Early morning Manhattan
Ocean winds blow on the land
The Movie Palace is now undone
The all-night watchmen have had their fun
Sleeping cheaply on the midnight show
It’s the same old ending, time to go: Get out!
It seems they cannot leave their dream
There’s something moving in the sidewalk steam
And the lamb lies down on Broadway
They say that I won’t last too long on Broadway
I’ll catch a Greyhound bus for home, they all say
But they’re dead wrong, I know they are
'Cause I can play this here guitar
And I won’t quit till I’m a star on Broadway
Running wild down St. Marks,
Raw and breathless in your arms.
Jumping trains to the park,
When the world was ours.
When you and I were fighting sleep.
Under the blankets promises we promised to keep,
At least 'til we said goodbye.
Sometimes you’re still mine
Between the lines of the Sunday New York times
We shared the world like a private joke
Laughed our way out of hues and cries
Inhaled under the Bridge of Sighs
It’s not the way it was
The weather came you were skating on fire
And love spilled out like antifreeze
The ice floes melted in separate seas
If I was slow to learn
I will wait for another turn
Merry-go-round
Wish I had found
Somebody to care for
Where am I bound?
Life is so lonely
If life is just only
To love with my loving
Goes 'round and 'round
Jump right in, take the call
Were you pushed or did you fall?
Fell apart, feeling low
Happy ride, the merry-go
And I always hear them singing
And complaining about the world
But my chiming bells are ringing out
The word the word the word
A well a bird, bird, bird, well the bird is the word
A well a bird, bird, b-bird’s the word
A well a don’t you know about the bird?
Well, everybody knows that the bird is the word!
Walking around I get tired
The same sensations all the time
I want something no one sells
I’d rather be somewhere else
Up,up,up where the birds fly
Up,up,up where they go
Up,up,up like a bird
Up,up,up like a bird
So kiss me and smile for me,
Call my folks in Tripoli,
Tell them that Khadafi made me go.
I’m a Libyan on a jet plane,
I don’t know if I’ll be back again.
Muammar, I hate to go.
Fuel injected suicide machine
Animal instinct, killing disease
Hell on Earth I inflict
The world is burning
The sky is falling
Ayatollah of Rock’n’rolla
Ayatollah of Rock’n’rolla
But it’s okay 'cause Jennie’s the hostess,
And it’s okay 'cause she’s the mostest.
And I take it off to my closet
Where nobody else can see
I open that door so slowly
Take a peek up north and south
Then I pull out a Hostess Twinkie
And I pop it in my mouth
Yeah, in the daytime I’m Mr Natural
Just as healthy as I can be
But at night I’m a junk food junkie
Good lord have pity on me
What in the world ever became of sweet Jane?
She lost her sparkle, you know she isn’t the same
Livin’ on reds, vitamin C, and cocaine
All a friend can say is “Ain’t it a shame?”
But you were the one with the magic
You were the one with the sparkle
And you had it all
I know it’s never gonna be the way it was
How can it?
Feelings change and people can get lost
But I still think of you so much
Do you remember how it was?
Never ever, ever gonna be the same
Never gonna be the same
Feelings, nothing more than feelings
Trying to forget my feelings of love
Teardrops rolling down on my face
Trying to forget my feelings of love
When we lift the covers from our feelings
We expose our insecure spots
Trust is just as rare as devotion
Forgive us our cynical thoughts
Make a promise, take a vow
And trust your feelings, it’s easy now
Understand the voice within
And feel the changes already beginning
Oh, oh, won’t you tell me again
Oh, oh, can you feel it?
Oh, oh, won’t you tell me again tonight
Tonight, tonight,
It all began tonight,
I saw you and the world went away.
Tonight, tonight,
There’s only you tonight,
What you are, what you do, what you say.
Today, all day I had the feeling
A miracle would happen –
I know now I was right.
For here you are
And what was just a world is a star
Tonight!
Well I remember, I remember don’t worry
How could I ever forget,
It’s the first time, the last time we ever met
But I know the reason why you keep your silence up,
No you don’t fool me
The hurt doesn’t show
But the pain still grows
It’s no stranger to you and me
And I can feel it coming in the air tonight, oh Lord
Well, I’ve been waiting for this moment for all my life, oh Lord
They’re always
They’re always
They’re always
They’re always
Coming soon
Coming soon