Billy Sheehan

I've been staring at this photograph
It used to make me laugh - I believed
That you would always live forever
Nothing's been the same since you've been gone
It's hard to carry on - all I see
Is misery and cloudy weather
Sometimes I think I see your face in the crowd

It's too late for saying I love you
It's too late for saying goodbye
The memories keep repeating, I'm losing my mind
I'd give anything just to hold you, it's so hard to let you go
All the way up, all the way up to heaven

Now I wake up with your voice in my head
All the things you said - keep on playing
Spinning like a broken record
And will this ever get easier
I can't go on like this anymore
I thought we'd alaways be together
It makes me wonder what it's all about

It's too late for saying I love you
It's too late for saying goodbye
The memories keep repeating, I'm losing my mind
I'd give anything just to hold you, it's so hard to let you go
All the way up, all the way up to heaven

And the times you made me smile
And the things you got me through
I never thought that they would take you
Away from me so soon
I've run out of tears to cry
And my heart is on the mend
But I think it's gonna be awhile
'Til I can feel again

Sometimes I think I see your face in the crowd
It's too late for saying I love you
It's too late for saying goodbye
The memories keep repeating, I'm losing my mind
I'd give anything just to hold you, it's so hard to let you go
All the way up, all the way up to heaven

Scars and bars and a no tell motel
Black and white cars, pulling over backseat bombshells
A jack knife operation, crying out loud
Walking in a deadman's shoes then take the next train out

Step outside, get up off of your knees, American beauty
Step out of line, baby you got to say please, American beauty,
No place to run, get right back to where you started from

Standing in the shadows, it happened way to fast
Two desperadoes, fighting in the broken glass
Push comes to shove in a California minute
Blood on the tracks, You never look back, She ain't dead yet

Step outside, get up off of your knees, American beauty
Get out of line, baby you got to say please, American beauty,
No place to run, get right back to where you started from

Scars and bars and a no tell motel
Black and white cars, pulling over backseat bombshells
A different education, dollar everyday
Give them all a happy ending, send them on their way

Step outside, get up off of your knees, American beauty
Get out of line, baby you got to say please, American beauty,
Get out of line, get up off of your knees, American beauty
No place to run, get right back to where you started from

I can make a couple a calls
Let's see whatever way it falls
True it's seems a little bit late
Got a dream and it just can't wait

A million places
We're wanting to be
Where everybody's standing
And they're starting to scream

Around the world we go
Get laugh from the people that you know
Around the world we go
Stick around 'til the evening starts 'til glow
Around the world we go
Now it's time to let your head explode

I can see it coming down
I know that you can feel the sound
You and I were made to move
Just put the diamond into the groove

A million faces we're hoping to see
Where everybody's standing staring back at me

Around the world we go
Get laugh from the people that you know
Around the world we go
Stick around 'til the evening starts 'til glow
Around the world we go
Now it's time to let your head explode

Everybody needs a little getting away
Shout it all together we've got something to say
Gather up anyone that you can find
Forget the masqueraders leave 'em all behind

Around the world we go
Get laugh from the people that you know
Around the world we go
Stick around 'til the evening starts 'til glow
Around the world we go
Get laugh from the people that you know
Around the world we go
Now it's time to let your head explode

I watch the way your mouth is moving
Like a detective at the crime
I study your expression
And the read between your lines

You know I've got a deep suspicion
That you're out there playing games
But I never see the faces
I don't know the names

As far as I can see
You belong to me
It's heaven when you smile
I can see the devil in your eyes
It's better for my heart
To keep me in the dark
Are you telling lies or
Someone to believe
As far as I can see

I get the feeling that you're looking
For another soul to steal
You can feel the hunger
And you're looking right at me

You know I've got a deep suspicion
That you're out there playing games
But I never see the faces
I don't know the names

As far as I can see
You belong to me
It's heaven when you smile
I can see the devil in your eyes
It's better for my heart
To keep me in the dark
Are you telling lies or
Someone to believe
As far as I can see

I don't know what it is that keeps me hanging on
I know there'll come a day when I'll look and
You'll be gone
You'll be gone

As far as I can see
You belong to me
It's heaven when you smile
I can see the devil in your eyes
It's better for my heart
To keep me in the dark
Are you telling lies or
Someone to believe
As far as I can see

Back on the road
New pair of shoes
Almost took a wrong turn thinking 'bout you
I shook my head left
I shook my head right
Had about enough of thinking 'bout you tonight

I need some new illusion
Give me a picture of a brighter day
It's all I need to see a new solution
Just a break to take me away

I wanna feel rich when I'm broke
Feel young when I'm old
I may never hit gold
But you know I get the feeling
Up when I'm down
Even strong with no power
See the sunshine at night
'Cause you know I get the feeling night

Back in the street
Where I should be
The good times and the bad times are waiting there for me
I try to make a move
But nothing seems to give
I can't climb the wall to where the other half live

I need some new illusion
Give me a picture of a brighter day
It's all I need to see a new solution
Just a break to take me away

I wanna feel rich when I'm broke
Feel young when I'm old
I may never hit gold
But you know I get the feeling
Up when I'm down
Even strong with no power
See the sunshine at night
'Cause you know I get the feeling right

A thousand years ago
Or two years from now
I'll guarantee that someone's gonna try to get you down
Everything you've got
Is all they wanna take
But you can sing a song, They can never steal away

I need some new illusion
Give me a picture of a brighter day
It's all I need to see a new solution
Just a break to take me away

I wanna feel rich when I'm broke
Feel young when I'm old
I may never hit gold
But you know I get the feeling
Up when I'm down
Even strong with no power
See the sunshine at night
'Cause you know I get the feeling
Rich when I'm broke
Young when I'm old
I may never hit gold
But you know I get the feeling right

Do you know who I am
Did you follow the change
Am I part of your plan to stay the same
I'm not that man

I've worm out my shoes
On sacred ground
My point of view is not straight down
Like I see you

Viva la strange take a bite of Eden's apple
Against the grain and away from the madness

I don't want to burn the life of my candle
Waiting around for a better day
I'll take a chance on fates middle finger
And be someone I've never been

Don't want to be another pretender
Not gonna lie to save my face
I wanna' leave the thieves in the temple
And go somewhere out of this place
I won't get in my way

Roll away the stone
And slip through the cracks
Shake all the bones off my back
My heart is my own

Viva la strange take a bite of Eden's apple
Beyond the frame and out of the pretty picture

Born as a Leo but soft as a lamb
One-quarter Creole with the back of her hand
Washes her hair in the Kryptonite rain
A little invitation could shake up a saint

Lost in space makes you never wanna come back down
But you'll remember where you wanna be now

I go to sleep with one eye open
Hoppin' it's tonight she crosses that line
Think you died this side of heaven
But hell ain't far behind
Shed my skin, thrill me to the bliss
The fun begins, kill me with a kiss

Batten down the hatches Medusa's on the loose
Show me the trap, put my neck in the noose
A delicate flower with a crack in the vase
I lose myself in Jazebel a smile on my face

Take a leap of faith don't be afraid to try it
And you'll feel better said the spider to the fly

I go to sleep with one eye open
Hoppin' it's tonight she crosses that line
Think you died this side of heaven
But hell ain't far behind
Shed my skin, thrill me to the bliss
The fun begins, kill me with a

She's a real live pedestal beauty
And my unpredictable cross to bear
Death defying savoir faire

I go to sleep with one eye open
Hoppin' it's tonight she crosses that line
Think you died this side of heaven
But hell ain't far behind
Shed my skin, thrill me to the bliss
The fun begins, kill me with a kiss

Shootin' from the hip, cut me to the quick
Bite my lip, kill me with a kiss

Kill me with a
I got my freak on like it's triple X rated
A dose of mojo like it's something contagious
A velvet hammer poison with a twist
Straight jacket lover kill me with a kiss

I've been sucked in, how much do you think
That I'll get away with
Push me and pull me, baby's out with the bath
I don't know who to stay with
There's nothing more that I can do,
Worms in a can just me and you
Can't turn away, burning bridges today,
It's a crime, it's a shame
Nobody left to blame,
Nobody left to blame,
Nobody
Eat my cake, I don't care what's at stake,
I'm swinging like Tarzan
I can't sleep, shadows run deep,
My right's caught in my left hand
There's nothing more that I can do,
Worms in a can just me and you
Can't turn away burning bridges today
It's a crime, it's a shame
Nobody left to blame
I've come undone stuck under the gun,
You know the truth is demanding
Bark at the moon, the end comes too soon,
There's only one man standing
I don't care, I don't know
There's nothing more that I can do
Call it a day just passing through
Shaken the sound, lost on the ground
It's a crime, it's a shame
Nobody left to blame
Nobody
Nobody
Nobody left to blame
I fell so down
Have to get away
Nobody

Once upon a time, the chemistry was cool
I had a little place, just a space standin' next to you
When you lost your mind, did you realize or wonder why
When you go insane, your to blame now I gotta fly

Underhanded, how you planned it was the perfect crime
That was once upon a time * Once upon a time
That was once upon a time * Once upon a time

You never told me that you had a little dark spot on your heart
You threw me a bone, left me alone and then you ripped me apart
Now you're the one, come undone, the tables turned around
Where do you go, so low, I think your going under the ground

Underhanded, how you planned it was the perfect crime
That was once upon a time * Once upon a time
That was once upon a time * Once upon a time

Now it's time to take a stand * Take it back in my hands
I'm only doing what I can * Why should give a damn

Now it's going down, I dropped the other shoe
You know it's been said, your thick head, it all comes back to you
It seems you're the one come undone, the world has turned around
Original sin is doing you in and now I

Understand it, how you planned it was the perfect crime
That was once upon a time * Once upon a time
That was once upon a time * Once upon a time
Once upon a time

Face of an angel, soul of saint
So much of the things, I know that I ain't
I should be glad, you might suppose
For some stupid reason that nobody knows

All that she's got, it sure is a lot
But it still ain't enough for me

There must be a reason, I'm not satisfied
So hard to please, oh I realize
She up and left me with nothing to say
Somehow I knew it would end up this way

All that she's got, it sure is a lot
But it still ain't enough for me

Face of an angel, soul of saint
So much of the things, I know that I ain't
I should be glad, you might suppose
For some stupid reason that nobody knows

All that she's got, it sure is a lot
But it still ain't enough for me

All that she's got, it sure is a lot
But it still ain't enough for me

Still Ain't Enough for Me

I was a soldier with no regrets walking on the fence
Falling back at my feet again
There was a vision, decision's made to mold me out of clay
Taking away my wings... oooooo
The man I supposed to be, now is the enemy
And I wonder who I am,
Will I be someone to remember
After the glory ends
Hiding in my disguise, I'm a stranger, Stranger in My Life...
I'm perfect but broken, the mirror tells it all
Looking into my window soul
Up in the distance our different made no one else can see
Someone I used to know, I made her the right mistakes
Now I goes to the big parade
And I wonder where I've been,
Where is the dreamer I remember?
Loosing a long lost friend,
Hiding in my disguise
I'm a stranger, Stranger in my life...
I woke up all choked up out of my head
My heart is wide open, re-writing how this story ends
... solo guitar...
And I wonder who I am,
Will I be someone to remember
After the glory ends
Hiding in my disguise, I'm a stranger, Stranger in My Life..

She said she couldn't do it
if she tried
But she never tried
she will never try
It's running through her veins
like cyanide
It gets her by
but just for a while
How long
can she keep on chasing
something wrong
Memories
of how she could've made it

The waves are crashing
down she's caught in the undertow
Drowning in the sea
She's looking for a light
but there's nowhere to go
Undertow

She sees the world through
hazy bloodshot eyes
Just looking for another high
She lives by golden rules
that don't apply
Life passed her by
and I tell you why
How long
can she keep on chasing
something wrong
Memories
of how she could've made it

The waves are crashing down
she's caught in the undertow
Drowning in the sea
She's looking for a light
but there's nowhere to go
Undertow

How long
can she keep on chasing
something wrong
Memories
of how she could've made it

The waves are crashing down
she's caught in the undertow
Drowning in the sea
She's looking for a light
but there's nowhere to go
The waves are crashing down
she's caught in the undertow
Drowning in the sea
She's looking for a light
but there's nowhere to go

To Be With You Lyrics

Hold on little girl
Show me what he's done to you
Stand up little girl
A broken heart can't be that bad
When it's through, it's through
Fate will twist the both of you
So come on baby come on over
Let me be the one to show you

I'm the one who wants to be with you
Deep inside I hope you feel it too
Waited on a line of greens and blues
Just to be the next to be with you

Build up your confidence
So you can be on top for once
wake up who cares about
Little boys that talk too much
I've seen it all go down
Your game of love was all rained out
So come on baby, come on over
Let me be the one to hold you

Chorus

Why be alone when we can be together baby
You can make my life worthwhile
And I can make you start to smile

When it's through, it's through
Fate will twist the both of you
So come on baby come on over
Let me be the one to show you

To Be With You Lyrics

Hold on little girl
Show me what he's done to you
Stand up little girl
A broken heart can't be that bad
When it's through, it's through
Fate will twist the both of you
So come on baby come on over
Let me be the one to show you

I'm the one who wants to be with you
Deep inside I hope you feel it too
Waited on a line of greens and blues
Just to be the next to be with you

Build up your confidence
So you can be on top for once
wake up who cares about
Little boys that talk too much
I've seen it all go down
Your game of love was all rained out
So come on baby, come on over
Let me be the one to hold you

Chorus

Why be alone when we can be together baby
You can make my life worthwhile
And I can make you start to smile

When it's through, it's through
Fate will twist the both of you
So come on baby come on over
Let me be the one to show you

I've been miles from nowhere

Crossed and doubled back

Time is a healer

Cause I've done my time

No, I ain't seen love like that



I've seen the light of freedom

Dim and fade to black

So many faces, but no one compares

No, I ain't seen love like that

And I got people telling me to let her go

Don't let it turn you around

Tomorrow's coming and you'll never know

The one that you lost may be found



I believe in justice

I wonder where's she's at

It feels like a lifetime

And it just ain't fair

No I ain't seen love like that

And I got people telling me to let her go

That girl is bringing you down

Tomorrow's coming and you'll never know

The love that you lost may be found



You know that people telling me to let her go

Don't let it turn you around

Tomorrow's coming and you'll never know

The love that you lost may be found



I've been miles from nowhere

Crossed and doubled back

Time is a healer

And I've done my time

No, I ain't seen love like that

No, I ain't seen love like that

So many faces, (ain't seen love like that)

No one compares (ain't seen love like that)

(ain't seen love like that) ain't seen love...

(ain't seen love like that_ no I ain't...

It's late at night and neither
one of us is sleeping
I can't imagine live my life
after your're gone
Wondering why so many
questions have no answers
I keep on searching for the reason
why we went wrong
Where is our yesterday
you and I could use it right now
But if this is goobye
Just take my heart when you go
I don't have the need for it anymore
I'll always love you
but you're too hard to hold
Just take my heart when you go

Here we are about to
take the final step now
I just can't fool myself
I know there's no turning back
Face to face
it's been and endless conversation
but when the love is gone
you're left with nothing but talk
I'd give my everything
if only I could turn you around
But if this is goobye
Just take my heart when you go
I don't have the need for it anymore
I'll always love you
but you're too hard to hold
Just take my heart when you go

Just take my heart
Just take my heart when you go
I don't have the need for it anymore
I'll always love you
but you're too hard to hold
Just take my heart
Just take my heart when you go
take my heart
Just take my heart

All right, huh!

I work hard every day

Come rain or shine

Don't need nobody

To tell about a girl of mine

She's got so much love

She saved it all for me

And I would not be lying

It's the way it's gotta be



So mister Big, uh

Better watch out, uh

And don't you hang around me now

That' all for you

I would dig-ya

A great big hole in the ground

All right....yeah, yeah

Now listen

I don't care who you are.



So don't explain

Better get on out of here

And don't you come back again

I don't want a thing from ya

Don't wanna give you nothing too

So get on out of here

Before I lose my cool

(repeat chorus)


Don't you know I really need to?

Oh, woh, woh, Mister Big, yeah.

Hold on little girl
Show me what
he's done to you
Stand up little girl
A broken heart
can't be that bad
When it's through
it's through
Fate will twist
the both of you
So come on baby
come on over
Let me be the
one to show you
I'm the one who
wants to be with you
Deep inside
I hope you feel it too
Waited on a line
of greens and blues
Just to be the
next to be with you
Build up your confidence
So you can be
on top for once
Wake up Who cares about
Little boys
that talk too much
I seen it all go down
Your game of
love was all rained out
So come on baby
come on over
Let me be the
one to hold
I'm the one who wants
to be with you
Deep inside
I hope you feel it too
Waited on a line
of greens and blues
Just to be the next
to be with you
Why be alone when we
can be together baby
You can make
my life worthwhile
I can make you
start to smile

When it's through
it's through
Fate will twist
the both of you
So come on baby
come on over
Let me be the
one to show you
I'm the one who wants
to be with you
Deep inside
I hope you feel it too
Waited on a line of
greens and blues
Just to be the next
to be with you
I'm the one who
wants to be with you
Deep inside
I hope you feel it too
Waited on a line of
greens and blues
Just to be the next
to be with you
Just to be the next
to be with you

La la la la la la la la la la
La la la la la la la la
La la la la la la la la la
Now that I've lost
everything to you
You say you want to start
something new
And it's breaking my heart
you're leaving
Baby I'm grieving
And if you wanna leave
take good care
Hope you have a lot of
nice things to wear
A lot of nice
things turn bad out there
Oh baby baby
it's a wild world
It's hard to get by
just upon a smile
oh baby baby
it's a wild world
I'll always remember you
like a child girl
You know I've seen a lot of
What the world can do
And it's breaking my
heart in two
Coz I never want to
see you sad girl
Don't be a bad girl
But if you wanna leave
take good care
Hope you make a
lot of nice freinds out there
Just remember there's
A lot of bad and beware
Oh baby baby
it's a wild world
It's hard to get by
just upon a smile
oh baby baby
it's a wild world
I'll always remember you
like a child girl

La la la la la la la la la la
La la la la la la la la
baby I love you
And if you wanna leave
take good care
Hope you make a
lot of nice freinds out there
Just remember there's
A lot of bad and beware
Oh baby baby
it's a wild world
It's hard to get by
just upon a smile
oh baby baby
it's a wild world
I'll always remember you
like a child girl
Oh baby baby
it's a wild world
It's hard to get by
just upon a smile
oh baby baby
it's a wild world
And I'll always remember you
like a child girl

To Be With You Lyrics

Hold on little girl
Show me what he's done to you
Stand up little girl
A broken heart can't be that bad
When it's through, it's through
Fate will twist the both of you
So come on baby come on over
Let me be the one to show you

I'm the one who wants to be with you
Deep inside I hope you feel it too
Waited on a line of greens and blues
Just to be the next to be with you

Build up your confidence
So you can be on top for once
wake up who cares about
Little boys that talk too much
I've seen it all go down
Your game of love was all rained out
So come on baby, come on over
Let me be the one to hold you

Chorus

Why be alone when we can be together baby
You can make my life worthwhile
And I can make you start to smile

When it's through, it's through
Fate will twist the both of you
So come on baby come on over
Let me be the one to show you

To Be With You Lyrics

Hold on little girl
Show me what he's done to you
Stand up little girl
A broken heart can't be that bad
When it's through, it's through
Fate will twist the both of you
So come on baby come on over
Let me be the one to show you

I'm the one who wants to be with you
Deep inside I hope you feel it too
Waited on a line of greens and blues
Just to be the next to be with you

Build up your confidence
So you can be on top for once
wake up who cares about
Little boys that talk too much
I've seen it all go down
Your game of love was all rained out
So come on baby, come on over
Let me be the one to hold you

Chorus

Why be alone when we can be together baby
You can make my life worthwhile
And I can make you start to smile

When it's through, it's through
Fate will twist the both of you
So come on baby come on over
Let me be the one to show you

To Be With You Lyrics

Hold on little girl
Show me what he's done to you
Stand up little girl
A broken heart can't be that bad
When it's through, it's through
Fate will twist the both of you
So come on baby come on over
Let me be the one to show you

I'm the one who wants to be with you
Deep inside I hope you feel it too
Waited on a line of greens and blues
Just to be the next to be with you

Build up your confidence
So you can be on top for once
wake up who cares about
Little boys that talk too much
I've seen it all go down
Your game of love was all rained out
So come on baby, come on over
Let me be the one to hold you

Chorus

Why be alone when we can be together baby
You can make my life worthwhile
And I can make you start to smile

When it's through, it's through
Fate will twist the both of you
So come on baby come on over
Let me be the one to show you

I'll dig a hole so deep
That when you take a leap of faith along with me
We'll touch down in about a week ot two
I think half the fun is getting' there- don't you?

Another shovel full of dirt
A little deeper in the earth

Below the level of the sea
Amazing just how dry it used to be
Standing where a mountain would crumble into dust
This kind of heat and pressure
Was never really good for us

Once upon the surface i was found
But know i find a comfort
In the secrecy so far beneath the ground
Nothing there could tempt me like before
To make the climb up top again
And go through that once more

Another shovel full of dirt
A little deeper in the earth
Another promise that you break
Try to bury your mistake

Its hard to define from within
The chaos you find yourself in
Sometimes you give up and fall
Through the tangle connecting it all
Won't you realize
Once something ceases to be
It's so gone
You must move one
Take in from me
Strange how the time overrides
A promise you meant to abide
A sensible choice for a change
But it never quite works out that way
Don't you recognize
Once something comes to an and
You hang on
For much too long
Never Again
Watching the collision
From the back seat
Could it be my imposition
Is distracting you
Though only released for a while
An inch is a good as a mile
In the end what a tale you can tell
A chalk mark will trace where it fell
Won't you realize
Once something ceases to be
It's so gone
You must move one
Take from me
Don't you recognize
Once something comes to an end
You hang on
For much too long
Never again
Watching the collision
From the back seat
Could it be my imposition
Is distracting you

I awaken from my blissful nap
Reminded of the real deal
I don't want to deal with that
I take another look inside
Resist the urge to look away
It's a vision in my mind
I lift from my head
Thinking of something she said
'Cause you know what you think about
Is just what you're gonna get
In my cocoon i will embrace
Everything i brush against
Is gonna leave a trace
I float along within a womb
I wish i could have put a window
In my little room
I look back where i should
A shadow remains where i stood
C'mon now give a little push
The change will do you good
I lift from my head
Thinking of something she said
'Cause you know what you think about
Is just what you're gonna get
I look back where i should
A shadow remains where i stood
C'mon now give a little push
The change will do you good

I put up resistance at first
Just how long can I keep the dogs at bay
I don't know which one might be worse
Look ahead, or resurrect the ghost's of yesterday
So toss it on the flame
I want you to know good it feels without it
Isn't it a shame
The celebration's so un-crowded
Once you start feeling the thirst
You now exactly what you need to touch your tongue
The taste may be bitter at first
But leads to such a sweet comparison
So toss it on the flames
Don't belive there's nothing you can do about it
Nothing looks the same
With a vision so unclouded
Shoulder the weight of it all
Your feeling the strain all along you're your back
(Just the thing to break my back!)
Finally they answer your call
Who'd of known all you had to do is ask
(Just one little question)
So toss it on the flame
Everything that's left behind with those who doubt it
Praying for the rain
When the sky is so unclouded
Toss it on the flame
I want you to knowhow good it feels without it
Isn't I a shame
The celebration's so un-crowded