Didn`t Know Her Name
(zur Druckversion)
On a Sunday afternoon
In the city of despair
She was standing alt alone
And I saw her there
There`s a time and place
And a special year
When you maybe have a choice
When the coast is clear
When there`s something you can take
Another you must leave it
When the truth is there to See
Will you believe it?
It was nothing more than just a glance
That was all, there was no second chance
She was gone, right before the rain
Didn`t know her name
Didn`t know her name
Didn`t know her name
As they always will
The years go rolling by
Why couldn`t I forget
Or find a reason why
In the middie of the night
In the middle of a dream
I couldn't shake the feeling
Of a silent scream
As She turned and took me by the hand
I was trying hard to understand
She was gone before I could explain
Didn`t know her name
Didn`t know her name
Didn`t know her name
She was gone, right before tho rain
Didn`t know her name
Didn`t know her name
Didn`t know her name
Didn`t know her name
Now I'm looking back
It`s like a picture in a frame
The rain began to fall
Still I didn`t know her name
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Guess I`ll Have To Do
(zur Druckversion)
She says she likes the way I look when I look
at her
She says she likes the way l talk when I talk to
her
She says she don`t mind sometimes if I'm shy
in a social situation
lt don`t bother her what her friends say about
me in their
conversation
I might not be what she was looking for
Not really what she had in mind
A girl like that expects so much more
Not a compromise
But I guess l'll have to do
I guess I'll have to do
I guess I'll have to do
Till somebody cooler
richer
smarter
Comes along
She needs someone to buy her things, someo-
ne to take out her trash
I don't mind a little dirty work, I don't mind
spending cash
I'm around if her car breaks down, I'm happy
to change her tire
she's cold I'll
build her a fire
I might not be what she was fooking for
Not really what she had in mind
A girl like that expects so much more
Not a compromise
But I guess l'll have to do
I guess I`ll have to do
I guess I`ll have to do
`Till somebody cooler
richer
smarter
Comes along
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New Alibi
(zur Druckversion)
First wife died, second wife lied
Third wife she will tan my hide
lf I don't keep her in the dark
It's a science and an art
Establishing where, when and why
I'm sitting here working on a new alibi
If the phone rings, Benny, I'm not here
Not in today, now is that clear
You can't say how you cant say when
You don't know if l'll come in
lt's easy to do if you know how to lie
Give me time to work on a new alibi
Alibi, alibi
Trying to build a better lie, sittin' here workin'
on a new
Alibi, alibi
Gonna get it right before I die
Sitting here workin' on a new alibi
Late last night, graveyard shift
Headin' home, waiting for a lift
Someone must have grabbed me from behind
Knocked me out cold and robbed me blind
By then the sun was coming up
Just ask Benny, he'll back me up
Well then I had to hitchhike home
Had no money for no pay phone
I was covered with blood, sweat, and dirt
Benny he loaned me this here clean shirt
That's the story, and it's airtight
Took me most of the moming to get it right
Alibi, alibi
Trying to build a better lie, sitting here workin'
on a new
Alibi, alibi
Gonna get it right before 1 die
When I die, bury me please
Underneath the sycamore trees
Put up a tombstone where I lie
Write "Still workin' on a new alibi"
Cause when old St. Peter say with a grin,
"Why the hell should I let you in?"
I better have a damn good reason why
Better be ready with a new alibi
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Somebody Else
(zur Druckversion)
lf somebody else will be taking my place
l guess is hould take it in stride
lf some body else can be better for you
Well then I'll be stepping aside
But can he make you feel like I made you feel
Does he know how to touch your heart
Can he de all the things that I used to do
Does he even know where to start
Can he make you feel like I made you feel
When I held you late at night
Will he be for you what I once was
Will he make you feel alright
lf somebody else can provide you with mere
Money and social class
Then lay your head down on his pillow tonight
Cause now I belong to the past
But can he make you feel like I made you feel
Does he kno w how to touch your h eart
Can he de all the things that 1 used to do
Does he even know where to start
If somebody else is much better for you
I guess he has earned the right
The last thing you need is somebody like me
You vvon't see me after tonight
But can he make you feel like I made you feel
Does he know how to touch your heart
Can he de all the things that I used to do
Does he even know where to start
Can he make you feel like I made you feel
When I held you late at night
Will he be for you what I once was
Will he make you feel alright
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Gambled on Your Love
(zur Druckversion)
I'm standing all alone now, standing in the
rain
One thought keeps an burning, burning in my
brain
Like a helpless man blinded by the light
Cannot run away, frozen in the headlights
Gambled on your love babe
Gambled and I lost
Now the time has come
To tally up the cost
Two hearts torn to pieces
One soul set on fire
One home badly broken
Three lives caught an the barbed wire
At first it was so easy, then I tasted harder stuff
Needed just a little bit more and more, now
ain't that tough
I gambled everything I had, put at risk my happy home
Now the dust has cleared and I am here and
where are you, you're gone
Gambled on your love babe
Gambled and I lost
Now the time has come
To tally up the cost
Two hearts torn to pieces
One soul set on fire
One home badly broken
Three lives caught an the barbed wire
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Below the Surface
(zur Druckversion)
Everything is pretty
Everything is calm
There barely is a ripple
In this tranquil pond
But below the surface
The water's not so clear
There's ahidden agenda
Tell me what is happening here
I get the feeling something's going on righ
below the surface
I get the feeling something's going on righ
below the surface
I get the feeling something's going on righ
below the surface
Get the feeling something's going on
We haven't faced the music
Haven't faced the facts
Havent't put our cards on the table
Haven't gotten down to brass tacks
A little bit of truth
Is such a bitter pill
We'll start off with a minor dose
Maybe that won't make us ill
Before the wind blows
Before the storm
Come into my kitchen
You're gonna need to keep yourselfe warm
I get the feeling something's going on righ
below the surface
I get the feeling something's going on righ
below the surface
Something strange going on, that is why I'm
nervous
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Even Angels
(zur Druckversion)
What a revelation
It was a surprise
Swear I caught a glimpse
Of heaven in her eyes
But the I saw a teardrop
And I had to ask her why
Always thought
that angles fly so high
Even angels must fall sometimes
Even angels can cry
There are times when an angel sings
She'll be flying on broken wings, she said
Even angels
You won't find her flying
Now she's badly hurt
Shot down out of a clear blue sky
Fallen in the dirt
Who would do this thing I asked
Just tell me his name
She said, I only myself to blame
Even angels must fall sometimes
Even angels can cry
There are times when an angel sings
She'll be flying on broken wings, she said
Even angels
When an angel's flying low
No idea where to go
When her wings brush the ground
Listen and you'll hear the sound of an angel
when she cries
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Good Year
(zur Druckversion)
It was a good year for the undertaker
A good year for the weapons maker
A good year for a war machine
A good year to come apart at the seams
It was a good year for death and destruction
A good year for hate
Peace and understanding put in a brief applearance
But I think they came just a little too late
It was a good year
The best year yet
It was a good year
Except for the one that is coming next
It was a good year
It was a good year for the spread of disease
A bad year for health
A bad year if you were poor
But a great year of you had wealth
It was a good year for the cynics who say
That the worst is yet to come
It was a good year for those who should know better
But prefer to pretend to play deaf and dumb
It was a good year
The best year yet
It was a good year
Except for the one that is coming next
It was a good year
It was agood year to hate your neighbor
A good year to put him down
Abad year for reunification
Why is everybody sorry that that Wall came down?
It was a good year
The best year yet
It was a good year
Except for the one that is coming next
It was a good year
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Time and Time Again
(zur Druckversion)
Well you're not crazy, you're not dumb
You're independent, not under anyone's thumb
But you're so reckless, you never takle it slow
You give your love just like a river
Nothing ever comes back to the giver, and
Like a river you cannot stop the flow
You're a fool for romance, and for midnight calls
You love the rust you get each time you fall
Time an time again
You open up your heart
Let the feeling come right in
Time and time again
Time and time again
Will you never learn, when to walk away
What you have to say
How to only be "just friends"
But you go and fall in love
You do it time and time again
I wanna warn you, slow you down
But it's too feet arent't on the ground
You've got that look of stardust in your eyes
No I can't stop you, you're out the door
Hanging on the arm of you and I know, babe
You're bound to cry
After a week, a month, or a year
That boy is gone, and you're left with your tears
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Halfway Home
(zur Druckversion)
Up ahead there is a sign
Through the rain I see it shine
Givin off a neon light
On the highway in the night
Just a sign for food and gas
Trucks and cars go speeding past
But it is my milestone
Telling me I'm halfway home
To that old familiar place
To that sweet familiar face
Where they always take you in
No matter where you've been
Where you just kick off your shoes
Listen to the local news
I was lost, I was alone
But now I know I'm halfway home
Halfway home, halfway there
I can smell it in the air
I can feel it in my bones
Now I know I'm halfway home
There's a man who lived a life
On the edge of a knife
Chasing dreams and driving fast
But they slipped out of his grasp
Well it's true, how time does fly
In a flash it passes by
Sooner than he'll want to know
There he ist, he's halfway home
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Chico
(zur Druckversion)
There is a man in Tampico sleeping in a chair
It seems at a hundred years he's been there
He's heard the sound of centuries, seen the heroes fall
Felt the water trickle through his hands
Jesus came to town one day a one-night stand
Found a sinner sleeping in the sqare
Laid his hands upon him, whispered in his ear
Only you can understand what I have to bear
Who will pay the price today for the wheels that turn
Who will hold a candle in the wind
When they come to liberate with guns and big machines
Beating on their drums and tambourines
Jesus came to town one day a one-night stand
Said I won't be back here for a while
Whatever else was whispered will not be revealed
When Chico dies, he leaves behind
Nothing but a smile
In the middle of a mob, it's easy to be brave
First we kill the stranger, then we dance upon his grave
There's an eagle flying in the sun
Flying solitary, a conspiracy of one
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What If
(zur Druckversion)
What if light would begin to shine
What if a thought would begin to fly
What if a flame would begin to burn
What if a wheel would begin to turn
What if a dream was reality
What if we realized what we already see
What if I held you, never let you go
What if I told you, what you already know
What if we ran to another place
What of our destiny would finally show its face
What if we had the power to be gone without a trace
What if the ground would begin ton shake
What if we took the step that we're afraid to take
What if we ded, what would you say
What if the man upstairs would look the other way
What if a world would have a change of heart
What if the way things are had never come to start
What if we changed, what if we dared
What if we took our doubts and threw them in the air
What if we ran to another place
What if our destiny would finally show its face
What if we had the power to be gone without a trace
What if I said I loved you
What if we ran to another place
What if our destiny would finally show its face
What if we threw fears against the sky
What would become af all of them and you and I