Venice
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| CD 1990 | |
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| Track list (Click on a song title to see its lyrics.) | |||
| 1. | All My Life | 5:04 |  |
| 2. | Sacrifice the Fool | 4:10 | |
| 3. | Mr. Lonely | 4:46 | |
| 4. | Change In the Season | 5:21 | |
| 5. | Kaylee | 4:10 | |
| 6. | Pushed Her Too Far | 4:33 | |
| 7. | Time | 4:03 | |
| 8. | Ocean | 4:25 | |
| 9. | People Laugh | 3:57 | |
| 10. | Save the Legion | 4:14 | |
| 11. | Hideaway Hill | 5:16 | |
| 12. | Ball & Chain | 4:21 | |
ALL MY LIFE
(Kipp Lennon, Michael Lennon, Monroe Jones, Scott Crago)
Maybe people think I'm strange
'Cause I never pray for rain
Now I don't pray, but if I did
I guess that I would say
"Are you there? Is anybody home?"
Two plus two and do unto
Are all I need to get me through
What I see is what I know
Is that so bad to say?
"Are you there? Is anybody home?
Can you hear? 'Cause I don't want to waste my time"
On and on and…
All my life I've been waiting for somethin'
All my life I've been waiting so long
Spend my life am I looking for nothin'
All my life I've been waiting so long
Water wide, water deep
Miles to go before I sleep
Well I ain't mean but I ain't blind
Believing things I just can't find out there
Is anybody home? Do you care?
'Cause I don't want to waste my time
One and on and…
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What I see is what I know
Am I all alone?
On and on and…
SACRIFICE THE FOOL
(Les Dudek)
Just beyond the rainfall
It sounded like children never aged
Two people caught in the crossfire
Sharing the happiness with the pain
Tied up in those ropes that bind
Wondering why
Guarantees no truth
Trying what love can't satisfy
Don't deny
Sacrifice the fool
Watch what you do
Sadly time says bye bye
For God sakes baby, nobody knows why
Did you think we'd be till the end
Struggling through this thing we call friends?
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MR. LONELY
(Michael Lennon, Kipp Lennon)
I'm a man, they say, who lives the ideal
A fancy home and a telephone in my automobile
Old friends they tell me I'm a lucky kind of man
Not a few would kill to do the things that I can
Got a reputation and your name on the door
Don't mean a thing to me, there's something I want more…
Mr. Lonely, try to understand
She's the only, the wants and the needs of a driven man
Mr. Lonely, she's got me on my knees
She's the only, money can't buy what money can't see
The streets are lined with men she's had for a while
She chews 'em up and spits 'em out, service with a smile
And as I lay me down, I toss in my bed
She runs too deep, I just can't sleep, she's stuck in my head
Why can't you be happy with the things that you've got?
'Cause the only thing I want is the thing that I have not…
Mr. Lonely, try to understand
She's the only, the wants and the needs of a starving man
Mr. Lonely, they're dancing with my girl
She's the only, I've got everything in this world
But I'd throw it all away, just to have her for a day
No, it's got to be…eternally…
An early grave is where she's driving you to
You'd think that I would stop, but there's nothin' I can do
Mr. Lonely, never could understand
She's the only, the wants and the needs of an honest man
Mr. Lonely, got me on my knees
She's the only, my money can't buy what my money can't see
Mr. Lonely, am I too young? Am I too old?
She's the only, am I too hot? Am I too cold?
Mr. Lonely, it's gone too long, I can't go on
She's the only, but I won't go 'cause she's all I know
Why can't you be happy with the things that you've got?
CHANGE IN THE SEASON
(Michael Lennon, Mark Lennon, Kipp Lennon, Stephen McGrath)
Old box of memories shine on the wall
Your shadow's waving above me
Flashback on better days
You shared my soul
Don't know if you're thinking of me
You looked so proud of yourself
But then you never can tell
You know I just can't tell from these memories
What's goin' on
I just can't remember that clearly
I see ashtrays and paperbacks
Coffee and dreams
I hear someone cryin'
But I can't really see
You made me proud of myself
But I only remember too well
There's been a change in the season
There's been a change in you
Isn't it strange to you
You've got to give me a reason
Oh what am I to do?
Then again, poor you
Damn all these memories
I don't wanna see
Your shadow fading away
I still have dreams about you
And I always will
'Cause there's so many things left
That I never got to say
I saw your face in the sky
It was the third of July
KAYLEE
(Michael Lennon, Kipp Lennon, Danny Kortchmar)
He comes walkin' over
And I can see that look in your eye
It's a bad situation
I don't wanna be here
He shoves you that way
And you don't know your left from your right
It's a bad combination
You don't have to be here
Baby, baby
I can't believe the things that he puts you through
Baby, baby
I wanna know is this what you're comin' to?
Kaylee
Can't you see he don't love nobody
Kaylee
You should be in love with somebody
Someone like me
'Cause I can see that look in your eyes
It's a sad situation
I'll take you from here
He talks like a fool
You can do better than that
It's a sad combination
It all seems so clear
Baby, baby
I can't believe the things that you're goin' through
Baby, baby
I wanna know just what you're gonna do
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PUSHED HER TOO FAR
(Michael Lennon, Mark Lennon, Kipp Lennon)
Somebody told me, "Hey boy beware
'Cause one day she'll wise up and she won't be there"
Oh I paid them no mind, and I went my own way
I was headstrong and selfish and stuck in my ways
But I'll try hard to take it
Don't you try to fake it
Am I gonna make it alone
Maybe you pushed her too far
I guess I did
Show her how sorry you are
If I could only find her
Find her and tell her
That I was in the wrong
Couldn't you see?
Just look at me, I waited too long
What I wouldn't give for a second chance
I heard the news and I changed my views
On love and romance
But I'll try my best to change it
Wanna rearrange it
Oh my how strange it unfolds
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So I'm waiting, and I'm crying
It would do my soul some good
To look in her eyes, apologize
If only I could
So I'll try my best to change it
Wanna rearrange it
Oh my how strange it unfolds
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TIME
(Michael Lennon, Kipp Lennon, Monroe Jones, Scott Crago, Mark Harris)
I don't look like a prisoner
But you don't understand
You got my head in a cage, baby
From the heat of your hand
I do believe…
You're hittin on my mind
I could be wrong…
But I'd be lying
I can't wait any longer anymore
Don't talk about your day now
You got me all undone
Don't take the phone off the hook baby
'Cause that would be more fun
If you make love to make like fifteen women
It ain't much
But if you blow my mind
That's worth trying…
CHORUS
Don't ask me baby tell me
Or we could wait all night
I got a secret for you baby…
A suggestion
I'm a sucker for a bite
REFRAIN
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OCEAN
(Michael Lennon, Mark Lennon, Kipp Lennon, Monroe Jones, Scott Crago)
Home of the hardened sky
Home of the darkened scenery
Home that belongs to all of her
She was here long before you
And she'll be here when you are gone
But she may never be the same
Why don't you face up to the burning
Face up to the tragedy
Face up to the sawing of her heart
She gave when you needed somethin'
She gave when you needed her at all
Wake up 'cause you know she's callin'
And she's gotta hear your voice again
Wake up there's an ocean cryin'
And she's never done a thing to you
Wake up now there's no denyin'
That you're gonna break her heart in two
And she's never done a thing to you
Think about it…
Hearing her fading voice
Seeing the barren floor
Tasting the salt within her tears
Why don't you own up to the burning
Own up to the tragedy
Own up to the sawing of her heart
Return to her younger days
Return to her all she used to be
Wake up 'cause you know she's trying
And she's slippin' like a memory
CHORUS
Stand up and be counted for
Hands up and surrender to her needs
Wake up 'cause you know she's dyin'
She's a victim of the things you do
No more waiting, what'cha gonna do?
PEOPLE LAUGH
(Kipp Lennon, Michael Lennon, Monroe Jones)
There's a man who's just a fraction of the man he used to be
Knows he won't last very long
'Cause the shadow in his body has taken all that he can see
And it's so hard to be strong
So hard to be strong
Another man makes people laugh in a room filled with smoke
He's got them all in his hands
Then he talks about the victims like it's nothing more than a joke
And I don't understand
People laugh while people cry
Do we ever stop to wonder why
Talkin bout somebody's life
People laugh…while people cry
There's a man who has to share his death with those who gave him life
Now it's a life cut in half
His bed is like a prison though he's done nobody wrong
Tell me ain't that a laugh?
Is it really so easy to kick a man that's down
'Cause he don't live his life like you do?
Do you really think the hand of God would make such a sound?
Tell me do you think that's true?
CHORUS
I don't believe that everybody is to blame
But if we do nothing then we're one and the same
One and the same
CHORUS
People laugh as if the dead and gone had never really died
Is it really so impossible to find some compassion inside?
You know we're talking bout somebody's life
People laugh…while people die
SAVE THE LEGION
(Michael Lennon, Mark Lennon, Kipp Lennon, Monroe Jones, Scott Crago)
Take me back to a time full of passion and pain
Where the sun of tomorrow
Would shine down through yesterday's rain
We had the eyes and ears of the world, afraid we might fall
But I think the feeling of fear
Was better than no feeling at all
You know it's not the same sun, not the same sky
Not the same sea I see, I'm
Foolish to run, when I could just try
To make you turn around and see…
Save the legion
We are many
Where'd you go, oh my brothers, don't you know you lead us on?
In the blink of an eye, your fighting ways and rebel ways are gone
Where's your voice, oh my brothers and my sisters
Is it underground?
Wasn't it yesterday you swore with the ship to go down?
REFRAIN
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HIDEAWAY HILL
(Michael Lennon, Kipp Lennon, Monroe Jones, Mark Lennon, Scott Crago)
When I'm old and small
If it matters much at all
I will tell of a place
To anyone who'll listen
Through the waiting trees
We leave behind our miseries
All our friends are there
And not a thing is missin'
Hideaway on Hideaway Hill
(Always will)
Gonna hideaway
(I hear it still)
On Hideaway Hill
Over waves of grass
Catch the sunset in a glass
It always moves the fastest
Just before the end
In the wading pools
Playing on the ancient tools
It's a full moon lullaby
When you hear coyotes singin'
CHORUS
Time flows like water there
You know we've got the time to spare
The key was made for us to share
And we'll come back, we'll always come back…
BALL AND CHAIN
(Kipp Lennon, Michael Lennon, Monroe Jones)
Hey, I think I've seen your kind before one time
And I won't have you talkin' like you're a friend of mine
I don't understand this place you call your home
You're living like an angry man with your blinders on
You start to speak, my knees get weak
And then my heart starts a tremblin'
It's so insane, this ball & chain
I don't see no sense in it all
'Cause the world that you're pushin on me
Is a world where people ain't free
So throw it away…this ball & chain
Hey, there's more of us than there are of you
We're just people lettin people do the things that they wanna do
Now you wanna see my skin before you let me in
And so my heart starts a tremblin'
It's such a pain, this ball & chain
You'd drag is all down if you could
But don't think we won't put up a fight
'Cause there are some things that just ain't right
So throw it away
Throw away this ball & chain
Throw away this ball & chain
So now I see you on TV
And then my heart starts a tremblin'
It's so insane, this ball & chain
It could be the death of us all
'Cause the world that you're pushin on me
Is a world where people ain't free
So throw it away
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