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

Don't go changing
to try and please me
You never let me down
before um--
Don't imagine
you're too familiar
And I don't see you
anymore
I would not leave you
in times of trouble
We never could have
come this far um--
I took the good times
I'll take
The bad times
I'll take you
Just the way
you are-

I need to know that
you will always be
The same old
someone that I knew
Oh- what will it take
till you believe in me
The way that
I believe in you
I said I love you
that's forever
This I promise
from the heart um--
I could not love you
any better
I love you just
the way you are-
I don't want
clever conversation
I never want to work
that hard um--
I just want someone
that I can talk to
I want you just
the way you are--

I'm sitting here
in a boring room
It's just another
rainy Sunday afternoon
I'm wasting my time
I got nothing to do
I'm hanging around
I'm waiting for you
But nothing ever
happens and I wonder
I'm driving around
in my car
I'm driving too fast
I'm driving too far
I'd like to change
my point of view
I feel so lonely
I'm waiting for you
But nothing
ever happens
And I wonder
I wonder how
I wonder why
yesterday you told me
About the
blue blue sky
And all that
I can see
Is just
a yellow lemon tree
I'm turning my head
up and down
I'm turning turning
turning turning
Turning around
and all that I can see
Is just
another lemon tree
Sing da
da da da da dee da da
Da da da da dee da da
da da da da
I'm sitting here
I miss the power
I'd like to go out
taking a shower
But there's a heavy
cloud inside my head
I feel so tired
put myself into bed
Where nothing
ever happens
And I wonder
Isolation
Is not good for me
Isolation
I don't want to
sit on a lemon tree
I'm stepping around
in a desert of joy
Baby any how
I'll get another toy
And everything
will happen
And you'll wonder
I wonder how
I wonder why
yesterday you told me
About the
blue blue sky
And all that
I can see
Is just
a yellow lemon tree
I'm turning my head
up and down
I'm turning turning
turning turning
Turning around
and all that I can see
Is just
a yellow lemon tree
Yellow wonder wonder
I wonder how
I wonder why
yesterday you told me
About the
blue blue sky
And all that I can see
and all that I can see
And all that
I can see
Is just
a yellow lemon tree

Time can never mend
the careless whispers
Of a good friend
to the heart and mind
Ignorance is kind
there's no comfort
In the truth pain is
all you'll find
Should've known
better yeah-

Oh-- oh-
I feel so unsure
As I take your hand
and lead you
To the dance floor
as the music dies
Something
in your eyes
Calls to mind
the silver screen
And all it's said
good-bye
I'm never gonna
dance again
Guilty feet have
got no rhythm
Though it's easy
to pretend
I know your not a fool
should've known
Better than
to cheat a friend
And waste the chance
that I've been given
So I'm never
gonna dance again
The way I danced
with you-- oh-
Time can never mend
the careless whispers
Of a good friend
to the heart and mind
Ignorance is kind
there's no comfort
In the truth pain is
all you'll find
I'm never gonna
dance again
Guilty feet have
got no rhythm
Though it's easy
to pretend
I know your not a fool
should've known
Better than
to cheat a friend
And waste the chance
that I've been given
So I'm never gonna
dance again
The way I danced
with you oh--
Never without
your love-

Tonight the music
seems so loud
I wish that we could
lose this crowd
Maybe it's better
this way
We'd hurt each other
with the things
We'd want to say
we could have been
So good together
we could have lived
This dance forever
but no one's gonna
Dance with me
please stay
And I'm never gonna
dance again
Guilty feet
have got no rhythm
Though it's easy
to pretend
I know your not a fool
should've known
Better than
to cheat a friend
And waste the chance
that I've been given
So I'm never gonna
dance again
The way I danced
with you-- ah--
(Now that you're gone)
now that you're gone
(Now that you're gone)
what I did's
So wrong so wrong
that you had to
Leave me
alone-

Well take me
back down
Where cool water
flows yeah
Let me remember
things I love
Stoppin' at the log
where catfish bite
Walkin' along
the river road
At night
barefoot girls
Dancin' in
the moonlight
I can hear
the bullfrog
Callin' me
wonder if my rope's
Still hangin'
to the tree
Love to kick
my feet way down
The shallow water
shoefly dragonfly
Get back your mother
pick up a flat rock
Skip it across
Green River well-

Up at cody's camp
I spent my days
With flat car
riders and
Cross-tie walkers
old cody junior
Took me over
said you're gonna
Find the world
is smouldrin
And if you get lost
come on home
To Green River
well-

Yeah- you are my fire
the one desire
Believe when I say
I want it that way
But we are two worlds
apart can't reach to
Your heart
when you say
That I want it
that way
Tell me why
ain't nothin'
But a heartache
tell me why
Ain't nothin'
but a mistake
Tell me why
I never wanna
Hear you say
I want it that way
Am I your fire
your one desire
Yes I know
It's too late
but I want it
that way
Tell me why
ain't nothin'
But a heartache
tell me why
Ain't nothin'
but a mistake
Tell me why
I never wanna
Hear you say
I want it that way
Now I
can see
That we've fallen
apart
From the way that
it used to be yeah
No matter the distance
I want you to know
That deep down inside
of me
You are my fire
the one desire
You are you are
you are you are
Don't wanna hear
you say
Ain't nothin'
but a heartache
Ain't nothin'
but a mistake
I never wanna
hear you say
I want it that way
tell me why
Ain't nothin'
but a heartache
Tell me why
ain't nothin'
But a mistake
tell me why
I never wanna
hear you say
I want it that way
tell me why
Ain't nothin'
but a heartache
Ain't nothin'
but a mistake
Tell me why
I never wanna
Hear you say
I want it that way
Cuz I want it
that way-

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

I just need someone
in my life
To give it
structure
To handle
all the selfish ways
I'd spend my time
without her
You're everything
I want
But I can't deal
with all your lovers
You're saying
I'm the one
But it's your actions
that speak louder
Giving me
love
When you are down
and need another
I've got to get away
and let you go
I've got
to get over
But I love you so
I love you so
I love you so
I love you so
I'm gonna
pack my things
And
leave you behind
This feeling's old
and I know
That I've made up
my mind
I hope you feel
what I felt
When you shattered
my soul
'Cause you were cruel
and I'm a fool
So please
let me go
But I love you so
(please let me go)
I love you so
(please let me go)
I love you so
(please let me go)
I love you
so

Get her name
and get her number
Find out
all of the things
That
we have in common
Never all the
differences oh yeah
Meet her parents
meet her brother
Then she starts
sleepin'
Over the crib
on weekends
Like a real
relationship oh no
For me
the stars are alignin'
But for her
it's bad timin'
So she just
can't be mine
I don't think that
I like her anymore
Girls are all the same
all they wanna do is
Break my heart
my heart oh
I don't think that
I like her anymore
Girls are all the same
they just wanna see me
Fall apart
apart oh
So I hook up
on a rebound
And
I say
That I'm gonna be
single for life
But she's so pretty
and nice
So I made just
one exception
But
I find out
Eventually
I'm not her type
Baby that's
the reason why that
For me
the stars are alignin'
But for her
it's bad timin'
So she just
can't be mine
I don't think that
I like her anymore
Girls are all the same
all they wanna do is
Break my heart
my heart oh
I don't think that
I like her anymore
Girls are all the same
they just wanna see me
Fall apart
apart oh

I'm tryin'
not to be bitter
But dxxx it
I'll miss her
'Cause she's one
of a kind
For me
the stars are alignin'
But for her
it's bad timin'
So she just
can't be mine
I don't think that
I like her anymore
Girls are all the same
all they wanna do is
Break my heart
my heart oh
I don't think that
I like her anymore
Girls are all the same
they just wanna see me
Fall apart
apart oh
Then we fall we fall
fall fall apart now
I don't think that
I like her anymore
Girls are all the same
they just wanna see me
Fall apart
apart oh

Sometimes it's hard
to be a woman
Givin' all your love
to just one man
You'll have
the bad times
And he'll have
the good times
Doin' things that
you don't understand
But if you love him
you'll forgive him
Even though he's hard
to understand
And if you love him
oh be proud of him
'Cause after all
he's just a man
Stand
by your man
Give him two arms
to cling to
And somethin' warm
to come to
When nights are cold
and lonely
Stand
by your man
And show the world
you love him
Keep givin' all
the love you can
Stand
by your man
Stand
by your man
And show the world
you love him
Keep givin' all
the love you can
Stand
by your man

When you try your best
but you don't succeed
When you get
what you want
But not
what you need
When you feel so tired
but you can't sleep
Stuck in reverse
and the tears come
Streaming
down your face
When you lose
something
You can't
replace
When you love someone
but it goes to waste
Could it be
worse
Lights will guide
you home
And ignite
your bones
And I will try
to fix you
And high up above
or down below
When you're too
in love to let it go
But if you never try
you'll never know
Just
what you're worth
Lights will guide
you home
And ignite
your bones
And I will try
to fix you

Tears stream
down your face
When you lose
something
You cannot
replace
Tears stream
down your face and I
Tears stream
down your face
I promise
you
I will learn
from my mistakes
Tears stream
down your face and I
Lights will guide
you home
And ignite
your bones
And I will try
to fix you

Desperado
why don't you come to
Your senses
you've been out
Ridin fences
for so long now
Oh you're a hard one
but I know that
You've got
your reasons
These things
that are pleasin'
You can hurt you
somehow
Don't you draw
the Queen of diamonds
Boy she'll beat you
if she's able
You know
the Queen of hearts
Is always
your best bet
Now it seems to me
some fine things
Have been laid
upon your table
But you only
want the ones
You can't get
desperado
Oh you ain't
gettin no younger
Your pain and
your hunger
They're drivin
you home
And freedom
oh freedom
Well that's just
some people talkin'
Your prison is
walking through
This world all alone
don't you
Feet get cold
in the wintertime
The sky won't snow
and the sun
Won't shine
it's hard to tell
The night time
from the day
And you're losin all
your highs and lows
Ain't it funny
how the feelin
Goes away
desperado
Why don't you
come to your senses
Come down
from your fences
Open the gates
it may be rainin
But there's a rainbow
above you
You'd better
let somebody love you
(Let somebody
love you)
You'd better
let somebody love you
Before
it's too late-

We were both young
when I first saw you
I close
my eyes and the
Flashback starts
I'm standing there
On a balcony
in summer air
See the lights see the
party the ball gowns
See you make your way
through the crowd
And say hello
little did I know
That you were
Romeo
You were
throwing pebbles
And my daddy said
stay away from Juliet
And I was crying
on the staircase
Begging you please
don't go and I said
Romeo take me
somewhere
We can be alone
I'll be waiting
All that's left to
do is run
You'll be the
prince and
I'll be
the princess
It's a love story
baby just say yes
So I sneak out to
the garden to see you
We keep
quiet
Cause we're dead
if they knew
So close your eyes
escape this town
For a little while~
oh oh
Cause you were Romeo
I was a scarlet letter
And my daddy said
stay away from Juliet
But you were
everything to me I was
Begging you please
don't go and I said
Romeo take me
somewhere
We can be alone
I'll be waiting
All there's left to
do is run
You'll be the
prince and
I'll be
the princess
It's a love story
baby just say yes
Romeo save me they try
to tell me how to feel
This love is difficult
but it's real
Don't
be afraid we'll
Make it out
of this mess
It's a love story baby
just say yes oh oh oh

I got tired
of waiting
Wondering if you were
ever coming around
My faith in you was
fading
When I met you on the
outskirts of town
And I said
Romeo save me
I've been feeling
so alone
I keep waiting for you
but you never come is
This
in my head
I don't know
what to think he
Knelt to the
ground and
Pulled out
a ring and said
Marry me Juliet you'll
never have to be alone
I love you and that's
all I really know
I talked
to your dad go
Pick out
a white dress
It's a love story
baby just say yes
Oh oh oh oh
oh oh oh oh
Cause we were
both young
When I first
saw you

I can see the pain
living in your eyes
And I know how
hard you try
You deserve to have
so much more
I can feel your hurt
and I sympathize
And I'll never
critisize
All you ever meant
to my life-
I don't want to
let you down
I don't want to
lead you on
I don't want to
hold you back from
Where you might
belong
You would
never ask me why
My heart is
so disguised
I just can't
live a lie anymore
I would- rather
hurt myself
Than to ever
make you cry
There's nothing
left to say
But goodbye
ah- goodbye-
You deserve a chance
at the kind of love
I'm not sure I'm
worthy of
Losing you is painful
for me
I don't want to
let you down
I don't want to
lead you on
I don't want to
hold you back
From where you
might belong
You would never
ask me why
My heart is
so disguised
I just can't
live a lie anymore
I would rather
hurt myself
Than to ever
make you cry
There's nothing
left to say-
But
goodbye-

You would never
ask me why
My hurt is
so disguised
I just can't
live a lie anymore
I would- rather
hurt myself
Than to ever
make you cry
There's nothing
left you try
No it's gonna
hurt us both
There's no other way
than to say goodbye
Uhm----
goodbye-

I'm not in love
so don't forget it
It's just
a silly phase
I'm going through
and just because
I call you up
don't get me wrong
Don't think
you've got it made
I'm not in love no no
it's because
I like to see you
but then again
That doesn't mean
you mean
That much to me
so if I call you
Don't make a fuss
don't tell
Your friends
about the two of us
I'm not in love
no no it's because-

I keep your picture
upon the wall
It hides a nasty stain
that's lying there
So don't you ask me
to give it back
I know you know
it doesn't mean
That much to me
I'm not in love
No no it's because ooh
you'll wait
A long time for me
ooh you'll wait
A long time
ooh you'll wait
A long time for me
ooh you'll wait
A long time
I'm not in love
So don't forget it
it's just
A silly phase
I'm going through
And just because
I call you up
Don't get me wrong
don't think
You've got it made
I'm not in love
I'm not
in love-

If you search
for tenderness
It isn't hard
to find
You can have the love
you need to live
But if you look
for truthfulness
You might just as well
be blind
It always seems to be
so hard to give
Honesty
is such a lonely word
Everyone is
so untrue
Honesty
is hardly ever heard
And mostly
what I need from you
I can always
find someone
To say they
sympathize
If I wear my heart out
on my sleeve
But I don't want
some pretty face
To tell me
pretty lies
All I want is
someone to believe
Honesty
is such a lonely word
Everyone is
so untrue
Honesty
is hardly ever heard
And mostly
what I need from you
I can find a lover
I can find a friend
I can have security
until the bitter end
Anyone can comfort me
with promises again
I know (I know)
I know wo wo
When I'm deep
inside of me
Don't be too
concerned
I won't ask
for nothing
While
I'm gone
But when I want
sincerity
Tell me
where else can I turn
'Cause you're the one
that I depend upon
Honesty
is such a lonely word
Everyone is
so untrue
Honesty
is hardly ever heard
And mostly
what I need from you

So many nights
I'd sit by my window
waiting for someone
to sing me his song
So many dreams
I kept deep inside me
alone in the dark
but now
you've come along
and you
light up my life
you give me hope
to carry on
You light up my days
and fill my nights
with song
Rollin' at sea
adrift on the waters
could it be fin'lly
I'm turning
for home fin'lly
a chance to say "hey!
I love you
never again
to be all alone
and you light up
my life
You give me hope
to carry on
You light up my days
and fill my nights
with song
and you light up
my life
You give me hope
to carry on
You light up my days
and fill my nights
with song
It can't be wrong
when it feels so
right cause you
you light up my
life.

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-

On a dark
desert highway
cool wind in my hair
warm smell of colitas
rising up
through the air
Up ahead
in the distance
I saw a
suimmering light
My head grew heavy and
my sight grew dim
I had to stop
for the night
These she stood
in the doorway
I heard the
mission bell
He said And
I was thinking
to myself
this could be heaven
and this could be hell
Then she lit up
a candle and she
showed me the way
There were voices down
the corridor
I thought
I heard them say
Welcome to the
Hotel California
Such a lovely place
(such a lovely place)
such a lovely face
plenty of room at the
Hotel California
Any time of year
(any time of year)
you can find it here
Her mind is
Tiffany twisted
She got
the Mercedes Benz
She got a lot of
pretty pretty boys
that she calls friends
How they dance
in the courtyard
sweet summer sweet
Some dance to remember
some dance to forget
So I called up
the captain
Please bring me
my wine
He said
We haven't had that
spirit here since
nineteen sixty nine
and still those voices
are calling
from far away
wake you up
in the middle
of the night
just to here them say
Welcome to the
Hotel California
Such a lovely place
(such a lovely place)
such a lovely face
They living it up
at the Hotel California
What a nice surprise
(what a nice surprise)
bring your alibis
Mirrors on the ceiling
the pink champagne
on ice
and she said
We are all just
prisoners here
of our own device
And in the
master's chambers
they gathered
for the feast
They stab it with their
steely knives
but they just can't
kill the beast
Last thing I remember
I was running
for the door
I had to find
the passage back
to the place
I was before
Relax said
the night man
We are programmed
to receive
You can check out
any time
you like
but you can
never leave-

There's a place
in your heart
and I know
that it is love
and this place
could be much brighter
than tomorrow
and if you really try
you'll find
there's no need to cry
in this place
you'll feel
there's no hurt
or sorrow
there are ways
to get there
if you care enough
for the living
make a little space
make a better place
Heal the world
make it a better place
for you and for me
and the entire
human race
there are people dying
if you care enough
for the living
make a better place
for you and for me
If you want to know
why there's a love
that can not lie
love is strong
it only cares of
joyful giving
If we try we shall see
in this bliss
we can not feel
fear or dread
we stop existing
and start living
then it feels that
always love's enough
for us growing
so make a better world
make a better world
Heal the world
make it a better place
for you and for me
and the entire
human race
there are people dying
if you care enough
for the living
make a better place
for you and for me
and the dream
we were conceived
in will reveal a
joyful face
and the world me
once believed in will
shine again in grace
than why do we keep
stranging life would
this earth crucify
It's soul though
it's plain to see
this world is heavenly
be gods glow
we could fly
so high let
our spirits
never die in my heart
I feel you are
all my brothers
create a world
with no fear together
we cry happy tears see
the nations turn
their swords
into plowshares
we could really
get there
if you cared enough
for the living
make a little space
to make a better place
Heal the world
make it a better place
for you and for me
and the entire
human race
there are people dying
if you care enough
for the living
make a better place
for you and for me
heal the world
make it a better place
for you and for me
and the entire
human race
there are people dying
if you care enough
for the living
make a better place
for you and for me
heal the world
make it a better place
for you and for me
and the entire
human race
there are people dying
if you care enough
for the living
make a better place
for you and for me
there are people dying
if you care enough
for the living
make a better place
for you and for me
there are people dying
if you care enough
for the living
make a better place
for you and for me
you and for me
you and for me
you and for me
you and for me
you and for me
you and for me
you and for me
you and
for me-