High On The Happy Side

Hey there mr. taxi driver
Take me to the station
I've been around for too long

You said i lack understanding
That i don't know right from wrong
But oh no

There's a road that a man has to take
There's a road and it's filled with my mistakes
Ooh baby! don't misunderstand me

How long will it take
How long can you wait
Tell me how long
When we are living in a world
Of loves imagination

Senorita plays for the people who bother
Outside those old department stores
She's singing out loud for no reason
About a travelling man she's been hanging around
But oh no

There's a road that a man has to take
There's a road and it's filled with my mistakes
Ooh baby, don't you misunderstand me

How long will it take
How long can you wait
Tell me how long
When we are living in a world
Of loves imagination

So i should beg for some forgiveness
Borrowed time
'cause someone else can wait that long again
If only you'll be leavin'
Tell me just ...
How long

Ain't got enough, so i go out and get some more
It got so bad it nearly left me lying on the floor
I started thinking that it's wearing on my soul
But i got to get it getting tonight

Raindrops keep fallin' on my window - pain!
They make my company
I can hear them knocking on my door
Now, should i let them in?

When i look at the faces baby
You see how the other side dies
I've got to - got to - got to
Let them come on in

Your lip service getting
Right out of order
Better keep looking
Or i'll blow my cover

She'll get caught by big sister midnight
I've been only telling stories
You will only tell me lies

I get the picture cause you never got my soul!
I get it, handed back, it turns into a tray of gold
That's just a victim of the promises you told
I sit and count the cost of living tonight

Bottle the past and number the label
Drink to the future, girl be ready and able
Get a grip with a new fixation
And take them all and let them all in

When i look at their faces baby
I see how the other side dies
I got to - got to - got to
Let them all come in

Should i let them (all come in)
Lies

City wins another fight
To take the day into the nite
My shadows been around for too long
Daylight understands me, the part that's not alone
Hide 'n' seek they try to be discreet
Moonlight walks with me, sunset talks to me
But all i want from you is a brand new sunsrise
Silently keeping what they are keeping
Moonclouds are flocking, streetlamps mockin'
Time to work it out somehow
But the day whispers someone
The nite moves so slowly
He won't take it out on his head
Nite walks away with the summer
Day gives into the fall
Moonlite walks with me
Sunset talks to me
But all i want from you is a brand new sunrise

Every morning takes a chance, it might not come around
So it's maybe coming later
A preacher man on my t.v.
Says he's got the streets for me
And prays you write the letter
Heavenly father tell me how it's gonna be
So that i can try to make it better
Restless bars, you and i suppose they are
For blowing it all away
That's why i say

It takes more than love to get it on
You know it takes more than strength to carry on
It takes more than words to get it wrong
It takes more than love to get it on

Making us crazy, burnin' our bridges
Taking them out one at a time
Goodbyes you know don't come easy
Did you wanna go, for the thrill of it all
Why d'you wanna go cause you had no reason
For blowin' it all away

It takes more than love to get it on
You know it takes more than strength to carry on
It takes more than words to get it wrong
It takes more than love to get it on

Ships are sailing and you know your aim is true
The figureheads have broken in your mind
You paint yourself a picture, and it turns to black and white
And settle with the people one more time

Chorus to fade

Everything seemed the same tonite
And then the moon went out
In the middle of the sky
And the rain goin' up again
Let it all come down, let it all come down
You wanna hear how the story goes
You wanna see how you're never told
Where lies this fool's gold

Everytime that you say goodbye, i sit and wonder why
Why all this happiness, now there's nothing goin' on
Everytime that you say goodbye, i'll sit and i'll get high
High on the happy side again

I hear the songs on the radio
But they don't turn me on
I hear the world's been shakin' up again
And the deals been done, and the storm it has begun
You wanna hear how the story goes
You wanna see but you're never told
Where lies this fools gold

He sits alone in a crowded station
And lights his cigarette
The light flickers slightly
And tells him politely
His life's not at it's best

She weighs him up 'cos his love's taken lightly
And love's her only regret
But love's not a sin in her eyes
And she's asking him why -
"why are you leaving"
"i just can't say"
"why are you leaving"
"he don't know daddy's gonna stay"

Put a little light in her darkest day
So she can see it
Put a little love in her heart on the way
So she can feel it

He walks home with his pride in his pocket
And pulls it out with his change
And his love is something and it just turned into nothing
Now isn't that strange

She holds her head high close to the bright sky
He's got his head in the clouds
But love's not a sin in her eyes
And he's telling her why -
"why are you leaving"
"i just can't say"
"why are you leaving"
"he don't know daddy's gonna stay"

Put a little light in her darkest day
So she can see it
Put a little love in her heart on the way
So she can feel it