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| CD 2004 | |
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| Track list (Click on a song title to see its lyrics.) | |||
| 1. | I'll Keep My Fingers Crossed | 4:24 |  |
| 2. | Cotton Candy | 4:13 | |
| 3. | Alive Again | 3:37 | |
| 4. | Everybody's Opium | 4:14 | |
| 5. | Back to the Well | 6:15 | |
| 6. | You and Me Doing Nothing | 4:22 | |
| 7. | When Your Ship Comes In | 4:22 | |
| 8. | Right Where We Left Off | 4:15 | |
| 9. | Two Places at One Time | 3:46 | |
| 10. | Blue Ocean Park Waltz | 3:53 | |
| 11. | Don't Worry Worry | 4:03 | |
| 12. | All or Nothing at All | 3:23 | |
| 13. | Fifteen Presents | 4:38 | |
| 14. | Pebble in a Pond (Karma's Rewarded) | 3:01 | |
| 15. | Happiness is the Best Revenge | 3:41 | |
I’LL KEEP MY FINGERS CROSSED
(Kipp Lennon, Michael Lennon, Mark Lennon)
Hey you,
How I wish you would call me right now
You know how
I've done everything that I possibly could
That I should
I've tried but my hands have been tied
'Cause I don't want to scare you away
It's been so long since I wrote you that song
So I'm writing this one to say
I'll keep my fingers crossed
We'll find everything we lost
We've already paid the cost
I'll keep my fingers crossed
Hey you,
Has it ever occurred to you I'm just as scared
It's true, I've run it over a million times
Still I'm not prepared
What then if I see you again?
Would I ever know just what to say?
And then if I lost you again
I couldn't bear to end it that way
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And if you don't wanna talk
Please call to say you don't wanna talk
And maybe you can tell me why you feel that way
And if you don't wanna know me
Then you don't know me at all
And that's the hardest thing for me to say...
I'll keep my fingers crossed
'Til we meet I'll be incomplete
And I feel that you feel that way too
But it's your choice so I'll wait for your voice
Because I still love you
'Til then you know what I'll do
CHORUS
COTTON CANDY
(Mark Lennon)
Hey Cotton Candy
Are you really who you claim to be?
Did you speak the same language
When you were twelve?
Sweet Cotton Candy
Your favorite song is on the radio
Where the middle, just like the end,
Sounds like the beginning
Well you say you hate the opposite
But you sway like the opposite
So affected, are you infected by the groove
Yes I'll buy you a drink 'cause you entertain me
There'll be no judgement
We've all our cross to bear
Yeah we do
Oh Pink Cotton Candy
All the taxi drivers know your name and address
What a mess, you've torn your dress
Oh Blue Cotton Candy
Did your Daddy hug you at the door?
Did your momma lend you her pearls and her perfume?
With your moonbeams and radiance
How you still love an audience
And while you were talking
The run in your stocking ran away
Yes I'll buy you a drink 'cause you entertain me
There'll be no judgement
We've all our cross to bear
Cotton Candy, sweet Cotton Candy
Pink Cotton Candy, blue Cotton Candy
REPEAT SECOND CHORUS
Oh no, there'll be no judgement
We've all our cross to bear
ALIVE AGAIN
(Michael Lennon, Mark Lennon, Kipp Lennon)
I have to tell you
You blow me away
I've never loved you
More than today
The music you're making
The way that you glow
It's all too amazing
I thought you should know
Whoa Yeah, you shed your skin
Whoa Back from where you've been
Whoa Got your second wind
Whoa Alive again
The odds were against you
You turned it around
And somehow you landed
On solid ground
Yeah, you fixed what was broken
Your smile and your pride
You've got so much to offer
And nothing to hide
CHORUS
We thought for sure we'd lost you
After you lost yourself
But then you let us save you
Now you're saving someone else
CHORUS
EVERYBODY’S OPIUM
(Michael Lennon, Kipp Lennon, Mark Lennon)
First time it was free
And she made the most of me
Over time still a rush
But now I'm paying for the crush
Up and down and round and round she goes
Feeding it to everyone she knows
Something happens when she gets in you
You could swear that you're the only one
But you know it's not just you she's addictive to
'Cause she's everybody's opium
Feel the buzz inside
As she takes you for a ride
Hip and hot, so sweet and sour
You're her flavor of the hour
She comes on the strongest when I'm weak
But all's forgiven when her beauty speaks
And it's speaking to me
Something happens when she gets in you
You could swear that you're the only one
But you know it's not just you she's addictive to
'Cause she's everybody's opium
Yeah she tells you everything that you wanna hear
And you know you're not the only one
So you take it when you get it and you just don't care
That she's everybody's opium
When she's low then everybody's low
But when she's high then everybody's high
Everyone's high
CHORUS
BACK TO THE WELL
(Kipp Lennon, Michael Lennon)
I hope I can hope again
That's how it begins
A light in the distance
A scent on the wind
To believe I can believe again
In the grandest of things
In what the past has taken
In what the future brings
How many times can I climb that same hill
Hoping to find what I'm not sure I will?
Thought I dug deep but I'll dig deeper still
To find my way back to the well
How many times can I carry that load
Through the same valley and down the same road?
As many times as my heart will go
Find my way back to the well...back to the well
So I'm trying to try again
In spite of all that's come before
Only a fool or a hero would go back for more
Still I hope I can hope again
'Cause I dont know any other way
Right or wrong that's just how I was born and raised
CHORUS
YOU AND ME DOING NOTHING
(Kipp Lennon, Michael Lennon)
Two tickets to the Rolling Stones
Or a big huge party where everybody we know will go
These things and things like these
Are things I like so don't go thinking I don't
Don't be thinking I won't
It's just that...somewhere in the back of my mind
There's a tiny little voice talking all of the time
Saying wouldn't it be cool if they cancelled the show?
Yeah, what if we didn't have to go?
You and me doing nothing
Better than anything
You and me doing nothing
Is better than something with anybody else
You and me doing nothing
We could take off our concert clothes
And put on something old
Something big, something not hip at all
You know what I mean
We could watch a DVD or some bad TV
Get in bed, take a bath
Or just lay on the floor with the dog
Yeah, put a great album on
Some people gotta go out to feel in
Yeah, that's alright for the occasional grin
But ain't it so enrichin' to be laughing in the kitchen
Something cooking at 2am
You and me doing nothing
Better than anything
You and me doing nothing
Is better than something with anybody else
The best time doing nothing
That's what I wanna do
You and me doing nothing
Is better than something with anyone but you
You and me doing nothing
You and me doing nothing
WHEN YOUR SHIP COMES IN
(Mark Harris, Michael Lennon, Mark Lennon, John Vester, Kipp Lennon)
I know that look, I've seen that face
I can tell you're in that place again
Where all that you've been longing for
Is drifting off, you feel you just can't win
But if you can hear me I hope you can see
This isn't how it will be
When your ship comes in
And the fog has finally lifted
You'll be ready
When your ship comes in
It seems to me the hands of fate
Without a rhyme or reason shape our lives
So all that you can do is make
The best of every day as it arrives
And until you find what you've been longing for
Just keep an eye on the shore
CHORUS
RIGHT WHERE WE LEFT OFF
(Michael Lennon, Mark Lennon, Kipp Lennon)
The sea is on my left
The mountain's on my right
And you lie straight ahead
On this fine reunion flight
Together once again
We don't do this enough
But when I see your face
I know that we'll pick up
Right where we left off
Right where we left off
So many moons ago
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We crossed each other's t's
And knew each other's lines
But now the time, the miles
Our lives can make it tough
But when I see your face
I know that we'll pick up
Right where we left off
Right where we left off
The sea is on my left
The mountain's on my right
TWO PLACES AT ONE TIME
(Michael Lennon, Kipp Lennon, Mark Lennon)
Why do I go?
We already know
Still we go through this every time
Although we know the answer
It's still so hard to do
A blessing and a curse
The best and the worst
Our future changes every day
So lonesome and so lucky
So sad and yet so true
So now I'll go
I have to go
Though once again I feel my heart divide
Yeah, if I could be
I would be
Two places at one time
A song before you sleep
A song for you to keep
'Cause when you wake I will be gone
A melody for company
For when I'm gone too long
CHORUS
So while I'm away
You can count the days
And I'll look forward to what I left behind
The time will fly and so will I
And I'll breathe you in again
CHORUS
BLUE OCEAN PARK WALTZ
(Pat Lennon, John Vester, Mark Lennon, Kipp Lennon, Michael Lennon)
There once was a waltz
And it was our song
In three quarter time
We all sang along
Blue Ocean Park Waltz
For a while...by the sea...everyone would dance
Lights played on the water
As our song played through the night
So golden so beautiful
So simple so right
Blue Ocean Park Waltz
For a while...by the sea...everyone was
Gliding and spinning
We would pretend
The waltz had no beginning
The waltz would never end
Moving in time
Our moment in time
For a while...by the sea...everyone would dance
There was a waltz
It was our song
There was a Blue Ocean Park Waltz
We all sang along
Blue Ocean Park Waltz
DON’T WORRY WORRY
(Kellie Flanagan, Mark Lennon)
I wanna know why you talk this way
I've lived enough of life that I'm not afraid
To hear what you gotta say
What you got on your mind?
Don't worry worry, baby
I got a lot of time
We used to laugh, we used to set the sun
Now you're gone, I never knew we were done
I was hoping for a chance to see your face
See your face
I love the way you used to love to dance
Now I pray I get a second chance
To tell you how I miss the love we had
So bad
I wanna know why you talk this way
I've lived enough of life that I'm not afraid
To hear what you gotta say
What you got on your mind?
Don't worry worry, baby
I got a lot of time
And I gotta know why you cry this way
I've lived enough of life that I'm not afraid
To hear what you gotta do
What you got on your mind?
Don't worry worry, baby
I got a lot of time
We used to sing up on Hideaway Hill
'Til you felt you were second bill
How I loved you even as you drove away
Oh yeah
I hear the talk about the things you said
I'd like to climb right inside your head
And find you, or the you you used to be
To me
CHORUS
Please tell me...
I'm listening...
ALL OR NOTHING AT ALL
(Michael Lennon, John Vester)
Can I paint my masterpiece
And still be there for you?
What would my father do?
Can I have the best of both
And somehow still be true
To my work and my family too?
Is it all or nothing
With my back to the wall?
I don't know what else I'd do
'Cause painting what I see
Is the only thing that comes to me
Knowing you believe in me
Makes me want to be
The best providor I can be
Is it all or nothing
With my back to the wall?
Is it all or nothing at all?
You're my inspiration
And the love that moves my hand
You give my life a reason and a plan
Until I find a beter way
I'll give you all I can
As a painter and a family man
CHORUS
15 PRESENTS
(Michael Lennon, Mark Lennon, Kipp Lennon)
There's a home near the shore
Where I'll go, go once more
There's a light down the hall
Where two lovers will fall
Once again, and again, and again
When the wind blows off shore
Feels so strange, but it's warm
Running 'cross neighbor's lawns
Throwing stones in the palms
Chase the owl, all night long, all night long
All night long
Like the Summers, too good to last
(They're bound to fall)
Fifteen presents wrapped up in the past
(I loved them all)
Sad to see them all go by so fast
Too good to last
Too good to last
Racing boats in the rain
Smell of chocolate cake again
There's a dog in the yard
With the kids playing hard
While the cat on the wall watches all
It's time to capture the flag
Share your lunch from a bag
It all ended too soon
Fifteen presents in these rooms
Now they're gone, like the fog, now they're gone
I'll move on
I'll move on
I'm moving on
PEBBLE IN A POND
(Michael Lennon, Kipp Lennon)
I am here to make it clear
And sing for you this song
To realize the worth of what you've done
The ripples in the lives that you have changed
Go on and on
Just like you threw a pebble in a pond
Karma's rewarded, Karma's rewarded
That's what they say
You hear it every day
People talking that way
And if it it might be, however likely
Then I can hope it's true
Wouldn't that be cool
For people like you?
Now knowing you the way I do
You'll probably play this down
And minimize the worth of what you've done
Well, that's alright but deep inside
Please let yourself be proud
That you threw a pebble in a pond
CHORUS
A kindness here, a gesture there
A call from out of nowhere
Funny how the simplest of things
Can start to grow and domino
Just one can cause the rest to go
It can even change a pauper to a king
So I am here to make it clear
And sing for you this song
To realize the worth of what you've done
'Cause the ripples in the lives that you have changed
Go on and on
Just like you threw a pebble in a pond
CHORUS
HAPPINESS IS THE BEST REVENGE
(Michael Lennon, Kipp Lennon)
There was a monster at my door
He was the kind you can't ignore
He tried to get underneath my skin
He wanted to make me just like him
You know he never even heard a word of mine
He was too busy playing monster all the time
So I pretended to agree with what he said
So I could retreat to my happiness
Happiness is the best revenge
When I can't win the battle that I'm fighting in
I just go back to my life again
'Cause happiness is the best revenge
Happiness
There was a dragon on the boulevard
As I was singing in my car
Breathing her fire and blowing smoke
I couldn't see where she wanted to go
You know she never even heard a word of mine
She was too busy playing dragon all the time
So as she started heading east I headed west
Oh, so I could retreat to my happiness
CHORUS
So lucky when you have a life to
Run away from the things that haunt you
Some people just gotta rage instead
'Cause they can't get away
From the monsters in their heads
CHORUS