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

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

Someone told me
long ago
There's a calm
before the storm
I know it's been
comin' for some time
When it's over
so they say
It'll rain
a sunny day
I know shinin' down
like water
I want to know
have you ever seen
The rain
I want to know
Have you ever seen
the rain
Comin' down
on a day
Yesterday and
days before
Sun is cold
and rain is hard
I know been that way
for all my time
'Til forever
on it goes
Through the circle
fast and slow
I know it can't stop
I wonder
I want to know
have you ever seen
The rain
I want to know
Have you ever seen
the rain
Comin' down
on a day yeah-
I want to know
have you ever seen
The rain
I want to know
Have you ever seen
the rain
Comin' down
on a day-

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

She's got a smile
that it seems
To me reminds
me of childhood
Memories
where everything
Was fresh as
the bright blue sky
Now and then
when I see her face
She takes me away
to that special place
And if I stared
too long
I'd probably
break down and cry
Oh sweet child
o' mine
Oh sweet love
of mine

She's got eyes of
the bluest skies
As if they thought
of rain
I hate to look
into those eyes
And see
an ounce of pain
Her hair reminds me
of a warm safe place
Where as a child
I'd hide
And pray
for the thunder
And the rain to
quietly pass me by
Oh sweet child
o' mine
Oh sweet love
of mine

Oh sweet child
o' mine
Oh
sweet love of mine
Oh sweet child
o' mine
Oh
sweet love of mine

Where do we go
where do we go now
Where do we go
woo where do we go
Oh where do we go now
where do we go
Um
where do we go now
Ah
where do we go now
Where do we go ah
where do we go now
Where do we go
where do we go now
Where do we go
where do we go now
No
sweet child
Sweet child
o' mine

Well today
I'm so weary
Today I'm
so blue
Sad and
broken hearted
And it's all
because of you
Life was
so sweet dear
Life was
a song
Now you've gone
and left me
Oh where
do I belong
And it's
all for the love
Of a dear
little girl
All for
the love
That sets your heart
in a whirl
I'm a man
who'd give his life
And the joys
of this world
All for the love
of a girl

And it's
all for the love
Of a dear
little girl
All for
the love
That sets your heart
in a whirl
I'm a man
who'd give his life
And the joys
of this world
All for the love
of a girl

I had to meet you here
today
There's just so many
things to say
Please don't stop me
till I'm through
This is something
I hate to do
We've been meeting
here so long
I guess what we done
was wrong
Please darling
don't you cry
Let's just kiss
and say goodbye
Many months
have passed us by
I'm gonna miss you
I'm gonna miss you
I can't lie
I'm gonna miss you
I've got ties
and so do you
I just think this is
the thing to do
It's gonna hurt me
I can't lie
Maybe you'll meet
you'll meet
Another guy
understand me
Won't you try try try
try try try try
Let's just kiss and
say goodbye mm-
I'm gonna miss you
I'm gonna miss you
I can't lie
I'm gonna miss you
Understand me
won't you try
I'm gonna miss you
it's gonna hurt me
I can't lie
I'm gonna miss you
Take my handkerchief
and your eyes
I'm gonna miss you
maybe you'll find
You'll find
another guy
I'm gonna miss you
let's kiss
And say goodbye
pretty baby
I'm gonna miss you
please don't you cry
I'm gonna miss you
understand me
Won't you try
I'm gonna miss you
Let's just kiss
and say goodbye-

I don't know you
but I want you
All the more
for that
Words fall through me
always fool me
And I
can't react
And games that
never amount to
More than they're
meant will play
Themselves
out
Take this sinking boat
and point it home
We've still
got time
Raise your
hopeful
Voice you
have a choice
You've
make it now
Falling slowly
eyes that know me
And I can't
go back
And moods
that take me
And erase me
and I'm painted black
You have
suffered enough
And warred
with yourself
It's time
that you won
Take this sinking boat
and point it home
We've still
got time
Raise your hopeful
voice you
Had a choice
you've made it now
Falling slowly
sing your melody
I'll sing along
oh oh

I heard that you're
settled down
That you found a girl
and you're married now
I heard that your
dreams came true
Guess she
gave you things
I didn't
give to you
Old friend
why are you so shy?
Ain't like you to
hold back
Or hide
from the light
I hate to turn up out
of the blue uninvited
But I couldn't
stay away
I couldn't
fight it
I had hoped you'd
see my face
And that you'd be
reminded
That for me
it isn't over
Never mind I'll find
someone like you
I wish nothing but
the best for you too
Don't forget me
I begged
I remember
you said
Sometimes it lasts
in love
But sometimes
it hurts instead
Sometimes it lasts
in love
But sometimes
it hurts instead
You know how the
time flies only
Yesterday was the
time of our lives
We were born
and raised
In a summer haze
bound by the surprise
Of our
glory days
I hate to turn up out
of the blue uninvited
But I couldn't
stay away
I couldn't
fight it
I had hoped you'd
see my face
And that you'd be
reminded
That for me
it isn't over
Never mind I'll find
someone like you
I wish nothing but
the best for you too
Don't forget me
I begged
I remember
you said
Sometimes it lasts
in love
But sometimes
it hurts instead
Nothing compares
no worries or cares
Regrets and mistakes
they're memories made
Who would have known
how bittersweet
This would
taste
Never mind I'll find
someone like you
I wish nothing but
the best for you
Don't forget me
I begged
I remember
you said
Sometimes it lasts
in love
But sometimes
it hurts instead
Never mind I'll find
someone like you
I wish nothing but
the best for you too
Don't forget me
I begged
I remember
you said
Sometimes it lasts
in love
But sometimes
it hurts instead
Sometimes it lasts
in love
But sometimes
it hurts instead

Um-------
there's a hero--
If you look inside
your heart-
You don't have
to be afraid
Oh what you are-----
there's an answer---
If you reach
into your soul---
And the sorrow
that you know--
Will melt
away----------
And then a hero
comes along
With the strength
to carry on--
And you cast
your fears aside--
And you know
you can survive---
So when you feel
like hope is gone--
Look inside you and
be strong--
And you finally
see the truth--
That a hero
lies in you--
It's a long-- road--
when you face
The world alone--
no one reaches out
A hand
for you to hold------
You can find--- love--
if you search
Within yourself---
and the emptiness
You felt-- will
disappear------------
And then a hero
comes along
With the strength
to carry on---
And you cast
you fears aside--
And you know
you can survive---
So when you feel
like hope is gone--
Look inside you
and be strong----
And you'll finally
see the truth---
That a hero lies
in you--- oh-----
Lord knows-----
dreams are hard to-
Follow-- but don't let
anyone---
Tear them away-----
hold-- on-----
There will be
tomorrow-- in- time--
You'll find
the way-----
And then a hero
comes along--
With the strength
to carry on---
And you cast
your fears aside----
And you know
you can survive----
So when you feel
like hope is gone---
Look inside you and
be strong---
And you'll finally
see the truth----
That a hero lies
in you-----
That a hero lies
in---- you-
Um---- that a hero
lies in-- you---

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

I don't like
to sleep alone
Stay with me
don't go
Talk with me
for just a while
So much of you
to get to know
Reaching out
touching you
Leaving all the
worries
All behind
loving you
The way I do
my mouth on yours
And yours on mine
marry me
Let me live with you
nothing's wrong
When love is right
like a man say
In his song
help me make it
Through the night
loneliness
Can get you down
when you get
To thinking
no one cares
Lean on me
and I'll lean on you
Together we will
see it through
Oh I don't like
to sleep alone
Sad to think
some folks do
No I don't like
to sleep alone
No one does do you
I don't like
To sleep alone
no one does do 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-

When I was a
little bitty baby
My mama would
rock me in the cradle
In them old
cotton fields back home
It was down
in Louisiana
Just about a mile
from Texarkana
In them old
cotton fields back home
Oh when them
cotton bolls get rotten
You can't pick
very much cotton
In them old
cotton fields back home
It was down
in Louisiana
Just about a mile
from Texarkana
In them old
cotton fields back home
When I was a
little bitty baby
My mama would
rock me in the cradle
In them old
cotton fields back home
It was down
in Louisiana
Just about a mile
from Texarkana
In them old
cotton fields back home
Oh when them
cotton bolls get rotten
You can't pick
very much cotton
In them old
cotton fields back home
It was down
in Louisiana
Just about a mile
from Texarkana
In them old
cotton fields back home

When I was a
little bitty baby
My mama would
rock me in the cradle
In them old
cotton fields back home
It was down
in Louisiana
Just about a mile
from Texarkana
In them old
cotton fields back home
In them old
cotton fields back home

You believe
that I've changed
your life forever
And you're never gonna
find another
some-body
like me
And you're wish
you had more than
just a life time
To give back all
I've given you and
that's what
you believe
But I owe you
the sun light
in the morning
And the nights of
all this loving
that time can't
take away
And I owe you
more than life
now more than ever
I know that it's
the sweetest debt
I'll ever
have to pay
I'm ama-zed
when you say it's me
you live for
You know that
when I'm holding you
You're right
where you belong
And my Love
I can't help but smile
with wonder
When you tell me all
I've Done for you
'Cause I've known
all along
But I owe you
the sunlight
in the morming
And the nights of all
this loving
that time can't
take away
And I owe you
more than life
now more than ever
I know that it's
the sweetest debt
I'll ever have to pay
'Cause I owe you
the sunlingt
in the morming
And the nights of all
this loving
that time can't
take away
I owe you
more than life
now more than ever
know that it's
the sweetest debt
I'll ever have to pay--

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

Here I stand
all alone
Have my mind
turned to stone
Have my heart
filled up with ice
To avoid
it's breakin' twice
Thanks to you
my dear old friend
But you can't help
this is the end
Of a tale
that wasn't right
I won't have no sleep
tonight
In my heart
in my soul
I really hate to pay
this toll
Should be strong
young and bold
But the only thing
I feel is pain
It's alright
we'll stay friends
Trustin'
in my confidence
And let's say
it's just alright
You won't sleep alone
tonight
In my heart
in my soul
I really hate to pay
this toll
Should be strong
young and bold
But the only thing
I feel is pain-

With my heart
with my soul
Some guys cry
you bought and sold
They've been strong
young and bold
And they say play
this song again
In my heart
in my soul
I really hate to pay
this toll
Should be strong
young and bold
But the only thing
I feel is pain-

This romeo is
bleeding
But you can't see
his blood
It's nothing
but some feelings
That this old dog
kicked up
It's been raining
since you left me
Now I'm drowning
in the flood
You see I've always
been a fighter
But without you
I give up
Now I can't
sing a love song
Like the way
it's meant to be
Well I guess I'm not
that good anymore
But baby
that's just me
And I will love you
baby always
And I'll be there
forever and a day
Always
I'll be there
Till the stars
don't shine
Till the heavens
burst and the words
Don't rhyme
and I know when
I die you'll be
on my mind
And I'll love you
always
Now your pictures
that you left behind
Are just memories
of a different life
Some that made us
laugh some
That made us cry
one that made
You have to say
goodbye
What I'd give to run
my fingers through
Your hair
touch your lips
To hold you near
when you say
Your prayers try
to understand
I've made mistakes
I'm just a man
When he holds
you close
When he pulls
you near
When he says
the words you've been
Needing to hear
I'll wish
I was him cause those
words are mine
To say to you till the
end of time
That I will love you
baby always
And I'll be there
forever and a day
Always
if you told me
To cry for you
I could
If you told me
to die for you
I would
take a look at
My face
there's no price
I won't pay
to say
These words
to you

Well there ain't
no luck
In these loaded dice
but baby if you
Give me just
one more try
We can pack up
our old dreams
And our old lives
we'll find a place
Where the sun still
shines
And I will love you
baby always
And I'll be there
forever and a day
Always
I'll be there
Till the stars
don't shine
Till the heavens
burst and the words
Don't rhyme
and I know when
I die you'll be
on my mind
And I'll love you
always always

Sunday morning
up with the lark
I think I'll take
a walk in the park
Hey hey hey
It's a beautiful day
I've got someone
waiting for me
And when I see her
I know that she'll say
Hey hey hey
It's a beautiful day
Hi hi hi
beautiful Sunday
This is my my my
beautiful day
When you
said said said
Said that you
love me
Oh my my my
it's a beautiful day
Birds are singing
you by my side
Let's take the car
and go for a ride
Hey hey hey
it's a beautiful day
We'll drive on and
follow the sun
Making Sunday
go on and on
Hey hey hey
it's a beautiful day
Hi hi hi
beautiful Sunday
This is my my my
beautiful day
When you
said said said
Said that you
love me
Oh my my my
it's a beautiful day
Hi hi hi
beautiful Sunday
This is my my my
beautiful day
When you
said said said
Said that you
love me
Oh my my my
it's a beautiful day
Hi hi hi
beautiful Sunday
This is my my my
beautiful day
When you
said said said
Said that you
love me
Oh my my my
it's a beautiful day