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PURPOSE OF LOVE
A Tim Di Pasqua Songbook Volume Two
WHAT DO I KNOW
EVERY BEAUTIFUL MAN IN THE WORLD
IF YOU WOULD SING WITH ME
AS FAMOUS AS THE MOON
IRENE
I WANT TO GO HOME
TALK TO ME
WHEN HE WALKS THROUGH THE DOOR
THE BEST THAT I CAN DO
I WOULD BE SO PLEASED
PURPOSE OF LOVE<
All
lyrics ©2005 Tim DiPasqua
ASCAP
WHAT DO I KNOW
EVERY BEAUTIFUL MAN IN THE WORLD
IF YOU WOULD SING WITH ME
AS FAMOUS AS THE MOON
IRENE
I WANT TO GO HOMEN
TALK TO ME
WHEN HE WALKS THROUGH THE DOOR
THE BEST THAT I CAN DO
I WOULD BE SO PLEASED
PURPOSE OF LOVE
PURPOSE OF LOVE All
lyrics ©2004 Tim DiPasqua
ASCAP
BEACH IN THE BLINDING SUN
MY FAVORITE NOTE
BIG HAIRY MAN
SOMEWHERE BETWEEN HOLDING ON AND LETTING YOU GO
SO GOOD
YOU GOT NO STYLE
YOU MAKE ME NUTS
TELL ME THAT YOU LOVE ME
AS IT’S MEANT TO BE
IT SHOULDN'T HAVE HAPPENED
YOU A
MONSTER UNDER THESE
CONDITIONS All
lyrics ©2000 Tim DiPasqua
ASCAP
A
MONSTER UNDER THESE
CONDITIONS MAYBE
YOU DIDN'T HEAR ME AS
FAMOUS AS THE MOON SO
GOOD I
THOUGHT IT WAS YOU SINCE
LOVE'S COME AROUND The
look of romance and the way it arrives The
key now I hear is to leave it alone ADVENTURE On
an adventure riding on a wave that I'm feeling inside. The
week is almost through. I got no bills to pay. On
an adventure leaving all the ways of the world behind. Picture
me upon some golden sand with the wind blowing through my
hair. Chorus WAITING
ON HEAVEN I've
been waiting on heaven, and heaven knows how hard I've
tried. I've
been dreaming of a room full of people, a grand and glorious
throng. I've
been waiting on heaven, keeping the horse behind the
cart. Everybody's
looking for some kind of heaven, with desire so strong, while
I keep waiting on heaven. THE
BEST THAT I CAN DO But
the memories of the past come round to haunt me, So
I won't promise that I'll always have an answer Well
I always reach this place and then I stumble But
I can't promise that I'll stay this way forever. I
can't promise you'll receive my full attention THIS
HAS BEEN A WONDERFUL TIME At
the time I lived with a woman who provided a comforting
home. There's
not a way in the world I could possibly know how you
feel. NOTHING Well
you can break it down to these two things. Well
I've been sifting through my mind
I gave my heart to you, but what do I know?
I thought you loved me too, but what do I know?
I put my faith in you, but what do I know?
I trust in people too, but what do I know?
Here you stand in the light of the morning
sun-kissed and tender, love in your eye.
Out of nowhere without any warning
the greatest pretender is saying good-bye.
I thought the day was new, but what do I know?
The sun was shining through, but what do I know?
I saw a love that’s true, but what do I know?
I thought I had a clue, but what do I know?
First you’re blinded by all the magnificence
and shimmering brilliance the world can bestow.
Then you’re crying and lacking in providence
and pleading in ignorance for all you don’t know.
I thought the world of you, but what do I know?
I thought the sky was blue, but what do I know?
I thought the whole thing through, but what do I know?
I think like people do, but what do I know?
I lived in dreams of you, but what do I know?
I dream in color too, but what do I know?
I thought you loved me too, but what do I know?
I thought that dreams come true, but what do I know?
Every beautiful man in the world is outside
in the open air and they bike ride
with their wind-blown hair. So preoccupied,
and so unaware of it all.
All these incredible men of the world seem so friendly
though we’ve never met. They all want me,
they just don’t know it yet, so they won’t be
holding the net when I fall.
Just look at the way they do as they please.
Seizing the day with such masculine ease
and chiseled physique that’s making me sigh.
Sneaking a peek as they pass me by.
Every desirable man in the world is outside
and they’re having fun, and they’re glorified
by the midday sun. Without having tried,
exciting everyone by it all.
They’re the most wonderful, thrilling, romantic,
adventurous, beautiful men in the world.
Every spectacular man in the world is right here,
right in front of me. They’re in no fear
for they’ve no cause to be, and it’s so clear
love comes so easily to them all.
All these impeccable men of the world they have no clue
as I timidly drift just what I could do
if I could make the shift. I’d view what they view
with their incredible gift to enthrall.
Just spending the day inside of their shoes
and having your way with whomever you choose.
Then ending the day inside of their skin
and letting them play in the skin you’re in.
Every predictable man in the world is outside
in the open air. They’ve multiplied
and now they’re everywhere. It’s intensified
how much they just don’t care about it all.
They’re the most cruel and despicable, arrogant,
self-centered, and egotistical, dumb and impervious,
shamefully typical, and unavailable
beautiful men in the world.
The voice of an angel,
floating on a melody from above.
You’re rapturous word
was the first sound I heard
when I first heard the voice of love.
Now, throughout the many years
we’ve traveled together
it’s wonderful to know
I still hear the song you sang to me
so many years ago.
I know what you are thinking
even before you do.
I interrupt your speaking
long before you are through.
Sometimes when you are near me
your heart will beat with mine.
Clearly the line between a lover
and of a friend is fine.
Dreams and every little yearning,
Love I knew along the way
fall between the pages turning,
if here in my heart you’d stay.
Now I admit I can plainly see
all that I have denied.
For you saw it fit to free in me
all that I hold inside;
glorious rhapsodizing
sung in the perfect key.
Perfect for simple harmonizing
If you would sing with me.
On that first day that we met
you sang a song, we sat together.
By that evening our friends bet
before too long we’d be together.
Everybody thinks they see
what was always plain to me.
My love for you is nothing new
it’s as famous as the moon.
Then you smiled across the floor
a smile to some would seem fraternal.
But we have never me before,
but at the core, love reigns eternal.
It’s no wonder they can feel
what to me is no big deal.
My love for you is nothing new
it’s as famous as the moon.
Some things are meant for you to hide.
some things are bound to be revealed.
And even though at times I’ve tried,
this could never be concealed.
There’s no question, no distress,
don’t feel the need to talk about it.
So many things I second-guess
but not your love for I don’t doubt it.
I just waited patiently
till the day you came to me.
My love for you is nothing new
it’s as famous as the moon.
I just knew eventually
you’d be lying here with me.
You’re love for me is nothing new
it’s as famous as the moon.
I know a lady.
She was my teacher when it
came to feeling good.
Something about her
kept on pushing till
I finally understood.
Well we’d be up to no good
and I knew I’d be in trouble
when she wanted to play.
It seems whenever I’m around her
something very wicked comes my way.
She’d keep em busy,
working the bars for the
boys on the block, well.
She’d keep em going,
she’d sing em a song while
they’d play with their cocktails.
Zero inhibition,
she’s sure to exhaust you
with her overwhelming style.
They used to crawl through the woodwork,
just to sit and talk with her a while.
But now she’s getting married.
Oh she likes the boys, but so does he.
Who have thought that she’d get married?
How you gonna keep em down on the farm
when you can’t even hold her in your arms?
You should see the clothes she wears,
when she wears them at all.
There ain’t nothing too tight
to let it all hang out,
there ain’t nothing too small.
Don’t know how she does it
turning all the little boys on.
You see they’d be checking out each other,
but that all changes when Irene comes along.
But now she’s getting married.
Oh she wants the boys, but so does he.
Who’d have thought that she’d stay married?
Maybe it’s just that eye of the storm,
in a year or two she’ll be coming home.
It would make your head spin
thinking of the men that she has known,
or the oats she’s sewn.
Now she’s baking bread
with a dog and a house and
a hubby by her side.
And there’s she gonna stay
till the well runs dry
cause holding her is
just as tough as holding back the tide.
Well it was just one year ago
when this whole thing began.
There was one less single woman,
there was one more bi-sexual man.
But seeing is believing,
never thought that it
would turn out this way.
They didn’t let it stop em,
just because he happens to be gay.
But now they’re no longer married.
Oh she met a boy, but so did he.
So much for being married.
Last I heard she’s back at the bar
and as for him he’s a porno star.
Hello mom and dad,
I don’t remember when I’ve been this sad. I don’t know what I’m doing here without you. It’ such a crazy town. I don’t remember when I’ve been this down so I thought I’d write cause I was thinking about you.
It seems I only say the things I feel when I’m away. Sometimes it’s hard to deal when I’m around you. But being here alone I want my feelings to be known but I don’t want to confuse or to confound you.
{I want to go home. I want the simple pleasures I can call my
own. Like eating food and talking on the phone all day all
alone. that’s what I need. I want to go home.}
Anyway my dears, it really isn’t all that it appears. In fact there have been times when I’ve enjoyed it. I’ve met a lot of friends and then for three weeks towards the summers end I lost myself in love till I destroyed it. But generally I find the people here to be a bit unkind.
Or maybe it’s the strength of my defenses that puts me on my guard and makes the day to day routine seem hard till one by one I anesthetize my senses.
{I want to go home. I and watch the neighbors watering their
lawns. And stare into the TV all day long, where nothing goes
wrong. That’s what I need. I want to go home.
Home isn’t work. Home is just play. Home is mowing the grass
on a Saturday. Staying up late till the folks go to bed. Straight
through till Sunday till the morning sky turns red. Home is not
about taking a lover. Home is tossing a ball with you brother.
And it goes by so fast now I don’t even see him. When what I
wanted most, was simply to be him. Now I don’t know if it’s wise
to keep my eyes upon the prize or if I’m only here to finally
make it in my father’s eyes. Well I know that I’m just scared but
now I feel like I’ve been Truth or Dared, by someone with a
twisted sense of humor. And the worst of all my fears is that I
spend the next oh fifty years paralyzed by judgments, lies and
rumors. Cause I haven’t come to grips if this is one of many ego
trips or if I may have something grand to offer. But there’s
something in the air, it may be drive or just despair, so I need to
try my best and maybe put my talents to the test. I may be wrong
but I’ll never know till I try the thing that scares me so.}
Now I feel completely dead. I think I’m going back to bed. Tell the family hi for me.
Walk along the beach for me. Say a little prayer for me. Send all your extra cash to me.
I love you, and for now I’ll call this place home.
Love, Alan
Feelings on the rise,
now it’s no surprise anymore
when you come to me not a word you utter.
Evening’s slowing down
as we put our minds on the mend
and we leave our broken hearts in the gutter.
When you go your way I don’t know what to say,
love has come and gone by the wayside.
What I really want is just to sit and talk.
Can you talk to me a moment baby?
I can tell that there’s something coming.
I can tell that the river’s rising,
I can tell that you’re tired of running.
But believe me when I tell you
how good you’ll feel,
it’s going to be all right
when you talk to me.
Maybe you don’t know.
You’re afraid to show me your heart
cause the process is too complicated.
When those you’ve known before
just close the door when you start,
and leave your thoughts invalidated.
That may well be, but not with me.
I’ve seen love come and go by the wayside.
To be here again, silence must end.
Can you talk to me a moment baby?
I can tell that there’s something coming.
I can tell that the river’s rising,
I can tell that you’re tired of running.
But believe me when I tell you
How good you’ll feel.
It’s going to be all right
when you talk to me.
Nothing can be so bad that you want to run
cutting off yourself from me and everyone.
Why you want to suffer all alone?
Put it right here. Bend my ear.
Forty-five years
have taken their toll.
Dry are the tears
and lost is her soul.
She still makes the bed
and she still sweeps the floor.
She still bows her head
when he walks through the door.
She gave up a life
how ironic it seems
By becoming a wife,
her most cherished of dreams.
She vowed to stay wed
until death came she swore.
Slow torture instead
when he walks through the door.
Her girlfriends marry,
they all change their name.
The form now may vary
but they all feel the same.
The life she once led
can’t compete anymore,
to the one filled with dread
when he walks through the door.
The family she raised
is off on their own.
Now weary and dazed
she’s surviving alone.
She must have misread
some old nuptial lore,
cause she hangs by a thread
when he walks through the door.
Faith in the lord,
she could not understand.
She felt more of his sword
than his soft loving hand.
She could have fled
with no future in store,
but she silently bled
when he walked through the door.
A time now of truce,
no more physical pains.
The scars of abuse
are all that remains.
Though still he sees red
he won’t hit anymore.
But she still hides her head
when he walks through the door.
What joy you can bring
when you’re willing to share.
What sorrow to sing
when there’s nobody there.
At times she has said
“It’s no fun anymore”.
Now she merely plays dead
when he walks through the door.
Well the chance for love has come in my direction.
And as always I’m not sure just what to do.
But I’ll try not to list my imperfections
at the same time not keep anything from you.
But the memories of the past come round to haunt me
and the same old joy and fear divide my heart.
One part feels that you’re just bound to want me
while the other feels it’s through before we start.
So I won’t promise that I’ll always have an answer
or know just what to feel and say to you,
but I will hold you in the night until I get it right.
I will love you the best that I can do.
Seems I always reach this place and then I stumble
but I feel the strength this time to carry on.
For the smile upon your face has left me humble
and the fear I’ve held inside at last is gone.
But I can’t promise that I’ll stay this way forever.
I’m not sure because this feeling is so new,
but I will hold you in the night until I get it right.
I will love you the best that I can do.
I can’t promise you’ll receive my full attention
or feel my love before the day is through.
But I will hold you in the night until I get it right,
I will love you the best that I can do.
Somewhere in a dream, perhaps another lifetime
I have seen your face, I have held you near.
Riding on a beam, the sun became your lifeline
crossing time and space, now you’re standing here.
And born of heaven’s creation, your voice gently cries
saying “I would be so pleased, I would take you by the hand.
I would be so pleased though I don’t know where I stand.
I will take this chance. May I have this dance?
I would be so pleased”.
Now at last it’s real, finally you’ve found me
knowing all along you would soon appear.
Through the dark I feel angels all around me
whispering their song “ there’s no need to fear”.
And after some hesitation my voice sweetly sighs
saying “I would be so pleased to try and love again.
I would be so pleased to love you now and then.
Formalities aside, no more love denied
I would be so pleased”.
Is it what I’m worthy of? Still I have my doubt.
Could I live my life for love after life so long without?
With so many ways to go, it makes it hard to see.
I need so much more to know if it’s where I’m meant to be.
Went down to the sea. looked up in the mountain.
Listened to the trees waiting for a sign.
Thinking I’d be free, I stayed up in the mountain
till a tender breeze touched this heart of mine.
Through God’s own manifestation,
this voice sang through the skies saying
“I would be so pleased, I would take you by the hand.
I would be so pleased you would reach the Promised Land.
You would finally thrive and I would come alive
I would be so pleased”.
Tell me what you need.
I’ll step back and let you take the lead.
Show me where to go.
Tell me what you need and all you
want me to know.
You can have my hands.
I’ll keep my ears wide open so I can listen
so I can understand your plans.
you can use my body.
Take me anywhere that you want to but use me
for the purpose of love.
You can have my soul.
I’ll let go, knowing you have complete control.
Teach me how to see.
Show me how to look on somebody else
like you do, so loving, so patiently.
You can have my eyes.
Make them pure, make them clear, make them open
but above all make them wise.
You can have my heart.
Feel free to use every part, just use me
for the purpose of love.
Show me how to love.
Let me see everything that I’m capable of.
Tell me what to say.
Remove everything else that seems
to get in my way.
You can have my voice.
You can sing anything that you want to
baby, that’s your choice.
You can have it all.
I know that everything I do I’m gonna
Keep on depending on you.
Things move appropriately
and I know, eventually
you’re gonna send all your children to me
and we’ll trust your sweet Synchronicity
and your love.
A Tim Di Pasqua Songbook Volume One
BEACH IN THE BLINDING SUN
MY FAVORITE NOTE
BIG HAIRY MAN
SOMEWHERE BETWEEN HOLDING ON AND LETTING YOU GO
SO GOOD
YOU GOT NO STYLE
YOU MAKE ME NUTS
TELL ME THAT YOU LOVE ME
AS IT’S MEANT TO BE
IT SHOULDN'T HAVE HAPPENED
YOU
On a beach in the blinding sun.
All alone with no work to be done.
All time has ended, there’s no point in staying mad
for the odds of reaching heaven are the best I’ve ever had.
But the sun’s so hot, and yet I chill in the shade.
And I tremble with fear from the choices that I’ve made.
Something tells me that my life has just begun
as I stand there paralyzed and blinded by the sun.
On a beach in the glorious light,
I’ve been asked if I could give up the fight.
Weighing all my options, exposing all my fears
Relinquishing the baggage I’ve
collected through the years.
But giving something up you’ve
trusted is fiercely hard to do.
Especially when your future isn’t coming into view.
I’ve been told that I don’t have to know.
Just be open and willing and ready to go.
Ready and willing and able to
cross the battle lines
Ready and willing and able to go.
On a beach and the rest is unclear.
It’s life’s experience, which led me here.
Don’t ask me what I know
I can’t remember yesterday.
Just trace the feeble yearnings
that you’ve passed along the way.
But I’ve got to make a choice,
which way I want to ride.
Cause I’ve got another voice that’s strong
and growing from inside.
Life brings sorrow and life brings on fear.
But I know I’ve made some progress
based on where I was last year.
Ready and willing and able to
Shake the hands of time.
Ready and willing and able to go.
On a beach in the blinding sun.
At peace with makeshift enemies
no battles to be won.
Held by ancient promises I feel prepared to start
as joy replaces armor that I’ve built to hide my heart.
And the sun’s so hot the water’s calm
and I’m changing my world.
Steeped in pure abandon as my life is being unfurled.
On a beach in the blinding sun,
there will be no stopping till my journey’s done.
A million stars in the sky,
and we’re under a big yellow moon.
All alone with a fabulous guy,
Seems like the most perfect time for a tune.
There’s no orchestra handy,
nobody playing piano nearby.
But after a bottle of brandy,
I’m not feeling especially shy.
The night glows with fireflies.
We’re surrounded by flowers.
I don’t need to vocalize;
I’ve been talking for hours,
And I’d like to caress you with a
sweet little song that I wrote.
Let me tell you the heavens will
ring like a bell when I sing you
my favorite note.
Isn’t that the sweetest thing you ever heard?
Can you believe it? My heart can you hear it pounding?
I’m in heaven and all I want to do is sing just like a bird,
Can you conceive it? And don’t you love the way it’s sounding?
Just the right words and just the right melody
passing a galvanized throat this is it, my favorite note.
You may be wondering why
I decided to give you a treat.
Well the truth is I don’t want to lie;
I don’t really care for the men that I meet.
I don’t mean to sound picky,
it’s probably not wise to play hard to get.
I’m not really cut out for a quickie,
so I hope that you’re not too upset.
But there’s much more behind your eyes
than predictable hunger.
And that comes as a nice surprise
since you’re twenty years younger.
So I’m entering mid-life,
so who cares you’re not able to vote,
what’s so wrong with a feeling this strong?
You can sing right along on my favorite note.
It’s the only thing that nobody can touch
and I am free from the world’s discrimination.
I’m in heaven and
every time I start to sing I feel so much,
the real me and my imminent emancipation.
That’s where I’m beautiful, that’s where it’s magical,
golly I don’t mean to gloat
There are more ways to be
than just this way or that.
the best place for me is
right where I’m at,
just floating so free on
a sweet high E flat.
So hang on to that tree and
hold on to your hat and I’ll sing you
my favorite note.
Well the bar’s closing down now the night is ending.
As the crowd stands outside waiting to go home.
Maybe it’s the breeze or the glow of the moonlight.
Maybe it’s because I think I’ve had too many beers,
but I feel really fine as the night is ending.
There’s a big hairy man waiting round the corner
but there’s a small balding man waiting back at home.
He gave me just a smile but it lasted all evening.
I haven’t felt that spark with someone in so many years.
So my love waits at home while love waits round the corner.
At first it feels like forever and
everything is perfectly, magically new.
Then one day it feels too much like forever,
inveterately stable with nothing to do.
And the dreams you dare to hang on to
get lost among the dreams you watch drifting away.
Knowing I can leave anytime that I want to
is turning out to be the reason I stay.
Well the night’s closing down. Soon it will be morning.
And the big hairy man wants to take me home.
Love that seems to shine in the glow of the moonlight
rarely looks the same the moment the sun reappears,
and my love waits at home, another night is ending.
Who’d have thought yesterday,
that I would leave tomorrow?
When everybody knows how much I love you.
I need to try to see if I can make it on my own.
After all these years I’ve spent with you.
My minds made up but my heart is caught
Somewhere between holding on
And letting you go, letting you go.
Somewhere between holding on
And letting you go, letting you go.
It’s not that I’m afraid to find
I don’t know where I’m going.
What I can’t stand is leaving here without you.
Sometimes the pain of what you know.
Is easier to handle than going out
And trying something new.
My mind’s made up but my heart is caught
Somewhere between holding on
And letting you go, letting you go.
Somewhere between holding on
And letting you go, letting you go.
Someday we may be together
But right now I need to let you go.
Cause making it on my own now
Is just something I’ve just got to know.
If you would run your fingers down my spine
that would feel so good to me.
Or lay your body next to mine,
That would feel so good to me,
That would feel so good.
If I could spend my days just loving you,
that would feel so good to me.
And witness all your feelings too,
that would feel so good to me,
that would feel so good.
All alone in the darkness, romanticizing,
holding out for a sign, and it seems that
until then I’m just fantasizing,
that one day you would be mine.
If you would run your fingers through my hair
that would feel so good to me
and talk to me as though you care
that would feel so good to me
that would feel so good.
Here I stand in the darkness just barely coping
holding out for a sign and it seems I’m
just a fool who will keep on hoping
that one day you would be mine
If once I could break through to you,
that would feel so good to me.
But now just to be through with you,
that would feel so good to me,
that would feel so good to me,
That would feel so good,
That would feel so good.
Something for the tin man, and a boy I know
They both be searching for a heart
but don’t know where to go.
From out your back door to your limousine,
you want it hard, you want it soft
or sometimes in-between.
You running solo, but it does you good,
You never stop the motor
long enough to be understood.
You running so high but it does you fine,
Always moving always grooving never wasting time
but let me tell you one thing before
you drive that miracle mile,
YOU GOT NO STYLE!
You got a beautiful body
and you think you’re hip.
But I got more style in my little fingertip.
You drive the finest of cars,
you wear some fancy clothes,
and you’ve had lots pretty women
so the old' story goes
but while you’re standing there strutting
and posing and flashing that day old smile,
YOU GOT NO STYLE!
When I think of the years that were wasted with you.
Contemplating the things that we’d never do
You’d give me a sign to pour you some wine
and when you were through
You’d send me to my corner saying
“Baby do your stuff”
I’ve had enough of small talk
and your sorry line
I’m going walking and stalking out
that new man of mine
So if you’re out there, then boy
you’d better beware.
Because I’m coming for you running
with the wind in my hair
so I’ll be seeing you later you no good
and two-timing crocodile,
YOU GOT NO STYLE!
You’d scream in my ear to get you a beer
and when you were through,
you’d send me to my corner saying
“Baby do your stuff”
You never hang around
long enough to know.
You’re always running
out the door into the snow.
I try to chase you but I
never track you down
so I stand there freezing my ass off
till you come back around.
I think nobody loves you
or wants you like I do.
Time and time again I find
it’s not the same with you.
Don’t want to pin you down
or take away your life.
I just want to spend some time with you
not make you my wife,
You make me nuts. you drive me crazy
You are a sure fire test to see how much
my heart can take. You’ve pinned me down,
you’re bound to slay me,
all for the love of you
oh, you make me nuts.
Joey wants to take control
and dominate your land.
Dennis has you dining
from the center of his hand.
There’s fourteen other gentlemen
who haven’t got a clue,
But I’ll keep waiting patiently
cause I know what to do,
but don’t drive me nuts, don’t make me crazy
I’m gonna stomp around and holler
till I see you smile.
I’m going down somebody save me,
all for the love of you.
oh, you make me nuts.
You can’t kid me with your well- worn ways.
You say you don’t want me,
but baby I can see right through.
You’re so lucky that a man like me,
would take the time to look into heart of you.
It would be so cool for me
if you would be so kind,
and play for real the scene
that keeps repeating in my mind.
I’ll stand outside your bedroom window
howling out this tune
In hopes that you’ll come play with me
and dance beneath the moon.
I’ll drive you nuts. I’ll make you crazy
I’ll gonna stomp around and
holler till I see you smile.
I won’t give in you couldn’t pay me,
not for the love of you
oh you make me nuts.
Tell me, do you love me
as much as I love you?
I know you’ve claimed before,
a million times or more
that I should know that you do.
So I feel kind of funny
that after so long now,
I still need to hear,
I still need to feel,
I still need to know
that you love me,
that you love me.
Throw away every other love,
if you love me.
Right now they seem to be
the talk of the town
So can’t you see how this is
bringing me down?
won’t you please let them go.
And I know you love hanging out in the city.
Don’t stay too long cause
there’s that gleam in your eye.
Just try to hide it when they
all pass you by, and come home to me.
I’ve no choice but to trust you
and give my heart to you.
Wherever you may go
could you just please let them know
that the heart that you’re wearing
isn’t made for sharing,
while you’re away I just have to say
I can take almost anything If you love me.
Just say you love me and I’ll be fine,
I won’t waste your time.
Friends say I’m crazy
but I don’t think they know
how you love me like I love you so.
I’ve no choice but to trust you
and give my heart to you.
Wherever you may go
could you just please let them know
that the heart that you’re wearing
isn’t made for sharing and come on home,
I can take almost anything if you love me.
Just say you love me and I’ll be fine
I won’t waste your time.
I’ll hold your picture every night that you’re away,
and I’ll remember every sweet thing you would say.
But they will never mean a thing until I know
that you love me like I love you so.
Speak to me in person.
Meet me face to face.
Sing your love in verse
in some romantic well-lit place.
Open up the curtain.
Let your kiss be real.
Now I know for certain,
love is what I want to feel.
No more isolation
deep within the night.
What a violation,
not to see you in the light.
Let me greet the morning
as it’s meant to be.
With my eyes wide open
and you sleeping next to me.
Let me hold you.
Let me love you.
Let me give you all that I know.
And thought it’s not the best,
it’ll pass the test
And the rest,
I’ll make up as I go.
I want conversation
lasting all day long.
Spoken stimulation
that by night turns into song.
When it’s time to hold you
let my heart be free.
Let me love you as it’s meant to be.
I tried to make my dreams come true
When I would taste my first romance.
Wide awake it seems I’d be a fool
If I should waste this chance.
Let in all the sunlight. Open up the door.
Only if it’s done right,
Show me what these lips are for.
When did this sensation
first enhance my sight?
What a splendid revelation
just to dance within the light.
Let me spend a Sunday lying next to you.
How I hoped that one day,
I would know a love that’s true.
Would you hold me? Could you love me?
Could you find the child in the man?
And then possibly, if you set him free
Then we’ll see if maybe I can.
First I learn to crawl
then I make my stand.
No concern at all if
you would only take my hand.
Whisper in my ear and say
that you’re in love with me.
And we’ll love just as it’s meant to be.
I knew when we started,
one day you would leave.
You stand here cold-hearted,
mine’s laid out on my sleeve.
I wanted a lover.
You needed a friend.
But you have another
and now this must end.
It shouldn’t have happened
at this stage in the game.
It shouldn’t have happened
cause we don’t feel the same.
You make think it’s silly
And I’m sure it will heal.
But now that it’s happened,
It’s the heartache I feel.
I thought I could tell
Where this was going.
But after I fell,
There was no way of knowing.
I thought that I knew
Just what was in store.
But my love for you grew
Till my heart hit the floor.
And it shouldn’t have happened.
It’s not what I planned.
But somehow I lay
In the palm of your hand.
You’ve made a commitment
I guess I have too.
It shouldn’t have happened
But I’ve made one to you.
It shouldn’t have happened.
I took extra care.
I lost all defenses
Just having you there.
You never misled me.
You committed no crime.
It shouldn’t have happened,
But it’s happened this time.
Am I rowing down a river? no
Am I sailing on the ocean? no
Am I gonna climb a mountain? no,
I’m gonna sit down with you.
Will I live inside the White House? no
Will I ever win a Grammy? maybe not
Do I need to see the country? no,
I need to spend time with you.
Will I ever be a leader? no
Will I ever be famous? maybe not
Would it ever really matter? no,
I’m gonna do it for you.
Am I good at mathematics? no
Will I unify the nation? maybe not
Will I ever win a peace prize? no,
But I will make peace with you.
Will I ever get married? no
Am I going to have children? maybe not
Will I always make you happy? no,
but I will listen to you.
Will I be a super hero? no
Could I ever make a difference? maybe not
Could I ever win a battle? No,
but I could make love to you.
Will I end up like my father? No.
Am I being realistic? maybe not
Am I living in a daydream? No.
I want to live here with you.
Am I gonna be a failure? no
Will I entertain the masses? maybe not
Will everybody love me? no,
but I will feel it from you.
A
MONSTER UNDER THESE
CONDITIONS
MAYBE
YOU DIDN'T HEAR ME
AS
FAMOUS AS THE MOON
SO
GOOD
I
THOUGHT IT WAS YOU
SINCE
LOVE'S COME AROUND
ADVENTURE
WAITING
ON HEAVEN
THE
BEST THAT I CAN DO
THIS
HAS BEEN AWONDERFUL
TIME
NOTHING
All by myself I'm an angel. All by myself
I'm as pure as gold
All by myself I possess more love
thank this world could behold.
But put me too close to a stranger,
make me expose what I try to conceal.
Put me too close to what I see as danger
give me the chance to say how I feel and I'm
a monster under these conditions,
a demon under these conditions,
a baby under these conditions, just la little boy.
All alone I'm a dreamer, Safe behind walls
with my watchful eye.
Yearning for love from a distance
but watching the world go by.
But now the together,
before we decide to take it slow,
before you call me your perfect lover
there's something I think that you should know,
I'm a bastard under these conditions,
a madman under these conditions,
excited under these conditions, like a little boy.
I'm ugly under these conditions,
a warrior under these conditions,
exhausted under these conditions, just a little boy
Listen I don't want to scare you and I know
it's not pretty this way but I
won't be afraid to learn how to love you if
you're not afraid to love me this way cause I'm
crazy under these conditions,
a tyrant under these conditions,
I'm frightened under these conditions, just a little
boy.
I'm mess under these conditions,
the devil under these conditions,
but living under these conditions is heaven.
Seemed
like the perfect night,
seemed like the perfect place,
Everything seemed so right as the
candle light seemed to caress the
sweetest side of your face but,
there you sat with this blank look on your face
for what seemed like an hour you just
stared right into space and I thought well
maybe you didn't hear me, maybe, maybe
I didn't quite make myself clear.
Maybe you didn't hear me, maybe, maybe
it was the last thing you expected to hear oh
maybe you didn't hear me but I just said I love you.
Seemed like the thing to do I was
felling good about myself feeling
really good sitting next to you and I thought well
Hell, this is my opportunity, I'm gonna
sing my love for you, you're gonna
turn around and do the same for me, but
you shut down like I've never seen before,
your body didn't move but the rest of you
just bolted out the door and I hoped well
maybe you didn't hear me, maybe, maybe
I could save my face and walk out of here
Maybe you didn't hear me, maybe
some saving grace could just make me disappear oh
maybe you didn't hear me, cause I just said I love you.
The waitress is listening, the whole bar is watching
the whole world is laughing at me.....
I've long for many things
I've dreamed one day to hold your hand I've
put my faith in trusting what each moment brings but
right now this moment is more than I can stand I've
prayed I've hoped for so much more but right now
it seems that the only thing to hope for is that
maybe you didn't hear me, maybe you didn't hear me o
maybe you didn't hear me, cause I just said I love
you.
On
that first day that we met
you sang a song we sat together.
By that evening our friend bet
before too long we'd be together.
Everybody thinks they see
what was always plain to me.
My love for you is nothing new
it's as famous as the moon.
Then you smiled across the floor
a smile to some, would seem fraternal.
But we have never met before
but at the core, love reigns eternal.
It's no wonder they can feel
what to me is no big deal.
My love for you is nothing new
it's as famous as the moon.
Some things are meant for you to hide
some things are bound to be revealed.
And even though at times I've tried
this could never be concealed.
There's no question, no distress.
Don't feel the need to talk about it.
So many things I second guess,
but not your love cause I don't doubt it.
I just waited patiently
till the day you came to me
my love for you is nothing new
it's as famous as the moon.
I just knew eventually
you'd be lying here with me,
your love for me is nothing new,
it's as famous as the moon.
If you would run your fingers down my spine
that would feel so good to me
Or lay your body next to mine
that would feel so good to me,
that would feel so good.
If I could spend my days just loving you
that would feel so good to me
And witness all your feelings too
that would feel so good to me,
that would feel so good
All alone in the darkness romanticizing
holding out for a sign and it seems that
until then I'm just fantasizing
that one day you would be mine.
If you could run your fingers through my hair
that would feel so good to me.
Or talk to me as though you care
that would feel so good to me
that would feel so good.
But here I stand in the darkness just barely coping
crossing over the line and it seems I'm
just a fool who will keep on hoping
that one day you would be mine
If once I could break through to you
that would feel so good to me,
But now just to be through with you
that would feel so good to me,
that would feels o good to me,
that would feel so good, that would feel so good.
Well
I've never been without a lover
I haven't lived on my own.
I've always had someone round me
building a home, keeping me home,
Ever since my last romance I've
waited round for someone who
I could feel secure again with
and give my love to, I thought it was you.
But you're no longer round me
and I no longer expect you to hold my hand
and say that you love me
and want to kiss me at my command
Well I never want to go to war but I
understand how someone would
I only want to live together
and make you feel good, if only I could.
You received my affection
and loved me back just as much as you knew how.
Though it hurt when you left me
it seems my heart is more open now
Well I've heard that it's all for the best
if I could just learn to see it that way.
And who knows maybe my hear wouldn't rest
if you decided to stay.
I want to sing a love song.
someone to sing it to.
Something with a happy ending is long over due.
I though it was you.
he
winter has passed, it seemed pretty mellow
but just seemed to hang on so long.
It's springtime at last, life's purple and yellow.
My heart has just sang it's first song.
That's when I looked at you and you smiled at me
and bashfully whispered your name.
That's when you took your cue and set my heart free
and my world has not looked the same.
I'd walk around in this city and never look twice.
Was it always so pretty? Was is always so nice?.
is something you just can't control.
You just give it a chance and you pray that it thrives
and you care for it body and soul.
To love like a man just holding you near me,
pressed to the curve of your spine.
How wonderful can the absense of fear be.
What nerve to feel foolish and fine.
I'm just a child in this city with not much to say,
but I'm wild and I'm witty since loves come my
way.
and just let it go where it may.
For me though, I fear, when I face the unknown
I retreat if I can't see my way.
So I lay here beside you, a tear in my eye,
and tentative heart on my sleeve.
Come the words that I try to hold back with a sigh,
"I hope that you and your love never leave".
I'd walk around in this city, my head to the ground
now the view is so pretty, since love's come
around.
TI
don't know what to say. I don't know what to do.
But I'd like to find a way to get to know you to and
all I want to know is if you feel the same
and if you do I'd like to find out what's your point of
view
as well as your name.
On an adventure I don't have to know where I'm going
as long as I enjoy the ride.
There's nothing that I need to do but merely seize the day
and
all I want to know is if you feel the same
and if you do I'd really like to get to know you too
as well as your name.
On an adventurefeeling out the right time to kiss you is
all that I have on my mind.
Then I see me holding you hand and I'm happy just knowing
you are there.
I've
been waiting for someone to love me, with desire so
strong
and you know I started feeling inside there must be
something so wrong.
Now I see, that all the things that you want the most seem
to be
right where they always belong.........
I've been waiting on heaven, but you were right here by my
side.
I decided until that magical day, I'll keep from singing my
song.
Now it's clear, that you're here right in front of me and
now I see
that I've been doing it all wrong.........
I've been waiting on heaven, trusting my head and not my
heart.
and I hear that some people say it's inside, some people say
that's all wrong.
So I go, ever forward, ever fumbling and all I know, it
always takes me so long
Well
the chance for love has come in my direction
and as always I'm not sure just what to do.
But I'll try not to list my imperfections
at the same time not keep anything from you.
and the same old joy and fear divide my heart.
One part feels that you're just bound to want me,
while the other feels it's through before we start.
or know just what to feel and say to you
but I will hold you in the night until I get it right,
I will love you the best that I can do.
but I feel the strength this time to carry on
cause the smile upon your face has left me humble
and the fear I've held inside at last is gone.
I'm not sure because this feeling is so new,
but I will hold you in the night, until I get it right
I will love you the best that I can do.
or feel my love before the day is through
but I will hold you in the night, until I get it right
I will love you the best that I can do.
I
used to sit naked and relax on my roof top at night.
And meditate on the river that reflected the Brooklyn Bridge
light.
For me that came easy. For me that was really the only
choice to make.
And then cam the summer that I spent deciding the next road
to take.
Into the darkness I jumped. Into the open air I lept.
Kicking the dust around me. Dancing while those around me
slept.
She mirrored my strong sense of purpose, that for once I
felt no reason to roam.
We lived with each other, and shared more than most people
care to do.
Though I wasn't her lover, my affection was tender and
true.
Into the darkness I jumped. Into the open air I lept.
Kicking the dust around me. Dancing while those around me
slept.
This is my day of independence. Laughing and peaceful I say
that I'm
happy to have made your aquaintance, this has been a
wonderful time.
What seems so far removed from my world, to you is
undenyably real.
With a little more patience, and a little more time on my
side,
I could see you more clearly, at the very least I could say
that I tried.
Into the darkness I jumped. Into the open air I lept.
Kicking the dust around me. Dancing while those around me
slept.
This is my day of independence. Laughing and peaceful I say
that I'm
happy to have made your aquaintance, this has been a
wonderful time.
Well
there are just two things that I can do.
And that's comfort you when you're weary,
and celebrate when you're happy everything else means
nothing.
You're either doing time or saving it.
You're either giving love or craving it everything else
means nothing.
and I have simplified my life to these few things.
And the only thing I know for real is
true love never dies everything else means
nothing.