I'M JUST LIKE ANYONE I DREAM OF BEING SOMEONE FIXED ON GROWING YOUNG MAN, AIN'T IT FUN I PUT UP A REAL GOOD FRONT ACT REAL NONCHALANT IF I CAN'T CHANGE THE WORLD I'LL CHANGE MYSELF IN HOPE I STILL BELIEVE, IF NOTHING ELSE
IN SOCIETY SO BLEAK IT FEELS GOOD TO BE A FREAK UNCHAINED BY YOUR TV NO FEAR INSTALLED IN ME
I GOT THE FAITH, ETERNAL OPTIMIST AND I'M A BRAVE ETERNAL OPTIMIST A FAIL-SAFE ETERNAL OPTIMIST DON'T BAIL OUT ON ME
IF IM CONSIDERED MAD IT MIGHT JUST MAKE ME GLAD DEVIATION HERE CAN'T BE TOO BAD
YOU CAN'T TELL ME THAT I CANT COS I CAN DO ANYTHING SHOULD I SCREW UP, THATS FINE I'LL TRY AGAIN RESPONSIBLE, NO GUILT. I FEEL NO SHAME
YOU CAN FIND SOMEONE TO BLAME FOR WHAT'S WRONG IN YOUR BRAIN DENY YOUR SELFDECEIT YOU JUST AIN'T FOOLING ME
I REMAIN AN ETERNAL OPTIMIST A BETTER DAY ETERNAL OPTIMIST A FAIL-SAFE ETERNAL OPTIMIST DON'T BAIL OUT ON ME
A TRUE BLUE ETERNAL OPTIMIST A BONA FIDE ETERNAL OPTIMIST A CERTIFIED ETERNAL OPTIMIST SO DON'T BAIL OUT ON ME
I'M A BRAVE ETERNAL OPTIMIST I KEEP THE FAITH, ETERNAL OPTIMIST A FAIL-SAFE ETERNAL OPTIMIST DON'T YA BAIL OUT ON ME
I'M FLOATING THRU THE WHIRLY PITS ANOTHER DREAM JUST BLOWN TO BITS I'M TRYIN TO LIVE AND LEARN, LET GO BUT WHERE TO GO I JUST DONT KNOW I'VE SEEN SOME SAD AND SORDID SCENES STRANGEST FICTION REAL LIFE SITCH AINT NO STRESS REHEARSAL, JUST LIVE ONE TAKE, THATS ALL...
I'VE WALKED THIS PATH FOR QUITE A WHILE ITS BEEN GETTING HARDER EVERY MILE I JUST LOVE DOING WHAT THEY SAY YOU CANNOT DO
WHEN EVERYTHING IN LIFE SEEMS LIKE YOU'RE SLOWLY GOIN NOWHERE MAKE NO COMPROMISE, HAVE NO REGRETS WHEN THOSE ABOUT YOU BLAME AND DOUBT YOU DONT YOU LOSE YOUR HEAD MAKE NO COMPROMISE, HAVE NO REGRETS
YOU SEEM SO LOST IN ALL THE WORDS YOU SPEAK THAT'S NOT TO SAY YOUR CAUSE IS WEAK YOU ASK WHATS WRONG? I ASK WHATS RIGHT? I'M JUST TOO TIRED TO FIGHT TONIGHT
SO I SMASH THE MIRROR WITH MY FIST BLOOD RUNS COLD DOWN MY FINGERTIPS THEY COULD NEVER MESS WITH THIS BRAVE HEART OF MINE
WHEN EVERYTHING IN LIFE SEEMS LIKE YOU'RE SLOWLY GOIN NOWHERE MAKE NO COMPROMISE, HAVE NO REGRETS WHEN THOSE ABOUT YOU BLAME AND DOUBT YOU DONT YOU LOSE YOUR HEAD MAKE NO COMPROMISE, HAVE NO REGRETS
WHEN ALL ABOUT YOU BLAME AND DOUBT YOU DONT YOU LOSE YOUR HEAD NO COMPROMISE AND NO REGRETS NO COMPROMISE AND NO REGRETS MAKE NO COMPROMISE, HAVE NO REGRETS
Now that I'm alright Why don't ya hang out with me tonight? Now that I see straight I know tomorrow's a much better day Now that we're back down on the ground Where's all the fairweather hangers around? Now that my life is sweet as wine So exquisite, indeed divine
- Well the bitch's still bitchin' The hooker keeps-a-hookin' The hustler keeps-a-hustlin' And the cops are out to bust 'em But me, I've regained my will to live A clean life with you my friend -
LOVE'S A BETTER HIGH LIFE'S A BETTER HIGH LOVING LIFE'S THE BETTER HIGH!
Oh honey, you're so sweet How come it took us so long to meet So very special indeed You're the one that I'll never leave Forget my notorious past What doesn't kill you makes you last As love will last for you and me So very true to the point of extreme
- Well the bitch's still bitchin' The hooker keeps-a-hookin' The hustler keeps-a-hustlin' And the cops are out to bust 'em But me, I've regained my will to live A clean life with you my friend -
LOVE'S A BETTER HIGH LIFE'S A BETTER HIGH LOVING LIFE'S THE BETTER HIGH!
Hey, let's get out tonight Let's celebrate our life in love Such a great gift from above Now and forever in the kingdom of love
ONCE UPON A RHYME I BELIEVED IN FATE THE SIGNS OF THE TIMES DID IT MEAN ANYTHING TO YOU OR WAS I JUST ANYONE TO YOU? THEN CAME THE DAZE THE SANTA ANA WIND WHIPPED THE SAND IN MY FACE IT DIDN'T MEAN ANYTHING TO YOU EVERYTHING THAT WE WENT THROUGH FOR LOVE
YOU USED TO BE THE CENTER OF MY UNIVERSE YOU WERE MY GRAVITY THAT KEPT ME DOWN TO EARTH MY HEAD SKY HIGH AND MY FEET FIRMLY ON THE GROUND THEN CAME THE END NOW IT SEEMS TO ME MY FRIEND I'M ALONE IN THE CENTER OF MY UNIVERSE
TIME IS A FILE IF REVEALED IT WOULD BE MOST UNKIND BETTER STOP TRYIN TO CHANGE THE PAST AND TRY TO FIND SOMETHING THAT WILL LAST
I WALKED ON HOPING SOMEDAY SOMEONE WOULD COME ALONG YEAH, I FLEW ALL AROUND THE PLANET SO FAST BURNED A LOTTA CASH, LEARNED THE ONLY THING THAT LASTS IS LOVE
SO HERE I AM, THE CENTER OF MY UNIVERSE TRYIN TO FIND MY GRAVITY TO KEEP ME HERE ON EARTH JUST A TINY SPECK IN A RUTHLESS UNIVERSE OOH, WITH THE RAIN ITLL ALL WASH OUT AGAIN I REMAIN THE CENTER OF MY UNIVERSE ......
