Silent Letter

You let me follow you around
It helped your status in the town
Well i didn't know your name
There's no truth in what you claim
So i think you better stop this foolin' 'round

I think it's called a lesson learned
When one so close suddenly turns
Leaves you standing on your own
Got no place to call your home
So i think you better stop this foolin' 'round

Now it's my time to make amends
Hope my message don't offend
And i hope this doesn't drive you round the bend

Leaves you standing on your own
Got no place to call your home
So i think you better stop this foolin' 'round
Yes, i think you better stop this foolin' 'round

Yes, i think you better stop this foolin' 'round
(repeat and fade)

How 'bout a tear for the year of 1960
I watched the fins of the cadillac fall
I remember dad explained about the berlin wall

How 'bout a tear for the torment and the trouble
That was brewing in the asian way
I wore a smile like the faces that surround l.a.

In the city of the lost and found
It's hard to get a break
Hard to stop from getting turned around
And make the same mistakes

My reputation's on the line
The final day of '59
But like the sun, just watch me shine
Today

How 'bout a cheer for the piano virtuoso
I practiced 61 minutes a day
I could never reach the keys
But it was all ok

How 'bout a cheer for the humour in my brother
That could brighten up the darkest nights
It's just another sign of love
Whenever we would fight

It's all the same twenty years ago
As it is right now
Like a tour at the closing show
When i take my bow

My reputation's on the line
At the start of '79
But like the sun, just watch me shine
Today
I've played this part so many times
Since the end of '59
But like the sun, just watch me shine
Today

All my life, without a doubt i give you
All my life, now and forever till the
Day i die, you and i will share

All the things this changing world can offer
So i sing, i'd be happy just to
Stay this way, spend each day, with you

There was a time, that i just thought
That i would lose my mind
You came along and then the sun did shine
We started on our way
I do recall that every moment spent
Was wasted time but then i chose to lay it on the line

I put the past away
I put the past away
I put the past away

All my life, i will carry you through
All my life, between each hour of the passing days
I will stay with you

There was a time, that i just thought
That i would lose my mind
You came along and then the sun did shine
We started on our way
I do recall that every moment spent
Was wasted time then i chose to lay it on the line

I want this all my life
I want this all my life
I want this all my life
I want this all my life
I want this all my life
I wanted this all my life

Written by dewey bunnell, ©1979
Found on silent letter and live in central park.

When the day breaks
Something begins
When your heart aches
Do you give in?
I heard that you were lonely
One careful look shows you're lonely

All night you'll fight
With your mind, with your mind

After lights out, don't make a sound
Apple blossoms, come fallin' down
Black and white sun shining brightly
Shelter your eyes, hold on tightly

All night you'll fight
With your mind, with your mind

Love thy neighbor
You will understand
Coffee flavor, yours or any brand
I heard that you were lonely
Nothing is real when you're lonely

All night you'll fight
With your mind, with your mind

Written by dewey bunnell, ©1979
Found on silent letter.

I remember sidewalk laughter down new orleans, la
A hot wet night at the fight with you
Had to push through the crowds and talk
Very loud it's true

But you were on my mind that day
You were on my mind each day
You were on my mind that day and forever

Had a drink, stop to think we had a few
Afterwards we went down to the dance side of town for the view
You went blushing inside and you pinched me to see
If i knew

But you were on my mind that day
You were on my mind each day
You were on my mind that day and forever, and forever

We were lovers then and forever
There was nothing that we couldn't do
A hot wet night at the fight with you
Times like that weekend remain in my heart crystal clear
Walking along to the song you have helped me to hear

Yes you were on my mind that day
You were on my mind each day
You were on my mind that day and forever, and forever

Spectators line the avenue
The players step out right on cue
And every night just seems the same
Nameless faces play their game

The midnight gamblers place their bets
The tight-rope walkers check their nets
Then comes the queen of broken hearts
This is the way it always starts

Finders find love for the evening
Keepers keep the love they've found
Losers lose and wind up weeping
But it's the only game in town

All hail the third string debutante
She tries to act so nonchalant
Chasin' the prince of alibis
Into a smokescreen made of lies

Finders find love for the evening
Keepers keep the love they've found
Losers lose and wind up weeping
But it's the only game in town

My window looks down on the set
Each night the players strut and fret
So if you'd like to join the rest
Just choose the part that suits you best

Finders find love for the evening
Keepers keep the love they've found
Losers lose and wind up weeping
But it's the only game in town