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There was a time
you opened up every doorway
you didn't mind if everything
wasn't your way
Don't pull away
that goes against what you told me
I look in your eyes
I realize what you've sold me
is love in a vacuum
Love in a vacuum
I think you've changed
but you insist that
that's not true
You look so strange, so distant
that you're hardly you
Now I can see
how you have been acting different
You say it's me
but I know
that it isn't
it's love in a vacuum
Love in a vacuum
and that's not enough
love in a vacuum
You will be lonely
you'll be the only one who feels this way
You will be lonely
if you leave me alone
You will be lonely
you'll be the only one who feels this way
it's just not enough
and just wait
you will be lonely
Love in a vacuum
Love in a vacuum
and that's not enough
Love in a vacuum
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Verse 1:
In the dark, I like to read his mind
but I'm frightened of the things I might find
Oh, there must be something he's thinking of
to tear him away
when I tell him that I'm falling in love
why does he say
Chorus:
Hush hush keep it down now voices carry
Hush hush keep it down now voices carry
Uh-uh
Verse 2:
I try so hard not to get upset
because I know all the trouble I'll get
oh, he tells me tears are something to hide
and something to fear
and I try so hard to keep it inside
so no one can hear
Chorus:
Hush hush keep it down now voices carry
Hush hush keep it down now voices carry
Hush hush keep it down now voices carry
Uh-uh
He wants me
but only part of the time
He wants me
if he can keep me in line
Hush hush keep it down now voices carry
Hush hush keep it down now voices carry
Hush hush shut up now voices carry
Hush hush keep it down now voices carry
Oh hush hush, darling, she might overhear
Hush, hush - voices carry
He said shut up - he said shut up
Oh God can't you keep it down
Voices carry
Hush hush voices carry
I wish he would let me talk.
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Here I go again
making promises
if I tell you no
it still sounds like yes
You know the rest
do I have to say it?
Am I in too deep?
Can I still confess?
-when you trusted me
that was just a guess
I guess
you know the rest
you know the rest
do I have to say it?
Well, I warned you once
but without success
and I just escape
with my heart
a mess
know the rest
(it's not so easy)
you know the rest
(its not that easy)
do I have to say it?
you know the rest.
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Verse 1:
Same town as its ever been
if there's changes somewhere
they've occurred from within
Streets pass and hold up to me
every corner defined
by the places you'd be
Chorus:
but no one is watching you now
no one is watching you now
like I did
Verse 2:
Even the longest of days
you could make disappear
by the look on your face
We used to drive into town
and the eyes of the girls
followed you all around
Chorus:
but no one is watching you now
I know no one is watching you now
like I did
Bridge:
Forty-eight hours pass
and I'm longing to stay
Forty-eight hours pass
and watching you, watching you
is ages away
Verse 3:
Something has torn me apart
oh but what do I care
about watching my heart
I know that sadness bleeds through
and my sadness for me
is now sadness for you
Chorus:
cause no one is watching you now
I know no one is watching you now
No one is watching you now
like I did
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Verse 1:
You should take a walk
but its just the same wherever you go
you just wish the ghost was gone
So you make some calls
but its talking while you're wanting to go
you're just ringing phones for fun
You can always make a new excuse to cry
but you don't have to use it on yourself
Chorus:
So why spend your sadness now
save it up for me on Sunday
and why is lonely all you have
when love is what you'll find on Sunday
Verse 2:
You might guard your heart
but its awfully fun to have it broken
or at least to leave a bruise
It becomes an art
though the rules of which are rarely spoken
by the lucky ones who can choose
So your pain becomes another souvenir
and your souvenirs become your world
Chorus:
So why spend your sadness now
save it up for me on Sunday
and why is lonely all you have
when love is what you'll find on Sunday
Why spend your sadness now
save it up for me on Sunday
and why is lonely all you have
when love is what you'll find on Sunday
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There was a lesson I never learned
Oh, I wouldn't be warned
how many looks does it take
to read your mind oh, on your face?
Chorus:
Are you serious? Did you think I'd fall in love?
Are you serious? What in the world are you thinking of?
Are you serious? Are you serious?
Are you serious?
Calling you up and over the phone
I hear, tell her I'm not at home
Are you afraid to see me crying,
or is it that you're just to used to lying
Chorus:
Are you serious? Did you think I'd fall in love?
Are you serious? What in the world are you thinking of?
Are you serious? Are you serious?
Are you serious?
Chorus:
Are you serious? Did you think I'd fall in love?
Are you serious? I don't know what you're thinking of
Are you serious? Are you serious?
Are you serious?
There's a lesson I'll never learn
ooh, I wouldn't be warned
I dive in deeper, and you've got colder
But I will not cry, oh one more [death comes to love]
Are you serious? Did you think I'd fall in love?
Are you serious? I don't know what you're thinking of
Are you serious? Are you serious?
Are you serious?
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Verse 1:
I'd like to take her home
but no one walks where she does
she goes into the cold
wearing two unmatched gloves
Chorus:
Is it that (a change of scene is all she needs)
Maybe it's (something she works out alone)
And if I don't hold her up
will she just fall down?
Verse 2:
She says she feels fine
she says she feels right at home
but I can hear her cry
when I leave the room oh
Chorus:
Is it that (a change of scene is all she needs)
Maybe it's (something she works out alone)
And if I don't hold her up
will she just fall down?
Bridge:
Well, some essential part
is missing that I just can't replace
I know that these things are a matter of grace
Verse 3:
And on her birthday I'll
get a watch to keep her time
and I'll stay up with her
when she forgets to wind it
Is it that (a change of scene is all she needs)
Maybe it's (something she works out alone)
She says that (she only needs a change of heart)
Too bad that (parts alone are not enough)
And if I don't hold her up
and if I don't hold her up
and if I don't hold her up
will she just fall down?
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Verse 1:
He was saying, 'You look like an angel.'
but you never really know what the hell to make of that
Take your pick 'cause it don't really matter
I get lonely when I hear it and sad when he takes it back
But all in all, another fall won't even make a dent
Chorus:
the world will turn, at least that's what they say
We'll crash and burn, it's hard to look away
That kind of thing is easier to say than do.
How about we break with tradition?
We'll pretend we're everything that you believe we're not
So he said, 'I guess I'll try, but on one condition.
Someone ought to let me know when it gets close to ten o'clock.'
But all in all, another fall won't even make a dent
Chorus:
the world will turn, at least that's what they say
We'll crash and burn, it's hard to look away
That kind of thing is easier to say than do.
But all in all, another fall won't even make a dent
Chorus:
the world will turn, at least that's what they say
We'll crash and burn, it's hard to look away
That kind of thing is easier to say than do.
Verse 3:
You keep saying that you're only human
What you mean is that you think you're the only human here
Still I think that it's just a rumour
and you might as well be taking it home as a souvenir.
How about we break with tradition?
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Living on silence
living by the book
you get it to a science
of living on one good look
so put out all the fires
and blow away the smoke
I'm getting pretty tired
of living on hope
so what about love, baby
what about making room for two
what about love, baby
what about you
Living on daydreams
walking in my sleep
and nothing is as it seems
when you're in so deep
so put out all the fires
and blow away the smoke
unless you're getting tired
of living on hope
so what about love, baby
what about making room for two
what about love, baby
what about you
so what about love, baby
what about making room for two
what about love, baby
what about you
what about you
what about you
what about me
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Verse 1:
Why must I take it so hard
there's no light in the tunnel
or dog in the yard
It's my fault for wanting too much
going deeper than most
getting harder to touch
Chorus:
I've known days when I'd
wake up and say,
`The world can get along just fine.'
So why must I take it so hard this time.
Verse 2:
Why must I take it so hard
other people get by
with either bourbon or God.
But my world became this one boy
it's the way that I'm made
do you think I enjoy it?
Chorus:
I've known days when I'd
wake up and say,
`Just live and let it all go by...'
So why must I take it so hard this time.
I've known days when I'd
wake up and say,
Be careful of the love you find
Be careful of the love you find.
Oh, be careful.
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Verse 1:
Shall we agree that just this once
I'm gonna change my life
until it's just as tiny or
important as you like
and in time, we won't even recall that we spoke
Words that turned out to be as big as smoke
like smoke, disappears in the air
there's always something smouldering somewhere
Chorus:
I know it don't make a difference to you
but oh, it sure made a difference to me
You'll see me off in the distance, I hope
at the other end
at the other end of the telescope
Verse 2:
There was a time not long ago
I dreamt that the world was flat
and all the colours bled away
and that was that
And in time, I could only believe in one thing
the sky was just phosphourus stars hung on strings
and you swore that they'd always be mine
when you can pull them down anytime
Chorus:
I know it don't make a difference to you
but oh, it sure made a difference to me
You'll see me off in the distance, I hope
at the other end
at the other end of the telescope
Bridge:
There, there baby now, don't say a word
lie down baby, your vision is blurred
Your head is so sore from all of that thinking
I don't want to hurt you now
but I think you're shrinking (I think you're skrinking)
Verse 3:
You're half-naked ambition and
you're half out of your wits
and though your wristwatch always works
your necktie never fits
Now its so hard to pick the receiver up
and when I call, I never noticed you could be so small
the answer was under your nose
but the question never arose
I know it don't make a difference to you
but oh, it sure made a difference to me
When you find me here at the end of my rope
when the head and heart of it finally elope
You can see us off in the distance, I hope
at the other end
at the other end of the telescope
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So far-
or should I take it just a little farther
So good-
and if I think about it, it gets better
I could get used to this
I could get used to this
I could get used to
feeling the way that I do
So long-
or should I stay just a little longer
So much
for keeping it a secret
I could get used to this
I could get used to this
I could get used to
feeling the way that I do
Oh, all the times I told myself
I could never fall in love
Love is just too difficult
Oh, too bad
I'm only talking to myself about it
So sad-
I guess I'm going to have to live without
I could get used to this
I could get used to this
I could get used to
feeling the way that I do
I know, I know, I know how it goes
Baby, will I get the chance?
I could get used to
feeling the way that I do.
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Verse 1
I was winding my clock
which was waking us up
in the morning, we were laughing
away like fools
Verse 2
I was saying my prayers
he was combing his hair
in a country that began with a
'J' for Jules
Chorus
You know I'll miss you
and thus it begins
but I'll release you
and thus it continues
Someday we'll be happy again
Verse 3
Oh, the rain never comes
count my blessings on my thumbs
and the dogs just want to sleep in the
sun all day
Chours
You know I'll miss you
and thus it begins
but I'll release you
and thus it continues
Someday we'll be happy again
Bridge
There's no way a country like that could die
Told me that they drift away
But that's a lie
Verse 4
Well, I just bought a car
but it stays in the yard
and the country that began with a 'J'
now ends in my heart
Chorus
You know I'll miss you
and thus it begins
but I'll release you
and thus it continues
Someday we'll be happy again
Someday we'll be happy again
Someday we'll be happy again.
(oooo)
(oooo)
(oooo)
(oh)
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Verse: 1
We've known her ever since she was a kid
she was the kind of girl who repeats her mistakes
Her parents never minded what she did
She was a fallen angel with dirt on her face
But past a certain point she stayed behind
the two of us could never read her mind
the million ways she had of killing time
Chorus:
So we just gave up
yeah we just gave up
'cause sometimes, you know
there's limits to love
Verse 2:
We'd get impatient with her now and then
oh, she'd smile and say, `now you're not being nice.'
I guess her definition of a friend
was someone long on love, and short on advice
We gave her money but the money's bad
She took the dollars and just tore them in half
We got so angry, we just had to laugh
Chorus:
but we still gave up
yeah we still gave up
'cause sometimes, you know
there's limits to love
Verse 3:
She'll get in trouble but she will scrape through
oh, she's the kind of girl who can always find help
I'd say she's stupid, but it'd be untrue
oh, you've got to be smart if you're fooling yourself
We tried to love her, but our love unwound (so our love was weak)
We talked about her when she wasn't around (so our talk was cheap)
and still we felt that we were letting her down
Chorus:
'cause we just gave up
yeah we just gave up
'cause sometimes, you know
there's limits to love
Sometimes you know
there's limits to love
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So what if it's breaking my heart at the root
Something that could happen to anyone, I suppose
Never any comfort to get from the truth
from knowing the part of this person that no one knows
So we just cry
with hopelessness
We're making such a mess
It's long gone, buddy, now - run and go after it
It's long gone, buddy, now - run and go after it
It's not that I'm frightened of being alone
It's just that I know what a burden this grief can be
Everything happens for something, I know
Can't understand for the moment what this could mean
That love is gone
That love is blind
That love is so unkind
It's long gone, buddy, now - run and go after it
It's long gone, buddy, now - run and go after it
Nobody wants to be happier more than me
Nobody wants to be happier more than I do
but happiness
I must confess
I don't have
It's long gone, buddy, now - run and go after it
It's long gone, buddy, now - run and go after it
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Verse 1:
It's what he wants but he won't say
he'd rather make-believe I want to say goodbye
It's down to her although I know
she never made him happy now she makes him cry
Verse 2:
He cannot work he cannot think
beyond the guilt he has for leaving her alone
I'm going down I cannot breathe
he doesn't think to leave me anything at all
Chorus:
David denies that he'll ever change his mind
(but he always changes)
David denies - but he's left his love behind
(left his love behind)
Verse 3:
It's what he wants I'm almost sure
and I can hardly stand him saying it's not so
and so I'll wait and so I'll hope
somehow I can convince him not to let me go
Chorus:
David denies that he'll ever change his mind
(but he always changes)
David denies - but he's left his love behind
(left his love behind)
David denies that he'll ever change his mind
(but he always changes)
David denies - but he's left his love behind
(left his love behind)
David denies that he'll ever change his mind
(but he always changes)
David denies - but he's left his love behind
(left his love behind)
and so I'll wait and so I'll hope
somehow I can convince him
and so I'll wait and so I'll hope
somehow I can convince him not to let me go
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