Steve Perry Album

You Better Wait
(S. Perry, L. Brewster, P. Taylor, M. Lucas, J. Pierce, G. Hawkins)

She was only a child
Someone to hold on
Only a child
Someone to believe in
Only a child, someone to love
She was "17", beauty queen
I met her in a magazine
Heart of fire, Love's desire
Reachin' out, higher higher
Runaway, one more day
A broken hearted child at play
I pray for you, baby blue
In the name of love I reach for you
In the darkness comes the evil of the night
Think about it

(You better wait)
Stop your self before you fall
(You better wait)
Stop before you lose it all
Somewhere there's love
Oh, somewhere, somewhere

Precious girl, little pearl
Temptation is lonely world
Eyes deceive, they believe
In everything they wanna see, yeah
And the neon lights reflect your life
Only you know where you hide baby

(You better wait)
Stop your self before you fall
(You better wait)
Stop before you lose it all
Cause somewhere there's love

(You better wait)
Stop yourself before you start
(You better wait)
Don't look back, don't lose heart

Don't look, don't look
Don't look back baby
Don't
Don't look, don't look
Don't look back baby

First appeared on
For the Love of Strange Medicine
(Columbia Records 44287)
1994 Street Talk Tunes, Magnified Music)
(Steve Perry, Clif Magness)

In the friendship of lovers
Lives the joy of the heart
And when trust is forsaken
Our whole world falls apart

And when the wind cries you're with me
And tears say enough
And when the song prays for love

Young hearts forever
Don't wait one moment this time
Love is forever
(with somebody like you, yeah)
The young hearts survive

On the wings of an angel
Ooh a child learns to fly
And little by little
The sands move through time

And I can live a lie
But I think I know better

Young hearts forever
Don't wait one moment this time
Love is forever
(with somebody like you, yeah)
The young hearts survive

Here in the darkness
She dances alone
Roses from yesterday
Will she ever know

(guitar solo)

Oh...

Young hearts forever
Don't wait one moment in time
Love is forever
(with somebody like you, yeah)
The young hearts survive

(with somebody like you, yeah)

Young hearts
Young hearts
When love is forever
Young hearts
(one moment in)
Forever
Forever
Forever
(with somebody like you, yeah)
Give me just a little more time
She was an old flame of mine
I remember
I remember

First appeared on
For the Love of Strange Medicine
(Columbia Records 44287)
1994 Street Talk Tunes, Paul Taylor Music LTD, Lincoln Brewster Music)
(Steve Perry, Paul Taylor, Lincoln Brewster)

We were lost and alone
Somewhere so very new
Caught in the magic of love
And your forgiveness
Selfish and too blind to see
Love was our music and, oh

I am
Lost in a world of emptiness
I am
Learning to tell the truth

Somewhere, somebody new
We shared, faith without truth
With only my words left I turn
To your forgiveness
Eyes in the darkness they cry
Tears are forever and oh

I am
Lost in a world of emptiness
I am
Learning to tell the truth
So many roads to choose

(guitar solo)
Whoa ooh...
Ooh ooh
Whoa...

I am
Lost in a world of emptiness
I am
Learning to tell the truth

I am
Lost in a world of emptiness
I am
Learning to tell the truth
So many roads to choose

First appeared on
For the Love of Strange Medicine
(Columbia Records 44287)
1994 Street Talk Tunes, Lincoln Brewster Music, Paul Taylor Music LTD,
Jortunes, Jazz'n'Dance )
(Steve Perry, Lincoln Brewster, Paul Taylor, Moyes Lucas, L. Kimpel)

Is this just a dream
Livin' in a fantasy
Surrendering our hope
Never, never

Teaching old mistakes
Deep from a memory
Two is forever
One stands apart
Love's forgotten
The pain from the start
Hate for each other
So blind to kill
'Cause it will
Yes, it will

(stand up)
Stand up before it's too late
This is not a dream, no
(stand up)
Stand up before it's too late

Oh...

And we walk hopelessly

What we leave behind
Is it fool's reality
Heaven is a child
I know
You know

Fear is forever
Both stand apart
When love's forgotten
The tears from the start

(stand up)
Stand up, before it's too late
This is not a dream, no...

(guitar solo)

Sorrow, sorrow
Surroundin' my soul
Cry no more
All forgiven

Two is forever
One stands apart
When love's forgotten
The tears from the start
So, so unfair
We turn away
And I know
Yes I know

(stand up)
Stand up, before it's too late
This is not a dream, no
(stand up)
Stand up before it's too late
Stand...
Before

First appeared on
For the Love of Strange Medicine
(Columbia Records 44287)
1994 Street Talk Tunes, Paul Taylor Music LTD,
Lincoln Brewster Music, Jortunes)
(Steve Perry, Paul Taylor, Lincoln Brewster, Moyes Lucas)

Somewhere in the inside
All along the road
Lady Luck has fallen
Now the truth unfolds

Rolling dice remember
What promises regret
Helps me to remember
Helps me to forget

Some are believers
Some don't know
(some are lost)
They're lost and alone
Some are deceivers
Their souls been sold
(for the love)
For the love of strange medicine

Far inside the dark room
Behind all the walls
Underneath the concrete
Heaven starts to fall
Walkin' on the sidewalks
Red lights turn to blue
Somewhere in the darkness
Standing there is you

Some are believers
Some don't know
(some are lost)
They're lost and alone
Some are deceivers
Their souls been sold
(for the love)
All for the love
Some are lost
(some are lost)
Lost and alone

All for the love of strange medicine

The love of strange...

(guitar solo)

Ah...

Some are believers
Some don't know
(some are lost)
We're lost and alone
Some are deceivers
Their souls been sold
(for the love)
All for the love....

Some are lost
(for the love)
Some are lost

(for the love)

(for the love)

Some....ah.....

(for the love)

There's a wind
In your eyes
In the still, of the night
You are here in my voice
Inside of me
Am I wrong to resist
In your arms, alone like this
And I know, the way you feel
Donna please
Wanting you, touching you
You're there in my soul
It's wrong to do
He's still with you
Oh Donna please
Does he know
You pretend
That you love, only him
Long ago, you belonged to me
Donna please
Wanting in you, touching you
You're there in my soul
Can't you see, Donna please
This won't go away
If he wants you tonight
Will you tell him, no
There's a wind
In your eyes
In the still, of the night
Donna please

First appeared on
For the Love of Strange Medicine
(Columbia Records 44287)
1994 Street Talk Tunes, Paul Taylor Music LTD,
Lincoln Brewster Music, Jortunes)
(Steve Perry, Paul Taylor, Lincoln Brewster, Moyes Lucas)

You never listen baby
Whoa....

We were both together
Naturally
I was lovin' you baby
You were lovin' me
Every word I said
Every word is true
I was on the inside
But he was lovin' you
Oh, oh...
Listen to your heart
You never listen baby

I didn't wanna see it
You felt so good
I didn't wanna know girl
This love's misunderstood
One more day
Won't make it right
Still I lie in your darkness
Defenseless tonight
Oh, whoa...
(never)
No, there's something here
Won't last very long
(never)
No, we're goin' down for
The last time

Listen baby
Oh listen baby
Li-li-li-listen

(guitar solo)

I still remember when
Our love was tender then
Love was an open door
No time to wonder
I'm goin' under
Listen to your heart

(never)
No, there's somethin' here
Wouldn't last very long
(never)
We're goin' down for
The last time
(never)
Never
One promise broken
Too soon and too late
(never)
No
We're goin' down for the last time

Tuesday Heartache

After the lovin
After the evening
Darlin it's so deceving
I know

I don't believe it
You've got the answer
Darlin it's so disaster
I know

Tuesday Heartache
Love comes love goes
One day hard times
Too long ago

I don't believe you
When you say darlin
It's something so alarming
Oh I know

I wanna love ya
You want disaster
Darling it's oh
Oh the last time

Tuesday Heartache
Love comes love goes
I don't
Show it
But someone's been told
(Tuesday)
Maybe we are there
Now don't you go
(Heartache)
Tuesday Heartache
Love someone bold

Ooh take your time baby

Tuesday Heartache
Love comes love goes
Tuesday Heartache
Don't go away
(Tuesday Heartache)
Love don't you go away
(Tuesday Heartache)
Don't go away

When someone's deceving they fall

Oh I'm (missing you)
the hurt on your heart
Through your eyes it shows
The past can't relive
What we both know
Still I remember
Things I never meant
Memories surround me
Won't let me forget
I was so wrong
The secret's not worth keeping
I had no faith
That you would still believe
No, now
My heart's in your keeping
Here I am
(Missing you)
Fear in the dark
Stares from the wall
Your eyes in your picture
Won't let me go
If I could remember
How you felt the pain
The king of pretenders
Alone in shame
I was so wrong
The secret's not worth keeping
I had no faith
That you would still believe
No, now
My heart's in your keeping
Here, I am, oh I here I am

(Missing you)
Missing you
Oh I'm (missing you)
You were there, now I'm here
You gave much more than I did
I gave what I had to give
If I could, you know I would
I'd make it up to you
Instead I'm (missing you)
In the place you used to be
You were lying next to me
Oh I'm missing you
Oh I'm missing you

Somewhere There's Hope


When you're runnin babe
You can't let go
Life's on the line

When you're runnin runnin runnin
From a cold cold world
Voices they cry

Somewhere there's hope
(Somewhere there's hope)
Somebody please
(Somebody please)
Somewhere there's hope
Waiting there
Waiting there

Ooh the wheels of fear
Turn truith into lies
Like a theif in the night
Hold on
To the smoke and to the fire
No one
Can hide

Cause somewhere there's hope
(Somewhere there's hope)
Somebody please
(Somebody please)
Somewhere there's hope
Waiting there
Waiting there
Somewhere there's hope
(Somewhere there's hope)
Somebody please
(Somebody please)
Waiting there
Waiting there

Somewhere there's hope
(Somewhere there's hope)
Somebody please
(Somebody please)
Somewhere there's hope
Waiting there
Waiting there

They cry
Voices they cry
Somewhere there's hope
Somebody please
Oh

Still I remember
I'd like to say I'm sorry
I'd like to make amends
I'd close my eyes and tell the truth
But where would I begin
My story's far from simple
I'm so afraid to show
I never want to run again
I wanna let you know

Anyway, what was I saying
Anyway, I seem to have lost my place again
Anyway, somehow I need just to forget
But I can't do it, oh I try, anyway

We believed in music
Brothers to the end
Nothing stood between us
A fire burned within
Oh how I remember
Wounded, but alive
Lost in my insanity
Escaping to survive

Anyway, what was I saying
Anyway, I seem to have lost my place again
Anyway, oh how I need just to forget
But can't do it...oh I try..still I can't do it
Oh I try, oh I try, anyway
Still I remember
Still I remember
Haunting me, calling me, still I remember
No, no, no, no

First appeared on You Better Wait + 4 (cd single)
Original Alien Project Version appears on Steve Perry Greatest Hits + Five Unreleased (1998 - Columbia Records 69686)
(Columbia Records 77669)
1994 Street Talk Tunes and Phosphene Music
(Steve Perry, Craig Krampf, Richard Michaels Haddad, Steve Delacy)

She said I want you to understand
I"m not off to someone new
I don't even have one waitin' in the wings
So I mean it's not like we're through

It's just I'm young, not innocent
Ooh perhaps the space to grow
I've learned from you and I thank you a lot
But it's time one of us go

If you were alone
If you were alone

If you need me, call me
I'll be there when you want me girl
I'll be waitin'
Hopin'
With my arms wide open girl

To tell you the truth
I started to cry
When I heard those words last night
Ooh that's when I realized she had to live
She's be back if it was right

If you were alone
If you were alone

(call me)
Yeah
(call me)

If you were alone
If you were alone

If you need me, call me
I'll be there when you want me girl
I'll be waitin'
Hopin'
With my arms wide open girl
If you need me, call me
I'll be there when you want me girl
I'll be waitin'
Hopin'
Ah.....

(Whenever it rains)
(Ah...)
(Whenever it rains)
(Whenever it rains)
(Whenever it rains....whenever it rains)

[No lyrics]

If I touch you there,
mmmm...what would you do?
Run fingers through your hair,
what happens if I can't stop?

If I told you baby,
you light my fuse?
Girl, I just might start to go c-c-crazy
What happens if I can't stop? Oh!

If I bought you things...
(I love that, it's real pretty, mmm)
diamond rings...
If I built my life around you,
what happens if I can't stop?

If I spend all my money...
yesterday my friend said,
"Boy, you're lookin' kinda...funny!"
(Laughs)
Oh, but if I can't refuse,
yeah, it's lookin' like I can't stop, oh!

Move along, move along!

(Can't stop)
I'm under your spell
(Can't stop)
You know very well
(Whoa, whoa)
Yes, I'm in shadows,
I'm in trouble

(Can't stop)
Your magical potion
(Can't stop)
The feel of your ocean
(Whoa, whoa)
Yes, I'm in shadows

Talk real nice
(nice)
You know, just a little bit of that, uh
sugar and spice
Some cutchie-coo, ooh

Tell me some lies
Your sweet disguise
Whoa, pretty baby
Don't start me
cause I can't stop, oh!

(Can't stop)
I'm under your spell
(Can't stop)
You know very well
Whoa, whoa
Yes, I'm in shadows
Solo!

(Can't stop)
Your magical potion
(Can't stop)
The feel of your ocean, yeah
(Whoa, whoa)
Yes I'm in shadows
I'm in trouble

Whoa,
I like it
I like it
I like it
I like it

(Can't stop)
Yes I do, girl
(Can't stop)
I really, really do, girl
Feels so good
Feels so nice

[No lyrics]

Oh I'm (missing you)
the hurt on your heart
Through your eyes it shows
The past can't relive
What we both know
Still I remember
Things I never meant
Memories surround me
Won't let me forget
I was so wrong
The secret's not worth keeping
I had no faith
That you would still believe
No, now
My heart's in your keeping
Here I am
(Missing you)
Fear in the dark
Stares from the wall
Your eyes in your picture
Won't let me go
If I could remember
How you felt the pain
The king of pretenders
Alone in shame
I was so wrong
The secret's not worth keeping
I had no faith
That you would still believe
No, now
My heart's in your keeping
Here, I am, oh I here I am

(Missing you)
Missing you
Oh I'm (missing you)
You were there, now I'm here
You gave much more than I did
I gave what I had to give
If I could, you know I would
I'd make it up to you
Instead I'm (missing you)
In the place you used to be
You were lying next to me
Oh I'm missing you
Oh I'm missing you