Good Man in The Storm

It just occurred to me
I must be blind
Why do I try so hard to keep my cool
When I'm about to lose my mind
There was a vision
Flashing by
Of a summers' day I spent with you
Of a child who never learnt how to cry

When those around me
Fall in despair
I call upon my common sense
'cause someone has to care
A sudden decision
I can't explain
Though I've often tried to change the rules
The game remains the same
For love
I've played the part so many times
It fits me like a glove
But I'm the victim
In the bitter end
I know you need me to be strong
L just don't know how much longer I can pretend

You always need me to be
A good man in a storm

It sometimes scares me
The further we go
Just how much we understand
And just how much we know
So whatever happened
In our hearts
While making perfect sense of life
We still remain so far apart

You always want me to be
A good man in a storm

Trying to fit the social norm
And be a good man in a storm
Trying hard since I was born
To be a good man in a storm

Guaranteed

Don't play this game with me
You know you came to be my world
When times were bad enough
Seems I was good enough
You run out my door
You come back, and beg for more and more
Just like the times before
You'll always be

Guaranteed a place inside my heart
I would never forget a single thing
Always be a martyr to your heart
Then you'll never regret a single thing

You think I just don't care (just don't care)
The fact is, I could not bear (could not bear)
To lose this kind of loving touch (I love your touch)
Would you be bothered much?
You had so much planned (so much planned)
So take time to understand (understand)
My reasons for pulling you back to me (back to me)
You'll always be

Guaranteed a place inside my heart
I would never forget a single thing
Always be a martyr to your heart
Then you'll never regret a single thing

You hide so many years
(hide away)
You cried so many tears
(cried away your tears)
You think I just don't realise
(now I realise)
One thing I've come to know
(if you stay)
This pain will surely go
(all the way with me)
So soon before your very eyes

Guaranteed a place inside my heart
I would never forget a single thing
Always be a martyr to your heart
Then you'll never regret a single thing

Guaranteed a place inside my heart
I would never forget a single thing
Always be a martyr to your heart
Then you'll never regret a single thing

Guaranteed . . .

Her Big Day

Too bad about the weather
But something even badder's gonna spoil her big day
He stands by the mirror
Feelin' he's gone fifteen rounds with cassius clay

He hears a cockney classic
Get me to the church on time - those stupid bow bells
She's dressed just like an angel
But very soon her heaven's gonna turn into hell

She knew all along it was wrong and she'd
Better, better, better, better give it up
With a love so strong, had to carry on
Better, better, better, better live it up

Church yard, he's in the bushes
Nervous looking people say he must be delayed
They drive around in circles
She can see her big day slowly slippin' away

Down by the river, sanctuary (papa's snipeing, mama's wiping)
(tears away ... tears away)
Deep inside, her father's happy (people leaving, disbelievin')
Perfect irony

Better, better, better, better give it up

She knew all along it was wrong and she'd
Better, better, better, better give it up
With a love so strong, had to carry on
Better, better, better, better live it up

You could knock her down with a feather
You could knock her way on, way on
You could knock her down with a feather
You could knock her way on, way on down

Who cares about the weather
'cause something so much better happened after that day
Guess what? they're together
The best man put the bride up in the family way

Hot Water

Tell - me something
Why do I always find it hard just to get along
Try my best - for nothing
Every little thing I do is wrong

Feel it in my brain
Driving me insane
Round and round
The same old tune

"daddy's on the phone
You know you're not alone
Turn that down
And clean up your room."

Sons and daughters
(don't fall in)
In hot water
Sons and daughters
(they don't do)
What they oughta

Tell (tell) you something
Music is the key to set me free
To the beat (on the street) I'm jumping
Forgetting all the things they said 'bout me

Here it comes again
Chugging like a train
Round and round
An impeccable groove

I know it's getting late
But I won't histate
Can't slow down
Got to do what I do

Sons and daughters
(always in)
In hot water

Wasting time
Is a crime in their eyes
But I'm still young
So much time to decide - what to do ...

(I don't need confirmation
For my boyhood extrapolation
Though I'm not sure of my direction
I have the groove for my protection)

Here it comes again
Chugging like a train
Round and round
An impeccable groove

I know it's getting late
But I won't hesitate
Can't slow down
Got to do what I do

Sons and daughters
(don't fall in)
In hot water
(when they fall by the way)
Sons and daughters
(they don't do)
What they oughta

Tell me something
Where you staying tonight
Your folks
Have waited up for you
Now they've locked the door
And turned off the light.

I Don't Know Why

I don't know why
I love you like I do
But baby I love you
And always I'll be true
I know sometimes
You treat me like a fool
Try to bend me to your rules
But I love you all the same

'cause when we're together
And everything's alright
I'm a king for the day

I don't know why
I fall but don't fall down
But I never touch the ground
Whenever you're around
I don't know where
We may be tomorrow
If you lead I will follow
And we'll get there just the same

I'll always love you
Every day and night
Come and take me away

Can't you see that you're the only one
And I'm open wide
You saved me from being a lonely one
You caught me inside
With a feeling I can't resist
You take me away
And I'll never get over this
A king today

River
I'm swimming in a deep river
I hope that river
Is a long river

Well I know sometimes that you like to play
Messing with my mind but I love you anyway
I don't know why you say what you say
Every night I pray that you never go away
Well I know sometimes that you like to play
(it's a game you play)
Messing with my mind but I love you anyway
(I love you anyway)
I'm trying hard to say that I love you every day
(despite the things you say)
But I'm hoping and I'm praying that you never go away
(never go away)

'cause when we're together
And everything's alright
I'm a king for the day

And I'll always love you
Every day and night
Come and take me away

I Sleep on My Heart

The time has come for dreaming
Don't be tired, but I feel a need to sleep
Cause my life takes on you meaning
When I close my eyes and you reveal yourself to me
That's our time, time for changes
A time for reason
Something only you can see
All my life I have waited
For a chance to give a love
Only you demand of me

Fame and success are poor relations
The more I get the less I need it
Happiness is an unknown sensation
My heart has a hunger and only you can feed it

Chorus

Come on in my dreams tonight
Show me where to start
Come on I need to shed some light
I want to sleep on my heart

In the past for protection
When someone got too close
Yet another bridge would burn
But I can find no connection
Between the love that you propose and the lessons I have learned

I want to hear your explanations
You'll never know how much I need it
I want my tears to pay your reflexion
Cause my heart has a hunger and only you can feed it

Chorus

I'm sitting here surrounded my possessions
Objects that confront me night and day
The fruits of my material obsession
But it seems the more I earn the more I have to pay

You've made it clear that blind ambition
Leads nowhere and I don't need it
I've lost all my fear
All my inhibitions my heart has hunger but I know you can feed it....

I Want Eyes

It's late I know but I can't sleep
Peace of mind is hard to keep
I saw it on the news today
A thousand lives just blown away

I want eyes
I want eyes

Another page in history
But the why is still a mystery
Won't you come so we can talk this through
Do you need me now like I need you

I want eyes
I want eyes

On the beach lies a boy
Thrown away like a toy
In the field lies a man
Left behind, he was calling, calling
No one saw him die

Sitting there you're telling me
That everything is meant to be
But when I say I can't go on
I know I'm not the only one
I just can't live on planet hope
And watch the world go up in smoke
I don't know how to face the facts
When I see a child respond to impact

I want eyes
I want eyes
I want eyes
I want eyes

So I wake every night
With the same dream in mind
In a field there's a man
Left behind, he was calling, calling
No one saw me cry

If You Were Mine

I been waiting here for so long
Counting all the holes in my shoes
You've been singing such a different song
I ain't gonna punch you in the eye
Just 'cause you tell a crazy lie

Even so . . .
I knew how you would go . . .
I'm always the last to know you're trying to love me too

You've been wasting so much time away
Never seem to get through to you
You've been lazy now it's time to pay
Who's gonna be the one to say who's gonna make the move today

I won't stand by . . .
Asking you questions why . . .
Not while you say you're too shy to look me in the eye . . .

If you were mine
I'd never need to wipe the smile from my face
It ain't no crime
What we'd achieve if we stayed in this place

You said once I had a hold on you
And I believed you first time around
But now you don't know what you're trying to do
So when you turn around and realise
I'm not around to dry your eyes

Then you'll know . . .
It's crazy to let me go . . .
You're always the last to know
I'm trying to love you too . . .

If you were mine
I'd never need to wipe the smile from my face
It ain't no crime
What we'd achieve if we stayed in this place

If you kept your promise baby
Everything would stay the same
But I can't shake the feeling you're searching maybe
For another love to blame

If you were mine
I'd never need to wipe the smile from my face
It ain't no crime
What we'd achieve if we stayed in this place

It's Not The Same for Us

I know you live on my street
I sometimes wonder
Why we don't meet
I've seen your face in the sky
Twenty-five stories high
You never come down to earth
Communication (communication)
Could hardly be much worse
Don't keep me here in the dark
I want to be your friend
Your fears are way off the mark

Every generation
Sees it their own way
Never learning their lessons
Making the same mistakes again

It's not the same for us - as history fades away
It's not the same for us - you must hear me when I say

Look out on this brave new land
Think of the future
The future that lays in our hands
Our leaders live in the past
We can change it
There's something to hope for at last

Every generation
Sees it their own way
Why don't we learn our lessons
Don't make the same mistakes again

(chorus)

What dreams are you chasing now?
What are you living for?
The problems that we're facing now
Nobody faced before
Please don't reject me
In anger or in sorrow
You've got to accept me
If we're to make a better tomorrow

It's not the same - it's not the same for us

It's Over

I won't be here when you come home
I'm sorry if you don't understand, forgive me if you can
But I can see another road
And I ain't coming back

Don't look for me around this town
'cause I will be so far away, you'll never find me anywhere
And I won't take no souvenirs
No perfumed picture promises
Because it's over
And I ain't coming back

You gave me everything
And now I'm breaking your heart
You know that I don't mean
To tear your world apart

I would never leave if I thought you couldn't stand the pain
A letter in the hall
Is written on the wall
A letter with no words of love at all
Because it's over (because it's over)
And I ain't coming back

And as I close the door
I know I'm breaking your heart
I should have loved you more
Instead I've torn your world apart

And as I walk into the lonely afternoon
I feel sad enough
I feel bad enough
And all the times when you are lonely where you are
Please don't hate me then
I just could not pretend oh no

Feel the tears
I can feel the tears
Running through the years