You're not smiling
I've come a long way just to see you smiling
You're not laughin'
I've come a long long way just to hear you laughing
I guess that things have changed since I've been gone
Because something, somehow, somewhere has gone wrong
You're not lovin'
I've come a long way just to feel your loving
You're not near me
I've come a long long way just to feel you near me
I cannot really claim to understand
'cos maybe there is something that I lack
Or maybe there's been somethin' underhand
Goin' on behind my back
You really make me feel so insecure
I fel like packin' up and goin' back
Or maybe we should try a natural cure
Come on babe let's hit the sack
Now you're lyin'
I've not come all this way to hear you lyin'
Now you're cryin'
Your Momma caught me rockin' in a place she thought was shockin'
If it wasn't for the stocking that she found around my neck
I think she wouldn't care a little but she hit me like a skittle
And I landed in the middle of the DJ's deck
Your Momma caught me walkin' with a blonde I was a talkin'
And I didn't hear her stalkin' up behind me on the street
I tried to make her laugh it off,I saw she wouldn't have it
When she threw me at the traffic, well, I knew that I was beat
Seven sore bruises, your Momma's big shoes did
For messin' 'round with floosies while your back was turned
She ravaged my poor legs, savaged my forehead
I wish I was dead, you know I sure got burned
Your Momma caught me holding close a girl like we were soldered
And I guess she thought my olden days had all returned again
Because she threw me 'cross her shoulder, rammed my head into a boulder
See that hag down there by the stream
There's no trouble she hasn't seen
Once they called her Riverboat Queen
Her evil reigned supreme
Ruled with the gun
Fearful of none
Murdered for gain
Long was her reign
Drank with the men
Foulmouthed and mean
Riverboat Queen
She took lovers, threw them away
Gave them to her pirates to play
Then it happened one tragic day
She really falls in love
Wakes in the morn
Finds he has gone
Up on the deck
There by his neck
Hung from the mast
Oh, how she screams
Riverboat Queen
Down the galley ladder she treads
All her crewmen drunk in their beds
Puts a ball in each of their heads
Then blows the ship to hell
Swims to the shore
Pirate no more
Now she's a shell
Ageing, unwell
Exiled, ignored
Left to her dreams
The moon was bright above the bay
Our blood ran cold at what we saw
Upon the sea a fleet did lay
A score of Viking craft or more
We watched the Nordic devils land
And fought the battle on the shore
Our dead soon lay upon the sand
The Danes had won this bloody war
Vikings, they came
Vikings, they've slain
Vikings, they came
Vikings, they've slain
Put us in chains
We sailed the world in Viking ships
Doomed to life upon the waves
Unless the helmsman cracks his whip
The poet wrote a sonnet to the lady in the bonnet
Whom he saw across the river from his spot beneath a tree
He wrote into his ditty that he found the lady pretty
But he really felt too tired to leave his spot beneath the tree
Won't you cast your eyes toward me
That my own may say I love thee
Oh at last I see a lady I would wed
Pray don't walk away and leave me
For although t'would surely grieve me
It would hurt me more to have to raise my head
She looked across the river and he felt his body shiver
But she didn't see and walked on by his spot beneath the tree
The bonnet in a minute disappeared and all within it
Now that you've got over your operation
We've arranged for you to have a well deserved vacation
We all clubbed together just to round up the fee
To give you a month to sit just watching the sea
Have a pleasant convalescence
We all wish you well
It's ever so sunny with lots of picture windows
Hundreds of aspidistras placed in tidy rows
Nice friendly people and there's plenty of tea
I'm sure that you will like it, how I wish it were me
No time to get bored, there's conversations
Discussing the minor detail of everyone's operations
You can take it easy and your bed will be made
I wish I could be home in summertime
My friends are dancing now and drinking wine
But you know, yes you know just who's to blame
For why I can't rejoin my friends again
I just want to live for me, you see
I'm needing freedom now I'm free
I wish I could return to break the lies
That dull the peoples' minds and shut their eyes
But you know, yes you know just who's to blame
The people all must play the party games
None of them would hark to me, you see
They think they're free and not like me
I wish I could be home now winter's here
My friends are laughing now and drinking beer
But you know, yes you know just who's to blame
For why I can't rejoin my friends again
I just want to live for me, you see
Nothing you do could make me feel towards you
What you obviously feel towards me
Nothing I hear from you is more than a mere excuse
Confirming my every fear
And that's that even if dogs could fly that you and I
Never could however hard we try
Get things back together then do all the little things again
We did before the gulf became too wide
Nothing you do can make your words appear true
Too consistent were your lies to me
Nothing you say could mean the same things again
Bathed in moonlight, devil worshippers chanting
Throughout the night music grew ever haunting
High on her throne, Satan seated beside her
Face cold as stone, Prince of Darkness to guide her
Priestess, priestess
Priestess, priestess
Merciless, Merciless
Murderess, Murderess
Poor helpless child brought unto Devil's daughter
Crowd's eyes went wild, eager to see the torture
Laid at her feet, stretched across marble altar
Ritual complete, drew her sword for the slaughter
The night was plagued by storms
People came in swarms
Trying to keep warm
All to the house of the Overlord
Through the night they came
Came for food and game
The poor, weak, the lame
All to the house of the Overlord
All through the year they would work and they'd sweat
And wait for the time of the year
Wait for the time when the man from the mansion
Would open his house and appear
Wealthy and regal, inviting the people
To sit at the tables and dine
Drinking their health he would serve them himself
I had a friend who had a friend that knew a man
Who didn't look unlike Toulouse Lautrec
And every chance he'd get this man would play his Pipes of Pan
Invoking scenes that no-one could forget
The one dreary day the man began to play
And the greyness of the day just blew away
And as he stood there in a trance
The people all around began to dance
And as they listened every trace
Of lines of care were gone from every face
Then came something strange the piper's tune began to change
And broke the spell that held the village folk
Al lof those who saw declared there was a man no more
As all around him grew a misted cloak
Though the music played the man was seen to fade
And vanish in a sweetly scented smoke
And vanish in a sweetly scented smoke
Why do folks abuse me when I don't even know 'em?
Others shout for the money that I know I don't even owe 'em
It's these and many other things that causes me to cry
You ain't heard the half of it and neither have I
Why do old ladies hit me when I help 'em cross the street
Even my old dog bit me when I offered him things to eat
Getting' sick and tired of life, just can't stand the pace
Everything I do just bounces back in my face
I'm gonna buy me an island in the sun
Stay there 'til my days are done
Life's gonna be coconut trees and swimmin' in the sea for me
No-one's gonna take that from me
Every time I wash my car it starts to pour with rain
Wash it for a second time, ski'es open up all over again
I'd like to put it up for sale and go to work by 'bus
Jeremiah Cade though a singer by trade
He couldn't sing a note without the liquor he made
He could never make it big 'til the night he took a swig
From his homebrewed Belladonna Moonshine
At the start of his show from behind his banjo
He's take out a bottle and he'd drink it down slow
Then he'd sing like a choir and his strings'd catch fire
From his home brewed Belladonna Moonshine
Where Jeremiah went was the biggest event
That the people ever saw , it was money well spent
They'd travel from afar, Jeremiah was a star
On his home brewed Belladonna Moonshine
Everybody cried when Jeremiah died
A bottle and his banjo lyin' at his side
The cause was the same as the cause of his fame
It was home brewed Belladonna Moonshine
Jeremiah's gone but his song's live on
Cos he's got em all singin' up in Kingdom Come
But St Peter at the gate made him promise not to make
The night was plagued by storms
People came in swarms
Trying to keep warm
All to the house of the Overlord
Through the night they came
Came for food and game
The poor, weak, the lame
All to the house of the Overlord
All through the year they would work and they'd sweat
And wait for the time of the year
Wait for the time when the man from the mansion
Would open his house and appear
Wealthy and regal, inviting the people
To sit at the tables and dine
Drinking their health he would serve them himself
I've been told about the house on the hill
So high and old, the house on the hill
Say that there's a King Rat who wears a judge's black cap
And I wouldn't go near the house on the hill
The story goes 'bout the house on the hill
That when it snows around the house on the hill
The rat becomes a maiden, her soul endowed by Satan
And I wouldn't go near the house on the hill
As is her sin, yeah, in the house on the hill
She lures travellers into the house on the hill
Enchants them with her charms then she falls on and devours them
Crossed by your own kind
You're lost but you don't find
Grope through the dark blindly
Search and you hope find the
Friends that you don't need
Their trends make your mind bleed
Their ways can't be your ways
Their days will be short days
Life is a bad time
Using your mind wrong
Dreams are for night time
Leaving your days long
Drowned in your own Hell
You turned to the Big Spell
You found that you soon fell
And pounds in your hands welcomed
Friends that you don't need
Their trends make your mind bleed
Their ways can't be your ways
Their days will be short days
Life is a bad time
Using your mind wrong
Dreams are for night time
Through the green May morning came a lonely man
Wearing diamond covered garments and a slapstick in his hand
And the new day dawning brought a wistful smile
To the face of the Harlequin
Was it rain or tears that smudged his painted face
As he wandered where the breezes took him on from place to place
And the strain of years behind his wistful smile
Lined the face of the Harlequin
The laughter of the King and Queen
Of every country he had seen
The laughter ringing in his ears like thunder
The genius of his comic mime
So in demand so long a time
If you go out tonight in Waverley Park
Don't hail the carriage you'll meet in the dark
Ain't no call for laughter, my words you must mark
Or you'll be on the Waverley Stagecoach
Some twenty years since or a similar while
The Mayor of the City, his wife and his child
They boarded the carriage but inside a mile
Were flung dead from the Waverley Stagecoach
They say that the wheels on the coach are bright red
Stained with the blood that's come from the dead
The driver is fire and the horses are white
And it claims anybody that travels by night
You can laugh all you like but you'll laugh on your own
There's eighty-five people from this town alone
In a short twenty years have been murdered and thrown
Needing sleep and hot and dirty on I drove through Alberquerque
I had one eye on the mirror for the law
When I pulled in for some gasoline, six house from El Paso
Seemed New Mexico went on for evermore
I was talkin' to the pump man, and you should have seen him jump, man
When I told him I was heading for the Heights
He said, “Wait on 'til tomorrow 'cos a few miles from Socorro
Is a place you'll never leave by light of night”
There's only buzzards and lizards and ornerary critturs
You've run out of luck if you get stuck in Trombone Gulch
Well I laughed and left him standing, put a big tip in his hand
And drove on out ignoring all his shouts of thanks
But a few miles from Socorro I discovered to my horror
That his shouts had meant he hadn't filled the tank
I knew I wasn't beaten yet, I stumbled from the sedan
Cursing everyone from Satan up to God
And I pushed it to ledge and pushed it out across the edge
And knew the law would never see it from the road
And the dust came like a blizzard, I got bitten by a lizard
And I fell down into canyons all the time
But I kept the road beside me, 'cos I had to have it guide me
All the way to safety and the borderline
When the sun came up from sleepin' and the morning came in creeping
I could see a signpost just on up ahead
It said “Welcome to Socorro! Did you like to ride our trombone?
She said "Man, I'll see you at 10 a.m."
But I can't look at that same old face again
I've been 'round her too long and I need to be off on my own
Maybe I'm wrong, too bad, too late, I'm gone
Maybe I'm wrong, too bad, too late, I'm gone
I can't stand the ticking she makes all day
And her hands, moving much too slow for me
And at five every night I look at her "Goodbye" and go home
If it ain't right, too bad, too late, I'm gone
If it ain't right, too bad, too late, I'm gone
End of my nerves crying "Mutiny, mutiny"
Everything's synchronised too much for me
Into the boss with a mind to be free
Squirting my fountain pen into his tea
And I'm gone, yes I am
And I'm gone
And I'm gone
She pulls my leg and stretches my imagination
Thunder and lightnin' couldn't tear us apart
She puckers her lips up and proffers me an invitation
No two-bit crowbar could prise us apart
She brightens my day and I think I can say
She's altered my life in an incredible way
I'll buy her a ring and legalise the whole thing
Then fly to the country with her under my wing
She sews my clothes up and dominates my conversation
But I could never describe the things she does to my heart
She cooks me food that aggravates my indigestion
Nancy was a farmer's daughter everything her Daddy taught her honestly, honestly
And even though her Pa was poor he always kept within the law and so did she, so did she
Because there's no shame in workin' in the rain
He's using every day to shape his daughter's character
For someone's son to marry her
On the day her Momma died he promised to protect the pride of family, family
And as he left the hospital he vowed if it was possible they'd both be free, both be free
Then came to court her, Clancy Clearwater
Rich gifts he bought her from them big stores
And her old man fancied that she's wed Clancy
A dude ranch owner from Arizona
A real fine dancer, slicked up romancer
He got this answer from his fair Nancy
No no no, I won't go, No no no, I won't go
Clancy came complaingin to the farmer did his brain in, couldn't understand, understand
Rich and pretty looking she'd not even do the cooking if she gave her hand, gave her hand
She'd be wearing Satin, reading literature in Latin, life'd not be hard, not be hard
Every day he finds a crowded spot
To assemble his battered old soapbox stand
Smiles as he climbs to the very top
The good Lord's book in his hand
All day long he stands telling the throng
The price of their terrible ways
Telling them all just where they go wrong
And how they'll eventually pay
People fly past don't bother to stop
To listen to the man on top of the box
Beneath their breath they quietly say
We'd better look the other way, yeah
We'd better look the other way
Night draws on and people go home
His eyes light up, his smile is broad
Confident now that he has shown
A few more people the Lord
Far to the East in sand and sweat the Knight he rides
Whilst in the keep of Castle Deep his maiden bride
Sitting by the window at her spinning wheel
Watching for the glint of sun on shining steel
Unknowing that day's sun has seen the battle never won
And soul and soldier split by cruel sword
Such holy war, Crusaders die and maidens cry
Lonely now, she wanders through the evening rain
Unaware that far away her love lies slain
Sadly standing gazing t'wards the setting sun
Can't say nothing new
Old words won't do
So I think I'll leave it all unsaid
Words used before
Can say no more
So I think I'll leave is unsaid
When words become violence
Jackdaw… keep away from my back door
Jackdaw, don't build your nest round here no more
I think it's time that you flew
Nothin' left for you
Stole my money
Every cent
Seems that I've got to
Rent a tent
You've stolen half my life
Darkness all around and not a sound
Look what I've found, a sad old clown
Then my favourite toy, when just a boy
His magic voice, now there's no noise
I was happy then, when I was ten
But as I grew, my problems too
Work another day, the usual way
I'm bound to say, I cannot stay
Now, after all these years, the atmosphere's
Friends say to take it easy
I won't and they wonder why
I can't give up thaht easy
Lay me down and die
Sat where it's cool and shady
Could age take the taste away
I met a widow lady
Couldn't waste a day
That was my Indian Summer
That was my Indian Summer
She said she'd lost her husband
I told her I'd lost my wife
Those years together had been the best of my whole life
Friends say we ought to marry
I smile and I shake my head
One wife will make you happy
I just have to tell you girl that I'm in tune with you
You just tipped the scales my way I saw your notes were true
Made my mind up now you got to come and sing with me
Something tells me by your tone we won't sing out of key
I just love the way you move you sure can sing the blues
Almost love the way you look more than the tunes you choose
Got to have you in my band to sing along with me
Something tells me by your tone you're good at harmony
Sing it high and sing it low but sing it all the while
Sing it most in majors 'cos the minors' not my style
If we need to change the tune we'll change it when we're bored
Bright the light through my window pane
Shield my eyes from the beam
Keep the day from my aching brain
I had a Dream
Walked me down to the town last night
Sat me down by the stream
As I dozed in the fading light
I had a Dream
Saw a man and I saw you there
Swear you looked like a Queen
In your eyes as he touched your hair
You had a Dream
I had a Dream
I had a Dream
Who could care, who would sympathise
Should someone come in between
It could be that I'll realise
I had a Dream
Would I dare ask the truth of you
If t'were real what I've seen
Were you there? If I only knew
That I had a Dream
I had a Dream
Wears grass skirts and she gently flirts with me
I don't know what she sees in me
Serenades with her ukelele
Sings me soft South Sea lullabies
Hula, hula, hula girl
Hula, hula girl
Hula, hula hula girl
Hula, hula girl
Dances gaily, she loved me daily
I can't say what she does to me
Sailing home with my Polynesian queen
The skies were blue and gentle
The sands were soft and fine
And when you'd finally spent all, baby
You total cost was time
Heaven was an island
Where anger was a crime
The seas were calm and steady
The trees and flowers bowed
To breezes ever ready
To cool the heated brow
Heaven was an island
That couldn't happen now
Your father's name was freedom
Your mother's name was peace
And if one day you need 'em, honey
You'll find them not with ease
For heaven is an island
If you ever been in love, though it ain't easy
Every time you pack up, you never in the believing
Talk like you're so bad, telling your girls I have hurt you back
And everything that was alright with the other way
And now you're standing there, with tears in hand
Anything that I to say when he left, he change with the weather
But if you don't know nothing else you know what I take around is there
So when you fall and scrape your heart don't look for another one
Just trust don't
I won't need no two hearts if you break it, put a band aid over and then move on,
hurt them too strong, and then follow, it's not a secret
The pain is hope you can take it, put a band aid over and then move on,
girl don't wait don't wait two strokes
Put a band aid over ya, put a band aid over ya
Whenever I go out, I love when you see me
And my ain't held down, you can't believe it
Tell me what you expect I will be struck up in my bed
It's not the end of the world just cause you went away
I'll find somebody else to love me the way that you couldn't
And everything is and I'm so much better
So if I don't know nothing else, know we can take care of me well
So when you call I press ignore and I give another thought, oh I
I won't need no two hearts if you break it, put a band aid over and then move on,
hurt them too strong, and then follow, it's not a secret
The pain is hope you can take it, put a band aid over and then move on,
girl don't wait don't wait two strokes
Put a band aid over ya, put a band aid over ya
We came in crying tears of right away, of right away
We kissed once more and made it all threw away, oho
I'm good, I'll patch myself up and keep rocking, I'm good
I'm good, you can hurt me boy but it ain't no stopping, I'm good,
I'm good, I'll patch myself up and keep rocking, I'm good
I'm good, you can hurt me boy but it ain't no stopping, I'm good,
I won't need no two hearts if you break it, put a band aid over and then move on,
hurt them too strong, and then follow, it's not a secret
The pain is hope you can take it, put a band aid over and then move on,
girl don't wait don't wait two strokes
Coming through my window is morning light,
Still havent gotten used to you not being by my side.
Just thinkin bout it I wanna cry.
I guess my heart wasn't strong enough to survive.
Feel like a sparrow,
Preparing for flight
With the air beneath me,
One of loves casualties.
How (how) am I supposed to fly
When all I have left are these broken wings, are these broken wings
Tell me, why would you take me up so high, just to leave me there with these broken wings
(With these broken wings)
You made promises and didn't try to keep em (no)
Feel like your intention was to make a fool of me
Well, you succeeded in disappearing when I needed you the most
Left me in the water so cold
(Ooh)
Feel like a sparrow,
Preparing for flight
With the air beneath me,
One of loves casualties.
[x2]
Tell me,
How (how) am I supposed to fly
When all I have left are these broken wings, are these broken wings
Tell me, why would you take me up so high, just to leave me there with these broken wings
(With these broken wings)
Got me so afraid I'm so afraid I couldn't believe you'd do me this way [x4]
Got me so afraid I'm so afraid to fly
How (how) am I supposed to fly
When all I have left are these broken wings, are these broken wings
Tell me, why would you take me up so high, just to leave me there with these broken wings
(With these broken wings)
Now usually, I tend to be
The one you have to tell
Slow down
But this time I see
That I just can't be
Doing a hunder miles through town
Now I see you almost everyday
And it makes me feel so counterweigh
And I'm so scared
'Cause it feels like one of those days
That I've been told about
They say
In the pit of your stomach you'll feel
So anxious, so anxious
When your heart beats a little faster
And your palm go sweaty when they come around
And that's how you know that you're in love
But the same thing that makes you laugh
Can make you cry
And that's why
I've never been in love before
But from what they tell me
Got me scared to walk them out the door
But I don't wanna be afraid to fall
(Afraid to fall)
I wanna fly high but I'm afraid to fall
(Afraid to fall)
(Afraid to fall)
From the pit of your stomach you'll feel
When your heart beats a little faster
And that's how you know that you're in love
I've never been in love before
But from what they tell me
Got me scared to walk them out the door
I don't wanna be afraid to fall
(Afraid to fall)
I wanna fly high but I'm afraid to fall
(Afraid to fall)
I've never been in love before
But from what they tell me
Got me scared to walk them out the door
I don't wanna be afraid to fall
(Afraid to fall)
I wanna fly high but I'm afraid to fall
(Afraid to fall)
I've never been in love before
But from what they tell me
Got me scared to walk them out the door
I don't wanna be afraid to fall
(Afraid to fall)
I wanna fly high but I'm afraid to fall
(Afraid to fall)
I've never been in love before
But from what they tell me
Got me scared to walk them out the door
I don't wanna be afraid to fall
(Afraid to fall)
I wanna fly high but I'm afraid to fall
(Afraid to fall)
Like the first day of school,
Girl I can't wait to have you in my arms so bad...
And you don't know what you're doing to this young dude,
I'm feeling things I never have.
And I owe it all to you,
I think I might have threw that coin in the water, just about every day
And I know I might be young, but I think that you're the one.
So I make another wish and it's for you to stay!
(Baby if I...)
Baby if I had a dime, a dime for every time I made a wish, I'd be a millionaire.
I stood over that fountain, felt like I climbed a mountain,
On the day you came out of that wishing well.
Girl I'm ten feet tall, when you're on my arms, they can't tell me a thing
They don't see me, unless you're with me.
Girl we're one and the same.
And I owe it all to you,
I think I might have threw that coin in the water, just about every day
And I know I might be young, but I think that you're the one.
So I make another wish and it's for you to stay!
(Baby if I...)
Baby if I had a dime, a dime for every time I made a wish, I'd be a millionaire.
I stood over that fountain, felt like I climbed a mountain,
On the day you came out of that wishing well.
Baby if I had a dime, a dime for every time I made a wish, I'd be a millionaire.
I stood over that fountain, felt like I climbed a mountain,
On the day you came out of that wishing well.
Oh, I remember the day that I made that wish and it came true with you.
Oh, I remember the day...
And I must be the luckiest man in the world, to have you as my girl.
Baby if I had a dime, a dime for every time I made a wish, I'd be a millionaire.
I stood over that fountain, felt like I climbed a mountain,
On the day you came out of that wishing well.
Baby if I had a dime, a dime for every time I made a wish, I'd be a millionaire.
I stood over that fountain, felt like I climbed a mountain,
I don't need super human strength to pick
You up when your down, (no) cause a sense of humor
Will turn that frown into a smile, (and I don't have to) and I
Don't have to fly to make you feel like your on top of the
World (cause I) always let you know that your my one
And only girl,
[Chorus:]
I'm not the strongest man alive (like superman)
I wish that I could read your mind(I wish that I could read your mind)
And I can travel back in time (and I can travel back through time)
To stop the hurt and erase the lies, ooooh
I wish I had x-ray vision to see straight through to your heart but
I'm only human (only human) I'm only human
I'm just me, not no super man I do the best that I can cause
I'm only human (only human) I'm only human I'm just me me,
I don't need all the green to make you feel incredible (cause my love),
Cause baby my love for you is bigger than the hulk (hulk, hulk)
I don't need super human speed to be there for your needs,
(there for your needs) and I don't need a web to come down
To sweep you off of your feet oooooooooh
[Chorus:]
I'm not the strongest man alive (like superman)
I wish that I could read your mind(I wish that I could read your mind)
And I can travel back through time (and I can travel back through time)
To stop the hurt and erase the lies, ooooh
I wish I had x-ray vision to see straight through to your heart but
I'm only human (only human) I'm only human
I'm just me, not no super man I do the best that I can cause
I'm only human (only human) I'm only human oooooh,
I wish I had x-ray vision to see straight through to your soul,
I'm only human (but I'm only human) I'm only human (A!)
I'm not no super man I do the best that I can,
I'm only human (only human) I'm only human I'm just me,
There isnt a bird or plane a speedin train the biggest storms [? ]
But I pour out my heart (ignite the flame) to be what you need
(to heal the pain)
There isnt a bird or plane a speedin train the biggest storms [? ]
Pour out my heart (ignite the flame) to be what you need yeah
(to heal the pain)
I wish I had x-ray vision to see straight through to your heart
I'm only human (but I'm only human) I'm only human
I'm just me, not no super man I do the best that I can oooooooh
I'm only human (but I'm only human) I'm only human I'm ooooooohuoooohoooo
I'm only human, I'm only human
(Freestyle)
Oooh ahhhh
[Verse 1:]
Seems like it was, just yesterday
We were in 3rd grade when I heard u say
That you and me lived on the same street
And when we ridin on the bus, you'd be sittin next to me
And that was the day that we became friends
And now it's been so long and I understand
That your gettin married
And I'm tryna figure out why I never fell in love
[Chorus:]
I believe (I believe)
You are the reason God allows my eyes to see
You were made just for me
And I know it sounds funny cause of our history
Id give up everything (everything)
If in return I get (in return I could get is the same)
Id give a lifetime or 2
To know what it feels like to love you
[Verse 2:]
Now that we're older girl, I'm not afraid
I'm tryna keep it cool cause this is your day
But it's takin (everything in me, Not to make a scene
Id be crazy to look so mean)
Baby if so who opposes to this marriage
Then you should speak now or forever hold his peace
You turn around and the time just do seem right
When I look into your eyes and I'm bout to change your life
[Chorus:]
I believe (I believe)
You are the reason God allows my eyes to see
You were made just for me
And I know it sounds funny cause of our history
Id give up everything (everything)
If in return I get (in return I could get is the same)
Id give a lifetime or 2
To know what it feels like to love you
[Bridge:]
I shoudna waited this long to let you know what's on my heart
Baby u my meant to be (u my meant to be) woahhoowaohh
And just... just in case it wasn't enough
For me to tell the whole world I love you
I'm standing in front of you
Claim me girl right here
[Chorus:]
I believe (I believe)
You are the reason God allows my eyes to see
You were made just for me
And I know it sounds funny cause of our history
Id give up everything (everything)
If in return I get (in return I could get is the same)
Id give a lifetime or 2
Ooaha I'm cleaning out my closet today aha
I'm throwin all these old rags away aha
Don't like the way that nothing looks on me anymore
And it feels like he don't want to be one
So I'm a take him off my hanger
I'm thinking maybe I should donate him
And then someone else can deal with it
Cause I dnt have my feel of it and I
Think it's time for me to change it up
So I'm redoing my wardrobe
I've had enough
I'm gone fill my closet up
With brand new love
A dress that wants to hug me tight
A coat that keeps me warm at night
I'm redoing my wardrobe
With brand new love
I ran into a old friend today
She say girl while you smiling that way
And then she notices these new threads that I got on
She ask me where I get it from
I said I took them off my hanger
Can you believe I had to donate him
And now someone else can deal with it
Cause I dnt have my feel of it
And I had to wake up and take care of myself
So I'm redoing my wardrobe I've had enough
I'm gona fill my closet u with brand new love
A dress that wants to hug me tight
A coat that keeps me warm at night
I'm redoing my wardrobe with brand new love
See we only get one life
So you gotta do it right
Then it shouldn't take too much time to figure it out
If it ain't working gir you need to switch it up
To someone who really cares
So I'm redoing my wardrobe I've had enough
I'm gona fill my closet u with brand new love
A dress that wants to hug me tight
A coat that keeps me warm at night
3AM thursday morning, just got in,
Outside it's storming but I swear it feels like it's raining in here, to me only.
It's been 3 months since I saw you but I swear I smell your perfume all over the place,
Guess I can't erase that part of my brain, it still contains you.
I know that we're over, but my body just can't let go of her.
I need you, when I had you I could've pleased you.
Even though I know you're gone, I can still hear your voice, I can still smell your choice of frangrance,
See you when I'm dreaming, wish I could still feel your love.
I took you into my senses, I took you into my senses, I lost you cause I was senseless,
Gotta get control of my senses. (Oooh)
Walking around, staring at your pictures,
Can't take em down, afraid I'll forget you,
And I don't wanna do that to you.
Still in love, try to move over, they don't measure up,
No matter what they do, and I'm so confused.
Cause when I'm there with her I think of you.
I know that we're over, but my body just can't let go of her
I need you, when I had you I could've pleased you.
Even though I know you're gone, I can still hear your voice, I can still smell your choice of frangrance,
See you when I'm dreaming, wish I could still feel your love.
I took you into my senses, I took you into my senses, I lost you cause I was senseless,
Gotta get control of my senses. (Oooh)
Even though I know you're gone, I can still hear your voice,
I can still smell your choice of frangrance,
See you when I'm dreaming, wish I could still feel your love.
I took you into my senses,
I took you into my senses,
I lost you cause I was senseless,
Gotta get control of my senses.
I took you into my senses,
I took you into my senses,
I lost you cause I was senseless,
Oh oh
Looking out my window,
Watching life go by
I wonder what my place is in it
Promising myself today that I won't cry
Got out of bed cause you're not in it
You, you may never know
That most my time is so consumed
With what could of been
So I put on your clothes
And then I hold myself
And pretend it's you
Make you breakfast,
Get the paper,
Set the table
Just for you
Get home and there's no answer,
When I call your name
And I just said wow,
I really hate the days when silence is so loud
Oh oh oh when silence is so loud
Yeah yeah
Yeah
Driving on the highway with the top down
I, I'm thinking bout what you're doing
And if there's someone new that's in your life
That almost had my heart not moving
Hey babe I'm on center stage,
I got a microphone
Screaming out your name
In my head I wish you were here
Or I was there
So things could be the same
You, you may never know
That most my time is so consumed
With what could of been
So I put on your clothes
And then I hold myself
And pretend it's you
Make you breakfast,
Get the paper,
Set the table
Just for you
Get home and there's no answer,
When I call your name
And I just said wow,
I really hate the days when silence is so loud
Oh oh oh when silence is so loud
Yeah yeah
Yeah
Whoa tell me
How do I get it through to you
So you could see
If you look at my face
Then I honestly
Would tell you that I'm so damn crazy about ya,
Spend all day thinking about ya
My thoughts are drowning me out, love
I really hate the days when silence is so loud
Oh oh oh when silence is so loud
Yeah yeah
Yeah
Put on your clothes
And then I hold myself
And pretend it's you
Make you breakfast,
Get the paper,
Set the table
Just for you
Get home and there's no answer,
When I call your name
And I just said wow,
I really hate the days when silence is so loud
Oh oh oh when silence is so loud
I really hate the days when silence is so loud
Oh oh oh when silence is so loud
Yeah yeah
Oh tell me can you fix me, tell me can you fix me
Oh tell me can you fix me, tell me can you fix me
Girl lately been feeling crazy
Trying to find a remedy but it escapes me
I can't describe it
Doctors can't prescribe me
Nothing that'll make me feel better
About the way we fell apart
And everybody keeps telling me
I'm gone need a brand new heart
I want a second opinion from you
They say I'm gone need surgery
So you can repair this broken heart
I think I'm gone need surgery
Take out the pain and give me a brand new start
To get me right I need a love transfusion
On my donor list your name is the first one
I need surgery
I know you can repair this broken, broken heart
On the outside I don't have no symptoms
But on the inside I'm a classic example
Trying to deal with this is killing me
So I guess I'm dying to live with you, can't you see
Tell me why we fell apart
And why you keep on telling me
I'm gone need a brand new heart
I want a second opinion from you
They say I'm gone need surgery
So you can repair this broken heart
I think I'm gone need surgery
Take out the pain and give me a brand new start
To get me right I need a love transfusion
On my donor list your name is the first one
I need surgery
I know you can repair this broken, broken heart
If I would've caught it in the early stages
I would be ok
Took a look at my life and made some changes
I would be ok
Girl I should of listen when you tried to tell me
You opened up your heart and tried to help me
But I guess I never thought we'd end like this
They say I'm gone need surgery
So you can repair this broken heart (for me)
I think I'm gone need surgery
Take out the pain and give me a brand new start
(To get me right babe)
To get me right I need a love transfusion
On my donor list your name is the first one
I need surgery (yes I do)
I know you can repair this broken (fix me up), broken heart
Fix me baby, fix me baby
Fix me baby
In a world full of danger
Love conquers all
Yeah
Wondering how to make it
Wondering how to weather the storm
It feels just like the pain is just begining
I try so hard to fake it
But this cold world is leaving me torn
It seems to me the pain is never ending
You try so hard to please
But you get knocked down
Can you tell me what that's about
Back stabbing family & friends
That keep putting you down
Can you tell me what, that's about
But in the midst of all this
You make it better for me
No more lonely skies (why)
Cause were unified
Nothing else seems to exist
As long as your by my side
It's you and me against the world
[Pre-Chorus]
Anybody feel what I'm feeling (and oooooh)
When you finally found that someone you love
When haters so persistant
The spirits keeps me lifted
That's why I give my heart to you
[Chorus:]
It's you and me against the world (world)
Against the world
You and me against the world (world)
Against the world
You and me against the world (world)
Against the world
You and me against the world (world)
Against the world
Life is getting harder
Everyday were heading closer to danger
It seems to me the hurt is slowly ending
But I don't really care
Just aslong as it ends with me and you together (together)
Everyday struck with (hustling, hustling)
Trying to make ends meat (this is all tiring)
Gas prices through the roof
But I'm a pay it just to get to you
But in the midst of all this (in the midst of all this)
You make it better for me
No more lonely nights (why)
Cause were ride or die
Nothing else seems to exist
As long as your by my side
It's you and me against the world
[Pre-Chorus:]
Anybody feel what I'm feeling (and oooooh)
When you finally found that someone you love
When haters so persistant
The spirits keeps me lifted
That's why I give my heart to you
[Chorus:]
It's you and me against the world (world)
Against the world
You and me against the world (world)
Against the world
You and me against the world (world)
Against the world
You and me against the world (world)
Against the world
Oooooooo... (against the world)
Oooooooo... (against the world)
Oooooooo...
Oooooooo...
Through... all... the... trials
And tribulations that,
Try to bring, you down
You... are... my... rock
That's there to hold me down
Through it all,
Cause I'm fighting, I'm fighting
[Pre-Chorus]
Anybody feel what I'm feeling (and oooooh)
When you finally found that someone you love
When haters so persistant (so persistant)
The spirits keeps me lifted (you keep me lifted)
That's why I give my heart to you
[Chorus:]
It's you and me against the world (world)
Against the world
You and me against the world (world)
Against the world
You and me against the world (world)
Against the world
You and me against the world (world)
Against the world
Oooooooo... (against the world)
Oooooooo... (against the world)
Oooooooo...
Oooooooo...
You're my [?] when you're looking at me
[?] when you tell you need me
You're been runnin this [?]
I don't think I wanna over playin
But my car let it down seat the floor
[Bridge:]
'Cause I'm on my ride
That don't mean I don't know what to do
When I hear the sound my body turn me [?] from you
[Chorus:]
You know when my heart starts [?]
I'm a fast I'll make you chase me
Boy you really got my body whining
Up into a fever [?]
We don't need no spark for the night and
Touch my [?] and I start to fire
You know when the [?] you know when I'm [?]
So are you ready for me now
So are you ready for me now
So are you ready for me
Got to touch to heart the message
I know what you really want boy
But it was't the right time for you and me
I wanna take this to another level
Be my girl she's a rebel
I don't want to hesitate
[?] give you the key my
[Bridge:]
'Cause I'm on my ride
That don't mean I don't know what to do
When I hear the sound my body turn me [?] from you
[Chorus:]
You know when my heart starts [?]
I'm a fast I'll make you chase me
Boy you really got my body whining
Up into a fever [?]
We don't' need no spark for the night and
Touch me once and I start to fire
You know when the [?] you know when I'm [?]
So are you ready for me now
So are you ready for me now
So are you ready for me
I don't wanna to hesitate
When I get you to my [?]
Boy don't be scared to take me there
[Chorus:]
So are you ready for me now
So are you ready for me now
So are you ready for me
We don't' need no spark for the night and
Touch me once and I start to fire
Are you ready for me yeah
Are you ready for me yeah
Are you ready for me yeah
[Chorus:]
You know when my heart starts [?]
I'm a fast I'll make you chase me
Boy you really got my body whining
Up into a fever [?]
We don't need no spark for the night and
Touch my [?] and I start to fire
You know when the [?] you know when I'm [?]
So are you ready for me now
So are you ready for me now
I wear my heart on my sleeve
Like it's the new fashion yeah
You're gonna say this is mean
But you're the greatest actor
I've ever seen
It's like my director just said action
Girl you turn it on so fast for me
You want me to believe that what you're after is my love
But I know that can't be
Tell me what good is taking me to the mountain top
If you leave me standing there
Tell me
What good is telling me that you wanna stay
When you know your heart ain't here
You get to talking
I turn up my radio radio radio
I turn up my radio radio radio
Cause I don't wanna hear it no hear it no hear it no
So I turn up my radio radio radio
A cup of you a teaspoon of me
Is a recipe for disaster oh
I must be watching a comedy
Cause you give me some good laughter oh
It's like my director just said action
Girl you turn it on so fast for me
You want me to believe that what you're after is my love
But I know that can't be
Tell me what good is taking me to the mountain top
If you leave me standing there
Tell me
What good is telling me that you wanna stay
When you know your heart ain't here
You get to talking
I turn up my radio radio radio
I turn up my radio radio radio
Cause I don't wanna hear it no hear it no hear it no
So I turn up my radio radio radio
Oh I've seen this same song and dance before
At another show
I have front row seats didn't miss a thing
And disappointment is all you came promise me
What good is taking me to the mountain top
If you leave me standing there
What good is telling me that you wanna stay
When you know your heart ain't here
I turn up my radio radio radio
I turn up my radio radio radio
I don't wanna hear it no hear it no hear it no
So I turn up my radio radio radio
What good is taking me to the mountain top
If you leave me standing there
What good is telling me that you wanna stay
When you know your heart ain't here
I turn up my radio radio radio
I turn up my radio radio radio
I don't wanna hear it no hear it no hear it no
Listen
I've been around in it
And seen a lot of things
But long as I've been living,
Ain't been treated this way
Why every time there's a problem
Girl you don't wanna solve
And look at all the mess you take me through
With all the things I'm getting,
Brand new key to the range
The way I got you living
You don't worry bout a thing
I'm about to give up
Baby I've had enough
You gotta make me understand
Why every time we have a problem,
You blame me
I apologize but that don't mean a damn thing
All the hollering, arguing, I'm not with it, I don't get it
I don't wanna be that, I can't figure out
Why every time I pull you in close,
You push me away
And then when I say go,
You say stop just to say it
Girl I don't know how to play it
Only place when we agree
Is when we're tired of disagreeing
Keep saying that you hear me
But you don't ever change
And if you're so unhappy
Girl why won't you pack your things
See I ain't got the time girl this ain't my life
But tell me what's it gonna be girl
Cause it seems like
When I do everything you ask of me
I gotta thank you for the simplest things
And I'm about to give up
Baby I've had enough
You gotta make me understand
Why every time we have a problem,
You blame me
I apologize but that don't mean a damn thing
All the hollering, arguing, I'm not with it, I don't get it
I don't wanna be that, girl I can't figure out
Why every time I pull you in close,
You push me away
And then when I say go,
You say stop just to say it
I don't know how to play it
Only place when we agree
Is when we're tired of disagreeing
Baby I don't understand (I don't understand)
Why you keep trying to force me away
Can you tell me what we're trying for (trying for)
We should walk out the door
(And maybe we shouldn't do this no more)
Why every time we have a problem,
You blame me
I apologize but that don't mean a damn thing
All the hollering, arguing, I'm not with it, I don't get it
I don't wanna be that, girl I can't figure out
Why every time I pull you in close,
You push me away
And then when I say go,
You say stop just to say it
I don't know how to play it baby
Only place when we agree
I can remember like it was yesterday
The way you spoke to me I didn't know what to say
Palms all sweaty and my heart was beating heavy
I must confess I was a mess boy
But then I remember you made me feel ok
Ask for my number and you call me that day
Back than we were good and now we're even greater
And I won't let nothing separate us no no no
Our names in a heart in the tree in the park
Don't know where I end, don't know when you start
Ever since that day they ain't seen us apart
For as long as you can boy I want you to
Want you to hold me, love me
Like you never loved before
We go together high school [?]
Like hollywood and movies
For the way you do me it's incredible
I want you to know me, console me
Don't ever ever let me go
I'm tryna tell you that
I love you like lucy love ricky
Want you to wrap your arms around me
Like a picture in a frame
Just like a picture in a frame
Like a picture in a frame
Do you remember that we sat in your car
Talking bout forever like it wasn't that far
Now I got your back, you got my back
Won't get sidetracked and that's how it is
And I promised you that I won't give nobody
My love for you it doesn't matter who they are
They ain't you and no matter what they try to say it ain't true
And that's how it is
Our names in a heart on a tree in the park
Don't know where I end, don't know when you start
Ever since that day they ain't seen us apart
For as long as you can boy I want you to
Want you to hold me, love me
Like you never loved before
We go together high school [?]
Like hollywood and movies
For the way you do me it's incredible
I want you to know me, console me
Don't ever ever let me go
I love you like lucy love ricky
Want you to keep your arms around me
Like a picture in a frame
Like a picture in a frame
Like a picture in a frame
If you really, if you really really really
Really love someone let me hear you say
Say yeah yeah yeah ooh yeah
Say yeah yeah
I said if you really really really, if you really
Really love someone let me hear you say
Let me hear you say yeah
Say yeah yeah yeah
Say yeah yeah
Want you to hold me, love me
Like you never loved before
We go together high school [?]
Like hollywood and movies
For the way you do me it's incredible
I want you to know me, console me
Don't ever ever let me go
I'm tryna tell you that
I love you like lucy love ricky
Want you to keep your arms around me
Like a picture in a frame
Just like a picture in a frame
It feels like we've been out at sea,
So back and forth, that's how it seems.
When I wanna talk, you say to me:
None of this meant-to-be will be.
So crazy is this thing we call love,
And now that we got it we just can't give up.
I'm reaching out for you,
Got me out here in the water and I,
I'm overboard,
And I need your love to pull me up.
I can't swim on my own,
It's too much.
Feels like I'm drowning without your love,
So throw yourself out to me,
My lifesaver.
My lifesaver.
My lifesaver.
Never understood you when you'd say. ooh
Wanted me to meet you half-way.
I felt like I was doing my part,
You kept thinking you were coming up short.
It's funny how things change,
Cause now I see.
So crazy is this thing we call love,
Now that we got it we just can't give up.
You reached out for me,
When you were out there in the water,
Girl I heard you say:
I'm overboard,
And I need your love to pull me up.
I can't swim on my own,
It's too much.
Feels like I'm drowning without your love,
So throw yourself out to me,
My lifesaver.
It's supposed to be some give and take, I know.
But you're only taking and not giving anymore,
So what do I do?
Cause I still love you,
You're the only one who can save me.
I'm overboard,
And I need your love to pull me up.
I can't swim on my own,
It's too much.
Feels like I'm drowning without your love,
So throw yourself out to me,
My lifesaver.
My lifesaver.
In a flash ain't it funny how your life can change
In a flash everything you know gets re-arranged
In a flash so confused don't even know your name
Or even who's to blame
Was it my fault that I set you out for somthing to eat
A coincidence that you and her were on the same street
In one second my whole world turned upside down
Felt like the strongest building had finally fell down
How were u reacting when you thought I wasn't around
It only took one second (ohh, one second, ohh)
In a flash so many things went through my mind
In a flash when I saw her in your arms that night
In a flash was it the first time or was it [?]
What did you get from her that you can't get from me
Was it my fault that I sent you out for somthing to eat
A coincidence that you and her were on the same streett
In one second my whole world turned upside down
Felt like the strongest building had finally fell down
How were u reacting when you thought I wasn't around
It only took one second
Doing the best I can not to cry
And they told me this happened I said not my guy
I wanna scream so loud I reach the sky
Can't believe you broke my heart with this lie
In one second my whole world turned upside down
Felt like the strongest building had finally fell down (ohh)
How were u reacting when you thought I wasn't around (thought I wasn't around)
It only took one second (ohh)
In one second my whole world turned upside down (ohhh)
Felt like the strongest building had finally fell down (ohhh)
How were u reacting when u knew I wasn't around (ohhh)
Tonight it's raining on the highway
But I gotta try to make it home
I'm going faster than I should be
Cause I know you don't like being alone
The radio is off so I can think
About how you rush home just to be with me
I guess I must have had a brain freeze
Cause I can't recall one time that you
You took a loss just to make sure that I am wanted
Carried me away was hard for me to run
I know you say that you love me so
But I can't remember when it ever showed
I'm trying to stay on this road
But I'm sliding and the further I go
Realising what you say to me
Isn't what it seems
So I gotta find the nearest exit
I gotta get out of here
Will I wait til the rain clears
My heart is flashing the hazard lights
The rain is falling too hard to drive
I feel like looking for a detour
I hope it doesn't take me out of the way
My windshield wipers are on level 4
I should have got them both replaced today
My head is saying we can make it
My heart is telling me it's just not safe
And I wanna give you...
But I'm starting to think that all you do is take
I'm trying to stay on this road
But I'm sliding and the further I go
Realising what you say to me
Isn't what it seems
So I gotta find the nearest exit
I gotta get out of here
Will I wait til the rain clears
My heart is flashing the hazard lights
The rain is falling too hard to drive
And I can't believe
That you haven't even called to see if I'm okay
Now it's clear to me
I'm the only one risking anything
The nearest exit
The nearest exit (ohh)
The nearest exit
I'm trying to stay on this road
But I'm sliding and the further I go
Realising what you say to me
Isn't what it seems
So I gotta find the nearest exit
I gotta get out of here
Will I wait til the rain clears
My heart is flashing the hazard lights
This house ain't big enough for the both of us, somebody has to leave
Trying to get the best of me, give a go at destroying what have been
But these walls are way too... and my skin is way too thick for all of this
You're the only one that you're hurting, building a fortress of hatred wrapped within
With your words are bullets but shooting only pain
So take your best shot, girl
So go ahead and fire away, pull the trigger, push the button, girl make a move
So go ahead and fire away, pull the trigger, push the button, off either way
... changed the array, but now I'm chilling with my man Marcelo
Bring the noise, yeah
