Promised Land (2012)

Actors

• Matt Damon (writer)
• Gus Van Sant (producer)
• Matt Damon (producer)
• Rosemary Howard (actress)
• Frances McDormand (actress)
• John Krasinski (producer)
• Titus Welliver (actor)
• John W. Iwanonkiw (actor)
• Hal Holbrook (actor)
• Matt Damon (actor)
• Scoot McNairy (actor)
• John Krasinski (actor)
• Tim Guinee (actor)
• Danny Elfman (composer)
• John Krasinski (writer)

Genres

• Drama

Taglines:

What's your price?

Quotes:

Steve Butler: I don't know what to say anymore. But where we are now, where we're headed! We might be betting more than we think. Everything that we have is on the table now. And that's just not ours to lose.

Alice: Let me guess: 40, married, marketing, two kids.::Steve Butler: 38, stripper/waitress,but born to be a singer.::Alice: Fuck you, I'm a teacher!::Steve Butler: No, I was talking about me. You wanna see a dance? It's 100 bucks.

Sue Thomason: I no longer sing in public.::Rob: What? I mean, what's the point of having good hair if you don't sing in public.

Dustin Noble: We're not fighting for land, Steve, we're fighting for people.

Frank Yates: I guess I'm lucky - lucky to be old enough to have a shot at dying with my dignity.

[last lines]::Steve Butler: You the owner of this place?

Frank Yates: We have nothing left to sell and we can't afford to buy anything. You came here to help us. Offer us money... All we had to do to get it was be willing to scorch the earth under our feet.

• Lyrics: play full screen play karaoke
• Dan Hill - Dan Hill
• Rain - Dan Hill
• Seed of Music - Dan Hill
• I've Been Alone - Dan Hill
• I Love You Now - Dan Hill
• Caroline - Dan Hill
• Memories (Revisited) - Dan Hill
• Hold On - Dan Hill
• Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye - Dan Hill
• Why Do We Always Hurt The Ones We Love - Dan Hill
• Welcome - Dan Hill
• I Bless The Day I Found You - Dan Hill
• Proposal - Dan Hill
• Phonecall - Dan Hill
• Nobody's Right - Dan Hill
• Never Thought - Dan Hill
• I Miss You Still - Dan Hill
• It's A Long Road - Dan Hill
• Fountain - Dan Hill
• Carmelia - Dan Hill
• Conscience - Dan Hill
• Canada - Dan Hill
• 14 Today - Dan Hill
• Growing Up - Dan Hill
• Let The Song Last Forever - Dan Hill
• Mccarthy's Day - Dan Hill
• Crazy - Dan Hill
• Jean - Dan Hill
• Southern California - Dan Hill
• Seduces Me - Dan Hill
• Longer Fuse - Dan Hill
• In The Name Of Love - Dan Hill
• Still Not Used To - Dan Hill
• You Make Me Want To Be - Dan Hill
• All I Want Is You - Dan Hill
• Questions marks in time - Dan Hill
• I Dream I Saw Your Face Last Night - Dan Hill
• Looking Back - Dan Hill
• Sorry - Dan Hill
• You Say You're Free - Dan Hill
• Pleasure Center - Dan Hill
• Perfect Love - Dan Hill
• All I See Is Your Face - Dan Hill
• You Are All I See - Dan Hill
• Unborn Heart - Dan Hill
• Sour Whiskey - Dan Hill
• You Are Where I Belong - Dan Hill
• Love Of My Life - Dan Hill
• Wrapped Around Your Finger - Dan Hill
• Wishful Thinking - Dan Hill

Here we go again,
Hurting each other for no reason
Wondering why we keep repeating
the same mistakes.
Seems the more we give,
The more we're disillusioned
Baby, what is it we're doin?
Are we so scared of give and take?
Ohh...
CHORUS:
Why do we always hurt the ones we love?
(Why?)
Just when it seems we've fin'lly made a breakthrough
Why can't we fly between the eagle and the dove?
Why do we always hurt the ones we love?
Sometimes it seems
like the silence is between us
Get deeper than the meanest words,
Feel colder than the night
Everytime I feel as though
I'd finally gonna leave
It seems as though I just
cant praise a girl
Without you in my life woh...
BRIDGE:
And when you cry, I feel as though the tears are falling
from my eyes
Why do we do this to each other?
There so much we should be proud of
So many dreams that we have shared
I'd hate to think that we're arriving
Without you standing here.
-INSTRUMENTAL-
Tell me why... do we hurt the ones we love? (Why?)
When we've fin'lly made a breakthrough
why can't we fly between the eagle and the dove?

And the rain keeps falling
From the clouds in your eyes
As we try to hang on
To the time that's passed us by
And the deeper our love
The harder we cry
You and I both slaves
To some far away dreams
That binds us as one
Then divide us it seems
That the deeper our love
The harder we try
And life goes on I suppose
And love can fade as fast as it grows
Times, they can shake us
But nothing can break us you know
And the trees are still standing
The water stays still
The air tastes so lonely
I fight off a chill
Let this song bid goodbye
Until we return
Oh and life goes on I suppose
And love can fade as fast as it grows
Times, they can shake us
But nothing can break us you know
And the rain keeps falling
From the clouds in your eyes
As we try to hang on
To the time that's passed us by
And the deeper our love

The seed of music within me
Has bloomed into a flower
And though it claims to set me free
I'm lost within its power
Lord don't let this crazy world
Make a jukebox out of me
Let the songs keep flowing strong
And naturally
The gift of music is the key
To all my tears, my laughter
And though it claims to set me free
It reigns my life as master
Lord don't let this crazy world
Make a jukebox out of me
Let the songs keep flowing strong
And naturally
And oh, let me say this peacefully
Forget the dreams, forget the fantasies
Let me make it honestly
Or not at all
And oh, let me say this forcefully
Forget the dreams, erase the fantasies
Let me make it honestly
Or not at all
The seed of music within me
Has bloomed into a flower
And though it claims to set me free
I'm lost within its power
Lord don't let this crazy world
Make a jukebox out of me
Let the songs keep flowing strong
And naturally
A gift to share for all my friends

And I, I've been alone most of my life
I guess it hurt me
And never have I felt so less alone
I beg you darling, don't desert me
And some believe in love
And some believe, it's misplaced feelings
And me, I always change my mind
So many words have lost all meaning
And still you come for me
Your eyes, too blurred by love to know just what you see
You make me weak, you make me strong, it's all the same
We share a breath of happiness, we share the pain
Always changing
And I, I'll give to you all I am, all I will be
Life goes by so fast, together let's grow slowly
And still I come for you
My eyes, too blurred by love to know just what to do
I make you weak, I make you strong, it's all the same
We share a breath of happiness, we share the pain
Always changing

There's not a thing about you that I'd change
You're the fire inside my heart always
Sometimes it's hard for me to open up
Sometimes I feel like I'm not good enough
I remember when I first saw you
Couldn't believe that God could make someone, so beautiful
That was long ago and far away
You may wonder if my feelings ever change
Girl, I love you now
More than words can ever say
How I love you?
Just let me count the ways
You're the fire, you're the passion
You're the best that could happen

Well I've been way so long
I'm too numb to dislike it
And la's one big hit song
I never learned to fight it
Dear caroline
It never meant to go this far
It started out to be a game
I never meant to be a star.
And everybody smiles
But their eyes stare out so empty
From a face they scrub with dial
And the words that spill so fancy
Dear caroline
I thought my songs would change the world
Instead of slowly getting rich
Off the emotions of young girls.
Chorus:
And what really makes me laugh
Is that nothing's really changed
Since that day I left you years ago
To find myself a name
And what really makes me cry
Is that it's only an illusion
And all that success means
Is just money and confusion.
I've been told you settled down
Found yourself a family
I'll send my latest record down
The critics tell me that it's happening
Dear caroline
There's nothing really left to say
I hope you still remember me
After the songs all fade away.

Memories of when I was a little boy, four years old,
Waiting for my daddy to come home,
And now I look into the eyes of my own son,
Wondering what he's thinking of,
Waiting at the window when I come home.
Watch his eyes fill up with joy and wonder.
He reaches out his tiny hands;
I feel the bond 'tween boy and man.
Memories of my mom cryin', my daddy gone for weeks at a time,
Not knowing how to comfort her,
Facin' my pillow, pretendin' not to hear.
Now I write this letter to my little boy.
I'm far away, not knowing really what to say
Except, "I'm sorry, oh so sorry."
I don't want to make these same
Mistakes my daddy made with me.
Still his voice rolls off my tongue
When I say, "Boy, protect your mom."
Memories of my wife crying on the phone
Wonderin' when I'm coming home.
My voice sounds detached and cold,
Reminds me of someone that I knew;
He had a funny attitude
When I needed him to be
All the things only a daddy could be to me.
And I don't want to make the same
Mistakes my daddy made with me.
Still his voice rolls off my tongue
When I say, "Not now, I'm busy son."
Memories of lying in bed with my wife and son,
Overwhelmed by so much love,
Tryin' to explain how a man can cry
Yet still be happy,
Thinking of all the dumb mistakes I've made.
Now I understand my father's pain;
He did the best with what he knew.
I love you daddy.
I watched my son fall asleep
And wonder what he'll think of me
When years from now he sees his son
Reaching out his tiny hands for love.

So you flung your fist high in the air
But the world remained the same
And all the demonstrations
Filtered out through graduation
And the times that were a changing
Never changed
Freedom takes on new meaning
When you have a family of five
And peace and revolution dissolved in its own solution
When you're fighting for your life
Just to survive
It's then you've gotta
Hold on - for what you believe in
Hold on - don't let it fade
Still you've gotta
Be strong - find yourself a reason
You never change the world
But just the same
You've gotta hold on stronger
Each and every day
When the night creeps in so hollow
When the silence makes you scream
When you're so damned scared of failure
When the world's burned out it's saviors
When you're feeling too vulnerable to dream
It's then you've gotta
Hold on - for what you believe in
Hold on - don't let it fade
Still you've gotta
Be strong - find yourself a reason
You never change the world
But just the same
You've gotta hold on stronger

Ev'ry time we say goodbye i die a little
Ev'ry time we say goodbye i wonder why a little
Why the gods above me who must be in the know
Think so little of me they allow you to go
When you're near there's such an air of spring about it
I can hear a lark somewhere waiting to sing about it
There's no love song finer
But how strange the change from major to minor

Here we go again, hurting each other for no reason
Wondering why we keep repeating the same mistakes
Seems the more we give, the more we’re disillusioned
Baby, what is it we’re doing, are we so scared of give and take, oh
Why do we always hurt the ones we love, why
Just when it seems we finally made the breakthrough
Why can’t we fly between the eagle and the dove
Why do we always hurt the ones we love
Sometimes it seems like the silences between us
Cut deeper than the meanest words, feel colder than the night
Every time I feel as though I’m finally gonna leave
It seems as though I just can’t breathe, girl, without you in my life, oh
Why do we always hurt the ones we love, why
Just when it seems we finally made the breakthrough
Why can’t we fly between the eagle and the dove
Why do we always hurt the ones we love
When you cry I feel as though the tears are falling
From my eyes, why do we do this to each other
There’s so much we should be proud of
So many dreams that we have shared
I’d hate to think that we’re right there without you standing here
Tell me why do we always hurt the ones we love, why
When we finally made the breakthrough
Why can’t we fly between the eagle and the dove
Why do we always hurt the ones we love, oh
Why can’t we fly between the eagle and the dove

Welcome baby boy to a brand new world
May the tears fall like a rainstorm from your eyes
Looks like life kinda took you by surprise
You're so tiny that it scares me
Your nakedness just stares at me
And I never thought my head could spin so high
Welcome baby boy, don't look so confused
One day I'll try to sit down and explain
That the love that brought you here will never change
You're so helpless that it shakes me
Yet so charged with life you make me
So happy that I think, I'm gonna cry
Life has come to greet you child
Play it safe, play it wild reach for the truth
You're on the rules beyond the games
Life is yours and yours along
Free to settle, free to roam
Free to grow and free to change
Or free to fight to stay the same
Welcome baby boy to a brand new world
May the tears fall like a rainstorm from your eyes
Looks like life kinda took you by surprise

I bless the day I found you
I want to stay around you
And so I beg you, let it be me
Don’t take this heaven from one
If you must cling to someone
Now and forever, let it be me
Each time we meet, love
I find complete love
Without your sweet love
What would life be
So never leave me lonely
Tell me you love me only
And that you’ll always let it be me
Each time we meet, love
I find complete love
Without your sweet love
What would life be
So never leave me lonely
Tell me you love me only
And that you’ll always let it be me

Take it if you will, take it if you can
Or refuse it, I will understand
It's just some flowers
My family just moved in around the corner
Will you be my friend
I touched her on the shoulder
She was fourteen, I was barely older
Take it if you will, take it if you can
Or refuse it, I will understand
It's just a key
My parents are going away for the weekend
Will you stay with me?
I felt my body trembling
High school days were nearly at an end then
Time was a blur of emotions, spinning so fast
And time was a rocket engine
With no end and no beginning
But all time stopped when she said, "Yes"
Take it if you will, oh, take it if you can
Or refuse it, you know I'll never ask again
It's just a ring
At best it's just a symbol of everything
If I can share my life with you
Standing naked in my fear, I could not face her
Then I broke down, my arms embraced her
Time was a blur of emotions, spinning so fast
Yeah, time was a rocket engine
With no end and no beginning
All time stopped when she said, "Yes"
Take it if you will, take it if you can

Phone broke the silence of the night
I'd been sleeping
And a voice said, "How you doing Dan
Thought I'd call you for no reason"
And my mind flashed back two years
Since the last time I'd see her
When the love we'd shared had died
And she said, "Things are going well for you
I'm glad you still have music
I remember times you felt so damned confused
I thought you'd lose it?
?Do you still make crazy faces
At the mirror in the morning
How come you never said goodbye"
I chose my words so carefully
But I felt my past seducing me
"Slow down", she said
"I just want to be your friend"
I said, "That's the way the whole thing started
And I just can't fall in love with you again
Knowing it'll end"
And all I heard was silence
And I wished she was beside me
Like the first time we made love
And I felt waterfalls inside me
So I tried to dial her number
But my fingers froze
And slowly I closed my eyes
I chose my words so carefully
But I felt my past seducing me
"Slow down", she said
"I just want to be your friend"
I said, "That's the way the whole thing started
And I just can't fall in love with you again

The boy left for New York, he left the woods
And trees behind and no one knows just what's on his mind
He says he's lost, he'll pay any cost
Just to find out where he belongs
But the girl left for the country, she left those
Blaring lights behind and no one knows just what's on her mind
She says she's lost, she'll pay any cost
Just to find out where she belongs
Nobody's right, nobody's wrong
Everybody's searching
We're all searching for where we belong
The boy lives in a high rise now, he's neighbors with the sky
The mirror in the hallway keeps on asking, why?
The silence knows the change will help him grow
Help to find where he belongs
The girls lives in a cabin now, she gazes at the sky
The shooting stars keep falling, they keep on asking, why?
The silence knows the change will help her grow
Help her to find where she belongs
Nobody's right, nobody's wrong
Everybody's searching
We're all searching for where we belong
Some claim that we're weak, some say we're strong
Something says we're all searching
We're all searching for where we belong
We're all searching for where we belong

Can I touch you?
I can't believe that you are real
How did I ever find you?
You are the dream that saved my life
You are the reason I survived
Baby...
I never thought that I could love
someone as much as I love you
I know it's crazy but it's true
I never thought that I could need
someone as much as I need you
I Love You...
Can I hold you?
Girl your smile lights up the sky
You are too beautiful for the human eye
You are the dream that never dies
you are the fire that burns inside
Baby...
I never thought that I could love
someone as much as I love you
I know it's crazy but it's true
I never thought that I could need
someone as much as I need you
I Love You...
You are the sunshine in the sky
You are the sparkle in my eyes
I never thought that I could love
someone as much as I need you
I know it's crazy but it's true
I never thought that I could need
someone as much as I need you

Do you remember when
The world seemed oh so young
We were so self-assured
No-one could ever come between us
Remember stepping out
Behind the high school, cutting class
Making love beneath the stars
You were my Venus
Where does all the time go, look at us now
Caught up in our different worlds
Though we’ve gone our separate ways I’ve found
I miss you still
It’s the middle of the night and I call on you
Cos I can’t hold back what I feel inside
I miss you still
You’re a piece of my heart that I can’t let go
Though it tears me apart, you should know
That I miss you still
Do you remember when
You said I’d always be your man
How you’d reach out for my hand
Your fingers trembling
How your Daddy hated me
How we drove him to distraction
That was part of the attraction
Way back when, girl
Where did the years go, it seems like yesterday
Oh God, this world seems different now
Baby some things, some things never change
I miss you still
It’s the middle of the night and I call on you
Cos I can’t hold back what I feel inside
I miss you still
Cos you’re a piece of my heart that I can’t let go
Though it tears me apart, you should know
That I miss you still
Baby, I’m a sentimental fool
Who’s out of control
I just close my eyes
Never reaching you, get into my soul
I miss you still
It’s the middle of the night and I call on you
Cos I can’t hold back what I feel inside
I miss you still
You’re a piece of my heart that I can’t let go
Though it tears me apart, you should know
That I miss you still
After all these years
I’m singing through these tears
If memories could kill

It's a long road
When you're on your own
And it hurts when
They tear your dreams apart
And every new town
Just seems to bring you down
Trying to find peace of mind
Can break your heart
It's a real war
Right outside your front door I tell ya
Out where they'll kill ya
You could use a friend
Where the road is
That's the place for me
Where I'm me in my own space
Where I'm free that's the place
I wanna be
'Cause the road is long yeah
Each step is only the beginning
No breaks just heartaches
Oh man is anybody winning
It's a long road
And it's hard as hell
Tell me what do you do
To survive
When they draw first blood
That's just the start of it
Day and night you gotta fight
To keep alive

Woman, please don't try
Explaining how or why, I understand
Love's too beautiful to explain
And nothing can be wrong with loving him again
He really loves you
I can see him in your eyes
And like a fountain you offer no disguise
And babe, I'm glad you've never tried
And the night times that we shared
Made me gratefully aware
That I was happy, so real so undefined
And I just want you to be you
In a lifestyle undefined
You really love him
I can see you in his eyes
And like a fountain, he offers no disguise
And babe, I'm glad he's never tried
I read somewhere that grown men never cry
Their heart just freezes over for a day
So instead here's my masculine goodbye
May love be with you all the way
My guitar does all my crying anyway
There's happiness combined
With the pain within my mind
You gave me feelings
That I never knew existed
And all you'd do is laugh
And my defenses would be lifted and I love you
You're sketched so softly in my eyes
And like a fountain, I offer no disguise
And babe, I'm glad I've never tried
I read somewhere that grown men never cry
Their heart just freezes over for a day
So instead here's my masculine goodbye
May love be with you all the way

Seems there's always some tragedy
That's tearing at our precious world
Wish sometimes we could just lighten up
Let's take a look around us
Turn off the TV, oh, let's open our eyes
Look at the stars in the sky
Carmelia, let's dance away the night together
Let's dance until this crazy world disappears
Girl, in the morning we will still be here
Carmelia, let's celebrate our lives forever
Let's dance until the stars tumble from the sky
There's music pounding from the radio
Just lean your body into mine
Girl, you take me to a better place
There's no one else, just you and I
Hold on to me, I'll hold on to you
Tonight we've got nothing to prove
Carmelia, let's dance away the night together
Let's dance until this crazy world disappears
Girl, in the morning we will still be here
Carmelia, let's celebrate our lives forever
Let's dance until the stars tumble from the sky
Carmelia, let's dance away the night together
Let's dance until this crazy world disappears
When the morning we'll still be here
Carmelia, let's celebrate our lives forever
Let's dance until the stars tumble from the sky
Carmelia, let's dance away the night together

Standing like a statue of desire
You could set the coldest night on fire
Don't know why you've chosen me to seduce
Look into your liberated eyes
As the conversation dies
Don't know why I'm drawn so easily to you
I think I hear my conscience calling
You feel too good this can't be right, keep me on
I think I hear my conscience calling
What are we doing here tonight?
Feeling the temptation of your touch
Never thought I'd ache for love this much
Those were times of desperation, cut so deep
Never been the time to play around
Don't know what we're doing here right now
Don't know why you're coming at so strong to me
Hey, I think I hear my conscience calling
You feel too good, this can't be right, can't be
I think I hear my conscience calling
What are we doing here tonight?
I think I hear my conscience calling
You feel too good, this can't be right
I think I hear my conscience calling
What are we doing here tonight?
I feel you breathing, oh, so close, too close, baby
I hear my conscience, hear my conscience
Oh, I can't turn it off now

Fancy hotel rooms
Windows with a view
Staring into nothing
I thought I saw you
Your colours dancing in my mind
But they were only neon signs
Oh canada
I'm trying to find you
Will you wait for me.
There's people on the street
I know I'll never meet
I wonder what they're thinking
What their dreams are
But they just keep on walking by
I can see the questions in their eyes
Oh canada
You're a tree among towers
Just starting to climb
Please don't grow too quickly now
Don't leave us all behind
Pages of progress start to turn
Too quickly and the pages burn
Let's hope that we don't learn - too late
Let's hope it's never too late to learn
No don't let the madness wash you way.
Life keeps rolling by
Before it goes I'll try
To be stronger - to be wiser
Maybe just understand
What makes people fight to survive
While by themselves they slowly sigh
Oh canada -
Where are you going
Will you wait for me
Oh canada
I'm trying to find you

14 today and you went dancing
Music mixed with laughter
And boys can be so insecure
They made you drink a bit too much
Everything's a blur of feel and touch
Did he really like you
How can you be sure enough
23 today and all your friends are getting married
You say they're so scared of being alone
So self righteously you march though teachers college
Still so much in life you gotta get to know
Seems like everybody's so content to move so slow
And when you think you've got your life so well controlled
It slips away
And the years like raindrops falling from your life are
Washed away
You're so brilliant, you're so gifted, so sensitive, so strong
As you hide behind your barricade of words
But no one got close enough to you to have ever heard
I met you at a party you were drunk and full of world advice
And I was getting nervous
You said you had a child who was a genius and you smiled
As the living room transformed into your circus
Someone whispered you were 39 today a face so you
Eyes so old
You collapsed into the corner
Like somebody of raw nerves you near seduced me
With your verbs
As I reached out for you
You said over and over
Children come home from school
Shout and laugh with all their life
Shit em out fast before you think of the past
Turn out all your lights
Go to bed got to sleep don't think don't feel
As the night time moans a prayer
That maybe somewhere deep inside

Ma cried like a lady
Pa cried like a man
1963 - one less kennedy
And I was too young to understand
And the years flew by in colours
Each one a little faster than before
And as the war caused some to cry
I'd identify
My tv keeping score
Growing up - in the shadow of the u.s.a.
Trying to find - the meaning of life today
America - it's a heavy kind of role you
Play
You're the hero - you're the villain
Your every move is on display
Ma cried like a lady
Pa cried like a man
1963 - one less kennedy
And I was too young to understand

I could spend my whole life writing love songs
If they'd help bring me closer to you
Trying to find the right words
But they all get so blurred
While expressing my feelings, I get so confused
And I can analyze and you can analyze
We can both analyze till we're blue
Let emotions take reign
Let them play their own games
Let the freedom of youth captivate you
Let this song last forever, let this song last a day
Let our love last a lifetime, let our love fade away
No matter what happens if we go our own ways
We'll be both walking wiser if walking away
Now, I know you've been hurt, you've been broken
Life just ain't real without pain
And there's no guarantee
That all ends happily
When you fall you gotta rise up swinging again
And you can run away, I can run away
We can both run till our lives are through
Some people hide till they're hollow inside
Please don't allow that to happen to you
Let this song last forever, let this song last a day
Let our love last a lifetime, let our love fade away
No matter what happens if we go our own ways
We'll be both walking wiser if walking away
I'm so damn tired of hearing songs about pain
There's so much to learn, life's too short now to spend it afraid
Let this song last forever, let this song last a day
Let our love last a lifetime, let our love fade away
No matter what happens if we go our own ways

This is just a song to say
That I'm proud for what they are
And I hope my world can take me
Half that far
Way back in mccarthy's day
My parents left the usa
Young rebellious lovers
They left behind a nation far too proud
And powerful to say
That love transcends all colors
Some black men turned against my father
Some white men turned against my mother
Each race has their place they all would say
And with a past so battle worn
And a future begging to be born
They found a life that's growing still today
And glancing thru the years
And living thru their fears
I hope they can accept my goals
A bit confused, a bit unclear
And all the years behind me now
Seem like a book I've read and yet somehow
I still don't understand all the words
All the black and all the white
That rest in me that make me fight
Remind me of all the knowledge left to learn
Still some black men turned against my father
Some white men turned against my mother
Each race has their place they all would say
With a past so battle worn
And a future begging to be born
They found a life that's growing still today
And glancing thru the years
And living thru their fears
I hope they can accept my goals
A bit confused, a bit unclear
This is just a song to say that I'm proud for what they are

Mmm, you're crazy and all the shrinks in the world
Couldn't help you in any way
You look at me with that spaced out stare
And I have to run away-ay
You say you don't want my money-ey
You say you just want some time
With your fingers in my pockets
You call it love, I call it a cri-i-i-i-i-ime
You say you've finally found yourself
You say you've seen some light
All I see are those empty eyes
Starin' out into the lo-onely night
You're crazy woman, in a crazy world
You're crazy enough to say
I feel orange, I need some company
And five is my number today-ay-ay-ay-ay-yeah
You're losin' touch, any foo-ool can see that much
I feel so helpless I don't know what to say
You'll lose yourself tryin' so hard to prove yourself
While the real world slowly slips away-ay
Your one time friends sense
The madness carved in lines - upon your face
Mmm, you're lonely and one night with me
Won't wash that emptiness aside
Your desperate cry for company
Turns friends to strangers
Your needs once more denied
Reality knows no feelings
It'll leave you far-ar behind
I've just gotta break away from you
Before I lose my mi-i-i-i-i-ind
You wrote yourself a letter, two wee-eeks ago today
Then you made a paper aeroplane
And laughed as it sai-ailed through space
You're losin' touch, any foo-ool can see that much
You turn to me-ee and I ha-ave to turn away-ay
Don't you know, you'll lose yourself
Tryin' so hard to prove yourself
While the real world slowly slips away-ay
Your one time friends sense

You've been a friend of mi-ine for so-o many year-ears
When I first came to Vancouver with drea-eams twisting in fear-ear
And oh Jea-ea-ean, friends are like rare stones
Increasing in their value when realized they can't be owned
And I'd write songs only when the pain became too obvious inside
When the screaming in my sou-ou-oul left me no-o place to hi-ide
And woh-oh Jea-ea-ean, love is li-ike a prayer
So afraid of your own questions as you stand unanswered there-ere-ere
Still you wa-alk the other way rather than risk rejection
Watch the wind blow all hope away as you crawl into yourself for protection
Still I try to make you see there's so much more I've gotta be
Oh don't turn away, don't lose to the cold, don't leave me here-ere to die-ie alo-one
A little of your love couldn't hur-urt me none
Let it shine on through like rays from the su-un
And a little of my love couldn't hurt you none
Let it run beside you, let it flow inside you, let it purify-y-y-y-y-y
You-ou break down and I stumble for the right words of consolation
The circle of love spins rou-ound and round searchin' for new destinations
Woh-oh Jea-ea-ean, life is li-ike the sea-ea
Trapped within it's shoreli-ines we're still strugglin' to break free-ee-ee
Still we wa-alk the other way rather than risk rejection
Watch the wind blow all hope away as we crawl into ouselves for protection
Still I try to make you see, I love you so it frightens me
Woh, don't turn away, don't lose to the cold, nobody wa-ants to die-ie alo-one
A little of your love couldn't hurt me none
Let it shine on through like rays from the su-un
And a little of my love couldn't hur-urt you no-one

When the sun sets beneath the mountain tops
And the water begins to rise
I try to contain my exci-itement
But the force of the night conquers my surprise
Kids on the street corner peddlin' maps
On how to meet the stars
Prostitute turns, my body burns
She'll cure your loneliness for half an hour
Cars breeze dow-own the avenue
Rock 'n' roll's suspended in mid air
A girl cha-anting nonsense takes my money
Puts a flower in my hair
Billboards grin and my head spins
This may be heaven but it's not my ho-ome
All the sunshine and beautiful people
Make me feel more and more alone
Southern California - where your drea-eams almost come true
Southern California - where everyone's a star except for you
Southern California - like a beautiful gir-irl you cannot touch
Everyone lives forever here - those were my thou-oughts
And I don't wanna be a part of that all American dream
But still I keep on comin' back, I can't let it get the best of me
(The best of me, best of me)
Lord give me the strength to see myself clearly, see myself clearly
Oh-hoh-hoh-hoh, and time flies by like a meteor in the sky-y
And I'm wondering is it just me
Everything seems so perfect like some commerical on TV (on TV, TV, TV)
Lord give us the strength to show real feelings, real feelings
In Southern California - where your drea-eams almost come true
In Southern California - where everyone's a star except for you
Southern California - like a beautiful gir-irl you cannot touch
Everyone lives forever here, everyone lives forever here
Everyone lives forever here, everyone lives forever here
Everyone lives forever here, everyone lives forever here

Seduces Me
Everything you are, everything you'll be
Touches the current of love so deep in me
Every sigh in the night
every tear that you cry seduces me
And all that I am and all that I'll be
means nothing at all if you can't be with me
Your most innocent kiss, girl, your sweetest caress
seduces me
I don't care about tomorrow
I've given up on yesterday
Here and now is all that matters
Right here with you is where I'll stay
Everything in this world
Every voice in the night
Every little thing of beauty
Is shining through your eyes
And all that is you
Becomes part of me too,
Cause all that you do seduces me
And if I should die tomorrow,
I'd go down a happy man
I thank God I've ever known you
I fall down on my knees
For all the love we've had
Every sigh in the night
Every tear that you cry
Seduces me, oh, seduces me

You walked into my room, a lover from the past
A lifetime since I looked into your eye-eyes
You held me like one holds onto a drea-eam that has gone bad
Ain't it scary how so many dreams run dry
You've travelled round the world two times since you've left me
Fell in love three times, grown restless another four-our
But through the haze of love and pain
You say you wa-anna feel young again
Ain't it funny how that happens when you get older
Woh-oh when you get o-older
And you don't know-ow me anymore, I've changed
The innocence you found di-isappeared when you went away-ay-hay
And I don't fall in love that quickly like I used to do
The passion still explodes, bou-ound by a lo-o-onger fu-use
You're livin' with a rock 'n' roll musician off the coast
I hope he makes it, walk alone at ni-ight just to get away
He waits for you in bed and when it don't feel good you learn to fake it
I can see you lyin' silent in your ra-age, woh-oh in silent rage
And you don't know-ow me anymore, I've changed
The innocence you found di-isappeared when you went away-ay-hay
And I don't fall in love that quickly like I used to do-oo
The passion still explodes, bou-ound by a lo-o-onger fu-use
Bou-ound by a lo-o-onger fu-use (I don't fall in love)
Bou-ound by a lo-o-onger fu-use (I don't fall in love)

Playin' games again I can feel the apprehension
For every word that leaves your mouth
Is swallowed by the tension
And if indeed it helps at all
I relate to what you're frightened of
'Cause so many things these days have been crushed
In the name of lo-o-ove
Actin' strong again as if you don't really need me
But the weakness that you once betrayed
Turned to be the strength that freed me
And I won't ask a thing of you
That you're not secure in giving of
'Cause so many things these days have been crushed
In the name of lo-ove
Now I know it's not that easy
When you don't know where you stand
At times I think I've never stood at all
Look around you'll see for every woman, child and man
Love has played it's games upon us all
Playin' roles again both actin' so defensive
As if some pre-programmed machine
Took over all our senses
I'd trade everything I own
For the thrill of fa-a-allin' in love
'Cause so many things these days have been saved

Still not used to havin' people pay to hear me
Guess I'm still a child tryin' so har-ard to please
Tryin' to seek approval through my songs
And do you still love me or have I been away too long
Woh-oh-oh, thought I'd write and say I'm still on the road
Tryin' to share my life with people, most of whom I'll never know
Manitoba skyline goes and goes
Like a thousand miles of canvas stretched fla-at against the sky
Freshly painted colours just waitin' to be drie-ie-ied by time
And do you still play hide and seek with a-all the children in the park
Fill their heads with crazy stories till the daylight is blinded by the dark
Do you still dance through a snowfall
While the flakes perform a ballet in mid air-air-air
I can almost hear you laughin', I wish that I-I was there, to share-are
I'm still not used to havin' people pay to hear me
Guess I'm still a child tryin' so har-ard to please
Tryin' to seek approval through my songs
And do you still love me or have I been away too long
And as I look back on my roots graspin' for faith I still don't understand
My shadow of youth loosens its ho-old on me with tremblin' hands
So I carve the words I miss you out in stone, tossed it in the air
Wished I could fly-y besi-ide it there, I'd fly to you back home
Even the strong need someone to break down with and hold
I'm till not used to havin' people pay to hear me
Guess I'm still a chi-ild tryin' so har-ard to please
Tryin' to seek approval through my songs
And do-oo you still love me or have I been away too long
Ooh-hooh-hooh, ooh-ooh-hooh-hooh-hooh-ooh, hooh-ooh

You make me want to be a father
Trade my wandering path of freedom for your soul
Oh, and all I once defied
And locked so deep inside
Is on a roller coaster riding out of control
You make me want to be a teacher
Teach that love is all there is and still there's more
Oh, and everywhere I turn
And everything I learn
Shows me there's something new I've never seen before
Words can only take a thought so far
And I've almost gone as far as I can go
To see each other as we really are
Exploring all around us as we grow
And we grow, and we grow
You make me want to be a writer
Write this world a crazy love song for today
Let me glide upon your smile
It beams for miles and miles
Catch it now before it sails away
Oh, and words can only take a thought so far
And I guess I've gone as far as I can go
To see each other as we really are
Exploring all around us as we grow
And we grow, and we grow
You make me want to be a father
Trade my wandering path of freedom for your soul
Oh, and all I once defied
And locked so deep inside
Is on a roller coaster riding out of control
A roller coaster riding out of control
Roller coaster riding out of control
Roller coaster riding out of control
Roller coaster riding out of control
A roller coaster riding out of control

All I Want is You
I don't want my name in lights
You burn out so fast
You turn to smoke in the night
Baby, all I want is you
I don't want no presidential parlor
It's a little too clean in that big white tower
Baby, all I want is you
I don't wanna be born again
Rest my soul in your hands
Take my chance in the end
Baby, all I want is you
And all, all my life I've waited
For you to come along
There's been so many strangers in my life
Filled with the dark spaces of my night
But now the darkness is all gone
I don't want no social graces
Get too damn dizzy
Wearing all those different faces
Baby, all I want is you
All I want is you
All, all my life I've waited
For you to come along
There's been so many strangers in my life
Filled with the dark spaces of my night
But now the darkness is all gone
I don't want my name in lights
You burn out so fast
You turn to smoke in the night
Baby, all I want is you
All I want is you
All I want is you
All, all, all I want is you

Washed out in the stillness of the night
She's left searching
Once again love's promise has been broken
And he snores indifferently to the rhythm of her breathing
As she lights a cigarette and waits for morning
Light years apart they lie both together
Like a child caught playing with matches
She's been burned again by fire
And she knows she's been betrayed by her own imagination
The cigarette keeps burning as she curses her desire
And she thinks she's the only one who's lonely
And she wants the world to feel sorry
Oh, and she's trapped within her own self pity
And she asks, will anybody love me
And on the radio an old song sings
Suggesting that love is why we're living
Ironically she laughs
As she turns the station fast
She looks down at her lover, a friend of a friend of a stranger
As if his mouth might breathe an answer
She knows she's getting older, the emptiness controls her
And the smoke curls round her fingertips
Like question marks in time
The sun plays with the windows
As the man wakes up beside her
Silences are awkward as he reaches for his clothes
And as he leaves she feels suspended, invaded and rejected
The cigarette is ended that's how her story goes
And she thinks she's the only one who's lonely
And she wants the world to feel sorry
Oh, and she's trapped within her own self pity
And she asks, will anybody love me, will anybody love me
And on the radio a new song sings
Suggesting that love is why we're living
Ironically she laughs
As she turns the station fast
She's given up on giving
Washed out in the stillness of the night

As I gaze into the sky
There's a shooting star that's falling
As it dwindles into floating dust
My name I hear it calling
Oh god I'd love to be free
But there's something wrong, you see
I can't make it
Just with me
I'm lonely...
Well I dreamt I saw your face last night
Just an image in the long
While falling through space I felt
Just you and me
And God
I just don't know if I can believe in you
The dreamer deep inside me
Surely wants me to
If only dreams come true
At times I get this feeling
That there's more to my life then greets my eyes
Just a crazy kind of feeling
Then I take a look around
This world's falling down
Only a clown could believe ...believe
Well everyone's had hopes I guess
On how the world should be
Everyone's had dreams that just elude reality
Oh and god Your name's been used
For politics for power
God your name's been used
For all the love that towers
But has yet to fall - upon us all

Looking back at public school
Reading playboy magazine
Insisting that the articles
Were the only things we'd read
Thinking then that love was meant to
Conquer
And if a girl said she liked you
Then you'd bonk her
Don't try to lay that mush on me
Looking back a high school
Getting drunk for the local dance
Lonely boys - nervous girls
Grappling with romance
Thinking then that love
Meant something frightening
A sudden end as brutal
As bolts of lightening
Don't know what it was, but it scared me
Chorus:
From one night stands to wedding bands
To struggling to stay free
Watching time move faster
As hold on helplessly
As love smoulders waiting to be tamed
We grow older staying much the same
Looking back a college life
Seemed like such a compromise
Unsure of my direction
Using brains as my disguise
Thinking then that love meant to
Remember
You only felt it's warmth
When you surrendered
Don't know what it was, but it scared me

Too many times
Girl I've swallowed my pride
Waiting for you to come home
When you finally arrive
Your eyes shining bright
There's the scent of some rich man's cologne
For the very last time
I hear you apologise
Girl you've pushed our love over the borderline
Sorry, but sorry ain't good enough
We've compromised baby too many times
Sorry, but sorry ain't good enough
When you shutter a trust
Baby, sorry just ain't good enough
I remember when you weren't impressed by rich men
You didn't take life so seriously
Remember when making love
Swept us so high above
There were no minefields between you and me
I can see him in your eyes
And I'm on fire inside
As I'm walking away
It me kills me to say
Sorry, but sorry ain't good enough
We've compromised baby too many times
Sorry, but sorry ain't good enough
When you shutter a trust
Baby, sorry just ain't good enough
How your emerald eyes
Look away when you lie
I can't go through this again
Girl there comes a time when
Sorry, but sorry ain't good enough
We've compromised baby too many times
Sorry, but sorry ain't good enough
When you shutter a trust

You say you're free
Well your freedom's killing me
And I feel just like a statue
To be admired from a distance
My love collides with your resistance
Then bounces back inside of me
You say you're strong
Well your strength just shatters me
As I scramble for my pieces
But the puzzle keeps repeating
It seems so self-defeating
How we plan each move so carefully
Chorus:
And still we both hang on
We risk a night and greet the down
AN affair for you - for me a song
Then suddenly it's over
Two cynics passing through
I blew it - I fell in love with you
The thing I swore I'd never do
And now m love just turns you colder
you say you're trying to find yourself
Well I know how hard that is
And I wish that I could help you
To share while like keeps teaching
To share while you keep reaching
But you prefer to reach out privately
Repeat Chorus
you say you're free
Well you freedom's killing me
And I feel just like a statue
to be admired from a distance
My love collides with your resistance
Then bounces back inside of me