Some love is just a lie of the heart
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

I know you’…

Some days I have to give right in to the blues
Despite how I try to keep fightin’
It’s a sure shot I’m going to lose
And I’ll tell you why
You think I’m crazy
It’s such a sad composition
But can you blame me
For what’s been causing my bad disposition?
Ain’t nothing new with my blue situation
And nothing’s …

You’ve got diamonds and
I’ve got spades
You’ve got pills
And I’ve got razor blades

You’ve got yoga honey
I’ve got beer
You got overpriced
And I got weird

But it’s alright
We’re the same even though we’re alone
It’s alright
Yes we all need a room of our own

You’ve got love, darlin’…

You got to open your eyes in the morning
Nine o’clock comin’ with out any warnin’
And you gotta get ready to go
You say you went out late last evenin’
Did a lot of drinkin’
Come home stinkin’
And you went and fell asleep on the floor
And then your lady comes and finds you asleepin’
Starts in to weepin’ ’bo…

She waits for me at night, 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 soul
It’s all about faith and a deeper devotion
It’s all about soul
‘Cause under th…

She stood on the tracks
Waving her arms
Leading me to that third rail shock
Quick as a wink
She changed her mind

She gave me a night
That’s all it was
What will it take until I stop
Kidding myself
Wasting my time

There’s nothing else I can do
‘Cause I’m doing it all for Leyna
I don’t want anyone new
‘Cause I’m living it al…

All my life
I’ve searched this whole world through
Try as I might
To find someone like you

Years drifted by
But it was always on my mind
I didn’t know just how long I’d go
Until I ran out of time

All my life
I’ve hurt the ones who cared
One by one
No loving heart was spared

I’ve been a wild and restless man
But still a man who needs a wife
Th…

Oh, baby you don’t get turned on by the radio
Oh, baby you got nothin’ to play on your stereo
“Why don’t the Beatles get back together?
Why don’t nobody sing of romance?
Oh, baby, all you wanna do is dance

Oh, baby I think you are lost in the seventies
Oh, baby the music she ain’t what she used to be
You don’t understand …

Some people stay far away from the door
If there’s a chance of it opening up
They hear a voice in the hall outside
And hope that it just passes by

Some people live with the fear of a touch
And the anger of having been a fool
They will not listen to anyone
So nobody tells them a lie

I know you’re only protecting yourself
I know you’re thinking of someb…

In every heart there is a room
A sanctuary safe and strong
To heal the wounds from lovers past
Until a new one comes along

I spoke to you in cautious tones
You answered me with no pretense
And still I feel I said too much
My silence is my self defense

And every time I’ve held a rose
It seems I only felt the thorns
And so it goes, and so it goes
And so will you soon I supp…

Late at night
When it’s dark and cold
I reach out
For someone to hold
When I’m blue
When I’m lonely
She comes through
She’s the only one who can
My baby grand
Is all I need

In my time
I’ve wandered everywhere
Around this world
She would always be there
Any day
Any hour
All it takes
Is the power in my hands
This baby grand’s
Been g…

From a town known as Wheeling West Virginia
Rode a boy with a six-gun in his hand
And his daring life of crime made him a legend in his time
East and west of the Rio Grande
Well he started with a bank in Colorado
In the pocket of his vest a Colt he hid
And his age and his size took the teller by surprise
And the word spread of Billy the Kid

Well he never traveled heavy,
Yes he a…

Why can’t I lay low
Why can’t I say what I mean
Why don’t I stay home
And get myself into some boring routine

Why can’t I calm down
Why is it always a fight
I can’t get unwound
Why do I throw myself into the night

I’m on the outside
I don’t fit into the groove
Now I ain’t a bad guy
So tell me what am I trying to prove

Why c…

Well you went uptown riding in your limousine
With 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

Because you had to be a big shot, didn’t you
You had to open …

Some days when I’m far away
In a lonely room in a cold seclusion
Some nights when I’m wound so tight
There is no release, there is no solution
In hell there’s a big hotel
Where the bar just closed and the windows never opened
No phone so you can’t call home
And the T.V. works, but the clicker is broken
But in the darkness I see your light turn…

Here I am again
In this smoky place
With my brandy eyes
I’m talking to myself
You were the one
You were the one

Here I go again
Looking for your face
And I realize
That I should look for someone else
But you were the one
You were the one

I’m looking for comfort
That I can take
From someone else
But after all
I know there is no one
That can save me from myself
You …

Saturday night and you’re still hangin’ around
You’re tired of livin’ in your one horse town
You’d like to find a little hole in the ground for a while

So you go to the village in your tie-dye jeans
And you stare at the junkies and the closet queens
It’s like some pornographic magazine, and you smile

But Captain Jack will g…

Careless talk
That’s what you heard about me
Jealous talk
That’s what I heard about you
Everybody’s telling lies
I don’t even know why
Why can’t people
Find something better to do

Careless talk
I don’t believe what they say
I heard them talk
They say you’ve been putting me down

In the shadows on the phone
They won&…

Let me tell you a story
About a woman and a man
Maybe you will find familiar
Maybe you won’t understand

The man’s name I don’t remember
He was always Joe to me
But I can’t forget the woman
She was always Christie Lee

He was working in a night club
That’s where he played the saxophone
He used to fake stock arrangements
He left the cust…

It’s evening in the desert
I’m tired and I’m cold
But I am just a soldier
I do what I am told

We came with the crusaders
To save the holy land
It’s Christmas in Fallujah
And no one gives a damn

And I just got your letter
And this is what I read, you said
I’m fading from your memory
So I’m just as good as dead

We are the armies of the em…

Blackout, heatwave, .44 caliber homicide
The buns drop dead and dogs go mad
In packs on the West Side
Young girl standing on a ledge looks like another suicide
She wants to hit those bricks
‘Cause the news at six gotta stick to a deadline
While the millionaires hide in Beekman Place
The bag ladies throw their bones in my face
I get attacked by a kid with stere…

Everybody’s got a million questions
Everybody wants to know the score
What you went through
It’s something you
Should be over now

Everybody wants to hear the secrets
That you never told a soul before
And it’s not that strange
Because it wouldn’t change
What happened anyhow

But you swore to yourself a long time ago
There were some thi…

All the waiters in your grand cafe
Leave their tables when you blink
Every dog must have his everyday
Every drunk must have his drink
Don’t wait for answers
Just take your chances
Don’t ask me why

All your life you had to stand in line
Still you’re standing on your feet
All you choices made you change your mind
Now your calendar’s comple…

Well I'm on the Downeaster Alexa
And I'm cruising through Block Island Sound
I have charted a course to the Vineyard
But tonight I am Nantucket bound

We took on diesel back in Montauk yesterday
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

So …

You don’t have to talk all night
I’m a man who can’t say no
You don’t have to twist my arm
Just point me where you want me to go
Take me to the action
Take me to the track
Take me to a party if they’re bettin’ in the back
I’ve been working all my life
Can’t afford to wait
Let me call my wife so I can tell her I’ll be …

Once long ago all the faithful held a show
Down at Elvis Presley Blvd. on Memphis radio
Where the hopeless held a vigil and the nameless made the charts
Where the losers lost their sorrow and the lonely left their hearts

Step on these shoes and I’ll see you in hell
Love me so tender, I cried
Save me a room at the Heartbreak Hotel
I’m so alone I could die

I t…

While in these days of quiet desperation
As I wander through the world in which I live
I search everywhere for some new inspiration
But it’s more than cold reality can give
If I need a cause for celebration
Or a comfort I can use to ease my mind
I rely on my imagination
And I dream of an imaginary time
I know that everybody has a dream
Everybody has a dream
And thi…

Baby all the lights are turned on you
Now you’re in the center of the stage
Ev’rything revolves on what you do
Ah, you are in your prime
You’ve come of age
You can always have your way somehow
‘Cause ev’rybody loves you now

You can walk away from your mistakes
You can turn your back on what you do
Just a little smile is all it takes
And …

Once upon a time in the land of misty satin dreams there stood a house
And a man who painted nature scenes.
He painted trees
And fields and animals and streams
And he stayed and he didn’t hear the falling of the rain
No, he didn’t hear the falling of the rain

In the forest green lived a girl who put her hair in braids and she sang
As she walked all about the w…

Sitting here in Avalon, looking at the pouring rain
Summer time has come and gone, and everybody’s home again
Closing down for the season, I found the last of the souvenirs
I can still taste the wedding cake and it’s sweet after all these years

These are the last words I have to say
That’s why this took so long to write
There will be other words s…

I don’t believe in first impressions
For just this once I hope that looks don’t deceive
I ain’t got time for true confessions
I’ve got to make the move right now
Got to meet that girl somehow
I’ve gotta get it right the first time
That’s the main thing
I can’t afford to let it pass
You get it right the next time that…

I went searching for the truth
But in my innocence I found
All the con men and their acrobats
Who stomped me in the ground
If I count up their percentages
I know they’re getting rich
But they haven’t taken everything
Those paybacks are a bitch

Though I’ve lost quite a lot
I am still in control
They can keep what they’ve got
But they can…

We met as soul mates
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

We came in spastic
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 home front
We had no soft soap
They sent us Playboy…

Well so, here I am at the end of the road
Where do I go from here?
I always figured it would be like this
Still nothin’ seems to be quite clear

All the words have been spoken
And the prophecy fulfilled
But I just can’t decide where to go
Yes, it’s been quite a day
And I should go to sleep
But tomorrow I will wake up and I’ll know
That I’ve g…

Flyin' east on a plane drinkin' all that free champagne
I guess I saw this comin' down the line
And I know it should be fun, but I think I should've packed my gun
Got that old suburban showdown in my mind
Sit around with the folks, tell the same old jokes,
Bored to death on Sunday afternoon
Mom and Dad, me and you and the outdoor barbecue
Think I'…

Advice is cheap you can take it from me
It's yours to keep 'cause opinions are free
Nobody knows about the trouble I've seen
Nobody's perfect, mister, nobody's clean
It cost too much and takes too long to find out too late
Some words are not heard 'til after they're spoken
Your role was protective, your soul was too defective
Some …

Little Geo is a friend of mine
We get some money and we buy a cheap wine
Sit on the corner and have a holiday
Hide the bottle when the cop goes by
Talk about women and lie, lie, lie
Oh, my other world is just a half a mile away

Wait for mamma to turn out the light
Crawl on the the roof and then hit the night
I should be sleeping but tonight I just can’t stay
I’ve gi…

Well, I’m driving on down to the surfside bar
These days my old shovelhead, she don’t travel far
But she goes where I want and now I want to be
Where all the locals go to keep each other company
They all drive Chevy pick-ups in the morning
They all ride Harley-Davidsons at night
They all work for somebody
Who makes all the money
And pays them just enough …

She said she’d meet me in the bar
At the Plaza Hotel
“Wear a jacket and a tie”
“What’s the occasion?”
She just smiled and she wouldn’t say why
So here I am standing , waiting in the lobby
Sweating bullets in this stupid old suit
And when she sees me she busts out laughing
“You’re a sad sight honey, but you …

Call me a joker, call me a fool
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

Darling I don’t know why I go to extremes
Too high or too low there ain…

Now we take our time, so nonchalant
And spend our nights so bon vivant
We dress our days in silken robes
The money comes
The money goes
We know it’s all a passing phase

We light our lamps for atmosphere
And hang our hopes on chandeliers
We’re going wrong, we’re gaining weight
We’re sleeping long and far too late
And so it’s time to …

If I only had the words to tell you
If you only had the time to understand
Though I know it wouldn’t change your feelings
And I know you’ll carry on the best you can

If I only had the urge to tell you
If you only know how hard it is to say
When the simple lines have all been taken
And the radio repeats them ev’ry day

If I never find the song to sing you
If yo…

What’s the matter with the clothes I’m wearing?
“Can’t you tell that your tie’s too wide?”
Maybe I should buy some old tab collars?
“Welcome back to the age of jive
Where have you been hidin’ out lately, honey?
You can’t dress trashy till you spend a lot of money”
Everybody’s talkin&#…

James
We were always friends from our childhood days
And we made our plans
And we had to go our sep’rate ways
I went on the road
You pursued an education

James
Do you like your life
Can you find release
And will you ever change
Will you ever write your masterpiece?

Are you still in school
Living up to expectations?
James
You were so relied upon
Ev’rybod…

Didn'cha know what I mean
When I said 'I love you Josephine'? Yeah
Josephine.
Nothing I say does justice to you
Or lights up the day the way that you do
Josephine.

Like a beautiful queen
You deserve a crown
My Josephine. Yeah
Josephine.
Well
I pick up the phone and give you a call
You come around with your sneakers and all
Josephine.

Well
Sit right back…

Don't go changing, to try and please me
You never let me down before
Don't imagine you're too familiar
And I don't see you anymore

I wouldn't leave you in times of trouble
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 go trying some new fashion
Don't ch…

If it seems like I’ve been lost
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

Still I would not be here now
If I never had the hunger
And I’m not ashamed to say
The wild boys were my friends
Oh
‘Ca…

Well if money makes a rich man
Then I might never make the grade
I’ll be a small time operator
If I just get the landlord paid
But if time is an indication
Of the wealth that I never knew
Then I’m the last of the big time spenders
‘Cause I’ve been spendin’ time on you
(Woo oo oo woo woo)

It takes time to appreciate
Lord knows that you can …

Laura
Calls me
In the middle of the night

Passes on her
Painful information
Then these careless fingers
They get caught in her vice

Til they’re bleeding
On my coffee table
Living alone isn’t all that
It’s cracked up to be

I’m on her side
Why does she push the poison on me?

Laura
Has a very hard time
All her life has
Been one long disaster
Th…

Even though I’m in love
Sometimes I get so afraid
I’ll say something so wrong
Just to have something to say

I know the moment isn’t right
To tell the girl a comical line
To keep the conversation light
I guess I’m just frightened out of my mind
But if that’s how I feel
Then it’s the best feeling I’ve ever known
It’…

Viktor was born in the spring of ’44
And never saw his father anymore
A child of sacrifice, a child of war
Another son who never had a father after Leningrad

Went off to school and learned to serve the state
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

I was born i…

Los Angelenos
All come from somewhere
To live in sunshine
Their funky exile
Midwestern ladies
High-heeled and faded
Drivin’ sleek new sports cars
With their New York cowboys
Hiding up in the mountains
Laying low in the canyons
Goin’ nowhere in the streets
With the Spanish names
Makin’ love with the natives
In their Hollywood places
Maki…

Goodnight, my angel
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

Goodnight, my angel
Now it’s time to sleep
And s…

Seen the lights go out Broadway
I saw the Empire State laid low
And life went on beyond the Palisades
They all bought Cadillacs
And left there long ago

They held a concert out in Brooklyn
To watch the island bridges blow
They turned our power down
And drove us underground
But we went right on with the show

I’ve seen the lights go out on Broadway
I saw the ruins a…

You see her sitting with her coffee and her paper
With her high top sneakers of Italian design
With a long cool stare she aggravates the tension
Makes up her face while she makes up her mind

Now you’re in trouble, maybe she’s an intellectual
What if she figures out you’re not very smart
Or maybe she’s the quiet type who’s into hea…

Anthony works in the grocery store
savin’ his pennies for someday
Mama Leone left a note on the door,
she said
“Sonny, move out to the country”
Workin’ too hard can give me
a heart attack
You oughta know by now
Who needs a house out in Hackensack?
Is that what you get with your money?

*It seems such a waste of time
If that’s what it&#…

Got a call from an old friend
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 need you to worry for me cause I’m alright
I don’t want you to tell me it’s time to come home
I don’t care what you say an…

Some folks like to get away
Take a holiday from the neighborhood
Hop a flight to Miami Beach
Or to Hollywood
But I’m talking a Greyhound
On the Hudson River Line
I’m in a New York state of mind

I’ve seen all the movie stars
In their fancy cars and their limousines
Been high in the Rockies under the evergreens
But I know what I’m needing
And …

I’ve seen those big machines come rolling through the quiet pines
Blue suits and bankers with their Volvos and their valentines
Give us this day our daily discount outlet merchandise
Raise up a multiplex and we will make a sacrifice
Now we’re gonna get the big business
Now we’re gonna get the real thing
Everybody’s all excited abou…

I got a friend that nobody knows
Nobody knows but me
I got a friend that nobody knows
Nobody knows but me
Oh, Mama thinks I’m talking to myself again
I know she thinks I’m out of my mind
But I’m really talking to my secret friend
We get along just fine

I got a friend that nobody hears
Nobody hears but me
I got a friend that nobody hears
Nobody hears bu…

Come out Virginia, don't let me me wait
You Catholic girls start much too late
But sooner or later it comes down to fate
I might as well be the one
They showed you a statue and told you to pray
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

You might have hear…

It’s nine o’clock on a Saturday
The regular crowd shuffles in
There’s an old man sitting next to me
Making love to his tonic and gin

He says, “Son can you play me a memory
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 you…

There’s a place in the world for the angry young man
With his working class ties and his radical plans
He refuses to bend he refuses to crawl
And he’s always at home with his back to the wall
And he’s proud of his scars and the battles he’s lost
And struggles and bleeds as he hangs on his cross
And likes to be known as the angry young man

Give a …

You have to learn to pace yourself
Pressure
You’re just like everybody else
Pressure
You’ve only had to run so far
So good
But you will come to a place
Where the only thing you feel
Are loaded guns in your face
And you’ll have to deal with
Pressure

You used to call me paranoid
Pressure
But even you cannot avoid
Pressure
You turned the tap dance in…

Roberta, you say you know me
But I see only what you’re paid to show me
Oh, I wish you had the time
Oh, I wish you had the time, oh

Roberta, I understand you
I know you need to move in other circles too
It’s tough for me
It’s tough for you

Roberta, how I’ve adored you
I’d ask you over but I can’t afford you
Oh, I wish you’d tak…

Oh…..Rosalinda
Why do you cry?
Oh…..Rosalinda
Could this be why?
Now that there's nothing left to do
Now that the children have all grown
Now all you have is just a cat and a silent telephone

Oh…..Rosalinda
Why do you weep?
Oh…..Rosalinda
Alone you sleep.
But the neighbors turn away
What will it take for them to learn
That all you …

I play nights in the Spanish part of town
I’ve got music in my hands
The work is hard to find
But that don’t get me down
Rosalinda understands

Crazy Latin dancing solo down in Herald Square
Oh Havana I’ve been searching for you everywhere
And though I’ll never be there
I know what I would see there
I can always find my Cuban skies
In Rosali…

There’s a lot of tension in this town
I know it’s building up inside of me
I’ve got all the symptoms and the side effects
Of city life anxiety

I could never understand why the urban attitude
Is so superior
In a world of high rise ambition
Most people’s motives are ulterior

Sometimes I feel as though I’m running on ice
Paying the pr…

Bobby’s drivin’ through the city tonight
Through the lights in a hot new rent-a-car
He joins the lovers in his heavy machine
It’s a scene down on Sunset Boulevard
Say goodbye to Hollywood
Say goodbye my baby
Say goodbye to Hollywood
Say goodbye my baby

Johnny’s takin’ care of things for a while
And his style is so right for trou…

The sins of Amsterdam
Were still a recent surprise
And we were flying over
Scandinavian skies

We climbed towards the sun
We turned and cursed as one
We pulled the shades
And closed our eyes

The Stockholm city lights
Were slowly starting to rise
And we were strapped against
Those Scandinavian skies

The landing gear came down
And touched the Swedish ground
And we …

A bottle of white, a bottle of red
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 on your appetite
I'll meet you any time you want
In our Italian Restaurant.

Things are okay with me these days
Got a good job, got a good office
Got a new wife…

Well I’m shameless when it comes to loving you
I’d do anything you want me to
I’d do anything at all

And I’m standing here for all the world to see
There ain’t that much left of me
That has very far to fall

You know I’m not a man who has ever been
Insecure about the world I’ve been living in
I don’t break easy, I have …

She can kill with a smile
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 lead you to live
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&#…

She's got a way about her
I don't know what it is
But I know that I can't live without her
She's got a way of pleasin'
I don't know what it is
But there doesn't have to be a reason anyway
She's got a smile that heals me
I don't know why it is
But I have to laugh when she reveals me
She's got a way of talkin'
I don't know wh…

Turn on all the Christmas lights
Cause baby’s coming home tonight
I can hear her footsteps in the street
Turn the choral music higher
Pile more wood upon the fire
That should make the atmosphere complete
I’ve had to wait forever
But better late than never

She’s just in time for me
She’s right on time
She’s right where she should …

I didn’t want to do it but I got too lonely
I had to call you up in the middle of the night
I know it’s awful hard to try and make love long distance
But I really need stimulation
Though it was only my imagination

It’s just a fantasy
It’s not the real thing
It’s just a fantasy
It’s not the real thing
But sometimes a fantasy
Is all y…

Well, it’s a rainy night in Paris,
And I’m sitting by the Seine,
It’s a pleasure to be soaking in the European rain,
Now my belly’s full of fancy food and wine
Oh but in the morning there’ll be hell to pay
Somewhere along the line
In the morning there’ll be hell to pay
Somewhere along the line

Sweet Virginia cigarette burni…

A picture postcard, a folded stub
A program of the play
File away the photographs of your holiday
And your mementos will turn to dust
But that’s the price you pay
For every year is a souvenir
That slowly fades away
Every year’s a souvenir
That slowly fades away…

There you go, slipping away into a state of grace
I know the look that comes across your face
It’s so familiar to me
Here I am, trying to keep you in my line of sight
I’m never certain that you read me right
Sometimes you don’t want to see
Here we are, both of us know we’re in love
But that isn’t always enough
I never could rise above it a…

She cuts you once, she cuts you twice
But still you believe
The wound is so fresh you can taste the blood
But you don’t have strength to leave
You’ve been bought, you’ve been sold
You’ve been locked outside the door
But you stand there pleadin’
With your insides bleedin’
‘Cause deep down you want some more
Then she …

He always found it hard to take her
She wouldn’t listen to advice
And though he never tried to make her
She often thought it would be nice

Oh-and now she’s headin’ out to California
It’s been a long time comin’ but she’s feelin’ like a woman tonight
And she left a little letter said she’s gonna make a stop in Ne…

Safe at harbor, everything is easy
Off to starboard, daylight comes up fast
Now I’m restless for the open water
Red flags are flying from the Coast Guard mast
They told me to stay, I heard all the information
I motored away and steered straight ahead
Though the weatherman said

There’s a storm front coming (mood indigo)
White water running and the p…

Well we all have a face
That we hide away forever
And we take them out and show ourselves
When everyone has gone
Some are satin some are steel
Some are silk and some are leather
They're the faces of the stranger
But we love to try them on

Well, we all fall in love
But we disregard the danger
Though we share so many secrets
There are some we never tell
Why were you so su…

Streetlife serenader
Never sang on stages
Needs no orchestration
Melody comes easy

Midnight masquerader
Shoppin’ center heroes
Child of Eisenhower
New world celebrator

Streetlife serenaders
Have such an understanding
How the words are spoken
How to make the motions

Streetlife serenaders
Have no obligations
Hold no grand illusions
Need no stim…

They say that these are not the best of times
But they’re the only times I’ve ever known
And I believe there is a time for meditation
In cathedrals of our own

Now, I have seen that sad surrender in my lover’s eyes
And I can only stand apart and sympathize
For we are always what our situations hand us
It’s either sadness or euphoria

So we…

Don’t get excited
Don’t say a word
Nobody noticed
Nothing was heard
It was committed discreetly
It was handled so neatly
And it shouldn’t surprise you at all
You know

Break all the records
Burn the cassettes
I’d be lying if I told you
That I had no regrets
There were so many mistakes
And what a difference it makes
But still it shouldn…

Listen boy
Don’t want to see you let a good thing
Slip away
You know I don’t like watching
Anybody make the same mistakes
I made

She’s a real nice girl
And she’s always there for you
But a nice girl wouldn’t tell you what you should do

Listen boy
I’m sure that you think you got it all
Under control

You don’t want somebod…

It's time for me to be on my way I know
I've got business to conduct and I've got places to go
But I can't help looking at her sleeping instead
Another morning I'll have trouble climbing out of this bed
Because – she's such a temptation
It's driving me crazy
And it's my fascination that's making me act this way
And I kn…

Some people think that she’s one of those mink-coated ladies
They say she wakes up at one
And she makes the paparazzi run till dawn
She wines and dines with Argentines and Kuwaitis
After she sips margaritas on the White House lawn

That’s not her style I can tell you
That ain’t my woman
It’s just not her style I can tell you
Because I̵…

I am the entertainer and I know just where I stand
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 my name,
And I won't be here in another year
If I don't stay on the charts

I am the entertainer and I've had to pay my price
The things I did not know at first I learned b…

Oh, oh, oh
For the longest time
Oh, oh, oh
For the longest time
If you said goodbye to me tonight
There would still be music left to write
What else could I do
I'm so inspired by you
That hasn't happened for the longest time

Once I thought my innocence was gone
Now I know that happiness goes on
That's where you found me
When you put your arms around me
I have…

I’m young enough to still see the passionate boy I used to be
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

While the night is still young
I want to keep making love to you
While the night is still young

I’d like to settle down
Get ma…

We walked on the beach beside that old hotel
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

This is the time to remember
‘Cause it will not last forever
These are the days to hold on to
‘Cause we won’t, although we’…

Didn’t I say
I wasn’t ready for a romance
Didn’t we promise
We would only be friends

And so we danced
Though it was only a slow dance
I started breaking my promises
Right there and then

Didn’t I swear
There would be no complications
Didn’t you want
Someone who’s seen it all before

Now that you’re here
It’s not …

The cold hands
The sad eyes
The dark Irish silence
It’s so late
But I’ll wait
Through the long night with you
With you

The warm tears
The bad dreams
The soft trembling shoulders
The old fears
But I’m here
Through the long night with you
With you

Oh, what has it cost you
I almost lost you
A long, long time ago
Oh, you should have told me
But you had to b…

I’ve been livin’ for the moment
But I just can’t have my way
And I’m afraid to go to sleep
‘Cause tomorrow is today

People tell me life is sweeter
But I don’t hear what they say
Nothing comes to change my life
So tomorrow is today

I don’t care to know the hour
‘Cause it’s passing anyway
I don’t have …

Hey Lord, take a look around tonight
And find where my baby’s gonna be
Hey Lord, would ya look out for her tonight
‘Cause she is far across the sea
Hey Lord, would ya look out for her tonight
And make sure she’s gonna be alright
And things are gonna be alright with me

Hey Lord, would you look out for her tonight
And make sure all her dreams are sweet…

Oh, sweet lady,
Runnin’ like a stream
You don’t look back
Because you know hands are clean
You make believe
That the past was just a dream
You make believe the past was just a dream

Turn around
Turn around
And I will sing for you a song
I don’t know where you been
But you been gone too long

Oh, Eliza, you must beget again
And all the roads that you hav…

In the beginning
There was the cold and the night
Prophets and angels gave us the fire and the light
Man was triumphant
Armed with the faith and the will
That even the darkest ages couldn’t kill

Too many kingdoms
Too many flags on the field
So many battles, so many wounds to be healed
Time is relentless
Only true love perseveres
It’s been a long time an…

I never ask you where you go
After I leave you in the morning
We go our different ways to separate situations
It’s not that easy anymore

Today I do what must be done
I give my time to total strangers
But now it feels as though the the day goes on forever
More than it ever did before

Until the night, until the night
I just might make it
Until the night, until the nigh…

Uptown girl
She’s been living in her uptown world
I bet she never had a backstreet guy
I bet her mama never told her why

I’m gonna try for an uptown girl
She’s been living in her white bread world
As long as anyone with hot blood can
And now she’s looking for a downtown man
That’s what I am

And when she knows what
She wants from her time…

Slow down you crazy child
You’re so ambitious for a juvenile
But then if you’re so smart tell me why
You are still so afraid?
Where’s the fire, what’s the hurry about?
You better cool it off before you burn it out
You got so much to do and only
So many hours in a day
But you know that when the truth is told
That you can get what you want
Or you an j…

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

Rosenbergs, 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, San…

This backbreakin’, boneshakin’, bellyachin’,
Hardworkin’, two more hours to go
Yes, it’s keepin’ me alive doin’ nine to five
And I got nothin’ to show
Pretty soon I’ll be leavin’, with the wages
I’m receiving, but I know it’s gonna be alright
Come on, babe, and take me away
We …

Well I see you in the morning
Putting on your pretty clothes
And I watch you do your makeup
Like they do in all those fashion shows
Then you turn to me so that I can see
If you put your self together right
Then you go away and you’re gone all day
But I know you’re coming home tonight
And when you’re home, darling all you’ve got to be is you
But wh…

Where’s the orchestra?
Wasn’t this supposed to be a musical?
Here I am in the balcony
How the hell could I have missed the overture?
I like the scenery
Even though I have absolutely no
Idea at all
What is being said
Despite the dialogue
There’s the leading man
The movie star who never faced an audience

Where’s the orchestra?
After all
T…

Of all the people in the world that I know
You’re the best place to go when I cry, when I cry
I never asked for much before, not before
Things are changed: I need more
Tell my why Judy why

I never thought that she would say, say goodbye
But she did, and now I want to die, I want to die
I never thought that I would need, need a friend
Oh, but I did in the end
Tell me why Judy …

Today I'm livin' like a rich man's son
Tomorrow mornin' I could be a bum
It doesn't matter which direction though
I know a woman in New Mexico
Oh worse comes to worse I'll get along

I don't know how but sometimes I can be strong
And if I don't have a car I'll hitch
I got a thumb and she's a son of a bitch
I'll do my writing …

You can make me free
You can make me smile
You can make me be like a little child
You can melt the ice that chills my body
You can dry my ev’ry tear
You can make the lonely hours disappear
You can make me free
You can make me rise
You can make me see
So open up my eyes
Don’t you know my only real moments are the ones I spend with you?
How I long to drink some wine aga…

Ah, you look so good to me
With my eyes open wide I can see
Ah, you feel so good to me
And it’s so good when you’re here
‘Cause I’m free
I’m feelin’ the glory from that smile upon your face
You lifted me high above my ordinary place, uh huh
And I am so happy when I’m in your warm embrace, yeah yeah
Woh, woh

Ah, you look so good …

Don’t get me wrong
I ain’t the kind
To turn away from you
When something’s on your mind
But you had to know
You just had to see
I’m having my troubles baby
And they’re all too much for me

You picked a real bad time to spoil my concentration
You picked a real bad time to pass along bad news
Tell me why you’re tryin’ to give m…

When you look into my eyes
And you see the crazy gypsy in my soul
It always comes as a surprise
When I feel my withered roots begin to grow
Well, I never had a place that I could call my very own
But that’s alright my love,
‘Cause your my home

When you touch my weary head
And you tell me ev’rything will be alright
You say use my body for your bed
And my lo…

You’re having a hard time and lately you don’t feel so good
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

You better believe there will be times in your life
When youÔÇÜl…