VERY BEST YEARS Okay, it started a long time ago When I was a little boy Sometimes, a little one don't do what he's told And mother puts back his toy Yes there is something you can do my love Won't you help me through these troubled times? And serve to remind That everything is gonna be alright Despite my fighting bitter tears These are the very best years These days, father's not the man that we knew And you know we get so low That's when, you find me alone with my will And my wine, and these scars that show Yes there is something you can do my love Won't you help me through these troubled times? And serve to remind That everything is gonna be alright Despite my fighting bitter tears These are the very best years I was just five years old Had this dream that took me far away And brought me here today Where my hopes and fears Are gathered around Can't you feel them hanging round? Yes there is something you can do my love Won't you help me through these troubled times? And serve to remind That everything is gonna be alright despite my fighting bitter tears And serve to remind Yes everything is gonna be alright despite my fighting bitter tears Coz these are the very best years, yeah These are the very best years EVERYBODY'S WORLD Everybody's world is upside down And they can't see their way around it Everybody's world is inside out And they can't seem to find a way out They've finally found out It's everybody's world Everybody's world is spinning around And they can't seem to slow it down Everybody's life is much too short and You don't get any younger Still I wonder if it's everybody's world They said that love would set us free They said that love was all we need And yes I know it's a cliche Don't you know that it is anyway You feel alone there in the sun Coz you are a nation made of one But when all of your flags unfurl Ah you'll see it's everybody's world Everybody's world... Everybody's world (everybody's world...) Everybody's world (everybody's world) Everybody's world... Everybody's world is... god gnimrofrep eht erif of gnir eht hguorth depmuj ssa elttil sih denrub dna dog ym" ,dias dna dne ot tuoba si gnos siht "!dne ot tuoba si gnos siht SAME THING I'll be out on the town In the jacket you bought me After dragging me down In the trouble you brought me And I'll be doing the same things Running around, wouldn't that be something? Doing all of the same things So here goes nothing Got away with so much I got by on so little Now I'm way out of touch With a faith that's too brittle And now I'm doing the same things It's hypocritical, don't remind me Coz when I'm doing the same things Same old things will blind me Oh yeah (oh yeah) Well there's always someone you can not replace But you're hiding something deeper you can't face As you wander around just feeling out of place Oh it's always something So here goes nothing... Now I'm doing the same things Though it's never a noble mission It's an indication of bad things And my sad condition Same things Running around, wouldn't that be something? I'm doing all of the same things So here goes nothing Here goes nothing (here goes nothing) Here goes nothing (here goes nothing) Nothing, nothing FRIEND OF MINE A friend of mine once asked me the key to tranquility Without my obvious worn out reply "I don't know, it's individual We're all different and nothing's universal" I took my time Combed my mind for something of value And after much deliberation I've found... No matter how much time Your luck's as good as mine You've got to find your self In your heart there's so much wealth I sleep with angels But devils wake me up And remind me of all the wicked evil things That torture us all with curiousity I throwed 'em out Apologies for misunderstanding But we'll meet again And have another sip of vanity In spite of all these deviations I've found No matter how much time Your luck's as good as mine (oh yes it is) You've got to find your self In your heart there's so much wealth No matter how much time Your luck's as good as mine You've got to find your self In your heart there's so much wealth No matter how much time Your luck's as good as mine You've got to find your self In your heart there's so much wealth... IS IT NOW YET? Is it now yet? I think it's late Should I slow it down to get it right Or hurry up and wait until it's now yet? Where'd it go? I try and try to say goodbye I always say hello again Hello You're always worried 'bout the past You wonder if the now part's going to last Or go too fast for you Live for the moment, yeah sure, okay Every time the moment's finally here It already has gone away again So where's the check? I save up for my rainy day And all I ever seem to get is wet You're always looking at the time You wonder if your sun is going to shine Or wait for night to fall And is it now yet? (is it now yet..?) And is it now yet? OH WELL MAYBE I lay my hands on you My heart is oh so true But when the forest fires burn Isn't it really coz they yearn? Hoping someday we'll take a turn Possibly learn Oh well maybe My dreams keep me awake I know they do this coz they tell me I know she's smiling coz I'm funny But when the forest fires burn Isn't it really coz they yearn? Hoping someday we'll take a turn Possibly learn Oh well maybe Oh well maybe Take my hands from you You haven't got a clue That love's a strange one don't you think? My heart is black and blue But when the forest fires burn Isn't it really coz they yearn? Hoping someday we'll take a turn Possibly learn But when the forest fires burn Isn't it really coz they yearn? Hoping someday we'll take a turn Possibly learn Oh well maybe Na na, na na Na na, na na Na na, na na Na na, na na... NOTHING BETWEEN US Maybe there's hope for what we shared Though I'm not sure And if there was we never dared to take the cure So come on, say bye bye now So long, say bye bye now We're better off somehow So long, say bye bye now Maybe with time this all could change, or be repaired But I'm tired of the climb And you are strangely unaware I fail to see why I should be a party To continuing the same old sad state of affairs and things So come on, say bye bye now So long, say bye bye now I'm better off and how So long, say bye bye now There's nothing between us There's nothing between us now So come on, say bye bye now BOTH BELONG This man climbs another step And wonders if his life is worth the living He hasn't done much of Denying any notion that emotion may be token for nostalgia A gesture all the same He's got his private wars just like the million other wars That keep you and I from getting where we both belong, both belong Coz I see you making eyes with yourself again Shaking hands with invisible friends Looking 'round for encouragement No not me I'm just hangin' Hangin' 'round for a new thrill Cpz I'm tired of the old ones And I can't be the only one Who's in life there's some sunshine, yeah And maybe you're a tough one But your love has long forgotten how to scratch its way From such a guarded heart One day you'll realize that nothing sticks from nothing And go write a book that no one ever reads You've got his private wars just like the million other wars That keep you and I from getting where we both belong, both belong Coz I see you making eyes with yourself again Shaking hands with invisible friends Looking 'round for encouragement No not me I'm just hangin' Hangin' 'round for a new thrill Coz I'm tired of the old ones And I can't be the only one Who's in life there's some sunshine, yeah Don't try to understand Or offer your gentle hand To me... to me... Coz you are not alone in wonderin' how you got so far from home When every memory you own is beggin' for your time But you're running out of sand As you clutch the feeble hands And embrace the thing referred to as the past And I see you making eyes with yourself again Shaking hands with invisible friends Looking 'round for encouragement No not me I'm just hangin' Hangin' 'round for a new thrill Coz I'm tired of the old ones And I can't be the only one Who's in life there's some sunshine NOTHING She thinks that nothing is the matter She thinks that nothing could be wrong Oh yeah she might have something there But I don't think that she's aware What she's got... is nothing, we've got nothing And nothing can tear us apart One time our cup was running over Too bad it all spilled on the ground Coz she thinks that it's half full but I know it's completely empty And the cups been smashed And we've got nothing, we've got nothing And nothing can tear us apart And nothing can break my heart Nature abhors a vacuum So do I Nothing can last forever Nothing can make me cry And nothing has torn us apart And nothing is in my heart And nothing is here and it won't go away What are you thinking? What did you learn today? Nothing is just what I thought you would say NOT LONG FOR THIS WORLD Well I'm tired of facing all of this Well I'm tired of waking and tired of faking bliss So I've resigned, I don't need any more time Yeah I could wait like that would change things But I'm not long for this world Oh I'm not long for this world Life is flawed and seems endless by design I don't need any more time I'll never think of it as benign So what, I'm free That doesn't change it enough for me Coz I've seen too many strange things Oh I'm not long for this world Oh I'm, I'm not long for this world Oh I'm, I'm not long for this world They say life's for the taking Oh I am, I'm not long for this world Oh I'm, I'm not long for this world Oh I'm, I'm not long for this world Not long for this world I'm, not long, for this, world I'm, not long, for this, world, world, ohh For this world... For this world... For this world... (I am not long) for this world... SPOOKY Something's swallowing me Someone's following me There's one thing left to do, oh I know what to do Take you down to the wrong side of town my darling Replace your fear with some truth you'll endear by mourning Trouble you bring could haunt you very soon The song that you sing could use a change of tune Coz it all comes down at the wrong time, shutter my eyes All you see at the right time feeds your disguise It all comes down at the wrong time, I shutter my eyes And all you say at the right time feeds your disguise, yeah yeah... My senses take me back again To long before you were my friend My god I see, well I see my, myself in you... I'll take you down to the wrong side of town my darling Replace your fear with some truth you'll endear by mourning You ain't the truth but more part of the lie You ain't the truth but more part of the lie I'm not the one who's trembling as I die ALL YOU WANTED She said that she'd take it back Instead she takes it down to the track Bets it all Now you wait for the call But will she phone? Keep saying it's up to me You never thought it was going to be A rainy day at least she can't say That it's all okay You say that she's all that you've ever wanted What will you do now for your encore? And it's a face by which you've been haunted Still asking for more And all those words that you've memorized Don't mean a thing now you've realized You don't talk I don't act so shocked Just go take your walk You say that she's all that you've ever wanted What will you do now for your encore? (ahh..) And it's a face by which you've been haunted Still asking for more And after all's been said You're still not done Fight to the bitter end Make sure you say it's all fine All you ever wanted is gone All you wanted NO ONE CAN HURT ME I hope you can take these words in stride Without dredging up your wall of pride For I know that you are true Your intentions golden too No one can hurt me like you do People can put our trust aside By spinning the words that I confide But I can't compare their meanness To unconscious things you put me through No one can hurt me like you do And it's not like you want to It's not like you try But I'm keeping some secrets About just how much I lied... I hope you can take these words in stride Without dredging up your wall of pride For I know that you are true Your intentions golden too No one can hurt me like you do No one can hurt me like you do No one can hurt me like you do No one can hurt me like you do