TURNING NIGHT INTO DAY

Always and Forever

 I want the dreams you dream at night
I want you blinded by the light
Your hello and your goodbye
I want the tears you never cry
I want the way you comb your hair
I want you standing on the stairs
All of the years no one was there
All of the times you just don’t care

 I want you always and forever

I want the records that  you play
I want the prayer you pray each day
All of the things that people say
I want you when you walk away
I want the empty glass of wine
I want the nickel and the dime
I want you running out of time
I want you walking down the line

I want you knocking on the door
I want the letter in the drawer
The jacket that you always wore
I want it lying on the floor
I want you standing at the bar
I want you wishing on a star
I want you wondering where you are
I want the arrows in your heart

You’re Always Waiting, Baby

You’re always waiting, baby
for somebody to tell you
the answer or a clue
You’re always waiting, baby
and so you never see
we’re all waiting for you

You can’t see it but it’s true
that we’re all in love with you

You’re always waiting, baby
you stay up all night long
with your blanket and your blues
You’re always waiting, baby
and we learn all your songs
waiting outside for you

Don’t believe it but it’s true
we are all in love with you

You’re always waiting, baby
you’re always out of town
you’ve got so much to do
You’re always waiting, baby
and I’m always around
and I’m waiting for you

You Don't Think It's True

Never Thought

 Never thought I’d see the glory
never thought it’d last till morning
never thought I’d show up late
and you would still be waiting for me
Never thought I’d see a clear sky
never thought that I would know why 
never thought my heart would be all
lit up like the fourth of July

didn’t think in my wildest dreams
I’d call you mine

Never thought I’d hit the number
thought I’d always sit and wonder
thought that I would always
miss the lightning
and just hear the thunder
Never thought the world would show me
anything but being lonely
never thought that I would be
the one you call your one and only

Thought that nobody was listening
thought no one would ever miss me
never thought that I’d be dizzy
thinking of the way you kiss me
I went down to Mississippi 
thinking nobody would miss me
never thought that I would be
the one you call your one and only

Nobody Cares About Your Big Dreams

Nobody cares about your worries
nobody cares about your heart
nobody cares about your big dreams
and the way they fall apart

And when you’re standing
on the corner late this evening
and all the girls walk by
the way they always do
and when you’re thinking of the ways
that you could leave them
remember you’re the only one
who knows what’s true

Nobody cares about tomorrow
they only care about today
nobody cares about your sorrow
or anything you’ve got to say

Nobody cares about your secrets
nobody cares what you can see
you’re only walking
down the dark streets
you’re only writing history

(I Used To Think) Love Was A  Dream

I used to ask the stars in the sky,
how much longer till I could die?

I used to think love was a dream

Now every single star that I see
was put up there to bring you to me

I can’t believe how you love me
like a sailor loves the sea
I can’t believe how I love you
like a sparrow loves to sing

one, say your prayers and
two, close your eyes and
three, safe and happily
fall asleep

Dirty Secrets

(There’s A Party At The) End of the World

Call the boys, call the girls
(call the boys and call the girls)
Anyone who hasn’t heard
(hasn’t heard)

Leave your worries behind
(put them out of your mind)
We are running out of time
(out of time)

There’s a party at the end of the world

In your diamonds and pearls
(it’s the end of the world)
With your lilies and furs
(pretty girl)

There’s no hope for you now
(there was never any doubt)
You can never get out
(no way out)

Call the boys, call the girls
(it’s the end of the world)
Anyone who hasn’t heard
(of the world)

There Will Never Be A Day

Falling stars, crashing cars
all the rich boys at the bar
all the flowers in the yard
all the times you’ve gone too far

There will never be a day
when I don’t want to see your face

Magazines, limousines
all tomorrow’s beauty queens
everything we’ve ever seen
but pretended was a dream

Radio, picture show
something buried in the snow
everything we’ll never know
anywhere you ever go

One and Only

You’re the secret that I keep
you’re the way I get to sleep
you’re the bottom of the sea
you’re the way that things should be

You’re my one and only

You’re the air that I can breathe
you’re the treasure buried deep
you’re the electricity
turning wheels inside of me

You’re the light across the street
you’re the ground under my feet
everything I’ll ever need
everything I ever dreamed

You’re the secret that I keep
you’re the way I get to sleep
you’re the city that I see
waiting on the hill for me

You’re the electricity
for the light and for the heat
when you’re walking next to me
you’re the way that things should be