Released: 03/31/92
Platinum in Canada and sold 250,000 copies in the U.S
Let me tell you all a little story 'bout this time
I was down and out
Just goes to prove there's always a light on
But if you look you'll find it's inside of you
So I want y'all to listen up
I been sitting here all night
Tryin' to make this thing work out right
I been getting nowhere fast
Suddenly as I lay down on the bed
I hear a little voice inside my head
It says if you want to do it girl - You got to have some faith
Come over here and listen - Hurry up or you'll be late
Chorus
Listen to my story
Listen to me well
Ooh I will make you a believer
If you're feeling sorry for yourself I can tell
Ooh I will make you a believer
Yeah - I will make you a believer
So you been tryin' to make amends for
The bloodsuckers you call friends
Drag you deep into the hole
Crazy - that you'd let them into your world
They will take your diamonds, baby they will steal your pearls
If you want to play the game
You got to lose the rules
You can play with passion
Rules are just for fools
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Got to learn to fall in love with what's inside
Get on the horse I wanna ride
I got a reason to believe the light's inside
Some things I can have now
Some things have to wait
Some things I will never get
I will always - I will always have my faith
She's getting married - Looking at her life
Every time she turn around - She's somebody's wife
But no dice - She wants to break the chain tonight
He's been working sales - Sleeping on the phone
Everytime he wants to quit he - Can't make his loan
But he'll drive - They'll make that Texas line tonight
C'mon baby - No more maybe
This could make us young again - For awhile
Chorus
Mommy's leaving daddy - Found another man
They can't feed the family - Sent the kids to uncle sam
But he lied - He couldn't feed them if he tried
Let's get together - Let's forget the ties
Let's be like in the movies - for a while
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Now and then we think that everything's changing
That we can see the light
Then we stop and see it's always the same thing
Reality comes into sight
C'mon baby - No more maybe
This could make us young again - For awhile
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Wind blows thru this empty room
Like blood from an open wound
Shut my eyes - I don't wanna see
Outside there's a big parade
Some girl - She got it made
Things change in the time it takes to breathe
But I can't stand to see her hands on you
Cause you were my religion too...
Chorus
You don't have to remind me
I don't need you to bring it home
You don't have to remind me
Cause every night - I sleep alone
My friends all say I got nothin' to lose
So what if I can pick and choose
Those substitutes - They're just a waste of my time
So here I sit in this lonely room
Just me and a lover's moon
Funny how love can be so unkind
Sometimes I wish I could forget the past
Cause I can't stand to see it last
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I know there's people who can walk upon the water
So how come I'm sinking like a storm?
You part the sea - Then you walk away from me
I don't know how much longer I can breathe
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Sun's going down now
I'm one day older got to spread my wings
Shadows get longer
Still you won't let up grinding your opinions on things
Over the border
Invading my intimate territory
Now who's the fool here
Look into the mirror, Baby, Tell me if you like what you see
Chorus
Who do you think you are
Tellin' me how I'm supposed to run my life
Who do you think are
Guaranteed I'll hit the highway tonight
So you think you're a winner
But you're losing points with every word you toss
And if you're only human
What gives you the right to be nailing me up here on your cross
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I believe in compassion - I believe in some sympathy
You need self education
Before you get to slammin' what you don't like in me
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Is there a reason why you're so handy with the knife
You cut me up on the inside then say you love me like your life
I try to defend my self-respect
But it's getting harder cos you always think that you know best
Chorus
Your love is winding me up
Your love makes push come to shove
Your love is winding me ip
Baby I can't get enough
I have spent the whole night crying after one of your remarks
You set me up like you're trying
To see if I will fall apart
I'm the fool in this story
And it always seems to make you laugh
And you won't rest until you break my heart in half
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When will I die - when will I marry
Why do I cry for nothin' sometimes
Why do I feel - Like I'm in a hurry
Feels like a race and I'm out of time
Like a lover turning into a friend
Somewhere a heart is getting broken again
How does the whole thing end?
Chorus
I want to believe in something for real
I want to believe in something I feel
I want to believe it's all that I need
I want to believe
Who will be king - And who will be beggar?
When will I have this mystery solved
Who said a ring - Could mean love forever
Nothin's for sure - Except growing old
Will I always be here spinning my wheels
Or does misfortune have a hand in the deal
Is that how my fate is sealed?
I want to believe love has a chance to survive
The dream to be as one
I want to believe in a nurturing love
And not just a sacrifice
Where is my home - And where am I going?
When will I know and how will I know?
I had a lover who turned into a friend
I had a heart but it got broken again
And I don't know if it ever will end
Is this how the whole thing ends?
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On the east side of St. Laurence Blvd.
There's a whole different world
People talking and laughing at anything
In the summertime whirl
Nobody's asking questions
'Bout who you are and where you've been
Just willing to live and let live
Whatever state you might find yourself in
Chorus
I'm goin' back again someday
Down where the river meets the ocean
I'm goin' back again - someday
And that's where I'll stay - That's where I'm gonna stay
On the west side of St. Lawrence Blvd.
It's somethin' else again
Another feeling, A different culture
And people hangin' with their old friends
Nobody seems to notice - About what's changing on the other side
Someday we will come together
Reach across this great divide
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Some people tell no lies - some people wear their hats too tight
Some people forgive and forget you - Some of them never let you
They say my home in the land of snow is nice
Let me tell you what it's like
It's eleven months of winter baby and
Just one month of pretty thin ice
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They say no one takes a fall
Quite as hard the second time around
I don't know it all - But I know that sure ain't what I have found
I need you to release me
Forgive me if you think that I was wrong
Put your arms around me honey - Make me feel that it's alright
Nothin' could be darker than this long and ugly fight
Down to the ground we fall - Just like fallin' leaves to the ground
We fall and I hear you callin' me - Crybaby
Who know's what your hidin' -
Hidin' in the fortress of your mind
Who knew I'd be feelin' -
Feelin' like this ain't too far from dying
Life is made for change -
I know that that's what you will say
And you know I believe you honey -
I don't know why I still cry
Maybe it runs deeper than what only meets the eye
Take me by the hand
Lead me up the stairway
I've been here before
I know what you will say
I been on the wrong road
I got in too deep - Got no room for maybe's
I can here you sayin' - Crybaby
You been holding up your banner
Sayin' who's the master planner
Who's the cat that got me in this hole?
Everytime you wish for something
You have set the wheels to running
Hold on tight cause it's the ride you choose
But if you want her to love you
Your gonna get what you give out in the meantime
Make damn sure that you know what you want
Cause thats what you'll get
Chorus
Careful what you wish for baby
It will all come true someday
Listen hard to every word that you wanna say
Where there's a will there's a way
Everything is made for changing
We spend lifetimes rearranging
Hopes and dreams that don't turn out like we planned
Cause what you think it is, is one thing
But how it feels when you get it is another
Make damn sure that you know what you want Cause that's what you'll get
Everything you see Oh yeah
Isn't what it seems Oh yeah
But you'll get what you need
I've had the blues and I had the breaks
I had a million dollars just a little too late
But I stood up - For what I believed in
I ain't never gettin' down on my bended knee
To kiss the ass of the powers that be
And I ain't givin' up on what I believe in
So nobody can dig that thorn in my side
I ain't worried about no perfect disguise
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Time flies and I'm on the run
Time flies - I'm a loaded gun
Even if I'm fightin' at the starting gate
Can't hold me back - I'm gonna win the race
There'll me be no backin' down - From what I believe in
I've got the courage and I got the mouth
Ain't gonna live my life without doubt
No givin' up - On what I believe in
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Nobody can dig that thorn in my side
I ain't worried about no perfect disguise
I've opened my mind and I've opened my eyes
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