we could see that
you weren’t yourself
and the lines on your face did tell
it’s just as well
you’d never be yourself again

saw you last night
dance by the light
of the moon
stars in your eyes
free from the life
that you knew

you’re the magic that holds
the sky up from the ground
you’re the breath that blows
these cool winds ’round
trading places with
an angel now

saw you last night
dance by the light
of the moon
stars in your eyes
free from the life
that you knew

saw you last night
stars in the sky
smiled in my room

I’ve been thinking a lot today
I’ve been thinking a lot today

oh, I think I’ll write a screenplay
oh, I think I’ll take it to L.A.
oh, I think I’ll get it done yesterday
(oh, shit!)

in this time of introspection
on the eve of my election
I say to my reflection,
“God, please spare me more rejection!”
’cause my peers they criticize me
and my ex-wives all despise me
try to put it all behind me
but my redneck past is nipping at my heels (ha ha ha)

I’ve been thinking a lot today
I’ve been thinking a lot today
I’ve been thinking a lot today
I thought about the army

we walked past the tarmac
and boarded the craft
the rain had me chilled to the bones
just the three of us
took flight that night
Uncle Richard, me,
and James Earl Jones

and the pilot
he gave me a blanket
and the tall dark man
sang to me in deep rich tones

goodnight, goodnight,
sweet baby
the world has more for you
than it seems
goodnight, goodnight
let the moonlight take the lid
off your dreams

but I’m not tired
I’m not tired
I’m not tired
I’m not tired

I know it seems
that I don’t care
but something in me
does, I swear
I don’t remember
all last year
I left you awake
to cry the tears
while I was dreaming in streams
flowing between the shores
of joy and sadness
I’m drowning
save me
wake me up

I should warn you
I go to sleep
you won’t know when I go to sleep
’cause I’m not tired
I’m not tired
I’m not tired
I’m not tired

I’m not tired
I’m not tired
I’m not tired

I’m not tired
I’m not tired
I’m not tired
I’m not tired

I’m not tired
I’m not tired
I’m not tired
I’m not tired

I just sleep

in fact, i am told that a lot

now i know all the wrong times,

the stumbles and falls

brought me here

and where was i before the day

that i first saw your lovely face?

now i see it everyday, and i know…

(Chorus)

that i am, i am

i am the luckiest

what if i’d been born 50 years before you

in a house on the street where you lived

maybe i’d be outside as you passed on your bike

would i know?

and in a wide sea of eyes

i see one pair that i recognize

and i know…

(Chorus)

i love you more than i have ever found a way to say to you

next door there’s an old man,

who lived to his 90s and one day

passed away in his sleep

and his wife, she stayed for a couple of days

and passed away

i’m sorry i know that’s a strange way to tell you that i know we belong

that i know…

because she does

it’s not the same room

the one she wanted to be in

she says

everywhere i go, damn there i am

and i just wanna walk away

won’t you let me walk away sometimes

i just wanna walk away

every one of you is fired

i’m just an ordinary guy

and all i want is to be loved

is that so wrong?

don’t think that i don’t know

what yo’ure syaing about me

i hear it all through these thin walls

and i just wanna walk away

won’t you let me walk away this time

i just wanna walk away

every one of you is fired

Being male, middle-class and white.

It’s a bitch, if you don’t believe, listen up to my new CD.

I got shit running throught my brain,

It’s so intense that I can’t explain.

All alone in my white-boy pain,

Shake your booty while the band complains.

I’m rockin the suburbs, just like Michael Jackson did,

I’m rockin the suburbs, except that he was talented.

I’m rockin the suburbs, I take the cheques and face the facts,

That some producer with computers fixes all my shitty tracks.

I’m pissed off, but I’m too polite,

When people break in the McDonald’s line.

Mom and Dad you made me so uptight,

I’m gonna cuss on the mic tonight.

I don’t know how much I can take,

Girl, give me something I can break.

I’m rockin the suburbs, just like Quiet Riot did,

I’m rockin the suburbs, except that they were talented.

I’m rockin the suburbs, I take the cheques and face the facts,

That some producer with computers fixes all my shitty tracks.

In a haze these days, I pull up to the stop light,

I can feel that something’s not right.

I can feel that someone’s blasting me with hate,

And bass, sendin dirty vibes my way.

Coz my Great, Great, Great, Great, Grandad,

Made someone’s Great, Great, Great, Great Grandaddies slaves.

It wasn’t my idea, it wasn’t my idea, never was my idea.

I just drove to the store for some Preparation-H.

Y’all don’t know what it’s like, being male, middle-class and white,

Y’all don’t know what it’s like, being male, middle-class and white.

Y’all don’t know what it’s like, being male, middle-class and white,

Y’all don’t know what it’s like, being male, middle class and white.

It gets me real pissed off, it makes me wanna say,

It gets me real pissed off and it makes me wanna say,

It gets me real pissed off and it makes me wanna say,

Fuck!

Just like Jon Bon Jovi did, I’m rockin the suburbs,

Except that he was talented, I’m rockin the suburbs.

I take the cheques and face the facts,

That some producer with computers fixes all my shitty tracks.

These days, yeah-yeah, I’m rockin the suburbs,

Yeah-yeah, I’m rockin the suburbs, yeah-yeah.

You’d better look out, because I’m gonna say fuck,

You’d better look out, because I’m gonna say fuck.

You’d better look out, because I’m gonna say fuck,

You’d better look out, because I’m gonna say fuck.

At Robert Sledge’s party

And there you stayed ’till morning came

And you were not the same after that

You gave your life to Jesus Christ

And after all your friends went home

You came down, you looked around

And you were not the same after that

(Ahhh ahhh)

You were not the same after that

(Ahhh ahhh)

You were not the same after that

You see ‘em drop like flies from the bright sunny skies

They come knocking at your door with this look in their eyes

You’ve got one good trick and you’re hanging on you’re hanging on…

To it

You took the word and made it heard

And eased the people’s pain and for that

You were idolised, immortalised

And you were not the same after that

Walking tall, you’d bought it all

And you were not the same after that

Till someone died on the waterslide

And you were not the same after that

You see ‘em drop like flies from the bright sunny skies

They come knocking at your door with this look in their eyes

You’ve got one good trick and you’re hanging on you’re hanging on to it

(ooh ooh ooh ooh)

(YOU WERE NOT THE SAME!)

You see ‘em drop like flies from the bright sunny skies

They come knocking at your door with this look in their eyes

You’ve got one good trick and you’re hanging on you’re hanging on:

You’re hanging on:

You’re hanging on:

She worried it might come to life

She stared for hours

So obsessed was I and self-absorbed that I

Didn’t see that she was

Crying

There was always someone carrying

There was always someone carrying

Always someone’s carrying Cathy

There were times when I’d find myself saying that:

“Friends, you don’t understand”

And she’s different when it’s just me and her, and I

Closed the door and I tried to hang on and she

Sank into the dark

I was over my head

There was always someone carrying

There was always someone carrying

Always someone’s carrying Cathy

We gave you everything

You could have been anything

We gave you everything

You could have done anything

But to imagine a fall

With no one at all to catch you

There’d always been someone

Then one night she climbed into the picture frame

Out in the frozen air

And out of sight

Woke up sad from this dream I’ve been having

The last couple nights or so

With her father and brothers we’re all at the funeral

Carrying a box through the rain

Then somebody says that it’s always been this way

Always someone’s carrying

There was always someone carrying

Always someone’s carrying Cathy

She took me by surprise

She’s so sensitive

This shit just happens sometimes

She’s my everything

She’s my best friend and more

We don’t do anything

We didn’t do the day

Before you go

You oughta know

That I didn’t mean to hurt you, I just wanted you to know

Black tears are falling down her face

And I am wrong

Black tears are falling and she won’t say what I’ve done

She’s sitting here beside me, then she is gone

Black tears are falling, falling

Remember long ago

Together laughing, loving

Oh so long ago

When we were buying something

Life was simple then

But she’s not happy now, and I

Don’t feel anything

Her lips are moving

I am mesmerised

By tiny lies

I’m watching as the shapes are drawing slowly from her eyes

Black tears are falling down her face

And I am wrong

Black tears are falling and she won’t say what I’ve done

She’s sitting here beside me, then she is gone

Black tears are falling, falling

Black tears are falling, falling

Losing Lisa

Losing Lisa

Losing Lisa

And there’s nothing I can do

Black tears are falling, falling (ooh ooh)

Black tears are falling, falling (ooh ooh)

Black tears are falling, falling (ooh ooh)

Black tears are falling, falling (ooh ooh)