Leap Of Innocence
I saw John
He looked so sad
I want you to know that I feel bad
For not making our dreams come true
We had so many dreams me and you
I want you to know
I love you
You’re my favorite thing from the past
And all of those nights we spent together
I never had such a blast
Anyone could tell
You were my instrument
He said, “I understand you
You want to play me”
Everything about us had an innocence
But everything around us was changing
It’s hard to believe
So much happened so fast
Remember the way we’d always laugh
While thinking up things to do
We were kings of the world me and you
I wish it had stayed like that forever
But everyone was dropping off like flies
I had so many friends in rehab
A couple who practically died
Anyone could tell
You were my instrument
He said, “I understand you
You want to play me”
Everything about us had an innocence
But everything around us was changing
And my mistake
Was being already married
I wanna make a leap of innocence to you
I guess when you’re living the high life
It’s one of those things that just can’t last
Kind of like love in California
But I never had such a blast
Anyone could tell
You were my instrument
He said, “I understand you
You want to play me”
Everything about us had an innocence
But everything around us was changing
And my mistake
Was thinking I’d already made it
I wanna make a leap of innocence
My mistake
Was thinking that you and I could change it
I wanna make a leap of innocence to you
Wind In The Mountain
You lose your way
You’ve got to land
You’ve gotta make another plan
But sometimes I am too tired
You’ve gotta smile
You’ve gotta play
You’ve gotta work another day
But sometimes I am too tired
You’ve gotta raise your hand
And say I don’t understand
But there are days when I’m too tired
There are days when I’m just too tired
And the wind that I’m in
Screams on me
Screams on me
Howls around me
Howls around me
And I feel like I am a naked man
I’ve got nothing and no one
In a stranger’s land
And the wind will do me in
Every day you’ve gotta run
You’ve got a job
You get it done
But sometimes I am too tired
You wanna roll in the grass
Kick your shoes off
Have a laugh
But sometimes I am too tired
I wanna raise my hand
And say I don’t understand
But there are days when I’m too tired
There are days when I’m just too tired
And the wind kicks in again and says
Lean on me
Lean on me
Rise above me
Rise above me
And it says, sailor
Don’t leave the channel now
Deep blue rollers are breaking across your bow
And the wind will guide you in
So I went up the mountain
But all I saw was another mountain
So I came down the mountain
And I said leave me here Lord
So I went up the mountain
But all I saw was another mountain
So I came down the mountain
And I said leave me here Lord
Leave me in the valley
Let me rest my weary head
Give peace to your survivor
Put all my fears to bed
You lose your way
You’ve got to land
You’ve gotta make another plan
But sometimes I am inspired
You’re gonna sing another song
You’re gonna right another wrong
And sometimes I am inspired
You’re gonna raise your hand and say I don’t understand
And there are days when you get an answer
There are days when you find your answer
Stars And Planet
Oh my, look at you!
The wide-eyed ingénue
See me coming
Whisper something
Who are you looking through the glass at me
Like you’re gonna make it happen
Let me tell you something true
You know it’s just the same old story
Stars rise and stars fall
But the ones that shine the brightest aren’t stars at all
They’re the planets just like us
And from big to small
We all shine, shine, shine
We all shine
Raise a red flag
Say you’re hot, young, available
Spend their money
Chase their honey
Who are you boogaloo
We’ve seen ten of you
Just this morning
At least as pretty too
You know it’s just the same old story
Stars rise and stars fall
But the ones that shine the brightest aren’t stars at all
They’re the planets just like us
And from big to small
We all shine, shine, shine
We all shine, shine, shine
We all shine
Everybody wants to go far
Don’t be such a hog in the spotlight
Try to see how precious you are
And if you catch that wave
It can be death defying
Blinded by the flash
You’re in a fashion/entertainment affiliated
Listener-rated
Pamplona race to see who
Makes it to the Grammy’s
Well you better start running
The bulls are coming
You know it’s just the same old story
Stars rise and stars fall
But the ones that shine the brightest aren’t stars at all
They’re the planets just like us
And from big to small
We all shine shine shine Stars rise and stars fall
But the ones that shine the brightest aren’t stars at all
They’re the planets that unite us
And from big to small
We all shine shine shine
We all shine shine shine
We all shine
Shine shine shine
We all shine shine shine
We all shine shine shine
We all shine
Shine shine shine
We all shine shine shine
We all shine shine shine
We all shine
Shine shine shine
We all shine shine shine
We all shine shine shine
We all shine
Somebody’s Miracle
I’m so far,
So far away from it now
That it seems like I may never know how
People stay in love for half of their lives
It’s a secret they keep between the husbands and wives
Baby
There goes somebody’s miracle
Walking down the street
There goes a modern fairy tale
I wish it could happen to me
But I look at myself
Wondering if I’m just too weak
To have such faith in myself
Once upon a time
I was so restless in love
When things were fine
I’d change my mind just because
Now I see how wrong and reckless I’ve been
Each frog has a prince just waiting inside of him
Baby
There goes somebody’s miracle
Walking down the street
There goes a modern fairy tale
I wish it could happen to me
But I look at myself
And I think what the hell
Maybe I’m just too naive
To have such faith in myself
You know I’m praying for it
But the queen
She likes to sit on her throne
Doesn’t mean
You two are never alone
It’s just love has needs that love only knows
Watch a couple stay close
It’s like the bloom of a rose
Baby
There goes somebody’s miracle
Walking down the street
There goes a modern fairy tale
I wish it could happen to me
There goes somebody’s miracle
Walking down the street
There goes a modern fairy tale
I never cry out loud
I keep my tears to myself
But I woke up one day and I found my life
Had left me for someone else
I guess it must be unhappy with me
Baby
There goes somebody’s miracle
Walking down the street
There goes a modern fairy tale
I wish it could happen to me
But I look at myself
Wondering if I’m just too weak
To have such faith in myself
You know I’m praying for it
You know I’m praying for it
You know I’m praying for it
You know I’m praying for it
Got My Own Thing
I’ve got my own thing
Feel it, it is strong
As short as people think
But really it is long
I don’t have to wait for a miracle
They say I’m pretty as a song
I don’t have to save for a rainy day
I know that something comes along
(It always comes along)
Oooh boy
I’d love to help
Give you enough rope to hang yourself
And watch the silly things you do
Oooh boy
I’d love to help
Give you enough rope to hang yourself and
I hope you’re swinging this way too
Boy I do
I’ve got my own thing
Feel it in a room
Everybody change
When I do what I do
‘Cause I do what I do
Don’t have to say what I’m thinking ‘cause
Everyone’s radio is on
And they’ve heard my latest song
You have to stand there with a drink because
They say that we would get along
So let’s just get along
Oooh boy
I’d love to help
Give you enough rope to hang yourself
And watch the silly things you do
Oooh boy
I’d love to help
Give you enough rope to hang yourself and
I hope you’re swinging this way too
Boy I do
I know
You’re not like other guys
I don’t expect you to normalize
I won’t get into what you do
Because I’m betting, betting, betting, betting, betting
All my money on you
I don’t have to wait for a miracle
They say I’m pretty as a song
(They’ve heard my latest song)
You don’t have to stand there with a drink because
I know that we would get along
So let’s just get along
Oooh boy
I’d love to help
Give you enough rope to hang yourself
And watch the silly things you do
Oooh boy
I’d love to help
Give you enough rope to hang yourself
And I hope you’re swinging this way too
Oooh boy
I’d love to help
Give you enough rope to hang yourself
And watch the silly things you do
Oooh boy
I’d love to help
Give you enough rope to hang yourself
And I hope you’re swinging this way too
Boy I do
Pretty girl, there she goes x6
Count On My Love
Don’t know where we’ll be tomorrow
But we’ll beg and borrow everything we need
You standing next to me
Where I wanna be is anywhere you are
Some day if we never said it
We might live to regret it
Come on don’t let us slip away in a daze
You can count on my love
An umbrella when it’s raining
When you feel your hope is fading
You can count on my love
Blue eyes bluer than the blue sky
Smiling down like sunshine everywhere you are
For you I only want the best
You only have to ask and I’ll be there for you
Some day if we never said it
We might live to regret it
Come on don’t let us fade away in a haze
You can count on my love
An umbrella when it’s raining
When you feel your hope is fading
You can count on my love
With me you’ll feel protected
And you’ll never be rejected
You can count on my love
You go through your whole life waiting
But you don’t know what you’re waiting for
One day you meet somebody and your whole world now is an open door
You can count on my love
You can count on my love
An umbrella when it’s raining
When you feel your hope is fading
You can count on my love
With me you’ll feel protected
And you’ll never be rejected
When you need a friend to lean on
You know you never need a reason
To count on my love
You can count on my love
You can count on my love
Lazy Dreamer
You fall hard
You fall deep
Even when you’re awake
You look half asleep
Do you even know what you did last summer
Wandering around deaf, dumb and blind
With the girls all hanging around you
Is that no or yes
We’ll have to guess
Mysterious eyes let you see what you want
Half the time you didn’t know any better
But half the time you did
Hanging around like tomorrow doesn’t apply to you
Lazy dreamer
You never want to rise
Stubborn in-betweener
You’re almost paralyzed
Makes no difference to you
The sun shining in your eyes
Or the buzzer that’s whining
They’re waiting for you
They don’t even realize
You’re still out like a light
Still late at home
Bet that’s you on the phone
Like a dog you show up
And wag your tail for a bone
Half the time you didn’t know any better
But half the time you did
Hanging around like tomorrow doesn’t apply to you
Lazy dreamer
You never want to rise
Stubborn in-betweener
You’re almost paralyzed
Makes no difference to you
The sun shining in your eyes
Or the buzzer that’s whining
They’re waiting for you
They don’t even realize
You’re still out like a light
You’re still out like a light
Dude gets him off
What the neighbors say
Lives in a room by himself
Nudge him awake and he blinks his eyes
Doesn’t recognize anyone at all
Lazy dreamer
You never want to rise
Stubborn in-betweener
You’re almost paralyzed
Makes no difference to you
The sun shining in your eyes
Or the buzzer that’s whining
They’re waiting for you
They don’t even realize
You’re still out like a light
You’re still out like a light
You’re still out like a light
You’re still out like a light
You’re still out like a light
Everything To Me
I bet it makes you laugh
Watching me work so hard to reach you
You never gave a damn
About all of those things I did to please you
All that you wanted
You found somewhere else
And nothing could drag you
Away from yourself
Do you really know me at all?
Would you take the time to catch me if I fall
Are you ever gonna be that real to me
Everything to me
Lucky I’ve been through hell
Back roads and shortcuts I know them well
Baby just stick with me
We’ll make it together
Just wait and see
Do you really know me at all?
Would you take the time to catch me if I fall
Are you ever gonna be that real to me
Everything to me
The walls they close in
The air it goes out
We’re left with nothing but a shadow of a doubt Nobody talks
No one is here
It’s just you and me
Do you really know me at all?
Would you take the time to catch me if I fall
Are you ever gonna be that real to me
Do you really know me at all?
Would you take the time to catch me if I fall
Are you ever gonna be that real to me
Everything
I bet it makes you laugh
Watching me work so hard to reach you
Closer To You
I see the things you do
Do you think I wander through half blind?
I see the things you hide
The fear you have inside is nothing new
But I would never want to find out everything about you
‘Cause I would never want to find out
What I thought, wasn’t true
Your mind is a place
I don’t need to embrace
What you’ve got in your heart is enough for me to start
Breaking through
And closer to you
Closer to you
I love you as you are
Near and not too far out of view
I love the way you walk, to hear it when you talk
Like you do
But I would never want to choose
What I like best about you
‘Cause I would never want to spoil that
Mystery with a clue
Your mind is a place
I don’t need to embrace
What you’ve got in your heart
Is enough for me to start
Filling up holes in my soul
I don’t need your rock and roll to stay in tune
And open to you
Oh, the obviousness of all those frustrating fools
They wander all around, black and white,
No sound. No improvements.
But I see something like TV
But with a smell and a choice
When I feel yours and my heart beating
With the wealth of the universe
Your mind is a place
I don’t need to embrace
What you’ve got in your heart
Is enough for me to start
Making your happiness my own Open up and let me show what I can
do
When I am closer to you
Closer to you
Table For One
I’m walking down in the basement
I’m leaning on the washing machine
I’m reaching back through a hole in the wall’s insulation
I’m pulling out a bottle of vodk
Replacing that with a pint of Jim Beam
I’m lying down on the floor until I feel better
It’s morning and I pour myself coffee
I drink it ’til the kitchen stops shaking
I’m backing out of the driveway and into creation
And the loving spirit that follows me, watching helplessly
Will always forgive me
Oh I want to die alone with my sympathy beside me
I want to bring down all those demons who drank with me
Feasting gleefully on my desperation
I hide all the bottles in places
They find and confront me with pain in their eyes
And I promise that I’ll make some changes
But reaching back it occurs to me
There will always be some kind of crisis for me
Oh I want to die alone with my sympathy beside me
I want to bring back all those moments they stole from me
In my reverie
Darkening day’s end
Oh I want to die alone with my memories inside me
I want to live that life when I could say people had faith in me
I still see that guy in my memory
Oh I want to die alone with my sympathy beside me
I want to bring down all those people who drank with me
Watching happily
My humiliation
Why I Lie
If you ask me why I lied to you
I couldn’t tell you
I don’t know myself
It’s amazingly dishonest
But I’d have to recognize it as part of myself
Straighten up
Why can’t you straighten up
I’ve heard you tell me this so many times
It doesn’t even stick
I get it all the time
I get it all the time
You know I love to make a joke of it
And if you ask me why I hurt you
I don’t understand it
I can’t help myself
It’s a special combination
Of predatory instinct and simple ill will
I would give some thought to it
If I thought that it might do me some good
Some good
Straighten up
Why can’t you straighten up
You always say I’ll lose control of it
And thirty is not too old
Well mama I would give some thought to it
If I thought that it might do me some good
Some good
Some good
Some good
Lost Tonight
Yeah, you’ve got a pretty young face
And a pretty old soul
Got a pretty old soul
And yeah you know you got what it takes
But you’re never too cold
You’re never too cold
And I wanna get lost tonight with you
Let me know if it’s alright that I do
‘Cause I wanna get lost tonight with you
What you’ve got is what I’m running to
Yeah, you’ve heard it all before
But this time it’s true
This time it’s true
Yeah, I’m not that kind of girl
But I could be for you
I could be for you
And I wanna get lost tonight with you
Let me know if it’s alright that I do
‘Cause I wanna get lost tonight with you
What you’ve got is what I’m running to
Wouldn’t you know there’s a blackout tonight
We’re stuck here with
Nothing to do
But lean out the window and find paradise
We’ve both got nothing to lose
And I wanna get lost tonight with you
Let me know if it’s alright that I do
‘Cause I wanna get lost tonight with you
What you’ve got is what I’m running to
Everything (Between Us)
We have everything we need here
We have everything between us
You have nothing left to fear dear
‘Cause it ain’t ever gonna leave us
We might get a room downtown now
Get away for a half day
We might drive a car down to the next town
Get away from our family
Let your body move real slow
Tell your body we left yesterday
Let your body hold me close
Let your body move you
We have everything we need here
We have everything between us
You have nothing left to fear dear
‘Cause it ain’t ever gonna leave us
Let your body move real slow
Tell your body we left yesterday
Let your body hold me close
Let your body move you
Let your body move real slow
Tell your body we left yesterday
Let your body hold me close
Let your body move you
Let your body move real slow
Tell your body we left yesterday
Let your body hold me close
Let your body move you
We have everything we need here
We have everything between us
Giving It All To You
They can say what they want
But I don’t hear a thing
‘Cause they can’t read my thoughts
Or the secrets between us
All of this time you were a part of me
Shining like a star in my galaxy
And I reach out
Trusting you’re there
It’s like walking on a high wire into thin air
And I’m waking up to the dream
It’s like bouncing so high on a trampoline
And I know that there’s one thing
Between me and nothing
Baby you are that something that pulls me through
So I’m giving it all to you
Could it be you and me?
Can’t stop thinking about all of the crazy possibilities
I don’t want to keep my feelings locked inside
Every time I see you, you just blow my mind
And I reach out
Trusting you’re there
It’s like walking on a high wire into thin air
And I’m waking up to the dream
It’s like bouncing so high on a trampoline
And I know that there’s one thing
Between me and nothing
Baby you are that something that pulls me through
So I’m giving it all to you
Others have tried to get to me
But I see through them eventually
‘Cause you’re the only one that I wanna be with
So I’m giving it all to you
Giving it all
Every time I see you all my systems align
You explode on me just like a meteorite
And I reach out
Trusting you’re there
It’s like walking on a high wire into thin air
And I’m waking up to the dream
It’s like bouncing so high on a trampoline
And I know that there’s one thing
Between me and nothing
Baby you are that something that pulls me through
So I’m giving it all to you
So I’m giving it all to you
I know that there’s one thing
I know that there’s one thing
Baby you are that something that pulls me through
So I’m giving it all to you
Giving it all to you
Could it be you and me
Can’t stop thinking about all of the crazy possibilities