By 7:30

blown away like the wind restless again
my only friend has gone away
washed like the tide but i'm still alive
i'm gonna drive all night long

this is crazy now i'll fill the space somehow

if there were someway to get through
this is crazy now i'll fill the space somehow
i can't walk away from you

shaken like a leave sharpened like a reef
all of my senses need relief
looking out to sea i still believe
that you and i were meant to be

this is crazy now i'll fill the space somehow
if there were someway to get through
this is crazy now like a finger paint
fill the space somehow smearing in the rain
i can't walk away from you wash it all away

this is crazy now shaken like a leave
i'll fill the space somehow sharpened like a reef
i can't walk away from you

this is crazy now
shaken' like a leaf
fill the space somehow
sharpened like a reef
i can't walk away from you

part of me wants to break the ice
and part of me wants to roll the dice
exactly how it stands
part of me wants to roll the dice
and part of me wants to leave them curled up in my hands

where they will be safe and no one will know
how i really feel and i'll never be real
and i'll roll with the punches that i'll never feel
and i'll have a heart that no one can steal

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it's you and me and you're nowhere to be found
i'm rolling on the ground
it's me and you and i'm nowhere to be found

part of me wants to break these chains
and part of me wants to keep them locked up tight
part of me wants to stop these rains
and part of me wants them to fall all night

fall on my head just to wake me up
anything to drench my half empty cup
and i'm sorry baby i've had enough
i'm tired of your promised tearing me up

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you will be safe and no one will know
how you really feel and you'll never be real
and you'll roll with the punches that you'll never feel
and you'll have a heart that i'll never steal

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i have been lost in this verbal rain
i went to bed feeling no pain
i was drowning baby you're my wine
you're my thoughts you're my silence
you're my sense of time

by 7 30 you'll fall in love with me
do you believe in destiny
i believe by 7 30

maybe your love's an uncrackable code
or maybe your love is a railroad
that you ride when you are all alone
and you speed down the tracks
to what you call home

by 7 30 you'll fall in love with me
do you believe in destiny
i believe by 7 30

quite unsubtle these thoughts
you send me
or is it i who sends them unreceived
and they fly through the air
at enormous speed
like a boomerang flying back at me

by 7 30 you'll fall in love with me
so you believe in destiny
i believe by 7 30

you ran away with your conscience dear
there was a red flag waving in my ear saying
'stay away you've got something to fear'
well why did i not choose to hear
well i am through with suffering
gonna make better choices i don't need no wedding ring
i can sing i can dance
but i can't make thus feeling cease
cause deep in my soul you left a permanent crease and

we all got our cross to bear
our star of david our dreadlocked hair
and oh yeah baby i still care
and if you need some help
you know i'll always be there

well it's been a strange year
you've been a very bad dog
as my fire went out
you'd put on another log
but it was worth never having any peace
and deep in my soul you left a permanent crease and

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some nights i thought i'd cry forever
i'd wish him away and then i'd turn into a beggar
but it was worth always scraping my knees
and deep in my soul you left a permanent crease

i wear my heart like a wrinkle on my sleeve

and i've got the aching love that only you can relieve
but i'm not afraid to go down with a sinking friend
i'm gonna live out my dreams even if they kill me in the end

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if i don't take you seriously
if i can laugh at your randomness
if i can have a little fun baby
if i can only feel my bliss
if i can ignore my conscience
and reject my angry guide
if i can take my soul out of hiding
and get it right back
to reviving what had died
i wanna be alive so alive

if i can love you without hating you
if i can accept your lack of guilt
if i can walk across the skinny wire
if i can make my conscience tilt
if i can lose myself for once
if i can regain my youth
i'm so sick and tired of lying
gonna dig down to the truth

i found my independence here
i finally let go of my fear
my mind is finally finally clear clear clear

whoever said we had to be crazy glued
to our personalities
i wanna jump on the bed and hit the ceiling
any symbol of being free
last night you laughed so hard
i could see your shining bliss

don't wanna live another day
without knowing how you kiss

i found my independence here
i finally let go of my fear
my mind is finally finally clear clear clear

maybe i should wander
through these streets a little longer
hey new york city
won't you welcome me back home
and darling i love you
but i swear that i'll be gone
by the time you figure out what you want

maybe i should wander
through my solitude a little longer
turn your head now sailor
well i used to be so much stronger
how in the hell did i get here
in this city so alone
oh sometimes life seems so long

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you can't soothe me with your sweet voice
if i can't be your first choice
you can't soothe me with your deep eyes
if i can't be your first prize
you can't soothe me with affection
if it's pointed in the wrong direction
unless you think i'm perfection
unless you think i'm perfection

maybe i should wander
through these streets a little longer
find my ruthless angel
that will carry me back home
cause we all wanna go home
and we search for love our whole lives
i found a man who only wants to be alone

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maybe down the road who knows
you'll get it together
with all your charm my hope grows
it's wonderful
but you're flirting only as a friend
you touch my heart
and promise everything

it'll be a mighty cold winter
five million people
couldn't one of them be you
and darling i love you
but i swear that i'll be gone
by the time you figure out
what you want

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Words by vonda shepard
Music by vonda shepard & james newton howard

I like the way you wanted me
Every night for so long baby
I like the way you needed me
Every time things got rocky

I was believing in you
Am i mistaken do you say,
Do you say what you mean
I want our love to last forever

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But i'd rather you be mean than love and lie
I'd rather hear the truth and have to say goodbye
I'd rather take a blow at least then i would know
But baby don't you break my heart slow

I like the way you'd hold me
Every night for so long baby
And i like the way you'd say my name
In the middle of the night
While you were sleeping

I was believing in you
Was i mistaken
Do you mean, mean what you say
When you say our love could last forever

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Well i'd rather you be mean than love and lie
I'd rather hear the truth and have to say goodbye
I'd rather take a blow at least then i would know
But baby don't you break my heart slow

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Youe would run around and lead me on forever
While i wait at home thinking that we're together
I wanted our love to last forever

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Well i'd rather you be mean than love and lie
I'd rather hear the truth and have to say goodbye
I'd rather take a blow at least then i would know
But baby don't you break my heart slow

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