Lyrics

“WATCHING THE SKY”

On A Day

On a day unlike any other day
When you’re midway through the sky
And you know more than you’ve ever known
All you wanted was a lie

Now you sit quietly
Staring down at the sea
You are free to be anybody
Anybody you wanna be

On a night unlike any other night
It is alright to want more
When you see more than you’ve ever seen
Then you walk right through the door

Now you sit quietly
Staring down at the sea
You are free to be anybody
Anybody you wanna be

You are free to be anybody
Anybody you wanna be, you wanna be, you wanna be

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Watching The Sky

Everyone was dancing or reeling
And the band was playing with feeling
While the rest of the world was rocking
You and I were sitting there talking
Watching all of the people
Watching all of the sky fall down

Said that you were always too shy
And everything kept passing you by
While the rest of the world was rocking
You and I kept sitting there talking
Watching all of the people
Watching all of the sky fall down

A new year was lighting the sky
And all you did was sit there and cry
And while the rest of the world was rocking
You and I kept sitting there talking
Watching all of the people
Watching all of the sky fall
Watching all of the people
Watching all of the sky fall down

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It Will Stay With Us

If you don’t wanna talk now
I won’t make a fuss
And everything that we said
It will stay with us

And if you don’t wanna see me
You won’t lose my trust
And everything that we did
It will stay, it will stay
It will stay with us

There wasn’t time to tell you
Till we turn to dust
Everything that we felt
It will stay, it will stay, it will stay, it will stay
It will stay with us

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What You Wanted

Down you go
And you know it’s what you wanted
The day is shot
And you got what you wanted

But who can really say
Why you act that way
Trying to run away and disappear

But who can really say
Why you act that way
Trying to run away and disappear

It seems so strange
You don’t change what you wanted
What you wanted
What you wanted
What you wanted

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While We Slept

No, I would never say
You were not here
Just yesterday
It seems so near

I know we’ll never be
Back there again
But can’t believe
That it could end

But while we slept
Life changed us
And time went by

And though where we once stood
Is still the same
It does no good
To call your name

Cause while we slept
Life changed us
And time went by
Time went by

It won’t stop now
It won’t stop now
It won’t stop now
It won’t stop now

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Fool’s Paradise

It’s time, I should go
Onwards, I don’t know
It’s my own advice
But I need my fool’s paradise

Find me when you can
Come and take my hand
It’s been cold as ice
Since I left my fool’s paradise

And likely when I’m back
Wondering how to act
I won’t be thinking twice, will I
In my fool’s paradise

But now there’s no one here
You could be anywhere
The moon is just a slice tonight
In my fool’s paradise
In my fool’s paradise
In my fool’s paradise

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It Will Stay With Us

If you don’t wanna talk now
I won’t make a fuss
And everything that we said
It will stay with us

And if you don’t wanna see me
You won’t lose my trust
And everything that we did
It will stay, it will stay
It will stay with us

There wasn’t time to tell you
Till we turn to dust
Everything that we felt
It will stay, it will stay
It will stay, it will stay
It will stay with us

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Light As A Feather

It was never easy, nice and breezy
For me then
You seemed so bold and honest
I got so nervous holding your hand

Can we dream together
Like we did when the night was young?
I’m light as a feather
And my song has just begun

In the bright days of summer
Hiding under your straw hat
You were cold and told me never ever
Talk to you like that

Can we dream together
Like we did when the night was young?
I’m light as a feather
And my song has just begun

Can’t we make it easy?
It’s not hard
It’s not hard

Can we dream together
Like we did when the night was young?
I’m light as a feather
And my song has just begun
And my song has just begun
And my song has just begun

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I Think You’re Hiding Something

Well, you could tell me
But I don’t have to know
I watch you bend when
You try to keep it low
It isn’t even that it means anything
I think you’re hiding something

And in the evening
When you come back around
You have a drink and
Keep staring at the ground
You’re like a sick bird
That’s only dying to sing
I think you’re hiding something
I think you’re hiding something

You could keep hiding
Or you could talk instead
And quell the angry mob
That’s inside your head
And I’m the only one
Who’d be listening
I think you’re hiding something
I think you’re hiding something
I think you’re hiding something
I think you’re hiding something

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Had A Feeling

I can see you lying facing me
With your finger lightly tracing me
And you said to tell you honestly
Had a feeling this was meant to be

But the burning fever made me sway
It was nothing that I’d ever say
And the lava boiled into the sea
Had a feeling this was meant to be

Never did I think that I was wrong
Even when I heard your broken song
I just thought you changed invisibly
Had a feeling this was meant to be
Had a feeling this was meant to be

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Don’t Wait For Me

So take it easy
I know you blame yourself
The only way I can see it
I’d have to be somebody else

Now the day is ending
The frozen rain has blown away
The cold night is beginning
And I am boung to fade away

Don’t wait for me
Don’t know how long I’ll be
Could take eternity
Maybe one day we’ll see
How I wanted us to be

You’re like a piano
All you gotta do is push a key
The arm moving the hammer
Strikes a note of melody

Don’t wait for me
Don’t know how long I’ll be
Could take eternity
Maybe one day we’ll see
How I wanted us to be
How I wanted us to be

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How Can I Go?

How can I leave you?
I don’t know
Cause there’ve been so many days
So hard I thought I couldn’t stay
But how can I go?

How can I leave you?
I’ll never see
Any other place to be
Look at me walking down the street
How can I go?

And then you put me down again
Yes but sometimes you let me win
Just for the show
I never know what I might miss
Yes but it’s mad to live like this
How can I go?

I never know what I might miss
Yes but it’s mad to live like this
How can I go?

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Looking Back

Looking back I don’t remember
Anything from last September
But I see your eyes still glowing
With a pain that kept on flowing
But looking back I don’t remember

There are times you seem to be here
In a dream you meet me somewhere
And you say you’re fine, don’t worry
But you move on in a hurry
And looking back I don’t remember

When the sun set on the last year
I could see it falling like a tear
And it took you down into the sea
With a kind of strange finality
And looking back I don’t remember

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Everybody Knows

Everybody knows
Tells you what to do
Everywhere you go
It’s not the place for you
It’s not the place for you

Everybody thinks
They can help you through
Every word you say
They say it isn’t true
They say it isn’t true

But oh how can they say
When they only blame you when you fall
And oh what can they do for you
When they don’t know you at all

Everybody wants
To be close to you
Every time you go
They don’t know what to do
They don’t know what to do

But oh what can they say
When they only blame you when you fall
And oh what can they do for you
When they don’t know you at all

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JAPAN ONLY BONUS TRACKS:

In Two Places

Lost in time that’s gone
Always halfway there
Nowhere
In two places at once
And never either one
Somewhere

Like a boat retreating
From tall waves beating
I stay

You push the ghosts back behind
In time they stilll appear
So clear

Like a boat retreating
From tall waves beating
I stay
I stay

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We Were Only Having Fun

We were only having fun
So tell me why is everyone
Oh so serious so stern
With looks as if their house just burned
What’s done is done
And we were only having fun

But listen to them howl like dogs
Hiding back there in the fog
With no idea where we’ve been
They only say that it’s a sin
What’s done is done
And we were only having fun

We were only lost inside
So we found a place to hide

Everyone says time moves fast
Don’t you know that this can’t last
But I don’t ever think of time
Until the clock stops on a dime
What’s done is done
And we were only having fun
What’s done is done
And we were only having fun

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“FEEL”

FEEL

Why pretend that I can choose
When I know I have to lose
I can lose I can lose I can lose
Cause I know you won’t give in
And you always have to win
You can win you can win you can win
See you searching here and there
Looking for it everywhere
You don’t care you don’t care you don’t care
When I look into your eyes
I only realize
You’re not there you’re not there you’re not there
If you know it isn’t real
Why pretend that you can feel
You can feel you can feel you can feel
See you searching here and there
Looking for it everywhere
You don’t care you don’t care you don’t care
See you searching here and there
Looking for it everywhere
You don’t care you don’t care you don’t care

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I DON’T MIND

Don’t mind waiting here uncertain
Watching while the time keeps burning
Once I ran around in circles
Losing wind and jumping hurdles
So I don’t mind
I don’t mind
I don’t mind waiting now
Gazed at pictures of the sunset
Where I’d been and hadn’t been yet
So I don’t mind
I don’t mind
I don’t mind waiting now
I don’t mind
I don’t mind
I don’t mind waiting now

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YOU AND ME

I won’t tell anybody
I swear to keep it a secret
You and me
We can be alone
Walking through a world of our own
I don’t care what they say but
I don’t want to hear their opinions
You and me
We can be alone
Walking through a world of our own
Don’t think it’s only silly
If I go you’re gonna miss me
You and me
We can be alone
Walking through a world of our own
Walking through a world of our own

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WALK ON

Too late to be sorry
Too late to try again
No way to deny it
Why not take it on the chin
And walk on
One day it was something
Now it’s not anything
No way to replace it
Why not take it on the chin
And walk on
And walk on
Don’t be so sad and grave
I know you’re bold and so brave
That’s life as you know it
That’s how it’s always been
No way to replace it
Why not take it on the chin
And walk on
And walk on

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THE WIND

Happy but for awhile
The good times were out of style
And April came and went
Colder than it’s ever been
You’d lay in the morning time
And gaze at the ceiling tired and low
Lately you can hear the rain
Blowing against your windowpane
Sounding like a marching drum
Rolling for a firing gun
It once used to bring you down
Now it doesn’t turn you ‘round
You go
And you won’t remember when
You’d hide and the howling wind would blow

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HOW COULD IT TAKE SO LONG?

In the darkness I’ve been waiting
I’ve been hungry, hot and hating
All the silence
Can’t you even hear?
How could it take so long to appear?
There was water in the sky then
There was water making islands
Now there’s water falling in a tear
How could it take so long to appear?
Some need something they can lie on
Some need something they can die on
All I need’s a bus to anywhere
How could it take so long to appear?
I have no one to go back to
I have nothing on my back too
Just the sun if all the clouds would clear
How could it take so long to appear?
How could it take so long to appear?

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WHERE TO START

I would have to write a novel
Just to get out all my thoughts
Cause I wanna talk about it
But I don’t know where to start
I’ve been walking through a valley
With a thunder in my heart
And I’m trying not to hear it
But I don’t know where to start
Even if there was an omen
Like the ringing of a bell
Anyway it’s so hard to tell
So I know I might as well start
I know I might as well
I can’t recall what I was dreaming
When I woke up with a start
If I only could remember
But I don’t know where to start
I don’t know where to start
I don’t know where to start

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LUXEMBOURG

In Luxembourg on the grass
Did you know that this would pass
Oh that this would pass?
In the shade and in the sun
There you lay till the day was done
Oh the day was done
Later on by rolling train
You were going home
Never to be seen again
By the eyes of the lonely men
Oh the lonely men
Walking down through streets so old
To get a glass of wine
Remembering other days
When the girls in the park would play
Oh when they still played
From Luxembourg long ago
Where they went only God would know…

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SHADOW

Gone this far it’s too late to turn back
Gone this far it’s too late to turn back
And the sky has turned from blue to black
Turned it on but you can’t turn it off
Turned it on but you can’t turn it off
And it grips you like a fatal cough
So tell me what you’re gonna do
Won’t you tell me what you’re gonna do
When your shadow catches up with you

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I WOULD

If I could wash away the clouds
With a wave of the hand
If I could make the sun come out
And shine its warmth down on the land
I would
If I could stop you feeling bad
With a kiss upon the head
Bring you back the peace you had
When you dreamed in your dream bed
I would
I would forever make you whole
If I could ever tell you how
Deep inside I really feel
Stop and turn and face you now
With a hand upon the wheel
I would
I would forever make you know
If I could wash away the clouds
With a wave of the hand

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IT WASHED AWAY

We walked out in the snow
It fell so soft and slow
That day it washed away
And then out in the rain
So wet but without pain
That day it washed away
That day it washed away
And all the hours that wouldn’t fly
Finally passed us by
All night we lay awake
And watched the morning break
That day it washed away
That day it washed away

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AFTER ALL

Weren’t you so strong
That you played with fire
And you didn’t get burned
By your own desire
But after all you’ve said and done
You had to fall like everyone
Like everyone
Isn’t it so hard
When you’re going down
To really believe
You’ll turn it back around
But after all you’ve said and done
You had to fall like everyone
Like everyone
The blazing sun looks you in the eye
When you crash down through the sky…
After all you’ve said and done
You had to fall like everyone
Like everyone

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IF I HAD NO NAME

If I had no name
Would it be the same
Walking in the rain on my own
Trying to go home
If I was no one
Wouldn’t it be fun
Never caring where I should go
Or where the wind blows
If was someone who needed you
Would you believe that it was true
Or look to see
If it was really me
Standing by the sea
Holding out a rose with no shame
And no end game
If I had no name
If I had no name

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FIRE ON THE OCEAN

It’s hazy
And way out in the distance
There’s something with a motion
Like a fire on the ocean
Burning, turning into vapor
I’m struggling to find it
But I’m falling far behind it
One day the sky is gonna open
Leaving but a notion
Of a fire on the ocean
Dancing tragic like a tango
The flames have no emotion
In the fire on the ocean
A fire on the ocean
It burns without emotion
The fire on the ocean
A fire on the ocean

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“MINERAL”

SLOW DOWN

Do you have to leave now?
Do you have to go?
I know the world is racing
And time never stops I know
But nothing’s really changing
So what’s another day?
How can you close your eyes
And how can you turn away?
Slow down
Slow down
Slow down
And stay awhile
Don’t you make me wait here
And walk the shore alone
And only think about you
And kiss you on the phone
Slow down
Slow down
Slow down
And stay awhile

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NOTHING’S BEEN LOST

Take your hand away from your face
Nothing’s been lost
Nothing’s been lost
And watch your house go up in flames
Nothing’s been lost
Nothing’s been lost
Nothing’s been lost
Nothing’s been lost
When you sit counting every wave
Nothing’s been lost
Nothing’s been lost
And you stare straight out into space
Nothing’s been lost
Nothing’s been lost
Nothing’s been lost
Nothing’s been lost
Nothing’s been lost
Nothing’s been lost
Nothing’s been lost
Nothing’s been lost

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SOMEWHERE DOWN THE ROAD

Somewhere down the road
I’ll see you again
I don’t know when
But I know you’ll be the same
And I know I’ll be the same
Unchanged
You’ll free me again
But I’ll never be free
From memories
And I know your life will change
And I know my life will change
Unchained
Unchained unchained
We drift away
Like roses on the sea
Stars in the sky
They’re always alone
They’re on their own
But you know they’ll always shine
And I know they’ll always shine
All time

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THIS IS GOODBYE

Finding it hard to live with the past
I knew from the start it couldn’t last
O tell me I know you wouldn’t lie
Watching the rain fall from the sky
Heart filled with pain, wanting to die
O help me I know you wouldn’t lie
O help me I know this is goodbye

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NO MORE

You watch your footsteps in a dream
You climb a staircase and turn a key
And walk in through the open door
Where you once lived years before
Years before
But then it all goes just as fast
You reach your hand out to touch the past
Touch the past
So don’t you look back
Don’t you look back
Don’t you look back
No more
Cause then a day comes suddenly
When you miss your misery
Like a person you once adored
But who you don’t see anymore
Anymore
So don’t you look back
Don’t you look back
Don’t you look back
Don’t you look back
Don’t you look back
No more

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DOWN

Down down down down
Down down keep it low
We’ve got, we’ve got
No place to go
So down down
Keep it down
Down down
Keep it down
Somewhere I got off the right road
Somewhere somewhere somewhere
Long ago
So down down
Keep it down

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THE SPEED OF SOUND

I keep looking down the road
Out the window
High and low
The gold horizon is halfway gone
The sea is shining
It ripples on
I keep waiting for a change
A new direction
Some exchange
The moon is rising
It’s getting late
It’s always timing
You have to wait
Don’t it make you wanna stick around
When your plane is lifting off the ground
Moving faster than the speed of sound
Is it written in the stars
Where we’ve been and where we are
And where we’re going?
I don’t know
There’s nothing showing but the glow
Don’t it make you wanna stick around
When your plane is lifting off the ground
Moving faster than the speed of sound

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NO WAY OUT

In the shadows we were caught
Lost in time and lost in thought
No way out
Then our hands turned cold as steel
Got so numb we couldn’t feel
No way out
No way out
In the shadows we were young
Waved goodbye to everyone
No way out
No way out

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STILL SLEEPING

Wait what do you win
Saving time for nothing
And if you say you’re going blind
You’re not looking
Stop but don’t you end
Saving love for no one
And if you say it’s just a dream
You’re still sleeping
So the wind blows
The sun won’t shine
Down on your door
So the time goes
Faster than it did before
It’s not for nothing
Why would you stay in
Saving space for nowhere
And if you say it makes no sense
You’re not listening
And if you say it’s just a dream
You’re still sleeping

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HOLDING YOUR HAND

Holding your hand
You are so lovely
I understand
Nothing at all
Holding your hand
Holding your hand
I won’t let it fall
To your side
Holding your hand
Holding your hand
Touching your hair
I feel so ugly
I can’t compare
To you at all
Touching your hair
Touching your hair
I won’t let it fall
In your eyes
Touching your hair
Touching your hair
Oh my love
What are you thinking of today?
I won’t let you fall
To the side
Holding your hand
Holding your hand

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COME ON BACK

Come on back
Don’t be long
Come on back
Come on
You were right
I was wrong
Come on back
Come on home
I watched you go
Around the bend
But I know
It’s not the end
Come on back
Don’t be long
Come on back
Come on home
You’re flying away
Through the clouds
You’re flying away
From me now
Come on back
Don’t be long
Come on back
Come on home

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“WHILE THE MUSIC LASTS”

WILD EYES

Remember feeling so alone?
Remember feeling like going home?
You never meant to be so cold
You never meant to let her go
Wild wild wild wild wild wild
Wild wild wild wild eyes
Remember feeling so alive
Waiting for the sun to rise?
Wild wild wild wild wild wild
Wild wild wild wild eyes
The smoke was rising into the air
You took a drag and disappeared
Wild wild wild wild wild wild
Wild wild wild wild eyes

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WISH I WAS A BIRD

Blowing through Indian summer night sky
I’d fly straight to nowhere
But I’m grounded down here in the city
With these faces stern and pretty
And in the station where no one says a word
I wish I was a bird
If I listen to somebody speaking
I can only hear waves breaking
Out at the ocean the wind whips every word
I wish I was a bird

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I NEVER CHANGED MY MIND

One day you’ll find
I never changed my mind
Just went away
With things I didn’t say
I’d seen the tides drifting by
Beyond the scenes
The distant tambourines
The sky
While I stood waiting there to leave
But why am I still waiting here to leave?
Though you stayed behind
I never changed my mind
I never changed my mind
I never changed my mind

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MORE

Don’t cry
I’ll wait
Patient
While we
Pass through
Something
More than you
More than me
Larger than memory
So let go
You must know
One thing
It’s more than you
More than me
Larger than memory

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I HAVE NO IDEA

I have no idea, no idea
How you feel, how you feel
But how good just to see you
How good just to feel you
But I have no idea what to do
No idea, only you

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WHILE THE MUSIC LASTS

See you out on the floor
Where the speakers blast
Dancing while the music lasts
Up above the stars shine
On the nights you’ve passed
Dancing while the music lasts
Dancing while the music lasts
Teach me I want to know
How you move so fast
Dancing while the music lasts
Dancing while the music lasts
Waking up tomorrow
This will be the past
Dancing while the music lasts
Dancing while the music lasts

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GONE GONE GONE

Gone, gone, gone like a wave
Like the time that you gave
Like a bird on the wing
On the first day of spring
So just keep moving on
Cause everything is gone, gone, gone
Like today and tonight
Like the sun out of sight
So just keep moving on
Cause everything is gone, gone, gone
So just keep moving on
Cause everything is gone, gone, gone

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FOREVER NOWHERE

One question I’d ask
Since nothing’s gone as planned
Why do I keep running as fast as I can
Down roads that lead to nowhere
I will never understand
I took your warm hand
And led you past fountains
Where men played in string bands
Down from the mountains
We rolled along to nowhere
I will never understand
I will never understand
You long again for foreign lands
The lion’s den and burning sand
One thing I ask
If I may ask something
Give love to somebody
While I keep blowing
Like wind forever nowhere
I will never understand
I will never understand

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BURN

Look at the smoke rise higher and higher
Look at the house go down in the fire
Down in the fire, down in the fire
Down in the fire, down in the fire
The flames are hot so you cannot stay
Nothing to do now but turn away
Turn away, turn away
Turn away, turn away
And burn burn burn burn
Burn burn burn burn
Fly through the woods on the wings of desire
You fly from the world but you’re down to the wire
Down to the wire, down to the wire
Down to the wire, down to the wire
So burn burn burn burn
Burn burn burn burn
Burn burn burn burn

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ALWAYS SEEM TO GET THINGS WRONG

Always seem to get things wrong
I waited here a bit too long
For you to come along to me
I thought that I would kiss your lips
But the sky went dark and the moon eclipsed
And what I missed is all that I can see
Now I’m stuck here looking back
At where I lost the thread
So ashamed here thinking back
At how I lost my head
Way back when the world was young
Long before this song was sung
I know someone must have hurt like me

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MIRROR BALL

Are you gonna live out there by yourself
Out there by yourself alone?
Are you gonna give to no one but yourself
No one but yourself alone?
And keep on spinning through an empty hall
Like relfections from a mirror ball
Round and round going nowhere?
Are you gonna stay up there in the clouds
Up there in the clouds so safe?
And keep on moving through an empty sky
Like a jet plane that’s just passing by
Round and round landing nowhere?
Round and round going nowhere
Are you gonna stay out there by yourself
Out there by yourself alone, alone, alone?

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DON’T NEED THAT

I don’t need that
I don’t need that
Keep it under your hat
I don’t know when
And I don’t know how
I don’t need that now
The wind has changed
And turned me round
But didn’t make any sound
I’ve moved ahead
And closed that door
And I don’t need that no more
I took a taste
And lost my sight
There in the blinding light
But it broke me down
And turned me out
And I don’t need that
I don’t need that
I don’t need that now

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OPEN YOUR EYES

Treading lightly on the ground
Trying not to make a sound
Tell me which way I should go
Tell me cause I just don’t know
Walking softly through the air
Trying so hard not to care
But I’m failing, failing bad
Feeling like I’ve just been had
What’s this silence from within?
Open the door and let me in
Running on these rolling wheels
Trying so hard not to feel
But the demon seems to know
Follows everywhere I go
What’s this darkness in the sky?
Open the ground and let me die
Sinking in the rolling sea
Waves are crashing over me
To another sea below
Sinking steadily and slow
There’s a current pulling strong
Open your eyes and I’ll be gone

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ONE DAY THE DAM WILL BREAK

No matter how long it takes
One day the dam will break
One day the tears will fall
Just like that waterfall
Down, down, falling down
Till the walls are crumbling
How can you be so strong
Tell me I don’t belong
But just like the plans you make
One day the dam will break
Down, down, falling down
Tumbling in the water
There’s no place for you to hide
And no need to be so scared
When you know that I care
Think that you’ll keep your mind
By leaving me behind
But it’s not your mind at stake
And one day the dam will break
One day the dam will break
One day the dam will break

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“THE SECRET SUN”

JUST A PHOTOGRAPH

You were other people I’m never gonna see
I’m never gonna see
The way you used to be
And I was other people
You’re never gonna know
You’re never gonna know
The way I was before
Look down at the picture
And you just have to laugh
It isn’t meIt’s just a photograph
We’ve been other places
I never wanna go
I never wanna go
And feel again so low
Look down at the postcard
And you just have to laugh
That isn’t the West Coast
It’s just a photograph
Look down at the picture
And you just have to laugh
It isn’t me
It’s just a photograph

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THE SECRET SUN

Meet me by the sea again
Past the point the shoreline bends
Where the sand is soft and warm
And hangs upon your golden arm
And time won’t move at all
We were once the only ones
Who knew of the secret sun
Shining down where no one goes
In a place that no one knows
And time won’t move at all
And time won’t move at all
Many lives have come between
You and me, the secret scene
But back there in the orange light
There’ll be no fear of the night
And time won’t move at all
And time won’t move at all

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LONG WAY FROM HOME

In a mirror stop and stare
But it’s a stranger’s face in there
Rake my hair back with a plastic comb
Where’d I go?
I’m feeling like I’m a long way from home
You were sweet to care for me
And gently stroke my hair for me
Put me on a mattress made of foam
And whisper low
But I’m feeling like I’m a long way from home
I don’t know where I’m going
I don’t know what I’m doing
Sleep again won’t come to me
I walk outside, the galaxies
And stars surround the whole world like a dome
I’m still alone
And I’m feeling like I’m a long, long way from home

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ALL MY LIFE

Once in a while I think about it
Think about what you said
Late in haze of night into morning
With eyes turning to red
All my life I waited to see an omen of the good kind
All my life I listened and heard the thunder as it rose behind
Now even a smile, even the sunshine
Don’t cease to seem unreal
But with a kiss late in the darkness
I know how I used to feel
All my life I waited to see an omen of the good kind
All my life I listened and heard the thunder as it rose behind
On you and I
I don’t see any reason to stay here
I don’t see any way out right now
When can a smile, when will the sunshine
Not cease to seem unreal?
It’s with a kiss late in the darkness
You feel how you used to feel
All my life I waited to see an omen of the good kind
All my life I listened and heard the thunder as it rose behind
On you and I

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WHAT MAKES YOU

What makes you think you’re so smart?
What makes you think that you’re not part of this?
Long ago you were fooled into thinking
You were removed from this life
But if you feel
The way that I feel
Don’t hide it
Don’t conceal it from me

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HOW?

How can you leave?
How can you stay?
Now that your hope
Has faded away
Nothing is here
Nothing is there
Caught between nothing
Is something to bear
And if you had some dream
Do you remember?
Do you recall?
You dreamed alone
If you dreamed at all
So how can you stay here?
But how can you go?
If there’s an answer
You’ll never know
And if you had some dream
Do you remember?
Do you recall?
You dreamed alone
If you dreamed at all
If you dreamed at all

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YOU WERE ON MY MIND

I was wrong to believe
I could go and be free
You were on my mind
Way out there on my own
I was cold like a stone
You were on my mind
You were on my mind
In the dark rented rooms
Scented in cheap perfume
You were on my mind
You were on my mind
Come on back to me now
I won’t ever let you down
You were on my mind
You were on my mind
You were on my mind

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IF YOU WON’T

Nobody ever stays someplace for long
Everyone leaves at the end of the song
But I won’t if you won’t
I won’t if you won’t
I won’t if you won’t
If you won’t go
Wanting to know the thing that we don’t know
Wanting to own the thing that we don’t own
But I won’t if you won’t
I won’t if you won’t
I won’t if you won’t
If you won’t go
I won’t if you won’t
I won’t if you won’t
I won’t if you won’t
If you won’t go

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THE OTHER ROAD

Gazing out into space
We spend the endless day
When wine like water flows
And light falls on the rose
Clouds rushing in now
Wash us with rain
So we go
Out sailing on the other road
Clouds block the stars now
We can’t remain
So we go
Out sailing on the other road
The other road
The other road

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THE MIDNIGHT BELL

It’s been one year I know well
Since I heard the midnight bell
From your window on the square
Open to the midnight air
My home far away
I’ll go back someday
When there’s nothing I can hold
When the rainy sky turns cold
My home far away
I’ll go back someday
My home far away
I’ll go back to stay
Why I left the wishing well
Is a thing I’ll never tell
My home far away
I’ll go back someday
My home far away
I’ll go back to stay

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YOU, THE QUEEN

You are the queen of stone and ice
You are the bird of paradise
On a gale at dawn
Just floating on
You don’t know the dream I had
You don’t know I feel so bad
I can see you, girl
With your eyes like pearls
Come on out and see the sights
You won’t be alone tonight
Look at the walls you’ve built
Look at the time you’ve killed
There is a price for mystery
There is a world that you never see
There is a seed we sow
With just a weed that grows
These are the plans of yesterday
This is the love that will never go away

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“WITHOUT YOU”

IF YOU EVER SLIP

If you ever slip
It gets lonely there
It’s an easy trip
When the weather’s clear
I will be here
And I will be here
In the afternoon
Waiting for your call
In the darkened room
After evening falls
I will be here
And I will be here
What you used to have
You don’t have it now
Take another stab
Before you take a bow
I will be here
And I will be here

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BIG OLD HOUSE

Big old house on the hill
I sat on the windowsill
Leaning out on the breeze
Do I dwell in memories
Or let them be?
I can still hear you sing
I see you in everything
In everything
It’s cold today heading down the highway
Please don’t say you’re still the same
I’ll love you if you’ve changed
Big old car rolling down
Through the dark and empty town
See the sky everywhere
We lay in the open air
It’s still so clear
It’s cold today heading down the highway
Please don’t say you’re still the same
I’ll love you if you’ve changed
It’s cold today heading down the highway
Please don’t say you’re still the same
I’ll love you if you’ve changed

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DANCER IN THE DARK

Babe, you know I’m a dancer in the dark
Playing my part
Losing my way
We were together for a while
Out in the aisle
While the band played
All day and all night
I thought of you and cried
Babe, I know you’re a dancer in the dark
You opened your heart
Now watch while it breaks
All day and all night
You’ll think of me and cry
All day and all night
You’ll think of me and cry

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AS THE CROW FLIES

One day I’ll find you
But now you hide
It’s far I know
As the crow flies
As the river flows
But I need you tonight
We’ll walk together
At eventide
It’s far I know
As the crow flies
As the river flows
But I need you tonight
I won’t ask any question
That’s been bothering me so
It stands to reason
We’ll walk in stride
It’s far I know
As the crow flies
As the river flows
But I need you tonight
I miss you tonight
I need you tonight

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WHAT ELSE?

You know there’s nothing more to say
You know I’ve tried to go away
I’ve given everything to you
Just tell me what else can I do?
This wall I’ve tried to break it down
But if you don’t want me around
Then let me go find something new
Just tell me what else can I do?
Outside’s an awful howling wind
Although I could come back again
You know I might just push on through
Just tell me what else can I do?

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DON’T WAIT TOO LONG
(Harris/Peyroux)

You can cry a million tears
You can wait a million years
If you think that time will change your ways
Don’t wait too long
When your morning turns to night
Where’s your loving candle light?
If you think that time will change your ways
Don’t wait too long
Time won’t clean up the mess you made
I’m not gonna waste another day
You can say you played no part
That won’t save your aching heart
If you think that time will change your ways
Don’t wait too long
Time won’t clean up the mess you made
I’m not not gonna waste another day
You can cry a million tears
You can wait a million years
If you think that time will change your ways
Don’t wait too long
If you think that time will change your ways
Don’t wait too long

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IT’S GONNA CHANGE

Early in the morning
All I hear is rain
Rattling the window
Driving me insane
But I know
Yes, I know
It’s gonna change
We’ll meet there tomorrow
Over by the pier
To gaze into the river
As if it were a mirror
But I know
Yes, I know
It’s gonna change
It’s gonna change
Before the light fades
You remember last time
You held her in your arms
You thought it’d last forever
You turned and she was gone
So I know
Yes, I know
It’s gonna change
It’s gonna change
Before the light fades
Till then I can’t tell you
How to pull it through
But higher than the rain cloud
The sky above is blue
So I know
Yes, I know
It’s gonna change
Cause I know
Yes, I know
It’s gonna change

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MIND MACHINE

Wish you were here today
Cause I’ve lost my way
To the road I once knew
That brought me to you
I know I’m not the same
It’s me not you I blame
I fell in love with a dream
Made by my mind machine
A frozen stream through the trees
Whispered softly “please”
How cruel to deny
And not to say goodbye
I fell in love with a dream
Made by my mind machine

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SO MUCH TIME

The glow of the streetlamps
And the fade of the sun
Said it was over before it’d begun
Before it’d begun
And the hum of an engine
Of a tired old machine
Blowing through the desert
Said lonely and mean
Said lonely and mean
And in the darkness what’d we find?
What did we find?
Oh, there was so much time
Oh, there was so much time
Time in the city
And time at the sea
There was time for you
There was time for me
Time for you and me
And in the darkness I wouldn’t mind
I would not mind
But oh, there was so much time
Oh, there was so much time
Oh, there was so much time
Oh, there was so much time
And in the darkness I wouldn’t mind
I would not mind
But oh, there was so much time
Oh, there was so much time
Oh, there was so much time
Oh, there was so much time

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SO MUCH TIME

The glow of the streetlamps
And the fade of the sun
Said it was over before it’d begun
Before it’d begun
And the hum of an engine
Of a tired old machine
Blowing through the desert
Said lonely and mean
Said lonely and mean
And in the darkness what’d we find?
What did we find?
Oh, there was so much time
Oh, there was so much time
Time in the city
And time at the sea
There was time for you
There was time for me
Time for you and me
And in the darkness I wouldn’t mind
I would not mind
But oh, there was so much time
Oh, there was so much time
Oh, there was so much time
Oh, there was so much time
And in the darkness I wouldn’t mind
I would not mind
But oh, there was so much time
Oh, there was so much time
Oh, there was so much time
Oh, there was so much time

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“CROOKED LINES”

If He Asks You That

Four in the morning, white clouds streak the sky
If he asks you that, if he asks you that
There’s no way you can possibly lie
If he asks you that, if he asks you that
What will you say?
Now the sun’s coming up on the east side
If he asks you that, if he asks you that
Night is gone and it’s too late to hide
If he asks you that, if he asks you that
What will you say?
Cause you’ve said so many things
That you didn’t mean
They rolled right off your tongue
And it’s hard now for me to believe
That he was no one, that he was no one
Why are you so afraid to reply?
If he asks you that, if he asks you that
It’s as if you might fall down and die
If he asks you that, if he asks you that
What will you say?
Cause you’ve said so many things
That you didn’t mean
They rolled right off your tongue
And it’s hard now for me to believe
That he was no one, that he was no one
If he asks you that, if he asks you that
What will you say?
If he asks you that, if he asks you that today?

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I’m Alright

Faith I need you on my side
When I want to run and hide
I’m leaving places that I’ve known
In my gut’s a heavy stone
Once I waited for things to come
Leaving everything undone
Sat and watched the wheels of chance
While around me candles danced
Take your hat cause it’s cold outside
The moon has come and gone
Day is here, we’ve been up all night
I’m so tired now, but I’m alright
I’m alright, I’m alright
Take your hat cause it’s cold outside
The moon has come and gone
Day is here, we’ve been up all night
I’m so tired now, but I’m alright
I’m alright, I’m alright
Oh I’m alright, I’m alright, I’m alright
03. Where Are You Now?
Where are you now?
Where are you now?
You took me with you down
Where are you now?
The moon shines on the sea
No one here but me
The moon is full and low
And all I want to know
Is where are you now?
Where are you now?
The moon shines on the sea
No one here but me
The moon is full and low
And I don’t wanna know
Where you are now
Where are you now?
You took me with you down
Where are you now?

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I’ve Got To See You Again

Lines on your face don’t bother me
Down in my chair when you dance over me
I can’t help myself
I’ve got to see you again
Late in the night when I’m all alone
I look at the clock and I know you’re not home
I can’t help myself
I’ve got to see you again
I could almost go there
Just to watch you be seen
I could almost go there
Just to live in a dream
But no, I won’t go for any of those things
To not touch your skin is not why I sing
I can’t help myself
I’ve got to see you again
I could almost go there
Just to watch you be seen
I could almost go there
Just to live in a dream
But no, I won’t go to share you with them
But oh, even though I know where you’ve been
I can’t help myself
I’ve got to see you again
I can’t help myself
I’ve got to see you again

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Lonely

What good is it to speak across a wire
When here I sit and watch the day expire
With you still too far away
And me strolling by the bay
Where once we walked on mornings hand in hand
And once we talked of moving through the land
Even then I felt a thing in the midst of wandering
Lonely
What good is it to dream of being close
When all this time I seem to need you most
You’re a voice across the sea
Fading into memory
Lonely

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Rockaway

If there’s no music in these words we say
If there’s no rhythm when you walk away
Wind up the victrola and drop the needle in
Come sit beside me and hold me again
Be glad I found you down there in the racks
With no one around you
You’re never going back
Play on your organ
Play on your drums
Play on, you orphan
You’re old enough but young
We took the parkway out to Rockaway
Where was everybody?
They were here yesterday…
If there’s no music in these words we say
If there’s no rhythm when you walk away
Play on your organ
Play on your drums
Play on, you orphan
You’re old enough but young
Play on your organ
Play on your drums
Play on, you orphan
You’re old enough but young

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It’s Your Fault

I never lied to you
Did what I said I’d do
I promised nothing at all
You hoped and that’s your fault
But I can’t stay
And I won’t let you go
And if you break
I’m sorry, that’s your fault
That’s your fault
I haven’t finished yet
Come light my cigarette
Don’t blame me cause you crawled
You cared and that’s your fault
But I can’t stay
And I won’t let you go
And if you break
I’m sorry, that’s your fault
That’s your fault
I’ve never liked the sun
I don’t need anyone
But if you never call
I’ll die and that’s your fault
But I can’t stay
And I won’t let you go
And if you break
I’m sorry, that’s your fault
That’s your fault
That’s your fault
That’s your fault

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Start All Over

Deep in the hollow of my heart
What am I waiting for, something to start?
Some kind of fire to burn me up in a flame?
I would really love to start all over again
I wouldn’t ask you for your sympathy
I’d never want you to worry for me
Isn’t there someplace to put away all the pain?
I would really love to start all over again
Follow me closer now under the stars
Into the water to wash off the scars
Let’s be together and never say we’re afraid
I would really love to start all over again
I would really love to start all over again
I would really love to start all over again
09. Another Place
Can there be another place
Someplace you could find
Can there be another place in your mind?
Can there be another place
You don’t have to try so hard?
Can there be another place?
A face turns you on
And woos you with its song
But leaves you wondering
What went wrong this time
Can there be another place
Not up in the sky
Can there be another place nearby?
Can there be another place
You don’t have to fly so far?
Can there be another place?
A face turns you on
And woos you with its song
But leaves you wondering
What went wrong this time
A face turns you on
And woos you with its song
But leaves you wondering
What went wrong this time

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Sand and Glass

The road outside where you crashed
The changing tide
See it from the place you passed from sand to glass
Winter weeks of books and jazz
Seemed so bleak
Living in the place you passed from sand to glass
Sand to glass
On the floor paint was splashed
And once more it’s the only thing that lasts
From sand to glass
Sand to glass
Sand to glass

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Do You Ever Dance When You’re Alone

Do you ever dance when you’re alone
All by yourself inside your home
Where your samba music plays
And no one can see your face
While the evening bus goes by
Through the buildings in the sky
Do you ever dance when you’re alone
And laugh beside the ringing phone?
No one else can know the way
To this dimly lighted place
There’s no need for a disguise
Or a mask to hide your eyes
Sometimes in pearls and black
You’ve been in love
But you come back again
Do you ever dance when you’re alone
And cross the threshold just to roam
Where the elevated train
Takes you out across the plain
Over rooftops in the night
Like a harbinger in flight
Sometimes in pearls and black
You’ve been in love
But you come back again
Sometimes in pearls and black
You’ve been in love
But you come back again
12. World Of Trouble
It starts off slow with a kiss of folly
And you don’t see it as more
But after awhile when all the dogs see you
Sneaking in the back door…
You don’t believe when they tell you
You don’t believe
Then a world of trouble is all you see
Nights when the phone rings and it’s so easy
To get up and go back again
You don’t stop, you don’t think to live without it
Knowing that you’ll never win
You don’t believe when they tell you
You don’t believe
Then a world of trouble is all you see
This is the last time or the beginning
Whenever you say it’s enough
While each day, each month rolls out behind you
The lost time is calling your bluff
You don’t believe when they tell you
You don’t believe
Then a world of trouble is all you see
A world of trouble is all you need
13. Something is Calling You
Don’t tell them
They’ll only drink your tears
Don’t do it
Not in a hundred years
You know it, you feel it
I do too
Just listen
Something is calling you
What difference do you think that it makes
If you give or if it’s you who takes?
I know it, I feel it
You do too
Just listen
You’ll hear me calling you
What difference do you think that it makes
If you give or if it’s you who takes?
I know it, I feel it
You do too
Just listen
Something is calling you

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Poor Old Dog

Poor old dog on the quay
Your black tongue could not say,
“Will someone rescue me?
Take me on out to sea?”
I dreamed you inside the ship rolling by
It rocked you in the tide
“That old mutt?” Someone chimed,
“He’s been here a real long time!”
Poor old dog in the way
No one saved you today
I dreamed you inside the ship rolling by
It rocked you in the tide

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Save Your Breath For The Crowd

Save your breath for the crowd
Though your heart’s filled with pain
It was always the same
Why pretend that it’s changed?
Now you sit there in doubt
Is it worth it to stay
When that voice is so loud
Just saying “run away”?
Painted faces in other times
Lit on stages by candlelight
Sang their songs out every night in the theatre
Did you think I’d walk out if the sky broke with rain?
Save your breath for the crowd
All these words are in vain
Painted faces in other times
Lit on stages by candlelight
Sang their songs out every night in the theatre
Painted faces in other times
Lit on stages by candlelight
Sang their songs out every night in the theatre

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Crooked Lines

Listen, I’ve seen this before
Listen, I’ve walked through that door
But why am I still here today?
Why have I not gone my way?
You were lovely, you were kind
Now you’ve gone and changed your mind
Is there something that won’t stray
In the change from night to day?
Strange to say at this hour
That you were all I had
When everything you gave me
You have taken back
Maybe we’re just crooked lines
I thought we got straight this time
Dancing through the old arcade
To the drums of the parade
Strange to say at this hour
That you were all I had
When everything you gave me
You have taken back
Vainly I reached out to fly
Thinking life might pass me by
End up down along the shore
Where no one knows me anymore
17. Holding On
I’m holding on
Till I make it through
I’m holding on
That’s all I can do
Even if I should go
Even if I know
I’m holding on
Maybe here in vain
I’m holding on
Till we meet again
Even if I descend
I will rise again
For the moonlight is still bright
I wouldn’t need hope at all
Just this song
I’m holding on
For a little while
I’m holding on
Till I see you smile
Even with miles to go
Miles of darkened road
For the moonlight is still bright
I wouldn’t need hope at all
Just this song
I’m holding on
Through the wind and rain
I’m holding on
Till we meet again

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“JESSE HARRIS & THE FERDINANDOS”

I Don’t Want to Change Your Mind

Soon you say you’ll go away
Cause there’s a place we’d never find
I don’t want to make you stay
And I don’t want to change your mind
I don’t want to change your mind
But I was hoping for a little feeling
In the absence of more time
Don’t you think it’s more appealing
Than to leave this all behind?
If you’re flowing like a river
To a hill you’ve got to climb
I don’t want to keep you here
And I don’t want to change your mind
I don’t want to change your mind
I don’t want to change your mind
But I was hoping for a little feeling
In the absence of more time
Don’t you think it’s more appealing
Than to leave this all behind?
Your freedom is all you own
There’s nothing left for me to give you
But I was hoping for a little feeling
In the absence of more time
Don’t you think it’s more appealing
Than to leave this all behind?
Soon you say you’ll go away
Cause there’s a place you’ve got to find
I don’t want to make you stay
And I don’t want to change your mind
I don’t want to change your mind
I don’t want to change your mind
I don’t want to change your mind

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Don’t Know Why

I waited till I saw the sun
I don’t know why I didn’t come
I left you by the house of fun
I don’t know why I didn’t come
I don’t know why I didn’t come
When I saw the break of day
I wished that I could fly away
Instead of kneeling in the sand
Catching teardrops in my hand
My heart is drenched in wine
But you’ll be on my mind forever
Out across the endless sea
I would die in ecstacy
But I’ll be a bag of bones
Driving down the road alone
My heart is drenched in wine
But you’ll be on my mind forever
Something has to make you run
I don’t know why I didn’t come
I feel as empty as a drum
I don’t know why I didn’t come
I don’t know why I didn’t come
I don’t know why I didn’t come

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Waiting for Something

In the garden with a glass of wine
You could sit there for awhile or till the end of time
And no one’s leaving, nobody goes
And a girl walks by alone with a single rose
No news, nothing new
Waiting for something, what’s the use?
When…
The sun is sinking behind the towers
Casting rays of crimson light through the closing hours
So much beauty in that light
But it’s dark down here below on the earth tonight
No news, nothing new
Waiting for something, waiting for something
Waiting for something, what’s the use?
When…
A million people walk the street
Pounding hopes into the ground underneath their feet
For a reason, but who can say?
If the season lets you down, will you call it fate?
No news, nothing new
Waiting for someting, waiting for something
Waiting for something, what’s the use?
When…
In the garden with a glass of wine
You could sit there for awhile or till the end of time
You could sit there for awhile or till the end of time
You could sit there for awhile or till the end of time
You could sit there for awhile or till the end of time

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There’s Nothing I Can Do

There’s nothing I can do
There’s nothing I can do
To get close to you
To get close to you
I shouldn’t even try
I shouldn’t even try
I shouldn’t even try
Still I wonder why
There’s nothing I can do
There’s nothing I can do
To get close to you
To get close to you
I shouldn’t even cry
I shouldn’t even cry
I shouldn’t even cry
Still I wonder why
In my dreams I can fly
Through the clouds
Or I can die
But there’s nothing I can do
To get close to you
I shouldn’t even try
I shouldn’t even try
I shouldn’t even try
Still I wonder why
There’s nothing I can do
To get close to you

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A Changing End

I’ve sent out more correspondence
Much more than I’ve received
I wish that I could hear the chorus
Just to know what they sing for us
They all know how we should be
But they’re not in proximity
When you find that change is constant
Will you shun complacency
And drift away upon four wheels
Across the earth until you feel
You’ve found a place you’ll always heal?
But wait…
Won’t you have to move again?
Won’t you have to move?
Won’t you have to move again?
You’ll have to find a changing end
When you find that change is constant
Will you shun complacency
And drift away upon four wheels
Across the earth until you feel
You’ve found a place you’ll always heal?
But wait…
Won’t you have to move again?
Won’t you have to move?
Won’t you have to move again?
You’ll have to find a changing end

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It’s Alright to Fail

Out on the corner you look so pale
Your ghost is wandering home
But oh, baby, it’s alright to fail
Your tongue is twisted
Your teeth are nails
They drove your voice in your throat
But oh, baby, it’s alright to fail
Tell me, don’t leave
Tell me, tell me
Your heart is beating
I hear it pound
If you’ve got something to say
Oh, baby, please don’t let me down
Tell me, don’t leave
Tell me, tell me
The night is coming
I hear the wail of people crying alone
But oh, baby, it’s alright to fail
Oh, baby, it’s alright to fail

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Soon

Stay if you want and hide
Stay cause it’s cold outside
But soon, soon…
You’ll tell me this place is safe
And tell me you still have faith
But soon, soon…
The melody that sounds so cruel, so mean
Will turn into a playful tune and set you free
Stay if the forces pull
Stay cause the moon is full
But soon, soon…
The melody that sounds so cruel, so mean
Will turn into a playful tune and set you free
The melody that sounds so cruel, so mean
Will turn into a playful tune and set you free

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I Can’t Let Go

It’s already morning
And I haven’t slept
There’s no use in trying
I just can’t forget
I guess you didn’t notice
Through your windowpane
Me down in the alley
Standing in the rain
I can’t let go
It hurts me so
I can’t let go
Someone else’s shadow
Moved across your wall
And I still remember
Even as I fall…
Waking up beside you
My arm around your waist
Pulling me in closer
To your sleeping face
I can’t let go
It hurts me so
I can’t let go
Now my window’s dirty
Everything looks grey
Even if it’s sunny
I just look away
I just look away
I just look away

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All songs by Jesse Harris except where noted.