Misdemeanor

It's another night stuck in here, with the tv on
As john wayne holds the alamo,
I'm wonderin' where you've gone
I just sit and wait, hope it's not too late
Say there's something left to prove it to you

Outside this house nothing's changed
Our street looks just the same
The things you left i'll keep that way
Till we're together again
When i just start to slip, yes il lose my grip
I can't believe you're gone, it's really true

Blue, blue, oh baby where are you
Blue, blue, tell me know, it's not true

There's nothing romantic in a tear-drawn goodbye
Oh baby say it's a lie
Panic sets in, i'm an irrational man
If i can't have you nobody can

* repeat

Last night, i heard you talkin
Oh so close, whispering in my ear
All night, till the morning i kept wishing i could feel you near
When we stood naked at the 4th of july
Moon shot took off, lit up the sky
The red sea was parting for the second time
The world at my feet, you were mine, it was..

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Lovin' you was so easy baby
Holdin' on when our luck was down
Sweetest thing that i ever, ever heard was
"i'll always, always be around"

Blue, blue, oh baby, where are you
Blue, blue, gettin' desperate, desperate for you

The elevator it goes right to the 21st floor
He's steppin' out and she walks right through the president's door
In this world you know you're just a fool to take
He'll give you something adds up to nothing
It's your heart that breaks

* one heart stands alone
Stripped right down to the bone
One heart easy to break
( /how much more can you take/tell me now that this is just a mistake)

He sits up there like a king oh in the company chair
He'll cast you right but you know it's just so unfair
So you're one more number now in his telephone book
It shows nothing you've got something from the pleasure he took

* repeat twice

So you think you're found it, your one big break, got what it takes
And you're tough enough to spot all those fakes, your first mistake
But you've got something that survives
A burnin' heart stays alive
And now i wish you could do with me
Oh baby you just couldn't see

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He'll give you your something, adds up to nothing, and your heart breaks

* repeat three times then start fading

Can you feel me, i'm so close i'm sure
Anytime if you would call be right to your door
Is it over, lost this time for good
I never knew that i could be so misunderstood

* we are the only ones, left alone with this heart of stone
We are the only ones with nothin' left but fools alone

Life's so empty, there's nothin' left for me
Oh i wish you were back, baby you and me
Last september, it's like yesterday
You slipped through my hands, there's nothing more to say

* repeat

I can feel the magic in your heart tonight
I thought we had something oh so right
Baby tell me do you still care
'cause this ain't no game of kiss and dare

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* repeat twice then go into the instrumental fade out

There's a heartbeat in the city
Caught in the rush there's no pity
On the edge of day
Late night traffic, late to go home
I'm slippin out into the twilight zone
I'm on the edge of day

* in a stolen moment two lovers meet
Whisperin' promises they can't keep
Across the bar jukebox plays
Out in the night they steal away

** out on the meanstreets, feel my heartbeat
Each and every step i take
Out on the meanstreets, feel my heartbeat
It's in every move i make

With all the heat now, and all the stories
Heroes wrestle for the chance of glory
On the edge of day
Midnight cowboys make the sweep
There's nothing sacred on the street
We're on the edge again

* repeat
** repeat

When the lights go down you know life comes easy
It's easy baby
In the wild west end you can find
A friend tonight
Oh tonight
Got to keep this heart. inspired

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* repeat
** repeat twice then the instruments wrap it up

Mama they say the snow this winter
Beat you to the ground
But i'm a long time gone, long time gone
Wish i could see the blazin' sunset
Falling right into the bay
But i'm a long time gone, long time gone

* to dream the dream that's over
To live and love again
Oh my america
And to be where my footsteps lead me over
To be born again tonight

I want to be there on our back porch
Looking on down the road
But i'm a long time gone, long time gone
The troubles here, they pass me by
I want to get home to you
But i'm a long time gone, long time gone

* repeat

Lonely days, lonely nights
Caught up in someone else's fight
I'm holdin' on, and you're so strong
All i want to be is just holdin' you tonight

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* repeat

[short instrumental] * repeat and fade out