- 'Til The Tide Creeps In
I was surfing this tidal wave of faded glories
A San Diego pad and five, six years walked straight by me
Well times have changed
And time sure has changed you
Don't you realize you've really changed?
We'll dance, we'll dance till the tide creeps in
We'll dance, we'll dance till the tide creeps in
- Big Sur
So much for the city
Tell me that you'll dance to the end
Just tell me that you'll dance to the end
Hey, hey you're the monkees
People said you monkeyed around
But nobody's listening now
- Don't Steal Our Sun
So you've paid your dues
Those Elvis frauds, how they'll applaud
Farewell my friends
So in your rock'n'roll
And pretty soon those pretty girls
Will find your home
We'll pay you handsomely (But you see)
- Faded Beauty Queens
How did you do it?
'Well,' she said, 'smoke & mirrors...
Anything for love
Anything for love'
Low expectations
Are breathing down my back
No grudge unworthy of holding
I know that won't be hard, I know that won't be hard
- Found My Rosebud
Now I don't mind if I hurt you
and leave this guilt behind.
So here I go burning bridges
did I play my hand too soon?
So for the first time in my life
feel like a country boy caught in headlights
I found my rosebud
- Hollywood Kids
Well they're sure keen on dancin'
Those Hollywood kids
Those Hollywood kids got it made
When they act, big doors open
Those Hollywood kids
Those Hollywood kids got it made
So let's party, Dustin Hoffman
Those Hollywood kids
- I Came All This Way
I came all this way just to say that's not what I want.
Those smug lovers they might as well just rub it in my face.
I guess that's when the penny finally dropped
You're as clueless as i am.
Those backseat fumblings oooh no. oh no. oh no. oh no.
But now I know I'll never be someone else someone else.
Now I know I'll never be someone else somebody else not for a long time.
I came all this way just to say my feelings have grown
- Just Travelling Through
If this sounds phony,
Don't say i didn't warn
This place suffocates,
And my hearts yearns me on
But the one girl you want,
is waiting right here
But the one girl you want,
is waiting right here
- Long Forgotten Song
Out of time, out of love
I followed you away from home.
To a great light across the sea burning and welcoming all those that stray
I know a long forgotten song but everybody still sings along
Along
All the boys took the bait and followed you all the way.
Summer came and summer went I curse the days my lookout
- No-One Likes To Be Upstaged
Well sure has been a while
Well I was just here killing some time
Watching people go by
Left my sins down by the sea
Don't you know that no-one likes to be upstaged
Well I don't buy that
- Not for All the Love in the World
You show your age,
when you drown your rage.
But I see past those laughter lines,
so baby, lets split tonight,
I got a tank full of gas till light.
Yeah we can drive for miles and miles
But you just said,
- Nothing Changes Round Here
Oh nothing changes round here, oh nothing changes round here
Oh no
Oh but I see you now on the outskirts of town
But the fog gets so heavy
La la la la la
But if you're looking for comforting words, so long
- Old Friends, New Lovers
Everybody's talking crazy
This town you're hanging up on me
Baby blue
It's such a shame when old friends fall out
It's such a shame when old friends fall out
It's such a shame when old friends fall out
Over new lovers. (Well my oh my oh my)
- One Horse Town
Yeah you're burning
Oh you're burning
My ears with your travelling tales
But my in-laws
Oh baby, my in-laws
Well they're trying to tie a young man down
Oh, I never should have settled down
- Our Wasted Lives
Hey kids,
There's no romance in fate
You'll go far
Because all the one night stands
Could be within your hands
Here comes the hard sell from the top:
- Plans
Lately
I'm getting the impression that my baby
Is moving down to L.A.
For the big lights
Flashing and reflecting in her big eyes
And nothing here can make her stay
You're naming me high
- Restaurant
I worked so hard for that man
And he worked me to the bone
Said success wont belong
He bought that old factory
Cause the rich are born free and thats how you want to be
So I looked down from the rooftops one night
And I knew I could go far if you never left my sight
But this will never be what I want in some fancy restaurant like now.
- Saturday night
Is this what they call love
Is this what they call love
Is this what they call love
on a Saturday night?
I'm just a man
I'm just a man
Not even a great one
- Should've Known Better
A harbor dance, I didn't live my youth
With sufficient recklessness
Yeah, I envy your youth, yes, I envy your youth
I envy your youth, yes, I envy your youth
But looking at you now, girl
I know we'll never be haunted by such doubts
Yes, it's clear as the day, yes, it's clear as the day
- Teenager
You remember being beautiful.
Regrets, regrets, regrets.
Did you take those fleeting glances for granted, for granted, for granted?
You rolled your eyes, teeny style
You said "I don't care for the past.
If I could go back, a teenager again.
If I could go back, i'd trip over again.
But where would I fall? la la la la
- The curse of comfort
how the curse of comfort
has plagued your artistic life
i hope love, love, love
just gets in they way...
Just like that...
love could always get in the way
- The Irish Keep Gate-Crashing
If I could learn to love you
Could you learn to love me?
Lust will only get us so far now
If I could learn to love you
Could you learn to love me?
Lust will only get us so far now, alright
- The Midnight Choir
Slow down lately lives are moving too fast
Put your money down and we'll make it last
By dawn we'll be out of here.
The marching band play for the families through the
streets, beautiful symphonies.
Let's walk through the park while the trees are still there.
And the midnight choir they sing
- You Can't Fool Old Friends With Limousines
A hooker with a heart of gold
A cheap date that can't be sold
Won't send you to an early grave
But Jesus looked down and said "son,
I know a doubter when I see one,
Ambition stands out like a sore thumb"
- Your Love Is Like Las Vegas
Don't you know
You can't re-write
Your own history
Cigarette barbie
Your love is like a city I've visited
Your love is like a city that burnt me good
Las Vegas I could only afford one weekend