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I ignored the warning signs, I left the west coast far behind
But I knew that I would be alright the moment I touched down
I can still see you standing there as the leaves fell down on old Dam Square
With endless eyes and windy hair you turned my world around
In Amsterdam I fell into your eyes, I’ve wanted you all my life
We walked those streets in the full moon’s light, passed storefronts dressed in red and white, I asked if I should stay the night - you looked ay me and smiled
Now every single time I turn around you’ve got new ways for breakin’ me down
And still sometimes without a sound you can make me want you more
In Amsterdam I fell into your eyes, I’ve wanted you, wanted you, wanted you,
wanted you all my life
And all your life, you’ve wanted to believe and you waited here for me
And now here you are – it’s too good to believe you know you’ve set me free in Amsterdam
Oh Amsterdam, Oh
Oh Amsterdam, Oh
I ignored the warning signs, I left the west coast far behind
But I knew that I would be alright the moment I touched down
And I can still see you standing there as the leaves fell down on old Dam Square
With endless eyes and windy hair you turned my world around
In Amsterdam
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A difference of opinion’s is what we’ve got now
Don’t look like it’s ever gonna work out
Been this way such a long, long time
There’re shades of gray between wrong and right
The sunset brings a flash of green light
And I, I’m tired of fightin’ and I just want us to get right again
A difference of opinion can burn so strong
This tug of war goes on and on
Been this way such a long, long time
Only one thing gonna turn it around,
one of us gonna have take to the higher ground
I, I’m tired of fightin’ and I just want us to get right
Now, if I, I said I was sorry – would you still recall the reason why?
It’s a difference of opinion, just a difference of opinion
And it’s been this way such a long, long time
A difference of opinion, just a difference of opinion
And it’s been this way such a long, long time
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Sun’s coming up on a suburban day –
you can see the trash on the sidewalk waits to be carried away.
The neighbors don’t know me, don’t know what we’re doin’ inside
They just move down the sidewalk and follow the signs
And it’s a perfect day to hide away from the world outside,
To stay in bed, that’s what I said – let’s waste the hours you and I
Outside a war is ragin’- baby, there’s people dyin
Maybe we’re goin’ nowhere, but we gotta keep tryin
What the neighbors don’t know is that we’re doin’ fine
We just move to our own beat, we keep our own time
And it’s a perfect day to hide away from the world outside,
To stay in bed, that’s what I said – let’s waste the hours you and I
When tomorrow comes and today is done, you’re gonna have to leave my side
so stay in bed and ease your head let’s waste the hours you and I
maybe they won’t even miss us at all, maybe the writing’s on the wall
I want to know what freedom feels like, I want to live outside the lines
When the sun goes down, down on this suburban day
And all the trash on the sidewalk has all been carried away
And the neighbors come home, come back from over those hills
You know that we’ll be right here and I’ll be lovin’ you still
And it’s a perfect day to hide away from the world outside,
To stay in bed, that’s what I said – let’s waste the hours you and I
When tomorrow comes and today is done you’re gonna have to leave my side
so stay in bed and ease your head let’s waste the hours you and I
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I need somebody lookin’ after me tonight
Just someone to watch me fall asleep and turn out the light
My love has gone and it don’t look like she’s comin’ back
My train is jumpin’ off its track
It was all goin’ great, but I woke up much too late
I was headed for a fall, she didn’t need me after all
She was the only thing I had to hold on to
Now tell me what the hell am I supposed to do
My love has gone and the walls are closin’ in on me
Tomorrow feels so far away
It was all goin’ great, but I woke up much too late
I was headed for a fall, she didn’t need me after all
How long will it take to recover?
How long till the sun shines again
How long till I find myself another to take her place
And what am I gonna do with myself till then
So I need somebody lookin’ after me tonight
Just someone to watch me fall asleep and turn out the light
My love has gone and it don’t look like she’s comin’ back
Tomorrow feels so far away
It was all goin’ great, but I woke up much too late
I was headed for a fall, she didn’t need me
Why am I so afraid to let go of the love we made
I’m waitin’ on her call, but she didn’t need me
She didn’t need me after all after all
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Daylight and all I see is you. The sun shines and all I see is you
I always knew it could be like this -we’d start the day with a coffee kiss
You tried to hide but I could see right through
It took a while, but I finally got away with you
And come tomorrow we can slide away, lettin go of all our yesterdays
In the ocean we’ll be born anew – we’ll see the world from a different point of view
Always told you it could be like that – if we stood together we’d never look back
After everything that I’ve been through,
The tides are turning and I finally got away with you
2,000 miles from the city lights, we just might get to sleep at night
and every morning we will start as new, look at the world from a different point of view
Always told you it could be like that – if we stood together we’d never look back
After everything that I’ve been through
the tides are turning and I finally got away with you
I always knew it could be like this - we’d start the day in a coffee kiss
You tried to hide but I could see right through
It took a while but I finally got away with you
I finally got away with you
I finally got away with you
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Here I am again at One to One – the kind of life I dreamed about
been keeping me on the run
Outside the moon is shinin’ down with an eye on me
because tonight nothin’ seems right and there ain’t no mystery
Homesick again, home….
Homesick again, home….
Always so much time away from everything that’s mine
Always so much time spent thinkin’ bout what I hope to find
I’ve asked myself a million times – how did I find this life?
To die 23 hours a day for the one that I’m alive
Homesick again, home….
Homesick again, home….
Try as I might, I’m still fallin’. Down on my knees, it’s you I’m callin’.
Over and over, I’ve been thinkin’ that I need savin’ you know I’m sinkin’ down
Homesick again, home….
Homesick again, home….
Homesick again, home….
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Too tired to sleep and my mind is just racing so
And you’re far from here, least a thousand miles – maybe more
Not much has happened since I last laid eyes on your face
So when you comin’ home - you know that you’re my saving grace
Saving grace
The bed goes unmade and the flowers have grayed in our yard
And I’d have never believed that me livin’ here without you
would be so hard
A two room apartment just feels like a wide open space
So when you comin’ home - you know that you’re my saving grace
Saving grace
Saving grace
It feels like the dawn never comes, the night lasts forever
So when you comin’ home, you know only you make it better
I can’t think anymore, got my eye on the door all the time
And our friends are starting to wonder if you’ve started a new life
You know I’m an astronaut floating suspended in space
So when you comin’ home - you know that you’re my saving grace
Saving grace
Saving grace
It feels like the dawn never comes, the night lasts forever
So when you comin’ home, you know only you make it better
Now the streets are all empty, I’m the last soul alive who’s not sleepin’
I don’t want to miss you, I know that you’re gonna come creepin’
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Out of the darkness came a pinhole full of light
Out of the emptiness some peace of mind tonight
Filling the space that had been dark in both our lives
Slowly at first, but still grows brighter all the time
And I can’t lie, I never thought about it all that much
I don’t know why, but now you’ve opened up my eyes
Brother of mine
A familiar face, you’ve got a smile that looks like mine
Ten years between us, we grew up in different times
But what’s in the past don’t make much difference anymore
Now that it’s open, may we never close the door
Cuz I can’t lie, I never thought about it all that much
I don’t know why, but now you’ve opened up my eyes
Brother of mine
Brother of mine
Brother of mine
What’s the lesson to be learned from the way the story’s turned
From the way the fear has died
Cuz I can’t lie, I never thought about it all that much
I don’t know why but now you’ve opened up my eyes
No I can’t lie, I never thought about it all that much
I don’t know why but now you’ve opened up my eyes
Brother of mine
Brother of mine
Brother of mine
Brother of mine
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Fallin faster than a stone, lookin’ t the sky below and wonderin’ just which side I’m on
The difference between you and me is you are real and I’m not what I seem to be
You know everyone’s misunderstood, but you take the bad you make it good
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The summer sun is on the run, sometimes it looks like somethin’has begun
The temperature is droppin’ down; the leaves are scattered covering the ground now
And you know in the endless quest fo bliss, everything has come to this and we’re all
misunderstood, but you take the bad you make it good
All is as, all is as it should be
All is, all is as, all is as it should be
Baby steps might take some time, but fools rush in not knowing they’ve been blinded
So come on in and look around. Don’t you know that I won’t le you down.
Don’t you know everything has come to this in the endless quest for bliss and we’re all misunderstood, but you take the bad you make it good
All is as, all is as it should be
All is, all is as, all is as it should be
All is, all is as, all is as it should be
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Take me away from here and all today’s pain
You know I see it all so clear, like the mornin’ after the rain
You know I worry all the time what’s comin around the bend
Maybe I’m just goin crazy, but it feels like the end
I don’t remember what I’ve done - I’ve done with all the years
And I got no one but myself to ask how did I get here
You know I worry all the time what’s comin around the bend
Maybe I’m just goin crazy, but it feels like the end
And I wonder where you are tonight, If the same moonlight shines down on you
What if I had changed your mind
If I’d seen the signs, tell me what would we be doin now
Cuz now I’m walkin’ down the street, I got no money for a car
And I been walkin’ for so long, but I never got very far
You know I worry all the time what’s comin around the bend
Maybe I’m just goin crazy, but it feels like,
it feels like
it feels like
it feels like the end
And I wonder where you are tonight, If the same moonlight shines down on you
What if I had changed your mind
If I’d seen the signs, tell me what would we be doin now
So take me away from here and all today’s pain
You know I see it all so clear, like the mornin’ after the rain
You know I worry all the time what’s comin around the bend
Maybe I’m just goin crazy, but it feels like the end
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SPACES IN BETWEEN
Little spaces in between I find, are all that’s left of all my time
Tryin to make each moment last
Cuz I believe in what will be and I believe we’re gonna be alright
But baby hold on tight
And if the road gets rough from here, and all else disappears
Don’t give up on me, don’t give up on me
On a stretch of moonlit beach, you were so far from my reach
I cried, knowing that I lied
I’m gonna make it up to you if it’s the last thing I ever do – alright?
So baby hold on tight
And if the road gets rough from here, and all else disappears
Don’t give up on me, don’t give up on me
I’m still the same as I was back at seventeen with the future in my eyes
And you know, life can be cruel sometimes –
you’ve got to leave behind the ones you never thought that you would let go
But we’ll find the time one of these days, one of these days, one of these days
Little spaces in between I find are all that’s left of all my time
Tryin to make each moment last
I’m still the same as I was back at seventeen with the future in my eyes
And you know, life can be cruel sometimes –
You’ve got to leave behind the ones you never thought that you would let go
I’m still the same as I was back at seventeen with the future in my eyes
And you know, life can be cruel sometimes –
You’ve got to leave behind the ones you never thought that you would let go
Would let go
Would let go
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RIDE THE TIDES
What’s come over you, you don’t seem like yourself
You’ve given me so much, you should know I just want to help
Sometimes you don’t have to speak - I know what you gonna say
But right now I don’t know much, don’t leave me outside this way
You got me bangin’ on a door that you won’t answer - but you should know
I’d give you my heart if you lost the strength to face the world outside
I’d give you my eyes if I could make you see that we’re just ships that ride the tides
Something has changed, it don’t seem the same and I feel like my hands are tied
And I’m at a loss for words for the first time in a long, long time
All I wanna do is make you see the light
And take away that hopeless look that’s in your eyes - and see your spirit rise
I’d give you my heart if you lost the strength to face the world outside
I’d give you my eyes if I could make you see that we’re just ships that ride the tides
But you got me bangin on a door that you won’t answer – won’t you come around and let me inside, and open wide
I’d give you my heart if you lost the strength to face the world outside
I’d give you my eyes if I could make you see that we’re just ships that ride the tides
Someday as we look to the west, the tides will show us we’ve been blessed
The love the tides don’t strip away will still grow stronger day by day
Oh – stronger day by day
Oh – just ships that ride the tides
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RIPE
To leave it alone would feel much better
It’s easier said than done, but still I try
Maybe I should just forget her
She was the ripest of all, the pride of the tree
Abandoned her home – had to go and see the world, oh
Pictures with time, they get sacred
Our picture’s the only thing that’s stayed the same
But I made up my mind that I’d get through it
She was the ripest of all, the pride of the tree
Abandoned her home and she split two families
She got it all if she’d only come and grab it
She dropped the ball, like she don’t even care
She never calls and I don’t think she’s going to
It’s been too long – is it too long to repair…
There’s no one to blame, but ain’t it all just such a shame
Where are you now that we’re much older?
How do you feel with all you left behind?
Do you ever stop and think about it?
D’ya think about the ripest of all, that was blown by the wind
Grew up from a seed that you planted long ago
You got it all if you’d only come and grab it
You dropped the ball, like you don’t even care
You never call and I don’t think you going to
It’s been too long – is it too long to repair…
Oh, you got it all if you’d only come and grab it
You dropped the ball, like you don’t even care
You never call and I don’t think that I want you to
It’s been too long – is it too long to repair yeah yeah
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THE MOORE HOTEL
Livin on the edge of Bell town – the Moore Hotel
I met a girl as lost as I was, she treated me well
But late one night I looked out the window
Down on Second Street below and I knew that our time was ending
She had to go home
I drove her to the airport on a foggy Monday night
I got back in the car I was alone
And I headed home, back to the Moore Hotel
A place for all the weary people at the bottom of the well
Where ocean breeze meets city light and the street life keeps you up at night
You’d leave if you had somewhere to go – oh
I tried to sleep all day with all my might, but the sunshine just came in too bright
And the tales of terror on TV were startin’ to get the best of me, yeah
I walked out on Lenora, on my way to ocean side
I never felt more alive or more alone
And I headed home, back to the Moore Hotel
A place for all the weary people at the bottom of the well
Where ocean breeze meets city light and the street life keeps you up at night
You’d leave if you had somewhere to go – oh
I woke up to the sound of rain I knew the time had come for me again
I knew the day was comin’ fast to leave the Moore Hotel at last
To leave my home the Moore Hotel
A place for all the weary people runnin’ from themselves
Where ocean breeze meets city light and the street life keeps you up at night
You’d leave if you had somewhere to go
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LITTLE WOMAN
Little woman, it’s a big world hide yourself away
Cuz you got something that I need now, save yourself for me
Like a diamond in the dirt, I picked you up I made you shine
Now your light has grown so bright, you got me goin’ blind
Little woman, where are you tonight? I hope you’re safe and sound
Cuz you’re so out there – are you still in there?
Where’s that girl I found?
Now your star is on the rise, you got no time to say goodbyes
I hope you don’t end up alone when that light has been outshone
One day you’re gonna ask yourself where your real friends are
What happened to all the good times?
Little woman, you best watch yourself
Before you’ve gone too far and you’ve lost every good thing that you had
Little woman, such a big world hide yourself away
Cuz you got something that I need now
Save yourself for me
Baby save yourself for me
Baby save yourself
Oh, for me
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WHERE WERE YOU?
In a moment, in a lifetime, everything can change
The past just falls backwards and the road turns strange
And I wondered to myself – when my time came
Where were you?
When the die cast, and the road split like an old dead tree
I was washed out, I was fading – no one came for me
When I saw my reflection and watched myself bleed
Where were you? Where were you?
When I fell so hard like I always do
I tried your number; you’re the spell I’m under
Found no one home, had to just move on
Where were you?
Do you remember the boardwalk night?
The sand in our hair…the fourth of July…
In the distance, there’s a graveyard with an unmarked grave
Filled with laughter, with loving; all the joy you gave
Where no one came calling no flowers lay
Where were you? Where were you?
When I fell so hard like I always do
I tried your number; you’re still the spell I’m under
Found no one home, had to just move on
Where were you?
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STARGAZER
Torch lights light up the night, its bittersweet my sweet delight
The sun’s setting earlier every day
The vibrations are getting strange and your signal’s out of range
September’s just one week away
And they’re singin’ “hey, now the summer’s almost over, hey all the waves are changin’ shape – and the breeze is blowin cold off of the water”
and I know you won’t be comin’ back again no no
Palm trees just swing and sway, but I can hear the words they say
“you should have known it would come to this”
An island love can never last with a girl on a season pass
Like the tide she will always roll away
When they’re singin’ “hey, now the summer’s almost over, hey all the waves are changin’ shape – and the breeze is blowin’ cold off of the water“
and I know you won’t be comin’ back again no no
the sunset the day we met was so sweet that I can’t forget
but no matter what you say, I know you could never live this way
stargazer in your hair, wahine, you’re so fair
but you don’t belong where the locals play
the mystery has left your eyes, we’ve seen out last sunrise
no more are the dolphins in the bay
hey, now the summer’s almost over
hey, now the summer’s almost over
hey, now the summer’s almost over
and I know you won’t be comin’ back again no no
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BIG RED LOVE
People wait a lifetime lookin’ for a love that’s true
And all the lives that I have lived have lead me here to you
Now that we’re together darling what you gonna do
Will you take my big red love, my big red love
I don’t have any money - all my clothes are second hand
If you give yourself to me now you’ll make me a wealthy man
What’s it gonna be now won’t you show me where I stand
And take my big red love, my big red love
There’ll be pretty people comin’ at us every day
And all they’ll want to do is try and tear our love away
But don’t let it get you down, we’ll just leave them where they lay
If you take my big red love, my big red love
Take my big red love, my big red love
Take my big red love, my big red love
Take my big red love, my big red love
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SHIPWRECKED
When my ship gonna come and will I hold till it does?
What should I believe as darkness falls on me?
Can you hear me? Is someone there –
Am I losing my mind, am I losing my mind?
Am I all alone, won’t you rescue me?
Talking to myself, staring at the sea
what will morning bring?
will I hear that old sea bird sing?
will her colors fill my eyes?
as she sails through clear blue sky
Can you hear me? Is someone there –
Am I losing my mind, am I losing my mind?
Am I all alone, won’t you rescue me?
Shapes in the darkness, staring at the sea
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fRONT PORCH SERENADE
Here I stand with my hat in my hands
Want to ask out to go and see the band
Where the music is sweet and we can sway to the beat
And I can hold you so close to me
But your mama said I had to have you home in bed
By a half past ten if I wanna see you again
So we don’t have much time – they gonna start up at nine
If we leave right now we’re gonna be just fine
So honey won’t jump into my truck
And honey won’t you kiss me once for luck
We’re gonna have a hell of a time
First time I saw you smile I could see you walking down the isle
With flowers in your hair and your mama standin there
Some day you’ll be my wife, be the one to share my life
Gonna have us a child, we’ll be happy all the while
So honey won’t jump into my truck
And honey won’t you kiss me once for luck
We’re gonna have a hell of a time
Gonna hold you close and never let you go
Gonna buy that little house the one you’ve always dreamed about
Gonna ride the ol’ porch swing, I wanna give you everything
So here I stand with my hat in my hands
Want to ask out to go and see the band
So honey won’t jump into my truck
And honey won’t you kiss me once for luck
We’re gonna have a hell of a time
Gonna hold you close and never let you go
Gonna hold you close and never let you go
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