Struck by the moon
Risin' too soon
I feel a pain deep inside me
Cold northern winds
fist in my chin
Makin' me wild for you baby
What can I do
To get back to you
I'm feeling desperate and lonely
The city's a river
Of cold misery
Makin' me wild for you baby
I'm down on my knees
Hear me cry for you baby
Cold misery
I would die for you baby
I pray you will see
These tears I cry
Nites I can't sleep
My tears are cheap
I'm losin' hold of my senses
I can't contain
All of this pain
And it's makin' me wild for you baby
I'm down on my knees
Hear me cry for you baby
Cold misery
I would die for you baby
I pray you will see
I can't, I can't make love to your memory
I can't put my arms, around what used to be
Everything I had, was a part of me
Well you went and it walked out that front door with you
My friends tell me, it'll be alright
But my friends never, no, never held you close at night
Every dream I had, that could see the light
Well you went and it walked out the front door with you
Well you went and it walked out the front door with you
I never knew, I never thought that you'd take my love and tear it apart
I gave you my best, when I gave you my heart
Oh, are you listening? Or is this all in vain?
I still can't believe, you're never comin' back again
Everything I had, oh, except my pain
Well you went and it walked out the front door with you
Well you went and it walked out that front door with you
Well you went and it walked...
Well you went and it walked right out the front door with you
Well you went and it walked right out
Never comin' back no more
Doctor Feelgood sleepin’ on a concrete bench
Can I get a witness?
Miss South Carolina 1975, somebody stole your crown.
You were sleeping in your happy home, when you woke up baby,
Your life had come and gone. Now you’re mystified, standing with the rest of us
Who used to rule the world.
Brother Lovejoy rappin’ up a blue streak
Can I get a witness?
Miss Hurricane can’t keep your hands still long enough to count your change.
You were wrapped up in your daily grind, the cost of living
It didn’t even cross your mind. Now you’re mystified, standing with the rest of us
Who used to rule the world.
Mr. Blueprint used to have it figured out
Now you can’t find your car.
Miss Cocktaill dress standing at the bathroom sink looking for a back way out.
You can’t believe your very eyes. Everything that you were counting on was nothing but a pack of lies.
Now you’re mystified, standing with the rest of us
You're just into looking after #1
Only thing you worry 'bout is having your fun
First sign of trouble and it's understood
You'll get going while the going's still good
You're so very unnecessarily mercenary
You're a secret agent got a hidden agenda
Got me in your sights, think I'm a real big spender
Stick around baby pretty soon you'll see
I ain't got no money but my love's for free
You're so very unnecessarily mercenary
You're a gun for hire when a war breaks out
Loving on the front line 'til the money runs out
Finger on the trigger, baby pull it and see
If your mercenary tactic's gonna work on me
You're a gun for hire when a war breaks out
Loving on the front line 'til the money runs out
Your finger's on the trigger, baby pull it and see
If your mercenary tactic's gonna work on me
You're so very unnecessarily mercenary
You're so very unnecessarily mercenary
So very unnecessarily mercenary
You're so very unnecessarily mercenary
You're so very unnecessarily mercenary
You're so very unnecessarily mercenary
You're so very unnecessarily mercenary
So now there's somebody new,
These dreams I've been dreaming, have all fallen through.
You say I'll be fine, it only takes time
Someday, that may be true
But it's too soon to tell
It's too soon to say
Maybe someday I'll be able to wish you well
But right now, it's just too soon to tell
It's all for the best, so you say
You never intended to hurt me this way
You want to hear
I won't drown in my tears, well, baby the best that I can say
Is it's too soon to tell
It's too soon to say
Maybe someday I'll be able to wish you well
But right now it's just too soon to tell
When you get home baby
Write me a few of your lines
When you get home little baby
Write me a few of your lines
That'll be consolation
Lord Honey oh my worried mind
Left my baby
Standin' in the backdoor cryin'
Well I left my little baby
Standing in the backdoor cryin'
I never felt so sorry
Lord Honey till he said goodbye
Kokomo me baby
Kokomo me right
Kokomo your mama,
She'll be back tomorrow night
I'd like to cry in your arms tonight
Baby don't you wanna go?
Right on to Lemon Light City
Sweet home Kokomo
Go on down to the river baby
Goin' to sit down on the ground
Well I'm goin' down to the river baby
Goin' to sit down on the ground
And let the way of the water
Lord Honey wash my troubles down
Kokomo me baby
Kokomo me right
Kokomo your mama,
She'll be back tomorrow night
I gotta cry with you baby
Baby don't you wanna go?
Right on to Lemon Light City
All the ways I cared for you
Are working like you want them to
As I break down and you stay strong
I write my own forgiveness song
I try to lie down and sleep it off like a drug
But it's not your concern
Another night and it's only right
I toss and I turn in the bed I made
The wine dark room, the flashing eyes
That hung me from my string of lies
You said you were numb from wondering
I guess I wasn't listening
I try to lie down and sleep it off like a drug
But you're not concerned
Another night and it's only right
That I toss and I turn in the bed I made
With my own hands
I fashioned this frame
And into the wood
I carved out my name
I try to lie down and sleep it off like a drug
But you're not concerned
Another night and it's only right
That I toss and I turn in the bed I made
And it's only right
That I toss and I turn in the bed I made
Gonna get into it babe
Down where it’s tangled and dark
Way on into it, baby
Down where your fears are parked
Gonna tell the truth about it, babe
Honey, that’s the hardest part
When we get through it, baby
You’re gonna give up your heart
Gonna get into it, baby
Gonna give them demons a call, babe
Way on into it, baby
Gonna find out once and for all
Gonna get a little risky, baby
Honey, that’s my favorite part
When we get through it, baby
Gonna give up our hearts
Gonna give up our hearts
Well, there’s no turnin’ back
No turnin’ back this time
Well, there’s no turnin’ back
No turnin’ back
No use in runnin’
It’s always the same
You can count on the panic
I'm takin' my time
So please don't rush me
Tryin' to sort out some things
I didn't know existed
I've been here before
I know where the traps lie
You only take what's there
'Cause the rest doesn't matter
Well I'm tired of talk
So please don't push me
You know I want the same
Kinda things that you do
You're wasting your time
The way you come on to me
Slow down your rhymes
And try to reason
Can't make things move any faster
By second wishing them to death
You seem to be living on a level
It's decent enough
You got what you wanted
So why do you tell me
That I'm on the wrong track?
I'm doin' the best I can do
I try to out guess the situation
That I know your not even fully aware of
And I want you to know if it keeps on this way
Can't keep on letting you bring me down
Well they all said louise was not half bad
It was written on the walls and window shades
And how she'd act the little girl
A deceiver, don't believe her that's her trade
Sometimes a bottle of perfume
Flowers and maybe some lace
Men brought louise ten cent trinkets
Their intentions were easily traced
Yes and everybody knew at times she cried
But women like louise they get by
Well everybody thought it kind of sad
When they found louise in her room
They'd always put her down below their kind
Still some cried when she died this afternoon
Lousie rode home on the mail train
Somewhere to the south I heard it said
Too bad it ended so ugly
Too bad she had to go this way
Ah but the wind is blowing cold tonight
Sittin’ here worryin’ while you’re lookin’
to find yourself .. somebody else.
Me lovin’you and wantin’ you, baby,
you not knowin’ what you want yourself.
Why do you treat me so mean .. it hurts so bad.
All you wanna do is just sit around at a bar and jive.
You don’t even know this woman’s alive.
And I’m sittin’ here worryin’ while you’re lookin’
to find yourself .. somebody else.
Ain’t gonna be no Sugar Mama no more.
Well, you can’t have love, people, when you’re keepin’ score.
All you pretty boys that used to catch my eye,
I just want one who wants to satisfy.
Ain’t gonna be no Sugar Mama no more.
Sittin’ here worryin’ while you’re lookin’
to find yourself .. somebody else.
Me lovin’ you .. nobody but you...
And you not knowin’ what you want yourself.
All you pretty boys that used to catch my eye,
I just want one who wants to satisfy.
Ain’t gonna be no Sugar Mama no more.
No, I ain’t gonna be no Sugar Mama no more.
You see, I ain’t gonna be no Sugar Mama no more.
Just another homesick child
Tired of running wild
Ready to stand trial and move on
Though I?m guilty in your sight
Have some mercy tonight
I can?t make it through the fight alone
Oh but Lord, no don?t make it easy
Keep me working 'til I work it on out
Just please shine enough light on me
'Til I?m free from this shadow of doubt
Keep me out of the shadow of doubt
As I try to make some sense
Of this world I?m up against
Well I know my best defense is Your love
When the struggle gets insane
And the lesson?s full of pain
Keep me calling out Your name with love
Oh but Lord, no don?t make it easy
Keep me workin? 'til I work it on out
Just please won?t You shine
Enough light on me
'Til I?m free from this shadow of doubt
Keep me out of the shadow of doubt
Well I whisper in the dark
From the bottom of my heart
And I?m searchin' for one star to shine
I will shout from mountain high
And I?ll reach into the sky
'Til You open up my eyes so blind
Oh but Lord no, don?t make it easy
Keep me workin? 'til I work it on out
Just please, please shine enough light on me
?Til I?m free from this shadow of doubt
As I walk along I wonder what went wrong
With our love, a love that was so strong
And as I still walk on I think of the things
We've done together while our hearts were young
I'm a walking in the rain, to the bone I feel the pain
Wishing you were here by me to end this misery
And I wonder, I w-w-wonder, why, you ran away
And I wonder if you will stay, my little runaway, my runaway
I'm a walking in the rain, to the bone I feel the pain
Wishing you were here by me to end this misery
And I wonder, I w-w-wonder baby yeah, you know why, you ran away
And I wonder if you will stay, my little runaway, my little runaway
Come back baby
(Run, run, runaway)
You left me standing in the rain
(Run, run, runaway)
Come back baby
(Run, run, runaway)
Standing in the rain
I guess you got me in a sentimental mood
Never thot I'd feel this way again
Lyin' here with my dreams
I get so lonely thinking of you
[Chorus:]
River of Tears
Oceans of heartbreak
I want to feel
What your love can be
I close my eyes
Chances that I take
Got me so blind
Til I can't see
I never let you know just what's been on my mind
Never thot I'd hurt so bad for you lovin' this long
Lyin' here at nite alone
I keep on wonderin' just what went wrong
[Chorus]
River of Tears
River of Tears
Don’t want no secret agent
Don’t need no long Cadillac
I don’t want nobody with no problems
I don’t need a man with a monkey on his back
I want a real man
I said, “A real man”
I need a real man
Ain’t messing with no toy
I don’t need no baby boy
Don’t need to send me no flowers, babe
Sending flowers is real nice
Way I’ve been feeling, my hearts been a-reeling
I need a man that loves me once
I want a man that loves me twice
It’s a sticky situation, babe
Keep me up late at night
Honey, don’t know the difference
Wanna go left when you shoulda gone right
I want a real man
I said, “A real man”
I need a real man
I’ve been around the world
I’m a woman not a girl
I don’t want to million dollars
I don’t need no diamond ring
You can twist and shout
For to knock yourself out
I don’t care about material things
I want a real man
I need a real man
I want a real man
I said, “A real man”
I want a real man
I need a real man, baby
I want a real man
I want a real man
Real man
Ain’t messing with no toy
I don’t need no baby boy
I’ve been around the world
I’m a woman not a girl
Real man
I said, “A real man”
I want a real man
Got a real man, real man
You remind me, you remind me
That it's a trick to know you.
I don't even know
How, I fel in love with you.
Was it your eyes, or was it your clothes,
Was the way you greeted me when the sun rolls, the sun rolls.
I was lonely when I first called you.
We were kids just foolin' with lovin'
You took me in, and you didn't even know me or my games.
Chorus: (3 times) I was out on the road, acting a lady
I was with him for one night for some love and a song
Then you came along, you don't care about money
You don't care about time,
And ourlove just keeps rolling, rolling along
Say hey don't you worry,
Cause we can get along
If were pleasin' each other
Pleasin'each other, pleasin' each other,
Last night I thought I found you
I saw it in a dream
I was tangled in the rushes, baby
You were caught up in the stream
And the more I tried to reach you
The more you slipped away
And when I woke up in the darkness
I was callin' out your name
(Chorus)
You and we dance around it
Why is the truth so hard to say
We long for true love, well
We've found it, it's just
One Belief Away
There's a shadow in the garden
And it's coiled around our hearts
Won't you help me to believe you, baby
Won't you show me where to start
The more I try to reach you
The more you slip away
I want to wake up in the darkness
and hear you callin' out my name
Seems like such a long time, since I held you in my arms
And felt you close and warm beside me
Another night is getting late and I'm alone with just the ache
And the memory of you inside me
Darling, I've never been so blue
I've tried to see it through, there's nothing I can do
I won't make it on my own, so won't you please hurry home
'Cause nothing seems to matter without you
Last time I saw you, there was nothing we could say
We knew it was a time for a change
A time to think you said that night and I lied and said, "All right"
And I left you in the morning, I watched you in the window
And Mexico will never be the same
It was time to be apart, but somehow it seems this heart of mine
Will never find a way to live without you
And now I'm out here on the road and I'm feeling bought and sold
And tonight I just can't but think about you
Darling, I've never been so blue
I've tried to see it through, there's nothing I can do
I won't make it on my own, so darling won't you hurry home
Because nothing seems to matter without you
Chorus
I was in a daze, movin in the wrong direction
Feelin that I'd always be the lonely one
then I saw your face, on the edge of my horizon
whisperin that I wasn't the only one
The lonely one.
One chance intervention, see what it can signify
The slightest misapprehension, baby
And we'd have passed each other by
When I heard your sweet voice callin
Saw your light come shinin through
I couldn't stop my heart from turning
Churnin out my love for you, my love to you.
Chorus
True love or perfection
It seems like it's overdue
Then just when you least expect it
It comes sneakin up on you
When I thought that I was dreaming
Felt your body close to mine
Now love takes on a different meaning,
Together till the end of time.
Chorus
I was in a daze, movin in the wrong direction
Feelin that I'd always be the lonely one
then I saw your face, on the edge of my horizon
whisperin that I wasn't the only one
Well I'm calling you
Cause you deserve to know
You are not the reason I had to go,
Late at night in the hotel room
I think of all I've lost,
What I've put you through
And if I knew the reason
I would tell you why somehow
The feeling slipped away
I only did what I had to do
Not cause I wanted to.
I've got a guilty heart
And a troubled mind
No matter where I go
You're never far behind
I'd like to think that you'd forgiven me
But forgiveness ain't enough
To wash my conscious free
Oh if I knew the reason I would tell you
Why somehow the feeling slipped away
I only did what I had to do
She don't need anybody to tell her she's pretty
She's heard it every single day of her life
He's got to wonder what she sees in him when theres so many others
Standing in line
She gives herself to him, but he's still on the outside.
She's alone in this world
She's nobody's girl
She's nobody's girl
She shows up at his doorstep in the middle of the night
Then she disappears for weeks at a time
Just enough to keep him wanting more
But never is he satisfied
And he's left to pick up the pieces
Wondering what does he do this for
She's off in her own little world
She's nobody's girl
She's nobody's girl
He said, Before I met her, I didn't love nothing.
I could take it or leave it,
That was okay, but, she brings out a want in me, of things I didn't even
Know that I need.
She does anything she wants, anytime she wants to.
With anyone, you know, she wants it all.
Still she gets all upset over the least little thing
When you hurt her, it makes you feel so small.
And she's a walking contradiction, but I ache for her inside.
She's fragile like a string of pearls,
She's nobody's girl.
She's nobody's girl.
You dust the bottles on the bar counter
You're writing screenplays on the side
Three nights a week can keep a girl workin
Sometimes it's good to lose your pride.
These things we do to keep the flame burnin
And write our fire in the sky
Another day to see the world turnin
Another avenue to try.
It's in the Luck of the Draw, Baby
The Natural Law
Forget those movies you saw, little Baby
It's in the Luck of the Draw, Baby
The Natural Law
(flame keep on burnin)
Forget those movies you saw, little Baby
(wheel ever turnin).
You turn around and say it's last orders
You fix the ribbon in your hair
Tomarrow's letter by the hall doorway
Yes, I'm lonely- hope you didn't catch it
Don't want to be down where I last behaved
I broke his heart now I can't patch it
This time it's grave.
I kept track of all the love that I gave him
And on paper, well, it looked pretty good
He left a note that said he couldn't stay here
As if I could...
I guess my love's got no business, no business calling his name
I guess my love's got no business, nobody to blame.
One of these days I thought we'd get it together
After all that boy was made for me
But all he left me was a mouth full of feathers
Little bird got free.
He always said my love was one sided
I tried to keep up with supply and demand
But there was one way that pie was divided
It was a big piece plan.
I guess my love's got no business, no business calling his name
I guess my love's got no business, nobody to blame.
Well, now I'm getting desperate, baby, getting illeagal
I got the law doggies on my trail
The hawk's out and I could use an eagle
To go my bail.
You say you're itching baby, so go ahead and scratch it
But if it jumps off, don't look at me
You swore to God that I couldn't catch it
But your dog's got fleas.
I guess my love's got no business, no business calling his name
Who'll take the only hearts they got
And throw them into the fire?
Who'll risk their own self respect
In the name of desire?
Who'll regret everything they've done
And who will get the bill?
Lovers will
Who'll hurt each other all the time
And never give it a thought?
Who'll lie about where they've been
And hope they never get caught?
Who'll say each other's kisses
No longer thrill?
Lovers will
Lovers will do almost anything
For the thrill that only love can bring
If love is a healer, who'll be the first ones ill?
Lovers will
Who'll never know what they've got
Until it's just about gone?
And whose arms will gather up what's left
To carry on?
And who'll stalk that little bit of love
That hasn't been killed?
I ain't blue, baby
Just a little bit lonesome for some lovin'
Everything is fine
Just don't want to be all by myself
On a rainy day
I'm feelin' kind of funny
Dreaming 'bout some loverman who'll call me honey
Yeah and a good lookin' man
My heart inside
A lonely smile and lovin' in his eyes
No I ain't blue, baby
But I'm just a little bit lonesome for some love again
Everything is fine
Just don't want to be all by myself
Sit around the house
Readin' magazines
All the time thinkin' 'bout those same sweet dreams
Yeah, walk down the street
My heart jumps a beat
Every time I see some sweet man I want to meet
No I ain't blue, baby
But I'm just a little bit lonesome for some love again
Everything is fine
Traveling at night, the headlights were bright
And we'd been up many an hour
And all through my brain
Came the refrain
Of home and it's warming fire
CHORUS
And Home
Sings me of sweet things
My life there has it's own wings
Fly over the mountain
Though I'm standing still
The people I've seen
They come in between
The cities of tiring life
The trains come and go,
But inside you know
The struggle will soon be a fight
CHORUS
Traveling at night,
The headlights were bright.
But soon the sun came through the trees
Around the next bend
The flowers will send
The sweet smell of home in the breeze
Hey mister, we want you to know
We think you've taken this about as far as it can go
It's about to blow
You got nowhere to run
Why don't you sit back and watch the show
Used to drop your little darlin' off at Sunday School
Family values while you're gettin' some Behind the pool
She's nobody's fool
So don't be actin' surprised when your daughter
Wants it bad as you
You jack up the rent, you call in a loan
Clear your intent is to screw 'em out of all they own
Throw the dog a bone
Well you'll be cryin' for mercy when your karma
Calls you On the Phone
Times are hard...Ain't it a bitch
Japanese are makin' you twitch
All your investments are turnin' sour
Kinda spoils your happy hour
Look around, we're comin' your way
It's a wonder to us how you ever thought you'd
Get away
What you say
Well, the way it looks from here
You won't have to wait
The way it looks from here
No need to hesitate
Have a party celebrate
The way it looks from here
Heaven help the child who never had a home
Heaven help the girl who walks the streets alone
Heaven help the roses if the bombs begin to fall
Heaven help us all
Heaven help the black man if he struggles one more day
Heaven help the white man if he turns his back away
Heaven help the man who kicks the man who has to crawl
Heaven help us all
Heaven help us all, heaven help us all
Heaven help us, Lord, hear our call when we call, yeah
Heaven help the boy who won't reach twenty-one
And heaven help the man who gave that boy a gun
Heaven help the people with their backs against the wall
Oh Lord, heaven help us all
Heaven help us all, heaven help us all
Heaven help us, Lord, hear our call when we call, help us all
Now I lay me down before I go to sleep
In a troubled world, I pray the Lord to keep
Keep hatred from the mighty and the mighty from the small
Heaven help us all
Heaven help us all, heaven help us all
Heaven help us all, heaven help us all
Heaven help us all, heaven help us all
Heaven help us all, heaven help us all
Heaven help us, heaven help us
Hey!
Shut up.
Don't lie to me.
You think I'm blind but I have eyes to see
Hey!
Mister, how do you do.
Oh pardon me I thought I knew you.
Would you stand back baby 'cause I want to get a better look.
The big man who couldn't handle the little bit of love you took.
Hey, hey, have a heart, hey, have a heart.
If you don't love me, why don't you let me go?
Have a heart, please, oh don't you have a heart?
Little by little you fade while I fall apart.
Oh darling, I love you so.
I told you yes, and then you told me no.
Baby, how can you say
You should be free and I should pay and pay
And you talk and talk about you and what you need
But sooner or later your love is gonna make me bleed.
Hey, hey, have a heart, hey, have a heart.
If you don't love me, why don't you let me go?
Have a heart, please, oh don't you have a heart?
Little by little you fade while I fall apart.
Oh, Oh.
Talk on, talk on, but love is what you need.
And sooner or later that love is gonna make you bleed.
Hey, hey, have a heart, hey, have a heart.
If you don't love me, why don't you let me go?
Have a heart, please, oh don't you have a heart?
Little by little you fade while I fall apart.
Yes baby, I've been drinking
I shouldn't come by I know
But I found myself in trouble darling
And I had no place else to go
I got some whiskey, yeah from a bar man
Got some cocaine from a friend
And I had to keep on moving
Till I was back in your arms again
Well I'm guilty, yeah I'm guilty
And I'll be guilty for the rest of my life
How come I never do what I'm supposed to do?
Nothing that I try to do ever turns out right
You know how it is with me baby
You know I just can't stand myself
It takes a whole lot of medicine, darling
I've got you on my mind, I'm feeling kind of sad and low,
I've got you on my mind, feeling kind of sad and low.
I'm wondering where you are, wondering why yoiu had to go.
Tears begin to fall every time I hearr your name.
Tears begin to fall every time I hear your name.
And since you went away, nothing seems to be the same.
No matter how I try,
My heart just don't see why
I can't forget you.
If ever it shoud be
You want to come back to me,
You know I'd let you.
First Verse
Chorus
First Verse
I'm wondering where you are, wondering why you had to go.
God was in the water that day
Pickin' through the roots and stones
Trippin' over sunken logs
Tryin' not to make his presence known
God was in the water that day
Wadin' in careful steps
Bubbles risin' from his feet
Comin' up from the muddy depths
Castin' out a line
Castin' out a line to the shadows
Castin' out a line but no one's biting
I am at my pitiful desk
Starin' at he colorless walls
Wishin' I was any place else
Down into a dream I fall
Sittin' in a tiny boat
Driftin' on the mindless sea
And if I disappear
At least I'm floating free
Castin' out a line
Castin' out a line to the darkness
Castin' out a line but no one's biting
God was in the air that day
Breathin' out a haunted breeze
Tryin' not to make a sound
Shufflin' through the dried up leaves
God was in the air that day
Circlin' like a drunken hawk
Sweepin' with a hungry eye
Over the ground I walk
Castin' out a line
Castin' out a line to the darkness
Castin' out a line but no one's biting
Castin' out a line
Castin' out a line to the shadows
Let's run naked through these city streets
We're all captives of captivity
Let's wear madness like a crucifix
Let's tattoo Bible quotes across both our hips
Let's get back to the fundamental things
Let's get back to the elements of style
Let's get back to simple skin on skin
Let's get back to the fundamental things
Let's dance barefoot over broken glass
Slither like a snake does through the wet, cold grass
Howl and tremble in a sleepless grind
Let's do the braindrain, leave it all behind
(Chorus)
You can sit in your room and worry
You can contemplate the end
Or let your house burn down behind you
Run bare-ass through the streets again
You can hide out on your rooftop
Wishing you had never been
Or go down to Hal's bar and grill
Find your innocence again
Bonnie Raitt - I ain't gonna let you break my heart again
(D.Lasley/J.Lasley)
from: Nick of time
there ain't no use in me trying to tell you how I feel
'cause what I feel ain't what you're feeling
I don't know what we did wrong
I just know if you come home
I ain't gonna let you break my heart again
there ain't no use in me trying to find out where you've been
where you've been ain't where I'm going
'cause if I ask you where you've been
the hurting starts and it don't end
so I ain't gonna let you break my heart again , no
I ain't gonna let you break my heart again , no o
(bridge)
tears don't become me
pain ain't my friend
it seems like you enjoy my crying , baby
you always said that I was strong
but I believe that you were wrong
lately , God knows , I have been trying
there ain't no use in you trying to kiss away the hurt , baby
'cause it hurts where it's deep down inside of me and it's hiding
if you decide you're coming home
you walk in , it won't be like before
'cause I ain't gonna let you break my heart again , no
ain't gonna let you break my heart again , no no
Something in your eyes, makes me want to lose myself,
Makes me want to lose myself, in your arms.
There's something in your voice, makes my heart beat fast.
Hope this feeling lasts, the rest of my life.
If you knew how lonely my life has been,
And how low I've felt so long.
If you knew how I wanted someone to come along,
And change my life the way you've done.
CHORUS:
Feels like home to me, feels like home to me,
Feels like I'm on my way back where I come from.
Feels like home to me, feels like home to me,
Feels like I'm on my way back where I belong.
A window breaks down a long dark street,
And a siren wails over my head.
But I'm all right, 'cause I have you here with me.
And I can almost see through the dark there's light.
If you knew how much this moment means to me,
And how long I've waited for your touch.
If you knew how happy you are making me --
I've never thought I'd love anyone so much.
CHORUS
Girls, you've been in love too long
I said girls, you've been in love too long
When just his smile takes all your pain away
And you find yourself believin' whatever he may say
Now when he gets you cryin'
But your heart tells you Girl keep right on tryin'
You know Girls, you've been in love too long
chorus: You're a fool for your baby
Bonnie: Girls, you've been in love too long
chorus: You're a fool for your baby
When you accepted wrongs, just to share his kiss
Even your lonely nights, you know they're filled with happiness
You know Girl you're in trouble
You know your…heart is seein' double
Cuz when you're head tells you to run
but your heart tells you "Girl he's the only one.."
You know you have…been in love too long
Cuz when a week of loneliness can be erased with just one sweet caress
Girl…you've been in love too long
When his wrong looks right…though he always treats you bad
You find little excuses for all the sadness and abuses
You came up on me like a landslide
Once in a while I get taken like that and I like it
I've got a Thunderbird parked right outside
Give me a minute to finish this thing and we'll light it
In all this heat it's a job keepincool
And I could fry an egg on you
You came up on me like a landslide
Once in a while I get taken like that and I like it
You're gonna get what's cominYou been asking for it two days running
You're gonna get what's cominYou're gonna get what's cominto you
I hope that you're half as intrepid as you make out
Often or not, but you never got what you asked for
Keep on pouring until you hear me shout
And turn up the sound if you want me to drive any faster
Caution went out when you walked in the room
If it never came back it would be too soon.
You're gonna get what's cominYou been askin' for it two days runnin'
You're gonna get what's comin'
You're gonna get what's cominto you
You came upon me like a landslide,
Once in a while I get taken like that and I like it
You're gonna get what's comin',
You been askin' for it two days runnin'
You're gonna get what's comin'
You're gonna get what's comin' to you
1. ' told me baby,
You were just too tired to try,
There was nothing left for you to give
and no more tears to cry.
I know she hurt you,
but you know I've been hurt too.
You just come to me, we'll see
what a love can do.
2. ' told me baby,
I was still too young to know,
all the ways that love was going to drag you down,
and just how low I'd go.
In love and time between us,
makes no difference at all.
You know, You're as desperate to get back up,
as I am not to fall.
bridge:
Oh, baby, I've been looking for a man like you. . .
Oh, darling,
After all we've been through
There's no one left to fool;
Nothing left for us to do,
except me and you.
instrumental break
3. ' told me baby,
to find somebody new.
Do you really think that I'd come this far,
just to lose a man like you?
You know you've got to take a chance,
if only you will stay.
And if you've got the time baby, I've got the love,
We might just find a way (4x).
You can make me do what you wanna do
But you got to know how,
You can make me cry, you can make me sigh,
But you got to know how,
You can make me do like this, you can make me do like that,
Woh, baby, but you got to know how.
Once a pal of mine stole a guy of mine,
But I got him back, now,
It's the same old song, she couldn't keep him long,
'Cause she didn't know how.
Well, I love my man, I make him holler,
Woh, my,
Yessir, I really know how.
Technique ain't tough, if you care enough,
You can learn to know how,
I might drop a hint how to strike my flint
If you yearn to know how,
Well, don't tell me about the life you led,
Don't try to drink me into bed,
No, baby, no, that ain't the way how.
You got to take your time, you know it ain't no crime
If it lasts all night.
I think you'll be ideal when you begin to feel
That you're doin' right.
When you love me right, you hear me holler,
Woh, my,
Yessir, when you really know how.
(instrumental break)
And if you stay with me, who knows how it will be
When we finally know how,
We'll get a house in town, no need to move around
When we really know how,
Well, there's tricks that I don't even know,
Ones we'll make up as we go.
Woh, mister, when we really know how.
Yes, mister, when we really know how.
Everytime I look
Into your lovely eyes
I see a love that money
Just can't buy
One look from you
I drift away
I pray that you
Are here to stay
CHORUS
Anything you want
You got it
Anything you need
You got it
Anything at all
You got it
Baby
Everytime I hold you
I begin to understand
Everything about you
Tells me I'm your best friend
I live my life
To be with you
No one can do
The things you do
CHORUS
I'm glad to give
My love to you
I know you feel
The way I do
Nobody else could make me happy
No one could hurt me like you do
You were the only one That mattered
Then you were gone...Love had moved on
Left me alone thinking of...
You...There was never any other
You...and I were created to be true
Isn't it Love that keeps us breathing
Isn't it love we're sent here for
Wasn't that love that we were feeling
(That was something baby)
Deep in our soul...Deeper than we know
Keeping me holding out for
You...There was never any question
You'll be forever on my mind
You and I, we were meant to be together
True hearts in a world where love is dyin'
And I might as well have been dyin' when
We were apart
When you came back I felt the beating of my heart
You...There was never any question
You'll be forever on my mind
You and I, we were meant to be together
You...and only you
It was you...only you
As simple as breathing
I picture your face,
All tangled in daydreams
And shielded with grace.
I feel you beside me.
Wherever you may be
Lift up your hand for me.
There's somewhere in my heart
Only for you.
If I must do without
I'll let these sparks fly out
Across the wilderness
From me to you.
As certain as sunrise
Your image unwinds.
You're clearer than crystal.
You fill up my mind.
Now I have you by my side.
Wherever you may be
Lift up your hand for me.
There's somewhere in my heart
Only for you.
Though Continents devide,
And lonely thoughts collide
Our heaven will allow no distance now.
I can always close my eyes
Take your absence by surprise,
Hold my breath and make believe.
As simple as breathing
I picture your face,
All tangled in daydreams
And sheilded with grace.
There's somewhere in my heart only for you.
If I must do without
I'll let these sparks fly out
Across this wilderness
From me to you.
Wherever you may be
Lift up your hand for me.
There's somewhere in my heart only for you.
How does one decide
That the methods he's using,
they just don't jive
to truly believe and keep trying
Over and over again
Living in hopes,
that someday you'll be in with the winners
when will one change his mind
and jump the fence
for the dial a sign
Its a sad thing, its a bad thing
but so necessary
living in hopes,
that someday you'll be in with the winners
now what, what, (i dont know, can you tell me what)
what is success?
is it do your own thing?
or to join the rest
and if you truly believe it,
and try over and over again
living in hopes
that someday you'll be in with the winners
oooh, tell me what it is
sweet success
oooh, tell me what it is
sweet success
So you think the man is crazy
He eats up your lies like they're good for him
Apple pie
He don't even cry
He is not a fool
He's just tryin' to do what his heart says to
To love you
As you take to the wind (to the wind again my friend)
As he breaks down within (within within wthin)
[Chorus:]
He waits for you patiently
Hopin' that one day you'll see
That all he really wants to be
Is yours and yours alone eternally
What do you want the boy to do?
Don't you see you're breaking the child in two?
What do you want the boy to do?
All he really wants is you...
He knows what you are
Still he'll be your game (say the word today)
You'll know better (build a world around him)
Now and then you'll promise
All the way-out things that you're gonna get
(You will see, you will be
so damn glad that you finally found him free to go)
As he watches you come and go (for your show)
As he watches your promises zero (zero zero zero)
He waits for you patiently
Hopin' that one day you'll see
That all he really wants to be
Is yours and yours alone eternally
What do you want the boy to do?
Don't you see you're breaking the child in two?
What do you want the boy to do?
Don't you see that you're breaking the child in two?...
[Chorus]
Maybe I'm a dreamer
maybe just a fool
Lately I can hardly see the sun
If you had a secret I could take a guess
Nothin in your eyes seems to hold me
Truth or consequences
which one will it be
Someone said that time would ease the pain
Of two lives love has torn apart
But, I believe whoever wrote that song,
never had a broken heart
One of us is hiding
One of us can tell
Cause no one likes to be the first to know
Someone has to answer
Cause someone has to ask
Keeping on like this is torture
and going undecided is twice as bad for sure
Someone said that time would ease the pain
Of two lives love has torn apart
But, I believe whoever wrote that song
never had a broken heart
You said that your love was just for me
That's why I've got to be yours
You told me the day will never come
When you would walk out and leave
'Cause you know that
[Chorus:]
True love is hard to find
'Cause you know that
True love is hard to find
Everybody knows
True love is hard to find
Hard to find
Very hard to find
I say (true love)
True love (true love)
True love (true love)
True love is hard to find
You told me that you know I would have to travel all over
You would take care of my business for me
Darlin', all I ask of you
Is to leave those business alone and save it just for me
[Chorus]
And glory fills my heart with joy from heaven
With love for you
Darlin', I always think of you
Always have my arms filled with love for you
'Cause you know that
[Chorus]
[guitar break]
[Last chorus:]
Just because I know
True love is hard to find
I believe in love
True love is hard to find
Everybody should know that
True love is hard to find
You know that
True love is hard to find
I say (true love)
True love (true love)
True love (true love)
True love is hard to find
Hard to find
True love (true love)
True love (true love)
True love is hard to find...
How many teardrops are gonna fall tonight?
How many hartaches must a woman have in her life
I lost a lover, lost my friend, I'm through with love
I just can't win
I'm a three time loser, I'm a three time loser
How many hours of your love I'm gonna wait
How many heartaches do you really think I'm gonna set and take
I lost a lover, lost my friend, I'm through with love
I just can't win
I'm a three time loser, I'm a three time loser
Instrumental Repeat 2nd Verse
I lost it once, lost it twice
Will you might have been good baby but you just weren't worth the price
Instrumental
I'm a three time loser, three time loser (3 times)
And I don't have to take it anymore END
Don't have to humble yourself to me,
I ain't your judge or your king
Baby, you know I ain't no Queen of Sheba
We may not even have our dignity,
this could be just a powerful thing
Baby we can choose you know we ain't no amoeba
CHORUS:
Are you ready for the thing called love
Don't come from me and you,
it comes from up above
I ain't no porcupine,
take off your kid gloves
Are you ready for the thing called love
I ain't some icon carved out of soap
Sent here to clean up your reputation
Baby, you know you ain't no Prince Charming
We can live in fear or act out of hope
For some kind of peaceful situation
Baby, how come the cry of love is so alarming ...CHORUS
BRIDGE:
Ugly ducklings don't turn into swans
And glide off down the lake
Whether your sunglasses are off or on
You only see the world you make
CHORUS OUTRO:
Are you ready for the thing called love
Don't come from me and you,
it comes from up above
I ain't no porcupine,
take off your kid gloves
Are you ready for it
Are you ready for the thing called love
Don't come from me and you,
it comes from up above
I ain't no porcupine,
take off your kid gloves
Are you ready for it
Are you ready for love, baby
Oooh yeah babe
Are you ready for love
I need a drink
Don't want to think
I drink too much
But who's to say
What's right or wrong?
I guess you think you see
You're tellin' me
That I don't know
When it's passed the point
Of feelin' good
I run around and find
I just can't get satisfied
Tonight
Now there's a phone
I hear the sound
I needed to talk
But it's too late
For talkin' now
I guess I'll go alone
I feel a glow...
here i am
here i am
here i am
What I need is a friend tonight
what I need is a friend
What I need is someone
What I really deed is just one more drink
Tonight
Tonight...
Wounded heart I cannot save you from yourself
Though I wanted to be brave it never helped
'Cause your trouble's like a flood ragin' through your veins
No amount of love's enough to end the pain
Tenderness and time can heal a right gone wrong
But the anger that you feel goes on and on
And it's not enough to know that I love you still
So I'll take my heart and go for I've had my fill
If you listen you can hear the angel's wings
Up above our heads so near they are hovering
Waiting to reach out for love when it falls apart
When it cannot rise above a wounded heart
