Behind The Eyes

I cannot take the heat
This girl's going home
Standing on my own two feet
Standing alone

I'm just a little weary of
All the talk and all the buzz
And all i ever wanted was
The feeling i had with us

I cannot take the heat
I guess i'm letting go
I'm tired of stitching up my dreams with
This thread of hope

I'm still a believer of
Twin hearts and timeless love
And all i ever wanted was
The feeling i had with us

All i ever wanted was
The feeling i had with us

The road of life is rugged
Any road you choose
And when i find the other side
I'll look for you

But i cannot take the heat
And so i'll say goodbye
A million things i never said
Didn't even try

'cause words are cheap and sometimes cruel
And stuff you hear is seldom true
And all i ever wanted was
The feeling i had with you

Yeah, all i ever wanted was,
The feeling i had with you

There was this guy, he was down on his luck
He was truly poverty's child
Well, he had no home and he had no car
And he wore a weary smile
Moved out to l.a., knocked around for awhile
But he was getting nowhere
Then he did this movie and it did really well
Now he's a millionaire
See, life is a curious thing
Life, ooh life is a curious thing

I know a man who could paint the town red
Had a college degree in fun
'till the doorbell rang and a long lost flame said
"this little boy is your son"
Gave him a suitcase and a bear
Left 'em in a cloud of dust
Now he's checking out schools and driving carpools
Learning to adjust
He says life is a curious thing
Life, ooh life is a curious thing

Well, i know that it can be demanding
I know that it can be unkind
I don't really understand it
But lord sure knows i try
Life is a curious thing
Life, ooh life is a curious thing

Let me tell you 'bout a kid i knew
A pudgy girl back in school
She had greasy hair and geeky glasses
Object of ridicule
The other day in the check out line
They were ringing up my rice and beans
There she was, a pretty little face
On the cover of a magazine
And i said life is a curious thing
Life, ooh life is a curious thing
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Just goes to show that you never know
Just what tomorrow may bring
But i'll tell you this that what it is
Is seldom what it seems
'cause life is a curious thing
Life, ooh life is a curious thing. . .

We are all the same it seems
Behind the eyes
Broken promises and dreams
Our good disguise

All we're really looking for is some place
Safe and warm
The shelter of each other in the storm
Maybe one day
We can turn and face our fears
Maybe one day
We can reach out through the tears
After all it's really not that far
To where hope can be found
Maybe one day
We can turn this world around

Who can trace the path of time
Not you or me
The twisting road we call our lives
We cannot see
The hunger and the longing everyone of us
Knows inside
Could be the bridge between us if we try
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Maybe one day
We can turn and face our fears
Maybe one day
We can reach out through the tears

Main street u.s.a boarded up and dry
Knowin' what once was here just makes me wanna cry
Used to be the favorite place
Now what remains are memories even time cannot erase

Old man johnson's store, where we grew up too fast
All that remains today are echoes from the past
Used to be a boomin' town
All that's left is either broken up or broken down

Singing, oh ah, oh ah, oh ah, oh
Where we used to belong
There ain't nobody home
Said, oh ah, oh ah, oh ah, oh
You can knock all you want
But, ain't nobody home

Packed up, moved away, runnin' from the past
Leaving behind the dusty dreams and broken glass
Used to be a busy town
Now, everybody passes through, but they don't stick around
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Was a newsstand on the corner
Right next to the barber shop
And down the street there
That's where all the kids would stop
And they would tease the neighbor's bulldog
Laugh and run away
Now, there's no one left who knows the truth in what you say
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(final chorus)

Your smile lights up a room
Like a candle in the dark
It warms me through and through
And i guess that i had dreamed
We would never be apart
But that dream did not come true

And missing you is just a part of living
Missing you feels like a way of life
I'm living out the life that i've been given
But baby i still wish you were mine

And i cannot hear the telephone
Jangle on the wall
And not feel a hopeful thrill
And i cannot help but smile
At any news of you at all
And i guess i always will

Cause missing you is just a part of living
And missing you feels like a way of life
I'm living out the life that i've been given
But baby i still wish you were mine

Missing you is just a part of living
And missing you feels like a way of life
I'm living out the life i've been given
But baby i still wish you were mine
I'm living out the life that i've been given
But baby i still wish you were mine

I took a drive along the west bank of the shore
I thought of what you said then i thought some more
You say your life is all but chiseled out in stone
And all you want is just a taste of the unknown

Think it was yesterday i called you on the phone
You say you need a change, i recognize the tone
Buy me a ticket please, to anywhere i'll go
I'm not saying what is right or what is wrong
I'm just thinking you've been hanging here too long

So, why don't we, just up and leave it all behind
Maybe a change would ease your mind
For a time, leave it all behind

What i really want to do is see you smile
Hear you talk and let me listen for a while
There's too much going on to keep it all inside
You try to whisper, but you start to scream and shout
What you need is just a place to let it out
(chorus)

You try to whisper but you start to scream and shout
What you need is just a place to let it out
(final chorus)