The Ballade

I've been thinking 'bout the times
You walked out on me
There were moments i'd believe, you were there
Do i miss you, or am i lying to my self again
I do these things...
(it's all because of you)
I keep holding on, but i'll try
(try not to think of you)
Love don't leave me lonely


I'll be alright without you
There'll be someone else...i keep tellin' myself
I'll be alright without you
Oh...love's an empty face, i can't replace
(you don't need it)
People wonderin' why we broke apart
The great pretender here i go again
These things i do
(it's all because of you)
I'll keep holdin' but i'll try
(try not to think of you)
All i wanted was to hold you


I'll be alright without you
There'll be someone else, i keep tellin' myself
I'll be alright without you
Love's an empty face...oh i've got to replace


I'll be alright without you
There'll be someone else, i keep tellin' myself
I'll be alright without you
Oh...love's an empty place, i can still see your face
I'll be alright

Here i stand so patiently
For your lights to shine on me
For your song inside of me
This we bring to you


In the shadow of love
Time goes by leaving me helpless
Just to reach and try
To live my life
These are my reasons, so
Here we stand so patiently
For your song inside of me
For your lights to shine on me
This we bring to you
One, one, in a million

So now love is gone
I can't t go on, love is gone
I want to say
Now it's just too late
Waited far too long


Should have told you then i knew
Should have told you right
From the start
But the words
Didn't come out right
So i'll tell you
Straight from my heart


You meant more to me
Than i let you see
You held on somehow
All your tenderness
And your sweet caress
I miss you now


Buy a headstrong stubborn man
Only works it out the best he can
Valentines he never sent
There's not enough time
He's a workin' man


Can't stop fallin'
Heartaches callin'
Finds you after the fall
Saints or sinners
Take no prisoners
What's left after you fall
No not much no


Oh i say love is gone
I can't go on
Now love is gone
I want to say
But it's just too late
Waited far too long


Should have told you then i knew
Should have told you right
From the start
But the words
Didn't come out right
So i'll tell you
Straight from my heart


(chorus)


No no not much
After the fall
After you fall
After you fall

Highway run
Into the midnight sun
Wheels go round and round
You're on my mind
Restless hearts
Sleep alone tonight
Sendin' all my love
Along the wire


They say that the road
Ain't no place to start a family
Right down the line
It's been you and me
And lovin' a music man
Ain't always what it's supposed to be
Oh girl you stand by me
I'm forever yours...faithfully


Circus life
Under the big top world
We all need the clowns
To make us smile
Through space and time
Always another show
Wondering where i am
Lost without you


And being apart ain't easy
On this love affair
Two strangers learn to fall in love again
I get the joy
Of rediscovering you
Oh girl, you stand by me
I'm forever yours...faithfully


Oh, oh, oh, oh
Faithfully, i'm still yours
I'm forever yours
Ever yours...faithfully

See the stop-light turn-in' red,
Don't you listen to what it's said.
All the things you try to hide,
They keep you runnin' hard inside.


Oh, you got to leave this town before it's...
Too late, too late, too late, too late, too late,
Too late to make the change.


Oo, yes, my friend, you're fadin' fast, if you stay here you won't last.
Before your time has run astray, you've got to try to get away.
Oh, you got to leave this place before it's...
Too late, too late, too late, too late, too late,
Too late to make the change.
Too late, too late to make the change
Too late to make the change


Yes, it's time to make the change, yes, it's time to rearrange,
So, my friend, i join the fight for the things you know are right.
Oh, you got to leave this town before it's...
Too late, too late, too late, too late, too late,
Too late to make the change.
Too late, too late to make the change
Too late, too late, to make the change
Too late to make the change
Too late, before it's too late.

It's been a mystery and still they try to see
Why somethin' good can hurt so bad
Caught on a one-way street, the taste of bittersweet
Love will survive somehow, some way


One love feeds the fire
One heart burns desire
I wonder, who's cryin' now
Two hearts born to run
Who'll be the lonely one
I wonder, who's cryin' now


So many stormy nights, so many wrongs or rights
Neither could change their headstrong ways
And in a lover's rage, they tore another page
The fightin' is worth the love they save...


(chorus)


Only so many tears you can cry
'til the heartache is over
And now you can say your love
Will never die


(chorus)

Good morning girl, how you been?
Good morning girl, is love within?
I see your face every where.
I see your smile your golden hair.
I see your eyes shinin' through.
Those gentle eyes silver blue.
Good morning girl, how you been?
Good morning girl, is love within?
Good morning girl, it's been long.
Good morning girl, to you this song.
I sing it girl from the heart.
I'll sing it girl from the start.
Good morning girl, how you been?
Good morning girl is love within?

Lost in twilight, the memories
Precious moments, you and me
We've been old friends, all through the years
Picture postcards, sharing tears


What's in our hearts, there's never time, to say
Need you tonight, lover don't fade away
I've seen your city lights
As i walk away
Why can't this night...go on forever


Without love, we won't survive
Run together, we rule the night
Tell me secrets, oh that make you cry
Where's the laughter, we gotta try


What's in our hearts, there's never time to say
Need you tonight, lover don't fade away
Like a photograph
That time won't erase
Why can't this night...go on forever
Go on forever and ever...ever and ever