Past Lives

An angel came to me last night
She saw me in a different light
She showed me things I thoughht I could be
Are not a million miles away

As surely as night follows day
It follows, I'm a king not a slave
It is another case of déjà vu
It seems to happen everyday
It all comes back to me whatever I do
There's always been a price to pay

Past lives, past lives
You can never put the ghost to bed
Get the feeling that you live, forever she said

Past lives, past lives
Rub my stomach while I pat my head
Get the feeling in your mind
When you're out of your head

And to the eastern side of the bay
My shadow is sailing away
Treasure possessions and money to burn
I won't be taking these with me
I hear the echos and I've nowhere to turn
After all I'm at sea

Past lives, past lives
We can anchor off the coast she said
The storm will pass and the fog will clear in your head

Past lives, past lives
You can never put the ghost to bed
Get the feeling that you live forever she said

In another world when dreams collide
To the mocking bird of faith we tied
She comes to pass but not to stay
Through the looking glass, she fades away

Welcome to the house of usher

An angel came to me last night
She sold me down the river of life

People

I'm forever struck
By the people in this town
And the way they go about their world
Have they given up
All the fun they used to have in adolescent xanadu
Everything is too much time and trouble
They must be seen as being respectable
They're too busy with their social climbing
Waiting for a rise

Chorus.

Why can't people just be people

When they were young
They would wish for the summer evenings that would never end
Now the day's too long
And the key to life is locked away in childhood memories
Some people judge a man as reasonable
If the wine he buys is seasonable
They've time for friendship if it's advantageous
And causes no pain

Chorus:

Why are people so deceitful
Why can't people just be people

There is more to the world
Than is offered by the soap and war found on the tv screen
And there is more to this life
If you would only take the time to look within and find the key
Don't believe words when they're superficial
Don't put your trust in values artificial
Let your heart do the talking for a little
And feel yourself shine

Chorus:

Why can't people trust in people
Why can't people just be people

Find the time and you'll realise
Life isn't too much time and trouble
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Play Me

I must say you're really something else
The way you're tearing down my house
And I know you'd never stoop so low
As to rebuild it somewhere else

You know how to play me
Everybody knows you can handle me
Play me
Nothing can compare with what I've found today

It hasn't always been this good
I haven't always loved you like I should
But it's really something else
I love you like I never thought I could

You got to play me
Everybody knows I been woman handled

Play me
Nothing can compare with what I've found today

Been out on my own
For too many years
You came not a day too soon - I was out of my mind
You swallowed my pride
And dried all my tears
Gone is the only tune
I sang

You really know
You really know how to
You really know how to play me

All the women of my dreams
Were the kind who lived beyond my means
But I know you'd never stoop so low
Your love is always what it seems

You got to play me
Everybody knows I've been - woman handled

Play me
Nothing can compare with what I've found today

Here in the night
It's a shot in the dark
For sure that's a chance I'll take -one day at a time
A feeling so right
It's a walk in the park
It's so easy to make or break
She sang
So easy

Suis reste seul
Pour trop longtemps
Vide de coeur
Vide de sens
Tu es arrivee
Secher mes larmes
Reconforte, je te regarde

Romance

Away with all those tales of romance
You try so hard
And I can't take the heartbreak you weave
Don't cry alone

Oh baby baby don't give up on me
Turn it up, turn it up, turn it up and you will see
Oh baby baby this I guarantee
Turn it up, turn it up it'll be alright

Alright, I said some things need to change
Desires? . . . maybe
But I don't like to rearrange your lies (your lies)
So cry alone

Oh baby baby don't give up on me
Turn it up, turn it up, turn it up I'm begging please
Oh baby baby this I guarantee
Turn it up, turn it up it'll be alright

Love's a special thing
Lovers only need honesty
Two hearts the same (two hearts the same)
Beating in the name of romance
And I don't care who gives in
'cause it's only a game
The end is just the same
And what remains is why you're crying alone
So alone

Oh baby baby don't give up on me
Turn it up, turn it up, turn it up I'm begging please
Oh baby baby this I guarantee
Turn it up, turn it up, it'll be alright
Turn it up, turn it up, it'll be alright
Turn it up, turn it up, it'll be alright

Running in The Family

Our dad
Would send us to our room
He'd be the voice of doom
He said that we would thank him later
All day
He was solid as a rock
But by eight o'clock
We'd be crumbling
One night
My brother joe and me
Climbed down the family tree
That grew outside our bedroom window
We ran
Though we knew it couldn't last
Running from the past
From things that we were born to be

Looking back it's so bizarre
It runs in the family
All the things we are
On the back seat of the car
With joseph and emily
We only see so far
- and we all have our daddy's eyes
Looking back it's so bizarre

Dad rang
The officer in charge
A man so large
He barely fit his circumstances
He said
Two kids out on the street
Were picked up on the beat
And in the station
So there's me
With emily and joe
Daddy driving home
All heading in the same direction
He knew
No matter what the breaks
We'd make the same mistakes
Couldn't take his eyes of joe and me

Looking back it's so bizarre
It runs in the family
All the things we are
On the backseat of the car
With joseph and emily
We only see so far
- and we all have our daddy's eyes
Looking back it's so bizarre
It runs in the family
All the things we are
Looking back it's so bizarre

Like a dream within a dream
We're all somewhere in between

Like a drummer plays his drum
Like a father like a son
- and your gonna have to face the music
- face the music

Hey hey
We keep it running in the family
Hey hey
We keep it coming in the family

Looking back it's so bizarre
It runs in the family
All the things we are
On the backseat of the car
With joseph and emily
We only see so far
- 'cause we all have our daddy's eyes
Take me back into your arms
It's no longer a mystery
No cause for alarm
Could have never come this far
With no sense of history
It always leaves a scar
- and we all have our daddy's eyes
Looking back it's so bizarre

Running in the family

Hey, hey!