I had a strange dream one time
There was you, Bobby Vinton, and me
In a hotel ballroom full of marble and mahogany
Somebody shouted, “let the joy begin”...
Everyone and everything was rocking there and then
But there were holes in the ballroom floor
Leading straight into the blue sky
Where the planes fly
I took a wrong step and just like that
I was falling downward in a tailspin
I woke up then, and just in time
I see a beautiful bluebird on my window sill
And a one eyed black cat moving in for the kill
And then I see you pull up in the drive
That’s enough to make me more than glad to be alive
You’re always there when you say you’ll be
And I know I always will remember last December
For some reason, or for a few
Through a dark void I was crawling
When you came calling, and right on time
You came along right on time
Lonesome was my middle name
And then right on time
You came and changed the game
You wrapped your sweet love around me
And put my feet back on the ground
You talked me down, brought me around
Right on time
When I thought that the end was near
Thought I faced the final curtain
Of which I’m certain
That was when you came walking in
And changed the atmosphere with your smile
Saved my heart from the junkpile
And right on time
In our old shoes we walked last night
Sparkling concrete under the lights
Traffic sounds bouncing off the steel and glass
We traced our steps from the past
Shadows in the curtains on the second floor
I used to have a key to that front door
We didn’t know it then but you and I were just passing through
Passing by
Let’s hurry on
No use standing and staring, hurry on
I thought I heard you say, let’s walk on
We really can’t stay
We’re just passing through this way
This world is moving and changing always
We’d better be about new days
For as long as we may
We’re just passing through
Just passing through this way
In our old shoes we walked last night
Ghosts of old friends on the left and right
Being there with you gave me a thrill
Like it used to do and always will
We’ve got dreams to dream
Places left to go
When we’ll be back there, I don’t know
Maybe sometime before we’re done
On some other trip around the sun
Well, someone told me
Tried to tell me
It sounded backwards and upside down
Someone told me something
That really messed my head around
And I wondered sadly
I sadly wondered
Could we ever be on common ground?
Read and listen
I watch and listen
It’s like a trainwreck and I can’t turn away
So many worlds colliding
Everywhere every day
People looking at the same things
All the same things
them in conflicting ways
Well if you see me walking down the avenue
Call my name and I just stare a hole through you
Please don’t worry about me cause I’m really fine
Sometimes I just get lost inside my mind
Someone told me
Tried to tell me
He was dressed and painted like a clown
Someone told me something
Tried to mess my head around
Around and round
But I had a feeling he knew
That his words were untrue
We’ll never be on common ground
Well I know a man you can’t own up to the things he’s done
He’s got no sense of honor and never did have one
Where would he be without a wall to hide behind
I’m glad I’m not the one living in his mind
Your eyes are brown like a stormy river
Your words they twist like a stormy river
You turn to ice like a stormy river in the winter
In the winter
Stormy river
Stormy river is you
It’s a bitter wind that’s raging in you
In you so long you no longer hear it
It sweeps across the floor of your spirit
Stormy river
Stormy river is you
I’m gonna get far away
Get far away fast
‘Cause the future looks just like the past
You can’t help but leave damage in your midst
I’ve got no time left in my life for this
Rain comes down like cannonballs
The thunder crashes
The engine stalls
The lightning hits the electric tower
In the midnight hour
Stormy river
Stormy river is you
It’s a bitter wind that’s raging in you
Makes me wonder where you’ve been to
But I’m wary of asking questions
I don’t want to be taught any more lessons
Stormy river
Stormy river is you
I can still see her running and laughing
With the wind blowing wind through her hair
Something undeniable stirred inside her
And she ran up the crowded stone stairs
With the ocean below and before us
And a strong sense of wonder all around
I can still see her now, running and laughing
And I’m never coming down
I’m never coming down
Never coming down
When I close my eyes I’m there
Loving the cool sunshine
In a sweet state of mind
Standing close to the edge
Feeling safe and sound
I’m never coming down
As the waves crashed and the wind roared and the clouds rolled
I just stood still and felt heaven bound
On an old mountain road leading skyward
And I’m never coming down
Right now and always
It’s you and no one else compares
I see your shadow
I hear your footsteps on the stairs
This morning the sky is heavenly blue
Love me now
Make me feel brand new
I’m glad that I’ve had your hand to hold
Along the way down the long hard road
No way around it
Being you and me sometimes takes it’s toll
Come lay down beside me
Let the morning sunlight warm your soul
We’ve loved through so many long gone days
Where you are has been home always
Through good times and through the tears that flowed
Along the way down the long hard road
I wish I could go walking
Walk out of this place, maybe see a friendly face, but
It’s raining and raining
I’m looking down from below from a thirteenth floor window
It’s sunday afternoon
The sky is ugly grey
I’m here or down there
Right now it’s bad news either way
Well I can’t stay
So I guess I’ll go out there anyhow
What I don’t want right now is
A day of reflection and solitude
With this bitter mood I’m in again
I tried to call you on the phone
Now I’m stir-crazed enough to go walking in the rain alone
I heard the last churchbell’s ring
And got the Sunday blues
For this and that and everything
The Sunday blues
That feeling goes stealing down to your shoes
In my head and in my heart
The sunday blues
I’m on the wrong side of Sunday
Can’t get away from dark thoughts today
I’ve been made blue
Been lied to
But enough’s enough
I don’t need this stuff ok?
Regret and rage, just go back to underground
Mean old Sunday blues, I’ve had it with you hanging ‘round
Yeah, alright I’m done with the Sunday blues
Everyone now and then has to play and lose
So I’ll waste no more tears on last year’s news
‘Til the next time around with the Sunday blues
Just snap your fingers
And in the heat of a heart
I’ll be right where you want me
We’re each other’s counterpart
You can count on my love until the ultimate end
Snap your fingers and I’ll come running
It’s your world I’m living in
Out to the distant edge and back again we’ve been
There’s something in your kiss
That keeps me hanging on through thick and thin
On a crowded sidewalk
Or in a room with a view
Anyplace is paradise when I’m with you
Elvis sang it and it’s true
Six o’clock in the morning
The first grey light was creeping in
I was half awake and half dreaming
Remembering when
We were halfway around the world
Running down the street in the rain
Under a ladder or two
They almost didn’t let us on that train
You can’t count on my love until the ultimate end
Snap your fingers I’ll come running
It’s your world I’m living in
With you I’m hanging on through thick and thin
Six o’clock in the morning
The first grey light’s creeping in
I’m half awake and half dreaming
Remembering again...
Been stranded here all day
Larger forces are in control
Can’t bid this place goodbye
Take off and fly
The wind’s hard and cold
Grim expressions on the faces of
Everybody else and me
‘Cause the sun just isn’t gonna shine
Anytime soon, it’s plain to see
Watching headline news
Sociopaths and fools on parade
Of course we all will be paying for the mess they’ve made
There’s more dark business in the newspapers
And magazines on the shelf
And outside the wind is bearing down
All I can do is tell myself that
Eventually
Eventually
Today will be a faded memoroy
I’ve gotta let time do what it will
‘Til this ill wind is calm and still
This storm will cease to be
Eventually
Now all my best laid plans
Are crumpled up and thrown away
Of course I know that I
Want to live to try another day
It seems like lately life is racing by
I don’t want to fall behind
But now I’m stuck here staring at the clock
Trying like hell to keep in mind that
Eventually
Eventually
Today will be a faded memory
I’ve gotta let time do what it will
‘Til this ill wind is calm and still
This storm will cease to be
Eventually
Way back when I was young
A minute from yesterday
They said to me, son be strong
You’re gonna be something someday
They bought me some clothes to wear
They gave me some books to read
Took me to see Santa Claus
Of love I was never in need
But they never said things burn
Or that I would have to live and learn
I’d love to go back and undo
A few things that I have done
I’ve got a handful of bitter regrets
Like when I betrayed someone who helped me when I was down
I was young and dumb at the time
Believe me, I don’t feel good
When those days are on my mind
They’re gone now, not to return
And we move on
Trying to live and learn
Raise the shade, look outside
Leave your dreams back in bed
Find your shoes, walk outside
Shake the clouds from your head
Like the morning headline in the newspaper read
It’s your turn
It’s your turn to live and learn
So that’s enough for now
Enough talk about the past
Ice just beyond the gate
We don’t have to move too fast
Don’t have to pass some test
We don’t have to get with the grade
Yesterday’s years away
They flicker and then they fade
Raise the shade, look outside
Leave your dreams back in bed
Through the forcast said sunshine
It’s raining instead
Like the morning headline in the newspaper read
It’s your turn
It’s your turn to live and learn
Find your shoes, walk outside
Shake the clouds from your head
Though the forcast said rain
You’ve got sunshine instead
Like the morning headline in the newspaper read
It’s your turn
It’s your turn to live and learn
