• Lyrics: play full screen play karaoke
• In Every Line - Giraffe
• The World Just Gets Smaller - Giraffe
• Progress - Giraffe
• From Here To There - Giraffe
• The Way Back Home - Giraffe
• Airdance - Giraffe
• Waiting For The Rain - Giraffe
• Holding On With Both Hands - Giraffe
• Welcome Home - Giraffe
• New Patriots - Giraffe
• All Fall Down - Giraffe
• Because Of You - Giraffe
• I Will Survive - Giraffe
• Image Maker - Giraffe

When this pen touches paper
Words will all conspire
To light up every darkened place
To kindle some truth's fire
But papers torn and crumpled
Tell a different tale
Of simple thoughts and easy rhymes
With every word for sale
I rewrite and I revise
I edit and refine
I never can quite get the care to show in every line
Cause some truths have no spokesman
And therefore hard to find
But wiser men than me have made them speak in every line
Cause art's a noble hobby if one has got the time
Behold the noble artist, his craft in every line
I rewrite and I revise
I edit and refine
I never can quite get the care to show in every line
No one will ever hear this song
I do it just for me
Although I cannot make you look
I can maybe make you see
I rewrite and I revise
I edit and refine

And I built my house
I built it on a hill
So I could see my enemy
From all directions
But I was scared to stay
And I was scared to leave
Cause it's one big world
Where no one knows your name
But with the meeting of our hands
The world just gets smaller
We feel the same, we understand
The world just gets smaller
Without the hate inside our hearts
The world just gets smaller
We'll never split this world apart
The world just gets smaller
So I wandered down
To where my neighbor lived
Cause I was lonely for
A new companion
But he would not look at me
Cause I was not like him
And it's one big world
When faces turn away
But with the meeting of our hands
The world just gets smaller
We feel the same, we understand
The world just gets smaller
Without the hate inside our hearts
The world just gets smaller
We'll never split this world apart
The world just gets smaller
Just keep 'em all in one place
No welcome for a strange face
Teeth shining under lips' curl
Sometimes it's such a big, big world
And I gathered sticks
And I gathered stones
So I could throw them out to show
That I was stronger
But I was scared to use them
And I was scared to let them go
Cause it's one big world
When each man stands alone
But with the meeting of our hands
The world just gets smaller
We feel the same, we understand
The world just gets smaller
Without the hate inside our hearts
The world just gets smaller
We'll never split this world apart
The world just gets smaller
Cause it's one big world where no one knows your name
Cause it's one big world when faces turn away
Cause it's one big world when each man stands alone
Cause it's one big world when no place feels like home

Oh no mother what have we done that you’re making us
suffer this way?
Something’s wrong, the air is too thin, it’s a little
too red
But I still hear the sound, forests torn from the
ground
Oh no mother where have we gone where there used to be
more of them?
Once proud creatures hard to believe they were hunted
away
Might their numbers have grown
If we’d left them alone
We gotta lose this river
We gotta lose this lake
Some day we’ll know we made a big mistake
We gotta build this freeway
And modernize this town
Someday we’re gonna watch them all fall down
Men of reason
Still we don’t understand
Somehow progress got a bit out of hand
Oh no mother who’s gonna stay and clean up the mess
we’ve made?
Just two million years we have used and been throwing
away
We’re a ravenous rind
Leaving ruins behind
We gotta lose these bison
We gotta lose these birds
Somday day I know we will regret these words
We gotta clear this forest
We’re gonna need more room
Sometime we’ll find we used it up too soon
Men of reason come to punish this land
Somehow progress got a bit out of hand
Once there was room for everyone
Progress run wild see what you’ve done
Once there was room for everyone
Progress run wild see what you’ve done
Once there was room for everyone
Everyone
Yeah
We gotta lose this river
We gotta lose this lake
Someday we’ll know we made a big mistake
We gotta build this freeway
And modernize this town
Someday we’re gonna watch them all fall down
We gotta lose these bison
We gotta lose these birds
Someday day I know we will regret these words
We gotta move this forest
We’re gonna need more room
Sometime we’ll find we used it up too soon
Make it better
Make it fit to our plans

And I'll build me a robot
And we'll look just the same
And I'll teach him the handshake
And I'll teach him the game
He won't feel empty
And I won't feel ashamed
And I'll find a way back home
And it's one for the money
And it's two for the show, yeah
And it's three to get ready
But there's no place to go, yeah
Cause I'm on the move now
But this world moves too slow
And I need a way back home
I need a way back home
I need a way

I was lost in the city when I chanced on a man
Who said he was Jesus, as he held out his hand
I tossed him a quarter and said, "I'm your biggest fan"
"Do you know the way back home?"
And the planet sits waiting for this man to appear
Who will solve all our problems and make everything
clear
Cause we are all prisoners of apathy and fear
And we've lost the way back home
We lost the way back home
Find the way back home
Find a way back home
Find the way back home
But there is no one coming with great things to say
There's no simple solutions, there's no last judgment
There's only the trying to find a better way
To look for the way back home
To look for the way back home
Find the way back home
Find a way back home
Find the way back home
Find a way back home
Find the way back home
I'm walking on pavement where old illusions fall
I'm struck by a sadness
Find a way back home
Find a way back home
Find a way back home
Find a way back home
Find a way back home
And the man who was Jesus lit his last cigarette
And he spoke in a whisper with a voice of regret
"You've all heard the answer, but you're not listening

Air dance
A simple truth mis-called simplicity
When lives are grains of sand
Air dance
When I have seen the hungry ocean gain
In hope, my verse shall stand
Maiden virtue, a beggar born, faithful sworn
Nothing stands but for nature's truth
Leave it all behind me now
Changing face - the beauty's vow
Air dance for me now
Air dance
Float above the clouds on silver wings
My love may still shine bright
Second chance
Protest the foothold for it might give away
Shalt I, so strong, lie here?
Simple truth called simplicity
A boundless sea
Thoughts that never can touch the ground
Leave it all behind me now
Changing face - the beauty's vow
Leave it all behind me now
Would you air dance with me now?
Air dance
Float above the clouds on silver wings

Remember when we used to talk the hours away
Remember when we laughed together
Lately I'm noticing a change of heart
And noticing the changing weather
I've been in love before and it always ends the same
I've heard the thunder now I am waiting for the rain
Waiting for the rain, waiting for the rain
Am I the fool who stands at the edge of his life
And burns his bridge before he crosses
Why do I believe that I can make it work
When any fool would count his losses
I've been in love before and it always ends the same
I've heard the thunder now I am waiting for the rain
Waiting for the rain, yeah, waiting, waiting
Painted smile on empty face
Protocol maintained
Missing piece of broken heart
Waiting for the rain
I've been in love before and it always ends the same
I've heard the thunder now I am waiting for the rain
I've been in love before and it always ends the same
Whoa, yeah, oh yeah, I'm waiting for the rain
Waiting for the rain, waiting, waiting

How did we ever come to this?
A careless word or an empty kiss
And I'm so brave to say I'm ready for the end
Until you say you are too
And then I'm holding on with both hands
And I know that it's not the way that it should be
Still I'm holding you with both hands
And I'm ashamed to love so desperately
And if the truth is that we're over
Then there are some truths I don't want to know
Cause I'm holding you with both hands
And I can't bear the thought of letting go
So I will close my eyes right now
Push back the tears I will not allow
But don't think that just because you've never seen me
I hurt any less than you do
Now I'm holding you with both hands
And I know that it's not the way that it should be
Still I'm holding you with both hands
And I'm ashamed to love so desperately
And if the truth is that we're over
Then there are some truths I don't want to know
Cause I'm holding you with both hands
And I can't bear the thought of letting go
And as you walk away I look to the ground
To see that it's still there under me
And I'll be holding on with both hands
And I know that it's not the way that it should be
Still I'm holding you with both hands
And I'm ashamed to love so desperately
And if the truth is that we're over
Then there are some truths I don't want to know
Cause I'm holding you with both hands

Teacher, teacher, teach me true
Teacher teach me right
There's the drum and bugle corps
Where's the guiding light?
And you say I'll find it out there
You've a dream that we can all share
So I'm a noble soldier
Cause I'm all that I can be
We'll fight the good fight and we'll win
With camaraderie
What can we tell you that would make it seem
As though this all were worthwhile?
Oh, welcome home
No, I know it's not the same
Cause now it's just a game
That we don't want to lose
No, no time to contemplate
My conscience was too late
And now I can't refuse
Teacher, teacher, teach me right
Teacher teach me true
Is there a ticker tape parade
Or medals when I'm through?
Ain't it funny how the time flies
And I see the world through your eyes
Hello mom and dad, it's me
I'm calling from the war
I'd love to stay and talk with you
But I must kill some more
What can we tell you that would make you feel
As though this all were worthwhile?
Oh, welcome home
No, I know it's not the same
Cause now it's just a game
That we don't want to lose
No, no time to contemplate
My conscience was too late

These are our churches
And this is our steeple
Open up the doors now
And see all our people
And this is our steeple
See all our people
Everybody's a new patriot
Everybody's a flag waver
Everybody's a new patriot
Everybody's an America saver
Open up the door now
And see all our people
Everybody's a new patriot
Everybody's a flag waver
I want to thank you, just thank you
Everybody's a flag waver
Everybody's an America saver
Want to thank you for keeping me whole
I want to thank you, just thank you
I want to thank you for keeping me free
I want to thank you for keeping me blind

I guess this is it, time for what's been called the
finale
And this one is quite a surprise
One of a kind, you'll never see this anywhere else
friends
Sort of brings tears to your eyes
All fall down
They all fall down
Be watching closely and you'll be impressed
An order is given and a button is pressed
And a light that is blinding and a sound that is shrill
Don't blink or you'll miss it, it's the end of free
will
Ashes to ashes
All fall down
Down, down, down, they all fall down
Buildings and bridges while we just stand around
Down, down, down, they all fall down
Even the tallest fall down
They all fall down
Look at them now, drawing little lines with their
speeches
Each daring the other to cross
It won't be long now cause one will make a stand he
believes in
Believing it's well worth the cost
The other gets angry, refuses to budge
Fueled by some understandable grudge
Now we wait quietly 'til the missile arrives
There's no need to shout about the end of our lives
Ashes to ashes
All fall down
Down, down, down, they all fall down
Buildings and bridges while we just stand around
Down, down, down, they all fall down
Someone unlocked the big cage, and the beast cannot be
found, oh
Down, down, down, they all fall down
Cities and nations all leveled to the ground
Down, down, down, they all fall down
It started up as untamed anger
But we can't erase our history
It's in our eyes, it's in our hearts
It's in our hand, we're just what we thought we would
Down, down, down, yeah, they all fall down
Buildings and bridges while we just stand around
Down, down, down, now gather 'round

And I don't know what to say
And I don't know where to go
And I don't know what to do
And it's all because of you
Cause you are the highest building
And I am the street
I guess it will take an earthquake
For our eyes to meet
Cause I am a cliff
And you are the sea
And I will be nothing
Before you stop hammering at me
And I don't know what to say
And I don't know where to go
And I don't know what to do
And it's all because of you
Cause I am a single candle
And you are the sun
My light must be helped by millions
To equal your one
Cause you are the desert
And I am the rain
And I'm good as nothing
Knowing that each drop falls in vain
And I don't know what to say
And I don't know where to go
And I don't know what to do
And it's all because of you
I've made this transition
To live with the mission
And every deal has its strings
If it causes the tension
It's best not to mention
Cause only the dumb bee stings
We'll see what tomorrow brings
And I don't know what to say
And I don't know where to go
And I don't know what to do
And it's all because of you
Cause I don't know what to do
(And I don't know what to say)
It's all because of you, yes it's all because of you
(And I don't know where to go)
And I don't know what to say, and I don't know where to
(And I don't know what to do)
And I don't know what to do

I will survive, I will survive
Seven o'clock and you're leaving again
I want you to stay but if you must go, why not today?
I've tried to convince and I've tried to explain
My words don't mean much when compassion is in such
short supply
But if there's one thing I'm sure of
I will survive, I will survive
With all of the passion in my heart
I know I will survive, I will survive
Know I will survive, I will survive
Eleven o'clock and you're still not quite sure
Is your lingering hiss another thing that you want me
to miss?
Don't ever think I'm dependent on you
I'm yours if you care, but hurt me and you won't find
me there
And if you really are leaving
Maybe I'll cry, maybe I'll cry
But if there's one thing I'm sure of
I know I will survive
When all of the hurting is over
I will survive, I will survive
With all of the passion in my heart
I know I will survive, I will survive
I will survive, I will survive
I will survive, I will survive
And if you really are leaving
Maybe I'll cry, maybe I'll cry
But if there's one thing I'm sure of
I know I will survive
When all of the hurting is over
I will survive, I will survive
With all of the passion in my heart
I know I will survive, I will survive
I will survive, I will survive
Know I will, I will survive
I will survive, I will survive

Black asphalt carpet stroke my feet
Internal rhythm cracks the beat
Liquid refreshment indiscreet
Poetic license so concrete
On the way towards the light
Blind ambition blurs my sight
Hand which guides me through the night
Has left me alone
Sitting pretty on my chair
My two-way mirror shields the glare
Narcissus bows in useless prayer
This franchised ego needs repair
Image maker come to me
Makes me things that I should be
I am only what you see
And you're wanting more
So check the odds and place your bet
Let's have some quiet on this set
Some standard movie silhouette
I'll hatch another image yet
On the way towards the light
Blind ambition blurs my sight
Hand which guides me through the night
Has left me alone
Image maker come to me
Makes me things that I should be
I am only what you see