Do you wanna be honest, or do you wanna win? You could have it all if you could gracefully give in. Like when a martyr go sees a martyr. Lookin' in the mirror makes you cry harder, 'Bout your glitterin' ball and chain. In love, in love with your beautiful pain.
Excuses and all theories peak themelves and die. Even when they don't hold water, you try to keep them safe and dry. An' trade your moan for a positive tone, Reassured by ads about things you own, And so we go through this again, In love, in love with your beautiful pain.
If everything went runnin' smoothly, You'd soon lose who you were. Oh, the pain and hurt, for that's your real, So go on, go back to her.
Instrumental Break.
You packed up all your troubles, you let me play the bars. An' hiked out to the meadows and lay down on the fragrant moss. Put down your own tree, then meticulously, Built a cross right there and stared back at me. An' climbed up on it again: In love, in love with your beautiful In love, in love with your beautiful In love, in love with your beautiful pain.
Baptize her with bitter tears till she knows your pain is real. Next time you see her on her knees, don't try to make a deal. Don't stare her into silence, with frozen point of view. 'Cause she's got 44 stories: she wants to tell them all to you.
Welcome her to all your fears and trust that she will cope. Give her one day of satisfaction for a thousand years of hope. Don't turn to dry your eyes, and lose your chance to look. 'Cause she's got 44 stories: she wants to write them in a book.
Wait until your mem'ry clears, then welcome her to Rome. The desert of your misspent years that led you to her home. Don't hold her up to sunlight, she'll melt into the blue. Don't make her shout through static if you want hear the truth,
'Cause she's got 44 stories; She's got 44 stories; She's got 44 stories: she wants to tell them all to you.
Now that you know how the heart bends and breaks. Just throw away the book, and take a second look, Behind the door: a guided tour; what we came here for. One: don't let the sun go down on, Two: love, but are undone by, Three: whose name is..... I won't even start before we learn the rules. Like one: don't let the sun go down on, Two: love, but are undone by, Three: whose name is..... I won't even start before we learn the rules of travel, Inside each other's hearts; Inside each other's hearts.
When do the walls tumble down? Into the sky, into the stars and the ground. Today, to give it up; surrender to the love, no man to hold. No way to know that you are home.
One: don't let the sun go down on, Two: love, but are undone by, Three: whose name is..... I won't even start before we learn the rules. Like one: don't let the sun go down on, Two: love, but are undone by, Three: whose name is..... I won't even start before we learn the rules of travel, Inside each other's hearts; Inside each other's hearts.
Instrumental break.
One: (Don't let the sun.) Two: Three: (Don't let the sun.) Four.
One: don't let the sun go down on, Two: love, but are undone by, Three: whose name is..... I won't even start before we learn the rules. Like one: don't let the sun go down on, Two: love, but are undone by, Three: whose name is..... I won't even start before we learn the rules of travel, Inside each other's hearts; Inside each other's hearts.
There's a cross above the baby's bed a savior in her dreams but she was not delivered then and the baby became me There's a light inside the darkened room a footstep on the stair a door that I forever close to leave those memories there
When the shadows lengthen into the evening sun first there's summer, then I'll let you in September when it comes
I want to crawl outside these walls close my eyes and see fall into your heart and arms touch your face and breathe I cannot move a mountain now I can no longer run I cannot be who I was then in a way I never was
I watch the clouds go sailing watch the clock and sun I watch myself depending on September when it comes
When the shadows lengthen and burn away the past I will fly me like an angel to a place where I can rest When this begins I'll let you in September when it comes
Will you remember me like the circled stones like the secret hills where you walk alone where the wind can speak my other names like the air you breathe will you remember me?
Will you remember me as your airplane flies over foreign seas and breaking skies like a perfect child you can't bear to leave in your last long days will you remember me?
Will you remember me on the edge of life where time runs slow where some can fly in these shuttered rooms where we say goodbye when the soul is free will you remember when there's no need to breathe will you remember me?
Lock all the doors an' turn out the lights. Work this thing through till we get it right. But if I seem angry an' cold, Or I don't speak at all, It's just that old fear, 'Cause baby, I'm closer than I appear.
An' here are the facts, as much as I know. We've got to turn back if we can't let it go. You know your heart an' your mind. An' I'm just three steps behind, But I feel those tears, 'Cause baby, I'm closer than I appear. Yeah, baby, I'm closer than I appear.
'Cause somewhere inside, I'm reachin' out for you. Somewhere inside, we both know the truth. But I learned lots of rules 'bout what a man's made of, An' I got to rethink what I know about love.
Hey, I'm willin' to change. If I still seem the same, well it's just them old fears. An', baby, I'm closer than I appear.
If I was born to stand here, an' give you nothing but love, To fill up these years, Then, baby, I'm closer than I appear. Yeah, baby, I'm closer than I appear.
I stand here by the Western Wall maybe a little of that wall stands inside of us all I shove my prayers in the cracks I got nothing to lose No one to answer back
All these years I've brought up for review I wasn't taught this, but I learned something new I had to answer a distant call
At the Western Wall I've got a heart full of fear and I offer it up on this altar of tears
Red dust settles deep in my skin I don't know where it stops and where I begin
It's a crumbling pile of broken stones it ain't much but it might be home if I ever loved a place at all it's the Western Wall
I don't know if God was ever a man But if She was, I think I understand Why He found a place to break his fall near the Western Wall
We crawled night and day through the tears and debries Now I'm reaching out to you but I'm keeping my hands clean The tables are turning the tempo slows down And we're gettin' off this misery-go-round It's a brand new world baby now things have changed A brand new picture in a brand new frame A turn of the page with a blink of your eye Our two steps in rhythm our hearts beatin' time On the inside it all happened on the inside it all went down on the inside
A critical moment I know you'd agree both of us separate but neither one free We traded our papers for new walking shoes But I had no idea how I'd feel without you We watched it unravel we heard it unwind imprisoned by anger embittered by time No one could tell me we'd be standing here today Steeled by the fire and sealed by the pain On the inside it all happened on the inside it all went down on the inside
I'm holding on to you and I know you're holding on to me too We gave it one more chance and found the key to romance Now none of it happens like we think it should be Hey it'd all be disaster if left up to me By the power of love and protection divine We found we hold hands through the darkness and then there was light On the inside, it all happened on the inside It all went down on the inside On the inside, it all happened on the inside It all went down on the inside
In every woman and man lies the seed of the fear Of just how alone are all who live here Denying the fear is the name of the game To stare at the fear is going insane Forgiving the fear is one up on Cane Is to dance with the tiger And laugh at the rain
Don't give me your life, I have one of my own It was a brilliant idea inventing the home Creatures of habit, American fools Reaching for stars while we're standing on stools Letting it go is jumping the train Is to dance with the tiger Letting it go though we won't be the same Is to dance with the tiger Letting it go is the name of the game Is to dance with the tiger And laugh at the rain
On the surface everything seems right no one notices the dimness of the light For the world outside our door our smiles are oh so bright On the surface everything's all right We have the grace of actors on the stage We orchestrate the moves that complement the play But the things that we believe in we just throw them away On the surface everything's okay
We say goodnight and then we close our eyes To drift in different worlds far from each other's sight Dreaming of yesterday when we held each other tight And on the surface everything's all right What are you thinking tonight I don't know you (I don't know you) My words disappear in the night and there's no one there to notice Maybe our lives will never be the same But we can face tomorrow if we can just get through today I'm holding back the tears while you're pushing me away But on the surface everything's okay yeah on the surface everything's okay
I don't want to be a star I don't want to talk through glass I don't want to check my appearance in your eyes I don't need a million bucks baby it don't take much I don't need to play the princess all the time I want to be a real woman changing every day I want to be a real woman real in every way I want to be a real woman I don't want to be admired I don't want to take my smile I don't want to use my charm to disarm you You don't have to spin your wheels oh baby I know how that feels You don't have to pass some test just to impress me I want to be a real woman... Real is how I deal with what I deal with Real is how I feel when I know how I'm feelin'
I don't want to be a man I just want to be what I am I don't want to hide my light so yours keeps shining If you don't want to face the truth then you're not gonna like what I do You're not gonna make or break me so don't start trying I want to be a real woman...
I read about this baby she got beat up by her dad She was nine months old and he was a full grown man She may have been learning how to crawl and he put a fist in her face And the doctor said this baby's gone she can't be replaced Now you read a lot of things in the daily news But I'm laying awake at nights wondering what to do I pray the Lord her soul to keep cause all down here are fast asleep But I want to say this baby belongs to me and you So we gotta wake up this baby belongs to me and you
Everyday when I wake up in this world and it's spinning out of control Who's at the wheel seems no one knows We're all just like a baby frightened and so sad Feeling beat up by someone who looks like dad Now you read a lot of things... So we gotta wake up this baby belongs to me and you
We tried to make ourselves pay for something we'd never done threw the best parts of life away on street talk, strangers and drugs but what we really want is love what we really need is love I want to call out your name I want to hold out my hand the wom
In a little cabaret in a South Texas border town, Sat a boy and his guitar, and the people came from all around. And all the girls from there to Austin, Were slippin' away from home and puttin' jewelery in hock. To take the trip, to go and listen, To the little dark-haired boy who played the Tennessee flat top box.
And he would play
Well, he couldn't ride or wrangle, and he never cared to make a dime. But give him his guitar, and he'd be happy all the time. And all the girls from nine to ninety, Were snapping fingers, tapping toes, and begging him "Don't stop." And hypnotized and fascinated, By the little dark-haired boy who played the Tennessee flat top box.
And he would play
Then one day he was gone, and no one ever saw him 'round, He'd vanished like the breeze, they forgot him in the little town. But all the girls still dreamed about him. And hung around the cabaret until the doors were locked. And then one day on the Hit Parade, Was a little dark-haired boy who played the Tennessee flat top box.
When you look at me As if you don't know me And you talk to me Like you've never met me
I can leave you alone if I try If I tried I could tell you goodbye
If I wanted to I could be long gone If I wanted to I could be long gone Well I don't have to be nobody's fool I won't make no exception of you And I don't have to crawl I can just walk away No I don't have to crawl I can just walk away
You make your moves As if I should follow you You call on me Just like I should run to you I don't have to get down on my knees I don't have be present to please you I don't have to crawl I can just walk away No I don't have to crawl I can just walk away
