1.
To The Tycoons
2. Caught Between Love and Hate
3. It Don't Take Much
4.
Fire Escape Heartbreak
5. Sail On (Love Song To America)
6. Hey Grandma
7.
Frustration
8. You Are The One
9. The Glamour Life
10. One True Sentence
TO
THE TYCOONS Hey, do you envy Hollywood?
A simple life ain't no good?
Get
what you want, lose what you have Hey, the news is titillation
Ruminations
of charlatans
Jagged as the supple sun
And the soft sea Well, it's
the urban life
In the midsummer bloom
The medicine black of the suit tycoons
The
polished shoes
Of the rogue festoons
The Black Dog Regatta
Sang some
coffin tunes
And the last of the tycoon types
Made off with the loot Hey,
you've got antique creek connections
Square, stuffed-sturgeon squawking inflections
And
the idle sadness of the patient poor Aristotle has two stiff rum and cokes
And
whiskey soda with some monorail blokes
At the castle till five a.m.
Toasting
to the loss of passion For the dying young
Sex and love aren't quite
so fun
The few who do
Say, "Bienvenue"
Light the lantern for
those who apologize
In the city center
And bid sad, sad goodbyes Well,
it's the urban life
In the midsummer bloom
The medicine black of the suit
tycoons
The polished shoes
Of the rogue festoons
The Black Dog Regatta
Sang
some coffin tunes
And the last of the tycoon types
Made off with the loot CAUGHT
BETWEEN LOVE AND HATE Make a sacrifice for Lenny
Though we can't
use him anymore
Pile up the photographs a-plenty
The jazz band looms outside
your door And all the black boys sing
And I remember you
How you needed
me, too Caught between love and hate
I guess love is the stranger thing
Breathes
fire into imaginings
Then you watch them fall
So in love and all Did
you invest much in your promise?
When you went to get your gun?
It's easy
to make a commitment
When you've only just begun And all the black boys
sing
And I remember you
How you needed me, too Caught between love
and hate
I guess love is the stranger thing
Breathes fire into imaginings
Then
you watch them fall
So in love and all Walk the line with you want
The
repels you like its aim is to taunt
You know exactly what hate is
But love
is a stranger
Full of so much danger Love hears your best-dressed confessions
You
guess what the silhouetted stranger brings
Then you watch it fall
So in
love and all
Caught between love and hate IT DON'T TAKE MUCH It
don't take much to let your soul rise above it
It don't take much just to push
the pain away
It don't take much to let your soul rise above it
It don't
take much just to accept what you've done The mark of a good friend
Is
certainly when
You don't see them in a while
And you pick up where you left
off
So you can wear the mask
And say everything's OK
As long as you treat
me the same way
It don't take much It don't take much to let your soul
rise above it
It don't take much when you've got some support
It don't take
much because there's no one who is above it
Everybody has a time when they've
got to be sure The mark of a good friend
Is certainly when
You don't
see them in a while
And you pick up where you left off
So you can wear the
mask
And say everything's OK
As long as you treat me the same way
It
don't take much FIRE ESCAPE HEARTBREAK I'm just creepin' down
the fire escape
I don't need you now and it's getting late
I'm thinking,
while I'm sneakin' down the fire escape
Of how peaceful you look when you're
not awake I'm just sneakin' down this solitary way
Now your daddy's gone,
seem he's gone astray
You dream of his red taillights as they sped away
You
drown in those dreams, you sink into the gray But it's just a heartbreaker
When
you need somebody
And the money's tight
And you're assigned a fate
And
I want you to sleep well
So I said I'd be there tonight What exactly
was it that was stolen away?
You're older now, you're so much older now
And
you think that youth is wasted on the young
But you're wild about beginnings
and you think something has begun It's just a heartbreaker
When you need
somebody
I can't describe what I've never seen
When people ask, I'll say,
"I think I knew it once"
But I had you, baby, in an eternal embrace
And
when the light came and blinded me from over your shoulder It threw me off
It
threw me off
You know, nothin' lasts forever
I may escape
But nothin'
lasts forever
This has to end
Just like everything else does I'm just
sneakin', sneakin', sneakin' away
Like your father, girl, but my hair's not
gray
The neon is buzzin' and I feel afraid
No more safe, boxed up apartments
Now
it's just wide open space It's just a heartbreaker
When you need somebody
And
the need beats you down
When the money's tight
And you're assigned a fate
But
you don't have to accept being naked
Don't blame me
Blame your heartbreak
On
the fire escape I didn't build it
It just made things easy
Look at
all these buildings
Put up 50 years ago
I didn't lay the mortar
I didn't
set the stone
But I use this place, baby
I call it my home but I know
I took the fire escape
Though I didn't create it
It was outside the window
And
when things get hot
I know it's a heartbreaker
When the money's tight
And
you're assigned a fate
But don't blame me for your heartbreak
Blame it on
the fire escape SAIL ON (LOVE SONG TO AMERICA) America
I
fell in love with the red, white, and blue
When I was young
You seemed young,
too America, the merciful
My grandpa's land
My rich and my poor family
They
played in your orchestra Said yeah You've got to sail on (I love you)
You've
got to sail on (I love you) America
What did you think when we dug our
claws in you?
You were a green, fertile breast of land
Free from sin, too America,
you're growin' old
And like old men
You've lost your hold
On the belief
that tomorrow would be better than today Said yeah You've got to sail
on (I love you)
You've got to sail on (I love you) Preacher offers deliverance
But
we all shy away
Preacher you said you could deliver me
Out to the high seas
But
I have the feelin'
There's nothin' out there for me Sail on, red-blue-white
Your
Queen Mother was always right
Your dissatisfaction led you to the high seas
But
the seas, the New York trees
Offer no safety from the plight My Yankee
wife she lays her head
Upon my shoulder
While they pile up the dead
Survival
of the fittest
That's what we heard
But he said so many times, "Compassion"
And
"Love," "Love" was his word So you will lead and I will
have to follow You've got to sail on (I love you)
You've got to sail
on (I love you) HEY GRANDMA There are some things that only
grandma knows
Washing dishes in the kitchen sink
Torn and frayed paintings
in the orange living room
She cooks us breakfast then she gives us a wink And
we walk outside where the freight train goes by
Christmas mornin' and the neighborhood's
so alive
Playin' boogie woogie and gospel piano
We have so much to holler
about Hey Grandma
It's just another day
Feelin' this way
Hey Grandma
It's
just another day
Just another day Now she's relaxin' by the fire place
The
world is waking and for church we're gonna be late
If the late coffee by the
back street apartment gate
Gets some pity from the city, well grandma tells
them to wait See the ice-cube-lemonade coolin' close by
Hear the rush
of taxicabs just outside
And I know it's gonna be OK
OK, OK, OK Hey
Grandma
It's just another day
Time gets in the way
Hey Grandma
It's
just another day
Just another day The lights are flashin' out on Bleeker
Street
And I've got to meet the family and try to be discreet
Got to prepare
my face and my grandma's eyes
When she looks at me she sees herself and I cannot
disguise I bet Grandma was a wild one
Back in her day
But now she
provides a sanctuary
Where I can go Oh, sayin' Hey Grandma
It's
just another day
Just another day
Hey Grandma
It's just another day
Just
another day FRUSTRATION I've got a million plans
And only
two hands
To give them life You lost your sons in battle
Like slaughtered
cattle
You watched them fall You were such a patriot
Now you're in
a rut
And it seems to suit you You think loss is abnormal
The white-tie
formal
It maybe better So I suggest you wake up in the morning
Don't
feel lonely
But know that each day
Always feels the way you make it
Don't
let fate take it away Look all around you, Rita
Don't let them beat you
You're
better than that You believe in a life
Where pain and strife
Aren't
part of livin' So I suggest you wake up in the morning
Don't feel lonely
But
know that each day
Always feels the way you make it
Don't let fate take
it away You acted like you were sent off to an island
Lived like a pilot
who crashed his ship
Look for happiness
Encountered sadness
Dressed your
message up
And under-filled your cup So I suggest you wake up in the
morning
Don't feel lonely
But know that each day
Always feels the way
you make it
Don't let fate take it away YOU ARE THE ONE Brandy,
in the beginning you were so much fun
Brandy, we'd get drunk and dance until
the race was run
And up came the sun Meeting out with friends and friends
of friends
No patience, just new acquaintance, handshake extends
Till the
party ends Wake up, feelin' the Grand Canyon in your bed
Green trees,
cookies and hayseed harp instead
Playin' like we'd been wed There's always
a party
After the show
There's always a living room
Where we can go
And
at 5am
When we pass out again
Just know you are the one Baby, you
know you wave such a wand
Baby, you caught love like a cold
Now you're sick
and all Now you have trouble getting out of bed
You're worried about
yesterday
And all the things you shouldn't have said Put that on the
dirty laundry pile of things you shouldn't have said
When you was twelve years
old
When you were alone in your head There's always a party
After
the show
There's always a living room
Where we can go
And at 5am
When
we pass out again
Just know you are the one Cracked plates, hubcap soft
shakes, child is grown
Red room, deep bass, tight gloom, holy moan
When
you sit alone So many late nights, so many gas lights, and all-night cafes
So
many horse-riding druggies to take the cake
And say, "Andelay." "Ariba." There's
always a party
After the show
There's always a living room
Where we can
go
And at 5am
When we pass out again
Just know you are the one THE
GLAMOUR LIFE Everywhere we go
I want to rock
I never really know
why
But I never want to stop
Roll the tour bus
Down that road
Ready
to ignite
Ready to explode Some educated blokes
In a cosmic rut
Find
the right stage
To strut their stuff
It's the age old play
The roles
are the same
Change the hairstyle
Play the fame game Oh yeah
This
is what you want
Save up all your best
So you can flaunt The Glamour
Life
The Glamour Life
The Glamour Life
The Glamour Life Café
Amore
Fifth Avenue Court
Scenes start to blur
Faces distort
Walk through
the palace
Like you're on stilts
Overindulge
Fantasies wilt All
the educated blokes
Check their brains fast
Stash them in the closet
With
their coat and hat
Better by the month
Wiser by the years
Open up the
bottle
Wash away the tears Oh yeah
This is what you want
Save up
all your best
So you can flaunt The Glamour Life
The Glamour Life
The
Glamour Life
The Glamour Life ONE TRUE SENTENCE You've got
something to say
Write it down, store it away
In a box, saved for the day
When
you need it most
And you don't have
The fire to grab
Those grand ideas If
I had a piece of what you have
A clear idea, not just belief
But something
so much more You turned my words around again
When I believed foes were
friends
You plopped yourself
Behind the typewriter
And found evidence
Of
the existence
Of one true sentence
And once we find it
We can repeat
it over and over and over
And feel like we've got something worthwhile to say I
admire you, my friend
Because you don't depend
Upon anyone but yourself
I
get caught up
While you have a wealth
Of places in your mind where you can
go If I had a piece of what you have
A clear idea, not just belief
But
something so much more You turned my words around again
When I believed
foes were friends
You plopped yourself
Behind the typewriter
And found
evidence
Of the existence
Of one true sentence
And once we find it
We
can repeat it over and over and over
And feel like we've got something worthwhile
to say | 
