Jeff Porcaro

There was a young girl
Ridin' on the wind
She had all of the answers
Didn't need to pretend
I remember - she was the only friend
I ever needed

Now I wonder
How to work it all out
My hands are tremblin'
I've got this feelin' now

There's a bit of thunder
Pounding in my heart
A little uncertainty
That's been there from the start
Don't tell me all the looks you gave
Were the ones that I misread
'Cause all I hear now
Is a voice inside my head

Could this be love
That I hear calling
Could this be love
That I hear calling

Got a fast education
Holding you in tears
Someone finally hurt you
After all these years
Got to get my message to you somehow

Now you're lookin' in my eyes for courage
Too late to think this through
Baby
There must be something we can do

There's a bit of thunder
Pounding in my heart
A little uncertainty
That's been there from the start
Don't tell me all the looks you gave
Were the ones that I misread
'Cause all I hear now
Is a voice inside my head

Could this be love
That I hear calling
Could this be love
That I hear calling

(Instrumental brake)

There's a bit of thunder
Pounding in my heart
A little uncertainty
That's been there from the start
Don't tell me all the looks you gave
Were the ones that I misread
'Cause all I hear now
Is a voice inside my head

Could this be love
That I hear calling
Could this be love
That I hear calling

Bodhisattva
Would you take me by the hand

Bodhisattva
Would you take me by the hand
Can you show me
The shine of your Japan
The sparkle of your china
Can you show me
Bodhisattva

Bodhisattva
I'm gonna sell my house in town

Bodhisattva
I'm gonna sell my house in town

And I'll be there
To shine in your Japan
To sparkle in your China
Yes I'll be there

Bodhisattva

I look at you all see the love there that's sleeping
While my guitar gently weeps
I look at the floor and I know it needs sweeping
Still my guitar gently weeps
I don't know why nobody told you how to unfold your love
I don't know how someone controlled you
They bought and sold you.

I look at you all see the love there that's sleeping
While my guitar gently weeps

I don't know why nobody told you how to unfold your love
I don't know how someone controlled you
They bought and sold you.

I look at you all see the love there that's sleeping
While my guitar gently weeps

I look at you all...

Still my guitar gently weeps

I, my, my, my, my
Oh I,
Can turn the gray sky blue, I
You see I can make it rain, when I want it to, oh I
I can build a castle from a single grain of sand, I
You see I can make a ship sail, on dry land tell 'em yeah
I'm unhappy with all the powers I possess, yeah
Girl you're the key to my happiness and I
(I can't get next to you, babe )
(I can't get next to you)
I've trying a long time
(I can't get next to you, babe)
(I can't get next you)
I don't know what to do

I,
Oh I,
I, oh Lord
I can fly like a bird in the sky, oh I
And I can buy anything that money can buy, oh I
Can turn a river into a raging fire, oh I
And I can live forever if I so desire, yeah
I'm unhappy with all the power I possess, yeah girl
'Cause girl your the key cause
(I can't get next to you babe)
(I can't get next to you)
(I can't get next to you babe)
(I can't get next to you)

Let me tell that
I can turn back the hands of time,
You better believe I can, oh I
You see I can take the season's change just by waving my hand, let me say I
I can change anything from old to new girl, oh I
All the things I want to do the most, you see, I'm unable to do, yeah

Unimportant these things that I'm trying to do here today
'Cause girl, you see, I
(Can't get next to you babe)
I've been trying a long time
(I can't get next to you)
Oh somebody oughta help me
(I can't get next to you, babe)
Let me, let me go
(I can't get next to you)
Let me

I, Lord I've been working on it, baby
I've been thinking about it
Oh I
But you see, I've been trying to call you all day long
But you see I don't have your phone number, honey, I
I've been, I've been, thinking about you baby, something awful
You see, I, oh I, sometimes I feel like I want to moan about it
And I, I don't just know what to say about it

A boy is born in hard time Mississippi
Surrounded by four walls that ain't so pretty
His parents give him love and affection
To keep him strong moving in the right direction
Living just enough, just enough for the city..ee ha!

His father works some days for fourteen hours
And you can bet he barely makes a dollar
His mother goes to scrub the floors for many
And you'd best believe she hardly gets a penny
Living just enough, just enough for the city.. yeah!

His hair is long, his feet are hard and gritty
He spends his life walking the streets of New York City
He's almost dead from breathing in air pollution
He tried to vote but to him there's no solution
Living just enough, just enough for the city..

I hope you hear inside my voice of sorrow
And that it motivates you to make a better tomorrow
This place is cruel no where could be much colder
If we don't change the world will soon be over

Living just enough...
For the city... ooh, ooh
(Repeat several times)

You tell me there's an angel in your tree
Did he say he'd come to call on me
For things are getting desperate in our home
Living in the parish of the restless folks I know

Everybody now bring your family down to the riverside
Look to the east to see where the fat stock hide
Behind four walls of stone the rich man sleeps
It's time we put the flame torch to their keep

Burn down the mission
If we're gonna stay alive
Watch the black smoke fly to heaven
See the red flame light the sky

Burn down the mission
Burn it down to stay alive
It's our only chance of living
Take all you need to live inside

Deep in the woods the squirrels are out today
My wife cried when they came to take me away
But what more could I do just to keep her warm
Than burn burn burn burn down the mission walls

Bring your family down to the riverside
Look to the east to see where the fat stock hide
Behind four walls of stone the rich man sleeps
It's time we put the flame torch to their keep

Chorus

It's getting near dawn.
The lights close their tired eyes.
I'll soon be with you, my love,
to give you my dawn surprise.
I'll be with you, darling, soon,
I'll be with you when the stars start falling.

I've been waiting so long
to be where I'm going
in the sunshine of your love.

I'm with you, my love.
The light shining through on you.
Yes, I'm with you, my love,
it's the morning and just we two.
I'll stay with you, darling, now,
I'll stay with you till my seeds are dried up.

I've been waiting so long
to be where I'm going
in the sunshine of your love.

It's getting near dawn.
The lights close their tired eyes.
I'll soon be with you, my love,
to give you my dawn surprise.
I'll be with you, darling, soon,
I'll be with you when the stars start falling.

I've been waiting so long..

There is a house in New Orleans
They call the Rising Sun
And it's been the ruin of many a poor boy
And God I know I'm one

My mother was a tailor
She sewed my new bluejeans
My father was a gamblin' man
Down in New Orleans

Now the only thing a gambler needs
Is a suitcase and trunk
And the only time he's satisfied
Is when he's on a drunk

------ organ solo ------

Oh mother tell your children
Not to do what I have done
Spend your lives in sin and misery
In the House of the Rising Sun

Well, I got one foot on the platform
The other foot on the train
I'm goin' back to New Orleans
To wear that ball and chain

Well, there is a house in New Orleans
They call the Rising Sun
And it's been the ruin of many a poor boy
And God I know I'm one
And God I know I'm one

Nice girls not one with a defect,
cellophane shrink-wrapped, so correct.
Red dogs under illegal legs,
she looks so good that he gets down and begs.

She is watching the detectives, "ooh, he's so cute!"
She is watching the detectives, when they shoot, shoot, shoot, shoot.
They beat him up until the teardrops start,
But he can't be wounded 'cause he's got no heart.

Long shot of that jumping sign,
visible shivers running down my spine.
Cut the baby taking off her clothes.
Close-up of the sign that says,"We never close"
You snatch a tune, you a match a cigarette,
She pulls the eyes out with a face like a magnet.
I don't know how much more of this I can take.
She's filing her nails while they're dragging the lake.

She is watching the detectives...

You think you're alone until you realize you're in it.
Now fear is here to stay. Love is here for a visit.
They call it instant justice when it's past the legal limit.
Someone's scratching at the window. I wonder who is it?
The detectives come to check if you belong to the parents
who are ready to hear the worst about their daughter's disappearance.
Though it nearly took a miracle to get you to stay,
it only took my little fingers to blow you away.

Just like watching the detectives, don't get cute!"
It's just like watching the detectives.
I get so angry when the teardrops start,
but he can't be wounded 'cause he's got no heart.
Just like watching the detectives..

Well, I ride on a mailtrain, baby,
Can't buy a thrill.
Well, I've been up all night, baby,
Leanin' on the window sill.
Well, if I die
On top of the hill
And if I don't make it,
You know my baby will.

And if I don't make it,
You know my baby will.

Now the wintertime is coming,
The windows are filled with frost.
I went to tell everybody,
But I could not get across.
Well, I wanna be your lover, baby,
I don't wanna be your boss.
Don't say I never warned you
When your train gets lost.

Don't say I never warned you
When your train gets lost.

Chorus:
You supply the night, baby, I'll supply the love
You supply the night, baby, I'll supply the love

I see a horseman in the sky, it makes me turn and wonder why
I hear the same old fourteen reasons, must be the changin' of
the seasons

Chorus:

I met the girl across the sea, she saved my life and came with
me
A tender night of dark persuasion, could be my first and last
occasion

Chorus:

(Instrumental break)

Chorus repeats 2x:

Baby, I'll supply the love, baby, I'll supply the, I'll supply
the love

It's not your situation
I just need contemplation over you
I'm not so systematic
it's just that
I'm an addict for your love
Not the only one that holds you
I never ever should have told you
You're my only girl
I'm not the only one that holds you
I never ever should have told you
You're my only world
Just think how long
I've known you
it's long for me to own you
lock and key
It's really not confusin
I'm just the young illusion
can't you see
I'm not the only one that holds you
I never ever should have told you
You're my only girl
I'm not the only one that holds you
I never ever should have told you
You're my only world
Georgy Porgy pudding pie
kissed the girls and made them cry
Georgy Porgy pudding pie
Kissed the girls and made them cry
Georgy Porgy pudding pie
Kissed the girls and made them cry
Kissed the girls and made them cry
Kissed the girls and made them cry

It's not your situation
I just need contemplation over you
I'm not so systematic
it's just that
I'm an addict for your love
Not the only one that holds you
I never ever should have told you
You're my only girl
I'm not the only one that holds you
I never ever should have told you
You're my only world
Georgy Porgy pudding pie
kissed the girls and made them cry
Georgy Porgy pudding pie
Kissed the girls and made them cry
Georgy Porgy pudding pie
Kissed the girls and made them cry
Georgy Porgy pudding pie
kissed the girls and made them cry
Georgy Porgy pudding pie
Kissed the girls and made them cry
Kissed the girls and made them cry
Kissed the girls and made them cry
Georgy Porgy pudding pie
kissed the girls and made them cry
Kissed the girls and made them cry
kissed the girls and made them high
Georgy Porgy
Kissed the girls and made them cry
kissed the girls and made them high
Georgy Porgy
Kissed the girls and made them cry
kissed the girls and made them high

You never lose a minute, if in it there is love
And "old man time" always pulls you through
It's better not to depend on the morning dew
For the rose you plant in your bed tends to you, hard and blue

Some folks take money, some take their life, some take forever
to see
Blind faith, blind love, they're no mystery to me
You must take the time, for that's the fee

Chorus:
It's worth the pain that makes the tears
It's worth the light of a million years
Only your love I can't explain, you are the flower for my rain

You light the sun that shines from my eyes
It's all in return for what you're givin' me
You are the reason for the earth beneath my feet
And you kill the space that I call free

Chorus:

(Instrumental break)

You are the flower for my rain, you are the flower for my rain
You are the flower for my rain, you are the flower for my rain
You are the flower for my rain, you are the flower for my rain

Well I'm out on the road, and the devil's got my soul
And I'm looking for the Lord in New York City

Yeah I'm out on the run, got some heat, got a gun
If they don't find me soon, it'll be a damn pity

So it's

Chorus:
Goodbye girl, goodbye girl, girl goodbye
It's so hard to see the truth with the sun in your eyes
Goodbye girl, goodbye girl, girl goodbye
Must be in the way that she cries, must be in the way that she cries
Must be in the way that she cries

Oh there's smoke in the air and there's blood everywhere
But I'm hoping that the white man don't recognize me

I'm so sorry what I've done, and I say it not in fun
When I tell you that there's no one left inside me

And it's - chorus

(Instrumental break)

So it's - chorus

I think I'll go it alone, you should've shown me if you cared
Lies will turn a heart into stone, few would have known me if
they dared

'Cause I'm takin' it back where it all began
The house on the cape, the place on the sand
I'd take it all back if it'd just make you understand

Girl how I've tried to forget you, now it would take more than
I could buy
Sure I could lie to myself too, but that won't work seeing
that I've tried

'Cause I'm takin' it back where it all began
I'd live in a shack eating out of a can
I'd take it all back if it'd just make you understand

(Instrumental break)

Now that I'm feeling assured, you'd better watch your every
move
Stop, think about every word, it's looking like you're going
to lose

'Cause I'm takin' it back where it all began
The house on the cape, the place on the sand
I'd take it all back if it'd just make you understand

You should've shown me if you cared (repeats out)

Don't know quite what to say, haven't seen you in seven ages
Can you tell that it's me, or is my picture on torn out pages?

Chorus:
And you think it's real, but it's just another future deal
And you know you're right, 'cause you've waited for it all
night
Then you find yourself, sitting on a little shelf

Don't know quite what to do, I've been acting my life in phases
Is it really true that they're keeping us locked in cages?

Chorus

(Instrumental break)

Chorus

Rockmaker (repeats 4x)

It's not in the way
that you hold me
it's not in the way you
say you care
It's not in the way you've
been treating my friends
It's not in the way that
you stayed till the end
It's not in the way you
look or the things that you
say that you'll do
Hold the line
love isn't always on time
oh oh oh
Hold the line
love isn't always on time
oh oh oh
It's not in the words
that you told me girl
It's not in the way you
say you're mine ooh
It's not in the way that
you came back to me
It's not in the way that
your love set me free
It's not in the way you
look or the things that you
say that you'll do
Hold the line
love isn't always on time
oh oh oh
Hold the line
love isn't always on time
oh oh oh

It's not in the words
that you told me
It's not in the way you
say you're mine ooh
It's not in the way that
you came back to me
It's not in the way that
your love set me free
It's not in the way you
look or the things that you
say that you'll do
Hold the line
love isn't always on time
oh oh oh
Hold the line
love isn't always on time
love isn't always on time
Hold the line
love isn't always on time
love isn't always
love isn't always on time
Hold the line
love isn't always on time
love isn't always on time
Love isn't always on time
love isn't always on time
oh oh oh

Can't eat, can't sleep, can't seem to find time anymore
Somewhere she weeps, her hair gently brushes the floor
I know my way, I know that I'll find her somehow

Chorus:
Angela carries me back to the time
When I knew that her love was still mine
Angela's holding the child in her womb
And I pray that she will be calling soon

Cold moon, dark sky, I'm watching my mind disappear
She sits alone, not knowing that I am so near
Why can't she hear my voice as I call out her name

Chorus

It's a silly situation, it's just infatuation, no need to be
sorry

Can't eat, can't sleep, can't seem to find time anymore
Somewhere she weeps, her hair gently brushes the floor
I know my way, I know that I'll find her somehow

Chorus

It's a silly situation, it's just infatuation, no need to be
sorry

You're just a mile away
One thousand five tiny steps from here
But if I brought you near
Would you believe when I say
It seems like yesterday
That I could reach out and touch your face
But as I fall from grace
Into whose arms can I lay

It's always much too late
We get the signs
We can't communicate
Or turn back time

So what will be now
Do you feel somehow
Not so together and not quite as strong
Now I believe
Alone doesn't have to mean lonely
After you've gone

I need a healing wind
To cool the flame burning in my sight
It must accelerate
For two wrongs they don't make a right

And all these solitaires, lone victories
Wars fought in isolation, with none to please

The future's still uncertain
The past is done

Now I believe
Alone doesn't have to mean lonely
After you've gone

Now I believe
Alone doesn't have to mean lonely
After you've gone

I must have aged 20 years in the last seven days
Livin on emotion disbelief and rage
I found out the hard way life is what you make
Sometimes you gotta learn to give yourself a break

You can go where you want to go
You can know who you want to know
Take a good look inside you'll see
You can have it all if you just believe

Time moves in mysterious ways
You're dancin to the music while the music plays
Accelerates and then delays
Time moves in mysterious ways

Accidents can happen and they always do
It only takes a twist of fate to turn on you
I was in the wrong place at just right time
I thought she was a lover not a friend of mine

You can do what you wanna do
You can screw who you want to screw
In the end it's the fantasy
Not reality that will set you free

Time moves in mysterious ways
You're dancin to the music while the music plays
Accelerates and then delays
Time moves in mysterious ways.

And once it's inside of me
It's like a symphony
You're on a cloud and can't come down
It's like a dream then you come around

You can go where you want to go
You can know who you want to know
Take a good look inside you'll see
You can have it all if you just believe

Time moves in mysterious ways
You're dancin to the music while the music plays
Accelerates and then delays
Time moves in mysterious ways

There's a rumour of a midnight man
So silent in disguise
And every time he looks your way
You can see it in his eyes
Like a window to the storm
He just invades your paradise
Don't you buy what he is selling
It's just lies

When he says:
"These hearts are willing"
The story goes:
That these dreams are free

Only takes a moment
But you must acclimatize
Don't you buy what he is selling
it's just lies

Over your left shoulder I have seen the angry beast
Heard the war horn screaming, as they gather for the feast
Seen a star-crossed angel with the death-card and a shield

We're walking through mindfields
You see an angel as she takes you by the hand
We're walking through mindfields
Her lips are moving like she's praying
We're walking through mindfields
She speaks so softly and you want to understand
What she's saying

There's a stairway leading to the sun
I walk it in my sleep
And a ship of fools above the sky
Who've gotten into deep
With a doorway into nowhere
And the path is way too steep
Don't loose your angry soul
It's yours to keep

Where it ends
It's the beginning
And it stays
Right to the end

The reason is unclear my friend
It almost makes me weep
So don't loose your angry soul
It's yours to keep

Over your left shoulder I have seen the angry beast
Heard the war horn screaming, as they gather for the feast
Seen a star-crossed angel with the death-card and a shield

Over your left shoulder I have seen the angry beast
Heard the war horn screaming, as they gather for the feast
Seen a star-crossed angel with the death-card and a shield

You got the eyes of a vulture
As you gaze from your meaningless throne
And the pain that you've been selling
I'd rather die before I own

I'll call you a doctor
Or find you a priest
'Cause no one can save you
And you won't get no peace

I've felt your displeasure
And girl I used to relate
So don't hand me no anger
I'll be crushed by the weight

That's the high price of hate
That's the high price of hate
Little Girl
Lord what's the cost of my fate

She'll lay you wide open
Like a surgical knife
I've watched it take over
What's left of your miserable life

She'll live on deception
Your pleasures long dead
Your soul is left bleeding
From the lies that you spread

Don't pull on my collar
I won't rise to debate
Don't ask me for comfort
You're a lifetime too late

That's the high price of hate
That's the high price of hate
Lord what's the cost of my fate

There's a storm overhead
Will it ever end baby
It's all inside your head
Is it gonna end

That's the high price of hate
That's the high price of hate
Yeah, I hope I ain't asking too late
That's the high price of hate
That's the high price of hate

Ashes to ashes
That's how it ends
(You go from) heartache to heartache
As you make amends
(Just) bigger and bigger
But two steps back
You want something from nothing
And you're so exact

You think you're a rich man
Now you misbehave
You're not a free man running
Just a comfortable slave

So selfish
You got more than you can use
But you still don't see
You're so selfish
And you're running out of room

Deeper and deeper
As you forge ahead
Higher and higher
But you've been mislead
Harder and harder
You grind the stone
Faster faster faster
Till you're skin and bones

Too much ambition
Without relief
That ain't heaven
But it's what you teach

So selfish
You got more than you can use
But you still don't see
You're so selfish
And you're running out of room

The world was made in seven days
Your heads are bowed to Gods in praise
Civilized man can only be saved
When courage and wisdom are finally raised

Who's got the answer
Give me the cure
Don't rush to judgement
Until you're sure

So selfish
You got more than you can use
But you still don't see
You're so selfish
And you're running out of room

At the end of my life
When it's time to depart
Will the last face I see be yours
When I take my last breath
And I drift through the dark
Will I look 'round and still feel secure

It's no sacrifice to stay by your side
Till hell freezes clear to the core
Whatever the price
No matter how high
Over your shoulder
When you turn around
I'll be tellin' you

No love will ever be stronger
No love not anywhere, no no
No love will ever last longer
If I can't have your love, I don't want no love at all

I'll put my change on the dresser
Next to your scarf
Cook my heart in the skillet next to yours
Ten thousand tears lead up to now
You are the treasure for sure

Lines on my face they get deeper each day
But the feelings are ageless and smooth
One single trace of doubt still remains
Over my shoulder, when I turn around,
Will you be tellin' me

It's no sacrifice to stay by your side
Till hell freezes clear to the core
Whatever the price
No matter how high
Over your shoulder
When you turn around
I'll be telling you

What happened to me
Oh it seems so long ago
The cuts run deep
But the scars still show

I live in the shadows
Where it's been so hard to grow
I'm still a servant in a nobleman's robes

You know my weakness girl you know my kind
You helped me see when I was blind

It's a crime to live my life without you
Serve out my years in darkness
Inside these walls I die without you
And when I close my eyes
I'm caught in the balance

Afraid of the hurricane
I hide in my domain
I need release from all this pain
Please don't forsake me
In these ruins of your home
I can't wait forever
Don't leave me alone

I have a secret if you want to learn
I will surrender in return

It's a crime to live my life without you
Serve out my years in darkness
Inside these walls I die without you
And when I close my eyes
I'm caught in the balance

You know my weakness girl you know my kind
You helped me see when I was blind

It's a crime to live my life without you
Serve out my years in darkness
Inside these walls I die without you
And when I close my eyes
I'm caught in the balance

It's a crime to live my life without you
Serve out my years in darkness
Inside these walls I die without you
And when I close my eyes
I'm caught in the balance

What would you say
If I asked you to stay with me forever
But forever's in too soon
The touch of your hand
And the look in your eyes
Are the only things I know
I know that are true

We only have this life
To forgive and then forget
But the only thing that matters
Is we have no regrets

There's nothing I wouldn't do for you
There's nothing I wouldn't give to you
I know that you know it's true
Oh can't you see
You're the last love for me

Time passes fast
And the hours go quickly
But the fire inside our hearts
It never dies
The sound of your voice
And the way that it moves me in a special way
I can't describe

Please take my hand
And we'll walk the endless road
No one has to lead us
'Cause we know which way to go

And if I ever really hurt you
How sorry I would be
There's something I've been trying to tell you
Darling it's time you know
You'll always be a part of me

Please take my hand
And we'll walk the endless road
No one has to lead us
'Cause we know which way to go

I know that you know it's true
Oh can't you see
It's meant to be
You're the last love for me

There's something I must say
Something I must do
I planned it all this way
Designed it just for you
Do you wanna be with me
Be with me at all?
Do you have to be so cool
Your gentle touch manoeuvered me
But all the time I always knew

*I'm really mad about you
There's nothing bad about our love
I'm giving you the only heart I have
But I'm afraid tonight it won't be enough

Can we go on this way?
There's nothing left to proof
It's not another game
Or another simple move
Do you believe in me
Believe in me at all?
Are you telling me the truth?
Or is it just imagination or the perfect dream
That I'm here with you

Do you wanna be with me
Be with me at all?
Do you have to be so cool
Your gentle touch manoeuvered me
But all the time I always knew

*Repeat

I'm really mad about you
There's nothing bad about our love
I never had a broken heart before
But I know you'll never tear
Tear mine apart

Time
Is the enemy of a young man's dreams
And I'm stranded
In the heartland, or so it seems

I'm hitching a ride for a chance at the good life
I'll have my own place out on fifth avenue
I'm leaving this time gonna walk on that fine line
I'll be the first one who finally breaks through

One road to the promised land
I have to get there any way I can
One road to the promised land
I'm gonna find out just who I am

Freedom
Do you know what I mean
Flat lands
Are all I've ever seen

Stuck in a small town where you live, then you die
Ain't nothing but fool's working nine until five
I'll sleep in the subways 'till I get what I need
I'm not gonna stay here, just lie here and bleed

One road to the promised land
I'm gonna get there any way I can
One road to the promised land
Show the world just who I am

(Instrumental break)

One road to the promised land
I'm gonna get there any way - any way I can
One road to the promised land
I have to find out just who I am

One road to the promised land
I thought by now I'd be a different man
One road to the promised land
Maybe I'll find out just who I am

Watching, driving thru the night, I'm all alone
Empty endless road, a thousand miles to go
Midnight five million thoughts are passing in a row
Will you still be waiting there God only knows

I can still see your face in my mind, with every turn I take
The wind through my heart feels so cold, as it calls out your name

Melanie, nothing but the touch of your hand can rescue me
Oh, Melanie, reach inside this emptiness and you can set me free

Morning, sun's in my eyes, I'm tied to your soul
One chance, one solitary life, how could I let you go
Got a phone call, or was it a dream, a voice spoke to me
I could swear it was you that I heard crying desperately

Melanie, nothing but the touch of your hand can rescue me
Oh, Melanie, reach inside this emptiness and you will set me free

I can still see your face in my mind, with every turn I take
The wind through my heart feels so cold, as it calls out your name

Melanie, nothing but the touch of your hand can rescue me
Oh, Melanie, reach inside this emptiness and you will set me free

Melanie, nothing but the touch of your hand can rescue me
Oh, Melanie, reach inside this emptiness and you will set me free

What you've got, you had to steal
That's the reason
For how you feel
Considerin' what you've done so far
I'm rather amazed
At where you are

Lift your head up, baby
Pull yourself together
Nothing's worse than dying slow
There's no reason, darlin',
Reason whatsoever
That we can't end this game of touch and go

It's such a cruel world
When you have to think twice,
And you're caught up in this roundabout
It's such a cruel world
When your back's against the wall and there's no way out

You're not giving it up, but you're giving it out
Seems too me,
You got a little too much doubt
Augmentation,
Is what you need
Your generosity
Looks alot like greed

You might call me crazy
If you don't understand it
There's no way for you to know
You say love is hazy,
And you don't demand it
But can't we end this game of touch and go

It's such a cruel world
When nothin' goes right
And the plans you made
Start falling 'round you
It's such a cruel world
Well, just throw me the rope, baby
And pull me out

You've got that kind of love,
It flows like a fountain
But sometimes love can be unkind
My kind of love, you know
It's higher than a mountain
But love can be so hard to find

Lift your head up, baby
Pull yourself together
Nothing's worse than dying slow
There's no reason, darlin', reason whatsoever
That we can't end this game of touch and go

It's such a cruel world
When you have to think twice
And you're caught up in this roundabout
It's such a cruel world
When your back's against the wall and there's no way out

It's such a cruel world
It's such a cruel world out there baby
It's such a cruel world
It's such a cruel cruel world and there's no way out

Get you right
Wanna get you right

Oh I
I see darkness in your future baby
Oh I
In a tunnel black as night
Oh I
See a rich man with his hand out baby
Oh I
Know a seer with no sight
Oh I
Watch fire burn those bridges baby
Oh I
Feel a wrong turn into right

(Part I)
(Part II:)
Hello my friends
I'm calling to you
The things we believed
Are no longer true
'Cause we're older now
So much wiser than before

The pain that we've felt
We hold deep inside
The dues we have paid
And the tears we have cried
And the emptiness
Can we take it anymore

Have we lost all our faith in our God
And all that we are
When we look at our lives
What are we fighting for

Oh, let's make this a better world
When push comes to shove
What have we really learned
Oh, let's make this a better world
When you're lying awake with your life in your head
Thinking a'bout friends who are already dead
We can change

(Instrumental break)

Oh, let's make this a better world
When push comes to shove
What have we really learned
Oh, let's make this a better world
Is there hope for us all
As we're waiting to die
Lying in bed as we take our last sigh

(Part III)

There was a man
He walked alone
Searching
for the girl who had just caught his eye
"I was a fool!"
he cried
His mind had wandered
He blinked and the sky moved
innocence smiling
He searched the city
She was nowhere to
be found
Meanwhile she was floating downward, downward

Do you want your freedom
Do you
want my love
Do you want your freedom
From the one you're
thinking of

There lies a lady
Naked and yet not knowing
it
A spell had chained her heart forever
Pray to the wolves
in Times Square
Tell it to her in the mist of thin air
Innocence
caged in sanctuary
There sat the Dragon Lord
Playing solitairy

By the rules of the holy Lord speak devotion

Do you want your freedom
Do you
want my love
Do you want your freedom
From the man who
lives above

Suddenly a voice was heard
A fast and brave
young man appeared
The Dragon Lord turned and uncoiled his tail

Chased him to the stairway
Caught him halfway to the top

Sent him whirling down by the serpent's solstice
The Dragon
Lord descended down on him
She turned to look but saw only darkness
silence

You don't want your freedom
You
don't want my love
You don't want your soul caught
By
the Satan I'm thinking of

All I wanna do when I wake up in the
morning is see your eyes
Rosanna, Rosanna
I never thought that a girl like you could
ever care for me, Rosanna

All I wanna do in the middle of
the evening is hold you tight
Rosanna, Rosanna
I didn’t know you were looking
for more than I could ever be

*Not quite a year since you went away,
Rosanna yeah
Now she’s gone and I have to say:
Meet you all the way,
meet you all the way, Rosanna yeah
Meet you all the way,
meet you all the way, Rosanna yeah

I can see your face still shining
through the window on the other side
Rosanna, Rosanna
I didn’t know that a girl like you
could make me feel so sad, Rosanna

All I wanna tell you is now you’ll
never ever have to compromise
Rosanna, Rosanna
I never thought that losing you
could ever hurt so bad

* Repeat

* Repeat

Meet you all the way,
meet you all the way, Rosanna yeah
Meet you all the way,
meet you all the way, Rosanna yeah

You used to be on fire, now you chill me to the bone
We used to fly like angels, now we're sinking like a stone
You say you're trying to help me but that ain't the way it feels
I think you're trying to kill me with those stiletto heels

Paint the town black babe and let that pendulum swing
I been stabbed in the back babe
And if you don't love me, I'll never feel a thing

And oh, one thing I know, there's only one place left for me to go

Chorus:
Going back to the kingdom of desire, going down to the valley of the gun
I'm gonna stand too close to the fire, I'm gonna fly too close to the sun

They say the king of love sleeps on a velvet bed
My sheets feel like sandpaper, and my pillow feels like lead
But as sure as Atlantis sank into the sea
I'm sinking like a stone babe, that's how it's got to be

Paint the town black babe and let that pendulum swing
I been stabbed in the back babe
And if you don't love me, I'll never feel a thing

And oh, if I don't have you, there's only one thing left for me to do

chorus

(Instrumental break)

When you dig up God's little acre, you lose all peace of mind
You stare into the distance, looking for a sign
But that sign it never comes babe, your wishes won't come true
You keep praying for the rain while the sun beats down on you

And oh, one thing I know, there's only one place left for me to go

chorus repeats 2x

I'm gonna fly too close to the sun, yeah
I'm gonna fly too close to the sun

It's not your situation
I just need contemplation over you
I'm not so systematic
It's just that I'm an addict for your love

I'm not the only one that holds you
I never ever should have told you
You're my only girl
I'm not the only one that holds you
I never ever should have told you
You're my only world

Just think how long I've known you
It's wrong for me to own you, lock and key
It's really not confusing
I'm just the young illusion, can't you see

I'm not the only one that holds you
I never ever should have told you
You're my only girl
I'm not the only one that holds you
I never ever should have told you
You're my only world

Georgy Porgy, pudding pie
Kissed the girls and made them cry
Georgy Porgy, pudding pie
Kissed the girls and made them cry
Georgy Porgy, pudding pie
Kissed the girls and made them cry
Kissed the girls and made them cry
Kissed the girls and made them cry

It's not your situation
I just need contemplation over you
I'm not so systematic
It's just that I'm an addict for your love

I'm not the only one that holds you
I never ever should have told you
You're my only girl
I'm not the only one that holds you
I never ever should have told you
You're my only world

Georgy Porgy, pudding pie
Kissed the girls and made them cry
Georgy Porgy, pudding pie
Kissed the girls and made them cry
Georgy Porgy, pudding pie
Kissed the girls and made them cry
Georgy Porgy, pudding pie
Kissed the girls and made them cry
Georgy Porgy, pudding pie
Kissed the girls and made them cry
Kissed the girls and made them cry
Kissed the girls and made them cry

Georgy Porgy, pudding pie
Kissed the girls and made them cry
Kissed the girls and made them cry
Kissed the girls and made them high

Georgy, yeah
Porgy, yeah
Kissed the girls and made them cry
Kissed the girls and made them cry

Georgy, yeah
Porgy
Kissed the girls and made them cry
Kissed the girls and made them cry

If I had another chance tonight
I'd try to tell you that the things we had were right
Time can erase the love we shared
But it gives me time to realize just how much you cared

Now you're gone, I'm really not the same, I guess I held myself to
blame
Time can erase the things we said
But it gives me time to realize that you're the one who's sad

*You know I won't hold you back now, the love we had just can't be
found
You know I can't hold you back now

Now that I'm alone it gives me time to think about the years that you
were mine
Time can erase the love we shared
But it gives me time to realize just how much you cared

*Repeat

You know I won't hold you back now, the love we had just can't be
found

You know I can't hold you back now, the love we had just can't be
found
(repeats out)

I hear the drums echoing tonight
But she hears
only whispers of some quiet conversation
She's coming in 12:30
flight
The moonlit wings reflect the stars that guide me towards
salvation
I stop to know that along the way
Hoping to find
some long forgotten words or ancient melodies
He turned to me
as if to say, "Hurry boy, it's waiting there for you"

It's gonna take a lot to drag me away
from you
There's nothing that a hundred men or more could
ever do
I passed some rains down in Africa
Gonna take
some time to do the things we never had

The wild dogs cry out in the night
As they
grow restless longing for some solitary company
I know that
I must do what's right
As sure as Kilimanjaro rises like Olympus
above the Serangetti
I seek to cure what's deep inside, frightened
of this thing that I've become

It's gonna take a lot to drag me away
from you
There's nothing that a hundred men or more could
ever do
I passed some rains down in Africa
Gonna take
some time to do the things we never had

Hurry boy, she's waiting there for you

It's gonna take a lot to drag me away
from you
There's nothing that a hundred men or more could
ever do
I passed some rains down in Africa, I passed some
rains down in Africa
I passed some rains down in Africa,
I passed some rains down in Africa
I passed some rains down
in Africa
Gonna take some time to do the things we never
had

Tired and frozen, I'm under your spell
I thought I knew you, but now I know you well
I wake up beside you, move across your killing floor
I need my freedom and I see an open door
The room is getting smaller and the walls are closin' in
No one's leavin' and nobody's gettin' in

I try to run, I try to hide, I try to tell you what I'm feelin' inside
Should I stay, should I go
You know I wanna touch you, but there's nothing left to hold

*Don't chain my heart (don't chain my heart)
Don't chain my soul (don't chain my soul)
Don't chain my heart (don't chain my heart), 'cause you got to let it
go

Looks like trouble, the signs are everywhere
I bend a little but you take more than your share
Crimes of passion, crimes of mortal men
It's a deadly attraction and I won't be fooled again, baby
The storm is coming, the winds begin to rise
Please release me from this house of compromise

All day, all night, your love is like an outlaw waiting till the time
is right
Nobody's wrong, no one's to blame
Maybe it's just too hot because we're standin' in the flame

*Repeat

I'm a victim of your pain and jealousy
I feel like a prisoner and you hold the lock and key
We lost our vision, we lost our paradise
But there's still a part of me I refuse to sacrifice

I try to run, I try to hide, I need to tell you what I'm feelin'
inside, baby
Should I stay, should I go
You know I wanna touch you, but there's nothing left to hold

*Repeat (x2)

Some people live their dreams
Some people close their eyes
Some people's destiny
Passes by

There are no guarantees
There are no alibis
That's how our love must be
Don't ask why

It takes some time
God knows how long
I know
that I can forget you

* As soon as my heart stops breaking
Anticipating
As soon as forever is through
I'll be over you

Remembering times gone by
Promises we once made
What are the reasons why
Nothing stays the same

There were the nights holding you close
Someday I'll try to forget them

As soon as my heart stops breaking
Anticipating
Someday I'll be over you
As soon as my heart stops breaking
Anticipating
Someday I'll be over you

As soon as my heart .....

Everything's gonna be alright boys,
help is on the way
Hold your head up high now,
there's no need to cry now
We're not running anymore

Leave the politics behind boys,
they're not working anymore
There's so much more at stake here,
it's make or break here
Haven't we been here before
- tell me what we're waiting for

*You gotta remember,
you don't have to be afraid
You still have the freedom to learn,
and say what you wanna say
You gotta remember, don't let 'em take away
The land we call the home of the brave

Who sings the song of the people,
you don't hear it anymore
I heard it late last summer,
to the beat of a different drummer
It never sounded quite like that before

So you're trying to shake this feeling,
that trouble's right
outside the door
You lie awake each dark night,
like a time bomb wound up too tight
A storm in waiting, just offshore
- tell me what we're waiting for

* Repeat

* Repeat (x2)

It's Not In The Way That You Hold Me
It's Not In The Way You Say You Care
It's Not In The Way You've Been Treating My Friends
It's Not In The Way That You Stayed Till The End
It's Not In The Way You Look Or The Things That You Say That You'll Do

Hold The Line
Love Isn't Always On Time, Oh Oh Oh
Hold The Line
Love Isn't Always On Time, Oh Oh Oh

It's Not In The Words That You Told Me, Girl
It's Not In The Way You Say You're Mine, Ooh
It's Not In The Way That You Came Back To Me
It's Not In The Way That Your Love Set Me Free
It's Not In The Way You Look Or The Things That You Say That You'll Do

Hold The Line
Love Isn't Always On Time, Oh Oh Oh
Hold The Line
Love Isn't Always On Time, Oh Oh Oh

(Instrumental Break)

It's Not In The Words That You Told Me
It's Not In The Way You Say You're Mine, Ooh
It's Not In The Way That You Came Back To Me
It's Not In The Way That Your Love Set Me Free
It's Not In The Way You Look Or The Things That You Say That You'll Do

Hold The Line
Love Isn't Always On Time, Oh Oh Oh
Hold The Line
Love Isn't Always On Time, Oh Oh Oh
Love Isn't Always On Time

Hold The Line
Love Isn't Always On Time -
Love Isn't Always
Love Isn't Always On Time
Hold The Line
Love Isn't Always On Time
Love Isn't Always On Time
Love Isn't Always On Time
Love Isn't Always On Time, Oh Oh Oh

Downtown Jimmy, say you're feelin' kinda blue
It's no problem, this is whatcha gotta do
Telephone your baby, tell her that you're workin' late
Come and pay a visit, please don't hesitate

Come join the party, come along and be our guest
Sit back and let us do the rest, we're the best, yeah

Come on an' meet me at the station, don't pack your bags, just fix your hair
Gotta get up, gotta get in, gotta get out, just look for me, I'm always there

Chorus:
Come on let's ride, ride that gypsy train
All aboard, now don't you be afraid
Come on let's ride, ride that gypsy train
Feed the fire, let's go one mo' time again

Medication, little love and sympathy, cool libation, it's complimentary
Play a little poker, love when the stakes are high
Lotta nasty women, givin' everyone the eye

Say downtown Jimmy, tell me whatcha need, satisfaction guaranteed
Guaranteed, yeah

It's a perfect situation, it's so nice to have you here
Gotta get up, gotta get in, gotta pull out, happy shiny people everywhere

chorus

(Instrumental break)

It's a perfect situation, it's so nice to have you here
Gotta get up, gotta get in, gotta put out, happy shiny people everywhere

chorus repeats 2x

Tired and frozen, I'm under your spell
I thought I knew you, but now I know you well
I wake up beside you, move across your killing floor
I need my freedom and I see an open door
The room is getting smaller and the walls are closin' in
No one's leavin' and nobody's gettin' in

I try to run, I try to hide, I try to tell you what I'm feelin' inside
Should I stay, should I go
You know I wanna touch you, but there's nothing left to hold

Don't chain my heart (don't chain my heart)
Don't chain my soul (don't chain my soul)
Don't chain my heart (don't chain my heart), 'cause you got to let it go

Looks like trouble, the signs are everywhere
I bend a little but you take more than your share
Crimes of passion, crimes of mortal men
It's a deadly attraction and I won't be fooled again, baby
The storm is coming, the winds begin to rise
Please release me from this house of compromise

All day, all night, your love is like an outlaw waiting till the time is right
Nobody's wrong, no one's to blame
Maybe it's just too hot because we're standin' in the flame

Don't chain my heart (don't chain my heart)
Don't chain my soul (don't chain my soul)
Don't chain my heart (don't chain my heart), 'cause you got to let it go

I'm a victim of your pain and jealousy
I feel like a prisoner and you hold the lock and key
We lost our vision, we lost our paradise
But there's still a part of me I refuse to sacrifice

I try to run, I try to hide, I need to tell you what I'm feelin' inside, baby
Should I stay, should I go
You know I wanna touch you, but there's nothing left to hold

Don't chain my heart (don't chain my heart)
Don't chain my soul (don't chain my soul)
Don't chain my heart (don't chain my heart), 'cause you got to let it go

Don't chain my heart (don't chain my heart)
Don't chain my soul (don't chain my soul)
Don't chain my heart (don't chain my heart), 'cause you got to let it go

Seems the world needs a change in its attitude
It doesn't seem like there's much that a man can do
They try to sell the earth on a wild crusade
Then complain about not bein' paid

How can some people have the nerve, hell hasn't froze but it's on the verge
It's gone way past the point of greed, how many lifetimes will we need

'Cause it's never enough, they keep on takin' till they take too much
'Cause it's never enough, it won't be long until they run out of luck

We've been bought and sold for a thousand years
And all I got to show is a six pack full of tears
And all the while the fat cats they watch from the hill
Nothin's changed, it never has an' never will

You better strap on your sharpest spurs
For the ride of your life, 'cause it's gonna hurt
You can't say you didn't ask for this
It's too late to find somebody's ass to kick

'Cause it's never enough, they keep on takin' till they take too much
'Cause it's never enough, it won't be long until they run out of luck

Who's got the money and who gets the rent
By the time it's all over, you ain't got a cent, hey, hey

How can some people have the nerve, hell hasn't froze but it's on the verge
It's gone way past the point of greed, how many lifetimes will we need

'Cause it's never enough, they keep on takin' till they take too much
'Cause it's never enough, it won't be long until they run out of luck

'Cause it's never enough, they keep on takin' till they take too much
'Cause it's never enough, it won't be long until they run out of luck

How many years keep on slipping away
And it seems that your life doesn't matter, you never had a chance

How many ways is a love torn apart
And you look to your heart for some answers, don't let it slip away

Can't blame myself anymore, I've been beaten and accused before
Well I took some bad advice, and I paid too high a price
I could sell my soul, you know I wouldn't think twice

How many times must a man fall down, I said whoa-oh-oh oh-oh-oh oh
How many dreams have to fall to the ground
It goes on an' on an' on an' on an' on, yeah

How many times do you look for some sign
That there's hope, and your life has some meaning, almost every day, hey, hey

Maybe I was born to wander, I got no high hopes any longer
So tell me my friend, just where does it end
Is nothin' ever gonna free me from this hell I'm livin' in

How many times must a man fall down, I said whoa-oh-oh oh-oh-oh oh
How many dreams have to fall to the ground
It goes on an' on an' on an' on an' on, yeah

Can't blame myself anymore, I've been beaten and accused before
So tell me my friend, just where does it end
I'm sick and tired of livin' in a rat race that no one ever wins

How many times must a man fall down, I said whoa-oh-oh oh-oh-oh oh
How many dreams have to fall to the ground
It goes on an' on an' on an' on an' on, yeah

How many times must a man fall down, I said whoa-oh-oh oh-oh-oh oh
How many dreams have to fall to the ground
It goes on an' on an' on an' on an' on, yeah

You said you would wait for me, but something went wrong
The house was empty, your pictures gone
I knew you'd come back one day, our love was so strong
The past behind us, it's here you belong

'Cause I'm deep inside you, you're deep inside me
I always knew that we would always be

Two hearts forever, one heart alone, I need to know your love is mine
Two hearts forever, one heart alone, I won't let go of you this time

You could've talked to me, what changed your mind
I could have been there by your side
You thought you could walk away, but you know that's a lie
This loneliness is hard to hide

It's so easy to surrender, and temptation always finds a way
You must hold on, you know we must hold on, whoa-oh-oh

Two hearts forever, one heart alone, I need to know your love is mine
Two hearts forever, one heart alone, I won't let go of you this time

Two hearts forever, one heart alone, I need to know your love is mine
Two hearts forever, one heart alone, I won't let go of you this time

Two hearts forever, one heart alone, I won't let go of you this time
Take this heart of mine, whoa-oh-oh

My faithful companion, I've lost my way once again
A prisoner of darkness, I let you down my friend

A heart left abandoned takes so long to heal its wounds
Your touch not forgotten, the end of the dream
It comes too soon, in this lonely room
Till I leave this world, always know that

I will surrender my heart to the sky
Oh our love doesn't end here, it lives forever on the wings of time

The road that I travel, don't know which way I should turn
Till I find the answer, know that the fire within me will always burn

Angel of mercy, please, why so much pain?
I cry for forgiveness, I'm the destitute man
Who still remains, it's so hard to explain
Till I leave this world, always know that

I will surrender my heart to the sky
Oh our love doesn't end here, it lives forever on the wings of time

Sometimes I feel just like crying
I can't turn my back, all these years I've been trying
A vision of you keeps reappearing to me
You can't blame yourself, just reach out your hand and believe

We sail in dark waters, Lord give me some peace of mind
Temptation before me, ahead lies the tower of truth that I must find
To you I will climb
Till I leave this cruel world far behind, always know that

I will surrender my heart to the sky
Oh our love doesn't end here, it lives forever on the wings of time

I will surrender my heart to the sky
Oh our love doesn't end here, it lives forever on the wings of time

She got fingernails like knives, she got twenty-four karat eyes
She wants everything she sees, she'll drop you to your knees
She ain't gonna change her wicked ways, I'll love her till my dying day
She got poison heart, painted smile, she always has a girlfriend
(Hey, hey, hey, hey)

Chorus:
She knows the devil, she knows the devil
She knows the devil, and the devil knows me
She knows the devil, she knows the devil
She knows the devil, and the devil knows me

Whoa, whoa, whoa

Bad little girl with a vermin tongue, ooh, she loves to have her fun
The daughter of Mephistopheles, she loves to aim and she aims to please
She'll take any young god and burn him down
He'll see who's the queen and who's the clown
She got lips that bleed, she's what I need, I want her for my girlfriend
(Hey, hey, hey, hey)

chorus

(Instrumental break)

She wants everything she sees, she'll drop you to your knees
She ain't gonna change her wicked ways, I'll love her till my dying day
She got poison heart, painted smile, she always brings a girlfriend
(Hey, hey, hey, hey)

chorus

Whoa, whoa, whoa, she knows the devil
Whoa, whoa, whoa, she knows the devil

The waiting game is over, no need for pretending, we were meant to be
It's only getting stronger, the love I feel for you, it's no mystery

I've got to find some way to tell you, though our world seems far apart
It just don't have to be
The time has come to testify, all the feelings I've been holding back
It's time to set them free

I've been watching you from the other side
I've been wanting to hold you through the night
I've got to find my way to the other side
I want to hold you tonight and forever

The moment that I saw you
I knew inside my heart, all my dreams would come true
I know it took some time to realize
A love we can't deny, I've got to see it through

I've been watching you from the other side
I've been wanting to hold you through the night
I've got to find my way to the other side
I want to hold you tonight and forever

I want to be the one who loves you, now and forever
I want to take my place beside you
I want to be the one to hold you, now and forever
I will meet you there on the other side

I've been watching you from the other side
I've been wanting to hold you through the night
I've got to find my way to the other side
I want to hold you tonight and forever

I've been watching you from the other side
I've been wanting to hold you through the night
I've got to find my way to the other side
I want to hold you tonight and forever

From the other side, from the other side
I want to hold you tonight and forever

Waiting for you again, seems like this never ends
I close my eyes and I see your face, and I see it all fading
away

Woke up before you again, you're still asleep I can't pretend
I feel like I'm losing you, and I am trying to make everything
right

Chorus:
Only you, only me, say the words I want to hear for all
eternity
Only you, holding my heart in your hands
Only me, still trying to understand, whoa no oh oh

If I could have a second chance, maybe change the circumstance
Imagine if the dream came true, we could start it all over
tonight

Chorus repeats 2x

Only me, say the words I want to hear for all eternity
Only you, holding my heart in your hands
Only me, still trying to understand, whoa no oh oh

You used to be on fire, now you chill me to the bone
We used to fly like angels, now we're sinking like a stone
You say you're trying to help me but that ain't the way it feels
I think you're trying to kill me with those stiletto heels

Paint the town black babe and let that pendulum swing
I been stabbed in the back babe
And if you don't love me, I'll never feel a thing

And oh, one thing I know, there's only one place left for me to go

Chorus:
Going back to the kingdom of desire, going down to the valley of the gun
I'm gonna stand too close to the fire, I'm gonna fly too close to the sun

They say the king of love sleeps on a velvet bed
My sheets feel like sandpaper, and my pillow feels like lead
But as sure as Atlantis sank into the sea
I'm sinking like a stone babe, that's how it's got to be

Paint the town black babe and let that pendulum swing
I been stabbed in the back babe
And if you don't love me, I'll never feel a thing

And oh, if I don't have you, there's only one thing left for me to do

chorus

(Instrumental break)

When you dig up God's little acre, you lose all peace of mind
You stare into the distance, looking for a sign
But that sign it never comes babe, your wishes won't come true
You keep praying for the rain while the sun beats down on you

And oh, one thing I know, there's only one place left for me to go

chorus repeats 2x

I'm gonna fly too close to the sun, yeah
I'm gonna fly too close to the sun

You used to be on fire now you chill me to the bone
We used to fly like angels now we're sinking like a stone
You say you're trying to help me but that ain't the way it feels
I think you're trying to kill me with those stiletto heels

Paint the town black babe and let that pendulum swing
I been stabbed in the back babe
And if you don't love me, I'll never feel a thing

And oh, one thing I know
There's only one place left for me to go

Going back to the kingdom of desire
Going down to the valley of the gun
I'm gonna stand too close to the fire
I'm gonna fly too close to the sun

They say the king of love sleeps on a velvet bed
My sheets feel like sandpaper
And my pillow feels like lead
But as sure as Atlantis sank into the sea
I'm sinking like a stone babe that's how it's got to be

Paint the town black babe and let that pendulum swing
I been stabbed in the back babe
And if you don't love me I'll never feel a thing

And oh, if I don't have you
There's only one thing left for me to do

Going back to the kingdom of desire
Going down to the valley of the gun
I'm gonna stand too close to the fire
I'm gonna fly too close to the sun

(Instrumental break)

When you dig up God's little acre you lose all peace of mind
You stare into the distance looking for a sign
But that sign it never comes babe
Your wishes won't come true
You keep praying for the rain while the sun beats down on you

And oh, one thing I know
There's only one place left for me to go

Going back to the kingdom of desire
Going down to the valley of the gun
I'm gonna stand too close to the fire
I'm gonna fly too close to the sun
(repeats 2x)

I'm gonna fly too close to the sun, yeah
I'm gonna fly too close to the sun

All this pain surrounding me hopelessness is all that I see now.
Does it have to be this way?
Brouht up on hyoerisy, the seeds they sow don't last forever, they just fade away...

Don't be confused by the lies of the fools and deceivers. Hope and believe in the things that we need to survive.

We can make it if we'd only take the gift of faith.
We can change it if we'd just accept the gift of faith.

Take away my dignity. Take away my hope and my freedom.
You got a world full of rage.
Don't cover me with apathy.
Don't buy and sell what I believe in.
Don't lock me in a cage.

In a world where no one's alone, trust should come aesily. Just reach out your hand, and I'll give you mine.

We can make it if we'd only take the gift of faith.
We can chage it if we'd just accept the gift of faith.

Don't be confused be the lies of the fools and deceivers. Hope and believe in the things that we need to survive.

We can make if if we'd only makte the gift of faith.
We can change it if we'd just accept the gift of faith.
We can make if if we'd only take the gift of faith.
It's yours to chooes but only fools refuse the gift of faith.

I was born in the land of the sun and the tall green grass, and I don't understand how all this has come to pass hwo we've come to surround ourselves in a sea of thieves, ina a land without learning only the fools believe.

I went driving last night on a dark canyon road, had the sky to myself but I wasn't alone, had hte pain of my lifetime for my company. How did it end up like this for you and me?

When love breaks the promise the heart has to keep, it leaves only truth here to find. When the spirit is crushed and the hurt is so deep, between you and I.

Even when love has come and gone and our hearts have moved along, I will remember. There was a time we had the trust, and that always was enough. I will remember. I will remember you.

As I open my eyes to one more day, the wind burns my face as it whispers your name, as it's pulling me forward it tears me free, and the only thing left is the tears for and me.

'Cause when love breaks the promise the heart has to keep, it leaves only truth here to find, when the spirit is crushed and hurt is so deep between you and I.

Even when love has come and gone, and our hearts have moved along. I will remember...there was a time we had thetrust and that always was enough. I will remember.

I will remember you.

You're a soul with no religion there's ice in your embrace. In your dance of indecision, I see the anger in yor face. A little drink to help my vision. A little something for the pain. There's no drug for my condition, there's no sweetness in the taste.

Tell me where the ride's gonna lead you.
Do I have to pay to be your friend?
There's nothing left to say, when you slipped away.

I can see you fading fast.
I won't let you take me.
When you slipped away.
I can see your burning stare.
Nothing's gonna shake me, as you slip away.

You're a world of blind ambition,
staring through the looking glass.
You willmeet your own collision,
when your conscience comes to ask.

Steal the love from those around you,
help yourself to everything.
Take the shelter that surrounds you...
it leaves you standing in the rain.

Tell me if the money can heal you.
Do I have to pray to make it end?
There's nothing left to say when you slipped away.

I can see you fading fast.
I won't let you take me.
When you slipped away...
I can see your burning stare.
Nothing's gonna shake me.

As you slip away.

I left you crying on that angry morning.

You know I lied I'll always run from anything that loves me to my safe side.
My world circles 'round a different sun,
that's all burned away.
I know that you're the only one.
Now I'm walking down some distant street,
and I know your touch is out of reach.

Girl you belong to me I know.
And it was wrong for me to ever let you go.
Girl you belong to me I know.

Everybody has a lonely moment,
they can't explain.
And everybody wants to feed their hunger,
without the pain.

There's no shadows in my hiding place-
I'm so locked away.
Now I wish that I could see your face.
I know I hurt you when you say we're through.
I never really will get over you 'cause...

Girl you belong to me I know,
and it was wrong for me to ever let you go.
Girl you belong to me I know.

Girl you belong to me I know.

And it was wrong rof me to ever let you go.

Well it's two a. m. You're just getting in.
Soon you'll be ereepin' into bed.
Later you'll pretend you were out with a friend,
but I'm still inside your head.

I don't understand.
You say I'm your man,
when it's clear youre seein' another.
You can call me a fool for just loving' you.
But girl I'll never find another.

If you think he'll love you better,
your every wish is his command.
Baby he's your man.

Baby he's your man.

Well, you spoke your mind.
But I still can't find what's wrong with you and me.
I got something' to say and baby come what may.
Baby we were never meant to be.

So I want you to know,
I can't let him go, 'til find a love that's real.
I don't like this game.
I don't need this pain.
I'm just saying what I feel.
I know he can love me better.
My every wish is his command.

Baby he's your man.

Baby he's your man.

Baby he's your man.

Sometimes it hurts clear to the core, when we lose all we've cared for. The hunger and thirst for love that endures is never ending.

What will I do with my life? Try to share it with somebody new? And how can I learn to disguise that I'm lost without you.

All Ihave left is a heart full of mirrors.
A heart full of voices reminding me that it's over...girl it's over.
I'll heart it echo deep inside 'til the other end of time.
The other end of time.

Left over dreams fade in my mind, and I'm counting on this love to die,
'cause all that I need is to give my whole life a new beginning.

But Something is holding me down,
like I'm under a mountain of stone,
and all I can hear is the sound of my own heart breaking.

'Cause all I have left is a heart full of mirrors a heart full of voices reminding me that it's over...girl it's over.
I'll hear it echo deep inside
'til the other end of time.
'Til the other end of time.

'Cause all I have left is a heart of mirrors.
A heart full of voices reminding me that it's over...girl it's over.
I'll hear it echo deep inside.

All I have left is a heart full of mirrors a heart full of voices reminding me that it's over...girl it's over.
I'll hear it echo deep inside
'til the other end of time.
'Til the other end of time.

I went down to the highway that runs between love and pride. And I tried to get sideways across the great divide. But my mind's eye's on the key ring crying in misery. 'Cause it won't spend one more evening staring back to me.

It may be by choice or a small inner voice I can't say. When you add up the cost we all have a cross. How do you write off the loss?

Where do I go from here?
How do I find my way?
When is it loud and clear,
that there's no turning back? No looking back.
Where do I go from here?
Nobody gets away.
It's a new kind of fix,
for hte poor and the rich.
You never know what's coming next...at the turning point.

The rules are unwritten and nobody knows the deal.
Where have I been driven are deamons behind the wheel?
Yeah, I know my days are numbered,
we're only flesh and bone,
and I've been left to wonder how it went so wrong.

Is it all tailor made,
can the sinner be saved, Ican'tsay.
So don't hang your hat on the knife im my back.

'Cause nobody treats me like that.

Where do I go from here?
How do I find my way?
When is it loud and clear,
that there's no turning back?
No looking back.
Where do I go from here?
Nobody gets away.
It's a new kind of fix,
for the poor and the rich.
You never know what's coming next...

At the turning point.

Those days we gave our all. Unaffected.
I bravely faced the fall. No refelction.
Freak armies of the night. Misdirected.
I fought the useless fight. Unprotected.
Don't cry for me. Time is the enemy.
Soon I'll be free. I surrender. S
weet moon, she marks the year. Unreflected.
How sad she has no tears. So neglected.

Don't cry for me.
Time is the enemy.
Soon I'll be free.

I surrender.

They keep looking through the window - a cathode glaze across their eyes.
Now that I've been betrayed, I must be well behaved...
I'll drink corruption with their lies.

Why was I hiding out?
What am I running from?
Why are they waiting?
Have I always been the choosen one?

Drag him to the roof just push me over.
I've got no better place to be.
Drag hime to the roof, let's get it over...
it's a perfect day to punish me.

I wish that lady would defend me.
I can't abide by all the laws. I'll but the magistrate, can't be a second late...Ianxiously await his call.

Who made this jigsaw puzzle?
Who'll put the pieces back?
Who'll come and get me when I have fallen through the cracks?

Drag him to the roof just push me over.
I've got no better place to be...
drag him to the roof let's get it over.

It's a perfect day to punish me.

I'm driving' through the rain,
just to talk to you again.
Please don't run away this tim,
until I say what's on my mind.

Tonight I need to stay with you.
This time I'm not passing throught.
Tear down the walls around your heart,
and though I know it's who you are...

I just can't get to you girl.
Oh yeah, I just can't get to you.
If you won't let me through girl.
Oh no, I just can't get to you.

You say you really need me here,
so I can't let you disappear.
Even though it's getting late,
somehow I seem to hesitate.

'Cause I just can't get to you girl.
Oh yeah, I just can't get to you...
if you won't let me through girl.
Oh no, I just can't get to you.

You're afraid that you'll get hurt again.
Yes, I knw htat's how it feels.
Don't surrender, that's no way to win.
Let it go, let me in.
'Cause I just can't get to you.
Just can't get to you girl.
Oh yeah, just can't get to you.
If you won't let me through girl...
oh no, I just can't get to you.

Just can't get to you girl.
Oh yeah, just can't get to you.
You won't let me thfrough girl...
oh no, I just can't get to you.

Not by the way of an apology for the things that I have done,
do I set my boat upon the sea.
So like thunder,
I am breaking free.
In the landscape of the heart it's hard to tell what's really taken me.

Now I see it all through different eyes.
This emotion can't be wrong.
Past the mountains under empy skies,
and the road goes on and on.

I've been living through this poetry.
Tangled words and worn out porse.
Love is needing, love is bleeding me.

Now I see it all through different eyes.
This emotion can't be wrong.
Past the mountains under empty skies.
The road goes on.
Now I see it all through different eyes where I'm going, where I've gone.
All I know - I'm still surprised that the road goes on and on.

I hear the drums echoing tonight
But she hears only whispers
of some quiet conversation
오늘밤 메아리치는 북소리가 들려
하지만 그녀에게 들리는 건
나직이 들리는 대화의 속삭임뿐이야.

She's coming in 12:30 flight
The moonlit wings reflect the stars
that guide me towards salvation
그녀는 12시 30분 비행기로 온다고 했지
달빛 비친 날개에는 별빛이 반사되고
그 별은 날 구원으로 인도해주지.

I stopped an old man along the way
hoping to find some long forgotten words
or ancient melodies
He turned to me as if to say
"Hurry boy it's waiting there for you"
길을 따라 가다가 오랫동안 잊혀져 왔던
말이나 고대의 멜로디를 발견할 수
있을까 해서 한 노인을 불러 세웠어
노인은 내게 돌아서 이렇게 말하는 듯 했어
"서둘러, 저기서 널 기다리고 있잖아"

It's gonna take a lot
to drag me away from you
There's nothing that a hundred men
or more could ever do
나와 당신을 갈라놓을순없어.
백 명의 사람, 아니 더한것이라도
절대 그렇게 할수는 없어.

I bless the rains down in Africa
Gonna take some time
to do the things we never had
비를(희망을)내려주는 아프리카에 감사하며
우리는 이제 전혀 경험하지 못했던
새로운삶을 사는거야.

The wild dogs cry out in the night
as they grow restless
longing for some solitary company
밤이 저물면 들개들은 안절부절하며
외로운 동료를 찾아 울부짖고

I know that I must do what's right
Sure as Kilimanjaro rises
like Olympus above the Serengeti
나는 중요한 결정을 해야된다는것을 알고잇지.
저 높은 킬리만자로 산이나
세렝게티 위에 솟은 올림푸스 산처럼
확고부동한 어떤 일을 말이야

I seek to cure what's deep inside frightened
of this thing that I've become
이제 병들고 지친
내 마음 깊은곳의 상처가 더해지기전에
치료해야만 되겠어.

It's gonna take a lot
to drag me away from you
There's nothing that a hundred men
or more could ever do
나와 당신을 갈라놓을수는 없어.
백 명의 사람, 아니 더한것이라도
절대 그렇게 할수는 없어.

I bless the rains down in Africa
Gonna take some time
to do the things we never had
난 비를(희망을)내려주는 아프리카에 감사하며
우리는 이제 전혀 경험하지 못했던
새로운삶을 사는거야.

(간주)

Hurry boy, she's waiting there for you
서둘러, 그녀가 저기서 널위해 기다리잖아

It's gonna take a lot
to drag me away from you
There's nothing that a hundred men
or more could ever do
나와 당신을 갈라놓을수는 없어.
백 명의 사람, 아니 더한것이라도
절대 그렇게 할수는 없어.

I bless the rains down in Africa
Gonna take some time
to do the things we never had
난 비를(희망을)내려주는 아프리카에 감사하며
우리는 이제 전혀 경험하지 못했던
새로운삶을 사는거야.

If I had another chance tonight
I'd try to tell you that the things we had were right
Time can erase the love we shared
But it gives me time to realize just how much you cared
Now you're gone, I'm really not the same, I guess I held myself to blame
Time can erase the things we said
But it gives me time to realize that you're the one who's sad


Chorus:
You know I won't hold you back now, the love we had just can't be found
You know I can't hold you back now


Now that I'm alone it gives me time to think about the years that you were mine
Time can erase the love we shared
But it gives me time to realize just how much you cared


Chorus


(Instrumental break)


You know I won't hold you back now, the love we had just can't be found


You know I can't hold you back now, the love we had just can't be found

Bodhisattva
Would you take me by the hand

Bodhisattva
Would you take me by the hand
Can you show me
The shine of your Japan
The sparkle of your china
Can you show me
Bodhisattva

Bodhisattva
I'm gonna sell my house in town

Bodhisattva
I'm gonna sell my house in town

And I'll be there
To shine in your Japan
To sparkle in your China
Yes I'll be there

Bodhisattva

I, my, my, my, my
Oh I,
Can turn the gray sky blue, I
You see I can make it rain, when I want it to, oh I
I can build a castle from a single grain of sand, I
You see I can make a ship sail, on dry land tell 'em yeah
I'm unhappy with all the powers I possess, yeah
Girl you're the key to my happiness and I
(I can't get next to you, babe )
(I can't get next to you)
I've trying a long time
(I can't get next to you, babe)
(I can't get next you)
I don't know what to do

I,
Oh I,
I, oh Lord
I can fly like a bird in the sky, oh I
And I can buy anything that money can buy, oh I
Can turn a river into a raging fire, oh I
And I can live forever if I so desire, yeah
I'm unhappy with all the power I possess, yeah girl
'Cause girl your the key cause
(I can't get next to you babe)
(I can't get next to you)
(I can't get next to you babe)
(I can't get next to you)

Let me tell that
I can turn back the hands of time,
You better believe I can, oh I
You see I can take the season's change just by waving my hand, let me say I
I can change anything from old to new girl, oh I
All the things I want to do the most, you see, I'm unable to do, yeah

Unimportant these things that I'm trying to do here today
'Cause girl, you see, I
(Can't get next to you babe)
I've been trying a long time
(I can't get next to you)
Oh somebody oughta help me
(I can't get next to you, babe)
Let me, let me go
(I can't get next to you)
Let me

I, Lord I've been working on it, baby
I've been thinking about it
Oh I
But you see, I've been trying to call you all day long
But you see I don't have your phone number, honey, I
I've been, I've been, thinking about you baby, something awful
You see, I, oh I, sometimes I feel like I want to moan about it
And I, I don't just know what to say about it

A boy is born in hard time Mississippi
Surrounded by four walls that ain't so pretty
His parents give him love and affection
To keep him strong moving in the right direction
Living just enough, just enough for the city..ee ha!

His father works some days for fourteen hours
And you can bet he barely makes a dollar
His mother goes to scrub the floors for many
And you'd best believe she hardly gets a penny
Living just enough, just enough for the city.. yeah!

His hair is long, his feet are hard and gritty
He spends his life walking the streets of New York City
He's almost dead from breathing in air pollution
He tried to vote but to him there's no solution
Living just enough, just enough for the city..

I hope you hear inside my voice of sorrow
And that it motivates you to make a better tomorrow
This place is cruel no where could be much colder
If we don't change the world will soon be over

Living just enough...
For the city... ooh, ooh
(Repeat several times)

You tell me there's an angel in your tree
Did he say he'd come to call on me
For things are getting desperate in our home
Living in the parish of the restless folks I know

Everybody now bring your family down to the riverside
Look to the east to see where the fat stock hide
Behind four walls of stone the rich man sleeps
It's time we put the flame torch to their keep

Burn down the mission
If we're gonna stay alive
Watch the black smoke fly to heaven
See the red flame light the sky

Burn down the mission
Burn it down to stay alive
It's our only chance of living
Take all you need to live inside

Deep in the woods the squirrels are out today
My wife cried when they came to take me away
But what more could I do just to keep her warm
Than burn burn burn burn down the mission walls

Bring your family down to the riverside
Look to the east to see where the fat stock hide
Behind four walls of stone the rich man sleeps
It's time we put the flame torch to their keep

Chorus

It's getting near dawn.
The lights close their tired eyes.
I'll soon be with you, my love,
to give you my dawn surprise.
I'll be with you, darling, soon,
I'll be with you when the stars start falling.

I've been waiting so long
to be where I'm going
in the sunshine of your love.

I'm with you, my love.
The light shining through on you.
Yes, I'm with you, my love,
it's the morning and just we two.
I'll stay with you, darling, now,
I'll stay with you till my seeds are dried up.

I've been waiting so long
to be where I'm going
in the sunshine of your love.

It's getting near dawn.
The lights close their tired eyes.
I'll soon be with you, my love,
to give you my dawn surprise.
I'll be with you, darling, soon,
I'll be with you when the stars start falling.

I've been waiting so long..

There is a house in New Orleans
They call the Rising Sun
And it's been the ruin of many a poor boy
And God I know I'm one

My mother was a tailor
She sewed my new bluejeans
My father was a gamblin' man
Down in New Orleans

Now the only thing a gambler needs
Is a suitcase and trunk
And the only time he's satisfied
Is when he's on a drunk

------ organ solo ------

Oh mother tell your children
Not to do what I have done
Spend your lives in sin and misery
In the House of the Rising Sun

Well, I got one foot on the platform
The other foot on the train
I'm goin' back to New Orleans
To wear that ball and chain

Well, there is a house in New Orleans
They call the Rising Sun
And it's been the ruin of many a poor boy
And God I know I'm one
And God I know I'm one

Nice girls not one with a defect,
cellophane shrink-wrapped, so correct.
Red dogs under illegal legs,
she looks so good that he gets down and begs.

She is watching the detectives, "ooh, he's so cute!"
She is watching the detectives, when they shoot, shoot, shoot, shoot.
They beat him up until the teardrops start,
But he can't be wounded 'cause he's got no heart.

Long shot of that jumping sign,
visible shivers running down my spine.
Cut the baby taking off her clothes.
Close-up of the sign that says,"We never close"
You snatch a tune, you a match a cigarette,
She pulls the eyes out with a face like a magnet.
I don't know how much more of this I can take.
She's filing her nails while they're dragging the lake.

She is watching the detectives...

You think you're alone until you realize you're in it.
Now fear is here to stay. Love is here for a visit.
They call it instant justice when it's past the legal limit.
Someone's scratching at the window. I wonder who is it?
The detectives come to check if you belong to the parents
who are ready to hear the worst about their daughter's disappearance.
Though it nearly took a miracle to get you to stay,
it only took my little fingers to blow you away.

Just like watching the detectives, don't get cute!"
It's just like watching the detectives.
I get so angry when the teardrops start,
but he can't be wounded 'cause he's got no heart.
Just like watching the detectives..

Well, I ride on a mailtrain, baby,
Can't buy a thrill.
Well, I've been up all night, baby,
Leanin' on the window sill.
Well, if I die
On top of the hill
And if I don't make it,
You know my baby will.

And if I don't make it,
You know my baby will.

Now the wintertime is coming,
The windows are filled with frost.
I went to tell everybody,
But I could not get across.
Well, I wanna be your lover, baby,
I don't wanna be your boss.
Don't say I never warned you
When your train gets lost.

Don't say I never warned you
When your train gets lost.