When I was just shy of 17 The days were short, the nights were kings We stayed awake to sing a song We never thought we could do wrong Oh yea ... And that's when I found lust ... In the back room of a store Our bodies pressed on to the floor Until we lost all track of time That's when you told me you were mine Oh yea ... And that's when I found out ... And now I wake into a scene Where I keep asking you've been I wrote a letter to you: "My lovely girl ... Why have you been untrue?" You're bursting at the seams Tripping over our best dreams I'm warning you ... But my mind's already set ... So I pretend Then I became 21 I flew a plane, I held a gun I met a girl ... oh so sweet She took my love and went to sleep Oh yea ... And that's when I found pain ... On the back of a magazine In moving pictures on a screen I've built a world so long and wide When she'd call, that's where I'd hide Oh yea ... And that's when I found love ... It's a story about a man Trying to be the best he can Every now and then, He understands, the meaning of his life Locked up in some bedroom See him howling at the moon He's warning you But his mind's already set As he pretends ... ... Now most folk think its a sin To live alone, not to be seen To steal away the time To never ask nobody for a dime But I'm happy to recede Not ever to succeed I'm warning you ... 'cause my mind's already set I won't pretend ... and that's when I found love

I'm drifting through the vastness of time To days when you were mine We're playing hide and seek beneath the vines Your hair as smooth as wine Your breast is as warm as summer fire But your eyes they tell a lie And I'm tumbling down the stairways of your mind You see I've been there before Where warm bodies make for time Where open arms and legs brings life To ones that should be tired Where people that are bound to be free Are wedlock to retire Now I'm tumbling down the stairways of your mind [bridge] But now I'm overdosed by kindness Of a girl that's never mine Her body is a palace I serve Her gates are were I lie And when we're all alone, at night She's walking on a wire As she's tumbling down the stairways of her mind

The cat's in the yard The flowers in bloom The sunshine is out The boys in their rooms … Can they tell where you've been last night? With their mother or sleeping outside? On the pavement where sleeping dogs lie? Let's try … To imagine a world where truth is at hand Where forgive and forget is the law of the land Where the spirit of man is supreme And language is king, not the scheme Where the young generation still knows how to dream … Don't be shy, to ask me why Open your mind, come step inside And if you try, then you'll know why A man must walk alone sometimes Now they say that all road lead to Rome … But there're none Even rivers don't always flow downwards, My son ... Every person you meet is unique And what counts is your voice, not the street's So open the door It's time now for peace! Don't be shy, to ask me why Open your mind, come step inside And if you try, then you'll know why A man must walk alone sometimes

Sit tight, upright As darkness overtakes the light Your back against the wall And as you wait, anticipate Scan your past and contemplate You're on your own again You took yourself for being strong You learned to play and sing a song But now you're overcome by fear Of loosing all that you held dear The cost seems reasonably unfair You're almost crazy just to dare But yet you swallow back your pride And fix your boat up for the tide

You think your love is something so unique That you can gather all the pieces as you leave Spice them and up and serve them on the side While you, the main dish, never have to slide You think that happiness is dumb-found and blind Down at the corner it is paddling up for dimes You think you're king-pin of all that is fine A masterpiece in making, a tantalizing prime [chorus] Still you're chilled by the sounds a young baby crying You're fearful of storms and of the moon rising So basic your failure to stand … on your own To learn how to walk with no shoes without whining To stand in the wind with no coat and be smiling To feel young and whole …. for simply being yourself So with all false force you master up the pride Exposing teeth where kissing lips abide Revenging demolitions brought up by the cure Investing all your time in figments so obscure [chorus] Still you're chilled by the sounds a young baby crying You're fearful of storms and of the moon rising So basic your failure to stand … on your own To learn how to walk with no shoes without whining To stand in the wind with no coat and be smiling To feel young and whole …. for simply being yourself [c part] Warm voices are calling your home Your dad keeps on dialing you, pick up the phone Still your pain keeps on echoing strong, like a drone The charge in your fists it is real, you believe To wipe out the deeds with a blow, you conceive Still your fear keeps you locked up and chilled … all alone But may one day you'll wake up in a storm Your baby crying, your wife is not at home Your bare feet stepping on wooden floor Will spell you forgiveness to your very own [chorus mod] Then you won't be so chilled by the sound of the crying You won't be so fearful of storms and moon rising You'll be on your own, and still … you'll feel warm You'll walk with no shoes alone with your darling You'll stand in the wind with no coat and be smiling And you will feel young and whole … for simply being yourself

Since you've been a way from home The grass has grown The yard is gone Silhouettes, they roam your dreams Serial killers Magazines And in their minds, they play you down Like it's a scene On some flat screen Is there something calling you to get back home? A voice you hear at night on the telephone? Is there something calling you to get back home? Calling you, when you're alone People think you're some machine Grinding out Plans and schemes Hoping one day to succeed Wiping out Memories While you keep paying all the bills Living large Ever teen Is there something calling you to get back home? A voice you hear at night on the telephone? Is there something calling you to get back home? Calling you, when you're alone

When every thing we say or do Makes no sense ‘bout me and you When every thing the say comes true I’m still coming back to you When every time we speak we fight When love and friendship seems to die When sleeping over makes you blue I’m still coming back to you You’re coming strong When I’m alone My vision’s gone ‘Cause you’re fading away I’m giving you Just one more song Before I send you off Running away ... You’re making love just like a ghost So quite the party, ‘cause I’m no host It’s time for you to pay the cost I’m still coming back for you I’m gonna take you by the hand I’m gonna make you understand My shadow you can not transcend ‘Cause I’m still coming back for you! You’re coming strong When I’m alone My vision’s gone ‘Cause you’re fading away I’m giving you Just one more song Before I send you off Running away ... ‘Cause I’m not the one to care Or your sympathy to share ‘Cause my disposition’s weak And that’s my power ... Being sick!

I got a head strong Like a million plates of steel And a vision I can never quite fulfill But if I show up on your porch tonight I’ll probably will get killed ... Situations ... They’re coming back again Where its going Oh really ... I don’t care! I got me a mission To eradicate all hate And a group of people Doing every thing I say But if I tell them to go hug a tree They cut it down instead ... Situations ... They’re coming back again Where its going Oh really ... I don’t care!

You think your love is something so unique That you can gather all the pieces as you leave Spice them and up and serve them on the side While you, the main dish, never have to slide You think that happiness is dumb-found and blind Down at the corner it is paddling up for dimes You think you're king-pin of all that is fine A masterpiece in making, a tantalizing prime [chorus] Still you're chilled by the sounds a young baby crying You're fearful of storms and of the moon rising So basic your failure to stand … on your own To learn how to walk with no shoes without whining To stand in the wind with no coat and be smiling To feel young and whole …. for simply being yourself So with all false force you master up the pride Exposing teeth where kissing lips abide Revenging demolitions brought up by the cure Investing all your time in figments so obscure [chorus] Still you're chilled by the sounds a young baby crying You're fearful of storms and of the moon rising So basic your failure to stand … on your own To learn how to walk with no shoes without whining To stand in the wind with no coat and be smiling To feel young and whole …. for simply being yourself [c part] Warm voices are calling your home Your dad keeps on dialing you, pick up the phone Still your pain keeps on echoing strong, like a drone The charge in your fists it is real, you believe To wipe out the deeds with a blow, you conceive Still your fear keeps you locked up and chilled … all alone But may one day you'll wake up in a storm Your baby crying, your wife is not at home Your bare feet stepping on wooden floor Will spell you forgiveness to your very own [chorus mod] Then you won't be so chilled by the sound of the crying You won't be so fearful of storms and moon rising You'll be on your own, and still … you'll feel warm You'll walk with no shoes alone with your darling You'll stand in the wind with no coat and be smiling And you will feel young and whole … for simply being yourself