================================================= Step up, step up come now You'll find your way somehow Step up, step up come now 'Cause it's all downhill from here Sit down & spill a spell She lies but you can't tell Sit down & spill a spell 'Cause it's all downhill from here Whatever reason you could make; Whatever happened to that grave mistake? Step up, step up come now You'll find yourself somehow Step up, step up come now 'Cause it's all downhill from here Yeah, it's all downhill from here Yeah, it's all downhill from here No, it's all downhill . . . =================================================

================================================= Blue covers the world I see The teardrops of empathy Fill up like rain falling down Truth was traded for sympathy Which seems like the only thing I get for sticking around But I wanted the love I wanted the hate I wanted us to rise above our pain With all of the storms That we've walked through What happens when they all fade from view? I wonder if I'll be In your shoebox of memories You always seemed like a suite to me Or more like a symphony That I never would know Rest on the wings of uncertainty Whatever will be, will be I'll just let it go But I wanted the love I wanted the hate I wanted us to rise above our pain With all of the storms That we've walked through What happens when they all fade from view? I wonder if I'll be In your shoebox of memories =================================================

================================================= Why does it have to be so hard? Why can't we be just who we are? When will you ever know the truth? When will you know ever know that it's you? From the day we said hello; The day I lost my very soul To the night that we fell; The night I was freed from your spell . . . I never did you wrong And I never wanted to write this song And I never treated you bad But now I wish that I had And I want the whole world to know the truth 'Cause you & I both know I was Good 2 you Now I can say I'm a free man Free to do the best that I can It's funny how things work out for the best Even though you were never the best From the day we said hello; The day I lost my very soul To the night that we fell; The night I was freed from your spell . . . I never did you wrong And I never wanted to write this song No, and I never treated you bad But now I wish that I had And I want the whole world to know the truth 'Cause you & I both know I was Good 2 you =================================================

================================================= I call you up on the phone You pick up with a graceful tone "How you doing?" "How've you been?" "How's the weather?" "Come again?" And nothing has changed But your love . . . I think of you to pass the time I've seen your face a thousand times I hear you whisper on the breeze I'd give my life just to be An inch closer to your love . . . You're cold as ice . . . You're cold as ice . . . You're cold as ice . . . Until you melt away =================================================

================================================= Have you seen the girl that I once knew? Is she around? She looked an awful lot like you Is she in town? I can't sleep at night or think at day I'm feeling down If you see her please send her my way Where I'll be found . . . In this hard love . . . Hard love In this hard love . . . I miss Anna I miss Anna Oh, I miss Anna I miss Anna And I try and I try To move on with my life But I just can't get You out of my mind I just sit & stare And try not to cry And if love is blind Well, then so am I . . . In this hard love . . . Hard love In this hard love . . . I need you I miss Anna I miss Anna Oh, I miss Anna I miss Anna Have you seen the girl that I once knew? Is she around? She looks an awful lot like you Is she in town? I can't sleep at night or think at day I'm feeling down If you see her please send her my way Where I'll be found . . . In this hard love . . . Hard love In this hard love . . . I love you I miss Anna I miss Anna Oh, I miss Anna I miss Anna . . . =================================================

================================================= Summer's here but where are you? Just like the winter you passed right through Did we forget to say goodbye? Or were we just pre-occupied instead? All these colors float around And they fall upon you like snow In the end we'll both fall down But we'll find no place to go Through this life we'll walk alone Wearing masks that we misconstrue Through it all, we all will find Beneath it all lies the truth Close your eyes & glance inside Pick up your games of seek & hide Cancel your plans to fly away Change your mind; decide to stay with me All these colors float around And they fall upon you like snow In the end we both fall down But we'll have nowhere to go Through this life we'll walk alone Wearing masks that we misconstrue Through it all, we all will find Beneath the lies, lies the truth =================================================

================================================= Six months ago you were in reach Every night our talks simply could not cease But for some odd reason There's no communication And I just can't put down the phone . . . So good morning, Mr. Dialtone! Would you please call up my girl? Oh, good now it's ringing But it's the only one who's singing And that sound is the worst thing in the world; I just can't get through To my girl The last thing I could say is that I'm bored Here with my life tangled in this telephone cord It may sound like treason; There's no communication But I just can't put down the phone . . . So good morning, Mr. Dialtone! Would you please call up my girl? Oh, good now it's ringing But it's the only one that's singing And that sound is the worst thing in my world; I just can't get through To my girl All night on the phone . . . All night alone . . . All night on the phone . . . Just me & Mr . . . Good morning, Mr. Dialtone! Would you please call up my girl? Oh, good now it's ringing But it's the only one who's singing And that sound is the worst thing in the world; I just can't get through To my girl =================================================

================================================= Sometimes I ask myself in all sincerity What makes a dream keep on going when we're not? A stone that skips across these pools of memory Sinks to the bottom with the ones we forgot Lately . . . Lately I wonder Lately . . . Lately I wonder . . . Why do I get to stare through windows open wide Into a universe that I've never known? And if it comforts me like a loyal friend How can that be when I'm so alone? Lately . . . Lately I wonder Lately . . . Lately I wonder . . . Since you're looking so kind today Will you make my troubles go away? Dream a little dream in the dark But when we wake our dreams are gone . . . Since you're looking so kind today Will you make my troubles go away? I dream a little dream in the dark But when I wake my dreams are gone Lately . . . Lately I wonder Lately . . . Lately I wonder why =================================================

================================================= Yesterday I could see my path before me Right away I knew I was falling fast But either way I know you will just ignore me But today I'm gonna let it come to pass . . . 'Cause I've got all your dreams inside me Why let 'em go to waste? Above, below, in front or behind me I think I know just the right place For you . . . For me . . . For you & me Yesterday I saw you standing there before me And right away I knew you were falling fast Either way I know you will still adore me But today I'm gonna let that come to pass . . . 'Cause I've got all your dreams inside me Why let 'em go to waste? Above, below, in front or behind me I think I know just the right place For you . . . For me . . . For you . . . For me, too =================================================

================================================= I drift away farther in the oceans of my mind Clinging to a piece of my old broken dreams & wasted time With nothing at all I'm anchored by the guilt of selfish pride The winning number is called but if it's not #1 then it's not mine But I will come back . . . I will come back with nothing else I will come back . . . With nothing else I'm lost for days looking for the lighthouse through the brine If life gave you lemons, tell me, would you squeeze them & why? But then again I'm reminded of the sunshine in my sky My only friend; the one who'll see me through by & by But I will come back . . . I will come back with nothing else I will come back . . . With nothing else You don't give it to me You don't give it to her You don't give it to anyone who deserves You don't give it to me You don't give it to her You don't give it to anyone who deserves You don't give it to me You don't give it to her You don't give it to anyone who deserves You don't give it to me You don't give it to her You don't get it at all . . . I will come back . . . I will come back with nothing else I will come back . . . With nothing else You don't give it to me You don't give it to her You don't give it to anyone who deserves You don't give it to me You don't give it to her You don't give it to anyone who deserves You don't give it to me You don't give it to her You don't give it to anyone who deserves You don't give it to me You don't give it to her You don't get it at all . . . =================================================

================================================= I don't know which way I should go I lost my way a long time before I used to fall into those summer days It's hard to see through all of the haze Yeah, I've tried so hard to understand it How did I let myself become abandoned? Like a flag I blow in the wind The forces of fate direct me again But coming back from the hopeful side of town I'm discontent with the future that I've found I can't decide on a reason to extend A way of life that only leads to a dead end And nothing seems to relieve the pain ahead of me Down this darkened street Thoughts of yesterday float through my head I still remember the things you said Puzzle pieces of a dream I once knew Simple memories of a life with you Pasted faces without names; Sonny Jim & Rainy James As my footprints melt to the sea I see a reflection of what used to be And coming back from the hopeful side of town I'm not content with the future that I've found I can't decide on a reason to extend A way of life that only leads to a dead end Nothing seems to relieve the pain ahead of me Down this darkened street . . . Down this darkened street =================================================

================================================= Once upon a cursed rhyme I had everything But now I'm failing the test of time Feels like I'm falling endlessly She moves around the clouds What goes up she sends back down She's all I hope to see When it's time to dream . . . I dream of you Smiling next me In my favorite fantasy Forgetting all that soon will be I will love you Endlessly Why don't she just give up? You can fight a war but you can't fight love I'm out on the front line Hoping it will be only a matter of time . . . 'Til I have her And nothing else Will matter more 'Cause I'll have all I'm going to need And she will love me Endlessly She moves around the clouds What goes up she sends back down She's all I hope to see When it's time to dream . . . I dream of you Smiling next me In my favorite fantasy Forgetting all I soon will need I will love you Endlessly =================================================

================================================= A quarter for your lonely eyes How 'bout a nickel & two dimes? Even if there's a time for change Better or worse it's all the same; It's all a little strange . . . We're caught in this hopeless web Of things we did & things we said We're tangled in the twist of fate The one you give & the one I take; It's all a little strange . . . But there must be another way . . . To get through all of this pain Yeah, there must be some other way . . . My emotions on parade I sit & watch the days tick by I can't speed up & I can't rewind I look around to see your face Your memory's so hard to replace; It's all a little strange . . . But it's coming back to me . . . Everything we left unscathed Yeah, it's coming back to me . . . My emotions on . . . Emotions on parade On parade . . . On parade . . . On parade . . . A quarter for your lonely eyes? How 'bout a nickel & two dimes? Even though there's a time for change Through it all, it's all the same; It's all a little strange . . . =================================================

================================================= My apology's for everything I've done Forgiveness comes slow To those who need the most No use for living a life that's fun; Serious senselessness & idolized ghosts My life has lived up to these expectations The ones of which I preach A life of faking false sensations That I never could reach . . . So I look at myself & go back in time See an image of myself but it's not really mine Standing around with his hands in his pockets It's all going down & no one can stop it I couldn't stop it but I knew I would become Someday's apology-- My work here is done My apologies for everything I've done Forgiveness comes slow To those who seem to boast No use in living a life that's fun; Serious senselessness & idolized ghosts My life has lived up to these expectations The ones of which I preach A life of faking false sensations That I still can't reach . . . So I look at myself & go back in time I see an image of myself but it's not really mine Standing around with his hands in his pockets Said it's all going down & no one can stop it I couldn't stop it but I knew I would become Someday's apology-- My work here is done My ashes are spread across many lands I looked death in the eye then I shook it's hand We've become good friends with a mutual agreement; To end it all but never mean it I never meant it but I knew I would become Someday's apology-- Your work here is done =================================================