I'd take you to a restaurant But I don?t have any money I?d take you for a drive But I don?t have a car I?d take you to Paris But I don?t have a jet
So I hope you?ll settle For a claim on my heart
I?d take you to the moon But I don?t have a rocket I?d take you to heaven But I wouldn?t know where to start I?d take you as far As my imagination would let it
But I hope you?ll settle For a claim on my heart
If you?ll just bear with me for a moment I?m sure that we can find All that we once held is true It?s in a crevice Embedded in my heart And it?s solid as a stone
I?ll search the world For laughter you?ve never heard I?ll find the pieces That are missing to the part I?ll tell you the secrets Untold and hidden
But I hope you?re happiest With a claim on my heart
He checks his wrist And chuckles to himself, "Half-past a freckle" She meets him in line, just in time For the half-past a freckle show
Lips press her flesh With a wet sticky kiss The smell on his breath Makes her turn her face As she starts to get a little sick
He hails a cab She gasps for breath during the drive She dives into his pants And he looks as if he's shocked As if she should have knocked
He says, "You're too fast for me You're too, too fast for me You're too, too fast for me" She says, "Maybe you're too slow"
Back at the motel He mentions his job is going well She unbraids her hair And for the ten-thousandth time Asks him again
"What is it you do there?" He says, "I work at the Popsicle plant I pour the dye in the number five machine I am responsible for turning Popsicles green"
"But you're too fast for me You're too, too fast for me You're too, too fast for me" She says, "Maybe you're too slow"
She, she shimmies 'round the room Ha-ha-has while he explains She caresses a lamp Just to see his face full of longing and pain
He says, "Let's do it on the floor" She says, "Tickle me instead" Well, he rolls his eyes so she slaps his thigh He says, "What did you do that for?"
She says, "You're too fast for me! You're too, too fast for me You're too, too fast for me" He says, "Maybe you're too slow"
You're too, too, too fast for me Oh, you're too, too, too fast for me You're too, too, too fast for me
She says, "Maybe you're too" He says, "Maybe you're too" She says, "Maybe you're too slow"
Salvador, your father named you After a dead brother And your mother hung the cross upside down Salvador, so much of time hung over
Old men's sleeves The prick of guilt's thorn rusted and worn Sewn into our hearts in the shape of a star
Up the alley I stop at a window Through the curtains I see Figures moving, figures swaying Figures talking in time
Paintings of persistence Paintings of persistence hung like a jury Searching and seeking Silent icons I wipe the dust from my hands
Salvador, no one believes me But I swear I know what I'm doing And once you were painting The ground you were breaking But it?s never enough to gain their approval
Up the alley, the window is broken The sky's on the ground They unravel the rope of unreason They will hang me for sure
Searching and seeking their silent icons They wipe the blood from their hands
Salvador, they want a savior And they crowned you king They begged you for answers But the glory or fame took away time From your obligations
Keep on sleeping, don?t awake from this dream I?ll comb your mustache, I'll wipe your body I'll kiss your feet when they take you Down from the cross
The very thing that makes you happy Makes me want to fight The very thing that makes you tired Keeps me up all night
The very thing that reassures you Makes me turn and run in fright It?s the very thing, it?s the very thing It?s the very thing that makes me love you
The very thing that makes us happy Is what?s tearing us apart The very place where we are ending Is where I?ve got to start
To put a positive rotation To this spinning in my heart It?s the very thing, oh, it?s the very thing It?s the very thing that makes me love you
The difference between you and me Is you?ve been where I?m trying to be If I could open my eyes then I would see There?s not that big a difference No, there?s not that big a difference between you and me
I?ve lost my place and I?ve lost the time I?ve lost my reason and I?ve lost my rhyme I?ve lost count of what is and isn?t mine It?s a sad, sad tale to tell and if I?m boring you, then what the hell
?Cus the very thing that interests me Well, it's boring you to tears The very thing that?s healing me Is stirring up your fears
But can you wait as I learn now What you have known for years It?s the very thing, oh, it?s the very thing It?s the very thing that makes me love you
Oh, it?s the very thing Oh, it?s the very thing It?s the very thing that makes me love you
I wore my heart out on my sleeve But then they shot me down And they left me here to die If my last kiss is this cold ground Will I forgive the hand That held the gun and took my life away
Can't we take the time of day To give the world another chance Can't we learn from our mistakes We're human after all
If we sent our hearts over now Would it ease the pain? If we sent our hearts over now Would it stop the fighting?
If we sent our hearts over now Would it be enough to save the world? Well, I can't believe I'm the only one who just can't believe That this is going on
As I sit in my small cell Counting scratches on the wall Scratch my head and start to cry Chained to this solitary hell I'm about to lose it all My last words are to myself
Racing back to the fateful day I took another human life away Oh, how I've learned from my mistakes But now I have to pay
If we sent our hearts over now Would it ease the pain? If we sent our hearts over now Would it stop the fighting?
If we sent our hearts over now Would it be enough to save the world? Well, I can't believe I'm the only one who just can't believe This is going on
Oh, can't we learn from our mistakes? We're human, after all
I'm held hostage in a land Where there's no brotherhood of man No one understands what I say I just make it through each day As they let me waste away
Somewhere behind the walls of sand And my situation is unknown And my captors rule from a thorny throne Each night I dream that I?ll soon be home But I can't sleep tonight
If we sent our hearts over now Would it ease the pain? If we sent our hearts over now Would it stop the fighting?
If we sent our hearts over now Would it be enough to save the world? Well, I can't believe I'm the only one who just can't believe This is going on
I can't believe it, no, no I can't believe this is going on I can't believe it, no, no I can't believe this is going on
I can't believe it, no, no I can't believe this is going on I can't believe it, no, no I can't believe this is going on
I can't believe it, no, no I can't believe this is going on I can't believe it, no, no I can't believe this is going on ...
As I circle the picnic table Eyes watch me in my flowing dress The sky is an unnatural shade of green But it?s really just the light through the trees
Red and white inviting cookie store in New York City I took a chocolate photograph A thirteen month old smiling child Mother ends our conversation Calls me a lunatic
Dancing in the middle of a crazy diamond I?m kicking dust into the stagnant air I am a shortstop between here and third But the traffic never slows Still I wave
My sister tells a funny situation, she is happy in her thinking As the phone begins to ring, a big boom fills the room It is a man who wants my sister all to himself So I must break the news she is gay
Laughing in the middle of a crazy diamond She?s kicking dust into the stagnant air She is a shortstop between here and third But the traffic will never slow Oh, she waves anyway
Each day you make your bed all by yourself Tossing flowers, the names engraved with pencil marks A constant quirky conversation Oh, should you change your name To protect your innocence
Spinning in the middle of your crazy diamond I?m kicking dust into your stagnant air You are a shortstop between here and third But the traffic will never slow Still I wave
As I circle the picnic table Yours eyes watch me in my flowing dress The sky is an unnatural shade of gray But it?s really just the light fading from your eyes Yes, it?s really just the light fading, fading Yes, it?s really just the light
In the fields where we laid our heads Dog barking to the heat of the beating sun Hot ground, sweet ground a feeling of fever in the air Kissing the nape of your neck, sighing colors Breaking sticks into heartsick flaming words
In the fields making love The luck of the Irish tucked between your toes Love's debt pays regret, in months I begin to show Dressing as a car drives by gasping buzzards Turning time into a lover's rhyme Pressed between the pages of my heart
In the fields where are you? Are you hiding yourself there still? Oh in the fields where are you? Are you hiding yourself in a city of weeds? Are you hiding yourself in a city of glass? In a city of glass
In the fields tripping on Pushing through the barbs to reach the greener side It was years ago we let each other go To follow the paths of our dreams
Sometimes I carry the memory, full time Delivering the spitting image of you Eyes burn and I live at peace I did what I had to do and you, and you, and you
Oh in the fields where are you? Are you hiding yourself there still? Oh now in the fields where are you? Are you hiding yourself in a city of weeds? Are you hiding yourself in a city of glass?
In the fields where are you? Are you hiding yourself there still? Oh in the fields where are you? Are you hiding yourself in a city of weeds? Are you hiding yourself in a city of glass? In a city of glass
I thought I'd have to pay to feel good By all the pretty things that caught my eye Empty as my pocketbook I stood With only common sense to tell me why i
Can't put my finger on it I can't hold it in my hands But I'll wrap my arms around it Then let it go To come around again
Elusive as a lizard in the grass Compelling as an ancient mystery Sudden as a twister and as fast As a train from leon to paree i
Can't put my finger on it I can't hold it in my hands But I'll wrap my arms around it Then let it go To come around again
Mothers hold their babies to their breast sisters see their brothers off to war Lovers put each other to the test oceans spend their waves upon the shore
I told you there was something in the air Beyond our limitations to perceive A feeling that there's more than nothing there Challenging us simply to believe in love
Can't put your finger on it You can't hold it in your hands But you'll wrap your arms around it Then let it go to come around again
Can't put my finger on it I can't hold it in my hands But I'll wrap my arms around it Then let it go To come around again
I poured some stars in your cereal You ate half a bowl and said you were full Oh honey where's your appetite You used to eat a bowl every nite Ah uh huh
Baba bada bap ba badiyidi Baba bada ba
Lassoed the moon and laid it at your feet But when I left you kicked it out on the street The neighbors heard it cryin' took it in Now I'm not sure the moon will trust you again Ah uh huh
Baba bada bap ba badiyidi Baba bada ba
Baba bada bap ba badiyidi Baba bada ba
The world can caress you or it can oppress you But don't be swayed by it's course A smile's a moonbeam a happy daydream Pouring straight from the source
Where did you go I want you back
Your smile's as flat as a paper sack Oh let me pour your favorite cereal And hang the moon to light your meal Ah uh huh
Baba bada bap ba badiyidi Baba bada ba
Baba bada bap ba badiyidi Baba bada ba
Your heart was open twenty four hours Your love was my chosen sunflower Weren't you the one who said a smile's just a frown That we've turned upside down
Where did you go I want you back Your smile's as flat as a paper sack Oh let me pour your favorite cereal And hang the moon to light your meal Ah uh huh
I didn't want a river But you handed me the sea I didn't want a forest But you chopped down every tree I didn't want these blue skies But you shot down every bird I didn't want these questions That you're screaming to be heard
And the distance between stars Is the distance between our hearts And the difference between runners in a race
Is a moment of grace
I didn't want a feature length film I said a preview will do But somehow you convinced me To sit here in the dark with you
And you carry this hole in your heart You expect me to fill it on the double But I can't carry more than myself Oh my own shit and shovel
And the distance between stars
Is the distance between our hearts And the difference between runners in a race
Is a moment of grace
Da dum dum dum daday Da dum da dada day Da dum dum dum daday Da dum dada day
I don't I don't I don't I don't I don't I don't I don't want you I just needed you the night You say a man's got to do what a man's got to do I say A woman's Got The same right
And the distance between stars Is the distance between our hearts Oh ohhh oh And the difference between runners in a race
Dear tracey You left too soon 'cause when you left The light went with you out of the room Dear tracey You hung the moon Over my shoulder Each and every night Now my heart hangs heavy But it still beats steady for you Dear tracey
And in my darkest hour I can hear The way you used to whistle The way you could turn every head in the room
With just the sound of your laughter
And in my darkest hour I can hear The way you used to whistle The way you could turn every head in the room
Dear tracey Golden moments are not easily found Now that you are homeward bound And this will not be easy to think of you and To sing this song Now that you are gone My dear Dear tracey
Outside the lines of baltimore There's a cemetary sleeping I stopped to watch you yelling at your dog The effect was rather creepy In front of strangers long since gone I watched you hammer home your hate Someday you'll look back at what you've become A ghost behind a gate
Chorus Oh ohh oh I wish I could run to save you I wish I could run I wish I could run to save you I can't be the one
You could blame it on the way he would hit you The taste of blood mingled with shame And there's a feeling that lies deep within you But you cannot give it a name No one can understand me you say No one knows your pain You shake your fists and raise your voice Here comes the madness again
Chorus Oh ohh oh I wish I could run to save you
I wish I could run I wish I could run to save you I can't be the one No I can't be the one
You wish you were more like me but I'm not Who you make me out to be You wish you were more like me but I'm not who you make me out to be No one can understand me you say No one knows your pain You shake your fists and raise your voice Here comes the madness again
Chorus Oh ohh oh I wish I could run to save you I wish I could run I wish I could run to save you I can't be that I wish I could run to save you Ohh I wish I could run I wish I could run to save you I can't be the one
