Evening star struck one
Wondering how come
Suddenly becoming completely undone

Just as I looked into your eyes for the first tine
I was already in love with you

Nothing in my dreams
Could possibly have braced me
For the feeling that faced me on

Just as I looked into your eyes for the first tine
I was already in love with you

My heart tapped me on the shoulder
And whispered in my ear:
"Don't be a pussy all your life"

No More Smiles

No more smiles
It's just teardrops falling to the ground
No one's around
And I don't love you anymore
And I'm sore about it
When did my heart change its mind?
It must have been during the changing of times

No more smiles from now on
They are all gone
I'll never understand what went wrong

No more lies
Now the hard part's over so they say
There's no way that I could take another day
Let's not talk about it
When did my love for you die?
Kiss me once and it's time to say goodbye

I Know You Love Me

This world is freezing cold
I long for you to hold me in your arms
This world is burning and
I'm waiting for your hand to lead me home

I know that you love me
Oh, I know you love me
Oh, I know you love me

This world is frightening
I hear lightning in the sky
I hear the wind howl
Please help me to be strong
I know it won't be long
Till I'm with you

Well here I am
Wandering down a darkened road
Your love shines
Always in my heart
Always in my heart

This world is freezing cold
I long for you to hold me in your arms
Please help me to be strong
I know it won't be long
Till I'm with you

Oh, I know you love me

You Spoke to Me

I was at the lowest point of my life
I couldn't talk to anyone
Truly alone
There's no telling what I might have done
If it hadn't been for you
You pulled me through

I don't know if you actually saved my life
But you changed it that's for sure, yeah
You spoke to me, yeah
You spoke to me, yeah

I drove all the way from Carpentersville
To see you here tonight
And it was worth it
You didn't play my favorite song
But that's all right
I love the new stuff too
I'm just glad I got to see you

Paul

With all the simple times behind me
I can fail without regret
If I have to try then I will never
Be able to forget
Bottoms down
And out of reasons to hang around

And when the sun is over Hong Kong
I can tell you where she'll be
Floating in a soft and lonely melody
Directly over me
Chocolate eyes at one time melting in mind
But not tonight

She'll say I love you Paul
I love you Paul
I love you Paul
Hey, hey

And now everything is riding
On a bet that I can't win
If she's not the answer I've been looking for
I'll never ask again
Some say that the answer comes from within
Meanwhile

Can you tell me where to find me?
Have you seen me hanging around?
I'm looking for myself each night till sunrise
The only thing I've found
Broken dreams and a heart that's stuck to the ground
And with a smile

Can't Find It

It's hard to be yourself with somebody else
I practice a lot when I'm alone
There was something I really wanted to show you

But I just can't find it
I can't find it
I can't find it anymore

We can say all the things we used to say
I recall when we felt that way
There was a time
When you were a part of me

I'd come over tonight
But I just can't get over you again

And sometimes
We forget why it ended
And then we have this problem again
There was a place in my heart
Where you once belonged

I can't find it anymore

Capital Cristine

I'm in trouble with a Capital Cristine
I mean what I say
When I say that I love you

I was thinking of a number
Between one and two
You know what to do with a kiss girl
When you kiss me

I'm in trouble with a Capital Cristine
I mean what I say
When I say that I love you

I know I done you wrong
But lady you're as much to blame
I'm in no mood for games
Please stop screaming my name

I stole myself a moment
But I'm paying for it now
I wasted it somehow
And it's gone, gone, gone, gone, gone

I'm in trouble with a Capital Cristine
Trouble with a Capital Cristine
Trouble with a Capital Cristine
I mean what I say when I say that I love you
Love you

Before I'm Gone

Pictures of you
Slow down everyday
Slow down my life

I know you'll be here before I'm gone
I know you'll be here before I'm gone

Pictures of you
Speed up every heartbeat
Speed up my life

Pictures of you
Slow down everyday
Slow down my life

Pictures of you
Speed up every heartbeat
Speed up my life

Speed up my life

Megan

Met her on a summer day
When she's around
I was on the tracks
When the gate came down
Suddenly I recognized
Those bloodshot rearview mirror eyes as mine

I heard that whistle call my name
I almost drove away
But Megan I had a feeling that you would be on that train
So I just waited there for you

Caught a ride to another town
Where the air was clean
And the sun never goes down
Everyone was standing in a line
Between the landing and the stairs

I heard somebody call my name
I almost climbed the stairs
But Megan I had a feeling that someday you'd meet me there
So I just waited there for you

Met her on a summer day
When I hear that name
It's a dream that never came true
Sat down on the tracks
And waited for a train to take me back to you

Somebody came and took my hand
I finally had to go
But Megan I just want you to know
That I waited as long as I could

Met her on a summer day when she's around

Let's Hear It For Love

Let's hear it for heartache
Let's hear it for pain
Let's hear it for poison tears that wash your dreams down the drain
Let's hear it for sleepless nights
Let's do it again

Let's hear it for love
Let's hear it for
Let's hear it for love
Let's hear it for
Let's hear it for love
Pick your heart up off the floor
This is what you've been waiting for
Let's hear it for love

Let's hear it for promises
Something sealed with a kiss
Let's hear it for big mistakes
That you just couldn't resist
Let's hear it for bucket seats
Let's try it like this

Let's hear it for letting someone totally ruin your life
Let's hear it for love
Let's hope it's everything you hoped it would be

Let's hear it for jealousy
Let's hear it for hate
Let's hear it an apology before it's too late
Let's hear it for cigarettes
Baby you were great

Let's hear it for love

Let's hear it for
Let's hear it for love

Pure Imagination

Come with me and we'll be
In a world of pure imagination
Take a look and you'll see
Into your imagination
We'll begin with a spin
Traveling in a world of my creation
Look and see
We'll defy explanation

If you want to view paradise
Simply look around and view it
Anything you want to, do it
Want to change the world?
There's nothing to it

There is no life I know
To compare with pure imagination
Living there you'll be free
If you truly wish to be

There is no life I know
To compare with pure imagination
Living there you'll be free
If you truly wish to be

I Was Right

I wasted so much more than time
And the one with whom I was as one
Has now undone what came to be known as our love
Which could not contain all that which she'd become

I was flat out wrong
And with both hands on the days gone by
I gripped my eyes wide open
Because I can't sleep at night
The world is much too cold
Without someone there to hold me or to hold
That's the way it goes

And I always thought that I would die
If you ever told me goodbye
But it wasn't until tonight
Tonight, I found out I was right

I wasted almost all my life
Being so afraid to fail I hardly tried
I found a place to hide
I dove into you
I swam around, around inside

But I'm not the boy that you destroyed
I'm stronger than he was
I had to be to survive
I'm lucky to be alive
The me you left behind
Is still lying there
With his eyes froze open wide

And I always thought that I would die
If you ever told me goodbye
But it wasn't until tonight
Tonight, I found out I was right

They Lied

They lied about the way
Things were gonna be
They lied about the things
They wanted from me

They lied about the reasons
They wanted me at all
And now

I sit around and lie to myself
About how great things were way back when
I keep forgetting why I was so willing to believe those lies

End of Your Time

They seemed like innocent words
Maybe I heard them wrong
I never knew what they were
I was singing a different song

This could be what we need right now
Tell me how it feels to be
The living end of your time

The stupid things that they say
About what he's supposed to be
This kid believes what he reads
And he's taking 'em seriously

This could be just what we're looking for
Tell me more about how you became
The living end of your time

And when you look into the bathroom mirror
Can you see an entire generation
Crying through those eyes?

A certain kind of despair
Pompous and terrified
This fish jumped out of the bowl
Flopped around for a while and died

This could mean anything we want it to
I wish I knew just how I might become
The living end of my time

They seemed like innocent words
Maybe I heard them wrong
I never knew what they were
I was singing a different song
This could be just what we're looking for

Pretty Pathetic

You should have heard me snobbing
As I drove home that night
Got into bed and stayed there
For days I just laid there
Having been permanently changed
But we won't get into that now
Let's take it from the start

You should have seen me smiling
As I drove home that night
She used to call me baby
Softly, sometimes
But if I dwell on those days too long
I feel like my life is over
And that's no good
So let's move on

To the part where I begin to sense
Her distance
I panic and hold on tighter
But that makes it worse
How am I supposed to take it
When she said:
"This is something I'm going through,
It's got nothing to do with you"

I had a special evening all planned out
Desperately determined to reignite Some spark between us
She had to feel something for me
A love as strong as ours
Doesn't just go away
You can't just turn it off
Unless she was lying all those times
But I don't think so
I really don't think so
The way she used to look at me
Made me a thousand feet high
The meaning of the word cool
Not the same geek
Who fumbled through his words that night
The ugliest night

I said some pretty awkward things
I got the feeling that she felt sorry for me
I should have seen it was hopeless and left it alone
But I had to go on embarrassing myself I miss what we had I need you so badly,
I miss what we had I need you so badly

I must have sounded pretty pathetic, I know
That's why I don't blame her for what she said
But listen to me rambling
We don't know each other that well
But you're so easy to talk to
I feel like I can tell you almost anything
I hope I haven't put you off
I have a tendency to do that
Why don't I just be quiet?

Follow the Sound

If we hold on to each other while we die
Then together through a heaven we will fly
Maybe we could share a place somewhere beyond
Maybe I'll wind up Chinese and you'll be blonde

We should figure out a signal we can find
If the light we're heading into makes us blind
If at first it seems as though I'm not around
Follow the sound, follow the sound

If we're wrapped around each other as we lie
We'll be married in the world beyond the skies
We can share whatever path we're traveling on
And the nightmares of this world will all be gone

But if we get separated in between
And not one familiar face can there be seen
If at first it seems as though I'm not around
Follow the sound, follow the sound