This rhythm gets too hot to handle Like news that's too good to be true You want to get in on the action And make believe it came from you And then you start to...

Oh, me and my cousin, one Arthur McBride As we went a-walking down by the seaside Now, mark what followed and what did betide For it being on Christmas morning ...

I've been here a long long time Trying to get things right You might think I'd know by now But it's still out of sight People say I'm doin' ok And when will I g...

There you go again, pretending that the world is blue And you see red when I explain, that I don't share your point of view Well I say open up your eyes, for th...

It was a cruel turn of fate I did three bitter years inside A friend of mine who set me up And he was the one got away with the money But I swore tonight would ...

Had a bad dream Had a bad dream in the cold cold night Had a bad dream Darling it came to me in the cold cold night I dreamed I looked for you but you were gone...

Snow-bound siren in the winter dawn There's a blizzard blowing in from off the river It's ten below out on these city streets But the feeling in your heart is e...

I hear you imagine You're losing it all, Your mind's in confusion Your back's to the wall Hold on! there is a door and it's opening The light in the tunnel Dec...

The last time I saw you Was the spring of '75 And way back then I was afraid to look you in the eye Yes even then I found it hard to To look you in the eye Com...

The lovers' hour is here, the night is creeping down This is the moment you've been dreading Another bar-room in another lonely town You wish you knew where you...

Shutters on the windows, chains upon the door Sleepless nights spent waiting for an answer Dreams of heaven falling, panic in the town Lonely men with fingers o...

Hey Mr Businessman Please take me as I am I'm ready to go straight but it's not easy When you don't have no money And if you take a chance I know you won't be s...

I'm sitting here inside this stranger's place And time is racing by I've been way out here for a month or more, Tonight I'm wondering why You try to understand ...

Lately I been talking to some friends of mine (You know the kind who understand) Trying to get a handle on this heart of mine (Sometimes it's hard to be a man) ...

We step on a stage From straight off a page Of everything that's gone before We dream of a time Of crossing a line And opening another door Rivers of stardust i...

Jimmy's not a high concept guy But he's front page news, let me tell you why He's on the cover of the New York Post All three networks, coast to coast All he ne...

Before I met you My life had not begun Then your world and my world Exploded into one Every thought that you had And every word you said Sounded so familiar Lik...

Drank all of the whiskey But I still can't get no rest Brain trapped on a roller coaster Got a pain in my chest Cold water on my eyeballs Send a shiver up my sp...

Johnny's got high expectations, he's going to rise Everyone knows, that Johnny is ready, he's ready to fly Up on the rooftop he turns to the crowd No one is wa...

I was just about nineteen When I landed on their shore With my eyes big as headlights Like the thousands and thousands who came before I was going to be somethi...

Cried a lotta blues up and down the street (I'd) lose everything I had but I would not lose the beat Oh yeah, oh no! Had a lotta lovin', bitter and the sweet Br...

You say you wanna live some Move out into the fast lane You say you need excitement To make you come alive Some place a million miles from The shadows that surr...

Seems like a dream, in some old silent movie scene You come to me like in a mirror Held out my hand, finally I would understand But you slipped away What did I ...

A night in television wonderland Just one more fairytale about some rich bitch Lying by the swimming pool, It's the golden school, And life is easy when you mak...

So many years of reaching out for words unspoken So many nights of saving love for no-one there So many hearts that break when promises are broken How long befo...

Downtown disco, out on the floor, He's been there a hundred times before, Looking for some pretty high class fool to play with Back in his place when he pours o...

They say the skies of Lebanon are burning, Those mighty Cedars bleeding in the heat, They're showing pictures on the Television, Women and children dying in the...

Hey, here we go again Caught between the sun and rain I see the magic in the storm You want a world that's safe and warm We've been here before And here we go a...

I know they say if you love somebody you should set them free (so they say) but it sure is hard to do, but it sure is hard to do I know they say if it don't com...

Tell you I don't understand it' he said 'What are you hoping to gain? Rocking this boat and you'll end up capsizing Throwing it all down the drain Said to quit ...

I knew this African called Hannibal Rock it roll it send it down the avenue Went out to see the Roman Empire fall Uh huh? uh huh? Two thousand elephants in gol...

It happens so easy, in the wink of an eye The moment you cut the cable The rest of the world goes drifting by Leaving you high and dry Your love was there wait...

Sometimes the things that you say Can hurt me so bad You know that it's true Sometimes your love lifts me up So high I could cry Can't live without you Like a k...

In the shadow of a lightning storm Black girl make a heart-move Strong love come a rising high Warm love and she whisper out She trust in you "You know that I t...

Baby we been around this thing Oh so many many times And every time I promise I know I still keep gettin' outa line I don't know why you love me Please say you...

Who can keep a moonbeam from dancing on the floor who can hold a feeling till it's morning? Who can stop his lover from loving him no more How much do we have t...