Elegantly Wasted

I walk this mile
Like anyone
What could be found
In this sweet damaged smile
We are lost we are found
We are thrown together

Would you take my hand
Would you take my hand

Let's go

I walk this mile
Like anyone
What could be found
In this sweet damaged smile

The cage is found
Fool's gold inside
Is there a key to the
Bars of the mind

We are lost we are found
We are thrown together

Would you take my hand

You look for love
You just get skin
You turn around
And the changes begin

We are lost we are found
We are thrown together

Would you take my hand

Takes a second for your world to change
Satisfaction's what you give away
Sucks you in and spits you out again
Picks you up and drives you down again

Takes a second for your world to change
Sucks you in and spits you out again
Throws you down and picks you up again
Satisfaction's what you give away

Takes a second for your world to change
Satisfaction's what you give away

We are lost we are found
we are thrown together

Would you take my hand

Would you take my hand
Would you take my hand

(Backing Vocals by Tania Hancheroff & Joani Bye)

You shot your mouth off like a kid
Who's scared to have a heart
You're losing grip of what really matters
'Cause you don't know where to start
You wake up in the morning
With a starfuck for a friend
The things you do are so in tune
With what you said you hate
What's giving you the will to live
Is it looking for revenge
The only laugh that you've got left
Is from hiding from the pain
What must have happened to your soul
Is skinnin' you alive
The thing that you fear the most is love
and that's buried deep inside
So deep inside
Don't lose your head
'Cause I can't do the time
Don't lose your head
Or can you pay the price

The heart you're building out of rock
Is turning into sand
'Cause you never took the time to think
What it means to be a man
You act like you got the answer
When the question's never asked
I've been to where you're coming from
But the postcards weren't so bad
The knife I carry's been sharpened
On the mouths that won't keep shut
I'll stab at you in the darkness
'Cause I'm trying to shed some light
Your point of view's so meaningless
If you ever had one at all
All you seem to care about
Is who's is gonna take the fall
Who's gonna take the fall for you

Don't lose your head
Now I can't do the time for you
Don't lose your head
Can you pay the price

Don't lose your head
'Cause I can't do the time
Don't lose your head
But can you pay the price

Don't lose your head
If you can't do the time
Don't lose your head
Can you pay the price

Don't lose your head
You can't pay the price
Don't lose your head
You know I can't do the time

And where has innocence gone
Do we know too much
Are you comfortable in your skin
When does the strip begin
All the words we are fed
And the need to belong
'Cause we can't get connected
Baby try

Where has our innocence gone
We whisper and touch
It's like we should start again
When does the strip begin

Some are taken some are given
Building bridges for the living
Some are taken some are given
There's nothing if the truth won't survive

Where has your innocence gone
Do you just know too much
Are you comfortable in your skin
When does the strip begin

Some are taken some are given
Building bridges for the living
Some are taken some are given back
There's nothing if the truth won't survive

Some days I am everything I hate
There's nothing if the truth won't survive

Some days I am everything I hate
There's nothing if the truth won't survive

Some days I am everything I hate
There's nothing if the truth won't survive

Some are taken some are given
Building bridges for the living
Some are taken some are given
There's nothing if the truth don't survive

And where has innocence gone
Do we know too much
Are you comfortable in your skin
When does the strip begin

(Backing Vocals by Billie Godfrey & Caroline MacKendrick)

I'm just a man
My will is so strong
When I've got plans
I close my eyes to the pain
My mother ran
My father left town
But we still have
What's necessary to go on

Flesh and blood
Flesh and blood

I'm part of you
You're part of me
There's nothing said
That cannot be undone

My brother's sane
His heart is so strong
He's killed some pain
To himself nearly did the same

It washed away
Into the cruel sea
Like everything
That's built upon the sand

Flesh and blood
Flesh and blood

Sweet sister T
She loved so long and hard
Kept to herself
Until that right man came along

Some men they lie
Some men they cheat
But now she's found
Someone to be as strong

I'm just a man
My will is so strong
When I've got plans
I close my eyes to the pain

My father ran

(flesh and blood)
My mother left town
But we still have
(flesh and blood)
What's necessary to go on
I'm part of you
You're part of me

(Backing Vocals by Tania Hancheroff & Joani Bye)

I am searching
I am not alone
I am searching
Please give me some
Have we lost direction
Washed our hands of blood
I'm in need of sensation
Is there more to this love

Saw a mother screaming
She had lost control
Of what she once believed in
And she was not alone

If you could face the pain
And I could do the same
It would be clear tomorrow
But will it start
But will it start again

I am searching
I am not alone
I am searching
Please show me some

Saw a mother screaming
She had lost control
Of what she once believed in
And she was not alone

Have we lost direction
Washed our hands of blood
I'm in need of sensation
Is there more to this love

If you could face the pain
And I could do the same
It would be clear tomorrow
But will it start
But will it start again

I am searching
I am not alone
I am searching
Please show me some

I am searching
I am not alone
I am searching
Please show me some

(love)

(The Margarita Horns: Bill Runge (Baritone Sax), Paul Baron & Derry Byrne (Trumpets),
Tom Keenlyside (Tenor Sax & Arranger))

I just landed
Girl on fire
I felt the heat
From Sydney to London
Well she shut my mouth
With her repartee
I opened hers
With the rest of me

Girl on fire
Baby burn burn burn
Girl on fire
Baby burn burn burn

Outta the shadows
Comes a dirty song
The same old faces
Try to keep you in line

I saw you laughing
At the very first show
You lit up the city
From the twenty-sixth floor

Girl on fire
Baby burn burn burn
Girl on fire
What's saving her

Baby burn burn burn
Baby burn burn burn
Baby burn burn burn

I just landed
Girl on fire
I felt the heat
From New York to London

Well she shut my mouth
With a repartee
I opened hers
With the things that I say

Girl on fire
That's the heat that burns
Girl on fire
How the flames make you learn

Girl on fire
Baby burn burn burn
Girl on fire
How the flames make me yearn

Girl on fire
Girl on fire
Girl on fire
Girl on girl on

Flames are rising
Flames are rising
Flames are rising
Flames are rising

Look at all that shines
Baby's down on the world and she knows it
If your spirit's running
Why don't we make it in the rain like we used to
We run
We hide
We wait and we want
The good life
Aw sure
You're right
This ain't, the good life
Ah, elegantly wasted
Ah, elegantly wasted

Look at all the crimes
Baby's down on the world cause she owns it
Making up her life
Nothing more nothing less makes it voodoo

We run
We hide
We wait and we want
The good life
Aw sure
You're right
This ain't, the good life

Ah, elegantly wasted
Ah, elegantly wasted

Well look at all that shines
Baby's down on the world and she knows it
If your spirit's fine
Why don't we make it in the rain like we used to
We run
We hide
We wait and we want
The good life
Aw sure
You're right
This ain't, the good life

Ah, elegantly wasted you could be right,
you could be certain
you could be right
Ah, elegantly wasted
Ah, elegantly wasted feels like feels like

Elegantly wasted you could be right
Elegantly wasted you could be certain
Elegantly wasted you could be right
feels right, feels right