Somewhere in the distance---somewhere down the line
A trace of an illusion is etched upon my mind
A fool's infatuation poundin' in my brain
I fell into your face before I ever knew your name
You're no stranger--you know what I like...
You got me in a cross fire, drivin' in my car
You come on like a daydream, you move just like a star
Your lips are my persuasion, your love will be my cure
The path of least resistance is all I can endure
You're no stranger--you know what I like...
Miles of conversation...it's all between the lines
You're in the "A" rotation, you're with me all the time
Our love will go the distance--however near and far
In all of my confusion, I know just who you are
Your love is my life--I live my life for your love
Only two can be right--yours are the arms that I'm dreamin' of
Though the powers that be may confuse me
I know in your heart you won't lose me
For once in my life my dream is alive
Never forgotten when I call out to you
Your love is my life--I live my life through your love
Always knew it could feel so right--yours are the arms that I'm dreamin' of
Though the powers that be may deceive me
I know in my heart you won't leave me
Our promise is made--our dream can come true
Crimes are forgotten when I call out to you
Though we're worlds apart, you're right by my side
The door it lies open--we're too hot to hide
For once in my life my feelin's are true
Time makes me certain--hear me call out to you
Stranger, stranger...
I...don't know where I'm goin'
But what I'm leavin' behind...I already know
Run...the streets have no ending
But what I'm hopin' to find...I just can't ignore
I live to be strong...I want to be king
But I act so unwise--look how foolish I've been
When time after time...I try to be me
But I look down inside--it's the stranger I see
Stranger, stranger...stranger to myself
I was born on the other side of life
I'm just a stranger...stranger to myself
Never thought I'd ever cry
Never thought we'd ever be denied
Stranger to myself...
Why...are my thoughts so uncertain
Will I ever unwind...this damage I've done
Love--It's a fight--it's your life--it's not over
Can you look at me now...and show me I'm wrong
For once in my life...I want to be good
But I'm playin' the bad boy...much more than I should
When time after time...I try to explain
Those voices inside...they're callin' out again
Stranger, stranger...stranger to myself
I was born on the other side of life
I'm just a stranger...stranger to myself
Who'd have thought we'd ever hide
Who'd have thought we'd ever be denied
Now don't ask me why...I don't really know
But sure as I'm breathin' I've got to let it go
The eyes of a man...see the world of a child
The door it lies open--won't you step inside and see the
Stranger...stranger to myself
I was born on the other side of life
I'm just a stranger...stranger to myself
Who's to fall if you won't try
Who's to fall if you won't try...you won't try...you don't wanna try
And so the knife comes down...another curtain falls
And no one hears the sound...and no one takes the call
From me and my anxiety...locked up in these four walls
I come to you now I'm alone...with my defenses down
I tell you everything I need...I get down on the ground
I always know that when I go...that I'll be back again
Shocked straight--doctor can you get my medicine
Shocked straight--doctor can't you see the shape I'm in
Shocked straight--doctor when you gonna let me in
If I could listen to my mind...and keep the world outside my door...
But time has opened up my eyes and shown me somethin' more
Now all I want is to be free...and get up off the floor
Why can't you look into my heart...
Why can't you ever let me know
You're always takin' me apart...you're never lettin' go
There's always somethin' on your mind...
This ain't reality
Shocked straight--doctor can you get my medicine
Shocked straight--doctor can't you see the shape I'm in
Shocked straight--doctor when you gonna let me in
Why you be so hard
Why you be so hard
Why you be so hard
I know it's gonna take some time...for me to straighten out my head
To say what's on my mind...to hear those words I said
And while I'm tryin' to learn to feel...
You keep on tellin' me...
Shocked straight--doctor can you get my medicine
Shocked straight--doctor can't you see the shape I'm in
Shocked straight--doctor when you gonna let me in
Shocked straight...
Shocked straight...
Shocked straight...when you gonna let me in
Why you be so hard
Why you be so hard
Got myself a woman...or I should say I try
To keep the faith 'fore it gets too late
Hold her down when she wants to fly
Always tryin' to tell me...how it ought to be
And if I treat her right then she won't be the end of me
I don't know why...
She cast my life in shame
But everytime she walk I seem to fall down on my honor
She's got rhythm...rocks me to my soul
Hey!...the girl's all right
She's got rhythm...steers me when I roll
Hey!...the girl's all right
What's she tryin' to say
Does she ever hear me at all
Everyday there's somethin' that she wants
Tells me things that I can't recall
Nails me down--she's a hammer
Can't see no way out
Of all the ways you can run these days--you can't out-run the mouth
I don't know why
At times she can go on
But if by chance we meet I know
With her it won't be wrong
She's got rhythm...rocks me to my soul
Hey!...the girl's all right
She's got rhythm...scares me, then I know
Hey!...the girl's all right
Sometimes I fail to notice...sometimes I play too rough
But when I feel I'm losin' her
Well then I've had enough
Knows my limitations...and she always calls my bluff
I take back what I said tonight
She's got rhythm...rocks me to my soul
Hey!...the girl's all right
She's got rhythm...scares me, then I know
Rhythm, rhythm...rhythm, oh-oh
Rhythm, rhythm...rhythm, oh-oh
It's the rhythm of the changing tides
It's the stars against a moonless night
When two bodies learn to move as one
It can bring you back where you belong
To the rhythm, rhythm...rhythm, oh-oh
Rhythm, rhythm...rhythm, oh-oh
It's the changing of the day to night
It's the color of the grass in spring
When you're wrong it's tryin' to make it right
You can be just what you want to be
Feel the rhythm...rhythm, rhythm
Rhythm...rhythm, oh-oh
Now I have travelled far
To wrap my world around you, oh-oh
And I have lingered on to find the colors of my rainbow
Now I have soldiered on
To build a bridge between us, oh-oh
And I have lingered long to find
The colors in your rainbow
It's the color of the grass in spring
Or the stars against a moonless sky
When two bodies move as one
When two lovers groove on
You can be what you want to be
You can be most anything
Feel the rhythm
Now I have travelled far
To build a bridge between us, oh-oh
And I will linger on...to find the colors in your rainbow
You turn me on...your tear me up
You tear me up...you turn me on
You turn me on...you set me up
You set me up...you turn me on
I saw you for the first time yesterday
You looked at me but somethin' wasn't right
A face I thought I'd come to know by heart
Now hidden by a mask with no reveal
Just when I thought I knew you
I can feel no pulse inside your mind-machine
I can feel no pulse...you stripped my senses clean
I can feel no pulse...there's just your mind-machine
You say that you got feelin's just like me
You prove it as you throw me out the door
I'm reelin' from your sensitivity
Is this the shape of better things to come
I'm frightened for the future
I can feel no pulse inside your mind-machine
I can feel no pulse...you stripped my senses clean
I can feel no pulse...inside your mind-machine
I can feel no pulse...you broke my mind-machine
Inside your world it's cold and blue as ice
Where no one speaks and no one need reply
To questions that I've asked a thousand times
No answer to the riddles that you keep
It must be hard to be you
I can feel no pulse inside your mind-machine
I can feel no pulse...you stripped my senses clean
I can feel no pulse...inside your mind-machine
I can't stop...it always gets the best of me
I can't stop...been holdin' out so long
I can't stop...whenever you get close to me
I can't stop...I'm really not that strong
I don't wanna grow apart
I don't wanna drift away
I don't wanna come apart
We can surely find a way
Now I don't mind...lookin' at the photographs
I find myself...holdin' back the tears
And I don't mind...when I read the words you wrote to me
'Cause I got time...to silence all my fears
I don't want us torn apart
I don't wanna slip away
I don't want us torn apart
Give me just another day
I don't wanna throw it all away
I don't wanna lose my hold
I don't wanna throw it all away
I don't wanna lose my...whoa...
I can't stop...I'm holdin' back the memories
But Hercules...is not my middle name
Walls will fall...and you'll be standin' next to me
And Hercules...will never be the same
I don't wanna fall apart
I don't wanna fade away
I don't wanna fall apart
Give me just another day
I don't wanna throw it all away
I don't wanna throw it all away
I don't wanna throw it all away
Destiny's a road we ride
Sight unseen--our thoughts untried
Through the years--a million miles
A trial of errors--a life of trials
There's a sign along the highway
There's a candle by my bed
There's a face in the doorway
There's a price on my head
Sweet release...come in peace
Sweet release...won't you carry me on
Sweet release...my falls increase
Sweet release...I'm not that strong
Sex machine will break you down
Strip you clean and take your crown
Wasted nights--rise and fall
One-way lights--they hide it all
Now I stand before the mirror
Hold the candle to my face
I can feel the scars burnin'
But they don't leave a trace
Sweet release...rest in peace
Sweet release...I toss and turn
Sweet release...come and teach me
Sweet release...we never learn
Black and white is black and red
None are right--but some are dead
Through every life the war drags on
Our hopes and dreams lie ripped and torn
Sweet release...give us peace
Sweet release...won't you carry me on
Sweet release...will it never cease
I'm rockin' tonite--I'm walkin' on air
Gonna find me some trouble--gonna grab my share
I want ya tonite--I want ya with me
Make me guilty of love in the first degree
(You want it all right)...We're goin' in style
Say you walk right--you talk right--and your hair's so wild
(Snow-white)--Hey that's not what I mean
We go down in the shadows and crawl between
Moonlight in the city brings the magic to your eyes
Freezin' a moment--leave me paralyzed
Breathe an emotion--set it dancin' in my ear
Bring on the rhythm when I hold you near
Take me in your arms--roll me through the night
Take me to your heart--rock me tonite
(You do it all right)--You're passion to see
You been schooled in the arts of romancin' me
(Hold tight)--You're in for a ride
Can you feel the blood poundin' way down inside
--No one's stoppin' us now--
We go down, down where the music's loud
(If it's all night)--Hey that's all right by me
Go and play on my love--play it all for me
Life's never easy--we can make it if we try
Takin' our chances--fac'em side by side
Live for the moment--on that we can agree
Come and take me where I long to be
Take me in your arms--roll me through the night
Take me to your heart--rock me tonite
A time for all...and all in time
A step beyond the borderline
Of who we are and where we long to be...
When every night you hear the sound
Of wakin' up and breakin' down
You find a chance and heave it all away
Take me in your arms--roll me through the night
Never was a man to make a name on promises
Never felt the urge to stake a claim
'Till I looked in your eyes...I've never really known
(In your eyes)the meanin' of it all
In your eyes I answer to the call
I been taken by the magic after all
Walkin' in the shadow of the names...relationships gone by
Thinkin' 'bout the plot that never changed
'Till I looked in your eyes...I've never really known
In your eyes, your thoughts I call my own
See your eyes shine on me as we go
So they lead me as we're windin' down the road
We can make it so fine
Take it time after time
Make it open wide
We go side by side
Always felt the loser, outa place...good luck would pass me by
Never knew the meanin' to the chase
'Till I looked in your eyes...I've lost but now I know
In your eyes I've found my chaperone
Special eyes--they touch the afterglow
They can make me see the logic of it all
I found your note this mornin'...
I didn't want to know
I locked the doors around me...
And tried to let it go
But I think back to yesterday...
To when I had a home
Oh I...oh-oh I...break down
Oh I...oh-oh I...break down
I wish it could be different...
And we hadn't gone so far
And I could show my weakness...
Then you wouldn't be so hard
Every time you walk away...
Now I fall down and I crawl
Oh I...oh-oh I...break down
Oh I...oh-oh I...break down
Catch me, I'm fallin'...I believe I'm fallin'
Catch me, I'm fallin'...right down
Catch me, I'm fallin'...I believe I'm fallin'
Catch me, I'm fallin'...right down
I'm scared to let you hold me...
I'm scared to let you go
I'm scared that you might know me...
In a way I'd never know
Every night I steal away...
But comin' back's so hard
Oh I...oh-oh I...break down
Oh I...oh-oh I...break down
Catch me, I'm fallin'...believe I'm fallin'
Catch me, I'm fallin'...right down
Catch me, I'm fallin'...hear me, I'm callin'
Catch me, I'm fallin'...right down
Get your master key...open up your doors
Set your servants free...they won't come no more
Wrapped my life in chains...gave my everything
Learned to feel no pain...now everyday I wake up
ANGRY...ANGRY I said
ANGRY...ANGRY I said
You pack me in your car...you drive my life away
But you only go so far...won't take me all the way
I tried so hard to please...take my place in line
Begged you on my knees...now all I got makes me
ANGRY...ANGRY I said
ANGRY...ANGRY I said
Your mantle's 'bout to fall
Your grip's gonna come undone
Nobody hear you call...no flowers from anyone
I'm gettin' down off the rack...I'm takin' this baby back
ANGRY...
I've wasted too much time
I'm gettin' down off the rack
I'm packin' up all my crimes...and I ain't comin' back
Your mantle's 'bout to fall...your mantle's bound to fall
No heaven after all...no heaven after all
ANGRY...no heaven after all
ANGRY...no one to break your fall
ANGRY...no heaven after all
I watch you on the tv--you're with me every place I go
I'm caught up in the daydream--I'm into everyone you know
Turn on the action--grab every minute
Learn every lesson--then live to regret it
I'm so distracted--my mind's disengaged
Sharin' the moments when you're all the rage
I got my eyes on you
Got my eye on you...
Those overnight conditions always get the best of you
You're fuelin' my suspicions--I'm taken by the sneak preview
You got the numbers--you got no limits
One day you're out but the next day you're in it
You find the answers--you know what to say
Give us our reasons for livin' today
I got my eyes on you
Got my eye on you...
We share the laughter and pain when you're in it
Bring on disaster--cause we know you'll win it
We're all believers--so watch what you say
Turn on those feelin's...I can't look away
I got my eyes on you
Say I can't get next to you
Doesn't matter what can I do
You charge me up and wring me through
No I can't get next to you
I feel the heat...you turn it on
I feel the beat poundin'
You make me weak...you trip me up
I feel my heart boundin'
Make it so hard on me
Make me too blind to see
Turn on your light...make it so right
Don't leave me lonely...I get so lonely
Say I can't get next to you
Doesn't matter --what I do
You won't deliver and I can't get through
No I can't get next to you
I climb the walls you're buildin' up
I find your halls alarmin'
You know my weakness...you suck it up
Take my heart and chuck it
Gimme one chance to see
Gimme one dance for free
Gimme one night...make it so right
Look to your left--look to your right
Look to yourself--look for a fight
If looks could kill, I'd be dead on sight
Oo yea--you're dynamite
Pushin' yourself--think you're so nice
Foolin' yourself--never think twice
Everything goes--keep me on ice
You kind of love cuts me down like a knife
I see your demons marchin' into my life
Don't want your hand-me-downs
Play it all wrong--say it's all right
Play it too strong--play it too tight
Take it too far--do it in spite
Oo yea--you're such a fright
(Spirit lives on) In the past
(Passion ignites) You been movin'
(Movers move on) Much too fast
(Soldiers must fight) Shakin' me up--move to indict
We're bound to lose when you start to fight
I see your secrets steppin' into the light
Don't want your hand-me-downs
Say it's all wrong--say it's good night
Say it's so long--take a big bite
Say what you will--say it just right
Oo yea--get out of sight
(Gonna hang tough) oo yea
(Gonna hang tight) Should I lose ya
(Ya wanna play rough) I don't care
(We'll do it up right)
I read the news...I seen the light
I got to move when the time is right
Get me my ticket and I'm outa sight
Don't want your hand-me-downs
Look to your left--look to your right
I get up--I run through the world like a fire
Heat it up--I swim in the flames of desire
Chase it if you care--take it if you dare--it's there in the air...
Answer to the gun--dance in the sun--run boy run...
Run for your life--you're movin' on and on
The art of survival is turnin' me on
And I'll be chasin' it all night long (don'tcha wanna live)
I get out--I roam through the streets like a tiger
Let it out--I swing like a bird on a wire
Everywhere you go everybody knows--oh don'tcha know...
Everythin' you do--anybody new--they're all on to you...
Fight for your life--turn it all around
The art of survival isn't gettin' me down
From over the air comes a voice without care
Says we're doin' all right
But day out and day in from what he's been sayin'
We're in for a fight
I glance at myself and the world rushin' by
I can see for myself and the fear comes alive
Shades of termination--we're dyin' to survive
1984
Machine is the mind--it will rule by design
So you're never alone
We store information without confirmation
Accept the unknown
I think to myself of the times we have tried
To be true to ourselves and to live with the lie
Avoid the contradictions--just keep yourself alive
1984
I can't help it...I can't help it...I can't help it...
Life is your decision--we choose to do or die
Can you live with the reality of 1985
Polite conversation ain't no consolation
For blanks in your eyes
Amidst the confusion there lives the illusion
That love will survive
But I got a chance with myself if I try
To be sure of myself and myself choose to try
Fight for stimulation and love to stay alive
1984
In the heart of the night you come on like fire
In the light of dawn leave me cold and tired
When you think of love
Tell me what you see
And when you dream, do ya dream of me
Feel the passion deep inside
It's in your blood and you just can't hide
You want some lovin' but your heart's tied up
Try to run but you can't say stop
Hold me baby--take me higher
Take a chance--set your world on fire
You want some lovin' but your heart's tied up
Now the truth is out--honey can't you see
I'm tied to you and you belong to me
But when we get too close I feel you push away
Nothin' I do's gonna make you stay
Tears are clashin'--worlds collide
You won't let go and you don't know why
You want some lovin' but your heart's tied up
Gimme fever--you burn me hot
Touch me baby--walk the wire
Tell me 'no'--then your heart's a liar
You need some lovin' but your heart's tied up
Try to run but you can't say stop
Hold me baby--take me higher
Take a chance--set your world on fire
You need some lovin' but your heart's tied up
Hold me baby--take me higher
Touch me baby--walk the wire
Roll me darlin'--light my fire
You're born into life--learn to discover
They take you for life--no time to recover
Work, baby work
Roll with the mob--dance to the rhythm
Give all you got and take what you're given
Work, baby work
Hold back the pain--fight for the fever
Work for your girl--work hard to relieve her
Work, baby work
Everyday you fight with your job
Fight with your lover hold back the mob
Run for your cover
Work, baby work
Break out tonite--reach out, now don't let go
Put all your guns away
Turn out the light--reach out, now let me know
It all works out-oh yea
Life, she's a bitch--grab on to it
It ain't whatcha do, it's all how ya do it
Work, baby work
Pray to your god--never say 'never'
Run for your life if it takes you forever
Work, baby work
Don't hurry now--kick back, now take it slow
Put all your guns away
Break out tonite--tomorrow surely knows
It all works out--oh yea
You see 'em comin' at you every night
Strung on pretension they fall for you at first sight
You know their business--you think it's a bore
They make you restless--it's nothin' you ain't seen before
Get around town, spend your time on the run
You never let down...say you do it for fun
Never miss a play, though you make quite a few
You give it all away when everybody wants you
You crave attention--you can never say "no"
Throw your affections anyway the wind blows
You always make it--you're on top of the scene
You sell the copy like the cover of a magazine
Puttin' on the eyes 'til there's nobody else
You never realize what you do to yourself
The things that they see make the daily reviews
You never get free when everybody wants you
Everybody knows you
Everybody snows you
Everybody needs you...leads you...bleeds you
Nights of confusion and impossible dreams
Days at the mirror, patchin' up around the seams
You got your glory--you paid for it all
You take your pension in loneliness and alcohol
Say goodbye to conventional ways
You can't escape the hours--you lose track of the days
The more you understand, seems the more like you do
Find yourself in the middle of the night
With a stranger in the darkness--somethin' don't seem right
Ask yourself 'whatever does it mean?'
You feel you don't belong here--still you're drawn into the scene
Take yourself to the middle of a dream
In a foreign situation nothin's really what it seems
You're not alone--through the static in your mind
There's a long-distance lover on your night-line
From outa nowhere you meet a man--says 'the time is right'
You never knew him--you can't get to him
But when ya do--you'll see the light
I put a spell on you
I'll look you up--I'll break you down
I put a spell on you
Time goes on--like a soldier in the rain
Now you've been around the world and now you're goin' back again
Tell yourself that there's somethin' more to gain
When you step into the fire you can never be the same
I see you movin'--you can't go home and you don't know why
You look for somethin'--you feel that somethin'
Will pull ya through--now wrong or right
I put a spell on you
I watch you walk--you won't get far
I put a spell on you
It keeps you movin'--what will you do when your time is right
You take that somethin'--I'll give ya somethin'
Don'tcha know--I think you might
You can't get up--you can't get down
You can't sit still--you never settle down
Don't say you love me--just say--'huh'!
You love runs hot--your love runs cold
You can't get loose until you get control
Don't say you love me--just say--'huh'!
Don't say you love me--just say--'all right'
You're scared to win--you're scared to lose
You're scared to live with the life you choose
Don't say you love me--just say--
You can't say 'yes'--you can't say 'no'
Your mind's made up--you don't know where to go
Don't say you love me--whatcha say?
Don't say you love me--just say--'huh'!
I can see you comin' round again
I can feel you but I can't say when
Over and over--wanderin' through the years
Life is a diamond--love is a trail of tears
Sometimes I want you--sometimes I want to fly
I know when I find you
No one can stop me now--break you
Don't let me go--Don't let me
Watchin' the seasons--can't let you pass me by
Turnin' the pages--why do we have to lie
You are the reason--yours are the final eyes
And when I hold you
No one can touch me now--break-through
Don't let me go--Don't let me
Never wanna say goodbye--never wanna make you cry
Never wanna see you go
Now every time I close my eyes
You're the one who makes me realize
Another time, another place for you and me
Is that the way it has to be
I can see it in your eyes--I can feel it inside
This is real--now we're right back where we started
Stolen hours are all we ever know
It's so hard to let you go
And in the air that I breathe there's a chill when you leave
Don'tcha know--one day will be forever
I don't care what's wrong or right
I only know you are mine tonite
And for a while we can hold on tight
That's all I know--you are mine tonite
Simple answers we may never find
Tell your heart to give it time
Now there's a road if we dare--no one said love was fair
But one day--one day we'll be together
I don't care what's wrong or right
I only know you are mine tonite
And for a while we can hold on tight
That's all I know--you are mine tonite
Oh-oh--am I lost in this dream, I can't escape
Oh-oh--there must be some way outa here
Tough day on the firin' line, dontcha wanna make some time
Come down take a chance or two, I'll be lookin' out for you
Run all night, slip all day
Make me crazy baby, don't you wait
I got the key to the powerhouse
I got the key to the powerhouse
I got the key, you can't lock me out
C'mon baby we can work out--work out--work
Cold steel rollin' down the track--big wheel gonna break your back
Love's not an easy thing--love'll show ya everything
Drive all night--slum all day
Take me closer baby--don't you wait
I got the key to the powerhouse
I got the key to the powerhouse
C'mon down you can knock me out
C'mon baby we can work out--work out--work
Run all night, slip all day
Make me crazy baby, don't you wait
Drive all night, slum all day
There is a course in life...so all the teachers say
It calls you day and night...it takes your thoughts away
Under a frozen light you face a long crusade
Where there's a cause you fight...where there's a cost you pay
Find an empty heart...you feel the passion play
It's when reactions start that you can't look away
There is no wrong or right--there's just your point of view
But when you face the light then it will come to you
Love is the hero...soldier forever
Life below zero...never say never
There is no sacrifice...there is no dead-end street
There is no sound advice...only the watch you keep
With every step you take through every room of fear
With every move you make the song will pull you near
Turn you world around and it will come your way
Through your cold-chill nights and in your hard-earned days
When you face the light it may be hard to do
But when it's all too right then it will come to you
Love is the hero...soldier forever
Love is the hero...you live to remember
No path is too steep...no distance too wide
No question too deep...no force can divide
You fortune you seek...the road will unwind
You're comin' to me...to search is to find
And when you start to fall into that frozen space
And when you reach the wall and there's no sunny place
And when it all comes down you make it anyhow...anyway
Early in the mornin' I'm layin' on my bed
Stickin' to the rhythm of the music in my head
Rockin' in the mirror...rollin' out the door
Hop into the car and put the pedal to the floor
Callin' out your number--I'll take you for a ride
Find something to keep me satisfied
Runnin' for the money...layin' out the green
It's a tax accountant's nightmare--it's a rock 'n roll dream
The income may be different but the outcome's still the same
You'll never be a winner boy until you play the game
Hounded to distraction...racin' to and fro
Losin' my direction keepin' up my status quo
Now I tried - tried - tried - tried
It just don't seem to keep me satisfied
A hundred-thousand miles in a 747
Take it all in style if you wanna get to heaven
Chasin' all the action every single night
Never understand it but you try to do it right
Ragged 'round the edges...none the worse for wear
Cuttin' all the corners but they never get me there
Now I try - try - try - try
It's not over til it's over...it's not over til the end
It's not over til it's over...so we struggle to pretend
Hesitation makes you over...we all walk in our own way
Shadows deepen when it's over...through the summer of longer days
Cast in the call of a million smiles blown away
Everytime you fall it's a thousand times torn away
Castles built to fall with the sands of time wash away
No escapin' til it's over...friends will say it's not the same
Memories falter when it's over...some are lost and some remain
Someone take me when it's over...set a lantern by the door
Can't forget you...but I can't hold on...toss the anchor from off the shore
Cast in the call of a million smiles blown away
Everytime you fall it's a thousand times torn away
Castles built to fall with the sands of time wash away
Castles built to fall with the sands of time wash away
...Will the moment come again
When the lights blow and anything goes and nobody knows
When the sparks fly from in your eye and you don't know why
In a tight squeeze, you're on your knees--you're into the freeze
Then the right sound can bring you 'round--put your right side down
It keeps you rockin'
On a hot night you feel all right--you're wound up tight
On the next day you over-play--wanna fade away
In a cold rain, your love in vain--make you go insane
Bring you right down and turn you 'round--gotta hear that sound
It keeps you rockin'
Take this fight, wherever it takes you
Wrong or right, don't let it shake you
Fight the fight, whatever it makes you
That's all right--I know you can break through
In the right crowd you act so loud--got your head in the clouds
It's a far cry from days gone by...it ain't no lie
Out the back door...you make the score...you come back for more
Find the right son--it won't be wrong--you can sing along
Turn through the pages back in your life
The world in changes got you under the knife
It don't turn easy...no matter what you say
You go 'round crazy...you throw it all away
Lost in action...torn and tired
Cool talkin' when your face is on fire
Scarred romances...cast away
Rollin' stoned...don't turn away
Break the silence
Send a message...a message of love
Lost through the ages back in your mind
You know what's yours...can you tell me what's mine
Old man trouble come knockin' at your door
He run you in circles...throw you down on the floor
Crimes of passion...paranoid
Showdown...now it's search and destroy
Close relations...bound and gagged
Share the news...don't turn away
Break the silence
Send a message...a message of love
Heads and shoulders...ball and chain
Don't charge me when I try to explain
Reputations...modern jivers
Gentle souls...all break the silence
Break the silence
I been fakin' my past...
But now I know my connection is comin' through
I put my ass on the line when you walk by...
Hey--so what's new
Don't look now she's inchin' up behind
Don't look now in the creases of your mind
Don't stop now...we're movin' much too fast
Gonna find out where you draw the line
Here she come now...she tunes so fine
There's a lady with a tenor sax
Cool baby drives a mean Cadillac
Lady with a tenor sax
You gotta meet her on her own level--don't look back
Don't look back...don't look back
Cause she's right behind you with a tenor sax
She jives, she's so bad
She's a tango with a big, big business sense
She wind you up--but could I know her better...
But if you wanna buy--get off the fence
Don't walk now...you'll slip into the past
Don't walk now...can nothin' ever last
Don't look now...the chips are gonna fall
Sooner of later you're gonna be mine
Here she come now, oh yeah yeah
She's a lady with a tenor sax
She call your number, put your face on the map
Lady with a tenor sax
She make the cool walk
She's a lady with a tenor sax
When you find what you're after there'll be no turnin' back
Lady with a tenor sax
They say she know why--I think she know, think she know, yea
Don't walk now...you'll slip into the past
Don't walk now...can nothin' ever last
Don't look now...the chips are gonna fall
Sooner or later you're gonna be mine
Here she come now, oh yeah yeah
She's a lady with a tenor sax
In a room full of precedent she's leader of the pack
Lady with a tenor sax
She know why...she know why...she know
She's a lady with a tenor sax
Soul baby cuts a groove on her back
I been a traveller for more than too few years
I learned my lessons...I stilled my fears
My sole possessions--they steer me through it all
Sweet dreams and innocence--the cushion my falls
Feel the passion run you blind
See the vision dancin' in my mind
One good woman, who's all of what she seems
One good woman to share my dreams
One good woman--put all the games aside
One good woman--make the most of our lives
We live a life of fact and fantasy
We alter circumstance to fit our needs
We gain in fortune, but we lose in time
One door will open and one will close behind
Find the loner from the pack
Storm the mansions--I ain't never turnin' back
One good woman...she's all I hope to find
One good woman--think of me in kind
One good woman..she won't get me down
One good woman--turn my head around
Keepin' her distance..but oh she don't let go
One good woman...she makes it so
Over the air-waves, or across the sea
Sometimes I wonder...think I just can't stand no more
Can't seem to find myself, or what it is I'm lookin' for
People call out my name
Lately things they don't seem the same
That's when I know...I gotta make the rounds again
Find yourself in the danger-zone
Reachin' out through the under-tones
Chase the spirit you can't control
The inner notions 're takin' hold
Listen to the heartbeat
I remember those cold cold nights...we'd stay up all night long
I can remember you holdin' out...and I'd be holdin' on
You can put out my fire
You can stir up my one desire
You can make me wonder how we could ever shy away
You bet your life on that rendezvous
Close your eyes and it all comes true
Cast your fortune into the wind
Those inner notions'll pull you in
You got a lot to learn
You play in the fire
You might get burned
You gotta sacrifice
You're playin' the victim
Of your own device
You try to understand
The comb in the ashes
Isn't what you planned
You, it gets you every time
You're chasin' the visions
They're nowhere to find
Learn how to give
Learn how to take
Learn how to live
Before it's too late
You got the restless eyes
They turn to distraction
There's no compromise
You gotta take some time
And fight for the answers
They're hard to find
You now don'tcha fantasize
Start makin' your chances materialize
Learn how to bend, learn how to break
Learn how to mend broken heartaches
Learn to forgive, learn how to wait
Learn how to live before it's too late
Run from the light
And you lock all your doors
It's harder to fight
When you've gone down before
The scene's 're so right
But they play out so wrong
So into the night it goes on
Down in the dungeon I'm having a hard time
I get my love on condition and my Dewar's without lime
Up in the tower you're countin' the fault lines
(I say) I am who I am---whadda you want from me
Long distance warfare from over the phone lines
Terminal airfare--I'm crossin' the red line
Can't tell the diff'rence 'tween a "wait" and a "walk" sign
But you know who I am---whadda you want from me (nah yeah)
You preach forgiveness but once in a dog's day
Naw but nobody listens to everything you say
You want the business, ya have it your own way
But you know who I am---whadda you want from me
Now I can't see no maybe, I can't see it at all
I seen through you baby, You wanna have it all...you take me to the wall
(ow!)
Whadda you want from me...
(I said)you know who I am---whadda you want
I done what I can---take what you want
Walkin' through the streets just the other day
Caught up in the traffic--I can never get away
Runnin' here, runnin' there
No satisfaction anywhere
I do my work--ain't enough anymore
It takes the mornin' after to forget the night before
Too daze gone...too daze gone
I'm broke down, insufferable--my mind is on the blink
It's later than you think and I'm too daze gone
Went to see a friend just the other day
Had a drink or two and we blew the night away
Takin' in another show...how we live I'll never know
I can't remember the things that we said
Now all I got is this achin' in my head
Too daze gone...too daze gone
I'm broke down, insufferable--my mind is on the blink
It's later than you think and I'm too daze gone
Gone through the games that you want me to play
Gone past the rules that you put in my way
Racin' past your limit--ain't no right and wrong
Past the point of carin'--too daze gone
Couldn't raise my head just to save the day
I do my penance--try to keep the world at bay
Outa sight, outa mind...ills you don't expect to find
I learned my lesson a thousand times too
Don't make no impression--one thing I can do
Now everybody have you heard
If you're in the game, then the stroke's the word
Don't take no rhythm, don't take no style
Got a thirst for killin', grab your vile...
You put your right hand out give a firm hand-shake
Talk to me about that one big break...
Spread your ear-pollution both far and wide...
Keep your contributions by your side and stroke me, stroke me
Could be a winner boy, you move quite well...
You got your number down...
Say you're a winner but man you're just a sinner now
You put your left foot out keep it all in place...
Work your way right into my case
First you try to bed me you make my backbone slide
But when you found you bled me-- skip on by... keep on---stroke me, stroke me
Give me the business all night long...
You're so together boy...
Say you're a winner but man you're just a sinner now
Better listen now (said) it ain't no joke
Let your conscience fail ya, just do the stroke
Don'tcha take no chances keep your eye on top
Bend your back by the light o' the sun
You come to the business--you're the number one
When twilight comes you're a runner in the night
It turns you on like a hot tail-light
Get down--you really get down--you never let down
Come down--you never come down--you never come down
Emotions in motion
Back street boy gonna sell you some sin
He'll wind you up--he gonna suck you in
The blood say yes--the mind say no
The voice in your ear say you go - go - go
Run down--you really run down--you really run down
Cool down--you never cool down--you better cool down
Emotions in motion
Give yourself to a life of extremes
You're into the action--it's a part of your dream
Now there're some things you never can tell
But when the door lies open throw your coins in the well
Get down--you really get down--you really get down
Right now--you want it right now--hold tight now
I read you like an autograph...you love the spotlight
You shoot me like a photograph...you get me uptight
You're gunnin' for me every day...go straight for the heart
Say you want me--you push me away...say it tears you apart
You're on the inside...I'm on the outside
Don't matter whose side...you take the other side
I can see you walkin' down the aisle...you're thinkin' long-range
I've seen you work the miracle mile for loose change
You can have it anyway you want...your fancy dinners in the restaurants
Even though they leave you hungry inside, it's a free ride
You show your bad side...it's so undignified
Get off your back-side...you're talkin' suicide
Go and be what you wanna be
Sink your time and your hooks in me
You can hold me down--take me 'round and 'round and 'round
You catch me when I'm 'bout to fall...but you leave me there
What really matters doesn't matter at all...you don't care
It's hard to figure in your life...it's a roundabout
You're makin' it so hard to give in...but you won't let me out
You take the right side...I'm on the wrong side
Life isn't easy from the singular side
Down in the hole some emotions are hard to hide
It's your decision it's a chance that you take
It's on your head it's a habit that's hard to break
Do you need a friend? Would you tell no lies?
Would you take me in? Are you lonely in the dark?
In the dark
In the dark
In the dark
You never listen to the voices inside
They fill your ears as you run to a place to hide
You're never sure if the illusion is real
You pinch yourself but the mem'ries are all you feel
Can you break away from your alibis?
Can you make a play? Will you meet me in the dark?
In the dark
In the dark
In the dark
In the dark
In the dark
Don'tcha need me...hey, hey
Don'tcha need me...oh yeah
Don'tcha leave me...hey, hey
Don'tcha need me...oh yeah
You take no int'rest no opinion's too dear
You make the rounds and you try to be so sincere
You guard your hopes and you pocket your dreams
You'd trade it all to avoid an unpleasant scene
Can you face the fire when you see me there?
Can you feel the fire? Will you love me in the dark?
In the dark
In the dark
In the dark
In the dark
In the dark
In the dark
In the dark
I rise at the break of day--your smile sets me on my way
I need you
See the light shinin' in your eyes--see the hopes that I realize
For you
I am alone...my odds are long...s'all I can do...
I need you...
Take the road where the eagle flies--man follows where his fortune lies
I leave you
Shadows fall and the day is done--the curtain calls but more than anyone
I need you
When I feel low...my amps they blow...when I feel blue
I need you...
And I forget all my sorrow, I forget all my pain
I relinquish my doubts at the sound of your name
I can feel your desire when I walk through that door
I believe in the power that can even the score
Never knew it could take so long--never knew it could feel so wrong without you
They say a woman knows the reasons why--no man ain't supposed to cry
I need you
When after all...my tears they fall...when I pull through...
We live in confusion-my world is a vice
Nobody gets out alive...but you can break through the ice-
Don't say no
My wounds are the open kind-
I bleed every day
I pry for a chance of mind...could you take me away-
Don't say no...
Take on the system,playin' on the wrong side
Spend all my money tryin' to have a good time.
Come round to see you from time to time-
weak in the knees and I'm busted...
Some people they treat me kind...Some drive me away...
Some people they blow your mind...its no easy today
Don't say No...
I live on the borderline...you come from the void
i beg you to cross the line-you take good care of your boy.
Don't say No.
Got me a ticket sittin on a gold mine
Send me the int'rest take me where the sun shines
Come 'round to see me from time to time
Bring it to me when I'm Busted....
One minute I'm outa time...I don't fit in your game
You kill me in over-time... I don't remember my name.
One minute your on my mind...next minute your gone
You tell me to read read the signs...they tell me we're on...
Lonely is the night when you find yourself alone
Your demons come to light and your mind is not your own
Lonely is the night when there's no one left to call
You feel the time is right--(say) the writin's on the wall
It's a high time to fight when the walls are closin' in
Call it what you like--It's time you got to win
Lonely, lonely, lonely--your spirit's sinkin' down
You find you're not the only stranger in this town
Red lights, green lights, stop 'n go jive
Headlines, deadlines jammin' your mind
You been stealin' shots from the side
Let your feelin's go for a ride
There's danger out tonight..the man is on the prowl
Get the dynamite...the boys are set to prowl
Lonely is the night when you hear the voices call
Are you ready for a fight--do you wanna take it all
Slowdown, showdown--waitin' on line
Showtime, no time for changin' your mind
Streets are ringin', march to the sound
Let your secrets follow you down
Somebody's watchin' you baby--so much you can do
Nobody's stoppin' you baby, from makin' it too
One glimpse'll show you now baby, what the music can do
One kiss'll show you now baby--it can happen to you
No more sleepin', wastin' our time
Midnight creepin's first on our minds
No more lazin' 'round the tv
She goes down
She...walks into your life so effortlessly
Makes you swallow...she go down
She make you look--she's trouble boy, oh yea
She'll take your life into her hands, oh yea
She goes down--she never gets enough
She goes down--she never gives it up
She...laughs at all the things you pretend to be
You're a gone boy...she's the one
She got the look--she's soul attraction
She'll lead you out across the line
She got the love that comes in colors
She got the touch that's hard to find
She wrote the book--spells trouble boy, oh yea
Run for your life--she'll make your plans, oh yea
She goes down--she never gets enough
She goes down--she'll never give it up
Cause she makes you...she go down
Say she'll take you ...she go down
She acts out all your dreams--she'll be your fantasy
You're a schoolboy in her arms and she'll teach you
She got the love that comes in colors
She got a touch that's hard to find
She got the gun--she's got the power
She'll shoot it up do you dare to try
She makes you...she go down
And she'll break you...stick around
She goes down--she never gets enough
She goes down--she never gets enough
She goes down--she'll never let you up
And she'll take you...she goes down
What's that sound...this poundin' in my head
The beat's so loud...got me tossin' in my bed
I been avoidin' it for too long
I can love 'em and leave 'em...
Then I can't go wrong
But that kinda love don't get you too far
...Leaves you out by back door
It's a strange strange fire...
Burns me when I'm touchin' you
It's a strange strange fire...
It's a strange strange fire...
What's that sound...this ringin' in my ears
The beat keeps poundin' (turn it up)
Now my time is drawin' near
Gotta get on with this emotion
Got my back to the wall...
Your devotion makes me...
Cry like a baby...and now I can't let go
It's a strange strange fire...
Burns me when I'm touchin' you
It's a strange strange fire...
It's a strange strange fire...
Standin' on the edge of...
Such a strange strange fire
I been watchin' you...
I found out where you sleep...
I hear the names you call...
And the company you keep...
It's an endless fight...
For an endless love...
Now I'm reachin' down inside...
Gonna find out what I want
It's a strange strange fire...
Burns me when I'm touchin' you
It's a strange strange fire...
It's a strange strange fire...
Standin' on the edge of...
Such a strange strange fire
It's a strange strange fire
It's a strange strange fire
It's a strange strange fire...
Burn me baby
Freedom rider...though you've tried
Words are not enough for you now...
It's hard on your pride
I can't find you...though I know you
You are just a step out of line...
Come closer to me
When the lines are drawn
And no one comes to break us down
And the walls that stood between us
Tumble to the ground
It's time to find someone to run to
I've got a place in mind
It's known as conscience point
It's where the clouds roll by
They say that nothin' really matters
I'm goin' out to find
Why people come this way
And put the past behind
You know there really is a reason
Changing faces...trading places
Nothing lasts anymore...it's hard when you try
Star-crossed lovers run for cover
I don't know if it's right...but I know how I feel
When you're tired of all those things
You never said before
And although you've tried you never opened that door
It's time to find someone to run to
We'll run the roads tonite
We'll meet at conscience point
I look into your eyes
You say that nothin' really matters
If I could change your mind
If you would look my way
And leave it all behind
You'd know you really mean so much to me
When you've tired of all those things
You've never done before
And you never took the time
To fall in love before
You've got to find someone to...yea
We'll run the roads tonite
We'll meet at conscience point
I'll look into your eyes
And know that somethin' really matters
'Cause we can change our minds
And we can find our way
And leave it all behind
'Cause you really mean that much to me
Conscience point...take a walk with me
And put it all behind
I saw you last night...alone in your dreams
You were so peaceful there...or that's how it seemed
But something is wrong...you feel it inside
No one can reach you there...but still you can't hide
'Cause dreams never lie
You can't if you try
It's not often easy to wake up...sometimes
Don't say good-bye...don't say it's over
Don't say good-bye to the dreams of our love
Don't say good-bye...keep dreamin' for us
A shot in the dark...like ships in the night
So we're both older now...well that's all right
'Cause visions live on where memories have died
We've walked that road before...we'll get there this time
Now I know you tried
You tell me that you've had enough
You think it might be easier to just give up
Don't say good-bye...don't say it's over
Don't say good-bye to the dreams of our love
Don't say good-bye...lean on my shoulder
Don't say good-bye...keep dreamin' for us
Tell ya baby...I can't stop thinkin'
'Bout all those times you walked on out my door
Now I don't want you...say I don't need it
But I'll never--no never...let you go
Don't say good-bye...and don't look back
Don't say good-bye to the dreams of our love
Don't look back...and don't say why
Don't turn back...keep dreamin' for us
Don't don't oh yea
Don't don't --say why
Keep on dreamin'
Keep dreamin' for us
These are the golden years
When people get what they want
And you can be one of them
'Cause you're old enough to burn
So you earn your star--you run from the pack
Sell the clothes from off of your back
And you'll go far--you'll never look back
Your dreams can never die
Welcome to the facts of life
Life on the edge of town...
No one could get near you
But one day you call to them
When they find you where it hurts
You can fall so far you never come up
All you've got is never enough
And just one word can make it so tough
Your dreams were not so wise...
You're runnin' through the facts of life
Oh you're runnin' from the facts of life
Oh you're runnin' from the facts of life
Oh you're runnin' from the facts of life
Oh you're runnin' from the facts of life
The first time I saw you
You were untouchable
You walked on the poet's heels
No one could deny you
Now you're lookin' for better things
Someone to get close to
A song everybody knows
...When you find out what it's worth...
And you come so far you'll never turn back
The stones they throw--they roll off your back
They make it hard--you like it like that
Your dreams will never die
When you go so far you'll never turn back
The stones they throw--you throw 'em right back
They play so hard--you like it like that
Our dreams become our lives
No more runnin' from the facts of life
No more runnin' from the facts of life
No more runnin' from the facts of life
No more runnin'...
No more runnin'...
So you're out to change the world
You can do it none too fast
You don't want to see your future
Wash away into the past
Now a change is gonna come...
Say it's written on the streets
But there's a monkey on your back
...Try to put him on a shelf
And you try to find in others
What you hide inside yourself
And you worry 'bout the war
And you try to understand
But forget about tomorrow
When you're playin' in the band
Stay young at heart
Stay young at heart
Now you've been around the world
Seen the shape of things to come
You begin to feel the damage
From the crazy things we've done
Now the lines are overdrawn
...See 'em bleedin' down your face
And there's a sore and scary monster...
She's-a comin' after you
Stay young at heart
Stay young at heart
You can't be too wise
So open your eyes
Stay young at heart...yea
Now you're weary from the war
But it's time to start again
And you don't know what you're fightin' for
But you'll fight until the end
Now forget about the future
Don'tcha try to understand
There's no need to fear tomorrow
Just keep playin' in the band
Stay young at heart
Stay young at heart
You can't be too wise
So open your eyes
Stay young...stay young
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