All The Same

I don't mind where you come from
As long as you come to me
But I don't like illusions I can't see
Them clearly
I don't care no I wouldn't dare
To fix the twist in you
You've shown me eventually what you'll do.

I don't mind
I don't care
As long as you're here

Go ahead tell me you'll leave again
You'll just come back running
Holding your scarred heart in hand
And I'll take you for who you are
If you take me for everything
And do it all over again
It's all the same

Hours slide and days go by
Till you decide to come
And in between it always seems too long
For certain
But I have the skill yeah I have the will
To breathe you in while I can
How ever long you stay is all that I am

I don't mind
I don't care
As long as you're here

Go ahead tell me you'll leave again
You'll just come back running
Holding your scarred heart in hand
It's all the same
And I'll take you for who you are
If you take me for everything
And do it all over again
It's all the same

Wrong or right
Black or white
If I close my eyes it's all the same
In my life the compromise
But when I close my eyes
It's all the same

Go ahead say it you'll leaving
You'll just come back running
Holding your scarred heart in hand
It's all the same
And I'll take you for who you are
If you take me for everything
And do it all over again
It's all the same

Guns (Are For Pussies)

Here comes the thunder down under
We're natural wonders
Night falls when we leave all you feel is the hunger
Suprises people of all shapes and sizes
Dig on the decade and realize it's all funkay
No matter this rude boy still got that swagger
My ears have heard all these crews but we're badder
Interracial, special, positive beings
I am i be a cool awakening
It's gettin hectic the metrics the body electric
Everybody in worn out blue jeans or tacky dresses
This is the city we've reached we've come to
Go unrecognized on the corner or make moves
All the lights are red all the poets dead
A familiar nightmare appears in my head
Times are changin' myself i'm rearrangin'
Dream eight-thousand-five-twelve blazin'

Born to act out, born to act out
Paranoid with a gat
Born to act out, born to act out
Think you know where it's at
Born to act out, born to act out

But you're lookin' like a sissie
Born to act out, born to act out
Guns are for pussies

I'm not from philly but some say i'm blunt
That's just the way i am and i'm not going to front
And yes i took a trip to find out about the ways of big
City seedy bars and drugs that make you feel sh*tty
Pretty older women in skirts conversation frisky
Stinking cigarettes and plenty of bourbon whiskey
Sad classic music on the jukebox of doom
Hollywood blvd. barfly frolic room
Tomb of lost souls some beyond salvage
Some just having fun opening steam valvage
I was one becoming the other hellbent to discover
Had to pull up the reigns or else smother
Take it brother all the way and then you're scared

Don't want to be unprepared
You're getting paranoid
And then guns are shared
You guys think that you're hard
But you're in fear of being harmed
I fear no man and i'm unarmed

Born to act out, born to act out
Paranoid with a gat
Born to act out, born to act out
Think you know where it's at
Born to act out, born to act out
But you're lookin' like a sissie
Born to act out, born to act out
Guns are for pussies

Aw come on

Fade Into You

I want to hold the hand inside you
I want to take a breath that's true
I look to you and I see nothing
I look to you to see the truth

You live your life
You go in shadows
You'll come apart and you'll go black
Some kind of night into your darkness
Colors your eyes with what's not there.

Fade into you
Strange you never knew
Fade into you
I think it's strange you never knew

A stranger's light comes on slowly
A stranger's heart without a home
You put your hands into your head
And then smiles cover your heart

Fade into you
Strange you never knew
Fade into you

I think it's strange you never knew
I think it's strange you never knew


I think it's strange you never knew

Tri Martolod

Tri martolod yaouank (tra la la, la di ga dra)
Tri martolod yaouank o voned da veajiñ
Tri martolod yaouank (tra la la, la di ga dra)
Tri martolod yaouank o voned da veajiñ
O voned da veajiñ ge, o voned da veajiñ (bis)

Gant avel bet kaset (tra la la, la di ga dra)
Gant avel bet kaset betek an Douar Nevez
Betek an Douar Nevez ge, betek an Douar Nevez

E-kichen maen ar veilh (tra la la, la di ga dra)
E-kichen maen ar veilh o deus mouilhet o eorioù
O deus mouilhet o eorioù ge, o deus mouilhet o eorioù

Hag e-barzh ar veilh-se (tra la la, la di ga dra)
Hag e-barzh ar veilh-se e oa ur servijourez
E oa ur servijourez ge, e oa ur servijourez

Hag e c'houlenn ganin (tra la la, la di ga dra)
Hag e c'houlenn ganin pelec'h 'n eus graet konesañs
Pelec'h 'n eus graet konesañs ge, pelec'h 'n eus graet konesañs

E Naoned, er marc'had (tra la la, la di ga dra)
E Naoned, er marc'had hor boa choazet ur walenn
Hor boa choazet ur walenn ge, hor boa choazet ur walenn

Gwalenn ar promesa (tra la la, la di ga dra)
Gwalenn ar promesa, ha par omp da zimeziñ
Ha par omp da zimeziñ ge, ha par omp da zimeziñ

- Ni 'zimezo hon-daou (tra la la, la di ga dra)
Ni 'zimezo hon-daou, ha pa n'eus ket avañtaj
Ha pa n'eus ket avañtaj ge, ha pa n'eus ket avañtaj

- Ma mamm c'hwi zo 'n hoc'h aez (tra la la, la di ga dra)
Ma mamm c'hwi zo 'n hoc'h aez, n'ouzoc'h ket piv zo diaes
N'ouzoc'h ket piv zo diaes ge, n'ouzoc'h ket piv zo diaes

- N'hon eus na ti na plouz, (tra la la, la di ga dra)
N'hon eus na ti na plouz, na gwele da gousket en noz
Na gwele da gousket en noz ge, na gwele da gousket en noz

N'eus na liñser na lenn, (tra la la, la di ga dra)
N'eus na liñser na lenn, na pennwele dindan ar penn
Na pennwele dindan ar penn ge, na pennwele dindan ar penn

N'hon eus na skuell na loa, (tra la la, la di ga dra)
N'hon eus na skuell na loa, na danvez d'ober bara
Na danvez d'ober bara ge, na danvez d'ober bara

- Ni 'ray 'vel ar glujar (tra la la, la di ga dra)
Ni 'ray 'vel ar glujar, ni 'gousko war an douar
Ni 'gousko war an douar ge, ni 'gousko war an douar

Ni ray 'vel ar c'hefeleg, (tra la la, la di ga dra)
Ni ray 'vel ar c'hefeleg, pa sav an heol 'ya da redek
Pa sav an heol 'ya da redek ge, pa sav an heol 'ya da redek

Echu eo ma jañson, (tra la la, la di ga dra)
Echu eo ma jañson, an hini 'oar 'c'hontinui
An hini 'oar 'c'hontinui, an hini 'oar 'c'hontinui

Such Great Heights

I am thinking it's a sign
that the freckles in our eyes are mirror images
and when we kiss they're perfectly aligned
And I have to speculate
that God himself did make
us into corresponding shapes
like puzzle pieces from the clay

And true, it may seem like a stretch
but its thoughts like this that catch
my troubled head when you're away
when I am missing you to death
when you are out there on the road
for several weeks of shows
and when you scan the radio
I hope this song will guide you home

They will see us waving from such great heights,
come down now, they'll say
but everything looks perfect from far away,
come down now, but we'll stay...

I tried my best to leave
this all on your machine
but the persistent beat it sounded thin
upon listening
and that frankly will not fly
you will hear the shrillest highs
and lowest lows with the windows down
when this is guiding you home

They will see us waving from such great heights,
come down now, they'll say
but everything looks perfect from far away
come down now, but we'll stay...

They will see us waving from such great heights,
come down now, they'll say
but everything looks perfect from far away
come down now, but we'll stay...

Stay Together for the Kids

It's hard to wake up
When the shades have been pulled shut
This house is haunted
It's so pathetic
It makes no sense at all
I'm ripe with things to say
The words rot and fall away
If a stupid poem could fix this home
I'd read it everyday

So here's your holiday
hope you enjoy it this time
You gave it all away
It was mine
So when you're dead and gone
Will you remember this night, twenty years
now lost
It's not right

Their anger hurts my ears
Been running strong for seven years
Rather than fix the problems, they never
solve them
It makes no sense at all
I see them everyday
We get along, so why can't they?
If this is what he wants and it's what
she wants
Then why's there so much pain?

So here's your holiday
hope you enjoy it this time
You gave it all away
It was mine
So when you're dead and gone
Will you remember this night, twenty years
now lost
It's not right

So here's your holiday
hope you enjoy it this time
You gave it all away
It was mine
So when you're dead and gone
Will you remember this night, twenty years
now lost
It's not right

It's not right
It's not right!
It's not right

Lost Horizons

The last horizons I can see
are filled with bars and factories
and in them all we fight to stay awake...

Drink enough of anything
to make this world look new again
Drunk drunk drunk in the gardens and the graves

She had nothing left to say
so she said she loved me
I stood there grateful for the lie...

Drink enough of anything
to make this girl look new again
I'm drunk drunk drunk in the gardens and the graves

Turn summer trees to bones and ice
Turn insect songs against the night
With words we build and words we break
I'm drunk drunk drunk in the gardens and the graves...

Maybe i could use you to reassure myself
I wouldn't wish this indecision on anybody else
I drink enough of anything to make this world look new again
And when the sin smiles how could it be wrong

The last horizons i could see are now resigned to memories
I never thought i'd still be here today...

I drink enough of anything to make myself look new again
I'm drunk drunk drunk in the gardens and the graves

Sex Type Thing

I am, I am, I am
I said I wanna get next to you
I said I gonna get close to you
You wouldn't want me have to hurt you too, hurt you too?

I ain't, I ain't, I ain't
A buyin' into your apathy
I'm gonna learn ya my philosophy
You wanna know about atrocity, atrocity?

I know you want what's on my mind
I know you like what's on my mind
I know it eats you up inside
I know, you know, you know, you know

I am a man, a man
I'll give ya somethin' that ya won't forget
I said ya shouldn't have worn that dress
I said ya shouldn't have worn that dress

I know you want what's on my mind
I know you like what's on my mind
I know it eats you up inside
I know, you know, you know, you know

Here I come, I come, I come

I am, I am, I am
I said I wanna get next to you
I said I gonna get close to you
You wouldn't want me have to hurt you too, hurt you too?

I know you want what's on my mind
I know you like what's on my mind
I know it eats you up inside
I know, you know, you know, you know
I know you want what's on my mind
I know you like what's on my mind
I know it eats you up inside
I know, you know, you know, you know

Here I come, I come, I come
Here I come, I come, I come
Here I come, I come, I come
Here I come, I come, I come

Memphis Soul Song

Lookin' back on everything
And all the things that stay
I can count on memories
Cuz they don't go away
Good times were hard to hold
Until she came along
She moves me like a Memphis soul song

I'm not always there I know
But she don't mind at all
As pretty as a picture that hangs on my own wall
She's like Mississippi
When the sun comes up at dawn
She moves me like a Memphis soul song

With an angel on my left side and the devil on my right
She's the one who saves me from them dark unholy nights
Of all the ones who've left me it's a wonder she's not gone
She moves me like a Memphis soul song
She moves me like a Memphis soul song

She don't care what the game is
She's always down to play
My world without her seems a million miles away
She don't have to worry
I know where I belong
She moves me like a Memphis soul song

I've been dealt some aces
And I've played them all the same
But she's the only one that keeps me in the game
No fame or fortune could ever keep me gone
She moves me like a Memphis soul song

With an angel on my left side and the devil on my right
She's the one who saves me from them dark unholy nights
Of all the ones who've left me it's a wonder she's not gone
She moves me like a Memphis soul song
She moves me like a Memphis soul song


There's a magic down in Memphis
That never seems to fade
Even now them voices carry
Like a lonely serenade
It's the memories that still and always will be on my mind
They move me every time

She sees the good in everything there is to see
Sometimes I wonder what she ever see's in me
I'm not always right you know
But she's never led me wrong
She moves me like a Memphis soul song

In all my travels I've never found a way
To find the words that say the things I'd like to say
I've sang some melodies but she's my favorite one
She moves me like a Memphis soul song

With an angel on my left side and the devil on my right
She's the one who saves me from them dark unholy nights
Of all the ones who've left me it's a wonder she's not gone
She moves me like a Memphis soul song
She moves me like a Memphis soul song

Queensryche - Anybody Listening?
http://youtube.com/watch?v=9UlEIQUWKTQ

You and I long to live like wind upon the water
If we close our eyes well maybe realize
Theres more to life than what we have known
And I cant believe Ive spent so long
Living lies I knew were wrong inside
Ive just begun to see the light

Long ago there was a dream, had to make a choice or two
Leaving all I loved behind for what nobody knew
Stepped out on the stage
A life under lights and judging eyes
Now the applause has died and I can dream again...

Is there anybody listening?
Is there anyone that sees whats going on?
Read between the lines, criticize the words theyre selling
Think for yourself and feel the walls
Become sand beneath your feet

Feel the breeze?
Times so near you can almost taste the freedom
Theres a warm wind from the south
Hoist the sail and well be gone
By morning, this will all seem like a dream
And if I dont return to sing the song, maybe just as well
Ive seen the news and theres not much I can do...alone

Is there anybody listening?
Is there anyone who smiles without a mask?
Whats behind the words-images
They know will please us?
Ill take whats real
Bring up the lights

Is therew anybody listeing?
Is there anyone that sees whats going one?
Read between the lines
Criticize the words theyre selling
Think for yourself and feel the walls
Become sand beneath your feet.

Surrender - Cheap Trick

Mother told me, yes, she told me I'd meet girls like you
She also told me, "Stay away, you'll never know what you'll catch"
Just the other day I heard a soldier falling off some Indonesian junk that's going round

Mommy's alright, Daddy's alright, they just seem a little weird
Surrender, surrender, but don't give yourself away

Father says, "Your mother's right, she's really up on things"
"Before we married, Mommy served in the WACS in the Philippines"
Now, I had heard the WACS recruited old maids for the war
But mommy isn't one of those, I've known her all these years

Mommy's alright, Daddy's alright, they just seem a little weird
Surrender, surrender, but don't give yourself away

Whatever happened to all this season's losers of the year?
Ev'ry time I got to thinking, where'd they disappear?
When I woke up, Mom and Dad are rolling on the couch
Rolling numbers, rock and rolling, got my Kiss records out

Mommy's alright, Daddy's alright, they just seem a little weird
Surrender, surrender, but don't give yourself away

Cheap Trick

Big Eyes

Its not the way you look, no.
Its not the way you walk.
Your eyes are so very good.
You know they're clear and bright,
Its not the color of your hair.

Big eyes,
I keep fallin for those big eyes.
They keep calling my name, big eyes.
I keep fallin for those big eyes.
They keep calling my name.

Youre such a losing cause.
Why dont you go get lost?
Who says you write the laws?
Youre such a losing cause,
Go on and get out of here.

Big eyes,
I keep fallin for those big eyes.
They keep calling my name.

Youre such a losing cause.
Why dont you go get lost?
Who says you write the laws?
Youre such a losing cause,
Go on and get out of here.

Its not the way you look, no.
Its not the way you walk.
Your eyes are so very good.
You know theyre clear and bright,
Its not the color of your hair.

Big eyes,
I keep fallin for those big eyes.
(repeat alternate endings)

They keep calling my name.
(repeat 4x)

Big eyes, I keep falling for those big eyes.
They keep calling my name.
Big eyes, I keep falling for those big eyes.
I keep calling your name.

Big eyes.

I Want You To Want Me Rick Nielsen
(live at Budokan - one of the best recordings ever)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1sCOf6MsH0o&feature=related

I want you to want me.
I need you to need me.
Id love you to love me.
Im beggin you to beg me.

I want you to want me.
I need you to need me.
Id love you to love me.
Ill shine up the old brown shoes, put on a brand-new shirt.
Ill get home early from work if you say that you love me.

Didnt i, didnt i, didnt I see you cryin?
Oh, didnt i, didnt i, didnt I see you cryin?
Feelin all alone without a friend, you know you feel like dyin.
Oh, didnt i, didnt i, didnt I see you cryin?

I want you to want me.
I need you to need me.
Id love you to love me.
Im beggin you to beg me.
Ill shine up the old brown shoes, put on a brand-new shirt.
Ill get home early from work if you say that you love me.

Didnt i, didnt i, didnt I see you cryin?
Oh, didnt i, didnt i, didnt I see you cryin?
Feelin all alone without a friend, you know you feel like dyin.
Oh, didnt i, didnt i, didnt I see you cryin?
Feelin all alone without a friend, you know you feel like dyin.
Oh, didnt i, didnt i, didnt I see you cryin?

I want you to want me.
I need you to need me.
Id love you to love me.
Im beggin you to beg me.
I want you to want me.
I want you to want me.
I want you to want me.
I want you to want me.

The Birthday Cake Polka

Put another candle on my birthday cake
We're gonna bake a birthday cake
Put another candle on my birthday cake
I'm another year old today

I'm gonna have a party with my birthday cake
Come on and take some birthday cake
Put another candle on my birthday cake
I'm another year old today

We'll have some pie and sandwiches
and chocolate ice cream too
We'll sing and play the day away
and one more thing I'm going to do
I'll blow out the candles on my birthday cake
and when I do, a wish I'll make
Put another candle on my birthday cake
I'm another year old today
........

Put another candle on my birthday cake
We're gonna bake a birthday cake
Put another candle on my birthday cake
I'm another year old today

I'm gonna have a party with my birthday cake
Come on and take some birthday cake
Put another candle on my birthday cake
I'm another year old today

We'll have some pie and sandwiches
and chocolate ice cream, too
We'll sing and play the day away
and one more thing I'm going to do

I'll blow out the candles on my birthday cake
and when I do, a wish I'll make
Put another candle on my birthday cake
I'm another year old today
Happy birthday to you
I'm another year old today.

~wicked~

Dream Police - Cheap Trick
Words and Music by Rick Nielsen

The dream police, they live inside of my head.
The dream police, they come to me in my bed.
The dream police, they're coming to arrest me, oh no.

You know that talk is cheap, and those rumors ain't nice.
And when I fall asleep I don't think I'll survive the night, the night.

'Cause they're waiting for me.
They're looking for me.
Ev'ry single night they're driving me insane.
Those men inside my brain.

The dream police, they live inside of my head.
(Live inside of my head.)
The dream police, they come to me in my bed.
(Come to me in my bed.)
The dream police, they're coming to arrest me, oh no.

Well, I can't tell lies, 'cause they're listening to me.
And when I fall asleep, bet they're spying on me tonight, tonight.

'Cause they're waiting for me.
They're looking for me.
Ev'ry single night they're driving me insane.
Those men inside my brain.

I try to sleep, they're wide awake, they won't let me alone.
They don't get paid or take vacations, or let me alone.
They spy on me, I try to hide, they won't let me alone.
They persecute me, they're the judge and jury all in one.

'Cause they're waiting for me.
They're looking for me.
Ev'ry single night they're driving me insane.
Those men inside my brain.

The dream police, they live inside of my head.
The dream police, they come to me in my bed.
The dream police, they're coming to arrest me.

I Don't Need Her

You said you see me running
And that is no surprise
When I was far from danger
I opened my eyes
Now I look back in anger
For I did nothing wrong
It's just a race for strangers
And this race goes on

I'm so glad that I don't need her
And I'm too tired of trying to please her
But in the end I just can't leave her
Can't leave her tonight

You've got a different story
From anything that I've been told
But you evade the glory
Come in from the cold
Don't wait until tomorrow
Don't push it back another day
Don't try to hide your sorrow
What else can I say?

I'm so glad that I don't need her
And I'm too tired of trying to please her
But in the end I just can't leave her
Can't leave her tonite, nah!

You said you see me running
But that was no surprise
When I was far from danger
I opened my eyes

I'm so glad that I don't need her
And I'm too tired of trying to please her
But in the end I just can't leave her
Can't leave her tonight
I'm so glad that I don't need her
And I'm too tired of trying to please her
But in the end I just can't leave her
Can't leave her tonite, nuts!

61 Seconds

Without a word i'd know what to say
If you stared at me my eyes would refuse to stray
61 seconds is all it takes
For the 9 to 5 man to be more than one minute late

There's a clock on the wall
A mirror reflecting it all
Just an imageless photograph

To wake up not knowing where i am today
I don't drive the same car
I don't live the same way

61 seconds is all it takes
For the 9 to 5 man to be more than one minute late
There's a clock on the wall
A mirror reflecting it all
Just an imageless photograph
There's a space in a frame
Can you imagine a man with no name
I can, i can, i can

61 seconds is all it takes
For the 9 to 5 man to be more than one minute late
There's a clock on the wall
A mirror reflecting it all
Just an imageless photograph
There's a space in a frame
Can you imagine a man with no name
I can, i can, i can

Oh oh oh oh

Mystery Man

Got a letter from a mystery man
but in between the lines - he don't understand
He's on a mission in Mozambique
The room is wired and I just can't speak

In the middle of it all - he can waste no time
In the middle of it all - he just says goodbye, goodbye

Got to get there just as fast I can
A pink carnation on a mystery man
A rendezvouz in Romania
Double agents in Australia

In the middle of it all - he can waste no time
In the middle of it all - he just says goodbye, goodbye

In the middle of it all - he can waste no time
In the middle of it all - he just says goodbye, goodbye

In the middle of it all - he can waste no time
In the middle of it all - he just says goodbye, goodbye

All the Love

I can't believe the things that happen to me
I guess that I should have seen a long, long time ago
Letters you write don't help me get through the night
So I'll just turn out the light
and sleep here all alone

All the love, all the love in the world
All the love, I'll be sending you girl
All the love
All the love in the world

Time after time I put my life on the line
But I ain't committed no crime, so take what you can find
Forget what I say cos I'll keep running away
I only live for today, but I'm one day behind

All the love, all the love in the world
All the love, I'll be sending you girl
All the love
All the love in the world

These are the words that I whisper on every first night
but that day you left me
those words were on that same flight

I can't believe the things that happen to me
I guess that I should have seen a long, long time ago
Letters you write don't help me get through the night
so I'll just turn out the light
and sleep here all alone

All the love, all the love in the world
All the love, I'll be sending you girl
All the love
All the love in the world

Nervous Alibi

Cherry, where you been since 9 this morning?
Give me all the names who saw you there
But if they can't remember
I know that you'll surrender

Another nervous alibi

Cherry, what's this game you think you're playing
Don't you know I hate those clothes you wear
For I've seen men undress you
And with their eyes caress you

Another nervous alibi

Cherry, name the day and I'll be waiting
Give me just one chance to show I care
I know if we're together
It can go on forever

Another Nervous Alibi