Mr. Big Album

Twenty long years riding somebody's coat-tails,
Watch the vermin go by through a heavy coat of chain mail,
So you wanna change the world but you still can't decide,
They can't take away the cash but a fool's got his pride,

Everyone must kneel before the man,
The leader of the band,
Trapped in Toyland.

Twenty odd years since you heard 'Revolution',
Feeding your fears with psychological pollution,
Everybody in the world trying to take you for a ride,
So you get behind the wheel just to realize you're blind,

Sycophants, associates and press men,
Read the upper hand,
Trapped in Toyland,
Trapped in Toyland.

Toyland.
Toyland.

Toyland.
Toyland.

Well it seems like years since anybody knew your name,
And you're drowning in your tears but it's all just the same,
And it seems such a waste for a man with such pride,
But it's obvious reality is eating at your inside,

Sycophants, associates and press men,
Read the upper hand,
Everyone must kneel before the man,
The leader of the band,
Trapped in Toyland,
Trapped in Toyland.

Trapped in Toyland,
Trapped in Toyland.

Trapped in Toyland,
Trapped in Toyland.

Words in my mouth
Someone told me to say
They go unspoken
My mind gets in the way

I hold my tongue
Save my, save my soul
True to myself
And stay gold

Sometimes you gotta pull the plug
Somewhere a little place to crawl
Love me for who I am
It doesn't have to be this hard
for an ordinary man

I wanna take cover, take cover
From you, wake me when it's over
Take cover, I wanna take cover
From you

Sold all my dreams
Watched them all disappear
I've spilled my blood
No one seems to care

Sometimes you gotta pull the plug
Somewhere a little place to crawl
Love me for who I am
How low do I have to go
to make you understand

I wanna take cover, take cover
From you, wake me when it's over
Take cover, I wanna take cover
From you

I wanna take cover, take cover
From you, wake me when it's over
Take cover, I wanna take cover
From you

Cover, take cover,
Nothing I can do
To keep on going on
Take cover, take cover
From you

Save my soul,
save my soul...

Can I explain it?
It's not an easy thing to do
A cryptic fascination
Seems to get me through

A darkened stranger
Who left me full of doubt
She'd tell me that she loved me
Then the lights went out

Jane Doe, what was her name
Where did she go
Jane Doe, she slipped away again
Does anybody know?
Jane Doe

Platonic whisper
That makes me want to shout
Then she always dissapears
Like a lady from a Barclay House
Who is this woman
Someone that I invent
I follow all night long
Like a bloodhound on a scent

Jane Doe, what was her name
Where did she go
Jane Doe, she slipped away without a trace
I still don't know
Jane Doe

There's no fault, no blame
Love can twist the brain
This picture lost it's frame
And John has lost his Jane

Was that her name

Jane Doe, what was her name
Where did she go
Jane Doe, she slipped away again
Does anybody know?
Jane Doe

There's no fault, no blame
Love can twist the brain
This picture lost it's frame
And John has lost his Jane

Someone said life is for the takin',here I am with my hand out,
Waitin' for a ride.
I've been livin' on my great expectations,what good is it when I'm stranded here,
And the world just passes by?
Where are the signs,to help me get out of this place?

If I should stumble on my moment in time,
How will I know?
If the story's written on my face,
Does it show?
Am I strong enough to walk on water,
Smart enough to come in out of the rain?
Or am I a fool?
Goin' where the wind blows.
(where the wind blows)

Here I sit halfway to somewhere,thinking 'bout what's in front of me,
And what I left behind.
On my own supposed to be so easy,is this what I've been after,
Or have I lost my mind?
Maybe this is my chance,and it's coming to take me away,yeah,

If I should stumble on my moment in time,
How will I know?
If the story's written on my face,
Does it show?
Am I strong enough to walk on water,
Smart enough to come in out of the rain?
Or am I a fool?
Goin' where the wind blows.
(where the wind blows)

Here I am,walking naked through the world,
Taking up space,society's child,
Make room for me,make room for me,make room for me.

Am I strong enough to walk on water,
Smart enough to come in out of the rain?
Or am I a fool?
Goin' where the win blows.
(where the wind blows)
(la la la la la la la)
(la la la la la la la )

I hear their voices inside my head
There's no denying it's my private hell as I lie in bed
I take a look around and see myself
In twenty years will I be them

I've taken all I can stand
Afraid of what kind of man I am
Does everything stay the same
Or will I break the chain

Secrets, emotions, and wounds concealed
Spirits are broken, the deepest scars that'll never heal
They'll be back handed down from father to son
A closet of skeletons

I've taken all I can stand
Afraid of what kind of man I am
Does everything stay the same
Or will I break the chain

I will get by
With a little understanding
'Cause it's my own life after all

I've taken all I can stand
Afraid of what kind of man I am
Does everything stay the same
Or will I break the chain

Don't you color me by the way you paint your picture
I'm happy just the way I am
It's been soaked into my bones, a child under pressure
I'm a bastard of the master plan

I wanna live my life
Don't wanna live a lie
I hear freedom ringin'
Everyone's got a place
But where do I fit in

Don't go sellin' me a dream you can't deliver
Like a dog in a cat suit, it's a poor disguise
Strange little angels a parade of saints and sinners
Greetings from the other side

I wanna live my life
I don't wanna live a lie
I hear freedom ringin'
Everyone's got a place
But where do I fit in

I was walking on glass from a thousand broken mirrors
Saw my reflection stare me down
I tried to run, I was going through the motions
I got my feet on solid ground

I wanna live my life
Don't wanna live a lie
I hear freedom ringin'
I wasn't the same as you baby
But take a walk in my shoes
I hear freedom ringin'
Everyone's got a place
But where do I fit in

Comfort me
From a world where no one cares
Where the words turn into cages
And memories cut like glass

I closed my eyes on you
Put the blame on myself, baby
The weight is on my shoulders
I throw my heart in the wishing well

I've got to face and tame my demons
I know it's hard to start over again, yeah I know
Through trials and tribulations
Salvation's like a long lost friend

I'll take back all of the hurt
For your love I've taken for granted
I'll do anything to change
If that's what it takes

No use in pretending
Ain't no pride in it at all
A cure for independence
Is when you're standing in the cold

Have I used, have I used my chances
Have my bridges all been burned
Give me a sign of inspiration
To find a stone that's left unturned

I see a distant promise of Eden
Lifting my spirits so high
If I can break out of the circle
Gonna kiss that carousel goodbye

I'll take back all of the hurt
For your love I've taken for granted
I'll do anything to change
If that's what it takes

Solo

I've got to see the promise of Eden
Lifting my spirits so high
If I can break, break out of the circle
Gonna kiss that carousel goodbye

I'll take back all of the hurt
For your love I've taken for granted
I'll do anything to change, baby
If that's what it takes

Take back all of the hurt
For your love I've taken for granted
I'll do anything to change
If that's what it takes
If that's what it takes

Hey man, are you ready to go
Down where you reach a higher low
Mmm, you can breathe the sweet & sacred air
For the woman waiting there
Underground

Wisdom is only a relative experience
Life is a dream
Not what it seems
For the obscene
Out of the underground

Ten is the number where I start
Nine, one closer to my heart
Eight, you feel the outside closin' in
Let the pain begin
Underground

Feeling is only a relative experience
I don't believe it
What dose it mean
For the obscene
Down where you reach a higher low

Solo

Wisdom is only a relative experience
Feeling is only a relative experience
Life is a dream
Not what it seems
For the obscene
Out of the underground
I don't believe it
What dose it mean
Down where you reach a higher low
Out of the underground

All alone in the twilight
I'm a shadow in the room
Time is my companion
But it turned its back too soon

Imagination takes me anywhere I want to go
But with my ballerina
Both of us lost in a -

Love light from an old Roman candle
Midnight won't be the same
When I close my eyes
We're dancin' right into the flame

The picture is fading
Like a vision from my soul
Nothing left out a memory
In the silver afterglow

She may be gone, but not forgotten
Inside my heart, Yeah 'V

But with my ballerina
Both of us lost in a 'V

Love light from an old Roman candle
Midnight won't be the same
When I close my eyes
We're dancin' right into the flame

My mind seems to wander away
And play me like a fool
I wish it could be like the way it was
'Cause life can be so cruel

But with my ballerina
I live in a dream, of a 'V

Love light from an old Roman candle
Midnight won't be the same
When I close my eyes
We're dancin' right into the flame

Love light from an old Roman candle
Midnight won't be the same
When I close my eyes
We're dancin' right into the flame

[No lyrics]

They say it's not the money
You know it's not the money
Can you figure out what you want
What you need?
They try to pump it up, forget about the facts
Sometimes it hurts but it's never taken back
The left is right, the right is left
Oh yeah, I gotta get this thing right off my chest

Chorus
Black, white and grey, what can you do
What can you say?
How can they fool us today?
Hold your head up high, laugh till you cry
How can they foll us today

2nd verse
Talkin' twenty-four, seven, we're losin' what we're gettin'
They slap you down, with a call from up above
It's a window to the world
A word to every man
Just gettin' it up, we'll all do what we can
They do it all for you, much better than the rest
Hey, it's alright if you can pass the test

Repeat 1st chorus
Solo
It's all good news, we can buy and sell
Yeh! Don't stop now you can't unring a bell

Chorus
Black, white and grey, what can you do
What can you say?
How can they fool us today?
Hold your head up high, laugh till you cry
How can they foll us today
Black, white and grey, what can you do
What can you say?
How can they fool us today?
Catch the falling sky, we're all gonna die anyway

How can they fool us today?

Tears, from saying goodbye.
Tears, I'm sorry but I have made up my mind.
I'm leaving to find a new life, a new love.

All I can tell you is never.
All I can give you are tears...

Tears, fall down from my eyes.
Tears, a man never cries.
He should hold them back.
Hide them so no one could see the real me...

All I can tell you is never.
All I can give you are tears.

When did the love run out,
I might be going out of my head.
But instead...

I've made up my mind,
I'm leaving to find a new life, a new love...

All I can tell you is never.
All I can give you are tears...
All I can give you are tears...
Fall down from my eyes, tears...

oooohooow...

Just a little mistake, oh no
Now I gotta pay, oh no
'Cause the rumors have been going 'round
From a little mistake

I can't look them in the eyes no more
And I'm haunted by the memory
Thinking "what for?"
I don't know, I don't know

I did my best friend wrong
It didn't last too long
'Cause the woman who was coming 'round
Was a little mistake

Better days were coming
Now I'm banished and blamed
Take my chances in another town
Just a little mistake

But the highway only runs so far
God is not about to leave me
No matter how far
I might go, I might go

Now a year's gone by
'Cause I ain't gonna die
'Cause nobody ever comes around
From a little mistake
(Yeah just a little mistake)

I can't look them in the eyes no more
And I'm haunted by the memory
Thinking "what for?"
I don't know, I don't know
Just a little mistake
From a little mistake
From a little mistake