I leaned the truth at seventeen That love was meant for beauty queens And high school girls with clear-skinned smiles Who married young and then retired
There's never much to say between the moments of Our games and repartee There's never much to read between the lines of What we need and what we'll take
The days are okay I watch the TV in the afternoon If I get lonely The sound of other voices Other rooms are near to me, I'm not afraid The operator She
I don't want to ride the milk train anymore I'll go to bed at nine and awaken with the dawn And lunch at half past noon, dinner prompt at five The comfort
Would you like to learn to sing? Would you like to sing my song? Would you like to learn to love me best of all? Anyone can learn the words and the melody
I hear your voice in every corridor I see your face in every picture frame I feel your eyes in every starry sky Lover, am I coming home again? Now am
I'm leaving by night, I'm leaving alone I'm leaving it lie when you waken I'll be gone I would not beg for me as I would not beg for you Though I'd like
Bright lights and promises A pocket full of dreams That's what they pay me to be Gold lame' and diamonds I'm a hometown queen Honey, would you sing it
I haven't been loved by a man in quite a while You know it ain't easy making me smile Friends have their lovers, men on a string There must be something
I wish you roses in the spring Fledglings on the wing Fireflies that sing your name I wish you flowers in the grass Memories that last Shelter from the
Anonymous, autonomous Will likely get the best of us yet Before you disappear If you can lend me half an ear I?ll regret If I treat you like a number
Borrowed things on guarded lines Sign the past away This is yours and that is mine So the people say How can you move so quickly? How can you heal so
Come to my door, baby Face is clean and shining black as night My mother went to answer You know that you looked so fine Now, I could understand your
I'm leaving on a boat for beyond the other side of the ocean I bet you in the morning, you won't even know I'm gone 'Cause I'm tired of living here in
This town isn't big enough for my dreams This place is just about to break at the seams Baby, baby, you and I need just a little bigger piece of the sky
Well, I'm still in love Though I don't care to let you know There's something there honey it doesn't show But when you're near silly habits mean a lot
Lay down now and slumber Mama's boy is torn asunder All the fields have gone grey All the leaves are gone brown Let me tell you a story Lay down, I know
Some people's lives run down like clocks One day they stop and that's all they've got Some lives wear out like old tennis shoes No one can use, well,
