1. IT'S A HARD WORLD

I live in a vacumn, no air
I'm stuck in back room, somewhere
But it don't bother me amyway 'cos I know
Goin' to get out soon, I got places to go
There's a big world waiting for me
I just need a break, someone to believe
but right now I'm just tryin' to survive
Livin' rough, shackin' up, hangin' tough, shapin' up

Get the picture, get the scene I paint fo ryou
Ah, but it's worth it, all the pain I'm goin' thru
Beat the sidewalk, hear the fast talk, everyday
I don't worry 'cos I know I'm on my way

The view from my window, ain't too good
Should be some mail for me soon from Hollywood
When the phone rings, could be big things, anytime
Operator is there somethin' wrong with this line

Rejections, I've had a few
Happens to the best, it ain't nothin' new
Still I keep on swingin' away
S'gonna be a breakthrough any day

Keep hanging in there, that's my philosophy
And soon I'll find my big chance, wait and see
Some make it fast, but they just come and go
Me, I'm built to last and that's one thing I know

Those straight life people, they don't understand
Yeah they just want it all laid out and planned
Me, I'm not like them, I do things my own way
I know I'm gonna break thru any day

Life in the city, can get you down
There's amillion guys out there all snooping around
You gotta think you're the best, beat out all the rest
And fight your way up to the top of the town

There's a big world waiting for me
I just need a break, someone to believe
Right now I'm just tryin' to survive
I'm know I'm gonna get there, dead or alive

I'm going to reach for the moon
And all the stars too
I'm gonna get there real soon, I know I will
I want the universe, and all the planers too


2. YOU WIN, I LOSE

You win, I lose
I beg, you choose
You're so cool and I'm confused
I'm me and you're you
You're so loose and I'm uptight
You're day, I'm night

Like two ships in the night in foggy weather,
Just a waitin' for fresh winds to blow.
Maybe we're losin' one another
I could be wrong I don't know

You get the best, I get the rest
You pass the test, I'm just a mess
You got it made, I'm in the shade
Like two ships in the night ...
Like two dopes in the boat, without a paddle
Just a wonderin' why it don't go
We could be losin' one another
I could be wrong I don't know

I know you're tryin' to phase me
It's gonna drive me crazy
I can't wait for the day when

I win, You lose
You beg and I choose
You're in the shade, I'm on parade

Like two ships in the night ...


3. GET YOUR ACT TOGETHER

You say you're so tired, you're never satisfied
But I can't seem to make you understand
I see your point of view, but life's been to good to you
Just stand up and face things like a man

You better get your act together
If you ever want to take it on the road
You can't sit around
Or the bad times are gonna get to you
And you're never gonna see it through

I know, that things don't seem so good right now
But you gotta move along some how
Try to do the best you can
Sure nuff, thins will slowly turnaround
You won't always be so down
I know that it's true

It won't always be such stormy weather
It may be a cliche but the sun is gonna shine
So you can't sit around
Or the bad times are gonna get to you
And you're never gonna see it through

It don't matter where you've been
It's where you're going to
Yeah, and it won't do you no good
Just livin' in the past
You know you can't sit around
Cause the bad times are gonna get to you
And you're never gonna see it through

And they're never ever gonna go
Yeah, they'll be here to stay
Yeah, it's always gonna be that way


4. LIVE TO LOVE YOU

The situation's clear
It's fine as long as you are here
Of that I'm really sure
I will live to love you more

The say you drag me down
They try to tell me your around
Just to even up a score
But I will live to love you more

And the say I've been blind
That you deceive me every time
And soon our love will end
But i will live to love you again

So what if they can't see
You know I'll love endlessly
And this they can't ignore
I will live to love you more

I know they're only rumors
Altough they say the truth hurts
I don't need to hear lies
And fantasize you leaving me

But when I think it all over
And over and over
I still want you around me
You know you astound me
I couldn't live without you

If there's a price to pay
It's worth it just to hear you say
All their lies ere just a bore
I will live to love you more and more

You know where my heart is
With you alone
My every thought is
I will live to love you more


5. SOME THINGS NEVER CHANGE

I went back my home town
To the school and walked around
And the way it felt
It seemed just like yesterday

From the cradle to the grave
Some say we never change
No matter how we try
We try to rearrange

Life father so like son
It's as if wife we're both as one
Just as if our fate was pre-ordained

In some countries far from here
You know the one s we used to fear
Are they waiting to return to
Those old evil ways

You can take a correspondance course
Be single married or divorced
You can psychoanlyze your brain
But you know some things will never change

And what will those people do
When Russia starts anew
They'll just stand in line
All under a different name

You can listen to those brainwash tapes
Take a Jewish, Catholic, Buddhist faith
But I'm sure it's gonna be in vain
'Cos you know some things will never change

If their theories all come true
Then there's nothin' we can do
Where the future lies
Well it's not to hard to tell

But after all is said and done
And if the world it lives as one
You can bid those old taboo's
A fond fare well

Yes a fond fare well
A very long fare well


6. LISTEN TO ME PLEASE

Well if you want some advice
You gotta listen to me
Getta hold of your life
And you can have a new dream
Forget the ups and the downs
There's a new game in town
For every turn in the road
There's a new way to go

I don't hear what you say
Gonna find my own way
You just try to persuade
Everyone around you

We'll make it easy for you
Plane everything that you do
Won't have to work very hard
You'll make it big from the start
Don't have to take it from me
Here's a lsit you can see
Every one of those names
They found their fortune and fame

Well it all sound so sweet
So simple, so neat
Ah but I can't believe
Anything you tell me

I know your life's a big mistake
Let's go, this music you must face

Listen to me please, get down upon your knees
They'll never treat you like they did before
I'll make your dreams come true
now all I need is you
Please believe me and all this will be yours

You'll have a penthouse in town
You'll be the king with a crown
Live on country estate
You'll have a twenty foot gate
Getting tanned at the pool
You'll be making them drool
Taking trip overseas
Do anything that you please

Well I feel so alone
Where did I go so wrong?
Do you know? Can you tell?
Maybe can you help me

I know, it's hard for you to take
Let's go, this move you mhave to make

Listen to me please, I'm down upon your knees
They'll never treat you like they did before
I'll make your dreams come true
now all I need is you
Please believe me and all this will be yours

Your vision will be clear, your pain will disappear
You'll know that I'll be watching over you
I'll chase your blues away
So just change your life today
Everything I say to you is true


7. SOONER OR LATER

Sooner or later it's gonna get better
Sooner or later I'm gonna get over her

You know I can't go on like this
It's just a matter time
There'll come a day when I will wake up
Without her on my mind

Sooner or later it's gonna get better
Sooner or later I'm gonna get over her

They say that time will heal everything
So I'm winding the clock
And waiting for that glorious moment
When my heartache will stop

She let me go
It took me by surprise
I feel out of place
Without her by my side

Sooner or later it's gonna get better
Sooner or later I'm gonna get over her
Sooner or later
Sooner or later
Sooner or later


8. HELP ME DOWN THAT ROAD

I feel so close to you
'Cos you know you always do
Help me down that road

I go to slepp at night
Feeling that it's alright
'Cos you help me down that road

When I feel I've been beat
You get me on my feet
You help me spread that heavy load

Now that I realize
Just where our friendship lies
It will help me down that road

You think you've seen my best
But you ain't seen nothin' yet
Since you, help me down that road

When life is a bitter sweet
You mix it up a treat
Yeah, you're the best pick up I know

If you don't satisfy
Don't give me the evil eye
It won't help me down that road

When I ain't doin' so well
You never kiss and tell
You just help me down that road

Just when I'm feelin' sick
You give my heart a kick
Then I don't feel so all alone

When I can't get it right
Just when the end's in sight
Yes you help me down that road

I know you'll be callin' me
To see you that I'm OK
I know that you will always be
With me night and day

I could live in poverty, I could be in pain
I know that you'd be there with me
To you it's all the same


9. AND THE LIGHT

So many years have come and gone since then
Still I can't forget the past
But you and me, we'll surelt meet again
And maybe find the truth at last

(Chorus)
And the light, in the night
Shines on brightly
If it's alright with you
It's alright with me

Well I believe, that fate will find a way
To guide us through these restless years
And yes I know, that we'll speak one day
With no more doubts and no more fears

(Chorus)

So tell me now, if you can share my view
Tell me where your comin' from
We've both had time, time to think it through
To know just where we both belong

(Chorus)

And if your heart is real
Then tell me how you feel
'Til I'm saying
If it's alright with you
It's alright with me
It's quite alright with me
It's all alright with me


10. GIVE ME A CHANCE

In time this fire will turn to ashes
The sun will fall out the sky
Still you see no urgency
To spend some time with me
Time with me

I can't believe you haven't noticed
Just how long I've been waitin' for you
I've been such a patient man
But I still don't understand
You won't

Give me a chance to show how much I love you
Give me a chance to show how much I care
How I care

It's hard to know just what you're thinkin'
You cloak yourself in mistery
Conversations always brief
Like a sigh with no relief
You won't

Give me a chance to show how much I love you
Give me a chance to show how much I care
Give me a chance to show how much I love you
if you dare

You gotta give me a chance to show how much I love you
Give me a chance to show how much I care
Give me a chance to show how much I love you
Give me a chance


11. C'EST WHAT?

Yes I've been waiting
Waiting patiently and waiting

Well if you ever feeling sorry
So sorry for yourself
And they tell you not to worry
Just leave your problems on the shelf

C'est what? C'est what, oh well C'est what?
That's what they tell you
C'est what? C'est what, oh well C'est what?
Day and night

You're on the inside looking outside
Wishing you were somewhere else
But you sit back with reservations
As you count up all your unearned wealth

C'est what? C'est what, oh well C'est what?
Ah they're sayin' it again
C'est what? C'est what, oh well C'est what?
You know it and I know it too

Well let me tell you a story
Like the one's I used to know
'Bout love and all its glory
Well I'm sorry but it just ain't so

It took a long time just to get even
If you know just what I mean
So let's call it even Steven
In the land of broken dreams

C'est what? C'est what, oh well C'est what?
Ah they're at it again
C'est what? C'est what, oh well C'est what?
Every day and every night
I can't take it anymore

Gonna get it, don't sweat it
Don't apologize, it's all around you
Gonna get it, don't sweat it
Don't apologize, it's all around you

You may never be all that you wanna be
Deep down inside you, you know it will never be
No bed of roses or walk down the avenue
Culturally, socially, people walk over you
Get with the program and make with the attitude
Life is a dream if you face it my friend

Hey Hey


12. WHERE THERE'S A WILL

Where there's a will, there's a way
Or so they say
A friend in need is a friend indeed
He'll be there every day
And if it's trouble that's in store
You know they'll tell you even more
Where there's a will, there's a way
That's what thet'll say

When the writing is on the wall
And if you could fall
When your best ain't good enough
And life's tough

When the lad of hope and dreams
Isn't always what it seems
Where there's a will, there's a way
They always say

You may be sorry, you may be sad, you may be blue
You think you'll never see the sun come breaking thru
You struggle morning noon and night
And you still I can't get it right
But where there's a will, there's a way
Just say it every day

Well so much for trouble, so much for heartache
so much for pain
You just gotta get up, you just gotta reach out
You gotta try and try again
You think you'll never see it thru
But what the hell you gonna do
Where there's a will, there's a way
You've heard'em say

Well I don't no nothing 'bout this world
and all it's wrong
I can tell you now,
why we all can't get along
But after all is said and done

We gootta keep on, keepin' on
'Cos where there's a will, there's a way
I don't know what to say

Thru all your sorrows
all your dreams, and all your joys
In times of sadness,
in time of grief
and even times that you enjoy
As your life you live it through
You know it all depends on you

And if where there's a will, there's a way
You better get down and pray
From the cradle to the grave
You better say it every day

When the crime's above the law
When the plane's about to fall
When the mighty oceans roar
When tomorrow's at your door
Where there's a will, there's a way
That's what they'll say