She was a rainbow once So colorful, but that was once Now that's impossible to see, to see
With a voice subliminal It's the only sign she's beautiful Here's all that's left of her dignity She goes, yeah...
[chorus 1] There's agirl in New York City Skyline's no longer pretty Bound for destination anywhere She grew up in California Big dreams they tend to own you there Now she's building cardboard castles in the air
He was a pretty boy Rolling cash his only joy Now that's impossible to see, to see
Used to be one of them Now the men in suits are avoiding him He's lost his credit card but hey he's free
[chorus 2] There's a man in New York City Skyline's no longer pretty Bound for destination anywhere Had the whole world at his window It seems so long ago from there Now he's building cardboard castles in the air
Does anybody know Does anybody care Over here, over there Building cardboard castles in the air
I wake up every morning to another crazy day I have to face And when I'm losing my direction You're the one who points me in the right way You always know when I'm about to fall It's like you're standing there when I hit that wall Cause of you my eyes are open And instead of always hoping I have faith today
So thank you for blue skies When my head is down You remind me to look up And thank you for all those times You believed when others couldn't see Oh, without you where would I be?
I should tell you in a letter All the things that I have never said Cause when you're right in front of me nothing ever comes out how I planned Like how the heart in you goes on for miles And when it passes through me I come alive If I ever learned a lesson It's in the first and lasting impression Of the way you got to me
So thank you for blue skies When my head is down you remind me to look up And thank you for all those times You believed when others couldn't see Oh, without you where would I be? Where would I be?
I wake up every morning to another crazy day I have to face
Hey, thank you for blue skies When my head is down you remind me to look up And thank you for all those times You believed when others couldn't see Oh, without you where would I be? Oh, thank you, thank you, thank you For without you where would I be?
Sometimes I get emotional Sometimes I do some stupid things Sometimes I say What I should just keep inside
Sometimes I'm sad 'Bout everything Sometimes I'm mad And break some things Sorry times ten But you just got in the way
Don't give up now running away I won't hurt you Sometimes I'm just a pain And that's the way it is That's just the way I am
Sometimes I feel like crying Laying down and dying That's when I need you Laughing's always easy But sometimes I'm just scared You'll leave me That's when I feel Emotional
You say I'm just impossible Totally unpredictable I'm just a girl, get used to it No big deal
You cant change me Why would you try (Why would you try) (You know that I) I'm no angel But I can make you smile And that's the way it is That's just the way I am
Sometimes I feel like crying Laying down and dying That's when I need you Laughing's always easy But sometimes I'm just scared You'll leave me That's when I feel Emotional
(Don't give up) Don't give up (now running away) I won't hurt you (I won't hurt you) Sometimes I'm just a pain And that's the way it is That's just the way I am
(Sometimes I feel like crying) (Laying down and dying) That's when I need you Laughing's always easy But sometimes I'm just scared You'll leave me That's when I feel (feel you)
(Sometimes I feel like crying) (Laying down and dying) (That's when) I feel you Sometimes I get emotional
I get into the car Turn the radio up real far To shut out the noise So I can hear my voice
There's a party on down the street But nobody invited me Cause I got a gig Babysitting my uncle's kids Why me Whoa is me
Chorus 1: Don't they know that I'm a hip hop queen And a rock and roll dream It's all bling bling I'm the star of the scene Yeah check me out, see what I'm all about I'm the one that you want And the one you can't have The girl that you call That doesn't ever call abck Just look at me, I've got everything But then I woke up
I was lying on the couch Drool coming out my mouth Turned on the T.V. Dr. Phil won't you please fix me
Waiting for the phone to ring Flipping through a magazine Why doesn't he call Guess I'm the loser down the hall
Why me I just want to sleep
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But then I woke up I like living in a dream It's every thing it's supposed to be It's a holiday for me
It's all just kickin' in And this is where I begin Just being me It's okay to be me
But it's fun to be a hip hop queen A rock and roll dream It's all bling bling yeah baby ca-ching Come check me out I'm bringing down the house I'm the one that you want You know I'm heaven sent I'm a little Lynyrd Skynyrd A little 50 Cent Just look at me I've got evrything But then I woke up I woke up I woke up I woke up
It was all a dream so it seems to me now How to fall in love into the heavens then floating down Was it all in my head this premonition? When I look back it's hard to tell the difference Between what really happened And what I imagined
But it's all over now So it doesn't really matter don't know why I feel so shattered I shoulda known better You were all I never wanted anyhow, yeah And I sure want you now, I want you now
Well I thought I knew I was under control You would never be the one to shake me, what did I know Well it's strange how you feel when your soul is taken When you knew it was wrong from the start, but you couldn't let it go that's why I feel so faded I'm tryin to turn the pages
But it's all over now So it doesn't really matter don't know why I feel so shattered I shoulda known better You were all I never wanted anyhow, yeah And I sure want you now, I want you now
I'm not comin 'round again I'm not goin down again No hangin on No looking back There's nothing more to say
But it's all over now So it doesn't really matter don't know why I feel so shattered I shoulda known better You were all I never wanted anyhow, yeah But I sure want you now, yeah
But it's all over now So it doesn't really matter don't know why I feel so shattered I shoulda known better You were all I never wanted anyhow, yeah But I sure want you But I sure want you But I sure want you now
What goes around Comes back around Seems that's the way Heartache falls
I learned to live Without you by my side But I prayed For the day you'd call
So why don't you Lie down beside me Open your heart And confide in me
[chorus] Go on and cry Here's my shoulder Why don't you try To imagine that I even care Go on and cry On my cold shoulder You left me so sad And you hurt me so bad It's your turn to Cry cry cry Over me
You say you made A big mistake When you threw away The love I gave
I always knew You'd come around again Looking for the love We made
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Sometimes love Is overrated It can be so hard To find a cure
And when a heartbreak Is understated It comes back around, I'm sure Oh,oh,oh
Beneath empty walls, I've been talking to myself again You don't hear a word Why bother to explain it when You say that I should try But I feel that I'm half alive And the rest of me is somewhere else I wish the world would just spin faster Get to my happy ever after. You're looking at me, You're waiting to see the difference, The difference in me. And you keep telling me to grow up, But why should I, it's never good enough How could I be when you never see the difference, The difference in me.
I don't wanta fight Don't care whose right or wrong anymore. I'm sick of all this pain Can it be the way it was before When I always made you smile Seems it's been a while 'Cause now you're always out of reach
I wish the world would just spin faster Get to my happy ever after. You're looking at me, You're waiting to see the difference, The difference in me. And you keep telling me to grow up, But why should I, it's never good enough How could I be when you never see the difference, The difference in me. (<i>[L:]</i> the difference, <i>[R:]</i> the difference in me)
You say that I should try But I feel that I'm half alive And the rest of me is somewhere else
I wish the world would just spin faster Get to my happy ever after. You're looking at me, You're waiting to see the difference, The difference in me. And you keep telling me to grow up, But why should I, it's never good enough How could I be when you never see the difference, The difference in me.
I changed my hair And I doing my clothes And you say that you see but you don't notice the difference, The difference, the difference in me. I am the same as I was before. I'm not afraid to walk right out that door. See the difference, the difference in me.
Don't tell me you want me Cause you don't, today. I woke up this morning knowing that, I've changed. That look in your eyes What a surprise to hear that you felt the same.
I want you till you want me When I have you I feel, yeah, empty inside It's not what I thought It's like I've been caught between the dream of you And the reality of me.
I want you till you want me
You're ready to show me where this all can go. But now that I've got you I'm not in control Cause I can figure this out. I'm so full of doubt. I just want to to turn and run away.
I want to tell you what I mean When I have you I feel, yeah, empty inside It's not what I thought It's like I've been caught between the dream of you And the reality of me.
I'm getting over that we were once meant to be Cause when I see you I'm numb It's like I just freeze There's something about you that makes me think
I want you till you want me When I have you I feel empty inside It's not what I thought It's like I've been caught between the dream of you And the reality of me.
It's not what I thought It's like I've been caught between the dream of you And the reality of me.
Dreams are just dreams When it's dark inside your head And all it takes is a little help from you You know it's true That dreams are for real When you see what I see And you feel it too We took the longest road Just to make it harder Let's do it all again It only makes us stronger
[Chorus] Dreams I guess we're just made of dream Nothin' else matters As long as we believe I'm lookin' at you And I see my life Passing before my eyes And when the journey's over And all my dreams come true I'll dream of you
What do you see When you look inside your heart A little thought Can walk a thousand miles And change your life When dreams lead the way The impossible is suddenly in sight Every step you take Just brings it all together You gotta keep the faith When all seems lost forever
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You're the one That keeps my hope alive My vision clear I'll spend my life with you Conquer fear We'll make it through
Nothin' else matters As long as we believe I'm lookin' at you And I see my life Passing before my eyes And when the journey's over And all my dreams come true I'll dream of you I'll dream of you I'll dream of you
You say I'm your best friend You know that you can count on me. You say I'm nice, I'm funny. Is that why I not the girl of your dreams? You say that I'm the only who understands you. But I'm the one on Friday nights with nothing to do.
I don't think so.
Hey I've got something to say. We both know that you've been cheating off my paper since seventh grade. You know that you do it. Hey, so don't go walking away. This is for every girl in love whose ever fallen for a boy like you.
I hate your call waiting Because I know you're on the line with her. You click back. It's so frustrating Because you don't remember where we were. You ask what movies that I've seen You want to know what's good But she's the one that gets to go When I should.
I don't think so.
Hey I've got something to say. I saw her wearing the black jacket I gave you on Christmas day. You said that you lost it. Hey, don't go running away. This is for every girl in love whose been bawling for a boy like you.
I'm just the fool that you can kick around The loser who picks up when you are down. The girl in glasses who sits next to you Who always tells that you're great And fixes all your big mistakes. And when she goes and breaks your heart I get your call. You fall apart.
I don't think so.
Hey I've got something to say.
Some day you'll realize I was the one By then it's gonna be too late You'll be sorry. Hey, don't give me that face This is for every girl alive whose heart's been broken by a boy like you. This is for every girl alive whose heart's been broken by a boy like you.
Do me a favor And tell me what you think about me Tell me how you want this to be Go out on a limb and just dream
Paint a picture Choose your colors extra wise Especially what you put on my mind Fill me in so I can fly high tonight
Woahooo your thoughts are gonna lift me up Do you know its good to want too much
[Chorus] Oh you've got my head in the clouds And oh you've got me comin' around The more you think about me The more that I believe That nothings ever out of reach So dream dream dream
I breathe your visions They pull me through the coldest of nights They steer me towards a moment in time When you show me what it means for you to be mine, Yea
Whoaooo your givin' me the will to try And you know there's desire in these eyes
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Hah, it's like my birthday Every time you look at me I feel the earthquake Every time that you dream
Whoaooo your thoughts are gonna lift me up Do you know, its good to want to much, much Oh you make me dance in the rain And oh I want to love once again The more you think about me The more that I believe That nothing's ever out of reach So dream dream dream Dream
The more you think about me The more that I believe That nothing's ever out of reach So dream dream dream Dream
Baby cried the day the circus came to town 'cause she didn't want parades just passin' by her So she painted on a smile and took up with some clown While she danced without a net upon the wire I know a lot about 'er 'cause, you see Baby is an awful lot like me Don't cry out loud Just keep it inside, learn how to hide your feelings Fly high and proud And if you should fall, remember you almost had it all Baby saw that when they pulled that big top down They left behind her dreams among the litter The different kind of love she thought she'd found There was nothin' left but sawdust and some glitter But baby can't be broken 'cause you see She had the finest teacher-that was me-I told 'er Don't cry out loud Just keep it inside and learn how to hide your feelings Fly high and proud And if you should fall, remember you almost had it all Don't cry out loud Just keep it inside and learn how to hide your feelings Fly high and proud And if you should fall, remember you almost made it Don't cry out loud Just keep it inside and learn how to hide your feelings Fly high and proud And if you should fall, remember you almost had it all
