Piano Man
It's nine o'clock on a Saturday
He says, "Son can you play me a memory
Sing us a song, you're the piano man
Now John at the bar is a friend of mine
He says, "Bill, I believe this is killing me"
Sing us a song, you're the piano man
Now Paul is a real estate novelist
Sing us a song, you're the piano man
It's a pretty good crowd for a Saturday
Sing us a song, you're the piano man
The Entertainer
I am the entertainer and I know just where I stand,
I am the entertainer and I've had to pay my price,
So I've learned to dance with a hand in my pants
I am the entertainer, been all around the world,
I am the entertainer, I bring to you my songs,
I am the entertainer, I've come to do my show,
I am the entertainer, the idol of my age,
I am the entertainer and I know just where I stand,
The Stranger
Well we all have a face
Some are satin some are steel
Well we all fall in love
Why were you so surprised
Don't be afraid to try again
You've done it, why can't someone else?
Once I used to believe
When I pressed her for a reason
Well we all fall in love
Why were you so surprised
Don't be afraid to try again
You've done it, why can't someone else?
You may never understand
Though you drown in good intentions
Scenes From An Italian Restaurant
A bottle of white, A bottle of red
Things are okay with me these days
Brenda and Eddie were the popular steadies
Benda and Eddie were still going steady in the summer of '75
They got an apartment with deep pile carpet
Brenda and Eddie had had it already by the summer of '75
A bottle of red, A bottle of white
Just The Way You Are
Don't go changing, to try and please me
I would not leave you in times of trouble
Don't go trying some new fashion
I don't want clever conversation
I need to know that you will always be
I said I love you and that's forever
Movin' Out (Anthony's Song)
Anthony works in the grocery store
It seems such a waste of time
It seems such a waste of time
You should never argue with a crazy mind
It seems such a waste of time
Only the Good Die Young
Come out Virginia, don't let me wait
They showed you a statue and told you to pray
You might have heard I run with a dangerous crowd
Come on Virginia show me a sign
You got a nice white dress and a party on your confirmation
Sinners are much more fun
She's Always A Woman
She can kill with a smile
She can lead you to love
Oh--she takes care of herself
She will promise you more
Oh--she takes care of herself
She is frequently kind
My Life
Got a call from an old friend
I don't need you to worry for me cause I'm alright
I never said you had to offer me a second chance
They will tell you you can't sleep alone
I don't need you to worry for me cause I'm alright
Big Shot
You went uptown riding in your limousine
Because you had to be a big shot, didn't you
They were all impressed with your Halston dress
Yes, yes you had to be a big shot, didn't you
Well, it's no big sin to stick your two cents in
You May Be Right
Friday night I crashed your party
I've been stranded in the combat zone
You may be right
Remember how I found you there
You may be right
You may be right
You may be wrong but you may be right
Goodnight Saigon
We met as soul mates
We came in spastic
We had no home front
We had no cameras
And we would all go down together
Remember Charlie
We held the day
They heard the hum of our motors
And we would all go down together
Tell Her About It
Listen boy
You know I don't like watching
She's a real nice girl
Listen boy
Tell her about it
Tell her about it
Listen boy
When you love someone
Tell her about it
Tell her about it
Cause now and then
Listen boy
Just a word or two that she gets from you
She's a trusting soul
Tell her about it
Tell her about it
Tell her about it
Before it gets too late
The Longest Time
Oh, oh, oh
If you said goodbye to me tonight
Once I thought my innocence was gone
Oh, oh, oh
I'm that voice you're hearing in the hall
Maybe this won't last very long
Who knows how much further we'll go on
I had second thoughts at the start
I don't care what consequence it brings
You're Only Human (Second Wind)
You're having a hard time and lately you don't feel so good
You better believe there will be times in your life
Don't forget your second wind
It's not always easy to be living in this world of pain
Don't forget your second wind
You probably don't want to hear advice from someone else
Don't forget your second wind
The Night Is Still Young
I'm young enough to still see the passionate boy that I used to be
While the night is still young
I'd like to settle down
Oh
Rock and Roll music was the only thing I
Oh
While the night is still young
Keeping the Faith
If it seems like I've been lost
Still I would not be here now
We wore old matador boots
And a tight pair of chinos
We were keeping the faith
You can get just so much
Learned stickball as a formal education
You know the good old days weren't
I told you my reasons
An Innocent Man
Some people stay far away from the door
Some people live with the fear of a touch
I know you're only protecting yourself
I'm not above doing anything
Some people say they will never believe
I know you don't want to hear what I say
Some people run from a possible fight
You know you only hurt yourself out of spite
Some people hope for a miracle cure
I am an innocent man
A Matter of Trust
Some love is just a lie of the heart
I know you're an emotional girl
You can't go the distance
This time you've got nothing to lose
I'm sure you're aware love
Some love is just a lie of the soul
This is the Time
We walked on the beach beside that old hotel
This is the time to remember
Did you know that before you came into my life
This is the time to remember
Sometimes it's so easy
And so we embrace again
This is the time to remember
Leningrad
Viktor was born in the spring of '44
Went off to school and learned to serve the state
I was born in '49
Viktor was sent to some Red Army town
But children lived in Levittown
And so my child and I came to this place
We Didn't Start the Fire
'49
'50
'51
'52
We didn't start the fire
'53
'54
'55
'56
We didn't start the fire
'57
'58
'59
'60
We didn't start the fire
'61
'62
'63
We didn't start the fire
'64-'89
We didn't start the fire
But we tried to fight it
I Go To Extremes
Call me a joker, call me a fool
Darling I don't know why I go to extremes
Sometimes I'm tired, sometimes I'm shot
Darling I don't know why I go to extremes
Out of the darkness, into the light
And if I stand or I fall
Darling I don't know why I go to extremes
No I don't know why I go to extremes
And So It Goes
In every heart there is a room
I spoke to you in cautious tones
And every time I've held a rose
But if my silence made you leave
And this is why my eyes are closed
So I would choose to be with you
And so it goes, and so it goes
The Downeaster "Alexa"
Well I'm on the Downeaster Alexa
We took on diesel back in Montauk yesterday
So I could own my Downeaster Alexa
I've got bills to pay and children who need clothes
So if you see my Downeaster Alexa
Now I drive my Downeaster Alexa
I was a bayman like my father was before
Shameless
Well I'm shameless when it comes to loving you
And I'm standing here for all the world to see
You know I'm not a man who has ever been
I'm shameless, baby I don't have a prayer
And I'm changing, I swore I'd never compromise
You see in all my life I've never found
I have never let anything have this much control over me
You know it should be easy for a man who's strong
It's out of my hands
I'm shameless, I don't have the power now
I'm shameless, shameless as a man can be
I am shameless
All About Soul
She waits for me at night
It's all about soul
She turns to me sometimes
It's all about soul
There are people who have lost
It's all about soul
Lullabye (Goodnight, My Angel)
Goodnight, my angel
Goodnight, my angel
Goodnight, my angel
Someday we'll all be gone
The River Of Dreams
In the middle of the night
And even though I know the river is wide
In the middle of the night
I don't know why I go walking at night
In the middle of the night
I'm not sure about a life after this
In the middle of the night
E-mail me.
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The regular crowd shuffles in
There's an old man sitting next to me
Making love to his tonic and gin
I'm not really sure how it goes
But it's sad and it's sweet
And I knew it complete
When I wore a younger man's clothes"
Sing us a song tonight
Well we're all in the mood for a melody
And you've got us feeling alright
He gets me my drinks for free
And he's quick with a joke or to light up your smoke
But there's someplace that he'd rather be
As a smile ran away from his face
"Well, I'm sure that I could be a movie star
If I could get out of this place"
Sing us a song tonight
Well we're all in the mood for a melody
And you've got us feeling alright
Who never had time for a wife
And he's talking with Davy who's still in the Navy
And probably will be for life
And the waitress is practicing politics
As the businessmen slowly get stoned
Yes they're sharing a drink they call loneliness
But it's better than drinking alone
Sing us a song tonight
Well we're all in the mood for a melody
And you've got us feeling alright
And the manager gives me a smile
'Cause he knows that it's me they've been coming to see
To forget about life for awhile
And the piano sounds like a carnival
And the microphone smells like a beer
And they sit a the bar and put bread in my jar
And say "Man, what are you doing here?"
Sing us a song tonight
Well we're all in the mood for a melody
And you've got us feeling alright
Another seranader and another long-haired band
Today I am your champion, I may have won your hearts
But I know the game you'll forget my name
And I won't be here in another year
If I don't stay on the charts
The things I did not know at first
I learned by doing twice
But still they come to haunt me,
still they want their say,
I let 'em rub my neck and I write 'em a check
And they go their merry way
I've played all kinds of palaces and laid all kinds of girls
I can't remember faces, I don't remember names,
But what the hell, you know it's just as well
'Cause after a while and a thousand miles
It all becomes the same
I'd like to spend a day or two but I can't stay that long
I got to meet expenses, I got to stay in line,
Got to get those fees to the agencies
And I'd love to stay but there's bills to pay
So I just don't have the time
You've heard my latest record, it's been on the radio
It took me years to write it, they were the best years of my life,
If you're gonna have a hit you gotta make it fit
So they cut it down to 3:05
I make all kinds of money when I go on the stage
You see me in the papers, I've been in the magazines,
But if I go cold, I won't get sold,
I get put in the back in the discount rack
Like another can of beans
Another serenader and another long-haired band
Today I am your champion, I may have won your hearts,
But I know the game, you'll forget the name,
I won't be here in another year
If I don't stay on the charts
That we hide away forever
And we take them out and show ourselves
When everyone has gone
Some are silk and some are leather
They're the faces of the stranger
But we love to try them on
But we disregard the danger
Though we share so many secrets
There are some we never tell
That you never saw the stranger
Did you ever let your lover see
The stranger in yourself?
Everyone goes south
Every now and then
You should know by now
You've been there yourself
I was such a great romancer
Then I came home to a woman
That I could not recognize
She refused to even answer
It was then I felt the stranger
Kick me right between the eyes
But we disregard the danger
Though we share so many secrets
There are some we never tell
That you never saw the stranger
Did you ever let your lover see
The stranger in yourself?
Everyone goes south
Every now and then
You should know by now
You've been there yourself
How the stranger is inspired
But he isn't always evil
And he isn't always wrong
You will never quench the fire
You'll give in to your desire
When the stranger comes along
Perhaps a bottle of rose instead
We'll get a table near the street
In our old familiar place
You and I--Face to face
A bottle of red, a bottle of white
It all depends upon your appetite
I'll meet you any time you want
In our Italian Restaurant
Got a good job, got a good office
Got a new wife, got a new life
And the family's fine
We lost touch long ago
You lost weight I did not know
you could ever look so good after so much time
I remember those days hanging out at the village green
Engineer boots, leather jackets and tight blue jeans
Drop a dime in the box play the song about New Orleans
Cold beer, hot lights
My sweet romantic teenage nights
And the king and the queen of the prom
Riding around with the car top down and the radio on
Nobody looked any finer
Or was more of hit at the Parkway Diner
We never knew we could want more than that out of life
Surely Brenda and Eddie would always know how to survive
When they decided the marriage would be at the end of July
Everyone said they were crazy
"Brenda you know you're much too lazy
Eddie could never afford to live that kind of life"
But there we were wavin' Brenda and Eddie goodbye
and a couple of paintings from Sears
A big waterbed that they bought with the bread
they had saved for a couple of years
They started to fight when the money got tight
and they just didn't count on the tears
They lived for a while in a very nice style
But it's always the same in the end
They got a divorce as a matter of course
And they parted the closest of friends
Then the king and the queen went back to the green
But they can never go back there again
From the high to the low to the end of the show
for the rest of their lives
They couldn't go back to the greasers
The best they could do was pick up their pieces
We always knew they would both find a way to get by
That's all I heard about Brenda and Eddie
Can't tell you more than I told you already
And here we are wavin' Brenda and Eddie goodbye
Whatever kind of mook you're in tonight
I'll meet you anytime you want
In our Italian Restaurant
You never let me down before
Don't imagine you're too familiar
And I don't see you anymore
We never could have come this far
I took the good times, I'll take the bad times
I'll take you just the way you are
Don't change the color of your hair
You always have my unspoken passion
Although I might not seem to care
I never want to work that hard
I just want someone that I can talk to
I want you just the way you are
The same old someone that I knew
What will it take till you believe in me
The way that I believe in you
And this I promise from the heart
I could not love you any better
I love you just the way you are
Savin' his pennies for someday
Mama Leone left a note on the door, she said
"Sonny, love out to the country"
Workin' too hard can give you a heart attack
You oughta know by now
Who needs a house out in Hackensack?
Is that all you get with your money?
If that's what it's all about
If that's movin' up then I'm movin' out
Sergeant O'Leary is walkin' the beat
At night he becomes a bartender
He works at Mister Cacciatore's down on Sullivan Street
Across from the medical center
He's tradin' in his Chevy for a Cadillac
You oughta know by now
And if he can't drive with a broken back
At least he can polish the fenders
If that's what it's all about
If that's movin' up then I'm movin' out
You oughta know by now
You can pay Uncle Sam with the overtime
Is that all you get for your money?
If that's what it's all about
If that's movin' up then I'm movin' out
You Catholic girls start much too late
But sooner or later it comes down to fate
I might as well be the one
They built you a temple and locked you away
But they never told you the price that you pay
For things that you might have done
Only the good die young
We ain't too pretty we ain't too proud
We might be laughing a bit too loud
But that never hurt no one
Send up a signal I'll throw you the line
The stained-glass curtain you're hiding behind
Never lets in the sun
And only the good die young
You got a brand new soul and a cross of gold
But Virginia they didn't give you quite enough information
You didn't count on me
When you were counting on your rosary
They say there's a heaven for those who will wait
Some say it's better but I say it ain't
I'd rather laugh with the sinners than cry with the saints
And only the good die young
You say your mother told you all that I could give you was a reputation
She never cared for me
But did she ever say a prayer for me?
She can wound with her eyes
She can ruin your faith with her casual lies
And she only reveals what she wants you to see
She hides like a child
But she's always a woman to me
She can take you or leave you
She can ask for the truth
But she'll never believe you
And she'll take what you give her as long as it's free
She steals like a thief
But she's always a woman to me
She can wait if she wants
She's ahead of her time
Oh--and she never gives out
And she never gives in
She just changes her mind
Than the Garden of Eden
Then she'll carelessly cut you and laugh while you're bleeding
But she'll bring out the best
And the worst you can be
Blame it all on yourself
Cause she's always a woman to me
She can wait if she wants
She's ahead of her time
Oh--and she never gives out
And she never gives in
She just changes her mind
And she's suddenly cruel
She can do as she pleases
She's nobody's fool
But she can't be convicted
She's earned her degree
And the most she will do
Is throw shadows at you
But she's always a woman to me
We used to be real close
Said he couldn't go on the American way
Closed the shop, sold the house
Bought a ticket to the West Coast
Now he gives them a stand-up routine in L.A.
I don't want you to tell me it's time to come home
I don't care what you say anymore, this is my life
Go ahead with your own life and leave me alone
I never said I was a victim of circumstance
I still belong, don't get me wrong
And you can speak your mind
But not on my time
In a strange place
Then they'll tell you you can't sleep
With somebody else
But sooner or later you sleep
In your own space
Either way it's okay
You wake up with yourself
I don't want you to tell me it's time to come home
I don't care what you say anymore, this is my life
Go ahead with your own life and leave me alone
In your fine Park Avenue clothes
You had the Dom Perignon in your hand
And the spoon up your nose
And when you wake up in the morning
With your head on fire
And your eyes too bloody to see
Go on and cry in your coffee
But don't come bitchin' to me
You had to open up your mouth
You had to be a big shot, didn't you
All your friends were so knocked out
You had to have the last word, last night
You know what everything's about
You had to have a white hot spotlight
You had to be a big shot last night
And the people that you knew at Elaine's
And the story of your latest success
Kept 'em so entertained
But now you just can't remember
All the things you said
And you're not sure you want to know
I'll give you one hint, honey
You sure did put on a show
You had to prove it to the crowd
You had to be a big shot, didn't you
All your friends were so knocked out
You had to have the last word, last night
You're so much fun to be around
You had to have the front page, bold type
You had to be a big shot last night
If you know when to leave it alone
But you went over the line
You couldn't see it was time to go home
No, no, no, no, no,no, you had to be a big shot, didn't you
You had to open up your mouth
You had to be a big shot, didn't you
All your friends were so knocked out
You had to have the last word, last night
So much fun to be around
You had to have a white hot spotlight
You had to be a big shot last night
Saturday I said I'm sorry
Sunday came and trashed me out again
I was only having fun
Wasn't hurting anyone
And we all enjoyed the weekend for a change
I walked through Bedford Stuy alone
Even rode my motorcycle in the rain
And you told me not to drive
Bt I made it home alive
So you said that only proves that I'm insane
I may be crazy
But it just may be a lunatic you're looking for
Turn out the light
Don't try to save me
You may be wrong for all I know
But you may be right
Alone in your electric chair
I told you dirty jokes until you smiled
You were lonely for a man
I said take me as I am
'Cause you might enjoy some madness for awhile
Now think of all the years you tried to
Find someone to satisfy you
I might be as crazy as you say
If I'm crazy then it's true
That it's all because of you
And you wouldn't want me any other way
I may be crazy
But it just may be a lunatic you're looking for
It's too late to fight
It's too late to change me
You may be wrong for all I know
But you may be right
I may be crazy
But it just may be a lunatic you're looking for
Turn out the light
Don't try to save me
You may be wrong for all I know
But you may be right
You may be wrong but you may be right
On Parris Island
We left as inmates
From an asylum
And we were sharp
As sharp as knives
And we were so gung ho
To lay down our lives
Like tameless horses
We left in plastic
As numbered corpses
And we learned fast
To travel light
Our arms were heavy
But our bellies were tight
We had no soft soap
They sent us Playboy
They gave us Bob Hope
We dug in deep
And shot on sight
And prayed to Jesus Christ
With all of our might
To shoot the landscape
We passed the hash pipe
And played our Doors tapes
And it was dark
So dark at night
And we held on to each other
Like brother to brother
We promised our mothers we'd write
Yes we would all go down together
Remember Baker
They left their childhood
On every acre
And who was wrong?
And who was right?
It didn't matter in the thick
Of the fight
In the palm
Of our hand
They ruled the night
And the night
Seemed to last as long as
Six weeks
On Parris Island
We held the coastline
They held the highlands
And they were sharp
As sharp as knives
They counted the rotors
And waited for us to arrive
We said we'd all go down together
Yes we would all go down together
Don't want to see you let a good thing
Slip away
Anybody make the same mistakes I made
And she's always there for you
But a nice girl wouldn't tell you what you should do
I'm sure that you think you got it all
Under control
You don't want somebody telling you
The way to stay in someone's soul
You're a big boy now
You'll never let her go
But that's just the kind of thing
She ought to know
Tell her everything you feel
Give her every reason to accept
That you're for real
Tell her all your crazy dreams
Let her know you need her
Let her know how much she means
It's not automatically a certain guarantee
To insure yourself
You've got to provide communication constantly
You're always insecure
And there's only one good way to reassure
Let her know you much you care
When she can't be with you
Tell her you wish you were there
Everyday before you leave
Pay her some attention
Give her something to believe
She'll get to worrying
Just because you haven't spoken
For so long
Though you may not have done anything
Will that be a consolation when she's gone
It's good information from a man
Who's made mikstakes
Could be the difference that it makes
She put her trust in you
But a girl like that won't tell you
What you should do
Tell her everything you feel
Give her every reason
To accept that you're for real
Tell her all your crazy dreams
Let her know you need her
Let her know how much she means
Tell her how you feel right now
Tell her about it
The girl don't want to wait too long
You got to tell her about it
Tell her now and you won't go wrong
You got to tell her about it
You got to tell her about it
You know the girl don't want
To wait--you got to
Tell her about it
For the longest time
Oh, oh, oh
For the longest time
There would still be some music left to write
What else could I do
I'm so inspired by you
That hasn't happened in the longest time
Now I know that happiness goes on
That's where you found me
When you put your arms around me
I haven't been there for the longest time
For the longest time
Oh, oh, oh
For the longest time
And the greatest miracle of all
Is how I need you
And how you needed me too
That hasn't happened for the longest time
But you feel so write
And I could be wrong
Maybe I've been hoping too hard
But I've gone this far
And it's more than I hoped for
Maybe I'll be sorry when you're gone
I'll take my chances
I forgot how nice romance is
I haven't been there for the longest time
I said to myself
Hold on to your heart
Now I know the woman that you are
You're wonderful so far
And it's more than I hoped for
I have been a fool for lesser things
I want you so bad
I think you ought to know that
I intend to hold you for
The longest time
You're getting a bad reputation in your neighborhood
It's alright, it's alright
Sometimes that's what it takes
You're only human, you're allowed to make your share of mistakes
When you'll be feeling like a stumbling fool
So take it from me you'll learn more from your accidents
Than anything that you could ever learn at school
Sooner or later you'll get your second wind
You're gonna be crashing into stone walls again and again
It's alright, it's alright
Though you feel your heart break
You're only human, you're gonna have to deal with heartache
Just like a boxer in a title fight
You got to walk in that ring all alone
You're not the only one who's made mistakes
But they're the only things that you can truly call your own
Wait in your corner until that breeze blows in
You've been keeping to yourself these days
Cause you're thinking everything's gone wrong
Sometimes you just want to lay down and die
That emotion can be so strong
But hold on
Till that old second wind comes along
But I wouldn't be telling you if I hadn't been there myself
It's alright, it's alright
Sometimes that's all it takes
We're only human
We're supposed to make mistakes
But I survived all those long lonely days
When it seemed I did not have a friend
Cause all I needed was a little faith
So I could catch my breath and face the world again
Sooner or later you'll feel that momentum kick in
Don't forget your second wind
Sooner or later you'll feel that momentum kick in
But I'm old enough to say I got a good look at the other side
I know we got to work real hard, maybe even for the rest of our lives
But right now I just want to take what I can
Get tonight
I want to keep making love to you
While the night is still young
Get married
And maybe have a child someday
I can see a time coming when I'm gonna throw my suitcase out
No more separations
Where you have to say goodnight to a telephone
Baby I've decided that ain't what this life is all about
While the night is still young
While the night is still young
I want to try to make the world brand new
While the night is still young
Ever gave a damn about
There was something that was missing
But I never used to wonder why
Now I know you're the one I need
To make things right again
And I may lose the battle
But you're giving me the will to try
While the night is still young
Because the night is still yong
I've got a lot of catching up I've got to do
While the night is still young
I want to try to make the world brand new
While the night is still young
In let's remember
If you think I'm feeling older
And missing my younger days
Oh, then you should have known
Me much better
'Cause my past is something that never
Got in my way
Oh no
If I never had the hunger
And I'm not ashamed to say
The wild boys were my friends
Oh
'Cause I never felt the desire
'Til the music set me on fire
And then I was saved, yeah
That's why I'm keeping the faith
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Keeping the faith
Only Flagg Brothers had them with a Cuban heel
Iridescent socks with the same color shirt
Oh
I put on my shark skin jacket
You know the kind with the velvet collar
And ditty-bop shades
Oh yeah
I took a fresh pack of Luckies
And a mint called Sen-Sen
My old man's Trojans
And his Old Spice after shave
Oh
Combed my hair in a pompadour
Like the rest of the Romeos wore
A permanent wave
yeah
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Keeping the faith
From a good thing
You can linger too long
In your dreams
Say goodbye to the
Oldies but goodies
'Cause the good old days weren't
Always good
And tomorrow ain't as bad as it seems
Lost a lot of fights
But it taught me how to lose O.K.
Oh
I heard about sex
But not enough
I found you could dance
And still look tough anyway
Oh yes I did
I found out a man ain't just being macho
Ate an awful lot of late night drive-in food
Drank a lot of take home pay
I thought I was the Duke Of Earl
When I made it with a red-haired girl
In a Chevrolet
Oh yeah
We were keeping the faith
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Keeping the faith
Always good
And tomorrow ain't as bad as it seems
For the whole revival
Now I'm going outside to have
An ice cold beer in the shade
Oh
I'm going to listen to my 45's
Ain't it wonderful to be alive
When the rock 'n' roll plays
Yeah
When the memory stays
Yeah
I'm keeping the faith
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Keeping the faith
I'm keeping the faith
Yes I am
If there's a chance of it opening up
They hear a voice in the hall outside
And hope that it just passes by
And the anger of having been a fool
They will not listen to anyone
So nobody tells them a lie
I know you're thinking of somebody else
Someone who hurt you
But I'm not above
Making up for the love
You've been denying you could ever feel
To restore your faith if I can
Some people see through the eyes of the old
Before they ever get a look at the young
I'm only willing to hear you cry
Because I am an innocent man
Oh yes I am
Another promise they hear in the dark
Because they only remember too well
They heard somebody tell them before
Some people sleep all alone every night
Instead of taking a lover to bed
Some people find that it's easier to hate
Than to wait anymore
I know you're gonna keep turning away
But I've been there and if I can survive
I can keep you alive
I'm not above going through it again
I'm not above being cool for a while
If you're cruel to me I'll understand
Some people figure they can never win
And although this is a fight I can lose
The accused is an innocent man
Oh yes I am
An innocent man
I guess you'd rather be a martyr tonight
That's your decision
But I'm not below
Anybody I know
If there's a chance of resurrecting a love
I'm not above going back to the start
To find out where the heartache began
Some people just accept the world as it is
But I'm not willing to lay down and die
Because I am an innocent man
Oh yes I am
An innocent man
The cold remains of what began with a passionate start
And they may not want it to end
But it will, it's just a question of when
I've lived long enough to have learned
The closer you get to the fire the more you get burned
But that won't happen to us
Because it's always been a matter of trust
It took a lot for you to not lose your faith in this world
I can't offer you proof
But you're gonna face a moment of truth
It's hard when you're always afraid
You just recover when another belief is betrayed
So break my heart if you must
It's a matter of trust
With too much resistance
I know you have doubts
But for God's sake don't shut me out
You can take it, you can leave it
Whatever you choose
I won't hold back anything
And I'll walk away a fool or a king
Some love is just a lie of the mind
It's make believe until it's only a matter of time
And some might have learned to adjust
But then it never was a matter of trust
We've both had our share of
Believing too long
When the whole situation was wrong
A constant battle for the ultimate state of control
After you've heard lie upon lie
There can hardly be a question of why
Some love is just a lie of the heart
The cold remains of what began with a passionate start
But that can't happen to us
Because it's always been a matter of trust
They're tearin' it down now, but it's just as well
I haven't shown you everything a man can do
So stay with me, baby
I've got plans for you
'Cause it will not last forever
These are the days to hold on to
'Cause we won't although we'll want to
This is the time,
But time is gonna change
You've given me the best of you
But now I need the rest of you
It was some kind of miracle that I survived
Some day we will both look back
And have to laugh
We lived through a lifetime
And the aftermath
'Cause it will not last forever
These are the days to hold on to
'Cause we won't, although we'll want to
This is the time,
But time is gonna change
I know we've got to move somehow
But I don't want to lose you now
To let a day
Slip on by
Without even seeing each other at all
But this is the time you'll turn back to and
So will I
And those will be days you can never recall
Behind the dunes
This beach is so cold
On winter afternoons
But holding you close is like holding the summer sun
I'm warm from the memory of days to come
'Cause it will not last forever
These are the days to hold on to
'Cause we won't, although we'll want to
This is the time,
But time is gonna change
You've given me the best of you
But now I need the rest of you
And never saw his father anymore
Another child who never had a father after Leningrad
Followed the rules and drank his vodka straight
The only way to live was drown the hate
A Russian life was very sad
And such was life in Leningrad
A Cold War kid in McCarthy time
Stop 'em all at the 38th Parallel
Blast those yellow reds to hell
And Cold War kids were hard to kill
Under their decks in an air raid drill
Haven't they heard we won the war
What do they keep on fighting for?
Served out his time, became a circus clown
The greatest happiness he'd ever found
Was making Russian children glad
And children live in Leningrad
And hid in the shelters underground
Until the Soviets turned their ships around
And tore the Cuban missiles down
And in that bright October sun
We knew our childhood days were done
And I watched my friends go off to war
What do they keep on fighting for?
To meet him eye to eye and face to face
He made my daughter laugh, then we embraced
We never knew what friends we had
Until we came to Leningrad
Harry Truman, Doris Day, Red China, Johnny Ray
South Pacific, Walter Winchell, Joe DiMaggio
Joe McCarthy, Richard Nixon, Studebaker, Television
North Korea, South Korea, Marilyn Monroe
Rosenberg, H Bomb, Sugar Ray, Panmunjom
Brando, The King And I, and The Catcher In The Rye
Eisenhower, Vaccine, England's got a new queen
Maciano, Liberace, Santayana goodbye
It was always burning
Since the world's been turning
We didn't start the fire
No we didn't light it
But we tried to fight it
Joseph Stalin, Malenkov, Nasser and Prokofiev
Rockefeller, Campanella, Communist Block
Roy Cohn, Juan Peron, Toscanini, Dancron
Dien Bien Phu Falls, Rock Around The Clock
Einstein, James Dean, Brooklyn's got a winning team
Davy Crockett, Peter Pan, Elvis Presley, Disneyland
Bardot, Budapest, Alabama, Khrushchev
Princess Grace, Peyton Place, Trouble in the Suez
It was always burning
Since the world's been turning
We didn't start the fire
No we didn't light it
But we tried to fight it
Little Rock, Pasternak, Mickey Mouse, Kerouac
Sputnik, Chou En-Lai, Bridge On The River Kwai
Lebanon, Charles de Gualle, California baseball
Starkweather, Homicide, Children of Thalidomide
Buddy Holly, Ben Hur, Space Monkay, Mafia
Hula Hoops, Castro, Edsel is a no-go
U2, Syngman Rhee, payola and Kennedy
Chubby Checker, Psycho, Belgians in the Congo
It was always burning
Since the world's been turning
We didn't start the fire
No we didn't light it
But we tried to fight it
Hemingway, Eichman, Stanger in a Strange Land
Dylan, Berlin, Bay of Pigs invasion
Lawrence of Arabia, British Beatlemania
Ole Miss, John Glenn, Liston beats Patterson
Pope Paul, Malcolm X, British Politician sex
J.F.K. blown away, what else do I have to say
It was always burning
Since the world's been turning
We didn't start the fire
No we didn't light it
But we tried to fight it
Birth control, Ho Chi Minh, Richard Nixon back again
Moonshot, Woodstock, Watergate, Punkrock
Begin, Reagan, Palestine, Terror on the airline
Ayatollah's in Iran, Russians in Afghanistan
Wheel of Fortune, Sally Ride, Heavy Metal, Suicide
Foreign debts, Homeless Vets, AIDS, Crack, Bernie Goetz
Hypodermics on the shore, China's under martial law
Rock and Roller cola wars, I can't take it anymore
It was always burning
Since the world's been turning
We didn't start the fire
No we didn't light it
Right at this moment I'm totally cool
Clear as a crystal, sharp as a knife
I feel like I'm in the prime of my life
Sometimes it feels like I'm going too fast
I don't know how long this feeling will last
Maybe it's only tonight
Too high or too low there ain't no in-betweens
And if I stand or I fall
It's all or nothing at all
Darling I don't know why I go to extremes
Sometimes I don't know how much more I've got
Maybe I'm headed over the hill
Maybe I've set myself up for the kill
Tell me how much do you think you can take
Until the heart in you is starting to break?
Sometimes it feels like it will
Too high or too low there ain't no in-betweens
You can be sure when I'm gone
I won't be out there too long
Darling I don't know why I go to extremes
Leaving the scene of the crime
Either I'm wrong or I'm perfectly right every time
Sometimes I lie awake, night after night
Coming apart at the seams
Eager to please, ready to fight
Why do I go to extremes?
It's all or nothing at all
Too high or too low there ain't no in-betweens
And if I stand or I fall
It's all or nothing at all
Darling I don't know why I go to extremes
Too high or too low there ain't no in-betweens
You can be sure when I'm gone
I won't be out there too long
Darling I don't know why I go to extremes
A sanctuary safe and strong
To heal the wounds from lovers past
Until a new one comes along
You answered me with no pretense
And still I feel I said too much
My silence is my self defense
It seems I've only felt the thorns
And so it goes, and so it goes
And so will you soon I suppose
Then that would be my worst mistake
So I will share this room with you
And you can have this heart to break
It's just as well for all I've seen
And so it goes, and so it goes
And you're the only one who knows
That's if the choice were mine to make
But you can make decisions too
And you can have this heart to break
And you're the only one who knows
And I'm cruising through Block Island Sound
I have chartered a course to the Vineyard
But tonight I am Nantucket bound
And left this morning from the bell in Gardiner's Bay
Like all the locals here I've had to sell my home
Too proud to leave I worked my fingers to the bone
And I go where the ocean is deep
There are giants out there in the canyons
And a good captain can't fall asleep
I know there's fish out there but where God only knows
They say these waters aren't what they used to be
But I've got people back on land who count on me
And if you work with the rod and the reel
Tell my wife I am trolling Atlantis
And I still have my hands on the wheel
More and more miles from shore every year
Since they told me I can't sell no stripers
And there's no luck in swordfishing here
Can't make a living as a bayman anymore
There ain't much future for a man who works the sea
But there ain't no island left for islanders like me
I'd do anything you want me to
I'd do anything at all
There ain't that much left of me
That has very far to fall
Insecure about the world I've been living in
I don't break easy, I have my pride
But if you need to be satisfied
Anytime I see you standing there
I go down upon my knees
But you convinced me otherwise
I'll do anything you please
What I couldn't resist, what I couldn't turn down
I could walk away from anyone I ever knew
But I can't walk away from you
'Cause I worked too hard to call my life my own
Yes I made myself a world and it worked so perfectly
But it's your world now, I can't refuse
I never had so much to lose
I'm shameless...shameless
To say he's sorry or admit when he's wrong
I've never lost anything I ever missed
But I've never been in love like this...
But I don't want it anyhow
So I've got to let it go
You can make a total fool of me
I just wanted you to know
Shameless...
Shameless...
She waits for me in silence
She gives me all her tenderness
And takes away my pain
And so far she hasn't run
Though I swear she's had her moments
She still believes in miracles
While others cry in vain
It's all about faith and a deeper devotion
It's all about soul
'Cause under the love is a stronger emotion
She's got to be strong
'Cause so many things getting out of control
Should drive her away
So why does she stay?
It's all about soul
And she asks me what I'm dreaming
And I realize I must have gone
A million miles away
And I ask her how she knew
To reach out to me at that moment
And she smiles because it's understood
There are no words to say
It's all about knowing what someone is feeling
The woman's got soul
The power of love and the power of healing
This life isn't fair
It's gonna get dark, it's gonna get cold
You've got to get tough, but that ain't enough
It's all about soul
Every trace of human kindness
There are many who have fallen
There are some who still survive
She comes to me at night
And she tells me her desires
And she gives me all the love I need to keep my faith alive
It's all about joy that comes out of sorrow
It's all about soul
Who's standing now and who's standing tomorrow
You've got to be hard
Hard as the rock in that old rock 'n roll
But that's only part, you know in your heart
It's all about soul
Time to close your eyes
And save these questions for another day
I think I know what you've been asking me
I think you know what I've been trying to say
I promised I would never leave you
And you should always know
Wherever you may go
No matter where you are
I never will be far away
Now it's time to sleep
And still so many things I want to say
Remember all the songs you sang for me
When we went sailing on an emerald bay
And like a boat out on the ocean
I'm rocking you to sleep
The water's dark
And deep inside this ancient heart
You'll always be a part of me
Now it's time to dream
And dream how wonderful your life will be
Someday your child may cry
And if you sing this lullabye
Then in your heart
There will always be a part of me
But lullabyes go on and on...
They never die
That's how you
And I
Will be
I go walking in my sleep
From the mountain of faith
To a river so deep
I must be looking for something
Something sacred I lost
But the river is wide
And it's too hard to cross
I walk down every evening and I stand on the shore
And try to cross to the opposite side
So I can finally find out what I've been looking for
I go walking in my sleep
Through the valley of fear
To a river so deep
And I've been searching for something
Taken out of my soul
Something I would never lose
Something somebody stole
But now I'm tired and I don't want to walk anymore
I hope it doesn't take the rest of my life
Until I find what it is that I've been looking for
I go walking in my sleep
Through the jungle of doubt
To a river so deep
I know I'm searching for something
Something so undefined
That it can only be seen
By the eyes of the blind
In the middle of the night
God knows I've never been a spiritual man
Baptized by the fire, I wade into the river
That runs to the promised land
I go walking in my sleep
Through the desert of truth
To the river so deep
We all end in the ocean
We all start in the streams
We're all carried along
By the river of dreams
In the middle of the night
