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Maybe She Will
04:22
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My girlfriend gets desperate, and then she gets mean.
But she just wants someone -
someone to believe that she's worth more than a smile.
She's worth staying with awhile
she's worth staying with awhile, yeah, yeah.
Now she's got an itch
and she just wants it scratched
Yeah she wants an old friend -
an old friend to come back
oh, come on, come on, come on, come on, come on
back and make it all right -
even if it's just for tonight -
even if it's just for tonight and I said
Maybe She Will be the one to change your life
Maybe She Will let you hold her real, real tight
Maybe She Will wipe the tears from your eyes.
Now I hear martinis talking
as she falls into a dream.
And I wonder, I wonder, I wonder
if it's as bad as it seems.
She makes me wanna laugh
makes me wanna cry
makes me wanna die when she says
Maybe She Will be the one to change my life.
Maybe She Will let me hold her real, real tight
Maybe She Will wipe the tears from my eyes.
Maybe She Will be the one I've always dreamed of
Maybe She Will be the one I can truly love
and Maybe She Will...but she probably won't.
Yeah she probably won't.
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You are the center of this room
There's nowhere else I can hide.
Theres nothing left to consume and only this to confide
I am
Lost In You,
Lost In You,
Lost In you.
This is the secret I keep-
There's nothing left to describe.
Inside the place that you reach this is the truth you will find.
I am
Lost In You,
Lost In You,
Lost In you.
What's lost is found, what's old is new.
What once was dark is bathed in light.
Without a vision of you
there is no meaning or truth.
Between the spaces I drift, not knowing where to go to.
I am...
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My Girlfriend
03:47
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My Girlfriend called, said: something's wrong...love just ain't the same anymore.
I said: It's funny, it's funny, it's funny I never noticed before.
Looked like heaven to me.
Looked like heaven to me.
Sometimes it's tough
when in love we trust.
The right look, right stuff
but tell me are you good enough?
are you good enough?
are you good enough...for My Girlfriend.
She said: All I want is a little respect.
A little patience, some intellect.
I said: I know just what you mean - it ain't easy to get
but just like heaven to me...
yeah, it's just like heaven to me.
You might be really fine
and promise to be kind -
you might be rich as hell but tell me, tell me, tell me...
are you good enough?
are you good enough...for My Girlfriend.
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She walks, she runs, she tried to hide
from all the feeling deep inside
no way to get away from this.
She steps, she starts, she tries to move
a little closer for a clue-
could there be something more to this?
Oooo, Sometimes a Feeling
Oooo, Sometimes a Feeling
Oooo, Sometimes a Feeling changes and it changes things.
He looks, he laughs, he tries to speak
the silent language that he sees...
as many messages to send.
He stops, he starts, he tries to write
what's in his heart and on his mind
hoping the story never ends.
They toss, they turn, they spin around
falling on dreams that they forgot
and love larger than life.
They give, they take, they balance out
mistakes that used to hold them down -
something new sparkles in the light.
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Paolo's got a ways to go...
But he says he's got lots of time.
He's found some two by fours, and a beat-up door
Junking around looking for signs of Home.
It's the shadow of myself
and you know it feels like Home to me.
It's kinda like the dreams we build.
It's one piled on top of the other.
But I put my soul in the hand I hold
walking around, finally coming back Home.
It's the shadow of myself
and you know it feels like Home to me.
It's what we make it -
all we do, yeah.
I couldn't place it until I found you.
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DON’T THINK TWICE
I saw and old friend today
He was in a bad, bad way
He said: “I really blew it this time…yes, I did.
You see, things were going fine
Until my baby changed her mind
And said she was leaving.
Well, I don’t know why we had to fight
Should’ve just said goodnight
Oh, sometimes I wonder…
Did I love her, did I not?
Heaven knows how I forgot
And now my baby’s gone.”
I said
Maybe it’s wrong
But if you feel that it’s right
Take my advice
Don’t Think Twice…no, no, no
Now he writes down the bones
Hoping maybe the girl will phone
Wishing his baby would come back
Come back home.
Sometimes it’s better to pray
And life go its own way
It’s no pushy game.
Maybe it’s wrong
But if you feel that it’s right
Take my advice
Don’t Think Twice…no, no, no
Follow the signs
I know you’ll do fine
Take my advice
Don’t Think Twice
Don’t Think –
Don’t Think Twice.
No great mystery why we lose our minds
From the who, whys, wheres and what nows of our lives.
Philosophers and psychics and my mother, too
Try predicting what we always knew.
So we make our own mistakes
Getting by somehow, someway
And lover, I tell you, I don’t dwell on many things.
You make me happy
you make me smile
And in the end that’s the big worthwhile
So to thee I sing..
words: L. Mathews
music: Love Riot
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Smile
03:15
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It can be so hard sometimes -
emotions change along with our minds.
It's something precious, somewhat true
but sharing a life isn't easy to do.
Skeletons inside every closet
It don't matter...
I'd rather forget
And try to find a new way to make you Smile
with maybe just a wish or sweet desire.
'cause when I find a new way to make you Smile
Then I know we'll always share the fire.
If I could only make you Smile.
Tell me everything - tell me nothing.
Take those chances but give me them, too.
There's so much pain in so much attention
sometimes I think we hold our hearts for ransom.
It takes a fool to love like a fool -
If that's me wanting you forever, it's true.
And try to find a new way to make you Smile
with maybe just a wish or sweet desire.
'cause when I find a new way to make you Smile
Then I know we'll always share the fire.
If I could only make you Smile.
Ooooo, I hate to see you cry
So I'm stealing us time.
Takes a fool to love like a fool
If that's me wanting you, forever that's true.
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Never Change
03:30
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There was little to look forward to and less to forget.
but they sparkled and shined like some hit or miss effect.
He took a busman's holiday
while she tried forever to save bits of heaven...heaven.
We see what we want to see
don't you know someone will always mean everything
and some things Never Change -
some things Never Change -
some things Never Change.
His face was flushed,
her eyes - well, they held warm dreams
it was the give and take of caring for eternity.
But he suffered social insecurities
while she sang songs full of memories...memories.
We see what we want to see
don't you know someone will always mean everything
and some things Never Change -
some things Never Change -
some things Never Change.
Whatever they try don't fit anymore.
He juggles the action, she cries keeping score.
He blew his brains out in a hotel room
while she flew to the Moon.
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I remember how the wind felt as we raced along the highway in the night...
and I thought my heart stopped beating when you pulled me close and held me tight.
I knew that it was wrong, but felt that it was oh so right...
and I knew that it was you and only you
who would stay by my side. and you said:
Baby...
Baby if you love me...
let's take the Long Way
let's take the Long Way Home.
Was it something I was dreaming
or just a drug my friends call Love?
Somehow I equated every moment with heaven above.
When I looked into your eyes I lost what little common sense I had-
was it something that I wanted - that I needed
to keep from going mad?
You just said:
Baby...
Baby if you love me...
let's take the Long Way
let's take the Long Way Home.
We got for hours...
we got forever,,,
and I have never, never felt like this before.
Let's take the Long Way Home.
Time has gone so fast but look how our love lasts
You mean so much to me
I hope you believe when I say
Baby...
Baby if you love me...
let's take the Long Way
let's take the Long Way Home.
We got for hours...
we got forever,,,
and I have never, never felt like this before.
Let's take the Long Way Home.
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Tango
04:23
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It rains on our way to the dance
but the stars may shine - I believe there's that chance.
Fate has been kind, luck has been kissed - kiss me you fool
so maybe paradise still exists.
But I walk past mirrors that speak and they
tell me way too much of me and I
try to stop time
and do the Tango...
do the Tango...
do the Tango with you.
It's just a private passion play
and sleep would only get in our way.
Nothing to fear - no trace of lies.
I'll be strong, you be wise.
No sin to keep falling into patterns that don't always win but I
try to keep time
and do the Tango...
do the Tango...
do the Tango with you.
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11. |
Some Other Time
03:47
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Can't pull my eyes away...
escape your gravity, your flesh, your face.
Blood is pounding in my veins,
a fevered dream I can't explain.
I know you feel it, too.
I feel your desire from across the room.
Before you pull me in too deep
I got some promises I'm trying to keep.
Some Other Time, some other place baby.
Some other life, some other day, maybe.
Some Other Time, some other place, baby
If you can wait till tomorrow.
Don't look at me that way -
your eyes are whispering: Don't run away.
Another voice says this is wrong
this isn't where my heart belongs.
Some Other Time, some other place baby.
Some other life, some other day, maybe.
Some Other Time, some other place, baby
If you can wait till tomorrow.
Would you be there when I call?
Would you catch me when I fall?
Would you be there till the end?
Tell me right now - then say it again.
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Love Riot Baltimore, Maryland
Formed in Baltimore in 1994 by singer Lisa Mathews and guitarist Mikel Gehl, Love Riot came to epitomize the sweet and sophisticated pop sounds emanating from countless mix format radio stations in the 1990s. While the band persistently flirted with success in that genre through well-placed television exposure and constant performances, they went on an indefinite sabbatical in 1999. - J. Duffy ... more
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