A WALK ON CLOUD NINE

Everybody's searchin' for something
Expectin' nothin'
As the world keeps spinning around and 'round
Everybody's lost in reason
Pounding the ceiling
When the walls appear why not walk around

Now's the time to pour cheap wine
Eavesdrop party lines
Obsess on wicked sense
Compromise defenses, and

Walk through the door today
Gently break away
Don't talk me down to safe
Let me fall from grace
Drown in a pretty face
But don't leave a trace
Paint all the excess space
Toss caution through a window
And take a walk on cloud nine

Livin' hard on billboard virtue
Cold wind can burn you
As you chase the ghost through a concrete town
Sometimes you can't read the meaning
Quietly screaming
As you slip away let your hair fall down

Now's the time to stumble steady
Bathing in confetti
And forget your sorrows
Disconnect tomorrow, and

Walk through the door today
Gently break away
Don't talk me down to safe
Let me fall from grace
Drown in a pretty face
But don't leave a trace
Paint all the excess space
Toss caution through a window
And take a walk on cloud nine

BLAME

She says, nothing ever matters
I know, everything she wants is locked up tight
Behind a lonely heart where she hides

She said, her dreams were never shattered
I see, broken glass scattered out
Across the road and she is walking through lies

Sometimes love is ignorant
And blindness is its best defense

I try to keep her warm inside my overcoat
'Cause she keeps getting caught, caught out in the rain
Someday if she succeeds in pushing me away
There will be no one else left to blame
No one left to blame

She cries, everyone is guilty
I swear, nothing ever came from thinking
That the world owes you a better way of life

I've tried, not to feel pity
But I know, living in the city's hard on
Lonely souls that barely scrape by to survive

Sometimes love is ignorant
And blindness is its best defense

I try to keep her warm inside my overcoat
'Cause she keeps getting caught, caught out in the rain
Someday if she succeeds in pushing me away
There will be no one else left to blame
No one left to blame

Na, na, na, na...

Sometimes love is ignorant
And blindness is its best defense

I try to keep her warm inside my overcoat
'Cause she keeps getting caught, caught out in the rain
Someday if she succeeds in pushing me away
There will be no one else left to blame
No one left to blame

BLUE TODAY

They say that tomorrow's another day
And they say that I shouldn't feel this way
But my head is full of pictures
That no one else can see
A technicolor hiding place for me

I am not the only one
Staring at a setting sun
The feeling lives in everyone
And the sky and I are blue today

They say everything's gonna be just fine
They'll say anything to ease my mind
Well these black and white opinions
Like the noise on my T.V.
Are drowning out the voice inside of me

I am not the only one
Staring at a setting sun
The feeling lives in everyone
And the sky and I are blue today

And when I feel that I'm alone
I look around myself and see that I am wrong

Well these black and white opinions
Like the noise on my T.V.
Are drowning out the voice inside of me

I am not the only one
Staring at a setting sun
The feeling lives in everyone
And the sky and I are blue today
I am not the only one
Staring at a setting sun
The rain comes down on everyone
And the sky and I are blue today

DAYDREAM HOLIDAY

Sitting here beside you makes the whole world fade away
To a kalaidescope of colors pouring down like a summer rain
When we close our eyes and forget about tomorrow
Hand in hand, we're finding our own way
Just the two of us together on a Daydream Holiday

(Now) If I could take a picture of how we both feel today
You know I'd make a million copies and I'd give them all away
'Cause the world is cold and it's so judgemental
But we don't hear what other people say
When we're sitting here together on a Daydream Holiday

If by chance, this won't last
Inside we know we tried
It's better to be blind
Than to see the world through other peoples' eyes

INST.

If by chance, this won't last
Inside we know we tried
It's better to be blind
Than to see the world through other peoples' eyes

Some look at the sky and hope it doesn't rain
But I know things are right when the weather starts to change
Why see black and white when there's so much color
Hand in hand, let's not be afraid
We'll watch the world together from our Daydream Holiday

Just the two of us together on a Daydream Holiday
Just the two of us together on a Daydream Holiday

EMERALDS AND GOLD

Does someone know the answers
To the questions that we ask ourselves
From day to day
Like are we good or bad inside
And is there hidden meaning in the
Words we say

If I could let go
Of things I can't hold
I'd find myself walking along on a road
Of Emeralds and Gold, (Emeralds and Gold)

I look around to find myself
In other peoples faces as they
Go their way
But they are me and I am them
The less I look the more I see
I'm not afraid

I dream of all I want to be
But if I fight to get there
It all fades away
And if I die to live again
To wake myself from sleeping
It's the price I pay

If I could let go
Of things I can't hold
I'd find myself walking along on a road
Of Emeralds and Gold (Emeralds and Gold)

Ahhh.......

(Inst.)

If I could let go
Of things I can't hold
I'd find myself walking along on a road
Of Emeralds and Gold
I'd find myself walking along on a road
Of Emeralds and Gold

Does someone know the answers
To the questions that we ask ourselves....

HEY NOW

I don't know why it has to be
That the sky is blue and the grass is green
And I don't know why it's really true
That one plus one always equals two
I don't know so I'll have to guess
There may be times when a no means yes
And maybe, just maybe
It doesn really matter

Hey Now, look around
Does anybody know what's goin' down
And Hey Now, it's okay
The world keeps spinning anyway
Hey Now, why ask why
Low is low and high is high
And Hey Now just let go
It's alright if you really don't know
And I really don't know

Some may say that I can't see
The perfect world surrounding me
And others say the end is near
They really do believe everything they hear
Some may say they know what's best
But they're no different from the rest
And maybe, just maybe
It doesn really matter

Hey Now, look around
Does anybody know what's goin' down
And Hey Now, it's okay
The world keeps spinning anyway
Hey Now, why ask why
Low is low and high is high
And Hey Now just let go
It's alright if you really don't know
And I really don't know

I'LL ALWAYS BE WITH YOU

Never happy, never so sad
Disillusioned and crying at the drop of a hat
Close your eyes and listen to
The sound of rain in the afternoon
And know...

I'LL ALWAYS BE WITH YOU
I'LL ALWAYS BE WITH YOU, O-OH

Words in words confuse me, too
Why not me, why is all this happening to you
One last coin tossed in the sea
Where it lands is the beginning for me
I know...

I'LL ALWAYS BE WITH YOU
I'LL ALWAYS BE WITH YOU, O-OH
I'LL ALWAYS BE WITH YOU
I'LL ALWAYS BE WITH YOU, O-OH

All we want to know
Is how to find our way home
And all we want to feel
Is that we're never alone

Never happy, never so sad
Disillusioned and crying at the drop of a hat
Life goes on, only faces change
Nothing's wasted, nothing's in vain

I'LL ALWAYS BE WITH YOU
I'LL ALWAYS BE WITH YOU, O-OH
I'LL ALWAYS BE WITH YOU
I'LL ALWAYS BE WITH YOU, O-OH

I'M SORRY

We live in a little room in a little house
In a small town
And that's alright with me
But what holds me up just holds you back
'Cause you see a bigger world
That's full of possibilities
I didn't mean to play it safe
And rain on your parade

I was wrong, you were right
I can see the other side
Didn't mean to start a fight, I'm sorry

I was tired, half asleep
When you shared your dreams with me
And if it seems I don't believe. I'm sorry

You say the walls are closing in and you can't breathe
It's sink or swim
You need to spread your wings
Well I'm afraid of what you see, the way you think
That things could be
And what tomorrow brings
Sometimes when I think too much
I fall out of touch

I was wrong, you were right
I can see the other side
Didn't mean to start a fight, I'm sorry

I was tired, half asleep
When you shared your dreams with me
And if it seems I don't believe, I'm sorry
Yeah I'm sorry

I'm like a deer caught in the headlights
When the future looks so bright

You say the walls are closing in and you can't breathe
It's sink or swim
You need to spread your wings

I was wrong, you were right
I can see the other side
Didn't mean to start a fight, I'm sorry

I was tired, half asleep
When you shared your dreams with me
And if it seems I don't believe, I'm sorry

I was wrong, you were right
I can see the other side
Didn't mean to start a fight, I'm sorry

I was tired, half asleep
When you shared your dreams with me
And if it seems I don't believe
I'm sorry, yeah I'm sorry

I was tired, half asleep
When you shared your dreams with me
I was wrong, you were right, I'm sorry

We live in a little room in a little house
In a small town

NEVER FORGET

I remember your eyes as I'm telling myself
That without you I'll never survive these cold nights
Watching rain crashing down through the window today
I was holding you close in my mind

How you silenced the good, always numb, always sad
Hanging words out to dry as you drowned all our plans
In a river that's torrid and tortured with pain
It was blind luck I got out alive

But I know we're given what we give
And I know that someday I will forgive... But

Never forget what time it was
I'll never forget the way we touched
Never forget how dreams get crushed
I always will remember to never forget
Never forget

Did I lose who I was, did I find who I am
As I dig through the trash that has cluttered my life
I'm not angry, I'm scared, I can't sleep here alone
Being right sometimes comes at a price

But I know we're given what we give
And I know that someday I will forgive... But

Never forget what time it was
I'll never forget the way we touched
Never forget how dreams get crushed
I always will remember to never forget
Never forget

I'll never forget what time it was
I'll never forget the way we touched
Never forget how dreams get crushed
I always will remember, I always will remember
I always will remember to never forget
Never forget
Never forget
Never forget

ON CHRISTMAS DAY

Shine a light - show me
There was once a way
This time of year - lonely
Was driving me insane
In my heart - I believe
In everything we had
Holidays alone with you
A dream come true

CHORUS:
And I'll remember the pouring rain
That cold December I saw you again
Now we will never be the same
The love we have was born on Christmas Day

Count the stars - hold me
Winter soon will pass
In my arms you'll be
Safe and warm at last
Close your eyes - you'll see
Everything we have
Angels brought you from above
The only one

CHORUS:
And I'll remember the pouring rain
That cold December I saw you again
Now we will never be the same
The love we have was born on Christmas Day

Stars are drifting all around
Red and green and gold
Everything is perfect now
Under the falling snow
Under the falling snow

See the light - shining - we have found our way

CHORUS

SEE IT

Colors fade to black and white
Don't give up without a fight
Now it's let the games begin
May the best man win

Feel like both my hands are tied
So wrapped up inside the lies
Thought I knew how it would be
But it went differently
I woke up today and saw the truth
But I still feel so confused

THE WAY YOU SEE IT
IS NOT THE WAY I SEE IT ANYMORE
BUT I KEEP DREAMING
SOMEDAY WE'LL BOTH SEE IT LIKE BEFORE
IT'S SO MUCH BIGGER THAN YOU AND ME
BUT WE DON'T SEE IT

Running barefoot through the grass
We cut ourselves on broken glass
You hurt me and I hurt you
It's what we're going through

When our days were warm and bright
Everything we did was right
But now the sky is full of clouds
And I'm full of doubt
And I can't see the way to choose
'Cuz either way we lose

THE WAY YOU SEE IT
IS NOT THE WAY I SEE IT ANYMORE
BUT I KEEP DREAMING
SOMEDAY WE'LL BOTH SEE IT LIKE BEFORE
IT'S SO MUCH BIGGER THAN YOU AND ME
BUT WE DON'T SEE IT, WE DON'T SEE IT
(WE DON'T SEE IT, NO WE DON'T SEE IT)

Feel like both my hands are tied
So wrapped up inside the lies
Thought I knew how it would be
But it went differently
I woke up today and saw the truth
But I still feel so confused

THE WAY YOU SEE IT
IS NOT THE WAY I SEE IT ANYMORE
BUT I KEEP DREAMING
SOMEDAY WE'LL BOTH SEE IT LIKE BEFORE
THE WAY YOU SEE IT
IS NOT THE WAY I SEE IT ANYMORE
BUT I KEEP DREAMING
SOMEDAY WE'LL BOTH SEE IT LIKE BEFORE
IT'S SO MUCH BIGGER THAN YOU AND ME
AND AS FAR AS I CAN SEE
WE DON'T SEE IT
WE DON'T SEE IT (Tag)

Sunset Terrace

Does anyone know the place
Where trouble ends and love begins?
She used to take me there somehow
Does anyone understand
How much I need her here with me?
It's too late, she's gone away
To Sunset Terrace now

Under a paper moon
A blackbird sings out of tune
As wolves dance around the room
She signs the will, she takes a pill
And she smiles.

She always tried to find
The pleasure trapped inside my pain
From her every kiss felt like a vow
I never understood
Why she'd want any part of me
It's too late, she's gone away
To Sunset Terrace now

Under the plastic sun
A carnival has begun
When rain scorches everyone
It's a perfect day
Your head and heart melt away

Under electric stars
Songs play a black guitar
Adrift in a junkyard car
You're all alone
Hang up the phone now and drive.

Does anyone know the place
Where trouble ends and love begins
She used to take me there somehow
Does anyone understand
How much I need her here with me?
It's too late, she's gone away
To Sunset Terrace now

THE GLOW THAT CHRISTMAS BRINGS

It's a feeling that shines inside you
It's a song (that) a caroler sings
The sparkle of snow, that ol' mistletoe
It's The Glow That Christmas Brings

It's a thrill that tingles right through you
When a Salvation Army bell rings
The lights on the tree, a card from me
It's The Glow That Christmas Brings

You wake up feeling rosey
Warm and cozy through and through
You walk down the street and the people you meet
Shout "Hey! Merry Christmas to you!"

It's the firelight touching your sweetheart's face
And you feel like your heart has wings
Your world fills with love, and light from above
It's The Glow That Christmas Brings

You wake up feeling rosey
Warm and cozy through and through
You walk down the street and the people you meet
Shout "Hey! Merry Christmas to you!"

It's the firelight touching your sweetheart's face
And you feel like your heart has wings
Your world fills with love, and light from above
It's The Glow That Christmas Brings

Your world fills with love, and light from above
It's The Glow That Christmas Brings

WE'VE GOT LOVE

Living for tomorrow, lost in yesterday
Chasing after dreams that just get in the way
Feeling left behind while trying to get ahead
Somedays it seems hard just getting out of bed
We try to reach for bluer skies
But we've got something here that money just can't buy

IF THIS IS THE HIGHEST MOUNTAIN
THEN IT'S HIGH ENOUGH
IF THIS IS THE ROUGHEST ROAD WE TRAVEL
THEN IT AIN'T SO ROUGH
IF THIS IS AS GOOD AS IT GETS
IT'S GOOD ENOUGH
WE'VE GOT EVERYTHING WE NEED
AS LONG AS WE'VE GOT LOVE
WE'VE GOT LOVE

Where's the simple life we had when we were young
When it wasn't life or death, if we lost or won
Then, we took the time to stare up at the sky
Seems I've let these things that matter pass me by
It's so easy to be sad
When you're blind to all the riches that you have

CHORUS

If we open up our eyes... WE'VE GOT LOVE
It's not too late to realize...
As long as we're alive... WE'VE GOT LOVE

Solo

Chorus

WHAT ELSE CAN I SAY

I've lost another one, I'm back on my own
You came on fast and then you ran me down
If I had seen it coming, it wouldn't hurt this bad
And now there's nothing left to keep me hanging 'round
I thought I stood a chance to be the only one
Now I'm watching hope fade into a setting sun

CHORUS:
I guess it's over now – was it ever anything anyhow
What else can I say – what else can I say
Words can't change the way you feel
I can't believe this is real
If I could only beg you girl to let me stay
What else can I say

It's like I'm drowning, I'm tied to a stone
My broken heart keeps dragging me around
And I can't help but wonder, did it have to end this way
I want to scream but I can't make a sound
I only had one dream, you know it never came true
Another falling star wishing on the moon

CHORUS

Looking back I didn't see right in front of me
Crashed and burned driving blind down a one-way street

CHORUS
I guess it's time to say goodbye and walk away
What else can I say

WHERE IT'S AT

If your head keeps spinning
'Cause someone else is winning
And you're lost in a game of chance
Where every time you make a little decision
It's like nuclear fission
Life explodes right in your lap

Now's the time to stop, look around
Get both feet on the ground
Dig the view, take your foot off the gas
You're moving way too fast, you don't need to worry
Slow down, hey what's the hurry
Take your time, baby, just relax

And don't look back, forget about tomorrow
Right now is where it's at, And don't you know that you are
Right on track, and time is only borrowed
And you know wherever you are
Is Where It's At

Everyday confusion
Turns dreams into illusion
And the rats get caught in the race
But you can leave the cage and take this minute
To sit and be right in it
'Cause today is a beautiful day

So don't look back, forget about tomorrow
Right now is where it's at, And don't you know that you are
Right on track, and time is only borrowed
And you know wherever you are
Is Where It's At