Nothing Can Change You
This Saturday night
Will I see you around
I’m counting the lights
Jeannie took a long long time
To say where she was coming from
I see you take the long way around
Hey I’ve only come this far
Now nothing can change you
When you feel foreign to love
Your world has a strange view
Can you tell me things that you’re dreaming of
Stop falling in love
With every thing that lets you down
There’s someone above
I know she wears glasses
Sometimes they seem to help her mood
I see her on the long ride home
But I guess I never spoke too soon
Now nothing can change you
When you feel foreign to love
Your world has a strange view
Can you tell me things that you’re dreaming of
You don’t wanna get left behind
You wanna find some piece of mind
They say it takes a long time then
You see her there
She was in the crowd
We’re rolling along
Where everybody wants to ride
Now Joe’s never home
He met them at the tableside
Where everything’s changed so
We all know that
You’re waking up to die inside
Now there’s nowhere left to go
Now nothing can change you
And you feel foreign to love
Your world has a strange view
Can you tell me things that you love
Now nothing can change you
When you feel foreign to love
Your world has a strange view
And you tell me things that you’re dreaming of
Light of Love
What’s her name
She found it frightening
All the same she took the lightning
I was back against the wall
I thought I’d heard and seen it all but
I saw you standing in the light of love
Now I’m dancing in the
Light that’s blue I feel for you
Nothing I could say or do
Would ease the pain
Where love has waned
A dozen roses in the rain but
I saw you standing in the light of love
Now I’m dancing in the night above
Come tomorrow we’ll be dreaming of
Standing in the light of love
I heard the bell
That rocked your cell
I woke from sleep but could not weep
I killed the plan and railed at all the people in your life
(Solo)
Generally, what she saw
Back in college just like Paul
I’ve got an answer
But she’s so wired suddenly I feel so tired
I saw you standing in the light of love
Now I’m dancing in the night above
Come tomorrow we’ll be dreaming of
Standing in the light of love
This Could Be Fiction
We’re living on some money tree
I think about what you did to me
I’ll never see you in a crowded place
I’m looking for you in a stranger’s face
At times we lie to forget our rage
For a better life, I’ll turn another page
The quietness that once eluded me
has come and gone for everyone to see
Drown in the words that bind you
Lost in the sea behind you
The weight of the world could pull you down
Maybe you try too hard to tell them lies
This could be fiction
Now the doctor said he ran a million tests
You could hear the woman understand the rest
Don’t laugh away your little mystery
They’re singing for you
Now it’s history
Maybe your world is falling down
Maybe you try too hard to understand
This could be fiction
And way far away the laughs and cries of a million people
Are starting to fade away
Drown in the words that bing you
Lost in the sea behind you
The weight of the world could pull you down
Maybe you try too hard to understand
This could be fiction
There’s not time for love or sorrow
These are things I’ll do tomorrow.
Based On Happy Times
Close the book before you hear another sound
No one’s talking to you there’s no one else around
When the summer comes we’ll all go for a ride
In the old car that we killed before it died
Based on happy times not what I feel right now
Where’s the light in your eyes
With the values that we learned but never shared
I could tell you things that no one else would dare
Based on happy times they’re calling you from nowhere
And if they’re somewhere to be found
I’ll be there
Where everybody comes around
I walked ahead
The book I just read
Just let me down
I’m lost in pages
Ripped from stages
You had found
You could go back to school with
Everything you’ve burned
Take a letter down – this is
Everything you’ve learned
Based on happy times
They’re calling you from nowhere
And if they’re somewhere to be found
I’ll be there where everybody comes around
Don’t you care
Now please don’t let me down
I’ll be there
When Our Vows Break
We were breathing with the drums
The suspense was good and fresh
I was gonna folow you
Way past the fatal edge
You said some things to me
We both wished you’d never said
And though the promises were tall
The pieces are so small
So many pieces when our vows break
You moved me through and through
The trap was baited
You said we were wasting
Every moment we waited
Every faith had worn away
Was reinstated
And though the promises were tall
The pieces are so small
So many pieces when our vows break
We were breathing with the drums
The suspense was good and fresh
I was gonna follow you
Way past the fatal edge
Now a good explanation just sounds like
A bad excuse
All the faith that had worn away
Now shattered with misuse
So many pieces
The Biggest Conflict
Say Hey buddy can you tell me where I wandered off this time
I’ve tried to find out how that story goes
She couldn’t fight every other feeling
She wanted to kiss it all goodbye
Now you’d like to face up
Yeah your mind is made up – go on
Tell the world so loud
Maybe I’m not proud
The biggest conflict was so small
Inside the words you warranted
All your life you feel important
You’re left with all the things that money can buy
Say hey there’s something I’ve forgotten
I told the only fatal lie
Now you’d like to face up
Yeah your mind is made up – go on
Tell the world so loud
Maybe I’m not proud
The biggest conflict was so small
And I knew I’d only stay a while inside your heart new line
And I know I’ve never been so wrong
Right from the start
And now you’d like to face up
Yeah your mind is made up
Tell the world so loud
Maybe I’m not proud
The biggest conflict was so small
The biggest conflict of them all
Highwire Days
You feel safer in the light
I want to go out at night
Though I’m walking in the shadows
I know what you won’t find
I’ve seen it in your mind
I scream but nothing matters
In highwire days
Did I meet you in the marketplace
Highwire days
Now you’re older
All the people stand in line
I missed you everytime
Though I found an imitation
I remember way before
How could I feel secure
Now I’m lost without your A-crowd
In highwire days
Did I meet you in the marketplace
Highwire days
Now you’re older
This time tomorrow
All the names will change
But your face still remains
I’m getting lost inside
A world apart
From those who feel the blame
Looking round at all the sights
Who’ll calmly brave the night
Who’s standing in the doorway
Getting wasted with your lies
The love that money buys
You’ll walk another endless mile
In highwire days
Did I meet you in the marketplace
Highwire days
Now the world’s a cold and lonely place
Highwire days
Now you’re older
So much older
Yeah you’re older
Our Car Club
I’ve been cruisin’ round the town now with the guys for quite a while
We been thinkin’ ’bout starting up a club that shows some class and style
And we’ll get the finest cars
We got a Deuce Coupe, a Stingray, a rail job and an XKE
(We’ll start a car club)
We’ll be the fastest at the drags, man, we’ll really cut some low ETs
(We’ll start a car club)
And wipe out the other clubs
We’ll set a meet, and get a sponsor, and collect some dues
And you can bet that we’ll have our jackets on wherever we cruise
We’ll get the roughest and the toughest initiation we can find
(We’ll start a car club)
And if you want to try to get in we’ll really put you through the grind
(We’ll start a car club)
This club’s the very best
We’ll set a meet, and get a sponsor, and collect…
If We Run Away
This world has sunk into us
And now it’s under our skin
I used to think that we could live
Without letting it in
All at once
I feel so wrong
What I wished for all along
Will never be the way our two lives as one begin
if we run away
We changed it together like the weather
In a thousand Skies
I watched you ripen to perfection
Before my eyes
We’ve got a right to make a stand
Not turn our backs whenever we can
We won’t see these dreams – we have survive
if we run away
It’s funny I never saw before
‘Cos I knew we needed more
Everything will lose if we leave it all behind if we run away
Hanging On To Yesterday
Julie threw a pack of cards into the ocean
I guess I’ll always stand back
Showing no emotion
Swallowed in the deep end of her soul
She fled a past that couldn’t last
Only fire engines can hear you scream
Through the break of day
All you’ve got to say is
Hanging on to yesterday
If she gets a new job will she move faster
I never want to look back
I know I’ve gone past her
I’m calling down to Florida where it’s far enough away
I guess to say that
Only fire engines can hear you scream
Through the break of day
All you’ve got to say is
Hanging on to yesterday
Where in your life you’ve lost somebody new
You’re down
But now it’s just another phase
I’m crawling down to Florida where it’s far enough away
I guess to say that
Only fire engines can hear you scream
Through the break of day
All I’ve got today is
Hanging on to yesterday
Where Have All Your Friends Gone
Pictures
A house that built a slow impression
Days descend but no confession
Pictures were the only world he knew
They hung on walls that showed no mourning
Only laughter
Love-adoring
Faces etched in frames
That beared no shame
There’s a road you’re dying to find
I could show you but I can’t change your mind
I used to feel so confident
But I never met the president
Though he framed his picture on the wall for you
There’s a road you’re dying to find
I could show you but I can’t change your mind
The truth will lie to tell the lawyers
Love could die in endless foyers
Falling through the ceiling on your dreams
Solemn men will walk behind you
How come I can’t find you in these pictures
That were only there for you
These pictures were the only world he knew
Through pictures he could say goodbye to you
A Way Out
Where’re you going this morning
There is madness in the air
Saw the paper
Seconds later
They were coming down the stairs
Shy was Ginger
Such a winner
She was only born to lose
Apprehension
No attention
Has only made her fade to black
She’s never coming back
To save your life
I heard about the wondrous times
I know it’s no good to lie
And try to find
A way out
At the World’s Fair
Yeah we were there
Unknown to everyone
In a big crowd
We would laugh out loud
We never knew the fun would go away
It won’t be back today to save your life
I heard about the wondrous times
I know it’s no good to lie
And try to find
A way out
Now they’re fading to black
They’re never coming back to save your life
I heard about the wondrous times
I know it’s no good to lie
And try to find
A way out