone
We are the children of the night
We won't go down without a fight
Our voice is strong, our future's bright
And thanks to what we learned from you
We've grown into the children of the night
Left by my father with only this scar on my face
Told by my mother that,
"No, you were just a mistake"
I have tasted my own hunger
Sold my body to survive
Some have paid to scratch the surface
But they can't touch what's inside
We are the children of the night
We won't go down without a fight
Our voice is strong, our future's bright
And thanks to what we learned from you
We've grown into the children of the night
How I long for something better
Than this life I know too well
Lord, I know I'm bound for heaven
Cause I've done my time in hell
We are the children of the night
We won't go down without a fight
Our voice is strong, our future's bright
And thanks to what we learned from you

I've been searching
Not the first or the last
Trying to figure out the mystery of the half empty glass
Time is turning for the rest of the world
While a temporary leap of faith helps the story unfurl
They say that hearts don't stay broken
Even though the scars remain
And eyes don't stay swollen
Even if it feels that way
But it's not that serious
I'm a big boy now
And I'm not delirious
So don't show me how
Cause I've gotten beyond the agony
And my perspective is saving me
Never doubted what the cards would reveal
And if the joker showed his ugly face
Not that big of a deal
It's just a moment in the scheme of it all
But it's difficult to visualize when the axe starts to fall
But then a heart won't stay broken
Even on its darkest day
The right door could open
Pick you up and drift away
But it's not that serious
I'm a big boy now
And I'm not delirious
So don't show me how
Cause I've gotten beyond the agony
And my perspective is saving me
With all the confusion
How does anybody come through
But life is illusion
And no one can tell you what you've gotta do
You know a heart won't stay broken
Even on its darkest day
The right door could open
Pick you up and drift away
But it's not that serious
I'm a big boy now
And I'm not delirious
So don't show me how
Cause I've gotten beyond the agony
And my perspective is saving me
Saving me, yeah
Saving me

We’ve been down this road before
Lost the key that fits the door
Believing it was finally gone for good
Here we are, the perfect pair
In a state of disrepair
Saying all the things we swore we never would
And the words that mean the most
Hang between us like a ghost
Left unspoken
But I
I’m gonna love you even when it hurts
Yeah, I
I’m gonna love you
For better or worse
Everywhere I look around
It seems when things break down
It’s easier to just throw them away
But a promise left to die
Can sometimes still surprise
And start breathing in the morning’s light of day
And the hearts that learn to bend
Are the only ones who mend
When they’re broken
Chorus
And I haven’t got a clue
Baby, any more than you
Where we’re goin’

Everyone, even those I love
Say that I must move on
It's time to pick the pieces up
What's done is done
What's gone is gone
And I, I know they mean me well
But I'm not buying what they sell
Chorus:
I can see your face
In every shooting star
Can you feel my pain
From where you are?
I really wanna know was it worth the ride?
And will you be waitin' on the other side?
The other side
I've been a soul adrift
Without you here to steady me
And I still listen for your voice
Through the anger and insanity
And I'm desperate for your help
Oh I look for it in myself
Chorus:
I can see your face
In every shooting star
Can you feel my pain
From where you are?
And I really wanna know was it worth the ride?
And will you be waitin' on the other side?
The other side
And I, I'm desperate for your help
Oh I, I find it in myself
Chorus:
I can see your face
In every shooting star
Can you taste my tears
Ah, from where you are?
And I really wanna know was it worth the ride?
And will you be waitin' on the other side?
The other side
The other side

HOLD ON TO THE NIGHT
Richard Marx
Just when I believed I couldn't ever want for more.
This ever changing world pushes me through another door.
I saw you smile
And my mind could not erase the beauty of your face
Just for a while,
Won't you let me shelter you.
Hold on to the night
Hold on to the memory
I wish that I could give you something more,
That I could be yours
How do we explain
something that took us by surprise
Promises in vain
Love that is real, but in disguise
What happens now
Do we break another rule, let our lovers play the fool?
I don't know how to stop feeling this way
Hold on to the night
Hold on the memory
If only I could give you more...
Well, I think that I've been true to everybody else but me
And the way I feel about you makes my heart long to be free
Every time I look into your eyes I'm helplessly aware
That the someone I've been searching for is right there
Hold on to the night
Hold on to the memory
I wish that I could give you more....
Hold on to the night
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You never really thought you'd live to see the day
When the walls around your heart were blown away.
Just close your eyes, and you will hear me say,
"It's alright."
The key to everything I need is in your hands.
The part of me that no one understands.
When all my bridges burn, you tell me that,
"It's alright."
One world, one ride,
One 'til the end of time.
I'll be someone standing by your side,
Every day of your life.
Il ya des jours ou par amour on oublie tout,
(There are some days where by love we forget it all,)
Le fou, les guerres, le chaos, les remous.
(The fire, the wars, the chaos, the currents.)
Rien ne sera jamais plus fort que nous.
(Nothing will ever be as strong as we.)
It's alright.
On a la foi qui peut deplacer les montagnes,
(We have a faith that can move mountains,)
Et nos pensees qui toujours se rejoignent.
(And our thoughts which always come together.)
Tu sait que meme au loin, je t'accompagne.
(You know that even when I'm far away, I'm still with you.)
It's alright.
Yeah, yeah!
J's'rai la pour toi.
(I'll be there for you.)
Tu peux compter sur moi,
(You can count on me,)
Comme un ami que jamais ne t'oublie,
(Like a friend who'll never forget you,)
Chaque jour de ta vie,
(Every day of your life,)
Y'aura en moi,
(Inside of me there will always be)
Toujours un peu de toi.
(A part of you.)
Fidele comme une ombre qui te suit,
(Faithful as a shadow that follows you,)
Chaque jour de ta vie.
(Every day of your life.)
Over and over your heart's been left bare,
Haunted by faith that has led you nowhere.
You don't need to call out my name,
'Cause I am always there!
Always there!
Yeah!
[Guitar Interlude]
J's'rai la pour toi.
(I'll be there for you.)
Tu peux compter sur moi,
(You can count on me,)
Comme un ami que jamais ne t'oublie,
(Like a friend who'll never forget you,)
Chaque jour de ta vie.
(Every day of your life.)
Yeah, yeah.
Y'aura en moi,
(Inside of me there will always be)
Toujours un peu de toi.
(A part of you.)
Fidele comme une ombre qui te suit,
(Faithful as a shadow that follows you,)
Chaque jour de ta vie.
(Every day of your life.)
Chaque jour de ta vie!
One like the earth and the sky!!
Chaque jour de ta vie!!

I don't need no money
I just need my baby's kiss
I swear, I don't need no money
Just need my baby's kiss, yeah, yeah
Ain't nobody in this whole wide world

Your situation's in need of help
You're gettin' so you don't know yourself
You wear his ring like a cheap disguise
But I can see you got wandering eyes
Don't believe it's just the clothes that make the man
No one else can love you like I know I can
Chorus:
I got what you want
Takes more than money to turn you on
I got what you need
C'mon baby take a chance on me
Somethin' 'bout your smile seems counterfeit
It ain't in you to be a hypocrite
So he's got a mansion, got lots of cash
You live like a queen but feel like trash
I can save you if you put your heart in mine
Baby, can't you see, we're two of the same kind, Yeah
Repeat chorus
Baby, there ain't nothin' keeping chains on you
Don't you let your head make up your mind
I can't get you off my mind
I'm afraid I may go blind
Won't you let me take you for a ride, yeah

The Way She Loves Me
Richard Marx
I'll have this feeling 'till the day that I die
When I hear my baby calling
A simple motion, a look in her eyes
And I'm helplessly falling
I'd give all of somebody else
For any piece of her heart that's left
She knows me better than I know myself
Let me tell you 'bout the way she loves me
Ooh, I'm proud to let it show
I'm crazy 'bout the way she loves me
Ooh, I want the world to know, yeah, yeah , yeah
Came close to letting this train pass me by
Just like a fool second guessing
I could've spent my life wondering why
I didn't cherish the blessing
If I'd have known she'd come my way
The lonely nights would have been okay
I have her promise that she's gonna stay
Let me tell you 'bout the way she loves me
Ooh, I'm proud to let it show
I'm crazy 'bout the way she loves me
Ooh, I want the world to know, yeah, yeah , yeah
Nobody else could do me so right
A breath of heaven in my darkest night
I'm gonna hold on with all my might
Let me tell you 'bout the way she loves me
Ooh, I'm proud to let it show
I'm crazy 'bout the way she loves me
Ooh, I want the world to know, yeah, yeah , yeah
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The world's greatest mystery
Is love between the woman and the man
Some guys are Romeos
Others simply do the best they can
I'm just your average, ordinary Joe
Tryin' to learn things I never knew I had to know
What's a man supposed to do
I don't get no kick from nine to five
And I'm not a man who thinks it's true
It's a woman's place to keep a love alive
I've watched enough daytime TV
To know my baby's needs
But sometimes I swear that she's impossible to please
She says
Chorus:
You give me all that I want of your money, baby
But you never take me dancing
I really think I do a lot to show
How I feel about her in my way
Roses on our anniversary
Candlelight and me on her birthday
Just when I thought that I had it all worked out
Now she says I still don't know what it's all about
She says
Chorus:
You give me all that I want of your money, baby
But you never take me dancing
You give me sweet little talk, call me honey, baby
But you never take me dancing
I'm just your average, ordinary Joe
Tryin' to learn things I never knew I had to know
Chorus out

Nowhere to hide, you can't escape the fun
No matter where you run
All that is gone with the times
And time will tell on you if you don't carry through
You've got your soul on the line
Long as you know which side the sun rises on everyone
Wherever you go you'll understand
Holding the light in the center of your hand, There's a
Chorus:
Whole world to save
There's a whole world to save
You can start any place, there's a
Whole world to save, Whole world
Not any reason to wait
You're alone, you and everything with a face
Why'd they call it human race?
All in a world of our own
I think it's gone far enough, I say we call their bluff
Somebody's got to be strong
If you get one wild night in life, oh, you'd better get it right
If it's the only life you get
What is it worth if it's you and nothing left, there's a
Repeat chorus
Making a difference, seeing what nobody sees
I won't wait for a deliverance 'cause I know it's waiting for me
Long as you know which side the sun rises on everyone
Wherever you go, you'll understand
Holding the light in the center of your hand, there's a
Repeat chorus

You make me smile
You make me sing
You make me feel good, everything
You bring me up
When I've been down
This only happens when you're around
Chorus:
And I can't go on this way
With it stronger every day
But being too shy to say
I really love you
I wanna fly
Away with you
Until there's nothing left for us to do
I wanna be
More than a friend
Until the end of an endless end
Chorus x 2

When I hear my baby calling
A simple motion, a look in her eyes
And I'm helplessly falling
I'd give all of somebody else
For any piece of her heart that's left
She knows me better than I know myself
Chorus
Let me tell you
'bout the way she loves me
Ooh, I'm proud to let it show
I'm crazy about the way she loves me
Ooh, I want the world to know
Yeah, yeah, yeah
Came close to letting this train pass me by
Just like a fool, second guessing
I could've spent my life wondering why
I didn't cherish the blessing
But I know, she'd come my way
Lonely nights would have been okay
I have her promise that she's gonna stay
Repeat Chorus
Nobody else could do me so right
A breath of Heaven in my darkest night
I'm gonna hold on with all of my might
Repeat Chorus

Hope you don't believe a word
Of all the things I know you've heard about me
Really just a pack of lies
You see the truth before your eyes around me
Hard to keep it straight
The real from the ruse
Probably way too late
What can I do, but it's
*Chorus:
Not what you think
Not what you hear
Not what you see
It's just the image
It's all on a string
All fantasy
Not really me
It's just the image
**Would it be too much to ask
That you could just give me the chance to prove it
Or would it only be a waste of time
To try to make you change your mind and use it
What I've been looking for
Isn't what I thought
Not behind the golden door
You're all I've got, and it's
*Repeat Chorus
**Repeat
*Chorus

Written by Richard Marx and Chely Wright
No one can decide
When lightning will strike
And everything falls into place
But lately it seems
When you're in my dreams
I find that I don't want to wake
I wanna slowly
Unlock the mystery
I wanna make love
I wanna make history
Chorus
With you
I see a lifetime with you
And if one thing is true
It's that God knew someday I'd be standing
On the edge of forever with you
I'm ready to fall
To give you my all
Cause you're everything I'll ever want
It's amazing to me
How far we can see
Our horizon goes on and on
I wanna slowly
Unlock the mystery
I wanna make love
I wanna make history
Chorus
And when I'm shivering
Your body will be my blanket
And then I'm drifting, baby
You'll be my anchor
Chorus

Written and Arranged by Richard Marx
The sun's still warm and most days are good
The world still turns like you said it would
But this pain seems to never let me go
And there is really no movin' on
There's only going along
And I will always be
Better for you loving me
Better for the times we shared
That travel with me everywhere
And I will always try
To hold my head up to the sky
If only just to let you know
That straight from my heart
I still miss you so
If I could I would gladly trade
A thousand tomorrows for one yesterday
There are so many things that I would say
You're a part of every memory
That lives on in me
Chorus

Nothing I must do,
Nowhere I should be,
No one in my life,
To answer to, but me
No more candlelights,
No more purple skies
No one to be near
As my heart slowly dies
Chorus:
If I could hold you One More Time
Like in the days when you were mine
I'd look at you
Till I was blind
So you would stay
I'd say a prayer each time you sigh
Cradle the moments like a child
I'd stop the world if only I
Could hold you One More Time
Mmmmmm....
I've memorized your face
I know your touch by heart
Still lost in your embrace
I dream of where you are
Chorus:
If I could hold you One More Time
Like in the days when you were mine
I'd look at you
Till I was blind
So you would stay
I'd say a prayer each time you sigh
Cradle the moments like a child
I'd stop the world if only I
Could hold you One More Time
Mmmm...One More Time.

Oceans apart, day after day
And I slowly go insane
I hear your voice on the line
But it doesn't stop the pain
If I see you next to never
But how can we say forever
Wherever you go, whatever you do
I will be right here waiting for you
Whatever it takes or how my heart breaks
I will be right here waiting for you
I took for granted, all the times
That I thought would last somehow
I hear the laughter, I taste the tears
But I can't get near you now
Oh, can't you see it, baby
You've got me goin' crazy
Wherever you go, whatever you do
I will be right here waiting for you
Whatever it takes or how my heart breaks
I will be right here waiting for you
I wonder how we can survive
This romance
But in the end if I'm with you
I'll take the chance
Oh, can't you see it, baby
You've got me goin' crazy
Wherever you go, whatever you do
I will be right here waiting for you
Whatever it takes or how my heart breaks
I will be right here waiting for you
Waiting for you

Yeah, nothing worth a damn can be sifted through the brain
Sense don't make the man but you insist on being sane
Don't take time to think or you're done before you start
There's no missing link 'cause it's right there in your heart
Take a closer look there's an answer not a question
In that May-December line
You'll bite a bigger hook than the one you want to leave behind
Remember Manhattan, Woody wasn't wrong
Remember Manhattan before you say so long
How you gonna tell if it stands the test of time?
There's no wishing well that comes true without the dime
It's a common curse that the grass is always greener
No matter what you have
But nothing could be worse than to try to reproduce the past
Remember Manhattan, what did Woody say?
He said, "Remember Manhattan before you walk away"
Lose your common sense
'Cause you may not get the chance again
Remember Manhattan, what did Woody say?
He said, "Remember Manhattan before you walk away"
Yeah, yeah, yeah
You must remember
Remember Manhattan before you walk away
Remember, remember

Everybody's talking, the world is goin' round
Rumors are flying all over the town
How could a stranger know what's still a
mystery to me
I don't know what to call it
I don't know what it is
I only know for certain I've never felt like this
And, baby, it's the one thing I can believe
There's nothing I fear in this life
Long as I've got you by my side
Chorus
We're mighty as a hurricane, tougher than stone
Stronger than anything I've ever known
One look at us together anybody could see
There ain't nothin' that can stand up to
The power of you and me
We're only good together, no good on our own
Everything about you feels just like home
Before you I don't remember how I got along
You are the spark to my flame
The only one that burns in your name
Chorus
So many souls searching for
What we're holding right in our hands
You're the woman that makes me a better man
Chorus

My life is one big smile
As I cross off the things on my list
The splendor goes on for miles
I don't know what could be left to wish
I'm just living the dream
I do all right if you know what I mean
Chorus:
And I've closed the door
And locked it tight
And turned off every single light
Another perfect day is all but through
Now me getting over you
Is the one thing left to do
Yeah, yeah, yeah
The whole world has gone insane
The paper says so every day
And I can always feel the rain
Even when the sun's in the way
Yeah just living the dream
I wish my eyes could forget what they've seen
Chorus:
I've closed the door
And locked it tight
And turned off every single light
And walked away just like you asked me to
Now me getting over you
Is the one thing left to do
Yeah I know that it's me who's not well
But there's no one but you I can tell
Chorus:
As I close the door
And lock it tight
And turn off every single light
And walk away just like you asked me to
But me getting over you
Is the one thing left to do
Yeah, yeah, yeah
Is the one thing left to do

Girl, I must've been crazy
Something I would just as soon forget
I can only say I'm sorry and leave it up to you to say the rest
Chorus
If you want to go, girl, I won't stand in your way
But I'll stand by you if you decide you want to stay
Baby, don't you see
Doesn't have to be forever or goodbye
All I'm asking for is one more try
I'm the one who hurt you, still I know the pain you're going through
And even if you show forgiveness, there may be too much damage to undo.
I hear these voices telling me not to give up on you.
My heart and soul are searching
Trying to find a way
To bring your love back to me
Still I hear these voices telling me to not give up on you.
(Repeat Chorus)

Locked up tight but holdin' the key
Clock keeps tickin' like it's laughin' at me
I wonder
What spell I'm under
Days go by in a pulseless haze
Who's that person that's wearin' my face
Denyin'
What he's hidin'
I can't go on like this
I won't let myself miss the rest of my life
Chorus:
When something's come and gone
What good is holdin' on?
Why waste tomorrow chasin' yesterday?
I part my lips to speak
But the words are out of reach
I guess that really means
There's nothin' left to say
I guess we could carry on livin' asleep
Who is the fool who could choose to just keep pretendin'
That this ain't endin'?
I wish you all that I wish for myself
To have that ache of emptiness behind us
And not still inside us
It's time to take that dare
There's still a world out there waitin' for me
Chorus:
When something's come and gone
What good is holdin' on?
Why waste tomorrow chasin' yesterday?
I part my lips to speak
But the words are out of reach
I guess that really means
There's nothin' left to say
We did the best we could
Just like we thought we should
But sometimes you've got to just let go
Chorus:
When something's come and gone
What good is holdin' on?
Why waste tomorrow chasin' yesterday?
I part my lips to speak
But the words are out of reach
I guess that really means
There's nothin' left to say
There's nothin' left to say
Nothin' left to say

I've seen the lights go out on Broadway,
I saw the Empire State laid low.
And life went on beyond the palaces.
They all bought Cadillacs,
Left there long ago
We held a concert out in Brooklyn.
To watch the Island bridges blow.
It turned our power down,
And drove us underground,
But we went right on with the show.
I've seen the lights go out on Broadway,
I saw the ruins at life end.
You know we almost didn't notice it,
We see it all the time
On 42nd street
It burned the churches up in Harlem
Like in that Spanish Civil War.
The flames were everywhere,
And no one really cared,
It always burned up there before
I've seen the rats lie down on Broadway,
And I watched the Miami skyline fall.
The folks were waving at the Battery
The union went on strike
They never settled it out.
They sent a carrier out from Norfolk,
And picked the Yankees up for free.
They said the Queens could stay
And threw the crowns away,
And sent Manhattan out to sea.
She knows those lights right on Broadway
That was so many years ago.
Before we all lived in Florida.
Before the Mafia,
Took over Mexico.
There are too many who remember.
They say a handful still survive.
To tell the world about,
The way the lights went out,
To keep the memory alive.

Elusive happiness
Can be like promises
That rest so gently on our pillow
We stood out on the ledge
And leaned over the edge
And nearly fell right through that window
There were those who had us done by now
Baby, we've only just begun
Chorus:
The world may crash and burn
Or suddenly just cease to turn
But love goes on
It may look out of reach
And time may rob us like a thief
But love goes on
Our love goes on
No one may recognize
What lives behind our eyes
Sometimes the good times are the hardest
And when my strength is gone
It's you that I lean on
A light at the end of all my darkness
And in the end if I know nothing else
The answer is only in your arms
Chorus:
The world may crash and burn
Or suddenly just cease to turn
But love goes on
It may look out of reach
And time may rob us like a thief
But love goes on
And in the end if I know nothing else
The answer is right here in your arms
It's always in your arms
Chorus:
The world may crash and burn
Or suddenly just cease to turn
But love goes on
It may look out of reach
And time may rob us like a thief
But love goes on
Oh love goes on
It may look out of reach
And time may rob us like a thief
But love goes on

Heartbeat pounding so hard
It keeps me wide awake at night
I wait alone in the dark for you
To make the moment right
If I could only show you all that might be lost
Then you would never wonder what the secret was
And this is what I?d tell you
The lonely heart you see tonight
Will not give up without a fight
And I?m never gonna let it fade away
Never gonna let it fade away
Oh, you can look in my eyes
And see that you?re the only one
I would break down and cry
If you became the lonely one
I?d rather play the fool and try to hold a star
Than never know if you were gonna break my heart
And I can see it shining
The lonely heart you see tonight
Will not give up without a fight
And I?m never gonna let it fade away
Never gonna let it fade away
No matter what I say to make you understand
It?s all up to you to take the future in your hands
So please don?t keep me waiting
The lonely heart you see tonight
Will not give up without a fight
And I?m never gonna let it fade away
Never gonna let it fade away
And I?m never gonna let it fade away

It's hard to live beyond the walls
It ain't no life at all
But don't you tear it down
Chorus
Take your chances, I'll take mine
Chasing thunder is only wasted time
Got no reason to walk that line
Heaven's waiting if I can make it home tonight
And with the years I've found a faith that gets me by
It shows me the truth in a hurricane of lines
My baby's left a light for me
That's really all I need
They won't bring me down
(Repeat Chorus)
Aimlessly rushing leaves you with nothing
You need some loving to make you feel alive
In less than a moment, life can be stolen
I know where I'm going, gotta get me there tonight
I'm holding on to what I can
Like any other lucky man
Love won't strike me love won't sell me out
(Repeat Chorus)

Born and raised in the windy city
I moved west to kick start a dream
What I found was a town without pity
That'll chew you up and swallow you clean
I'm amazed at the life I'm livin'
Don't want to seem like I'm rockin' the boat
But it ain't all about taking but giving
I feel something tugging at my coat
No one ever told me it would be like this
That there'd be something called home that's too hard to miss
Chorus:
I'm saying goodbye to the glamour
Back to the old neighborhood
All that I need is a place that I can breathe
I'm saying Goodbye to Hollywood
Done my time in the Hoodoo Jungle
Tired of waking up in another man's dream
I've got the ball and I ain't gonna fumble
Gonna make a winner of this team
All that ever mattered were the goals I chased
Now, I'm ready to run in the human race
Chorus:
I'm saying goodbye to the glamour
Life never tasted so good
All that I need is a place that I can breathe
I'm saying Goodbye to Hollywood
Me and the Mrs. done made up our minds
We're gonna give our boys a little less sunshine
Call it runnin' say what you like
I've got my own definition of paradise
I'd rather be knee deep in snow than knee deep in jive
I may be cold but my soul is alive
Repeat chorus

Onward I always say
These things happen everyday
I should be able to smile by now
But I don't remember how
Chorus:
With you went warmth in summer
All of the stars in the sky
With you went perfect sunsets
Sleeping my way through the night
Yeah with you went
Everything good in this world
Desperate for your touch
I haven't been needing much
Why let the music play?
I can't hear it anyway
Chorus:
'Cause with you went
The scent of flowers
Don't they just die anyway?
And with you went
All the rainbows
Now when it rains it's just gray
Yeah, with you went
Everything good in this world
And I thought of doing something rash
In the hopes of making you feel bad
But it seems that it's always me that ends up cryin'
Chorus:
With you went
All the rainbows
Now when it rains it's just gray
Ah, with you went
Everything good
Everything good
In my world

I had a dream that you stood right in front of me
And called to me in black and white
Though I could see you, I couldn't reach you
You faded into the light
And when the sun turns a dream to reality
I'm left with such an empty space
I feel your spirit
Know that I'm near it
I swear I can see your face
Hear me calling you
Calling you
But you just don't seem to answer anymore
Am I supposed to pretend I don't feel the pain
Like it happened only yesterday
No use in trying
To stop the crying
I can't make it go away
Hear me calling you
Calling you
But you just don't seem to answer anymore
I'm calling you
Calling you
And I'm afraid you won't answer anymore
Where is the healing you promised me
Maybe this feeling will burn in me forever
Hear me calling you
Calling you
But you just don't seem to answer anymore
I'm calling you
Calling you
And I'm afraid that you won't answer anymore
Calling you
And I'm afraid that you won't answer anymore
Hear me calling you

There's been no sunlight
Since the day you said goodbye
Since the moment that my life
Turned into a masquerade
I can't even pretend to
Paste a smile across my face
All my dreams have been erased
There's nothing left to save me
Chorus:
And you
You're the only one can stop my sky from falling
You're the only one who's name I keep on calling
When everything is closing in
And you
You're the only one can stop this heart from aching
You're the only one who can stop me from shaking
And put me back together
Again
What I'd give just to wake up
And wipe your memory from my eyes
But I can't wish for bluer skies
I've never been quite so hopeless
Chorus:
And you
You're the only one can stop my sky from falling
You're the only one who's name I keep on calling
When everything is closing in
And you
You're the only one can stop this heart from aching
You're the only one who can stop me from shaking
And put me back together
Again
And if you stay away
I fear it will all be too much
And if you stay away
I'll be a man who's lost his touch
Chorus:
And you
You're the only one can stop my sky from falling
You're the only one who's name I keep on calling
When everything is closing in
And you
You're the only one can stop this heart from aching
You're the only one who can stop me from shaking
And put me back together
Again
Again

Another sleeplees night I can't explain
Somebody said they heard me call your name.
The radio won't let you leave my mind
I know it's over
but I don't know why.
Should've known better than to fall in love with you
Now love is just a faded memory.
Should've known better
now I'm a prisoner to this pain
And my heart still aches for you.
There was no risk that I wouldn't take
Not a promise that I didn't make.
AII I asked was that you just hold on
And now I'm wondering what I did wrong.
Should've known better than to fall in love with you
. . .
I gave you all of my body and soul
Never believing we might lose control
I took my hands off the wheel.
I can't remember if the lies were true
It's been a million years since I touched you.
I thought time might help me win this game
But being away from you is slowly driving me insane.
Should've known better than to fall in love with you
. . .
Should've known better than to fall in love with you

The tree you planted is still holding on
Leaves are turning
Like nothing's wrong, oh, what freedom
To only need the rain
Been without since May, ninety-four
Tricks of the mind make it feel like it's more
But I'm not special
It's the same for everyone
Hold on, baby, I'm coming for you
I can hear your voice through the wine
Teach me how to turn the page
And show me how to shine
Times I wished I was already gone
Ain't no place I can't leave when I want
But then I see their faces
And I'm frozen in my shame
Hold on, baby, I'm coming for you
I can hear your voice through the wine
Teach me how to turn the page
And show me how to shine
Sometimes the sun shuts down the little I can see
And I remember what it felt like to be me
But all at once I know that nothing is the same
And all I'm left with is the pain
Hold on, baby, I'm coming for you
I can hear your voice through the wine
Teach me how to turn the page

You say you'll get over it
But I know you better
Your feelings have been hurt a bit
And you just can't forget her
You'll want her back by tomorrow
But she won't remember your name
You better get lost in the rhythm
You better get lost in the rhythm of life
Get lost in the rhythm
You gotta get lost in the rhythm of life
You can't seem to step around
Life's cracks in the sidewalk
You wanna live in the fast lane
But you won't be the driver
You could be waiting a lifetime
Before you make up your mind
You better get lost in the rhythm
You gotta get lost in the rhythm of life
Get lost in the rhythm
You gotta get lost in the rhythm of life
You gotta get lost in the rhythm
Get lost in the rhythm
Get lost in the rhythm
Get lost in the rhythm of life
Rhythm of life
You say that my soul is lost
And that you're my savior
You'll do anything at any cost
To reform my behavior
But didn't I make it this far
By making up my own mind
You gotta get lost in the rhythm
You gotta get lost in the rhythm of life
Get lost in the rhythm
You gotta get lost in the rhythm of life
Get lost, yeah, in the rhythm of life
In the rhythm of life
You gotta get lost in the, get lost in the
Get lost, get lost in the rhythm of life
In the rhythm of life
Get lost in the, get lost in the
Get lost in the rhythm of life

Moments broken by the fall
Still leave a shadow on the wall
Daggers lying in the dust
Bleeding out the both of us
The roses have gone away
The blue skies are yesterday
The flood comes and as you cry
It echoes a lullaby
Close the book and cut the line
Tear up the pages of the secrets
That you're trying to leave behind
Burn down my memory but still you'll find I'm
When the ghosts have come and gone
Cauterize and carry on
Redemption hangin on a breeze
Lies you desperate to believe
The sweetness you can't reclaim
Has been left out in the rain
Now your constant company
Is a space where I used to be
Chorus
The roses have gone away
The blue skies are yesterday
Close the book and cut the line
Tear up the pages of the secrets
That you thought you'd left behind
Burn down my memory but still you'll find I'm

Every day I'd wake and ask myself
"Was I strong enough for you?"
Foolish doubts and fears took me away
I'm sorry now you never knew
For so long, I've wondered where you are
Underneath a tapestry of stars
In my heart, I knew you'd come again
I just didn't know where or when
Heaven waits for us, through loves open door
And it's brought you back to me once more
Heart don't fail me now, now that you are near
Love was never far away from here
I have tried to make some sense of this
Guess, I needed time away
Once I realized how foolish I've been
I couldn't waste another day
I forgive you with my heart and soul
And now it's time for us to lose control
Take me in your arms like you did before
Darling, don't talk anymore
Heaven waits for us, through loves open door
And it's brought you back to me once more
Heart don't fail me now, now that you are near
Love was never far away from here
Somewhere deep inside I always knew
That I was meant to spend my life with you
You're the only answer to my prayers
I knew that love would lead us back somewhere
Through love's open door
And it's brought you back to me once more
Heart don't fail me now, now that you are near
Love was never far away from here

The warmest day of all my life
You came to me. I held you in my hands
And something changed forever
I want you for a better time
To know the beauty of our Mother Earth
Cherish her forever
Never felt in such a hurry
So little time, so much to do
I lie awake and dream the dreams I'll share with you
This is your world now
No one can chase all your fears away
This is your world now
Trust in your heart to lead the way
I still recall a day so clear
I saw the future in my mother's eyes
Filled with tears of sorrow
The years roll by, the times do change
The truth around us harder to disguise
As we face tomorrow
So many promises were made me
So little hope remains alive
I only pray the dreams I leave you will survive
This is your world now
No one can chase all your fears away
Fight for your world now
Trust in your heart to find the way
You'll see what I'm saying
When you're on your own
The war that you're facing
Isn't yours alone
I am a man in search of reasons
Though I am still as much to blame
It's up to me to leave you more than just my name
This is your world now
No one can chase all your fears away
This is your world now
Trust in your heart to lead the way
This is your world now
I want to chase all your fears away
This is your world now

Another morning just like all the rest
Still nothing beating here inside my chest
Day turns into night as if everything's all right,
and then the lonely shadows fall
Just look at what's become of me
I can't remember how to breathe
Never knew that I could hurt this way
I can't hold on, I can't let go
My head denies what my heart knows
It's something I can't bring myself to say
I don't believe I'll ever quite survive your goodbye
Staring at your picture on the wall
is keeping me from any sleep at all
I'm lonely in the crowd,
the silence is too loud,
and all this darkness hurts my eyes
Wake me now and tell me I've been dreaming

Childhood living is easy to do
The things you wanted I bought them for you
Graceless lady, you know who I am
You know I can't let you slide through my hands
Wild horses couldnt drag me away
Wild, wild horses, couldnt drag me down
I watched you suffer a dull aching pain
Now you decided to show me the same
No sweeping exits or offstage lines

How did you arrive in the single moment
That I looked away
Your life waits for you
In every second
And every word you say
For all the memories remaining
I need to let you know
From the hardest times to the hills you climb
I’ll be your warmest summer
When your dreams run dry, I am on your
side
To pull you out from under
When all of your leaves are golden
Everyone’s arms are open, but I’ll be there
When November falls
I am with you when I hear you breathing
And when I’m far away
Surrender to your fears of falling
Cause I won’t let you go
Chorus
When your hopes have been gunned down
And when you get lost, I will find you
I’ll hear you calling out my name, oh

Looks like history’s repeating
I don’t learn from my mistakes
I can’t feel the water rising
A wave will always break
I want to take you back
Back to where we started before
The lights had changed
Words we didn’t get to say seem to hit the hardest
Now just your memory is all that’s
Ever coming back to me
Now the heart you are defending
Has guards that I can’t kill
Can’t you see the happy ending?
I’ll race you standing still
Chorus
Did you think that you could be
So far gone that I couldn’t find you?
Did you think you could leave
Every little piece of me behind you?
I want to take you back
Back to where we started before everything changed
Words we never get to say always hit the hardest
Now just your memory is all that’s
Ever coming back to me
I know you’re never coming back

She's still another party blonde who has always had her way
Now just another hanger on with a faded resume
He's gonna be a leading man in the Gary Cooper mold
Now workin' at a pretzel stand but it's him that's gettin' sold
Big dreamer gonna take the town but she's runnin' out of time
Still singin' at a sleazy lounge to a house of drooling swine
Self satisfied narcissist with a body like a God
He's thinking that's all there is but I don't want that job
Streets of pain, oh, they don't hear the cryin'
Streets of pain never felt the tears
Streets of pain, oh, they just keep on lyin'
Get it through your head 'cause some things never change
Won't it finally be obvious that there's very little chance?
Can't they see it's a Greyhound bus and not their handsome prince?
Isn't anybody satisfied with the average girl next door?
Does she have to be glamorized so the world will love her more?
Streets of pain, sinkin' like a rock in a river
Streets of pain never felt so cold, yeah
Streets of pain lower than a snake can slither
Not to mention all the stories never told
Pretty girl becomes a socialite, standin' in somebody else's light
Anything can happen late at night, in the morning she'll be out of sight
Made a million on a lucky streak, threw it all away as foolishly
One of many comic tragedies, what else can there be?
So you better get on the road to the desolation station
And you better bring all you own, it's a permanent vacation
We're waitin' here with open arms but it isn't what it seems
Just looking for the boulevard on the trail of broken dreams
Streets of pain, oh, they don't hear the cryin'
Streets of pain never felt the tears
Streets of pain, oh, they just keep on lyin'
Get it through your head 'cause some things never change
Streets of pain, sinkin' like a rock in a river
Streets of pain never felt so cold
Streets of pain lower than a snake can slither
Not to mention all the stories never told
Streets of pain, streets of pain
Streets of pain
Streets of pain, streets of pain

Twenty four and he believes for sure he?s got it made
Fame is here for good and looks will never fade, he doesn't know
The game is never over ?till the cards have all been played
Eighty three and still he feels his best is yet to come
He believes that youth is wasted on the young, he?s alone
The only dream he ever has is being with someone
Love you when you're standing tall but nobody knows you
When you're falling, all you have to do is call
But nobody ever hears the silent scream
Christmas came and went again but still nobody came
Staring at her wedding photo in a frame, she?s alone
We should hope the loss of memory helps to ease the pain
Love you when you're standing tall but nobody knows you
When you're falling, all you have to do is call
But nobody ever hears the silent scream
Memories, moments you recall, we should be remembered
For the greatest of them all, you can?t begin to live
Someone else?s life or your own will pass you by
Oh, who?s to know, maybe we can learn
A thing Or two from everyone
Love you when you're standing tall but nobody knows you
When you're falling, all you have to do is call

My head is tired
In need of consolation
I’ve lost sight
Of the destination
I took my hands off the wheel
I swear, for just a moment
But I really don’t remember
I’m frozen to the bone
I’m drowning all alone
The water’s taken over
I used to have the touch
But now I’ve lost the feeling
And only you can save me
Only you can save me
My heart is torn
Patched up like an old rag doll
And I can feel
Barely anything at all
I can’t go back, I can’t go on
Can’t hide behind the in-between
I’m at the bottom and still falling
I’m frozen to the bone
I’m drowning all alone
The water’s taken over
I used to have the touch
But now I’ve lost the feeling
And only you can save me

I'm nearing the end
Or the beginning
Whichever one finds me
And I'm counting the tears
And the blessings
That I'll leave behind me
I could not ask for more
You were the one thing worth livin' for
Chorus:
I will remember days in avalon
I will remember nights in your arms
I will remember days in avalon
And I will recall every moment
Of my days in the sun
As I embrace the twilight
The memories surround me
I would have been lost
Sure as the rain comes
If you hadn't found me
Each breath I breathe is for you
I never knew how to live 'til you taught me to
Chorus
I will run through the door
I'm not afraid anymore
And the light that I see is your eyes
Once again I'll be whole
I will live in your soul
Longer than the rest of our lives
Chorus

Where the cold and lonely roam,
Don't forget the setting sun
Shines on everyone,
And you'll never be alone.
You'd give everything you own,
Saddle blanket, rope, and coat,
To be sitting by your side
Right at Christmas time,
And you'll never be alone.
Riding life for months on end
Is sure to set you thinking too much.
Been so long I can't remember when
The last time I felt your touch.
Though you're aching to the bone,
She loves you more than you will know.
Tell the trail to go to hell.
Just sing a Noel,
And you'll never be alone.
Woah!
[Guitar Interlude]
Yeah!
Riding life for months on end
Is sure to set you thinking too much.
It's been so long I can't remember when
The last time I felt your touch!
Though you're far away from home,
Where the cold and lonely roam,
Don't forget the setting sun
Shines on everyone,
And you'll never be alone.
I'll be sitting by your side,
Right at Christmas time,
And I'll never be alone!
[Guitar Out]

I fall blissfully,
Everytime you say just one little word.
You know it makes me crazy.
You ask way too much,
Oh, when you say that I can look but do not touch.
I have never wanted any other girl
The way I want you, baby.
I surrender to what I can't control.
Drunk with desire, I've opened up my soul.
You know I would go around the world,
I'd take you anywhere,
Oh, baby anywhere,
For a touch of heaven.
Tell me what you want, I'll give you anything,
Oh, baby everything,
For a touch of heaven.
I have dreamed of this,
Your body next to mine,
Drowning in every kiss.
How I've longed to find my one and only girl,
And I found her in you, baby.
All I ever wanted is everything that you are.
Don't leave me longing,
Be tender with my heart.
[Chorus]
Everyone says you've been leading me on.
Too late for warnings, I'm already gone.
Ooh, I surrender to what I can't control.
Drunk with desire,
I'm giving you my soul.
[Chorus]

But all of this time I was a fool being had.
Now it's the last stop for you, baby,
On my gravy train.
Well, I don't understand
How I could be so short of memory,
How I could just leave my pride in the rain.
No more thunder and lightning.
Nobody's gonna wrap me 'round their finger.
No more thunder and lightning.
Ain't gonna let you treat me like a prisoner.
You played with my mind,
Baby, much too long.
You played with my head
Until all feelin' was gone.
Now I'm out of patience and money,
And my heart is numb.
You kept me in the dark,
But now I finally see some daylight.
I've got a chance.
I'm gonna run, baby, run.
No more thunder and lightning.
Nobody's gonna wrap me 'round their finger.
No more thunder and lightning.
Ain't gonna let you treat me like a prisoner.
Nobody's gonna pull this thing back together.
It's too far out of hand.
If you wanna give it one more try,
Try it with another man.
[Guitar Interlude]
No more thunder and lightning.
Nobody's gonna wrap me 'round their finger.
No more thunder and lightning.
Ain't gonna let you treat me like a prisoner.
[Repeat Chorus]

I have spent my life with a vision of myself,
But I may have been somebody, somebody else.
I feel a change in the tide
As I hold my heart open wide.
Never
Knew what I could be.
I never felt the power inside of me.
Now I stand in all the wonder
That the mirror couldn't see.
I have the power inside of me, yeah.
I have the power inside of me.
Every time I held a rose, I only felt the thorns.
I feel like today's the day I finally was born.
Now that I see me through these eyes,
I can do more than fantasize.
Never
Knew what I could be.
I never felt the power inside of me.
Now I stand in all the wonder
That the mirror couldn't see!
I have the power inside of me, oh woah.
Inside of me,
Inside of me!
Yeah.

So many years gone
Still I remember
How did I ever let my heart believe
In one who never gave enough to me
And so many years gone
And love that was so wrong
I can't forget the way it used to be
And how you've changed the test of love for me
Chorus:
You were my one more chance
I never thought I'd find
You were the one romance
I've always had in my mind
No one will ever touch me more
And I only hope that in return
I might of saved the best of me for you
And we'll have no ending, no, no
If we can hold on
And I think I've come this far because of you
Could be no other love but ours will do
Repeat chorus
No one will ever touch me more
I only hope that in return
No matter how much we have to learn
I saved the best of me for you

Your shoulder when I needed to cry
You gave me hope when all my hope is gone
Wings so my dreams can fly
And I haven't told you enough
Haven't been good enough, making you see
Chorus:
My love for you will live in my heart
Until eternity's through....
I see your smile in the eyes of my child
I am who I am, Mama, Thanks to you
You gave me your word,
Gave me your voice
Gave me your everything,
Each breath of your life
You believe when I can never have
You teach my faith to survive
And I never can do enough
Never thank you enough, for all that you are
(Repeat Chorus)
I know the treasure, I'm filled with grace
Whenever I see your face
(...music....).
And I see your smile in the eyes of my child
I am who I am, Mama, Thanks to You
To you.....

In case the teacher looked at me.
She was long and she was lean.
She's a middle-aged dream,
And that lady means the whole world to me.
It's a natural achievement,
Conquering my homework
With her image pounding in my brain.
She's an inspiration
For my graduation,
And she helps to keep the classroom sane.
Oh teacher I need you,
Like a little child.
You got something in you
To drive a schoolboy wild.
You give me education
In the lovesick blues.
Help me get straight come out and say,
Teacher I, teacher I, teacher I,
Teacher I need you.
I have to write a letter,
Tell about my feelings,
Just to let her know the scene.
Focus my attention
On some further education
In connection with the birds and the bees.
So I'm sitting in the classroom.
I'm looking like a zombie.
I'm waiting for the bell to ring.
I've got John Wayne stances.
I've got Erroll Flynn advances,
And it doesn't mean a doggone thing.

All alone at the end of the evening
And the bright lights have faded to blue
I was thinking 'bout a woman who might have
Loved me and I never knew
You know I've always been a dreamer
(spent my life running 'round)
And it's so hard to change
(Can't seem to settle down)
But the dreams I've seen lately
Keep on turning out and burning out
And turning out the same
So put me on a highway
And show me a sign
And take it to the limit one more time
You can spend all your time making money
You can spend all your love making time
If it all fell to pieces tomorrow
Would you still be mine?
And when you're looking for freedom
(Nobody seems to care)
And you can' find the door
(Can't find it anywhere)
When there's nothing to believe in
Still you're coming back, you're running back for more
So put me on a highway
And show me a sign
And take it to the limit one more time
Take it to the limit
Take it to the limit
Take it to the limit one more time

I was captured by your style,
But I could not catch your eyes.
Now I stand here helplessly,
Hoping you'll get into me.
I am so into you
I can't think of nothing else.
I am so into you
I can't think of nothing else.
Thinking how it's going to be
Whenever you get into me.
It's gonna be good, don't you know,
From your head to your toe.
Gonna love you all over,
Over and over.
I am so into you.
Me into you, you into me, me into you.
I am so into you
I can't get to nothing else.
I am so into you
I can't get to nothing else.
Thinking how it's going to be
Whenever you get into me.
C'mon baby, drivin' me crazy,
I'm so into you,
Love all the things you do.

We work our bodies weary to stay alive
There must be more to living than nine to five
Why should we wait for some better time
There may not even be a tomorrow
Ain't no sense in losing you mind
I'm gonna make it worth the ride
Don't you know
I won't give up until I'm satisfied
Don't you know
Why should I stop until I'm satisfied
Ignore the hesitation, that ties your hands
Use your imagination, and take a chance
I won't let my moment of truth pass me by
I've gotta make my move now or never
And if they turn me loose on this town
They're gonna have to hold me down
Don't you know
I won't give up until I'm satisfied
Don't you know
Why should I stop until I'm satisfied
Oh, don't you know
Ain't gonna stop until we're satisfied
Don't you know
We shouldn't stop until we're satisfied
Don't you know
Ain't gonna stop until I'm satisfied
Don't you know
We won't give up until we're satisfied

When all we had was just enough.
Now the pretender knows why the king is screaming.
The grief was finally just too much.
I'm going to ride with the idol
Like a creature on display,
Tied to the bottom of a cage.
Ride with the idol,
But it won't turn out the same.
I know they won't blow out the flame.
Over my shoulder, I know they're waiting.
Their dirty hands are everywhere.
And as they get closer all the pretense is fading.
The face beneath the skin is bare.
So now I ride with the idol
Like a creature on display,
Tied to the bottom of a cage, oh yeah.
Ride with the idol,
But it won't turn out the same.
I know they won't blow out the flame.
I can never learn to say no.
Won't they ever let me go?
[Guitar Interlude]
I'm going to ride with the idol
Like a creature on display,
Tied to the bottom of a cage. Oh yeah, yeah.
Ride with the idol,
But it won't turn out the same.
I know they won't blow out the flame.
Ride with the idol,
Like a creature on display,
Tied to the bottom of a cage. Oh yeah, yeah.
Ride with the idol,
But it won't turn out the same.
I know they won't blow out the flame (fade)

The world's greatest mystery
Is love between the woman and the man
Some guys are Romeos
Others simply do the best they can
I'm just your average, ordinary Joe
Tryin' to learn things I never knew I had to know
What's a man supposed to do
I don't get no kick from nine to five
And I'm not a man who thinks it's true
It's a woman's place to keep a love alive
I've watched enough daytime TV
To know my baby's needs
But sometimes I swear that's she's impossible to please
She says
You give me all that I want of your money, baby
But you never take me dancing
I really think I do a lot to show
How I feel about her in my way
Roses on our anniversary
Candlelight and me on her birthday
Just when I thought that I had it all worked out
Now she says I still don't know what it's all about
She says
You give me all that I want of your money, baby
But you never take me dancing
You give me sweet little talk, call me honey, baby
Bu you never take me dancing
I'm just your average, ordinary Joe
Tryin' to learn things I never knew I had to know
Chorus out

I may be rotten to the core
And stop me if you think I am
A kid in a candy store
The same as any dirty old man
I know I'm not the first to see
I guarantee I'm not the last
So take some good advice from me
Just try it once before you ask
I hear an enticing voice
(Live it up, live it up, do it now, boy)
I don't like the other choice
(Live it up, live it up)
What's wrong with that
What's wrong with the fountain of youth
What's wrong with that
What's wrong with a little self delusion
Who you think is foolin' who
And who will be the last to laugh
Here's another lame excuse
You're old enough to be her dad
I've heard all the reasons why
(Give it up, give it up, take a powder)
I turn them my blindest eye
(Give it up, give it up)
What's wrong with that
What's wrong with the fountain of youth
What's wrong with that
What's wrong with a little self delusion
What's wrong with that
What's wrong with a flower in bloom
What's wrong with that
What's wrong with a little self delusion
Days don't hide secrets of the heart
Only you and I do
Little white lies rip you right apart
And any way they want to
Life goes by, done before you start
I can't wait around to satisfy you
Chorus out

from the cd: Flesh and Bone
No needles, no rehab
No minors, no murder rap
Where's that leave a guy like me
Windy city square
If al that sells is tragedy I haven't got a prayer
Should I try to lose it all, kick it off the track
Just to say I took the fall but look who's comin' back
What's the story, where's the dirt
Nobody's happy ¡®til somebody gets hurt
I don't want t keep up with all that
The garbage that you swallow gonna someday make you fat
Normal childhood, beautiful wife
¡®Scuse me having a wonderful life
Why should I be hungry for someone else's pain
Heroes should have something but talent for fame
Double barrel in the mouth nails it every time
But that's what legend's all about
Ain't no bigger headline
What's the story, where's the dirt
Nobody's happy ¡®til somebody gets hurt
I don't want to keep up with all that
The garbage that you swallow gonna someday make you fat
Maybe I should frequent all the places that I'm avoiding
And maybe you should work on building rather than destroying
If this is making friends, I'd rather be lonely
So where's that leave a guy like me
Windy city square
I may never make page three but ask me if I care
What's the story, where's the dirt
Nobody's happy ¡®til somebody gets hurt
I don't want to keep up with all that
The garbage that you swallow gonna someday make you fat

Your situation's in need of help
You're gettin' so you don't know yourself
You wear his ring like a cheap disguise
But I can see you got wandering eyes
Don't believe it's just the clothes that make the man
No one else can love you like I know I can
I got what you want
Takes more than money to turn you on
I got what you need
C'mon baby take a chance on me
Somethin' ¡®bout your smile seems counterfeit
It ain't in you to be a hypocrite
So he's got a mansion, got lots of cash
You live like a queen but feel like trash
I can save you if you put your heart in mine
Baby, can't you see, we're two of the same kind, yeah
Chorus
Baby, there ain't nothin' keeping chains on you
Don't you let your head make up your mind
I can't get you off my mind
I'm afraid I may go blind
Won't you let me take you for a ride, yeah

Hope you don't believe a word
Of all the things I know you've heard about me
Really just a pack of ies
You see the truth before your eyes around me
Hard to keep it straight
The real from the ruse
Probably way too late
What can I do, but it's
Not what you think
Not what you hear
Not what you see
It's just the image
It's all on a string
All fantasy
Not really me
It's just the image
Would it be too much to ask
That you could just gvie me the chance to prove it
Or would it only be a waste of time
To try to make you change your mind and use it
What I've been looking for
Isn't what I thought
Not behind the golden door
You're all I've got, and it's
Not what you think
Not what you hear
Not what you see
It's just the image
It's all on a string
All fantasy
Not really me
It's just the image
What I've been looking for
Isn't what I thought
Not behind the golden door
You're all I've got, and it's
Not what you think
Not what you hear
Not what you see
Just the image
It's all on a string
All fantasy
Not really me
It's just the image
Not what you think
Not what you hear
Not what you see
It's just the image
It's all on a string
All fantasy
Not really me
It's just the image

You're the queen of your own little world, you really made a splash,
got the offers rollin' in, but you're nothing more
than high paid trash.
Everybody wants to know what goes on in your head,
pity if they found out that you're lonely in your bed.
Maybe it all happened to you just a little too fast.
Won't let anybody touch you? So you do it for yourself.
Plain to see there's a woman cryin' out for help.
You're a superstar, but you don't know who you are,
and your money won't get you very far.
You're a mystery, nothing can set you free,
your demons haunt you endlessly.
You face the end of your youth in a tired little masquerade,
you talk to people with a tongue like a newly sharpened razor blade.
Yours is not a life that lets you take a look inside,
morals and convictions meet a fate of genocide,
but in the end you'll be sleeping in the bed you made.
All you want's a daddy, the one you never had,
a need for understanding aching in you bad...
...it seems so clear to me, there's something that you'd rather be.
Take a look around you now, before it's much too late,
make the choice to change, or be a victim of your fate.
All your life, you've been running from the girl inside...
...oh, but it's plain to see there's someone...

She's still another party blonde who had it all her way,
now, just another hanger on with a faded resume.
He's gonna be a leading man in the Gary Cooper mold,
now, working at a pretzel stand but it's him that's getting sold.
Big dreamer gonna take the town but she's running out of time,
still singing at a sleazy lounge to a house of drooling swine.
Self satisfied narcissist with a body like a god,
he's thinking that's all there is but I don't want that job .
Streets of pain, they don't hear the crying...
...never felt the tears...they just keep on lying.
Get it through your head 'cause some things never change.
Won't it finally be obvious that there's very little chance?
Can't they see it's a Greyhound bus and not their handsome prince?
Isn't anybody satisfied with the average girl next door?
Does she have to be glamorized so the world will love her more...?
...Sinking like a rock in a river...never felt so cold...
...Lower than a snake can slither,
not to mention all the stories never told.
Pretty girl becomes a socialite standing in somebody else's light.
Anything can happen late at night,
in the morning she'll be out of sight.
Made a million on a lucky streak, threw it all away as foolishly,
one of many comic tragedies, what else can there be?
So you better get on the road to the desolation station,
And you better bring all you own, it's a permanent vacation.
We're waiting here with open arms but it isn't what it seems.
Just looking for the boulevard on the trail of broken dreams...

Twenty four and he believes for
Sure he's got it made
Fame is here for good and
Looks will never fade
He doesn't know
The game is never over ¡®till
The cards have all been played
Eighty three and still he feels
His best is yet to come
He believes that youth is
Wasted on the young
He's alone
The only dream he ever has
Is being with someone
Love you when your standing tall
But nobody knows you when your falling
All you have to do is call
But nobody ever hears the silent scream
Christmas came and went again
But still nobody came
Staring at her wedding photo in a frame
She's alone
We should hope the loss of memory
Helps to ease the pain
Chorus
Memories, moments you recall
We should be remembered for the
Greatest of them all
You can't begin to live someone
Else's life
Or you're own will pass you by
Oh, who's to know
Maybe we can learn a thing or
Two from everyone
Chorus

Hey, you got the look of a lonely woman's eyes,
what'cha thinking when you're standing so close to me?
Ain't no law says a man can't fantasize,
there's a secret locked up in you tight
Ooh! I'd love to turn the key.
Whoah, playing with fire...fighting my desire, baby...
...my conscience is a liar.
Oh, Lord, have mercy on the shameless sinner...!
...walking on a wire, now I...I face the crucifier,
What'cha doin' to me?
Live by rules made up by society,
but I guess I must have missed Election day
'cause so much about you looks so good to me, yeah!
for what I'm thinking I could go to jail,
but some laws are born to break...
...stakes are getting higher, now I...
...I think I'm losin' it...

There in my darkest hour,
Somehow you knew what I felt
And just in the nick of time you
Saved me from myself
Didn't know I could cut through my defenses
And see through the mask
I figured you must want something from me,
But you never asked
I just had to call and you were always there
I think you must have been the answer
To my prayer
With you I've got nothing to hide
My heart is starting to pound
Now the walls are tumbling down
I wish I could find the words that
Linger just out of reach
I see myself in your eyes and
Lose my power of speech
I am someone now that I don't recognize
It took someone like you to shatter my disguise
Now I've got nothing to hide
My heart's remembering to pound
I can feel the walls coming down
I've got nothing to hide
All that I needed was you around
Now the walls are tumbling down
Head in the sky, feeling just like
Some kind of lovesick child
I finally pulled through and I owe it to you,
Don't want to keep it inside
I am someone now that I don't recognize
Oh, I'm healing, I'm believing,
You made me realize

Victim of temptation, can't make it go away.
You see it and you want it, baby, never hear a word I say.
You know I don't want nothing I don't deserve,
oh, no! I won't take less than I know I'm worth.
All this talking makes me feel like a monkey in a cage,
ain't no point in trying to change a man of my age.
Love unemotional, purely physical,
what I'm staying for's a mystery to me...
...the heart's invisible...is what you want from me.
People say I'm crazy, wonder why I play your game,
sure beats felling lonely, baby, but the story ends the same.
I want to feel like I'm living in a fairy tale,
don't want to be just another broken heart for sale.
Do I have to hit my knees and beg for something more?
Maybe this is not the love I've waited for...
...the girl's insatiable...
...You feel no shame in being so unkind, all touch and zero feeling,
I don't see a way of changing your mind.
Girl, this kind of life is bound to leave you all alone.
The light inside your heart is on, but no one's home...
...the soul's invisible...
...What I'm doing here's a mystery to me...

Got a house full of fortune and they pay me in gold
for something I'd do for free.
But there's still something missing that a man can't hold,
it's like a weight over me, so scared the thrill will be gone.
But I'm the one who keeps the pressure on,
all I've got is all I need,
but I get no sleep and I'm tired to the bone...
...I know I'm not alone.
Well, I'm sick of walking 'round with blood in my eyes,
just keeping up with this town.
I'm a roadrunner racing, but I don't see the signs,
I've got to learn to slow down.
My life makes it hard to complain,
but there's time I'd take my school days back again...
...Four o'clock and I'm still counting sheep.
Love to change the system, but I'm in too deep.
I keep the pressure far away as I can,
but it still comes back again...

We're all victims of the system, still we love to place the blame,
we're running out of choices and there's no rules to the game.
I'm getting tired of feeling this way,
what can a single man do? what can he say?
Every day you walk the edge of a knife,
you're left with nothing at the end of your life.
They've got their hands in your pocket,
they'll take the clothes off your back...
...They'll stop you like a heart attack.
We put people into power but we fight our wars alone,
they take such good care of the rest of the world,
but, what about the folks?
At home, oh yeah! Point the finger at the man you chose,
he'll say he's sorry, but it's just the way it goes.
He sits in judgement like a king on a throne,
'till that November when he'll beg for a bone...
...Brother, don't ignore the facts...!

Born and raised in the windy city
I moved West to kickstart a dream
What I found was a town without pity
That'll chew you up and swallow you clean
I'm amazed at the life I'm livin'
Don't want to seem like I'm rockin' the boat
But it ain't all about taking but giving
I feel something tuggin' at my coat
No one ever told me it would be like this
That there'd be something called home
That's too hard to miss
I'm saying goodbye to the glamour
Back to the old neighborhood
All that I need is a place I can breathe
I'm saying goodbye to Hollywood
Done my time in the hoodoo jungle
Tired of waking up in another man's dream
I've got the ball and I ain't gonna fumble
Gonna make a winner of this team
All that ever mattered were the goals I chased
Now I'm ready to run in the human race
I'm saying goodbye to the glamour
Life never tasted so good
All that I need is a place I can breathe
I'm saying goodbye to Hollywood
Me and the Mrs. Done made up our minds
Were gonna give our boys a little less sunshine
Call it runnin' say what you like
I've got my own definition of paradise
I'd rather be knee deep in snow
Than knee deep in jive
I may be cold but my soul is alive
I'm saying goodbye to the glamour
Back to the old neighborhood
All I need is a place I can breathe
I'm saying goodbye to Hollywood

Fool's game to risk perfection
Out here alone on a wire
Unsuspecting victim of desire
You wear a thousand faces
A master of disguise
And I'm addicted to the madness in your eyes
You will always be the one I dream about
And I know my heart won't beat the same again
You will always be the shadow of a doubt
Now I go crazy wondering what we might have been
Your charms have made me suffer
Why do I care where you are
I'm afraid my dignity has strayed too far
Can't read what you're writing
Unable to make the call
Do you want me desperately
Or not at all
Chorus
Can't read what you're writing
Unable to make the call
Do you want me desperately
Or not at all
Chorus

I've seen the lights go out on Broadway,
I saw the Empire State laid low.
And life went on beyond the palaces.
They all bought Cadillac's,
Left there long ago
We held a concert out in Brooklyn.
To watch the Island bridges blow.
It turned our power down,
And drove us underground,
But we went right on with the show.
I've seen the lights go out on Broadway,
I saw the ruins at life end.
You know we almost didn't notice it,
We see it all the time
On 42nd street
It burned the churches up in Harlem
Like in that Spanish Civil War.
The flames were everywhere,
And no one really cared,
It always burned up there before
I've seen the rats lie down on Broadway,
And I watched the Miami skyline fall.
The folks were waving at the Battery
The union went on strike
They never settled it out.
They sent a carrier out from Norfolk,
And picked the Yankees up for free.
They said the Queens could stay
And threw the crowns away,
And sent Manhattan out to sea.
She knows those lights right on Broadway
That was so many years ago.
Before we all lived in Florida.
Before the Mafia,
Took over Mexico.
There are too many who remember.
They say a handful still survive.
To tell the world about,
The way the lights went out,
To keep the memory alive.

Can be sifted through the brain
Sense don't make the
man
But you insist on being sane
Don't take time to
think
Or you're done before
you start
There's no missing link
Cause it's right there
in your heart

There's something very wrong
When the colour of a man
Is all you see
After all this time
How can a single voice explain
Any reason for the pain we all have seen
It's not a dream
Chorus
One man stood tall
And faced the devil with his back to the wall
And took one step
Closer to Heaven above
So he took a stand
And walked where no one else would dare to even try
It was the only way
If not for bravery
The soul would surely die
And right before my eyes he gave his life unselfishly
So that all the father's children could be free
Like you and me
Repeat Chorus
Bridge
Before his work is done
We've got to put an end to this game of
Choosing sides
I want us to be one
And I won't let it go
Till it's over
I'm here waiting
Repeat Chorus

From the battles that raged in my head
You made sense of madness
When my sanity hangs by a thread
I lose my way, but still you
Seem to understand
Now Forever,
I will be your man
Sometimes I just hold you
Too caught up in me to see
I'm holding a fortune
That Heaven has given to me
I'll try to show you
Each and every way I can
Now Forever,
I will be your man
Now I can rest my worries
And always be sure
That I won't be alone, anymore
If I'd only known you were there
All the time,
All this time¡­¡­.
Until the day the ocean
Doesn't touch the sand
Now Forever
I will be your man
Now Forever,
I will be your man

So now you say
Boy, I always knew you could

I never felt my moment ever show itself before,
But I've got to speak or lose you now.
This is my confession.
I bare my soul to you.
This is my confession,
The one thing I can do.
How will I ever make you mine,
If you don't know that I'm alive?
I confess to you
My love for you.
He'll never say the words I've rehearsed a million times,
Or stop your tears before they fall.
He'll never even try to put his thoughts of you in rhymes.
His heart is barely there at all.
[Chorus]
I have always believed somehow
I'd be standing right here before you now,
Hoping the last breath I take,
I take in your arms.
[Chorus]

Girl, you must be the devil in disguise
There were times, I think you knew
When I was so afraid of you
There's some kind of madness in your eyes
You know a place buried deep in my heart
Nobody else can see
Something in you has taken some kind of hold on me
Chorus
I don't know why I keep coming back to you, baby
I don't know why I keep coming back to you
To you baby
You say we shouldn't be lovers
And I say we can't just be friends
And all this talking just makes me want you more
You've got a way of confusing a heart
That nobody else could do
Why should I try, I don't want to get over you
Repeat Chorus
I'm so in love, so in love with the games that you play
So in love, and nothing can keep me away
You've got a way of confusing a heart
That nobody else could do
Why should I try, I don't want to get over you
I don't know why I keep coming back to you
Just tell me why I keep coming back to you

But now you've treated me so wrong.
I can't take any more.
And it looks like
I'm never gonna fall in love again.
All those things I heard about you,
I thought they were only lies,
But when I caught you in his arms,
I just broke down and cried.
And it looks like
I'm never gonna fall in love again.
Fall in love.
I'm never gonna fall in love,
Fall in love again.
I gave my heart so easily.
I cast aside my pride,
But when you fell for someone else, baby,
I broke up all inside.
And it looks like
I'm never gonna fall in love again.
That's why I'm singing,
Fall in love,
I'm never gonna fall in love.
Please don't make me
Fall in love again!

I can't look at the sky.
I can't turn on the radio
And not cry.
I won't watch lovers holding hands
Or the sun sinking down.
I can't look at a single thing in this town.
You were playing a game and I,
I lost count of the days and the nights.
Do you know that you were my life?
I'm tryin' hard to find all that's left of me,
Now that you left me alone.
Tired of runnin' away from your memory.
I need a heart of my own.
I have looked through every single book,
Torn through every poem,
Heard the words of every voice
That I've known.
How can you have such a hold on me,
When you've already let go?
You must have more power than I know.
Woah.
You were playing a game and I,
I lost count of the days and the nights.
Oh, did you know that you were my life?!
I'm tryin' hard to find all that's left of me,
Now that you left me alone.
I'm tired of runnin' away from your memory.
I need a heart of my own.
You gave me heaven and showed me how to fly,
Then laughed when I fell from the sky, yeah!
[Guitar Interlude]
Tired of runnin' away from your memory.
I need a heart of my own.
I'm tryin' hard to find all that's left of me,
Now that you left me alone.
I'm tired of runnin' away from your memory.
I need a heart of my own.
[Repeat Chorus]

Bringing the night along its way.
Just like the tide swaying the endless sea,
It keeps you forever from the day.
Haunt me tonight.
Float to me on your illusion.
Show me a sign to let me know.
Haunt me tonight.
Let me see your silent vision,
That's all of your light I have to hold.
I can't explain, can't even understand
How what we had has come to this.
When love's sweet refrain is played with a ghostly hand,
And I am so helpless to resist.
Haunt me tonight.
Float to me on your illusion.
Show me a sign to let me know.
Yeah, yeah.
Haunt me tonight.
Let me see your silent vision,
That's all of your light I have to hold.
[Guitar Interlude]
I feel you near, waiting beyond the shore,
Don't leave me longing anymore, ooh . . .
Haunt me tonight.
Float to me on your illusion.
Show me a sign to let me know.
Oh yeah, yeah.
Haunt me tonight.
Let me see your silent vision,
That's all of your light I have to hold.
Yeah.
Haunt me tonight.
Float to me on your illusion.
Show me a sign to let me know.
Haunt me tonight.
Let me see your silent vision,
That's all of your light I have to hold.

(Text in olive is sung together by Richard and Roch)

I thought about it for a long, long time,
But the truth remains.
I don't need another lonely night to dry my tears.
The answer's plain as black and white,
And I can see the picture very clear.
I've been livin' on the edge of a broken heart.
I don't wanna fall, I don't wanna crawl.
I've been livin' on the edge of a broken heart.
Don't you wonder why I gotta say goodbye?
It isn't like you never had the chance
To change your tune.
Did you think that I'm a dime a dance?
Well the dance is through.
I've been doin' things your way too long,
But baby that's over.
It won't be easy, but I've gotta be strong,
And if I wanna cry I don't need your shoulder.
I've been livin' on the edge of a broken heart.
I don't wanna fall, I don't wanna crawl.
I've been livin' on the edge of a broken heart.
Don't you wonder why I gotta say goodbye?
I'll find someone else who's nothing like you.
Two can play the game as well,
And you're gonna be sorry, baby,
When it's over!
[Guitar Interlude]
I've been doin' things your way too long,
But baby that's over.
It won't be easy but I've gotta be strong,
And if I wanna cry I don't need your shoulder.
[Chorus Out]

This race is for rats, It can turn you upside down
Ain't no one you can count on in this sleazy little town
Oh, no
Lots of promises in the dark
But don't you open your heart
Chorus
Cause it don't mean nothin'
The words that they say
Don't mean nothin'
These games that people play
No, it don't mean nothin'
No victim, no crime
It don't mean nothin'
Till you sign it on that dotted line
The director smiles as you walk in the door
He says, I love your work, babe
But you're just not what we're looking for
It's never what but who it is you know
So easy to get stuck in all that California snow
Take a good look around and you'll find
People tryin' to mess with your mind
Repeat Chorus
Hollywood can be so lonely
Make you the winner of a losing fight
But the party is never over
Cause stars are always shining
Doesn't matter if it's day or night
The producer says, let me change a line or two
And a little bit of something can look awfully good to you
And you want to scream, but you gotta keep it all inside
When you're trying to make a living,
There ain't no such thing as pride, no
Lot of promises in the dark
But don't you open your heart
Repeat Chorus
It don't mean nothing at all...

What is this, all of my darkest fears?
Why have they gathered here?
To watch a fool go down.
Go away. Why would you waste your time?
Here where the sun won't shine.
There's nothing left for you.
Chorus:
I can't go on this way
Knowing you don't want me.
I can't go on this way
Knowing you don't need me.
I can't go on this way
When everything I do depends on you.
Depends on you.
I had it all. One of the sunny boys.
Hear my pride and joy.
You were always there by me.
Funny how fast sunny times go by?
And fall to a darkened sky.
And lot of useless toys
I can't go on this way
Knowing you don't want me.
I can't go on this way
Knowing you don't need me.
I can' t go on this way
When every step I take depends on you
Depends on you.
I can't go on this way
Knowing you don't want me.
I can't go on this way
Knowing you don't need me.
I can't go on this way
When everything I do depends on you.
Depends on you.

You never really thought you'd live to see the day
When the walls around your heart were blown away
Just close your eyes and you will hear me say
It's alright
The key to everything I need is in your hands
The part of me that no one understands
When all my bridges burn you tell me that
It's alright
One world, one ride
One 'til the end of time
I'll be someone standing by your side
Everyday of your life
Il y a des jours o¨' par amour on oublie tout
Le feu, les guerres, le chaos, les remous
Rien ne sera jamais plus fort que nous
It's alright
On a la foi qui peut d¨¦placer les montagnes
Et nos pens¨¦es qui toujours se rejoignent
Tu sais que m¨ºme au loin, je t'accompagne
It's alright
[There are some days where by love we forget it all
The fire, the wars, the chaos, the currents
Nothing will ever be as strong as we
It's alright
We have a faith that can move mountains
And our thoughts which always come together
You know that even when I'm far away, I'm still with you
It's alright]
(yeah, yeah)
J's'rai l¨¤ pour toi
Tu peux compter sur moi
Comme un ami qui jamais ne t'oublie
Chaque jour de ta vie
Y'aura en moi
Toujours un peu de toi
Fid¨¨le comme un ombre qui te suit
Chaque jour de ta vie
[I'll be there for you
You can count on me
Like a friend who'll never forget you
Every day of your life
Inside of me there will always be
A part of you
Faithful as a shadow that follows you
Every day of your life]
Over and over your heart's been left bare
Haunted by faith that has led you nowhere
You don't need to call out my name
'Cause I'm always there
(Always there)
(yeah)
J's'rai l¨¤ pour toi
Tu peux compter sur moi
Comme un ami qui jamais ne t'oublie
Chaque jour de ta vie
[I'll be there for you
You can count on me
Like a friend who'll never forget you
Every day of your life]
(yeah, yeah)
Y'aura en moi
Toujours un peu de toi
Fid¨¨le comme un ombre qui te suit
Chaque jour de ta vie
[Inside of me there will always be
A part of you
Faithful as a shadow that follows you
Every day of your life]
(Chaque jour de ta vie)
(One like the earth and the sky)
(Chaque jour de ta vie)

Words I thought I'd never say.
We played the game,
But then we tossed the rules away.
Could deny it
Justify it,
But we both know that we went too far.
Oh, I can feel you,
And I need you,
No matter wherever you are.
I don't want to watch my love come crashing down,
But I can't lie to my heart.
I don't really want your memory hangin' 'round.
But baby, I just can't lie to my heart.
I have loved you
Longer than you've even known.
When you hurt, I hurt.
I'm your flesh, and you're my bone.
If I could only
Be two people,
Darlin', I swear we'd both be with you.
Oh, I know I'm selfish,
But I'm helpless.
I want you, and nothing else will do!
I don't want to watch my love come crashing down,
But I can't lie to my heart.
I don't really want your memory hangin' 'round,
Rippin' me right apart.
I won't pretend anymore.
Been hiding too long.
I won't go on like before.
I'm not that strong!
[Guitar Interlude]
Oh, I can feel it when I'm near you.
It's not healthy to need you this way.
Try to fight it, get inside it,
But this pain is stronger than me, and it won't go away!
I don't want to watch my love come crashing down,
But I can't lie to my heart.
I don't really want your memory hangin' 'round,
Rippin' me right apart.
I don't want to watch my love come crashing down,
But I can't lie to my heart.
I don't really want your memory hangin' 'round.
Not anymore!
I can't lie anymore!!
Baby, I can't. Baby, I can't.
Yeah, yeah, yeah. Woah, woah. Woah.
No, baby, I just can't lie to my heart.

Shall I stay? Would it be a sin?
If I, I can't help falling in love with you.
Like a river flows, surely to the sea,
Darling so it goes, some things are meant to be.
Take my hand, take my whole life too.
For I, I can't help falling in love with you.
Like a river flows, surely to the sea,
Darling so it goes, some things are meant to be.
Take my hand; take my whole life too.
For I, I can't help falling in love with you.
No I, I can't help falling in love with you.

One after one they give into the urge
Caught by some hand of desire.
Held by the feelings that brings them together.
It's all a mystery. When will they learn.
It's just emotion on fire.
That soul taking, primitive, passion of nature.
Chorus:
I try to run. I try to never fall apart.
But love takes pleasure from
The Burning of the Heart
Burning of the Heart.
Telling myself I should run while there's time
I see that look in her eyes
She's turning the heat of the moment up higher.
And watching for questions I have in my mind.
She knows somewhere in our lives
It's only love that can find us an answer.
Chorus
Telling myself I should run while there's time
I see that look in her eyes
She's turning the heat of the moment up higher
And watching for questions I have in my mind
She knows somewhere in our lives
It's only love that can find us an answer.
Chorus

If you ever change your mind
About leaving, leaving me behind
Whoa, oh bring it to me
Bring your sweet lovin'
Bring it on home to me
Yeah (yeah) yeah (yeah) yeah (yeah)
I'd give you jewelry and money too
That ain't all, that ain't all I'd do for you
Whoa, oh bring it to me
Bring your sweet lovin'
Bring it on home to me
Yeah (yeah) yeah (yeah) yeah (yeah)
You know I'll always be your slave
Till I'm buried, buried in my grave
Whoa, oh bring it to me
Bring your sweet lovin'
Bring it on home to me
Yeah (yeah) yeah (yeah) yeah (yeah)
If you ever change your mind
About leaving, leaving me behind
Whoa, oh bring it to me
Bring your sweet lovin'
Bring it home to me

And show the world
All the love in your heart.
Then people gonna treat you better.
You're gonna find, yes you will,
That you're beautiful as you feel.
Waiting at the station with the workday wind a blowin',
I've got nothing to do but watch the passers by.
Mirrored in their faces I see frustration growing,'
And they don't see it showing. Why do I?
[Chorus]
I have often asked myself
The reason for the sadness
In a world where tears are just a lullaby.
And if there's any answer,
Maybe love can end the madness.
Maybe not, oh, but we can only try.
[Chorus Out]

Saddled with a reputation,
From Cheyenne he came.
He moved down South when the money ran out
And turned to a life of crime.
Things weren't all that different then,
They'd kill you for a dime.
Never showed no mercy,
Had a heart of stone,
And his hands were dirty,
Stained to the bone. He said . . .
Turn back! It's too late.
All I can do is pray there's another heaven.
Turn back! It's too late.
Sinners like me need another heaven.
Turn back! It's too late.
I've run out of time.
He lived at least a dozen lifetimes,
Luck was on his side.
The only friend he ever had
Was his trusty forty-five.
His final words to my grand-daddy were,
Son, you must be brave.
And all that's left of what he was
Is in this Texas grave!
He could smell the danger.
Ooh, he knew the end was near.
Through the smoke and whiskey,
One thing was clear. He said . . .
Turn back! It's too late.
All I can do is pray there's another heaven.
Turn back! It's too late.
Sinners like me need another heaven.
Turn back! It's too late.
All I can do is pray there's another heaven.
Turn back! It's too late.
I've run out of time.
Look me in the eyes.
I wanna see it comin'.
[Guitar Interlude]
He never showed no mercy,
Ooh, he had a heart of stone,
And his hands were dirty,
Stained to the bone!
Turn back! It's too late.
All I can do is pray there's another heaven.
Turn back! It's too late.
Sinners like me need another heaven.
Turn back! It's too late.
I've run out of time.
Turn back! It's too late.
Sinners like me need another heaven, yeah, yeah.
Yeah, yeah. Turn back! It's too late.
All I can do is pray there's another heaven.
Turn back! It's too late.
I've run out of time.
Look me in the eyes.
I wanna see it comin'.
I wanna see it comin', yeah.
I wanna see it comin'. Yeah, yeah.
I wanna see it comin', baby!
Ooh. . . .

Lyrics by Fee Waybill
How long is it s'posed to take
Which song got the answer straight
I thought I sang 'em all
What face am I gonna make
Which leg to I have to break
To know I took the fall
It's like I'm standing on the edge of madness
Save me from crossing that line
Sure that I'll never come back
Chorus
With the dawn, life goes on
How long can I keep waiting on your love
Hold my breath, give me strength
How long can I keep holding on
How long can I keep waiting on your love
True love is a funny thing
Too much for a diamond ring
To guarantee applause
Too late when you have to guess
Which joke's taken as tenderness
Penny for your thoughts
Just like I'm hanging off the edge of madness
Stop me from falling so far
How can you let me let go
Chorus
I keep every moment frozen in time
And if they're all I get, I'll be cold the rest of my life
Chorus

Lyrics by Fee Waybill
With another day another life slips away
And floats above the crowd
You can only stay ahead of time when time co-operates
Instead of heading south
Cards are dealt
You play what you hold
You can't tell me the story's been told
It's too early to be over
And it's way past when
It could be starting again
It's too early to be over
Good hearted Joe is the last one to know
Run down run around biting my tongue
Hardly my sad tale
But the rolling in and steppin' out
Nothing but fun
I finally had to bail
Nothing worse than trying too hard
This ain't this fool's first walk in the park
It's too early to be over
I don't feel a thing from the bone to the skin
It's too early to be over
Good hearted Joe is the last one to know
Somewhere out there it all evens out
So they would have you believe
But that don't get me
That won't set me free
It's too early to be over
And it's way past when it could be starting over
It's too early to be over
Always the fave but I already gave
It's too early to be over
Don't feel a thing from the bone to the skin
It's too early to be over
Good hearted Joe is the last one to know

The sun's still warm and most days are good
The world still turns like you said it would
But this pain seems to never let me go
And there is really no movin' on
There's only going along
And I will always be
Better for you loving me
Better for the times we shared
That travel with me everywhere
And I will always try
To hold my head up to the sky
If only just to let you know
That straight from my heart
I still miss you so
If I could I would gladly trade
A thousand tomorrows for one yesterday
There are so many things that I would say
You're a part of every memory
That lives on in me
Chorus

The tree you planted
Is still holding on
Leaves are turning
Like nothing's wrong
Oh, what freedom
To only need the rain
Been without since May, ninety-four
Tricks of the mind make it feel like it's more
But I'm not special
It's the same for everyone
Chorus:
Hold on, baby
I'm coming for you
I can hear your voice through the wine
Teach me how to turn the page
And show me how to shine
Times I wished I was already gone
Ain't no place I can't leave when I want
But then I see their faces
And I'm frozen in my shame
Chorus
Sometimes the sun shuts down the little I can see
And I remember what it felt like to be me
But all at once I know that nothing is the same
And all I'm left with is the pain
Chorus

Nothing I must do
Nowhere I should be
No one in my life to answer to but me
No more candlelight
No more purple skies
No one to be near, as my heart slowly dies
If I could hold you one more time
Like in the days when you were mine
I'd look at you till I was blind
So you would stay
I'd say a prayer each time you smiled
Cradle the moments like a child
I'd stop the world if only I could hold you
one more time
I've memorized your face
I know your touch by heart
Still lost in your embrace
I dream of where you are
If I could hold you one more time
Like in the days when you were mine
I'd look at you till I was blind
So you would stay
I'd say a prayer each time you smiled
Cradle the moments like a child
I'd stop the world if only I could
hold you one more time
One more time

I was born an only son
Didn't take to the rules, like a normal child
Prisoner of the things I've done
It's the price you pay livin' fast and wild
I've spent too many nights lookin' over my shoulder
And the ways of the world make a heart grow colder
Got nowhere left to hide
The fight in me has died
So I must wait for the sunrise
Friend to fear and loaded gun
Live life like the owner of a heart of stone
No one touches, touch no one
But the road gets weary when you're all alone
I've spent too many nights lookin' over my shoulder
And the ways of the world make a heart grow colder
Got nowhere left to hide
The fight in me has died
So I must wait for the sunrise
Too much done to undo
No one I can run to
I need one more chance to live my life again
Live my life again
Again
I've spent too many nights lookin' over my shoulder
And the ways of the world make a heart grow colder
Got nowhere left to hide
The fight in me has died
So I must wait for the sunrise
I've spent too many nights lookin' over my shoulder
And the ways of the world make a heart grow colder
Got nowhere left to hide
The fight in me has died

"Lately I've been trying,
To fill up my days since you're gone
The speed of love is blinding
And I didn't know how to hold on
My mind won't clear
I'm out of tears
My heart's got no room left inside
How many dreams will end
How long can I pretend
How many times will love pass me by
Until I find you again
Well the arms of hope surround me
Will time be a fair weather friend
Should I call out to angels
Or just drink myself sober again
Can't hide is true
I still burn for you
Your memory just won't let me go
How many dreams will end
How long can I pretend
How many times will love pass me by
Until I find you again
I'd hold you tighter
Closer than ever before
Yeah...
No flame would burn brighter
If I could touch you once more
Hold you once more
How many dreams will end
How long can I pretend
How many times will love pass me by
Until I find you again
Until I find you

Well, its cold here in the quiet
Drowning in the silence
Of everythign I wish we used to be
So many chances wasted
And kisses left untasted
So much that still burns inside of me
I kept reaching out, only to be shut down
But now the truth is giving me away
I've been running, yeah, Ive been running
But now im coming to my senses
I am humble by your splendor
Awash in sweet surrender
A thousand miles beyond the road to gone
Well, im tired of being lonely
And you're longing to show me
All that I've been missing much too long
And like a warm and tender wind,
Im spellbound as I breathe you in
And I know that you can see
Chorus
You and I could spend forever
Making up for time together
Pull me in and dont you fight it
You and I, yeah , we're both inside it
Make my broken heart reborn
Take me over like a raging storm
Say goodbye, time to surrender

I saw you in the window
Of a café I passed by
And though clearly my reflection
It was your face I recognized
And after all these years
I’m still right here
Where you left me
And I’ve been calling out
Believing you would answer
But I’ll try to let go now
Cause it’s you running through my veins
You’d come by when I was dreaming
But lately you’ve been gone
Maybe I’ve been trying too hard
Maybe you have just moved on
I guess there’s not a lot
That you forgot
To tell me
But I’ve missed you hangin’ round
And the way we were together
But I can let go now
Cause it’s you running through my veins
Oh, oh

Nobody told me
Every moment without you would seem so long
I get so lonely
And the nights have been so cold since you've been gone
Did I go and make belive the way you touched me
Was it real or just a game my mind was playing,
Tell me
Was it the flame of love
Or was it just my imagination
Was it the flame of love
Or an act of desperation
It's amazing
How a love can feel so good then fade away
And replacing you with someone else is a game my heart won't play
Cause I know I'll never feel the heat that's in your soul
But I can't remember how I lost complete control
Tell me
Was it the flame of love
Or was it just my imagination
Was it the flame of love
Or an act of desperation
How could I know you'd ever go
Taking my dreams away with you
You lead me along
You did me wrong
I can't go on now, baby
Was it the flame of love
Or was it just my imagination
Was it the flame of love

Mesmerized since the day I saw you
Maybe somewhere I've misplaced my pride
In trying to prove I'm on your side
We're two of the many walking wounded
And all I want is to try to be the cure
So, well, never feel loneliness anymore
I wanna be declared your one and only
Hear you say that I'm your destiny
And I want you to be
More than a mystery to me
Am I making you feel uneasy?
Do you recognize the movie that were in?
Every game you swore you'd never play, you win
Do you want to know the truth about you?
Do you even hear the voices in your head?
Can't you see I'm hanging there by a thread?
I wanna feel your gentle arms around me
Wanna know the sweet taste of your kiss
Wanna hear you whisper
Baby, nothing's better than this
I wanna be declared your one and only
Hear you say that I'm your destiny
And I want you to be
More than a mystery to me
The more I reach out to you
The harder you are to find
How could I be so drawn
To something so unkind
Do I make you feel uneasy?
Am I saying any words
You want to hear
Love isn't really love without fear
I wanna be declared your one and only
Hear you say that I'm your destiny
And I want you to be

Victim of temptation
Can't make it go away
You see it and you want it, baby
Never hear a word I say
You know I don't want nothing I don't deserve
Oh, no! I won't take less than I know I'm worth
All this talking makes me feel like a monkey in a cage
Ain't no point in trying to change a man of my age
Love unemotional, purely physical
What I'm staying for's a mystery to me
Love unemotional. the heart's invisible
Love unemotional, is what you want from me
People say I'm crazy
Wonder why I play your game
Sure beats felling lonely, baby
But the story ends the same
I want to feel like I'm living in a fairy tale
Don't want to be just another broken heart for sale
Do I have to hit my knees and beg for something more
Maybe this is not the love I've waited for
Love unemotional, simply physical
What I'm staying for is a mystery to me
Love unemotional, the girl's insatiable
Love unemotional is what you want from me
You feel no shame in being so unkind
All touch and zero feeling
I don't see a way of changing your mind
Girl, this kind of life is bound to leave you all alone
The light inside your heart is on, but no one's home
Love unemotional, purely physical
What I'm looking for is a mystery to me
Love unemotional, the soul's invisible
Love unemotional's what you want from me
Love unemotional, the soul's invisible
What I'm doing here's a mystery to me
Love unemotional, the girl's insatiable

You know just how to hurt me
And how to take all the pain away
Girl, you must be the devil in disguise
There were times, I think you knew
When I was so afraid of you
There's some kind of madness in your eyes
You know a place buried deep in my heart
Nobody else can see
Something in you has taken some kind of hold on me
I don't know why I keep coming back to you, baby
I don't know why I keep coming back to you
To you baby
You say we shouldn't be lovers
And I say we can't just be friends
And all this talking just makes me want you more
You've got a way of confusing a heart
That nobody else could do
Why should I try, I don't want to get over you
I don't know why I keep coming back to you, baby
Just tell me why I keep coming back to you, baby
I don't know why I keep coming back to you, baby
Just tell me why I keep coming back to you
I'm so in love, so in love with the games that you play
So in love, and nothing can keep me away
You've got a way of confusing a heart
That nobody else could do
Why should I try, I don't want to get over you
I don't know why I keep coming back to you, baby
Just tell me why I keep coming back to you, baby
I don't know why I keep coming back to you, baby

Memories of you and me
Tumble inside my head
Way that we used to be
Things that we said
No one has ever
Made me believe so strong
You left me to wonder
How did our love go wrong?
Angelia, where you running to now?
Angelia, got to make you turn around
I lie awake at night
Wait for the sun to shine
I still feel you next to me
Your lips on mine
Without a warning
You made our love a lie
Then you said, you were sorry
But you never told me why
Angelia, where you running to now?
Angelia, got to make you turn around
Maybe my love is in vain
Maybe you're the hurting kind
Can't take no more of this pain
I've got to get you off my mind
Get you off my mind
Tried to be what you wanted
I gave you all I had
Girl, you left me with nothin'
Nothin' but a photograph
Angelia, where you running to now?
Angelia, won't you please turn around?
Angelia, where you running to now?
Angelia, where you running to now?
Where you running to now?
Angelia, where you running to now?

I give her all my love
That's all I do
And if you saw my love
You'd love her too
I love her
She gives me everything
And tenderly
The kiss my lover brings
She brings to me
And I love her
A love like ours
Could never die
As long as I
Have you near me
Bright are the stars that shine
Dark is the sky
I know this love of mine

I'm waiting for some kind of healing to begin
And I wonder if you know the kind of pain I'm in
It's hard wondering just what it is you see
There hasn't been a moment you've been off my mind
I've searched through every meditation I can find
As if something could bring you back to me
Do I go on in silence or shout at the sky?
Give me all the earthly treasures that a single man can hold
Put the magic in my fingers that turns everything to gold
Hand me the sun, say that I've won the world on a string
And then I will have almost everything
I imagine you until I swear I feel your touch
And I read the words you wrote me when it gets too much
The one piece of solace I can steal
I still need you in my life like never before
Give me all the earthly treasures that a single man can hold
Put the magic in my fingers that turns everything to gold
Hand me the sun, say I have won the world on a string
And then I will have almost everything
I still need you in my life more than ever before
Give me all the earthly treasures that a single man can hold
Put the magic in my fingers that turns everything to gold
Hand me the sun, say I have won the world on a string

Whenever I'm weary
From the battles that rage in my head
You make sense of madness
When my sanity hangs by a thread
I lose my way, but still you
Seem to understand
Now and forever
I will be your man
Sometimes I just hold you
Too caught up in me to see
I'm holding a fortune
That Heaven has given to me
I'll try to show you
Each and every way I can
Now and forever
I will be your man
Now I can rest my worries
And always be sure
That I won't be alone, anymore
If I'd only known you were there
All the time
All this time
Until the day the ocean
Doesn't touch the sand
Now and forever
I will be your man
Now and forever

You could say that I am not who I used to be
And I could say it's all because of you
This is complicated, yeah, this is new for me
But it's my heart I'm listening to
Every time that you're around
All my walls come crashing down
And I am sweopt away like drops
Of rain into the ocean
Kiss me once before you go
In a way that makes me know
That I'm not in this all alone
In your eyes I see my life catching up with me
And you're the finish line I'm running to
Yeah, Ive been good and Ive been just
Who Im supposed to be
Ive been everything but true
I am helpless, at your will
See me shaking standing still
Ive been swept away like drops
Of rain into the ocean
Kiss me once before you go
In a way that makes me know
That im not in this world alone
The door is open now
Oh, wont you show me how

I said I wouldn't cry
The day you say goodbye
It's not like I'll never see you again
I guess the things you need
You just can't get from me
But you still can reach out to me now and then
My head is spinning round
All my defenses down
I have held the world in my hands
But I can't keep you from slipping away,
If time will show me grace
And you to a better place
Then I can live knowing it wasn't in vain
It hurts so much to know when love means letting go
And no one can tell me that they've felt my pain
No strength can stop you now
Will someone show me how
How to live it over again
'cause I can't keep you from slipping away
I will never break your power over me
I could never shake the thought of you burning in my mind
You're all I see
Repeat Chorus
Oh, I can't keep you from slipping away

Well look at me, the guy who's got it all
Tryin' to read my own writing on the wall
Not happy 'til the sadness comes to keep me company
Oh, but what becomes of fools who love like me
Who's gonna dry my tears, when I'm crying?
Who's gonna hold my hand, when I'm dying?
Who's gonna set me right when everything is wrong?
Who's gonna love me, when you're gone?
Sure as winter goes and comes around again
I will be my own undoing in the end
I'll find the answers I've been searching for in your goodbye kiss
'Cause I don't deserve you and you don't deserve this
Who's gonna dry my tears, when I'm crying?
And who's gonna hold my hand, when I'm dying?
Who's gonna set me right when everything is wrong?
Who's gonna love me, when you're gone?
Never happy 'til the darkness comes
And rains down on me
Down on me
And who's gonna dry my tears, when I'm crying?
And who's gonna hold my hand, when I'm dying?
Who's gonna set me right when everything is wrong?
Who's gonna love me, when you're gone?
Who's gonna love me, when you're gone?
Baby, when you're gone
Yeah, who's gonna love me, when you're gone?
Who's gonna love me, when you're gone?

I'm back at the corner
Where we said goodbye
I turn and I see you
but don't trust my eyes
You look at me
And I can't breathe
Had every word perfect
for when this day would come
But standing here now
I can't find even one
All I want to say...
Is written on my face
CHORUS:
I close my eyes every time I wake up
Cause every little thing makes me think of
When you loved me...
When you loved me
And I don't really want to talk about the weather
The truth is that I was better
When you loved me...
When you loved me
I'm sure that there's somewhere that you've got to go
But give me one more minute
One more memory to hold
And wherever you're goin' to...
Take this with you
CHORUS:
I close my eyes every time I wake up
Cause every little thing makes me think of
When you loved me...
When you loved me
And I don't really want to talk about the weather
The truth is that I was better
When you loved me...
When you loved me
I try to wish you away
You're gone today but
you'll be back tomorrow
This lie
that I call goodbye
won't let go
Won't let me go...
CHORUS:
I close my eyes every time I wake up
(Every time I wake up)
Cause every little thing makes me think of
When you loved me...
When you loved me
Oh, baby, when you loved me
And I don't really want to talk about the weather
The truth is
I'll never be better than
When you loved me...
When you loved me
I'm back at the corner

I may be rotten to the core and stop me if you think I am
A kid in a candy store, the same as any dirty old man
I know I'm not the first to see, I guarantee, I'm not the last
So take some good advice from me, just try it once before you ask
I hear an enticing voice
(Live it up, live it up, do it now, boy)
I don't like the other choice
(Live it up, live it up)
Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, what's wrong with that?
What's wrong with the fountain of youth?
What's wrong with that?
What's wrong with a little self delusion?
Yeah, yeah, now who you think is foolin' who ?
And who will be the last to laugh?
Here's another lame excuse
You're old enough to be her dad
I heard all the reasons why
(Give it up, give it up, take a powder)
I, I turn them my blindest eye
(Give it up, give it up)
Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, what's wrong with that?
What's wrong with the fountain of youth?
What's wrong with that?
What's wrong with a little self delusion?
What's wrong with that?
What's wrong with a flower in bloom?
What's wrong with that?
What's wrong with a little self delusion?
Yeah, days don't hide secrets of the heart, only you and I do
Little white lies rip you right apart in anyway they want to
Life goes by, done before you start
I can't wait around to satisfy you, oh
Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, what's wrong with that?
What's wrong with the fountain of youth?
What's wrong with that?
What's wrong with a little self delusion?
What's wrong with that?
What's wrong with a flower in bloom?
What's wrong with that?
What's wrong with a little self delusion?
(What's wrong?)
Won't you tell me what's wrong?
What's wrong with that?
What's wrong with that?
(What's wrong?)
Baby, what's wrong with that?
(What's wrong?)
What's wrong with that?

No needles, no rehab
No minors, no murder rap
Where's that leave a guy like me? Windy city square
If all that sells is tragedy, I haven't got a prayer
Should I try to lose it all, kick it off the track
Just to say I took the fall but look who's comin' back
What's the story? Where's the dirt?
Nobody's happy 'til somebody gets hurt
I don't want to keep up with all that
Garbage that you swallow gonna someday make you fat
Normal childhood, beautiful wife
'Xcuse me having a wonderful life
Why should I be hungry for someone else's pain?
Heroes should have something but talent for fame
Double barrel in the mouth, nails it every time
But that's what a legend's all about, ain't no bigger headline
What's the story? Where's the dirt?
Nobody's happy 'til somebody gets hurt
I don't want to keep up with all that
Garbage that you swallow gonna someday make you fat
Maybe I should frequent all the places I'm avoiding
Maybe you should work on building rather than destroying
If this is making friends, I'd rather be lonely
So where's that leave a guy like me? Windy city square
I may never make page three but ask me if I care
What's the story? Where's the dirt?
Nobody's happy 'til somebody gets hurt
I don't want to keep up with all that
Garbage that you swallow gonna someday make you fat
What's the story? Where's the dirt?
Nobody's happy 'til somebody gets hurt
I don't want to keep up with all that

What I had to flaunt
has come back to haunt
like a restless wind
And the best of times
that were left behind
they come blowing in
No one's pushing me
through that door
But it might as well be
a forty-four in the night
It's too late to say goodbye
I'm all out of lies
It's too late to say goodbye
How can I resist
one more stranger's kiss?
Should the thrill be gone?
And if I must refrain
will I wind up the same
as the jealous dogs?
From this day forward
could be too long
But crossing the border
would be so wrong
and you're right
It's too late to say goodbye
I've run out of lies
And it's too late to say goodbye
I know that you're right
It's too late to say goodbye
I'm all out of lies
It's too late to say goodbye
This feeling won't die
It's too late to say goodbye
I can't watch you cry

When you woke up this mornin' on your front lawn
You had a smile on your lips and your wallet was gone
You remember some girl but the rest is all a blur
Well you're not the first one to fall under her spell
I know dozens of guys who've been there as well
They've got scars to show and they owe 'em all to her
That was Lulu
Did she fool you?
That was Lulu
That ain't legal
That ain't voodoo
That was Lulu
Well Lulu's got charms that money can't buy
(Oh)
And she's made her reputation makin' strong men cry
All the victims may change but their stories are the same
Lulu's there when your airplane just happens to crash
Still she walks away without even a scratch
Leavin' in flames but she never leaves her name
That was Lulu
Did she fool you?
That was Lulu
That ain't legal
That ain't voodoo
That was Lulu
And I know what I'm talkin' about I saw it all from the start
Long before she started runnin' around
Who do you think ran away with my heart that was Lulu,oh
Ooh yeah
Yeah that was Lulu
Did she fool you?
That was Lulu
Yeah that ain't legal, ha
That ain't voodoo
That was Lulu
That was Lulu
That was Lulu
Yeah hey

I've been where you are before
No one understands you more
You fear ever step you take
So sure that your heart will break
It's not how the story ends
You'll be back on your feet again
Baby, this time
There ain't nothing gonna take this heart away
No more goodbyes
There ain't nothing gonna take my heart away
The pain's still alive in you
For what one man put you through
You say that we're all the same
But I'm called by no other name
We all need a place to run
Won't you let me be the one
Baby, this time
There ain't nothing gonna take this heart away
No more goodbyes
There aint nothing gonna take my heart away
Don't keep a dream in you locked outside your door
Just believe in this love
And don't be afraid anymore
I need you to please be strong
I've waited for you too long
Baby, this time
There ain't nothing gonna take this heart away
No more long nights
There ain't nothing gonna take my heart away
This time
There ain't nothing gonna take this heart away
No more goodbyes
There ain't nothing gonna take my heart away
There ain't nothing gonna take my heart away

So many times
I?ve asked myself the question
Hiding in plain sight
Is your love another self-propeller perception?
Burning in my mind
You don?t know where I?ve been
I count too many sins
To play de sad charade
Suspicion kisses you when I do
Though I?ve never let you know
I only wish you knew what I knew
So we could both enjoy the show
Here in the crucible
Or could there be another explanation
I?m not aware of
Or should I just ignore the situation
Call me in care of
I don?t know where you?ve been
Your lies is paper thin
I see the truth erased
Suspicion kisses you when I do
Though I?ve never let you know
I only wish you knew what I knew
So we could both enjoy the show
Here in the crucible
You don?t know where I?ve been
I count too many sins
To play de sad charade
Suspicion kisses you when I do
Though I?ve never let you know
I only wish you knew what I knew
So we could both enjoy the show

Is that what we've been together much too long
The answer may not be in black and white
We're always trying to prove who's right or wrong
Yet know we're giving up without a fight
But I know when you're gone
I'll wish I'd held on
Chorus:
So, baby, surrender to me
There'll be no holding back now
So, baby, surrender to me tonight
I don't want our love to cause you so much pain
If this is how it's going to be I'll walk away
Neither one of us should ever say goodbye
Let's forget about the past and who's to blame
'cause when this is all gone
We'll wish we'd held on
Chorus
How could this love be in danger
That used to be so good, so right
To think that fate could make us strangers
Has thrown me in your arms tonight

You're the queen of your own little world, you really made a splash
You're like a plane flying high, yet not afraid to crash
Everyone wants to know what goes on in your head
Why do you choose to lie so lonely in your bed?
Maybe life happened and happened too fast
Won't let anybody touch you?
(Or just waiting)
You're a victim of your own past
Plain to see there's a woman cryin' out for help
The star of so many, yet never one to herself
Money means nothing, that's so plain to see
You're a mystery to us all, you're looking for someone to set you free
(Only one though)
You face the end of your youth in a tired fueling rage
You talk to people with a tongue like a newly sharpened razor blade
Yours is not a life that lets you take control
Morals and convictions meet and has taken a toll
But in the end you'll be sleeping in the bed that you made
Good or bad, rich or poor, you made it your own way
It seems so clear to me, something has to change
The person that you are, the lions that you tame
Make the choice to grab the reigns or be a victim of your fate
All your life you've been running from the dreams you give away
Take it from me, I can feel your pain

I've got the fever, poison in my veins
My mind ain't workin' right
I know the answer, way to ease this pain
Only got myself to fight
I can see clearly but choose to be blind
A slave to desire, holdin' me, scoldin' me
Changin' your mind, you?re like playin' with fire
I need you, I want to stay on this soul motion ride
There is no danger when you?re here by my side
Given some distance, just a little time
Right and wrong seems clear
But my sense of reason is nothin' but unkind
Every time that you?re near
Over and over I say to myself
She?s only playin', ten thousand reasons
To find someone else, still I hear myself sayin'
I need you, I want to stay on this soul motion ride
There is no danger when you?re here by my side
Baby, I need you, I want to stay on this soul motion ride
There is no danger when you're here by my side
I'm out here on the edge and I know what?s in store
It should be over and done, just let go and run
But I've tasted too much, nothin's the same anymore
Baby, I need you, I want to stay on this soul motion ride
There is no danger when you?re here by my side
Baby, I need you, I want to stay on this soul motion ride
There is no danger when you?re here by my side

I've lived life in a single room
Hide my scars from the moon
I dream my dreams in the light
Rehearse the lines I already know
Basking in the TV's glow
I pray that tonight is the night
Ooh, there's gotta be more than this
The future hanging on a stranger's kiss
Could it be, I'm not so alone?
I'm someone special
I'm just in disguise
I may not be perfect
In everyone's eyes
It may not be tomorrow
But I still believe
There's someone special
Waiting out there for me
I guess the joke hasn't hit me yet
'Cause I'm still waitin' on my Juliet
She must be held up somewhere
Ooh, she'll be the air I breathe
She'll come for good and never want to leave
I'll love her only, I swear
People say there must be something wrong
For me to be all alone so long
And their words hit me like a stone
I'm someone special
I'm just in disguise
I may not be perfect
In everyone's eyes
It may not be tomorrow
But I still believe
There's someone special
Waiting out there for me
Lying in bed in a cold, cold sweat
Dreamin' 'bout women I'll never get
I won't always be sleepin' alone
I'm someone special
I'm just in disguise
I may not be perfect
In everyone's eyes
And it may not be tonight
But I still believe
There's someone special
Waiting out there for me
Yeah, there's someone special
Waiting out there for me
Waiting out there for me
She's waiting out there for me

I remember me sittin' on my daddy's knee
Dreamin' 'bout what life had in store for me
When I look back now it really makes me mad
The years I took for granted were the best I had
School was alright, gave me time to fantasize
But one day I woke up and I realized
I'm livin' in the real world
Where everything's written in black and white
Livin' in the real world
Where you don't get nothin' unless you fight
I wanna relax but I don't know how
The pressures on me are much stronger now
I remember the days I didn't have a care
Aside from being afraid somebody'd cut my hair
I wanna make it before my chances are gone
They say be patient but it takes too long
I'm livin' in the real world
Where everything's written in black and white
Livin' in the real world
Where you don't get nothin' unless you fight
Real world
Where there ain't no holiday in sight
Livin' in the real world
Where you don't get nothin' unless you fight
Someday soon I'll settle down for good
There was a time I thought I never would
I'm gonna live with a lady on a quiet beach
I'm gonna have three kids, maybe one of each, ooh yea
Well, I've got to make it before my chances are gone
They say, "Be patient" but it takes too long
I'm livin' in the real world
Where everything's written in black and white
Livin' in the real world
Where you don't get nothin' unless you fight
Real world
Already no holiday in sight
Livin' in the real world

I've been trying to open the door
To the secret of my destiny
And every new road I think is the one
Seems to lead right back to me
I've looked for a way to be wiser
A way to be strong
Now I see the answer was hiding
In me all along
And I'm ready to fly
Over the sun
Like a rocket to Heaven
And I'm ready to soar
Right through the sky
Never dreamed I'd find something to lift me so high
I've always had wings
But I wasn't ready to fly
Restless, hopeless, and misunderstood
Like so many others I know
So busy tryin' to keep holdin' on
When I should've been letting go
I was given the gift to find it
The spirit inside me
But I never really imagined
All I could be
And I'm ready to fly
Over the sun
Like a rocket to Heaven
And I'm ready to soar
Right through the sky
Never dreamed I'd find something to lift me so high
I've always had wings
But I wasn't ready to fly
The answer to all of my wonder
Was right in my hands
Now it's time for me to discover
All that I am
And I'm ready to fly
Over the sun
Like a rocket to Heaven
And I'm ready to soar
Right through the sky
Never dreamed I'd find something to lift me so high
I've always had wings
But I wasn't ready to fly
I've always had wings

Hey, you got the look of a lonely woman's eyes
What'cha thinking when you're standing so close to me?
Ain't no law says a man can't fantasize
There's a secret locked up in you tight
Ooh, I'd love to turn the key
Whoah, playing with fire
Whoah, fighting my desire, baby
Whoah, my conscience is a liar
Oh, Lord, have mercy on the shameless sinner
Whoah, playing with fire
Whoah, walking on a wire, now I
Whoah, I face the crucifier
What'cha doin' to me?
Live by rules made up by society
But I guess I must've missed election day
'Cause so much about you looks so good to me, yeah
For what I'm thinking I could go to jail
But some laws are born to break
Whoah, playing with fire
Whoah, fightin' my desire, baby
Whoah, my conscience is a liar
Oh, Lord, have mercy on the shameless sinner
Whoah, playing with fire
Whoah, stakes are getting higher, now I
Whoah, I face the crucifier
What'cha doin' to me?
Whoah, playing with fire
Whoah, fighting my desire, baby
Whoah, my conscience is a liar
Oh, Lord, have mercy on the shameless sinner
Whoah, playing with fire
Whoah, walking on a wire, now I
Whoah, I face the crucifier
What'cha doin' to me?
Whoah, playing with fire
Whoah, fighting my desire, baby
Ooh, I'm beggin' you Lord, have mercy
On a shameless sinner
Whoah, playing with fire
Whoah, stakes are getting higher

Light
It falls from you and covers me
And I
I love you in ways no voice could speak
I never dreamed I’d have so much
But I’d burn it all just to warm you up
You are the water that I drink
You are the song I’ll always sing
You turned my world of doubt into belief
And I will love you on your way
I will remember every day
And if you fall I’m never out of reach
Cause you’re a part of me
Live
May the wind carry you
And rise
High enough to see the truth
I will protect you when I can
Don’t be afraid just give me your hand
Chorus
As you go along
You won’t take a step alone
And should your faith be gone
I’ll believe for you
I love you more than the sea is deep
Just know (that) you can always count on me

Baby, I’m tryin’ to make some sense
Of all we should’ve learned from experience
We win, we lose, we conquer and we fail
One part serious, do or die
Another part crush in junior high
I’m chasing my emotions like a tail
I can still move my fingers
But I can’t seem to let go
The cold winds are blowing, I should be goin’
I’m in over my head
Without even blinkin’, you’ve got me thinkin’
I would be better off dead
Yeah’ I’m in over my head
You made me weak, I made you laugh
Driving through the rain in a yellow cab
The taste of your kiss is with me even now
But this thing we’ve got goes by different names
Never two days in a row the same
I wanna stop feelin’ this, but don’t know how
I see my legs and they’re moving
But I just can’t walk away
Chorus
I’ll say goodbye, but talk is cheap
I count the memories in my sleep
I’ve had enough, but I want more
Makin’ me weak, makin’ you laugh
Driving through the rain in that yellow cab
Baby, your kiss is with me even now

O holy night
The stars are brightly shining
It is the night of our dear savior's birth
Long lay the world in sin and error pining
Til He appeared and the soul felt
It's worth a thrill of hope, the weary world rejoices
For yonder breaks a new and glorious morn
Fall on your knees
O hear the angel voices
O night divine
O night when Christ was born
O night divine
O night, o night divine
O night divine
O night divine
O night divine
O night divine
O night divine
Divine
O night divine
Fall on your knees
O hear the angel voices
O night divine
O night when Christ was born
O night divine
O night, o night divine
O night divine

There in my darkest hour
Somehow you knew what I felt
And just in the nick of time
You saved me from myself
Didn't know I could cut through my defenses
And see through the mask
I figured you must want something from me
But you never asked
I just had to call and you were always there
Think you must have been the answer to my prayer
With you I've got nothing to hide
My heart is starting to pound
Now, the walls are tumbling down
I wish I could find the words
That linger just out of reach
I see myself in your eyes
And lose my power of speech
I am someone now that I don't recognize
It took someone like you to shatter my disguise
Now, I've got nothing to hide
My heart's remembering to pound
And the walls are finally coming down
Yeah, I've got nothing to hide
All that I needed was you around
Now the walls are coming down
Head in the sky, feeling just like
Some kind of lovesick child
I finally pulled through and I owe it to you
Don't want to keep it inside
I am someone now that I don't recognize
Oh, I'm healing, I'm believing, you made me realize
Now, I've got nothing to hide
My heart is starting to pound
I can the feel the walls coming down
Yeah, yeah, I've got nothing to hide
All that I needed was you around
Now the walls are coming down
Yeah, I've got nothing to hide
My heart is starting to pound
And the walls, coming down
Yeah, yeah, yeah, I've got nothing to hide
All that I needed was you around

You never know what we could be in store for
The way it goes we're in for more of the same
One step beyond the flame
The thread of life, the finely woven pattern
Reveals designs in silent laughter and rhyme
One picture at a time
There ain't nothing left behind us, not a doubt inside us
If the angel calls tomorrow there's nothing we haven't said
There ain't nothing left behind us, nothing but a blind trust
I would beg, steal or borrow to never lose you again, oh
It's down to us to figure out the secret
It's not enough to wait for pieces to fall
The writing isn't on the wall
Take my hand, we'll face the fire together
To distant lands, but we can weather the storm
Keeping each other warm
There ain't nothing left behind us, not a doubt inside us
If the angel calls tomorrow there's nothing we haven't said
There ain't nothing left behind us, nothing but a blind trust
I would beg, steal or borrow to never lose you again
There's never been an easy way
Everybody is bound to make mistakes
You just do what you think is right
Then laugh 'til you cry, 'til you scream at the night
There ain't nothing left behind us, not a doubt inside us
If the angel calls tomorrow there's nothing we haven't said
There ain't nothing left behind us, nothing but a blind trust
I would beg, steal or borrow to never lose you again, yeah
Nothing left behind us, oh no
There ain't nothing left behind us

Have you heard the news?
I'm doing what I said I would
So now you say
Boy, I always knew you could
My Wildest dreams
Murdered by reality
I gave all I could give you
But now I'm taking back what belongs to me
I read you like a drugstore book
How'd I ever think you were cool
You got no bait left on you hook
You're no friend, and buddy, I'm no fool
Ain't nothin' you can do about it
Ain't nothin' you can say
Ain't nothin' you can do about it
No one's gonna stand in my way
I've done my time
I've given up my pound of flesh
So why can't the man seem to understand
That I've already passed the test
You did your best to keep me down
Tried to make my spirit give in
But I'm here to make a big, big sound
It's your time to lose and it's my time to win
Ain't nothin' you can do about it
Ain't nothin' you can say
Ain't nothin' you can do about it
No one's gonna stand in my way
Ain't nothin' you can do about it
Ain't nothin' you can say
I know you can never go back
Once you turn and walk out that door
Got no time for worries like that
I'm not a kid anymore
You did your best to keep me down
Tried to make my spirit give in
But I'm here to make a big, big sound
It's your time to lose and it's my time to win
Ain't nothin' you can do about it
Ain't nothin' you can say
Ain't nothin' you can do about it
No one's gonna stand in my way
Ain't nothin' you can do about it
Ain't nothin' you can say
Ain't nothin' you can do about it
Ain't nothin' you can do about it
Ain't nothin' you can say
Ain't nothin' you can do about it

It's hard to see reason
When there's so little hope alive
This is the season
To put faith in innocent eyes
We're all thinking too much
We're so out of touch
We need to start over again
So just let it wander
'Cause you're never too old to pretend
Tell you, just a little miracle
Is all you need to believe
Just a little miracle
Is all you need to believe
It's not too late to wake up
Don't make no difference who you are
Just take off your make-up
And discover the child in your heart
Tell you, just a little miracle
Is all you need to believe
Just a little miracle
Is all you need to believe
We're all thinking too much
We're so out of touch
We need to start over again
So just let it wander
'Cause you're never too old to pretend
Tell you, just a little miracle
Is all you need to believe
Just a little miracle

Once again I bare myself before you
Beggin' for a chance we never had
You don’t want all I have to offer
And its too late for me to take it back
Look at where you always leave us standing
Between all the way and not quite close enough
There could be a place you dont believe in
If you would only let yourself be loved
Im the one who seems to keep you smiling
And I'd be more if you'd take the dare
The two of us, we're really children hiding
Underneath the armor that we wear
And these walls...aren't so tall
That we're climbing
chorus
So many hearts who'll never even
Have the chance to hold
What you seem to be so willing to let go
What good is being strong and hiding in some harbor
If you and I end up all alone
You say a kiss will set the clock in motion
And make a mess of the beauty that we've made
And even that is really just as crazy
As thinking I could just wish you away
Look at where you always leave us standing
Between all the way and not quite close enough
I could be what you just won’t believe in
If you would only let yourself be loved

Hope you don't believe a word
Of all the things I know you've heard about me
Really just a pack of lies
You see the truth before your eyes around me
Hard to keep it straight
The real from the ruse
Probably way too late
What can I do?
But it's not what you think
Not what you hear
Not what you see
It's just the image
It's all on a string
All fantasy
Not really me
It's just the image, yeah
Would it be too much to ask
That you could just give me the chance to prove it
Or would it only be a waste of time
To try to make you change your mind and use it?
What I've been looking for
Isn't what I thought
Not behind the golden door
You've all I've got
It's not what you think
Not what you hear
Not what you see
It's just the image
It's all on a string
All fantasy
Not really me
It's just the image, yeah
What I've been looking for
Isn't what I thought
Not behind the golden door
You've all I've got
Well, it's not what you think
Not what you hear
Not what you see
It's just the image
It's all on a string
All fantasy
Not really me
It's just the image, yeah
Not what you think
Not what you hear
Not what you see
It's just the image
It's all on a string
All fantasy
Not really me
It's just the image, yeah yeah yeah
Just the image, babe
Just the image, babe
Just the image, babe
Just the image, babe
Just the image, babe

I know you have reservations
And you're just along for the ride
But I see a slight hesitation
What are you trying to hide
Don't be afraid to bare your soul
Nothing you say could be too bold
I'm growing old
If you don't want my love
Tell me now cause I'll survive
If you don't want my love
I'm sure that somebody does tonight
You make a grown man quiver
It might be hard to believe
But it's time to stand and deliver
You've just been playing with me
I don't want to blow my only chance
But you've got to show me where you stand
Or drop my hand
If you don't want my love
Tell me know cause I'll survive
If you don't want my love
It won't be the end of my life
If you don't want my love
Night will fall and the sun will rise
If you don't want my love
I'm sure that somebody does tonight
I don't want to blow my only chance
But you've got to show me where you stand
Or drop my hand
If you don't want my love
Tell me now cause I'll survive
If you don't want my love
It won't be the end of my life
If you don't want my love
Night will fall and sun will rise
If you dont' want my love
I'm sure that somebody does tonight
If you don't want my love
Ain't gonna worry tonight
If you don't want my love

Got a house full of fortune and they pay me in gold
For something I'd do for free
But there's still something missing that a man can't hold
It's like a weight over me
So scared the thrill will be gone
But I'm the one who keeps the pressure on
All I've got is all I need
But I get no sleep and I'm tired to the bone
All I've got is all I need
But I get no sleep and I know I'm not alone
Well, I'm sick of walking 'round with blood in my eyes
Just keeping up with this town
I'm a roadrunner racing, but I don't see the signs
I've got to learn to slow down
My life makes it hard to complain
But there's time I'd take my school days back again
All I've got is all I need
But I get no sleep and I'm tired to the bone
All I've got is all I need
But I get no sleep and I know I'm not alone
Ohh yeah yeah
Four o'clock and I'm still counting sheep
Love to change the system, but I'm in too deep
I keep the pressure far away as I can
But it still comes back again, back again, yeah, yeah
My life makes it hard to complain
But there's time I'd take my school days back again
All I've got is all I need
But I get no sleep and I'm tired to the bone
All I've got is all I need
But I get no sleep and I know I'm not alone
All I've got is all I need
But I get no sleep and I'm sure I'm not alone
All I've got is all I need

Just when I believed
I couldn't ever want for more
This ever changing world
pushes me through another door
I saw you smile
and my mind could not erase
the beauty of your face
Just for awhile won't you
let me shelter you
(chorus)
Hold on to the nights
Hold on to the memories
I wish I could give you something more
and I could be yours
How do we explain
something that took us by surprise
Promises in vain
love that is real but in disguise
What happens now?
Do we break another rule
let our lovers play the fool?
I don't know how
to stop feeling this way
(chorus)
Hold on to the nights
Hold on to the memories
If I could only give you more
Well, I think that I've been true
to everybody else but me
And the way I feel about you
makes my heart long to be free
Everytime I look into your eyes
I'm helplessly aware
That the someone I've been searching for
is right there
(chorus)
Hold on to the nights
Hold on to the memories
I wish I could give you more

I watch the world go round and round
And my life goes by at the speed of sound
I walk the night and I wonder just where I belong, oh
My heart is young but my soul is old
I've never been one to do what I was told
My back to the wall is the only place I can feel strong, oh
Heaven only knows what lies before me
Heaven only knows what all my searching is for
All my life, I've waited for a miracle
But I can't ask for anything more
I like to think I'm a faithful man
To resist desire and do all I can
I hope to die in the arms of the woman I love, oh
Heaven only knows what lies before me
Heaven only knows what all my searching is for
All my life, I've waited for a miracle
But I can't ask for anything more, no more
I've always wondered how to know right from wrong
Looking for a reason to replace what is gone
But somehow the road just seems to lead right back to me, to me
Heaven only knows what lies before me
Heaven only knows what all my searching is for
All my life, I've waited for a miracle
But I can't ask for anything more
Heaven knows
Heaven knows
Heaven knows

This is what I should have said
If I'd've been a man about it
You might be in my arms by now
Nothing ventured, nothing gained
As I contemplate the losing
The silence is up way too loud
I can't sleep anymore
The words I never said keep turnin' over
I can't dream like before
And all I seem to be getting is colder
Just like the T-shirt that you wore
You were divine and full of madness
Not really like anyone
In words too beautiful for words
I constructed a soliloquy
That never seemed to reach my tongue
Yeah, the air never even filled my lungs
I can't sleep anymore
The words I never said keep turnin' over
I can't dream like before
And all I seem to be getting is colder
All I can think of is
My name on your lips
I can't sleep anymore
The words I never said keep turnin' over
I can't dream like before
And all I seem to be getting is

Yeah
One look in your innocent eyes
And I knew you had to be the one
You walked out of all of my dreams
Never thought the day would really come
I've been standing in a long desperate line
Waiting for somebody like you
I may only be wasting my time
Don't know what else to do
If you turn me away
Just be careful what you say
Girl, you've got my heart on the line
Don't be mean, don't be cruel
Don't you treat me like a fool
Girl, you've got my heart on the line
It's too late to be wishing I was
In somebody else's shoes this time
I'm tied up, like a slave to a chain
Praying that you'll please be kind
If it's true that love's a disease
Baby, I'm a dangerous case
I beg for mercy, got me down on my knees
You've got a smile on your face
If you turn me away
Just be careful what you say
Girl, you've got my heart on the line
Don't be mean, don't be cruel
Don't you treat me like a fool
Girl, you've got my heart on the line
I don't want to stay
In my own little world
So if you want to play
Won't you show me, little girl
If you turn me away
Just be careful what you say
Girl, you've got my heart on the line
Don't be mean, don't be cruel
Don't you treat me like a fool
Girl, you've got my heart on the line
If you turn me away
Just be careful what you say
Girl, you've got my heart on the line
Don't be mean, don't be cruel
Don't you treat me like a fool
Girl, you've got my heart on the line
Yeah
Ohh Ohh
Oh, girl, you've got my heart on the line

"My mother came to Hazard when I was just seven
Even then the folks in town said with prejudiced eyes
That boy's not right ...
Three years ago when I came to know Mary
First time that someone looked beyond the rumours and the lies
And saw the man inside ...
We used to walk down by the river
She loved to watch the sun go down
We used to walk along the river
And dream our way out of this town ...
No one understood what I felt for Mary
No one cared until the night she went out walking alone
And never came home ...
Man with a badge came knocking next morning
Here was I surrounded by a thousand fingers suddenly
Pointed right at me ...
I swear I left her by the river
I swear I left her safe and sound
I need to make it to the river
And leave this old Nebraska town
I think about my life gone by
And how it's done me wrong
There's no escape for me this time
All of my rescues are gone, long gone
I swear I left her by the river
I swear I left her safe and sound
I need to make it to the river

We're all victims of the system, still we love to place the blame
We're running out of choices and there's no rules to the game
I'm getting tired of feeling this way
What can a single man dom what can he say
Every day you walk the edge of a knife
You're left with nothing at the end of your life
They've got their hands in your pocket
They'll take the clothes off your back
Hands in your pocket
They'll stop you like a heart attack
We put people into power but we fight our wars alone
They take such good care of the rest of the world
but, what about the folks
At home, oh yeah
Point the finger at the man you chose
He'll say he's sorry, but it's just the way it goes
He sits in judgement like a king on a throne
'Till that November when he'll beg for a bone
They've got their hands in your pocket
They'll take the clothes off your back
Hands in your pocket
Brother, don't ignore the facts
Oh, ignore the facts
Every day you walk the edge of a knife
You're left with nothing at the end of your life
They've got their hands in your pocket
They'll take the clothes off your back
Hands in your pocket
Brother, don't ignore the facts
They've got their hands in your pocket
They'll take the clothes off your back
They've got their hands in your pocket
They'll stop you like a heart attack
They've got their hands in your pocket
They'll take the clothes off your back
They've got their hands in your pocket

I’m searching for the cure
An antidote to heal me
Desperately I try to chase
Away the lines that haunt my face
But the truth wins every time
The lights are coming on
All the glitz is gone
I’m staring at the view from the inside
So this is the real me
I don’t like what I see
Staring at the view from the inside
So welcome to my world
The ultimate illusion
I’ve hidden in words and melody
Now they’re comin’ back on me
Yeah, the hand they bite is mine
The lights are coming on
All the glitz is gone
I’m staring at the view from the inside
So this is the real me
I don’t like what I see
Staring at the view from the inside
Tryin’ hard to just get by
But blessedly I’m failing
The lights are clearly on
All the glitz is gone
I’m staring at the view from the inside
So this is the real me
Do you like what you see

Fool's game to risk perfection
Out here alone on a wire
Unsuspecting victim of desire
You wear a thousand faces
A master of disguise
And I'm addicted to the madness in your eyes
You will always be the one I dream about
And I know my heart won't beat the same again
You will always be the shadow of a doubt
Now I go crazy wondering what we might have been
Your charms made me suffer
Why do I care where you are?
I'm afraid my dignity has strayed too far
Can't read what you're writing
Unable to make the call
Do you want me desperately
Or not at all?
You will always be the one I dream about
And I know my heart won't beat the same again
You will always be the one I dream about
Now I go crazy wondering what we might have been
Can't read what you're writing
Unable to make the call
Do you want me desperately
Or not at all?
You will always be the one I dream about
And I know my heart won't beat the same again
You will always be the shadow of a doubt
Now I go crazy wondering what we might have been
Now I go crazy wondering what we might have been
I go crazy wondering what we might have been

I've got a secret
I think I'm ready to share
It may bring us closer
It may be a burden to bear
It's precious and it's real
And all that I can feel
Is that I'm falling
As deep as any ocean
In ways that can't be spoken
I am falling
For the millionth and the first time
Ever and eternally for you
You are a beacon
Revealing the places I hide
You've given freedom
To so much that I kept inside
And with one look in my eyes
It can't be a surprise
That I am falling
As deep as any ocean
In ways that can't be spoken
I am falling
For the millionth and the first time
Ever and eternally for you
Now there's no darkness
My truth laid open and bare
It's in my flesh and bones
Yeah it's everywhere
That I am falling
As deep as any ocean
In ways that can't be spoken
I am falling
Like rays that come from Heaven
Bathed in your affection
I am falling
For the millionth and the first time

I was born on the banks of eternity
A page of the history it teaches
Not a care, lived my life like a hurricane
Leaving everything along the way in pieces
Some may have cheered, some may have wondered
If I am flesh, if I am stone
Thoughts of you tear through me like thunder
You are the light that has led me back home
Take me to the river, baby, wash away the lies
I've got no reputation living in your eyes
Take me to eternity
Let me bury this disguise
A southern boy has it harder sometimes
It's like you were climbing a razor
You were there when my dreams had all turned to dust
And the man in the mirror was a stranger
Look at me now, a soulless survivor
No mask can hide the man that I've made
You ease my pain, you make it silent
Slowly I feel it beginning to fade
Take me to the river, baby, wash away the lies
I've got no reputation living in your eyes
Take me to eternity
Let me bury this disguise
I wanna feel it rushing over me into the tide
I wanna taste it, every moment till the end of my life
I have laid still, adrift in your memory
Hoping your faith would erase all the years
Maybe some time, maybe some magic
Maybe your love will make everything clear
Take me to the river, baby, wash away the lies
I've got no reputation living in your eyes
Take me to eternity
Let me bury this disguise
Take me to the river, baby, wash away the lies
There were no expectations hiding in your eyes
Take me to eternity

Summer came and left without a warning
All at once I looked and you were gone
And now you're looking back at me
Searching for a way that we can be
Like we were before
Now I'm back to what I knew before you
Somehow the city doesn't look the same
I'd give my life for one more night
Of having you here to hold me tight;
oh please
Take me there again
Oh, oh
Chorus:
And I remember how you loved me
Time was all we had until the day we said goodbye
I remember every moment
of those endless summer nights
I still recall the walks along the beaches
And the way your hair would glisten in the sun
Rising in the afternoon
Making love to you under the moon;
Oh-uh-oh
Do you remember all the nights we spent in silence
Every single breath you took was mine
We can have it all again
Say that you'll be with me when the sun brings your heart to mine
Oh, oh
Chorus:
And I remember how you loved me
Time was all we had until the day we said goodbye
And I remember every moment
of those endless summer nights
Bridge:
There's only so much I can say
So please don't run away
From what we have together
It's only you an me tonight
So let's stay lost in flight
Oh, won't you please surrender
Chorus:
And I remember how you loved me
Time was all we had until the day we said goodbye
And I remember every moment
of those endless summer nights

I remember yesterday
Like it wasn’t far away
And you were by my side
Now it’s all a bitter haze
I don’t recognize my face
And I’m not thinkin’ right
I can’t help myself
With you gone, I am nothing without you
Just a ghost chasing your memory
Shaking, fading….a shadow where I used to be
Baby, look what you’ve done to me
Well, you broke my heart to death
And now the only thing that’s left
Are my emotional remains
I wish the silence would shut up
Cause I’ve really had quite enough
This slow burning pain
I can’t even cry for help
With you gone, I am nothing without you
Just a ghost chasing your memory
Shaking, fading….a shadow where I used to be
Baby, look what you’ve done to me
How dare you make me love you
How dare you make me love you
With you gone, I am nothing without you
Just a ghost chasing your memory
Shaking, fading….a shadow where I used to be

Welcome to the big time
you're bound to be a star
And even if you don't go all the way
I know that you'll go far
This race is for rats
It can turn you upside down
Ain't no one you can count on
in this sleazy little town
Oh, no
Lots of promises in the dark
But don't you open your heart
(chorus)
Cause it don't mean nothin'
the words that they say
Don't mean nothin'
these games that people play
No it don't mean nothin'
no victim, no crime
It don't mean nothin'
till you sign it on that dotted line
The director smiles as
you walk in the door
He says "I love your work, babe
But you're just not
what we're looking for"
It's never what but
who it is you know
So easy to get stuck in
all that California snow
Take a good look around
and you'll find
People tryin' to mess
with your mind
(chorus)
Hollywood can be so lonely
make you the winner of a losing fight
But the party is never over
cause stars are always shining
Doesn't matter if it's day or night
The producer says
"Let me change a line or two"
And a little bit of something
can look awfully good to you
And you want to scream
but you gotta keep it all inside
When you're trying to make a living
there ain't no such thing as pride, no
Lot of promises in the dark
But don't you open your heart
(chorus)
(don't mean nothin')
(don't mean nothin')
It don't mean nothing at all...
(don't mean nothin')

I'm nearing the end or the beginning
Whichever one finds me
And I'm counting the tears and the blessings
That I'll leave behind me
I could not ask for more
You were the one thing worth livin' for
I will remember days in Avalon
I will remember nights in your arms
I will remember days in Avalon
And I will recall every moment
Of my days in the sun
As I embrace the twilight
The memories surround me
I would have been lost sure as the rain comes
If you hadn't found me
Each breath I breathe is for you
I never knew how to live 'til you taught me to
I will remember days in Avalon
I will remember nights in your arms
I will remember days in Avalon
And I will recall every moment
Of my days in the sun
I will run through the door, I'm not afraid anymore
And the light that I see is your eyes
Once again I'll be whole
I will live in your soul longer than the rest of our lives
I will remember days in Avalon
I will remember nights in your arms
I will remember days in Avalon
And I will recall every moment

Out of my sight
But the vision is still the same
Out of my mind
But the memory remains unchanged
Stones thrown in anger hold twice the hurt
Return to sender could only make things worse
Girl, you've got to break these chains around my heart
Cause I've been lonely too long
You've got to break these chains around my heart
So I can finally get on with my life
Don't ask me why
Why I've lived with this all alone
Locked up inside
And it's cutting me to the bone
Love is a stranger avoiding me
Beware of danger's the only sign I see
Girl, you've got to break these chains around my heart
Cause I've been lonely too long
You've got to break these chains around my heart
So I can finally get on with my life
Are you listening
Is there something that you'd like to say
Am I getting through
Are you just gonna leave me this way
Girl you've got to break these chains around my heart
Before it tears me in two
You've got to break these chains around my heart
That's all I am asking of you
You've got to break these chains around my heart
Cause I've been lonely too long
You've got to break these chains around my heart

Never knew love before
Never dreamed there could be something more
Felt my heart overflow
With the danger of needing you so
It's a mystery I can't explain
But I shiver when I hear your name
You are the fire, every desire
Breathless we fall in love
Love is the answer, we are the dancers
Breathless we fall in love, we fall in love
You've crept into my soul
And I'm ready to lose all control
Let our hearts fill with light
Every movement you make is so right
It's a mystery I can't explain
But I shiver when I hear your name
No need to worry, no need to hurry
Breathless we fall in love
Love is the answer, we are the dancers
Breathless we fall in love, we fall in love
Fall
I fell in love with you baby
It's a mystery I can't explain
But I shiver when I hear your name
You are the fire, every desire
Breathless we fall in love
Love is the answer, we are the dancers
Breathless we fall in love, we fall in love
No need to worry, no need to hurry
Breathless we fall in love
Love is the answer, we are the dancers
Breathless we fall in love, we fall in love
You are the fire, every desire
You are the fire, every desire
You are the fire, every desire

Born at the end of a Minnesota freeze
Eldest child of Willy and Louise
His little sister died at the age of four
The family posed, led by Louise
Like right out of some kind of Rockwell scene
But Jake couldn't fake it anymore
Nobody heard the hammer fallin'
Sensed that judgment day was callin'
Nobody thought to fear the boy next door
Everybody loves to point their finger
They might as well have pulled the trigger
Nobody stopped to hear the boy next door
Willy later said, "He really should've known
The boy spent too much time on his own
And what was on his mind, God only knew"
One by one the neighbors went away
A gruesome little game Jake taught himself to play
His daddy always said, "Find something to do"
Nobody heard the hammer fallin'
Sensed that judgment day was callin'
Nobody thought to fear the boy next door
Everybody loves to point their finger
They might as well have pulled the trigger
Nobody stopped to hear the boy next door
One less mistake to think about
'Cause no one read the writing on the wall
So much for case 1239
Covered up, curled up in a ball
One little page in the history of crime
Lawyers made a fortune for their time
Seems an explanation was never found
And I hope this tale won't be misunderstood
Things ain't the same in every neighborhood
But before you go to sleep tonight, look around
Nobody heard the hammer fallin'
Sensed that judgment day was callin'
Nobody thought to fear the boy next door
Everybody loves to point their finger
They might as well have pulled the trigger

(featuring Donna Lewis)
Donna: We were strangers
Starting out on a journey
Never dreaming what we'd have
To go through now here we are
And I'm suddenly standing at
The beginning with you
Richard: No one told me I was
Going to find you unexpected
What you did to my heart when
I lost hope you were there to
Remind me
Both: This is the start
And life is a road and I wanna
To keep going love is a river
I wanna keep flowing life is a
Road now and forever wonderful
Journey
I'll be there when the world
Stops turning I'll be there when
The storm is through in the end
I wanna be standing at the
Beginning with you
Donna: We were strangers on a
Crazy adventure
Richard: Never dreaming how
Dreams would come true
Both: Now here we stand unafraid
Of the future at the beginning
With you
And life is a road and I wanna
To keep going love is a river
I wanna keep flowing life is a
Road now and forever wonderful
Journey
I'll be there when the world
Stops turning I'll be there when
The storm is through in the end
I wanna be standing at the
Beginning with you
Both: I knew there was somebody
Somewhere like me alone in the
Dark now I know my dream will
Live on I've been waiting so long
Nothing's gonna tear us apart
And life is a road and I wanna
To keep going love is a river
I wanna keep flowing life is a
Road now and forever wonderful
Journey
I'll be there when the world
Stops turning I'll be there when
The storm is through in the end
I wanna be standing at the
Beginning with you
Life is a road and I wanna keep
Going love is a river I wanna
Keep going on
Donna: Starting out on a journey
Both: Life is a road and I wanna
Keep going love is a river I
Wanna keep flowing in the end I
Wanna be standing at the

I was never alive
Till the day I was blessed with you
When I hold you late at night
I know what I was put here to do
I turn off the world
And listen to you sigh
And I will sing my Angel's Lullaby
No one forever near
The one you can always call
Right now all you know to fear
Are the shadows on your wall
And I'm here close enough
To kiss the tears you cry
And I will sing my Angel's Lullaby
So tell me how to stop the years from racing?
Is there a secret someone knows?
I'll never catch all the memories I'm chasing
Never be ready to let go
And when the world seems cold
You feel that all of your strength is gone
There may be one tiny voice
Your reason to carry on
And when I'm not close enough
To kiss the tears you cry
You will sing your Angel's Lullaby

Famous quotes by Richard Marx:

"Creatively speaking, the past five or six years have been the most fun of my career."

"Doing my own album provided me the opportunity to say whatever I wanted."

"It's funny; Luther and I have written many songs together, but we've never written songs in the same room."

"I love when people get songs wrong. I love when people take something from a song that's totally not what I intended!"

"In the past, there has always been so much pressure about carrying a show and promoting a record."

"Ultimately it seems to do well for me, I seem to do better so instead of me being my own worst enemy, I'm my own best enemy I guess."

"And to any new fans we made along the way, I say... welcome to our party. It's just starting to get going."

"One time Robert Plant was set to check into the same room after I checked out, so I removed every light bulb and ordered up a bunch of stinky cheese and put it under the mattress."

"When things are too easy I lose interest in them so I find ways to complicate them to get myself interested."

"I'm happy, I would say that I'm one of the happiest people I know but I've certainly had periods of profound sadness, depression and heartache and those are the kind of things that are interesting to me to write about."

"I think really what I'm saying is that I thrive on adversity."

"But once you have some success in one style, the business wants to lock you in that vein forever."

"The only thing that's a little tricky about it is sometimes people assume that if it's a new song, it's a reflection of what you're feeling or going through now."

"I really didn't have any plans to record prior to doing My Own Best Enemy."

"So it was just a case of getting a bunch of songs that I had been writing for years but hadn't recorded together, and the result was My Own Best Enemy."

"I think I do better when things are a little tougher."

"I fell off stage and bruised some ribs. The worst part was that the audience didn't realize I was gone."

"I didn't want my last chapter to be the guy who sits at the piano and sings love songs."

"It never ceases to amaze me that I get to do this for a living."

"As a songwriter, there's nothing better than winning Song Of The Year. But I couldn't really celebrate, because it wasn't right. Luther wasn't standing next to me, to receive the award."