Pat Monahan

Seems like it's Always Midnight,
Sweeping up broken glass after every fight
With the sound of a train
that I could've been on
Reminding me that the last one's gone.
With you,
It's always midnight.

Are you blind?
Can't you see me standing here
waiting in line?
For you.
Are you mine?
Not just when you wanna be
all of the time?
Are you?
Are you blind?
Don't you see me standing here
Won't you tell me what it is
I'm waiting to find..?

You're right,
I must be crazy.
You're out getting high,
I'm here pretending I'm in love.

The sound of your heart,
my head on your chest,
dropped your hands to your sides
and gave up.
I'd rather be crazy than right
Tonight

Are you blind?
Can't you see me standing here
waiting in line?
For you.
Are you mine?
Not just when you wanna be
all of the time?
Are you?
Are you blind?
Don't you see me standing here
Won't you tell me what it is
I'm waiting to find..?

A way to get back to you,
A way to get out of here,
I don't want to be alone
At midnight anymore.
How do I get away
Wanna see you in the daylight
I don't wanna be afraid of
Midnight anymore

With the sound of a train
That I should have been on
reminding me that the last one's gone.
With you,
There's always midnight..

Are you blind?
Can't you see me standing here
waiting in line?
For you.
Are you mine?
Not just when you wanna be
all of the time?
Are you?
Are you blind?
Don't you see me standing here
Won't you tell me what it is
I'm waiting to find..?

With you,
It's Always Midnight...

Cowboys and Indians
Heteros and Gays
Blacks and Whites and all of their ways
Their all dancing underneath the moon

Lawyers and Army men
The Left and the Right
The preachers and communists, oh what a sight
We're all coming home or will be soon

Well I'd like to thank you all
I'd like to make you all
Lunch by a river I know
I'd like to take your hands
I'd like to give you some peace

Oh, I know I like to show you
A little bit of happiness
Right now

Convicts and Movie Stars
Prostitutes and Priests
Losers and Winners, let us look to the east
Thanking the sun for another beautiful day


Well I'd like to thank you all
I'd like to make you all
Flow like a river I know
I'd like to take your hands
I'd like to give you some peace

Oh, I know I like to show you
A little bit of happiness
Right now

Shaman and Children
The living and ghosts
What we need is each other the most
We can flow like a river I know

Have you seen her?

So fine and pretty
Fooled me with her style and ease
And i feel her from across the room
Yes, it's love in the third degree

Ooh, baby, baby
Won't cha turn your head my way?
Ooh, baby, baby
Come on, take a chance
You're old enough to dance the night away
Oh, come on, baby, dance the night away

A live wire
Barely a beginner, but just watch that lady go
She's on fire
'cause dancing gets her higher than anything else she knows

Ooh, baby, baby
Won't cha turn your head my way?
Ooh, baby, bay
Well, don't skip romance
'cause you're old enough to dance the night away
Oh, come on, baby, dance the night away
Dance, dance, dance the night away

Oh, yeah
Dance the night away
Dance, dance, dance the night away
Oh, come on, baby, dance the night away
Dance, dance, dance the night away
Oh, come on, baby, dance the night away
Dance, dance, dance the night away

I want you and I know you want me too
But it's time for you to choose
And I know you don't wanna hurt nobody baby
But someone's bound to lose

The time has come for me to say
It's him you leave or me you stay
And I don't wanna see this have to end
But it's down to me to let you know
I'm strong enough to let you go
And strong enough to be more than a friend
I want you for my girlfriend

Now I understand that you might need a little helping hand
But this has got to be up to you
Cause you got me so out of breath
If I don't stop now there'll be nothing left
So, baby whatcha gonna do

The time has come for me to say
It's him you leave or me you stay
And I don't wanna see this have to end
But its down to me to let you know
I'm strong enough to let you go
And strong enough to be more than a friend
I want you for my girlfriend

Oh I will fight for ya
Oh I will fight for you

Don't you know that she is moving my way?
Don't you know she wants you on the highway?
Don't you know she wants to get sideways?
Don't you know she wants to get next to me?
And if you want I wanna come right to you
And if you want I'm ready to fight for you
If you're ready I'm ready to be your boyfriend
If you're sure then come and get next to me

Cause I want you and I know you want me too
So, baby whatcha gonna do

The time has come for me to say
It's him you leave or me you stay
And I don't wanna see this have to end
But its down to me to let you know
I'm strong enough to let you go
And strong enough to be more than a friend
I want you for my girlfriend
I want you for my girlfriend

Thought I could
But I just can't wait
Started planning
For the great escape
Where I'd live and
What I'd leave behind

Made a list of things
I'd have to take
The things that make me feel like hell
For heavens sake
Who I'd love and who would tow the line

And I need you
Everybody needs someone like you
If you need me too
You would be the only thing that I'd take
On my great escape

I float through this town like a cosmonaut
Reminding me of all the things I haven't got
Like time and space, a smile on my face and you

(Chorus)

Maybe I'll find that my destination
Is somewhere I already know?
And you were as far as I ever had to go

And I need you
Thought I could, but I just can't wait
Everybody needs someone like you
Started planning for me great escape
If you need me to
Who I love and who I'd leave behind
You would be the only thing that I'd take with me

I need you
Who I'd leave behind
Everybody needs someone like you
Who I'd leave behind
If you need me to
You would be the only thing that I take
On my great escape

She's not afraid; she just likes to use her night light
When she gets paid, true religion gets it all
If they fit right.

She's a little bit manic, completely organic
Doesn't panic for the most part.

She's old enough to know, and young enough not to say no
To any chance that she gets for home plate tickets to see the Mets.
Like everybody, she's in over her head,
Dreads Feds, Grateful Dead, and doesn't take meds.

She's a Gemini Capricorn
Thinks all men are addicted to porn.
I don't agree with her half the time,
But, damn I'm glad she's mine.

Her eyes, that's where hope lies.
That's where blue skies
Meet the sunrise.
Her eyes, that's where I go
When I go home.

She got the kinda strength that every man wishes he had.
She loved Michael Jackson up until he made Bad.

Tells me that she lives about a hundred lives,
Scares me to death when she thinks and drives,
Says cowboy hats make her look fat,
and I'm so glad she's mine.

Her eyes, that's where hope lies.
That's where blue skies
Meet the sunrise.
Her eyes, that's where I go
When I go home.

She doesn't know the word 'impossible'
Don't care where I've been and doesn't care where we're goin' to.
She takes me as I am, and that ain't easy.
She's beautiful. So beautiful.

And sometimes I think she's truly crazy.
And I love it.

Her eyes, that's where hope lies.
That's where blue skies
Always meet the sunrise.
Her eyes, that's where I go
When I go home.

Her eyes, that's where hope lies.
That's where blue skies
Always meet the sunrise.
Her eyes, that's where I go
When I go home.

She's not afraid
she just likes to use her night light.

Two money makers
One falling star
Three more that swam ashore
And climbed into the family car

From the steel mills of Pennsylvania
To the piers in the Puget Sound

Here I am
The last of seven

Here I am
The last of seven

I fell for you
And I fell on my face
Then I reach for you
And you walk off without a trace
Guess I hardly knew ya
I should have gone before I came
Then you reach for me and it starts all over again

Ooh My My
Ooh you made me wanna wait
And then I fell to far too fast
Now I think that it's too late

Ooh My My
Ooh you made me hesitate
And then I worked so hard and fell so far
It was hardly worth the wait

I fell for you
Till I fell on my face
Then I worked for you
24/11 just to keep from losing ground
You've got a hold on me
And you're stronger than you look
Cause when I try to leave ya, it starts all over again

Ooh My My
Ooh you made me wanna wait
And then I fell to far too fast
Now I think that it's too late

Ooh My My
Ooh you made me hesitate
And then I worked so hard and fell so far
It was hardly worth the wait

You invite me to your fire for awhile
Then you filled me with desire with your smile
And then you push me and I fall another mile
No more burning in your fire for awhile

Ooh My My... whoa yeah
I'm tired and it's late

Ooh My My
Ooh you made me hesitate
And then I worked so hard and fell so far
It was hardly worth the wait

Ooh My My
Ooh you made me wanna wait
And then I fell to far too fast
Now I think that it's too late

Ooh My My
Ooh you made me hesitate
And then I worked so hard and fell so far
It was hardly worth the wait

She woke up in a town made of quick sand
gets harder to move everyday she stays
He woke up in the same hotel he always does
just different numbers on the doors
Maybe they'll meet
Maybe they won't
Maybe they'll love each other and...
Maybe they don't
Shes a gypsy
Hes a pirate on the run

Her eyes they know too much
She'll treat ya like somebody but you just can't touch
His smile ain't seen the light of day
Exchanged it for some treasure somewhere along the way
Maybe the stars will align so they can sail on together
Maybe he'll steal her life
and she'll take his heart
and his favorite sweater
She's a gypsy
He's a pirate on the run

Ooh yes, They finally did meet
and let me tell ya

We loved, the first and last kind of love

I was perfect for her soul
I was perfect for his heart
And together we are perfect apart

Back when it was only you and me
Baby we were gonna be fine
Oh, then reality makes sure that you'll never be mine

I'm a gypsy
He's a pirate on the run

She's a gypsy
And I'm a pirate on the run

Stand up and get ready for what's coming
Stand up breathe in
Check your eyes it's about us
Mother nature don't lie Its about us
Stand up breath in

There's a place in space the captive like to go
And I been sleeping on it way to long
I'm coning home

And if you're tired and waiting for the sun
Raise your hands
To shed a little light on everything you've done
Raise your hands
If you're stuck under a rock and you want to roll
I know where to take you if you want to go
Raise your hands

Now I've been down before and I'll be down again
And I'll be damned if I wont need a true friend
Not the kind that's always got to give advice
The kind with love, I just need someone who's nice to me
Do you know what its like to be so down that up
Ain't in sight
Now if your with me let me see you stand up and raise your hands

(Chorus)
I'll carry you, you carry me
I got to be wrong sometimes
Teach me how to be strong sometimes
I'll stand for you, you stand for me
Oh I know that I can count on you
Never let the sun set down on you
I love you

And if you're tired and waiting for the sun
Reach on up and grab it

(Chorus)

I said I know where to take you if you want to go
Raise your hands
Come on I know where to take you if you want to go
Raise your hands

I'm not so sure where we're going
Can you tell me how to get there?
And have you been there before

I'm not so sure what you want
But you can find me out there somewhere
Stuck in some revolving door

I don't need to be rich
I don't need to be wise
But I want to be more than just a ripple in the water

I don't need to be anything
Except in your eyes
Cause I want to be more that just a ripple in the water yeah
There's so many beautiful people in unusual ways
Sometimes I feel so intimidated
So if you know where you want me
Then tell me how to get there
Across the river we created, yeah yeah

I don't need to be famous
I don't need to be king
But I want to be more that just a ripple in the water

I don't need to be first
I don't need to be your everything
But I want to be more than just a ripple in the water

I don't need to make a sunset
I don't need to make it rise
But I want to be more than just a ripple in the water

I don't need to be beautiful
Except in your eyes
Cause I want to be more

If you want it
Oh then tell me come and get it
I don't know where it is
But I'm right here

Oh I want you
And I want to come and get you
I don't know where you are
Are you out there?

If you want it
Oh then tell me that you need it
I don't know where it is
Or what it is
Or why it is
Oh if you want it here I am
So come and get me, yeah

I don't need to be strong
I don't need to be invincible
But I want to be more than just a ripple in the water

I don't want to be anything
Like an old vice principal
But I want to be more than just a ripple in the water

I don't need to be rich
I don't need to be wise
But I want to be more than just a ripple in the water

I don't need anything
Except in your eyes
Cause I want to be more than just a ripple in the water

You watch them watch you
You want them to
Then their faces fade away
You worked your whole life
To show them all that
you have what it takes to shine

Cause no one has, what you have
and no one ever will
You have heart
and that's all you need

You're gonna shine for them
Shine for them
Shine
No matter what it takes, you'll shine

Well, life got complicated
and no one ever waited
and your son grew into a man
and all you wanted was to be loved
was strangling all your chances to shine
But you'd show them all
That you make them fall
Cause they didn't understand a thing about
the way you'd shine
Oh you shine

You're gonna shine for them
Shine for them
Shine
No matter what took you shine

Now you're on the best stage
and in your best dress
But the show is not for you
It's a clown with a frown
in from out of town
and your hairdo's falling
and they're filing out and
my God the clown is you

But you dance for someone that smiles at you
and drift into the shadows of yourself
Off you go

But you shine for him
Shine for him
Shine
And now it's time for them to shine for you

Shine for them
Shine for them
Shine

I am barely stable.
I am afraid to be alone.
I am sorry that I always enable,
And every day I try to find another way to you.

I can admit to my addictions,
And wish I could be a better friend.
I am three kinds of crazy,
And every day I try to find another way to you

Chorus
Someday, we'll be together
One day, you'll be back in my arms again
Someday, I will be where I belong
I've waited so long,
For someday.

I know who's to blame and that's a shame,
'Cause I know in the end, it doesn't mean a thing.
I am convinced that I'll be back again,
And when I do I swear to find another way to you.

Chorus
Someday, we'll be together
One day, you'll be back in my arms again

Someday, I will be where I belong
I've waited so long,
For someday.

Life is to borrow.
You were just a dream along the way
Life is sweet sorrow,
There's always tomorrow,
There's always someday.

Chorus (x2)

As if the world stopped turnin'
And feeling safe just slipped away
All the clouds decided
they were too divided
So they chased the sun away.

Woah now, spirit in the sky
can't you see me cry?
What didn't I try?
Baby, didn't I?

I'm thinkin' bout you (x4)
It's all that I can do.

I wrap myself in thoughts of you.
And dream this dream that seems
to be slipping through my hands
They still wanna hold on
I can't believe that you're gone.
I'm all that's left of you.

I'm thinkin' bout you (x3)
I'm thinkin' bout the way I hold on
I can't let go.
I'm thinkin' bout you.
It's all that I can do,
is think about you.

You are still that special place
In my mind your face,
your smell, your touch,
your voice, I miss you so much.

Woah yeah,
I'm thinkin' bout the way I go on
I'm tryin' to get through
I can't stop thinkin' bout you, no
yeah yeah yeah

There's nothing left to do.

Last night I slept in a bed of tears
But I woke up a better man
There's a space in between
Who you want and who I am
And someday baby we'll both understand
Now I could tell you that
You'll be all right
I could hold you
And keep lying

One way is holding on
One way is being strong
There's two ways to say goodbye
Your tears are made of pride
My tears have all been cried
There's two ways to say goodbye

Today I decided to take the long way home
I figured that the drive would do me good
I finally feel awake for the first time
I better get home to do what's right
That's right

One way is holding on
One way is being strong

There's two ways to say goodbye
Your tears are made of pride
My tears have all been cried
There's two ways to say goodbye

So I won't tell you that
You'll be all right
So please don't ask me to spend the night
Cuz I don't want to hold you
And keep lying

One way is holding on
Oh and I got to be strong
Either way it's goodbye
Its just a matter of time
Your tears are made of pride
My tears have all been cried
There's two ways to say goodbye

Wherever you go I want you to know
There's two ways to say goodbye
Wherever you go I want you to know
There's two ways
Goodbye