Rod Stewart

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1: BROKEN ARROW

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Who else is gonna bring you a broken arrow?...a bottle of rain?

There he goes movin' across the water...

...turnin' the whole world around.

Do you feel what I feel? Can we make it so that's part of the deal?

I gotta hold you with these arms of steel,

lay your heart on the line this time.

I'm gonna breathe when you breathe,

when you whisper like that hot summer breeze.

Count the beads of sweat that cover me.

Didn't you show me a sign this time?...

...turnin' my whole world around...

...Ah, can you see what I see? Can you cut behind the mystery?

I will meet you by the witness tree,

leave the whole world behind.

I wanna come when you call, I'll get to you if I have to crawl,

they can't hold me with these iron walls.

We got moutains to climb...

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2: TRUE BLUE

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Never met a millionaire,

and tell you momma, I don't care.

Never gonna own a race-horse

or a fast back mid-engine Porsche.

Don't think I'll own a private jet,

on the Stock Exchange I'm no threat.

So won't you help me make up my mind?

Don't you think I'd better get myself back home?

Sittin' in the moonlight glow,

excuse me if my feelings show.

Watchin' all the trucks go by,

dreamin' up an alibi.

You see, back home I'm considered the fool,

but maybe they're right, I don't know. So can't...?

...Daddy says he'll buy me car to drive,

just as far as I need. He wants me back at any expense,

he's got a lot more money than sense.

Funny but now that I've grown they all wanna be concerned.

Oh please, can you make up your mind?...

...Just don't know what to do.

Maybe I'll walk, maybe I'll ride, maybe I'll never ever decide.

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3: FOREVER YOUNG 1996 VERSION

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May the good Lord be with you down every road you roam

And may sunshine and happiness

surround you when you're far from home.

And may you grow to be pround, dignified and true,

and do unto others as you'd have done to you.

Be courageous and be brave

and in my heart you'll always stay forever young...

...May good fortune be with you and

may your guiding light be strong.

Build a stairway to heaven with a prince or a vagabond.

And may you never love in vain

and in my heart you'll always remain...

...And when you finally fly away

I'll be hoping that I served you well

For all the wisdom of a lifetime no one can ever tell.

But whatever road you choose, I'm right behind you, win or lose...

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4: LOST IN YOU

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Hey baby, you've been on my mind tonight.

I'm so lonely I just had to sit down and write.

I spent all yesterday tryin' to figure out

what I'm gonna say: a letter from the heart

is so hard to start, baby.

How's your mama?, how's the wheather?

How's that son of mine?, yeah.� Hey, baby,

been a long time since we made love,

I'm stone cold, the bed's hard,

and the work is tough.

I'm never gonna leave you again,

this job ain't worth the pain,

no money in the world ain't worth bein' away from you.

Ooh baby, I don't sleep without you by my side, listen,

I'm in love with you, woman,

it's a common known natural fact.

And I've found what I'm lookin' for

and it's so much more than that.

I'm lost in you...Hey, baby,

you don't know what you've done for me.

I'm so happy as any man can deserve to be.

I was livin' in a world of sin,

God knows what a mess I was in,

so glad you found me, I ain't gettin' any younger...

...I just hope it ain't all a dream...

...I miss you, baby, I miss you, too,

I miss your laughin' eyes, I miss our baby cryin'.

I wanna lay you out and kiss you all over.

I'm comin' home very soon: be ready cause, when I do,

I'm gonna make love to you like fifteen men.

I'm lost in you and I love it...

...And I just live it, hey, baby, I love it.

Said I love it, I'm lost in you, yeah...

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5: FOR THE FIRST TIME

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Are those your eyes? Is that your smile?

I've been looking at you forever,

yet I never saw you before.

Are these your hands? Holding mine?

Now, I wonder how I could have been so blind.

And for the first time, I am looking in your eyes...

...I'm seeing who you are.

I can't believe how much I see,

when you're looking back at me.

Now I understand what love is...

...Can this be real? Can this be true?

Am I the person I was this morning?

And are you the same you?

It's all so strange. How can it be?

All along this love was right in front of me!...

...Such a long time ago,

I had given up on finding this emotion, ever again.

But you're here with me now, yes, I found you somehow,

and I've never been so sure...

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6: HAVE I TOLD YOU LATELY...?

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Have I told you lately that I love you?...

...there's no one else above you?

Fill my heart with gladness, take away all my sadness,

ease my troubles, that's what you do.

For the morning sun in all its glory,

meets the day with hope and comfort, too.

You fill my life with laughter, somehow you make it better...

...There's a love less defined,

and its yours and its mine, like the sun.

And at the end of the day,

we should give thanks and pray to The One...

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7: THIS

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Down below on Baker Street, lay your head back

on this field of dreams and close your eyes.

There's a few that find love on Sundays, down by the sea,

and they wash clean like angels high above the waves so free.

I have no words to say to you...no dream to take you to...

...no ring for you to kiss, baby, all I have is this.

Pray for grace, keep the faith, walk on down the road.

Wait for me, look for love, are you fearless, reckless,

homeless and all alone? Can you make love? heal things?

make my heart go wild again?...

...I have no way to hold you now, I have no time to show you how,

I have no gold, nothing to risk...

...And she says: "It doesn't matter anymore"...like angels' wings...

...All I have is on my sleeve, all I want is your sweet love, baby.

All I saw was open space, walk down the road, fearless...

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8: MY HEART CAN'T TELL ME NO

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I don't want you to come round here no more, I beg you for mercy.

You don't know how strong my weakness is,

or how much it hurts me.

'Cause when you said: "it's over with him",

I want to believe it's true.

So I let you in, knowing tomorrow I'm gonna wake up missing you...

...When the one you love's in love with someone else,

don't you know it's torture? I mean it's a livin' hell.

No matter how I try to convince myself

this time I won't lose control. One look in your blue eyes

and suddenly my heart can't tell you no...

...to call me up no more saying you need me.

You're crazy if you think just half your love could ever please me.

Still I want to hold you, touch you, when you look at me that way.

There's only one solution I know: you gotta stay away from me...

...One look in your sad eyes...

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9: YOU'RE THE STAR

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You give me hope when all around was lost.

And I could see no point in trying for I saw love passing by me.

You came into my life...I look around and what I had is gone.

Now, I've finally found what I've been missing.

The road I travel is so clear since you came into my life...

You're the star, my shinin' light,

the mornin' dawnin' when the sun comes up so bright.

And the closer I get, yes, it's true...

...Above the storm, I wanna wrap you in my arms

and keep you warm. No, I don't wanna live without you.

No, I've never found nothin' like you, you give me faith,

the kind I though had gone somewhere down the line

I think I lost it. Now, I've found changes in my heart

Your faith in me is strong...

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10: SWEETHEART LIKE YOU

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Well the pressure's down, the boss ain't here,

he's gone North for a while.

They said that vanity got the best of him,

but he sure left here after sundown.

By the way, that's a cute hat that you're wearing,

and that smile so hard to resist.

What's a sweetheart like you doing in a dump like this?

You know I once knew a woman who looked like you,

she wanted a whole man, not just a half,

she used to call me "Sweet Daddy", when I was a child.

You kind of remind me of her when you laugh.

To deal in this game, you must make the queen disappear,

it's done with a flick of the wrist...

...You know, a woman like you should be at home,

it's where you truly belong,

watching out for someone who loves you true,

who would never never do you no wrong.

Just how much abuse you can take? - Well,

There's no way to tell by that first lonely kiss...

...You know you could make a name of yourself,

you can hear those tyres squeal,

you can be known as the most beautiful woman,

whoever crawled across cut glass to make a deal.

You know the news of you has come down the line,

even before you came in the door

they say in your father's house there's many mansions,

each one of them got a fire-proof floor, snap out of it.

Baby, people are jealous of you, they smile in your face,

but behind your back they hiss...

...Got to be an important person to come in here, honey...

...have done some evil deed...

...have your own harm when you come in the door...

...play your harp until your lips bleed.

They say patriotism is the last refuge

to which a scoundrel claim.

Steal a little, and they'll throw you in jail,

steal a lot, and they'll make you a king.

There's only one step down from here, baby,

it's the land of the permanent bliss. So...

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11: EVERY BEAT OF MY HEART

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Through these misty eyes I see lonely skies,

lonely road to Babylon,

where's my family and my country?

Heaven knows where I belong.

Pack my bags tonight, here's one Jacobite

who must leave or surely die.

Put me on a train in the pouring rain say farewell,

but don't say goodbye.

Seagull carry me, over land and sea

to my own folk, that's where I want to be.

Every beat of my heart tears me further apart

I'm lost and alone in the dark, I'm going home.

One more glass of wine, just for auld lang syne

and the girl I left behind.

How I miss her now in my darkest hour,

and the way our arms entwine...

...And we'll drink a toast to the blood red rose

Cheer a while the Emerald Isle

and to the northern lights and the swirling pipes

how they make a grown man cry...

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