Fisher Lyrics

Lyrics

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Water

Breathe

Lead me to the water
leave my soul unguarded
take me under, let me die
‘til I love again and
shed my former skin
until I’m light enough to fly
then bring me down again
Hold me in your arms
‘til I breathe again
only in your arms I am
I fear I am older
but not any smarter
wish I didn’t love my pride
Exorcise it from me
Feed it to the fire
Humble me ‘til I am wise
then break me down again
Hold me in your arms
‘til I breathe again
only in your arms I am
Free again
Free again
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Hollywood

Don’t you know we’ll get by just fine
no more suffering
Don’t you know the girls who all follow
they don’t do anything
but close their eyes -another compromise
Hooray, hooray for Hollywood
Nobody prays
nobody ever stays in Hollywood
Let’s just let the 101 North lane
take us to no more suffering
With open eyes we never compromised
Hooray, we’re through in Hollywood
where no one prays
Nobody ever stays in Hollywood
And we can finally sleep at night
and face the mirror when we rise
They never took the light inside
With open eyes we never compromised
Hooray, we’re through in Hollywood
The rock stars moved away
And they’re not coming back
Not to Hollywood
Not to Hollywood
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Love is on the Way

Hanging on a Sunday night
in the very back row
looking for just a little something
to satisfy my appetite
not a drink –not a drug, not a vice
just something “Yes”
And then I heard a voice beside me say
“Love is on the way,
I know just what you’re feeling
Please believe me
Love is on the way”
Hanging on a Sunday night
in the twenty first row
waiting for just a little something more
I need a sign, an epiphany
Something big I could feel, I could see
Just a little something obvious
And then I heard a voice inside of me sing
“Love is on the way”
It wouldn’t stop repeating
Just for me, sang
“Love is on the way…
And darlin’ you’ll be fine
It’s Gonna’ be alright”
Hanging on a Sunday night
Got my hands in the air, got my hands in the air
I’m shouting “Yes!”
And then I heard a voice outside of me sing
“Love is on the way”
I couldn’t stop repeating
Stop from singing
Love is on the way
Today, today
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Victims of the Sky

Take my rage and jettison this day
-A truly awful day
Scream it out before I get sucked in
over all the could-have-beens
‘Cause we’re all victims of the sky
we never know when rain ‘ll fall
and we all think we’re in control
we never really know it all
know it all
Got the call I wish had never come
she said that you were gone
All our days of being in the sun
Well I guess they’ve finally run
And we’re all victims of the sky
we never know when rain ‘ll fall
and we all think we’re in control
we never really know it all
know it all
(Inst.)
And we’re all victims of the sky
we never know when rain ‘ll fall
and we all think we’re in control
we never really know it all
know at all
when the skies will fall
and it breaks your heart
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Water Burial

Did you drink in the water
as you slipped down below
Were thinking My God
Here I go
Did you see the brilliant white light
Did you reach for their hands?
As you flew over shadows; valley land?
Ari says you’re in heaven
He believes you can fly
Ari says you go fishing
All the time
Did you drink in the water
As you fell far below
Were you thinking My God
I’m going home
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I Wrote This Song

I wrote this song to thank you
for all the times you picked me up when I fell down
for all the times that I was weak
and you said, “ Just be strong, just be strong…”
And I have been tested
just like everyone I know
And I have turned my back on you
and that was wrong
‘Cause those who don’t believe will never understand
and those of us who do know there’s a greater plan
And I will live my life with the greatest of faith
like the last breath of Jesus I give everything
I wrote this song to thank you
for clearing all the demons that lived in my head
Like the day my daddy died and I was done
you came to me and said, “Just hold on”
You never turned your back on me
even when I lost my faith
I turned around and there you were
with open arms
And those who don’t believe will never understand
and those of us who do know there’s a greater plan
And I will live my life with the greatest of faith
like the last breath of Jesus I give everything
to you
I wrote this song to thank you for always being right
by my side
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Anything for You

You’re like a star that’s in a movie
You have a way of getting to me
With everything you do, you touch my life

I never know just what you’ll say next
never know just what to expect
but I know for sure you’ll make me cry
then make me laugh inside

And I am making my way through all the madness
Making my way to happiness yeah
and it’s all because of you

‘Cause you are making my days a whole lot lighter
making my heart a little brighter
Yeah…yeah-yeah it is true
I’d do anything for you

Let me be your paparazzi
-holidays and birthday parties
You’re my favorite leading man

I just love to see your picture
openin’ on my computer
when I see your little grin
it gives me life again

And I am making my way through all the madness
Making my way to happiness yes
and it’s all because of you

‘Cause you are making my days a whole lot lighter
making my heart a whole lot brighter
Yeah…yeah-yeah it is true
I’d do anything for you
And I would fight a million wars to keep you safe
free from harm – there’s nothing I won’t do

You’re like a star that’s in a movie
You have a way of getting to me
With everything you do, you touch my life
And I am making my way through all the madness
Making my way to happiness yes
and it’s all because of you

‘Cause you are making my days a whole lot lighter
making my heart a whole lot brighter
Yeah…yeah-yeah it is true
I’d do anything for you
I’d do anything for you
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Wonderful World

Take the car, go for a ride
Look out at the pretty lights
Destination any anywhere
Have some tunes, have some clothes
Where we go, nobody knows
I have no fear
Cause it’s a great
Wonderful world out there today
Yeah it’s a great, wonderful world outside I say
I love you, you love me
but we just can not agree
which way to go
Flip a coin- lands on heads
I guess we’re going west
C’mon let’s go
Cause it’s a great
Wonderful world out there today
Yeah it’s a great, wonderful world outside I say
Cause it’s a great
Wonderful world out there today
Yeah it’s a great, wonderful world outside I say
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Rain

He’s ripping the sun from the sky
painting black clouds with a wave of His hand
He’s heard quite enough
He’s seen more than He can stand
And He just wants to let it rain
tear it all down again
Until all the saints and the sinners are washed over clean
And He’s just gonna’ let it rain
He said it was so good on the day they were made
He laid down to rest in the grass for Seven Day
He gave them His very best
And now it’s just one sad mess
And He just wants to let it rain
tear it all down again
Until all the saints and the sinners are washed over clean
And He’s just gonna’ let it rain
And all He does is breathe as His wounds all bleed
Maybe they’ll heal with time
God knows He’s got time
And He just wants to let it rain
tear it all down again
Until all the saints and the sinners are washed over clean
Yeah He’s just gonna’ let it rain
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Words

We were one heart
separately
beating in time to one dream
Born apart
we were twins
cut from the very same skin
Now I
miss you more than words
Life got in the way
Words got in the way
Now I
don’t know what to say
Words get in the way
They got in the way
You were the place
I could land
I was so loved in your hands
Father, son
Brother, friend
The moment that my life began
Now I
miss you more than words
Life got in the way
Words got in the way
And I
don’t know what to say
Words get in the way
They got in the way
They get in the way
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I’ll Be Okay

I got your letter just today
I ripped it up, threw it away
I can’t believe those things you said
And I still wish you the best
Even though you wish that I was dead but
I will be okay
So may all your dreams come true
May your meds kick in for you
and show you the way
‘cause I’ll be okay
I fed your picture to my dog
He chewed it up and turned it into something I stepped in
So I thought of you
And as I sat there staring at my shoe I thought
My god, you are cruel but
Hey, I will be okay
And may all your dreams come true
I hope your meds kick in for you
and show you the way
‘cause I’ll be okay
And may all your dreams come true
I hope your meds kick in for you
And show you the way
‘cause I’ll be okay
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Revival

Take me in your arms
lay me on the earth
let my body sink into

every blade of grass
every living thing
underneath my naked skin

And I am revived
and I live again
where life never ends

Take my worried head
lay it on your chest
all my troubles disappear

melting in to love
Every piece of you
is the missing peace in me

And I am revived
and I live again
where life never ends
And I am revived
and I live again
where life never ends

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The Lovely Years

Beautiful Life

Hey child up and go
A big world is out there waiting for us to
live in every day
Outside you will find
there is love all around you
Takes you, makes you wanna' say
That it's a beautiful life
and it's a beautiful world
and it's a beautiful time
to be here, to be here, to be here
The sky's blue
just us two
Side by side we'll see the world
that surrounds us
Hey, seize the day
Each road - every mile's a photograph in motion
to astound us, carry us away
into a beautiful life
'Cause it's a beautiful world
and it's a beautiful time
to be here, to be here
Leave all your cares behind you
The sun is rising
Turn around -it's right in front of you
and it's a beautiful life
and it's a beautiful time
to be here, to be here, to be here

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Biggest Fan

Do you have love
enough for the whole world?
You go out -You hide out
We all want to know you
Every once in awhile
you sign a photograph
And if I met you on the street
Would you be really nice to me
Or would you ignore me and make me feel stupid?
I feel like a know you like a friend
-seen every movie you’ve been in
But if you ignore me I’ll hate you cause I am
Your biggest fan
I love
Your garbage
To touch it
Is to touch you
Every once in awhile
I sell a piece for cash
And if you saw me on your street
Would you be really nice to me
Or would you start screaming and have me arrested?
You know that I love you like a friend
-love every song you ever sing
But if you start screaming I’ll hate you cause I am
Your biggest fan
And if I called you on the phone
Would you say , “Hey, how are ya’ doin’?”
Or would you hang up in my face like an asshole?
You know I’d do anything for you
No one knows you like I do
But if you ignore me you’ll lose me – and I am
Your biggest fan – I’m Your biggest fan

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All I Ask

Could you be the one to make me fall?
I am always running – will you follow?
Catch me if you dare
Tame me and I’ll never go
And all I ask is that you love me
And all I dream is that you love me
And should you ever cry – I’ll drink your tears
-I would kill your enemies
-walk into a burning house to save you, yeah
And all I ask is that you love me
And all I dream is that you love me
Oh, to dream….
And all I ask is that you love me
And all I dream is that you’ll love me
And if I ever fall again…

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The Lovely Years

Those were the days
when we had childish dreams
We’d run through the house
chasing our cares away
Turn on the sprinklers
we’d roll in the evening grass
laughing until we cried
And I loved the lovely years
No worries - no fears
Oh what a great life
This is the best time
-holding our child all day
He gives me a smile
and mends every tear in me
And I love the lovely years
First words and steps are here
Oh what a great life
And when we’re old
we’ll sit and repeat ourselves
telling our favorite stories
And we’ll love the lovely years
Remembering all the years
of such a great life
And we’ll love the lovely days
They’ll never fade away
Just look in my eyes

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Be Here

I am always trying to keep my ass in line
In my mind I play with all I see
-sleeping with the world all the time
-in my mind
But I’d never stray for a minute
That just not real
But if I fall apart
You will be here for me
And if life breaks my heart
You will be here for me
Be here for me now
You should always know
I’ll never give up fighting for this life
For our life
I am here for good
I could never leave
All your dreams are my dreams
Don’t ever think for a minute
I’d let you go
And if life breaks your heart
I will be here for you
And if you fall apart
I will be here for you
Be here for you now
You keep me safe
I keep you sane
And if life breaks your heart
I will be here for you
And if I fall apart
You will be here for me
for me now

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Now I Know

When you looked down
from your heaven and found me here
You could see my heart was not quite right
-Something missing in my life
I didn’t understand
-Then I held your little hand
Now I know – Now I know
I was waiting for you, Baby
Now I know – Now I know
How much my heart can love
You filled it up with the touch of an angel
- you have saved me from the emptiness - I’m not alone
Now I know
I used to dream
I’d hear a sweet voice down the hall
singing lullabies
It seemed so real
I’d wake up holding my pillow so tight
-as I was kissing it good-night
Now I know – Now I know
I was dreaming of you, Baby
Now I know – Now I know
You’re the song inside my heart
You bring me joy with the voice of an angel
-you have saved me
I can feel you now - I’m not alone
Now I know
In all the world
I can’t believe
You chose me to love for all time
Now I know – Now I know
I was waiting for you, Baby
Now I know – Now I know
How much my heart can love
You filled it up with the touch of an angel
you have saved me from the emptiness
I’m not alone
Now I know
Now I know

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Sleepy Head

Open your eyes, my little sleepy head
It’s three a.m.
-you’re missing everything
The stars are raining down
-get out of bed
We’ll never have this chance again
Open your eyes now sleepy head
And hold this memory for
Inside your head
Inside your head
Angels have filled the sky with fiery tails
-they flash like cameras in the night
and fall into the grass to live again
as they turn into fire flies
Open your eyes - get out of bed
and take this memory for
Inside your head
Inside your head
It’s freezing cold
Why should we care?
Climb on the roof and hold my hand
Let’s live another hundred years
And meet here when the stars rain down again
Rain down again
Open your eyes
My sleepy head
And take this memory
Open your eyes get out of bed
and hold this memory
Inside your head
Inside your head
Inside you

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Turn Around

We are oil and water
Lately we don’t seem to mix
I feel we are getting closer
to being torn apart
If you love me at all
Then turn around
Turn around
Turn around -my heart is breaking on my sleeve
Four-eyes, just focus
It seems hopeless
but it’s all so clear
You gotta’ turn around
Turn around
Turn around -my heart is breaking
Don’t you see?
Please turn around
Turn around
Turn around my heart is aching for you
Hey turn around
Turn around
Turn around -my heart is breaking
Four-eyes, can’t you see?

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So Much

He Wants to
-I want too much
He says he’s taking his time
When I hold him
and he holds back
it hurts me that I don’t mind
He has only so much
he can give up for me
And I have only so much
And that’s not enough but
Everything is good
Everything is fine – for now….
She don’t cry
-I don’t cry
The past won’t let us let go
When she holds me
and I hold back
if she minds, I’ll never know
She has only so much
She can give up for me
And I have only so much
And that’s not enough but
Everything is good
Everything is fine for now
For now
We have only so much
We can give up for love
And we give only so much
And that’s not enough but
Everything is good
Everything is fine – for now….
For now……..

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Surrender

I believe there’s no Hell
If you just try to love enemies as yourself
-Heaven will surely hold you a place
Outer space is so friggin’ huge
I’m convinced there’s no way
we’re just spinning ‘round
the sun all day without
a purpose or an explanation
Raise the white flag
and surrender to this life-
Don’t question how or why
Pour the whiskey, smell the roses
-tell some jokes
Laugh before you die
It is obvious - life is too short
Always seems we get it down
just in time to go
somewhere - who knows where
Maybe someplace better…better
See the white light and surrender
When it’s time
don’t question how or why
Lay your arms down
and surrender to clouds
You will feel amazing
You will be amazing
What is fiction - what is real?
We’ve been programmed what to feel
by the tv– by the pen
Let your heart open your eyes again
your eyes again
You know life’s too short to live it in fear
Only thing you will regret is what you
do not do at all - even more than the
stupid things you do
better take the chance
Listen to your heart
-no one can tell you
what your spirit wants – tell yourself (You’ll make it to Heaven)

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You

It’s late now
Time to sleep
Close your eyes
Go to dreams
Clouds on walls
And blue skies
Mommy’s sun,
her moon, her stars
And you
You make me run
And you
You make me want to live
Your smiles
Well they make my day
You don’t know it yet
But you’re everything
This little song – well
It’s for you
These lovely years
here with you
And you
You make me run
And you
You make me want to live
And you
You make me run
And you
You make me want to live
For you

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Uppers and Downers

disc 1 of 2

Different Kind Of Wonderful

We never play
kissy face in front of strangers
And we never run to each other in slow motion
No rolling around on the shore with sand between our toes
But I guess this is
A different kind of wonderful
-we’re in love in the real world
It’s not what I thought it would be but
I can’t let this go
A different kind of happiness
-doesn’t get more real than this
It’s not what they said it would be but
I can’t let this go
I didn’t see
anything in you when we first met
-when I believed I would fall in love at first sight
Night after night we bared our souls over coffee
Now I know I love you
A different kind of wonderful
-we’re in love in the real world
It’s not what I thought it would be but
I can’t let this go
A different kind of blissfulness
-we can’t get more real than this
It’s not what they said it would be but
I can’t let it go
I never saw the fireworks
-the stars didn’t fall from the sky
But this is more beautiful than a quick flash
I never saw a rainbow
-the stars didn’t fall from the sky
But this is more meaningful than a quick flash
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Oblivious

All the years alone
-the days that passed so slow-
as you wasted your time
searching for perfection
All the need, all the want,
all the dreams that came so close
Did you wait for a sign
to fly right through your window
while you missed the answer
walking through your door?
Hey there, Oblivious,
here is your happiness
if you would only turn around
Isn’t it obvious?
Mr. Oblivious, love can so easily be found
Just turn around
If I could be so bold,
may I make a suggestion?
You’ve been searching so long
but in the wrong direction
I’ve been standing right
behind you all this time
I am here
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Jimmy

Hey Jimmy, where did we go?
Remember where we started?
It seems a million miles from here
I thought you had the road map
tucked underneath your hat but
the only thing you had was Eminem’s and beer
Jimmy there’s No Doubt
you did the best that you could do
I know when I go there will be nothing but Blue Mondays
But I’m certain we both know
we could never stay together
Hey Jimmy I don’t blame you
You tried to warn me from The Start
-you’d never had a girl like me before
You know I love U2 but
that’s all we have in common
A love cannot survive on kisses and Limp promises
Jimmy there’s No Doubt
no one could ever take your place
I know when I go I’m gonna’ miss your Big Dumb Face
But I’m certain it’s for sure
we don’t belong together
Please don’t Drag On this Eve of our sorrow
Please don’t be Cold You know I Will Love You
You know I Will Love You…
Jimmy there’s No Doubt
we did the best that we could do
And I know letting go will leave a Hole inside my heart
But a sad Unwritten Law
said we could not stay together
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Dirty Girl

I had your name
in my head with “Mrs.” on it
You had no clue what
mine was but did not care
I came looking
for the mate of my soul you were
out looking for someone just for the night
So here I go again, Dirty Girl, lay me down
Pleased to meet you
There you go, now you know a dirty girl
Pleased to leave me
Oh, don’t say good-bye
I fell asleep
to the sound of your heart beating
But I woke up when
you asked me to please leave
You said “Nothing personal - it’s impossible”
You can’t fall asleep
with a girl you don’t know...well, Ah hell
Here I go again, Dirty Girl, lay me down
Pleased to meet you
There you go, now you know a Dirty Girl
Pleased to leave
You always say good-bye
Why do they always say good-bye?
Walking home - 4 a.m. - once again...
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Nothing Is Real

I’m a very quirky girl
-live in front of my tv
A million girls like me
I have no remote control
-I can never change the world-
so unreality is all I wanna’ see
When nothing is real
When nothing is real
evil is not taking over the universe
‘cause Superman is still standing
and nothing is real
When nothing is real
another beautiful day in the neighborhood
and everyone is laughing on cue
I can always find my way
to the street of sesame
Sweep the clouds away
-there’s a baby in the sun
Little smile for everyone
He makes me wanna’ feel
-makes me wanna’ love again
But nothing is real
When nothing is real
evil has not taken over the universe
Silver Towers are still standing
and nothing is real
When nothing is real
another beautiful day in the neighborhood
and everyone is clapping on and on and on and on
I just saved the world today
-just turned on my T.V.
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Closer

Am I wrong to want you near?
A bit of heaven with you beside me
I see your face in the eyes of the sky
but you are farther than far tonight
Am I wrong to feel this way?
Do my tears fall down in the darkness?
Or do you see them all from a distance
-and will you come to me and make them go away?
A little closer now
is where you need to be
A little closer now
is where you need to be
The only thing worth the pain is wanting
Am I wrong to want you near?
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Dream On

Every time that I look in the mirror
-all these lines in my face gettin' clearer
The past is gone
It went by like dusk to dawn
Isn't that the way?
Everybody's got their dues in life to pay
I know nobody knows
where it comes and where it goes
I know - it's everybody's sin-
you got to lose to know how to win
Half my life's in books' written pages
-lived and learned from fools and from sages
You know it's true
All these things come back to you
Sing with me - sing for the year
Sing for the laughter - sing for the tear
Sing with me - just for today
Maybe tomorrow the good Lord will take you away
Dream on, dream on, dream on and dream yourself a dream come true Dream on, dream on, dream on and dream until your dream comes true Dream on, dream on, dream on, dream on, dream on, dream on, dream on…
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Temptation

Into temptation - forever gone
Forever broken, what will become
of all we have known, of all we believe?
What have we done
to this heaven?
-to Our heaven
Crashing down – crashing down
Sweet, sweet heaven
My sweet heaven
Threw it all away
for temptation
I don’t know what I thought I’d find
inside the arms of this lie
No one can take me
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Remind Me

Write your name upon my sidewalk
-paint it on the door outside-
and I will never go away without you
Tape your picture on my mirror
-blow it up and paste it on my bedroom wall-
and I will never stay inside again
without you
You remind me – Remind me
you’re the one – the only one that
I-I really love
You remind me – Remind me
of anyone I’ve ever known you
are the only one
I should be thinking of
I’ll leave a necklace on your dresser
-throw my clothes across your chair-
so when you wake up in the morning
I am…I am there
I’ll put a love note in your pocket
-leave my lipstick kisses all over your face-
so when you go to sleep without me
I’ll be there - I’ll be there
To remind you - Remind you
you’re the one – the only one that
I-I really love
to remind you – Remind you
of anyone you’ve ever known I
am the only one
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Don’t Wanna Love You

You’re everything that I could dream
Every time you look at me
‘make me feel like I’m queen of the world
You’re so amazing it’s insane
Can’t find a single thing
I would even change if you were mine
But I don’t wanna’ love you
and I don’t wanna’ care
Cause if I go on and love you
and you go - what then?
I could so get used to this
--knowing what to expect
You never leave me guessing how you feel
You say “I Love You” every day
“Thank You” is all I say
‘cause I’m afraid you’re too good to be real
Don’t wanna love you
No I don’t wanna care
Cause if I go on and love you
You’ll go
What then?
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L-O-V-E

L is for the way you look at me
O is for the only one I see
V is very, very extraordinary
E is even more than anyone that you adore
Love is all that I can give to you
Love is more than just a game for two
Two in love can make it
Take my heart but please don't break it
Love was made for me and you
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disc 2

How We Met

He was the windscreen on a two-tone Peterbuilt
-hauling genuine Cadillac body parts from Detroit
to San Diego-
driving eighty-five miles an hour down my road
I was an ordinary housefly crossing the road
-just outside Victorville
He’s driving eighty-five miles an hour down my road
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Heaven’s Time

I'll say goodbye before I wake
and all you need to know is I'm done with pain
Forced to deny this hearts true faith
and thankful to God there's a hope for change
Heavens time you face alone
-never knowing what will become
Through all your fears you stay strong
-count yourself at Number One - at Number One
Blink of an eye - the year is new
I healed from the path that I crossed with you
Heavens time you face alone
-never knowing what will become
Through all your fears you stay strong
-count yourself at Number One
Don't you let them bring you down
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My Fantasy

In my fantasy I
have a brown bag full of thousands and hundreds
and a stolen Jaguar
and I drive alone into the wind
Nothing is more beautiful
than a girl on the road
Nothing is more beautiful than a freeway
In my fantasy I come
upon an Irish hitchhiker
He says his tour bus left him stranded by the road
And it’s one love, one life for me
and Bono
Oh, nothing is more beautiful
than a boy by the road
Nothing is more beautiful to me
Passing all the cities by
and all we can leave behind
Nothing is more beautiful than a freeway
And we would cross the country singing
Nothing is more beautiful
than the night on the road
Nothing is more beautiful to see
Passing all the city lights
-leave the world so far behind us
Nothing is more beautiful than a freeway
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Miss Ophelia

Her number’s under your shirt
-next to your heart (As if you could hide)
She leaves her taste in your mouth
- her smell on your fingers (As if I won’t mind)
I wanna’ know
-Is your Miss Ophelia
giving you all that you crave?
I wanna’ know
-Is your addiction to me
stronger than your Miss Ophelia?
She’s in her favorite place - your lips around her –
as I watch from the side
She makes you feel sensual -you make her look so intriguing
Think I might try her
I wanna’ know
-Could your Miss Ophelia
give to me all I crave?
And I wanna’ know
-Is the addiction to love
stronger than your Miss Ophelia?
She put a spell in our veins, smoke in our eyes
We are so blinded
I wanna’ know
-Did your Miss Ophelia
give to you all that you crave?
I can still feel her….I can still taste her….
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Ordinary Moment

All I want
is an ordinary moment here with you
-no distractions
Tell the world
that you’re busy doing nothing
Cancel everything - let it go
Hey, do we know what really matters here?
We’ve been working so much
-we’re forgetting to touch
What have we become?
Do you know that it’s a crime
to never find the time to love
Meet me in the kitchen at the table
-I just want to be alone with you
Stare into the eyes I’ve been missing
Don’t say anything -you don’t need to
I love you
We’ve been working too much
and forgetting to touch
is what we’re guilty of
But you know the greatest crime
is that we never find the time to love
Hey, you’re the only thing that matters here
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February 1994

February 1994
- coldest Valentine L.A.’s ever known
All I gave you were tears without a cause
And I don’t know why I could not say
the words inside my heart
I need you
You are my life - I love you
Heaven is mine - I want you I…want you I…
Hear me
More than my life I love you
More than the sky I need you I…want you I…
All your roses - faded from the light –
hang in my window to remind me of the night
I said nothing and you faded away
I’d give anything
to take back all the things I didn’t say
I want you
More than the sun I need you
Heaven is mine - I want you I…want you I…
Hear me
You are my life - I love you
More than the sky I need you I…want you I…
And I know that if you’d come to me
Like you did before I’d love you
-swear I would always need you
You are my life
I’d want you I – I’d need you I…
Hear me
More than my life I’d love you
More than the sky I’d need you I…I want you I…
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Missing

Never knew why he would fall victim to five-dollar highs
Bending his stories, inventing new lies
-telling of cancers
One way to avoid questions and answers
And Karl, he’s lucky
-he’s learned how to fly
by keeping his knees on the ground
The most likely one to achieve such a high
And Karl is missing tonight
What can I say to his poor father?
He calls every day looking for clues
There’s no gingerbread trail for him to follow
The candy man’s come and taken his son
And Karl, he’s lucky
-he’s learned how to fly
by keeping his knees on the ground
His face in the dirt and his “friends” by his side
And Karl is missing tonight
Maybe I’m the one who’s wrong - I misunderstood
You just wanna’ die young to come back and feel good
But is it worth the exchange? Does it keep you from harm?
The last time I saw you – you clutched my arm and you wept
like a child
And Karl, he’s lucky
-he’s learned how to fly
by keeping his knees on the ground
He’s learned how to leave without saying goodbye
And Karl is missing tonight
And Karl is out of my life
Out of my life
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Rianna

She won’t let go of him
She won’t let us begin
And now I face Rianna
but Rianna won’t let me in
She says, “It’s all worthwhile”…
faking her famous smile
to hide the sad Rianna
‘cause Rianna won’t let me in
I thought I’d found another lonely girl
Misunderstood, hoping to love…hoping for love
There’s a young girl inside
dying to come alive
And I see her in Rianna
but Rianna won’t let me in
And I do love Rianna
but Rianna won’t let me in
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Miss Kathleen

Praying for silence inside your head
-now it’s too quiet for thinking
Turning the lights on to fill every room
You wanted them empty for dancing, dreaming…
Did you find what you wanted?
Is it all like you dreamed?
Are you happier now, Miss Kathleen?
No obligations – nothing but time
for your indulgence into your own mind
But what will you find there if you let nothing in?
Or will there be too much, Dear, to keep your sanity?
Or are you longing…still longing for more?
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Good Intentions

Are all my good intentions wasted on you?
Hell, Hell, here I come…
So many hours wasted talking to you
Hell, Hell, here I come…
Make way!
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Too Late

Gone are the chances I have passed by
-sewn all my seeds to the wind
Time can be nothing but pain in disguise
-I’ll never see you again
And it’s too late
to think of what I’ve left behind
-dreams that have faded from view
Too late – too late
I’ve burned all my bridges with you
and I can’t walk on water
The road that I’ve traveled is all that I know
-paved with each piece of my soul
And it’s taken me far - but left you behind
and I’m longing to see you again
But it’s too late
to think of what I’ve left behind
-dreams that have faded from view
Too late – too late
I’ve burned all my bridges with you
Did I reach for a sky that wasn’t my own?
Lost in my own world
-now I can never come home
to you
And it’s too late
to think of what I’ve left behind
-dreams that have faded from view
Too late- there’s no turning back
-nothing that I can undo
And I can’t walk on water
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Believe In Something

If I could just believe in something
If I could just believe in anything at all
If I could just believe in someone
I’d be happy…
I’d even settle for a false hope
I still believe it’s better than no hope at all
Somebody hit me with a pipe dream
and I’d be happy – I’d be happy
I would run up-hill
without a single care in the world
Hoping soon that I’d be running down
to something
I’d like to believe that somewhere
someone is writing all the words I long to hear on
a giant billboard for outside my front door
to make me happy
It would make me happy
I would take a chance
-purely from ignorance
Blissfully thinking soon that I’d be coming home
to something…someone
If I could just believe in anything

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True North

Hello It’s Me

one more girl on the top of billboard
one more girl jumping in with the big boys
one more year and I'm still a no one
waiting for my day in the sun
HELLO, IT'S ME
THE GIRL YOU HAD TO HAVE
OH WELL
HELLO, IT'S ME
HE GIRL YOU HAD TO HAVE
NUMBER TWELVE - REMEMBER ME?
You filled me with great expectations
just to hide me in your basement
Did you get from me what you wanted? Huh?
Did you lose my telephone number?
HELLO, IT'S ME
THE GIRL YOU HAD TO HAVE
OH WELL
HELLO, IT'S ME
THE GIRL YOU HAD TO HAVE
TRACK TWELVE - REMEMBER ME?
HELLO, IT'S ME
THE GIRL YOU HAD TO HAVE
OH WELL
HELLO, IT'S ME
THE GIRL YOU HAD TO HAVE
NUMBER TWELVE - REMEMBER ME? REMEMBER?
HELLO, IT'S ME
HELLO, IT'S ME
TRACK TWELVE - REMEMBER ME?
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Any Way

You can take me away from my sorrow but you can't take away my scars
I stand in the middle of the highway playing chicken with the cars
It's not that I'm destructive I just want to feel your pain
If there was any way I could have known
I would trip and fall away from you
If there was anything I could have done
to stay in love with you.
With you
With you
I wish I could say to you what you are to me but I know it would make you sad
You are too good to be my lover but you've been the greatest dad (I ever had)
You made my life so lovely I just had to mess it up
If there was any way I could have known
I would trip and fall from your grace
If there was anything I could have done
to stay in love with you
If I knew I'd do it twice just to make sure that I did it right
If there was any way I could have known
I would always need to be alone
If there was anything I could have done
to stay in love with you
I'd be in love with you
With you
With you
With you

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Never Say Never

Don't fly into the sun
Your wings will melt and you'll come down
I say- You never know
until you try - Away I go
to the sun!
I'm waving to the ground-
I'll see you later!
I WILL GO
I WILL TRY
ANYTHING ONE TIME - AND I
NEVER SAY NEVER WHY
SHOULD I
WHO KNOWS TOMORROW MAY NEVER
COME
I can't conceive
the day I fear the unknown
Not me
I dream of open windows
And if you never fly
your wings are useless
I WILL GO
I WILL TRY
ANYTHING ONE TIME - AND I
NEVER SAY NEVER WHY
SHOULD I
I WILL FLY
AND I WILL GO
ANYWHERE - NEVER SAY
NEVER SAY NEVER ASK WHY
WHO KNOWS TOMORROW MAY NEVER
COME
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The Life

I listened to you / / from your pedestal
Telling us all how your world was full of shit
Why couldn't you bow and say, "Thank you all"...
To everyone who made you what you are
It sent my heart, hurt, crashing down
'Cause these are my dreams your bashing
YOU'RE LIVING THE LIFE
CAN'T YOU SEE YOU ARE LIVING THE LIFE
YOU'RE LIVING THE LIFE THAT I ONLY DREAM
The kingdom you own - does it bring you down?
I'll gladly relieve you of
you're big, shiny crown
You say it's so frus-trat-ing now
I can't believe you're faking
LIVING THE LIFE
SEEMS TO ME YOU ARE LIVING THE LIFE
YOU'RE LIVING A WONDERFUL, WONDERFUL
LIFE
Tell me would you really rather be
a nobody nobody knows?
YOU'RE LIVING THE LIFE
DON'T YOU SEE YOU ARE LIVING THE LIFE
YOU'RE LIVING THE LIFE THAT I WANTED
YOU'RE LIVING THE LIFE
PLEASE DON'T TELL ME MY DREAM IS A LIE
'CAUSE THIS IS THE WAY THAT I FILL MY HEART
FILL MY HEART
Why don't you go wrong place
fly away home
fly away home
Go on and Go
Why Don't You Go
fly away home
find your way home
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True North

If this ever gets to you
Will you know it's from me?
Or would you think it was a joke
Throw it back to the sea
Or do you, do you know
Everything i'm feeling
Do you know
No one could love you more
My true north
If this ever gets to you
Will you please forgive me
I was the one who let you down
It's too late for "sorry"
Or do you, do you know
Everything i'm feeling
Do you know
No one could love you more
My true north
If i told you then
- i'd made it clear
Would you still be here?
Or do you, do you know
Everything i'm feeling
Do you know
No one could love you more
My true north
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Miseryland

I learned to fly
So you
You ran to find the gun
To shoot me down
Before
I got too high
'cause you could not stand
To stand alone in the long line
For your wild ride - it requires
Two lost souls per seat
At least five foot five
Chorus:
--and i don't wanna' go
For a ride
Down to miseryland
Trapped with you
By my side
Down in miseryland
Up in the air you wave
Two tickets for my
Utter amusement
You possess
An express pass to unhappiness
That makes you feel alive?
And i don't have a place any more
Down in miseryland
Trapped with you forever more
Is not what i have planned
So take a seat
By yourself
And wait to fall a hundred stories
Better hold on tight
Hands in--side the ride
And don't for get to breathe
-and i don't wanna' go
For a ride
Down to miseryland
Trapped with you
By my side
Down in misery
Have a place any more
Down in misery
Down in miseryland
I learned to fly
But you are still shooting the sky
Still shooting
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Had To

Can you tell me
Why have i come?
Why am i in chicago?
I just wanted to kiss the bride,
I didn't think i would be seeing you
And i had to laugh
You were shaking my hand
As if we'd never met and i
Had to cry
'cause the tears were too wet
And my eyes were too full
Knowing i was forgettable
Did it ever hit you to call - no
Phones in your chicago?
There's nothing that i need to convey, just
Maybe a small "hello" from la
And i had to laugh
You were searching your head
For the right thing to say and i
Had to cry
'cause the tears were too wet
And my eyes were too full
Knowing i was forgettable
I can recall every face that i have ever kissed
How did i fall on your "miss miscellaneous" list?
And i had to cry
There was no other way to express all my joy,
And i
Had to laugh
When i thought of my fate
It was all i could do
Knowing i had escaped
From you
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I Will Love You

Til my body is dust
til my soul is no more
I will love you - love you
Til the sun starts to cry
and the moon turns to rust
I will love you - love you
But I need to know
will you stay for all time
forever and a day
Then I’ll give my heart
til the end of all time
forever and a day
But I need to know
will you stay for all time
forever and a day
Then I’ll give my heart
til the end of all time
forever and a day
when the storms fill my eyes
and we touch the last time
I will love you - love you
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Breakable

Do you always have to tell him everything
On your mind?
You know that too much honesty can be
So unkind
Chorus:
And every time you throw him to the floor
Why are you surprised to see he's breakable?
You always try to find what's holding him
Away from you
But do you ever see your anger standing there
Right between you?
And every time you throw him to the wall
Why are you surprised to see he's breakable?
Tell the world that he's breaking your heart
Go tell the world nothing's ever your fault
Go tell them all
And every time you throw him to the floor
Why are you surprised to see he's breakable?
And every time you push him to the wall
Why are you surprised to see he's breakable?
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Human

You came up, once again
Seems you're the topic of
Every single conversation
I was the one, once again
Making apologies, all in your defence
Just give her time.
Chorus:
It's all right if you fall
You are human after all
But it hurts when you land
On my life i'm not your
Jesus christ
You show up when you need
Make no apologies
Lay your world upon my shoulders
Hey, what a friend you have in me
You give me all your sin
Take my soul and go
Time after time
It's all right if you fall
You are human after all
But it hurts when you land
On my life i'm not your
Jesus christ
Save yourself
Save yourself
Forsake me
It's all right if you fall
You are human after all
But it hurts when you land
On my life i'm not your
Jesus christ
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Simi California

Welcome to simi cal-i-for-ni-a
Welcome to the home of the biggest fake
I didn't tell him what i meant to say
There will be time for the
Truth another day
Chorus:
In simi california
A liar sleeps tonight
In simi i can't see how i can sleep
Inside a creep like me
Honesty somehow was replaced with fear
Easier just to tell him
What he wants to hear
In simi california
A liar sleeps tonight
In simi i can't see how i can sleep
Inside a creep like me
If he could read my mind my love
Is gone
In simi california
A liar sleeps tonight
In simi i can't see how i can sleep inside
California
A liar sleeps tonight
In simi i can't see how i can sleep
Inside a creep like me
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Mary

I woke up and mary was still gone
Thought if i stopped hurting she would come back
To me
Walk right through the door and say, "ahhh huhhhh!
I was only joking - didn't you look silly crying!"
But i wake up and mary is still gone
I looked at the clock and it was
Still
Lying on the floor exactly where i threw it
Both hands smashed against its silver face
My feeble attempt to stop
Time but time goes on
And i wake up and mary is still gone
Chorus:
Mary was it necessary
To leave before the party
I know it's selfish to say
You always brought the cake now
What will i eat with all these tears?
I looked at the list and saw her name
Kick myself, she never got an invitation
Kid myself, i'm sure somehow she knew
My stupid attempt to find
Some way to move on
But i wake up and mary is still gone
Mary is still gone
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Six-Hundred Sixty Six

sell my soul - I'll sell my soul I've
nothing left to lose
hurt myself, I'll hurt myself cover
my face with tattoos - all of
painted tears - one for each year that
only could have been
anything i can do to keep you
underneath my skin
OVER AND OVER I TELL MYSELF
IF THERE'S NO YOU THERE'S NOBODY ELSE AND I'D
RATHER BE LONELY - I'D RATHER DIE
SIX HUNDRED SIXTY-SIX TIMES
by myself I'm not myself - I can't
be without you
empty shell - my former self is out
looking to find you
OVER AND OVER I TELL MYSELF
IF THERE'S NO YOU THERE'S NOBODY ELSE AND I'D
RATHER BE LONELY - I'D RATHER DIE
SIX HUNDRED SIXTY-SIX TIMES

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One

Any Way

You can take me away from my sorrow but you can't take away my scars
I stand in the middle of the highway playing chicken with the cars
It's not that I'm destructive I just want to feel your pain
If there was any way I could have known
I would trip and fall away from you
If there was anything I could have done
to stay in love with you.
With you
With you
I wish I could say to you what you are to me but I know it would make you sad
You are too good to be my lover but you've been the greatest dad (I ever had)
You made my life so lovely I just had to mess it up
If there was any way I could have known
I would trip and fall from your grace
If there was anything I could have done
to stay in love with you
If I knew I'd do it twice just to make sure that I did it right
If there was any way I could have known
I would always need to be alone
If there was anything I could have done
to stay in love with you
I'd be in love with you
With you
With you
With you

Hello It’s Me

one more girl on the top of billboard
one more girl jumping in with the big boys
one more year and I'm still a no one
waiting for my day in the sun
HELLO, IT'S ME
THE GIRL YOU HAD TO HAVE
OH WELL
HELLO, IT'S ME
HE GIRL YOU HAD TO HAVE
NUMBER TWELVE - REMEMBER ME?
You filled me with great expectations
just to hide me in your basement
Did you get from me what you wanted? Huh?
Did you lose my telephone number?
HELLO, IT'S ME
THE GIRL YOU HAD TO HAVE
OH WELL
HELLO, IT'S ME
THE GIRL YOU HAD TO HAVE
TRACK TWELVE - REMEMBER ME?
HELLO, IT'S ME
THE GIRL YOU HAD TO HAVE
OH WELL
HELLO, IT'S ME
THE GIRL YOU HAD TO HAVE
NUMBER TWELVE - REMEMBER ME? REMEMBER?
HELLO, IT'S ME
HELLO, IT'S ME
TRACK TWELVE - REMEMBER ME?
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Had To

Can you tell me
Why have i come?
Why am i in chicago?
I just wanted to kiss the bride,
I didn't think i would be seeing you
And i had to laugh
You were shaking my hand
As if we'd never met and i
Had to cry
'cause the tears were too wet
And my eyes were too full
Knowing i was forgettable
Did it ever hit you to call - no
Phones in your chicago?
There's nothing that i need to convey, just
Maybe a small "hello" from la
And i had to laugh
You were searching your head
For the right thing to say and i
Had to cry
'cause the tears were too wet
And my eyes were too full
Knowing i was forgettable
I can recall every face that i have ever kissed
How did i fall on your "miss miscellaneous" list?
And i had to cry
There was no other way to express all my joy,
And i
Had to laugh
When i thought of my fate
It was all i could do
Knowing i had escaped
From you
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