Jt

The secret of life is enjoying the passage of time
Any fool can do it
There ain't nothing to it
Nobody knows how we got to
The top of the hill
But since we're on our way down
We might as well enjoy the ride

The secret of love is in opening up your heart
It's okay to feel afraid
But don't let that stand in your way
'cause anyone knows that love is the only road
And since we're only here for a while
Might as well show some style
Give us a smile

Isn't it a lovely ride
Sliding down
Gliding down
Try not to try too hard
It's just a lovely ride

Now the thing about time is that time
Isn't really real
It's just your point of view
How does it feel for you
Einstein said he could never understand it all
Planets spinning through space
The smile upon your face
Welcome to the human race

Some kind of lovely ride
I'll be sliding down
I'll be gliding down
Try not to try too hard
It's just a lovely ride

Isn't it a lovely ride
Sliding down
Gliding down
Try not to try too hard
It's just a lovely ride

Now the secret of life is enjoying the passage of time

Oh end this day show me the ocean
When shall i see the sea

May this day set me in emotion
I ought to be on my way

We were there
We were sailing on the terra nova
Sailing for the setting sun
Sailing for the new horizon

May this day show me an ocean
I ought to be on my way

Ought to be on my way right now
Stepping on the boat
With a lump in my throat
On my way right now

I got a letter from a dear friend of mine
The story of a spiritual awakening
She spoke of her love
Returning in kind
She let me know that
She'd be waiting

And i should be on my way by now
Walking across the floor
Reaching for the door
On my way by now

But here i sit country fool that i am
My elbow on my knee
And my chin in my hand
My mind in the gutter
And my eye on the street
Holed up in a cave of concrete

And i ought to be on my way right now
Packing my things
While the telephone rings
On my way right now

I miss my lovely mother
And i love my lonely father
I know i owe my brothers
One thing and another
I hear my sister singing

And i ought to be on my way right now
Moving across the land
With my heart in my hand
On my way by now
Ought to be on my way by now

Oh end this day set me in motion
Ought to be on my way

Out of the west of lambert's cove
There's a sail out in the sun
And i'm on board though very small
I've come home to stop yearning

Burn off the haze around the shore
Turn off the crazy way i feel
I'll stay away from you no more
I've come home to stop yearning

Listen to me and i'll sing you a song
And the time will go by
'til you never know where it's gone
Talk to me and i'll tell you my life story
Walk with me and i'll tell you my dreams of glory

There we are
Walking hand in hand
Somewhere on the sand
At the end of the land
And the edge of the shining sea

Drifting through time and space
On the face of a little blue ball
Falling around the sun
One in a million, billion, twinkling lights
Shining out for no one
In the middle of the night

Here we are
Sparks in the darkness
Speaking of our love
Burning down forever and forever

Oh i don't know if i told you
But you hold my heart in your hand
And i found out something about you
Baby, without you
I'm a lonely man

So though i never say that i love you
I love you
Darling i do
Carly, i do love you
And though we are as nothing
To the stars that shine above
You are my universe
You are my love

Here we are
Like children forever
Taking care of one another
While the world goes on without us
All around us

When i feel as though my love is sinking down
The sun doesn't want to shine
When it feels like she won't face another day
Life is unkind
She's frozen in time

And here comes another grey morning
A not so good morning after all
She says "well, what am i to do today
With too much time and so much sorrow"

She hears the baby waking up downstairs
She hears the foghorn calling out across the sound
Repetition in the morning air
Is just too much to bear
And no one seems to care
If another day goes creeping by
Empty and ashamed
Like an old unwanted memory
That no one will claim
The clouds with their heads on the ground
She's gonna have to come down

She said "move me, move me
I'm locked up inside"
Well, i didn't understand her
Though god knows i tried
She said "make me angry
But just make me cry
But no more grey morning
I think i'd rather die"

That limousine
In which you made the scene
Suits you to a t
If all the you want to be
Is somebody that don't never walk

That big chateau
Where you wanna go
In the south of france
Gonna end our big romance
Don't you do it

(chorus)
Honey don't leave l. a.
That riviera is so far away
Begging you s'il vous plait
They don't know nothing down in st. tropez
Baby don't leave l. a.

I heard it said that you had it made
With you movie star
But, oh, how right you are
If that's really 'bout the best you can do
You moved my soul
So i played the role
Of your back door man
Yes and now i can't really complain
'cause i love you

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Need a reason to be here
Hoping to find it tonight
Walking alone on broadway
Watching the people
Watching the town go down
Broadway's a river to me
Fat fish in the big city sea
Taxi cabs, limousines, submarines

Got my mind on a sweet dream
Keeping an eye on this street scene
'cause i'm open for love
In the middle of town tonight
Had my fill of self-pity
I brought all my blues to the city
Guess i'm pressing my lucky
In the middle of town tonight
See me waiting on you to smile back on me
Child

It looks like tomorrow
It seems like the end of a dream
Dawning on me on broadway
In the morning light it's a dream
And i'm just a fool
Looking for love on broadway