At night the heavens open and the stars unfold
And each time a bed time story is told,
There?s a good side and a bad and a happy after all
The boy falls asleep and it?s not too clear to him at all

He becomes a cowboy on his horse
With a trail of broken laws
And heads to the highway
Every time the highway calls
Says he?ll finish what he started
Next time he?s passin? through
There?s a woman in each town with a child
The cowboy never knew
Still he comes to you

Says the moral of the story is it all remains the same
As a fool and a master, I?m the ace at every game
Just listen to me girl. I know the tales I tell are tall,
But I could be your cowboy and make you happy ever after,
After all

Now there?s a little girl who dreams of a prince on his white horse
And never quite expects for him to come for her of course.
But it?s nice to imagine all the flowers he might bring
Than staring at the bruises from a man who never brought her anything
No not a god damned thing

So, she becomes a woman who never loved a man.
The only man she knew gave her the backside his hand
And the scars don?t heal so easy, gettin? wounded all the time.
No sense of self-assuredness, no sense of sanity in her mind.
At least not that she can find

So, listen to me girl, it doesn?t matter black or blue
If that?s the best he offers, it ain?t good enough for you
No I ain?t no prince charming but your backs against the wall
And you don?t need that cowboy to make you happy ever after,
After all

At night the heavens open and the stars unfold
And each time a bed time story is told,
There are some who understand it
And some go on confused,
Some go on abusing
And the rest end up abused,
Convinced there ain?t no happy ever after,
After all
After all
After all
After all
After all

I haven’t checked to see what time it is
My mind done left me long ago
The day is gray and looks as tired as me
She’s barking through my favorite show
Can’t believe it’s been 7 hours now
How’d this thing get started, anyhow?
Babe when you’re through won’t you please let me know
I’ll try and stay awake till then
Please don’t mind this overdose of apathy
In fact why even bother with me

Cause I never thought I’d see this
Heart shaped leathel fate
Now it’s too late

You keep coming
Keep on running
Back to me
I keep crawling back to you
I’m so tired, so damn tired
Love is all we never do

Won’t tell you that your beautiful when you’re angry
Damnit you know I know you are
Girl when you stop to think about it
It’s almost comical the way we fuss and fight
We’ve taken this too far
Don’t tell me I’m crazy
Listen up sister, who the hell are you to say

Cause I never thought I’d see this
Heart shaped leathle fate
Now it’s too late

You keep coming
Keep on running
Back to me
I keep crawling back to you
I’m so tired, so damn tired
Love is all we never do

You keep coming
Keep on running
I’m so tired, so damn tired
You keep coming
Keep on running
I’m so tired, so damn tired
You keep coming
Keep on running
Back to me
I keep crawling back to you
I’m so tired, so damn tired
Love is all we never do
(chorus contines and fades away)

The jury?s still out on the crime of the century
Crazy vs crazy, looks like an inside job to me
The time will bring you down, can?t wait to cut you in.
If you can?t beat em don?t bother joining, you never win.

I need some time…

Maybe We
Could walk this road together
Maybe We
Could overcome it all
Maybe We
Could hold on to each other.
There?s nothing else left to do,
nothing that we can?t get through, together.

Don?t let it get to you baby, it?s only a game.
Where the object is easy, we?re even and everything
Stays the same

No… need to cry

Maybe We
Could walk this road together
Maybe We
Could overcome it all
Maybe We
Could hold on to each other.
There?s nothing else left to do,
Nothing that we can?t get through, together.
Me and you together…

Just us two, together…

I don?t care which road we?re taking.
I don?t care where it leads us darling.
I don?t care how it appears to anyone in the world.

Maybe We
Could walk this road together
Maybe We
Could overcome it all
Maybe We
Could hold on to each other.
There?s nothing else left to do,
nothing that we can?t get through, together.
Me and you together…

Just us two, together…

I’ve got a weakness for strong chemistry
one touch
all my resolutions change
I can say this is no good for me
still I’m back for more of the same

High on the ecstasy
medication against the pain
our bodies fit desperately together
like a needle against the vein

Poppy flower is so beautiful
gentle as a lover’s touch
your touch is a touch of strong medicine
yes it’s possible to take too much
we take it for comfort
take away the pain for us
poppy flower is beautiful
and a thousand poppies is dangerous

Oh no
can’t go back again this time
oh but every time I see her
that magic seems to change my mind

I’ve got a weakness for strong chemistry
one touch
all my resolutions change
I can say this is no good for me
still I’m back for more of the same

High on the ecstasy
medication against the pain
our bodies fit desperately together
like a needle against the vein

so strong
so strong
so strong
so strong
this you and me
so strong
so strong
so strong
so strong
this chemistry

Well, i stayed awake ’til the sun came up
like some distant memory.
and i watched as the night and it’s wisdom
disappeared right before me.

I was picturing you in that dublin blue
and i reached out in vain once again,
knowing that you’re there and i’m here
and there’s so much out there in between.

Like a post card i could try hard
somehow describing just what i feel…
..but its far too real.

Staring out at the ocean
listening to the traffic below.
everybody’s fueled by frustration,
still its only love making everyone go.

The waves crash down i hear the sound
of the time-keeping tide, once again
reminding me its only life
and i should feel free just to be.

Like a stonewall i could stand tall
waving my flag claiming how i feel…
…but its far too real.

As seagulls soar through the sunset they
leave their silhouettes of wind driven wings.
i quietly watch what remains of the day
and i listen as my soul sings.

Shadows run long like a sad song
and the night claims my tears once again.
as i return to all i’ve learned
somehow i finally see the light.

Like an old jar i could try hard
somehow containing just what i feel…
…but its far too real.

I stayed awake ’til the sun came up
like some distant memory.
and i watched as the night and her wisdom
disappeared right before me

Don?t throw on all that make-up for me.
There ain?t a single part of you I wouldn?t want to see.
Ya see, make-up only makes up for what?s lacking on the inside,
And you ain?t lacking, babe.
And don?t feel you gotta dress no certain way.
There ain?t no statement you could make,
That could say much more than you already say?say?say.
I say I hear you babe.
I hear you when you call to me.
When you?re reaching you to offer me,
The sweetest taste of Heaven.
I hear you when you shout it out-
?It?s love without a doubt now?.
I?m in your arms again.
It?s been so strong for so long.
All I can do is hold on.
And take you by surprise,
When you make it home to my eyes?

(Chorus)
Where no one?s gonna hold you any higher than I do.
I?ll lift you high, give you all the strength of wings to fly, fly, fly.
No one?s gonna make it any clearer than I do-
Clearly I love?but Honestly for you.

You don?t need to read up on the latest things.
It ain?t no world of yours out there-the circus of magazines.
They?re just photo opportunities,
Making you who they want you to be-
You?re so much better, babe (yes you are).
There ain?t much you?re gonna have to do for me.
Girl, I?m yours so easily. I give you all of Love?s simplicity for free?
Feel free. Feel free to take me, babe. Just take me baby.
Take me where tomorrow lies.
Where the white wings of the Angels fly-
Fly me high to Heaven.
Take me where you want to go cause girl you know I?ll follow.
You just tell me when.
It?s been so strong for so long,
All I do is hold on,
And take you for a ride.
Girl you?re finally home by my side.

(Chorus)

Ain’t it such a trip this thing?
Don’t it make you wanna sing?
And I ain’t talkin’ ’bout the blues
Straight into the rising sun
Temple to a loaded gun
Heads you win, tails you lose
All for the pure intoxication

It’s the feeling of this ride we’re on
It’s making me crazy
Like a roller coaster we’ve been on too long

Round and round we go again
Upside down and back again
Confusion always gets the best of me
Knuckles turning red to white
Courage puttin’ up a fight
As passion feeds upon the rest of me
Desperate for pure intoxication

It’s the feeling of this ride we’re on
It’s making me crazy
Like a roller coaster we’ve been on too long

I guess that’s the way it has to be
Until you let go you won’t be free

La da da da
La da da da
La da da da da da da

It’s the feeling of this ride we’re on
It’s making me crazy
Like a roller coaster we’ve been on too long

Tell you now…
It’s the feeling of this ride we’re on
It’s making us crazy
Like a roller coaster we’ve been on too long

Lady’s razor on the edge of the tub
Bobby pins up on the vanity’s ledge
The faintest taste of your sweetness
On the sheets of this unmade bed
Connect the dots
I’ve traced this red line
Dash, not now once upon a time

Your laughter still bouncin’ all around the room
Your stories clinging to my clothes
Dog ears indicate your favorite pages
Of a tale that spins like ivy as it grows
Fall asleep, I dream I’ll rise again
Already miss you and I can’t pretend
That I ain’t scared to death
I reach to catch my breath
I fear I’ll never be the same

Red eye in the sky
Brooklyn-bound you fly away
As I blow kisses at your plane
Feel the pain
The teardrops taste like rain that falls until we meet again

Beach sand still hiding in my blanket
Curly hairs now grace my pillowcase
Your favorite Ani record’s still in the changer
And your sunshine still strewn about my place
Close my eyes, it’s as if you were here
Open them wide and now its all too clear
That I’m still scared to death
Panic, I lose my breath
I know I’ll never be the same

Blackbird in the sky
Straight for the sunrise, you fly
As I blow kisses in vain
Feel the pain
Drink it down like sweet champagne
Let’s toast to till we meet again

Hours become days
And days become my weakness
Nights turn into eternity

Meanwhile, there’s long love letters
Phone calls, sunlight blues
Try not to lose ourselves to love’s uncertainty
Please…

Feel the pain
The teardrops taste like rain that falls
Until we meet again
Taste the pain
Drink it down like sweet champagne
And toast to till we meet again

Feel the pain
The distance grows like rain that falls
Until we meet again
Till we meet again
Till we meet again

Feel the pain
The distance grows like grain
No harvest until we meet again

She got a sweet little smile in the mornin?
She got some fine kisses goodnight too.
She make it hard not to come home in the nighttime.
She make it easy to do the things I do.
She take her time when she makin? sweet love, yeah.
She hold me tight in the night like a child.
She got a heart that?s beatin? for me.
Yes I just wanna be
A drug in her veins runnin? wild.

(Chorus)
She?s like a blues tune-
She simply takes away my blues.
Soft or tender,
Can?t make her choose.
She make a dark day bright,
Like a hard day?s night.
My Angel if a night-light.
She make it alright.

She got a soft little whisper fillin? up my ear.
She got a naughty little laughter that says it all.
She make the trouble and the pain,
Wash away like the rain.
She gonna catch her little baby if ever he fall.

(Chorus)

Tell me all about it ease your mind.
You’ll find…
you’re not the only one dancing inside with what we’ve begun.

Losing sight of the shoreday turns to night.
No light…
and I’m not the only one sailing inside…inside of the sun.

Honestly, tell me you see
reflections of yourself in your reflection of me.
When there’s nowhere to hide.
When you hear these voices screaming inside.
I’d say the battle’s been won
for all the armor’s finally come undone.
Well, you’re not the only…one.

Ohhh yeah…aaa eee mmmm.
No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no

When your words wash away when morning birds sing…
softly singing.
You’re not the only one sorry inside last night came undone.
No…

When these tears finally fall
these eyes of fear…
so clearly.
I’m not the only one naked inside, baptized in love’s ocean.
No…

All honesty, tell me you see
the beauty you possess in your possession of me.
When it’s all you can do
hear the love song calling out to you.
Mmmm
It says the battle’s been won for all the armor’s finally all come undone.
You’re not the only…one.

You’re not the only one who’s shaken.
I’m shaken baby.
You’re not the only one who’s whisperin’ worries to sail.
You’re not the only one who’s done a world of good for the other one.

Hey…

Hey…

Honestly, tell me you see reflections of yourself in your reflection of me.
When there’s nowhere to hide.
When you hear these voices screaming inside.
I’d say the battle’s been won
for all the armor’s finally come all undone.
You know there’s no need to run
‘Cause the path for love has finally begun.

You’re not the only…one.

Tell me all about it ease your mind.