LONELY DAYS

Good morning mister sunshine,
you brighten up my day,
come sit beside me
in your way.

I see you every morning,
outside the restaurants,
the music plays
so nonchalant.

Lonely days, lonely nights.
Where would I be without my woman?
Lonely days, lonely nights.
Where would I be without my woman?

Good morning mister sunshine,
you brighten up my day,
come sit beside me
in your way.

Lonely days, lonely nights.
Where would I be without my woman?
Lonely days, lonely nights.
Where would I be without my woman?


IN THE MORNING / MORNING OF MY LIFE

In the morning when the moon is at its rest,
you will see me at the time I love the best,
watching rainbows, play on sunlight,
pools of water iced from cold night,in the morning.
'Tis the morning of my life.

In the daytime I will meet you as before.
You will find me waiting by the ocean floor,
building castles in the shifting sands
in a world that no one understands,
in the morning.
'Tis the morning of my life.

In the morning of my life
the minutes take so long to drift away.
Please be patient with your life,
it's only morning and you're still to live your day.

In the evening I will fly you to the moon,
to the top right hand corner of the ceiling in my room,
where we'll stay until the sun shines,
another day to swing on clothe's lines,
may I be yawning.
It is the morning of my life.
It is the morning of my life.

In the morning,...


HOW CAN YOU MEND A BROKEN HEART

I can think of younger days
when living for my life
was everything a man could want to do.
I could never see tomorrow,
but I was never told about the sorrow.

And how can you mend a broken heart?
How can you stop the rain from falling down?
How can you stop the sun from shining?
What makes the world go round?

How can you mend this broken man?
How can a loser ever win?
Please help me mend my broken heart
and let me live again.

I can still feel the breeze
that rustles through the trees
and misty memories of days gone by.
We could never see tomorrow,
no one said a word about the sorrow.

And how can you mend a broken heart?
How can you stop the rain from falling down?
How can you stop the sun from shining?
What makes the world go round?

How can you mend this broken man?
How can a loser ever win?
Please help me mend my broken heart
and let me live again.


COUNTRY WOMAN

Country woman
now, what you gonna do with your life?
Country woman
now, why don't you get out of this life?

Leave my life alone.
The first time I met you I knew you were the devil's daughter.
You came on like a river, doing all the things you oughta.
You're a self made woman, baby, not a made-to-order.
If you had your way, I know you'd make me stay.
And that would only bring me down.

Country woman
now, what you gonna do with your life?
Country woman
now, why don't you get out of this life?

Leave my life alone.

Country woman, country woman, country woman
country woman, country woman, ahh....

Country woman
now, what you gonna do with your life?
Country woman
now, why don't you get out of this life?

Leave my life alone...


DON'T WANT TO LIVE INSIDE MYSELF

I am the searcher of my fortunes.
I've got my right hand on the wheel.
We've got to dig the buried treasures.
I know exactly how I feel.

Don't want to live inside myself.
I'm much better off alone.
But then you must believe in
the falling rain.
Don’t wanna live inside myself.
Don’t wanna live inside myself.
Don’t wanna live inside myself.

I went walking through a graveyard
where the darkness is my friend.
I heard all about the beginning.
I wanna see just where it ends.

Don't want to live inside myself.
I'm much better off alone.
But then you must believe in
the falling rain.
Don’t wanna live inside myself.
Don’t wanna live inside myself.
Don’t wanna live inside myself.

I have fed the jaded tiger.
And every tiger knows my name.
But just as long, as long as I can see my face
I can tell myself my name.

Don't want to live inside myself.
I'm much better off alone.
But then you must believe in
the falling rain.
Don’t wanna live inside myself.
Don’t wanna live inside myself.
Don’t wanna live inside myself.
...


MY WORLD

Don't shed a tear for me.
No, it's not your style.
If you're not here by me.
Then it's not worth while.

My world is our world.
And this world is your world.
and your world is my world.
and my world is your world is mine.

I've been crying.
I'm lonely.
What do I do to have you stay?
I've needed you
to cry on.
I've written you nearly every day.

My world is our world.
And this world is your world.
and your world is my world.
and my world is your world is mine.

Don't shed a tear for me,
that's not your style.
if you're not here by me
then it's not worth while.

My world is our world.
And this world is your world.
and your world is my world.
and my world is your world is mine.


ON TIME

I ain't got time, only got a dime to make a last call.
I'm getting soaking wet and it ain't rained yet since last fall.
I got myself a coach ticket on the Southern railroad line.
I don't have to worry 'cause I know it never leaves on time.

Late last night we made love and everything was all right.
You walked out the door and the only thing I saw was the hall light.
I got myself a coach ticket on the Southern railroad line.
I don't have to worry 'cause I know it never leaves on time.

Why didn't you see that you don't feel the same way as I do?
I understood before that you couldn't take much more as I knew.
I got myself a coach ticket on the Southern railroad line.
I don't have to worry 'cause I know it never leaves on time.


RUN TO ME

If ever you got rain in your heart,
someone has hurt you and torn you apart,
am I unwise to open up your eyes to love me?

And let it be like they said it would be:
me loving you, girl, and you loving me.
Am I unwise to open up your eyes to love me?

Run to me whenever you're lonely (to love me).
Run to me if you need a shoulder.
Now and then, you need someone older,
so darling, you run to me.

And when you're out in the cold,
no one beside you and no one to hold,
am I unwise to open up your eyes to love me?

And when you've got nothing to lose,
nothing to pay for, nothing to choose,
am I unwise to open up your eyes to love me?

Run to me whenever you're lonely (to love me).
Run to me if you need a shoulder.
Now and then you need someone older,
so darling, you run to me.

Run to me whenever you're lonely (to love me).
Run to me if you need a shoulder.
Now and then you need someone older,
so darling, you run to me.
Run to me...


ALIVE

Maybe you talk too high, man.
Maybe I talk too slow.
But you've got to live a little bit faster
'cause you've got a little less time to go.

I ain't lost and I ain't searching.
But then you know me very well.
And I can't change the wind
and make it blow the other way.
I'm a fool and I can tell...

... that I'm alive and that's all,
that I can get up just as fast as I fall,
and I can walk and run but I'll never crawl,
and in the end it doesn't matter at all.

I don't know about the people
that I read about in books,
and the kings and queens around my room
with their quiet and dirty looks.

I know I should be going somewhere,
I just can't arrive.
There's a reason for believing
that I've never been alive,
alive.

I ain't lost and I ain't searching.
But then you know me very well.
And I can't change the world
and make it go the other way.
I'm a fool and I can tell...

that I'm alive and that's all,
that I can get up just as fast as I fall,
and I can walk and run but I'll never crawl,
and in the end it doesn't matter at all.

I don't know about the people
that I read about in books,
and the kings and queens around my room
with their quiet and dirty looks.

I know I should be going somewhere,
I just can't arrive.
There's a reason for believing
that I've never been alive.

I know I should be going somewhere,
I just can't arrive.
There's a reason for believing
that I've never been alive,
alive, alive.


SAW A NEW MORNING

All of a sudden I saw a new morning.
I'm locked up I want to be free.
Out in the courtyard and over the wall then
My friends are waiting for me.

Sixteen people are waiting to get me,
Hoping to take me outside.
I hear the sound of the snub nose behind me,
I went along for the ride.

Wind in my face and my bones they are aching .
My soul must weather the storm (ah).
I must run till my back it is breaking,
desperatly I must keep on

Sixteen people are waiting to get me,
hoping to take me outside.
I hear the sound of the snub nose behind me,
I went along for the ride.

La, la, la...

All of a sudden I saw a new morning,
I went along for the ride.
La, la, la...

All of a sudden I saw a new morning.
All of a sudden I saw a new morning.
All of a sudden I saw a new morning.

I saw a new morning.
I saw a new morning.
I saw a new morning.
I saw a new morning.


WOULDN'T I BE SOMEONE

Maybe there's a reason why we broke up.
I could dedicate my life to something new.
But I must have been asleep but then I woke up.
Working out why I was still with you.
All the things I wish I could have been.

Wouldn't I be someone, someone.
And I would be respected.
In the prime of my life, I'll do everything right.
I'll begin.

Wouldn't I be something, something.
I would get a reputation.
In the prime of my life, I'll do everything right.
I'll begin.

Midnight stars are shining on my shoeshine.
Telling me the things I'm gonna be.
Now the hurts all gone, I've pushed them all behind me.
And the world is gonna fall in love with me.
All the things I wish I could have been.

Wouldn't I be someone, someone.
And I would be respected.
In the prime of my life, I'll do everything right.
I'll begin.

Wouldn't I be something, something.
I would get a reputation.
In the prime of my life, I'll do everything right.
I'll begin.


ELISA

All that I need is just a piece of paper,
say a few lines, make up my mind,
so she can read it later, when I'm gone,
Elisa, goodbye, Elisa,

All that I need is just a quiet corner,
Bring to the light, things I must write,
Got to get it over with, choose,
Elisa, goodbye, Elisa.

The song that I sing,
the times I've tried to hide it.
I'm sorry to say, I'm going away.
That's what I've decided on.
I've tried.
Elisa, goodbye, Elisa.

Goodbye Elisa.
Elisa goodbye.
Elisa goodbye.
Elisa, Elisa

All the love of my mother, I offer to you.
And I'll try so very hard, to get you through.
If lay down my life, for my king and country men.
Would it change you for the better?
It better be all right
To be always like children
Afraid of the night.

If I gave up the cause, what would you give me
to make up for all the things that I would lose?
If I lay down my life, for my king and country men,
would it change you for the better?
It better be all right
To be always like children
Afraid of the night.

Well you better get busy, get it over and done.
I was here when you arrived, I'll be here when you're gone.
If I give up my life for my king and country men.
Would it change you for the better?
It better be all right
To be never like people
Afraid of the night.

Do do do..


MR. NATURAL

Burning embers.
I still remember
all of those little things.
But I can't feel it so much
'cause I am so out of touch
with my heart
and it won't sing.

Rusty rainbows.
That's how the pain goes,
turning me inside out.
Well, I come home at night
and you are out of my sight.
Yes, I'm dying and there ain't no doubt.
Well, I'm dying and there's no way out.

Well, I try, try, try, try, try
Mr. Natural (come on baby).
When I walk in the rain,
you won't know that I'm crying.
A smile on my face and I'm trying...

I'm trying to understand
that a love that is lost
can never be found again.

And you can see me dance,
I look like a happy man.

Just when I think I'm getting it over,
an old friend I should see.
He said he knew you well,
and, baby, I could tell,
you know he knew you more than me.

I went home laughing
and inside I'm crying.
We had a special thing.

You know I love you so much,
but girl I'm so out of touch
with my heart
and it won't sing.
You know my heart just won't sing.

Well, I try, try, try, try, try.
Mr. Natural (come on baby)
When I walk in the rain
you won't know that I'm crying.
A smile on my face and I'm trying...

I'm trying to understand
that a love that is lost
can never be found again.

And you can see me dance,
I look like a happy man.

Still I try, try, try, try, try.
Mr. Natural (come on baby) (come on baby)
Well, I try, try, try, try, try.
Mr. Natural (come on baby) (come on baby)
Well, I try, try, try, try, try.
Mr. Natural (come on baby)...


IT DOESN'T MATTER MUCH TO ME

Hello angel, do you know me? I'm you man.
Would that be hard for you to try and understand?
I've been waiting for this day for so so long.
Could loving you be so so wrong?

It doesn't matter much to me.
Baby, I been hurt before.
Don't you ask me why I'm here,
back and knocking at your door.

Do you remember?
Do you remember all the nights
and all the love we went through?
Well, you know maybe I thought you had some left over.
Could I mean that much to you?

It doesn't matter much to me.
Baby, I been hurt before.
Don't you ask me why I'm here,
back and knocking at your door.

Now open up your arms and take me.
Make me love you till I die.
You wouldn't have me when I was a young man.
But tonight I'm gonna try.

It doesn't matter much to me.
Baby, I been hurt before.
Don't you ask me why I'm here,
back and knocking at your door.


THROW A PENNY

Little child, I have found,
if I stood up and looked around,
I'd see your brand new place
staring right back at me.

I believe, I am sure,
that I'm taller than I was before.
Building a brand new bridge
into sincerity.

But it's the times like this
we must learn to grow.

Throw a penny for my children,
they are going down.
When the light shines down much brighter,
many souls are found.

And I can't believe what they're saying
in the overground.
Throw a penny for my children
going down.

Listen to the wise man as he breathes.
He's really loving me (loving me).
He must be loving me (loving me).

At night I turn my face into the wind
and I whisper secretly (secretly),
what means the most to me,
and bring him close (Ah).

Make it bad, make it good,
make it easy to be understood,
but I see a velvet day
breaking across the sky.

I believe, I am sure,
I am taller than I was before.
Building a brand new bridge
I know I'm gonna try.

But it's the times like this,
we must find out why.

Throw a penny for my children,
they are going down.
When the light shines down much brighter
many souls are found.

And I can't believe what they're saying
in the overground.
Throw a penny for my children
going down.

Throw a penny for my children,
for my children going down.
Throw a penny for my children,
for my children going down...


CHARADE

Some nights
we made our love in the sand.
And at the tide
we held our love hand in hand.

And we listened
to music the ocean was playing,
the words that our two hearts were saying,
that only two lovers can hear.

Let us ride on the wind,
while this moment is real.
You’re the light of my life.
You are welcome to my charade.

And this feeling,
knowing you blessed me forever.
And believe me,
I have been touched by your love.

And the pleasure
of knowing that evening
won't tear us apart.

We can follow the sun
till the day light is gone.
We can gaze up the sky
till the night is over.

Light of my life,
you are welcome to my charade.

And this feeling
of knowing you blessed me forever.

We can follow the sun
till the day light is gone
We can gaze at the sky
till the night is over.

Light of my life,
you are welcome to my charade.

And this feeling,
knowing you blessed me forever.

We can follow the sun
till the day light is gone.
We can gaze at the sky
till the night is over.

Light of my life,
you are welcome to my charade.

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