oh how i loved you then
loss is a crazy thing, when it finally sets in
i want you in my arms again
i will be here if you come
with the heat of the sun
2. Set Your Sights
You came at noon but never really cared for the taste of food
You marked your words on the back of every matchbook that you ever burned
come back baby, come back baby...now
set your sights on me
set your sights on me
i'm restless
like a reckless engine
too quick to speed
I'm worn out
bent and battered
like a card stuck in a/the wheel
burn your bridges
bring them down
and you free your witness
turn the ground
set your sights on me
set your sights on me
headlights, motorcades
corners out of line
brakes and fallen wires
getting in the way
free your lover
kill the lights
brief your witness
burn tonight
set your sights on me
set your sights on me
set your sights on me
set your sights on me
set your sights on me
set your sights on me
come back baby, come back baby, come back baby
3. Save Your Best
Your needs and my needs ain’t always in line
Your wants are your wants but they ain’t always the same as mine
Your love is your love but it ain’t always the forgiving kind
Your ways are your ways but I know you’ll be home at night
Your maze is your maze, but I know you’ll get thru it fine
Your world is your world, but I know you’ll be home at night
Save your best for me
Save your best for me
And we’ll lay it all down
Chart your course for the coast for we won’t be lovers and leave it undone
Girl you better jilt yourself awake ‘cause I’m out here waiting with the sun
Pack up your pearls and rings and I’ll bring you everything that I can steal from home
Cause it ain’t time to quit your feet while I’m still out here on the floor
Save your best for me
Save your best for me
Put your bags in the basement, cause I don’t think we’ll be needing them anymore
Brush off your skirts and your worst and step from that line where we’ve been keeping score
And every time there’s a creak in your dash I know you’ll remember that gift from the past
Save your best for me
Save your best for me
And we’ll lay it all down
And we’ll lay it all down
4. Once In Your Life
I’ve been living alone for too long
I’ve been waiting around for you to come along
I’ve read the papers
And I’m leaving LA
I’ve been wondering if you could get the time
I’ve been thinking that this could be the night
I’ve read the papers
‘cause we’re leaving LA
Once in your life
Once in your life…you want it all
For once in your life
Once in your life…you want it all
You’ve spent so long trying to get a line
I’ve watched them come and go like a rolling tide
Ive read the papers
‘cause we’re leaving LA
Once in your life
Once in your life…you want it all
For Once in your life
For once in your life…you want it all
Pack your skirt we’re dancing tonight
Pack your worries and we will will get it right
I’ve read the papers
‘cause we’re leaving LA
Watching the skyline
Brings it all to life
This place was made with bigger things in mind
I’ve read the papers
And we’re leaving LA
Once in your life
Once in your life…you want it all
Once in your life
Once in your life…you want it all
Once in your life
For once in your life …you want it all
5. For the Last Time
Remember way back when
We couldn’t wait to go
Casting for the light
Always the last to know
We were always staying out too late
We were dying to get old
‘cause we were young
Raise the water line
We’re moving way too slow
Catching up with time
Squandered long ago
We were always staying out too late
We were dying to get old
‘cause we were young
Keep me warm
‘cause I may see
You for the last time, everyone
We were young
‘cause I may see
You for the last time, everyone
Keep me warm
‘cause I may see
You for the last time, everyone
6. Coming In Too Low
Where has the day gone, where is the sun
Who is this person that I have become
Pawn shops bring news, of people dressing up all their wounds… their wounds
Toss out your words and breathe in all that we wanted
Love, love, love
Stand in the doorway …stare at the sign
Venture to see me …better this time
Climb up your walls
And peer out at all that is offered there, there, over there
Contact leads me to over react to all that you said and did there
You’re coming in, You’re comin’ in too low
People desperate to find their reasons
Let themselves be beaten
When they’re coming in they’re coming in too low
low flight, ……over the water,
low light, means we will disappear right
as we’re coming in, we’re coming in too low.
7. Cover of Night
Come under cover of night and I’ll waiting
I’ll be biding my time, just to see you again
But please, don’t ask me questions
Cause you may not like what the answers might be
Let’s not speak of faith
We’ll tell only lies
Here, love is what you might find
Take off your scarf, I want to see your expression
I want to know what its like to be hidden that way
Let’s take a walk in the snow…while our world is fading
We can watch as our footprints die and it’ll cover where we’ve been
It’s better to walk lightly, when you’re on the run
It’s better to stay in the shadows
Then to get caught out in the sun
Hey, hey you know I’ve been in the wars
Hey, hey you know you just may end up wanting more, from this life
The poverty of time, keeps us from saving
For this moment here…is all that we’ll ever be
Hand me that sword, and I’ll cut your bindings
You can run for the hills and take off into the breeze
It’s better to walk lightly, when you’re on the run
It’s better to stay in the shadows
Then to get caught out in the sun
It’s better to walk lightly, when you’re on the run
It’s better to stay in the shadows
Then to get caught out in the sun
Hey, hey you know I’ve been in the wars
Hey, hey you know you just may end up wanting more, from this life
8. House I Built
Porch lights in summer
The breezes on your skin
It carries you, it carries you away
Now I feel the fever
That comes with the sun
And it carries me, it carries me away
And this is the house I built
And this is the howling wind
This is where I fall out
This is where I begin
You’re constantly wanting
But forever without
It carries you, it carries you away
Now I feel the winter
Falling down on bended limbs
It carries me away
And this is the house I built
And this is the howling wind
This is where I fall out
This is where I begin
Then you came and then you found
That you never really had love
Then you saw that you lost this time
That you never really had much
Ah, this is how we are
And this is the house I built
And this is the howling wind
This is where I fall out
This is where I begin
And this is the house I built
And this is the howling wind
This is where I fall out
This is where I begin
You constantly want love, but forever without
It carries you, it carries you away.
9. It's Too Late
It’s too late everyone says
Douse your wine and your last cigarette
You’re slumped over in your silouette
You never were one to waste your time
So come on everyone
Why don’t we stay
I’ve been wandering around for days
Waiting to hear what’s up in your life
You were heaven sent for a walk
I’m just over the top of your rise
So come on everyone
Why don’t we stay
Trust in yourself
You know you said you always were a friend of mine
Pain is all that’s left in your world
You’ve questioned everything in your life
You were hovering above yourself
Why don’t we just let it go for tonight
So come on everyone
Why don’t we stay…here
Trust in yourself
You know you said you always were a friend of mine
You know you said you always were a friend of mine
10. Mistaken Identity
Just call me a case of mistaken identity
why don’t you come over and we’ll discuss over coffee
you cast your life in a way that means it’s all been for love
but I think we’ll both agree that won’t get there ‘til dusk
so switch on that smile and we’ll both fade away
while wait for the carnival and the papers to state
what we both know to be true, that this breath ain’t the same without you
all my seasons change.
All my reasons have left to go away
Oh yeah I’ve been down some, but I’ll be okay
You talk of roses and aphrodisiacs,
you’re yelling out obscenities,
you’re looking to react to the call of the moon that is begging you for time
we sift through the matter and the concept of doom
while we raise dirty glasses and try to resume
this challenge, that is walking up hill to you
all my seasons change.
All my reasons have left to go away
Oh yeah I’ve been down some, but I’ll be okay
Oh yeah I’ve been down some, but I’ll be okay
Just call me a case of mistaken identity
why don’t you come over and we’ll discuss over coffee
you cast your life in a way that means it’s all been for love
but I think we’ll both agree that won’t get there ‘til dusk
You came up empty when you were called to the line
You gave what you could, now it’s time to resign
The chorus is waiting there for you
Oh yeah I’ve been down some, but I’ll be okay
Oh yeah I’ve been down some, but I’ll be okay
11. We Will Play
We will remain the chosen few
you can't stop the pain from finding you
you can't change the ones that you made or held on to
you can't see the love that was laid in front of you
We'll pay, yeah we'll pay
we will pay, oh we'll pay
I've got the time to see this through
can't tell the lies from the truth you knew
can't see the signs that you made and held me too
‘cause we were the loneliest ones that needed you
We'll pay, yeah we'll pay
we will pay, oh we'll pay
and everybody’s love can destroy
whatever comes next is your choice
We'll pay, yeah we'll pay
we will pay, oh we'll pay
We'll pay, yeah we'll pay
we will pay, oh we'll pay
yesterday wants to begin again
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