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HEAVEN ON EARTH

When I lost my way
wandered through the day
in clouds of yesterday
and I didn't have a prayer
But when I'm with you
grace comes shinning through
in ways I never knew
and I always want you here

CAUSE THE ROAD IS HARD
AND THE ROAD IS LONG
I THANK THE LORD
YOU CAME ALONG
A BEARER OF DREAMS
AN ANGEL IN WHITE
CAUSE EVERYBODY NEEDS
AN ANGEL IN LIFE

You brought a new dawn
and the darkness is gone
and I want to hold on
for all that it's worth
I've walked in the shoes
of those who paid the dues
I know we all could use
a little heaven on earth

CAUSE THE ROAD IS HARD
AND THE ROAD IS LONG
I THANK THE LORD
YOU CAME ALONG
A BEARER OF DREAMS
AN ANGEL IN WHITE
CAUSE EVERYBODY NEEDS
AN ANGEL IN LIFE

FILLED WITH EMPTINESS

Well, your laughter filled my ears
and your touch filled my soul
your kisses filled my heart
with things I could not control
but now that you're so far away
I'm filled with emptiness today

I'M FILLED WITH EMPTINESS TODAY
I'M FILLED WITH EMPTINESS TODAY

Well, your face filled my eyes
and your warmth filled my skin
and everything else,
filled everything else within
but now that you're so far away
I'm filled with emptiness today

I'M FILLED WITH EMPTINESS TODAY
I'M FILLED WITH EMPTINESS TODAY

RHYMES AND ROSES

LOVE'S NOT ALL RHYMES AND ROSES
SOMETIMES IN PROSES
THE MEANING COMES THROUGH
IT'S NOT ALL GOOD TIMES AND LAUGHTER
SUNSHINE EVER AFTER
AND SKIES AREN'T ALWAYS BLUE

I write you poems and I send you flowers
when I'm alone I count down the hours
I dream of you both night and day
to the point,
where I want,
for you always to stay

LOVE'S NOT ALL RHYMES AND ROSES
SOMETIMES IN PROSES
THE MEANING COMES THROUGH
IT'S NOT ALL GOOD TIMES AND LAUGHTER
SUNSHINE EVER AFTER
AND SKIES AREN'T ALWAYS BLUE

sometimes close together lying in the dark
we feel the stinging arrow as it hits the mark
and we take the pain just like lovers do
with a smile,
all the while
thinking it can't be true

FUTURE IN THE PAST

Sometimes I see the future in the past
I dwell on things that can not last
I take all the giving for granted
my line of sight's a little bit slanted

I fantasize about reality
cheat on my steps towards fidelity
hold the line just a little too tight
expecting things to change overnight

THINGS ARE MOVING WAY TOO FAST
I SEE THE FUTURE IN THE PAST
PLAY MY HAND CLOSE TO THE CHEST
AND PRAY AND HOPE FOR THE BEST

I feel alone in the crowd
silencing you so I can be loud
I end the game before it's done
my insecurities don't scare me none

I change the feeling to want, at will
failing to succeed with expert skill
I rile the fears of all those concerned
and make sure to leave no stones turned

THINGS ARE MOVING WAY TOO FAST
I SEE THE FUTURE IN THE PAST
PLAY MY HAND CLOSE TO THE CHEST
AND PRAY AND HOPE FOR THE BEST

CHARADE

There were pictures we took
where we look
like the perfect pair.
There were shows we put on
for everyone
at every family affair

There were plans we made
so our charade
would seem somewhat real
There were rings and vows
jaded, sacred cows
which quickly lost their appeal

IT WAS YOU AND ME BABE
WE HAD IT MADE
IN OUR LITTLE CHARADE

There were baby clothes
maternity robes
nothing out of the ordinary
There were alternate themes
and a million schemes
that we were too weak to carry.

There were days of passion
nights of obsession
where the loving had no ends
We could've had it all
but instead let it fall
right out of our greedy hands

HELL OF A WAY

I was holier than thou
God, I was blessed upon
wanted it all, I wanted it now
I was the master you a pawn

I cut in deep only you bled
I was always in full control
staring at heaven as the clouds spread
but I couldn't see to save my soul

IT'S A HELL OF A WAY TO TREAT A SAVIOR
IT'S A HELL OF A WAY TO TREAT A SAINT
IT'S A HELL OF A WAY TO TREAT AN ANGEL
IT”S A HELL OF A LOVE TO HAVE TO TAINT

I forced heaven to cut your strings
broke your will made you to kneel
I hid your halo burnt your wings
and never gave your wounds time to heal

thought I was stone with sand in my veins
if I didn't bleed I could do no wrong
I cut both of us deep with no refrains
you tried to tell me I was bleeding all along

YESTERDAY'S HEAVEN

I'm all lost in questions now that we are through
they say understanding is all a point of view
so I pick up the pieces trying to find a clue
yet there were no easy answers as far as I knew
just trying to forget that our love was ever true
but I can not pretend as well as you do

AND CLOSE TO YOUR HEAVEN
IS WHERE I WANT TO BE
EVERY TIME I LOCK MYSELF IN
YOU GO AND SET ME FREE

everything seemed to fit us like a perfect pair
we walked together and people would stop and stare
learned a thing or two about how to love and care
and we held each other through good and despair
the world was far below us as we walked on air

AND CLOSE TO YOUR HEAVEN
IS WHERE I WANT TO BE
EVERY TIME I LOCK MYSELF IN
YOU GO AND SET ME FREE

No sooner am I up, you knock me down again
and I don't know why you wanna do me in

If I could I'd erase away yesterday
if I had my way with the roads of destiny
If I had a way to say what I never did say
woman you'd still be right here with me

POLITICS

Just tell me what you want to hear
I'll convince you that it was my idea
I don't take bribes or make shady deals
my double standards have higher ideals
vote for me I'll change the laws for you
and you'll have a friend in high places too

PRESS LEAKING
DOUBLE SPEAKING
LOW-DOWN DIRTY TRICKS
POWER LUNCHING
SUCKER PUNCHING
HEY! THAT'S POLITICS!

Judge or the professor got something up the sleeve
the truth doesn't matter it's who you want to believe
whatever vote I cast decides what rule will be
but the laws I make for you won't apply to me
guilty or innocent fabricated or true acts
I've drawn my conclusions got no need for the facts

PRESS LEAKING
DOUBLE SPEAKING
LOW-DOWN DIRTY TRICKS
POWER LUNCHING
SUCKER PUNCHING
HEY! THAT'S POLITICS!

WHAT IT TAKES

I woke up suddenly
clenching a pillow full of tears
what you had meant to me
follows me down through the years

I sat there in the night
staring out into the distant past
of all things that I had right
it was you that I wronged the best

I MADE ALL THE MISTAKES
NEVER KNOWING I WAS WRONG
BABY WHATEVER IT TAKES
I COULD GIVE YOU ALL ALONG

friends say you're no good for me
your friends that I'm no good for you
and we both quietly agree
although inside we know it's not true

and this loss still lingers
I may never get to set it right
how you slipped through my fingers
like the mist slips through the night

DON'T WANT TO SEE

Translation of Cisco Meneses's Portuguese rock song "NAO QUERO TE VER"

Of your father I begged your hand
now I got a broken heart to mend
I suffered, I cried over you
but life and the times they change
without your love I feel strange
but I won't hurt any more without you
I don't wanna see you next to me

what more is there to say
we all want what can't be anyway
I can't think of love anymore
without you might be tougher
but I won't have to suffer
the ways that I did before

I DON'T WANT TO SEE YOU NEXT TO ME
I DON'T WANT TO SEE YOU NEXT TO ME
I DON'T WANT TO SEE YOU NEXT TO ME
I DON'T WANT TO SEE YOU NEXT TO ME

so just turn around and go
don't need to hear what I already know
for no reason it all comes apart
you caused me so much pain
and I'll tell you once again
you no longer have control over my heart

I DON'T WANT TO SEE YOU NEXT TO ME
I DON'T WANT TO SEE YOU NEXT TO ME
I DON'T WANT TO SEE YOU NEXT TO ME
I DON'T WANT TO SEE YOU NEXT TO ME

FINE DAY FOR LOVE
You’re in the season of refrain
You won’t lose at love and you won’t gain
though sometimes clouds bring the rain
they also bring the silver lining

although it’s gloomy where you stand
there is light around the bend
cast your doubts to the wind
look outside the sun is shinning

THE SUN’S BEEN SHINNING DOWN ON US
AND IT’S A FINE, FINE DAY FOR LOVE

Some one made your heart blue
it’s darkened your point of view
but I have a lot of faith in you
you’ll make it through alright

things will work out in the end
broken hearts always mend
and when you need a friend
I will be there day and night

THE SUN’S BEEN SHINNING DOWN ON US
AND IT’S A FINE, FINE DAY FOR LOVE

FLOWERS IN THE DESERT

waiting at the crossroads to your heart
you never come passing by
there’s a rain coming down hard
gale wind blows a blackbird cross the sky

I must have missed the fork on the road
must have missed a turn somewhere
must have missed the weather report
because it’s not raining over there

WHEREVER YOU GO THE SUN WILL SHINE
WHEREVER I AM THE RAIN WILL FALL
WHERE YOU GO RAINBOWS GET IN LINE
FROM THIS SIDE OF LIFE I CAN SEE IT ALL

Started out on this journey together
head in a cloud my heart in your hand
thought I knew the road to forever
you had your own road I didn’t understand

I can find a way to get to the moon
anything is possible as far as I can see
even in the desert flowers can bloom
so why can’t I make you love me?

WHEREVER YOU GO THE SUN WILL SHINE
WHEREVER I AM THE RAIN WILL FALL
WHERE YOU go RAINBOWS GET IN LINE
FROM THIS SIDE OF LIFE I CAN SEE IT ALL

ISLAND GIRL

You got this island, girl
you’re so afraid to leave
so weary of the heartbreak
you never give or receive

but there’s so much song
that my heart feels for you
if you just sing along
you’re bound to learn to feel it too

ISLAND GIRL, ISLAND GIRL
I GOT TO LEARN TO SWIM
ISLAND GIRL, ISLAND GIRL
MUST BE A WORLD AWAY FROM HIM

I sing about freedom
learn to sing along with me
these songs of happiness
make your heart feel free

Learn to take the challenge
and you too can succeed
I look around this island
there’s much more world than I need

RUN TO YOU
these words that I say
mean nothing to you
and the prayers that I pray
go unanswered too

these dreams that I dream
never seem to come true
this love that I scream
is dying with out you

I WAS THE ONE YOU’D RUN TO
WHEN NO ONE ELSE WAS HOME
NOW I RUN TO YOU
WHEN I’M THE ONE YOU’RE RUNNING FROM

We were two birds flying
masters of the four winds
forever lovers undying
now we’re not even friends

I see hurt in your eyes
even fear in your face
I’ve darkened your skies
with my fall from grace

I WAS THE ONE YOU’D RUN TO
WHEN NO ONE ELSE WAS HOME
NOW I RUN TO YOU
WHEN I’M THE ONE YOU’RE RUNNING FROM

I don’t want a fight
just want you to see
I can set it all right
if you’d just let me

I can take away the pain
I can dry away the rain
I know I try in vain
but you only stand to gain

WHAT IT TAKES
I woke up suddenly
clenching a pillow full of tears
what you had meant to me
follows me down through the years

sat there in the night
staring out into the distant past
of all things that I had right
was you that I wronged the best

I MADE ALL THE MISTAKES
NEVER KNOWING I WAS WRONG
BABY WHATEVER IT TAKES
I WOULD GIVE YOU ALL ALONG

friends say you’re no good for me
your friends, that I’m no good for you
and we both quietly agree
although inside we know it’s not true

and this loss still lingers
I may never get to set it right
how you slipped through my fingers
like the mist slips through the night

I MADE ALL THE MISTAKES
NEVER KNOWING I WAS WRONG
BABY WHATEVER IT TAKES
I WOULD GIVE YOU ALL ALONG

CRAZY, CRAZY LOVE

Every time is the same
I get caught in the game
I circle the flame
always flirting whit danger

my emotions on high
I decide on the fly
whether to live or die
this love is no stranger
this love is no stranger

CRAZY, CRAZY LOVE
CRAZY, CRAZY, CRAZY LOVE

This crazy obsession
gotta make a connection
where is the reaction
must have one somehow

don't make me sweat it
man, gotta get it
just let me at it
right here, right now

COME SO FAR

I’m trying to comprehend
the things that you never say
and how can you be here
yet seem so far, far away

your silence you say so much
more than all my screaming does
funny that we can no longer touch
anger’s all that’s left of the two of us

WE’VE COME SO FAR
TO END UP WITH NOTHING TO SAY
WE’VE COME SO FAR
TO END UP SO FAR AWAY
WE’VE COME SO FAR
TO FIND WE CAN NOT STAY
WE’VE COME SO FAR
TO END UP THIS WAY

in all my misguideness
you failed to make me understand
and in all your kindness
you don’t have a leg to stand

you start out doubting yourself
it’s a sure way to seal your fate
love takes a back seat on the shelf
when you give first place to hate

HIGH AGAIN

Holding on to each other
with the wind through our hair
getting higher and higher
but we didn’t seem to care

as we neared the limits
angels of doom sang their song
we turned to each other
for the strength to move along

SUDDENLY YOU TURNED
WE HEADED FOR A DIVE
WE CRASHED AND BURNED
BUT I GOT OUT ALIVE

now I’m doing so much better
in the freedom zone
you can’t fly together
till you learn how to fly alone

and I fly so much higher
without the burden of your weight
I may be flying solo
but at least I’m flying straight

SUDDENLY YOU TURNED
WE HEADED FOR A DIVE
WE CRASHED AND BURNED
BUT I GOT OUT ALIVE

since I’ve flown out of your rains
I see only blue sky
and the sun always shines
for me no matter where I fly

I used to think no one could pilot
me as well as you can
those days are far behind me
and I’m flying high again

SPOTLIGHT

In this world of scars
and falling stars
I chose to make my choice
in endless songs
and do me wrongs
I have to voice my voice

YEAH, IT’S MY SPOT
IT’S MY LIGHT
I...I...I’M FEELING HOT
TONIGHT

I keep my pace
just saving face
but falling short of glory
like other bands
me and my friends
are just singing our story

YEAH, IT’S MY SPOT
IT’S MY LIGHT
I...I...I’M FEELING HOT
TONIGHT

gonna try and try
to raise the sky
before I leave the living
set no limits
sell me gimmicks
just be someone I believe in

YEAH, IT’S MY SPOT
IT’S MY LIGHT
I...I...I’M FEELING HOT
TONIGHT

this stage of clowns
and bring me downs
I’m lucky to have a voice
world of guitars
and fallen stars
I chose to make my choice

BABY DON’T CRY
Say you love me
then turn your eyes away
got things you want to do
and you can not stay
if you want to go
I won’t stand in your way
do what you need to do,
nothing you need to say

WIPE AWAY THE TEAR
TURN AND WAVE GOOD-BYE
I’M ALRIGHT HERE,
DON’T CRY, BABY, DON’T CRY

whatever you say
I’m a good listener
go where you want
I won’t hold you prisoner
learn to be yourself
not another pretender
if you’re unhappy
I won’t be a never ender

WIPE AWAY THE TEAR
TURN AND WAVE GOOD-BYE
I’M ALRIGHT HERE,
DON’T CRY, BABY, DON’T CRY

I back your decision
you leave me no choice
my love is eternal
and clear as is my voice
my heart smiles in peace
under all this poise
as long as I live
you give me cause to rejoice.

PLAYER OF FAME

As a player I am so slick
so much experience that I use
every time I go to kick
I always lose my shoes

I play how it's meant to be
they don't try to stop me at all
the ball runs away from me
and me running after the ball

AFTER A MINUTE IN THE GAME
"GET OUT' THE COACH WILL CALL
I'VE ACHIEVED SO MUCH FAME
AND NEVER EVEN TOUCHED THE BALL

The times I like the most
is when the goal is clear
I am right between the posts
but never even come near

It's an obsession of mine
I play and play but never score
It isn't even half-time
I'm already off the floor

when I commit a fowl
as others do in their zeal
I can hear the crowd howl
get that bum off the field

I've put myself to the test
I tried forward and defense
but the position I play best
seems to be on the bench

LIKE I NEED YOU

Like the deserts need the sun
like the rivers need to run
and the sea needs the blue

like the sky needs the mist
like the hand needs the wrist
and the dawn needs the dew

I NEED YOU, I NEED YOU, LIKE I NEED YOU
I NEED YOU, I NEED YOU, LIKE I NEED YOU

Like the moon needs the night
like the poets need to write
like the flower needs the bee

like the mirror needs reflection
like an action needs reaction
and the fish need the sea

I NEED YOU, I NEED YOU, LIKE I NEED YOU
I NEED YOU, I NEED YOU, LIKE I NEED YOU

FULL CONTROL

Everybody's got a past
some worst than others
blame it on your friends
blame it on your fathers

everybody's got reasons
not to tow the line
I can't be towing yours
I'm already towing mine

BLAME IT ON FAMILY
BLAME IT ON SOCIETY
BLAME IT ON CALAMITY
ON SEPARATION ANXIETY
BUT YOU'VE GOT FU--------- ULL, CONTROL

Gotta make a chance
you can't go on this way
many victims of circumstance
who never had a say

take responsibility
for whatever you do
just between you and me
I know you're in control of you

JUDGE ME SO CRUEL

What I said and what I meant
never did quite connect
God only knows if what you heard
was even halfway correct

What I did and what I tried
were never one and the same
God only knows if what you saw
was even close to my aim

DON'T JUDGE ME SO CRUEL
I'M NOT EVEN IN THIS DUEL

There's so much confusion
in what I felt and what I told
God only knows what you thought
was I being shy or being bold?

What I think and what I dream
sometimes get mixed in my head
God only knows are my dreams reality?
and my reality a dream instead?

SEE YA!

I was falling for you
I feel different today
Saw you with someone new
so I'm pulling away

Say good by to the me
say good-bye to the you
I'm setting us free
from the world we knew

I GOTTA GO, GOTTA GO, GOTTA GO
SO, SEE YA!

I was getting serious
but you lie and you play
while you get delirious
I'm getting away

TRIED IT ALL

I've tried to be clear
I've tried to be true
but I still see the fear
hanging over you

tried being up front
and left nothing to hide
told you what I want
told you I'm on your side

BEND JUST A LITTLE BIT
I'LL MAKE THE PIECES FIT

I've tried to be there
whenever you'd need
I've tried to be fair
I've tried to be freed

I've tried it all
I've bent every which way
but you refuse to fall
for anything I say

BEND JUST A LITTLE BIT
I'LL MAKE THE PIECES FIT

tried letting you in
tried letting you go
I've tried everything
and anything I know

I've tried being cool
I've tried laying low
but I can't be a fool
for you anymore

BACK TO YOU

When my day begins
I've got you on my mind
where you are? how you're feeling?
what sort of love you hope to find?

will you make my heart your home?
will we ever find a way?
to be there for each other
throughout each and every day

EVERYTHING I DO GOES BACK TO YOU
GOES BACK TO YOU, GOES BACK TO YOU

When my day is ending
and it's time to say my prayer
I pray the Lord keep you safe
since I can not be there

That's my normal routine
with a little bit of play
every twenty four hours
start and end the same way

STAY

How do I want to be heard?
what do I want to say?
I struggle with the word
I struggle with the way

I just want to be clear
clear as the light of day
that I want you here
that I want you to stay

SO STA------------AY I WON'T HURT YOU
PLEASE STA---------AY I WON'T DESERT YOU

What do you need to know
to make your heart at ease
what do I need to show
will you stay? pretty please?

DRIVING ME CRAZY

I remember like it was today
the taste of your lips, the touch of your hand
I remember because it won't go away
the softness of your hair, the scent of your skin

I CLOSE MY EYES AND MM-MMM-MMM BABY
YOU'RE STILL DRIVING ME CRAZY

It was a hot night of passion
so full of touch, full of discovery
So long ago but I can't imagine
that I'll forget and make a full recovery

1/2 CHANCE

All I want is for you
to see me like I do
and give me half a chance
just a little fraction
a bit more action
more than just a glance

why do you think you can tell
that you know me so well
from miles and miles away
we are so far apart
how do you know my heart
or the things it feels today?

HALF A CHANCE TO SHOW
HALF A CHANCE TO GROW
HALF A CHANCE AND NOTHING MORE
HALF A CHANCE TO LAUGH
HALF A CHANCE JUST HALF
COULD MEAN THE WHOLE SCORE

Don't stop before the start
put the horse before the cart
it won't work that way at all
don't bring on the end
before we even begin
even stars need time to fall

hold on a little longer
feelings can grow stronger
and you could be surprised
things come to those who wait
insecurities slowly fade
into a love you never realized

WHAT GIVES ANYWAY

I'm here for you
you go running to him
all these things I do
you don't notice them

AND I SAY, Hey! Hey! Hey!
WHAT GIVES, ANYWAY?

Might not be wrong
but it just isn't right
you sending me home
him spending the night

every time on the phone
like a little traitor
you say "I'm not alone,
talk to you later!"

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1/2 CHANCE ALMOST BABY DON'T CRY BACK TO YOU BAD AGAIN BEHIND THE MASK BLACKHEART BLEED BLUE SHADE OF YOU CATERPILLAR MOUSTACHE CHARADE COME ON HOME COME SO FAR COWGIRL (Lawmaker) CRAZY, CRAZY LOVE CRUCIFY DIVER DOWNER DON'T TAKE A GENIUS DON'T WANT TO SEE DOWN RIVER DRIVING ME CRAZY FEET TO THE FIRE	FINE DAY FOR LOVE FILLED WITH EMPTINESS FIRST LOVE FLOWERS IN THE DESERT FULL CONTROL FUTURE IN THE PAST GOD OF GODS GOOD MAN TO KNOW HALF HE HEAVEN ON EARTH HEAVY SMOKE HELL OF A WAY HIGH AGAIN HIGH TECH POISON HOTTER THAN HELL HOW IT IS HUNGER FOR LOVE INVISIBLE ISLAND GIRL JUDGE ME SO CRUEL KEEP IT ALL	LA-LA LAND (Karina) LIKE I NEED YOU LONG WINDING ROAD LORDS AND LADIES MAYBE MAJOR BLUES MISSION OF MERCY MY GOD! MYTH OF MAGIC NIGHT AFTER NIGHT NO DISASTER PATIENCE PLAYER OF FAME POLITICS PRICE OF FREEDOM RHYMES AND ROSES ROMEO'S MELODY RUN TO YOU SEASONS (like Zep's rain song) SEE YA! SILLY LITTLE GIRL SLAVE HER	SNOW SPOTLIGHT STAND AND DELIVER STAY SUCH A FOOL THINKING WITH YOUR EYES THOSE DAYS ARE OVER TO EACH HIS OWN TOUGH GOING TRAITOR TRIED IT ALL TRIPMEISTER TYPICAL WANNA BE THERE WHAT GIVES ANYWAY WHAT IT TAKES WHAT YOU MAKE OF IT WITHOUT WILLY WILL WRONGDOER YESTERDAY'S HEAVEN YOU'RE SO HARD