Billie Ray Martin

Mmmmmm

Don't walk like you're scared again
That'll only make him angry
You're face only makes it seem
Like there's plenty of money comin' rollin' in

Don't stop and don't look around
You don't know where's he's aimin' no
If you've got pockets your gonna pay
So you can save your hope for judgement day

A ticket to take the bottom over the top
Mixed up and never knowing where to stop
To move half way up in this town
How can you go that low down low down

She looked up to the sky and then she
Praised the lord
Hands up and amen
Now she's waiting for the good times

Don't you try and understand
There is no explanation no
He needs your fear and he needs your cash
'Cause the brothers poor and the brothers bad

A ticket to take the bottom over the top
Mixed up and never knowing where to stop
To move half way up in this town
How can you go that low down low down

She looked up to the sky and then she
Praised the lord
Hands up and amen
Now she's waiting for the good times
Waiting for the good times

Mmmm mmmm oh yeah mmmm mmmm oh oh oh yeah

A ticket to take the bottom over the top
Mixed up and never knowing where to stop
To move right on up in this town
How can you go that low down low down

She looked up to the sky and then she
Praised the lord
Hands up and amen
Now she's waiting for the good times

She looked up to the sky and then she
Praised the lord
Hands up and amen
Now she's waiting for the good times hey

Waiting for the good times no
She's waiting for the good times
She's waiting for the good times hey

Who's gonna lift me up
When I fall out of love

Hey hey mmm mmm
Mmm hmm mmm hmm
Oh yeah hey hey yeah

You've been telling me
That you're leaving
That the whole thing's gone too far

Wherever that is
Ain't no further
Than the sound of our shouting wars

(Now what'd you have to say)

Who's gonna lift me up
When I fall out of love
Who's gonna lift me up
When I fall out of love

'Cos it's you that I'm wanting
You that I'm craving

You that my mind's been thinking of

For a long long time
You've been gambling
With my heart baby
Whatever your game
We will never
Be the same again
(Now won't you tell me whether)
You're gonna lift me up
When I fall out of love baby
You're gonna lift me up
When I fall out of love

'Cos excuses have uses
You are the user
But you are excused
'Cos they're all used up

So tell me why
When the sun goes down
My eyes are at the door
My mind is out running around town
(My eyes are at the door
My mind is out running around town)yes

Talking 'bout my reputation
Oh don't you know
Talking 'bout my reputation
My name is cupid not stupid
Talking 'bout my reputation
Mmmm
Talking 'bout my reputation
Yeah

(So won't you tell me baby)
Who's gonna lift me up
When I fall out of love
Who's gonna lift me up
When I fall out of love
'Cos it's you that I'm wanting
You that I'm craving
You that my mind's been dreaming of

(So tell me baby)
Who's gonna lift me up
When I fall out of love
Who's gonna lift me up
When I fall out of love
'Cos excuses have uses
You are the user
But you are excused
'Cos they're all used up

So tell me why
When the sun goes down
My eyes are at the door
My mind is out running around town
Let me say it again yeah

Why when the sun goes down
My eyes are at the door
My mind is out running around town

Let me say it one more time baby yeah

My eyes are at the door
My mind is out running around town

Mmm
Talking about still waters
Mmm yeah
Talking about still waters

Well I sat by the river and I
I walked in the rain
I have so many questions wanna
Drown in my ocean

You and I have been a miracle
I don’t even know your name
Wanna flow down your body like a
Drop on a wave yes

Still waters talk in time mmm
Singing of love and stormy heavens oh yes
Still waters talk in time
When the waves all rage will you be mine

I’ve been searching my address book for
Someone I know
I have so many words to say I’m
Trembling all over

I’ve been holding on for so long
And now I’m letting you go
I will love you forever for that gift that you’ve given yes
Still waters talk in time oh

Singing of love and stormy heavens
Talking about still waters
Still waters talk in time oh yeah
When the waves all rage will you be mine mmm

Talking about still waters
Still waters talk in time oh
Singing of love and stormy heavens mmm
Still waters talk in time yes
When the waves all rage will you be mine oh yeah

When the waves all rage will you be mine
Still waters talk in time

When the waves all rage will you be mine

Peeping through the hole in my soul
At the happiness and the loneliness
Fading dreams get out of control
And we talk too much and we tried for words
And when reason ends
There's no reason to die for words

So don't follow me
Don't call on me
It takes too much to hold on
You run like quicksand through my head
So walk away don't talk to me
I put my faith in you but
It came right after me instead

That is the reason
That's why our time is over
This is the deadline for my memories
That is the reason
Why we can't see each other
The view is fading with our eyes too blind for tears

Good times were too good to be true
And the times we've had were the times we've had
We tried to find the game to be cruel
And try we did and cry we did yeah baby
And when I cried baby
I cried rivers over you

So stay with me
Don't fade on me
I thought I need this vision
There's a body on the floor that looks like me

No words to say no faith to praise
No hope no good intentions
I've been sitting like a toy staring restlessly
(Oh that's why)

That is the reason
That's why our time is over
This is the deadline for my memories
That is the reason
Why we can't see each other
The view is fading with our eyes too blind for tears

That is the reason that's why our time is over
This is the deadline for my memories
That is the reason why we couldn't see each other
The view is fading with our eyes too blind for tears
Oh yeah mmmm oh yeah

I look into your eyes
It's a shadow on my wall
And shadows of your smile
Will be all I can recall

All inventions
Of my own perfection

Passing the time
Every night
Imitation of life
And the days go by yeah
Mm-hmm

I gaze into the night
It's a feeling that I find
The first time that you smiled
Is the last thing on my mind oh yes

Sweet salvation
From a weak foundation
All of the time
So many lies
Imitation of life
And the days go by

Passing the time
Every night
Imitation of life
And the dreams go by

Oh I look into your eyes
It's a shadow on my wall
And shadows of your smile
Will be all I can recall

All inventions
Of my own perfection

Passing the time
So many lies
All of them mine
All of the time
Imitation of life
And the days go by

I'm passing the time
Every night yes
Imitation of life
And the dreams go by

Passing the time
So many lies
All of them mine

Yeah baby yeah

I try to hold you
But I know I can’t win
I try to catch you
But you run time and time again yeah
I try to please you
With the things that I say
But when I speak your name
It sounds like a ball and chain because

Home’s not a place where
You can stay and grow small again no
You’ve got to move on
‘Cause home’s not a place at all
It’s not a place yeah mmm

I try to hold you
But I know I can’t win
I try to find your love
But you hide in a different place again
I try to please you
With the things that I say
But when I speak your name
Just sounds like a ball and chain because

Love is like a song
When it’s done
And the last notes have rung
All that’s left is silence
And that’s when you move on so

No reason for tears
No need for these chains
When one toy is broken
You find another game
And I try yeah

Oh yeah I try
Oh yeah
I try
Ooh baby I try
Yeah

I’ll follow your smile up to the moon
I’ll follow your smile up to the moon

Ooo yeah mmmm ooo yeah

Mmmm
When it gets dark
Beware of the lights
And don’t try to hide
These tears like rain

And when you get stuck
And the lines won’t come out
And the only chance to hold romance
Is to write it down

(Yeah then)
Don’t let me down
I know how hard you’re tryin’ to care
Oh why don’t we try
To talk about the rain again

Oh I’ll follow your smile up to the moon
I don’t care where the tears go
I’d give anything not to sell
True moments of my world

Mmmm
And if this sounds strange
Why not take it down yeah
‘Cos when the chips are down
Nothing is real (no)

And if you just stay
We’d write a rhyme
And the melody’s gonna stay with me
For a long time

(Yeah)
Hey what d’you say
Won’t you cry some tears like rain
Oh why don’t we try
To sell the world some pain again
Oh I’ll follow your smile up to the moon
I don’t care where the tears go
I’d give anything not to sell
True moments of my world

Oh I’ll follow your smile up to the moon
I don’t care where the tears go
I’d give anything not to sell
True moments of my world

Oh hey what d’you say
Won’t you cry some tears like rain
Oh why don’t we try
To talk about the rain again

(Yeah baby)
I’ll follow your smile up to the moon
I don’t care where the tears go
I’d give anything not to sell
True moments of my world

Oh I’ll follow your smile up to the moon
I don’t care where the tears go
I’d give anything not to sell
True moments of my world yeah

Don’t feel sorry for the things you’ve done
Just get ready for the things to come
In your soul lies a deeper well
Overflowing with the love you know so well

All your fears and dreams and schemes
And hopes and plans belong to you
Let them go and watch them grow into
A vision coming true

Don’t feel sorry for the things you
Haven’t done
There is so much time
Let it rain let it shine
And you shall fail sometimes
But most of all things will be fine

Don’t you worry there is two of us
There is me there is you
And we know what to do
And we shall fail sometimes
But most of all we shall be true

Have no doubt about the fate that
Lies ahead
Look inside there’s a golden thread instead
In your life there’s a higher plan
Sit right back
Understand it if you can

All your fears and dreams and schemes
And hopes and plans belong to you
Let them go and watch them grow into
A vision coming true

Mmm
Don’t feel sorry for the things you
Haven’t done
There is so much time
Let it rain let it shine
And you shall fail sometimes
But most of all things will be fine

Have no fear about the past that lies behind
Let it shine let it rain
Name the colour of your pain
And you shall find sometimes
That mostly life won’t be the same

All your fears and dreams and schemes
And hopes and plans belong to you
Oh yes
Don’t feel sorry for the things you
Haven’t done
There is so much time
Let it rain let it shine
And you shall fail sometimes
But most of all things will be fine

Have no fear about the past that lies behind
Let it shine let it rain
Name the colour of your pain
And you shall find sometimes
That mostly life won’t be the same

Don’t you worry there is two of us
There is me there is you
And we know what to do
And we shall fail sometimes
But most of all
We shall be true

Mmm ohh

Remember the night
When you said to me
I’m in love with you tonight

Well there was the moonlight
And there were the stars
And enough of you
To make me say I feel alright
(And that I)

Don’t believe in gravity and time
And I don’t believe in the blackness of the night
And I don’t believe
A kiss takes longer than a little while

Well there I was standing
Feeling bold
With enough of me
Having gone away with you

Well there I was standing baby
Alone in the crowd
Feeling sad you know
You wouldn’t believe how sad
(But I still)

Don’t believe in gravity and time
And I don’t believe in the blackness of the night
And I don’t believe
A kiss takes longer than a little while ah yeah
Oh no I

I don’t believe in gravity and time
I don’t believe in the blackness of the night
And I don’t believe
A kiss takes longer than a little while

I don’t believe in gravity and time
And I don’t believe in the blackness of the night
And I don’t believe
A kiss takes longer than a little while

I don’t believe in gravity and time
And I don’t believe in the blackness of the night
And I don’t believe
A kiss takes longer than a little while

I don’t believe
No no I don’t believe
Never never never never no
Oh no

Mmm oh yes mmm
Oh yeah

I have a feeling
That my ability to reason’s
Gonna let me down
And oh I can’t understand it
That one single trip up on your wings
Can turn my cloud around

Oh and here am I listening to the rain
Trying to receive a message
Feeling the pain
Because you’ll be here
Here with me

We are dancing on a star
Don’t tell when the party’s over
We’re in a space oasis
A sea of tranquillity
We are dancing on a star
Don’t tell when the party’s over
And we will fall my love
In reverie mmm

Mmm
I have a feeling
That the serenity of senses
Gonna make me doubt oh yeah
And so I won’t ever believe that no no
That only one slip into your vision
Can make the whole world spin around

Oh and here
Am I walking on the moon
Trying to find out a meaning
Knowing that soon
You will be here
Here with me
Floating for only a moment
In eternity

We are dancing on a star
Don’t tell when the party’s over
We’re in a space oasis
A sea of tranquillity
We are dancing on a star
Don’t tell when the party’s over
And we will fall my love
In reverie mmm

Oh yeah mmm

Mmm
We are dancing on a star
Don’t tell when the party’s over yes
We’re in a space oasis
A sea of tranquillity
We are dancing on a star
Don’t tell when the party’s over
And we will fall my love
In reverie

We are dancing on a star
Don’t tell when the party’s over
We’re in a space oasis
A sea of tranquillity
We are dancing on a star
Don’t tell when the party’s over
And we will fall my love
In reverie

We are

Oooh burnin' inside yeah I'm burnin' inside yeah
Oooh burnin' inside now I'm burnin' inside now yeah

Yeah

So many times have I asked you to tell me
That I'm your girl
Time after time I have needed a reason
Just to get inside your world
So many times have I asked you to ask me
How it feels to love
And when this love seems the only
Conclusion that I'm guilty of
Oh baby then you

Put your loving arms around me
And it feels like shelter when you
Put your loving arms around me
And inside your arms I'm burning
Put your loving arms around me
And you whisper to me when you
Put your loving arms around me
And inside this love I'm yearning

Mmmm

And sometimes the way that you act makes me wonder
What I am to you
And sometimes I can't stand the way that I'm acting
To be part of the things you do
Often I've asked you for too much of your time
Like I'm stealing
And when I dream of the fear that you're leaving
Then I reach out

My baby then you

Put your loving arms around me
And it feels like shelter when you
Put your loving arms around me
And inside your arms I'm burning
Put your loving arms around me
And you whisper to me when you
Put your loving arms around me
And inside this love I'm yearning
Yearning yearning
Inside this love I'm yearning

Oooh burnin' inside yeah I'm burnin' inside yeah
Oooh burnin' inside now I'm burnin' inside now yeah
Burning inside yeah I'm burning inside
Burning inside yeah I'm burning inside yeah
Oooh burnin' inside yeah I'm burnin' inside yeah
Oooh burning inside now I'm burning inside now yeah
Burning inside yeah I'm burning inside
Burning inside yeah I'm burning inside yeah
Yeah yeah
Yeah yeah

How many times have I asked you to tell me
That I'm your girl
Time after time I have needed a reason
Just to get inside your world
So many times have I asked you to ask me
How it feels to love
And when this love seems the only
Conclusion that I'm guilty of
Oh baby then you

Put your loving arms around me
And it feels like shelter when you
Put your loving arms around me
And inside your arms I'm burning
Put your loving arms around me
And you whisper to me when you
Put your loving arms around me
And inside this love I'm yearning
Put your loving arms around me
Mmm yeah

Put your loving arms around me
(Burnin' inside yeah I'm burnin' inside)
Put your loving arms around me
(Burnin' inside yeah I'm burnin' inside yeah)
Put your loving arms around me
(Burning burning burning burning)

Yearning burning yearning
Inside this love I'm yearning burning yearning
Inside this love I'm yearning burning yearning
Inside this love I'm yearning burning yearning

Mmm mmm

Big tears and make-up
Can leave the traces
Of the secrets never found
In a million other faces
Big tears and make-up
Run many ways
But never never
Save your face

We could have been the next big thing
There wasn’t really that much to lose
But it turned out to be
Just another nightmare
In that everlasting daydream of the film I’m in
You played the part
Of an actor
Dragging me up into your screen
Where I knew I’d play the drama queen mmm
From the bottom of my heart

Big tears and make-up
Can leave the traces
Of the secrets never found
In a million other faces
Big tears and make-up
Can never (never) never (never) never
Save your time

Oh I never believed a word you said
But I agreed for a start
You paid me ten cents imagination
For a million-dollar part
And when the face melts to a scream
Close-up in the dark
The tears roll on and on and on
When you never really felt it was time
To start

Big tears and make-up
Can leave the traces
Of the secrets never found
In a million other faces

Big tears and make-up
(Big tears and make-up)
Can leave the traces
Of the secrets never found

In a thousand other faces

(lyrics based on Queen B Radio Edit)

If I said, I mean the world to you
Would you try to call me honey
I always thought I knew
I always thought I knew
I was a part of you, but now I know
No, I don't want to be

I always thought I knew the purest of your love
Everytime you called me honey
But now the words you choose won't ever be enough
'Cause what they mean will only hurt me

'Cause I don't want to hear it this time
I don't want to feel it this time

I don't want to be your baby this time
I don't want to feel this heartache
I don't want to be your honey this time
I just want to feel your heart on my side

If I whisper words you haven't heard before
Would you read my lips and help them
And if I said that I'm a stranger to your world
Would you treat me like your best friend

Could you ever show it this time
I really want to know it this time

'Cause I don't want to be your baby this time
I don't want to feel this heartache
I don't want to be your honey this time
I just want to feel your heart on my side

If I said that I will reinvent myself
And if I told you yesterday I was somebody else
Well, well
Would you listen to me
Would you let me

'Cause I don't want to be your baby this time
I don't want to feel this heartache
I don't want to be your honey this time
I just want to feel your heart on my side

I don't want to be your baby this time
I don't want to feel this heartache
I don't want to be, no, no
I don't want to be, no, no

(lyrics based on Queen B Radio Edit)

If I said, I mean the world to you
Would you try to call me honey
I always thought I knew
I always thought I knew
I was a part of you, but now I know
No, I don't want to be

I always thought I knew the purest of your love
Everytime you called me honey
But now the words you choose won't ever be enough
'Cause what they mean will only hurt me

'Cause I don't want to hear it this time
I don't want to feel it this time

I don't want to be your baby this time
I don't want to feel this heartache
I don't want to be your honey this time
I just want to feel your heart on my side

If I whisper words you haven't heard before
Would you read my lips and help them
And if I said that I'm a stranger to your world
Would you treat me like your best friend

Could you ever show it this time
I really want to know it this time

'Cause I don't want to be your baby this time
I don't want to feel this heartache
I don't want to be your honey this time
I just want to feel your heart on my side

If I said that I will reinvent myself
And if I told you yesterday I was somebody else
Well, well
Would you listen to me
Would you let me

'Cause I don't want to be your baby this time
I don't want to feel this heartache
I don't want to be your honey this time
I just want to feel your heart on my side

I don't want to be your baby this time
I don't want to feel this heartache
I don't want to be, no, no
I don't want to be, no, no