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| 1. |
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Whenever you're ready I've got the car and the engine running It's such a bore when you know what's coming all the time Whenever you're ready To slam the door 'til the hinges fly Trace an arc cross the big blue sky It's always gonna be hard To take things a little to far Na na na na, c'mon baby Na na na na, yeah it's crazy Na na na na, I'll be waiting whenever you're ready Whenever you're ready Whenever you're ready To light a match and to burn some bridges Try to dance on a narrow ledge that's way too high Whenever you're ready To give it up or to just give in The more you lose hell the more you win In spite of all of your plans It's always been out of your hands Na na na na, c'mon baby Na na na na, yeah it's crazy Na na na na, I'll be waiting whenever you're ready Whenever you're ready It's always gonna be hard to take things a little too far Na na na na, c'mon baby Na na na na, yeah it's crazy Na na na na, I'll be waiting whenever you're ready Whenever you're ready |
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| 2. |
| 3:52 |
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Your making this today of all the things you haven't done yet your drivin everyone crazy, are you having any fun yet? Mother says you auta get married Shrink says here's a little blue pill To young for your mid-life crisis Mayor says your over the hill *Chorus* Theres nothing wrong with you The simple life gets complicated Theres nothing you can do Just enjoy the view, be glad you made it Your making making resolutions and it isn't even new years You could try a new religion You could wait until the dust clears Friends say your way to cheesey Shrink says see ya next week Goo goo says control your breathing Your afraid you might have peeked! *Chorus* There's nothing wrong with you The simple life gets complicated There's nothing you can do Just enjoy the view, be glad you made it Cuz things could be better (things could be better) Cuz things could be worse (things could be worse) Cuz life could be charmed and cursed Theres fast, slow, and strong no reverse Your making this today of all the things you haven't done yet Your drivin everyone crazy Are you having any fun yet!? *Chorus* There's nothing wrong with you The simple life gets complicated There's nothing you can do Just enjoy the view, be glad you made it Theres nothing wrong with you the simple life gets over rated theres nothing you can do just enjoy the view, be glad you made it This far, ohh yeah. |
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| 3. |
| 4:49 |
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I am waiting with a ticket with a carry-on People everywhere on their way, at a run Then I see you from a distance Light years later at fate's insistence Old wounds, sad scenes, love lost, bad dreams Heartache, old scars, old walls, these are Swept away, swept away, swept away You are standing by the pay phones, by the stairs I walk straight into your arms and you hold me there I am falling slowly backwards Right into your famous last words Old wounds, sad scenes, love lost, bad dreams Heartache, old scars, old walls, these are Swept away, swept away, swept away All this ancient history, every unsolved mystery Years I've carried with me, vanish when you kiss me Old wounds, sad scenes, love lost, bad dreams Heartache, old scars, old walls, these are Swept away, swept away, swept away |
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| 4. |
| 5:11 |
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Don't want to need the way I need you Don't want to feel like this Holding back all the words but not the kiss For the moment my heart begins to murmur The moment of truth arrives And I know you'll shake your head and say goodbye I know the price of this to me I'll light the candle that shines on you I'll be a slave to the beauty but not the truth Don't want to fear the way I fear you'll Hurt me because you can I never believed I'd crave that kind of man I've seen the trail of hearts you've broken I've seen the traps you lay And if I had the strengh I'd run without delay I know the price of this to me I'll light the candle that shines on you I'll be a slave to the beauty but not the truth It's dark and getting colder and I'm the beholder And you're all I long to see Don't want to love the way I love you... I know the price of this to me I'll light the candle that shines on you I'll be a slave to the beauty but not the truth I know the price of this to me I'll light the candle that shines on you I'll be a slave to the beauty but not the truth |
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| 3:53 |
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It's all I hate but oh so tempting Fills me up but leaves me empty It's all regrets and second chances What's the point of backward glances That lead me nowhere I can't go back there Everything is so uncertain All happening to you in a whirl That's the beauty and the hurting Of living in a maybe world Who can stand all those should haves They wake us up and make us feel bad The famous road will stay untaken All mistakes are worth making Go back to sleep now It all works out somehow Everything is so uncertain All happening to you in a whirl That's the beauty and the hurting Of living in a maybe world I'm sorry for the rain that broke the dam that caused the flood I'm sorry for the pain but that's the way it is because Everything is so uncertain All happening to you in a whirl That's the beauty and the hurting Of living in a maybe world Everything is so uncertain All the garbage baby and the pearls That's the beauty and the hurting Of living in a maybe world |
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| 6. |
| 4:03 |
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What was it like How did it feel It's so hard to tell if it was real I know I was there but with every day It slips away And I feel like a passing glance that you never gave a chance Baby that's not right What was it like What did you say What did I hear When did it start to disappear I know you were there You know that too What did we do 'Cause I feel like a big mistake that you managed to not quite make And just walk away What did you say Guess I've waited long enough hoping it might be something Other than what it was You took something that felt so good And crushed it because you could One summer night What was it like What was it like What was it like |
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| 7. |
| 5:23 |
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He wants to own your heart He already owns your soul No matter what you do He's always in control And when he calls your name you have to follow Like moths into a flame, no fear or sorrow will fall upon you You belong to the King of Love He wants to know your thoughts He already knows your mind No matter where you are You're someone he'll always find His very mention brings the slightest shudder Deep inside you know there is no other as skilled and tender Just surrender to the King of Love But when the night falls down, he will not wear a crown No jewels upon his hands, he is just a man He wants to rule your world He already rules your dreams No matter what you want He'll never make you Queen Still when he calls your name you have to answer And when his music plays you are a dancer for him the only Never lonely, King of Love For him the only, never lonely, King of Love |
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| 8. |
| 3:46 |
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This is your voice of reason This is your voice of calm This is your heart that's speaking Saying the time has come Here is your pride and grace now Here is your strengh and soul Everything's at the ready, you're finally good to go Now tell him there's one last thing that you forgot to do This is me leaving you, this is me leaving you He told you to try believing (don't you worry) He asked you to keep the faith (or keep guessing) He took all that you were giving (don't be sorry) As if it all were his to take (you're progressing) Now it's the truth that won't let go (don't you doubt it) Now it's the facts that you can't shake (and don't fear it) Now it's just time to let him know (each new step is) You made a big mistake (one more near it) Maybe these final words will offer up a clue This is me leaving you, this is me leaving you This is me baby, breaking us in two This is me leaving you I'm your better half Baby that's a laugh This is your voice of reason This is your voice of calm This is your heart that's speaking Don't look back, just keep on going This is me leaving you, this is me leaving you This is me leaving you, this is me leaving you |
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| 9. |
| 4:34 |
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Tonight the brightest moon in a hundred years Floods the streets of Rome and I am standing here Wondering where the ghosts of antiquity Hide on nights like this once a century Where do shadows fall when there's only light Why'd you follow me halfway 'round the world tonight What I'd give right now not to even care And then this could be someone else's prayer And on a sleepless night by St. Stephen's Green Oh I turned and tossed with my Irish dreams And when the morning shone through the burned off mist I could sense you still just as close as this Just as close as lips brush against a cheek It's your voice I hear and it's your name I speak But when I look around there's no one there How I wish you were someone else's prayer And now the twilight comes as a silent guest And of all its gifts I like stillness best Except for tin roof rains that commence with spring It's a lullaby when that tin roof sings Now you can look for me on the streets of Rome Or in Dublin town but I've gone back home I would always be just a stranger there And now you're free to be someone else's prayer |
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| 10. |
| 6:23 |
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The stars are out tonight, the breeze is warm and light As I'm walking right back to you Along the dreaming road, the only way to go When I'm travelling by our code that north is true Once upon a time these same bright stars did shine Down the center line leading here Nearly thirty years ago, now the map is stained and old But on the dreaming road the coast is clear I loved you more than life and I guess that's why I died When you would not love me back I couldn't survive And so the girl I was turned into someone else Keeping to myself and from the light I wasn't odd or strange, just quietly rearranged Sometimes the biggest change stays out of sight So without plot or clue I ran away from you I was twenty-two and drunk in Amsterdam Got robbed in Paris, France, got home on one last chance And without a backward glance I began again And the days just kept on rolling and I just kept on going Without a thought of ever slowing down I made this long road mine but it was not the dreaming kind Too many lost souls trying to get found But beneath this ancient sky, one night we did collide And the hole I thought was scaled opened wide I tried so hard again not to fall back in But you had me then by the throat And a strange futility came washing over me Almost peacefully I felt the rope A million miles goes by in the blink of an eye And so I cannot try to slow time down And years are made of sand slipping through my hands Even faster than the speed of sound The stars are out tonight, the breeze is soft and light As I'm walking right back to you With nothing left to hide, the tears have all been cried And the girl who died is walking too Down the dreaming road, where the light is always gold The air is never cold and always fine And north is always true and you are always you And I'm that girl you knew once upon a time |
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| 11. |
| 4:26 |
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I haven't a reason, a clue or a sign I haven't the slightest idea Of the shape of your heart or the state of your mind Do you ever let anyone near Do you ever reach out with arms open wide Do you ever jump in closing your eyes Or are you one of the fortunate kind Alone but not lonely Everyday on the street I study their faces The ones who rush on through the crowd Towards their own quiet worlds, their separate places Somewhere I'm never allowed 'Cause I've always been one to say what I need And than the next thing it's done and I'm watching 'em leave And I'm thinking, I wish I could be Alone but not lonely So which one are you tonight Do you change with the morning light Do you say more than what sounds right Do you say what you mean? There are moments in time that are meant to be held Like fragile, breakable things There are others that pass us, you can't even tell Such is their grace and their speed And this one is gone in the blink of an eye You can ask me the truth but tonight I will lie Unflinching I'll tell you that I'm alone but not lonely |
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| 12. |
| 4:56 |
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You could be this man, he's got it all worked out To the nth degree, no fears, no doubts He'll retire at thirty to his big-ass house next to the putting green Now he's got a picture in his head of the perfect wife, Their perfect children, their perfect life Bothing wrong with that, coming home each night to his cul-de-sac of dreams Funny now how it all went by so fast One day he's looking over his shoulder at the past When everybody had to go, had to be, had to get somewhere How did he forget about what got him there Now you could be this woman, she's the CEO She's got her powersuits and her IPO's She punched a hole in the ceiling years ago and she hasn't pulled back since Now there's a gardener for the flowers, a cook for the meals, A maid for the laundry, an accountant for the bills A walker for the dog and a trainer when she feels the need to lose an inch Funny now how it all went by so fast One day she's looking over her shoulder at the past When everybody had to go, had to be, had to get somewhere Somehow she forgot about what got her there Accidents and inspiration lead you to your destination Or you could be the one who takes the long way home Roll down your window, turn off your phone See your life as a gift from the great unknown And your task is to receive it Tell your kid a story, hold your lover tight Make a joyful noise, swim naked at night Read a poem a day, call in well sometimes and Laugh when they believe it Funny now how it all goes by so fast One day I'm looking over my shoulder at the past Now everybody's got to go, got to be, got to get somewhere Baby don't forget about You really shouldn't forget about Baby don't forget what got you there I think it's what got you there Yeah it's really what got you there You know what got you there |
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| 13. |
| 4:22 |
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It's the spell that can't be broken It's your breath upon my neck It's the words I long to tell you but haven't yet It's the need to see you constantly And the need to be alone Just to balance out what's left of me And what's too far gone What if the night complied, bringing you to my door What if I let you in, baby, isn't that what the night is for? In the name of love there's nothing that I would not do In the name of love I'd lose myself to find you In the name of love..... It's the prayer I send up daily for some courage and some pride When your hand brushes my shoulder and our eyes collide It's the smallest of seductions and the quietest of lures And I'm all at once an innocent in the big bad world But what if the night conspired, bringing you to my door Why should I turn you away now, I don't want to wait anymore In the name of love there's nothing that I would not do In the name of love I'd lose myself to find you In the name of love..... But when the darkness fades, giving way to morning light You will find me gone, to carry on the lonely fight In the name of love there's nothing that I would not do In the name of love I'd lose myself to find you In the name of love..... |
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| 5:39 |
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You've been saying for the longest time that the time has come You've been talking like you're of a mind to get some changing done Maybe move out of the city, find some quiet little town Where you can sit out on your back porch step and watch the sun go down No one know where they belong The search just goes on and on and on For every choice that ends up wrong Another one's right A change of scene would sure be great the thought is nice to contemplate But the question begs why would you wait and be late for your life Now you might never find that perfect town But the sun still sets on a rooftop where the city sounds like a Gershwin clarinet And you might still be searching every face for one you can't forget Love is out there in a stranger's clothes You just haven't met him yet No one knows where they belong The search just goes on and on and on for every day that ends up wrong Another one's right Call it chance or call it fate Either one is cause to celebrate Still the question begs why would you wait And be late for your life Call it chance baby, call i fate Either one is case to celebrate And the question now is why would you wait don't be late for your life |
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