Greatest Hits Volume I

Don't go changing, to try and please me
You never let me down before
Don't imagine you're too familiar
And i don't see you anymore
I wouldn't leave you in times of trouble
We never could have come this far
I took the good times, i'll take the bad times
I'll take you just the way you are

Don't go trying some new fashion
Don't change the color of your hair
You always have my unspoken passion
Although i might not seem to care

I don't want clever conversation
I never want to work that hard
I just want someone that i can talk to
I want you just the way you are.

I need to know that you will always be
The same old someone that i knew
What will it take till you believe in me
The way that i believe in you.

I said i love you and that's forever
And this i promise from the heart
I could not love you any better
I love you just the way you are.

Well we all have a face
That we hide away forever
And we take them out and
Show ourselves
When everyone has gone
Some are satin some are steel
Some are silk and some are leather
They're the faces of the stranger
But we love to try them on

Well we all fall in love
But we disregard the danger
Though we share so many secrets
There are some we never tell
Why were you so surprised
That you never saw the stranger
Did you ever let your lover see
The stranger in yourself?

Don't be afraid to try again
Everyone goes south
Every now and then
You've done it, why can't
Someone else?
You should know by now
You've been there yourself

Once i used to believe
I was such a great romancer
Then i came home to a woman
That i could not recognize
When i pressed her for a reason
She refused to even answer
It was then i felt the stranger
Kick me right between the eyes

Well we all fall in love
But we disregard the danger
Though we share so many secrets
There are some we never tell
Why were you so surprised
That you never saw the stranger
Did you ever let your lover see
The stranger in yourself?

Don't be afraid to try again
Everyone goes south
Every now and then
You've done it why can't
Someone else?
You should know by now
You've been there yourself

You may never understand
How the stranger is inspired
But he isn't always evil
And he isn't always wrong
Though you drown in good intentions
You will never quench the fire
You'll give in to your desire
When the stranger comes along.

Anthony works in the grocery store
Savin' his pennies for someday
Mama leone left a note on the door,
She said,
"sonny, move out to the country."
Workin' too hard can give me
A heart attack
You oughta know by now
Who needs a house out in hackensack?
Is that what you get with your money?

Chorus
It seems such a waste of time
If that's what it's all about
If that's movin' up then i'm movin' out.

Sergeant o'leary is walkin' the beat
At night he becomes a bartender
He works at mister cacciatore's down
On sullivan street
Across from the medical center
He's tradin' in his chevy for a cadillac
You oughta know by now
And if he can't drive
With a broken back
At least he can polish the fenders

Chorus

You should never argue with a crazy mind
You oughta know by now
You can pay uncle sam with overtime
Is that all you get for your money?

Chorus

only the good die young

Come out virginia, don't let me wait
You catholic girls start much too late
Aw but sooner or later it comes down to fate
I might as well be the one

They showed you a statue, told you to pray
They built you a temple and locked you away
But they never told you the price that you pay
For things that you might have done.....
Only the good die young
Thats what i said
Only the good die young x2

You might have heard i run with a dangerous crowd
We ain't too pretty we ain't too proud
We might be laughing a bit too loud
Aw but that never hurt no one

Come on virginia show me a sign
Send up a signal i'll throw you the line
The stained-glass curtain you're hiding behind
Never lets in the sun
Darlin' only the good die young
(woah x5 )
I tell ya
Only the good die young x2

You got a nice white dress and a party on your confirmation
You got a brand new soul
Mmmm, and a cross of gold
But virginia they didn't give you quite enough information
You didn't count on me
When you were counting on your rosary
(oh woah woah)

They say there's a heaven for those who will wait
Some say it's better but i say it ain't
I'd rather laugh with the sinners than cry with the saints
The sinners are much more fun...

You know that only the good die young
Oh woah baby
I tell ya
Only the good die young, x2

(just music here, saxaphone?)

You say your mother told you all that i could give you was a reputation
Aww she never cared for me
But did she ever say a prayer for me? oh woah woah

Come out come out virgina dont let me wait,
The catholic girls start much too late
Sooner or later it comes down to fate
I might as well be the one,
U know that only the good die young

Im telling u baby
Only the good die young x2
Only the gooooooooooooooood
Only the good die young
Only the gooooooooooooooood
Only the good die young
Ooooooooooooooooooooooooo ooooooooooo oooooooooo...

A bottle of white, a bottle of red
Perhaps a bottle of rose instead
We'll get a table near the street
In our old familiar place
You and i - face to face

A bottle of red, a bottle of white
It all depends on your appetite
I'll meet you any time you want
In our italian restaurant.

Things are okay with me these days
Got a good job, got a good office
Got a new wife, got a new life
And the family's fine
We lost touch long ago
You lost weight i did not know
You could ever look so good after so much time.

I remember those days hanging out at the village green
Engineer boots, leather jackets and tight blue jeans
Drop a dime in the box play the song about new orleans
Cold beer, hot lights
My sweet romantic teenage nights

Brenda and eddie were the popular steadies
And the king and the queen of the prom
Riding around with the car top down and the radio on
Nobody looked any finer
Or was more of a hit at the parkway diner
We never knew we could want more than that out of life
Surely brenda and eddie would always know how to survive.

Brenda and eddy were still going steady in the summer of '75
When they decided the marriage would be at the end of july
Everyone said they were crazy
"brenda you know you're much too lazy
Eddie could never afford to live that kind of life."
But there we were wavin' brenda and eddie goodbye.

They got an apartment with deep pile carpet
And a couple of paintings from sears
A big waterbed that they bought with the bread
They had saved for a couple of years
They started to fight when the money got tight
And they just didn't count on the tears.

They lived for a while in a very nice style
But it's always the same in the end
They got a divorce as a matter of course
And they parted the closest of friends
Then the king and the queen went back to the green
But you can never go back there again.

Brenda and eddie had had it already by the summer of '75
From the high to the low to the end of the show
For the rest of their lives
They couldn't go back to the greasers
The best they could do was pick up the pieces
We always knew they would both find a way to get by
That's all i heard about brenda and eddie
Can't tell you more than i told you already
And here we are wavin' brenda and eddie goodbye.

A bottle of red, a bottle of white
Whatever kind of mood you're in tonight
I'll meet you anytime you want
In our italian restaurant.