Release Date: 1986
Duration: 49:59
Label: Passport
Catalog Number: PBCD 6053
When you hit your note It's like you had no choice I can't resist distraction's web When you use that voice On a crowded stage I play soliloquy I'm at the center of the earth When you gaze on me The familiar ring of the native drums Sometimes I hardly recognize it Inspiration comes With the tip of my mind Holding back the sea I have no choice but to prevail When you gaze on me I've got the ghost of a new machine Where I can find reality routine Every time you fix your gaze on me When you gaze on me I feel a ring of fire When you gaze on me And I lose all desire Fix your heart on me I'll show you what I've memorized Fix your gaze on me I need to see your eyes [Uh - good God!] Out in the cold the assassin waits Armored by love no sword can penetrate Every time you fix your heart on me I'm a new machine Where I can find reality routine Every time you fix your gaze on me
There's a hammer in my heart Pounding out your name There's a hammer in my heart Here it comes again I hear a certain sound And it just won't go away It sends a message out What's it gonna be today? It wakes me up at dawn And as the day goes on I try to turn it off but the beat goes on It never lets me rest I can't get a minute's peace I lay awake in bed Wondering will it ever cease? It's like a top ten song I hear it all day long I try to turn it off but the beat goes on
Can't you see, she don't want you around no more Can't you see, that her hand's pointing at the door Feet don't fail me now How could anyone stay Anyone could see it's time to go away Time to take a powder Open up your eyes But it feels like my legs have been paralyzed Feet don't fail me now Begging please don't make a fool of me Feet don't fail me now Please don't keep me where I should not be Feet don't fail me now Stop pretending that you've gone to sleep Feet don't fail me now Begging please don't make a fool of me See your things piled in the hall Turn around, there's a new picture on the wall Feet don't fail me now We're the last ones to know Anyone could see it's time for us to go Time to hit the highway Nothing left to do But it feels like my shoes have been crazy glued
I can't carry on This play is too long I must be going Extend my regrets I gave it my best But now I'm going This is too much for me to take Something tells me that she's faking it She says she don't care She wants to be fair She must be joking It's simple she said Let's not lose our head Tell me she's joking This is too much for me to take But somebody isn't faking Someone's heart is breaking And if you see her give her my critique She's a bad little actress Gets no curtain call But the worst of all When the curtain falls There's no one at the backstage door I'm more than her friend 'Cause I knew her when She was no sensation She's wasting our time Repeats all her lines What's her motivation? Now she won't share her stage with me Her performance was outrageous Put me through some changes So if you see her give her my critique She's a bad little actress Her delivery don't come naturally Anyone could see she doesn't mean a word she says Her mascara ran And the show was panned But I'm still her biggest fan So when you see her give her my critique She's a bad little actress Gets no curtain call But the worst of all When the curtain falls There's no one at the backstage door
Well, I wanna shake that thing wit'cha all night long Yeah, you're a princess baby, you can do no wrong Said you're a beacon of light when the sun is gone Yeah, you're a princess baby, you can name that song Well, they just couldn't touch you with a ten foot pole And they just couldn't catch you, 'cause you're on a roll You got so much juice, you make the telephone ring You make me jump right up, I wanna shake that thing Wit'cha all night long You're the princess of the universe You're a princess baby, you can do no wrong You're the princess of the universe Well, I ain't seen nothing like it since the Sha got the rope You got a legion of liggers that would shame the Pope You just say the word and they run like hell You gotta take a cold shower, so your head don't swell But you can do no wrong You're the princess of the universe You're a beacon of light when the sun is gone You're the princess of the universe Well, you ain't got a man who can touch what you got But you're looking for a subject that can fill that slot When the count is down, I want to step in time And when your fingers pop, I want to tow that line
Too much, it's too much, too much Got too much water under the bridge Got too much, too much, got too much Got too much water under the bridge I got to think of something, think of something I got to think of something We got to hang together, we got to hang together We got to hang together, or hang separately Maybe we got time to burn I got a yen to hear myself talk But I don't want to make that kind of history Put your hand on the rock And maybe you've got nothing left to learn You put me in a state of shock But do you want to make that kind of history Put your hand on the rock And let it all run out You know why we got to hang together Number one ain't always number one Instant karma's always coming back And I don't want to make that kind of history Put your hand on the rock Tell ya mamma nature's on the run Bad karma's running in the back But do we want to make that kind of history Put your hand on the rock And let it all run out You know why we got to get together We got no more time to burn We got to crawl before we can walk So if you wanna make a new kind of history Put your hand on the rock And I got a few things I'd like to learn I get tired of hearing myself squawk And I wanna make a new kind of history Put your hand on the rock And let it all run out You know why we got to hang together
Cry to me, those were your very words You said cry to me, cry to me There you stood, laughing at my tears You said, silly boy, forget your childhood fears But you don't realize how strange it makes me feel Now we're exchanging parts Stop, you're breaking my heart Who's the crybaby now Cry to me, cry to me, you're the crybaby now Cry to me, cry Who's the crybaby, who's breaking my heart Lie to me, you know that I know you too well So don't you lie to me, lie to me I watch you from afar, crying up your sleeve When they turn away, so they'll still believe you don't need no one But I'm the only one that sees how you're torn apart Stop you're breaking my heart Who's the crybaby now Cry to me, cry to me, you're my crybaby now Cry to me, cry to me, who's the crybaby now Cry to me, cry to me, you're my crybaby now Who's the crybaby, who's breaking my heart So what can you say now What can you feel When you've got a heart made of leather and steel And you won't break down You took self defense and turned it into art Stop, you're breaking my heart Come on
If I didn't try, how would I know, how would I know If I didn't try, how would I know, how would I know Sometimes I think I must be crazy for doing this (Think I'm never gonna win) But how would I know it's a losing cause If I didn't try, if I didn't try If I didn't try, if I didn't try If I didn't care, nothing would hurt, nothing would hurt If I didn't care, hope for the best, expect the worst Sometimes it feels like my whole life has been leading to this (Wish that I could hide somewhere) But how would I know how it feels to live If I didn't care, if I didn't care If I didn't care, if I didn't care Sometimes I think I must be crazy for doing this (You can never run away) But how would I know it's a losing cause If I didn't try, if I didn't try If I didn't try, if I didn't try
Style must not be underrated Style is often overlooked Style is never in the papers I read it like an open book Style If you can't see the substance Style shows how it's organized Style is looking for your money It's in the way you paint your eyes There is always a way A way things are done I've been learning my ABC's I know what is 10, I know what is 1 in Style is a naked look Underneath your style Style of a different place Talking through your style Even the way you hide it Reveals the thing you hide Your style may never cause a riot It's still a style to have no style There is always a way To light up a lamp It's been a crazy year all around The check never came I can't let it cramp my Style is a world for sale You can't buy this style Style that you can't resist You won't cramp my style
Everyone asks Are we some kind of lovers? Everyone asks what you're doing with me I know this is not what they want They're afraid you've been blinded But I already know how it's going to be If anyone should ask Say we're mated For as long as this life lasts We are mated Why else would you be here right now And you know we'll still be here tomorrow Nobody else understands what I'm doing Nobody else makes me act in this way And because they can't comprehend What we mean to each other They won't leave you alone So you know what to say I hold you in my heart 'Cause we're mated In a very special part We are mated Why else would I be here right now And you know I'll still be here tomorrow I see things far ahead, maybe light Maybe beautiful children I don't have words I'm thinking of But it's way beyond what they call love
I could be jealous and grasping with greed I could pretend that I want something I don't need These are the things that go through my head But then, I could be an angel disguised as a man I could be the sun that shines in the midnight land If you would only stand in my corner Give that advantage to me Don't you feel something? You know what I'm thinking but I can't set it free We must Play this game, take the prize But not before you realize That win or lose, it's all the same Then maybe we can play this game I can't remember the reason I'm here Sometimes it seems like it's all out of habit or fear Sometimes I wish I could just go to sleep But then, I'll have a dream with a beautiful end I'll wake up and feel alive, then I'm off again If I could only keep your connection Give me whatever remains Then I might win you total liberation But I can't break these chains We must Play this game Let's pretend that we could never reach the end For it would be a crying shame If we can't learn to play this game Stand in my corner Give that advantage to me Stand in my corner Pull down a message with me The answer that evades our brains We only think we're wearing chains
I got the message in my mailbox Nobody goes to church no more They're closing down your little altar They've locked the sanctuary door Don't fight it Who can say that you didn't try Don't fight it Old soldiers never die Where will I go to leave my offering To think about how life's so queer And listen to the little choir The sermon I don't care to hear Don't fight it Who can say that it's not the end Don't fight it And if we don't meet again I know somewhere a monument Stands in the name of our love Somewhere are monuments Standing in the name of our love I've seen such strange times Seems like lifetimes Sometimes good and sometimes bad And I don't see how it could Have been much different Everybody gave the best they had
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