If you need some transportatiom from a world of tribulation tell me your destination I'll be, I'll be your ride if you're out of inspiration all you feel is desperation consider this an invitation I'll be--
CHORUS: I'll be your ride We'll get a, running start and we'll take to the skies, baby Ride Keep your hands on the wheel, and your eyes on the prize and ride
And when the world that you've created has got you feeling tired and jaded get your spirits elevated dig down, way deep inside and when you're feeling scorned and hated under-appreciated and your guiding light has faded I'll be--
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And when you call but they don't remember and when your mail says "Return to Sender" keep the faith, baby, don't surrender I'm on your side I'll be your--I'll be your I'll be,
I have given, I have given and got none Still I'm driven by something I can't explain It's not a cross, it is a choice I cannot help but hear his voice I only wish that I could listen without shame
Let it rain, let it rain on me Let it rain, oh let it rain Let it rain on me
I have been a witness to the perfect crime I Wipe the grin off of my face to hide the blame It isn't worth the tears you cry To have a perfect alibi Now I'm beaten at the hands of my own game
Let it rain, let it rain on me Let it rain, oh let it rain Let it rain on me
It isn't easy to be kind With all these demons in my mind I only hope one day I'll be free
I do my best not to complain My face is dirty from the strain I only hope one day I'll come clean
Rain, let it rain on me Let it rain, oh let it rain Let it rain on me
Come take my hand We can walk to the light And without fear We can't see through the darkest night
Rain, rain on me Let it rain, oh let it rain Let it rain on me
Standing on the edge of time playing out a reckless pantomine and every day's another wrong to rectify I dream about a strangers touch and voices in my head, I cannot hush and every night's a hunger I can't satisfy
CHORUS: It's the secret that I keep it's the ache that makes me weep And I know I'm in too deep-- I'm gonna drown it's the emptiness I fear baby, please don't leave me here cause I'm lost inside a dream that's out of bounds
I close my eyse and it's so real and all at once, I know just what I feel and baby, it's the kind of rush that terrifies but I am weak I am wrong and every day I swear that I'll be strong but there's a bond between us that I can't deny
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I wanna surrender I wanna give in I wanna lay down and let it be now let it begin let it begin.
It's the secret that I keep it's the ache that makes me weep and I know I'm in too deep-- I'm gonna drown it's the emptiness I fear baby, please don't be leaving me here cause I'm lost inside a dream that's out of bounds out of bounds out of bounds...
I had a friend, he lives down in old Alberquerque we used to watch the sun, coming up together but he was hungry then and he got restless, I I heard he took a wife-- I think her name is Heather
CHORUS: Oh, all've sudden I'm driving in the rain with the Santa Fe horizon calling out my name should have done it sooner but now I know it's time cause we said alot things, baby but we never said goodbye.
We were a team we were the best of friends we had a world where no one else could find us the summer passed September came too soon and suddenly, that world was all behind us
CHORUS 2: Driving through the desert with nothing on my mind than the thought of catching up with a ghost I left behind don't know what I'll do, but I know I've got to try cause we said alot of things, baby-- but we never said goodbye.
I drove 1000 miles chasing a memory but all the pieces of what used to be have scattered and all the little things that used to mean so much I look around me now, and see that they don't matter
CHORUS 3: Oh, all've sudden I'm driving home again cause sometimes goodbye is better left unsaid the Santa Fe horizon will know the reason why I said alot of things to you... but I never said goodbye.
Drop those flowers - back away slowly You jumped in thinking this was holy water Well surprise surprise This is not a test Welcome to the party I've been on my best behaviour but I think it's time You saw the other side CHORUS
I'm a tough tough game that no one can master I'm a tall tall tale no one believes I'm a long dark night with no morning after Lucky you You get the best of me
Brand new day - honeymoon's over Peace and quiet puts me in a coma anyway It's just a waste of time This is not a dream Do you get the picture I know I may seem peculiar Baby gimme time 'Cause when I hit my stride CHORUS
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I'm a tough tough game that no one can master I'm a tall tall tale no one believes I'm a long dark night with no morning after I'm a thundercloud when you're out at sea And if you try to run Baby I can run faster Lucky you You get the best of me
I always think about you I always will I always wonder what might've been If we could get time to just stand still Oh well It was the right train But I guess we must've been off track And I've been waiting for so long But now I know you're never coming back CHORUS
So I'll give up giving in Quit playing this game I can't win I wish I could stop But I don't know where to begin
I wonder how you slipped away I wonder why I always wonder if there's a chance That maybe you know what this is like It's like a bloodstain And it's spreading across my chest And I've been bleeding for so long I think this heart of mine deserves a rest CHORUS
And now the wolf is at my door And it's never gonna be like it was before And I have cried 'til I'm insane Now my head is getting cloudy It's shrouded in this pain
And so I'll give up giving in Quit playing this game I can't win I wish I could stop But I don't know how To give up giving in Quit playing this game I can't win I wish I could stop But I don't know how To begin Gotta give up It's never gonna be Like it was before The wolf is at my door Gotta give up
I was an August baby Conceived by the Christmas lights I came into the world by the setting sun On a humid summer night When my grandmother held me for the very first time She thanked God I looked like my daddy And I never quite knew just what she meant But I knew she was a little too happy And now I see You can't change a stubborn mind You can't see the world if your eyes are blind What does it matter anyway In our darkest hour we're all just shades of grey
They got married in a tiny chapel 1965 Malcolm X was on the radio When he took her as his wife And she looked so pretty that September day And her older brother cried as he gave her away And the minister looked like he didn't know what to say And then he spoke You can't change a stubborn mind You can't see the world if your eyes are blind What does it matter anyway In our darkest hour we're all just shades of grey
And when my grandmother held me For the very first time She thanked God I looked like my daddy And I never gave a damn just what she meant But I knew she was a little too happy And now I see You can't change a stubborn mind You can't see the world if your eyes are blind What does it matter anyway In our darkest hour we're all just shades of grey In our darkest hour we're all just shades of Darkest hour we're all just Shades of grey Hey, Hey, Hey It doesn't matter anyway Don't give a damn Don't give a damn Don't give a damn what they say We're all just shades of grey We're all just shades of grey Shades of grey
I will wait for you like I promised I would do though it brings me pain. And you always knew what to say to lead me to believe it's not in vain
I was safe and secure when you were with me but it only could last till the day that she took you back again
CHORUS: And so I get by on wishful thinking that when you come home you'll want to stay give me your hand-- keep me from sinking another day of wishful thinking
Sometimes it's lonely and faith don't come easy the dreams begin to fade then you reassure me how good it's gonna be when you come back some day
You said you'd be back after you said goodbye I have to believe that it wasn't a lie and you'll be here again
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I was safe and secure when you were with me but it only could last till the day that she took you back again
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Another day of wishful thinking. Give me your hand--and save me from sinking...
Shadow boxing in my head again lying here beside you in the dark Making mountains out of nothing hoping against hope and making deals with God Then I feel you stir beside me And you don't say a word, but still I know
Chorus: In your eyes I see the reason In your smile I see the road that takes me home In my heart I know the answer That all the things I looked so hard to find were right here all along, right here all along
Sometimes life can make you tired you get so used to being on your own Looking for something to count on (something to count on, baby) Wishing for a love that's carved in stone But I can hear you through my worry your voice is telling me "let go"
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When I needed someone to count you were right here all along When I needed someone to lean on you were right here all along And when I needed a hand to hold you were right here all along And when I thought I had nobody, baby you were right here all along
Virgil Spencer's got a 19 inch Hitachi And many demons lingering Friday night, he pulled a gun to change the channel Something that he picked up from the King His wife remembers well the man she knew Seems the dreams she had have all turned black and blue She's wasted years No time for tears
'Cause there's another chance A someday soon Shining like the Alabama moon She's looking for the promised land Out beyond the lights of Birmingham
It's 3 am and Virgil's passed out on the sofa A fifth of Jim Beam on the floor She's packed her bags, she slips the keys out of his pocket She's careful not to slam the door And as she drives she rubs her rosary She's never been so all alone, she's never felt so free She got miles to go Blind faith and hope
'Cause there's another chance And a someday soon Shining like the Alabama moon She's looking for the promised land Out beyond the lights of Birmingham
As the rain falls down upon the interstate Any doubts she had are all but washed away A long look back At Birmingham
'Cause there's another chance And a someday soon Shining like the Alabama moon She's looking for the promised land Out beyond the lights of Birmingham
Another chance And a someday soon Shining like the Alabama moon She's looking for the promised land Out beyond the lights of, yeah, yeah, Birmingham Birmingham
I don't know what I was thinking 'Til I was thinking of you I don't remember a thing before I opened my eyes and you came into view I don't know what I was doing When there was nothing to do Must've been waiting for someone, baby Now I can see, I was waiting for you
I'd give up my sight just to see you I'd beg, I would borrow and steal I'd cut off my hands just to touch you And tear out my heart so you'd know how I feel There's nowhere that I wouldn't follow There's nothing that I wouldn't do 'Cause I wouldn't want to be me If I didn't have you
Driving myself to distraction Until you got in my way I was just whistling Dixie 'til you Struck up the band and they started to play I don't know how I was living Until you came in my life I always knew there was something wrong Then you came along, baby, you made it right
I'd give up my sight just to see you I'd beg, I would borrow and steal I'd cut off my hands just to touch you And tear out my heart so you'd know how I feel There's nowhere that I wouldn't follow There's nothing that I wouldn't do 'Cause I wouldn't want to be me If I didn't have you
I was alone in the silence 'Til I was hearing your voice I couldn't see my way clear until You parted the clouds and you gave me a choice I couldn't pick up the pieces 'Til I was falling apart I didn't know I was bleeding 'Til your love fixed this hole, baby, here in my heart
I'd give up my sight just to see you I'd beg, I would borrow and steal I'd cut off my hands just to touch you And tear out my heart so you'd know how I feel There's nowhere that I wouldn't follow There's no place that I'd rather be This life without you would be hollow This love is a gift, and you gave it to me All that I am, you have made me And baby, I know that it's true I'd give it all up in a heartbeat Just to spend every moment with you There's no place that I wouldn't follow There's nothing that I wouldn't do 'Cause I wouldn't want to be me If I didn't have you
Tuesday night Seven thirty I hear a voice on the telephone Doin' fine then it hits me the voice that I am hearing means you're not alone I thought it would be easy, but it's not and now I would give all that I've got, but it's
CHORUS: too little, too late no going back to the start you only lose when you hesitate and now that I would give you my heart-- it's too little, too late
Two more weeks I start to wonder if what I'm missing's really worth these tears what's the point you've found another and I just keep on talking but you just can't hear you swore you'd wait forever and a day I never thought I'd live to hear you say that it's
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So mad about me, you couldn't live without me now you say you're "moving on" I took the long way, I told you "maybe someday" I guess I made you wait too long...ohhh.
I know I've only got myself to blame and I still got my pride, but just the same--it's just
why am i lonely you're sittin' right here why am i talkin' it's like i'm talkin' to the air and what am i lookin' for it just isn't there
and why am i angry and how'd it get so bad why am i missin' what we never really had
chorus: why don't you love me the way i love you and why don't you feel things as deep as i do we've got a fundamental difference in matters of emotion but i need to feel you need me like a river needs an ocean baby why don't you love me
who am i kiddin' baby it wasn't meant to be but you wanted a believer and i needed to believe for every wall you built around you i learned a brand new way to climb and if i could've been your angel i would've found a way to fly
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i don't understand you what's it take to make you cry and if leavin' you don't break you then baby what's it matter why
chorus why don't you love me why don't you love me can you tell me why why don't you feel things can you tell me why, baby why don't you love me i've gotta know why, oh why don't you feel things can you talk to me baby why don't you love me and tell me why why don't you feel things why am i lonely why don't you love me i'm sittin right here why don't you feel things
Somebody told me Once in a lifetime Destiny finds you and blows you away Spins you in circles Pulls you in pieces Bleeds you like Jesus And goes on it's way But it's oh so simple sometimes Just to let your heart open wide If you wanna get Heaven Then you gotta take the ride
(Chorus) Love lift me Wherever you are Convince me I'm safe in your arms Love lift me Make sense of it all Teach me to fly And don't let me fall
Somebody told me Love makes you stupid Makes you go crazy Makes you go blind Comes uninvited And leaves when it wants to Calls you at midnight and ties up your line But it's oh so sweet when it's right And you swear you won't but you might Gotta fumble in the dark if you wanna see the light
(Chorus) Love lift me Wherever you are Convince me I'm safe in your arms Love lift me Make sense of it all Teach me to fly And don't let me fall
And when it's all said and done It's just the same for everyone Your busy making your plans Love's like a bird baby Flying out of your hands
And it's oh so hard to explain (we don't know nothin') When your heart gets hold of your brain (but still we try) Better batten down the hatches Here we go again
(Chorus 2) Love lift me, wherever you are Convince me, I'm safe in your arms Love lift me, I'm waiting on you Cause nothing can lift me the way that you do Love lift me, love lift me Love lift me (only love can take me higher) I wanna fly...
Somewhere there's a river Looking for a stream Somewhere there's a dreamer Looking for a dream Somewhere there's a drifter Trying to find his way Somewhere someone's waiting To hear somebody say
I believe in you I can't even count the ways that I believe in you And all I want to do is help you to Believe in you
Somewhere someone's reaching Trying to grab that ring Somewhere there's a silent voice Learning how to sing Some of us can't move ahead We're paralyzed with fear And everybody's listening 'Cause we all need to hear
I believe in you I can't even count the ways that I believe in you And all I want to do is help you to Believe in you
I will hold you up I will help you stand I will comfort you when you need a friend I will be the voice that's calling out
I believe in you And there are just so many ways that I believe in you Baby, what else can I do but believe in you Believe in you All I want to know is you believe, yeah, yeah Believe in you
Standing on the edge of time playing out a reckless pantomine and every day's another wrong to rectify I dream about a strangers touch and voices in my head, I cannot hush and every night's a hunger I can't satisfy
CHORUS: It's the secret that I keep it's the ache that makes me weep And I know I'm in too deep-- I'm gonna drown it's the emptiness I fear baby, please don't leave me here cause I'm lost inside a dream that's out of bounds
I close my eyse and it's so real and all at once, I know just what I feel and baby, it's the kind of rush that terrifies but I am weak I am wrong and every day I swear that I'll be strong but there's a bond between us that I can't deny
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I wanna surrender I wanna give in I wanna lay down and let it be now let it begin let it begin.
It's the secret that I keep it's the ache that makes me weep and I know I'm in too deep-- I'm gonna drown it's the emptiness I fear baby, please don't be leaving me here cause I'm lost inside a dream that's out of bounds out of bounds out of bounds...
I had a friend, he lives down in old Alberquerque we used to watch the sun, coming up together but he was hungry then and he got restless, I I heard he took a wife-- I think her name is Heather
CHORUS: Oh, all've sudden I'm driving in the rain with the Santa Fe horizon calling out my name should have done it sooner but now I know it's time cause we said alot things, baby but we never said goodbye.
We were a team we were the best of friends we had a world where no one else could find us the summer passed September came too soon and suddenly, that world was all behind us
CHORUS 2: Driving through the desert with nothing on my mind than the thought of catching up with a ghost I left behind don't know what I'll do, but I know I've got to try cause we said alot of things, baby-- but we never said goodbye.
I drove 1000 miles chasing a memory but all the pieces of what used to be have scattered and all the little things that used to mean so much I look around me now, and see that they don't matter
CHORUS 3: Oh, all've sudden I'm driving home again cause sometimes goodbye is better left unsaid the Santa Fe horizon will know the reason why I said alot of things to you... but I never said goodbye.
police cars round in circles the silence gathering you never know what's next down here close your eyes and shut your mouth
chorus: and i know i won't last forever if there's nothing left in your heart for me baby, baby, baby, baby too young to die and too old to believe in promises
the ambulance is singing to streetcars in the rain like barracuda waiting for the guns down the road
chorus: but this ain't no west side story and the curtain's comin down on me baby, baby, baby, baby too young to die and too old to believe in promises
it's all sound and all fury it's all reach and no touch it's all life's cold bravado all grown up and old so fast
chorus: and i know i won't last forever there's nothing left in your heart for me baby, baby, baby, baby too young to die and too old too young to die and too old to believe in promises
