Falling Backwards

People talking
And they're saying that you're leaving
So unhappy
With the way that you've been living
Oh oh oh
We always wish for money
We always wish for fame
We think we have the answers
Some things ain't ever gonna change (change)
It doesn't matter who you are
It's all the same (change)
What's in your heart will never change
Look in the mirror
And you see how you've been taken
You won't surrender
But now your heart is breakin'
Oh oh oh
We always wish for money
We always wish for fame
We think we have the answers
Some things ain't ever gonna change (change)
It doesn't matter who you are
It's all the same (change)
What's in your heart will never change
Do you remember
When you got your lucky break
You're looking back now
And it seems like a mistake
Oh oh oh
We always wish for money
We always wish for fame
We think we have the answers
Some things ain't ever gonna change (change)
It doesn't matter who you are
It's all the same (change)
What's in your heart will never change
It's only change (change)
It doesn't matter who you are
It's all the same (change)
What's in your heart will never change
It doesn't matter who you are
It's all the same (change)
What's in your heart will stay the same
It doesn't matter who you are
It's all the same (what

In my life i've seen such things
That i wish i had not seen
But through your eyes
I can let it go
When you're lying here with me
Sunshine knocking on my window
Couldn't wake me from this dream
(we dream)
Cause baby
Anywhere the wind blows
I will follow you
It seems
That in my life
I still believe in dreams
Where you are is where i'll be
It's all that really matters to me
The world out there
Hey can kiss my ass
As long as i've got you i'm free
Free
Sunshine knocking on my window
Couldn't wake me from this dream (we dream)
Cause baby anywhere the wind blows
I will follow you
It seems
That in my life
I still believe in dreams
The world out there can kiss my ass
As long as i

In these days of wild roses
I held a compass in my hand
I had three wishes for a future
That i won't need to understand
And i've got holly green on blood red
Manhattan christmas on my arm
My soul ain't worth saving
Feels like i've lost my lucky charm
And i've been living in the gutter
I've been loaded like a gun
I've been sliding down the mountain
And it feels like kingdom come
And i'm always fighting windmills
Have to take it as it comes
See i'm
I'm encircled
I am
If you want me tell me
Cause i can't play this game much longer
Feels a lot like oblivion
This feeling just keeps getting stronger
And i've been living in the gutter
Without american express
Heroes changing horses midstream
I'm detached
I'm second-guessed
Won't you please come back and get me
My whole world is in a mess
See i'm
I'm encircled
This time i am
I'm encircled
In these days of wild roses
I'm encircled
Yeah
And i've been living in the gutter
I've been loaded like a gun
I've been sliding down the mountain
And it feels like kingdom come
And i'm always fighting windmills
Have to take it as it comes
See i'm encircled
This time i am
I'm encircled
I am
In these days of wild roses

I heard that she's back in town
Heard she's been seen around
I hear she gets
What she wants everytime
I know what she put you through
I know what you'd like to do
Cause i lost my heart
To her sometime ago
So come on
Wipe your tears away
It's all that you can do
A broken heart never mends
Crying tears til the very end
At home on the boulevard
Cheap whiskey and tarot cards
Man she's outrageous
She wants the best in life
Sugar daddies with agin' wives
She's expensive everything she does
So come on
Wipe your tears away
It's all that you can do
A broken heart never mends
Crying tears til the very end
She knows what it must be like
Living in paradise
If you ain't got money she don't wanna know
I know what she put you through
I know what you'd like to do
I lost my heart to her sometime ago
So come on
Wipe your tears away
It's all that you can do
When you've got a broken heart
Come on
Wipe your tears away
It's all that you can do
Oh yeah

Falling in love was the
Last thing i had on my mind
Holding you is a warmth
That i thought i could never find
(sitting here all alone)
Just trying to decide
(whether to go all alone)
Or stay by your side
(then i stop myself because)
I know i could cry
I just can't find the answers
To the questions that keep going through my mind
Hey babe
Isn't it time
(isn't time it took time to wait)
(falling in love could be your mistake)
Isn't it time
(isn't time you took time to wait)
(falling in love could be your mistake)
I've seen visions of someone like you in my life
A love that's strong reaching out
Holding me through the darkest night
(sitting here all alone)
Just trying to decide
(whether to go all alone)
Or stay by your side
(then i stop myself because)
I don't want to cry
I just can't find the answers
To the questions that keep going through my mind
Hey babe
Isn't it time
(isn't it time it took time to wait)
(falling in love could be your mistake)
(isn't time you took time to wait)
(falling in love could be your mistake)
(isn't time you took time to wait)
(falling in love could be your mistake)
I feel a warmth in my heart
And my soul that i never knew
This love affair gives me strength
That i need just to get me through
(sitting here all alone)
Just wondering why
(then i stop myself because)
I know i could cry
(then i think of you)
And everything seems alright
I've finally found the answers
To the questions that keep going through my mind
Hey babe
Isn't it time
(isn't time you don't have to wait)
(don't have to wait)
I know it's time
Ooh yeah
I know it's time
It must be time
(don't have to wait)
(losing this love could be your mistake)
(isn't time you don't have to wait)
(don't have to wait)
It oughta be time
(isn't time you don't have to wait)
(isn't time you don't have to wait)
It must be time
(don't have to wait)
(losing this love could be your mistake)
(isn't time you don't have to wait)
(isn't time you don't have to wait)
(losin' this love could be your mistake)
(isn't time you don't have to wait)
It oughta be time

Driving faster than you want me to
Can't help myself when i'm alone with you
Alright
Alright
I've passed the limit and there's no way back
Your kind of love gives me a heart attack
Alright
Alright
Cause baby can't you see
We need to spend some time alone
We need to see some dreams come true
I wanna feel me touching you
We need a midnight rendezvous
On the freeway with the throttle down
You drive me crazy as we drive around
Alright
All night
The way you look tonight you aim to please
The dress you're wearin' is way past your knees
Alright
Alright
Cause baby can't you see
We need to spend some time alone
We need to see some dreams come true
I wanna feel you touching me
We need a midnight rendezvous
Midnight
Midnight rendezvous
Midnight
Midnight rendezvous
Midnight
Midnight rendezvous
Midnight
Midnight rendezvous
Yeah yeah
All i really wanna do
Spend some time alone with you
Yeah
A midnight
(baby baby can

I can't reach behind your eyes
You always look away
You hide behind your alibis
And change your mind
From day to day
If there's something i can do
Then i'll be there
Outside your broken world
You'll see it's me who cares
Take me straight to your heart
Cause this time's real
And real lasts forever
I know where you are
Cause you know
I've been there before
Straight to your heart
I watch you move
And i watch you dance
I watch you drift away
And i'd give anything for you
And you know that's bad
When it gets that way
You can't go on like this
And i don't wanna fight again
I don't give a damn anymore
Right or wrong you're gonna let me in
Straight to your heart
Cause this time's real and real lasts forever
I know where you are
Cause you know i've been there before
Straight to your heart this time this time
Baby i know where you are
Cause you know i've been there before
Then maybe i'll break down the walls
And my love will go
Straight to your heart
Inside
Take me inside yeah
Straight to your heart
Cause this time's real and real lasts forever
I know where you are
Cause this time we're goin' all the way
Straight to your heart
This time
This time
Baby it's straight
Yeah yeah yeah yeah
This time it's straight to your heart
Oh yeah
Cause this time it's real

I wait for sundown on the fire escape
And watch the passing cars downstairs
I'm high above korean groceries
A sublet castle in the air
It's down to cigarettes and rosaries
Christ, i wish someone would call me
Johnny thunders on the radio
Ah but "you can't put your arms
Around a memory"
Maybe i could find a better way
But all i need is to feel connected now
Do you remember me
I sang that song you like
I sang that song for free
Now someone else sounds like me
As i make my way downtown
Downtown
Oh yeah
Downtown
See the old men on the bowery
Take the night train to the stars
You can find me in the usual place
Inside the temple bar
I hear that sally's got a gift for me
I hear she found it on st. mark's
These days they all just talk like poetry
And shoot their mouths off shooting sparks
Maybe i could find a better way
But all i need now is to feel connected
Do you remember me
I sang that song you like
Way back in eighty-three
Number one
High as a kite
As i made my way downtown
Downtown
Oh yeah
Downtown
They've got paper cups for charity
Kools, pills and broken teeth, and dope
But i'll take another dry martini
And a chance on hope
And now someone else waits for me
And i got to get downtown
Downtown
Oh yeah
Downtown
I'm going way downtown
Oh yeah
I'm gonna see the man
I'm going way downtown
See the man
Going down yeah
I'm gonna see the man
Going downtown
Do you remember me