Everything I dreamed
Has passed before my eyes
Still I can't seem to get just what I want
Lord and I can't sleep.
So I ask you to dance
To an unfamiliar tune
Soon we're spinning there in
candlelight and circumstance
And my soul can be seen.
This is what I need
This is what I need
No illusions
No circumstantial tragedies
This is what I need.
Now you're laying there in moonlight
Like a painting by Rousseau
And you're wondering what boundaries
I would dare to cross
Like some warrior's pain.
And I sit there and I wonder
How the curtain it will fall
How I will have to pay for all of the applause
That falls like rain.
This is what I need
This is what I need
No illusions
No circumstantial tragedies
This is what I need.
Don't go thinking
All's been said and done.
I swear my love
We've just begun.
Everything I've dreamed
Has washed upon these shores
Thanks to you my dear I have found my peace
Within your dreams.
This is what I need
This is what I need
No illusions
No circumstantial tragedies
You are all that I need.
MARY, I SWEAR
I was born on Valentine's Day
the day I first kissed you
The band did play, your face did shine
beneath the winter moon
The years did pass, my heart was yours
I never went astray
But things did change so suddenly
I didn't know what to say to you
Mary, I swear I'm leaving today
The war it has called me
I'm going away
Stay on your knees and I'll be home soon
Just wait here for me yesterday...
I sailed the sea for four long years
it carried me far from you
But I carried the picture, the picture you gave
to me
on the docks that noon
The bombs did falls and the gods did die
Lord only knows why I was saved
How I remember on Victory Day
When the final orders, they came to me.
Mary, I swear I'm leaving today
This war it is over
I'm coming to stay.
Stay on your knees and I'll be home soon
Just wait there for me yesterday.
(solo)
The plant did close, our son did leave
but all I ever needed was you.
It took so much to see you there
your eyes so fading, so blue.
It hurt so much to see you
Released from all your pain
But the time has come for me to come home
I will be with you,
I will stay with you.
Mary I swear, I'm leaving today
This body is broken
I'm coming to stay
We'll dance, dance,
oh, we'll dance my Love
I'll be with you there yesterday.
LAST TIME
Last time I will think about you
Last time I will pull through
Father, son, and holy ghost
But to you I prayed the most
I came to you on wounded knee
Tell me now what did you see
A rich man, poor man, beggar man, fool
Tell me now who made your rules
Your voice, your eyes, your face, your neck
In that world you did protect me
Cross my heart and I hope to die
See the truth before my eyes
I have the words, I have the fears
One thing left I still can hear
this is history in present tense
a toy soldier with no voice
all your ships have left their shores
remember me
remember me
remember me
Last time I will call your name
Now I see it's all the same
You wear your heart upon your sleeve
Like an addict's rosary
Love is blind but why can I see
The shadows that you gave to me
Tell me now that I am gone
Are you happy with this song?
this is the best that I could give
grey skies and a pearl
when you look up and see the rain
remember me
remember me
remember me
remember me
DON'T TALK TO ME
Hey, I've got nothing I want to say to you right now
So you know exactly what I mean
Every time that I look into your eyes
I find something so obscene
Now I've been called every name in your book
So I know exactly what you've seen
Even though I have been dragged through your dirt
I can still wash my hands clean
Does your god own a gun?
Does he know just what you've done?
I know exactly what I'm worth.
Does your mother know of this?
It's just blood so you dismiss...
There is one thing I've gotta say.
Don't talk to me like this.
Don't talk to me like this.
Don't you talk to me...
Like this.
Well I know that you're speaking my name
Every time my back is turned
You may hate me but I won't go away
Is that why you're so concerned?
Now you know what you're saying is a lie
Your ignorance is your excuse
Every time you look into my eyes
My innocence you will accuse.
When the walls come falling down
Won't you listen, hear the sound
Judgment day has finally come.
When you stand before the truth
Your lies will do no use
May we both get what we deserve.
Don't talk to me like this.
Don't talk to me like this.
Don't you talk to me...
Like this.
FALLING
Maybe now that direction is gone,
I can find my way back home.
No illusions now, no lies where I can hide,
Like you thought you did so well.
Don't look at me like
someone who just might
trade their conscience in for gold.
Don't look at me like
someone who might try
to live out your stories told.
Maybe this time is the last time
like the first time
I'm falling, I'm falling
I'm falling down.
I was made to dance with
the shadows that you hold,
you hold onto for dear life.
But I took the truth into my own hands,
now I'm weary to my bones.
I am not the same
can you see the change
deny it all again three times
You are not the same
so you rearrange
all the memories you find.
Maybe this time is the last time
there will be no next time
I'm falling, I'm falling
I'm falling down.
Give me a reason for every little rhyme
just like your good books have told you.
Looking for the map to give you peace of mind,
when you find it, I'll be gone.
I know I love you now,
I guess I always will
We all know the reasons why.
But I'll start again,
again as best I can
all that's left to do is try.
Maybe this time is the last time
there will be no next time
I'm falling, I'm falling
I'm falling down.
HOME
we
what a fragile word to be
is it just a little strange
afraid I'd change you
do
do you need me?
my life is so cold
this is so new
believe
is all you said to me
then you held me so close
until I could feel
so take
take these eyes
take these hands
take my soul
it's built on sand
because...
this feels like home
you
just a vagabond's dream
some stories to tell
asleep at the wheel
fear
was the one that made us three
you closed all the doors
but was it all real
so take
take these eyes
take these hands
take my past
but do not reprimand me
because...
you are my home
(solo)
please
before you leave
before you take this all away
let this be said
I
will always love you
keep this part of me
precious and new
so take
take these eyes
take these hands
take my soul
but do not reprimand me
because...
you were my home.
DIAMONDS AND PROMISES
I wish I could find
a place in my mind
as warm as you
a place to keep secrets
keep silence keep peaces of
days gone by
send me a memory
place it on out to sea
where will it go?
leave me a message and
I will direct you
to the grey rain
I cannot take this pain
your fortune
your fate
I hear your voice
the choice
is made
And I pray for the reason
to live through this treason
and I
I just called to tell you...
I just called to tell you
goodbye
How you remind me
so cold and chastising
your flattery
Now I feel useless
just like the crucifix
you mailed back to me
Call me a hypocrite
Oh how these sins fit
into your game
tally your score up
judas says times up
your silver's been paid
I cannot take this pain
my fortune
your fate
I hear your voice
your choice
is made
And I pray for the reason
to live through this treason
and I
I just called to tell you
I just called to tell you
goodbye
you'll hurt me no longer
I will be stronger
when I am gone
you'll hurt me no longer
I will be stronger
when I am gone
ashes to ashes
to diamonds
and promises
ashes to ashes
to diamonds
and promises
HYMN (FOR EILEEN)
Hey, Beautiful
I've got some words on my mind
but they don't mean anything...
anything at all.
Two flights down
a cathedral built on words
you found your brass ring.
I know one day
your rocking horse will sing
standing in the winter leaves.
Hey, Beautiful
I've got some words on my mind but
they don't mean anything...
anything at all.
I do remember
the day I got the news
a backward sparrow's wing.
The sky did change
brimstone and blue
how soon our lives do change.
Hey, Beautiful
I've got some words on my mind but
they don't mean anything...
anything at all.
Now you're laying down to sleep.
I swear my soul you keep.
Behind your eyes all stars do shine
Don't cry my Love, don't you cry
Don't cry my Love, don't you cry.
Hey, Beautiful
I've got some words on my mind but
they don't mean anything...
anything at all.
