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| Original Album |
I Can't Wait
Yes, I know you
Sometimes she talks to him
Sometimes well she's only dreaming
Then when she wakes op
Somehow she still believes him
Yes, I know you
Though we've been out of touch
Yes, I know you
To be continued, it's too much
I can't wait...I can't wait
Well, if I'm wasting my time
While you make up your mind
I can't wait...I can't wait
Well, I've got to know when I can see you again
Well, I can't wait...I can't wait
Yes, I know you
Though we've been out of touch
I can't wait...I can't wait
What can I do when I'm crazy for you
She wonders how many more hours
Her heart will feel broken
In secret she says she needs to see him
But no words are spoken
She dances around in a circle
Well she's got that feeling now
Blame it on something at first sight
Put the blame on me if you want to
To be continued
I can't wait...I can't wait
Am if I'm wasting my time while you make up your mind
Well, I can't wait...I can't wait
I've got to know when I can see you again
Well, I can't wait...I can't wait
I can't wait...I can't wait
I can't wait...I can't wait
I can't wait...I can't wait
How will we feel 20 years from now
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Rock a Little (Go Ahead Lily)
Sometimes it rages...rock a little
Even when it's calm...rock a little
Just like the sea...l still rock a little
Say it was just like me...rock a little
Then you knew her...funny little dancer
And you watched her all night long
You were trying to learn from her teachers
One thing that she wanted
She would not be tangled up in it
Hit it...go...
It's about time, Lily
Oh, I know lily
Hit the stage dancing
Hit it
She's home now
She says I've gone far beyond that song
Rock and roll ballerina
Where else would she go
He knows his daughter, says
Where does she live
He says, oh, up there somewhere
Then he says go ahead Lily...hit it
Lots of them
And all one of a kind
But the most important thing was
What was on her mind
Pale pink satin worn out in a week
But she loved you the most
And you said...
Go ahead, Lily
Hit it
No explanations and I tell you no
You say...nothing
That is how songs are written
Stories are told, rumours are started
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Sister Honey
Alright, baby
Well, I think you will like Sister Honey
She will help you
Make up your mind
Even if you don't need her
Tell her you need her
She needs you brother
She needs you brother
Strange fascination
Some kind of temptation
To know Sister
Never having allowed yourself
Do you understand the word, pleasure
Well, you say it's just never crossed your mind
And she believes you
Can we still be friends
the answer's always yes
Even best intentions turn around one day
Saying.
Nobody's right, baby
All the time
And a fool never knows what he's leaving behind
So take some time to know the real story
Cause a soul that's true is your ride to glory
Don't let that golden hair get in your way, baby
Can we still be friends
The answer's always yes
Even best intentions turn around one day
Saying...
Come back solemn stranger
It's your last chance
She's almost gone, now
And she’ll go fast like a jet plane
And then fast like a star stream
She’ll hit you with a fury
Whispering the words one more time, baby
One more time
And he says don't let that golden hair
Get in your way, now
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I Sing For The Things
You say I have everything
Well I'm living on dreams and chains
But I sing for the things money can't buy
You say you don't believe
Well could you just look at me
Look deep into my eyes my love
Well have ever been in love
Have you touched the soul of someone
Did the fear inside you make you turn and run
I'll take of my cape for you
I’ll take down my hair for you
Anything you want me to do my love
Well, I'll sit home and wait for you
Oh darling there's nothing that I'd rather do
Anything you want me to do my love
Have ever been in love
Have toy touched the soul of someone...baby
Did the fear inside you make you turn and run
You say I have everything
Well I'm living on dreams and chains
But I sing for the things money can't buy
Have ever been in love
Have you touched the soul of someone
Did the fear inside you make you turn and run
Anything...my love
Anything...my love
Anything
Imperial Hotel
For Benmont
He says to her...why do you do it
She says to him...why do you stay
Then they say unspoken words to explain it
He says, baby, I hate to see you this way
I hate to see you
I hate to see you cry
Well, you can get her
But you can't keep her
And you can't catch her fall
She will call you
When she needs you
You know where she lives
The Imperial
She sits across the table...the same glass table
Cries to her friend...why am I so alone
He says, wo baby, baby, baby, baby
This is the path you have chosen
She probably goes under another name
Well, that's a good idea
So, you can get her
But you can't keep her
And you can't catch her fall
Well, she will call you
When she needs you
You know where she lives
The Imperial Hotel
Who's there
Where has she gone
But, I think she just went home
Sits across the table...same glass table
And she cries to her friend...why am I so alone
He says, wo, wo, baby...oh, my baby
You have to know...you have to know
She knows in her heart
That he will stand by her
Anywhere.. don't cry, baby
I can save you
Don't cry baby, I can save you
She's at the Imperial Hotel
Don't cry baby, I can save you
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Some Become Strangers
In the beginning I believed in love and things
It happened like a hurricane
I could never really tell you what this did to me
I could never make it better for you
Anyway
Thing is
Time was
Part of me used to love you
Part of me still does
This light here
Some become strangers
Did it have to be as easy to live without to
I was hoping to remember you with just a smile
Now the memory of giving you is giving out
Well I could say that I knew it all the while
Thing is
Time was
Part of me used to love you
Part of me still does
This light here
Some become strangers
Didn't want to be the one to
Say goodbye
In a stranger's eyes
Look how we've changed
I don't really need this in my life
Why don't we forget about it
Thing is
Time was
Part of me used to love you
Part of me still does
This light here
Some become strangers
Let your soul become a stranger
Baby, you're no stranger You're no stranger
Not that I am
Well, you've become that stranger
And let your soul become a stranger
Well, you're no stranger. not that I am
So you do it.
I think that you should do it
Well you do it
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Talk To Me
I can see we're thinking about the same thing
And I can see your expression when the phone rings
We both know there's something happening here
Well, there's no sense in dancing round the subject
Don’t' turn around there's nothing here to fear
You can talk to me
Talk to me
You can talk to me
You can set your secrets free, baby
Dusty words lying under carpets
Seldom heard well must you keep you secrets
Locked inside hidden safe from view
Well, is it al that hard
Is it all that tough
Well I’ve shown you all my cards now isn't that enough
you can hide your hurt
But, there's something you can do
You can talk to me
Talk to me...talk to me
You can set your secrets free, baby
La la la la...
Though we lay face to face and cheek to cheek
Our voices stray from the common ground where they could meet
The walls run high, to veil a swelling tear
Oh, let the walls burn down, set your secrets free
You can break their bounds, cause your safe with me
You can lose your doubts, cause you'll find no danger not here
You can talk to me
Talk to me
You can talk to me
You can set your secrets free, baby
Oh, I can see you running...I can see you running
I can see you running all the way back home
I can see your expression when the phone rings
And I can see that you're thinkin' bout the same things
Is it all that hard
Is it all that tough
Well, you've taken all there is now baby
Isn't that enough
Well,I can see you runnin'...
I can see you runnin'
All the way back
The Nightmare
Thrown down through the arms of sleep
She fell through the ivory morning
Deep into the waters
Of the one she called love
She paled in the wake
Of what some call a dream
But, you cannot know a dream
Till you've known the nightmare
When I stood with you against the storm
And I tried once again
Well, I said,
"I'd like to leave you
With something warm"
How many times
Drowning in the sea
Drowning
That was when the dream took her prisoner
And she knew the dream was over
But, the nightmare was not over
Still some call that a dream
The nightmare... the nightmare
Well, you cannot know a dream
When you turn away
You don't know
You'll never care
The night is not your friend
And you have not had her
And when the nightmare ends
But, you never understand
When you're gone
She wakes up calling out
Oh, calling out
As children may cry as she will
Anytime, oh, anywhere
Blinded by the light of the day
She has known the nightmare
So about the moon and her sisters
How dare he take them prisoner
Well, if she had flung out her heart against him
Then in all of her wisdom
Oh, well that was a mystery
That was when the dream took her prisoner
And she knew the dream was over
But the nightmare was not over
Somewhere in her ancient ways
She walks through the night
And then she tries to get through the day
Some will never know
Or share any kind of dream
The nightmare
This is not the world
This is not the world
This is not the world
The nightmare
She wants him to fight, anytime, anywhere
She wants him to stand up
She wants him to win
This is not the world
This is not the world
This is not the real world
Blinded by the light of the day
Blinded by the light
She was blinded by the light of the day
Blinded by the day
If I Were You
Baby, how much closer can we be?
I swear you've become a part of me
You are with me everywhere I go
If you feel it I already know
Everything I say to you is true
I don't wanna tell you what to do
But if I were you
I would take the love
I'm giving to you
Yes, if I were you
Whoa, if I were you
I would trust in me like
I trusted you
Yes, if I were you
Whoa
I know what you're dreaming when you sleep
You have secrets I will always keep
And in every morning when we rise
I see my reflection in your eyes
Every boy must learn to be a man
Maybe I can help you, yes I can
But if I were you
I would take the love
I'm giving to you
Yes, if I were you
Whoa,
if I were you
I would trust in me like
I trusted you
Yes, if I were you
Whoa
Well, I believe that love is a living thing
Born into our destinies
From a single moment of inspiration
And as it grows it changes your life forever, whenever
But if I were you
I would take the love
I'm giving to you
Yes, if I were you
Whoa, if I were you
I trust in me like
I trusted you
Yes, if I were you
Whoa
(if I were you)
I know just what you feel,
I know just what you want
Why can't you tell me that you feel love like I do?
And I do
And you know that every time I look into your eyes
I just can't escape, can't escape
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No Spoken Word
I was just that old
That August dark, dark day
Swear that you never saw her face
Swear that you never heard her say
No spoken word
No small command
What was it she wanted
They say she had everything
No spoken word
No small command
What was it she wanted
They say she had everything
What shall I do
What shall I say
Should I say
Who all the things
That I'd like to say to you
No spoken word
No small command
What was it she wanted
They say she had everything
Let's make a deal here
Ooh, for one night
Well baby, you fill the night with the
Wind and the rain and the water
Oh, for one night
Well, just for one night
You know that well that
Disastrous sound
Now it will make me wiser
He says, and it will make you look
She says, look out
I don't know how to learn
From the pages of a book
Well I either say too much, or I
I don't say enough
Well I play too hard
Still I'm not tough enough
What was it she wanted
They say she had everything
No spoken word
No small command
What was it she wanted
They said she had everything
Oh come around tonight indecent
Well
Ah,ha come around
Tonight, indecent baby well
You fill the room
With the rain and the wind and the water
If you tell me
One more time
Oh baby, take it easy
Well, you won't see me ever again
Some people walk down that darkened street
With the faith of a child
And so go the faithless
But after awhile, she says
No spoken word
Let's make a deal here
No small command
What was it she wanted
They said she had everything
Oh, I don't want to know about it
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Has Anyone Ever Written Anything for You
Has anyone ever written anything for you
In al your darkest hours
Have you ever heard me sing
Listen to me now
You know I'd rather be alone
Than be without you
Don't you know
Has anyone ever given anything to you
In your darkest hours
Did you ever give it back
Well I have
I have given that to you
If it's all I ever do
This is your song
And the rain comes down
There's no pain and there's no doubt
It was easy to say I believed in you everyday
If not for me then
Do it for the world
Has anyone ever written anything for you
In your darkest sorrow
Did you ever hear me sing
Listen to me now
You know I'd rather be alone
Than be without you
Don't you know
So, if not for me, then
Do it for yourself
If not for me then
Do it for the world
Poet..priest of nothing
Legend...
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Battle Of The Dragon
This was not pre-planned but after some calls
I
decided to go to the other side of the world
I see something, I see a handsome soldier
I see myself remaining when all of you are gone
And the reason that I paint you in my paintings
And the reason I record the sound of your voices
No one walks away from this battle
From the power it's so strong
Like a fury
Keep that fury deep inside you
And wish it to end
And when your friends start asking you why
You just say nothing
The beautiful and the sensitive and the oh so very young
We are adapting to your silence
I can live here without you
At least I'm learning
But I cannot live without your songs
Who have you been with?
Have you been with friends...or is there more?
(You're not listening to me)
Have you been writing, well you say it's harder now
Well I got the message, stay among the living
From what I can tell I need to be here
You say someone's looking for you, nothing is wrong
Well I can and I will go on
When this battle is over I feel I will survive
In the battle of the dragon
No one walks away
Oh, you wish it to the end...wish it to the end
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Mirror, Mirror
And as all this comes to an end
So go the lilies of the valley
From this hour on
Brilliant is your danger
Darker than the image on the wall
Is the fear of it all
But he never said no to you, baby
Mirror, Mirror
Ooh, sometimes you're frightened
And you don't know why
There's been a few things
Well, I know you really loved a lot
And then one day
In your bright blue sky
Well, I never did say why to you
Why, you must know
He said, "No, not really"
Some of us will
Some of us will never see the light
Some of us will only say
Well, I don't want to fight about it
And then one day
Well, you really fall in love
And you never did say
No to me did you?
He said, "See ya"
Mirror, mirror
Mirror, mirror
Mirror, mirror
Memories fade like the wind
Oh, and she says
"No, this will never come again"
He says,
"Oh well, who can tell?"
She says,
"I think you walk a thin line
Walk a thin line"
She said, "
You must know"
He said,
"No, not really"
Then there are the things
Misunderstandings
Well, I know that there's a few things
That you really loved a lot
I know, in spite of what you say
One thing that I really wanted
I really wanted you
This will leave you
Haunted in your mirror
One More Big Time Rock and Roll Star
I told you last night or did you tell me
I think that it was me and I know that you heard it
I was crazy about you that's how it always was
Do you think about me now as I sing about this love
When it rains it pours
When there's no one at the door
Yes he did send me flowers
Well that was a long time ago
Sounded good on a
Delicate white-ribbon card
"One more big time rock and roll star"
Just what I need
As you walk away you know that I will call
It's just to say goodnight and that is all
Well alright that's a lie she says she wanted you to stay
But you know much better than she
She's better of this way
Undercover music lover
Oh undercover music lover and an art lover like me
There were candles, crystals, I was anyone's fantasy
Say I'm not' couse the work just gets harder
The work gets...
Oh, one more big time rock and roll star
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Reconsider Me
When you're all alone
And you need someone
Telephone and I'll come runnin'
Reconsider me
If the past still makes you down
Darlin', that was then and this is now
Reconsider me
And I'll never make you sad again
'cause
I swear that I've changed since then
And I'll never make you sorry if you try
Let's let bygones be forgotten
Reconsider me
Reconsider me
You can go and be what you want to be
It will be alright if we disagree
I'm the one who cares and I hope you'll see
That I'm the one who loves you
Reconsider me
I promise that I'll never make you cry
I'll never make you sad again
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