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You know I need your love
You've got that hold over me
Long as I've got your love
You know that I'll never leave
When I wanted you to share my life
I had no doubt in my mind
And it's been you woman
Right down the line

Night was fallin', the horizon was callin', as we drove into the setting sun
Goin' back to that country that we still call home
Said good bye to the capital city, yeah this town has got me on the run
I need to spend some time out in the great unknown.

I'm lookin' for sweet inspiration, every morning noon and night
But these days it just keeps on passing me by,

Looking at a new day, seeing in a new way
Living in the here and now, forget tomorrow
Looking at a new girl, living in a new world
I'm changing every little thing cause I've found something new.

I'm gonna make a new start, I'm gonna play a new part
Going down a different road, a new direction
Now I've got a new feel, now I've got a new deal

Well we sit in empty rooms and dream our lives away
While the spirits come and go without a sound
And just like you and me, they’re tryin’ to find a way, find a way, find a way home.

There’s a full moon in the sky, but that don’t worry me
I don’t ever hang my soul out on the line
When the witchin’ hour comes, I always fly away, fly away, fly away home.

We've got the tropical night time, we've got the starry sky
I know that this is the right time to wave the past goodbye
You and I together so right in tune
One more night of love, and one more Bajan Moon.

We've got the sound of the ocean, we've got the moonlit sea
We've got the sweetest emotion, as sweet as love can be
Got a new horizon, new day coming soon

Windin' your way down on Baker Street
Light in your head and dead on your feet
Well another crazy day
You'll drink the night away
And forget about everything
This city desert makes you feel so cold.
It's got so many people but it's got no soul
And it's taking you so long

Winding your way down on Baker Street
Light in your head and dead on your feet
Well another crazy day, you’ll drink the night away
And forget about everything.

This city desert makes you feel so cold
It’s got so many people but it’s got no soul
And it’s taken you so long to find out you were wrong

I was lost on an endless sea
Going down, going down, going down on an endless sea
Sail with the wind, you weather the storm
You bring it all home, bring it all home, you bring it all home

I was free in the dead of night
I want you, I want you, I want you in the dead of night
Give me your love, I'll sing you my blues

French-sounding guy
Bon soir mes amis
Welcome to the Cafe le Cabotin

Now we come down to this island in the sun
And it ain't been easy trying to get a day's work done
But tonight's the night we're gonna have ourselves some fun
We're gonna have some fun.

As you crossed the room, I was all wrapped up in my cocoon
When you said hello, I had nowhere to run and I had nowhere to go
With a fool like you, I will say anything you want me to
With a fool like me, I’m amazed at how you take it all so seriously.

People come and people go, and people want to tell you just how much they know
But I’m runnin’ out of alibis, I got one thing left that I can’t deny
Yes I’m doin’ time, doin’ time, and it won’t be long ‘til I cross that line

Wake up in the morning with the sunshine
Through my window and it's making me rise
Wake up in the morning with the sunshine
Through my window and it's filling my eyes
Wake up in the morning with the sunshine
Through my window you know it looks alright
It looks alright.

She met a younger man and went to live in Germany
She let a good man down, she told him he was history
She's found a real hard station, she's paid the price for getting free
But maybe she can make it, maybe she can make it alone.

He moved from town to town and drifted down to Mexico
Wrote her a tear stained letter, saying 'Baby please don't go'
Sweet dreams and miracles happen, but she still said no

Out on the street I was talkin' to a man
He said "there's so much of this life of mine that I don't understand"
You shouldn't worry yes that ain't no crime
Cause if you get it wrong you'll get it right next time (next time).

You need direction, yeah you need a name
When you're standing in the crossroads every highway looks the same
After a while you can recognize the signs

When life gets tough
When this old road gets rough
What happens to me and you
What do we do -- we hang on.
When you confess
Your life is in a mess
And only you can muddle through
What do you do -- you hang on.

Hearts run dry, something happens when two hearts run dry
That you can't explain, no you don't know why, oh no oh no
Love grows cold, meanwhile life goes on and the young grow old
And you've seen too many dreams unfold, oh yeah when hearts run dry.
The setting sun, fades away just like a love that's gone
You remember when two hearts were one, oh yeah, oh yeah
And in the night, you still want someone to hold you tight
But your medicine just won't come right, oh no, when hearts run dry.

The coat she wore still lies upon the bed
The book I gave her that she never read
She left without a single word to say
Her father didn't like me anyway.

She always wanted more than I could give
She wasn't happy with the way we lived
I didn't feel like asking her to stay

I was a boy scout in St. Mary's troop
I had my own patrol
I had a necktie and a monkey suit
'Til I heard rock and roll.

And I was going into something that was feelin' good
It was something I could understand
I was going into something, it was feeling free

I love you so much, but you're leaving today
Somehow we've lost touch -- I can't make you stay
You say I'll get by, but it's my head on the block
It's easy to talk -- so easy to talk.

What did I do wrong, tell me what was my crime
I've loved you so long, now my neck's on the line
You pass judgement on me while I stand in the dock

Looking for something, looking for one thing
Trying to find anything that makes you feel
Gotta keep goin', don't let it get you down
Now you've got nothing to lose

You been taking it so hard, taking it on the head
Don't you know life's as good as being dead
Gotta keep movin', don't let it get you down

You get a thunderbolt from out of the blue
And it changes everything about the life you knew
Yes the storm breaks and your heart aches
And then life goes on
When a long time love just disappears
You need someone new to help you through those impatient years
And those sad days, all those mad days
While your life goes on

I'm a lonesome polecat
Lonesome sad and blue
'Cause I ain't got no feminine polecat
Vowing to be true.
I'm a mean old houndog
Baying at the moon
'Cause I ain't got no lady friend houndog
Here to hear my tune.

I saw the Operation Desert Storm
People walking down a lost highway
While they were dying on my TV screen
I watching it from far away
All of us, look at all of us
Living down under the law
Men dream while ages pass away
They ran the words that were set in stone

Many times I've seen you
Each time you always act the same
You've got everything you'll ever need, on that we're all agreed
I really do believe that butter wouldn't melt in your mouth.

You started out saying that you knew me
But I've never known anyone like you
You said we thought the same, so I just played the game

Mary Skeffington, close your eyes
I may believe that you are just a girl again
Go to sleep tonight, dream of days
When you had something there to light the way

Remember a holiday in a north-of-England town
You slept in a room upstairs on a bed of eiderdown

Moonlight and gold
Midsummer magic when the night turns to day
And songbirds greet the dawn
You lie awake
You watch and wonder while the moon fades away
And one more day is born.
Tides keep on turning, while hearts keep on yearning
To be where they know they belong

Mr. Universe, can you help me please?
I'm only seven stone two
When I'm on the beach, the girls stay out of reach
They all want someone like you.

You've got to help me, now please Mr. Universe
Don't tell me that I'm just a hopeless case
Don't let me down now, please Mr. Universe

Sing your song to me, my singing bird
Let your voice ring loud and clear so you'll be heard
While you're here tonight, we'll be as one
For tomorrow you will seek the sun.

Sing your song to me, my singing bird
Let your voice ring loud and clear so you'll be heard
Just for the moment I'm asking you to stay

Night comes down and finds you alone
In a space and time of your own
Lost in dreams in a world full of shadows

Down the street the neon light shines
Offering refuge and hope to the blind
You stumble in with no thought of tomorrow

I was born a poor man's son, and followin' tradition
When I came of age I hit the road, and followed blind ambition
I served my time and payed my dues, now I'm sittin' pretty
Sleeping in a feather bed high above this city.
It's four in the morning, and I'm sittin' here still thinking
Our love's on the borderline, I know this ship is sinking
I still remember when we talked about the Southern Cross a long time ago
Look through my window and I watch the cold rain fallin'

Out the blue you came to me
And blew away life's misery
Out the blue life's energy
Out the blue you came to me.
Every day I thank the lord and lady
For the way that you came to me
Anyway it had to be two hearts --
One destiny.

We sat up talking right on through the night
And the day had just begun
Then you said let's take a walk outside
And watch the rising of the sun.
And over my head there was so much to see in the sky
Just that feeling of being alive
Don't let it go, don't let it slip away.
We stood around until the sky was clear

Rick rack, rickety rack
See the train go along the track
When I grow up I want to be an engine driver
But if I can’t be that I’ll be a deep sea diver.

My father says that I must always work on the land
And I never disagreed when I’d see him lift his hand
Mother thinks that I should be a carpenter to trade

You know I need your love, you got that hold over me
As long as I got your love, you know that I'll never leave
When I wanted you to share my life, I had no doubt in my mind
And it's been you, woman, right down the line.

I know how much I lean on you, only you can see
The changes that I've been through have left their mark on me
You've been as constant as the Northern Star, the brightest light that shines

I woke up, remembered everything I said to you last night,
But this time I sure won't worry about what I might have done,
'Cause I was out to please myself, right or wrong.

You came in, looking like a long-lost sheep, said I'd been using you.
You got what you wanted, and that's all right,
But you were out to please yourself, right or wrong.
Yeah, you were out to please yourself, right or wrong.

In a dance hall by the river, I was singing in a travelling band
Just another small town night, with a silver moon shining
I remember when I saw you, that first moment when it all began
You looked across a crowded room, and stole my heart away.
And we stood out in the moonlight, in the shadow of a factory wall
Music playing soft and low, and a gentle breeze sighing
And the light on the river was magic, yes a magic that I still recall
Moments come and moments go, but these moments still remain.

Out on the street and the rain is fallin', I got nowhere to go
Here in my heart I can hear you callin' maybe I should come back home
I don't know what keeps us together, but I can't break the chain
I don't mind a little stormy weather, but I just can't stand the rain.

Sleepwalkin', deep sleep talkin', reelin' and rockin, wailin' at the moon
Sleepwalkin', deep sleep talkin', reelin' and rockin', wailin' at the moon.

Maybe I'm mistaken
But I seem to remember from a time long ago
Somewhere in the city in the dead of night
And a voice came on the radio
Brother you said you'd read the book of the dead
You know someday you're gonna have to let go
You said life is a dream, not worth the trouble, it seems
I said you shouldn't worry, slow down, what's the hurry?

So they made you a star, now your head's in a cloud
Now you're walking down the street with your feet off the ground
They read in the press all about your success
They believe every word they've been told
After all you've been through tell me what will you do
When you find yourself out in the cold? (ah tell me, ah tell me)

When you appear on the stage there's a standing ovation

Stealin' time, I've been stealin' time
But I don't feel guilty, cause the time was mine
I kept down low, kept down low
I walked right out, I had to let it go.

Stealin' time, I've been stealin' time
Forgot about everything and eased my mind
Stealin' time, I was stealin' time

My daddy was a miner, said there was nothing finer

Than an Irishman who worked an honest day.

From Steamboat Row, in rain or shine, he'd make his way down to the mine,

Along the dusty road he'd travel,

Alright, here we go, hmm

Well, I don't know why I came here tonight
I got the feelin' that somethin' ain't right
I'm so scared in case I fall off my chair
And I'm wonderin' how I'll get down the stairs
Clowns to the left of me, jokers to the right
Here I am, stuck in the middle with you

I was caught up in a fever
In that summer of '69
And my heart was cryin' out for change
And I knew time was comin' when I'd get away.
So I moved down to that city
Where I met a friend of mine
And I must admit he tried to warn me well
With all those bad luck stories he could tell.

See the dark night has come down on us
The world is livin' in its dream
But now we know that we can wake up from this sleep
And set out on the journey
Find a ship to take us on the way.

The time has come to trust that guiding light
And leavin' all the rest behind

She's got the cool look, she's got the money man
She's got the diamonds, she's even got the suntan
But she's a bright girl, she's got a law degree
She pioneered the introduction of the CD.

When she was young she read the Gurdjieff books
The wisdom blew her away
She's got the money, got good looks

Spinning on another wheel, goin' round in slow motion
Caught up in another dream, driftin' on a blue ocean
When are you gonna reach out, only you can turn your world around
When will you surrender, and wake up to the real
But you don't want to start out just yet, you watch the seasons come and go
You remember and then you forget, all along the way.

You can make a better life, you're just waitin' for the right moment

I remember the sound of the passing train
As it rolled through the night in the pouring rain
And the touch of a hand and the way she said 'Goodbye'.
And we walked in the sun down the royal mile

Saw the light in her eye and the way she smiled
And she cried in the night and I heard her say 'Don't go'.
What can I do, sweet darlin', I don't want to go away

Yes it's back on the road again
I just got me some new-found friends
And it's alright, yeah it's alright.

Flew away at the speed of sound
I threw up when we touched down
But I'm alright, I'll be alright.

Born on the wind, cooled by the rain
Lost in a dream, no memory remains
Under the clouds, far from the sun
Tied to a wheel, since time has begun.

And we sleep the live long night
As part of the river we suffer together so far from the light
And we gaze the live long day

I've got a woman, and she's so good to me
She broke into my heart, and she still holds the key
She's the only one I know, who ever really gave to me
Unselfish love, unselfish love, unselfish love.
I used to run around so fancy free
But all those crazy nights just drained my energy
Well I was thinking only of myself, like a fool I could not see
Her unselfish love, unselfish love, unselfish love.

(Hollywood-sounding guy talking)
Hi man, do you like it here man?
It's really too much
Hey I know this great Mexican restaurant called Los Tacos
Can you say taco?
Sure I thought you could
Hey I know this great beach down in Santa Monica Boulevard
Do you like the sun?

Each day is harder to get through
My head it is spinning, I don't think I'm winning the race
Whenever I think of the future
I just see the one thing that might bring a smile to my face.

To be where I belong
Is the force that keeps me going on.

Winter's come, another year, another season begun
Everyday brings a long cold lonely night
Spirits in the wind, let out their mournful sighs
And I watch the rain fall down, like the teardrops from your eyes.

Oh my love, when you lay beside me, with this cold moon above
Dream your dreams, let your cares all fly away
We've been so alone, but soon these days must end

Is this a state that you can't control
Or don't you care who you're talking to
Each time when things get out of hand
Why it's the same thing you always do
You start to point out other people's mistakes
Sometimes you even show contempt
How come the way you exclude yourself
Can't you see that you're not exempt?

You put something better inside of me,

You put something better inside of me.

I could look out the window or stare at the wall,

But really it didn't matter, no, I just didn't care at all.