Sitting alone, the comfort zone
Your feet up on a Sunday morning
The same skin that you were born in
Who’d of thought it could stretch so far
There’s nothing wrong, the football’s on
A warm beer and a chicken sandwich
Growing old, fat, gaseous and rich
Say what a lucky bunny you are
You can sing yourself a lullaby
You are born, pay taxes then you die
Till then you’re
Lost in the moment
Lost in space
Lost on the way to your happy place
(and you can’t go back, and you can’t go forwards)
Lost all the hunger
Lost your pain
Lost any will to be alive again
Sitting alone, the safety zone
No sweat and no excitation
In your five star fortification
Are you locking them out or locking you in?
A whisky rye, surrounded by
Everything that you’ve ever wanted
Well half cut is better than half dead
Singing, “gotta be in it to win
You are on your way to where you are
This will do ‘til you find Shangri-la
Meanwhile you’re
Lost in the moment
Lost in space
Lost on the way to your happy place
(and you never say die, but you never say live either)
Lost all the hunger
Lost your pain
You're putting on your brave face, packing up your bag
Plucking up the courage you didn't know you had
The Demons and the doubters are fighting in your head
But they'll go quiet when you knock 'em dead
So long my old friend
Hope we get to laugh again
So long my old friend
Show them what you're made of
So go and follow your way and I will follow mine
Take it to the limit but don't ever cross the line
And write me when you get there, don't forget the kid
Though I would never blame you if you did
So long my old friend
Hope we get to laugh again
So long my old friend
Show them what you're made of
You're gonna get there, make no mistake
And I'd be so proud if you would take
A little piece of me wherever you may go
Let's not get sentimental, all broken up and sad
We both know we're not much good at that
So long my old friend
Hope we get to laugh again
So long my old friend
Go on, show them what you're made of
forty winks in the lobby
make mine a G&T;
then to my favourite hobby
searching for an enemy
here in your paper houses
stretching for miles and miles
old men in stripey trousers
rule the world with plastic smiles
good or bad, like it or not
it's the only one we've got
i won't let the sun go down on me
i won't let the sun go down
mother nature isn't in itthree hundred million years
goodbye in just a minute
gone forever, no more tears
pinball man, power glutton
vacuum inside his head
forefinger on the button
is he blue or is he red?
break your silence if you would
before the sun goes down for good
i won't let the sun go down on me
Anything we say
Would just be a big cliché
Not a word I can think of
Could ever be big enough
Well, if I were Superman, this would be my cue
But I’m Joe Nobody and there’s not a thing
That I can do
It’s at times like these I wish I could
Get on my knees and somehow put
My arms around the world
Put my arms around the world and make it better
There’s blood on my TV
It’s making me guilty
Stereo sound-bites
Live by satellite
Well, if I were a hero, I’d be doing something now
But I sit doing nothing and I watch the walls
Come tumbling down
It’s at times like these I wish I could
Get on my knees and somehow put
My arms around the world
Put my arms around the world and make it better
I thought we were doing alright
I thought we were safe in our sleep
I knew that reality bites
But I didn’t know it could bite so deep
It’s at times like these I wish I could
Get on my knees and somehow put
My arms around the world
Put my arms around the world
At times like these I wish I could
Get on my knees and somehow put
My arms around the world
You feel like you are
A face in the crowd
Just one of a million
You should be so proud
So happy to be
A shape in the sand
A drop in the ocean
And a tourist in Wonderland
Shed me a tear
Blow me a kiss
Show me some human stuff
With a heart beat here
A little bit of this
A little bit of that
We are all we are and
You don’t have to be the Sun to shine on me
You don’t have to be a Star to shine
You don’t have to be the Sun to shine on me
Just the miracle you are
Enjoy yourself
And I will be falling under your spell
Ordinary and glad
Must be the real thing being happy with that
So happy to be
A shape in the sand
A drop in the ocean
And a tourist in Wonderland
Understand
You don’t have to be the Sun to shine on me
You don’t have to be a Star to shine
You don’t have to be the Sun to shine on me
Just the miracle you are
Enjoy yourself
And I will be falling under your spell
So happy to be
A face in the crowd
Just one of a million
I really should be so proud
Shed me a tear
Blow me a kiss
Show me some human stuff
With a heart beat here
A little bit of this
A little bit of that
We are all we are and
You don’t have to be the Sun to shine on me
You don’t have to be a Star to shine
You don’t have to be the Sun to shine on me
All cried out and all used up
You’re as thirsty as hell
But someone stole your loving cup
And stopped ringing your bell
Draw the curtains, lock your door
And stay in to get out of it
And love won’t bother you no more
No, no, no,
But I say
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
If you’re looking for someone
Someone, somewhere
Gotta be looking for you
Out there, get out there
If you’re looking for someone
Someone, somehow, sometime, somewhere
Has gotta be looking for you
But it’s heads they win and tails you lose
And you couldn’t care less
So put away your dancing shoes
And your favourite dress
Take a back seat, watch the show
You don’t wanna get hurt
All messed up, nowhere to go
No, no, no
But I say
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
If you’re looking for someone
Someone, somewhere
Gotta be looking for you
Out there, get out there
If you’re looking for someone
Someone, somehow, sometime, somewhere
Has gotta be looking for you
Blow your trumpet, bang your drum
Sing it loud till kingdom come
Hope you get to find someone
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
If you’re looking for someone
Someone, somewhere
Gotta be looking for you
Out there, get out there
If you’re looking for someone
Someone, somehow, sometime, somewhere
We're wounded but walking, dumbstruck but talking still
And I don't think we've made it, don't think we ever will
We're radio rental, so accidental too
And I don't think we've made it don't care if we ever do
Smashed in, crashed out
Spun around, messed about
Can't get up for falling down
Heh come and join the zoo
Shell shocked, red raw
Punch drunk, saddle sore
Forest Gump at heaven's door
Just looking for a clue
We're wounded but walking, dumbstruck but talking still
And I don't think we've made it, don't think we ever will
We're radio rental, so accidental too
And I don't think we've made it don't care if we ever do
Love bite, bee sting
Heavy heart, broken string
Never mind, cos everything
Yeah everything is alright now
We're wounded but walking, dumbstruck but talking still
And I don't think we've made it, don't think we ever will
We're radio rental, so accidental too
Jasmine and sandalwood, I smell the incense burning
I was the faithless one, but you've got this worm turning
And now I do believe I open up and breath you into me
I'd like to drink from you, worship the ground you walk on
Be yours in our communion
Take me to the church, take me to the church of you
Take me to the church, take me to the church of you
And I'll be on my knees to give you my confession
Subject of my desire, object of my obsession
Your body like a shrine, I offer sacrifices up to you
And you will let me in to places sweet and sacred
To where the flame is naked
Take me to the church, take me to the church of you
Take me to the church, take me to the church of you
And I'll be on my feet to sing my praises to ya
Sing glory Hallelujah
Take me to the church, take me to the church of you
What if it hasn’t gone the way you planned
Life isn’t as grand as everyone else’s
There go the neighbours in their 4x4
It’s bigger than yours, it’s bigger than Elvis
God knows, that’s the way that it goes
It’s what it is, what it is
Not the way that you want it
Not a song or a sonnet
Not a hope or a wish
Here you are, you are
Not what you wanted to be
Not a dream or a movie
What it is, what it is, what it is
Everybody’s in the back of a limousine and you’re the chauffeur
They’re doing less work, they’re having more fun
Them on Big Brother, they don’t have a clue
It should’ve been you, you should’ve been someone
So what? They would kill for what you’ve got
It’s what it is, what it is
Not the way that you want it
Not a song or a sonnet
Not a hope or a wish
Here you are, you are
Not what you wanted to be
Not a dream or a movie
What it is, what it is, what it is
You should’ve been someone
Big deal, that’s a lie, this is real
It’s what it is, what it is
Not the way that you want it
Not a song or a sonnet
Not a hope or a wish
Here you are, you are
Not what you wanted to be
Not a dream or a movie
What it is, what it is, what it is
And you don’t know what you want
It's dark in there and you're quite unaware
That the cracks on the ceiling are mocking you
Your airless bag, your dust in a shaft of light
And you think you might
Yeah you might stay there all day
Heh heh
Get up, get on your feet
Get up, don't go back to sleep
Get up, life is bitter sweet
And it's all going on without you
You're safe in there, no sharks anywhere
Not a soul to get you doing what you don't want
Go on pretend it's Sunday again, it's Sunday again
It's so warm in there, feels like camembert
All the things you'd do if only you had the energy
You bargain for just ten minutes more of this
When a prince's kiss
Turns you into a swan
Dream on
Get up, get on your feet
Get up, don't go back to sleep
Get up, life is bitter sweet
Your lips are sealed, your mouth is dry
Your tongue is well and truly tied
And so you bottle up inside
The feeling you've got
She's your moon, she's your sun
She could even be the one
Best regret the things you've done
Than those you have not
Don't hold back today
Don't wait for tomorrow
Don't let her get away
Lie, beg, steal or borrow,
Cos all is fair
Yeah, all is fair
You want to taste her honey lips
You want to be her chocolate chips
You want to catch her as she slips
Through your fingers
And very soon, before you know
You'll be "Jilted Romeo"
On some day time T.V. show
Like Jerry Springer's
Don't hold back today
Don't wait for tomorrow
Don't let her get away
Lie, beg, steal or borrow,
Cos all is fair
Yeah, all is fair
So ask her out, you'll never guess
She could say no, she could say yes
But you won't see the show unless
You buy a ticket
Will she fall under your spell
Will she blush and say farewell
Or will she smile at you and tell
You where to stick it?
Don't hold back today
Don't wait for tomorrow
Don't let her get away
Lie, beg, steal or borrow,
They meet in a cafe, it's love at first sight
They sit there the whole day, they talk there the whole day
They're gonna get married, they're tying the not
They're giving it everything, yeah all that they've got
How sad we were to hear your news
How much you had, so much to lose
How sweet the bird that sings the blues away
They borrow some money to buy a big house
With doves in the garden, with doves in the garden
They're gonna be happy, they're sure about that
They're gonna have children, two dogs and a cat
How sad we were to hear your news
How much you had, so much to lose
I thumb the pages one by one
What if a little bit rubs off on me
Soak up the pictures til I'm gone
Dreams for the dreamers, food for fantasy
Yey, I'm hanging by the pool
And I'm looking like a fool
But I don't mind
Easy life
Hello world, looking good
In leopard skin and polished wood
I'd be happy if I could be there with you
Hello world, the trouble is
I've got nothing much to give
But I'd give it all to live within your pages
I make like everything's alright
I live in colour, talk in black and white
Here's the Rembrandt that I bought
Here's the marlin that I caught
Here's the wife looking like my daughter
I don't mind
Easy life
Hello world, looking good
In leopard skin and polished wood
I'd be happy if I could be there with you
Hello world, the trouble is
I've got nothing much to give
But I'd give it all to live within your pages
My glamorous friends, how they dazzle and shine
I can always pretend that it's mine all mine
The clothes I wear are shiny new
They match the three piece and the children too
Can’t shake the monkey on my back
Can’t lose my luggage in the friendly skies
Can’t tell the good guys from the bad
Can’t hear the music for the background noise
Wish I was born yesterday
Born yesterday
I would be naked in every sense
I would be blissful in innocence
If I was born yesterday
Can’t look a stranger in the eye
Can’t reach the knife between my shoulder blades
Can’t fall asleep for wondering why
Can’t keep awake to man the barricades
Wish I was born yesterday
Born yesterday
I would be naked in every sense
I would be blissful in innocence
If I was born yesterday
All this stuff inside my head
Wish I could remember to forget
I find my thrill but lose my thread again
Can’t say the words, they make me choke
Can’t hear the punchline for the joke
Can’t see the trees for all the smoke
Can’t feel the love
Can’t feel the love for all the hate
Can’t taste the dinner I just ate
For all the ketchup on the plate
Wish I was born yesterday
Born yesterday
I would be naked in every sense
I would be blissful in innocence
Ain't no stopping this thing he's chasing
Ain't no stopping this runaway train he's on
He's wishing his wishes and missing his station
It's there one minute, and the next it's gone, gone, gone
Keeps on betting on winning this race
Don't see it looking him in his face
He's already there
He's already made it
He's already stolen the show
He just don't know
There ain't no stopping this rollercoaster
There ain't no jumping this merry-go-round she rides
You won't see this girl smelling these roses
You won't catch this girl showing this thorn she hides
A love bound mother and a dutiful wife
Too much living and not enough life
She's already there
She's already made it
She's already stolen the show
She just don't know
And It'll never be right unless one of them sees
The proverbial wood from the proverbial trees.
They're already there
They've already made it
They've already stolen the show
They just don't know
It's on the tip of my tongue
It's there and then it's gone
It's coming around again
It's just around this bend
It's over the horizon
It's right before my eyes
It's right beneath my feet
Ain't no stopping this thing we're chasing
High above the push and shove, I float without a sound
Paradise found
I can see a lilac field, a blue and crimson sky
How lucky am I?
And sunlight makes it alright, makes me shine
I watch you watching this view doing fine
But even though the view is ours, the pleasure is all mine
Living on Cloud 9
High above a crowded street a little bird of grey
Sings have a nice day
I can hear the falling rain, a crashing ocean wave
And Dagenham Dave
And music makes me lose it, makes me shine
When he sings “Oh my darling Clementine”
But even though the song is ours, the pleasure is all mine
Living on Cloud 9
I own my world, I own my world and all that’s in it
It all belongs to me
I own my world, I own my world and all that’s in it
It all belongs to me
I would love to share my love with you
But you don’t see all this beauty like I do
And even though the world is ours, the pleasure is all mine
Mr. K comes out to play
Inquisitive as ever
He'd like to know a bunch of things
He thinks you're pretty clever
The height of Cyd Charisse
The probability of chance
The capital of Turkey
And the president of France
Don't ask me, got no genius to mention
And I just don't know what to do, what to do
Don't ask me, I'm the father of invention
And you'll never know what is true, what is true
The origin of species
The date of Waterloo
Oppenheimer's shoe size
And the latitude of Timbuktu
The square root of thrity-eight
Why they call he-goats billy
The weight of Colonel Sanders
And the whereabouts of Chile
(Chorus)
Before you go on may I make a suggestion
To get to the truth,
You must first know the question
I catch my breath and ready for the race to come
No prizes call, the contest is my opium
Since you can never be sure
When they're keeping the score
You must always be ready to run
I tense myself
Waiting for the starting gun
No time for fun
Because
I work all day and I think all night
I break my body but that's alright
'Cos it'll take my mind and all my might
To keep one step ahead of you
I think to myself living is a winning school
Winning on your feet, winning on the street
Winning as a golden rule
It's seems there's always a test
And I'm doing my best
But there still seems a long way to go
I try myself
Trying everything I know
Pushing me so
(Chorus)
Don't wanna know why
Don't wanna know how or when or who
One step ahead
One more step ahead just to get me through
I try my best
Here comes another test
So wicked, no rest
Because
I am a man with things to say
Got the real thing here without a doubt
My aim is true, I'm on my way
And I know what life is all about
I'll be around
One day
Gunslung civilians
I'll be around
We'll play
Cowboys and Indians
I'll be around and around and around and around
I am a man with things to sell
And I sell them for the highest bid
I know my job, I do it well
I think maybe I'm the sundance kid
(Chorus)
Another shot
Another holler
Another bullet
Another dollar
Another day
I am a man without a cause
But that don't stop all the fun and games
I'm wild bill without his horse
I'm a modern day Jesse James
Make a joke about it
Make me feel all right
Paint bright colours over it
Paint it out of sight
Change around some numbers
'Til it all makes sense
Put it down, put it down to experience
The rain is coming down, the wind is blowing
The cold is biting, still you're showing
Your brave face is never fooling anybody
Your brave face is putting on a show
Your brave face
You've got to learn to trust somebody
It's time to live, time to cry, time to let it go
Tell me you can take it
You're OK more or less
Just another dog's dinner
Just another fine mess
You don't need my charity
You can deal with this
Shrug it all off, shrug it all off,
that's the way it is
Smile and tell me shit will happen
When all your life your life's been slapping
Your brave face is never fooling anybody
Your brave face is putting on a show
Your brave face
You've got to learn to trust somebody
It's time to live, time to cry, time to let it go
I'd like to know how long you think you
can keep the same expression
Never blinking, never shrinking from the
fists you kiss
And I'd like to know how brave
you think that is
I see white teeth shining through the black
and blue
Say it out loud, say it out loud, I'll still be
there for you
Your brave face is never fooling anybody
Your brave face is putting on a show
Your brave face
You've got to learn to trust somebody
There we were, living on our island in the sun
Life was so easy, there was plenty for everyone
'Long come a white man who saw the milk and honey
Now we're making due while he's making all the money
Oh no, not a Wounded Knee
Another wheel stops rolling
Oh no, not a Wounded Knee again
There we were, living in our village in the trees
We were minding our own business,
We were doing as we please
'Long came a white man with attitudes and axes
Now we're doing overtime and paying lots of taxes
(Chorus)
The promises and gifts he brings
In honor of the songs he sings
Are tearing us apart
We were pow-wowing to our hearts content
We had the great spirit, we didn't need a president
'Long came a white man from the civilised nations
Now he ain't having second thoughts
But we've got reservations
Oh no, not a Wounded Knee
Another wheel stops rolling
Oh no, not a Wounded Knee
Another bell starts tolling
Oh no, not a Wounded Knee
Another people starts calling
off to face the world again
past the bathroom mirror
ignorance is bliss, they say
couldn't be much clearer
imaging what might have been
thinking it could still be
all the lost years in between
still a sucker for a dream
you might be an oil tycoon
you might be a Cobb cartoon
you might be a Gershwin tune
you might be but you're not
you might be a nations fall
you might be an eagles call
you might be the Albert Hall
you might be but you're not
play the fool and act the clown
impress your friends and neighbours
not so good when you come down
with nothing for your labours
you could've been a movie star
you could've been a hero
you could have won a bridge too far
the best you get is no cigar
you might be an oil tycoon
you might be a Cobb cartoon
you might be a Gershwin tune
you might be but you're not
you are what you are
you see what you see
you might be an oil tycoon
you might be a Cobb cartoon
you might be a Gershwin tune
you might be but you're not
you might be a nations fall
you might be an eagles call
you might be the Albert Hall
I take each breath as if it is my first
I hold it there, so deep inside me
'Til I'm about to burst
I speak each word as if it is your name
I move my lips and I taste the moment
Still it sounds the same
Your hand moves and so does mine
Our eyes meet and I know I'm alive
You are my oxygen
I breathe you in I breathe you out
You are my oxygen
You are my love you are what life's about
I take each breath as if it is my last
You never know what came so slowly
Could leave us, oh, so fast
I take each step as if it is to you
I hear your voice I feel your presence
In everything I do
My body sleeps, your lips revives
Our hearts beat And I know I'm alive
You are my oxygen
I breathe you in I breathe you out
You are my oxygen
You are my love you are what life's about
I'm nobody without You
If You were not here what would I do
You are my oxygen
I breathe you in I breathe you out
You are my oxygen
I got it bad, you don't know how bad I got it
You got it easy, you don't know when you've got it good
It's getting harder, just keeping life and soul together
I'm sick of fighting, even though I know I should
The cold is biting
Through each and every nerve and fiber
My broken spirit is frozen to the core
I don't want to be here no more
Wouldn't it be good to be in your shoes
Even if it was for just one day
And wouldn't it be good
If we could wish ourselves away
Wouldn't it be good to be on your side
The grass is always greener over there
And wouldn't it be good
If we could live without a care
You must be joking, you don't know a thing about it
You've got no problems, I'd stay right there if I were you
I got it harder, you couldn't dream how hard I got it
Stay out of my shoes if you know what's good for you
The heat is stifling
Burning me up from the inside
The sweat is coming through each and every pore
I don't want to be here no more
I don't want to be here no more
I don't want to be here no more
Wouldn't it be good to be in your shoes
Even if it was for just one day
And wouldn't it be good
If we could wish ourselves away
Wouldn't it be good to be on your side
The grass is always greener over there
And wouldn't it be good
If we could live without a care
I got it bad, you don't know how bad I got it
You got it easy, you don't know when you've got it good
It's getting harder, just keeping life and soul together
on the top of an office block
sits a man of business, a man of means
he's got intrays and ashtrays
he is up to his neck in computers and tragedy queens
undermining his overdraft with lunches with the president
he got indecision and indigestion
and he wonders where the last ten million went
but what do i get when i say to his face?
let me take you to a better place
wild horses wouldn't drag me there
wild horses wouldn't make me care
i know where i belong
and i've been here too long
wild horses wouldn't drag me there
wild horses wouldn't make me care
i know where i belong
and i've been here too long
on the side of a mountainlives a man of nature, a man of peace
he got no food and no money
and he's waiting for his merciful release
works his fingers to the bone
just to make it through the winter snows
he's got nothing to do and no one to do it to
and he wonders where the buffalo goes
but what do i get when i say to his face?
let me take you to a better place
wild horses wouldn't drag me there
wild horses wouldn't make me care
i know where i belong
and i've been here too long
wild horses wouldn't drag me there
wild horses wouldn't make me care
i know where i belong
and i've been here too long
wild horses wouldn't drag me there
wild horses wouldn't make me care
i know where i belong
and i've been here too long
wild horses wouldn't drag me there
wild horses wouldn't make me care
i know where i belong
he made a record
it made him famous
yes it made him a star
the life and soul of the party
he rocks, he shocks
you never know where you are with him
he got no sense but he got money
he got no sense but he got overnight success
exceed excess, exceed excess
he no big deal, he just a wide boy
he no big deal he's just an ordinary guy
oh me, oh my, oh me, oh my
he made a movie
he played the driver of a big yellow car
he is super fab and groovy
he struts he crows
you never know where you are with him
he got no sense but he got money
he got no sense but he got overnight success
exceed excess, exceed excess
he no big deal, he just a wide boy
he no big deal he's just an ordinary guy
Half-way to paradise or so it seems that way
Same as anyone the same as any other day.
We seek eternity in all the things we buy
Not top priority but it sure figures very high.
Who steals the real world fooling us all as it goes
And who gets to heaven - heaven knows.
When a heart beats you can see forever
When our time sleeps you can be forever - be forever.
Meanwhile in Cuckoo Land
a most delightful place
We look no further than the nose in front of our face.
No wood anywhere
we can see only trees
Last train for material refugees.
When a heart beats you can see forever
When our time sleeps you can be forever.
When a heart beats you can see forever
When our time sleeps you can be forever - be forever.
Don't concern yourself with matters past and future
Just put your mind to where they meet.
But when a heart beats fooling us all as it goes
And who gets to heaven - heaven knows.
When a heart beats you can see forever
When our time sleeps you can be forever - be forever -
Be forever - be forever - be forever - be forever -
Heart beats
heart beats - be forever -
Heart beats
Sitting here feeding all these nimbers into my machine
A number for every little thing I see
I execute and they come dancing in
Dresses black and green
I recognise the number shining out at me
Telling me
One world, one love, one reason why
One hope, one dream, one reason why
One world, one love, one reason why
One hope, one dream, one reason why
One reason why
Many a good man stops to reason and pause for a while
Many a big man doesn't even try
And those who shold know better love the
Word in praise and letter
They wonder how and when
When I just wonder why I wonder
(Chorus)
They're crying in future tenses
Tearing down the walls and fences
No matter how I count
It still comes to the same amount
You've had it all and you wanted more
You've had nothing and you wanted for
nothing
You take a look through the open door
See it all going on out there
Time goes by, time goes by
And if you didn't laugh you could almost cry
What do you think of it so far?
Do you wonder where there might be something
better?
Do you think about where you are?
Do you wonder where you're going?
Five days a week for a slice of pie
Six pack of beer for an anaesthetic
You laugh a lot but you don't know why
And you don't seem to care 'bout that
Life goes on, ;life goes on
You don't know what you've got 'til it's
almost gone
What do you think of it so far?
Do you wonder where there might be something
better?
Do you think about where you are?
Do you wonder where you're going?
This three piece suite
These aching feet
This one way street
This funny old town
This unmade bed
These thoughts unsaid
These books unread
This merry go round
Time goes by
And if you didn't laugh you could almost cry
Life goes on, life goes on
You don't know what you've got 'til it's almost
gone
What do you think of it so far?
Do you wonder where there might be something
better?
Do you think about where you are?
i read it in the papers
it must be true
it said "girl gives birth to alien boy"
but do we see a photo of this bundle of joy --- no, no
i saw another headline
it knocked me flat
it said "dinosaur found alive today"
it's easy when you're talking the rhetorical way
it's what the papers say
you know it's right
it's down there written in black and white --- for you
it's what the papers say
you know it's true
they're responsible citizens and wold they lie to you?
i saw it on the front page
whatever next?
it read "N.A.S.A plans sex in outer space"
no doubt to procreate the human race
they put it in the late news
well, now hear this,it went "man with two heads learns to fly"
well, JESUS, but it must have been one hell of a guy
it's what the papers say
you know it's right
it's down there written in black and white --- for you
it's what the papers say
you know it's true
they're the pillars of society and would they lie to you?
i saw it on the newsstand
it shouted at me
it said "we are all good and they are all bad"
well drive me to the clinic 'cos it's driving me mad
it's what the papers say
you know it's right
it's down there written in black and white --- for you
it's what the papers say
you know it's true
they're responsible citizens and would they lie to you?
it's what the papers say
you know it's right
it's down there written in black and white --- for you
it's what the papers say
you know it's true
they're the pillars of society and would they lie to you?
it's what the papers say
you know it's right
it's down there written in black and white --- for you
it's what the papers say
you know it's true
There are walls to keep the stranger out
And doors that open wide
Over here, over here
Open spaces for a silent shout
A place for you to hide
Over here
Over here that feeling that fills my head
And smiles as as I take my time to bed
I hear someone calling me
Oh no
This certain space is not your place to go
I see someone standing there
Go away
Gone walkabout, not coming out today
Nothing ever seems to matter
And yet, nothing means so much
Over here, over here
No magic box or slight of hand
No mockery of touch
Over here
Over here I go but not to sleep
I hope there's something I can keep
shades of all shades
every shape and size
promised parties in the air
danced before her eyes
but where did love go
and where were you
on the day they turned violet to blue
friends of all friends
friends that came and went
some did care
some did not
subway residents
but what did you feel
what did you do
on the day they turned violet to blue
on the day they turned violet to blue
can't stop, don't start
warm hand, cool heart
please hear my call
out cold, in deep
no sense, no sleep
at all
so before you go
kinds of all kinds
glittering like gold
selling for the highest bid
keeping out the cold
and did the angels
call by for you
on the day they turned violet to blue
on the day they turned violet to blue
on the day they turned violet to blue
can't stop, don't start
warm hand, cool heart
please hear my call
out cold, in deep
I got two strong arms blessings of Babylon
With time to carry on and try for sins and alarms
So to America the brave
Wise men save
Near a tree by a river
There's a hole in the ground
Where an old man of saran
Goes around and around
And his mind is a beacon in the veil of the night
For a strange kind of fashion
There's a wrong and a right
But he'll never, never fight over you
I got plans for us nights in the scullery
And days instead of me
I only know what to discuss of for anything but light
Wise men fighting over you
It's not me you see pieces of valentine
With just a song of mine to keep from burning history
Seasons of gasoline and gold
Wise men fold
Near a tree by a river
There's a hole in the ground
Where an old man of saran
Goes around and around
And his mind is a beacon in the veil of the night
For a strange kind of fashion
There's a wrong and a right
But he'll never, never fight over you
I got time to kill sly looks in corridors
Without a plan of yours a blackbird sings on bluebird hill
Thanks to the calling of the wild
Wise mens child
Near a tree by a river
There's a hole in the ground
Where an old man of saran
Goes around and around
And his mind is a beacon
In the veil of the night
For a strange kind of fashion
There's a wrong and a right
Rise and greet the great pretender
He's young and hungry for your crown
Do you want it?
Do yuo want my place?
You can take my place
Do you want it?
Do you want my place?
You can take my place
Heart of gold and mind of putty
They made me up they'll make you up as well
(Chorus)
I know a thing or two
But I hope it's good for you
The time has come for abdication
So pass it on, yeah pass it on
(Chorus)
I hope you'll understand
If it goes the way they planned
Drink the good stuff down in one
Call for another, have yourself some fun
Here's to the good life, drink it down
Stick around
The morning after, playing dead
Don't see the black clouds gather overhead
Consequences raining down
Stick around
You might just learn something
God only knows what that could be
Stick around
You might just learn something
God only knows and he won't say
The wolf is in your dressing gown
He's huffing, puffing,
blowing your house down
The party's over, the love is gone
Think what to do you better run,
yeah you better run or
Stick around
You might just learn something
God only knows what that could be
Stick around
You might just learn something
God only knows so don't ask me
Stick around
What doesn't hurt me kills me slow
What doesn't scare me is nothing I don't know
What doesn't kill me makes me strong
When everything goes bad,
when everything goes wrong
Stick around
You might just learn something
God only knows what that could be
Stick around
You might just learn something
Sometimes
When I wake at night
I feel that nothing on earth could ever heard me
Sometimes
When I'm on my mind
I feel that nothing I say could ever deserve me
I'm stood on the tab of my own tongue
I'm caught in the space between the concept and the execution
I'm stuck in the back of my own fruit
I'm lost in the void between the instinct and the institution
It's more than vocabulary
Takes more than a dictionary
Sometimes
When I wake at night
I feel that nothing on earth could ever heard me
Sometimes
When I'm on my mind
I feel that nothing I say could ever deserve me
I'm stood on the tab of my own tongue
I'm caught in the space between the concept and the execution
I'm stuck in the back of my own fruit
I'm lost in the void between the instinct and the institution
It's more than vocabulary
Takes more than a dictionary
Sometimes
When I wake at night
I feel that nothing on earth could ever heard me
Sometimes
When I'm on my mind
I feel that nothing I say could ever deserve me
Sometimes
When I wake at night
I feel that nothing on earth could ever heard me
Sometimes
When I'm on my mind
Sear of faces
Rolling on the big wave
Wish that I could dive right in
Shiny faces,
Glowing in the light rays
Smiling at me, sink or swim
I put my words upon their lips
I put my body at their finger tips
It feels like somebody loves you,
somebody understands
It gets like you gotta be there
you gotta see those hands
It's my party
I don't have to impress
I don't have to try too hard
Yeah it's my party
I don't have to care less
I can always play my part
They know my face and they know my name
They know my shamelessness
but not my shame
It feels like somebody loves you,
somebody understands
It gets like you gotta be there
you gotta see those hands
Reaching out, reaching up for somebody
And I'm the only one they see
Lucky break just as well they don't realise
That I need them much more
than they need me
Hello home boy
Welcome to the real world
Say what planet have I been on
Time to wake up
Time to smell the roses
Who's gonna love me when they've gone
What will I do without my wishing well
What will I say if I can't talk about myself
I may be crazy, you can call me mad
I call it simple you call it sad
It feels like somebody loves you,
somebody understands
It gets like you gotta be there
I took an hundred and ten pictures of you
Put them all around me and wondered
what to do
Like a temple in memory,
a shrine in your name
To days I don't remember,
to nights I can't reclaim
I took a part of my life,
about eighteen years long
Pulled it all to pieces and tried to make a song
With a groove you could dance to, a tune you
could hum
I sung to my reflection, looking for the one
Man sees the boy in his eyes
Boy sees the man, singing:
Shine on
I thought you were gone
I thought you gave in
Deserted me long ago
Shine on
You're somebody's son
You're laughing again
You're letting the feeling grow
I took a hold of myself. It's not how I planned
Pulled myself together and acted like a man
I got a face I must keep up, responsible me
I keep it on my shoulders for everyone to see
But man sees the boy in his eyes
Boy sees the man, singing:
Shine on
I thought you were gone
I thought you gave in
Deserted me long ago
Shine on
You're somebody's son
You're laughing again
You're letting the feeling grow
Letting the feeling grow,
giving the years back to me
Letting the whole world know
that somebody in there loves me
Man sees the boy when he cries
Boy sees the man clinging on to him
Man sees the boy in his eyes
Boy sees the man, singing:
Look at her, she meets your eye
She makes you laugh until you cry
She makes you want to go and get her
Don’t be stupid, that’s so sad
You’re old enough to be her dad
You’re old enough to know much better
There’s an angel over there
Bet you’d like to stroke her hair
Bet you’d like to get her wings off
Not a chance, no way Jose
What the hell will people say
What the hell will people think of you
So what are you gonna do?
Heart is thumping
So exciting
Spirit jumping
She could be the one
Do you want her?
She’s inviting
Do you wonder?
If she could be the one
There’s another, she’s alright
Maybe she would spend the night
Maybe she could be your saviour
Five feet eleven in her socks
She’d have to stand you on a box
Is that appropriate behaviour?
How bout her, she could be fun
Could boil your bunnies one by one
Best be careful how you choose her
And what exactly have you got
John Travolta you are not
What would she want with a loser like you
i would go to hell in a hat
if you asked me to, my love
it might be a good thing at that
for me
i would catch the breeze from the treesand the stars from up above
i'd go round the world on my knees
or you
shame on you, shame on you
oh what does a boy have to do for you
shame on you, shame on you
oh what does a boy have to do
i would fight a great white with my hands
just to see your pretty face
ask me and i might serenade
for you
i would cross the seas for a smileand the warmth of your embrace
i'd only be to pleased to die
for you
shame on you, shame on you
oh what does a boy have to do for you
shame one you, shame on you
in the turquoise inner space
the giants live with grace
at peace with peace
at peace with god and men
their spirits rise and fall
much greater than us all
they trust too much
to see their bitter end
never in a million years, they say
it could never come to this, no way
you should never trust man, my friends
so as i stare to sea
the salt winds call to me
and as they call
i hang my head in shame
any other would could call their bluff
but any other world would scream enough
the ocean cries louder to me
save the whale . . . save the whale . . . save the whale . . .save the whale . . . save the whale . . . save the whale . . .
to never kiss and tell
their factory ship farewell
with every scream
a piece of conscience dies
lying in a crimson resting place
crying with a smile upon his face
the giant dies trusting in me
any other world would call their bluff
but any other world would scream enough
the ocean cries louder to me
save the whale . . . save the whale . . . save the whale . . .and jesus christ almighty
save the whale . . . save the whale . . . save the whale . . .
noon glistens and shadows wave
who know whether we're stupid or brave
and they way we are
oh we are
running scared
no use fighting in the name of pride
when there probably isn't any place to hide
and the two of us
running scared
they're fakin' their peace and makin' their tracks
they
re watching you, watching them, watching your backs
and they know we are
oh we are
running scared
running scared
from hearsay and hate
fatality and fate
st peter's pearly gate
on the run
to merciful release
where paranoias cease
and an everlasting peace
is not a gun
we could be pushing it much too far
well maybe we, maybe, just maybe we are
and the both of us
both of us
running scared
excuse me officer, don't you know
that this is the place where you people don't go
here we go
here we go
running scared
running scared
from hearsay and hate
fatality and fate
st peter's pearly gate
on the run
to merciful release
where paranoias cease
and an everlasting peace
is not a gun
running
make it plastic make it pay
use it up and throw away
make another just the same, more or less
burn our time down to size
send it up into the skies
hide the evidence with lies, what a mess
but we've just come from a meeting
and we're sure you'd like to know
there'll be deep blue skies and clear blue waters
everywhere you go
'cos everything's coming up roses
or so they tell you
coming up smelling of roses
or so they say
yes everything's coming up roses
or so they tell you
coming up smelling of roses
or so they say
in the name of energy
we give our problems to the sea
but they'll be back for you and me
in or haste, we forget
leaving our mistakes behind
out of sight is out of mind
our disposable mankind
what a waste
but we've talked to the experts
and they know a thing or two
they say it's all hunky dory
there's nothing for you to do
'cos everything's coming up roses
or so they tell you
coming up smelling of roses
or so they say
yes everything's coming up roses
or so they tell you
coming up smelling of roses
or so they say
but it's an awful price to pay
believing everything they say
here tomorrow gone today
so take me home to the red red skies and the
brown, brown grass and the black, black seas
and the broken glass and the dead, dead trees
but everything's coming up roses
or that's what they tell you
'cos everything's coming up roses
or so they tell you
coming up smelling of roses
or so they say
yes everything's coming up roses
or so they tell you
coming up smelling of roses
or so they say
black vinyl man with black plasticised imagination
more fodder for the new lost generation
i got a question to send you to the nearest closet
why can't you let us do it like JONI does it
there you go again, giving it your very best
trying so hard to make it sound like all thee rest
and as your factory sanctifies your wooden soul
you gave us T.V. dinners, now it's T.V. rock 'n' roll
we're growing p
we're growing up
to radio musicola
i got political inclinations to announce
but no way, if it doesn't scan with your accounts
i got some spiritual ideology for you
i know it's gotta correspond with the corporation view
we're growing up
we're growing p
to radio musicola
you can find it in the streets
you can find it in the elevators
you can find it where the ladies wash their hands
it emanates from littleboxes on the wall and it'll
soon be coming in disposable tin cans
my soul shows art to me, but dollars says my radio
wall street liquid lunches showing us the way to go
why tolerate this numismatical polity?
there isn't any other way, there isn't any other way, more's the pity
we're growing up
we're growing up
Just one look at those baby brown eyes
And all is understood
Ain’t no stopping you falling inside
And staying there for good
She won’t go doing those terrible things
Like messing with your heart
Pushing your buttons and pulling your strings
Sure that’s true, no she’ll never hurt you
Did you ever see a face like that
A picture of peace
A vision of honesty
Did you ever see anything so beautiful
So alive with promises, promises
And there ain’t nobody would dare come by
To tear her from your arms
Ain’t nobody as mighty and high
To keep her safe from harm
But you don’t have a hope in hell
You don’t have a chance
She’ll always be your mademoiselle
Lost in praise for her clever young ways
Did you ever see a face like that
A picture of peace
A vision of honesty
Did you ever see anything so beautiful
So alive with promises, promises
She’ll never say goodbye, never fall from grace
Did you ever hear a cry
Did you ever see a face like that
A picture of peace
A vision of honesty
Did you ever see anything so beautiful
It's a funny old world
You can laugh in a funny old world
Slip and sliding, duck and diving
Open wide and let it in
On a road some place
Live your life on a road some place
Pack your dreams and a needle and thread
Leave yourself like an unmade bed
One day you get to thinking
One day you get to feel the sun all around the world
And one day you get the picture
One day you realise and run all the way home
Maybe over that hill
Few steps more and it's over that hill
Slip and sliding, tumble and climbing
Picking up some diamonds and some rocks on your way
It'll be alright
Just one more it'll be alright
Stack them up where the garden grows
Fill your cup 'til it overflows
One day you get to thinking
One day you get to feel the sun all around the world
Hold you close, breath you in
Chase yourself, hear you singing
Watch you grow bigger than you know
One day you get to thinking
One day you get to feel the sun all around the world
And one day you get the picture
I don’t want this silence breaking
Though who do I think I’ll be waking
Footsteps of mine on hallowed ground
17 ghosts follow me around
But they’re not so good at talking
They just keep on walking
Rattling their chains as they go
They won’t be leaving me alone
‘til I am rid of this
Old house Leaky roof Creaky staircase
Old house Squeaky door
Get me out of here
Old house Dusty room Dirty window
Old house Empty house
Get me out of here
17 ghosts huff and puff
And this little heart just ain’t big enough
To fill this place with any cheer
Cos I’ve spent one night too many here
So I sing to myself a lullaby
And go to my bed praying I
Will soon be rid of this
I’ll fly and I won’t look down
And fall till I hit the ground
Then run like a maniac
And I won’t look back
When I am rid of this
Old house Leaky roof Creaky staircase
Old house Squeaky door
Get me out of here
Old house Dusty room Dirty window
Old house Empty house
Get me out of here
I want to be good, I want to be strong
But I treated him bad, I've done him wrong
I've taken his money, I'm given him hell
And he takes it all 'cause he knows me well
We can say what we mean and mean what we say
We don't like to mess around
But we're there to hold each other up
When we're falling down
Just like an old friend
Putting me on my feet again
Giving me back my pride then
Letting me go
Just like an old friend
Putting me in my place again
Giving me back my hope then
Letting me know that he's an old friend
I don't suffer no fools I testify
But he must be one for being by my side
I've broken his heart
I've shaken his tree
But still he doesn't want anything from a fool like me
We won't talk for a year or two
Maybe when we do we won't say much
Even so we know that out of mind is never out of touch
We're having a man-to-man
Don't want to get sentimental
But both of us understand
Hello baby, I have got a shoulder here to cry upon
How could he ever leave you to hurt the way you do
I’m telling you that he is not worth a single tear of yours
He is not deserving of an angel such as you
Oh you beautiful thing
Oh you wonderful, marvellous thing
Bless your bountiful heart
Bless your fabulous, glorious, broken heart
He must be some kind of fool, fool enough to let you go
I would be ashamed of me, if I was in his place
I’d be on my hands and knees, begging you to take me back
Doing somersaults to see a smile upon your face
Oh you beautiful thing
Oh you wonderful, marvellous thing
Bless your bountiful heart
Bless your fabulous, glorious, broken heart
And I do adore you
And I always will
And I’m right here for you
War is over
War is over
War is over
War is over
Oh you beautiful thing
Oh you wonderful, marvellous thing
Bless your bountiful heart
Bless your fabulous, glorious heart
Oh you beautiful thing
Oh you wonderful, marvellous thing
Bless your bountiful heart
i thought i heard a lover's sigh
it wasn't very loud
it came as i was passing by
somebody else's cloud
the curtains were the finest lace
and when the night winds blew
i saw the dew upon her face
and other places too
nobody knows what you do to me
and nobody's past is history
but the thing they should know seems to bethat it's nobody's business at all
i took a walk down lovers lane
a quick call to the boss
and yet again it seems my gain
is somebody else's loss
automobilia nowhere steer
my camera standing by
i wait for evening mists to clear
so i can find out why
nobody knows what you do to me
and nobody's past is history
but the thing they should know seems to be
You can have it if you want, it's on a plate
With southern fries and a salad dressed
Or, better still, undressed
And she'll come microwaved and hot
Loving all the things you've got
And you will be everything you're not
When she's around
And she'll be made in heaven,
in heaven, they said
That she'll be made in heaven,
forever in your head
You can keep it if you want, or throw it away
She comes free with metallic paint and a three
year warantee
You can pull her on like a pair of jeans or
drink her down like the real thing
And she'll have a mind to call your own
And she won't wait to get you home
To get you home
And she'll be made in heaven,
in heaven, they said
That she'll be made in heaven,
forever in your head
She'll make you fly, she'll take you deep
When she comes walking in your sleep
But they made you a promise they
couldn't keep
Just another stupid white man
He was unemployed and rich
An expert drunken driver
With a most alarming itch
He was belly deep in cronies
They laughed at all his jokes
There were sycophants and phonies
And a lot of daddy’s folks
He was
Loud, proud, confident and wrong
Bold, positive and strong
Cold, sure but all along
He was loud, proud, confident and wrong
He cut his teeth in Texas
That put him on the map
Fried more than Colonel Sanders
What an interesting chap
B.S. inclination
U.S. troglodyte
A fundamental Christian
Yeah, fundament is right
He was
Loud, proud, confident and wrong
Bold, positive and strong
Cold, sure but all along
He was loud, proud, confident and wrong
Got the job that he was born for
Not quite bona fide
He had brother in his corner
And God was on his side
To leave us in the shitehouse
God thought he’d have some fun
So he put him in the Whitehouse
And said “give this man a gun”
He was
Loud, proud, confident and wrong
Bold, positive and strong
Cold, sure but all along
He was loud, proud confident and wrong
Bold, positive and strong
Cold, ignorant and brash
Flash, sure and all along
even though i think of you
life goes on
i keep your photograph in my attache'
your eyes seem to follow me from day to day
i make the curtains sing and dance in my room
i'm sure i see your smile and smell your sweet perfume
sometimes your face is in everything i see
forever with me
sometimes our love is more than just a memory
even though i think of you
life goes on
my heart keeps me awake as loud as it beats
i'm sure i feel your skin between the warm silk sheets
sometimes your face is in everything i see
forever with me
sometimes our love is more than just a memory
even though i think of you
life goes on
when i'm awake or sleepingwhen i got things to do
why does everything i see remind me of (you?)
(You) swept the broken years away
just like a brand new broom.
and there was only you there in (the room)
(the room) grows hazy and the people grow loud
i'm sure i hear your voice above the madding crowd
sometimes your face is in everythings i see
forever with me
sometimes our love is more than just a memory
even though i think of you
Two-thirty on a Monday morning, I go
No particular worry or care
Down Santa Monica Boulevard, real slow
Just to see if that lady's still there
I don't know if I should
But maybe I could ask her something
I wonder 'bout the place she calls her home
You're not alone
Lady on the phone
Who are you calling
Who are you talking to now
Lady on the phone
Who knows your number
Who lives in your world and how
So another day comes round, life goes
On and lady's still making that call
No need to tell her there's a world out there
She knows
She just doesn't seem worried at all
I see someone in there
Beauty with the reddest of hair
And maybe not such a long, long time ago
You're not alone
(Chorus)
When there are no more dimes to spend
Do operators call you friend
Does anybody know your name
Call me I'll play your game
I know
You're not alone
permanent wave
temporary laughter
morality's soul
living happy ever after
never see the end
never in a million years
and never be afraid
cos even when my head says this is all there is
i believe there'll be another time
L.A.B.A.T.Y.D.
all our bodiesthree score years and ten
i know we're waiting for the big amen
only one chance
tears of blood and years of sweat and toil
give it all up
then shuffle off your mortal coil
don't it make you sigh
don't you want to bend and cry
don't you be afraid
cos even when my head says this is all there is
i believe there'll be another time
got a badge upon my chest
i'm a cut above the rest
so ican tell you what to do
got my regimental hat
got my "by the good book" chat
so ican tell you where to go
i've got a job to do and i'm telling you
i intend to do it well
it's easy when you know how
got my smart uniform
and my duty to perform
so i
don't care you who you are
i'm the only one who can spoil your fun
with one shake of the head
it's easy when youknow how, know way
know where and know today
know mercy, know time
know reason, know rhyme
know how
i can tell you i'm the law
with my medals from the war
so don't tell me what to do
with my narrow point of view
though i know you're probably right, i guess
it's still not easy saying yes
it's easy when you know how, know way
know where and know today
know mercy, know time
know reason, know rhyme
Put on your coat, put on your hat
Say goodbye to your welcome mat
Forget your bag, forget yourself
Forget the lines you knew so well
So brace yourself and open up the door
Because it's everybody for themselves
Well, here we go, yeah here we go
You can't say yes you can't say no
You lose your mind you lose your way
You lose your temper every day
And you wonder why you always have to fight
For such an ordinary life
Jane Doe, let it go quiet over there
Jane Doe, puppet show
Wash it from your hair
Don't forget to say a prayer
And as you dive into the street
Your tiny feet don't touch the ground
You got no say, you got no choice
Can't here your voice above the crowd
So here we go, yeah here we go
You can't say yes, you can't say no
You got no time, you got no space
There is no hiding in this place
But don't you let it take your breath away
It's just an ordinary day
Jane Doe, let it go quiet over there
Jane Doe, puppet show
Wash it from your hair
Don't forget to say a prayer
So here we go, yeah here we go
God bless this happy home
God bless the hugs and kisses
Keep us all safe and warm
Keep us in ignorant bliss
Heaven help old Joseph Bloggs in his
cardboard box
Reaching out his hand for a piece of me
Heaven give his dog a bone, leave my
conscience well alone
Then make them jump about as
happy as can be
And the Devil take the rest of them,
the Devil take the rest of them
God bless the beautiful
God bless the loved and lauded
Save them from what they do
Save those who can afford it
God bless the stock exchange
God bless the corporations
Give us our daily bread
Forgive us poor relations
Heaven help the little man,
getting by the best he can
Say's that it's no life but it's a living
Heaven help the down at heel,
I wonder how they feel
Does anybody know,
I simply can't imagine
And the Devil take the rest of them,
the Devil take the rest of them
God bless our football team
God bless my red Diablo
Praise be this coffee machine
Amen to all I know
Heaven help the human race,
put a smile upon it's face
With it's sad and sorry eyes
upon my television
Heaven help with all it's might so I can
sleep at night
So I can enjoy what I've been given
And the Devil take the rest of them,
the Devil take the rest of them
The devil take my soul from me,
talk tougher than james cagney
act smarter than charlie chan
love longer than valentino
or you never will be a man
i saw him down at the drive-in saturday
a forty five to blow away anyone who happens to disagree
with such panache and style, he wins the game
when all the while, i'm sitting here thinking that it could be me
suddenly, in walks a criminologist
with too much knowledge to resist and plenty of answers
for the good at heart
no fear, no pain, no sweat, the teardrop on the serviette,
oh i could be a hero if i was that smart
silver cloud, silver tongue on a liver screen
with the sweetest of the sweet and meanest of the mean
talk tougher than james cagney
act smarter than charlie chan
love longer than valentino
or you never will be a man
back to the movies where
the lady, beset by his charms, falls faintly in the lovers arms
the fate of every watching woman in his hands
after the earth moves, musn't dwell, our hero bids a fond farewell
upon his trusty camel 'cross the desert sands
with the bad guys in a fix and the ladies in a spin
where does fantasy end and reality begin?
talk tougher than james cagney
act smarter than charlie chan
love longer than valentino
or you never will be a man
when you take up the sword and you fight the good fight
with your ego in the red and your dreams in black and white.
talk tougher than james cagney
act smarter than charlie chan
love longer than valentino
That’s the limit, that’s enough
Time somebody called your bluff
You over educated thug
Degrees in looking down your nose
And supercilious repose
Plus a Phd in smug
Wind your neck in, shut your gob
You’re just a bully and a snob
You’re just a loud, pretentious hack
I’d make you squeal, I’d make you run
I’d punch your lights out one by one
If I hadn’t hurt my back
With your new model army ethic
And your old Public schoolboy charm
You’re a star
I hope you’re happy now
I hope you’re having fun at my expense
Well excuse me if I pause to take offence
And excuse me if I don’t bend over
Well, I’m not one to anger quick
You condescending little prick
It takes a lot to get my goat
One day a better man than I
Will feed you fist and humble pie
And I’ll be there to hold his coat
With your oh so assured manor
And your own so adoring clan
You’re the man
I hope you’re happy now
I hope you’re having fun at my expense
Well excuse me if I stoop to take offence
And excuse me if I don’t bend over
You’ve had your fun, you’ve had your say
And now I’m wiping you away
Like something nasty on my shoe
Yeah, I won’t sink to take your bait
Cos I love better than I hate
And I won’t waste a drop on you
closing in on empty spaces
winners laugh too soon
a paper world with paper faces
beneath a paper moon
there's a man, a real pacesetter
coming after me
and after him there's someone better and
after him there's me
he'll offer you a cigarette
he'll offer you a light
but he hasn't finished with you yet
on another long, knife night
so look behind you
there's the man you're chasing
look behind you
let's go human racing
human racing
let's go racing now
open arms and open purses
open season's here
fill your heads with clever verses
and then they disappear
silent vows in secret places
they'll get you somehow
cos you never win in human races
so who's the loser now
look behind you
there's the man you're casing
look behind you
let's go human racing
human racing
Look at you glowing all shiny and fresh
Standing alone looking over the edge
It's a long way down
I wish I could give you a bullet proof skink
I wish I could show you the world that you're in
but I can't
You wouldn't understand
So there's not a lot I can say
Except please come back and see usall one day
Have a nice life, have a nice life
Hope you find all you're looking for
I hope it goes well, I come it comes right for you
Have a nice life, have it your way
Hope you live long and prosper
I hope you get high, I hope you get lucky
And find the right one
I love you my precious, I love you my son
I'm sorry for all the bad things that I'vedone in the past
But it happened so fast
But it didn't quite go as I'd planned
But I hope to God one day you'll understand
Have a nice life, have a nice life
Hope you find all you're looking for
I hope it goes well, I come it comes right for you
Have a nice life, have it your way
Hope you live long and prosper
I hope you get high, I hope you get lucky
And find the right one
The one love
i think i'll call the whole thing off
a joke's a joke, it isn't funny anymore
enough's enough
now i forget what i was fighting for
i played the game
i lost
i even took the blame
i lost
i think i'll change my name
to lost
i'll never be the same anymore
so tell the whole world
i'm not here, i'm somewhere elseand i'm not coming back
cos i'mgone to pieces
out to lunch
gone to pieces
tired of running with the bunch
i'm tired of going to the wall
when i had nothing but the best intentions
i'm sick of answering the call
of alexander graham bell's inventions
i took a gamble every day
i lost
i didn't wanna play
i lost
down each and every by way
i lost
and yes i even did it my way
so tell the whole worldi'm not me i'm someone else
and he's gone with me too.
gone to pieces
out to lunchgone to pieces
tired of running with the bunch
I can feel this body moving, it's like
I'm going for a ride
It's on automatic pilot, nothing going on inside
Yeah I dress it in Versace and I feed it a la carte
But there's no fire in its belly, there's no
passion in its heart
Oooh find me a stranger
Oooh find me a face
Oooh find me an Angel to take me from
this place
I can hear this body talking 'bout some
stupid little thing
But it doesn't sound like my voice,
no it doesn't sound like me
And I take it to the movies and I let it
drive my car
And I tuck it up in bed at night so it can
wish upon a star
Oooh find me a stranger
Oooh find me a face
Oooh find me an Angel to take me from
this place
To take me from this place
I can feel this body shaking like it's just
about to blow
I guess it's time that I did something,
yeah I think it's time to go
Oooh find me a stranger
Oooh find me a face
Oooh find me an Angel to take me from
this place
Oooh find me a stranger
Oooh find me a face
Oooh find me an Angel to take me from
If you wrote a book with a page for
each memory
And put it in hardback for people to buy
The critics would laugh, yeah they'd call
it ridiculous
And sit around waiting for Porky to fly
The truth is stranger than fiction
And I must believe what I see
But the truth is stranger than fiction to me
If they made a film of the book of the memory
With Bobby De Niro and Demi De Moore
You'd sit in your seat with your popcorn
and chocolate
And wonder aloud at the point of it all
The truth is stranger than fiction
And I must believe what I see
But the truth is stranger than fiction to me
If it can happen it will happen it has
happened already
If you don't understand, no reason and
no rhyme
Don't ask why
If someone had told you you'd be where
you are today
You'd of thought they were crazy and laughed
in their face
And I never thought I would long for the
memory
I never thought I would get to this place
The truth is stranger than fiction
And I must believe what I see
But the truth is stranger than fiction to me
they found me lost in space, nowhere to go
with the stakes so high and my resistance so low
they said "follow us, follow us today
we are truth, we are the way."
"Young man" they said "Your search is through
You can trust in us, we'll look after you
We will be your body, we will be your mind
And we've a face of each and every kind
Yes we've a face of each and every kind"
"One for us and one for you
One for old and one for new
One for rich and one for poor
One for peace and one for war"
"there's no need for you to hear or see
we'll do your thinking for you, if you'll agree
so close your eyes and let yourself unwind
and we can leave the real world behind"
for a moment i was taken inthey were in my body, there were under my skin
until i heard a voice crying "set me free"
and i realized that it was meyes i realized that it was me
just when you really thing you're going places
they come inside of you with their many faces
One for us and one for you
One for old and one for new
One for rich and one for poor
I told my tale with some words
From jail and a Bible vow
But fear and fury were my judge and
Jury so here I am now
There was a letter
A hundred letters
I wrote a letter
It said "Hi! Mr. President I hope
You're fit and strong"
And I hope you'll give me every
Chance to live because they done me wrong
My hope lies in Elisabeth's eyes
Love I will never have known
My hope lies in Elisabeth's eyes
Alone
Still reeling I detect a feeling that I'm here to stay
Somebody locked me up
Somebody threw my key away
I got a letter
A single letter
I read the letter
It said "Hang in there boy
I am fighting for you still"
It was then I knew I really loved her too
I guess I always will
(Chorus)
Another letter
The last letter
I wrote a letter
It said "Don't cry lady, you really shouldn't care"
Tuesday at seven I will find my heaven
And I'll see you there
hold me up, i'm falling over
got the jackal at my door
got a chip upon my shoulder
but i still come back for more
phone me up, i'm feeling lonely
got the radio up loud
with my comfortable position
and my cottage in the clouds
easy we come, easy we go
little we learn, little we know
no place to rest, no space to grow
easy we come, easy we go
wind me up, i'm boxing shadows
got a pocket full of fluff
got a sturdy constitution
but i don't think thats enough
easy we come, easy we go
little we learn, little we know
no place to rest, no space to grow
easy we come, easy we go
easy we go
wake me up i'm fast asleep
and i've forgotten who i am
got a trivial ideal
and a temporary plan
easy we come, easy we go
little we learn, little we know
no place to rest, no space to grow
whenever i want some company
whenever i need a song to play
whenever my love is sitting by me
and when i can't find the words to say
i let the drums do the talking
when i can do with some conversation
whenever I'm deep in sorrow or pain
when i'm in need of an explanation
and when i've feelings that i can't explain
i wouldn't if i were you
thank god we're not
my finger shoots straight and true
that shows a lot
just try it on if you dare
so tough so free
my shoulder has chips to spare
save one for me
whenever these bars close before me
i'll tear them down
with one fit of temper
it's hot head, hot groove, don't look, don't move
don't let me out of my cage boy
'cos i might kill somebody
don't let me out of my cage boy
'cos i might thrill somebody
whatever their name may be
who dares, who dares?
nobody does that to me
who cares, who cares?
whenever these four walls close me in
i'll knock them down
with one flick of my wrist
it's so mean, so cute, don't scream, don't shoot.
don't let me out of my cage boy
'cos i might kill somebody
don't let me out of my cage boy
'cos i might thrill somebody
i'm counting from one to ten
one two, one two
no telling what happens then
it's up to you
it could be love or it cold be war
what will you choose
it depends what i want to get out of my cage for
choose war, you lose
whenever the roof falls down on me
i'll come right through
with one beat of my heart
it's you win, you bet, don't cry, don't fret
don't let me out of my cage boy
'cos i might kill somebody
don't let me out of my cage boy
your mind can play tricks
makes you what you want to be
just like superheroes
you saw them on tv
coast to coast, wall to wall
got to go, duty calls
here i am
superman, lois lane
saved the world, back again
here i am
in my old, red saloon
i'm a knight in shining armour
if i were asleep, man
i couldn't be much calmer
hit the road, on the run
faster than anyone
here i amone for all, all for one
shake the fist, shoot the gun
here i am
don quixote
what do you say?
are we proud? are we brave?
or just crazy?
don quixote
what do you say?
are we shooting at windmills like you?
common sense, is as good
as a cafe' on the moon
when man and machinery come to their high noon
beat the clock, punch the wall
fix'd in no time at all
here i amradio on the blink
kick the cat, hit the drink
here i am
don quixote
what do you say?
are we proud, are be brave
or just crazy?
don quixote
what do you say?
are we shooting at windmills like you?
here i am
don quixote
He's the wasp in the jam, he's the dad at the party
The trash in the beauty spot
He's the cloud in the sky, he's the fly in the ointment
The nail in the parking lot
Let's give the man a hug then put him out to grass
Feel sorry for the bug, the one that's up his ass
We're pulling out the plug, we're turning on the gas
We're turning on the gas
And he don't like sunshine and he don't like icecream
And he don't like Sundays and he don't like dancing
Yeah he don't like dancing
He's the frog in the throat, he's the spot on the forehead
The crack in the window pane
He's the leak in the boat, he's the weed in the rosebed
The truck in the outside lane
So get the kids along and fill him up with love
Then sing a happy song yeah, really piss him off
Cos everything is wrong and nothing's good enough
It won't be good enough
And he don't like sunshine and he don't like icecream
And he don't like Sundays and he don't like dancing
And he don't like your face and he won't die laughing
So chuck it and run, he'll only make you mad
Just go and have some fun, the best you've ever had
And say "Shoot me with a gun if I ever get like that
Please don't let me get like that"
And he don't like sunshine and he don't like icecream
And he don't like Sundays and he don't like dancing
She has office girl hair that she wears in a bun
And her confident air doesn’t fool anyone
With her curious walk neither clumsy or svelte
And a mouth where the bravest of butter would never dare melt
But her dangerous eyes could get you in trouble
Could make you do something you might regret
Her dangerous eyes could make you see double
Could make you see God for a second, I bet
Well she’s wider than some (if I can be graphic)
With a generous bum that wouldn’t stop traffic
Her functional fingers, not exactly petite
And you wouldn’t get anyone queuing to fall at those feet
But her dangerous eyes could get you in trouble
Could make you do something you might regret
Her dangerous eyes could make you see double
Could make you see God for a second, I bet
You’ll say when you’ve seen her
She’s no Angelina
She’ll never make you lose your cool
But I know when she flashes
Those Medusa lashes
You’ll just be one more fool
You fool
And her schoolteacher voice wouldn’t deign to entice
And her ever so sensible dresses wouldn’t make you look twice
But her dangerous eyes could get me in trouble
Could make me do something I might regret
Her dangerous eyes could well burst my bubble
Could make me see God for a second
Well her dangerous eyes could get you in trouble
Could make you do something you might regret
Her dangerous eyes could make you see double
cold and lonely, tired and bored
just like the day before
missing out on life's reward
of that you an be sure
so bring on the dancing girls
take off the cold night and the sad day
bring on the dancing girls
take off the twilight and the skies so grey
and they dance for him inside his head
soul destroyed by life's demands
with nothing to believe
our hero sits with head in hands
and heart upon his sleeve
so bring on the dancing girls
take off the cold night and the sad day
bring on the dancing girls
bring on the girls to dance his blues away
you may never get to wander
along the corridors of power
where the files tell your story
beneath the bell that keeps it's secret by the hour
we wanna know what's it's got to say.
we know what you're doing
we know what you've got
we know how you got it
but we don't talk a lot
and everything's so
cloak and dagger
our future in their hands
promises of promised lands
cloak and dagger
our world behind closed doors
and what they have is mine and yours
we give you bits and pieces
to keep you happy and fat
we know the things that matter
but we don't talk about that
mums the word
cloak and dagger
our future in their hands
promises of promised lands
cloak and dagger
our world behind closed doors
and what they have is mine and yours
when there's still conflict and confusion
after everything they've tried
why can't they just let go of their secrets
cos there's no suspicion when there's nothing left to hide
there's nothing left to hide
we know that things that matter
but we're not telling you
cos you might try to stop us
and that would never do
and everything's so
cloak and dagger
our future in their hands
promises of promised lands
cloak and dagger
our world behind closed doors
gone fishing for compliments
on hollywood and vine
i'd come to your party
but i haven't finished mine
talk to the doctor
he turns acid into wine, 'cause
i am an angelin the city of angels
nothing cuts too deep
yes i am an angel
in the city of angels
and i live the biggest sleep . . . oh oh oh
i'm off to chew the fat
where all the in crowd chew
hang loose at the oscar show
and at the yacht club too
don't mess with me
'cos i've a bigger hose than you. 'cause
i am an angelin the city of angels
nothing cuts too deep
yes i am an angel
in the city of angels
and i live the biggest sleep
cos i am an angelnothing here is real
cos i am an angelin the city of angels
it only matters what you feel
cause
i am an angel
in the city of angels
and everything is cool
cause i am an angel
in the city of angels
it's me i'm trying to fool
'cos i am an angel
in the city of angels
nothings as it seems
'cos i am an angel
in the city of angels
so come and live your dreams
'cos i am an angelin the city of angels
nothing cuts too deep
'cos i am an angel
in the city of angels
You’ve got to laugh though it’s not funny
You’ve got to laugh, or you would surely cry
Can’t buy a chance for love or money
Can’t get arrested however hard you try
Your heart is numb, you’ve screamed and shouted
Banged on the door relentlessly
They should have come, no doubt about it
To lock you up and throw away the key
You’ve got to laugh though it’s not funny
You’ve got to laugh, or you would surely cry
Can’t buy a chance for love or money
Can’t get arrested however hard you try
It’s so unfair how unfair this is
You’ve done some things beyond the pale
You’ve broken hearts and stolen kisses
Still not enough to get you into jail
Well, it must feel like you’re invisible
Say, do they know that you’re alive
So what you gonna try now?
Hey what you gonna try?
And now it’s time to rest your poor head
You tried it all, you tried it all
You might as well have stayed in your bed
You might as well be a flower on the wall
You’ve got to laugh though it’s not funny
You’ve got to laugh, or you would surely cry
Can’t buy a chance for love or money
What's the matter with your face?
What's the matter with they way you talk?
What you doing with that spoon?
You should be eating with a knife and fork
Take a look at your body
Take a look at your state of play
You've had your fun and now it's time to pay
I'm doing O.K.
Well look at me, I'm doing O.K.
Good, cos'
I'm burning at both ends
Running on spare juice
Living from line to line
I'm burning at both ends
Surviving on borrowed time
Maybe it's me who's doing it wrong
Maybe I'm falling behind
Maybe I'd come to your party
If I was the Hari Kari'ing kind
Sooner or later it'll catch you up
Sooner or later you'll see
You may not be around to disagree
Are you talking to me
You couldn't be talking to me
Good, cos'
now keep this to yourself but
my love plays games with me
i don't mean gin or monopoly
strings me along like some pet animal or other
why do i play her game
when she can't even remember my name
wish i could whistle like the "Big Sleep's" famous lover
hey there, bogart
could you help me out
talk to be bogart
what is it all about
hey there bogart
proud and brave and strong
talk to me bogart
what did i do wrong
help me bogart
if time and space allow
talk to me bogart
what would you do now
i have to tell you 'bout Chuck
he's indestructible
well he is six and one half feet tall
and he's witty and pretty and all american, i'm afraid
she thinks that he's so smart
she doesn't know that she's breaking my heart
which i could wrastle like Hollywood's favourite renegade
hey there, bogart
could you help me out
talk to be bogart
what is it all about
hey there bogart
proud and brave and strong
talk to me bogart
what did i do wrong
help me bogart
if time and space allow
talk to me bogart
what would you do now
what did i do wrong help me bogart
if time and space allow
talk to me bogart
Billy is a new man, he does the best he can
to figure out what it's about and what thehell he's meant to be.
He does the right thing when expected, nuff
respect , once in a while he likes a smoke and a joke, just as long as it's P.C.
And he thinks that he cries at the Movies
'Cos he's in touch with his feminine side
Sally wants a proud man
Sally wants a proud man
Sally wants a proud man
But she's taken all his pride
Billy is a new man, at least when she's around,a model father or if needed, he'll
be mother for the day,
He watches "Men Behaving Badly" though
he'll gladly switch it off if she's offended
he'll pretend it wasn't funny any way
He's got one face he keeps for his woman
And one for when he's out with the guys
Sally wants a true man
Sally wants a true man
Sally wants a true man
But he's living out a lie
Better go and find an analyst, or something
time for sorting out his head
Better go and find a book to read about it
just like his daddy never did
And he reads Marie Claire at the Doctors just
in case there is something he should know
Sally wants a free man
Sally wants a free man
Sally wants a free man
But she will not let him go
Billy is confused, he feels abusive and abused
he's got one hand on an olive branch
the other on his crotch
He drives a sensible coupe, he thinks Oasis
are OK, he drinks non alcoholic lager though
he'd rather drink a scotch
And he tries very hard to be happy but there
are a few little things in the way
Billy wants a good girl and a bad girl and ablonde girl, and a brunette or a Bond girl and
a house maid and a teas maid and a Frenchmaid, yes a sex aid, and a Goddess and aconfidante, a wet nurse and an agony aunt,
a lover, mother, baby sitter, a young girl with a
pretty face and smart but not too smart to love
an arsehole, yeah, an arsehole, Billy wants to be
an arsehole, singin'
Billy wants it all now
Billy wants it all now
Billy wants it all now
But he's too ashamed to say
Sally wants a Superman
Sally wants a Superman
Sally wants a Superman
I do believe that you believe most everything you’ve told me
Incredibly, you’d guarantee the crock of shit you sold me
You still deny a single lie has ever passed from your lips
You play the game, say I’m to blame. I must be paranoid
I must be paranoid
This song is about you
All about you
All about you
You carry on like nothing’s wrong, the mother of invention
The centre of some kind of love, the centre of attention
I do declare you’re unaware you’ve even got a problem
No telling you. All I can do is try to spell it out
In case there’s any doubt
Let me spell it out
This song is about you
All about you
Fifteen minutes, that's all you get
One quarter hour, to get it all together
That's nine hundred seconds to make
your bed
Fifteen minutes to show the world
You think you're something, that's what it's like
The one and only, the centre of attention
You're on you're high horse,
then you're on your bike
'Cos you've got fifteen minutes to show
the world
Fifteen minutes to show the world
Blow me kisses forever
Show me this is a love forever
Well, there's been some misunderstanding,
but that don't bother you
You never let it get you down, you can show
them all next time around
Swallow this sound bite, you won't have time
to chew
'Cos you've got fifteen minutes to show
the world
That's fifteen minutes to show the world
Feed me honey I'll live forever
Throw me money I'll live forever
Fifteen minutes, that's all you get
One quarter hour, to get it all together
That's nine hundred seconds to make
your bed
And don't go hesitating
'Cos someone else is waiting for his
Fifteen minutes
Fifteen minutes
Fifteen minutes to show the world
Another cat amongst the pigeons
Another spanner in the scheme of things
I don't know why it shakes them up so much
They're so out of touch with me.
It isn't easy finding something new
The bible bashers beat you black and blue
Fire and brimstone raining down on you
But you know it's true, they know what they can do.
(Chorus )
Monkey business, mankind
I've got a theory that will blow your mind
Monkey business, you'll see
I got you swinging from swinging from tree to tree
I'm never sure about what they want
They put their collars on back to front
They got their answers and they don't like mine
But I'm only trying to help.
They say I should be full of shame and dread
They point to Genesis and shake their head
They don't know what it is they makes them tick
But I've news for them and it's not so romantic.
Monkey business, mankind
I've got a theory that will blow your mind
Monkey business, you'll see
I've got you swinging from tree to tree.
Monkey business, mankind
I've got a theory that will blow your mind
Monkey business, you'll see
You got an ape in your family tree.
We don't want monkey business
We don't want monkey business
Monkey business, mankind
I've got a theory that will blow your mind
Monkey business, you'll see
you may never get to wander
along the corridors of power
where the files tell your story
beneath the bell that keeps it's secret by the hour
we wanna know what's it's got to say.
we know what you're doing
we know what you've got
we know how you got it
but we don't talk a lot
and everything's so
cloak and dagger
our future in their hands
promises of promised lands
cloak and dagger
our world behind closed doors
and what they have is mine and yours
we give you bits and pieces
to keep you happy and fat
we know the things that matter
but we don't talk about that
mums the word
cloak and dagger
our future in their hands
promises of promised lands
cloak and dagger
our world behind closed doors
and what they have is mine and yours
when there's still conflict and confusion
after everything they've tried
why can't they just let go of their secrets
cos there's no suspicion when there's nothing left to hide
there's nothing left to hide
we know that things that matter
but we're not telling you
cos you might try to stop us
and that would never do
and everything's so
cloak and dagger
our future in their hands
promises of promised lands
cloak and dagger
our world behind closed doors
Cold and lonely, tired and bored
Just like the day before
Missing out on life's reward
Of that you can be sure
So bring on the dancing girls
Take off the cold night and the sad day
Bring on the dancing girls
Take off the twilight and the skies so grey
And they dance for him inside his head
Soul destroyed by life's demands
With nothing to believe
Our hero sits with head in hands
And heart upon his sleeve
So bring on the dancing girls
Take off the cold night and the sad day
Bring on the dancing girls
Bring on the girls to dance his blues away
And they danced for him inside his head
So bring on the dancing girls
Take off the cold night and the sad day
Bring on the dancing girls
Take off the twilight and the skies so grey
And they danced for him inside his head
Dancing girls
Take off the cold night and the sad day
Bring on the dancing girls
Bring on the girls to dance his blues away
Dancing girls
Take off the cold night and the sad day
Bring on the dancing girls
Take off the twilight and the skies so grey
Dancing girls
Take off the cold night and the sad day
Bring on the dancing girls
you may never get to wander
along the corridors of power
where the files tell your story
beneath the bell that keeps it's secret by the hour
we wanna know what's it's got to say.
we know what you're doing
we know what you've got
we know how you got it
but we don't talk a lot
and everything's so
cloak and dagger
our future in their hands
promises of promised lands
cloak and dagger
our world behind closed doors
and what they have is mine and yours
we give you bits and pieces
to keep you happy and fat
we know the things that matter
but we don't talk about that
mums the word
cloak and dagger
our future in their hands
promises of promised lands
cloak and dagger
our world behind closed doors
and what they have is mine and yours
when there's still conflict and confusion
after everything they've tried
why can't they just let go of their secrets
cos there's no suspicion when there's nothing left to hide
there's nothing left to hide
we know that things that matter
but we're not telling you
cos you might try to stop us
and that would never do
and everything's so
cloak and dagger
our future in their hands
promises of promised lands
cloak and dagger
our world behind closed doors
Let him be me
Let him be me
I am a yes-man i stay in line
I do what they tell me
I am theirs but I'm still mine
I do what they tell me
I do what they say
Taking orders as they come
I do what they tell me
Always silent, never dumb
I do what they tell me
I do what they say
Behind my dark glasses
There's a man who has a point of view
Let him see, yeah, let him see
Behind my dark glasses
There's a man who has some feelings too
Let him be me, yeah, let him be me
Let him be me
Let him be me
Never question wrong or right
I do what they tell me
Never argue, never fight
I do what they tell me
I do what they say
Pull my trigger, close my eyes
I do what they tell me
Act my part and tell their lies
I do what they tell me
I do what they say
Behind my dark glasses
There's a man who has a point of view
Let him see, yeah, let him see
Behind my dark glasses
There's a man who has some feelings too
Let him be me, yeah, let him be me
Let him be me
Let him be me
Let him be me
Let him be me
Let him be me
Let him be me
Behind my dark glasses
There's a man who has a point of view
Let him see, yeah, let him see
Behind my dark glasses
There's a man who has his feelings too
Ain't no stopping this thing he's chasing
Ain't no stopping this runaway train he's on
He's wishing his wishes and missing his station
It's there one t minute, and the next it's gone, gone, gone
Keeps on betting on winning this race
Don't see it looking him in his face
He's already there
He's already made it
He's already stolen the show
He just don't know
There ain't no stopping this rollercoaster
There ain't no jumping this merry-go-round she rides
You won't see this girl smelling these roses
You won't catch this girl showing this thorn she hides
A love bound mother and a dutiful wife
Too much living and not enough life
She's already there
She's already made it
She's already stolen the show
She just don't know
And It'll never be right unless one of them sees
The proverbial wood from the proverbial trees.
They're already there
They've already made it
They've already stolen the show
They just don't know
It's on the tip of my tongue
It's there and then it's gone
It's coming around again
It's just around this bend
It's over the horizon
It's right before my eyes
It's right beneath my feet
Ain't no stopping this thing we're chasing