Greatest Hits, Vol. 1

There's a light

A certain kind of light

That never shines on me

I want my life to be

Here with you

I wanna be with you

There's a way

I hear everybody say

Just to do everything that I can

But what good will it do

If I can't have you

If I can't have you

Baby, you don't know what it's like

No you don't know what it's like

You don't know what it's like

No you don't know what it's like

To love somebody

To love somebody

The way I love you

*Guitar solo*

I'm a man

Can't you see that's what I am

Every breath that I take I take from you

But what good will breathing do

If I can't have you

If I can't have you

Baby, you don't know what it's like

No you don't know what it's like

You don't know what it's like

No you don't know what it's like

*Musical break*

No you don't know what it's like

No you don't know what it's like

You don't know what it's like

No you don't know what it's like

To love somebody

To love somebody

The way I love you

The way I love you

*Musical break*

No you don't know what it's like

No you don't know what it's like

No you don't know what it's like

Ya just don't know what it's like

To love somebody

To love somebody

The way I love you

The way I love you

She sees the world through rose-coloured glasses

Painted skies and graceful romances

I see a world that's tired and scared

Of living on the edge too long

Where does she get off telling me

That love could save us all

Save us all

She takes my hand and leads me to nowhere town

No matter where I stand, it's always neutral ground

In the cool of the evening blue

I feel so tired and alone

Where does she get off telling me

That love could save us all

Save us all

And it's day after day

I keep hanging around, can you tell me why?

Night after night

Yeah, I know I should leave but there's something

In those eyes

That keeps me hanging on

I'm hypnotised

It breaks my heart and I don't know why

Tell me why

Tell me why, oh-oh

She sees the world through rose-coloured glasses

Painted skies and graceful romances

I see a world that's tired and scared

Of living on the edge too long

Where does she get off telling me

That love could save us all

Save us all

And it's day after day

I keep hanging around, can you tell me why?

Night after night

Yeah, I know I should leave but there's something

Day after day after day after day

After day and I don't know

Day after day after day

After day and I don't know why

Don't tell me I'm wrong

'Cause I've been watching every move that you make

Hearts you steal, in your makeup and heels

Trouble for the men that you take

Every time you walk in the room

I couldn't ever be sure of a smile

You were never the same way twice

I'm falling in love

Oh, night after night

Oh, it's crazy, ooh

So many people who said, ooh

Girl, you've got nothing but time

Oh, you are a shining star

Don't worry what you're leaving behind

Every time you walk in the room

I couldn't ever be sure of a smile

You were never the same way twice

I'm falling in love

Oh, night after night

Oh, it's crazy

Oh, you got to try, try, try

Oh, don't you know you've got to try, try, try, ooh

Oh, baby, you try

Oh, oh, oh

Every time you walk in the room

I couldn't ever be sure of a smile

You were never the same way twice

I'm falling in love

Oh, night after night

Oh, it's crazy

Oh, you got to try, try, try

Oh, don't you know you've got to try, try, try, ooh

Oh, baby, you try

Oh, oh, oh, try

Oh, oh, oh, oh

And our love shines

Like a diamond mine

You say the party's over

But like a drunken fool

I never know when to leave

It's just that in the eyes of this beholder

You mean everything to me

Yea you say that you don't love me

Yea you talk about the other boys

And you laugh in my face

But I know when you're feeling sad and lonely

No other boy can take my place

Cause when I look into your eyes

Well our love shines

Yea our love shines

Like a diamond mine

Nothing's as obvious as what is lost

Nothing's as painful as the cost

Let it shine

Let it shine

Like a diamond mine

Solo

And I hear all these rumours about you

Yea the trash lines up at my door just to bring me the news

But all it does is make me kind of wonder

Why are people so eager to be so cruel

Cause when I look into your eyes

Well our love shines

Yea our love shines

Yea our love shines

Like a diamond mine

Like a diamond mine

Like a diamond mine

Like a diamond mine

I want to know where my confidence went

One day it all disappeared

And I'm lying in a hotel room miles away

Voices next door in my ear

Where daytime's a drag

Nighttime's worse

Hope that I can get home soon

But the half-finished bottles of inspiration

Lie like ghosts in my room

Where I wanna go

I know I can't stay

But I don't want to run

Feeling this way...

'Til I am myself

'Til I am myself

'Til I am myself again

There's a seat on the corner

I keep every night

Wait 'til the evening begins

I feel like a stranger

From another world

But at least I'm living again

There are nights full of anger

Words that are thrown

Tempers that are shattered and thin

But the moments of magic

Are just too short

They're over before they begin

Well, I know it's time

One big step

I can't go

I'm not ready yet...

'Til I am myself

'Til I am myself

'Til I am myself again

I had a dream that my house was on fire

People laughed while it burned

Well, I tried to run but my legs were numb

I had to wait 'til the feeling returned

Well, I don't need a doctor

To figure it out

I know what's passing me by

When I look in the mirror

Sometimes I see

Traces of some other guy

Where, I wanna go

I know I can't stay

I don't want to run feeling this way...

'Til I am myself

'Til I am myself

'Til I am myself again

Someday soon

And I don't know when

Your little world

Will come crashing in

Don't think twice

I'll be around

Turn your back

Someone's gonna let you down

You know that it's true

Nobody led you on

They left that to you

Now you'll be alone

When the sun comes up

With your tattered little dreams

And a broken cup

Then you'll have to

Trust yourself

And don't believe in anymore lies

You waste your time

Think too much

Really make a mess

Of the things you touch

Poor little bird

With a broken wing

Better look around now

You know your losing everything

It's just a game

Thought you had it all lined up

But somehow that's changed

Now you'll have to run

And not get caught

And you'll have to hide

If you like it or not

Then you'll have to

Trust yourself

And don't believe in anymore lies

Someday soon

And it won't be long

You'll ring the bell

But they'll all be gone

They took your jewels

And your statues too

Left you with a pile of things

You never learned how to use

Well here it comes again

You showed us where it all began

Well here's where it ends

And you'll be alone

When the sun comes up

Tattered little dreams

And a broken cup

Then you'll have to trust yourself

And don't believe in anymore

Trust yourself

And don't believe in anymore

Trust yourself

And don't believe in anymore lies

Yeah yeah yeah

Yeah yeah yeah

Yeah yeah yeah

Strange and beautiful

Are the stars tonight

That dance around your head

In your eyes I see that perfect world

I hope that doesn't sound too weird

And I want all the world to know

That your love's all I need

All that I need

And if we're lost

Then we are lost together

Yeah if we're lost

We are lost together

I stand before this faceless crowd

And I wonder why I bother

So much controlled by so few

Stumbling from one disaster to another

I've heard it all so many times before

It's all a dream to me now

A dream to me now

And if we're lost

Then we are lost together

Yeah if we're lost

We are lost together

In the silence of this whispered night

I listen only to your breath

In that second of a shooting star

Somehow it all makes sense

And I want all the world to know

That your love's all I need

All that I need

And if we're lost

Then we are lost together

Yeah if we're lost

We are lost together

Yeah if we're lost

Then we are lost together

Yeah if we're lost

Then we are lost together, together, together

One, two, one, two, three, four

They met in a hurricane

Standing in the shelter, out of the rain

She tucked a note into his hand

Later on, they took his car

Drove on down where the beaches are

He wrote her name in the sand

Never even let go of her hand

Somehow they stayed that way

For those five days in May

Made all the stars around them shine

Funny how you can look in vain

Living on nerves and such sweet pain

Loneliness that cuts so fine

Find the face you've seen a thousand times

Sometimes the world begins

To set you up on your feet again

And I know it wipes the tears from your eyes

How will you ever know

The way that circumstances go?

Always gonna hit you by surprise

But I know my past

You were there

Everything I've done

You are the one

Looking back, it's hard to tell

Why they stood while others fell

Spend your life or give it out

All I know is one, cloudy day

They both just ran away

Rain on the windshield headed south

Oh, she loved the lines around his mouth

Sometimes the world begins

To set you up on your feet again

And I know it wipes the tears from your eyes

How will you ever know

The way that circumstances go?

Always gonna hit you by surprise

But I know my past

You were there

Everything I've done

You are the one

You say that you're leaving

Well, that comes as no surprise

Still, I kinda like this feelin'

Of being left behind

This ain't nothing new to me

Well, it's just like goin' home

It's kinda like those sunsets

That leave you feelin' so stoned

Hey, hey, I guess it hasn't hit me yet

I fell through this crack and I kinda lost my head

I stand transfixed before this streetlight

Watching the snow fall on this cold December night

Never thought this could happen

But somehow the feeling's gone

You got sick of the pattern

And I got lost in this song

Hey, hey, I guess it hasn't hit me yet

I fell through this crack and I kinda lost my head

I stand transfixed before this streetlight

Watching the snow fall on this cold December night

Hey, hey, I guess it hasn't hit me yet

I fell through this crack and I kinda lost my head

I stand transfixed before this streetlight

Watching the snow fall on this cold December night

And out in the middle of Lake Ontario

The same snow is falling (the same snow is falling)

On the deep silent water (on the deep silent water)

The great dark wonder

Into the waves of my heart

Into the waves of my heart

Of my heart

Hey it's me what a big surprise

Calling you up from a restaurant

Around the bend

Just got in from way up North

I'm achy and tired now

And I could use a friend

I'd be a fool

To think that you do

Want to see me again

I Know it's been awhile since I talked to you

Nothing wrong

Just nothing ever goes as planned

Many times I thought I'd call

Didn't have your number in my hand

Oh, I know it's true

You'd never do

The same thing to me

I never meant to make you cry

And though I know I shouldn't call

It just reminds us of the cost

For everything we've lost

Bad timing that's all

And maybe soon there'll come a day

When no more tears will fall

We each forgive a little bit

And we both look back on it

As just bad timing that's all

Used to have so many plans

Something always seemed to turn out wrong

Never could catch up to you

Moving on and doing all you've done

I don't know why

The harder I try

The harder it comes

I never meant to make you cry

And though I know I shouldn't call

It just reminds us of the cost

For everything we lost

Bad timing that's all

And maybe soon there'll come a day

When no more tears will fall

We each forgive a little bit

And we both look back on it

It's just bad timing that's all

We each forgive a little bit

And we both look back on it

It's just bad timing that's all

I met this girl

She was walking through one of my dreams

She kissed my eyes

And everything that she said

Made so much sense to me

That I still feel like I'm half asleep

My dark angel

She gave me diamonds for eyes

She walked by

Now I'm hypnotised

By this dream

That just won't stop

And I feel

Like I've always been lost in this dream

The rumours of heaven

Only speak the truth on earth

My dark angel

Shine your light on my curse

You are the other that I have to find

Until I do

I guess I'll see you 'round my mind

So Colorado

Is a place I have to go

I heard a rumour

She loves the mountains and the snow

My dark angel

She gave me diamonds for eyes

My dark angel

I offer you my heart

My dark angel

I think I loved you from the start

'Cause there's this face that I know

That I've never seen

Sometimes I feel I'm livin' in

Someone else's dream

Still I thank you

For stopping to talk

And I wonder

Just into who's dream did who walk

Oh my dark angel

Shine your light on me

Shine your light

Shine your light

Shine your light on me

On me

On me

I pulled over to the side of the road

I was feeling kind of sad

I was feeling kind of blue

I walked across this farmer's field

And I looked up to the blue-white sky

And your eyes they were in my mind

And I just want to hold on to you

Yeah your eyes they were in my mind

And I just want to hold on to you

I started singing this song in my head

Just because the sun was high shining bright

And I could smell the fresh cut grass

As I looked up to the blue-white sky

And your eyes they were in my mind

And I just want to hold on to you

Yeah your eyes they were in my mind

And I just want to hold on to you

I'm gonna hold on to you

I walked across this farmer's field

And I looked up into the blue-white sky

I started singing this song in my head

Just because the sun was high

And your eyes they were in my mind

And I just want to hold on to you

Yeah your eyes they were in my mind

And I just want to hold on to you

I'm gonna hold on to you

I'm gonna hold on to you

To you

They broke off the locks and they opened the doors

Pushed out the windows and painted the floors

Grew a little garden outside in the rust and sand

Raised up the roof 'till it touched the sky

Picked up the pieces that were left to die

Brought this building back with a healing hand

When you see trouble

You're bound to move in on the double

'Cause you leave your mark upon everything

In your head those Liberty Bells still ring

But we know that you don't even mean a thing you say

So you brought in the army to do your job

Of kicking in doors and swinging their clubs

Back in the morning to watch

Themselves on the news

You're doing the bidding of the money man

If it turns out right they'll call you 'friend'

One little favor how could you really refuse

Oh my heart is sinking

Same old useless, worn out thinking

You live your life in the court of kings

Bow to the ruler and kiss the ring

But we don't even understand a thing you say

It could happen to you...

It could happen to you...

It could happen to you

Sometime when you least expect it

Done by the ones that you never suspected

All your bills come due

It could happen to you

You really got to wonder what you did for

Cause you don't need an army

to move out the poor

You brought it out once

I know you could bring it again

Well, Oh my heart is sinking

The same old useless, worn out thinking

You live your life in the court of kings

Count your money as the raven sings

Safe and sound when the wrecking ball swings

But all your riches won't mean a thing someday

Oh, It could happen to you

Oh, It could happen to you

Oh, It could happen to you

Oh, It could happen to you

Oh, if I had my way I would never go back

With my back to the wall, I just let myself fall

Watch the daytimes turn black

But now and again I find you cross my mind

Oh, if I was a train I would never slow down

With my head in the sky and world goin' by every nowhere town

As I write one more letter to you

No, I can't change the things I do

Oh, one day when you discover

Just why I ran, ran away from you, lover

Well, I know I'm to blame, I feel so ashamed

Called out your name

Oh, after the rain

Well, what do you want me to do?

I've thrown away everything for you

Well, I've wasted my dreams

Each day it seems

Losing my way back to you

It's time for a change

What else could I do?

With the clock ticking time

Better make up my mind

Is it me or is it you?

Yeah, tonight as I'm losing control

I will drink to the queen of my soul

Oh, one day when you discover

Just why I ran, ran away from you, lover

Well, I know I'm to blame, I feel so ashamed

Called out your name

Oh, after the rain

After the rain

After the rain

After the rain

After the rain

After the rain

Oh, after the rain

After the rain

After the rain

After the rain