I have often
told you stories
About the way
I lived the life
Of a drifter
waiting for the day
When I'd take
your hand
And sing you songs
then maybe
You would say
come lay with me
Love me
and I would
Surely stay
but I feel
I'm growing older
and the songs that
I have sung
echo in the distance
Like the sound
of a windmill
goin' 'round
I guess I'll always be
A soldier
of fortune

Many times
I've been a traveller
I looked for
something new
In days of old
when nights were cold
I wandered without you
but those days
I thougt my eyes
had seen you
Standing near
though
Blindness is confusing
it shows that
You're not here
now I feel
I'm growing older
and the songs that
I have sung
echo in the distance
Like the sound
of a windmill
Goin' 'round
I guess I'll always be
A soldier of fortune
I can hear the sound
Of a windmill
goin' 'round
I guess I'll always be
a soldier of fortune
I guess I'll always be
a soldier of fortune

Take no prisoners
for me
I'm told
you're elevating
Drinks go
straight to my knees
I'm sold
I'm going on clean
I'm going on
clean
I've no more
tricks up my sleeve
Game called
review the player
Time codes
and Tokyo scenes
Bad boys
it's complicated
It's
complicated

It's best you know
what you don't
Aperture
lets the light in
It's best you know
what you don't
Aperture
lets the light in
We belong
together
It finally appears
it's only love
We belong together
we belong together
It finally appears
it's only love
We belong
together
In no good
state to receive
Go forth
ask questions later
Trap doors
you're toying with me
Dance halls
another cadence

It's best you know
what you don't
Aperture
lets the light in
We belong
together
It finally appears
it's only love
We belong
together
It finally appears
we belong together
It finally appears
it's only love
We belong
together
I won't stray
from it
I don't know
these spaces
Time won't
wait on me
I wanna know
what safe is
I won't stray
from it
I don't know
these spaces
Time won't
wait on me
I won't stray
from it
I don't know
these spaces
Time won't
wait on me
I wanna know
what safe is
I won't stray
from it
I don't know
these spaces
Time won't
wait on me
We belong
together
It finally appears
it's only love
We belong
together
It finally appears
we belong together
It finally appears
it's only love
We belong
together

I will not make
the same mistakes
That you did
I will not let myself
Cause my heart
so much misery
I will not break
the way you did
You fell so hard
I've learned
The hard way
to never let it
Get that far
because of you
I never stray too far
from the sidewalk
Because of you
I learned to play
On the safe side
so I don't get hurt
Because of you
I find it
Hard to trust
not only me
But everyone around me
because of you
I am afraid
I lose my way
And it's not
too long
Before you point
it out
I cannot cry
because I know
That's weakness
in your eyes
I'm forced to fake
a smile a laugh
Everyday of my life
my heart can't
Possibly break
when it wasn't
Even whole
to start with
Because of you
I never stray
Too far
from the sidewalk
Because of you
I learned to play
On the safe side
so I don't get hurt
Because of you
I find it
Hard to trust
not only me
But everyone around me
because of you
I am afraid
I watched you die
I heard you cry
every night
In your sleep
I was so young
You should have
known better
Than to lean on me
you never thought
Of anyone else
you just saw your pain
And now I cry
in the middle
Of the night
for the same
Damn thing
because of you
I never stray too far
from the sidewalk
Because of you
I learned to play
On the safe side
so I don't get hurt
Because of you
I tried my hardest
Just to forget
everything
Because of you
I don't know how to
Let anyone else in
because of you
I'm ashamed of my life
because it's empty
Because of you
I am afraid
Because of you
because of you

When I am down
and oh my soul
So weary
when troubles come
And my heart
burdened be
Then I am still
and wait here
In the silence
until you come
And sit a while
with me
You raise me up
so I can stand
On mountains
you raise me up
To walk on
stormy seas
I am strong when I am
on your shoulders
You raise me up
to more than I can be

You raise me up
so I can stand
On mountains
you raise me up
To walk on stormy seas
I am strong when I am
On your shoulders
you raise me up
To more than I can be
you raise me up
So I can stand
on mountains
You raise me up
to walk on stormy seas
I am strong when I am
on your shoulders
You raise me up
to more than I can be
You raise me up
so I can stand
On mountains
you raise me up
To walk on
stormy seas
I am strong when I am
on your shoulders
You raise me up
to more than I can be
You raise me up
to more than I can be

Another head
hangs lowly
Child's slowly taken
and the violence
Cause such silence
who are we mistaken
But you see
it's not me
It's not my family
in your head
In your head
they are fighting
With their tanks
and their bombs
And their bombs
and their guns
In your head
in your head
They are crying
in your head
In your head
zombie zombie zombie
What's in your head
in your head
Zombie zombie
zombie-

Another mother's
breaking heart is
Taken over
when the violence
Cause silence
we must be mistaken
It's the same
old theme
Since nineteen sixteen
in your head
In your head
they're still fighting
With their tanks
and their bombs
And their bombs
and their guns
In your head
in your head
They are dying
in your head
In your head
zombie zombie zombie
But in your head
in your head
Zombie zombie
zombie-

I can show you
the world
Shining shimmering
splendid
Tell me princess
now when did you last
Let your heart
decide
I can open
your eyes
Take you wonder
by wonder
Over sideways
and under
On a magic carpet
ride
A whole
new world
A new fantastic
point of view
No one to tell us no
or where to go
Or say
we're only dreaming
A whole
new world
A dazzling place
I never knew
But
when I'm way up here
It's crystal clear
that now
I'm in a whole
new world with you
(Now I'm in a whole
new world with you)
Unbelievable sights
indescribable feeling
Soaring tumbling
freewheeling
Through an endless
diamond sky
A whole
new world
A hundred thousand
things to see
I'm like
a shooting star
I've come
so far
I can't go back
to where I used to be
A whole
new world
With new horizons
to pursue
I'll chase
them anywhere
There's time to spare
let me share
This whole new world
with you
A whole new world
(a whole new world)
That's
where we'll be
(That's
where we'll be)
A thrilling chase
(a wondrous place)
For
you and me

Here comes a wave
meant to wash me away
A tide that is
taking me under
Swallowing sand left
with nothing to say
My voice drowned out
in the thunder
But
I won't cry
And I won't start
to crumble
Whenever
they try
To shut me
or cut me down
I won't
be silenced
You can't keep me
quiet
Won't tremble
when you try it
All I know is
I won't go speechless
'Cause
I'll breathe
When they try
to suffocate me
Don't you
underestimate me
'Cause I know that
I won't go speechless
Written in stone
every rule every word
Centuries old
and unbending
Stay
in your place
Better seen
and not heard
Well now that story is
ending
'Cause I I cannot
start to crumble
So come on
and try
Try to shut me
and cut me down
I won't
be silenced
You can't keep me
quiet
Won't tremble
when you try it
All I know is
I won't go
Speechless
speechless
Let the storm in
I cannot be broken
No I won't live
unspoken
'Cause I know that
I won't go speechless
Try to lock me
in this cage
I won't just
lay me down and die
I will take these
broken wings
And watch me burn
across the sky
Hear the echo
saying
I won't
be silenced
Though you wanna
see me tremble
When
you try it
All I know is
I won't go
Speechless
speechless
'Cause
I'll breathe
When they try
to suffocate me
Don't you
underestimate me
'Cause I know that
I won't go speechless
All I know is
I won't go
Speechless
speechless

I do
the same thing
I told you
that I never would
I told you
I'd change
Even when I knew
I never could
I know
that I can't find
Nobody else
as good as you
I need you to stay
need you to stay hey
I get drunk wake up
I'm wasted still
I realize the time
that I wasted here
I feel like you can't
feel the way I feel
Oh I'll be
fxxxxx up
If you can't be
right here
Oh woo woah
oh woo woah
Oh woo woah
oh I'll be fxxxxx up
If you can't be
right here
I do
the same thing
I told you
that I never would
I told you
I'd change
Even when I knew
I never could
I know
that I can't find
Nobody else
as good as you
I need you to stay
need you to stay hey
I do
the same thing
I told you
that I never would
I told you
I'd change
Even when I knew
I never could
I know
that I can't find
Nobody else
as good as you
I need you to stay
need you to stay hey
When I'm away from you
I miss your touch
You're the reason
I believe in love
It's been difficult
for me to trust
And I'm afraid
that I'ma fxxx it up
Ain't no way
that
I can leave you
stranded
'Cause you ain't ever
left me empty-handed
And you know
that I know
That I can't live
without you
So baby
stay
Oh woo woah
oh woo woah
Oh woo woah
I'll be fxxxxx up
If you can't be
right here
I do
the same thing
I told you
that I never would
I told you
I'd change
Even when I knew
I never could
I know
that I can't find
Nobody else
as good as you
I need you to stay
need you to stay hey
I do
the same thing
I told you
that I never would
I told you
I'd change
Even when I knew
I never could
I know
that I can't find
Nobody else
as good as you
I need you to stay
need you to stay hey
I need you to stay
need you to stay hey

Look
if you had
One shot
one opportunity
To seize everything
you ever wanted
One moment
would you capture it
Or just let it slip yo
his palms are sweaty
Knees weak arms
are heavy
There's vomit
on his sweater
Alredy mom's spaghetti
he's nervous
But on the surface
he looks calm
And ready
to drop bombs
But he keeps on
forgettin
What he wrote down
the whole crowd
Goes so loud yo
he open his mouth
But the words
won't come out
He's chokin how
everybody's jokin now
The clock's run out
time's up over bloah
Snap back to reality
oh there goes gravity
Oh there goes rabbit
he choked
He's so mad
but he won't
Give up that is he
no he won't have it
He knows his whole
back city's ropes
I don't matter
he's dope
He knows that
but he's broke
He's so stacked
that he knows
When he goes back
to his mobile home
That's when it's back
to the lab again yo
This whole rap shit
he better go capture
This moment and
hope it don't pass him
You better
lose yourself
In the music
the moment
You own it you better
never let it go ho
You only get one shot
do not miss
Your chance to blow
this opportunity
Comes once
in a lifetime
You better
lose yourself
In the music
the moment
You own
it you better
Never let it go ho
you only get one shot
Do not miss
your chance to blow
This opportunity
comes once
In a lifetime
you better
The soul's escaping
through this hole
That it's gaping
this world is mine
For the taking
make me king
As we move toward
a new world order
A normal life is borin
but superstardom's
Close to post mortar
it only grows harder
Only grows hotter
he blows us all over
These hoes is
all on him
Coast to coast shows
he's know
As the globetrotter
lonely roads
God only knows
he's know father
From home
he's no father
He goes home
and barely knows
His own daughter
but hold your nose
Cuz here
goes the cold water
His hoes don't want
him no mo
He's cold product
they moved on
To the next schmoe
who flows
He nose dove and
sold nada
So the soap opera is
told and unfolds
I suppose
it's old potna
But the beat goes on
da da dum de dom
You better
lose yourself
In the music
the moment
You own it you better
never let it go ho
You only get one shot
do not miss
Your chance to blow
this opportunity
Comes once
in a lifetime
You better
lose yourself
In the music
the moment
You own it you better
never let it go ho
You only get one shot
do not miss
Your chance to blow
this opportunity comes
Once in a lifetime
you better
No more games
I'm a change
What you call rage
tear this mothafuckin
Roof off like
2 doas cased
I was playing
in the beginning
The mood all changed
I been chewed up
And spit out
and booed off stage
But I kept rhymin
and stepwritin
The next cypher
best believe
Somebody's payin
the pied piper
All the pain inside
amplified by the fact
That I can't get by
with my 9 to 5
And I can't provide
the right type of
Life for my family
cuz man
These goddam
food stamps
Don't buy diapers
and it's no movie
There's
no Mekhi phifer
This is my life
and these times
Are so hard
and it's getting
Even harder
trying to feed
And water my seed
plus see dishonor
Caught up between
bein a father
And a prima donna
baby mama drama's
Screamin on and
too much for me
To wanna stay
in one spot
Another jam or not
has gotten me
To the point
I'm like a snail
I've got to formulate
a plot fore
I end up in jail
or shot success is
My only mothafuckin
option failure's not
Mam I love you
but this trail has
Got to go
I cannot grow old
In salem's lot so
here I go is my shot
Feet fail me not
cuz maybe
The only opportunity
that I got
You better
lose yourself
In the music
the moment
You own it you better
never let it go ho
You only get one shot
do not miss
Your chance to blow
this opportunity
Comes once
in a lifetime
You better
lose yourself
In the music
the moment
You own it you better
never let it go ho
You only get one shot
do not miss
Your chance to blow
this opportunity
Come once
in a lifetime
You better
you can do anything
You set your mind
to man-

You are the answer
to my lonely prayer
You are an angel
from above
I was so lonely
till you come to me
With the wonder of
your love
I don't know how
I ever lived before
You are my life
my destiny
Oh my darling
I love you so
You mean
everything to me
If you should ever
ever go away
There would be
lonely tears to cry
The sun above would
never shine again
There would be
teardrops in the sky
So hold me close and
never let me go
Any say our love
will- be-
Oh my darling
I love you so
You mean
everything to me
So hold me close and
never let me go
Any say our love
will always be
Oh my darling
I love you so
You mean
ev'rything to me.

Perhaps love is like
a resting place
A shelter
from the storm
It exists to give you
comfort it is
There to keep you Warm
And in those times
of trouble when
you are most alone
The memory of love will
bring you home
Perhaps love
is like a window
Perhaps an open door
It invites you
to come closer
It Wants
to show you more
And even if you
lose yourself
and don't know
what to do
The memory of love will
see you thru
Oh love to some is
like a cloud
To some
as strong as steel
For some a way
of living For
some a way to feel
And some say love
is holding on
And some say
letting go
And some say love
is ev'rything
some say they
don't know
perhaps love
is like the ocean
Full of conflict
full of pain
Like a fire
When it's cold outside
Thunder when
it rains If I should
live forever
And all my dreams
come true
My memories
of love will
be of you.

And some say love is
holding on
And some say
letting go
And some say love
is ev'rything
some say they
don't know
Perhaps love
is like the ocean
Full of conflict
full of pain
Like a fire
When it's cold outside
Thunder when
it rains If I should
live forever
And all my dreams
come true
My memories
of love will be of you.

If I should stay
I would only be in
your way
so I'll go
But I know
I'll think of you
every step of
the way and I
will always
love you
will always
love you
You
my darling you
Eum-- bitter sweet
memories
that is all
I'm taking with me
so good-bye
Please don't cry
with both know
I'm not what you need
and I will always
love you
will always
love you Eum---

I hope
life treats you kind
And I hope You
have all you dreamed
of
and I wish you joy
and happiness
but above all
I wish you love
and I will always
love you
will always love you
will always
love you
I will always
love you
I will always
love you
I will always
love you
you
darling I love you
woo always
I'll always
Love you
woo woo

Nobody gonna
take my car
I'm gonna race it
to the ground
Nobody gonna
beat my car
It's gonna break
the speed of sound
Oooh it's a
killing machine
It's got
everything
Like a
driving power
Big fat tyres
and everything
I love it
and I need it
I bleed it
yeah
It's a
wild hurricane
Alright hold tight
I'm a highway star

Nobody gonna
take my girl
I'm gonna keep her
to the end
Nobody gonna
have my girl
She stays close
on every bend
Oooh she's a
killing machine
It's got
everything
Like a
moving mouth
Body control
and everything
I love her
I need her
I seed her
yeah
She turns
me on
Alright hold tight
I'm a highway star

Nobody gonna
take my head
I got speed
inside my brain
Nobody gonna
steal my head
Now that I'm
on the road again
Oooh I'm in
heaven again
I've got
everything
Like a
moving ground
An open road
and everything
I love her
and I need it
I seed it
eight cylinders
All mine
alright
Hold tight
I'm a highway star

Nobody gonna
take my car
I'm gonna race it
to the ground
Nobody gonna
beat my car
It's gonna break
the speed of sound
Oooh it's a
killing machine
It's got
everything
Like a
driving power
Big fat tyres
and everything
I love it
and I need it
I bleed it
yeah
It's a
wild hurricane
Alright
hold tight
I'm a
highway star
I'm a
highway star
I'm a
highway star

Fly me to the moon
and let me
Play among the stars
let me see what spring
Is like on
Jupiter and Mars
In other words
hold my hand
In other words
darling kiss me

Fill my heart with
song and let me sing
Forever more
you are all I long
For all I worship
and adore
In other words
please be true
In other words
I love you-

Fill my heart with
song and let me sing
Forever more
you are all I long
For all I worship
and adore
In other words
please be true
In other words
I love you-
In other words
I love you-

Love of my life
you've hurt me
You've broken my heart
and now you leave me
Love of my life
can't you see
Bring it back
bring it back
Don't take it away
from me because
You don't know
what it means to me
Love of my life
don't leave me
You've taken my love
you now desert me
Love of my life
can't you see
Bring it back
bring it back
Don't take it away
from me because
You don't know
what it means to me-

You will remember when
this is blown over
And everything's
all by the way
When I grow older
I will be there
At your side
to remind you
How I still love you
I still love you-

Back hurry back
please bring it back
Home to me because
you don't know
What it means to me
love of my life
Love of my life
ooh-

I used to rule
the world
Seas would rise
when I gave the word
Now in the morning I
sleep alone
Sweep the streets
I used to own
I used to
roll the dice
Feel the fear in my
enemies eyes
Listen as the crowd
would sing
Now the old
king is dead
Long live
the king
One minute I
held the key
Next the walls
were closed on me
And I discovered that
my castles stand
Upon pillars of salt
and pillars of sand
I hear Jerusalem
bells a ringing
Roman cavalry choirs
are singing
Be my mirror my sword
my shield
My missionaries
in a foreign field
For some reason
I can't explain
Once you go
there was never
Never an
honest word
That was when I
ruled the world

It was the wicked
and wild win
Blew down the doors
to let me in
Shattered windows
and the sound of drums
People couldn't
believe what
I'd become
revolutionaries wait
For my head on
a silver plate
Just a puppet on
a lonely string
Ah who would ever
want to be king
I hear Jerusalem
bells a ringing
Roman cavalry choirs
are singing
Be my mirror my sword
and shield
My missionaries in
a foreign field
For some reason
I can't explain
I know Saint Peter
won't call my name
Never an
honest word
But that was when I
ruled the world

(Ooooh ooooh
ooooh ooooh ooooh)
I hear Jerusalem
bells a ringing
Roman cavalry choirs
are singing
Be my mirror my sword
and shield
My missionaries in
a foreign field
For some reason
I can't explain
I know Saint Peter
won't call my name
Never an
honest word
But that was when I
ruled the world

The old home town
looks the same
As I step down
from the train
And there to meet me
is my Mama and Papa
And down the road
I look and
There runs mary
Hair of gold and
Lips like cherries
It's good to touch
The green green
grass of home
Yes they'll all come
to meet me
Arms a reaching
smiling sweetly
It's good to touch
the green green
grass of home
The old house
is still standing
Though the paint
is cracked and dry
and there's that
Old oak tree that
I used to play on
Down the lane I walk
with my sweet Mary
Hair of gold and
lips like cherries
It's good to touch the
green green
grass of home
Then I awake
And look around me
at four grey walls
That surround me
and I realize
Yes that I was only
dreamming
For there's a guard
and there's a sad
Old padre Arm in arm
we'll walk
At daybreak again
I'll touch the
Green green
grass of home
Yes they'll all come
to see me
In the shade of
that old oak tree
As they lay me
beneath the
Green green
grass of home-

You're just too
good to be true
Can't take my eyes
off you
You'd be like
heaven to touch
I wanna hold you
so much
At long last
love has arrived
And I thank god
I'm alive
You're just too
good to be true
Can't take my eyes
off you
Pardon the way
that I stare
There's nothin
else to compare
The sight of you
leaves me weak
There are no words
left to speak
But if you
feel like I feel
Please let me know
that it's real
You're just too
good to be true
Can't take my eyes
off you

I love you baby
and if it's
Quite all right
I need you baby
To warm the
lonely night
I love you baby
trust in me when I say
Oh pretty baby
don't bring me
Down I pray
oh pretty baby
Now that I found
you stay
And let me
love you
Baby let me
love you
You're just too
good to be true
Can't take my eyes
off you
You'd be like
heaven to touch
I wanna hold you
so much
At long last
love has arrived
And I thank god
I'm alive
You're just too
good to be true
Can't take my eyes
off you

I love you baby
and If It's
Quite all right
I need you baby
To warm the
lonely night
I love you baby
trust in me when I say
Oh pretty baby
don't bring me
Down I pray
oh pretty baby
Now that I found
you stay
Love you baby
trust in me when I say
I need you baby
don't bring me
Down I pray
oh pretty baby
Now that I found
you stay
And let me
love you
Baby let me
love you

Time it needs time
To win back your
love again
I will be there
I will be there
Love only love
can bring back
your love someday
I will be there
I will be there-

I'll fight babe
I'll fight
To win back your
love again
I will be there
I will be there
Love only love
Can break down
the walls someday
I will be there
I will be there
If we'd go again
All the way
from the start
I would try to change
The thing that killed
our love
your pride has
built a wall
So strong That
I can't get through
Is there really
no chance
To start once again
I'm loving you-

Try babe try
To trust in my
love again
I will be there
I will be there
Love our love
Just shouldn't
be throw
away I will be there
I will be there
If we'd go again
All the way
from the start
I would try to change
The thing that killed
our love
your pride has
built a wall
So strong That
I can't get through
Is there really
no chance
To start once again
If we'd go again
All the way
from the start
I would try to change
The things that killed
our love
Yes I've hurt you pride
and I know what
you've been through
You should give me
a chance
This can't be the end
I'm still loving you--
I'm still loving you--
I'm still loving you--
I need your love
I'm still loving you---

I'm still loving you--
I need your love
I'm still loving you--
I'm still loving you---

A hot summer night
fell like a net
I've gotta find
my baby yet
I need you
to soothe my head
Turn my blue
heart to red
Doctor doctor
give me the news
I've got a bad case
of loving you
No pill's gonna
cure my ill
I've got a bad case
of loving you-
A pretty face don't
make no pretty heart
I learned that
buddy from the start
you thing I'm cute
a little bit shy
Momma I ain't
that kind of guy
Doctor doctor
give me the news
I've got a bad case
of loving you
No pill's gonna
cure my ill
I've got a bad case
of loving you-

I know you like it
you like it on top
Tell me momma are
you gonna stop-
You had me down
2 1 to zip
smile of judas
on your lip
shake my fist
knock on wood
I've got it bad
and I've got it good
Doctor doctor
give me the news
I've got a bad case
of loving you
No pill's gonna
cure my ill
I've got a bad case
of loving you-