It’s gotta be nice when your man says you’re his woman
It’s gotta be good that he likes that you’re strange
And when you know that you can, you can be yourself
Honey I’ll tell you, you’ve got the real, real thingIt’s gotta be lovely to be understood
To be a friend he can lean on
It’s gotta be cool to see the world up from a mountain
Honey I’ll tell you, you’ve got the real, real thingDon’t give up and pretty soon you’ll see
The basic rule of love is, just let it be
Don’t give up and pretty soon you’ll find
The basic rule of love is, you just gotta let it beIt’s gotta be fun to see the sun come down
With a couple of beers and maybe a bottle of wine
Hey you’re a funny girl and he treats you right
Honey I’ll tell you, you’ve got the real, real thingDon’t give up and pretty soon you’ll see
The basic rule of love is, just let it be
Don’t give up and pretty soon you’ll find
The basic rule of love is, you just gotta let it be
Don’t let the past convince you that
tomorrow’s just the same
You’re not locked into the same old grind
One more time, one more time(DON’T GIVE UP)
(Instrumental) (DON’T GIVE UP) 4x
It’s be gotta be great when he’s strong enough to cry
And when he says you’re so darned lovely
It’s gotta feel good to be free to make mistakes
Honey I’ll tell you, you’ve got the real, real thing
Don’t give up and pretty soon you’ll see
The basic rule of love is, just let it be
Don’t give up and pretty soon you’ll find
The basic rule of love is, you just gotta let it be(DON’T GIVE UP)
Adlib…
‘coz if it works, you gotta let it be
‘coz you gotta take it day by day, honey
today’s all we’ve got
Gotta have some peace of mind, darlin’
You know, you know, just gotta let it be
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Clock ticking, clock, clock ticking, clock ticking (2x)
Blast of exhilaration, all eyes are on you
Sense of anticipation, is fame and fortune due
Assess the situation, know when to take your cue
Shake of intimidation, sponsors want you cool
Free your mind there’s no time to look behind
Crucified, want to win in someone’s eyes
Don’t cry
What is your motivation? Number 2 ain’t so bad
Is it an aberration you need a winner’s façade
Mind in dilapidation, pressure driving you mad
Is this a revelation, gotta be in the fad
Free your mind there’s no time to look behind
Crucified, want to win in someone’s eyes
Don’t cry, this is the game show
Clock ticking, clock, clock ticking, clock ticking (‘til end)
This is the game show, the game show, this is the game show
CRYING DAYS
They never told us that we would have to save the world
And if we couldn’t then we’d feel like dirt
But I remember once long ago
I said I could do anything, could do anythingAnd once upon a fairytale they said we would all live
So happy together, forever
But I could count with one hand
Just how many could testify to this unfactSo why did it happen?
How could we be so naïve?
Did our parents believe the untruths they received?These are crying days
Please don’t leave me alone today
My crying days when I need a friendAnd without you here I’d feel all alone
I’d come back to a cat and no telephone
And I wish I could be back home with ma
But I can’t, I can’t, I can’t, I’m too ashamedCould you feel the way I do?
God it’d be nice not to be all alone
So have faith, have faith, have faith
You say it’s never easy to be strongSo when did it happen?
And how could our hopes get relieved?
Somewhere down the way did we lose the race?These are crying days
Please don’t leave me alone today
My crying days when I need a friendMy crying days
Keep me company through this dark phase
My crying days when I need a friend
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ELENA
We were young, Elena and I, driving around in her car
A hundred miles an hour on a highway street
We couldn’t care what anyone’d think
Heads high, the skies were near,
the world was all within our reach
With feelings so high nothing outplays
any card hidden under our sleevesBad boys just come and go, preying on a heart or two
Indiscriminate with how their feelings go or
Maybe it’s the good ones they choose
But Elena my friend, the unlucky one
She went for you, she fell for you
Though my words unkind were left unheard
Still they proved to be trueThere’s no hiding the truth right now
What’s done can’t be undone
There’s no turning backI saw you break her heart in a thousand pieces
And I know you danced your lies last night (your lies)
I saw you kiss away her love in a gamble
Don’t you ever look away from me
Don’t you ever look away from meLast night with temperatures high
The mind’s got a mind of it’s own
3 o’clock I heard a knock, you were standing
out my apartment door
Reason blanked and the heartbeat stopped
Or maybe that’s just what I recall
One thing led to another now it seems I’ll never see her again
I saw you break her heart in a thousand pieces
And I know you danced your lies last night (your lies)
I saw you kiss away her love in a gamble
Don’t you ever look away from me
Don’t you ever look away from meSun’s out the sandman’s gone
I still can’t shake away the guilt
Traded a friend for a one night stand
like a bad deal in a merchant’s dream
If Elena could see me now she’d know
that we could still be riding her car
Heads high with skies so near and the world still within our reach
I saw you break her heart in a thousand pieces
And I know you danced your lies last night (your lies)
I saw you kiss away her love in a gamble
Don’t you ever look away from me
Don’t you ever look away from me(Break her heart) –‘til end
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MURDER THE SOUL
Did you know you could murder a soul?
With one look, with one glance
Just as if you took a gun to it
With words or words left unsaid
Did you know you could murder a soul?Mother, she really tried
Did the best she could
Traded-in the corporate life
For motherhood
It meant a lot, she gave up all that
For me, because of me
And she never let me forget itSo Father on one income
Let us keep the Good Life
He’s been collecting work hours like trophies
It’s the marathon that justifies today’s economic gloom
How much can all that be worth?I’m not normal
In fact I’m pretty strange
Don’t want to be lost in
Average mediocrity(Listen to me)
Mother calls for dinner but sent Sue instead to fetch me
Can’t face me since I called her a bitch today
Why did I call her a bitch today?
(I’m so sorry---)
But don’t expect me to tell her thatSo dinner’s in happy silence. Read my mind.
Don’t say I’m nothing, ‘coz I am something
And I’m something good, strange but good 2xMother and father really give a damn
But they’re lost in Society’s sham
How do you make advances in the genetic pool when there’s
Never any time to swim, Never any time….period…(Listen to me)/(Can you hear me) 8x
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FRAGILE (Sting)If blood will flow, when flesh and steel are one
Drying in the color of the evening sun
Tomorrow’s rain will wash the stains away
But something in our minds will always stayIf blood will flow, when flesh and steel are one
Drying in the color of the evening sun
Tomorrow’s rain will wash the stains away
But something in our minds will always stayPerhaps this final act was meant
To clinch a lifetime’s argument
That nothing comes from violence, nothing ever could
For all those born beneath an angry star
Lest we forget how fragile we areOn and on the rain will fall like tears from a star
Tears from a star
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THE VIRTUOUS ONES
I don’t sleep around, I don’t even try
Hey I’m one of the good guys
My kitchen’s clean and I don’t drink
And I’ve never held a joint in my life, in my lifeI know I’m white so I must be right
At least I know that I’m bigger than you
I fear God and pray everyday
That everyone gets to see things my way, the only wayI throw some coins the vagrant’s way
Hell, it’s just heavy in my pockets
My ticket’s paid there’s mercy for those
Those that care, blessed are they, blessed are theyGet away, gotta get away, gotta get away
Here come the virtuous ones
Save your day, gotta save your day, gotta save your day
It’s all a game they play
Get away, gotta get away, gotta get away
They think they’re right and see the lightI know I’m right, you must be wrong
There can only be room for one
Just learn to do things my way and the world will be
a better place, save your face (Ye-he-he…)I’ll wage my wars for it’s God’s will
Salvation’s finally come my way
I voted right too bad for you
I’ve been baptized, you can be too, you can be tooGet away, gotta get away, gotta get away
Here come the virtuous ones
Save your day, gotta save your day, gotta save your day
It’s all a game they play
Get away, gotta get away, gotta get away
They think they’re right and see the light
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Skies are gray, and I’m down with a cold
And everyone’s walking too fast again
Can’t keep up, feeling old
Guess I’m just sunk in a funkTub’s got a leak, my loan’s on hold
Nobody seems to smile anymore
It feels like I’m a long, long way from home
The days stretched out are quite a chore
Guess I’m just sunk in a funkToday I’d give just about anything
To see your reassuring smile that tells me
Everything, everything, yes everything will be all right
I miss you, I want you, I need you and I’d
Really like to hold you
Guess I love you more when I’m sunk in a funkChecked my mail, they’re all selling me stuff
Friends don’t seem to write me no more (no more)
I know this thing won’t qualify for rough
None of this would’ve worried me before
Guess I’m just sunk in a funk
Today I’d give just about anything
To see your reassuring smile that tells me
Everything, everything, yes everything will be all right
I miss you, I want you, I need you and I’d
Really like to hold you
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NATURE BOY (Eden Ahbez)
There was a boy
A very strange, enchanted boy
They say he wandered very far, very far
Over land and sea
A little shy and sad of eye
But very wise was heAnd then one day
One magic day he came my way
And as we spoke of many things, fools and kings
This he said to me
The greatest thing you’ll ever learn
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BUS TO BOSTON
You tell yourself life’s ok
Nothing good or bad ever comes your way
Can’t be distracted from the routine of the day
Working 9 to 5, it’s not too much of a grind
So you dream of the Bus to BostonLived in the same town all these years
It’s the same way with all your peers
You’re like everybody else-- a nice, average statistic
And though life seems fine, you can read between the lines
So you dream of the Bus to BostonGot to get out of town, got to make your escape
Got to find new ways of living your dream
Got to put up the stakes, be prepared to make mistakes
Got to get on the Bus to Boston
You’ve only got one life to live
Are you where you want to be?
The devil’s not with you today, oh no
He’s in tomorrow’s fears and yesterday’s regrets
So you dream of the Bus to Boston/Ref.(Pack up your bags) Get on the bus, get on the bus
(Make your goodbyes) Get on the Bus to BostonINSTRUMENTAL
(Pack up your bags) Get on the bus, get on the bus
(Make your Goodbyes) Get on the Bus to Boston
(Pack up your bags) Get on the bus, get on the bus
(Make your Goodbyes) Get on the Bus to Boston
(Pack up your bags)(Follow where the road takes you)/ Get on the bus, get on the bus
(Make your Goodbyes)(Follow where your heart leads you)/ Get on the bus to Boston
(Pack up your bags)(Follow where the road takes you)/ Get on the bus, get on the bus
(Make your Goodbyes) Get on the Bus to Boston
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WOULD I FOLLOW YOU
They say uncertainty brings about deep reflection
Or is it the other way around
I’ve never been the one to take life seriously
But sooner or later things come aroundI never really thought this time would come
It seems I have to make up my mind
Do I make the choice, will you give me more time
Could you still the doubts in my mindCould I follow you anywhere
Would I be someone else’s shadow
Would I stake my trust on the promises made
Would I follow you anywhereI see a lot of discontented faces
Trapped it seems in bonds of lies
But what I think is they haven’t a clue
Of the price to pay for choices they makeSo we live and see and wonder why
Unfazed some of us still take the chance
Not knowing what will be is what kills me
Could I follow you anywhereWould I follow you anywhere
Would I climb the highest mountain
The cliches that are said to the one true love
But would I follow you anywhere
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