Sittin’ up here watching all the lights blink down below
The Earth is turning, why does it go so slow?
Thinkin’ about the girl I left behind
Houston can you hear me, or have I lost my mind…Why me?
Why me?
I was waiting on the pad, all systems were go
The man up in the tower was enjoying the show
Then I got this feeling that I’d never had before
Hey, let me out of here, what am I here for…Why me?
Why me?
There must be a thousand other guys
Must be some other way to look good in your eyes
Why am I up here, what do they see in me?
Must be one thousand other places to be…Why me?
Say again, Tower, the spacers demand
Say again, Tower, we don’t understand
Gander your phrasebook and try it again
And please eighty-six on the slang on this band
What is this song all about?
Can’t figure any lyrics out
How do the words to it go?
I wish you’d tell me, I don’t know
Don’t know, don’t know, don’t know, oh no
Dnn’t know, don’t know, don’t know
Now I’m mumblin’ and I’m screamin’
And I don’t know what I’m singin’
Crank the volume, ears are bleedin’
I still don’t know what I’m singin’
We’re so loud and incoherent
Boy this oughtta bug your parents
Yeah
It’s un-in-tel-ligible
I just can’t get it through my skull
It’s hard to bargle nawdle zouss(?)
With all these marbles in my mouth
Don’t know, don’t know, don’t know, oh no
Don’t know, don’t know, don’t know…
You can say the human heart
Is only make-believe
And I am only fighting fire with fire
But you are still a victim
Of the accidents you leave
As sure as I’m a victim of desire
All the servants in your new hotel
Throw their roses at your feet
Fool them all but baby I can tell
You’re no stranger to the street
Don’t ask for favors
Don’t talk to strangers
Don’t ask me why
Yesterday you were an only child
Now your ghosts have gone away
You can kill them in the classic style
Now you “parlez-vous francais”
Don’t look for answers
You took your chances
Don’t ask me why
Don’t ask me why
I’m taking a ride with my best friend
I hope he never lets me down again
He knows where he’s taking me
Taking me where I want to be
I’m taking a ride with my best friend
We’re flying high
We’re watching the world pass us by
Never want to come down
Never want to put my feet back down on the ground
I’m taking a ride with my best friend
I hope he never lets me down again
Promises me I’m safe as houses
As long as I remember who’s wearing the trousers
I hope he never lets me down again
See the stars, they’re shining bright
Everything’s alright tonight
We’re walking in the air, we’re floating in a moonlit sky
The people far below are sleeping as we fly
I’m holding very tight, I’m riding in the midnight blue
I’m finding I can fly, so high above with you
Far across the world, the villages go by like trees
The rivers and the hills, the forests and the streams
Children gaze open mouth, taken by surprise
Nobody down below believes their eyes
We’re surfing in the air, we’re swimming in the frozen sky
We’re drifting over ice, see mountains floating by
Suddenly swooping low on an ocean deep
Arousing of a mighty monster from its sleep
We’re walking in the air, we’re floating in a midnight sky
And everyone who sees us, greets us as we fly
I’m holding very, holding very tight, I’m riding in a midnight blue
I’m finding I can fly, so high above with you
Somewhere there’s music
How faint the tune
Somewhere there’s heaven
How high the moon
The darkest night would shine
If you would come to me soon
Until you will, how still my heart
How high the moon
Screams break the silence
Waking from the dead of night
Vengence is boiling
He’s returned to kill the light
Then when he’s found who he’s looking for
Listen in awe and you’ll hear him
Bark at the moon
Ha ha ha ha ha…
Years spent in torment
Buried in a nameless grave
Now he has risen
Miracles would have to save
Those that the beast is looking for
Listen in awe and you’ll hear him
I’ll never let you tie me down
To be a dog just barking on a chain
Jerk me back to reality
Whenever I dare to dream
So let me curl my lips
Let me howl at the moon
Been looking down on me long enough
But my day’s coming soon
At night when the stars light up my room
I sit by myself talking to the moon.
Trying to get to you
In hopes you’re on the other side talking to me too.
Or am I a fool who sits alone talking to the moon?
I tell it to the moon
Scream it to the stars in the sky
Seeing you always reminds me
Got a secret that I keep
Got a keep it inside me
I watch from a distance
Loving you silently
You never hear me
So I tell it to the moon
Scream it to the stars in the sky
Share it with the wind
Try to keep it in
But it’s so hard sometimes
So I yell it to the night
I don’t know what else I can do
I can’t tell it to you
So I tell it to the moon
Tell it to the moon
Late at night when no one can hear me
I reveal the way I feel pretending you’re near me
You’ve got somebody
There’s nothing I can do
Can’t tell you I love you
So I…
Tell it to the moon
Scream it to the stars in the sky
Share it with the wind
Try to keep it in
But it’s so hard sometimes
So I yell it to the night
I don’t know what else I can do
I can’t tell it to you
So I tell it to the moon
Tell it to the moon
Some night
I’ll come right out and tell you
Some night
I’ll say the words I love you
Some night
But tonight
I’ll tell it to the moon
Where are you going, my little one, little one,
Where are you going, my baby, my own?
Turn around and you’re two,
Turn around and you’re four,
Turn around and you’re a young girl going out of my door.
Turn around, turn around,
Turn around and you’re a young girl going out of my door.
Where are you going, my little one, little one,
Little dirndls and petticoats, where have you gone?2
Turn around and you’re tiny,
Turn around and you’re grown,
Turn around and you’re a young wife with babes of your own.
Turn around, turn around,
Turn around and you’re a young wife with babes of your own.
(Turn around)
Every now and then
I get a little bit lonely
And you’re never coming round
(Turn around)
Every now and then
I get a little bit tired
Of listening to the sound of my tears
(Turn around)
Every now and then
I get a little bit nervous
That the best of all the years have gone by
(Turn around)
Every now and then I get a little bit terrified
And then I see the look in your eyes
(Turn Around, bright eyes)
Every now and then I fall apart
(Turn Around, bright eyes)
Every now and then
I fall apart
(Turn around)
Every now and then I get a little bit restless and I dream of something wild
(Turn around)
Every now and then I get a little bit helpless and I’m lying like a child in your arms
(Turn around)
Every now and then I get a little bit angry and I know I’ve got to get out and cry
(Turn around)
Every now and then I get a little bit terrified
But then I see the look in your eyes
(Turn Around, bright eyes)
Every now and then I fall apart
(Turn around, bright eyes)
Every now and then I fall apart
And I need you now tonight
And I need you more than ever
And if you only hold me tight
We’ll be holding on forever
And we’ll only be making it right
'Cause we’ll never be wrong
Together we can take it to the end of the line
Your love is like a shadow on me all of the time (all of the time)
I don’t know what to do and I’m always in the dark
We’re living in a powder keg and giving off sparks
I really need you tonight (Forever’s gonna start tonight)
Forever’s gonna start tonight
Once upon a time I was falling in love
But now I’m only falling apart
There’s nothing I can do
A total eclipse of the heart
Once upon a time there was light in my life
But now there’s only love in the dark
Nothing I can say
A total eclipse of the heart
[Love ya, Jim Steinman…but goddamn, you’re a wordy motherfucker!]