Stairway to 5th Street

tonight

dont fade tonight
one day tonight
cause im the guy
who takes my time for you
running around again
to get you

nothing we knew

somewhere somebody shaking
somewhere somebody breaking down
i see somewhere someone with dreams like mine

somewhere somebody wheeling 
somewhere somebody steeling time
i see somewhere someone with dreams like mine

somewhere somebody faking
somewhere somebody taking lines
i see somewhere someone with dreams like mine

somewhere somebody willing
somewhere somebody killing time
i see somewhere someone with dreams like mine

you see that shine on me and you
was nothing we knew

youll always be

say youre leaving one more time
something about you makes me high

say youll miss me when im gone
something about you makes it so long

im not a wall 
not a fortress
im not an island
waiting for someone 
to brave the waters and release me

youll always be the one

als bar

take me for a ride
tell me im a liar
take the lions share
dont pretend to care

take me like a pill
the poison wont kill
take me to your door
the light reveals so much more

and all i wonder now
as the rain falls
is did you get away
or did i let you leave
and do you believe me
what did you see in me

no one ever had to force it on to me
i take it willingly 
ill always want more
give it to me make it smooth away and clear
make everyone appear faded

summer 1987

in the evening 
wait by the diamond
watching the sun going down

after midnight
go to my apartment
smoke a cigarette in my room

you know ill be there
you know its true

cause im wide awake at five oclock in the morning
and im coming home for you

when you were mine

when you were mine
and i was blind
when words you said
to me were kind
i saw not blue
some other hue
when words you said 
to me were true

when you were mine
and i was blind
when words you said
to me were lies
so far away
some other day
when words you said 
to me id say

so crazy

i wish i could fly
high in a clear blue sky
and up in the air
maybe id dare to realize

i wish i could sound
down to the ocean ground
and under sea
maybe id finally realize

if i could erase
all memory of your face
when i couldnt recall
you at all id realize

there is no easy way out
whatever i dream about
whatever i say
theres always a way to realize

that im so crazy i cant see you anymore

i knew right away

i knew right away
i thought about you
i thought about me
didnt i tell you
i knew it right away
i knew it all along
theres nothing left to say
cause nothings going on

do you believe

more than enough is not enough for me
do you believe the poison could be good for you
i think the poison could be good for me
do you believe enough is not enough for you
cause more than enough is not enough for me

do you believe in yourself
do you believe in anyone else 

burning in two

every other monday wed shake around the town
heading to the railroad tracks to break them down
trying to beat the factory mold with a hundred old golds
share a pint of whiskey and forget that barking biting cold

there wasnt much to say but still you said it anyway
youd talk about women 
jeff would turn the other way and then split without a word
to some inner voice hed heard
youd call it a day
isnt that what you used to say

the sentinel news is saying jeff is singing prison blues
that aint the kind of sacrifice id choose
but im glad that i declined when he asked me home to dine
i still will swear he never seemed to be too kind to me

follow the road to the end
ill see you again
i feel like im sleeping in blankets of fire
burning in two
burning into you

pissed off

dont be fooled by the suit and the tie
hes not the same 
not some regular guy
its unlikely to find him standing out in the crowd
tho sometimes he talks just a little too loud

see the car like the ad on tv
driving slowly 
driving you crazy
hes out for blood and hell hold you for ransom
but down on his knees he looks quite handsome

hes a pissed off white guy 
pissing me off

breaking free

the night that wears you like a gown
with the lace of stars surrounding
drop it to the ground
the aurora lights are high
breaking free and slowly dying
breaking free and im 
breaking free

and you lying on the leaves 
with the gown around your knees
shifting with the wind
shifting in the wind
blow the clouds across the sky
while the lights are slowly dying
breaking free and im 
breaking free