Leave A Good Thing
Alone
Little boy playing on the floor
building blocks up off the ground
gets it so high, tries for just one more
and it all comes tumbling down
Why
can't you leave a good thing alone?
why can't
you leave a good thing alone?
try to make it
closer than close
you look up and find your
good thing gone
Oh happy day when
you take a bride
you're gonna honor, love, and obey
until you want a little
on the side
and so you go and throw it all away
Why
can't you leave a good thing alone?
why can't
you leave a good thing alone?
try to make it
closer than close
you look up and find your
good thing gone
I've done it so
many times before
it must be something buried in the bones
lost all I
had trying to get a little more
I just can't leave well enough alone
Why can't I leave
a good thing alone?
why can't I leave a good
thing alone?
try to make it closer than close
I wake up and find my good thing gone
Look
Into It
Don't stop at the wrapping
you better see what's inside
pretty bows
and colored paper
might have something to hide
it might look like a present
sitting under the tree
but look into it deeper
and see what you see
Don't stop when that letter
is brought to your door
though the name and
the address
might both be yours
it might seem like a message
meant
only for you
but look into it deeper
and see if it's true
Don't stop at the cover
you better read it friend
sometimes the beginning
is not like the end
it might tell you a story
like you've never heard
but look into it deeper
what's under those words?
Mistakes
- we make 'em
dumb chances - we take 'em
foolin' ourselves - we do
if
only we knew
You might meet a
woman
it's love at first sight
you stay up late talking
way into the
night
she might be the best woman
that you'll ever find
but look into
it deeper
before you make up your mind
Rueful
Rules
Lonely told me to call you
sick and tired said it was time
I took
orders from hungry
and kept angry on the line
but
fearful got you to listen
to hateful in place of me
you paid attention
to painful
and claimed that you had to be free
now
rueful rules around the house
and joyful is
long gone
restless wrestles me at night
and sleepless meets the dawn
hopeful's
left town already
wishful's all packed up too
I begged contented to stay
but it's got to go away with you
listless
settled in my soul
since we've been living apart
twisted up is all in my mind
and
hurting helped itself to my heart (solo)
sad
and blue promised to be true
I wouldn't have
to be alone
but I just about died when satisfied
said it was never coming back home
useless
swore that you knew me
wasted said it was time
pointless said over and
over
that hopeless wasn't lying
Thirty-five
Women
When I was young
I'd think
about women
and what they were really like
how I ought to love them
and how to make them love me too
and once or twice
my friends gave advice
and I read myself a book or two
and then my daddy sat me down
and told
me what I had to do (he said)
go
out - you go out
with thirty-five women
go out - you
go out
with thirty-five women
he didn't say
a word
about nothing I heard
or
anything that I read
thirty-five women
that was all he said
I
thought of what he said
and shook my head
and said I'm not sure I see
it sounds so simple
still it's not clear to me
are you saying I should
go and
really get to know 'em
or just out for coffee or tea?
My daddy
smiled and said
son you're not listening to me
go
out - you go out
with thirty-five women
go out - you
go out
with thirty-five women
he didn't say
a word
about nothing I heard
or
anything that I read
thirty-five women
that was all he said
That
was years ago
and now I know
about what my daddy said
and thirty-five
women
have made a way through my head
now some were fine
and some
were kind
and some said they came to stay
and thirty-five women
made
me what I am today
go
out - you go out
with thirty-five women
go out - you go out
with
thirty-five women
now some were fine
and
some were kind
and some said they came to stay
and thirty-five women
have
made me what I am today
thirty-five
women
made me what I am today
Breaking the Ice
Ooh Darling, you're so cold
and I can't understand it, cause you should know
if there's a natural born
loving man, that's me
I've got so much love to give
and I get more
every day that I live
and that's why I'm twice
the man I used to be
So think twice about me
and you
cause
breaking the ice is all that I'm trying to do
Ooh
darling, I may be old
and age is a number, or so I'm told
but if you didn't
know mine, how old would I be?
I've got so much love to share
my cup runneth
over til it's just not fair
I've been given
a treasure,
and you could be holding the key
So think twice about me and you
cause
breaking the ice is all that I'm trying to do
I'm
not bitter, and I'm not tired
never waved goodbye
to my heart's desire
guess I'm just full grown
and free
there's cherry blossoms blowing through
my soul
and spring still turns me from silver
to gold
I look in your eyes and I'm all I ever
wanted to be
Ooh darling, you're
so sure
that we don't have much, and we won't have more
but it takes a
lifetime to fill a heart, you see
It's true I don't have time to spare
I'm
closer to the finish, but I don't care
I've
learned how to live,
and every day is precious
to me
so think twice about me and you
cause
breaking the ice is all that I'm trying to do
After
the Fall
After you've said it
you
knew it was wrong
after you've said it
now everything's gone
everything's
different
everything's changed
after you've said it
nothing's the
same
After you've done it
you can't take it back
no fiction can help you
when it's after the fact
four little words
can do so much harm
after you've done it
it's over
and gone
Nothing
can save you
no one can make it right
no
lie can cover
what's come into sight
After
you've lost it
there'll be no excuse
after you've lost it
you'll find
that's the truth
hoping and wishing
won't help at all
cause nothing
but winter
comes after the fall
Drive
Me Darling
Take the wheel - why don't you
drive for a while?
I've been at it so long I just can't raise a smile
you know how to do it, darling, just as well as I
you drive, and I'll just
go along for the ride
Drive me
darling, wherever you'd like to go
it's more fun sometimes when you don't
let me know
you were born with a talent for running the show
and you're
so surprising when you're driving me slow
I'm
not going along to get along my dear
with you
at the wheel we've got nothing to fear
you're
smooth and you're steady and you handle the turns
in
a way that I'd like to be able to learn
There's
no need to get anywhere fast
so you set the tempo, but let's make it last
just being together, that's the key to the deal
and we're better off taking
turns at the wheel
Lorelei
Lovely Lorelei
ooh, you're
the light in my eyes
I can see you with my eyes closed after you're gone
I can still see you there
sun moving though your hair
and though you're
walking away, you still stay on
Sunstruck and dumb am I
ooh, with your light in my eyes
got 'em shut tight
so I can see you better now that you've gone
and I can almost touch you there
my fingers moving through your hair
and though you're long gone away, you
still stay on
You
keep leaving, you keep leaving me
but though
you're leaving, at least you're leaving me free
(free
to follow)
Lorelei,
you're at play by a waterfall
Lorelei,
that fine spray doesn't touch you at all
Lorelei,
you are taking your own sweet time
or
am I only making believe that you're mine?
Something
there in your smile
lingers on after a while
can it be that you are thinking
of me after all?
Do you ever see me there
moving through the lightening
air?
And though I'm far away, can you hear my call?
You
keep leaving, you keep leaving me
but
though you're leaving, at least you're leaving me free
free
to follow...
I
Picked Her Up
You loved her first
Lord
knows it's true
she wouldn't be all she is
if not for you
used to
be your true love
that don't mean she's not mine
cause I picked her up
when you left her behind
She gave
her heart and soul
completely to you
but that didn't satisfy
you had
to have something new
off you went down the road
someone else on your
mind
and I picked her up
when you left her behind
You
taught her everything
you gave her a home
but she learned her lessons
well
she can make it alone
so now she comes to me
glad of what she
can find
I picked her up
when you left her behind
Now
finders can keep and losers will weep
we just
have to live with the change
but who's doing
the weeping and doing the keeping
is not up
to us to arrange
So the day that
you want her back
just say the word
I'll bet she comes running
cause
haven't you heard?
She'll always be your love
no matter how much she's
mine
and you'll pick her up
when she leaves me behind
You
Scare Me
There's grey in your hair
and you scare me
I don't know where you've been
but I've never been there,
and you scare me
All
my doors open wide
when you look in my eyes
you surprise me
There
are knots in my line
when your hand's close
to mine
it unties me
You
don't ever get mad
and you scare me
all the lovers you've had
have
been good, have been bad,
and they scare me
You
live out in the light
and your world is so bright
you see through me
I'm
afraid if we touch
it would all be too much
you undo me
Though
you tell me
that
I may have won you
I
am silent at best
for
the rest I ignore and I shun you
Though
you've done nothing wrong
and
we might get along
I
am one who
has
to stay in control
has
to stay in control
you're
too much of a risk
and
I'm one too
You don't ever say
no
and you scare me
you don't question me, so
I can't guess what you
know
and you scare me
There
are rumors I've heard
and you don't say a word
but you dare me
and
I can't trust myself
so I've got someone else
but you scare me
One
Step Closer
Her hair flared red in the morning
sun
and what she said got me to thinking
that a brand new day had begun
but she cried
and she lied
and then she married a rich man's son
now
I'm one step closer to finding the one
Her
hair shone gold in the candlelight
and the secrets she told gave me a feeling
that she really might be all right
but she made a plan
with a man
and he ruined her just for fun
now I'm one step closer to finding the one
Blue eyes, brown
eyes, green eyes, grey
if I don't get an answer
then I'm on my way
brown eyes, green eyes, grey
eyes, blue
can't stop looking until I'm through
Her
hair flowed brown, down like a waterfall
but the sound of her leaving had
me almost believing
I was headed nowhere at all
still I knew
it's
so true
I'm gonna search her out before I'm done
I'm just one step closer
to finding the one
You
Know
Who's got me gliding like I'm
living in a dream?
And what gets me so far gone?
When I finally learn
that I've taken a wrong turn
what keeps me going on?
You
know - you know
and what you know is all I need
to make me whole
Who
finds a way to lift my spirits every day
and who makes me laugh like no one
else?
And who else has found
how to ring my rolling down
until I just
can't help myself?
You
know - you know
and what you know is all I need
to make me whole
All
I know is who you are
and
who you're gonna be
what's
pure and clear from far and near
is
all you are to me
Whose power
is such she can heal me with a touch
when I've been wounded by the world?
And who is this
who plunges with a kiss
into a pool of you girl?
You know - you
know
and what you know is all I need
to
make me whole
A
Brand New Fool
You say you got men lined up
at your door
starting to wonder what you need me for
treat 'em mean, keep
'em keen, baby, that's your rule
you got all that talent, I know it's true
so this shouldn't be too hard for you
go out and find, find yourself a brand
new fool
You say you got worlds,
baby, to explore
used to love me, now you're not so sure
but why should
I sit and cry while you treat me cruel?
If I don't figure in your plans
you must not think that I'm much of a man
so go out and find, find yourself
a brand new fool
Someone
who'll fall for your line
about how different
it'll be this time
who'll sit still for your
running around
and bounce back every time that
you let him down
It seems that
I'm easy, baby, to ignore
you're sick of me, but I know a cure
out of
sight's out of mind, like they say in school
you had me blind, baby, you're
so bright
I must have been out of my mind, all right
now go out and find,
find yourself a brand new fool
Bad
Intentions
She had bad intentions
when
she caught my eye
she got up close to me
then she told me why
and
once she'd whispered
what she wanted to do
I had bad intentions too
She had bad intentions
but she felt so good
I thought that I shouldn't
but I knew I would
and once she'd started
all that she could do
I
had bad intentions too
She had
bad intentions
she never meant to stay
when she got what she wanted
she just went on her way
but I learned my lesson
and now it's true
I got bad intentions too
I got
bad intentions
I don't mean to stay
when I get what I want
I'll just
go on my way
now my intentions
are bad it's true
but that's what I
got for you
Sleeping Beauty
All your life you've been asleep
dreamless sleep was all you knew
and no one ever cared about you
for everyone
was sleeping too
You lay behind
a hedge of thorns
no one knew that you were there
while a hundred years
and more
have passed before your eyes
But
I know what heroes know
and I have gone where
heroes go
and I have done a hero's deed
and come to claim my prize
So
wake up my love
open
your eyes
my kiss
is drowned upon your lips
I
come to you with no disguise
There are those who work their spells
and tear apart the joys of men
so darling there may come a day
when you
will fall asleep again
Your beauty
hidden from the world
your beauty hidden from you too
and you won't even
know me then
but darling I'll know you
So
I'll cut down your hedge of thorns
and break
the spell they put you in
and I will do it all
for you
and I will do it all again
So
wake up my love
come
back to life
my
kiss is drowned upon your lips
it's
time that you became my wife
Aint
That a Man?
I was born in the river, but
I stepped out of there
so I'm a creature of water and a creature of air
I've got blues in my left hand, gospel in my right
I've got a hold and I'm
hanging on tight
aint that a man? Hmmmm, aint that a man?
Bubbles
rise in the ocean, rain falls through the air
so I'm always going, but I never
get there
I've got blues in my left hand, gospel in my right
I'm not giving
up without some kind of fight
aint that a man? Hmmmm, aint that a man?
Now here's how you can tell that it's time to move on
when you can't
get better, then you'd better get gone
I've got blues in my left hand, gospel
in my right
I'm up sometimes in the middle of the night
aint that a man?
Hmmmm, aint that a man?
You can
feel like a stranger, or like you belong
if you can choose to be right, then
why choose to be wrong?
I've got blues in my left hand, gospel in my right
I'm standing here in a heavenly light
aint that a man? Hmmmm, aint that a
man?
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