The Ballads

Maybe it's too late but this feelin is runnin through my soul
I think i learned what love is but i'm afraid i let it go
Maybe it's too late, maybe you've already changed your mind
Turned lovin into leavin and i'm on the outside
You can't take these words to bed with you and hold onto them at night
They can't erase the emptiness and make everything alright
But your laughter and your tenderness will never disappear
No matter where you are tonight a part of you is here with me
Here with me, i don't know where you are, all i know is i need you to be
Here with me, i know it's not to late, to turn around and get it straight
It's not fate to have you here with me

I can hear your voice promising your love will never die
I can feel your golden skin on mine beneath the desert sky
So how can it be true, how can you just turn and let me go
Let the story of your life with mine forever go untold
I can't take these words to bed with me and hold onto them at night
They can't erase the emptiness and make everything alright
Cause your laughter and your tenderness will never disappear
No matter where you are tonight a part of you is here with me
Here with me, i don't know where you are, all i know is i need you to be
Here with me, i know it's not too late, to turn around and get it straight
It's not fate to have you here with me

(solo)

Here with me, i don't know where you are, all i know is i need you to be
Here with me, i know it's not to late, to turn around and get it straight
It's not fate to have you here with me
(repeat)

There was a time some time ago
When every sunrise meant a sunny day, oh a sunny day
But now when the morning light shines in
It only disturbs the dreamland where i lay, oh where i lay
I used to thank the lord when i'd wake
For life and love and the golden sky above me
But now i pray the stars will go on shinin', you see in my dreams you love me

Daybreak is a joyful time
Just listen to the songbird harmonies, oh the harmonies
But i wish the dawn would never come
I wish there was silence in the trees, oh the trees
If only i could stay asleep, at least i could pretend you're thinkin' of me
'cause nighttime is the one time i am happy, you see in my dreams

Chorus:
We climb and climb and at the top we fly
Let the world go on below us, we are lost in time
And i don't know really what it means
All i know is that you love me, in my dreams

(solo)

I keep hopin' one day i'll awaken, and somehow she'll be lying by my side
And as i wonder if the dawn is really breakin'
She touches me and suddenly i'm alive

Chorus repeats 2x

Oho, in my dreams

Heard it from a friend who
Heard it from a friend who
Heard it from another you been messin' around
They say you got a boy friend
You're out late every weekend
They're talkin' about you and it's bringin' me down

But i know the neighborhood
And talk is cheap when the story is good
And the tales grow taller on down the line
But i'm telling you, babe
That i don't think it's true, babe
And even if it is keep this in mind

{refrain}

You take it on the run baby
If that's the way you want it baby
Then i don't want you around
I don't believe it
Not for a minute
You're under the gun so you take it on the run

You're thinking up your white lies
You're putting on your bedroom eyes
You say you're coming home but you won't say when
But i can feel it coming
If you leave tonight keep running
And you need never look back again

{refrain x 3}

Heard it from a friend who
Heard it from a friend who
Heard it from another you been messin' around

Staring up at the moonlight
Looking up at the stars
I'm alone and i just want to be with you
But i don't know where you are

Maybe i took you for granted
So blind, i let your love slip away
Now i'm missing you so much i can't stand it
Please believe me when i say,

After tonight, i never will be the same again
This time i'm sure that nothing means more
Than giving you all the love i can
After tonight i promise, i'm gonna be a better man
Just hold me tight, and i'll be all right
After tonight

Anticipating the moment
When i can make love with you again
Patience is a virtue i'm finding
Very hard to understand

After tonight, i will never be the same again
This time i'm sure that nothing means more
Than giving you all the love i can
After tonight i promise, i'm gonna be a better man
Just hold me tight, and i'll be all right
After tonight

I can't fight this feeling any longer
And yet i'm still afraid to let it flow
What started out as friendship, has grown stronger
I only wish i had the strength to let it show

I tell myself that i can't hold out forever
I said there is no reason for my fear
Cause i feel so secure when we're together
You give my life direction
You make everything so clear


And even as i wander
I'm keeping you in sight
You're a candle in the window
On a cold, dark winter's night
And i'm getting closer than i ever thought i might

And i can't fight this feeling anymore
I've forgotten what i started fighting for
It's time to bring this ship into the shore
And throw away the oars, forever

Cause i can't fight this feeling anymore
I've forgotten what i started fighting for
And if i have to crawl upon the floor
Come crashing through your door
Baby, i can't fight this feeling anymore

My life has been such a whirlwind since i saw you
I've been running round in circles in my mind
And it always seems that i'm following you, girl
Cause you take me to the places that alone i'd never find

And even as i wander i'm keeping you in sight
You're a candle in the window on a cold, dark winter's night
And i'm getting closer than i ever thought i might

And i can't fight this feeling anymore
I've forgotten what i started fighting for
It's time to bring this ship into the shore
And throw away the oars, forever


Cause i can't fight this feeling anymore
I've forgotten what i started fighting for
And if i have to crawl upon the floor
Come crushing through your door
Baby, i can't fight this feeling anymore.

When she turned away, you know it was just in time
Cause i'd used up all my strength
And you can't let a woman see you cryin
And you know it's real
She's not gonna change her mind
You choose not to change your ways
Though she begged you a thousand times
And you don't understand
And you want to be a man about it

In time you'll learn to live without it
And you know that you'll survive
But still sometimes you doubt it
If you can stand a little rain
You're gonna grow again
Cause you know that when love dies
The heart survives

Your stare at the empty walls
Inside of this vacant home
You walk through these hollow halls
And at night you sleep alone

Chorus

You've been over it so many times in your head
Looking for a hidden message of hope
In something she said
Still you find nothing to make this bad dream end
Tell me, how many sleepless nights will you spend

Chorus