Long Lover's Holiday Driving home tonight through city traffic jams, eight to four, five days a week, girl its time we made some plans.. to take a trip somewhere..maybe..the mountains or the coast, to spend some time alone with you that's what I need the most.. we'll put the world on hold and slip away. .take a long lovers holiday.. we'll find a paradise and stay, on a long lovers holiday.. We should have done this long ago my love I swear.. we're both so busy climbing the social ladder to God knows where.. investing in the things we own but not into ourselves.. we cant burn the candle from both ends and just watch it as it melts.. We'll put the world on hold and slip away.. and take a long lovers holiday.. we'll find a paradise and stay on a long lover's holiday.. You and I can leave all our cares behind,.. and reacquaint each other,..to a romance oh so fine.... it doesn't matter where we go or what we do.. cause every day and night my love will belong to me and you,.. we'll celebrate together for at last we'll be alone.. all of life's little problems will have to wait till we get home.. we'll put the world on hold and slip away, and take a long lover's holiday, we'll find a paradise and stay,..on a long lover's holiday.... Hopeless Romantic There was never any question in mind.. she was the woman I felt lucky to find.. She gave me love that seemed oh so real.. a secret treasure that nobody could steal.. I was mistaken. Now the days pass, I feel so out of touch, and if the world turns I don't notice it much.. I'm deep inside myself re-living the past,.. when she promised me that her love would last,.. I just a hopeless romantic in my own little world, revolving around the lost love of a girl.. a hopeless romantic looking back where I've been, and wishing that I could do it over again.. but the world doesn't wait for a hopeless romantic like me.. 'Too sentimental'..that's what all my friends say.. but thoughts so gentle,,oh they take me away... to a time when I had all of her love.. and anymore that's all that I've been thinking of.. I'm such a dreamer.. I should surrender, give up this romance.. lonely pretender,..who hasn't a chance.. I just cant seem to face the fact,.. that it's over and she's not coming back.. I'm just a hopeless romantic in my own little world revolving around the lost love of a girl.. a hopeless romantic looking back where I've been, and wishing that I could do it over again.. but the world doesn't wait for a hopeless romantic like me.. There will be others I know,..I shouldn't despair.. but loosing that girl has just been more than I can bear.. I'm going to let go,..cast my fate to the wind.. and what I don't know cannot hurt me again I'll forgive and I might even forget.. but when I think of her I'll always admit.. I'm just a hopeless romantic The Place Where I Used To Live It's been at least 20 years or more since my family lived on this street.. Now here I am being carried back in time by my own two feet.. Things around me seem to come alive as they were in the past.. I see myself as a little boy back when time didn't move so fast.. Here I am at the place where I used to live.. I watched these homes being built.. I played in dirt from the plows.. the tree we planted back in '65 is taller than the house.. This neighborhood seemed bigger then,.. we were always taking hikes.. my friends and I used to ride up and down these streets on our banana bikes.. Going back to the place where I used to live.. I'm turning back the pages of my life.. all those wonderful memories.. growing up the world was safe and sure, in the heart of my family.. we're all so much older now, we've gone our separate ways.. now here I stand like a fool, wishing I return to those simple days.. I guess it's time that I be on my way,.. I have a long trip ahead.. Passing though this town has been nice but I'd rather be home instead.. A lifetime lays in front of me.. there's nothing left behind.. it moves quickly forward like a clock I never can rewind..by going back.. to the place where I used to live.. I'm going back..to the place where I used to live.. Unlucky Town I pulled in from the north with a van and a head full of dreams.. Two days on the road I was finally there.. I saw the Nashville exit sign..like a beacon in my headlight shine.. when some jerk pulled in front of me and both of us crashed.. the guy had no insurance he was obviously smashed. With nowhere to sleep that night I walked music row till the morning light.. Another dreamer walking the streets of this unlucky town.. with a song and two achin feet in this unlucky town.. I found a room in the west end of town by the hall of fame.. spent what I had left over on a second hand car.. I took a job that I didn't like much.. delivering pizza when I blew my clutch so I took my guitar to every club and offered to play.. 'sorry we're booked but even if we weren't we'd give you no pay..' feeling desperate, unsure what to do,..I played for tips on Second Avenue.. Another dreamer walking the streets of this unlucky town.. man! its so hard to compete in this unlucky town!! I knew it would be hard but I didn't expect this.. this town will chew you up like a mill to the grist.. I took my demo to publishers but never got past the halls.. left lots of messages but no one returns my calls.. I kissed some ass..got to do a showcase.. but I had to pay them cause I didn't pack the place.. Another dreamer walking the streets of this unlucky town.. trying not to admit defeat in this unlucky town.. Another dreamer walking the streets of this unlucky town.. don't think that I will ever succeed in this unlucky town.. unlucky town..unlucky town.. Long Before the Leaving For so long, things between have been wrong.. we've waged a cold and silent war between us. A broken love, two people thinking of, the right words to finally say 'good-bye'.. but every time this heart of mine tells me to leave..I stay.. when I really should have gone yesterday. It's a mistake, an old habit hard to break,.. living in the past love long forgotten. We criticize,..we never meet each other's eyes.. we never touch each other anymore.. We make believe so foolishly that there's something left to save.. It's a strange sad affair..the feelings just aren't there.. in this unhappy life we're leading..when the loving stops.. long before the leaving.. So whose to blame for the bitterness and pain?.. I don't suppose it matters in the long run.. we justify all the time that's passed us by.. when we should just admit that we were wrong.. We've dragged this love around instead of letting it go free.. It's a strange sad affair..we're drowning in despair.. in this unhappy life we're leading when the loving stops long before the leaving.. We've lost at love..we've had enough..but neither of us say.. It's a strange sad affair..it seems that we don't care.. in this unhappy life were leading.. to live a lie you start believing.. things between us get so deceiving when the loving stops long before the leaving.. Lie an Alibi Got a call from an old friend of mine and he asked me how we we're getting along.. I said that 'we had our problems..but we'd be ok.." Well it turns out he happened to see you last night.. and you were not with your friends like you told me you were.. before I go on do you have something to say?? But don't lie and alibi,,don't even try to lie an alibi now.. So your telling me your friends they never showed.. but instead you 'bumped into a guy'.. he was 'simply an old friend' that you knew from 'school'.. That story doesn't quite match with the one I heard.. candle light kisses and champagne.. girl are you trying to take me for some kind of fool?? cause I'm not!! Don't lie and alibi,,don't even try to lie an alibi now.. I'd rather you just be truthful..be honest now.. If you'd rather be with that guy I don't care!! just don't stand there and look me in the eye.. and try to lie an alibi.. You no longer have words to defend yourself.. I guess the moment of truth is at hand. Girl we're both better off so lets just let it go.. I don't need your apologies anymore.. don't need to hear you say that you love me still.. were you ever sincere??..I guess that I'll never know.. but don't lie an alibi.. Hammer and Nail Things between us getting sadder by the minute.. angry words that fuel the flame.. We both are wrong but neither of us will admit it.. someone has to take the blame.. back and forth just like a shouting competition.. a match that only fools would play.. can't we both come to a rational decision?.. why can't we just meet halfway? or we could just fight and lock horns with each other.. criticize, threaten and rail.. it might be too late by the time we discover.. we can't patch our differences up with a hammer and nail.. I can't remember what it was and if I said it.. you probably misunderstood.. or are you tying to turn my words to my discredit? are we listening like we should?.. We're keeping score in a game nobody's winning.. we have a stalemate on our hands.. but while we're playing may as well go the extra inning.. toss the coin see where it lands.. oh! we can point fingers, insult one another, and patronize to no ones avail.. it might be too late by the time we discover.. we can't patch our differences up with a hammer and nail.. It's not hard to hold opinions rigid and cold that come to a point when they're left better untold.. We hammer away and we continue to pound.. if we could only hear the hard edge to the sound.. of the hammer and nail.. Instead of things between us getting any colder I could pat you on the back.. Who knows?..it might just knock the chip right off your shoulder.. or brace you for a surprise attack! We can go round and around with each other like a dog chasing it's tail.. It might be too late by the time we discover we can't patch our differences up with a Hammer and Nail....... Compass Together on this day, among our families and our friends, our love for all to see.. My lady I believe..that there's no man alive today, whose luckier than me..whose luckier than me.. For since the day we met, you've been the beat within my heart.. steadfast and true. A companion for life,..so soon to be my wife.. your my best friend too,..your my best friend too.. We're remembering the past,..inventing the new,.. today we'll celebrate as the bride and the groom.. and tomorrow we'll wake up as 'husband and wife'.. and set our sails to head into the ocean of life.. with love as our compass we'll weather the seas.. and safely find our way as together we fulfill our destinies.. Of all things in this world,.. there's been no greater gift I've known.. than what you've given me.. though at times it seemed that I was undeserving of the love, you gave so faithfully...you gave so faithfully.. So let us leave behind,..the separate lives that we have known.. and join them as one.. There is nothing we cannot do..together..me and you.. while we're still young..and we're still young.. We'll be writing a story that time can't erase.. beginning here today with the vows we embrace.. and tomorrow we'll wake up as 'husband and wife'.. and set our sails to head into the ocean of life.. with love as our compass we'll weather the seas.. and safely find our way as together we fulfill our destinies.. A Little Rain There's a path in front of you,.. so long and windy hard to see. Your first step is long overdue,.. unsure of your own destiny. But if you face what it is you fear,.. and look it squarely in the eye.. eventually it will disappear,.. like a dark cloud from the sky. Everyday survival,..loneliness and pain,.. there can never be a rainbow,.. without a little rain.. So many things can get in your way,.. there's always something going wrong. But just as sure that there's another day,.. the troubles you have will be gone. And when you think that life's been unfair,.. and the world just seems to get you down,.. keep believing and take the dare,.. your luck will always turn around. Everyday survival,..loneliness and pain,.. there can never be a rainbow,.. without a little rain.. Don't be sad, don't be angry, don't be worried.. things worth waiting for just can't be hurried.. When you reach the end of your rope just tie yourself a knot.. then hang on for what it's worth and with all the strength you've got.. As you look for your special place,.. beyond the struggles and the tears,. make sure the mirror reflects a face,.. that has loved you throughout all the years.. Everyday survival,..loneliness and pain,.. there can never be a rainbow,.. without a little rain..just a little rain..
