An Awful Thing To Waste

So maybe you could do with a break
You've had about all you can take
You need to find somewhere you can run to

Somewhere a long way from here
Somewhere where the skies are all clear
Somewhere you can think all your thoughts through

It took a long time to make me understand
You gotta meet life and shake it by the hand
You gotta use your emotion

You talk a nice line to put your mind at ease
You want to sit back and count your memories
But that's no solution

I don't want to harp about it
But what you gonna do about it?

Look at how you're set in your ways
You used to be so willing to face
Any find of problem before you

Life is not as long as you think
Open up your mind and you'll see
Don't destroy yourself I implore you

You've got a fine wife, a perfect family
You had it all planned to live so carefully
But where does it get you

They say the mind is an awful thing to waste
And that's a fact that you must come to face
What more can I tell you?

I'm Beggin' You

I'm beggin' you, let's start anew
All my fears were wrong
I was too headstrong
Now I'm missing you

It's been too long, and still you're gone
If you ever cared
About the life we shared
Please let me know

I think about you lately
More than you will ever know
And if you could just forgive me
You know I'd love you so

We had a love, to be proud of
What was once a thrill
Then became a chill
And so very cold

So I'm beggin you, let's start anew
Give it one more chance
It's the final dance
Before you go away
I've got something more to say

I think about you lately...

You know I never meant no harm
can't you see it's just a false alarm
How can I make you change your mind
'Cause I wanna make it right this time
You know I'll love you all the way
That's why I'm beggin' you to stay
You've got to listen to my plea
I'm down here on my bended knees
baby won't you please come home
Can't stand to be so all alone

It's A Hard World

I live in a vacumn, no air
I'm stuck in back room, somewhere
But it don't bother me amyway 'cos I know
Goin' to get out soon, I got places to go
There's a big world waiting for me
I just need a break, someone to believe
but right now I'm just tryin' to survive
Livin' rough, shackin' up, hangin' tough, shapin' up

Get the picture, get the scene I paint fo ryou
Ah, but it's worth it, all the pain I'm goin' thru
Beat the sidewalk, hear the fast talk, everyday
I don't worry 'cos I know I'm on my way

The view from my window, ain't too good
Should be some mail for me soon from Hollywood
When the phone rings, could be big things, anytime
Operator is there somethin' wrong with this line

Rejections, I've had a few
Happens to the best, it ain't nothin' new
Still I keep on swingin' away
S'gonna be a breakthrough any day

Keep hanging in there, that's my philosophy
And soon I'll find my big chance, wait and see
Some make it fast, but they just come and go
Me, I'm built to last and that's one thing I know

Those straight life people, they don't understand
Yeah they just want it all laid out and planned
Me, I'm not like them, I do things my own way
I know I'm gonna break thru any day

Life in the city, can get you down
There's amillion guys out there all snooping around
You gotta think you're the best, beat out all the rest
And fight your way up to the top of the town

There's a big world waiting for me
I just need a break, someone to believe
Right now I'm just tryin' to survive
I'm know I'm gonna get there, dead or alive

I'm going to reach for the moon
And all the stars too
I'm gonna get there real soon, I know I will
I want the universe, and all the planers too

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From the Album Some Things Never Change (1997)



It's A Hard World
You Win, I Lose
Get Your Act Together
Live To Love You
Some Things Never Change
Listen To Me Please
Sooner Or Later
Help Me Down That Road
And The Light
Give Me A Chance
C'est What?
Where There's A Will

You Win, I Lose

You win, I lose
I beg, you choose
You're so cool and I'm confused
I'm me and you're you
You're so loose and I'm uptight
You're day, I'm night

Like two ships in the night in foggy weather,
Just a waitin' for fresh winds to blow.
Maybe we're losin' one another
I could be wrong I don't know

You get the best, I get the rest
You pass the test, I'm just a mess
You got it made, I'm in the shade
Like two ships in the night ...
Like two dopes in the boat, without a paddle
Just a wonderin' why it don't go
We could be losin' one another
I could be wrong I don't know

I know you're tryin' to phase me
It's gonna drive me crazy
I can't wait for the day when

I win, You lose
You beg and I choose
You're in the shade, I'm on parade

Like two ships in the night ...

Get Your Act Together

You say you're so tired, you're never satisfied
But I can't seem to make you understand
I see your point of view, but life's been to good to you
Just stand up and face things like a man

You better get your act together
If you ever wanna take it on the road
You can't sit around
Or the bad times are gonna get to you
And you're never gonna see it through

I know, that things don't seem so good right now
But you gotta move along some how
Try to do the best you can
Sure nuff, thins will slowly turnaround
You won't always be so down
I know that it's true

It won't always be such stormy weather
It may be a cliche but the sun is gonna shine
So you can't sit around
Or the bad times are gonna get to you
And you're never gonna see it through

It don't matter where you've been
It's where you're going to
Yeah, and it won't do you no good
Just livin' in the past
You know you can't sit around
'Cos the bad times are gonna get to you
And you're never gonna see it through

And they're never ever gonna go
Yeah, they'll be here to stay
Yeah, it's always gonna be that way

Live To Love You

The situation's clear
It's fine as long as you are here
Of that I'm really sure
I will live to love you more

The say you drag me down
They try to tell me your around
Just to even up a score
But I will live to love you more

And the say I've been blind
That you deceive me every time
And soon our love will end
But i will live to love you again

So what if they can't see
You know I'll love endlessly
And this they can't ignore
I will live to love you more

I know they're only rumors
Altough they say the truth hurts
I don't need to hear lies
And fantasize you leaving me

But when I think it all over
And over and over
I still want you around me
You know you astound me
I couldn't live without you

If there's a price to pay
It's worth it just to hear you say
All their lies ere just a bore
I will live to love you more and more

You know where my heart is
With you alone
My every thought is
I will live to love you more

Some Things Never Change

I went back my home town
To the school and walked around
And the way it felt
It seemed just like yesterday

From the cradle to the grave
Some say we never change
No matter how we try
We try to rearrange

Life father so like son
It's as if wife we're both as one
Just as if our fate was pre-ordained

In some countries far from here
You know the one s we used to fear
Are they waiting to return to
Those old evil ways

You can take a correspondance course
Be single married or divorced
You can psychoanlyze your brain
But you know some things will never change

And what will those people do
When Russia starts anew
They'll just stand in line
All under a different name

You can listen to those brainwash tapes
Take a Jewish, Catholic, Buddhist faith
But I'm sure it's gonna be in vain
'Cos you know some things will never change

If their theories all come true
Then there's nothin' we can do
Where the future lies
Well it's not to hard to tell

But after all is said and done
And if the world it lives as one
You can bid those old taboo's
A fond fare well

Yes a fond fare well
A very long fare well

Listen To Me Please

Well if you want some advice
You gotta listen to me
Getta hold of your life
And you can have a new dream
Forget the ups and the downs
There's a new game in town
For every turn in the road
There's a new way to go

I don't hear what you say
Gonna find my own way
You just try to persuade
Everyone around you

We'll make it easy for you
Plane everything that you do
Won't have to work very hard
You'll make it big from the start
Don't have to take it from me
Here's a lsit you can see
Every one of those names
They found their fortune and fame

Well it all sound so sweet
So simple, so neat
Ah but I can't believe
Anything you tell me

I know your life's a big mistake
Let's go, this music you must face

Listen to me please, get down upon your knees
They'll never treat you like they did before
I'll make your dreams come true
now all I need is you
Please believe me and all this will be yours

You'll have a penthouse in town
You'll be the king with a crown
Live on country estate
You'll have a twenty foot gate
Getting tanned at the pool
You'll be making them drool
Taking trip overseas
Do anything that you please

Well I feel so alone
Where did I go so wrong?
Do you know? Can you tell?
Maybe can you help me

I know, it's hard for you to take
Let's go, this move you mhave to make

Listen to me please, I'm down upon your knees
They'll never treat you like they did before
I'll make your dreams come true
now all I need is you
Please believe me and all this will be yours

Your vision will be clear, your pain will disappear
You'll know that I'll be watching over you
I'll chase your blues away
So just change your life today
Everything I say to you is true

Sooner Or Later

Sooner or later it's gonna get better
Sooner or later I'm gonna get over her

You know I can't go on like this
It's just a matter time
There'll come a day when I will wake up
Without her on my mind

Sooner or later it's gonna get better
Sooner or later I'm gonna get over her

They say that time will heal everything
So I'm winding the clock
And waiting for that glorius moment
When my heartache will stop

She let me go
It took me by surprise
I feel out of place
Without her by my side

Sooner or later it's gonna get better
Sooner or later I'm gonna get over her
Sooner or later ... Sooner or later
Sooner or later ...

And The Light

So many years have come and gone since then
Still I can't forget the past
But you and me, we'll surelt meet again
And maybe find the truth at last

And the light, in the night
Shines on brightly
If it's alright with you
It's alright with me

Well I believe, that fate will find a way
To guide us through these restless years
And yes I know, that we'll speak one day
With no more doubts and no more fears

And the light ..

So tell me now, if you can share my view
Tell me where your comin' from
We've both had time, time to think it through
To know just where we both belong

And the light ..

And if your heart is real
Then tell me how you feel
'Til I'm saying
If it's alright with you
It's alright with me
It's quite alright with me
It's all alright with me