I LIED, YOU CRIED
I TRIED TO EXPLAIN.
AND THE FACT THAT REMAINS,
WE’RE NEVER GONNA BE THE SAME AGAIN.
YOU IMPLIED, I DENIED,
WE KEPT UP WITH THE GAME.
WE FINALLY GOT CAUGHT IN THE RAIN.

AND, OH, WE THOUGHT WE KNEW EACH OTHER BETTER.
WE ACTED OUT OUR PARTS RIGHT TO THE LETTER.

BACK ROOM, VACCUUM,
INTRODUCED BY A FRIEND,
NEVER WANTED, SO SOON, FOR THIS TO END.
BACK SEAT, LIPS MEET,
DRIVER DRIVE ON.
COME ON, COME ON
HOME WITH ME

I JUST WANT TO GET TO KNOW YOU BETTER
IF I DON’T SEE YOU, I’LL WRITE YOU A LETTER.

WHY DID I LIE AND MAKE YOU CRY?
WHY DID I BREAK YOUR HEART?
WHY DID I MAKE YOU FALL IN LOVE WITH ME?
WHY DID I LIE AND MAKE YOU CRY?
WHY DID I BREAK YOUR HEART?
I DIDN’T KNOW YOU’D FALL IN LOVE WITH ME.

ADVICE FOR
THE LOVE WORN
NEVER CAME TO ME
NEVER THOUGHT LOVE WAS MEANT FOR ME

GOLD BAND,
SECOND HAND,
BEEN THERE BEFORE,
I SAW YOU WAITING AT THE DOOR.

A Half a pair of Queens in designer jeans
Is waiting for the Jack to come.
Only some people care what it means, or so it seems.
They’d rather be feeling numb.
Hoping that the Jack will come back, red or black,
And hoping that I don’t get sacked.
Don’t think I can take any more, slam the door.
And I don’t want to know what’s in store.
I gotta make a change, gotta rearrange my dreams.
Been comm’n ’round the mountain, and hold’n back the screams.
I’m comm’n to conclusions and I’m goi’n to extremes,
And all that I got is a half a pair of Queens.

I’m stand’n in the rain, I know it’s insane
But, it doesn’t cause me any pain.
I try to find my key, you see, and it’s not me,
To be tap-danc’n home on the range.
I bought it for a while, took it with a smile,
And I’m lucky to be alive.
It’s rattling and stunning, baffling and cunning,
I believe I’m running out of time

I gotta make a change, gotta rearrange my dreams.
Been comm’n ’round the mountain, and hold’n back the screams.
I’m comm’n to conclusions and I’m goi’n to extremes,
And all that I got is a half a pair of Queens.

Always wanted to belong, right or wrong, sing a song,
And wanted everyone to sing along.
Too many hits from the bong, early on,
And not enough hits in the show
It’s hard to stay above board, ooh, my Lord,
But, my train’s leaving, all aboard.
Keep it on high speed, that’s just what I need.
And keep the accelerator floored.

I gotta make a change, gotta rearrange my dreams.
Been comm’n ’round the mountain, and hold’n back the screams.
I’m comm’n to conclusions and I’m goi’n to extremes,
And all that I got is a half a pair of Queens.

When I was just a boy I was told to avoid
All the near occasions of sin.
And maybe one day I’ll meet Long Tall Sally
And maybe I’ll invite’m in.
How am I supposed to know, with all these TV shows,
Tryin’ to bring back reality? OOOh
And now I know what Mama means ’bout eatin’ all my greens,
But, now what am I supposed to do?

I gotta make a change, gotta rearrange my dreams.
Been comm’n ’round the mountain, and hold’n back the screams.
I’m comm’n to conclusions and I’m goi’n to extremes,
And all that I got is a half a pair of Queens.

IT’S HUMAN RIGHTS AND HUMAN WRONGS
DICTATE WHETHER I BELONG,
MAKING CHANGES TAKES SO LONG,
CHANGING WRONGS TO RIGHTS.
TOO MANY YEARS OF ENDLESS NIGHTS,
WE NOW MUST REFEREE THE FIGHTS,
AND FINALLY TURN OFF ALL THE LIGHTS
ON WRONGS TO HUMAN RIGHTS.
A PREACHER MOCKS THE SOULS HE REACHES,
HE DOESN’T PRACTICE WHAT HE PREACHES.
THE FEAR OF GOD IS WHAT HE TEACHES, IT’S STRINGING US ALONG.

I’VE HAD TO SEARCH DOWN DEEP INSIDE,
CRUSH MY FEARS, WEAR MY PRIDE.
I WILL NEVER HAVE TO HIDE
BECAUSE OF HUMAN RIGHTS.
I AM JUST ONE SINGLE VOICE,
BUT, I BELIEVE WE MAKE A CHOICE
TO WIN THE BATTLES AND REJOICE
FOR ALL OUR HUMAN RIGHTS.
WAKE UP PEOPLE, MOTIVATE. I STILL THINK IT’S NOT TO LATE.
PROMISE I’LL BE HOME BY EIGHT, JUST LEAVE ME ON A LIGHT.

WE KNOW WHAT’S RIGHT, WE KNOW WHAT’S WRONG
AFRAID TO LET IT ALL BE KNOWN.
HOW MUCH LOVE DO WE NEED TO LOSE
TO FEED OUR FOOLISH PRIDE?

RAINBOWS BORN FROM RAVAGE STORMS.
LAWS ARE COLD, AM I GETTING WARM?
WHAT DOESN’T KILL ME, MAKES ME STRONG,
HUMAN RIGHTS AND WRONGS.
POLLUTION REIGNS, SOLUTIONS SLASHED,
WE ARE CAREENING FAR TO FAST.
LET ALL THE PAIN BE GONE AT LAST,
THE WRONGS TO HUMAN RIGHTS.
I STILL THINK IT’S NOT TO LATE
TO TRY TO FREE THE WORLD FROM HATE.
FILL OUR HEARTS, COMMUNICATE, TAKE BACK OUR HUMAN RIGHTS.
EMPOWER HUMAN RIGHTS!

I’M AFRAID OF PEOPLE, CAN’T BEAR TO BE ALONE.
I WISH SOMEONE FAMOUS WOULD CALL ME AT HOME.
I WISH I FELT THE FREEDOM, THEN I WOULDN’T HAVE TO LIE,
I WISH I WERE A REGULAR GUY.

HAVE MERCY LET ME TINGLE FROM A LOVE ATTACK.
LET ME FIND YOUR FINGERS LOST DOWN MY BACK.
I’D TAKE THE MIDNIGHT SPECIAL, BUT, I’M AFRAID TO FLY,
JUST TO BE A REGULAR GUY.

I FOOLED MY HEART AND SOUL
TRYING TO HIDE
FROM EVERYONE WHO WANTED ME
TO TAKE THEM FOR A RIDE.
I NEED TO FIND SOMEBODY WHO’LL BE ON MY SIDE,
ALL OF MY DAYS AND NIGHTS COLLIDE.

SO HURRY UP TOMORROW, I’M FINISHED WITH TODAY.
SPEEDING LIKE AN ARROW, TO MY TARGET, I PRAY.
I NEED TO FIND AN HONEST MAN,
WHO KNOWS WHAT IT’S LIKE,
TO NEED TO BE A REGULAR GUY.

I FOOLED MY HEART AND SOUL
TRYING TO HIDE
FROM EVERYONE WHO WANTED ME
TO TAKE THEM FOR A RIDE.
I NEED TO FIND SOMEBODY WHO’LL BE ON MY SIDE,
ALL OF MY DAYS AND NIGHTS COLLIDE.

SO LET ME DRIVE YOU CRAZY,
JUST LOOK ME IN THE EYE,
CAN I BE YOUR REGULAR GUY?

I held back my feelings for so many years
I just about froze with fear.
I held back every thought, word and deed
And just about every tear.

There were some times opportunity rocked,
Begging for someone discreet.
That’s when it felt like the carpet was being
ripped from under my feet

I’m falling again, quite naturally,
In love at the drop of a hat
I’m falling again, and probably,
It’s nothing to brag about,
But, it’s so much better than no love at all,
Just watch me fall, again,
I’m falling again, quite naturally,
See, I don’t need a net,
no holes barred, and probably,
I wouldn’t stop on a bet,
I’m a little rough and I’m ready, set,
and I’m falling again.
I’m falling again.

I’d see a smile on somebody’s face
And took it for something real.
It was easy to take me for somebody’s fool
Believing lies they tried to conceal.

I couldn’t help feeling so sensitive,
Vulnerable as a lamb.
When am I gonna stop falling in love,
And falling for every man?

My temperature’s rising
From fantasizing,
Spine-tingling thrills the charade.
Love is demanding.
Misunderstanding,
All the green signals delayed

WE ALL CALLED HIM RODGY EARLY IN THE GAME,
BUT, AT FIFTEEN HE CORRECTED US, THAT “RODGER IS MY NAME.”
HE HAD NO FEAR OF ANYTHING, OR FEAR OF ANYONE.
IT MADE ME THINK THAT MAYBE HE, WAS HAVING ALL THE FUN.

RODGER RAN AROUND IN HIS MOTHER’S HIGH-HEELED SHOES,
IN LEOTARDS AND MAKE-UP, HE WAS THE DAILY NEWS.
SO RADICAL, SWEET RODGER, HE OFFERED NO EXCUSE,
AND, RODGER RAN AROUND IN HIS MOTHER’S HIGH-HEELED SHOES.

WAITING AT THE BUS-STOP, HE SLUNG HIS COMPACT OUT,
TO SEPARATE A LASH OR TWO THAT HE FORGOT ABOUT.
PRIMPING AT HIS HAIRLINE AND PLUCKING AT HIS BROW,
HE KNEW THAT EVERY MOVE HE MADE WAS BOUND TO CAUSE A ROW.

RODGER RAN AROUND IN HIS MOTHER’S HIGH-HEELED SHOES,
IN LEOTARDS AND MAKE-UP, HE WAS THE DAILY NEWS.
SO RADICAL, SWEET RODGER, HE GOT ME SO CONFUSED,
AND, RODGER RAN AROUND IN HIS MOTHER’S HIGH-HEELED SHOES.

PRANCING WITH A SWING LIKE THAT, HE KEPT US SO AMUSED,
NO ENVY HERE, NO PITY THERE, HE NEVER SANG THE BLUES.
HE LIVED THE WAY HE WANTED TO, WITH THAT, HE COULDN’T LOSE,
SO, HE NEVER NEEDED TREATMENT FOR ANY SUBSTANCE ABUSE.
RODGER NEVER MADE IT PASSED THE AGE OF THIRTY-FIVE,
IRONICALLY, HE MET UP WITH A POSITIVE GUY.
HE DIDN’T KNOW HE HAD TO PROTECT THE FAMILY JEWELS,
HE WAS ALWAYS SO CONCERNED ABOUT HIS MOTHER’S HIGH-HEELED SHOES.

RODGER RAN AROUND IN HIS MOTHER’S HIGH-HEELED SHOES,
IN LEOTARDS AND MAKE-UP, HE WAS THE DAILY NEWS.
SO RADICAL, SWEET RODGER, THIS WAS 1962,
AND, RODGER RAN AROUND IN HIS MOTHER’S HIGH-HEELED SHOES.
THEY WERE LIPSTICK RED. STILETTOS.

He sleeps most every night alone, the time is always his.
It all went wrong inside his head; he’s someone no one missed.
A hot plate on the table and a hat-rack by the door,
Another night, another room, like it happened once before,
Like it happened once before.

Another night, another room, O O O ooo

No tear to make a dry eye swell, no prayer to wash the sin.
A simple man who sold his dreams, deserted, sinking ships.
He’ll help you if he’s able, pouring friendship ’til he’s blind,
Another night, another room, like it happened once before,
Like it happened once before.

Like it happened once before, time and time again,
He wanted something more, but he could not remember when.
He bargained for a dream to even up the score,
Oh-oh, once more.

The widow sings a lullaby to heal the broken man.
Refusing to close the wounds, inducing sleight of hand,
But, still he’s at his table letting love slip slowly by,
Another night, another room, like it happened once before,
Like it happened once before.

Like it happened once before, time and time again.
He wanted something more, but, he could not remember when.
He bargained for a dream to even up the score.
Oh, oh, no more.

I REMEMBER THAT MORNING, SUCH A CLOUDY DAY,
YOU STOOD ON THE CORNER, I WAS MOVING AWAY,
TO SUNNY CALIFORNIA, WHERE I THOUGHT I WOULD STAY,
I GAVE YOU NO WARNING, I DIDN’T HESITATE.
YOUR EYES TRIED TO CAPTURE MY FATE.

WE PLAYED WHEN WE WERE YOUNGER, IN A CLUMSY WAY.
I WAS SO AFRAID OF. WHAT I WANTED TO SAY.
WHY DIDN’T WE TALK WHEN. WE HAD THE CHANCE?
A HANDFULL OF YEARS SPENT IN. OUR YOUTHFUL TRANCE.
GOLDEN DREAMS CAPTURED MY FATE.

I USED TO MEET YOU HALFWAY UP THE HILL,
UNDER THE PEAR TREE, I CAN SEE US STILL.
RASCALS ON A GO-CART WE COULDN’T STOP,
HALFWAY UP THE HILL, WE NEVER MADE IT TO THE TOP,
HALFWAY UP THE HILL, WE KNEW WHAT WE COULD FIND.
HALFWAY UP THE HILL, WE BLEW EACH OTHER’S MIND.
HALFWAY UP THE HILL, WE WERE DEAF, DUMB AND BLIND,
THAT ONE OF US WOULD LEAVE THE OTHER ONE BEHIND.

I REMEMBER YOUR BROTHER, SAVED ME ONE DAY.
I SWAM OUT TO REACH YOU, IT WAS PART OF THE PLAY.
THE WATER GOT DEEPER, I WAS SINKING DOWN.
HE PULLED ME TO SAFETY, I WAS SUCH A CLOWN.
HIS HANDS HAD SPARED ME MY FATE.

TWO FRIENDS TOGETHER, DAY AFTER DAY,
ALL THE ODDS AGAINST US, BUT PEOPLE FADE AWAY.
AND EVEN THOUGH IT’S PAINFUL, I’LL OWN IT JUST THE SAME.
JUST SO I’LL HAVE SOMETHING RUNNING THROUGH MY VEINS.
YOUR MEMORY IS PART OF MY FATE.

Where does peace begin?
From lessons that we learn?
Through millenniums that we burn
With passion for the loved ones that we’ve lost.
Look what all this fighting has cost.

There are starving people that we need to feed.
Why should we be making people bleed?
I think that we should all roll up our sleeves.
And toss away the avarice and greed.

Where does peace begin?
Do we send someone to hell?
When we know full well,
They’re the very one’s we saved the war before.
What the hell are we still fighting for?

Do we want somebody else to tow the line?
The burden, it is yours and it is mine.
We don’t have to fight ’til we succeed.
Isn’t peace the way we should proceed?

We’re filled up in the lives, then, tally all the tolls,
And only see the things that block our way.
Haven’t we the room in our loving souls
To forgive mistakes they didn’t know they made.

Where does peace begin?
When we walk outside our door,
Do we learn a little more?
Why are we afraid of what we’ll find?
Can’t we leave the fighting all behind?

Our voice of peace is far too soft to hear,
Through angry voices shouting “let us fight”.
Peace begins with love, it is all we need.
John Lennon said it, years ago. He’s right.

We’re filled up in the lives, then, tally all the tolls,
And only see the things that block our way.
Haven’t we the room in our loving souls
To forgive mistakes they didn’t know they made.