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Taking the long way home

I grew up so far from home
A total stranger in my father's house
I stood stranded, all alone
No one to ask what life's about
I sought for answers in the starlight
And found I was on my own
Until I felt the sweet smell of your
love, babe
And by now I'm taking the long way
home

People told me what to do
They all had loads of good advice
When I'd listened to one too many
My beating heart froze to ice
I lost my soul down the pathway
My life became a short term loan
Until I felt the sweet taste of your
love, babe
And by now I'm taking the long way
home

You open up the door, slowly take
my hand
And lead me to the spring of a
honeydripping land
Taking the long way, taking the
long way
Taking the long way home

Your house of love has room for
freedom
And lots of light is shining in
Sometimes you open all the windows
And welcome new sensations with
the wind
I really love to hear you come, babe
And softly listen to the tone
Of the spirit we have built together
In your heart that's where I've found
my home

Don't Count Me Out

I may have walked
Down that empty street
With a heart dead broken
From hard luck and mistreat

Don't count me out
Because I'm down on my knees
A broken heart
Is no life time disease

I may have lost
A number of fights
Battered and bruised
In the dark of the night

Don't count me out
I'm still on my feet
There's a couple of rounds
Before my final retreat

Don't count me out
By losing I'm learning to win
Don't count me out
I'm telling ya count me in
One, two, three, four

I may have lost
A number of fights
Battered and bruised
In the dark of the night

Don't count me out
I'm still on my feet
There's a couple of rounds
Before my final retreat

Take It Down

When the words fly like birds just
right up to heaven
And the bragging is over the hill
When the number of whiskeys is
counted to seven
And his ego is impossible to fill
Walk out that door, breathe some air
Walk away from it all and just
don't care

Take it down
Take it down
Take it down
Take it down

When the prophets promise the
paradise to you
In exchange for everything you've got
When the politicians hide in the tower
of power
And just show up in a phoney tv-spot
Walk out that door, shake them off
Turn back to yourself, to your real
life stuff

Take it down from the liars and
leavers and losers
Take it down from those who betray
Take it down from high hopes and
tightropes and daydreams
Take it down to a bearable scale

Take it down
Take it down
Take it down
Take it down

Walk out that door, breathe some air
Walk away from it all and just
don't care

Take it down
Take it down
Take it down
Take it down

You Can't Treat Me This Way

I took down the stars for you and placed
them in your bed
I made a crown of soft moonlight and put
it on your head
So woman, you can't treat me this way
Hey woman, you can't treat me this way

I drove my car a hundred miles through
the dark and rainy night
to hear your endless childhood stories
'til the break of morning light
So woman, you can't treat me this way
Hey woman, you can't treat me this way

I gave you flowers, pearls and presents
most each and every day
We went to all the fancy places and you
never had to pay
So woman, you can't treat me this way
Hey woman, you can't treat me this way

Stop teasing, stop cheating,
stop lying and petrifying,
stop fooling around, stop playing lost
and found
Hey, hey, hey woman, you can't treat me
this way
You can't treat me this way

All Tied Down

I was so young, I had a fortune of time
To do anything I wanted
But doing anything is close to doing nothing
And time fades away moment by moment
I was getting older every day
I didn't understand the price I payed
I was so hasty I never got away

Now I'm all tied down
To my hands and my feet
In a final retreat
In a dead end street am I
All tied down

Made a lot of efforts to catch up in the race
To make a little something for myself
But I took the wrong steps, or maybe the
steps took me
And all my dreams ended up on a shelf
And I worked so hard to forget
But time was tough and just didn't let
Me avoid to get

All tied down
To my hands and my feet
In a final retreat
In a dead end street am I
All tied down

I have to face the truth
I just can't break loose

'cause I'm all tied down
To my hands and my feet
In a final retreat
In a deed end street am I
All tied down

Lovers In The Rain

Your tears hide just behind your laughter
Your sorrows just behind your joy
And all the heavy pain you carry
Just want to waste love and destroy
You caress me with your left hand
And push me away with your right
You don't know how to
Handle me to night

We are lovers in the rain
Our kisses have a bitter taste of pain
None of us can really stand the strain
Of trying to fulfil our claim

You are the dream that I wake up from
I'm the song that makes you blue
We are made for one another
Until reality comes through
I can see it coming
The change of weather in your face
Clouded over luck just left
Without a trace

We just can't live together
And we're gonna do it forever

We are lovers in the rain
Our kisses have a bitter taste of pain
None of us can really stand the strain
Of trying to fulfil our claim

Slowman

There's a slow man walking down the road
There's a slow man walking down the road
There's a slow man walking down the road
'cause the last train's long gone

Too busy waitin' and hesitatin'
Always late in the final statin'
Too busy thinkin' trying not to sink in
The hopelessness of heavy drinkin'
That's maybe why
They all pass him by

There's a slow man walking down the road
'cause the last train's long gone

Too busy doin' nothin', too busy waistin' time
Too busy makin' phonecalls to whoever lends a dime
Too busy chasing women that's aleady gone
Too busy doin' things other men've already done
That's maybe why
They all pass him by

There's a slow man walking down the road
'cause the last train's long gone

You never meet him on your way to the top
But on your way down, he might show up

There's a slow man walking down the road
'cause the last train's long gone

Rock'n Roll Victim

He wanted every night to be a Saturday niqht
He couldn't stand the city without the neon lights
He drank the attention, he ate the howlin' crowd
He yelled his heart out, standing tall and proud
At first his records sell
Then the numbers fell
He owed the record company
And they gave him hell

He's a rock'n roll victim
He's a rock'n roll wreck
He's a rock'n roll victim
Victim for life

He tried to get up, then he tried to come down
He couldn't stand still here in jungletown
He tried to make a living, then he tried to take his life
He lost his mind and his music, and his friends
and his wife
The pills helped him out
But bored him to death
He stopped his medication
And destroyed his health

He's a rock'n roll victim
He's a rock'n roll wreck
He's a rock'n roll victim
Victim for life

It's a rock'n roll nightmare, the day when he wakes up
The guitar is stamped on, all he's got is a broken cup
He got it from his parents, back way up north
He remembers the happy years, when he went back
and forth
Semetimes he borrows
a guitar from a friend
he's lost the beginning of the song
can't remember the end

He's a rock'n roll victim
He's a rock'n roll wreck
He's a rock'n roll victim
Victim for life

Stuck With The Blues

When the night comes
It's spinning in my head
When the night comes
And I'm losing my shread
Every dark corner of the past
Comes back to haunt me
Failures and misfortunes strikes again
And soon I'm drifting
Down the backstreets of the city
Not even the girl on the corner sees my
Tears in the rain
Stuck with the blues again

When will the hope die?
I can't stand it no more
When will the hope die?
I hate it for sure
When the light is on
The fear is gone
And the women give me eyes
I can feel a tiny, sparkling living flame
But just right when
The turning point gets closer
The coin falls so soft
On the wrong side again
Stuck with the blues again

I'm on the outside
And I can't come in
I'm on the outside
Unable to win
I touch the Sky
Wondering why
The demons never leave me
Staring at me from the broken mirror again
Is it a plan by the real big man
That my life is just a trial
Seeking for revelation
In the invisible stain
Stuck with the blues again

Standing

There've been days. when I couldn't get out of bed
Tnere've been days, when I couldn't gel out of bed
There were no fuel in my body
and not a trace of will in my aching head

And there were nights when I couldn't stop to drink
And there were nights when I couldn't stop to drink
My legs couldn't stop walking
And my brain was all drained not to think

I'm standing
Standing after all
I'm standning
Waiting for the great big fall

I've had weeks when the days stood like seven sorrows
I've had weeks when the days stood like seven sorrows
When the misery finally was over
I met an endless row of hopeless tomorrows

I'm standing
Standing after all
I'm standning
Waiting for the great big fall

I've lived through years that I hardly remember
I've lived through years that I hardly remember
My life was a strange kind of club
where I was not recommended as a member

I'm standing
Standing after all
I'm standning
Waiting for the great big fall

How Could I Live On

You never saw me, you never cared what I did
except when I played my quilar to loud
You had all the ansivers but you never gave me one
Your wisdom was classified and that made you proud
You gave me the black eye
When you found a pack of cigarettes
in my jacket, that was the only time you talked to me
We fought for weeks and then a Friday you were gone
How could I live on?

It suddenly froze my world the 13:th of November
The thing that couldn't happen actually did
The fear of closeness occupied my heart
and paralyzed me into a forever warrying kid
Everything I did, I did for you to like me
and waited for a sign of recognition from above
But the light was not for me and now I've hoped too long
How could I live on?

There's a void in my soul, a sorrow that never heals
There's an anger that you left without taking a stand
Why did you die in the middle of a fight,
the battle that should have made me a man?
I've walked so lonely on the minefields of my life
I've missed a father and a father's advice
I hope you hear when I sing you this song
How could I live on?

Put The Blame On Me

The smoke from your cigarette reached for the sky
The summer was tired and said goodbye, bye bye
We closed down the house and put away the key
The way to our hearts was no longer free
What do you do this time of year?
What are your dreams and hopes and fears?

You can blame it on the plane we missed
You can blame it on the girls I've kissed
You can blame it on the rain that fell
You can blame it on the neighbours raising hell
If you can't stand the shame, want to shield your name
Just put the blame on me

The birds left the country, the leaves turned yellow and red
Everything was done and every word was said
The heater was on but the car was so cold
Nobody called on your phone
You were put on hold
What do you do this time of year?
What are your dreams and hopes and fears?

I'm sorry if I let you down
But I'm just who I am
I hope you've found what you've been missing
That he can give you everything that I can't
What do you do this time of year?
What are your dreams and hopes and fears?

Hell Of A Woman

I see young girls in short skirts
and high heels that really hurts
I see fancy chicks with foxy tricks,
flirty eyes that never sticks
I see long legs that really begs
Come on man, please turn your head
It's all the same, the same old game
The surface is wild but the soul is tame

It takes a hell of a woman to make me feel alright
It takes a hell of a woman to take me through the night
And the woman is you

An open sense, experience
and not a thought of where it ends
A lot of soul and dancing on the pole
Show me what you can, mama, don't get cold

It takes a hell of a woman to make me feel alright
It takes a hell of a woman to take me through the night
And the woman is you

It takes a hell of a woman
It takes a hell of a woman
It takes a hell of a woman
It takes a hell of a woman
And the woman is you

Long Lost Friends

Music is forever
Just like the friendship built on chords,
verses, bridges end chorus
Come on join the band now
Put it on, plug it in and tune it up
and play the chorus for us

Oh oh oh oh this is paradise
Oh oh oh oh for long lost friends
Oh oh oh oh this is paradise
Oh oh oh oh never let it end

On the stage together
With a steady backline and in front
the growin' demanding crowd
Give them what they want now
play the red guitar until it burns
It can never be too loud

Oh oh oh oh this is paradise
Oh oh oh oh for long lost friends
Oh oh oh oh this is paradise
Oh oh oh oh never let it end

We're gonna stamp our rockin' feet
We're gonna stamp them from the grave
We're gonna die with our guitars on
Stonedeaf, poor and brave

Play it one more time, boy
Play like the night's gonna last, gonna
last forever
See the crazy woman
The way they move, the way they groove
don't let them stop, no never

Oh oh oh oh this is paradise
Oh oh oh oh for long lost friends
Oh oh oh oh this is paradise
Oh oh oh oh never let it end

If I Ever

There will be peace in the world, all over
And no one stands with the gun in his hand
The earth will feed its children
And every rich field is every man's land

If I ever fall in love again
If I once more feel that pleasure of pain
If I ever fall in love again

All the good men will live forever
And the bad ones will all die young
And all the high men with mighty power
Will use their force to make others strong

If I ever fall in love again
If I once more feel that pleasure of pain
If I ever fall in love again

There will be big reunions
True confessions and all the nations are free
There will be no condemnations
No more curses and no stupidity

There will be peace in the world, all over
And no one stands with the gun in his hand
The earth will feed its children
And every rich field is every man's land

If I ever fall in love again
If I once more feel that pleasure of pain
If I ever fall in love again

I'm Back

I'm back, I'm back where I started
I'm back, I'm back where I once began
I'm back, on the crimescene once again
I' ve travelled 'round the world
just like a lost and wounded bird
But now I'm back

I'm back, I'm back to who I was
I'm back, I'm back with a heavy cross
I'm back, guilty as a man can be
I walked the desert to the sea
and all I found was another me
I'm back

I'm back, I'm back where I started
I'm back, I'm back where I once began
Where I still belong

I'm back, I'm back where I lost the sight
I'm back, where she vanished in the night
I'm back to see if my baby's still around
There she's standing with a smile
saying: “Hey, you' ve been gone a while”
I'm back

I'm back, I'm back where I started
I'm back, I'm back where I once began
Where I still belong

Take Your Time

They can talk for hours
without saying anything
When they ask for another cup of coffee
you're ready to take a swing
They have built a container
of promises they never fill
You'd better take your time
before somebody else will
You'd better take your time
before somebody else will

The private life of a million
occupies your home
They come from everywhere
and create an idiot zone
They steal your space
with their meaningless thrill
You'd better take your time
before somebody else will
You'd better take your time
before somebody else will

'Cause every precious minute you've got
these criminals are ready to kill
So you'd better take your time
before somebody else will
You'd better take your time
before somebody else will

You can win back
big money you've lost
You can repair a smashed car
if you're ready to take the cost
But you can never reclaim
the days that you spill
You better take your time
before somebody else will

Southside

I'm stuck on the lower eastside
with the suvs, furs and brats
I just can't wait to leave them
the whole bunch of lazy fat cats
But something's holding me back now
from my necessary change of life
I've got to follow the tracks down
to where the nest of freedom lies

Moving to the southside
I wanna leave right now
Moving to the southside
I'm gonna get there somehow

I don't know what ties me down here
in these blocks of how do you do
I feel a sense of desperation
and another dogshit under my shoe

Moving to the southside
I wanna leave right now
Moving to the southside
I'm gonna get there somehow

And you can't stop me from leaving
one of these days I'm gonna break free
We should never have been together
that rich fat bitch and me

Moving to the southside
I wanna leave right now
Moving to the southside
I'm gonna get there somehow

Better Believe

Your pocket is empty
you're out of cash
you've lost your job
after a heavy clash
Your only friend is in China
to find himself
You can't find nothing to eat
been starving for days
Oh oh oh oh oh
Your life is falling apart

Your savior says
You'd better believe
You'd better believe
You'd better believe

Your luck is hiding
so hard to find
You don't have a clear thought
in your twisted mind
Your room is empty
she took your couch and your heart
She gave it to your brother
and he tored it apart
Oh oh oh oh oh
Your life is falling apart

Your savior says
You'd better believe
You'd better believe
You'd better believe

You've got to trust faith my friend
Your time will come I promise you
You've got to wait until the end
before you judge what faith can do

Your savior says
You'd better believe
You'd better believe
You'd better believe

Don't Wanna Know

It was a lonely night
I figured you were lonely too
The bar was about to close
but I had time to buy a cosmopolitan to you
Your eyes were filled with longing, lies and worries
but when I took your hand
It seemed you came to some ease

I don't wanna know
your dreams or things about your life
Please don't you show me
pictures of your children or your house

We met a neighbour by the front door
on his way out with his dog
We fell in love in the hallway
and made some lovestains on the rug
Then you looked at me and sighed
The signal was so clear
You need to tell the story
That I could not stand to hear

I don't wanna know
your dreams or things about your life
Please don't you show me
pictures of your children or your house

Can you please spare me
the details that ruin everything
The only thing I wanna share
is the freedom that love can bring

Roses And Wine

You wanted to drop your bags
and leave the store with its empty faces
Your hands would be free
like lawyers without any cases
How did you end up like this, my love
with your sanity on a thin line
Still waiting for the days
of roses and wine

You could have a few drinks
meet a man at the bar
You could feel something awakening
maybe you would go to far
'cause you can't stand another day
of a sun that never shines
You'd take a taxi and a chance
for roses and wine

You want roses, roses and wine
If you just got that,
everything would be so fine

You would wake up cold
in the middle of the night
You'd look at the stranger by your side
and sense the fright
You'd think: Now I've lost everything I got
It was not much, but is was mine
And I didn't get a bit
of roses and wine
Roses and wine
Roses and wine
Roses and wine

The Silent Years

The silent years, no use for my ears
Nobody called, nobody at all
The loneliness showed in phonebills so low
Everyone disappeared, there was nobody here
Through the silent years

The silent years with cold empty fears
I was a shadow of myself
Might as well been someone else
I could not stand the light, I was stuck in the night
The only thing near was my own burning tears
Through the silent years

The silent years, not a sound from the musketeers
A guitar full of dust, a voice crammed with rust
Did not take a tone, lost in a mutilized zone
To be true and sincere, the end was quite near
Through the silent years

It Hurts

Forget the smile she gave to you
forget the silent kisses too
and the smell of her hair
in the moonlight
Forget about her summerdress
sensations of her sweet caress
and the sense of her skin
in the soft night

'Cause it hurts too much to remember
It hurts too much to recall
your young heart beating fast
It hurts that nothing lasts

Forget when you and Johnny went
through the city like presidents
in a car with heaven as a roof
Forget the dreams you had that night
Don't think about the cancelled flights
but you' re guilty
And the present is the proof

'Cause it hurts too much to remember
It hurts too much to recall
your young heart beating fast
It hurts that nothing lasts

It hurts when the memories haunt you
about what you should and
should not have done
Outside your window
the hard rain is falling
You've lost your ticket to the sun

Soul For Rent

If you don't use your talent
God can take it back
You can lose it in a minute
from a divine attack
When did it slip away
was it a random moment?
Or was it lack of faith
that announced your soul for rent?

Soul for rent
Soul for rent
Soul for rent

If you haven't got no money
that's the only thing on your mind
If your dream hides in the shadow
it's not easy to find
If your child needs support
you got to have something to send
And somewhere down the line
you had to put your soul for rent

Soul for rent
Soul for rent
Soul for rent

When you're born under a
burned-out star
the angels cry for you
They cry tears of mercy
that brings another try for you
Why did it take so long
this message from heaven sent
Now, do you dare to take the sign down
with your soul for rent

Soul for rent
Soul for rent
Soul for rent

Steppin' Out

Here I am
and I'm gonna make you listen
To the song that was buried
in my soul
It got new life by the table
in my kitchen
After I finally crawled out
from my hole

Steppin' out
from the shadow
Steppin' out
from the dark

And here I am
and I'm tellin' you that I like it
I bet you gonna like it too
My aim is to make you feel
like dancing
And by soon I'm gonna
make love to you

Steppin' out
from the shadow
Steppin' out
from the dark
and here I am

Me And The Blues

My love is gone, it never really last
My wine is gone, I drink it all too fast
The cat is gone, I don’t know where it went
Jimi’s gone for long to guitar heaven sent

Now it’s just me, me and the blues
When everybody else is gone, it’s just me and the blues

My daddy’s gone, he died all too young
My faith is gone, it used to be so strong
My money’s gone, have you seen them anywhere?
My trousers gone, the lady fled down the stairs
Now it’s just me, me and the blues
When everybody’s gone, it’s just me and the blues

My hat is gone, taken by the wind
My coat is gone, never mind, it was ugly, thorn and thin
My friends are gone, they didn’t like my style
My luck is gone, I haven’t seen it for a while
Now it’s just me, me and the blues
When everybody’s gone, it’s just me and the blues

When everybody is gone it’s just me and the blues

Happy Boy

Time

The days roll along, like waves on the sea
and it seems like your ship never sails towards me
You must go by the wind and follow your heart
I'm standing on the shore, eager to give you all my love
each and every minute of my so precious

Time
I can't save a minute and I can't get it back
I said time
I know what I want before everything is black
Time
I want to spend it with you

You are finally here and I'm so fired up
I'm on a higher ground, on my way to the top
We are walking for hours, making love for days
Talking for ages and I totally forget the ruthless, unyielding
and terrible ticking of

Time
I can't save a minute and I can't get it back
I said time
I know what I want before everything is black
Time
I want to spend it with you

Want to walk through the streets of Paris and Rome
Want to find the best of your erogenous zones
Want to talk through the soft and promising night
Want to share black coffee in the first glimmering morning light

Time
I can't save a minute and I can't get it back
I said time
I know what I want before everything is black
Time
I want to spend it with you

Nothing To Pretend

The car broke down
It's impossible to start
But the days run so fast they are tearing me apart
There are so many places I want to see that I never gonna reach
There is so much I wanna learn that no one in this world can teach

It's too late
To turn back now
I've come way to far not to follow this road to the end
I made my choices
And took my stands
Now I'm standing here naked without anything to pretend

I've been wasting time
Challenging my luck
I've taken my chances and stretched my heart 'til it all bounced back
I always tried to be true in what I do and what I say
But I've been hurting people that I love in many ways

It's too late
To turn back now
I've come way to far not to follow this road to the end
I made my choices
And took my stands
Now I'm standing here naked without anything to pretend

I want more time
I need more space
I have to find all the treasures hiding beyond the haze
And God, even though you don't exist, I'm calling out your name
Let me rest in my lover's arms without the fear and all the shame

And God, even though you don't exist I'm calling out your name
Let me rest in my lover's arms without any fear and any shame
Before it's too late

Into Gold

I put the city in the rearview mirror
like a friend you've seen a little bit too much
Every mile increase the distance
to all demands and the everyday rush
I'm driving slowly, there's no hurry now
soon we'll sit at the bay again where pines and spruces bow
I can feel a touch from above when the beauty unfolds
When the water turns the moonlight into gold

Sometimes you're taken by surprise, like-94,
my first time on JFK
The fabled city awaiting and me – knowing only where to stay
The driver took the fast lane on Queensborough bridge
I leaned back in the yellow cab
and suddenly heard those magic images
The radio played Born to run, a greeting from Freehold
Like when the water turns the moonlight into gold
Like when the water turns the moonlight into gold

Sometimes it's hard to see
things that mean much to me
I need to get away
Just to want to stay
Knowing that I'm free

I meet the lovers down the boardwalk
and I can't help thinking about you
The evening is so mild and soft
and the memories so clear and bitter blue
The woman in the bar looks a lot like you
I drink my vodka tonic slowly, wondering why we
couldn't get it through
Travelling to Venice again
Laughing, growing old
While the water turns the moonlight into gold
While the water turns the moonlight into gold
While the water turns the moonlight into gold

Little Berlin

The houses here are worn, some of the people too
They gather in a hardened flock, their losses stick like glue
I meet them by the subway station, almost every day
Them and all the hipsters with their usual café au lait
Guitars are howling when the darkness falls
People are crying when success never calls
Down on the south edge of town
Where the Western Bridge takes me home
to little Berlin

The years passed like footsoldiers, without any lookaround
It's been a long time since we parted, since the day I let you dow'n
We met in a corner of time where disappointments burned
We chased each other's love, but it was never our turn
I hope you have forgiven me after all these years
that peace and consolation has dried all your tears
Down on the south edge of town
Where the Western Bridge takes me home
to little Berlin

Far from everything is beautiful, down in little Berlin
But the night is sweet and tender, it's goosebumps on your skin
I put my arm around you along the crowded boardwalk
We listen to the sounds of the city, we really don't have to talk
Soon we are at Josef's bar, drinking a glass of red
There is something about the people here, I've really met myself
Down on the south edge of town
Where the Western Bridge takes me
Where the Western Bridge takes me
Where the Western Bridge takes me
Where the Western Bridge takes me home
to little Berlin

Every Heart Is Crying

There she is, sitting in the darkness again
Counting guesses about his new found friend
Is she blond or is she dark,
Does she have a small birthmark
on he chin

He made her feel like the only woman born
But that was before all her pretty dreams were torn
Now he leaves her all alone
And is tired when he comes home

A rain of lost dreams is falling tonight
When every heart is crying

The car he bought, it shines so new
The tank is full, oh what can he do
Drive his car to the end of the road
Or buy flowers and let it all explode

A rain of lost dreams is falling tonight
When every heart is crying

The politician smiles at his big desk
He appears on TV, it's the government next
He asks himself in the midnight hour
“What did I want to do with all my power?”

The day when you have everything, just everything you want
You've already forgot what really was the point

That's why every heart is crying
Every heart is crying
Every heart is crying
Every heart is crying
for more

Happy Boy

My mother told me
I was such a happy boy
that always filled her heart
with so much joy
When I see the pictures
of my five year old smile
I have to close my eyes
for a while

From a happy boy
to a man of sorrow
From an open world
to a path so narrow, so cold

I grew up
Smile's gone from my face
The mirror reveals
all the sleepless nights
I'm looking at a man
with evasive eyes
Wondering what to do
to turn things right

From a happy boy
to a man of sorrow
From an open world
to a path so narrow, so cold

I'm still searching
Torn between joy and pain
and even if it hurts
I will try once again
I just live on
Some days I don't know why
Maybye I get it all
the day I die

From a happy boy
to a man of sorrow
From an open world
to a path so narrow, so cold

I'm growing old
The days fade away
I want them to stay

What Do We Do Now

It was a midweek party, in a midlife week
There were drinks, hugs and laughter
And lots of familiar faces to greet
Suddenly you're standing in the doorway
As a reminder of who I was
When the world was wide open
When love was a dream of passion and pain
And our kiss in the night nearly drove me insane
Hey, what do we do now?

It's so long ago now, I can see it in your eyes
You missed some big chances
And had your share of cheating and lies
But your smile is still the same, and you give it to me
Still standing in the doorway
While life is moving on and want to pass by
We don't know where to go, is it worth one more try

The years fell down on me like a river of dead roses
Aiming at my defenceless heart
The dreams from the past were burning of desire
And then we started drifting apart
But hey, what do we do now?

Drowning Stones

I started as a little boy down on the west coast beaches
collecting the most beautiful burdens
They felt so soft against my hand, almost like hard peaches
in a world where almost nothing seemed certain
I grew up on football fields and dirty dreams
trying to learn the chords in Hey Joe
My older brother always held me back
said: Brother, keep your expectations low

Drowning stones
are taking me down
to the bottom of the sea
Drowning stones
dreams to be found
Where a man can never be free, never be free

I've always been a dreamer, had a hard case growing up
unhealthy scared of every day life
I got a job in writing and I was slowly moving up
couldn't stand the ugly games and lies
I had to leave before it was too late
My soul wouldn't last much longer
And brother please don't say it's human fate
that what ever doesn't kill you makes you stronger

Drowning stones
are taking me down
to the bottom of the sea
Drowning stones
dreams to be found
Where a man can never be free, never be free

It's hard to get around these days, it's hard to make a life
Competition rules in every room and field
A young man can get a job one day, and lose it just as fast
There's no longer no safety and no shield
My daughter's growing up and I've told her
(but she really hates me when I preach)
I would do anything to lift the burden of your shoulders
Just please leave the stones on the beach

Drowning stones
are taking me down
to the bottom of the sea
Drowning stones
dreams to be found
Where a man can never be free, never be free

Ain't Gonna Worry

The roof is leaking and the windows need a fix
And It's high time lo chop some wood
The house is old and drafty, and cold as a freezer
The family would buy a new one if they could

But he ain't gonna worry, he ain't gonna worry
He ain't gonna worry no more

His son is hanging out with the rascals down the road
basically doing everything wrong
His daughter is gonna marry a drugdealer from the south
and she is not really that strong

But he ain't gonna worry, he ain't gonna worry
He ain't gonna worry no more
He ain't gonna worry, he ain't gonna worry
He ain't gonna worry any more

His woman and wife needs some arms to hold her
And she misses their good old lovin'
She is gonna pray for a man to make her warm like a stove
and something big and hard in her oven

But he ain't gonna worry, he ain't gonna worry
He ain't gonna worry no more
Where he's at there's no hurry, he ain't gonna worry
He ain't gonna worry no more

He ain't gonna worry, he ain't gonna worry no more
He ain't gonna worry no more
But he ain't gonna worry, he ain't gonna worry no more
He ain't gonna worry no more

Baby's Burnin'

She's running to me
In a summer dress
With nothing under
Nothing but the flesh
And a strong desire
for the only thing that really can put out the fire
I've gotta save her here and now
'cause my baby is burnin'

She can not talk
Almost choking, on her knees
I can not talk
Hardly dare to breath
Time circles like a hungry wild beast
waiting out its quarry
The flames are licking down her loins
'cause my baby is burnin'

Her lips are tremblin'
Saying: Take me hard
Her hair thrown back
I'm her fireguard
And the heat is rising to the big explosion
That will free and fill the earth
The fire is out, but sparks again
and my baby is burnin'

Where The Roses Grow

In the narrow streets of Bombay
On the highway to L.A.
Down the toughest parts of Paris
Along the slopes of Monterey

Beauty can burst out from nothing
Even when it seems without a chance
Through the asphalt, between the brickstones
Can't be stopped by any fence

There's concrete and dust, big houses of stone
Heavy traffic wherever you go
There's pollution and smoke, black rain on dirty roads
That's where the roses grow

The stalk can force any resistance
With the strongest will to see the sun
But it needs shelter when the snow comes
If not, all its beauty soon is gone

There's concrete and dust, big houses of stone
Heavy traffic wherever you go
There's pollution and smoke, black rain on dirty roads
That's where the roses grow

Beauty can burst out from nothing
Even when it seems without a chance
Through the asphalt, between the brickstones
Can't be stopped by any fence

There's concrete and dust, big houses of stone
Heavy traffic wherever you go
There's pollution and smoke, black rain on dirty roads
That's where the roses grow

Nobody Else

When everything dies, you open my eyes
for the narrow way forward, a tomorrow in disguise
When I shriver and shake, keep the devil awake
You can ease my mind
like nobody else can do
Nobody else but you

When I cry bitter tears, of sorrow and fears
you comfort me gently so true and sincere
When I see the world as a place of hate and disgrace
you show me love
like nobody else can do
Nobody else but you

Nobody else can move the stars in the sky
to a better position where the lucky birds fly
Nobody else can make God change his mind
and move away the dark cloud from time to time

When your body moves I hear all your ohhhs
I finally realize what it is I can lose
When I feel your lips, with my hands on your hips
you raise my blood
like nobody else can do
Nobody else but you

When everything dies, you open my eyes
for the narrow way forward, a tomorrow in disguise
When I shiver and shake, keep the devil awake
you can ease my mind
like nobody else can do
Like nobody else can do
Nobody else but you