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Lighting up like a candle in the burning sunset
And the wind is in the air
And the flowers bloom in the burning sun
And you just don’t seem to care
And you get someone to fall in love
Then you break their heart
This thing that I can’t understand
Is tearing me apart
I’m in love
I’m in love
Stone cold
Someone took the light out baby from the world
The same old little heartache that I used to want too soon
It's the same old situation that I used to try
Hanging round the corner with sparkle in my eye
If you think you’ve got a one shot you have to let it go
Say you’ll never leave me say you’ll never know
Someone found a baby deep inside of me
Locked inside a prison so no-one would ever see
But now infatuation is all over me
Venus is my lover and she’s come to set me free
Like a melancholy rumble that your body won’t let go
The beginning of your living and the end of your no
I’m in love
I’m in love
Stone cold (stone cold in love)
Someone took shake down baby from out of me
The same old little heartache that I used to get for free
It's the same old situation that's been over me
Hanging round the corner with sparkle in my eye
If you think you’ve got a one shot you have to let it go
Say you’ll never leave me now say you’ll never know
Someone better call the love dogs off of me
‘Cos I can’t shake the passion that these feelings threw on me
It’s the fragrance of the favourite summer of your life
The juvenile delinquent that you cannot seem to fight
It’s the same old little magic when your baby smiles
It’s a million different faces that I’m forced to bring alive
I’m in love
I’m in love
Stone cold (stone cold in love)
Lady if you give me one more chance I’ll have you baby
And lady if you give me one more chance I might say why
Aphrodite sits on her throne in her new gown
And she’s coming to the ball
‘Cos I can’t take that cleaning up no more
(hey)
(ooooh-eyeeeyeeeyeooh)
(stone cold in love)
(stone cold in love)
(stone cold in love)
(heyay)
(ooooh-eyeeeyeeeyeooh)
I’m in love
(ooooh-eyeeeyeeeyeooh)
I’m in love
Meet me in my garden on the flower bed
I don’t care who is listening, what the neighbours said
The roses in my garden
The harvest of the world
And I will dig your garden if you will be my flower girl
I don’t know who’s running round inside my head
‘Cos I’ve got all these feeling that I thought were dead
One side is a woman and the other side is a man
All she wants to do is play a game of catch me baby if you can
(She said) Meet me in my garden on the flower bed
I don’t care who is listening, what the neighbours said
The roses in my garden
The harvest of the world
And I will dig your garden if you will be my flower girl
I’ve got some weeds in my mind that need pulling
But I don’t have the courage to face
I’ve got some roses in the corner of my eyes
Think I’ll move them to a different place
(She said) Meet me in my garden on the flower bed
I don’t care who is listening, what the neighbours said
The roses in my garden
The harvest of the world
And I will dig your garden if you will be my flower girl
(dig it dig it dig it dig it)
(dig it dig it dig it dig it)
(dig it dig it dig it dig it)
(dig it dig it dig it dig it)
If you will be my flower girl
(dig it dig it dig it dig it)
(dig it dig it dig it dig it)
(dig it dig it dig it dig it)
(dig it dig it dig it dig it)
If you will be my flower girl
(She said) Meet me in my garden on the flower bed
I don’t care who is listening, what the neighbours said
The roses in my garden
The harvest of the world
And I will dig your garden if you will be my flower girl
My flower girl (on and on and on and she said)
My flower girl (on and on and on and she said)
My flower girl (on and on and on and she said)
My flower girl (on and on and on and she said)
My flower girl (on and on and on and she said)
My flower girl (on and on and on and she said)
My flower girl (on and on and on and she said)
My flower girl (on and on and on and she said)
Well I said me and Franciene were walking lazy down the avenue
I got all my stories out and she got hers out too
But everytime the stories cross we always seem to find
Disagreeing images and words that wouldn’t rhyme
There’s a million different ways of talking on the telephone
But I will be your blue sky if you’ll bring that sunshine home
(Nobody told us just how hard it would be
You pay for all the good times but the problems are free)
Well I said me and Franciene were hanging out behind her mother’s back
And even though hid the lies I knew she’d take the flak
I’m sick and tired of playing to her mother’s blackened knife
20 years of fighting, it’s about time she got a life
‘Cos there there’s only 40 years left to give this thing a go
So I will be your blue sky if you’ll bring that sunshine home
(Nobody told us just how hard it would be
You pay for all the good times but the problems are free)
So if you wanna be an orphan then an orphan you shall be
So I will be your father if you’ll bring that child to me
Nobody told nobody told nobody told me nobody told us nobody told me
(Nobody told us just how hard it would be
You pay for all the good times but the problems are free)
(Nobody told us just how hard it would be
You pay for all the good times but the problems are free)
(Nobody told us) Nobody told nobody told nobody told me
(Nobody told us) nobody told Franciene
(Nobody told us) Nobody told nobody told nobody told me
(Nobody told us) nobody told Franciene
I found a home up yonder mountain
I found a home so beautiful and warm
The brightest snow up yonder mountain
It is my home, the place where I belong
They’re selling souls in New York City
They’re selling souls for free
But if you climb up yonder mountain
You’ll see the love and how happy you can be
Still selling souls in New York City
Still selling souls for free
But if you climb (if you dare to climb) up yonder mountain
You’ll see the love and how happy you can be
(ahhhohahohaah)
You’ll see the love and how happy you can be
Still selling souls in New York City
Still selling souls for free
But if you climb (if you dare to climb) up yonder mountain
You’ll see the love and how happy you can be
There’s a silver moon (there is a moon) up yonder mountain
There is a star (there is a star) that talks to me (that talks to me)
The brightest snow (he brightest snow) up yonder mountain (up yonder mountain)
That I always knew (that I always knew) was waiting there for me (was waiting there for me)
Still selling souls in New York City (still selling souls in New York City)
Still selling souls for free
But if you climb (if you dare to climb) up yonder mountain
You’ll see the love and how happy you can be
You’ll see the love and how happy you can be
You’ll see the love and how happy you can be
(Everybody climb up yonder mountain) oh yeah
(Everybody walk into the sun)
(If you take that climb up yonder mountain)
(You’ll have to see yourself in everyone)
(And if by chance you get to build your home there)
(You’ll get to know that all your work is done)
And then you’ll see how happy you can be
You’ll get to see how happy you can be
You’ll get to be how happy you can be
Well I almost died on the I-95
‘Cos I was driving in the wrong direction
Missed my turn, drove too far
I was headed for Redemption
I was running south to look for the sun
But I knew I had to turn around
So I turned my car the other way
Medicine man and snowflakes
Let your spirit take your fears away
I said hold out your heart
And let your spirit take your fears away
Four foot snow drifts nowhere to go but the inside of a paranoid mind
I was fighting death with an annihilated pride
Satan left his keys behind
I was forced to feel what I didn’t wanna deal with
We all have to grow up sometime
The umbilical cord got chopped away
lying old man and a babiesl
Let your spirit take your fears away
I said hold out your heart
And let your spirit take your fears away
Oh that snow took a long time to melt
But when it did fresh water!
I drank the thirst of a dying man
I could feel the minerals and the earth on my tongue
I was close to the earth
We all must leave our mother’s womb
What of the liars who claim to have found
Too scared to stand on the earth ground
We walk like flowers towards the sun to know ourselves
The medicine man got plenty to say
The greatest beauty in the world
The snowflakes melt and leave behind
A powerful man and a baby girl
I said hold out your heart
And let your spirit take your fears away
I said hold out your heart
And let your spirit take your fears away
(If you wanna fly away)
(You gotta hold out, hold out, you gotta hold out, hold out your love)
Whoever you are, wherever you are
Whoever you are, wherever you are
Whoever you are, wherever you are
Whoever you are, wherever you are
Ayieye Ayeyeiooh
I can hear the stars come out at night
And I can see the coal against the fire
I can hear the voice behind my thinking
Hidden in a place nobody goes
And I can see the flowers in your hair
Even though the flowers aren’t there
And I’m blinded by the memory of it all
Ayieye Ayeyeiooh
I can see the diamonds in your eyes
I can see the danger signs
I can see the falls against the water
I can see the man behind the child
And I know the reason for a slaughter
Hidden in the past and present time
I swear I saw the flowers in your hair
(Can you really see the flowers in my hair?)
Oh yeah!
And I’m blinded by the memory of it all
Ayieye Ayeyeioh
Eyeeyeeyeeyeeyahiahah
Eyeeyeeyeeyeeyahiahah
Eyeeyeeyeeyeeyahiahah
(Hyeeyeeyeeyeeyahiahah)
(Hyeeyeeyeeyeeyahiahah)
In The Garden Of Mystic Lovers
Give me one kind of nation
Give me one kind of world
Give me one summer vacation
Give me one sweet little girl
‘Cos there’s a fire keeps on burning in the hearts of all the world
A little girl keeps on smiling and her face just says it all
She says I (I) we (we) you (you) she (she)
In the garden of mystic lovers these are not true distinctions
She says
In the garden of mystic lovers these are not true distinctions
Hiyieyeieyeieye
I (I) we (we) you (you) she (she)
If you can’t laugh when your sister smiles
Or you can’t cry when your brother cries (when your brother cries)
If you can’t see we’re all inside one another
Then you’ll better get yourself in style
‘Cos there’s a fire keeps on burning in the hearts of all the world
A little girl keeps on smiling and her face just says it all
She says I (I) we (we) you (you) she (she)
In the garden of mystic lovers these are not true distinctions
She ways I (I) we (we) you (you) she (she)
In the garden of mystic lovers these are not true distinctions
I (I) we (we) you (you) she (she)
In the garden of mystic lovers these are not true distinctions no
What you expect to get baby is what you get
And how you open up your loving arms hearts
Determines how we’ll be together
‘Cos there’s a fire keeps on burning in the hearts of all the world
A little girl keeps on smiling and her face just says it all
She says I (I) we (we) you (you) she (she)
In the garden of mystic lovers these are not true distinctions
She ways I (I) we (we) you (you) she (she)
In the garden of mystic lovers these are not true distinctions
Hiyieyeieyeieye
Hiyieyeieyeieye
In the garden of mystic lovers
In the garden of mystic lovers
In the garden of mystic lovers
In the garden of mystic lovers
You gotta keep that fire burning
I don't know if I'm getting old
I don't know if I'm getting tired
I don't know if I want to go to work today
'Cause I spent last night with my old friend
He said its make or break time
So I asked the burning question
Why when I want to make a forward move do you knock me to the ground?
and he said...
He said I'm gonna break you down
and then I'm gonna build you up again
Stronger then ever before
I don't know if I'm getting wasted
I don't know if I'm disillusioned
I don't know if I want to make the effort today
I had another bad night with my old friend
He said there's no separation, there's only integration,
He really isn't anything physical
Just a voice inside my head, that keeps saying, keep saying, keep saying. . .
He said I'm gonna break you down boy
and then I'm gonna build you up again
Stronger then ever before
(he says I'm gonna break you down boy)
He said I'm gonna break you down
then I'm gonna build you up again
He said I'm gonna take your mother away
So I can watch your boyhood burn
E'en though your father failed to show you the way
and now there's no where left to turn
He said I'm gonna break you down boy
I'm gonna turn your rock to sand
He said I'm gonna crush your spirit boy
Then you'll have to take a stand
He said I'm gonna hurt you so bad
you'll have no where left to turn
(He said I'm gonna break you down boy)
He said I'm gonna break you down boy
Then you can finally be a man
You should have seen her when she opened up her eyes
Giant blue balls of thunder hurled light into the sky
In a world that never held me tight before
Held me now, Held me now and it will not let me go
And I keep wondering hoe I got along
Before I started to sing this song
If you’re looking for love
Ava’s got that look in her eyes hey
You should have seen her when she crawled across the floor
Like a tiger in the Punjab there’s no back against the wall
In a world that never ever said hello
Said "hello sonny boy, I’m never gonna let you go"
And I keep telling you how I got along
Before I started to sing this song
'Cos If you’re looking for love
Ava’s got that look in her eye
And If you’re looking for peace of mind
Ava’s got the nobel peace prize
And If you’re looking for love
Ava’s got that look in her eye
And If you’re looking for piece of mind
Ava’s got the nobel peace prize ah yeah
(oooo-aaaaa)
(oooo-aaaaa)
(oooo-aaaaa)
(oooo-aaaaa)
Hello Ava
It's your mum calling you from Hawaii
And even though we're speaking to you from the past
We want you to know that we're always right there by your side
And we love you
So if If you’re looking for love
Ava’s got that look in her eye
And If you’re looking for piece of mind
Ava’s got the nobel peace prize
And if If you’re looking for love
Ava’s got that look in her eye
And If you’re looking for piece of mind
Ava’s got the nobel peace prize ooo-yeah
(oooo-aaaaa)
(oooo-aaaaa)
(oooo-aaaaa)
(oooo-aaaaa)
(oooo-aaaaa)
(oooo-aaaaa)
(oooo-aaaaa)
(oooo-aaaaa)
My love (oooo-aaaaa)
Talk me down (oooo-aaaaa)
Talk me down (oooo-aaaaa)
Talk me down (oooo-aaaaa)
right (oooo-aaaaa)
‘Cos the only thing you get to keep is what you give away
‘Cos the only thing you get to keep is what you give away
‘Cos the only thing you get to keep is what you give away
Well I thought that I could be happy
Keeping it all to myself
And I thought that I could be happy
Containing my affection
I tried to walk good before I crawl
But I hit the same old wall
If you always do what you’ve always done
You’ll always get what you’ve always got
If you try to hide what's true for you
Your feet get rooted to the spot
And I'm scared to make that change
But I can’t help feel I’m changing
Oh my God you’ve got me on the run
‘Cos every time I try to make my whole life one
You make me work so hard so I can learn to say
That when you leave this world the only thing you get to keep is what you give away
‘Cos the only thing you get to keep is what you give away
‘Cos the only thing you get to keep is what you give away
There were times when I would lay my dignity down
There too many times when I kept turning around and around and around yeah
Oh my God you’ve got me on the run
‘Cos every time I try to make my whole life one
You make me work so hard so I can learn to say
That when you leave this world the only thing you get to keep is what you give away
‘Cos the only thing you get to keep is what you give away give it away give it away
‘Cos the only thing you get to keep is what you give away give it away give it away
‘Cos the only thing you get to keep is what you give away give it away give it away
‘Cos the only thing you get to keep is what you give away give it away give it away
‘Cos the only thing you get to keep is what you give away
‘Cos the only thing you get to keep is what you give away
‘Cos the only thing you get to keep is what you give away
‘Cos the only thing you get to keep is what you give away
‘Cos the only thing you get to keep is what you give away give it away give it away
‘Cos the only thing you get to keep is what you give away
‘Cos the only thing you get to keep is what you give away give it away give it away
‘Cos the only thing you get to keep is what you give away give it away give it away
give it away give it away
Now even though I'm a country boy
I've spent all of my whole life in the city
I found myself on a social climb
Left all of my school friends far behind
Now I ain't got time to live a lie
'Cos I feel everyone from the old town burn inside
na na na na na na I wanna go back yeah I wanna go back to my hometown
I miss the fields and I miss the sun I miss the home-baked bread in everyone
I miss the smell of the fields the sound of the crows
The building site drill and the Murphy’s mince pies
Even though I'm an inside man
I've spent all of my whole life on the outside
Schmoozing is a way of life
Saying "Hi" every night to a side of me I don't like
And Michael McVeigh's on the phone
And I'm trying to life as a tear falls down my spine
na na na na na na I wanna go back yeah I wanna go back to my hometown
I miss the fields and I miss the sun I miss the home-baked bread in everyone
I miss the times we were up
I miss th etimes we were down
I miss the times we were lost
I wanna go back I wanna go back to my hometown
I wanna go back I wanna go back to my hometown
Windermere a beautiful sight
As I feel the lonely New York city night
Wasdale got a boy in her arms
And the new born lamb cries freedom
Sca Fell Pike the air so fresh that it makes you cry
And the grey clouds sprinkle tears in your eyes oh yeah
Windermere a beautiful sight
As I feel the lonely New York city night
Wasdale got a boy in her arms
And the new born lamb cries freedom
Sca Fell Pike the air so fresh that it makes you cry
And the grey clouds sprinkle tears in your eyes ah ha
I said I wanna go back to my hometown
I said I wanna go back to my hometown
I said I wanna go back to my hometown (back to my home, back to my hometown)
I said I wanna go back to my hometown (back to my home, back to my hometown)
I said I wanna go back to my hometown (back to my home, back to my hometown)
(back to my home, back to my hometown)
(back to my home, back to my hometown)
(back to my home, back to my hometown)
(back to my home, back to my hometown)
(I got two successful blue eyes
One of them pointing to the floor
the other one to the sky)
Help me I think I’ve think I’ve gone to far
I took a war against my health
I was looking for another life
And I believed I could do it myself
But if the truth is to be told
I've always been a loner
'Cos the fear of losing my God
Is a serious threat to my heart
And so I lived from day to day
Trying to hide my pains away
I was a fool in California but I’m a bigger fool now
'Cos everytime I close my door
You open my window
And everytime I lose my hope
You give me your soul oh yeah
Help me I can’t stop telling lies
I gotta cover these things that I hide
'Cos the laughing is only my pride
Covering my darkest hour
I was dreaming of my mom
And how she left me on the roadside
And I know you’re not my mother
But the woman still demands my time
And so I lived out all my life
Trying to stop these walls from crumbling down
I was a fool in New York City but I’m a bigger fool now
'Cos everytime I close my door
You open my window
And everytime I lose my hope
You give me your soul
Seems not so long ago baby baby
Baby baby
Baby baby
When the great mother calls her boy child
The boy child has to go
I was looking for an answer
But the answer is just to go
'Cos everytime I close my door baby baby
You open my window
And everytime I lose my hope baby baby
You give me your soul
'Cos everytime I close my door
You open my window
And everytime I lose my hope
You give me your soul
And you keep me from the wounding that I need
That I need to grow
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