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BILL POPP SOLO
Released 2018 Buy CD from Amazon Visit our Press page for reviews
1. 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, 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 affectionAging myself, now I understandNever said your name with importanceThough life has left you silentCan you hear?
ChorusThis is just a song for Cecelia ElizabethBusy painting rainbows in the skyIf you ever saw my Cecelia ElizabethIt is raining lovedrops from her eyesHeld me near, those infant years, and sang her heartHigh lee high low, the monsters ran awayGave herself and never wanted nothingProtected me when I was so afraid
Chorus
BridgeHer hair was silver grayStrands of red from younger daysSlowly fade with ageAn empty kitchen chairAn apron torn that needs repairAn old man's eyes in tears
Chorus
3. SUCKER FOR A PRETTY FACE Ah ah ah ah ah Ah ah ah ah ah ah AhSucker for a pretty faceAh ah ah ah ah Ah ah ah ah ah ah AhSucker for a pretty face Well if I could I would changeBut 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 lonelyA pretty face knows how to make your heart ache ChorusAh ah ah ah ah Ah ah ah ah ah ah AhSucker for a pretty faceAh ah ah ah ah Ah ah ah ah ah ah AhSucker for a pretty face Well I got friends, I hear them say That they’ve been a sucker for a pretty faceThey buy the drinks and dinner too Go home by themselves feeling like a fool Cause it’s a drag when you are lonelyThe night time it lags like a boring movie And you star in it too cause you ain't got a clue That a pretty face just suckered you ChorusYeah just a sucker for a pretty face Well it’s a drag when you are lonelyThe 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 changeBut I’m just a sucker for a pretty face Chorus
4. TO BUILD A WALLChorusI can't make the teardrops stop to build a wall around my heartI can't make the teardrops stop, to build a wall You never could be in my world, not that I'd want you toI never would be in your world, not that I think I shouldI'm lazy, so crazy, yeah, I'm no goodSo boring and stupid, well then, I'm just like youTwo worlds never meant to meet, two worlds collidingAnd as I struggle to my feet, I look inside themAlways above me, with your life so richIt takes a fool to tell you all the things you missedAhhhh, I'm bleeding, I'm bleeding Chorus My world is only what you see, no hidden valleysYour world is sinking in the sea of perfected lyingNothing to tell me, nothing left to sayI wash my dreams out in a velvet rain
Chorus
BridgeWhat 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 sayI wash my dreams out in a velvet rain Chorus
5. ONE DOOR SLAMSOne door slams, another opensAs 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 backSay goodbye to old perfectionsAnd hidden thorns that lie beneath a rose
We’re on our own in set directionsI 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 timeNow lies a lonely dream locked in chains And I, you know I wouldn’t change it for the worldIt’s just one thing I guess that had to be You can’t go back, so don’t look backAnd now let’s say, don’t look back, but when we look back
Oh everyday our eyes saw things the sameNow every sunrise brings another change And dreams, you know they’re only made for when you sleepAnd man, how I wish that I could sleepYou can’t go back, no don’t look back
6. ROCK TO MY ROLLShe lives down the blockSometimes she parks her car by my houseShe’s a tease without a doubt She moves to the groove like Sophia Lauren She’s got long black hairSometimes 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 ChorusShe’s the rock, to my roll (4x) She’s got longing eyesThat makes you feel like you were hypnotizedI 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 trapAnd 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 wellsAnd if you’re laughing I could never tell Cause I, I hide in a rainbow hid under my pillowYou’ll never findLike 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 byIt’s my own little world, my little world (4X)
8. GARDEN WALLMust 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 meYeah, 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
BridgeRings 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 brighterTurning me on like the sunShe’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 morningI'm writing a song just for you Come sit beside me and I’ll sing it to youJust letting you know how I feelRosemary 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 awayBut I broke her heart, a million times, and in the end she broke mineAh still today, when I think of love, I see her smiling eyes Well our hearts were united, but our minds were dividedSo I had to say goodbye She had to say goodbyeOh we had to say goodbye Rosemary sweet dream making my day brighterTurning me on like the sunShe’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 morningI'm writing a song just for you Come sit beside me and I’ll sing it to youJust 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
BridgeThere'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 STONEDYou 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
ChorusNobody loves me, she sighs late at nightOh 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 twoKisses the air with a long loving stareAt the make believe man in the room
Chorus
BridgeI was hanging out in the city, my mind was lost in fantasyAnd I thought I was famous, but no one recognized me So I ran from the cameras, paparazzi at my backBut there was no one behind me, no pictures, no flash Sleep tightly my love, she says to herself And slowly closes her eyesThere’s flowers outside, she passes them byFrom the lonely souls needing someone
Chorus
Nobody loves me, I don’t understand whyOh the stars let me down But I’ll be wishing tonight when I sleep
2. CECELIA ELIZABETH The last on line for my affectionAging myself, now I understandNever said your name with importanceThough life has left you silentCan you hear?
ChorusThis is just a song for Cecelia ElizabethBusy painting rainbows in the skyIf you ever saw my Cecelia ElizabethIt is raining lovedrops from her eyesHeld me near, those infant years, and sang her heartHigh lee high low, the monsters ran awayGave herself and never wanted nothingProtected me when I was so afraid
Chorus
BridgeHer hair was silver grayStrands of red from younger daysSlowly fade with ageAn empty kitchen chairAn apron torn that needs repairAn old man's eyes in tears
Chorus
3. SUCKER FOR A PRETTY FACE Ah ah ah ah ah Ah ah ah ah ah ah AhSucker for a pretty faceAh ah ah ah ah Ah ah ah ah ah ah AhSucker for a pretty face Well if I could I would changeBut 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 lonelyA pretty face knows how to make your heart ache ChorusAh ah ah ah ah Ah ah ah ah ah ah AhSucker for a pretty faceAh ah ah ah ah Ah ah ah ah ah ah AhSucker for a pretty face Well I got friends, I hear them say That they’ve been a sucker for a pretty faceThey buy the drinks and dinner too Go home by themselves feeling like a fool Cause it’s a drag when you are lonelyThe night time it lags like a boring movie And you star in it too cause you ain't got a clue That a pretty face just suckered you ChorusYeah just a sucker for a pretty face Well it’s a drag when you are lonelyThe 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 changeBut I’m just a sucker for a pretty face Chorus
4. TO BUILD A WALLChorusI can't make the teardrops stop to build a wall around my heartI can't make the teardrops stop, to build a wall You never could be in my world, not that I'd want you toI never would be in your world, not that I think I shouldI'm lazy, so crazy, yeah, I'm no goodSo boring and stupid, well then, I'm just like youTwo worlds never meant to meet, two worlds collidingAnd as I struggle to my feet, I look inside themAlways above me, with your life so richIt takes a fool to tell you all the things you missedAhhhh, I'm bleeding, I'm bleeding Chorus My world is only what you see, no hidden valleysYour world is sinking in the sea of perfected lyingNothing to tell me, nothing left to sayI wash my dreams out in a velvet rain
Chorus
BridgeWhat 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 sayI wash my dreams out in a velvet rain Chorus
5. ONE DOOR SLAMSOne door slams, another opensAs 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 backSay goodbye to old perfectionsAnd hidden thorns that lie beneath a rose
We’re on our own in set directionsI 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 timeNow lies a lonely dream locked in chains And I, you know I wouldn’t change it for the worldIt’s just one thing I guess that had to be You can’t go back, so don’t look backAnd now let’s say, don’t look back, but when we look back
Oh everyday our eyes saw things the sameNow every sunrise brings another change And dreams, you know they’re only made for when you sleepAnd man, how I wish that I could sleepYou can’t go back, no don’t look back
6. ROCK TO MY ROLLShe lives down the blockSometimes she parks her car by my houseShe’s a tease without a doubt She moves to the groove like Sophia Lauren She’s got long black hairSometimes 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 ChorusShe’s the rock, to my roll (4x) She’s got longing eyesThat makes you feel like you were hypnotizedI 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 trapAnd 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 wellsAnd if you’re laughing I could never tell Cause I, I hide in a rainbow hid under my pillowYou’ll never findLike 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 byIt’s my own little world, my little world (4X)
8. GARDEN WALLMust 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 meYeah, 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
BridgeRings 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 brighterTurning me on like the sunShe’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 morningI'm writing a song just for you Come sit beside me and I’ll sing it to youJust letting you know how I feelRosemary 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 awayBut I broke her heart, a million times, and in the end she broke mineAh still today, when I think of love, I see her smiling eyes Well our hearts were united, but our minds were dividedSo I had to say goodbye She had to say goodbyeOh we had to say goodbye Rosemary sweet dream making my day brighterTurning me on like the sunShe’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 morningI'm writing a song just for you Come sit beside me and I’ll sing it to youJust 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
BridgeThere'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 STONEDYou 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
ChorusNobody loves me, she sighs late at nightOh 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 twoKisses the air with a long loving stareAt the make believe man in the room
Chorus
BridgeI was hanging out in the city, my mind was lost in fantasyAnd I thought I was famous, but no one recognized me So I ran from the cameras, paparazzi at my backBut there was no one behind me, no pictures, no flash Sleep tightly my love, she says to herself And slowly closes her eyesThere’s flowers outside, she passes them byFrom the lonely souls needing someone
Chorus
Nobody loves me, I don’t understand whyOh the stars let me down But I’ll be wishing tonight when I sleep
POPP'S LAST FLUSH
Released in 2015 Buy CD from Amazon Visit our Press page for reviews
1. FLUSHING THIS PLUMBING JOB DOWN THE DRAINWhen i was a child I sang in the hallwayI sang Elvis Presley, I sang Ricky NelsonWhen the Beatles came out I bashed my way through a Ludwig drum kitWhen 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 schoolWhile waiting for the break that never came my wayI had to get a job, so a plumber I became
ChorusNow I’m flushing this plumbing job down the drain Yeah I’m flushing this plumbing job down the drainWell you know I ain’t no plumber, I faked it every dayAnd I would be a liar if I didn’t like the payBut 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’sAnd working all night for what plumbing would have paid in an hourBut it’s not about the dough, in case you didn’t knowIt’s all about the music, so this day job's got to go
ChorusNow I’m flushing this plumbing job down the drain Yeah I’m flushing this plumbing job down the drainWell you know I ain’t no plumber, I faked it every dayAnd I would be a liar if I didn’t like the payBut I’m flushing this plumbing job down the drain
Bridge 1My life would be so empty if I didn’t play the stageAnd I'd feel like such a loser, doing plumbing for my pay And I’m flushing this plumbing job down the drain
Bridge 2I spend my plumbing money chasing after my dreamMany 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 nightThen coming home late and getting up for work early in the morningBy a twist of fate, started working for the city Got into the union, gave me more time for my musicAnd the years they flew by and the dream stayed alive as I got olderWell 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 drainYeah I’m flushing this plumbing job down the drainChrist knows I ain’t no plumber, I faked it every day And I would be a liar if I didn’t like the payBut 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 ROLLShe lives down the blockSometimes she parks her car by my houseShe’s a tease without a doubt She moves to the groove like Sophia Lauren
She’s got long black hairSometimes 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
ChorusShe’s the rock, to my roll (4X)
She’s got longing eyesThat makes you feel like you were hypnotizedI 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 rollSo like a clever cat, I’ll set a love trapAnd 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
1. FLUSHING THIS PLUMBING JOB DOWN THE DRAINWhen i was a child I sang in the hallwayI sang Elvis Presley, I sang Ricky NelsonWhen the Beatles came out I bashed my way through a Ludwig drum kitWhen 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 schoolWhile waiting for the break that never came my wayI had to get a job, so a plumber I became
ChorusNow I’m flushing this plumbing job down the drain Yeah I’m flushing this plumbing job down the drainWell you know I ain’t no plumber, I faked it every dayAnd I would be a liar if I didn’t like the payBut 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’sAnd working all night for what plumbing would have paid in an hourBut it’s not about the dough, in case you didn’t knowIt’s all about the music, so this day job's got to go
ChorusNow I’m flushing this plumbing job down the drain Yeah I’m flushing this plumbing job down the drainWell you know I ain’t no plumber, I faked it every dayAnd I would be a liar if I didn’t like the payBut I’m flushing this plumbing job down the drain
Bridge 1My life would be so empty if I didn’t play the stageAnd I'd feel like such a loser, doing plumbing for my pay And I’m flushing this plumbing job down the drain
Bridge 2I spend my plumbing money chasing after my dreamMany 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 nightThen coming home late and getting up for work early in the morningBy a twist of fate, started working for the city Got into the union, gave me more time for my musicAnd the years they flew by and the dream stayed alive as I got olderWell 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 drainYeah I’m flushing this plumbing job down the drainChrist knows I ain’t no plumber, I faked it every day And I would be a liar if I didn’t like the payBut 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 ROLLShe lives down the blockSometimes she parks her car by my houseShe’s a tease without a doubt She moves to the groove like Sophia Lauren
She’s got long black hairSometimes 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
ChorusShe’s the rock, to my roll (4X)
She’s got longing eyesThat makes you feel like you were hypnotizedI 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 rollSo like a clever cat, I’ll set a love trapAnd 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
Released in June 2013 Buy CD from Amazon Visit our Press page for reviews
To mark Bill's 60th birthday, we recorded a 4-song EP
1. THE WORLD SHE KNOWSShe'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 HEADI 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 MEI 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 STONEDYou 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
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 HEADI 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 MEI 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 STONEDYou 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
25x20
Released in March 2011 Stream on Apple Visit our Press page for reviews
A 23 track retrospective, covering the 30 year history of the band, with a 28 page full color booklet, plus the following 3 new tracks!Available online from Amazon or iTunes
1. SALLY WORKS IN A CHINESE TAKE OUTIts Sunday afternoon, I'll try to keep my coolAnd tell her how much she means to meSo I walk into the store, shaking like the week beforeAnd she says, 'May I take your order please?'
ChorusSally works in a Chinese take outShe only works on SundayI wake up every Monday with Sally on my mindCan't wait for this week to go byCause Sally's everything
I buy the same each week, but its just to see SallyFor my heart, yeah, it speeds from MSGBut its worth it all to me, Sally's my Fujian QueenFor her smile, I'd sail the China Sea
Chorus
BridgeYeah, she flies behind the counterOh, she's bagging up the ordersAnd I talk, but she don't hear meOh, you she's just so busy
Chorus
2. SURE HOPE SHE SHOWSSure hope she showsFor I've been waiting here so longAnd I'm feeling out of place in this cafeI know she knowsThat with just one little smileShe could steal your heart away forever more
ChorusAnd some day I'll tell her that I love herSome day I hope she feels the sameBut I don't know
Time goes so slowAnd the waitress looks at meAnd she knows that I'm in need of companyI make believe that she's sitting here with meAnd I'm living in a world of fantasy
Chorus
Sure hope she showsFor its getting so damn lateAnd at home my bed is waiting there for meI'll leave a noteOn this table I will writeHow I waited here all night all alone
Chorus
3. LOVE TAKES SO LONGLove Take so longLove Take so longLove 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 dayDreams are for dreaming but don’t stop believing
Love Take so longLove Take so longLove 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 longLover don’t let me down Don’t wait bring your love around Why does love take so longWaiting a lifetime till you become mine Hoping you realize true love never dies Healing a heart ache Living a lonely dayDreams are for dreaming but don’t stop believing Love take so long -- Gimme gimme gimme gimme your love
1. SALLY WORKS IN A CHINESE TAKE OUTIts Sunday afternoon, I'll try to keep my coolAnd tell her how much she means to meSo I walk into the store, shaking like the week beforeAnd she says, 'May I take your order please?'
ChorusSally works in a Chinese take outShe only works on SundayI wake up every Monday with Sally on my mindCan't wait for this week to go byCause Sally's everything
I buy the same each week, but its just to see SallyFor my heart, yeah, it speeds from MSGBut its worth it all to me, Sally's my Fujian QueenFor her smile, I'd sail the China Sea
Chorus
BridgeYeah, she flies behind the counterOh, she's bagging up the ordersAnd I talk, but she don't hear meOh, you she's just so busy
Chorus
2. SURE HOPE SHE SHOWSSure hope she showsFor I've been waiting here so longAnd I'm feeling out of place in this cafeI know she knowsThat with just one little smileShe could steal your heart away forever more
ChorusAnd some day I'll tell her that I love herSome day I hope she feels the sameBut I don't know
Time goes so slowAnd the waitress looks at meAnd she knows that I'm in need of companyI make believe that she's sitting here with meAnd I'm living in a world of fantasy
Chorus
Sure hope she showsFor its getting so damn lateAnd at home my bed is waiting there for meI'll leave a noteOn this table I will writeHow I waited here all night all alone
Chorus
3. LOVE TAKES SO LONGLove Take so longLove Take so longLove 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 dayDreams are for dreaming but don’t stop believing
Love Take so longLove Take so longLove 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 longLover don’t let me down Don’t wait bring your love around Why does love take so longWaiting a lifetime till you become mine Hoping you realize true love never dies Healing a heart ache Living a lonely dayDreams are for dreaming but don’t stop believing Love take so long -- Gimme gimme gimme gimme your love
my lonely mind
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1. PARADISEWell I woke up one day in bedBlinked my eyes and shook my headThe world I knew before I sleptWas not the same as what I left
ChorusEyeballs to the sky, this must be paradiseAll was wrong turned right, now life is paradiseWo-oh-oh-oh-oh something changed in meI'm glad at last, happy at last
I must have dreamt it in my sleepThat life's too short for me to weepSo don't worry about anythingHow life will be, well let it be
Chorus
BridgeWell I used to carry the weight of the worldOverly concerned, when will I ever learn?But now I wouldn't waste a grain of sandFrom the hourglass of my lifeFor things beyond controlI'll tell you cause I know
Chorus
Something changed in me
2. PERFECT IDIOTAlthough we've only met, I want to tell you everythingSpeaking quicker than my lipsMy words must sound like gibberishIf I seem insecure its just that I want you to want me
With eyes I can't forget I'd love to show you everythingActing like we're best of friends you must think I'm an idiotYou can call it like it is as long as you don't reject me
ChorusI feel like an idiot, a perfect idiot, would you consider itTo 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 trainBut life is quick to change and this would be a perfect wayWhat more can I say? I just want for you to want me
Chorus
BridgeAin't it like Hollywood, Gone With The Wind, African QueenBreakfast at Tiffany's, it would work out perfectly
Chorus
A perfect idiot in your life
3. HEARTBEATHeartbeat louder and harder, deeper and fasterIts getting late, I gotta get to sleepI feel lost in the memory, fearing the futureShe'll never know how much she means to me
ChorusTake it slow, the best I know, waiting for this night to goI hear her voice, I feel her lips, there's no one thereIts just a myth in my lonely mind
Heartbeat, each word that she said lingers in my headSpinning in my mind with disbeliefWhen she wakes in the morning, she'll be well restedNever giving any thought to me
Chorus
BridgeI don't have to tell you how hard it is for meCause honey when I see you my world falls out under my feet
Chorus
My lonely mindIn my lonely mind, my lonely mindIn my lonely mind, my lonely mindIn my lonely mind, my lonely mind
4. LOVE AND LUST Give me love and lust and all of that stuffI live my life only for the good timesShow me crazy girls who don't give a damnDon't wait all night before they take chancesGotta make the night a shot in the darkWant to find a girl whose looking for a good timeShow me a sign of an open mindI can't waste time, you know you got to take chances
Rings on my fingers only turn them greenLove and lust don't cost me anything
Give me love and lust and all of that stuffI live my life only for the good timesShow me crazy girls who don't give a damnDon't wait all night before they take chancesGotta make the night a shot in the darkWant to find a girl whose looking for a good timeI gotta have a good time
Live life only for the good timesLive life only for the good timesLive life only for the good timesYeah
Give me love and lust and all of that stuffI live my life only for the good timesShow me crazy girls who don't give a damnDon't wait all night before they take chances
Gotta make the night a shot in the darkWant to find a girl whose looking for a good timeI gotta have a good timeLive life only for the good timesLive life only for the good timesLive life only for the good timesLive life only for the good timesLive life only for the good timesLive life only for the good times
5. YOUR HERO I ain't young anymore, there's no time to change my dreamsI am what I am and thats all that I'll beBut I've got fish to fry, I got my arroganceSo what you get is what you see
But I wanted to be your hero, I thought I'd save your dayBut do you look at me now as a loserWhose life you couldn't change?
I got the world by the balls, cause I've see it all so don't thinkYou'll put one on me that easily, cause I've been kicked aroundAnd stumbled on the ground and smiled through tears of griefBut I wanted to be your hero kind of like James DeanBut do you look at me now as some dreamerWho 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 dreamsI am what I am and that's all that I'll beIt took me years to get what's inside this headAnd I'll take it when I leave
But I wanted to be your hero in every single wayBut I guess I'm just some loser who dreamed his life awayA life you couldn't change I dreamed my life away
6. GARDEN WALL Must be my lucky day, according to the starsIt's been so many years, I wondered where you've goneIt feels, it feels, so surreal, to finally see you nowMore than just my needs fulfilledTo make it all worthwhileTears and dreams, what I know bestWith shameful eyes, I do confessDid you wear that cute red dress for me?
ChorusYou fall, I'll fall, hide behind the garden wallI will catch you if you wishAnd keep you safe and warm within without
Its easier said than done to try to read your mindFollowing my heart let memories lead me onBut through the years, I'm sure we've changedAnd memories run disarrayDid you wear that perfume just for me?
Chorus
BridgeCold winter's night cries out to the moonlightStars filled with wishes that linger in your eyesThere hasn't been a day gone byI haven't thought about you my dearTears and dreams that I know bestWith shameful eyes I do confessSay 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 FEWBop-bop-boppa-bop-shoo-wopBop-bop-boppa-bop-shoo-wopBop-bop-boppa-bop-shoo-wopIts like Pop-Rock, but its really just a word from the wiseIts not Hip-Hop, so who am I to give you any advice?
Everywhere it's all the sameA sucker born a day with a fool on the wayWho would confess? Which words fit them the best?Sing it loud if you know how
ChorusLove many, trust few, always paddle your own canoeLove many, trust few, always paddle your own canoeLove many, trust few, always paddle your own canoeBop-bop-boppa-bop-shoo-wopBop-bop-boppa-bop-shoo-wopBop-bop-boppa-bop-shoo-wopBop-bop-boppa-bop-shoo-wop
Its like Disco, of course it talks about the shallow and weakIts not Smooth-Jazz, cause you can't spit it out in the sinkReal is real, but you can fake itFools take a fall where the wise never make itAre you tricked yet?These words you will obsessSing it loud if you know how
Chorus
BridgeWell its coming up fast so I'll give it a shotSome shoot dope and some smoke potHeads up baby when the hammer dropsHide your sugar and cover your rocksClever are the spies for the hiding in the bushesCamouflage hats and the cameras a-clickingSmiling in your face but they know who they're trickingSo you better stay sharp for they do it with conviction
Bop-bop-boppa-bop-shoo-wopBop-bop-boppa-bop-shoo-wopBop-bop-boppa-bop-shoo-wop
Its like Glam-RockFor you have to dress the part to surviveIts not Folk-RockFor they never sing with tears in their eyesSlide your way down to salvationYou gotta stand in lineSo you better be patientAnd keep your headSo let the truth be saidSing it loud if you know how
Chorus
8. GLASS We live in a house made of glassYou can look right in and see the furniture is oldWe live in a house made of glassWe can look right out and see what we don't have
But it's all right because we're used to itAnd we won't say a word about anyone
Yeah it's all right because we're used to itSo don't say a word against anyone
I feel your strength, I feel so weakThe armies roll in desert heatAnd where's the god that's never seen?You must be sleeping
Yeah it's all right because we're used to itAnd we won't say a word about anyoneYeah it's all right because we're used to itSo don't say a word against anyoneCause you can't hide because we see through itAnd you must come to terms with what's really true
We live in a house made of glassYou can look right in and see the furniture is old
9. OLD GREY MEN As if made of tin stand the old grey menDrunk again at Rush's TavernWith beers in their handsIn the window they standWatching the world that ignores them
Years came and went for the old grey menLost in the memories between themYou can hear them sighHow life has passed them byMemories is all that is left them
There's old Fred, his wife is ten years deadChad in his day was a boxerAndy in his prime ran the race in record timeBut now he gets on with a walker
Look in their eyes, see the fools, see the wiseDreams and misunderstandingHappiness and pain, the love lost and gainedDrinking their days till the sunset
But each day ends the way that it beginsTalking of the things as they once wereBetween repeated lines, stories intertwineFollowed by sad eyes of silence
Life took a spin for the old grey menAcross they stand from Rush's TavernRush's was sold and then it was closedLeaving the lost souls to wonder
10. EMILY LIVES IN IRELAND I'll leave tonight with bright red skiesThat fade to amber grayWhile Emily, she's fast asleepStarring in a dreamOh, a year has passedSince our lips met last
Oh, Emily, she lives in IrelandAnd I won't live my life without herSo, Emily, I'll be there in KildareHolding you tenderly
She works a job at Temple BarThat's how we met last yearWho would of thought our distant loveWould never disappear?I wear her kiss on my lonely lips
Oh, Emily, she lives in IrelandAnd I won't live my life without herSo, Emily, I'll be there in KildareHolding you tenderly
I relive the day we said goodbyeOn a bench in Steven's GreenI held her heart and she held mineAs the misty Irish rain came down
Oh, Emily, she lives in IrelandAnd I won't live my life without her
So, Emily, I'll be there in KildareHolding you tenderly
My Emily, she lives in IrelandAnd I won't live my life without herSo, Emily, I'll be there in KildareHolding you tenderly
Emily lives in Ireland
1. PARADISEWell I woke up one day in bedBlinked my eyes and shook my headThe world I knew before I sleptWas not the same as what I left
ChorusEyeballs to the sky, this must be paradiseAll was wrong turned right, now life is paradiseWo-oh-oh-oh-oh something changed in meI'm glad at last, happy at last
I must have dreamt it in my sleepThat life's too short for me to weepSo don't worry about anythingHow life will be, well let it be
Chorus
BridgeWell I used to carry the weight of the worldOverly concerned, when will I ever learn?But now I wouldn't waste a grain of sandFrom the hourglass of my lifeFor things beyond controlI'll tell you cause I know
Chorus
Something changed in me
2. PERFECT IDIOTAlthough we've only met, I want to tell you everythingSpeaking quicker than my lipsMy words must sound like gibberishIf I seem insecure its just that I want you to want me
With eyes I can't forget I'd love to show you everythingActing like we're best of friends you must think I'm an idiotYou can call it like it is as long as you don't reject me
ChorusI feel like an idiot, a perfect idiot, would you consider itTo 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 trainBut life is quick to change and this would be a perfect wayWhat more can I say? I just want for you to want me
Chorus
BridgeAin't it like Hollywood, Gone With The Wind, African QueenBreakfast at Tiffany's, it would work out perfectly
Chorus
A perfect idiot in your life
3. HEARTBEATHeartbeat louder and harder, deeper and fasterIts getting late, I gotta get to sleepI feel lost in the memory, fearing the futureShe'll never know how much she means to me
ChorusTake it slow, the best I know, waiting for this night to goI hear her voice, I feel her lips, there's no one thereIts just a myth in my lonely mind
Heartbeat, each word that she said lingers in my headSpinning in my mind with disbeliefWhen she wakes in the morning, she'll be well restedNever giving any thought to me
Chorus
BridgeI don't have to tell you how hard it is for meCause honey when I see you my world falls out under my feet
Chorus
My lonely mindIn my lonely mind, my lonely mindIn my lonely mind, my lonely mindIn my lonely mind, my lonely mind
4. LOVE AND LUST Give me love and lust and all of that stuffI live my life only for the good timesShow me crazy girls who don't give a damnDon't wait all night before they take chancesGotta make the night a shot in the darkWant to find a girl whose looking for a good timeShow me a sign of an open mindI can't waste time, you know you got to take chances
Rings on my fingers only turn them greenLove and lust don't cost me anything
Give me love and lust and all of that stuffI live my life only for the good timesShow me crazy girls who don't give a damnDon't wait all night before they take chancesGotta make the night a shot in the darkWant to find a girl whose looking for a good timeI gotta have a good time
Live life only for the good timesLive life only for the good timesLive life only for the good timesYeah
Give me love and lust and all of that stuffI live my life only for the good timesShow me crazy girls who don't give a damnDon't wait all night before they take chances
Gotta make the night a shot in the darkWant to find a girl whose looking for a good timeI gotta have a good timeLive life only for the good timesLive life only for the good timesLive life only for the good timesLive life only for the good timesLive life only for the good timesLive life only for the good times
5. YOUR HERO I ain't young anymore, there's no time to change my dreamsI am what I am and thats all that I'll beBut I've got fish to fry, I got my arroganceSo what you get is what you see
But I wanted to be your hero, I thought I'd save your dayBut do you look at me now as a loserWhose life you couldn't change?
I got the world by the balls, cause I've see it all so don't thinkYou'll put one on me that easily, cause I've been kicked aroundAnd stumbled on the ground and smiled through tears of griefBut I wanted to be your hero kind of like James DeanBut do you look at me now as some dreamerWho 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 dreamsI am what I am and that's all that I'll beIt took me years to get what's inside this headAnd I'll take it when I leave
But I wanted to be your hero in every single wayBut I guess I'm just some loser who dreamed his life awayA life you couldn't change I dreamed my life away
6. GARDEN WALL Must be my lucky day, according to the starsIt's been so many years, I wondered where you've goneIt feels, it feels, so surreal, to finally see you nowMore than just my needs fulfilledTo make it all worthwhileTears and dreams, what I know bestWith shameful eyes, I do confessDid you wear that cute red dress for me?
ChorusYou fall, I'll fall, hide behind the garden wallI will catch you if you wishAnd keep you safe and warm within without
Its easier said than done to try to read your mindFollowing my heart let memories lead me onBut through the years, I'm sure we've changedAnd memories run disarrayDid you wear that perfume just for me?
Chorus
BridgeCold winter's night cries out to the moonlightStars filled with wishes that linger in your eyesThere hasn't been a day gone byI haven't thought about you my dearTears and dreams that I know bestWith shameful eyes I do confessSay 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 FEWBop-bop-boppa-bop-shoo-wopBop-bop-boppa-bop-shoo-wopBop-bop-boppa-bop-shoo-wopIts like Pop-Rock, but its really just a word from the wiseIts not Hip-Hop, so who am I to give you any advice?
Everywhere it's all the sameA sucker born a day with a fool on the wayWho would confess? Which words fit them the best?Sing it loud if you know how
ChorusLove many, trust few, always paddle your own canoeLove many, trust few, always paddle your own canoeLove many, trust few, always paddle your own canoeBop-bop-boppa-bop-shoo-wopBop-bop-boppa-bop-shoo-wopBop-bop-boppa-bop-shoo-wopBop-bop-boppa-bop-shoo-wop
Its like Disco, of course it talks about the shallow and weakIts not Smooth-Jazz, cause you can't spit it out in the sinkReal is real, but you can fake itFools take a fall where the wise never make itAre you tricked yet?These words you will obsessSing it loud if you know how
Chorus
BridgeWell its coming up fast so I'll give it a shotSome shoot dope and some smoke potHeads up baby when the hammer dropsHide your sugar and cover your rocksClever are the spies for the hiding in the bushesCamouflage hats and the cameras a-clickingSmiling in your face but they know who they're trickingSo you better stay sharp for they do it with conviction
Bop-bop-boppa-bop-shoo-wopBop-bop-boppa-bop-shoo-wopBop-bop-boppa-bop-shoo-wop
Its like Glam-RockFor you have to dress the part to surviveIts not Folk-RockFor they never sing with tears in their eyesSlide your way down to salvationYou gotta stand in lineSo you better be patientAnd keep your headSo let the truth be saidSing it loud if you know how
Chorus
8. GLASS We live in a house made of glassYou can look right in and see the furniture is oldWe live in a house made of glassWe can look right out and see what we don't have
But it's all right because we're used to itAnd we won't say a word about anyone
Yeah it's all right because we're used to itSo don't say a word against anyone
I feel your strength, I feel so weakThe armies roll in desert heatAnd where's the god that's never seen?You must be sleeping
Yeah it's all right because we're used to itAnd we won't say a word about anyoneYeah it's all right because we're used to itSo don't say a word against anyoneCause you can't hide because we see through itAnd you must come to terms with what's really true
We live in a house made of glassYou can look right in and see the furniture is old
9. OLD GREY MEN As if made of tin stand the old grey menDrunk again at Rush's TavernWith beers in their handsIn the window they standWatching the world that ignores them
Years came and went for the old grey menLost in the memories between themYou can hear them sighHow life has passed them byMemories is all that is left them
There's old Fred, his wife is ten years deadChad in his day was a boxerAndy in his prime ran the race in record timeBut now he gets on with a walker
Look in their eyes, see the fools, see the wiseDreams and misunderstandingHappiness and pain, the love lost and gainedDrinking their days till the sunset
But each day ends the way that it beginsTalking of the things as they once wereBetween repeated lines, stories intertwineFollowed by sad eyes of silence
Life took a spin for the old grey menAcross they stand from Rush's TavernRush's was sold and then it was closedLeaving the lost souls to wonder
10. EMILY LIVES IN IRELAND I'll leave tonight with bright red skiesThat fade to amber grayWhile Emily, she's fast asleepStarring in a dreamOh, a year has passedSince our lips met last
Oh, Emily, she lives in IrelandAnd I won't live my life without herSo, Emily, I'll be there in KildareHolding you tenderly
She works a job at Temple BarThat's how we met last yearWho would of thought our distant loveWould never disappear?I wear her kiss on my lonely lips
Oh, Emily, she lives in IrelandAnd I won't live my life without herSo, Emily, I'll be there in KildareHolding you tenderly
I relive the day we said goodbyeOn a bench in Steven's GreenI held her heart and she held mineAs the misty Irish rain came down
Oh, Emily, she lives in IrelandAnd I won't live my life without her
So, Emily, I'll be there in KildareHolding you tenderly
My Emily, she lives in IrelandAnd I won't live my life without herSo, Emily, I'll be there in KildareHolding you tenderly
Emily lives in Ireland
blind love sees tears
Released in 2001 Buy CD from Amazon Visit our Press page for reviews
1. SPEAKS LITTLE ENGLISHHappy as we go, walking down the road in TokyoMuki is her name and I met her on the train for Kyoto
ChorusI know she loves me, she tells me with her eyesSpeaks little English
In the USA, we want to build a life on enchantmentCounting all the stars that shoot across the eastern skys
Chorus
BridgeI 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 feelI know she loves meTrue eyes could never lieSpeaks little English
Bridge
2. TO BUILD A WALLChorusI can't make the teardrops stopTo build a wall around my heartI can't make the teardrops stopTo build a wall
You never could be in my worldNot that I'd want you toI never would be in your worldNot that I think I shouldI'm lazy, so crazyYeah, I'm no fuckin' goodSo boring and stupidWell then, I'm just like youTwo worlds never meant to meetTwo worlds collidingAnd as I struggle to my feetI look inside themAlways above meWith your life so richIt takes a fool to tell youYou're just a clueless bitchAhhhh, I'm bleeding, I'm bleeding
Chorus
My world is only what you seeNo hidden valleysYour world is sinking in the seaOf perfected lyingNothing to tell meNothing left to sayI wash my dreams outIn 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 shallowNothing to tell meNothing left to sayI wash my dreams outIn a velvet rain
Chorus
3. NEW YORK MINING DISASTER (1941) (Barry, Robin, & Maurice Gibb)
4. NOTHING TO HOLD THEMNothing to hold themNo need to try, say 'So long'It was just what it wasBut weren't they so continentalDoing everything just rightThere's no need to feel sentimentalWhen the common dream dividesNothing to hold themNot like beforeIts so wrongNo words could calm the stormBut weren't they so 'Romeo and Juliet'Token lovers of our timeBut now it seems as though they're always arguingLike little kids with selfish minds
BridgeAll those years of trust and respectTurn to scars of regretWishing they never met
Were they so continentalDoing everything just right?There's no need to feel sentimentalWhen the common dream divides
Nothing to hold themNothing to hold themNothing to hold themSay 'Goodbye'
5. CLOSEST FRIENDTo look inside a selfish mindWhere every day you're the centerNo one can make you something that you're notAnd if I try to, where would I start?
As we define wrong from rightIts all a play, for nothing's changingIf I could tell you, would you have me sayWords to convince you, not to break the chain?
ChorusNow she walks by like a strangerHer eyes show no emotionShame on me, I lost my closest friendShame on me, I lost my closest friendShame on me, I lost my closest friend
These walls they speak, so honestlyLike movie scenes, how my mind wondersEach day grows longer but never long enoughTo find the answers to bring us back as one
Chorus
BridgeActing as if I could care lessOutsides all right, insides a messWell I feel, yes, I feel so lost
Chorus
6. CECELIA ELIZABETHThe last on line for my affectionAging myself, now I understandNever said your name with importanceThough life has left you silentCan you hear?
ChorusThis is just a song for Cecelia ElizabethBusy painting rainbows in the skyIf you ever saw my Cecelia ElizabethIt is raining lovedrops from her eyes
Held me near, those infant years, and sang her heartHigh lee high low, the monsters ran awayGave herself and never wanted nothingProtected me when I was so afraid
Chorus
BridgeHer hair was silver grayStrands of red from younger daysSlowly fade with age
An empty kitchen chairAn apron torn that needs repairAn old man's eyes in tears
Chorus
7. JUST LIKE IN THE MOVIESI met her drunk on the dance floorFell on her bag walking out the doorWe started to talk, got to know each other betterI took her home and I called her later
ChorusOh yeahYou know I met a beautyJust like in the moviesAnd love don't fool meUh huh, loving time
So we'll start as best of friendsI'll take my time before I move inYou gotta take it easy or she'll think you're sleazyI hope some day that girl will need me
Chorus
All I can see is you and meI think about you, think about you, think about you
Sooner or later you know I'm gonna getchaBut as for now, I'm glad I metchaYou better dig me baby or I'll drive you crazyI'll tell you now I don't give up easy
Chorus
8. BLIND LOVE SEES TEARSDon't feel ashamed, its not your faultI know losing's hard to takeYou could fill an ocean with your tearsThen slowly sail awayI've tried to warn you countless timesHave you learned by now?To see what's true and what's a lieYou'll find
ChorusBlind love sees tearsBlind love sees tearsBlind love sees tears
Nothing sincere to hold onIt will never be the samePondering the dream, although its goneThinking loudly, you sayShe'd never leave me, but if she didHow will I go on?Making the best of what there isInside
Chorus
Haven't I tried to fill your needsTo make you want no one but me?A side of you I've never seenThe biggest fool you've made of meDon't feel ashamed, its not your faultI know losing's hard to takeYou could fill an ocean with your tearsThen slowly sail awayWith every stary moonlit nightRoams the searching soulsMaking the best of how they feelInside
Chorus
9. MY ONLY CHILDDo as I say, not as I doAnd life will be my gift to youYou'll understand when you come of ageBy then I know my name will fade
ChorusSo dream your dreamsLet them be wildYou have my eyesMy only child
In your new world every day is a gameAnd how I wish I could watch you playTo see you grow through changes and stagesAs I live with mistakes that I've made
Chorus
And when I look aroundAll that I see are promises that I can't keepPromisesDo as I say, not as I do
10. BETTER THAN NOTHINGWell its a quarter to threeI'm drunk as can beBut I think I'll have one more before homeSo stinkin' from drinkBut still on my feetI stumble in the Buffalo BarAnd there she wasThe queen of lonely loveSluggin' beer out of a jugWell I'd admitI ain't no Brad PittBut I'm not going home with a mutt
Chorus'Cause if its better than nothing, then I'll take nothingIf its better than nothing, I'll take nothing, yeahI'm like a caveman from the prehistoric timeBut 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 promBut I would die with the morning sunriseAnd the booze ran thin in my veinsWell I'd admit I'm lonely as shitBut I could do much better than this
Chorus
Well she grabbed on me like an old dog in heatAnd I tripped and I fell to the floorAnd then with her hands, grabbed on me like a manI was making my way out the door
Chorus
11. SORRYSorry, a word to dry your eyesOne word to heal your heart insideI was lonely and you weren't thereShe said words that led me to her bedI'll be incredibly lonelyPlease don't leave meSorry with each forgiving kissOnes that, if you leave me, I will missSweetheart we've known each other yearsAnd I would be lost without your tendernessI'll be regretfully lonelyPlease don't leave meLife would be an empty placeShades of sadness from my mistakeI'll make it up to you some wayDarling don't you leaveCan you still love me?Sorry, a word to dry your tearsOne word not often said sincereBut I'll say to you til your eyes drySorry sorry sorry
1. SPEAKS LITTLE ENGLISHHappy as we go, walking down the road in TokyoMuki is her name and I met her on the train for Kyoto
ChorusI know she loves me, she tells me with her eyesSpeaks little English
In the USA, we want to build a life on enchantmentCounting all the stars that shoot across the eastern skys
Chorus
BridgeI 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 feelI know she loves meTrue eyes could never lieSpeaks little English
Bridge
2. TO BUILD A WALLChorusI can't make the teardrops stopTo build a wall around my heartI can't make the teardrops stopTo build a wall
You never could be in my worldNot that I'd want you toI never would be in your worldNot that I think I shouldI'm lazy, so crazyYeah, I'm no fuckin' goodSo boring and stupidWell then, I'm just like youTwo worlds never meant to meetTwo worlds collidingAnd as I struggle to my feetI look inside themAlways above meWith your life so richIt takes a fool to tell youYou're just a clueless bitchAhhhh, I'm bleeding, I'm bleeding
Chorus
My world is only what you seeNo hidden valleysYour world is sinking in the seaOf perfected lyingNothing to tell meNothing left to sayI wash my dreams outIn 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 shallowNothing to tell meNothing left to sayI wash my dreams outIn a velvet rain
Chorus
3. NEW YORK MINING DISASTER (1941) (Barry, Robin, & Maurice Gibb)
4. NOTHING TO HOLD THEMNothing to hold themNo need to try, say 'So long'It was just what it wasBut weren't they so continentalDoing everything just rightThere's no need to feel sentimentalWhen the common dream dividesNothing to hold themNot like beforeIts so wrongNo words could calm the stormBut weren't they so 'Romeo and Juliet'Token lovers of our timeBut now it seems as though they're always arguingLike little kids with selfish minds
BridgeAll those years of trust and respectTurn to scars of regretWishing they never met
Were they so continentalDoing everything just right?There's no need to feel sentimentalWhen the common dream divides
Nothing to hold themNothing to hold themNothing to hold themSay 'Goodbye'
5. CLOSEST FRIENDTo look inside a selfish mindWhere every day you're the centerNo one can make you something that you're notAnd if I try to, where would I start?
As we define wrong from rightIts all a play, for nothing's changingIf I could tell you, would you have me sayWords to convince you, not to break the chain?
ChorusNow she walks by like a strangerHer eyes show no emotionShame on me, I lost my closest friendShame on me, I lost my closest friendShame on me, I lost my closest friend
These walls they speak, so honestlyLike movie scenes, how my mind wondersEach day grows longer but never long enoughTo find the answers to bring us back as one
Chorus
BridgeActing as if I could care lessOutsides all right, insides a messWell I feel, yes, I feel so lost
Chorus
6. CECELIA ELIZABETHThe last on line for my affectionAging myself, now I understandNever said your name with importanceThough life has left you silentCan you hear?
ChorusThis is just a song for Cecelia ElizabethBusy painting rainbows in the skyIf you ever saw my Cecelia ElizabethIt is raining lovedrops from her eyes
Held me near, those infant years, and sang her heartHigh lee high low, the monsters ran awayGave herself and never wanted nothingProtected me when I was so afraid
Chorus
BridgeHer hair was silver grayStrands of red from younger daysSlowly fade with age
An empty kitchen chairAn apron torn that needs repairAn old man's eyes in tears
Chorus
7. JUST LIKE IN THE MOVIESI met her drunk on the dance floorFell on her bag walking out the doorWe started to talk, got to know each other betterI took her home and I called her later
ChorusOh yeahYou know I met a beautyJust like in the moviesAnd love don't fool meUh huh, loving time
So we'll start as best of friendsI'll take my time before I move inYou gotta take it easy or she'll think you're sleazyI hope some day that girl will need me
Chorus
All I can see is you and meI think about you, think about you, think about you
Sooner or later you know I'm gonna getchaBut as for now, I'm glad I metchaYou better dig me baby or I'll drive you crazyI'll tell you now I don't give up easy
Chorus
8. BLIND LOVE SEES TEARSDon't feel ashamed, its not your faultI know losing's hard to takeYou could fill an ocean with your tearsThen slowly sail awayI've tried to warn you countless timesHave you learned by now?To see what's true and what's a lieYou'll find
ChorusBlind love sees tearsBlind love sees tearsBlind love sees tears
Nothing sincere to hold onIt will never be the samePondering the dream, although its goneThinking loudly, you sayShe'd never leave me, but if she didHow will I go on?Making the best of what there isInside
Chorus
Haven't I tried to fill your needsTo make you want no one but me?A side of you I've never seenThe biggest fool you've made of meDon't feel ashamed, its not your faultI know losing's hard to takeYou could fill an ocean with your tearsThen slowly sail awayWith every stary moonlit nightRoams the searching soulsMaking the best of how they feelInside
Chorus
9. MY ONLY CHILDDo as I say, not as I doAnd life will be my gift to youYou'll understand when you come of ageBy then I know my name will fade
ChorusSo dream your dreamsLet them be wildYou have my eyesMy only child
In your new world every day is a gameAnd how I wish I could watch you playTo see you grow through changes and stagesAs I live with mistakes that I've made
Chorus
And when I look aroundAll that I see are promises that I can't keepPromisesDo as I say, not as I do
10. BETTER THAN NOTHINGWell its a quarter to threeI'm drunk as can beBut I think I'll have one more before homeSo stinkin' from drinkBut still on my feetI stumble in the Buffalo BarAnd there she wasThe queen of lonely loveSluggin' beer out of a jugWell I'd admitI ain't no Brad PittBut I'm not going home with a mutt
Chorus'Cause if its better than nothing, then I'll take nothingIf its better than nothing, I'll take nothing, yeahI'm like a caveman from the prehistoric timeBut 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 promBut I would die with the morning sunriseAnd the booze ran thin in my veinsWell I'd admit I'm lonely as shitBut I could do much better than this
Chorus
Well she grabbed on me like an old dog in heatAnd I tripped and I fell to the floorAnd then with her hands, grabbed on me like a manI was making my way out the door
Chorus
11. SORRYSorry, a word to dry your eyesOne word to heal your heart insideI was lonely and you weren't thereShe said words that led me to her bedI'll be incredibly lonelyPlease don't leave meSorry with each forgiving kissOnes that, if you leave me, I will missSweetheart we've known each other yearsAnd I would be lost without your tendernessI'll be regretfully lonelyPlease don't leave meLife would be an empty placeShades of sadness from my mistakeI'll make it up to you some wayDarling don't you leaveCan you still love me?Sorry, a word to dry your tearsOne word not often said sincereBut I'll say to you til your eyes drySorry sorry sorry
insides
Released in 1996 Buy CD from Amazon Visit our Press page for reviews
1. STONE TO THROWYoung and dumb, and crazy as they comeSelfishly naive, you'll get yours yetWhen dreams fall short and time goes fastYou'll wonder what is real, or in your head
ChorusWorry about yourself, don't worry about meI cut my path by trials and schemesI walked alone and I paved the roadI'm just a stone for you to throw
Eyes so bright with fool's insightThe picture perfect world so often fadesAnd when you think you got it madeThe dreams you held so near slip away
Chorus
Lay it downIts not the same old thingYour mother lies asleepWhile you run wild enraged
So let's go out, yeah go crazyDon't stay home you'll grow fat and lazyCause the night it filled with heated passionBuy a gun 'cause its in fashion, yeah
Chorus
2. ELEANOR RIGBY (Lennon & McCartney)
3. RAPLINESome make it easy to put it overI gotta find a conversation lineSee the pretty ones dressed in leathersI'm goin' out to see what I could find
ChorusRap, rap line, yeah that's what I needTalk at the right time, knowing just what to sayYou can't be too shy, you look out of placeAnd little white lies is all you need to say
Love doesn't fool me like infatuationMy situation is love to findI'm in a race with no beginningsBut your eyes are blue and tonight you could be mine
Chorus
4. JUST SAY LOVEBlue, blue, see the moon glowHot lonely summer nightHear the echoes of a heartbeatDeep in love, infatuatedThere ain't a diamond that could shinebright enough for youThe world is empty without you in itNights in solitude
ChorusI'll come running, just say love
Each night seems the same thingSit talking to myselfEverybody's got a babySome dream of lovers maybe's.Words can't be spokenThat could break a heart like yours in twoYet mine is aching without you near meCrying out for you
Chorus
Like a roller coaster nowAnd I feel it going downShe'll lose out, I know somehowOh it hurts me, yes it hurts me
5. SIDEWALK DANCEWell I feel good, yeah I feel greatThe sun is high, the night awaitsSidewalks burn like coals on fireSo you could dance now with your sneakers onWe can go down on the streets through this valley of stone
ChorusWe'll dance 'cause we want toDance 'cause we need toCan't tell us not to danceSo we do our sidewalk danceI'll sidewalk dance with youSidewalk dance
Well I don't care what they sayWe could dance our lives awayWhile the shark-eyes watch by with desiresThey're too square to dance at allHey let's go down on the streets through this valley of stone
Chorus
Well I feel good, yeah I feel greatThe sun is high, the night awaitsAnd the sidewalks burn like coals on fireCause we could dance our lives away.
6. FREEDOM'S BLOODStatue stands highGoddess of democracyStudents hold signsTanks are rolling down the streetWill we survive?Or will we die with our dreams?Hear mothers cryAs their children bleed
ChorusFreedom's bloodFreedom's bloodLying down on the ground in Beijing
Soldiers stand 'roundAs night falls on a turmoil townStudents yell loudDemocracy will rule our future nowBut all of their voicesTurn to silent tearsThe government forcesAttacked with Satan's spears
Chorus
You can't control the mindYou can't control someone's feelings(free as my soul)I'd rather wake up deadthan to live under suppressionAnd as the sun rided on a shattered townFor all of those who diedA page in history now
Chorus
7. WHEN I MET YOULove, love, so in loveFeel, feel, feeling love
ChorusEvery dream that I had came trueWhen I met you
Soft and warm, are your eyesAs mine gaze in joy they cry
Chorus
Wherever I go you're always with meLocked deep in my heartAnd any time you feel lonelyCall on me, call on meYou can call on meLove, love, so in loveFeel, feel, feeling love
Chorus
8. WALK IN CIRCLESCome with me my loveCome with me right nowCome with me my loveCome with me right nowHave you seen the fieldsThrough these lonely eyes?Can you hear the forest cry?Late at night your name it whispers
ChorusWell it's strange to think nothing on earthCould ever fill the voidIn a daze I walk in circlesAsking myself why she left me
Come to me my loveCome to me right nowCome to me my loveCome to me right nowI'll build you a house(A house to live)In your favorite townDiamond rings and gownsAll the things that young girls dream of
Chorus
9. ZIPPORAZippora, ZipporaLocked in your bedroomI'm downstairs, lying on the sofaWith my invisible girlThe blocks in the ceilingRemind of ZipporaI count them allFeeling like I used toYou know the feeling only when you want to
ChorusLove is loveLove is loveWhoa, oh, oh...If this is love, why can't I find it?
Down in the valleyOf make believe SallysMy mind's linked to a single heartbeatThat pounds so hard on my wallImagining that I'mTucked tightly by your sideI'll say the word hoping for the right timeThe night is old, we could watch the sunrise
ChorusLove is loveLove is loveWhoa, oh, oh...If this is love, why can't I find it?Gonna find it.
In your mindWhere 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 BLUEThe sky is blueAnd the world spins roundLife stands stillIn a shell looking outIt could take forever to learn to love yourself
The sky is blueAnd the world spins fineNo clouds in the skyThough it rains in my mindIf there is a rainbowIt seems so hard to findThe sky is blue
All alone with my feelingsAnd they'll never subsideSolitude plays a tuneAnd I don't understand why
The sky is blueAnd the whole world smilesNo face with a frownOr eyes to the groundIf the world can't feel the sadnessThen its only in my mindThe sky is blue
I see their sad eyesThey seem so emptyNo one to love themWho has feelings?I dream my dreams were meaning nothingLosing feeling slowly lying
1. STONE TO THROWYoung and dumb, and crazy as they comeSelfishly naive, you'll get yours yetWhen dreams fall short and time goes fastYou'll wonder what is real, or in your head
ChorusWorry about yourself, don't worry about meI cut my path by trials and schemesI walked alone and I paved the roadI'm just a stone for you to throw
Eyes so bright with fool's insightThe picture perfect world so often fadesAnd when you think you got it madeThe dreams you held so near slip away
Chorus
Lay it downIts not the same old thingYour mother lies asleepWhile you run wild enraged
So let's go out, yeah go crazyDon't stay home you'll grow fat and lazyCause the night it filled with heated passionBuy a gun 'cause its in fashion, yeah
Chorus
2. ELEANOR RIGBY (Lennon & McCartney)
3. RAPLINESome make it easy to put it overI gotta find a conversation lineSee the pretty ones dressed in leathersI'm goin' out to see what I could find
ChorusRap, rap line, yeah that's what I needTalk at the right time, knowing just what to sayYou can't be too shy, you look out of placeAnd little white lies is all you need to say
Love doesn't fool me like infatuationMy situation is love to findI'm in a race with no beginningsBut your eyes are blue and tonight you could be mine
Chorus
4. JUST SAY LOVEBlue, blue, see the moon glowHot lonely summer nightHear the echoes of a heartbeatDeep in love, infatuatedThere ain't a diamond that could shinebright enough for youThe world is empty without you in itNights in solitude
ChorusI'll come running, just say love
Each night seems the same thingSit talking to myselfEverybody's got a babySome dream of lovers maybe's.Words can't be spokenThat could break a heart like yours in twoYet mine is aching without you near meCrying out for you
Chorus
Like a roller coaster nowAnd I feel it going downShe'll lose out, I know somehowOh it hurts me, yes it hurts me
5. SIDEWALK DANCEWell I feel good, yeah I feel greatThe sun is high, the night awaitsSidewalks burn like coals on fireSo you could dance now with your sneakers onWe can go down on the streets through this valley of stone
ChorusWe'll dance 'cause we want toDance 'cause we need toCan't tell us not to danceSo we do our sidewalk danceI'll sidewalk dance with youSidewalk dance
Well I don't care what they sayWe could dance our lives awayWhile the shark-eyes watch by with desiresThey're too square to dance at allHey let's go down on the streets through this valley of stone
Chorus
Well I feel good, yeah I feel greatThe sun is high, the night awaitsAnd the sidewalks burn like coals on fireCause we could dance our lives away.
6. FREEDOM'S BLOODStatue stands highGoddess of democracyStudents hold signsTanks are rolling down the streetWill we survive?Or will we die with our dreams?Hear mothers cryAs their children bleed
ChorusFreedom's bloodFreedom's bloodLying down on the ground in Beijing
Soldiers stand 'roundAs night falls on a turmoil townStudents yell loudDemocracy will rule our future nowBut all of their voicesTurn to silent tearsThe government forcesAttacked with Satan's spears
Chorus
You can't control the mindYou can't control someone's feelings(free as my soul)I'd rather wake up deadthan to live under suppressionAnd as the sun rided on a shattered townFor all of those who diedA page in history now
Chorus
7. WHEN I MET YOULove, love, so in loveFeel, feel, feeling love
ChorusEvery dream that I had came trueWhen I met you
Soft and warm, are your eyesAs mine gaze in joy they cry
Chorus
Wherever I go you're always with meLocked deep in my heartAnd any time you feel lonelyCall on me, call on meYou can call on meLove, love, so in loveFeel, feel, feeling love
Chorus
8. WALK IN CIRCLESCome with me my loveCome with me right nowCome with me my loveCome with me right nowHave you seen the fieldsThrough these lonely eyes?Can you hear the forest cry?Late at night your name it whispers
ChorusWell it's strange to think nothing on earthCould ever fill the voidIn a daze I walk in circlesAsking myself why she left me
Come to me my loveCome to me right nowCome to me my loveCome to me right nowI'll build you a house(A house to live)In your favorite townDiamond rings and gownsAll the things that young girls dream of
Chorus
9. ZIPPORAZippora, ZipporaLocked in your bedroomI'm downstairs, lying on the sofaWith my invisible girlThe blocks in the ceilingRemind of ZipporaI count them allFeeling like I used toYou know the feeling only when you want to
ChorusLove is loveLove is loveWhoa, oh, oh...If this is love, why can't I find it?
Down in the valleyOf make believe SallysMy mind's linked to a single heartbeatThat pounds so hard on my wallImagining that I'mTucked tightly by your sideI'll say the word hoping for the right timeThe night is old, we could watch the sunrise
ChorusLove is loveLove is loveWhoa, oh, oh...If this is love, why can't I find it?Gonna find it.
In your mindWhere 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 BLUEThe sky is blueAnd the world spins roundLife stands stillIn a shell looking outIt could take forever to learn to love yourself
The sky is blueAnd the world spins fineNo clouds in the skyThough it rains in my mindIf there is a rainbowIt seems so hard to findThe sky is blue
All alone with my feelingsAnd they'll never subsideSolitude plays a tuneAnd I don't understand why
The sky is blueAnd the whole world smilesNo face with a frownOr eyes to the groundIf the world can't feel the sadnessThen its only in my mindThe sky is blue
I see their sad eyesThey seem so emptyNo one to love themWho has feelings?I dream my dreams were meaning nothingLosing feeling slowly lying
popp this
Released in 1990 Buy CD from Amazon Visit our Press page for reviews
1. EVERYTHING IS THINEverything we talk about is thinDo our best to cover up our sinsShadows cover up my wallsAnd tell me everything I lostAge is just another sense of timeBut see the separation of our mindsSo trust me to understand myselfAnd know that I don't need no helpAnd yet I know it's okaySet in our waysSetting our waysSetting our waysAnd like tomorrow todayLove will remainLove will remainLove will remainBut everything we talk about is thin(repeat)Everything we talk aboutDoo doo doo doodo
2. TOO MANY STARSEveryone is greater than greatSitting pretty with a painted faceSome are real, but some are fakeYou'll have to know just what to say
ChorusBut I know how much you want to shineBut there's too many stars out tonightToo many stars out tonightToo many stars out tonightToo many stars out tonightToo many stars out tonight
People you meet become a threatAnd it's so hard to make a true friendYou think they're realThey fooled you againYou're just a yoyo, caught in a spin
Chorus
(repeat first verse)
Chorus 3. I'LL NEVER CHANGEYou won't see my eyes turn redI'll keep my cool, won't lose my headI'm dealing with the situationSo when you freeze from the coldAnd you melt from the heatAnd you look at yourselvesIn the circle you keepI've known you a lifetimeAnd if I could, well I'd be different
ChorusBut I'll never changeI will never changeI'll never changeWhoa, yeahMother, father, sister, brother
You won't see me on my kneesI wasn't born to fill your dreamsAnd I don't think I owe you somethingYou're just a tear that will passOr the reason to laughLike the standards you keepYeah, for what your friends needI don't know the answersBut it's your sin and that's my pleasure
Chorus
Yeah, mother, father, sister, brotherMother, father
Chorus
4. DON'T HOLD IT AGAINST MEChorusDon't hold it against meDon't hold it against meDon't hold it against meDon't hold it against me
Aaaahhh, listen babeLove is blind and I'm a ship on fireIn a whirlpool of broken dreamsIf you're concerned with my emotionsKnowing how I lost controlYou turn so coldIt's so hard for me to deal withAnd I do my bestI'm not a stoneBut we all need loveDon't you need love?
Chorus
You complain I'm insaneAnd I'm out to sting yaI'm the last to burn you babeYou run from me like a wild horseAnd you kicked your stable downBroke the love that I have foundCome to me soft and lonelyAnd I'm sure that we'll agreeWhat is right for you and meWell we all need loveDon't you need love?I need love and I love you
Chorus
Well we all need loveDon't you need love?I need love and I love you
Chorus
5. SATISFIEDWell it seems that I mean for my eyes to play on your heartSo sincere as a tear, words of love with no soundI'm sure you heard this line a thousand times beforePromise me your deepest love and I will give you everything
ChorusYou will be satisfiedDeep in love and satisfiedLiving life so satisfied
Well, to want is to need and all I can see is you with meIn a world that survives and only cares for themselvesI wouldn't say there'll never somber nightsBut give to me your honest love And I'll be with you all the time
Chorus
6. TIL NOWHERELook to the stars high in the skyYeah, they're really out thereAnd when they fall your darkest night shines bright with stardustSo hold me tightMelt into my arms til nowhere
ChorusWhen the sky turns red and life is deadLook to meAnd all that's left is consciousnessLook for meLook to me from now til nowhere
Color my life, color my dreamsColor everything you seeI feel it allI'm the page to sign your life onAs starts shine brightI'll say words that will intrigue you
Chorus
Look to meTil nowhere
7. GO WITH THE FLOWMaybe she knows betterMaybe it's the right thing to doJust let it goAnd go with the flow
Nothing lasts foreverEven frozen tears will melt like snowIn time you'll knowGo with the flow
Every day is seems so shallowLook inside, it seems so hollowIs it all the things I missThe line is broke, the circle splitNothing has a reason whyLook at me, so numb to lifeGuess I got to let it flyI got to let it fly
But when I'm through these shades of grayI'll be so happy nowSo happy nowSo happy now
I've felt the tears of a hundred thousandAnd every night I seem to count themWhere do all those teardrops lieAnd how will all those teardrops dryYour eyes will linger on meYour voice will hold my thoughtsWhen I'm aloneAnd I miss you soGod only knows
As time slowly divides usI'm sure that there are momentsYou'll feel downSo until you knowGo with the flow
8. PUNK GIRLSHark!She likes to go out dancingSometimes she goes by herselfThe world is mean but she is nastyAnd love, it falls on a shelf
Some say her eyes tell true storiesFor those who want to believeThere are no backseats, no wheel of fortuneAnd no one knows what she thinksWell, some say her mind goes just like the wind blows
ChorusNight breaks, I lie awakeI don't know where she staysPunk girls always get what they wantTorn hearts in the darkHolding onto what they gotPunk girls always get what they wantAlways get what they want
Uncommon as her futureAnd her concept of loveNo compromises, no sacrificesYou'll never learn to love no oneWell, but I know her mind goes just like the wind blows
Chorus
9. SHE'S IN THE SKYI hope we get along without youSpirit get ahold of meTell me what to do to wake youMomma, will you talk to meProtect me pleaseKeep me from darknessI know you're watching over me
ChorusShe's in the sky, she's in the skyShe's in the sky, she's in the sky
May all your wisdom left behind youFill my heart and pure my soulYou'll always be a part of meNo matter where I may goSo knowing that, please rest in peaceI'll go on, for you I will sing
Chorus
Hope we get along without youSpirit get ahold of meTell me what to do to wake youMomma, will you talk to meProtect me pleaseKeep me from darknessI know you're watching over me
Chorus
10. ONE DOOR SLAMSOne door slams, another opensAs 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 perfectionsAnd hidden thorns that lie beneath a rose We’re on our own in set directionsI 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 timeNow lies a lonely dream locked in chains And I, you know I wouldn’t change it for the worldIt’s just one thing I guess that had to be You can’t go back, so don’t look backAnd now let’s say, don’t look back, but when we look back Oh everyday our eyes saw things the sameNow every sunrise brings another change And dreams, you know they’re only made for when you sleepAnd man, how I wish that I could sleepYou can’t go back, no don’t look back
1. EVERYTHING IS THINEverything we talk about is thinDo our best to cover up our sinsShadows cover up my wallsAnd tell me everything I lostAge is just another sense of timeBut see the separation of our mindsSo trust me to understand myselfAnd know that I don't need no helpAnd yet I know it's okaySet in our waysSetting our waysSetting our waysAnd like tomorrow todayLove will remainLove will remainLove will remainBut everything we talk about is thin(repeat)Everything we talk aboutDoo doo doo doodo
2. TOO MANY STARSEveryone is greater than greatSitting pretty with a painted faceSome are real, but some are fakeYou'll have to know just what to say
ChorusBut I know how much you want to shineBut there's too many stars out tonightToo many stars out tonightToo many stars out tonightToo many stars out tonightToo many stars out tonight
People you meet become a threatAnd it's so hard to make a true friendYou think they're realThey fooled you againYou're just a yoyo, caught in a spin
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(repeat first verse)
Chorus 3. I'LL NEVER CHANGEYou won't see my eyes turn redI'll keep my cool, won't lose my headI'm dealing with the situationSo when you freeze from the coldAnd you melt from the heatAnd you look at yourselvesIn the circle you keepI've known you a lifetimeAnd if I could, well I'd be different
ChorusBut I'll never changeI will never changeI'll never changeWhoa, yeahMother, father, sister, brother
You won't see me on my kneesI wasn't born to fill your dreamsAnd I don't think I owe you somethingYou're just a tear that will passOr the reason to laughLike the standards you keepYeah, for what your friends needI don't know the answersBut it's your sin and that's my pleasure
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Yeah, mother, father, sister, brotherMother, father
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4. DON'T HOLD IT AGAINST MEChorusDon't hold it against meDon't hold it against meDon't hold it against meDon't hold it against me
Aaaahhh, listen babeLove is blind and I'm a ship on fireIn a whirlpool of broken dreamsIf you're concerned with my emotionsKnowing how I lost controlYou turn so coldIt's so hard for me to deal withAnd I do my bestI'm not a stoneBut we all need loveDon't you need love?
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You complain I'm insaneAnd I'm out to sting yaI'm the last to burn you babeYou run from me like a wild horseAnd you kicked your stable downBroke the love that I have foundCome to me soft and lonelyAnd I'm sure that we'll agreeWhat is right for you and meWell we all need loveDon't you need love?I need love and I love you
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Well we all need loveDon't you need love?I need love and I love you
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5. SATISFIEDWell it seems that I mean for my eyes to play on your heartSo sincere as a tear, words of love with no soundI'm sure you heard this line a thousand times beforePromise me your deepest love and I will give you everything
ChorusYou will be satisfiedDeep in love and satisfiedLiving life so satisfied
Well, to want is to need and all I can see is you with meIn a world that survives and only cares for themselvesI wouldn't say there'll never somber nightsBut give to me your honest love And I'll be with you all the time
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6. TIL NOWHERELook to the stars high in the skyYeah, they're really out thereAnd when they fall your darkest night shines bright with stardustSo hold me tightMelt into my arms til nowhere
ChorusWhen the sky turns red and life is deadLook to meAnd all that's left is consciousnessLook for meLook to me from now til nowhere
Color my life, color my dreamsColor everything you seeI feel it allI'm the page to sign your life onAs starts shine brightI'll say words that will intrigue you
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Look to meTil nowhere
7. GO WITH THE FLOWMaybe she knows betterMaybe it's the right thing to doJust let it goAnd go with the flow
Nothing lasts foreverEven frozen tears will melt like snowIn time you'll knowGo with the flow
Every day is seems so shallowLook inside, it seems so hollowIs it all the things I missThe line is broke, the circle splitNothing has a reason whyLook at me, so numb to lifeGuess I got to let it flyI got to let it fly
But when I'm through these shades of grayI'll be so happy nowSo happy nowSo happy now
I've felt the tears of a hundred thousandAnd every night I seem to count themWhere do all those teardrops lieAnd how will all those teardrops dryYour eyes will linger on meYour voice will hold my thoughtsWhen I'm aloneAnd I miss you soGod only knows
As time slowly divides usI'm sure that there are momentsYou'll feel downSo until you knowGo with the flow
8. PUNK GIRLSHark!She likes to go out dancingSometimes she goes by herselfThe world is mean but she is nastyAnd love, it falls on a shelf
Some say her eyes tell true storiesFor those who want to believeThere are no backseats, no wheel of fortuneAnd no one knows what she thinksWell, some say her mind goes just like the wind blows
ChorusNight breaks, I lie awakeI don't know where she staysPunk girls always get what they wantTorn hearts in the darkHolding onto what they gotPunk girls always get what they wantAlways get what they want
Uncommon as her futureAnd her concept of loveNo compromises, no sacrificesYou'll never learn to love no oneWell, but I know her mind goes just like the wind blows
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9. SHE'S IN THE SKYI hope we get along without youSpirit get ahold of meTell me what to do to wake youMomma, will you talk to meProtect me pleaseKeep me from darknessI know you're watching over me
ChorusShe's in the sky, she's in the skyShe's in the sky, she's in the sky
May all your wisdom left behind youFill my heart and pure my soulYou'll always be a part of meNo matter where I may goSo knowing that, please rest in peaceI'll go on, for you I will sing
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Hope we get along without youSpirit get ahold of meTell me what to do to wake youMomma, will you talk to meProtect me pleaseKeep me from darknessI know you're watching over me
Chorus
10. ONE DOOR SLAMSOne door slams, another opensAs 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 perfectionsAnd hidden thorns that lie beneath a rose We’re on our own in set directionsI 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 timeNow lies a lonely dream locked in chains And I, you know I wouldn’t change it for the worldIt’s just one thing I guess that had to be You can’t go back, so don’t look backAnd now let’s say, don’t look back, but when we look back Oh everyday our eyes saw things the sameNow every sunrise brings another change And dreams, you know they’re only made for when you sleepAnd man, how I wish that I could sleepYou can’t go back, no don’t look back