I HEARD YOU CALL MY NAME 
YOU WERE OUTSIDE MY DOOR 
HOW DID I NOT HEAR YOU BEFORE?

A CHANCE TO BE REBORN 
TO NEVER BE ALONE 
I SHOULD HAVE DONE THIS LONG AGO 

TO FINALLY WEAR A GOLDEN CROWN
TO BE IN LIGHT TRANSCENDING SOUND 
TO BE LIFTED FROM THE GROUND 

YOU'RE COMING THROUGH NOW LOUD AND CLEAR 
I DIALED YOU IN FOR MANY YEARS 
IT'S GOOD TO HAVE YOU HERE

I HEARD YOU CALL MY NAME 
YOU WERE OUTSIDE MY DOOR 
HOW DID I NOT HEAR YOU BEFORE?

I HEARD THAT THERE WOULD COME A DAY 
WHEN YOU'D SHOW UP, JUST LIKE THEY SAID 
DO YOU ALWAYS SHOW UP UNANNOUNCED?

THE STARS ALIGNED AND MOVED ASIDE 
FROM WHERE I STOOD YOU SHINED SO BRIGHT 
TAKE ME BACK WITH YOU THIS TIME 





This Time Next Year

TURNING AROUND YOU FOUND THEY WERE ALL WRONG 
ALL YOU HAD HEARD WERE GHOSTS OF THEIR WORDS IN SONG 
NOTHING TO HAVE WHEN ALL THAT YOU WANT IS GONE 

NOW YOU'LL NEVER KNOW 

YOU CAN'T GO BACK NOW EVERY DOOR HAS BEEN CLOSED 
STANDING OUTSIDE YOU'RE JUST PASSING TIME TILL YOU DIE
NO WHERE TO LIVE WHEN ALL THAT'S BEEN LIVING IN GONE  

NOW YOU'LL NEVER KNOW 



Nothing Is The News

I'M A PAY PHONE CALL WHEN YOU LOSE YOUR MIND
ON A BUS RIDE HOME WITH SOMEONE YOU DON'T KNOW 
WELL I TEND TO FORGET WHEN YOU GET UPSET 
YOU LIKE TO ESCAPE AND FOR DAYS YOU DON'T COME BACK

WITH HELP FROM A MAN YOU SAY IS FRIEND
I ASK YOU HIS NAME AND CHANGE THE SUBJECT QUICK
HE'S A DISEASE WITH A SHINE WHO SPITS WHEN HE TALKS
HE'S GOT SHOES LIKE MINE AND A CAR HE CANNOT DRIVE 

AT THE GROCERY STORE THAT I ALWAYS AVOID
I CAN FIND YOU OUTSIDE ON A TEN DAY COLA HIGH
WITH THE WEATHER REPORT AND YOUR MAN BY YOUR SIDE
WHO IGNORES ME NOW EVERY TIME THAT I COME BY 

I'M ONLY HERE TO SEE HOW YOU ARE YOU'RE MOTHER'S UPSET
THAT YOU DON'T CALL HOME NO MORE
I TELL HER YOUR FINE BUT SHE KNOWS IT'S A LIE
IT'S ALL JUST A TRAP WHERE I GET CAUGHT EVERY TIME 

I AM NOT AN EXCUSE OR A LAST MINUTE PLAN
A HAND TO HOLD ANYTIME YOU FEEL INCLINED
SO WHEN HE'S NOT AROUND I WON'T BE THE CLOWN
YOU PUT IN THE RING WHENEVER YOU NEED ENTERTAINED 

I WON'T BE YOUR FAULT OR ANSWER MACHINE
THE RECORD YOU PLAY WHEN EVER YOU FEEL THE NEED TO SING
MY VOICE IS BROKE FROM ALL OF THE TIMES
I GAVE YOU A SONG, THE NOTES CAUGHT IN MY THROAT


A Last Minute Plan

SILENT ROADS THEY LEAD YOU BACK TILL THE MORNING
SPARROWS SING TO GREET THE DAY IN THE MORNING
BOWING THEIR HEADS THE TALLEST TREES GO BEFORE YOU
ASLEEP ON THE HILL LIFE IS A DREAM TILL THE MORNING

DO YOU NEED A SECOND CHANCE
I'LL BE THERE TO LEND A HAND

YOU WILL BE SEWN TO FLOWERS THAT GROW IN THE MORNING
KISSED BY THE SUN STARS WILL BE HUNG TILL THE MORNING
SILENT ROADS THEY LEAD YOU BACK TO YOUR HOME
TIED TO YOUR STRING LIFE IS A DREAM TILL THE MORNING 

DO YOU NEED A SECOND CHANCE
I'LL BE THERE TO LEND A HAND


Till The Morning

YOU CAN COME OVER WHEN EVER YOU WANT 
YOU CAN GET DRESSED UP AND I'LL SHOW OFF 
WE COULD GO DANCING OR JUST HANG AROUND TOWN
WHAT EVER YOU WANT IN YOUR NEWSPAPER GOWN 

OUR FRIENDS THINK WE'RE LOVERS, OR SO I HAVE HEARD 
THEY TRY FOR CONFESSIONS, BUT I SAY NOT A WORD 
I LET THEM KEEP GUESSING, TILL THEY FIGURE IT OUT
OUR MADE UP WEDDING AND YOUR NEWSPAPER GOWN

WE ARE PLACING OUR BETS, THEY ARE MAKING THE CALL 
WE ARE GOING ALL IN, THOUGH WE CAN'T WIN AT ALL
OUR WHEELS THEY KEEP SPINNING, WE ARE TURNED UPSIDE DOWN
WE'LL BE THE HEADLINE IN YOUR NEWSPAPER GOWN

WHAT IF I TOLD YOU THAT WHAT OUR FRIENDS THINK IS TRUE?
HOW AT THE END OF MY DAY, ALL I WANT IS YOU
WOULD IT DESTROY US?  WOULD YOU NOT WANT ME AROUND?
AM I NEW PAIR OF SCISSORS FOR YOUR NEWSPAPER GOWN?

SO WE TAKE OUR CHANCES, AND WE RISK IT ALL 
I AM WILLING TO LET GO, BUT NOT WILLING TO FALL 
WE CAN BE MARRIED TONIGHT, THE NEWS WILL ASTOUND
ANNOUNCEMENTS MADE FROM YOUR NEWSPAPER GOWN



Newspaper Gown

The Lonliest Place I've Ever Been (Is In Your Arms)

ILLINOIS, I COULD WRITE YOU IN A POEM 
ILLINOIS I COULD PUT YOU IN A SONG 
BUT THE INK KEEPS BLEEDING THROUGH THE PAPER
SO NOW I MUST MOVE ON

ILLINOIS I AM YOUR FAVORITE STEP SON 
A SANTA CLAUS SEARS TOWER IN YOUR SKY 
A POEM FOR EVERY BAND WHO STOOD BEFORE ME
I JUST NEEDED THREE MORE MINUTES OF YOUR TIME 

I WANT TO BE A LEGEND IN MY LIFETIME 
A STREET SIGN OF MY NAME WHERE I AM FROM
ILLINOIS I REALLY DO LOVE YOU MADLY 
BUT YOU AND I BOTH KNOW I DON'T BELONG

AND I THANK YOU FOR THE LOVE THAT YOU HAVE SHOWN ME 
TAKE CARE OF MY PARENTS AND MY BOOKS 
I'LL SEND POST CARDS FROM THE GREAT STATE OF TEXAS 
FORGET ME NOT, THAX DOUGLAS 

 
FORGET ME NOT
FORGET ME NOT - BEST WISHES
FORGET ME NOT
FORGET ME NOT - BEST WISHES

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