Missing Links Volume 1

Kickin' stones on an old dirt road
Feelin' d-dejected and all alone
When i looked up ahead thought my mind i'd blown
On a giant toadstool sat a teeny tiny gnome

He was all involved in a game of solitaire
Said "hello" with a smile just like i wasn't there
I kicked dirt some more
He said "please don't start a fight."
Found a church key in his pocket, he opened up his pipe

He blew some silver circles,
Wound his fingers in his beard
And from that pipe came magic music
Like i'd never heard

As the notes came floatin' in i pricked up both my ears
I walked up to the drive-in, hadn't felt so starved in years
A rabbit waiter took my order and quickly disappeared
He said "the party's over,
Please come back in a thousand years."

Now that the party's over
Now that the noise is through
Now that the room is empty
There's only me and you
I think that i might just fall in love with you, with you
There were so many people trying to talk to you
Telling you how they need you
Trying to get to you
I think that i might just fall in love with you with you

Party to my head (???)
Party (???)

Didn't seem to matter early on
But now that the people have gone
I think that i might just fall in love with you, with you

Now that you know how i feel
Everything's up to you
Now that the party's over
Tell me hat i should do
I think that i might just fall in love with you, with you...

I walk alone most every night,
Beneath the stars that shine so bright,
Bright as the eyes of you.
And when the sky comes falling down,
And there is darkness all around, all around,
I'll be looking for you.

Lonely i look at the dream-flowing meadow
Won'dring what i am to do.
Sun going down and the trees cast their shadow,
In the shadow and the mist, i remember the last kiss of you.

And when the sky wants more blue,
I get that old longing to, to be held in the arms of you.
(repeat)
To be held in the arms of you.

Did you buy your tickets for the war game?
Aren't you glad that your sitting in the back?
For the game is deadly having all the players
Aren't you glad it's a spectator sport

Can't you hear the cries?
It isn't over
Can't you smell the fear?
It's all over

If you want to play the game, you must have playmates
Choose your side play guitar (???) but play to win
Don't be sad if you loose it itsn't over
Pick your side and begin the game agianit isn't over

Can't you hear the cries?
It isn't over
Can't you smell the fear?
It's all over

You don't have to play the game if you don't want to
You can sit at home and hear it on the news
They will show you colored pictures of the killings
They want you to feel that you're part of it too.

Can't you hear the cries?
It isn't over
Don't you smell the fear?
It's all over
It's all over

In a long and involved conversation with myself
I saw a precious thing come into view
When i poured through the files taken off my mental shelf
I dusted off some memories of you

Then i thought about the times
When all the world was green
How the pheonix of our love first flapped its silver wings
All the urgency and passion of each new day as it happened
And how it all mellowed as it grew

I remember the times that our laughter would explode
And how you would turn to hide your smile
Then the hours of silence while the perfumed candle glowed
And both of us meandered on for miles

I remember the time i said i really had to go
I remember the tears that filled your eyes
Then i touched your hand and told you that it really was a lie
And though you never knew i did, i cried

It's amazing how time can so softly change your ways
And make you look at things that can't be seen
How the years that roll by can start you listening
Not just to what they say, but what they mean
So forgive me my dear if i seem preoccupied
If the razor edge of youth filled love is gone
But we're both a little older, our relationship has grown
Not just in how it's shaped, but how it's shown
So forgive me my dear if i seem preoccupied
If the razor edge of youth filled love is gone
But we're both a little older and our relationship has grown
Not just in how it's shaped, but how it's shown

Girl, this is goodbye for us
I'm afraid there's no two ways about it
Now you say you need my love, but you'll just have to learn to live without it
So goes love
Don't try to understand it
So goes love
It never goes the wya you planned it

When you meant tohe world to me
Thats the time you said you didn't want me
You played around in front of me
Yeah, you did everything you vcould to taunt me

So goes love
Don't try to understand it
So goes love
When it dies you can't diguise it

It's been said you've made your bed
And now you have to lie in it
Theres no denying its a shame
But there's really no one else for you to blame

So goes love
Don't try to understand it
So goes love
It never goes the way you planned it

Time and time again
Naughty girls get me in trouble
When i fly too high
Something's bound to burst the bubble

You say this is love
Wonder if you're feeling lonely
Tell me if you please
Is this for this evening only

Or will it be for long, long time
Or just a passing fancy
Will it be for a long, long time
I feel as though it can be

I'll just what and see
What tommorow has to bring me
A love that is oh-so-true
Or another girl who's free and easy

(interlude)

So, i'll just wait and see
What tommorow has to bring me
A love that is oh-so-true
Or another girl who's free and easy

Time and time again
And again...

Out of sight, out of mind
It doesn't hold true, in my storybook of you
Turn a page back in time
That's all i can do
In my storybook of you
First in love
Then afraid
Somehow every story must come to an end
Oh, it happened too soon
In my storybook of you
Out of sight, out of mind
It doesn't hold true, in my story book of you
Of you...