Fastball Album

Written by Miles Zuniga

This, this is not my life
This, this is not my life

This is not my face,
This is not my place, no it's just isn't right

This, this is not my life

You, do you remember me?
Remember, the way that it used to be.

Do you remember our car,
Do you remember our house,
Do you remember what it was like
Cause this, this is not my life

CHORUS:
My life, my life, (Now I live in the shadows)
My life, my life, (Because you are my life)
My life, my life,
My life

You're the only one, who can see, the real me
You're the only one, can't you see, can't you see...

You took away my world
You took away my world

You took away my smile,
You took away my life,
You took away my reason to live

You, you took away my world
And this is not my life
And this is not my life

CHORUS:
My life, my life, ('Cause now I live in the shadows)
My life, my life, (Because you are my life)
My life, my life, (And now it's endless night)
My life, my life, (And this is not my life)
My life, my life,
My life, my life

Written by Tony Scalzo

VERSE

Can you make it easier for me to understand,
How you're holding my heart, in your trembling hands...
Eyes that rise to meet me half way up among the stars,
You may be from Venus but I'm definitely not from Mars

CHORUS

You're An Ocean, You're An Ocean
Settle Down, Settle Down,
What's the commotion,
I'm an island, but you're an ocean,
It's a stormy sea of love and emotion,
You've got me suspended motionless in time

VERSE

Make the warm winds circle round my head just like you do,
If I could do it, I'd be doing it to you,
I believe I'd buy whatever you would sell to me,
Nothing in my life ever came with a guarantee,

CHORUS

You're An Ocean, You're An Ocean
Settle Down, Settle Down,
What's the commotion,
I'm an island, but you're an ocean,
It's a stormy sea of love and emotion,
You've got me suspended motionless in time

BREAK

I believe I'd buy whatever you would sell to me,
Nothing in my life ever came with a guarantee,

You're An Ocean, You're An Ocean
Settle Down, Settle Down,
What's the commotion,
I'm an island, but you're an ocean,
It's a stormy sea of love and emotion,
You've got me suspended motionless in time

A year ago today we stood
Above this same awakening world
I held you...
You never wanted me to know
Another year ago today
Before this same awakening world
I held you...
I never meant to let you go
There was a moment
There always is
When time stood still
And always was this...
One endless moment
You turn in pain
And I always let you go
Over and over again...
A year ago tonight we lay
Below this same remembering sky
I kissed you
You never wanted me to know...
Another year ago tonight
Behind this same remembering sky
I kissed you...
I never meant to let you go
Another moment
There always is
As time stands still
and always is this...
One endless moment
You tell me all
And I hold you and I kiss you
And I never let you go

Written by Tony Scalzo

VERSE

You can talk to me about powder kegs
And how I'm sitting on one right now
You can warn me about candles
and whole things burning from the outside in
But don't tell me about true love
'Cause I don't think you really know

CHORUS

You need to pay the costs
You need to feel the loss
'Cause love is expensive and free
Love is expensive and free

VERSE

Talk to me about appearances
I tell ya' lately they mean less and less
Do your best to keep me occupied
It's hard to concentrate, I must confess
Don't you tell me about heartbreak
'Cause it ain't written in the stars

CHORUS

You need to pay the costs
You need to feel the loss
'Cause love is expensive and free
Love is expensive and free
Alright, you got me

VERSE

Don't you worry 'bout my baby
Her eyes are open all the time
I could never bare to see her
Much less remove her from my mind
I didn't talk to you about true love
I didn't think you'd understand

CHORUS

You need to pay the costs
You need to feel the loss
'Cause love is expensive and free
Love is expensive and free
Love is expensive and free

She will bring a little box of moonlight
To light my way on such a very dark night
Dreams so real they grow wild on the vine
Until sundown, when she comes
She comes just like a daydream
And the sun surrenders to the evening
I've waited all day long to be with you girl
We'll burn like falling stars tonight
And hide like vampires from the daylight
Until sundown
Dreams so real they grow wild on the vine
We'll burn like falling stars tonight
And hide like vampires from the daylight
Our world comes alive at night
And like the stars, they shine so bright
As long as you are mine
As long as you are mine
As long as you are mine

Funny how I couldn't see
this is not at all about you, it's about me
everything has happened the way it was meant to be
here's an opportunity for us to find
a way for me to tell you what's been on my mind
please forgive me, I don't mean to seem unkind
but you wind me up, so wind me up again
I feel the tug of war, it only seems to happen 
when we open love's door 
everything is back to the way it was before
can you tell the difference or is it the same
does it really count if we don't give it a name
please forgive me, I don't mean to seem insane
but you wind me up, better wind me up again
funny, but I thought you knew
all those things you think about I think about too
gotta seperate the unreal from what is true
here's an opportunity for us to find
a way for me to tell you what's been on my mind
please forgive me, I don't mean to seem unkind
but you wind me up, so wind me up again

(French Lyrics)

Quand le vin est tiré, il faut le boire / When the wine is opened, you
must drink it
Oh non, ce n'est pas grand chose / Oh no, it's nothing
Ce n'est qu'un emploi provisoire / It's only a temporary job
Oui, je comprends / Yes, I understand
Il a nié mordicus / He denied everything
Il trompe sa femme / He cheats on his wife
C'est du toc / It's all fake
C'était très visible / It was obvious
Mais j'ai entendu / But I heard 
J'étais terriblement gênée / I was terribly embarrassed
C'est un cercle vicieux / It's a vicious circle
Il a pris la poudre d'escampette / He ran away
J'ai un maillot de bain à une pièce / I have a one-piece swim suit

Quand le vin est tire, il faut le boire
Oh non, ce n'est pas grand chose
Ce n'est qu'un emploi provisoire
Oui, je comprends
Il a nie mordicus
Il trompe sa femme
C'est du toc
C'etait tres visible
Mais j'ai entendu
J'etais terriblement genee
C'est un cercle vicieux
Il a pris la poudre d'escampette

As I wake I see a morning star
through the window dimly shines
its final statement at the closing of the day
I've got a few more minutes of night time before I rise
as the dawn is breaking through the darkness
the morning star will fade but never die
morning star, I can't see your face no more, and that's good
get out now, out on the streets of your nowhere neighborhood
as I laid down last night I felt no pain 
the day went on without a sound
another night to put all the business away
I had a few more hours of night time before I'd rise
all the stars were out last night in the sky
I slept right through as they all went by
soon the dawn was breaking up the darkness
the morning star will fade but never die
morning star, I can't see your face no more, and that's good
get out now, out on the streets of your nowhere neighborhood
you come along with a color that I can't match 
gold chain and a crystal ball attached
you're coming from the wrong direction
and as I sleep tonight I'll dream of you
sleeping somewhere far away
you come into my head so pretty and so true
I get a few more hours to dream of you till I rise
as the fireworks shoot off in the sky
I sleep right through as it all goes by
soon the darkness would suck up into the dawn
the morning star will fade but never die
morning star, I can't see your face no more, and that's good
get out now, out on the streets of your nowhere neighborhood
you come along with a code that I can't crack
gold chain and a crystal ball attached
you were coming from the wrong direction
you were coming from the wrong direction

time's a teacher yesterday
you know I had nothing but time
why'd you have to go away
I never got to tell you goodbye
and time beats up on me
life is funny, life is strange
you know I'm just trying to get by
money, honey, buys you things
it can't buy a place in the sky
and time beats up on you
another year disappeared
where did it go?
people ask me
what's the time
I really don't know
I really don't know
I really don't 
I really don't know
and time beats up on you
and time beats up on you
time beats up on
time beats up on
time beats up on
time beats up on
time beats up on me
beats up on you
beats up on you

When will it stop raining? When will these dark clouds go?
some days I get so low, but you turn me around, you turn me around
won't you come down to my dark street, and shine a light
'cause I need your sweet sunshine
Won't you come down to my dark street, and shine a light
'cause I need your sweet sunshine
You take away my sadness and the pain inside my heart
sometimes I fall apart, but you turn me around, you turn me around
Won't you come down to my dark street, and shine a light
'cause I need your sweet sunshine
Won't you come down to my dark street, and shine a light
'cause I need your sweet sunshine
sunshine
Won't you come down to my dark street, and shine a light
'cause I need your sweet sunshine
Won't you come down to my dark street, and shine a light
'cause I need your sweet sunshine
oh yeah, oh come on down, come on down
and never leave my sky again
shine your love light, love light, love light, love light
down on me, down on me

Those days when our hearts were as big as the sun
turn around with a smile for everyone
that feeling's a memory
funny how it fades away
You won't see those pale grays returning to blues
the colors will wash out as I shrink in my shoes
and I won't always live and breathe
watch me as I fade away
we wake in the morning and work all day
we dress up in the evening with nothing to say
just like a candle burning bright
burning like forever then it fades away
who on this planet would ever refuse
the chance of a lifetime to love and lose
when time is of no importance
have you seen it slip away?
we wake in the morning and work all day
we dress up in the evening with nothing to say
just like a candle burning bright
burning like forever then it fades away
we wake in the morning and work all day
we dress up in the evening with nothing to say
just like a candle burning bright
burning like forever then it fades away

Riding down the freeway, I've got to stay free
I need a little leeway and an angel to watch over me
don't give up on me
don't give up on me
cause I know I let you down girl
once, twice, or maybe three
I fell into temptation
won't you tell me that you'll wait for me
don't give up on me
don't give up on me
don't give up on me
don't give up on me
riding down the freeway, I've got to stay free
I need a little leeway and an angel to watch over me
don't give up on me
don't give up on me
don't give up on me
don't give up on me
don't give up on me, please
don't give up on me

I picked up the paper
flipped through the pages
reached for my coffee cup
yes, I'm still waking up
late in the day now
what can I say now
some folks are morning people
I never was one of those
all the same
I get in the game
give me muddy, muddy water
now I'm feeling better
you know whatever gets you on
and keeps you up right past the dawn
I'm feeling good now
I'm feeling great now
let's do the town now
vodka and tonic, a touch of the chronic
I'd trade my days for nights 
I love the city lights
It's none of your business
who I might sleep with
some things are bad for me
and some things I just can't resist
all the same (I don't worry)
I get in the game (I don't worry)
give me muddy, muddy water
now I'm feeling better
you know, whatever gets you on
and keeps you up right past the dawn
I'm feeling good now
I'm feeling great now
let's do the town now
I'm feeling so free-wheelin'
that it's so hard to contain
fascinate me, medicate me
'cause I can't get over the pain
picked up the paper
flipped through the pages
coffee and cigarettes
turned on the tv set
night time is falling
people are calling
I like to watch them run
round and round and round and round
you know, whatever gets you on
and keeps you up right past the dawn
I'm feeling good now
I'm feeling great now

Lyrics and music: Tony Scalzo

They made up their minds
And they started packing
They left before the sun came up that day
An exit to eternal summer slacking
But where were they going without ever
Knowing the way?

They drank up the wine
And they got to talking
They now had more important things to say
And when the car broke down they started walking
Where were they going without ever
Knowing the way?

Chorus:
Anyone can see the road that they walk on
Is paved in gold
And it's always summer
They'll never get cold
They'll never get hungry
They'll never get old and grey
You can see their shadows wandering off somewhere
They won't make it home
But they really don't care
They wanted the highway
They're happier there today, today

Their children woke up
And they couldn't find them
They left before the sun came up that day
They just drove off and left it all behind 'em
But where were they going without ever
Knowing the way?

Chorus

She was looking right through me like I was made out of glass 
a la la la la la 
Heaven, lie and tell, comes back like up at a check 
Why do you get so emotional? 
Why do you get so emotional? 
Why do you get 
Smokin' and drinkin', tryin' to kick stuff Monday night 
Smokin' and drinkin', tryin' to kick start Monday night
I try and I try 
A sneaky feeling is coming over me 
Why do you get so emotional? 
Why do you get so emotional? 
Why do you get so emotional? 
Why do you get so emotional? 
She said "boy, you take, you take me somehow, I don't know who you are anymore.
I don't know who you are anymore" 
(break) 
Too many complications, conversations that go nowhere
get out of my my my my head, head, I see you everywhere 
Why do you get so emotional? 
Why do you get so emotional? 
Why do you get so emotional? 
Why do you get so emotional? 
She said "boy, you take, you take me somehow, I don't know who you are anymore.
I don't know who you are anymore, I don't know who you are anymore, 

It doesn't kill you, it's not a one-way ticket to a lonely life
It might break your heart, but the physical risk is low
You might feel so bad that you wanna die
but if you died you would never know
that it didn't kill you
soon you would've felt better
are you happy in heaven?
do you win all the games that they play up there?
do you have a new body?
what kind of wings do you wear?
I haven't felt so bad that I wanted to die
but if I died I would never know
Love doesn't kill you
it's supposed to make you feel better
You're never going to feel any better
once you're dead, you don't get any deader
and you get no lovin' but you feel no pain
never have to lose again
I just wish you could've been a bit bolder
now you're never gonna get any older
and I really do miss you, but how would you know?
Is that the only way to go?
Love doesn't kill you
but you can't run away from the bare inside
you can't just quit right right here
you've gotta let it ride
We've all felt so bad that we wanted to die
but if we died we would never know
Love doesn't kill you
It makes you feel better
you're not ever going to feel any better
once you're dead you don't get any deader
and you get no lovin', but you'll feel no pain
never have to lose again
I just wish you could've been a bit bolder
now you're never going to get any older
and I really do miss you
but how would you know?