THE ART OF GROOMING

Eastside Story

There was this girl I used to see
Down on 42nd street
She'd walk by on her way to work
And make the air smell so sweet

I used to sit in a coffee shop
Sometimes I'd have a cup
And when she'd go by
She'd light up the sky
Like the sun coming up

She be standin' by the bus stop
Driver opened up the door
I'd just sit n' watch her
Getting on the 104

I wanna give her my number
I wanna tell her my name
Wanna climb on board that cross-town bus
Take a chance she feels the same

It's just another east side story
Everybody's got a tale to tell

And like a hundred guys before me
I fell under her spell

Some things you hold on to
Some you just let go
Seems like the ones that you can't have
Are the ones that you want the most

I think about her sometimes
I wonder if she was real
And if I ever find her
I'm gonna tell her how I feel

It's just another east side story
Everybody's got a tale to tell
And like a hundred guys before me
I fell under her spell

It's still the same old story
It's still the same old game
Up there on the east side
Life goes on the same
She never knew my number
Never even knew my name
She climbed on board that cross-town bus
I never saw her again

This Side Of Paradise

I'm ridin' in the back seat - nine years old
starin' out the window countin' the highway poles
and then I get to thinkin' - that it don't seem real
I'm flyin' through the universe in a 69' Oldsmobile

and I wanna know what they're not tellin
and I don't wanna hear no lies
I just want something to believe in
ah - it's a lonely lonely road I'm on
this side of paradise

I'm ridin' in the back seat - black limousine
starin' out the window at a funeral scene
and then I get to thinkin' - and it don't seem right
I'm sittin' here safe and sound
and someone I love is gone tonight

I wanna know what they're not tellin
and I don't wanna hear no lies
I just want something to believe in
ah - it's a lonely lonely road we're on
this side of paradise

there ain't no crystal ball - there ain't no Santa Claus
there ain't no fairy tales - there ain't no streets of gold
there ain't no chosen few - yea it's just me and you
and that's all we got yea... that's all we got to hold on to
yea this side of paradise

I remember bein' a little boy in the back seat - nine years old
always askin' questions - never did what I was told
and then I get to thinkin' like I always do
we wander 'round in the darkness but every now and then
a little light shines through

I wanna know what they're not tellin
I don't wanna hear no lies
I just want something to believe in
ah - it's a lonely lonely road we're on
This side of paradise

Not Romeo, Not Juliet

This is story about a boy and girl
trying find a life in the big world
somehow they're together

there ain't much to the mystery
misery loves company
she just waves her hand and says whatever
well this ain't love this ain't love this ain't love at all, and he says...

we're not romeo we're not juliet
how long does it take to fill this emptyness
we're just two lost souls and baby we got no regrets

we don't wanna say bye-bye
babe it's just you and i
we're not romeo - we're not juliet

he ain't pretty with his hard old heart
second generation immigrant scars
and he knows that this ain't heaven, no

she's all skinny like a cigarette
and he's the only thing - the only thing that she respects
and he's trying to make it better
this ain't love this ain't love this ain't love at all, and she says...

we're not romeo we're not juliet
you'd thought you'd seen it all - but you ain't seen nothin' yet
we're just two lost souls and baby we got no regrets

now it's just you and i
we're nothin' unless we try
we're not romeo - not juliet

it has to feel right but it never does
it has to be perfect but it never is
you wanna be sure but you never do
we're not romeo or juliet - it's just me and you

we're just two lost souls and baby we got no regrets

we don't wanna say bye-bye
babe it's just you and i
we're not romeo - we're not juliet

we're not romeo we're not juliet
how long does it take to fill this emptyness
we're just two lost souls and baby we got no regrets

ya it's just you and i
we're nothin' unless we try - oh no
we're not romeo, not juliet
no we're not - that's a fact

Flying

If you ever feel like you're gonna fall - oh I'll be there
And if you ever feel down or feel small - oh don't despair
And if you ever feel lost or feel alone - babe come on home

Let's just make love - all night
Let's just hold on - so tight
Let's make it last - for life
I won't let you go

Yeah we're flying - feels just like flying
We're such a long way up - from the ground
Just you and me flying - so high and I'm never gonna come down

Every time you turn around I wanna run - oh come to me
When every little dream comes undone - oh don't worry

Let's just make love - all night
Let's just hold on - so tight
Let's make it last - for life
I won't let you go

Yeah we're flying - feels just like flying
It's such so long way up - from the ground (yeah)
Just you and me flying - so high and I never gonna come down (Nooo)

Just you and me (oo)
Lets just make love - al night
Lets just hold on - so thigh
Let's make it last – for life

I won't let you go
Yeah we're flying - feels just like flying (oo)
It's such a long way up - (oo) from the ground (yeah we're flying)
Feels just like flying (Feels just like flying)
It's such so long way up - from the ground
Yeah we're flying – so high and,

We're never gonna come down,you and me

She's A Little Too Good For Me

she got the brains - she got the looks
she knows all the right people
reads all the right books she's got my name
she's got my number
but what she see's in me i sometimes wonder

she's a little too good for me
she's gonna change me if i let her
she's a little too good for me
but i'm getting better

i'm just a guy - i'm just me
i'm happy with my feet up on the table
in front of my tv we're world's apart
we're night and day
she's dinner by candle light
i'm just a take-a-way

she's a little too good for me
she's gonna change me if i let her
she's a little too good for me
but i'm getting better

she's says i do something to her
all her friends say i'm a loser

she's just a little too good for me
she's gonna change me if i let her
she's a little too good for me
but i'm getting better

she's a little too good for me
she's gonna change me if i let her
she's a little too good for me
but i'm getting better

Open Road

I'm sitting at the wheel
I got a green light
I'm not afraid of nothing
cos heart and soul im built for life

so let the engines roar
push the pedal down
i want the white lines on my highway
to lead me out of town

I'm rolling on and on and on
who knows where i'm going

Life is an open road
its the best story never told
It's an endless sky, it's the deepest sea
life is an open road to me
life is an open road to me

i got headlights
to guide me thru the night
i got the window down and the radio playing
it makes me feel alive

I'm rollin on and on and on
who knows where im goin

life is an open road
it's the best story never told
it's an endless sky, it's the deepest sea
life is an open road to me
life is an open road to me

Room Service

when a hotel room's the closest thing you got to home
you could be in philadelphia you could even be in rome
you gotta dial nine to get an outside line
i even need a concierge just to take a drive - it's a crazy life

i hope to see you smile - but i'm always wrong
it's a different melody but the same old song...

ya i've been on the road nearly all my life
been around the world 'bout a thousand times
still a knock on the door makes me nervous
i think i'll see you standing there - but no
it's only room service - ya room service

i've been living out my suitcase as long as i remember
life's the same - it doesn't change - it's a gibson or a fender
i still think about you babe - i swear sometimes i see your face
these are crazy days

ya i think i hear your voice - but it's just a dream
it's a brand new movie but the same old scene...

ya i've been on the road nearly all my life
been around the world 'bout a thousand times
still a knock on the door makes me nervous
i think i'll see you standing there - but no
it's only room service - ya room service

ya know i wouldn't change a thing - no
i'm just waiting for the bell in room to ring
i hope to see you smile - but i'm always wrong
it's a different melody but the same old song...

ya i've been on the road nearly all my life
been around the world 'bout a thousand times
still a knock on the door makes me nervous
i think i'll see you standing there - but no
it's the closest thing I got to home
it's room service - room service

I Was Only Dreamin

verse 1
She left her shoes out on the beach
She left my dreams just out of reach
She left her footprints in the sand
She was a bird right in my hand
I met a girl that made me laugh
She left a faded photograph
I thought I heard a silent song
I sang along but I was...

chorus
I was only dreaming, I was only dreaming
Visions in my head, talking in my sleep
Turning in my bed but I was only dreaming.

verse 2
I met a girl that talked in rhyme
I met a girl who took her time
I saw the ocean in her eyes
I saw myself unrecognized
And all the stars up in the sky
Fell down like rain and made me cry
I held the world right in my hands,
I held you close but I was...

chorus
I was only dreaming, I was only dreaming
Visions in my head, talking in my sleep
Turning in my bed, life was so complete but I was only dreaming.

bridge
I was only dreaming... Oh yeah

chorus
I was only dreaming, I was only dreaming
Visions in my head, talking in my sleep
Turning in my bed, life was so complete
Her shoes were on the beach but I was only dreaming.

Right Back Where I Started From
you don't know what you got - until you lose it
and i can testify that that's the truth
i had it all and didn't know how to use it
i was so stupid - it was right before my eyes

i've been looking all my life
waiting for the perfect time
never knew that i would find it
right back where i started from
why'd i have to go so far
when everything was where you are
how'd i know that you be waiting
right back where i started from

who can tell ya where the rivers flowin'
just ride the wave - let it take ya down
all the twists and turns i navigated
it's so frustratin' you were there all the time

i've been looking all my life
waiting for the perfect time
never knew that i would find it
right back where i started from
why'd i have to go so far
when everything was where you are
how'd i know that you be waiting
right back where i started from...

oh where i started from
i know where i'm headed to - it's right back where i've been

i've been looking all my life
waiting for the perfect time
never knew that i would find it
right back where i started from
why'd i have to go so far
when everything was where you are
how'd i know that you be waiting
right back where i started from...

Nowhere Fast

we're always on the run these days
we hardly have the time to say
what matters most of all

ya you've always been the only one
the only one to make me run
anytime you call

let's not talk about the future
let's not talk about the days gone past
all this time - we've been runnin' round in circles

i can feel a change a comin'
and i know we're gonna make it last
from now on - we'll be goin' somewhere slowly
instead of going nowhere fast

when everything has come and gone
we'll look back on this road we're on
and see how far we've come (ya we've come a long way)

let's not talk about the future
let's not talk about the days gone past
all this time - we've been runnin' round in circles

i can feel a change a comin'
and i know we're gonna make it last
from now on - we'll be goin' somewhere slowly
instead of going nowhere fast

faster than the days go by
i know we're gonna make them last
instead of goin' nowhere fast

all this time - we've been runnin' round in circles

i can feel a change a comin'
and i know we're gonna make it last
from now on - we'll be goin' somewhere slowly
instead of going nowhere fast

from now on - we'll be goin' somewhere slowly

Why Do You Have To Be So Hard To Love

Was It Some men who didn't treat you right?
Who left you waiting out for him in the middle of the night?
Is it some heartache that you can't out run?
What makes you so afraid to get close to anyone?

You're so easy to look at,
you're so easy to hold, yeah
so easy to touch you,
but so hard to let go
It's so easy to want you
That I can't get enough
Tell me, why do you have to be
why do you have to be, so hard to love?

Is it some hurt from long ago?
That it makes it so hard to let your feelings show?
Is it the ghost of who you used be?
That makes you so afraid, to bear your soul to me?

You're so easy to look at,
So easy to hold,
So easy to touch you honey
So hard to let go, Oh my love,
So easy to want you, that I can't get enough
Tell Me why do you have to be,
Why do you have to be,
Tell me, tell me, tell me,
Why do you have to be?
Tell me Yeah
why do have to be, so hard to love?

Blessing In Disguise

Are you lonely?
Are you Crying?
Are those teardrops in your eyes
is it more blues, is is bad news,
is it a curse?, or a blessing in disguise.

Did you leave him?, do you love him?
Have you said your, said your last goodbyes
Is it over, hey
are you sorry?
Could it be a blessing in disguise

It's the scars that make you stronger
It's the hard times that make you rise,
It's the sweet things that only time bring, yeah
Gonna ride back a blessing in disguise
Ooooooooohhhhh!

Clouds roll by, and bring the rain
tears wiped dry to ease the pain
oh!

Are you lonely?
Are you Crying?
Are those teardrops in your eyes
is it more blues, is is bad news,
is it a curse?, or a blessing in disguise.

Is it a curse or a blessing in disguise
Is it a curse or a blessing in disguise
Is it a curse or a blessing in disguise