I'm trying hard not to say what I really feel
I wouldn't dare to
Don't want to scare you
The truth is I'm still afraid to say three words
So I sit tight-lipped
Let me try to spell it out
Not sure that I've got enough letters to express what I'm trying to say to you
I'm holding out for the triple word score
But I'm sure that nothing could be better than me and you
So baby for now it's less than four
If I counted all the twenty-five cent words
I could use to woo you I'd be bankrupt and at a loss for words
If I only could work up the nerve to be honest and courageous
I wouldn't have to spell it out
Not sure that I've got enough letters to express what I'm trying to say to you
I'm holding out for the triple word score
But I'm sure that nothing could be better than me and you
So baby for now it's less than four
Your smile I do attest
I'd be hard-pressed to dare protest
Your wiles I must confess
Albeit reluctantly they get the best of me
Not sure that I've got enough letters to express what I'm trying to say to you
I'm holding out for the triple word score
But I'm sure that nothing could be better than me and you

Consider this your final warning
I cant be blamed for what happens next
You’ll see me different in the morning
And if we carry on this way
There’s no turning back
It’s really not that difficult
It’s easier to be alone
Than watch this strangle you
It tightens like a noose
This is the cross that I carry
With heart hanging heavy
Leave me now
Before this weight drags you down
All of this is bound to get real ugly
So think it through before you make your next move
Because given time you’ll grow to love me
First part your lips, then legs, then ribs
My demons thrust straight for your heart
It’s really not that difficult
It’s easier to be alone
Than watch this strangle you
It tightens like a noose
This is the cross that I carry
With heart hanging heavy
Leave me now before this weight drags you down
I’ve been here before
Been pinned down to the floor
I never really could resist
The pressure of eager hips
But after one taste
It’s your blood that I’ll crave
So squeeze this trigger don’t pull it
The nightmare stops with this bullet
It’s really not that difficult
It’s easier to be alone
Than watch this strangle you
It tightens like a noose
This is the cross that I carry
With heart hanging heavy
Leave me now before this weight drags you down
It’s really not that difficult (before this weight
drags you down)
It’s really not that difficult (it tightens like a
noose)
This is the cross that I carry
With heart hanging heavy
Leave me now

Is this your first time?
You don't have to tell me,
cause your lips they don't lie
when we're kissing.
You're holding on, or something's
rather weighing you down.
I'll promise you one thing,
I don't intend to let you down
I don't need to know whom you've been with,
'cause I know I'll love you better than him.
I'd armor you heart if you'd just let me in.
Maybe I'm different.
I'm no better than you.
But baby, I'm different,
'cause you make me feel so brand new.
I don't need to know whom you've been with,
'cause I know I'll love you better than him.
I'd armor you heart if you'd just let me in.
[Chorus]
'Cause I know only one way,
and that's to give all I am away.
So hold out your hands to me,
and I'll show you how good this could be.
I won't let go until you say so.
There's nowhere else in the world I'd rather be.

It's about time to set the record straight.
Clear the air, forget all that you heard.
Turn deaf ears to words that they all say.
I'll show you all you ought to know.
[Chorus]
What you see is what you get.
Stop reading between the lines.
You won't like what you'll find.
You haven't seen nothing yet.
The best is yet to come.
You're not through until I'm done.
You're holding the past against me,
when you should be holding me to my word.
Why don't you find out for yourself now, girl?
I'll prove to you all that I'm worth.
[Chorus]
I'll try, try to make you see
that all these questions that you're asking of me,
are star, starting to break me down,
pushing me close, and closer and closer to the edge.
You're force, you're forcing me overboard.
And if I'm going down I'm taking you with me.
Taking you with me.
[Chorus]
If I'm going down,

Headlong into the sound
We listen closely to find our calling
Each new day urges us to find a way to seperate
Don't let your vagabond shoes carry you too far away
The road is unending, our paths with converge again
I hope this letter I'm sending finds you well
It's been said that the pen is mightier than the sword
Enclosed is my weapon of choice
So beware of the miles that lie between
Sincerely From,
Jersey
How have you been? It's been so long
Hope your daily grind's not too much to bear
So here we are, who would've thought it?
It's like I'm millions of miles away from you
The road is unending, our paths will converge again
I hope this letter I'm sending finds you well
Recounting faded memories
Gives you the foreground in my mind
When I was out there reaching for my dreams
I kept you with me all the time

Lyrics -copyright 1983.
Intro./Chorus.
This is Tokyo Rose interfering with your radio show.
Just to say a few words like :-
Yankee Go Home leave us alone, Yankee Go Home.
Yankee Go Home leave us alone, Yankee Go Home.
Verse1.
She was a lady back in forty five.
She had to tell the Allies they were gonna die.
From the Sands of Hiroshima to the Banks on Bunker Hill
You could always here her name.
Tokyo Rose.
And she would Broadcast all over the world.
This high class society Eastern Girl .
Now it's sometimes said on certain Airways if you listen
carefully you can hear her say.
Intro./Chorus.
Verse2.
Now the boys thought of her as a joke.
You know they even used to mimic the way she spoke.
From the Back streets of London to the Highways of LA.
You could always here her name.
Tokyo Rose.
Now the boys went to Hell and Back .
Listening all the time for the odd broadcast.
Now it's sometimes said on certain Airways if you listen
carefully you can hear her say.
Intro./Chorus.
Now the years the years have past by.
Where's Tokyo Rose well she's probably died
She was the first to say Yankee Go Home.
But we Thank God today that those Yankees won.
Outro.
This is Tokyo Rose Calling >>>>>>>>>>>>>>

When you take the time to wonder why
Why you find yourself on your own
Why your way is a lonely road
Do you find yourself driving all away the ones you held so close
Because you held them accountable for making you feel so miserable?
But they're not the real problem
Given the chance to go back
What would you change?
Start with your biggest mistake
The next time you're going to point the finger
Bite your lip
Yeah baby, shut your mouth
Because there's nobody left for you to blame
Since you called everyone out
So when you hear my name and it starts to sting
Don't look at me Don't look at me
Because you dug your own grave
But I've got the hammer and the nail
And I could barry you alive
I think it's time someone really opened up your eyes
You can't keep reading between the lines
Because you've run out of alibis
It's time you owned up to something
If everyone else is wrong all of the time
Maybe it's you who should change the way you view responsibility
Before you find yourself wishing you had the chance to go back
what would you change?
Start with your biggest mistake
The next time you're going to point the finger
Bite your lip
Yeah baby, shut your mouth
Because there's nobody left for you to blame
Since you called everyone out
So when you hear my name and it starts to sting
Don't look at me Don't look at me
Because you dug your own grave
But I've got the hammer and the nail
And I could barry you alive
I could barry you alive
When you think of what you've lost
And you think of what it cost
you regret anything?
When you think of what you've lost
And you think of what it cost
you regret anything? you regret anything?
Bite your lip
Yeah, shut your mouth
There's no one left here to call out
Bite your lip
Yeah, shut your mouth
There's no one left here to call out
I was your biggest mistake
The next time you're going to point the finger
Bite your lip
Yeah baby, shut your mouth
Because there's nobody left for you to blame
Since you called everyone out
So when you hear my name and it starts to sting
Don't look at me Don't look at me
Because you dug your own grave
But I've got the hammer and the nail
And I could bury you alive
And I could bury you alive
yeah I could bury you alive

I slowly started chipping away at this block of stone
in an attempt to fashion a way to regain your attention.
why won't you hear me out?
I started out with some paper and pen and my apologies.
but every time I try to write to you,
I just can never find the words to explain.
so I'll build a monument to honor you,
out of the ruins of the love I knew.
I'll turn your favorite memories into a sight for all to see,
because I know when you see it, you'll come back to me.
picked me up the phone and I started to dial your line from memory.
too proud to ever let you pickup.
close to the point where I should give up.
you'll never call me back.
so now I'm doing something tangible - I'm working with my hands.
because I can never seem to manage to say I'm sorry in a language you can comprehend.
so I'll build a monument to honor you,
out of the ruins of the love I knew.
I'll turn your favorite memories into a sight for all to see,
because I know when you see it, you'll come back to me.
I'll put it right outside your window
so it's impossible to ignore.
will that be good enough for you? (for you)
and even if you pulled your shades down,
and burn the statue to the ground,
it'll be enough to bring your warmth back to me.
a monument to honor you,
out of the ruins of the love I knew.
I'll turn your favorite memories into a sight for all to see,
because I know when you see it, you'll come back to me.
building a monument to honor you,
out of the ruins of the love I knew.
I'll turn your favorite memories into a sight for all to see,
because I know when you see it, you'll come back to me.

Where does time go
when it flies by,
cause its always leaving me behind?
One of these days,
when I'm the president,
I'll give new meaning to the weekend.
[Chorus]
So when we rule the world,
we'll put it up to a vote yeah.
To make another day,
one more like saturday,
so we can stay late.
All those in favor for
cutting the workweek short,
raise your hands and say yeah!
A hard day's work
deserves a hard day's night.
You should be sleeping like a log.
You work so hard,
and yet you work too late.
I wish you'd just punch the clock in its face.
[Chorus]
We'll make it a crime
to work overtime, no explanations.
If you are accused of work-aholic abuse,
we'll send you on vacation.

When you called
it was good to hear your voice,
but harder to hear you laugh.
I had to choke back tears when you said
you were okay with this.
And it seemes that this experiment
isin't going quite the way I planned.
[Chorus]
And I'll say,
"It's not enough for me
to keep a tight grip on the phone.
This line can give only so much slack,
before you're hearing my dial tone."
You and I agreed to give it time
and I thought that this was helping at first.
But every minute away from you
just pushed me further away.
And it seemes that this experiment
isin't going quite the way I planned.
[Chorus]
I know I promised the world to you,
but now I'm halfway across the world
from you.
It's not enough for me.
I've got to live for me yeah.

Hey, wait.
Before you walk out
for the last time,
would you do me this favor?
Hey, wait.
Before you walk out
for the last time,
would you do me this favor?
And take, take this paring knife,
and thrust it deep, so deep into my side.
And be sure,
when you draw it from my skin,
that my eyes, they meet yours,
and you grin.
[Chorus]
Because while seeing is believing,
sometimes looks can be deceiving.
So when I tell you I'm through with you,
don't be fooled.
I'll be six feet under when I'm over you.
Let's toast.
Pour one last drink to us.
Make mine one part tonic,
two parts poison.
And be sure,
when the glass falls from my lips,
that my eyes, they meet yours,
and you grin.
[Chorus]
Already ripped my heart
out of my chest.
I watched you watch me bleed.
Just what do you have planned
for what is left?
Take whatever you need.
Hey, wait.
Before you walk out
for the last time,
would you do me this favor?
I'm over you. [3x]

Let it roll of your back
And let it slip off your tongue
Before you lose your nerve
And end up right back where you started from.
Are you just waiting for the right time?
Are you holding off until you see a sign
To say something?
Or are you just bluffing?
I recognize the worry in your eyes,
Because I've been there a couple hundred times.
So take it from me,
speak up or you'll wish you'd done differently.
Let it roll of your back
And let it slip off your tongue
Before you lose your nerve
And end up right back where you started from
Because when it's over, then it's done.
And, boy, to tell you the truth,
If you put your foot in your mouth,
You'd still be better off than kicking yourself.
It's obvious that you're conflicted.
To carry on or just to nix it?
Should you stay the course or just walk out that door?
If I were you, I would be on my way.
The rest of your life could start today.
If not now, then when?
If not now, when?
Let it roll of your back
And let it slip off your tongue
Before you lose your nerve
And end up right back where you started from
Because when it's over, then it's done.
And, boy, to tell you the truth,
If you put your foot in your mouth,
You'd still be better off than kicking yourself.
So tell me what you'll say,
when you finally come face to face,
when there ain't no turning back,
because this is your last chance.
Let's hear it.
'I'm through trying to hold onto this,
because you seem to be over it.
So kiss these almond eyes goodbye,

You keep insisting you're the one to blame.
But why are you the only one in pain?
They ask for so much more
then they deserve credit for.
Who needs them?
What's in a name, anyway?
If you leave them behind you,
I won't let them find you.
[Chorus]
If you choose to sever the ties,
refuse to swallow their lines.
If it's not right for you,
you've got the right to move on.
Move on, move on.
I know they'll make you out to be the fool.
But you'll grin and bear it.
You'll play it cool,
because you're so cool.
Degrading, berating,
they're so sadly mistaken.
When they call it love, I'll call their bluff.
Just let me remind you,
that I'll be behind you.
[Chorus]
You've got to move on, move on
move on for what you want. [3x]
Move on.

the rain came down in buckets
submerging good and bad alike
waist deep in water you start grabbing at things
that you think won't drift or sink down in the flood
did I drag you down?
with my flesh and bone turned into stone
unable to stand now
even though the tide has turned away
away, to insist to keeping me under
it's coming, it's quiet, after
but now you're nowhere to be found
the greatest tragedy can come from all of this
now we know
sometimes you're better off alone
did I drag you down?
when my flesh and bone turned into stone
unable to stand now
even though tide has turned away
away to insist to keeping me under
unable to breathe now
cause I know I pushed you away
when you were just trying to keep me from drowning
I know we practice treading water
but this time I took you way to deep
and I left a mile to the bottom
and your feet just couldn't reach,
your feet just couldn't reach
unable to stand now
even though the tide has turned away
away to insist of keeping me under
unable to breathe now cause I know I pushed you away

Thought I should let you know that we're all worried
About the way you choose to live your life
You always seem to be in such a big hurry
All work, no play leaves no time for delight
You're not a slave
But you seem to be tired down
You seek enlightenment in dead presidents
But there's nothing to be found
You tell everybody that you'r doing fine
But I know you better
And I know you'd never let them see you cry
Keep telling yourself that you don't need help
I wish you'd take it easier, friend
Because if life is the means
What's the end?
What's it going to take for you to learn your lesson?
You're on a wire
Skating on thin ice
The bookies and the doctors got you sweating
Was cheating death and cheating bets worth the price?
Why, then is your tired back breaking
Your poor heart still aching?
For money can't buy love or protect you from pain

Eyes ahead,
There's no use looking back.
In retrospect, its all clear now, twenty/twenty.
What lies ahead?
It's your path, up to you to plot it well.
Take some chances, fifty/fifty.
You gotta make yourself do something,
instead of falling back on familiarity.
You said yourself
that this would be the last time
that you spent
alone, hoping things would happen.
Is it someone else's responsibility to pick you up?
Stop dreaming. Start being.
You gotta make yourself do something,
instead of falling back on familiarity.
[Chorus]
You said you want it,
so take it, yeah take it.
Take it for granted.
You hate it, so break it.
Apatheticity breaks down to lonliness,
when everything that surrounds you is empty.
But every time you're faced with opportunity,
you look away, you shy away, you turn away.
You have this bad habit. [4x]
[Chorus]

The curtain's up
The crowd is waiting to see you come to life
So take a breath - your heart is pounding
And step into the light
Because this is it - it's what you've wanted
You're on a stage for all to see
Just not the way you ever imagined
Got to give them what they need
All eyes are on you
Show them you deserve it
Because now that they all love yo
And now that they all know your name
You're a new kind of American saint
But all the smoke and mirrors with which you hide your fears
Aren't nearly enough to take away the pain
Of being there out on your own
So baby, come on back home
It's on at seven
And in the papers
The covers of the magazines
They cut you open and pulled the skin back
Just so they could watch you bleed
They made incisions for television
Implanted cameras between your ribs
Thought the could capture and manufacture your best
And your worst still impress me
With that being said
When you come back down

With these glasses on
I can still see the colours that you give this place
So soft and warm
But I can't take it in all at once
So I close my eyes
Maybe behind this new facade
You won't notice it's me
If I became somebody else
You could let yourself fall again
With this jacket on
I can still smell your sweetness in the February air
Like peppermint
But I can't take it in all at once
So I hold my breath
Maybe behind this new facade
You won't notice it's me
If I became somebody else
You could let yourself fall again
I'll fool myself into thinking that it's me that you want
And I promise I'll believe the things you said
In convincing me our stars are aligned
And that we're destined to be
Maybe behind this new facade
You won't notice it's me
If I became somebody else
You could let yourself fall again
Just Let yourself fall again
Just let yourself fall again

It's getting pretty dark here in my own tower
It's reaching dusk and approaching the cover of night
I undergo my transformation in the shadows
At quarter-past I'm posied to terrorize the sky
I'll breathe fire ar your feet to show you
What you've done ot me
I'll hurl us both into the earth
Because misery loves company
I pour myself another glass from the bottle marked: Caution
I throw it back to quench this thirst for your love
But instead of putting out this fire in my belly
It reacts like kerosene and I'm beside myself again
I know I swore I'd never hurt you
You said the same to me
But oh, just take a look at us now
I seek comfort in the bottom of an empty bottle
And consolation in the power of my words
To sear your flesh
To boil your blood
To scorch your bones

What will it take for you to learn,
that all your actions
are coupled with reactions?
(You might not see it now.)
You're right to hold your standards high.
But when the others just miss,
is it right to dismiss?
(They're trying as hard as you.)
Won't you cut them a little slack
or stand and watch them choke?
What gives you the right
to cut them down,
when they're reaching for
the same stars that you are?
[Chorus]
Tear down your walls.
You're not keeping anyone
from entering you city limits.
The tide is rushing in,
as the ocean greets your shores,
and you become an island.
What goes around
comes back around.
Hope what you put forward
is everything you hoped for.
(It pays ten to one in time.)
Your world revolves around your head.
And when it stops spinning,
you'll find that you've been living
(all alone, nowhere to go.)
Should I cut you a little slack
or stand and watch you choke?
What gives you the right
to cut them down,
when they're reaching for
the same stars that you are?
[Chorus]
You'll learn as you live.
You'll get as you give.
Stop to think before you
burn your bridges.
It's never too late
to redirect fate.
It's in your court.
What will it take for you to learn?
Just stop to think yeah,

Your spinning me around, won't get you anywhere.
Before you open up your mouth, you better be prepared (better be prepared)
To live with, your decision to up and walk away (up and walk away)
Now can we talk about tomorrow when we can survive the day.
The way your body's moving, I can see that your trying to find a way
Outta this, but you keep on dancing around the right words
So I'll let myself take the lead. I'll tiptoe this isn't a _? _ covered
Floor, it's littered with eggshells, of broken pieces of what it was like before.
So I'll watch my step.
The floor is heating up, as we tango back and forth
Your rolling eyes refuse, what your thighs cannot ignore
I'll mention, quite attention, cause this dance could be our last
But here tonight I know tomorrow I'll be part of your past.
The way your body's moving, I can see that your trying to find a way
Outta this, but you keep on dancing around the right words
So I'll let myself take the lead. I'll tiptoe this isn't a _? _ covered
Floor, it's littered with eggshells, of broken pieces of what it was like before.
So I'll watch my step.
So what do I gotta do, to c-c-change your mind
Baby tell me what I oughta do to c-c-change your mind
So what do I gotta do, to c-c-change your mind
Oh baby baby tell me what I oughta do to change your mind tonight
The way your body's moving, I can see that your trying to find a way
Outta this, but you keep on dancing around the right words
So I'll let myself take the lead. I'll tiptoe this isn't a _? _ covered
Floor, it's littered with eggshells, of broken pieces of what it was like before.

I got this feeling in my head that I can't seem to shake no matter what the cost or how many attempts I make to make you better to make things right
You've got a funny way of keeping me up all night long
I should have known this all along
If you want it then come and get what you need and I'll be right beside you
It's the same thing as when you're lying to me
But these walls are crumbling down tonight
Past regrets and old mistakes. Apologize too late
I wish you meant the words I heard and that you're going to say
This ain't a promise, this ain't a lot I want the lies and all the crying to just stop right now
You having all the answers Your having all the say
It makes my job a battle but I fight it everyday
How did we end up so far from where we wanted all the places that we wanted to be?
I want to take you by the hand and show you all the places that you wanted to see
And when you wake up in the morning it's not the same way that you're looking at me
And you'll never know I slept waiting for the day that you would finally leave

Dance all night and sleep all day just to help you keep
The pain away, cause this thing we got going on here ain't
Never gonna get us where we wanted to be.
So pop these pills and hang on tight, just before you break across the line
And we're not gonna be going no where so take advance and look at what you wanted to see.
Hey! Mister, mister, we've got something to say to you. You better listen
Before it's too late. It's an uphill battle we fight, and admits the truth we never needed
You for today.
Stay out late and cry all night, cause the roads you walk will eat you alive
And nothing I can say or do is gonna be enough to get your head outta this
Wear your heart out on your sleeve, but now it seems your in too deep cause the
Minute only takes you so far when there's not enough coming when you need it the most.
Hey! Mister, mister, we've got something to say to you. You better listen
Before it's too late. It's an uphill battle we fight, and admits the truth we never needed
You for today.
This nightlife's gonna kill you, the empty bottle doesn't care
I'm gonna stay right by your bedside and when you wake I will be
There. It takes a willing ear to listen, it takes a cured heart to love
And if the keys have passed the first two left, I'll be the one your thinking of.
Hey! Mister, mister, we've got something to say to you. You better listen
Before it's too late. It's an uphill battle we fight, and admits the truth we never needed

After this turn,
I'll be one block away from whom this heart yearns.
The gasoline burns.
I can hear the engine hum to all your favorite songs.
Driving to you, because I don't want to feel it.
Running as fast as i an from there.
Chasing the double lines as far as they will take me.
Closer to you, I hope you're waiting for me to arrive.
Tomorrow, I'll be on my way back home,
If you can even call it that.
Home's where the heart is, and you've got mine.
So I'll be home when you come back.
Driving to you, because I don't want to feel it.
Running as fast as i an from there.
Chasing the double lines as far as they will take me.
Closer to you, I hope you're waiting for me to arrive.
My goodness time, it takes forever.
So, how long since your last goodbye? What good is time?
Because come September, I'll lose you to city skyline.
I never thought it would be like this.
I thought I would be stronger.
I'm more than willing to wait for you, but for how much longer?
I never thought it would be like this.
(Will you write me when I'm gone)
I thought I would be stronger.
(It will make this winter seem less long)
I'm more than willing to wait for you, but for how much longer?
I never thought it would be like this.
(Will you write me when I'm gone)
I thought I would be stronger.
(It will make this winter seem less long)
I'm more than willing to wait for you, but for how much longer?
My goodness time, it takes forever.
So, how long since your last goodbye? What good is time?
Because come September, I'll lose you to city skyline.
My goodness time, it takes forever.
So, how long since your last goodbye? What good is time?
Because come September, I'll lose you to city skyline.
My goodness time, it takes forever.
So, how long since your last goodbye? What good is time?

These games that we play so hard,
They got me feelin' like I lost my special one and only
And there's nothin' left to say (There's nothin' left there's nothin')
You swore that you would always be there for me
But a year has come and gone and still I sit here lonely
It never mattered anyway
First time you played me for a fool
Next time I pay the price
This'll be the last you take a banner
Till you gimme away, gimme away, gimme away
[Chorus:]
There's only so much more that
A boy can take of this
I'm ready, locked, and loaded
Waiting for your fatal kiss tonight
There's gotta be a price to pay when you walk away
You'd never leave, you swore you'd never leave
You swore you'd never leave me all alone
Your lies, they kept me hangin'
Always somethin' I could never find a way to go and cut loose
I never knew I was so bad
So next time, I hope you find a boy
Who'd love to have as much as all the times I had to show you
I'd always be there by your side
First time you played me for a fool
Next time I pay the price
This'll be the last you take a banner
Till you gimme away, gimme away, gimme away
[Chorus]
And as you're dreamin' next to me
I can't but help to think
That you wouldn't love me as when we first met
And even though this is killin' me I had to accept

I was young I was just a boy when you told me dreams really do
Come true, but I wanted something different, I always wanted something
Different then this.
Now we're grown and I've found out that what you
Want you've gotta take for yourself, but I search in the wrong places, I always
Search in the wrong places for them.
Speak loud but you never wanna listen, scream out for everything I'm missin'
You want it all but you never wanna work for it.And love is just a lyric we all sing along too
Bite your tongue, do as you are told
We'll make it easier for you to write this down
While time is running out, why won't you say it
This sort of thing it happens all the time, so you close your eyes
Pretend that things are fine, just like everything is perfect. yeah, just
Like everything is perfect. Just like, it's a cage and I'm on my own and I
Thank the lord I wound up alone because it makes me sick to see this, It really
Makes me sick to see you like this.
Speak loud but you never wanna listen, scream out for everything I'm missin'
You want it all but you never wanna work for it
.And love is just a lyric we all sing along too
Bite your tongue, do as you are told
We'll make it easier for you to write this down
While time is running out, why won't you say it
Call it what you like but just leave it out of it, this new
Change is for yourself, so take back what said, your
Not fooling anyone, your new life will find us well, when
Your all by yourself, it's too late.
And love is just a lyric we all sing along too
Bite your tongue, do as you are told
We'll make it easier for you to write this down

When i think back on
the times we've spent together.
it makes me want to be with you forever.
but now that's gone, and i don't know
what to do without your hand.
i guess i'll have to learn
how to go on without you.
alone i stand.
I've made up my mind, and this is it.
i've decided to call it quits.
i guess that'll get by,
unhappily ever after.
all we've been through
means no more to you.
i never thought letting go
would be so hard to do.
forget about me,
so what will make you see
the saddest part is that
through it all you remained happy.
But although i'll try to make myself
believe that in the end
you'll be just out of my reach.
in the back of my mind,
i hope you'll find another reason
for it to happen just once more,
just one more time.
I've made up my mind, and this is it.
i've decided to call it quits.
i guess that'll get by,
unhappily ever after.
Try to find it in your heart.
we can make a brand new start.
try to find it in your heart.
we can make a brand new start.
All we've been through
means no more to you.
i never thought letting go
would be so hard to do.
forget about me,
so what will make you see
the saddest part is that
through it all you remained happy.
All we've been through
means no more to you.
i never thought letting go
would be so hard to do.
forget about me,
so what will make you see
the saddest part is that

Lonely days and sleepless nights make this letter hard to write to you
My words reach you way too late
Good things come to those who wait
Close your eyes
I'll breathe in deep
(Close your eyes, I'll breathe in deep)
I'ts been three weeks since I last saw you sleep
(I last saw you)
I long to feel the warmth of your breath
(Feel the warmth of you)
I should want this more
But I want it less and less
Counting the miles and flailing for days
You made a choice
(You paid a price)
Now fly away from this
You want only one thing
I'm lucky it's all that left
I've got to give to you
I said this would be over
(I promised you)
You said it'd be already anyway
I said this would be over

I've gotten used to facing cynics, but they never see me break.
I've been branded and been used, but baby, don't make a mistake
Don't underestimate me, no.
‘Cause I think I've got what you're looking for, put a little
Of your faith in me, I won't let myself let you down. I've heard
Every word that your mother says, she's right on all accounts but One
I'm right for you as rain.
You've probably heard the worst about me, but only I'm sure
Of the truth. Never told you that I'm cursed, can't save me. I've found
The only guard, that's ever helped me before in you.
And think I've got what you're looking for, put a little
Of your faith in me, I won't let myself let you down. I've heard
Every word that your mother says, she's right on all accounts but One
I'm right for you as rain.
In the way, you breathe colour into my world.
My snowflake I love to watch you spin and twirl
‘Cause I think I've got what you're looking for, put a little
Of your faith in me, I won't let myself let you down [x2]
I've heard every word that your mother says, she's right on all accounts but One

Don't bother giving me your best apology but give your father and mother
All the best from me.
This move will be good news for them, so they deserve to know.
Mrs. M will tell her friends that her daughter's come back home.
And if you wanna go then say goodbye to me, I won't stop
You from chasing trouble down the street. I won't say I told you
To go, then say goodbye to me, I won't stop you from chasing trouble down the street.
If it's over then why do we still mess around, is he just a shoulder for you to cry
On when I'm out of town. It's a novel thing to think that this could be the bitter end
To this awfully late excuse for what they like to call romance
And if you wanna go then say goodbye to me, I won't stop
You from chasing trouble down the street. I won't say I told you
To go, then say goodbye to me, I won't stop you from chasing trouble down the street.
I won't say I told you so, no, cause I'm much better than that.
And of all the others I'm as good as it gets, I shouldn't have given
You the chance to make a fool of me again, but then again I wasn't figuring
I'd be so glad to see you go, then say goodbye to me,
I won't stop you from chasing trouble down the street.
I won't say I told you to go, then say goodbye to me,
I won't stop you from chasing trouble down the street. [x2]

what binds me here?
what binds you there?
the only days i count
are the ones until i see you
the next time
dont let go
look how they do it
(i want to do it just the same)
how do they do it?
(i want to do it just the same)
how can we do it?
(i want to do it just the same)
when the only thing i want to do
is tie a knot on this
when will i find you?
a way back into my arms
how long will you reach out
for me before your arms get tired?
don't let go
This time i think we can do
(this time i see stars)
for this tension
(why cant you watch them)
yeah, this pulling
(right next to me)
is this beyond our control?
(this time i see stars)
what's the difference
(why cant you watch them)
(why cant you understand?)
with three nine hundred miles
(right next to me)

You want what I've got
If you think that it is worth it even though you don't deserve it
let go of what you got, cuz it's not taking care of what you need
so let me make all that you're dreaming come true and take you home tonight
you know it's wrong but I'll make it right
I fed you all the right lines with the right lies
You gotta know I only make this offer one time
One step forward and take two steps back
The only way we can discover all we know about each other
If we take our time and let it happen tonight
So put your best foot forward
Wear your Sunday's best
Wear a smile all the while, until there's no time left
To see that these things never turn out right
What I hate, I've become
All I sword would never happen
Found myself having bad habits
Too late to break, to right wrongs
All the pain I caused for nothing
Just to feel like I was something
Is true to form and nothing more
You're getting what you bargained for
I said
I fed you all the right lines with the right lies
You gotta know I only this offer one time
One step forward and take two steps back
Everywhere we can discover all we know about each other
If we take our time and let it happen tonight
So put your best foot forward
Wear your Sunday's best
Wear a smile all the while, until there's no time left
To see that these things never turn out right
All around the world hear people screamin'
Makin' love, fakin' like their feeling
But I've learned that the best way to dance
Is to take it one step at a time
All around the world hear people screamin'
Makin' love, fakin' like their feeling
But I've learned that the best way to dance
Is to take it one step (one step)
One step forward and take two steps back
The only way we can discover all we know about each other
If we take our time and let it happen tonight
So put your best foot forward
Wear your Sunday's best
Wear a smile all the while, until there's no time left
To see that these things never turn out right
You're calling me I'm calling her
It makes no difference you're a beautiful girl
I said you're calling me I'm calling her
It makes no difference that you're beautiful
Ooh-ooh
You're calling me I'm calling her
It makes no difference you're a beautiful girl
I said you're calling me I'm calling her

I've got the pictures of the memories of running with
the gang.
Black and white on paper, but in my head the colors
never fade.
That was before, when nothing else took precedence over
saving the world.
We used to draw lines in the sand that none of us would
dare to cross.
We'd go on secret missions to stop the villain's pian,
at any cost.
That was before, when nothing else took precedence over
saving the world.
When was the last time you, you laughed so hard you
cried?
Don't let these days fly by, because you can't turn
back time, how hard you try.
I've finally given up on being grown.
There's too much life to live before you end.
I've finally given up on being grown.
There's too much to live before you end.
That was before, when nothing else took precedence over
saving the world.
When was the last time you, you laughed so hard you
cried?
Don't let these days fly by, because you can't turn
back time, how hard you try.
When was the last time you, you laughed so hard you
cried?
Don't let these days fly by, because you can't turn
back time, how hard you try.
Don't let these days fly by, because you can't turn

You hold your head in your hands
Your pregnant sighs are fully loaded
You hold your breath like a gun
Or just like a grenade before you throw it
Into the first place that you belong
Straight at the first face you can count on
You couldn't be more wrong
Not if you said the world was flat
And were the only one
You're scared they'll lead you on
But if you just leat your guard down
You'll find you're one of them
That bitter taste in your mouth
Shows you're still reeling from rejection
That cautious pace with which you walk
Shows just how quick you'll change direction
Out of the first place that you belong
Away from faces you can count on
Your hollow chest will rust
Or maybe cave in from lack of trust
You're grasping out at straws
You think everybody's out to pick at your flaws
You couldn't be more wrong

What would you do if you were me?
Impatience wears so easily.
How many times is a second chance?
Can I count all those times with my two hands?
I know you're just sorry,
but I don't know if that means more than just goodbye.
Tell me the same old story.
Faking a smile, you can't hide behind your eyes.
You know that I'm willing to forgive.
All of those times, I will relive.
I count all the times that you come back.
I count the days until you pack.
I know you're just sorry,
but I don't know if that means more than just goodbye.
Tell me the same old story.
Faking a smile, you can't hide behind your eyes.
I'm sick and tired of being sick of you.
You're running out of time.
I hate to see you cry.
I know you're just sorry,
but I don't know if that means more than just goodbye.
Tell me the same old story.
Faking a smile, you can't hide behind your eyes.
I know you're just sorry,
but I don't know if that means more than just goodbye.
Tell me the same old story.
Faking a smile, you can't hide behind your eyes.

Well, am I defecting?
Well, I don't know
I fell under the spell of Tokyo Rose
All those hot nights in the jungle with the rockets' red
glare
I heard all of those bombs
They were everywhere
Come and check out my condition
Honey, I'm in love with your transmission
I waited up for you every night
I hear your voice, and the jungle's bright
I once bought a magic marker
The kind with permanent ink
I wrote down all my bad thoughts
I got them all, I think
In every bathroom stall
On every vacant wall
Highly classified information
I exposed it all
Everybody wants to be unopposed
We leave the straight and narrow for the lowest of roads
We all need somebody to lie to us, I suppose