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Blue Denim
I saw him the other day
I saw him again..yesterday
I wonder if I'll ever see him again
He reminded me of Blue Denim
Blue-gray eyes…they change with the color...
Change with the sun..they run with the sight
They change with the wind...but they're always bright
Bright eyes...Blue Denim
Bright eyes...Blue Denim
I knew him another way
I
knew him another day
In some ways he'd forgotten me
In many ways he got to me
I turned away so he couldn't see
I turned away...it could never be
I never thought he could walk away
But I lost him again...yesterday
Blue-gray eyes…they change with the color...
Change with the sun..they run with the sight
They change with the wind...but they're always bright
Bright eyes...Blue Denim
Bright eyes...Blue Denim
Understanding me...understanding you
Is not an easy thing to do
Understanding me...and understanding you
Is not an easy thing to do
And I will never forget...
The last time I saw you Like a photograph...so rare
Like a painting
No I will never forget...
The last time I saw you
Never to be...not you...not me
No... no...
Blue-gray eyes…they change with the color...
Change with the sun..they run with the sight
They change with the wind...but they're always bright
Bright eyes...Blue Denim
Bright eyes...Blue Denim
So I'm going away for a little while
To remember how to feel
And it I find the answer.
I promise you...l'll come back and get you
I'll come back and get you
I'll come back and get you
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Greta
Rhinestone collections all the time
I wonder what Greta would say...
Another lady...another time...
Another heartbroken state of mind
Alone in her chambers...she dreams of her home
Outside...she's got a movie star view
Outcries...well where will the kings go...
Where will the kings go now?
She's got her eyes wide open...
And she's ready to stare you down
She says in words unspoken...she's from out of town
Well some cry...well I really don't dance down
Stormy weather...it cuts like a knife
She's got her bags packed...
And she's off to the valley where the sun meets the sea
You understand that...
She wants to live by the ocean...
And no one is pleased
She gets a house in the mountains...
The next day...the next day she leaves the station
Do you really want to change her...
Or is it your right?
Ooh...alone in her chambers she dreams of her home
In a very real way...she's the purist art form
I bet she said...just how many art lovers can one get to know?
She doesn't have an hour... she doesn't have five minutes...
She's got to go!
She's got her bags packed...
And she's off to the valley where the sun meets the sea
You understand that
She wants to live by the ocean...
And no one is pleased
She gets a house in the mountains...
The next day..
the next day she leaves the station
I wonder what Greta would say
Well I wonder what Greta would say
I wonder what Greta would say
Ooh...she's got a movie star view
Oh...well where will the kings go...
Where will the kings go now?
Say Greta...
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Street Angel
I've been walking under rainbows...too long to tell
You keep walking down mean streets... my street angel
I try to bring you in..out of the cold
But street angels live on the street...
And they always will
Street angels aren't like anyone you know
They do what want...and they go where they go
They may tell you
that you hold the world in your hands
But they always give it back...
(They always give it back)
No amount of crying..changes your mind
No amount of praying..brings you inside
I know that you love me... and that you always will
You just stand outside and call to me...
My sweet street angel
A Charles Dickens character...with your top hat and your scarf
When you pull me through the rainbow...
I thought you'd stop
But you didn't...you turned around...
You went back to the children... and your music...
And the people that you love
I can't help but wonder it...
Every once in a while...you remember the girl
When you were a homeless angel... that drove you wild
Strange and elusive...
No amount of crying...changes your mind
No amount of praying...brings you inside
I know that you love me...and that you always will
You just stand outside and call to me...
My sweet street angel
So I ended it all...for the both of us fell down the stairs...a broken rag doll
But you never knew...you just thought I went away
With nothing more to hope for...
But you don't hear voices anymore
No...my sweet street angel
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Docklands
Papa says...there are clothes to wash
Sister says...brush your hair
You'll go down...to the laundromat
Maybe your sister is there
Father says...when you're young like this...
Things can seem...pretty bad
Let's get out...and walk by the river
And there are people who roam the Docklands
And there are ships passing in the night
And there are thousands of things that I have dreamed
Gone in the daylight
Sister says...hold your head up high
Life goes on...so don't be afraid
Keep your defenses...but don't shut the loving out
You got to learn to carry that weight
And all the people who roam the Docklands
And all the ships passing through the night
And there are thousands of things that I have dreamed
Gone in the daylight
Sometimes I feel like I'm in a foreign land
And there's a mirror I'm looking through
Lost in the place where I was born
Without a hand to hold on to
Hold on...(Hold on...)
Hold on...(Hold on...)
In the Docklands where I was born...
People keep moving to and fro
Everybody's pushing..trying to make it happen
I...beg of you...I beg of you...I beg of you...
I miss you...more than I thought I could
I need you...more than you know
I was there...when they took you away from me
I'll be there...when they let you go
And then the people who roam the Docklands
And all the ships passing in the night
And the thousands of things that I have dreamed
Stay in the daylight
Sometimes I feel like I'm in a foreign land
And there's a mirror I'm looking through
Well bring me back to the place where I was born
Without a hand to hold on to
Give me your hand
Give me your hand...(Give me your hand)
Give me your hand...in the Docklands
I...beg of you...give me your hand...
In the Docklands
Listen To The Rain
Well you're a front liner...
You put it all on the line And you're a gambler...
You turn lucky every time
Ooh, you're consistent...
Hey, and that's good And you're persistent...
Well I am overcome
Well you're not like anyone else
(You're not like anyone)
You're just an instant flash of light
That shines through the night like a lighthouse
Well you're a victim...
Phantom of the opera
And you've been everywhere...
And you live in dark shadows
You do what you want to...
There's no Beauty and the Beast here
No...no...no...
There's no Beauty and the Beast here
Well you're not like anyone else
(You're not like anyone)
You're just an instant flash of light
That shines...
Well open up the window...
And you will hear the rain
Come back to me once more...
And throw away the pain
My world will still revolve around you
(Listen to the rain)
Take time...to listen to the rain
(Listen to the rain)
Take time baby...to listen to the rain
(Well she didn't know better)
Well she didn't know then that the sound that she heard
(Well she didn't know)
Was the sound of her own door...closing
Open up the window...
And listen to the rain
Take some time to smell the roses...
And you can throw away the pain
My world will still revolve around you
(So listen to the rain)
Take time baby...to listen to the rain
(And listen to the rain)
Take time...and listen to the rain
(And listen to the rain)
Well take time...and listen to the rain
(Take time baby...a little time baby)
Ooh take time honey…take a little time honey
Take time...to listen to the rain
(Take time baby...a little time baby...and listen to the rain)
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Destiny
Crying in the morning...trying to be strong
Waiting for the spring to turn into the fall
Love don't mean what it says at all
My destiny says that I'm destined to fall
My destiny is riding again
Rolling in the rain...unwinding in the wind
My destiny is fighting again
Secretly unwinding...
What it was that I was supposed to say...
To say to you today
It wasn't like the others...it was nothing at all
It wasn't like anything...it was easy to fall
Love don't mean what it says at all
My destiny says that I'm destined for it all
My destiny is riding again
Rolling in the rain...unwinding in the wind
My destiny is fighting again
Secretly unwinding...
What it was that I was supposed to say...
To say to you today
Crying...
Still crying in the morning…trying to be strong
Waiting for the spring to turn into the fall
Love never meant what it said at all
My destiny proved I was destined to fall
My destiny is riding again
Rolling in the rain..unwinding in the wind
My destiny is fighting again
Secretly unwinding...
What it was that I was supposed to say...
To say to you today
l am crying...I am trying..to be strong...
Heartbroken...unspoken...
You were nothing like the others
You were nothing like the others
All gone...nothing left at all
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Unconditional Love
Don't explain...
Just lay back and watch the rain
Cause darling I'm right here...
And nothing's changed
Don't you know by now...
I would not even know how
To keep myself from falling for you
I'll be around
Unconditional love...
I'll be there when you fall
The one condition of love...
Is there are none at all
Why would I...
Be a fool and break these ties
When all the dreams that I believe
Are in your eyes
Don't you see at last...
You don't even have to ask
I'll give you so much more
Than just a second chance
Unconditional love...
I'll be there when you fall
The one condition of love...
Is there are none at all
(Hey, hey, hey...my precious one)
(Hey, hey, hey...my precious one)
Unconditional love...
I'll be there when you fall
The one condition of love...
Is there are none at all
Love Is Like A River
You used to call me wicked
I used to call you friend
They say your life is wild
Compared to what…lifestyle
You must have many things...to remember
Cause nothing else in your life has really changed
Everything is almost..like it was before And I don't want to do this... anymore
When you lose your sight (Love is like a river)
And there's nothing to see (Love is like a river)
She was just like me (Love is like a river)
And suddenly...the day comes
Some call it love...
Some say they're above that
Well I believed in love...
I called it worth it
When you lose your sight (Love is like a river)
And there's nothing to see (Love is like a river)
She was just like me (Love is like a river)
And suddenly...the day comes
Some call me...all the time (Love is like a river)
Well love is like a river (Love is like a river)
And when you lose your sight
And suddenly...the day comes
Everything all around me is electric now
But I haven't burned a candle in a real long time
And only when your heart says it's over does it die
Well love is like a river...running...
Straight back to the sea
Some call it love...
Some say they're above it... (above that)
Well I believed in love...
I called it worth it...(worth it)...
When you lose your sight (Love is like a river)
And there's nothing to see (Love is like a river)
She was just like me (Love is like a river)
And suddenly...the day comes
Well some call me all the time (Love is like a river)
I say you can't stay home and give up the fight (Love is like a river)
I think you're uptight lady...ooh. out of sight
That's just what I wanted to hear...ooh, out of sight
You know you can't stay home in the middle of the night
Love is like a river
You can't say no in the middle of the night (Love is like a river)
I think you're uptight lady...ooh, out of sight
And you can't say no in the middle of the night
Love is like a river
Well I think you're uptight lady...uptight lady...
Ooh, out of sight...out of sight, baby
Rose Garden
You never promised me a Rose Garden
You never said it would be easy
You never promised me a leisure lifetime
You only said you'd never leave me
Well i never took the time to realize
How much I needed love in order to survive
I was so spoiled...a princess in my time
And your love was so deep And mine...so blind
You never promised me a ring made out of diamonds
A band of gold you said was all you could buy
You never said I'd be a rich man's lady
And oh my darling...no...you never lied
Well i never took the time to realize
How much I needed love in order to survive
I was so spoiled...a princess in my time
And your love was so deep
And mine...so blind
And now you're gone...and I'm alone, and I'm so lonely
Nothing seems to be the same
One day I turned around and you no longer loved me
In my life there's been a big change
Now..l've a big house
With pillars standing tall all around
Yeah, and I've got a garden
And it's got roses dangling down to the ground
Yes, and I've got money
Men to love me...and acres of land
Well, I've got all these things..
All these things but a small gold band
On my finger...on my left hand
Oh no...you never promised...
You never promised...me a Rose Garden
Maybe Love (Will Change Your Mind)
I’m beside myself
‘Cause I don’t know and you won’t tell
Your distant world has somehow pulled me in
It’s so surreal, so out of time with you it feels
To give again but you don’t need a thing
Maybe love will change your mind
Maybe this time
Maybe love will change your mind
Maybe this time
A look, a touch
Just because I wanted them
To mean so much
You might not feel the same
The day would end
You’d go back to where you’ve been
A kiss for luck
I wish you would have stayed
Maybe love will change your mind
Maybe this time
Maybe love will make it clear
Oh, what words would keep you here
Maybe love will reach your heart
Thought I saw it in the dark
Maybe love will change your mind
Maybe this time
You want me to be there
You take me somewhere
You show me your lifeline
Reveal your other side
I would say but the words won’t come
I just come undone
All I want to do is to be closer to you
Maybe love will change your mind
Maybe this time
Maybe love will make it clear
Oh, what words would keep you here
Maybe love will reach your heart
Thought I saw it in the dark
Maybe love will change your mind
This time...Maybe love
Maybe love...
Well, you want me to be there with you
Well, there’s nothing more than I’d rather do...
Just Like A Woman
Nobody feels any pain
Tonight as I stand outside the rain
Everybody knows...that baby's got new clothes
But lately he sees her ribbons and her bows...
Have fallen from her curls
She takes...just like a woman...yes she does
She makes love just like a woman...yes she does
And she aches...just like a woman
But she breaks...just like a little girl
Queen Mary...she's my friend
Yes. I believe that I'll go see her again
Nobody has to guess...that baby can't be blessed
Till she finally finds out...that she's like all the rest
With her fog…..her amphetamines…and her pills
She takes...just like a woman...yes she does
She makes love just like a woman...yes she does
And she aches...just like a woman
But she breaks...just like a little girl
It was raining from the first
And I was dying there of thirst
So I came in here
And your long-time curse hurts
But what's worse...is this pain in here
I can't stay in here...ain't it clear...
That I just don't fit
Yes. I believe it's time for me to quit
When we meet again...introduced as friends
Well please don't let on that you knew me when I was hungry...and it was your world
She takes...just like a woman...yes she does
She makes love just like a woman...yes she does
And she aches...just like a woman
But she breaks...just like a little girl
I fake...just like a woman…yes I do
I make love just like a woman...yes I do
And I ache...just like a woman
But I break...yes I break...like a little..girl
(She takes...just like a woman)|
She makes love...
(She makes love just like a woman) she takes love...
(She aches...just like a woman)
Oh, but she breaks...yes she breaks....
Kick It
I'll stay with you one more night
I'll bid you no goodbyes
Not until tomorrow's light...
Then I'll say goodnight
I would really rather die...
Than make you stop
I think that is the meaning of love
I think that is the meaning of love
And I prefer to kick it
Yes I think that is the meaning of love
And I prefer to kick it…kick the habit
Well I'm waited for in Egypt...
It's just something I must do
Yes I can see you're waited for...all over you
All day and all night...all over the world
It's your world
I think that is the meaning of love
And I'm prepared to kick it
Yes I think that is the meaning of love
And I prefer to kick it
So what is this... when you can
What is this... what about me
What is this...(What is this)
I understand...(I understand)
What is this... I'm lonely...I'm lonely...(I'm lonely)
It's a strange kind of love affair...
A symphony of sorts
Strange kind of love affair...
A declaration of war
No I won't be here tomorrow night...
You won't see me smiling
Tomorrow when it's very dark...No crying...
I think that is the meaning of love
And I prefer to kick it
Yes I think that is the meaning of love...
Surrender..
Well I think that is the meaning of love
I think that is the meaning of love... (love)
And I prefer to kick it
Yes I think that is the meaning of love (love...love)
But I prefer to kick it
Well I loved you more than life itself
(Nothing like forever more)
But I'm prepared to kick it (Something like dying)
Yes I loved you more than life itself (love...love)
But I'm prepared to kick it
Jane
Such a little girl...such a hard life
She could look a challenge...right between the eyes
Disappointment... would become her middle name...
Up against the wall, Jane
So her nights became nightmares...
As she fought for their souls
And the days became worse... for the ones she had lost
Children of the world... the forgotten chimpanzee
In the eyes of the world... you have done so much for me
There are angels...here on earth...angels
There are angels... here on earth...
Angels...sent from God
Come away from the wall...stay with us
Well you can, Jane
So she watched as they put them all into cages
Well they might as well have caged her very own baby
They might as well have put us both into prison
Through a window...all our sorrows... would become our only visions...
Nothing more
There are angels here...angels
There are angels here on earth...angels
You will never feel...that you have ever done enough
But you have, Jane
Such a little girl... such a hard life
You could look a challenge...straight between the eyes
Disappointment...would become her middle name
Up against the wall, Jane
Nothing more than the shadow of a man
Come away from the wall, Jane
Well they might as well have put us both into prison
Come away...if you can, Jane
Through a window...all our sorrows... will become our only visions
Come away. Jane...
Come away...come away if you can
In the eyes of the world...you have done so much
God's Garden
Through the mist I see her face
Looking down on me
Don’t know the time, don’t know the place
Let her eyes watch over me
She comes in deepest sleep
Can’t help but fall at her feet
Won’t let her in for all I’ve seen
This I will take to my grave
I see her walk on water
Head held up high
Playing in God’s garden
I’ll be there to hold you when you cry
The path grown over through the years
Walking on the pain towards my fears
Talking to myself for comforts sake
Holding on so I won’t break
I see her walk on water
Head held up high
Playing in God’s garden
I’ll be there to hold you when you cry
Sometimes I hear angels sing
Their tears wash away my sins
Don’t know what my destiny will bring
Just spend eternity with me
I see her walk on water
Head held up high
Playing in God’s garden
I’ll be there to hold you when you cry
Inspiration
Well, I was sitting down talking to myself again
I pick up the phone you’re on the other end
Sometimes to talk to you is all I need
To make me feel at home again
We can talk away the time like it was yesterday
You make me feel like I feel when I sit down and play
And I understand it’s not how we planned
But we’ll make it
Just call me inspiration
I remember your voice at the station
You whispered to me at the station
Just call me inspiration
And you put down the phone I feel so alone
Sometimes I just can’t stand it
But it’s all worthwhile when I see that smile
I feel like I’m up a mile high
We’ll these past few weeks I’ve had time to remember
Those times we spent together
The days we just decided to stay inside
To be with one another
And those times they mean so much to me
And you have to know how much you mean to me
And I really really want you to be with me
Cause I love you
Just call me inspiration
Just call me inspiration
Thousand Days
The closest you've ever come to me
Was to help me up the stairs
You stood in the middle of the stairway
You nearly dragged me up the stairs
"You've been asleep."
"Well, I’ve been asleep for how long?" she says
"Why do you question me?"
He says, "You never cared about time before, my friend."
Seems like a thousand days since you've been gone...
It seems like a thousand days since you've been gone...
You're not my friend, you're not my love
And this is something that we really don't discuss
If there is no time, and there is no place.
And, if there was, well, you'd never leave a trace
And as all arch angels do to you
And as all arch enemies will finally do to you, too
Well, I found you
Quiet now, songbird, just for one night
Well, I know that you love to sing
And, oh baby, well, I know that you love to write
You live by the light of the moon
And I live by light of desire
Ooh, such words to her over the phone
"Just how many people are there with you now"
Well, I con see the trouble
The sun is here today now and I requested a storm
But I like some kind of TIME/LIFE edition,
Tradition, competition.. .
Being the only thing that I really have to remember T
he great singers and the great players
And if the son warms up the rain, And the rain puts out the sun
Why does the greatest love become the greatest pain?
So, where are you?
Sometimes I hear you crying
and I wake up, and still I wake up crying
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