I fell in love with a dancer, but he could never see I fell in love with an actor, but he looked up to me I fell in love with a young man who could have taken away the hurt I would have given him my kingdom, but I never had the nerve. I'm afraid to be alone, afraid to be attached The boy inside wants freedom but I still put on the masque In my dreams the man beside me shares everything I own In my life I just keep running, like a rolling stone And even if I push you away Hold me in your heart And understand I'm doing the best I can Well I made a few mistake, it's easy to admit I don't want to play the villain, but I really have to quit I'll love you 'till forever, 'till it all melts away And if you still are willin', we'll try again someday

On the way to Utopia, I was captain of the guard And though we traveled together, I had to love you from afar The fortune telling lady threw the I-ching and then she sighed "There's little use in running now, I guess you'll both stay here tonight." So we checked in under false identities and made our way up to the bed In the still, serene silence of the mid-summer night, I prayed to the rhythms of your breath The fortune telling lady turned up the Queen of Cups and then she cried "You're in too deep, you feel too much, you're burning. You'll never make it out alive." I watched you dress in the morning from the corner of my eye I could no longer grant myself absolution My desires were driving me out of my mind The fortune telling lady read my palm and then she died "Confess your soul to the one you want. Your only enemy now is time." Argive elders want my eyes; Hecuba wants my soul I don't want nothing I don't deserve: Someone who'll love me through it all, And the right to grow old. I knew I would never leave there unchanged But the time had come for the both of us to ride But though I knew your every little secret, I knew you could never bear mine The fortune telling lady had passed on to the other side We continued on our lonely, lonely journey Once I had set the place alight.

Well then hounds all got loose yesterday And ran through the center of town And all the king's horses and all the king's men Were nowhere to be found. The boys on the corner smokin' camels And the girls sellin' love out on the stoop Were forced inside when the dogs came by Drinking beer and toasting youth Well the sheriff put as ban on thinking Cause it just leads to unrest But he makes his deputy read to him At night when he gets undressed And he fires him gun aimlessly And drinks tequila from a paper cup And if he finds the time he'll battle crime But if he doesn't he'll make it up CHORUS And the preacher's son deals heroin And the judge is a flaming crook And the locker rooms all got spaces For the teachers to get a look Life is town goes round and round And I guess it always will Cause God's only fed on Sundays, but through the week the Devil gets his fill The Librarian's still a virgin, making love to Edgar Allan Poe But in the darkness between the bookshelves nobody egver needs to know She gets drunk on Amontillado And at midnight she staggers home She's live alone, just her and Poe, 'Till the Conqueror licks her bones

I can't make you love me, no matter what I do And I can't make you let me lover you. I can't make you want me no matter how hard I pray But I can't make my feelings go away Baby, I never really been in love Is this what it's like? Baby, I've never been held so tight Hanging on for dear life You don't think you're worthy of love unconditionally You're letting him kill you by degrees. You still think he'll be there when you get to the end But when he breaks your heart I'll be there to hold you again Baby, I know you've been hurt so long I know what that's like Baby, together we can weather it all Hanging on for dear life They can say what they want dear I know we were meant to be And the next time he hits you, I hope you'll think of me They can offer you drama, all I can offer is love But together, my darling, love should be enough Baby, what more can I say? We're both running out of time Baby, I've put myself on the line Hanging on for dear life

Gossip and rumour followed you around Malicious innuendo spreading all over town I took a detour from loneliness "Stay away," they said, "from that one ahead, He might as well be dead." We sat together alone in the crowd Affectionate invitations were made within the hour I knew from the first you were not like the rest The scars and the lies that we'd burie3d inside were like a puzzle, a perfect fit CHORUS Drag queens in the doorway saying "He's a loaded gun" Your spirit calling out to be I know you're the One Shot through to the soul. I'm in love. So back to my place we made our way Where a piece of my heart I freely gave away I've never loved so strong, I've never been so afraid My defenses down I finally found the other half of Me You held me tightly your breath against my neck We talked about love in the darkness and sex and life and death I knew going in our love would be brief Pulled apart by confusion and art, by career and disease CHORUS And if you should pack up and leave on the next train I'll be with you every step of the way If not in body then in soul and in mind We're united 'till the end of time An eye toward the future and one on the past Delicious recollections of every kiss, every glance Through joy and misery we walk hand in hand Together as one till the living is done Giving everything we can. CHORUS

Sally Brown had lived a happy life All she wanted was be somebody's wife And Johnny Ray came into her life one day And she gladly opened the door and let him in So Sally Brown was a happy woman now With a man who loved her by her side And so what if he beat her every once in a while She knew he loved her all the same. And how many Sally Browns are in your own small town? And how many make it out alive? So Sally went to work with bruises on her face And bandages on her legs and arms "Johnny didn't mean it," she'd always say "And I prob'ly deserved it anyway." Johnny Ray sat around the house all day A-smokin' his dope and chewin' the fat "You're nothin'," he'd tell her, "Nobody but me loves you." And then he'd give her a slap and he'd send her to her room. And how many Sally Browns are in your own small town? And how many make it out alive? And how many Johnny Rays get away with murder every day? How many do we really know about? Well I went to Sally's funeral just the other day "She died in night," Johnny said. And I looked down at Sally, and I knew she was happy She was finally free from Johnny Ray And how many Sally Browns are in your own small town? And how many make it out alive? And how many Johnny Rays get away with murder every day? How many do we really know about? And how many Sally Browns are buried in the ground? A bitter reward for a battered life.

And if we see each other again Will you say you knew me once? And if we see each other again Will I say I knew you, Or just walk away? Contented in your ignorance You walk blindly towards the sun You've got some fools who'll follow you But don't look for me 'cause I'm gone. Don't look 'cause I'm gone. And if we meet each other again Will I let you back in my life? And if we see each other again Will I be hurt again? For the second time. For the second time. I never could read your mind And I never wanted you in mine. I think we were in love once But I was never one to tow the line. You used to be mine. And if you meet somebody else I hope that he does you wrong You never seemed to care at all But I hurt so long But it never showed. I never let it show.

And so we'll travel to the ends of the ocean And gaze at its majesty And when I close my eyes and turn out the light You'll be there to comfort me I have cried before you, I have died in your eyes So many days living under the gun Why were the stakes so high? I took the time to love you And you loved me with all my faults I walked the tightrope above you Secure that you'd break my fall And so we'll travel to the ends of the ocean And gaze at its majesty And when I close my eyes and turn out the light You'll be there to comfort me There you were at the right time Here we are, appropriating the end On the brink of beginning a brand new life Do you still want to be my friend? Some say I'm too judgemental Some say I never cared at all I only tried to protect you But my armor was all you saw And so we'll travel to the ends of the ocean And gaze at its majesty And when I close my eyes and turn out the light You'll be there to comfort me Our lives will change Our tears we'll wipe away Outside forces will try to tear us apart Dionysus will keep us safe And so we'll travel to the ends of the ocean And gaze at its majesty And when I close my eyes and turn out the light You'll be there to comfort me And when I close my eyes and turn out the light You'll be there in my dreams

The last thing I remember I was shaking your hand The world fell away and I was drifting on the sound of your voice Standing there beside you for the very first time Your body so close to mine, I was hungry for your touch I think we both know we were lovers long ago Across the years and miles we're together soul to soul And if you agreed to hold be then If you agreed to love me then Love me again I've walked and I've crawled through this crooked life I've clutched and clawed to stay alive I was waiting for your love You were always here just out of reach Dominoes fall and just like a dream You're standing here to hold me tight I think we both know we were lovers long ago Across the years and miles we're together soul to soul And if you agreed to hold be then If you agreed to love me then Love me again And in the light of a new day All things have passed away One kiss and I'm blown away I am home again I think we both know we were lovers long ago Across the years and miles we're together soul to soul And if you agreed to hold be then If you agreed to love me then Love me again

As I went out walking, November rain against my face The sounds of bones and leaves crack'd 'neath my heels And I wondered why I was sent so much pain And what are the lessons I need to learn this time. This time, this time. I had a bout of happiness but it passed away In and out of love takes too much time But sometimes at night the moon chills the room I need you to keep me warm And I swear to the god I won't screw up this time This time, this time I needed absolution, all I got was solitude And I'm insecure enough to think that's just Past embraces turn to smoke, once again I'm all alone And in the end, I guess, it was up to me all the time This time, this time

I wrote you a letter That said "My darling I'm lost at sea. Help me navigate the water To the Harbour of St. Serendipity." Two scorpions on a lonely shore A friendship on the sand By chance we found each other When the smoke had cleared fate had played her hand I didn't really want to know you Cause I knew things would never be the same When my heart cried out did you hear me? Did you understand you are my everything? I wrote you a letter That said "My darling I'm lost at sea. Help me navigate the water To the Harbour of St. Serendipity." On the island you live so free On the island do you think of me? Separated it's easy to forget Remember our kiss with no regrets You'll never let me just take care of you Just to hold you and let me keep you safe If you will let me walk beside you That's all I need the rest of my days I wrote you a letter That said "My darling I'm lost at sea. Help me navigate the water To the Harbour of St. Serendipity."

I wish you well You'll always be a part of me I can tell And though I pushed you far from me I'll love you At night I dream Our lives weren't as different as it seems That we could live our lives in perfect harmony A little part of me dies when he gets to hold you The very best part of me regrets that I never told you Speak tenderly When you tell him about the way it used to be with me But please don't ever say I cried I know you're happy now and that should be enough From time to time I feel I never should have given up. I wish you well Come what may I hope you'll stay my friend And each new day please don't forget I'll love you (forever)

My life is an open book, blood on every page Crippled and unwanted, always in the way "Stand on your own two feet, act like a man" Looking for acceptance since time began But I can love with all I got I can be loved I can hold you tight until the stars fall from above I can whisper "I love you" when the morning comes I am worthy, I am love I never had the courage, I never had the looks The only people who loved me were found in dirty books People tell me my love is wrong, and it's a sin A walking talking ego, that's all I is But I can love with all I got I can be loved I can hold you tight until the stars fall from above I can whisper "I love you" when the morning comes I am worthy, I am love I feel I've here before so what did I do To justify the torture I've been through Sweet souls in paradise drift through my life Wisdom comes with age, they say, But what's the price? But I can love with all I got I can be loved I can hold you tight until the stars fall from above I can whisper "I love you" when the morning comes I am worthy, I am love I am love.

Shakespeare sits in the corner Writing the tragedy of me We ride out the thunderstorms together And asks me what am I thinking And I say "Billy, you gotta understand You and me, you see, we're both just common men It's the words that matter. It's the words that set us free In the soul of every poet lie the dreams for humanity." Mona Lisa says she's in love with me Though she knows I can't love her back We meet each other from time to time When our desolate lives cross paths I wrote a letter. I said "Lisa please Tell me true what I can do to make you see Than inside I'm just a writer, to the pen I will say 'I do' I can kiss you and I can hold you But it's the words that I make love to." St. Issa sits at a table writing scriptures in a hidden book The parchment's yellowed but the ink is clear For the monks to take a look And Buddha, waiting on the doomsday bell Sits cross-legged and reads his Bible well They're just words but still we laugh. They're just words but still we cry. They're just words but still the hurt us. To say "I'm sorry" shouldn't be a crime.

I had a dream that my friends and I Were birds on a wire We'd come together just to sit and laugh Each day for a while But one by one they flew away Each bird would leave the wire As the only bird left alone I cried I had a dream all my friends stopped by Just like old times It didn't matter that I'd stood beside and watched each one of them die It felt so good just to hear them laugh And to hear them call my name But when I woke up I was alone again I had a dream that they found a cure so he didn't have to die We'd live together to a ripe old age Side by side And as the sun set at the end of the day We'd hold each other close And we wouldn't have to say a word, we'd know

I can't make you love me, no matter what I do And I can't make you let me lover you. I can't make you want me no matter how hard I pray But I can't make my feelings go away Baby, I never really been in love Is this what it's like? Baby, I've never been held so tight Hanging on for dear life You don't think you're worthy of love unconditionally You're letting him kill you by degrees. You still think he'll be there when you get to the end But when he breaks your heart I'll be there to hold you again Baby, I know you've been hurt so long I know what that's like Baby, together we can weather it all Hanging on for dear life They can say what they want dear I know we were meant to be And the next time he hits you, I hope you'll think of me They can offer you drama, all I can offer is love But together, my darling, love should be enough Baby, what more can I say? We're both running out of time Baby, I've put myself on the line tonight Hanging on for dear life

Frankie was a little older and Johnny was seventeen Frankie was the most beautiful man Johnny’d ever seen Frankie said “Come on over and we’ll play in the field behind my house” They set out after supper and they wasn’t seen for hours Frankie said “I dare you to kiss me on the mouth” And Johnny took the chance that he he’d only dreamed about But Johnny’s sellin’ cars now, and Frankie’s in the bars again So Frankie and Johnny were known all around the town Holding hands and kissing every time they came around Frankie said “I love you Johnny, I’ll always be your man, You know, no matter what, I’ll be there in the end.” Johnny said “I trust you” and the town just heaved a sigh Cause we knew Frankie was in the bars every night looking for another guy. But Johnny’s sellin’ cars now, and Frankie’s in the bars again Johnny was on the football team a queer in shoulder pads Watching his back in the locker room where the jocks would kick his ass But Johnny never told and Johnny never cried But sometimes he hurt so bad he wanted just to die So Frankie wasn’t perfect, but Frankie held him close And nothing else seemed to matter once they took off all their clothes But Johnny’s sellin’ cars now, and Frankie’s in the bars again Frankie’d been the black sheep ever since he’d learned to walk His daddy was a drunkard, mommy treated him like a dog So he hung out by the railroad tracks with the hobos getting high Doing a trick for a quarter bag, looking for Mr. Right He always avoided playgrounds cause they seemed to make him cry You know since that night with Uncle Marty he’d never been a child But Johnny’s sellin’ cars now, and Frankie’s in the bars again After graduation, the boys they found a place Johnny finally found happiness you could read it on his face But Frankie was getting moodier than he’d ever been before Some nights Johnny’d find him crying in a ball down on the floor He’d disappear for days on end and he’d never send a word And Johnny’d sit at home contemplating what all this pain was for But Johnny’s sellin’ cars now, and Frankie’s in the bars again Johnny made his mind up, at last he took a stand I saw him there at the end of the bar with a suitcase in his hands Johnny said “I love him so much my heart wants to explode, But it’s time I thought of me for a change, I guess I’ll have to go.” Penniless and broken he had no place to hide So I took him in my arms and I carried him inside But Johnny’s sellin’ cars now, and Frankie’s in the bars again I opened up a book of poetry and I handed him a drink He laughed “It’s like a Bob Dylan song, from the 70’s I think.” It didn’t matter to either of us where Frankie was that night ‘Till the door was broken in, and the boys began to fight Frankie pulled a gun out and fired into the air I’ve never seen the look in his eyes in anybody anywhere But Johnny’s sellin’ cars now, and Frankie’s in the bars again Frankie started crying and Johnny took his hand “This can’t go on,” he said, “and I know you understand That Frankie you’re the only man that I never will forget But it’s time that I moved on before it all ends up in death Frankie he just nodded and dropped the pistol to the floor He said “I know I you’re right so I’ll try not to love you anymore.” But Johnny’s sellin’ cars now, and Frankie’s in the bars again Johnny didn’t need me so he moved out on his own But I think of him a lot now and the courage that he showed But Frankie never learned at all and he still ain’t seen the light Never happy with himself, never glad to be alive Johnny’s got a good man and they live on the edge of town Frankie lives ‘neath the railroad tracks blowin’ gypsies, thieves and But Johnny’s sellin’ cars now, and Frankie’s in the bars again