| 1 - Welcome to the Past
Don’t think that I can stand to hear another word
I’ve grown too cynical to find peace in this world
Now I am dreaming far away
Now I am thinking of a way
Now I am holding on to this.
One last place where hope exists.
So lay down and dream of what will be
Lay down right now, you still love me
The love that lives here will always last
Hello, welcome to the past.
Who says these words are true - you can’t go home again.
Who’d choose reality when you could just pretend
Now I am walking in the sun
Now I am feeling we are one.
Now I am afraid of what it costs.
To know your innocence is lost.
So lay down and dream of what will be
Lay down right now, you still love me
The love that lives here will always last
Hello, welcome to the past.
2 - Strangest Things
There it is that’s where the trouble starts
That’s the reason for tears in the dark
There it is let there be no doubt.
If I could I’d tear it out.
There it is, beating in my chest
When we’re close, scares me to death.
There it is. now can’t she see
It belongs to her now, not to me.
I didn’t want to love her like I do
I didn’t really think she’d love me too.
My mind knows all the pain that love can bring
But sometimes you know hearts do the strangest things
They do the strangest things.
There it is, there it is
There it is, there it is.
There it is underneath my skin
Making me go back again
There it is under flesh and bone
For all sins I will atone
There it is now I’m her fool
Is love the devil’s tool
There it is, it’s your to take
But be careful now, or it will break
I didn’t really think she’d love me too.
My mind knows all the pain that love can bring
But sometimes you know hearts do the strangest things
They do the strangest things.
There it is, there it is
There it is, there it is.
3 - Depends on What You’re Used To
Tommy would never cry
Didn’t see the point in it
He heard so many lies
He kinda got used to it
There he goes back again
Never is the lesson learned.
It’s so hard to find a friend
Who’ll keep you warm
But won’t let you get burned.
So he prays to God above
Oh God, please give us a clue
Right now
What is this thing called love.
And God said.
Depends on what you’re used to.
Mary’s gonna break her heart.
She just can’t help herself
Looking for another part
She can’t find in no one else.
When she was a little girl
Yeah, she believed in fairy tales.
But man, this is a big ol’ world.
When all your Prince Charmings fail.
So she prays to God above
Oh God, please give us a clue
Right now
What is this thing called love.
And God said.
Depends on what you’re used to.
Now I see no burning bush
And if I did, I’d frighten me.
There’s a button here to push
Was it ever how it used to be.
Is there heaven, is there hell?
No one knows until they die
And I don’t think God’s gonna tell
If there is a reason why.
So we pray to God above
Oh God, please give us a clue
Right now
What is this thing called love.
And God said.
Depends on what you’re used to.
4 - Her Red Rose
He would have done anything she wanted to do
Anyone can see
All he’d ever be is sad and blue
Endlessly
Caught between the devil
And the deep blue see
It’s sink or swim
He’s got a heavy heart
So love pulls him in.
And they’re going down, down.....
Down, down, down
Right to the bottom
Still all he sees is her red rose.
She opens up her petals to the morning sun
Soft and warm.
All she ever wanted was to find someone
who didn’t feel the thorns
He saw this perfect flower
and his heart was torn.
Right in two
Sometime the saddest thing
Is when love is true
They’re going down, down, down
Down, down, down
Let’s plant a seed
And see what grows
They’re going down, down , down
Down, down, down
But love always looks like her red rose.
Never ever thought that it would be like this.
Time for a change
Of all the flowers in the world
He can’t resist
Love sure is strange
She holds love in her hand
And then she makes a fist.
He’ll see real soon her love’s the perfect rose
That never blooms.
They’re going down, down, down
Down, down, down
And where they stop, no one knows
They’re going down, down, down
Down, down, down
Do anything for her red rose.
5 - You and Me
Feel like a bee who’s lost his sting
Feel like a bird who ain’t got no wings
Or like a well that just run dry
Just like the tears that we don’t cry.
You and me, darling, we know the truth
It is quite alarming, now we’ve spent our youth.
All we can do now it count the change
And this idea of dying sure sounds strange.
Sure sounds strange.
So screw, let’s do it
let’s stay up all night long
If they’ll lend it, we’ll spend it
Til all the money’s gone.
Stop crying, cuz I’m buying.
Everything’s for free.
Let’s have another drink to you and me.
Whoever thought that we’d last this long.
I feel the glow of success proving everyone wrong
I know it wasn’t always roses and wine
But you got yours and baby I got mine.
I remember you, baby, just sweet sixteen.
It could be that maybe life’s just a dream.
And maybe we’ll wake up when this dream is through
I hope I wake up right next to you
Now we’re not through
So screw, let’s do it
let’s stay up all night long
If they’ll lend it, we’ll spend it
Til all the money’s gone.
Stop crying, cuz I’m buying.
Everything’s for free.
Let’s have another drink to you and me.
We’ve made it all this way just you and me.
They broke the mold when they made you and me.
6 - None of the Above
I think of all the time I’ve waited
Waited just like the rest.
I didn’t know that I’d be graded
and your love is only a test.
Now is it A - I’m gonna love you
B - Bark like a dog
C - I really need you
OR D - You do me wrong
Well, when it comes down to your love
It’s none of the above.
I remember all the lessons that I learned in school
Don’t know the answer just keep guessing.
But don’t think I’ll be your fool.
Now it is A - You are a princess
B - I am a knave.
C - Can I get a witness
OR D - I am your slave
Well, when it comes down to your love
It’s none of the above.
Now I hear your voice.
Who wants to be the prize.
Wrapped around your finger
I’ve made my choice.
Now when it comes down to your love.
It’s none of the above.
I think of all the time I’ve waited
Waited just like the rest.
I didn’t know that I’d be graded
and your love is only a test.
Now is it A - I’m gonna love you
B - Bark like a dog
C - I really need you
OR D - You do me wrong
Well, when it comes down to your love
It’s none of the above.
7 - I’ll Be the One
Take a little more,
Baby more or less
Here’s my heart
Please be my guest.
I know your love
Is famine or feast
And you are the beauty
And I am the beast
And when the night has come.
Clear and cold
And your body will burn
Shining like gold
And you feel desire
Like the wind through the trees
And you need someone
To cover when you bleed
I’ll be the one.
Love is funny
Or maybe it’s not
Depends on who’s laughing
When you lose all you got
I pretend to touch
You pretend to feel
You can’t run away
It’s like flesh on cold steel.
And when the night has come.
Clear and cold
And your body will burn
Shining like gold
And you feel desire
Like the wind through the trees
And you need someone
To cover when you bleed
I’ll be the one.
When will you ever learn
When are you satisfied
Don’t worry, you’ll get your turn
To see what it on the other side
And when the night has come.
Clear and cold
And your body will burn
Shining like gold
And you feel desire
Like the wind through the trees
And you need someone
To cover when you bleed
I’ll be the one.
8 - Blue English Sky
Don’t know when I will get here.
Maybe only in a dream
Everybody’s going somewhere
Lay your head where the grass is green
Now I’m so tired of waiting
But I have a dream before I die.
To see the white clouds floating
In the blue English sky.
Close you eyes now little baby.
Close your eyes and go to sleep.
I’ll lay beside you and just maybe
We will have our souls to keep.
Think of us together and the rest will come
If we both try
To see the white clouds floating
In the blue English sky.
And the wind will blow
without a sound
And push you low
or so high off the ground
In the blue English sky
I see the sunshine when you smile
I know there’s hope in every tear.
Not every journey is measured in miles
Not every dream’s what it appears.
But when it is time to leave here,
Like a bluebird I will fly
Just like a white cloud floating
In the blue English sky.
9 - 39
She watched the sun go down this evening
Smells the sweet magnolia vine
In the morning she’ll be leaving
And nothing you say can change her mind
She sees the ring on her finger
And thinks of each year that has gone by
And all of your promises linger
As she sorts the truth from the lies
Now she’s 39, 39, 39 and holding on
39, 39, 39 and holding on
Just holding on, she’s holding on.
Maybe she will head down to New Orleans
and somewhere in the quarter she will get lost
and never think twice about what love means.
But always remembering what is cost
They is where the memories linger
And live there between dreams and light.
She’ll take the ring from her finger
And find the courage to start a new life.
Now she’s 39, 39 ,30 and holding
39, 39, 39 and holding on
Just holding on, she’s holding on.
10 - Big House
I hear her voice as I stare at these walls
Like ghosts that will never appear
It is strange to grow up when you still feel so small
And inside I just disappear.
Now I’m so in, I’m out.
Now I’m so out, I’m in.
Now I’m alone again
In this big house.
In this big house.
No bars on the window, no locks on the door,
But a prison it is all the same
Changed to each memory that you have stored.
Like a little boy losing a game
Now I’m so in, I’m out.
Now I’m so out, I’m in.
Now I’m alone again
In this big house.
In this big house.
In the blue night is falling
And I see no way out
And I have lost my calling her, calling her, calling her
In this big house
In this big house
I walk down the hallway, only echoes live there.
I am not sure what I think I will find.
We’re all scared to leave the big house for somewhere
That lies up ahead not behind.
Now I’m so in, I’m out.
Now I’m so out, I’m in.
Now I’m alone again
In this big house.
In this big house.
11- Love is All
It was the middle of the night
Around Bakersfield
And we were driving down Hiway 99.
I said - Who do you love
She said -My lips are sealed.
I said - You know some things can’ be denied.
What makes the sun rise in the east
and made the angels fall.
What humbles even king and queen
and makes the proud man crawl
Well it’s love,
Love, that’s all.
Well, there’s a hole in the sky
That’s black and blue
and it looks just like I feel inside
And I never done what I was ’sposed to do
But still, you’re right here by my side.
What makes the sun rise in the east
and made the angels fall.
What humbles even king and queen
and makes the proud man crawl
Well it’s love,
Love, that’s all.
Well the doors are locked
And the windows are dark
And fear lies heavy in the street.
You better look inside
To find the spark
Because we all need something to believe.
What makes the sun rise in the east
and made the angels fall.
What humbles even king and queen
and makes the proud man crawl
Well it’s love,
Love, that’s all.
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