lyrics
BILL POPP SOLO
I found a dream lying on the ground
Rolled in a concept, starting with a sound
It must have been someone's discontent
To disregard the dream and leave it there for me
Once there was love and then it was gone
Just like a switch, it’s off then it’s on
But don't you dread, it’s just an empty bed
Sooner or later, you'll shake it from your head
Chorus
It’s in my head
It’s only in my head
And how it leaves me to wonder
I hide inside
And life goes by
It’s so hard to feel love you never felt
No need to cry for somebody else
Drown the earth with endless tears
No matter how you tell them, they never seem to hear
Chorus
Bridge
I won't tell you how to raise your children
For I'm still raising myself
And through the years I've lost my courage
But I never lost the want
There was a star too dull to shine
One night it fell from the evening sky
But as you know, stars they come and go
Like abandoned dreams
And love not meant to be
Chorus
It’s only in my head
It’s only in their heads
It’s only in YOUR head
2. CECELIA ELIZABETH
The last on line for my affection
Aging myself, now I understand
Never said your name with importance
Though life has left you silent
Can you hear?
Chorus
This is just a song for Cecelia Elizabeth
Busy painting rainbows in the sky
If you ever saw my Cecelia Elizabeth
It is raining lovedrops from her eyes
Held me near, those infant years, and sang her heart
High lee high low, the monsters ran away
Gave herself and never wanted nothing
Protected me when I was so afraid
Chorus
Bridge
Her hair was silver gray
Strands of red from younger days
Slowly fade with age
An empty kitchen chair
An apron torn that needs repair
An old man's eyes in tears
Chorus
3. SUCKER FOR A PRETTY FACE
Ah ah ah ah ah
Ah ah ah ah ah ah
Ah
Sucker for a pretty face
Ah ah ah ah ah
Ah ah ah ah ah ah
Ah
Sucker for a pretty face
Well if I could I would change
But I’m just a sucker for a pretty face
They melt my heart and then my brains
They get what they want and they’re on their way
Cause it’s a drag when you are lonely
A pretty face knows how to make your heart ache
Chorus
Ah ah ah ah ah
Ah ah ah ah ah ah
Ah
Sucker for a pretty face
Ah ah ah ah ah
Ah ah ah ah ah ah
Ah
Sucker for a pretty face
Well I got friends, I hear them say
That they’ve been a sucker for a pretty face
They buy the drinks and dinner too
Go home by themselves feeling like a fool
Course it’s a drag when you are lonely
The night time it lags like a boring movie
And you star in it too course you ant got a clue
That a pretty face just suckered you
Chorus
Yeah just a sucker for a pretty face
Well it’s a drag when you are lonely
The nighttime it lags like a boring movie
And you star in it too but you ant got a clue
That a pretty face just suckered you
Chorus
Well if I could I would change
But I’m just a sucker for a pretty face
Chorus
4. TO BUILD A WALL
Chorus
I can't make the teardrops stop to build a wall around my heart
I can't make the teardrops stop, to build a wall
You never could be in my world, not that I'd want you to
I never would be in your world, not that I think I should
I'm lazy, so crazy, yeah, I'm no good
So boring and stupid, well then, I'm just like you
Two worlds never meant to meet, two worlds colliding
And as I struggle to my feet, I look inside them
Always above me, with your life so rich
It takes a fool to tell you all the things you missed
Ahhhh, I'm bleeding, I'm bleeding
Chorus
My world is only what you see, no hidden valleys
Your world is sinking in the sea of perfected lying
Nothing to tell me, nothing left to say
I wash my dreams out in a velvet rain
Chorus
Bridge
What do you feel? How do you think?
Are you sincere with each word you speak?
Yet, at times, I can't help think, inside you're shallow
Nothing to tell me, nothing left to say
I wash my dreams out in a velvet rain
Chorus
5. ONE DOOR SLAMS
One door slams, another opens
As we walk through life’s uncertainties
The door we passed slammed locked behind us
And you and I my friend don’t have a key
So I will say, don’t look back, don’t look back
Say goodbye to old perfections
And hidden thorns that lie beneath a rose
We’re on our own in set directions
I must admit sometimes, my friend, I’m lost
And now you say, don’t look back, but when I look back
Oh weren’t we the greatest of our time
Now lies a lonely dream locked in chains
And I, you know I wouldn’t change it for the world
It’s just one thing I guess that had to be
You can’t go back, so don’t look back
And now let’s say, don’t look back, but when we look back
Oh everyday our eyes saw things the same
Now every sunrise brings another change
And dreams, you know they’re only made for when you sleep
And man, how I wish that I could sleep
You can’t go back, no don’t look back
6. ROCK TO MY ROLL
She lives down the block
Sometimes she parks her car by my house
She’s a tease without a doubt
She moves to the groove like Sophia Lauren
She’s got long black hair
Sometimes she wears it in a ponytail
I try not to stare
I wouldn’t want the girl to think I’m creepy
No - oh - you better buy her diamonds
To win her soul and make her the rock to my roll
Chorus
She’s the rock, to my roll (4x)
She’s got longing eyes
That makes you feel like you were hypnotized
I start to cry inside
To think of living life without her
No - oh - you better buy her diamonds
To win her soul and make her the rock to my roll
So like a clever cat, I’ll set a love trap
And if she falls in, let love begin
No - oh - you better buy her diamonds
To win her soul and make her the rock to my roll
Chorus
7. MY LITTLE WORLD
It’s my own little world, and I can’t let you in
It’s my own little world, and that’s just how it is
Feel the earth, love the sky
Watch the sunrise, pushing gray clouds by
It’s my own little world and there are no regrets
Cause I know in my heart, I owe no lover’s debt
No broken dreams, nor wishing wells
And if you’re laughing I could never tell
Cause I, I hide in a rainbow hid under my pillow
You’ll never find
Like your words, that lost all their meaning
Ones spoken with feeling run wild in your mind
Feel the earth, love the sky
Watch the sunrise, pushing gray clouds by
It’s my own little world, my little world (4X)
8. GARDEN WALL
Must be my lucky day, according to the stars
It's been so many years, I wondered where you've gone
It feels, it feels, so surreal, to finally see you now
More than just my needs fulfilled
To make it all worthwhile
Tears and dreams, what I know best
With shameful eyes, I do confess
Did you wear that cute red dress for me?
Chorus
You fall, I'll fall, hide behind the garden wall
I will catch you if you wish
And keep you safe and warm, within without
It’s easier said than done to try to read your mind
Following my heart, let memories lead me on
But through the years, I'm sure we've changed
And memories run disarray
Say you wear that perfume just for me?
Chorus
Bridge
Cold winter's night cries out to the moonlight
Stars filled with wishes that linger in your eyes
There hasn't been a day gone by
I haven't thought about you my dear
Tears and dreams that I know best
With shameful eyes I do confess
Say you wore that cute red dress for me
Yeah, say you wore it for me, baby, I know you did
Chorus
9. LOVE AND LUST
Give me love and lust and all of that stuff
I live my life only for the good times
Show me crazy girls who don't give a damn
Don't wait all night before they take chances
Gotta make the night a shot in the dark
Want to find a girl whose looking for a good time
Show me a sign of an open mind
I can't waste time, you know you got to take chances
Bridge
Rings on my fingers only turn them green
Love and lust don't cost me anything
Give me love and lust and all of that stuff
I live my life only for the good times
Show me crazy girls who don't give a damn
Don't wait all night before they take chances
Gotta make the night a shot in the dark
Want to find a girl whose looking for a good time
I gotta have a good time
Live life only for the good times
Live life only for the good times
Live life only for the good times
Yeah
Give me love and lust and all of that stuff
I live my life only for the good times
Show me crazy girls who don't give a damn
Don't wait all night before they take chances
Gotta make the night a shot in the dark
Want to find a girl whose looking for a good time
I gotta have a good time
Live life only for the good times (6X)
10. ROSEMARY SWEET DREAM
Rosemary sweet dream making my day brighter
Turning me on like the sun
She’s like a rainbow after stormy weather
Pushing my gray clouds away
I saw a star shine though it wasn’t evening
It must be sweet Rosemary
Rosemary sweet dream early in the morning
I'm writing a song just for you
Come sit beside me and I’ll sing it to you
Just letting you know how I feel
Rosemary sweet dream, Rosemary sweet dream, Rosemary sweet dream
It was long-ago, oh those younger days, Rosemary danced ballet
And with every step that she’d take, would steal my breath away
But I broke her heart, a million times, and in the end she broke mine
Ah still today, when I think of love, I see her smiling eyes
Well our hearts were united, but our minds were divided
So I had to say goodbye
She had to say goodbye
Oh we had to say goodbye
Rosemary sweet dream making my day brighter
Turning me on like the sun
She’s like a rainbow after stormy weather
Pushing my gray clouds away
I saw a star shine though it wasn’t evening
It must be sweet Rosemary
Rosemary sweet dream early in the morning
I'm writing a song just for you
Come sit beside me and I’ll sing it to you
Just letting you know how I feel (3X)
11. OLD GRAY MEN
As if made of tin stand the old gray men
Drunk again at Rush's Tavern
With beers in their hands
In the window they stand
Watching the world that ignores them
Years came and went for the old gray men
Lost in the memories between them
You can hear them sigh
How life has passed them by
Memories is all that is left them
Bridge
There's old Fred, his wife is ten years dead
Chad in his day was a boxer
Andy in his prime ran the race in record time
But now he gets on with a walker
Look in their eyes, see the fools, see the wise
Dreams and misunderstanding
Happiness and pain, the love lost and gained
Drinking their days till the sunset
But each day ends the way that it begins
Talking of the things as they once were
Between repeated lines, stories intertwine
Followed by sad eyes of silence
Life took a spin for the old gray men
Across they stand from Rush's Tavern
Rush's was sold and then it was closed
Leaving the lost souls to wonder
12. WHEN I WAS STONED
You see she really loves you
Even after all the hell
Beware of what you put her through
For in the end you might lose
She's a gift from God
With those pretty angel eyes
Yesterday I read a book
Called How to Hide Love Inside
And one night when I was stoned
I made a bet
This is one time I wish to lose
For I would have won in the end
With a face so sweet
And your thoughts are always kind
You should be held high
And cherished all your life
Well it’s too bad I didn't lose
It would have left a lot of room
And the meaning she'll never know
But I almost told her when I was stoned
13. A GIRLS NO ONE LOVES
There once was girl who lived by herself
She didn’t have too many friends
She’d hide by the door when they came to call
Pretending that no one was there
Chorus
Nobody loves me, she sighs late at night
Oh the stars let me down
But I’ll be wishing tonight when I sleep
She comes home from work, cooks for herself
But always sets places for two
Kisses the air with a long loving stare
At the make believe man in the room
Chorus
Bridge
I was hanging out in the city, my mind was lost in fantasy
And I thought I was famous, but no one recognized me
So I ran from the cameras, paparazzi at my back
But there was no one behind me, no pictures, no flash
Sleep tightly my love, she says to herself
And slowly closes her eyes
There’s flowers outside, she passes them by
From the lonely souls needing someone
Chorus
Nobody loves me, I don’t understand why
Oh the stars let me down
But I’ll be wishing tonight when I sleep
POPP'S LAST FLUSH
1. FLUSHING THIS PLUMBING JOB DOWN THE DRAIN
When i was a child I sang in the hallway
I sang Elvis Presley, I sang Ricky Nelson
When the Beatles came out I bashed my way through a Ludwig drum kit
When i was in school I was a flunking and a failing
Cared less for learning, thought singing would make me famous
But with my failing grades, they made me take a trade in high school
While waiting for the break that never came my way
I had to get a job, so a plumber I became
Chorus
Now I’m flushing this plumbing job down the drain
Yeah I’m flushing this plumbing job down the drain
Well you know I ain’t no plumber, I faked it every day
And I would be a liar if I didn’t like the pay
But I’m flushing this plumbing job down the drain
There I was 19, working my ass off
Pulling on the wrenches, carrying the bath tubs
And hoping to christ that I don’t smash a pipe on my fingers
And the boss would laugh at me for giving up the OT
Going to the city, playing CBGB’s
And working all night for what plumbing would have paid in an hour
But it’s not about the dough, in case you didn’t know
It’s all about the music, so this day job's got to go
Chorus
Now I’m flushing this plumbing job down the drain
Yeah I’m flushing this plumbing job down the drain
Well you know I ain’t no plumber, I faked it every day
And I would be a liar if I didn’t like the pay
But I’m flushing this plumbing job down the drain
Bridge 1
My life would be so empty if I didn’t play the stage
And I'd feel like such a loser, doing plumbing for my pay
And I’m flushing this plumbing job down the drain
Bridge 2
I spend my plumbing money chasing after my dream
Many tried to break it, but it’s deep inside of me
43 long years of working at what I’m not
Plumbing in the day time, playing music all night
Then coming home late and getting up for work early in the morning
By a twist of fate, started working for the city
Got into the union, gave me more time for my music
And the years they flew by and the dream stayed alive as I got older
Well I never got that break, but you know it’s ok
I got myself a pension — so the music I will play
Chorus
Now I’m flushing this plumbing job down the drain
Yeah I’m flushing this plumbing job down the drain
Christ knows I ain’t no plumber, I faked it every day
And I would be a liar if I didn’t like the pay
But I’m flushing this plumbing job down the drain
Yeah I’m flushing this plumbing job down the drain
But I’m flushing -- this plumbing job -- down the drain
2. ROCK TO MY ROLL
She lives down the block
Sometimes she parks her car by my house
She’s a tease without a doubt
She moves to the groove like Sophia Lauren
She’s got long black hair
Sometimes she wears it in a ponytail
I try not to stare
I wouldn’t want the girl to think I’m creepy
No - oh - you better buy her diamonds
To win her soul and make her the rock to my roll
Chorus
She’s the rock, to my roll (4X)
She’s got longing eyes
That makes you feel like you were hypnotized
I start to cry inside
To think of living life without her
No - oh - you better buy her diamonds
To win her soul and make her the rock to my roll
So like a clever cat, I’ll set a love trap
And if she falls in, let love begin
No - oh - you better buy her diamonds
To win her soul and make her the rock to my roll
Chorus
popp hits the 60's
1. THE WORLD SHE KNOWS
She's going back to the world that she knows so well
Where she can speak, be herself
Knows just how to act
I'm at the airline, waving goodbye
She's going back to the world she knows
Back with her friends, and it feels like she's never left
They're still the same
Though I'm sure that she's changed a bit
I should have tried to help her fit in
She's going back to the world she knows
Wearing clothes from her closet
That were there when she left
Putting on her make up like she used to
Looking more and more like her friends
Now at home in her garden
With an old friend from school
Sharing lonely kisses in the moonlight
Another thing that I would never do
She's going back to the world that she knows so well
Living her life every day in her natural way
I'll keep your picture on an empty shelf
She's going back to the world she knows
She's going back to the world she knows
2. IN MY HEAD
I found a dream lying on the ground
Rolled in a concept, starting with a sound
It must have been someone's discontent
To disregard the dream and leave it there for me
Once there was love, and then it was gone
Just like a switch, its off, then its on
But don't you dread, its just an empty bed
Sooner or later, you'll shake it from your head
Chorus
Its in my head
Its only in my head
And how it leaves me to wonder
I hide inside
And life goes by
Its so hard to feel love you never felt
No need to cry for somebody else
Drown the earth with endless tears
No matter how you tell them, they never seem to hear
Chorus
Bridge
I won't tell you how to raise your children
For I'm still raising myself
And through the years I've lost my courage
But I never lost the want
There was a star too dull to shine
One night it fell from the evening sky
But as you know, stars they come and go
Like abandoned dreams
And love not meant to be
Chorus
Its only in my head
Its only in their heads
Its only in YOUR head
3. I LOVE A WOMAN BUT SHE DON'T LOVE ME
I love a woman but she don't love me
I got a sweet dream but I forgot how to dream it
If I could find her it would make my day
Feel like a wino lying in the road
Worn out blue jeans I got holes in my pockets
If I was starving would you throw me a stone?
I love a woman but she don't love me
I love a woman but she's not with me
I'd send her a text, but she's got my phone
I gave her my money, along with my gold
Tell me you love me, I’m begging you so
She's with somebody and I’m all alone
I see her coming, and away she goes
Straight down a side street
How I wish I could catch her
She's probably hiding in some old hallway
I love a woman but she don't love me
I love a woman but she's not with me
Yeah, I feel it now
It’s so hard to come back
Yeah, baby I know
Tell me you love me
Please tell me so
4. WHEN I WAS STONED
You see she really loves you
Even after all the hell
Beware of what you put her through
For in the end you might lose
She's a gift from God
With your pretty angel eyes
Yesterday I read a book
Called How to Hide Love Inside
And one night when I was stoned
I made a bet
This is one time I wish to lose
For I would have won in the end
With a face so sweet
And your thoughts are always kind
You should be held high
And cherished all your life
Well its too bad I didn't lose
It would have left a lot of room
And the meaning she'll never know
But I almost told her when I was stoned
Lyrics by Bill Popp, (c) 2013 Hot Scotch Music, ASCAP
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1. SALLY WORKS IN A CHINESE TAKE OUT
Its Sunday afternoon, I'll try to keep my cool
And tell her how much she means to me
So I walk into the store, shaking like the week before
And she says, 'May I take your order please?'
Chorus
Sally works in a Chinese take out
She only works on Sunday
I wake up every Monday with Sally on my mind
Can't wait for this week to go by
Cause Sally's everything
I buy the same each week, but its just to see Sally
For my heart, yeah, it speeds from MSG
But its worth it all to me, Sally's my Fujian Queen
For her smile, I'd sail the China Sea
Chorus
Bridge
Yeah, she flies behind the counter
Oh, she's bagging up the orders
And I talk, but she don't hear me
Oh, you she's just so busy
Chorus
2. SURE HOPE SHE SHOWS
Sure hope she shows
For I've been waiting here so long
And I'm feeling out of place in this cafe
I know she knows
That with just one little smile
She could steal your heart away forever more
Chorus
And some day I'll tell her that I love her
Some day I hope she feels the same
But I don't know
Time goes so slow
And the waitress looks at me
And she knows that I'm in need of company
I make believe that she's sitting here with me
And I'm living in a world of fantasy
Chorus
Sure hope she shows
For its getting so damn late
And at home my bed is waiting there for me
I'll leave a note
On this table I will write
How I waited here all night all alone
Chorus
3. LOVE TAKES SO LONG
Love Take so long
Love Take so long
Love Take so long
Waiting a life time till you become mine
Hoping you realize true love never dies
Healing a heart ache Living a lonely day
Dreams are for dreaming but don’t stop believing
Love Take so long
Love Take so long
Love Take so long
I want her to love me - she got just what I need
I’ll wait till her love comes along
Gimme gimme gimme gimme your love (12X)
Love takes so long
Lover don’t let me down
Don’t wait bring your love around
Why does love take so long
Waiting a lifetime till you become mine
Hoping you realize true love never dies
Healing a heart ache
Living a lonely day
Dreams are for dreaming but don’t stop believing
Love take so long -- Gimme gimme gimme gimme your love
my lonely mind
1. PARADISE
Well I woke up one day in bed
Blinked my eyes and shook my head
The world I knew before I slept
Was not the same as what I left
Chorus
Eyeballs to the sky, this must be paradise
All was wrong turned right, now life is paradise
Wo-oh-oh-oh-oh something changed in me
I'm glad at last, happy at last
I must have dreamt it in my sleep
That life's too short for me to weep
So don't worry about anything
How life will be, well let it be
Chorus
Bridge
Well I used to carry the weight of the world
Overly concerned, when will I ever learn?
But now I wouldn't waste a grain of sand
From the hourglass of my life
For things beyond control
I'll tell you cause I know
Chorus
Something changed in me
2. PERFECT IDIOT
Although we've only met, I want to tell you everything
Speaking quicker than my lips
My words must sound like gibberish
If I seem insecure its just that I want you to want me
With eyes I can't forget I'd love to show you everything
Acting like we're best of friends you must think I'm an idiot
You can call it like it is as long as you don't reject me
Chorus
I feel like an idiot, a perfect idiot, would you consider it
To have have a perfect idiot? A perfect idiot in your life?
I'm sure you think I'm strange to come on like a speeding train
But life is quick to change and this would be a perfect way
What more can I say? I just want for you to want me
Chorus
Bridge
Ain't it like Hollywood, Gone With The Wind, African Queen
Breakfast at Tiffany's, it would work out perfectly
Chorus
A perfect idiot in your life
3. HEARTBEAT
Heartbeat louder and harder, deeper and faster
Its getting late, I gotta get to sleep
I feel lost in the memory, fearing the future
She'll never know how much she means to me
Chorus
Take it slow, the best I know, waiting for this night to go
I hear her voice, I feel her lips, there's no one there
Its just a myth in my lonely mind
Heartbeat, each word that she said lingers in my head
Spinning in my mind with disbelief
When she wakes in the morning, she'll be well rested
Never giving any thought to me
Chorus
Bridge
I don't have to tell you how hard it is for me
Cause honey when I see you my world falls out under my feet
Chorus
My lonely mind
In my lonely mind, my lonely mind
In my lonely mind, my lonely mind
In my lonely mind, my lonely mind
4. LOVE AND LUST
Give me love and lust and all of that stuff
I live my life only for the good times
Show me crazy girls who don't give a damn
Don't wait all night before they take chances
Gotta make the night a shot in the dark
Want to find a girl whose looking for a good time
Show me a sign of an open mind
I can't waste time, you know you got to take chances
Rings on my fingers only turn them green
Love and lust don't cost me anything
Give me love and lust and all of that stuff
I live my life only for the good times
Show me crazy girls who don't give a damn
Don't wait all night before they take chances
Gotta make the night a shot in the dark
Want to find a girl whose looking for a good time
I gotta have a good time
Live life only for the good times
Live life only for the good times
Live life only for the good times
Yeah
Give me love and lust and all of that stuff
I live my life only for the good times
Show me crazy girls who don't give a damn
Don't wait all night before they take chances
Gotta make the night a shot in the dark
Want to find a girl whose looking for a good time
I gotta have a good time
Live life only for the good times
Live life only for the good times
Live life only for the good times
Live life only for the good times
Live life only for the good times
Live life only for the good times
5. YOUR HERO
I ain't young anymore, there's no time to change my dreams
I am what I am and thats all that I'll be
But I've got fish to fry, I got my arrogance
So what you get is what you see
But I wanted to be your hero, I thought I'd save your day
But do you look at me now as a loser
Whose life you couldn't change?
I got the world by the balls, cause I've see it all so don't think
You'll put one on me that easily, cause I've been kicked around
And stumbled on the ground and smiled through tears of grief
But I wanted to be your hero kind of like James Dean
But do you look at me now as some dreamer
Who dreamed his life away?
Yeah, I tend to drink a lot, but what else do I got?
And yeah, my life's the way I want, won't have it no other way
I ain't young anymore so there's no time to change my dreams
I am what I am and that's all that I'll be
It took me years to get what's inside this head
And I'll take it when I leave
But I wanted to be your hero in every single way
But I guess I'm just some loser who dreamed his life away
A life you couldn't change I dreamed my life away
6. GARDEN WALL
Must be my lucky day, according to the stars
It's been so many years, I wondered where you've gone
It feels, it feels, so surreal, to finally see you now
More than just my needs fulfilled
To make it all worthwhile
Tears and dreams, what I know best
With shameful eyes, I do confess
Did you wear that cute red dress for me?
Chorus
You fall, I'll fall, hide behind the garden wall
I will catch you if you wish
And keep you safe and warm within without
Its easier said than done to try to read your mind
Following my heart let memories lead me on
But through the years, I'm sure we've changed
And memories run disarray
Did you wear that perfume just for me?
Chorus
Bridge
Cold winter's night cries out to the moonlight
Stars filled with wishes that linger in your eyes
There hasn't been a day gone by
I haven't thought about you my dear
Tears and dreams that I know best
With shameful eyes I do confess
Say you wore that cute red dress for me
Yeah, say you wore it for me, baby, I know you did
Chorus
7. LOVE MANY TRUST FEW
Bop-bop-boppa-bop-shoo-wop
Bop-bop-boppa-bop-shoo-wop
Bop-bop-boppa-bop-shoo-wop
Its like Pop-Rock, but its really just a word from the wise
Its not Hip-Hop, so who am I to give you any advice?
Everywhere it's all the same
A sucker born a day with a fool on the way
Who would confess? Which words fit them the best?
Sing it loud if you know how
Chorus
Love many, trust few, always paddle your own canoe
Love many, trust few, always paddle your own canoe
Love many, trust few, always paddle your own canoe
Bop-bop-boppa-bop-shoo-wop
Bop-bop-boppa-bop-shoo-wop
Bop-bop-boppa-bop-shoo-wop
Bop-bop-boppa-bop-shoo-wop
Its like Disco, of course it talks about the shallow and weak
Its not Smooth-Jazz, cause you can't spit it out in the sink
Real is real, but you can fake it
Fools take a fall where the wise never make it
Are you tricked yet?
These words you will obsess
Sing it loud if you know how
Chorus
Bridge
Well its coming up fast so I'll give it a shot
Some shoot dope and some smoke pot
Heads up baby when the hammer drops
Hide your sugar and cover your rocks
Clever are the spies for the hiding in the bushes
Camouflage hats and the cameras a-clicking
Smiling in your face but they know who they're tricking
So you better stay sharp for they do it with conviction
Bop-bop-boppa-bop-shoo-wop
Bop-bop-boppa-bop-shoo-wop
Bop-bop-boppa-bop-shoo-wop
Its like Glam-Rock
For you have to dress the part to survive
Its not Folk-Rock
For they never sing with tears in their eyes
Slide your way down to salvation
You gotta stand in line
So you better be patient
And keep your head
So let the truth be said
Sing it loud if you know how
Chorus
8. GLASS
We live in a house made of glass
You can look right in and see the furniture is old
We live in a house made of glass
We can look right out and see what we don't have
But it's all right because we're used to it
And we won't say a word about anyone
Yeah it's all right because we're used to it
So don't say a word against anyone
I feel your strength, I feel so weak
The armies roll in desert heat
And where's the god that's never seen?
You must be sleeping
Yeah it's all right because we're used to it
And we won't say a word about anyone
Yeah it's all right because we're used to it
So don't say a word against anyone
Cause you can't hide because we see through it
And you must come to terms with what's really true
We live in a house made of glass
You can look right in and see the furniture is old
9. OLD GREY MEN
As if made of tin stand the old grey men
Drunk again at Rush's Tavern
With beers in their hands
In the window they stand
Watching the world that ignores them
Years came and went for the old grey men
Lost in the memories between them
You can hear them sigh
How life has passed them by
Memories is all that is left them
There's old Fred, his wife is ten years dead
Chad in his day was a boxer
Andy in his prime ran the race in record time
But now he gets on with a walker
Look in their eyes, see the fools, see the wise
Dreams and misunderstanding
Happiness and pain, the love lost and gained
Drinking their days till the sunset
But each day ends the way that it begins
Talking of the things as they once were
Between repeated lines, stories intertwine
Followed by sad eyes of silence
Life took a spin for the old grey men
Across they stand from Rush's Tavern
Rush's was sold and then it was closed
Leaving the lost souls to wonder
10. EMILY LIVES IN IRELAND
I'll leave tonight with bright red skies
That fade to amber gray
While Emily, she's fast asleep
Starring in a dream
Oh, a year has passed
Since our lips met last
Oh, Emily, she lives in Ireland
And I won't live my life without her
So, Emily, I'll be there in Kildare
Holding you tenderly
She works a job at Temple Bar
That's how we met last year
Who would of thought our distant love
Would never disappear?
I wear her kiss on my lonely lips
Oh, Emily, she lives in Ireland
And I won't live my life without her
So, Emily, I'll be there in Kildare
Holding you tenderly
I relive the day we said goodbye
On a bench in Steven's Green
I held her heart and she held mine
As the misty Irish rain came down
Oh, Emily, she lives in Ireland
And I won't live my life without her
So, Emily, I'll be there in Kildare
Holding you tenderly
My Emily, she lives in Ireland
And I won't live my life without her
So, Emily, I'll be there in Kildare
Holding you tenderly
Emily lives in Ireland
blind love sees tears
1. SPEAKS LITTLE ENGLISH
Happy as we go, walking down the road in Tokyo
Muki is her name and I met her on the train for Kyoto
Chorus
I know she loves me, she tells me with her eyes
Speaks little English
In the USA, we want to build a life on enchantment
Counting all the stars that shoot across the eastern skys
Chorus
Bridge
I took a plane across the world to meet a girl that loves me more than I could ever love myself and feels the way I want someone to feel
I know she loves me
True eyes could never lie
Speaks little English
Bridge
2. TO BUILD A WALL
Chorus
I can't make the teardrops stop
To build a wall around my heart
I can't make the teardrops stop
To build a wall
You never could be in my world
Not that I'd want you to
I never would be in your world
Not that I think I should
I'm lazy, so crazy
Yeah, I'm no fuckin' good
So boring and stupid
Well then, I'm just like you
Two worlds never meant to meet
Two worlds colliding
And as I struggle to my feet
I look inside them
Always above me
With your life so rich
It takes a fool to tell you
You're just a clueless bitch
Ahhhh, I'm bleeding, I'm bleeding
Chorus
My world is only what you see
No hidden valleys
Your world is sinking in the sea
Of perfected lying
Nothing to tell me
Nothing left to say
I wash my dreams out
In a velvet rain
Chorus
What do you feel? How do you think?
Are you sincere with each word you speak?
Yet, at times, I can't help think, inside you're shallow
Nothing to tell me
Nothing left to say
I wash my dreams out
In a velvet rain
Chorus
3. NEW YORK MINING DISASTER (1941) (Barry, Robin, & Maurice Gibb)
4. NOTHING TO HOLD THEM
Nothing to hold them
No need to try, say 'So long'
It was just what it was
But weren't they so continental
Doing everything just right
There's no need to feel sentimental
When the common dream divides
Nothing to hold them
Not like before
Its so wrong
No words could calm the storm
But weren't they so 'Romeo and Juliet'
Token lovers of our time
But now it seems as though they're always arguing
Like little kids with selfish minds
Bridge
All those years of trust and respect
Turn to scars of regret
Wishing they never met
Were they so continental
Doing everything just right?
There's no need to feel sentimental
When the common dream divides
Nothing to hold them
Nothing to hold them
Nothing to hold them
Say 'Goodbye'
5. CLOSEST FRIEND
To look inside a selfish mind
Where every day you're the center
No one can make you something that you're not
And if I try to, where would I start?
As we define wrong from right
Its all a play, for nothing's changing
If I could tell you, would you have me say
Words to convince you, not to break the chain?
Chorus
Now she walks by like a stranger
Her eyes show no emotion
Shame on me, I lost my closest friend
Shame on me, I lost my closest friend
Shame on me, I lost my closest friend
These walls they speak, so honestly
Like movie scenes, how my mind wonders
Each day grows longer but never long enough
To find the answers to bring us back as one
Chorus
Bridge
Acting as if I could care less
Outsides all right, insides a mess
Well I feel, yes, I feel so lost
Chorus
6. CECELIA ELIZABETH
The last on line for my affection
Aging myself, now I understand
Never said your name with importance
Though life has left you silent
Can you hear?
Chorus
This is just a song for Cecelia Elizabeth
Busy painting rainbows in the sky
If you ever saw my Cecelia Elizabeth
It is raining lovedrops from her eyes
Held me near, those infant years, and sang her heart
High lee high low, the monsters ran away
Gave herself and never wanted nothing
Protected me when I was so afraid
Chorus
Bridge
Her hair was silver gray
Strands of red from younger days
Slowly fade with age
An empty kitchen chair
An apron torn that needs repair
An old man's eyes in tears
Chorus
7. JUST LIKE IN THE MOVIES
I met her drunk on the dance floor
Fell on her bag walking out the door
We started to talk, got to know each other better
I took her home and I called her later
Chorus
Oh yeah
You know I met a beauty
Just like in the movies
And love don't fool me
Uh huh, loving time
So we'll start as best of friends
I'll take my time before I move in
You gotta take it easy or she'll think you're sleazy
I hope some day that girl will need me
Chorus
All I can see is you and me
I think about you, think about you, think about you
Sooner or later you know I'm gonna getcha
But as for now, I'm glad I metcha
You better dig me baby or I'll drive you crazy
I'll tell you now I don't give up easy
Chorus
8. BLIND LOVE SEES TEARS
Don't feel ashamed, its not your fault
I know losing's hard to take
You could fill an ocean with your tears
Then slowly sail away
I've tried to warn you countless times
Have you learned by now?
To see what's true and what's a lie
You'll find
Chorus
Blind love sees tears
Blind love sees tears
Blind love sees tears
Nothing sincere to hold on
It will never be the same
Pondering the dream, although its gone
Thinking loudly, you say
She'd never leave me, but if she did
How will I go on?
Making the best of what there is
Inside
Chorus
Haven't I tried to fill your needs
To make you want no one but me?
A side of you I've never seen
The biggest fool you've made of me
Don't feel ashamed, its not your fault
I know losing's hard to take
You could fill an ocean with your tears
Then slowly sail away
With every stary moonlit night
Roams the searching souls
Making the best of how they feel
Inside
Chorus
9. MY ONLY CHILD
Do as I say, not as I do
And life will be my gift to you
You'll understand when you come of age
By then I know my name will fade
Chorus
So dream your dreams
Let them be wild
You have my eyes
My only child
In your new world every day is a game
And how I wish I could watch you play
To see you grow through changes and stages
As I live with mistakes that I've made
Chorus
And when I look around
All that I see are promises that I can't keep
Promises
Do as I say, not as I do
10. BETTER THAN NOTHING
Well its a quarter to three
I'm drunk as can be
But I think I'll have one more before home
So stinkin' from drink
But still on my feet
I stumble in the Buffalo Bar
And there she was
The queen of lonely love
Sluggin' beer out of a jug
Well I'd admit
I ain't no Brad Pitt
But I'm not going home with a mutt
Chorus
'Cause if its better than nothing, then I'll take nothing
If its better than nothing, I'll take nothing, yeah
I'm like a caveman from the prehistoric time
But I make up my mind on my own
Well she said to me, as she drooled in my drink
'Would you like to take a sweet lady home?'
I started to think, if I had more to drink,
She'd become the queen of the prom
But I would die with the morning sunrise
And the booze ran thin in my veins
Well I'd admit I'm lonely as shit
But I could do much better than this
Chorus
Well she grabbed on me like an old dog in heat
And I tripped and I fell to the floor
And then with her hands, grabbed on me like a man
I was making my way out the door
Chorus
11. SORRY
Sorry, a word to dry your eyes
One word to heal your heart inside
I was lonely and you weren't there
She said words that led me to her bed
I'll be incredibly lonely
Please don't leave me
Sorry with each forgiving kiss
Ones that, if you leave me, I will miss
Sweetheart we've known each other years
And I would be lost without your tenderness
I'll be regretfully lonely
Please don't leave me
Life would be an empty place
Shades of sadness from my mistake
I'll make it up to you some way
Darling don't you leave
Can you still love me?
Sorry, a word to dry your tears
One word not often said sincere
But I'll say to you til your eyes dry
Sorry sorry sorry
insides
1. STONE TO THROW
Young and dumb, and crazy as they come
Selfishly naive, you'll get yours yet
When dreams fall short and time goes fast
You'll wonder what is real, or in your head
Chorus
Worry about yourself, don't worry about me
I cut my path by trials and schemes
I walked alone and I paved the road
I'm just a stone for you to throw
Eyes so bright with fool's insight
The picture perfect world so often fades
And when you think you got it made
The dreams you held so near slip away
Chorus
Lay it down
Its not the same old thing
Your mother lies asleep
While you run wild enraged
So let's go out, yeah go crazy
Don't stay home you'll grow fat and lazy
Cause the night it filled with heated passion
Buy a gun 'cause its in fashion, yeah
Chorus
2. ELEANOR RIGBY (Lennon & McCartney)
3. RAPLINE
Some make it easy to put it over
I gotta find a conversation line
See the pretty ones dressed in leathers
I'm goin' out to see what I could find
Chorus
Rap, rap line, yeah that's what I need
Talk at the right time, knowing just what to say
You can't be too shy, you look out of place
And little white lies is all you need to say
Love doesn't fool me like infatuation
My situation is love to find
I'm in a race with no beginnings
But your eyes are blue and tonight you could be mine
Chorus
4. JUST SAY LOVE
Blue, blue, see the moon glow
Hot lonely summer night
Hear the echoes of a heartbeat
Deep in love, infatuated
There ain't a diamond that could shine
bright enough for you
The world is empty without you in it
Nights in solitude
Chorus
I'll come running, just say love
Each night seems the same thing
Sit talking to myself
Everybody's got a baby
Some dream of lovers maybe's.
Words can't be spoken
That could break a heart like yours in two
Yet mine is aching without you near me
Crying out for you
Chorus
Like a roller coaster now
And I feel it going down
She'll lose out, I know somehow
Oh it hurts me, yes it hurts me
5. SIDEWALK DANCE
Well I feel good, yeah I feel great
The sun is high, the night awaits
Sidewalks burn like coals on fire
So you could dance now with your sneakers on
We can go down on the streets through this valley of stone
Chorus
We'll dance 'cause we want to
Dance 'cause we need to
Can't tell us not to dance
So we do our sidewalk dance
I'll sidewalk dance with you
Sidewalk dance
Well I don't care what they say
We could dance our lives away
While the shark-eyes watch by with desires
They're too square to dance at all
Hey let's go down on the streets through this valley of stone
Chorus
Well I feel good, yeah I feel great
The sun is high, the night awaits
And the sidewalks burn like coals on fire
Cause we could dance our lives away.
6. FREEDOM'S BLOOD
Statue stands high
Goddess of democracy
Students hold signs
Tanks are rolling down the street
Will we survive?
Or will we die with our dreams?
Hear mothers cry
As their children bleed
Chorus
Freedom's blood
Freedom's blood
Lying down on the ground in Beijing
Soldiers stand 'round
As night falls on a turmoil town
Students yell loud
Democracy will rule our future now
But all of their voices
Turn to silent tears
The government forces
Attacked with Satan's spears
Chorus
You can't control the mind
You can't control someone's feelings
(free as my soul)
I'd rather wake up dead
than to live under suppression
And as the sun rided on a shattered town
For all of those who died
A page in history now
Chorus
7. WHEN I MET YOU
Love, love, so in love
Feel, feel, feeling love
Chorus
Every dream that I had came true
When I met you
Soft and warm, are your eyes
As mine gaze in joy they cry
Chorus
Wherever I go you're always with me
Locked deep in my heart
And any time you feel lonely
Call on me, call on me
You can call on me
Love, love, so in love
Feel, feel, feeling love
Chorus
8. WALK IN CIRCLES
Come with me my love
Come with me right now
Come with me my love
Come with me right now
Have you seen the fields
Through these lonely eyes?
Can you hear the forest cry?
Late at night your name it whispers
Chorus
Well it's strange to think nothing on earth
Could ever fill the void
In a daze I walk in circles
Asking myself why she left me
Come to me my love
Come to me right now
Come to me my love
Come to me right now
I'll build you a house
(A house to live)
In your favorite town
Diamond rings and gowns
All the things that young girls dream of
Chorus
9. ZIPPORA
Zippora, Zippora
Locked in your bedroom
I'm downstairs, lying on the sofa
With my invisible girl
The blocks in the ceiling
Remind of Zippora
I count them all
Feeling like I used to
You know the feeling only when you want to
Chorus
Love is love
Love is love
Whoa, oh, oh...
If this is love, why can't I find it?
Down in the valley
Of make believe Sallys
My mind's linked to a single heartbeat
That pounds so hard on my wall
Imagining that I'm
Tucked tightly by your side
I'll say the word hoping for the right time
The night is old, we could watch the sunrise
Chorus
Love is love
Love is love
Whoa, oh, oh...
If this is love, why can't I find it?
Gonna find it.
In your mind
Where am I?
Whoa, oh, oh...
If this is love, why can't I find it?
If this is love, I'm gonna find it.
If this is love, why do I?
10. THE SKY IS BLUE
The sky is blue
And the world spins round
Life stands still
In a shell looking out
It could take forever to learn to love yourself
The sky is blue
And the world spins fine
No clouds in the sky
Though it rains in my mind
If there is a rainbow
It seems so hard to find
The sky is blue
All alone with my feelings
And they'll never subside
Solitude plays a tune
And I don't understand why
The sky is blue
And the whole world smiles
No face with a frown
Or eyes to the ground
If the world can't feel the sadness
Then its only in my mind
The sky is blue
I see their sad eyes
They seem so empty
No one to love them
Who has feelings?
I dream my dreams were meaning nothing
Losing feeling slowly lying
popp this
1. EVERYTHING IS THIN
Everything we talk about is thin
Do our best to cover up our sins
Shadows cover up my walls
And tell me everything I lost
Age is just another sense of time
But see the separation of our minds
So trust me to understand myself
And know that I don't need no help
And yet I know it's okay
Set in our ways
Setting our ways
Setting our ways
And like tomorrow today
Love will remain
Love will remain
Love will remain
But everything we talk about is thin
(repeat)
Everything we talk about
Doo doo doo doodo
2. TOO MANY STARS
Everyone is greater than great
Sitting pretty with a painted face
Some are real, but some are fake
You'll have to know just what to say
Chorus
But I know how much you want to shine
But there's too many stars out tonight
Too many stars out tonight
Too many stars out tonight
Too many stars out tonight
Too many stars out tonight
People you meet become a threat
And it's so hard to make a true friend
You think they're real
They fooled you again
You're just a yoyo, caught in a spin
Chorus
(repeat first verse)
Chorus
3. I'LL NEVER CHANGE
You won't see my eyes turn red
I'll keep my cool, won't lose my head
I'm dealing with the situation
So when you freeze from the cold
And you melt from the heat
And you look at yourselves
In the circle you keep
I've known you a lifetime
And if I could, well I'd be different
Chorus
But I'll never change
I will never change
I'll never change
Whoa, yeah
Mother, father, sister, brother
You won't see me on my knees
I wasn't born to fill your dreams
And I don't think I owe you something
You're just a tear that will pass
Or the reason to laugh
Like the standards you keep
Yeah, for what your friends need
I don't know the answers
But it's your sin and that's my pleasure
Chorus
Yeah, mother, father, sister, brother
Mother, father
Chorus
4. DON'T HOLD IT AGAINST ME
Chorus
Don't hold it against me
Don't hold it against me
Don't hold it against me
Don't hold it against me
Aaaahhh, listen babe
Love is blind and I'm a ship on fire
In a whirlpool of broken dreams
If you're concerned with my emotions
Knowing how I lost control
You turn so cold
It's so hard for me to deal with
And I do my best
I'm not a stone
But we all need love
Don't you need love?
Chorus
You complain I'm insane
And I'm out to sting ya
I'm the last to burn you babe
You run from me like a wild horse
And you kicked your stable down
Broke the love that I have found
Come to me soft and lonely
And I'm sure that we'll agree
What is right for you and me
Well we all need love
Don't you need love?
I need love and I love you
Chorus
Well we all need love
Don't you need love?
I need love and I love you
Chorus
5. SATISFIED
Well it seems that I mean for my eyes to play on your heart
So sincere as a tear, words of love with no sound
I'm sure you heard this line a thousand times before
Promise me your deepest love and I will give you everything
Chorus
You will be satisfied
Deep in love and satisfied
Living life so satisfied
Well, to want is to need and all I can see is you with me
In a world that survives and only cares for themselves
I wouldn't say there'll never somber nights
But give to me your honest love
And I'll be with you all the time
Chorus
6. TIL NOWHERE
Look to the stars high in the sky
Yeah, they're really out there
And when they fall your darkest night shines bright with stardust
So hold me tight
Melt into my arms til nowhere
Chorus
When the sky turns red and life is dead
Look to me
And all that's left is consciousness
Look for me
Look to me from now til nowhere
Color my life, color my dreams
Color everything you see
I feel it all
I'm the page to sign your life on
As starts shine bright
I'll say words that will intrigue you
Chorus
Look to me
Til nowhere
7. GO WITH THE FLOW
Maybe she knows better
Maybe it's the right thing to do
Just let it go
And go with the flow
Nothing lasts forever
Even frozen tears will melt like snow
In time you'll know
Go with the flow
Every day is seems so shallow
Look inside, it seems so hollow
Is it all the things I miss
The line is broke, the circle split
Nothing has a reason why
Look at me, so numb to life
Guess I got to let it fly
I got to let it fly
But when I'm through these shades of gray
I'll be so happy now
So happy now
So happy now
I've felt the tears of a hundred thousand
And every night I seem to count them
Where do all those teardrops lie
And how will all those teardrops dry
Your eyes will linger on me
Your voice will hold my thoughts
When I'm alone
And I miss you so
God only knows
As time slowly divides us
I'm sure that there are moments
You'll feel down
So until you know
Go with the flow
8. PUNK GIRLS
Hark!
She likes to go out dancing
Sometimes she goes by herself
The world is mean but she is nasty
And love, it falls on a shelf
Some say her eyes tell true stories
For those who want to believe
There are no backseats, no wheel of fortune
And no one knows what she thinks
Well, some say her mind goes just like the wind blows
Chorus
Night breaks, I lie awake
I don't know where she stays
Punk girls always get what they want
Torn hearts in the dark
Holding onto what they got
Punk girls always get what they want
Always get what they want
Uncommon as her future
And her concept of love
No compromises, no sacrifices
You'll never learn to love no one
Well, but I know her mind goes just like the wind blows
Chorus
9. SHE'S IN THE SKY
I hope we get along without you
Spirit get ahold of me
Tell me what to do to wake you
Momma, will you talk to me
Protect me please
Keep me from darkness
I know you're watching over me
Chorus
She's in the sky, she's in the sky
She's in the sky, she's in the sky
May all your wisdom left behind you
Fill my heart and pure my soul
You'll always be a part of me
No matter where I may go
So knowing that, please rest in peace
I'll go on, for you I will sing
Chorus
Hope we get along without you
Spirit get ahold of me
Tell me what to do to wake you
Momma, will you talk to me
Protect me please
Keep me from darkness
I know you're watching over me
Chorus
10. ONE DOOR SLAMS
One door slams, another opens
As we walk through life’s uncertainties
The door we passed slammed locked behind us
And you and I my friend don’t have a key
So I will say, don’t look back, don’t look back
Say goodbye to old perfections
And hidden thorns that lie beneath a rose
We’re on our own in set directions
I must admit sometimes, my friend, I’m lost
And now you say, don’t look back, but when I look back
Oh weren’t we the greatest of our time
Now lies a lonely dream locked in chains
And I, you know I wouldn’t change it for the world
It’s just one thing I guess that had to be
You can’t go back, so don’t look back
And now let’s say, don’t look back, but when we look back
Oh everyday our eyes saw things the same
Now every sunrise brings another change
And dreams, you know they’re only made for when you sleep
And man, how I wish that I could sleep
You can’t go back, no don’t look back
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