So Long So Wrong

(mark simos/devachan music, bmi)

I used to laugh at all those songs
`bout the rambling life, the nights so long and lonely
Well, i ain't laughin' now
Now that i'm caught up, it seems
In all the same ambitious dreams
That only lonely life allows

And the home i don't go home to
The friends i don't see
Aren't the part of this life
That endears it to me

If that's the price i have to pay
For doing things my own way
Then it's what i'll have to do somehow

Chorus:
Till i find my way back to my heart
For there's no one but me's gonna take my part
It's too early to say that it's over
Or to find we can make a new start
It's too early to say
Till i find my way back to my heart

I thought at least we'd meet again
Since we have been the best of friends and lovers to each other
Meet again and speak our minds
Force no issues, turn no blind eye
Toward the road that lies ahead

But it seems that i missed you
By a coast and a song
When time gets so short
"so what?" turns to "so long"

I cannot keep your love inside
It's a flame i cannot hide forever
In the name of hanging on

Chorus

I used to laugh at all those songs
`bout the rambling life, the nights so long and lonely

(ron block/moonlight canyon publishing, adm. by bug music, bmi)

I've lived a dozen lifetimes in twenty-some-odd years
Got no use for trouble, got no use for tears
Can't you see it's killing me, i'm old before my time
I won't let you double the pain of a troubled life

Chorus:
I've had my share of sorrow, more than you could know
Save your lies and alibis, i've heard that tune before
Can't you see it's killing me, i'm old before my time
I won't let you double the pain of a troubled life

You're out all night, asleep all day, so pack it up and leave
I've got no use for trouble, trouble's using me
Don't you see my love won't be forever deaf and blind
I won't let you double the pain of a troubled life

Chorus

Chorus

Can't you see that love can't be forever deaf and blind?

(music by viktor krauss, lyrics by michael mcdonald/genevieve music, ascap-moist `n' fudgy, bmi)

With your love i was complete
Like a haven safe from harm
Till the bitter stole the sweet
I was perfect in your arms
A precious while i had your smile
Till it all fell apart with one change of heart

The pain and regret will fade but a fact of love will still remain
You can't always trust happiness
Love like a sweet parade till the saddest part when the music fades
You can't always trust happiness

If a single star i see
Ever made a wish come true
It would bring you back to me
But the best my heart can do
Is to love again, i don't know when
Still it's worth all i fear, the heartaches and the tears

Love like a lesson learned when we pass the point of no return
You can't always trust happiness
There in love's steady glow hides the power to hurt us so
You can't always trust happiness

(mark simos/devachan music, bmi)

Leaving is the longest word i ever learned
In the time it takes to say it, the whole world has turned
If a heartbeat lasts a lifetime then i've lived before
`cause i remember standing at this open door

Chorus:
This path is not the one i'd choose to travel
Even as we watch what tied us unravel
And the tears fall like rain
Deeper than crying, the loving still remains

Neither wants to be the one to say goodbye
And neither wants to be the one who's left to cry
But in our secret heart of hearts we both know
That the time for patching up has passed and it's time to go

Chorus

So i'll be the one to pull our tangled lives apart
I won't dodge the angry words that hide a broken heart
And my calm fare-thee-wells cannot obscure
That deep inside, my heart is also hurtin' so

Chorus

(michael mcdonald/genevieve music, ascap)

It was so right
It was so wrong
Almost at the same time
The pain and ache
A heart can take
No one really knows
But when the memories cling and take you there
Till you no longer care
You can let go now

It's not right for me
To cling to you
Somehow i just needed time
From what was to be
It's not like me
To hold somebody down
But i was tossed high by love
Almost never came down
Only to land
Where no love is found
And i'm no longer bound
I can let go now

(bob lucas/belly boy music, bmi)

When i was a child
I used to love to watch the rain
I'd stand under the downspout
Let the water cool my brain
I never thought to worry
If the river rose too high
That all the seeds we planted
Would get washed out with the tide
But now i am a man
And i need a place to hide

Chorus:
But there's nowhere to run
And there's no place to hide
Where the water runs free
And the mud starts to slide

When i was a young man
I could work through wind and rain
I never thought to worry
Had no reason to complain
I thought that i was standing
On a rock so firm and strong
But it was easy then to see
Just what was right
And what was wrong
But now i am a man
I won't be hanging round too long

When i was a child
I used to love to watch the rain
I'd stand under the downspout
Let the water cool my brain
I never thought to worry
If the river rose too high
And all the dreams we planted
Would get washed out with the tide

Chorus

Where the water runs free
And the mud starts to slide

(kostas-tricia walker/songs of polygram int., inc., bmi-rebel heart music, inc., ascap)

I wonder should i tell you
`bout all the crazy things i've ever done
I've been searching all my life
And when i should have stayed
I tried to run
I was searching for an answer
In a world full of strangers
But what i found was never real enough
Now that i've found you
I'm looking in the eyes of love

Darlin' you've been good to me
You are so much more than i deserve
I never thought that i would find
Someone who's so sweet and kind like you
Please believe me when i say
This time i won't run away
I swear by all of heaven's stars above
Now that i've found you
I'm looking in the eyes of love

Chorus:
Looking in the eyes of love i can see forever
I can see you and me walking in this old world together
Lord my heart's found a home
I've been dreaming of
Now that i've found you
I'm looking in the eyes of love

Chorus