1. CLOSER TO THE STARS

Caterpillar crawling up the big phone pole
Is there somebody that you want to talk to?
You know that pretty soon, you'll be able to fly
How is this going to affect you?

Do you think it might wreck you?
Your friends might reject you
Say you took it too far
You say you want to be, want to be, want to be, want to be

Hooked on glossy pictures and drugs I've never seen
Treat you with advice from a fashion magazine
One day she just walked into that magazine
I wonder if she'll ever come back

And they all said she would crack
They said her mind was one-track
Said she took it too far
You say you want to be, want to be, want to be, want to be

Closer to the stars

(Ahhhhhhh, ahhhhhhhhhh, ahhhhhhhh)

Every time you move your lips
Let me give you a few tips
Yesterday you were too young
Tomorrow you will be too old to regret all the things you've done

Who're you trying to hustle?
Somebody you wanna show your muscle
Second-hand excuses never went too far
What's this scene you're making?

Your ideas have been taken
We'll seek when you awaken, alone in someone's car
You just stood there shaking, you stood there shaking
They said you were faking

You say you want to be, want to be, want to be, want to be

Closer to the stars
Closer to the stars


2. CAN'T GO BACK

The aim of my time is to fill up my mind
And when it gets too full, I forget
Now if I'm late and I'm making you wait
And there ain't one thing around that's even funny

Seeing things clearly and I thank you so dearly
Everything's so true to life when you're not living
When it's all a drag, that's when you give it all away
Put it all in bags, it's going to charity

You just can't go back
(Just killing time)
You just can't go back

Everybody's going their own way
This world is gonna make you stay
It's more than amusement now
You're just killing time

(Just killing time)
You just can't go back (×3)

Fifteen years later, caught in time's incinerator
Yesterday's worries are today's
But the good times are so near, just sitting back and drinking beer
You know I'm halfway down the road but I know that I still ain't there

Seeing things clearly and I thank you so dearly
Everything's so true to life when you're not living
When it's all a drag, that's when you give it all away
Put it all in bags, it's going to charity

You just can't go back
(Just killing time)
You just can't go back

Everybody's going their own way
This world is gonna make you stay
It's more than amusement now
You're just killing time


3. JUKEBOX HERO

Standing in the rain, with his head hung low
Couldn't get a ticket, it was a sold out show
Heard the roar of the crowd, he could picture the scene
Put his ear to the wall, then like a distant scream

He heard one guitar, just blew him away
He saw stars in his eyes, and the very next day
Bought a beat up six string in a secondhand store
Didn't know how to play it, but he knew for sure

That one guitar, felt good in his hands
Didn't take long, to understand
Just one guitar, slung way down low
Was one way ticket, only one way to go

So he started rockin'
Ain't never gonna stop
Gotta keep on rockin'
Someday hes gonna make it to the top

And be a jukebox hero, got stars in his eyes
He's a jukebox hero
He took one guitar, juke box hero, stars in his eyes
Juke box hero, hell come alive tonight

In a town without a name, in a heavy downpour
Thought he passed his own shadow, by the backstage door
Like a trip through the past, to that day in the rain
And that one guitar made his whole life change

Now he needs to keep rockin'
He just can't stop
Gotta keep on rockin'
That boy has got to stay on top

And be a jukebox hero, got stars in his eyes
He's a jukebox hero, got stars in his eyes
Yeah, jukebox hero, got stars in his eyes
With that one guitar he'll come alive
Come alive tonight

Yeah, he's gotta keep rockin'
He just can't stop
Gotta keep on rockin'
That boy has got to stay on top

And be a jukebox hero, got stars in his eyes
He's a jukebox hero, got stars in his eyes
Just one guitar, put stars in his eyes
He's just a jukebox hero, aah aah aah
Jukebox hero, jukebox hero, he's got stars in his eyes
Stars in his eyes


4. STRANGER

I said hey brown girl, I've seen your tears through the window
Of the junkshop downtown
Selling trinkets from your far off homeland
Did the promised land let you down?

I said now hey young boy
I notice that you ain't afraid to walk next to me
Old man, you look like you're dying
Is that all you want, is a quarter from me?

Oh, you know, sometimes I feel like a stranger
I feel like a stranger

(He, he, he, he)

I'm just another face in a faceless crowd
I'm just another king in a headless crown, I'm so alone
You know, I live here in this city
But this place it just ain't nobody's home

Now how many times do I got to tell ya
There's no such thing as a man made world?
And how many times do I got to tell you
There's no such thing as a man-tamed girl?

Sometimes I feel like stranger
I feel like a stranger

I want to buy some flowers for my mother, if I only had a mother
You see I… I've got a happy family, but that's oh so far away
You see I've got it all here inside me, but I just can't seem to get it out
But I know with a little imagination we can work this whole goddamn thing out

Oh, don't make me feel so strange, I feel like a stranger


5. ANOTHER WORLD, ANOTHER DAY

Folks tell jokes in clouds of smoke
Making sure life won't decay
Fancy flags fly in your face
Fall polluting in my space

Pounds of sounds from shotgun rounds
Music of the hit parade
No, your father's, father's, father's
He's got nothing left to say

On the day you walked away

Another world, another day


6. DRAGGIN' ME DOWN

The bank keeps draggin' me down, gonna rip it from my heart
Drown and shut out the sound, comedy's about to start
World's been draggin' me down, prepare your inner child
I keep draggin' me down, let me run before I walk

It's only water, it's only rain, it's only teardrops, it's only pain

But it's draggin' me down, draggin' me down, draggin' me down
Stop draggin' me down, draggin' me down, draggin' me down

My mom's been draggin' me down
Everytime I stop to think
Mom you're pushing down, my hands are startin' to stink
World's been draggin' me down, don't die I'm warnin' you
I keep draggin' you down
Can't even help myself

It's only water, it's only rain, it's only teardrops, only pain

World is draggin' me down, draggin' me down, draggin' me down
Stop draggin' me down, draggin' me down, draggin' me down

Ahh, ahh, c'mon make me smile
Hey, hey, I'll be- I'll be alright in a while
Hey, hey, it's not like I have some special infection
I just want that good 'ole-fashioned affection

One, two, draggin' me down, draggin' me down, draggin' me down
Stop draggin' me down, draggin' me down, draggin' me down

It's only water, it's only rain, it's only teardrops, only pain

Stop draggin' me down, draggin' me down, draggin' me down
Stop draggin' me down, draggin' me down, draggin' me down

Draggin' me down, draggin' me down, draggin' me down
Draggin' me down, draggin' me down, draggin' me down
Draggin' me down, draggin' me down, draggin' me down

Uuuhh


7. TIED TO THE TRACKS

What are you doing here in my nightmare?
In my nightmare
Stepping back into the stupidness gets me nowhere
Gets me nowhere

Look at you now, you look like an angel in hell
Look at you now, drowning in your wishing well
Look at you now, all those stories and there's no one to tell
Look at you now

Do you think you can find a place for your dreams in my nightmares?

And you're tied to the tracks but the train broke down
Wake me up and let me go and somebody I used to know
From somewhere in my nightmare
Don't you remember the years we got nowhere
We got nowhere

Look at you now, you look like an angel in hell
Look at you now, drowning in your wishing well
Look at you now, all those strories and there's no one to tell
Look at you now

Do you think you can find a place for your dreams in my nightmares?

And you're playing with a deck of jokers, but there's always one more sucker
And you're tied to the tracks but the train broke down
Trapped at the top of the merry-go-round
But it won't let you down

Look at you now, you look like an angel in hell
Look at you now, drowning in your wishing well
Look at you now, all those strories and there's no one to tell
Look at you now

Do you think you can find a place for my dreams?


8. MIRACLE MILE

You can try to defy me, by being strong as a knight
If your feelings are dark, could you face that sight
A room with a view, you were watching the door
Hopping down, sneaking at the second-hand store

You were outside looking in for a little while
Inside fire's flames, like a witch's trial
I see you like a fallin' star
If I had my wish, you wouldn't get too far

They see you wait at the stairs
And they take you down there

Someway to somewhere

You're like a rat in a maze
You run around like a child
You're talking circles 'round, let the brat get in your mind
Just set sail, the tides moving in
Whose never been one with making any friends

And you were outside looking in on the miracle mile
I'll be down by the side of the road with my painted-on smile
I'd burn your castle to the groundAnd spead your ashes all around my world

Some faded

When there's nothing but the wind
After he had called and I had saw him back he seemed like a long, lost friend
White lines fading fast in a cathouse breath

I look at you now, an aberration of truth
Now you be a good frog in the fountain of youth
Live bust or win, it'll blow you away
Best to hear it simple, got nothing to say

Oooooohhhhh


9. MOVE OVER

You say that it's over baby, Lord
You say that it's over now
But still you hang around me, you come on
Won't you move over

You know that I need a man, Lord
You know that I need a man
But when I ask you to you just tell me
Let me be you can

Please don't you do it to me baby
No, please don't you do it to me babe
Either take the love I offer
Or let me be

I ain't quite a ready for walking, no, no, no, no
I ain't quite a ready for walking
But whatcha gonna do with your life
Life all just dangling

Oh yeah
Make up your mind, honey
You're playing with me hey hey hey
Make up your mind, daring
You're playing with me. come on now
Now, well either be my loving man, I said it
Let me honey, let me be, yeah

You say that it's over, baby, Lord
You say that it's over now
But still you hang around me, come on
Won't you move over.

You know that I need a man, when I told you so
You know that I need a man,
When I ask you to you just tell me
Let me be you can

Hey

Please don't you do it to me babe, no
Please don't you do it to me babe
Either take the love I offer
Honey let me be
I said won't you won't you, let me be
Harder, man


10. NEVER REALLY BEEN

Sirens are a-screaming, shots ring out at night
Movie cameras rolling in
And there goes my hero with his head between his legs
And all this time I believed in him

Now, what is the sound of snow falling down
On the tombstone in the dead of the night?
And who is the hound at the downtown dog pound
Who speaks English when the watchman's not in sight?

And where will you be in 1993
Still sitting in the same chair
Sinning is for sinners and I'm just a beginner
But I've never really been punched there

Hey, ain't it strange how some things never change
Ain't it strange how nothing stays the same
You were thinking I was distressed about some universal press
But I was just depressed about my last pinball game

I've learned to accept and not to expect
The respect and neglect that I get
And I try not to forget about what hasn't happened yet
And on this, I place my last bet

Hey, did you give what you get
Did you get what you give of your fair share of wear and tear
Winning is for winners and I know spring follows winter
But I've never really been touched there

You know, it's hard to be nice when hate becomes your vice
And you can't find peace anywhere
Love's just not for lovers, get off your high horse brother
Drop your fist and get out of here


11. NO MAN'S LAND

In a town without a name
There is no shame, no fame to claim
One fine day the pilgrims came
And made new rules for an old game

And I'm waiting for the garbage man to take you away
And I'm searching for my playground so I can go and play

So they built a big smoke stack
They built a railroad track, they paved the dirt roads black
And they did it behind your back
And now you pay their tax, hoping something cracks

And I'm waiting for the garbage man to take you away
And I'm searching for my playground so I can go and play

From out of the dust came corrosion and rust
That made you look so cheap
There's nothing to have here and nothing to hold here
And nothing that you can keep

Now understand this is no man's land
And it's all that's left that's free
Where the kings of nothing rule, my friend
And you can't make me leave

There's a billboard in the sky
Reflecting water in your eyes
This big city, this ghost town
Will come crumbling to the ground

And I'm waiting for the hurricane to blow you away
And I'm searching for my twister to twist you into shape

Now my speech is said and done
The circus came, I've had my fun
And the wasteland has been won
And the building has begun

And I'm waiting for the earthquake to shake you down
And I see my mother nature coming to slap you around

From out of the dust came corrosion and rust
That made you look so cheap
There's nothing to have here and nothing to hold here
And nothing that you can keep

Now understand this is no man's land
And it's all that's left that's free
Where the kings of nothing rule, my friend
And you can't make me leave


12. FREAKS

Make your killing
Guts start spilling
Here's a piece of a puzzle (piece of your trouble)
Piece of somethin else (yourself, myself)

But I'm so untamed, without a clue
Think I can find something better
Something better to do

I should be so excited
I'm into something new
Could be some new kind of old thing
Could be just something to use

Maybe I should practice it one more time
Maybe I'm afraid what it might do
Maybe it might upset someone
And maybe that's what it's supposed to do

You've put up quite a violent resistance to change
And you put another existance, that's what you're trying to say

I'm not pushing you out
I'm not pushing you off
I'm not pushing you out

I'm pushing you under the next
With panel of experts to tell you what to do
And you come back to the next panel of experts
Experts like me and you

And look what you've done to me
Look what I've done to you
Look what they've done to us
Now we're like no one else

They're laughing at you
Talking about you
All these new things
All these new things

I bought them used

And I'm working so hard what I'm thinking is real
Everybody does once just to see how it feels
It's not a sensation and it's not for sale
And what can you call it now?

Have you forgotten?
They'll spoil you rotten
Have you forgotten?
Have you forgotten?

You're just another freak
A beautiful freak
We are freaks (we are freaks)


13. CARRY ON

This will be over
I hope you don't mind the pain
I wanna cut you
And let you force it out clean

It'd be a shot quick
I think I know how this works
Things will be better
Because they can't get much worse

And we will carry on
Carry… carry on

Now, I can't carry the weight of your hang-ups
They're dead weight, they're made out of lead
And I can't carry the guilt and frustration
Of something someone else said

Now I'm just learning to carry myself
Carry myself on my own
Now I'm just looking to carry myself
Carry on, carry on, carry on

Whenever I see you
I know you think I don't know
That I could be you
And your thoughts they don't show

I want to trust you
I want to trust you so bad
I want to bust you
Stealing the few things we had

And we will carry on
Carry on

Now, I can't carry the weight of your hang-ups
They're dead weight, they're made out of lead
And I can't carry the guilt and frustration
Of something someone else said

Now I'm just learning to carry myself
Carry myself on my own
Now I'm just looking to carry myself
Carry on, carry on, carry on

(Now's the place to lose your faith
Keep the faith that reinstates the habits
That are forming what you feel)

This will be over


14. LONG WAY HOME

You've got eyes but they can't see
What's inside the TV and they never look at me
You won't know and you never claim to show
That special feeling inside

Oh, how time flies when it's got nowhere to go
Up to the skies and it only goes to show
I've waited here for you a long, long time
I think I'd better go

Long way home (×6)

Now you studied the changes
Lost your way
Through all the strangeness
Got no more to say
You look at the stars in the cold dark night

Long way home (×8)


15. CRASHING DOWN

Dying on a bed of roses in the middle of the night
Woke up in a cold, dark basement looking through candlelights

Up all night, silly kid come crashing down (just one more taker)
Like a ghost of a thousand miles crawling over me

Here's to falling off the world's dark side
Drifted it alone on a morning's tide
Riding on an all-night train through a crystal gate
When the moonlight shines a path for a brighter day

When the ballrooms are all banging and the evening is so still
Could you see it in your heart to let me in?

Did he hand you the reigns of the morning news?
He lulled you asleep 'til the Aussie cat mews

When the leaves from the trees come crashing down (don't time pass slowly)
When the seasons don't change, they're spinning around

Here's to falling off the world's dark side
Drifted it alone on a morning's tide
Riding on an all-night train through a crystal gate
When the moonlight shines a path for a brighter day

When the ballrooms are all banging and the evening is so still
Could you see it in your heart to let me in?

Let me in


16. SHIP OF FOOLS

We were shipwrecked sailors searching for some fool's gold
They are the drunken local boys
They'd been out drinking all night, feeling alright
We watched them kill each other in a fight

Ship of fools, drunken hearts
Making yet another new start
Ain't it hard to play that part
When you've got a drunken heart?

Well, I can't change the world by complaining
You can't change it with a kiss
Be no concentrating, contemplating
No time to find out what we miss

Ship of fools, drunken hearts
Making yet another new start
Ain't it hard to play that part
When you've got a drunken heart?