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Heavy clouds all hanging around
And the sun refuses to shine
If you're bent on bringing me back down
Better get in line
Something I said has got you so mad
You want to give me a piece of your mind
If you intend on making me feel bad
You best get in line
Oh, it's a long line
It's a long line
It's going out the door
You'll be waiting in line
A very long time
Till your feet are sore
Whatever I do I'm doing it wrong
And if you feel the need to remind
Me of a world that's long gone
Take a number and wait in line
Oh, it's a long line
It's a long line
It's going 'round the bend
You'll be waiting a long time
It's a very long line
I can't see the end
Heavy clouds all hanging around
And the sun refuses to shine
If you're bent on bringing me back down
Better get in line
I never meant for your flowers to wilt
Or to sour all your sweet wine
If you mean to shower me with guilt
Better get in line
If you're crying over milk that spilt
Well, take a number and wait in line
You better get in line
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As all the rooms are full of empties
The wine attempts to tempt me
Would you help me disappear?
And we'll let the path go hungry
And head at last to country
Or a small town away from here
And maybe there we'll finally see
There is no need to try
All our lives
For a reason why
‘Cause when the moon is glowing dimly
Upon our hopeful chimney
Trouble simply reappears
To throw a monkey wrench in
And hold the world's attention
With a show of surreal fear
Hoping for an answer
I glance up to indifferent skies
There's no reply
Or a reason why
Reason why
All we would hear
Is a deafening silence
Hollywood tears
In frivolous times
Oh to be near your love
You can wonder where the time went
Or what it was it all meant
It's been a life spent wondering why
Looking for a name or
Coat to pin the blame on
I'm done sighing for a reason why
Reason why
Reason why
Reason why
All we would hear
Is a deafening silence
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Whistling over trestles
And past the graveyard sign
We cast our wayward line
Inside a wishing well
We've just a wish and an empty vessel
A hole to fill with days
On a road where children stray
Then pray there is no hell
And as for heaven, well
If seeing
If seeing is believing
I'll believe it
Believe it when I see it
I'll believe it when I see it
With my own two eyes
If seeing
If seeing is believing
I'll believe it
Believe it when I see it
I'll believe it when I see it
With my own two eyes
This ain't no random shuffle
There's reason in these rhymes
A season and a time
In a climate of fear and blood
In the tavern two men did scuffle
Their drunken battle moaned
They groaned like cattle groan
No diamonds here in the rough
And as for peace and love
If seeing
If seeing is believing
I'll believe it
Believe it when I see it
I'll believe it when I see it
With my own two eyes
If seeing
If seeing is believing
I'll believe it
Believe it when I see it
I'll believe it when I see it
With my own two eyes
And when faced with a difficult decision
Would you listen to your heart or mind
We're bound to waste all our free will and ambition
If we got no vision
and we got no spine
And as for peace of mind
If seeing
If seeing is believing
I'll believe it
Believe it when I see it
I'll believe it when I see it
With my own two eyes
If seeing
If seeing is believing
I'll believe it
Believe it when I see it
I'll believe it when I see it
With my own two eyes
See it with my own two eyes
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There are miracles
Before our very eyes
In reality's disguise
Our shadow below us
And the stars up above
It's a miracle, my love
Miracle, my love
There are miracles
Appearing in broad daylight
To a cynical world so blind
With both of us knowing
There's so much to dream of
It's a miracle, my love
Miracle, my love
How just a song
Appears in the night
And what was wrong
Seems to be right
There seems to be life
And all that was heavy
Seems to be light
It's a miracle
Here in this hand I hold
Here in this band of gold
How even the silence
Seems to say more than enough
It's a miracle, my love
Miracle, my love
It's a miracle, my love
Miracle, my love
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I've been burning
The candle at both ends
And running myself more ragged
Than a Raggedy Ann
I couldn't read the writing
On the wall
Until I hit that wall
And that was no help at all
I've been learning
All my lessons the hard way
And nursing the exit wound
From a near fatal mistake
You could say it was time
For a wake up call
I never did get that call
There was no help at all
Won't somebody tell me
What these eyes are for
I can't see a light any more
I can't see a light any more
It gets lonesome in that valley
Well, you're on your own
You've got to go it alone
You've got to go it alone
I've been burning
All my bridges and contacts
And running the risk of losing
All you can never get back
If I'm shooting myself in the foot
I'll crawl
I'm willing to take that fall
I'll do it with no help at all
I never did get that call
Man, there was no help at all
There was no help at all
There was no help at all
No help at all
There was no, no help at all
I've been burning
The candle at both ends
No help at all
There was no one around
No help at all
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It's just a stone's throw
From here to eternity
From the back roads
To where I long to be
The world has changed
Leaving only the truth intact
You think it's a game
To me it means more than that
But I'm a late bloomer
I'm a slow learner
And I've turned the record over
I'm a long player
My song is my saviour
I've got to raise it up
As far as my spirit can reach
That everyone might see
Within earshot
Of rose-coloured dreamers at best
I don't mean to eavesdrop
It's just part of my job I guess
At one glance
They don't know the truth by half
How announcing your plans
Is a sure way to hear god laugh
Like a crab apple on the tree
They'll find life more bitter than sweet
But I'm a late bloomer
I'm a slow learner
And I've heard the penny drop
I'm a small player
With a tall order
To come out on top
And without selling my soul
That everyone might know
That I'm a late bloomer
From a turntable to a phone
From a revolution to a ring tone
I'm a late bloomer
I'm a slow learner
And I've turned the record over
I'm a long player
My song is my saviour
Got to raise it up
I'm a late bloomer
I'm a slow learner
And I've heard the penny drop
I'm a small player
With a tall order
To come out on top
And without selling my soul
That's how a flower grows
And I'm a late bloomer
I'm a late bloomer
I'm a late bloomer
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Heavenly sunrise
Welcoming our day
It's a heavenly love
That you and I survey
The morning wears her
Golden autumn dress
It's a heavenly love
That you and I possess
Though our pockets are empty
We won't let it get us down
There is so much to be thankful for
Pessimism's so tempting
It's spreading all over town
Where there is love, there's an open door
All the birds are leaving
I hear it in their song
It's a heavenly love
That you and I look upon
Though our pockets are empty
We won't let it get us down
There is so much to be thankful for
Pessimism's so tempting
It's spreading all over town
Where there is love, there's an open door
Heavenly sunset
Worshipping the earth
It's a heavenly love
And we know what it's worth
It's a heavenly love
And we know what it is worth
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Michael and his dad
Sitting at a table in the corner
Reading the want ads
Sprawled across the table in the corner
And there is no time to play
All the signs seem to say
It takes much more than love
It takes much more than love
Michael and his dad
Live in an apartment in the basement
Sitting by the rad
In this cold and damp apartment in the basement
Where the sun does not come through
And all the bills are overdue
It takes much more than love
It takes much more than love
When making do
Mother's gone away
To the land of safe keeping
Michael walking from the grave
Says, "Dad, she's only sleeping"
Michael and his dad
Sitting on a bench beside the playground
They take each other's hand
And head towards the sandbox in the playground
And there a castle's made for two
The sun is high, the sky is blue
It takes much more than love
It takes much more than love
It takes two
It takes much more than love
It takes much more than love
It takes two
Michael and his dad
Michael and his dad
Michael and his dad
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Well, I can't talk now
I'm in the middle of love
And I can't stop now
I'm in the middle of a love
I'm in the middle of something so real
It's taking all my time
And energy just to really feel
What's in this heart of mine
I'll have to call you back
I'm in the middle of love
Can't afford to lose track
I'm in the middle of a love
For ages I've been squandering my time
Staring at the walls
Legless with a wandering eye
Never thought I'd fall
In the middle of love
Right in the middle of love
And I can't go back
From a palace to a shack
From email to a fax machine
Oh no
I'm in the middle of something so true
And I'm not going to blow it
A million dreams have fallen through
But this one I'll throw it
In the middle of love
Right in the middle of love
From email to a fax machine
It seems you've caught me at a real bad time
I'm in the middle of love
Having a real good time
Right in the middle of a love
I'm in the middle of love
The middle of love
I'm in the middle of love
In the middle of love
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In my drifting memory
There's a shooting star
It fell before me
So close and yet so far
Every now and then
I wonder where you are
To quell my lonely
And disillusioned heart
The blues are calling me
Oh every time I follow
A tearful memory
Oh every time I follow
In the midst of emptiness
You fill my heart
With love and music
And tell me where to start
Every now and then
The clouds begin to part
And I see the beauty
In song and shooting stars
The music's calling me
Oh every time I follow
I hear this melody
Oh every time I follow
The music's calling me
Oh every time I follow
I hear this melody
Oh every time I follow
Oh every time I follow
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Sipping on a black Dakota pint
The joint is jumping on a Sunday night
But then something wicked this way comes
Sticking out like two sore thumbs
Eye candy, ear poison
Oh Mother, keep your boys in
‘Cause uptown came downtown
And now they keep hanging around
They didn't want to listen to no band
Why don't they grab a cab back to clubland
Now they're coming on to every guy
Like two drunken socialites
Eye candy, ear poison
Oh Mother, keep your boys in
‘Cause uptown came downtown
And now they keep hanging around
It's uncanny, what the wind blows in
Oh Brother, you'd think what goes in
Must come out but somehow
It's been dumbed down and now they're hanging around
You should see the way they dance
Rubbing up against everybody's leg
And like a bad masseuse
Everything they do rubs me the wrong way
Well, now something wicked this way comes
Sticking out like two sore thumbs
Eye candy, ear poison
Oh Mother, keep your boys in
‘Cause high brow came low brow
And our eyebrows may never come down
It can't be, screen's frozen
Oh Brother, keep your nose clean
‘Cause upload came download
With a truck load of trouble ‘bout to explode
Eye candy, ear poison
Oh Mother, keep your boys in
‘Cause uptown came downtown
And now they keep hanging around
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In every nowhere town
There are somewhere dreams
Patiently holding out
To grab the brass ring
To see their dream come true sends a spark
Through dark end of the mind
Till light appears in happy tears
That's where my love shines
If we've disquiet in mind
There are silent days
To see ourselves defined
By all we embrace
And I long to hold you with all my might
As through the night our hopes combine
To ignite our eyes like fireflies
That's when our love shines
Our love shines
In every nowhere town
There are somewhere dreams
Gracefully reaching out
To pull love's strings
And I've seen what love can do, I understand
It's like the candle glowing in the wine
It fills a heart with silver stars
That's where my love shines
When light appears in happy tears
That's where my love shines
My love shines
My love shines
My love shines
My love shines
Our love shines
Our love shines
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Nowadays I hear your heart
Beating when I can't understand
And everywhere I go
There's love at hand
Nowadays I feel your arms
Wrap around my fears in the night
And when I'm far away
I'm embraced in light
Used to be I felt so all alone
Used to be I dealt with panic on my own
Nowadays I see your face
Peering through the eye of a storm
It leads me to a place
That's safe and warm
Used to be I felt so all alone
Used to be I dealt with devils on my own
But nowadays I hear your song
Ringing through my heart and soul
And when I've had enough
Your love takes hold
I just throw my hands up
And your love takes hold
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