1. BIG LIFE

Out of work, I'm out of school
Guess things ain't looking so bright

I got holes in the knees of my Levi jeans
But the rest of me is dynamite

On the radio, the guy says come on
It's so hip, hip, hip to be square

When the world hits ya hard right here in the face
What do I know, I don't care

I get this feeling
That I'm about to win it all
(And I'll take it all)
I'm so excited
All this here writin' on the wall
(And I love it all)

I'll take my money
And I'll buy myself a car
I'll grab my girlfriend
And I'll drive her to the stars
Well that might not be my heaven
But it's close enought to call it
Big Life
It's what you make it, what you make it
Big Life
It's what you make it
I could take a liking to
Big Life

Late on one day as the sun went down
I was just about to do the same
I heard a knock on the door
Couple girls walked in
Said, Baby don't we know your name?
Well, we sweated all night
And we partied all day
And we did it all over again
When they left I discovered
They were workin' undercover
Hard livin' pays off again

I get this feeling
That I'm about to win it all
(And I'll take it all)
I'm so excited
All this here writin' on the wall
(And I love it all)

I'll take my money
And I'll buy myself a car
I'll get my girlfriend
And I'll drive her to the stars
Well that might not be my heaven
But it's close enought to call it
Big Life
It's what you make it, what you make it
Big Life
It's what you make it
I could take a liking to
Big Life

I'll take my money
And I'll buy myself a car
I'll get my girlfriend
And I'll drive her to the stars
Well that might not be your heaven
But it's close enough to call it
Big Life
It's what you make it, what you make it
Big Life
It's what you make it
I could take a liking to
Big Life

Big Life

It's what you make it, what you make it
Big Life
It's what you make it
I could take a liking to
Big Life


02. COLOR OF YOUR SMILE

I can't believe
That I survived til Friday
I grab my coat
And make a run for where I
Hide and dream and lie all afternoon

I call you up
Although you work on Sunday
I'm not accustomed to a lonely afternoon
Inside my room
Is it the same with you

It's just the color of your smile
Oh, it's the color of your smile
You know you knock my senses out
With the color of your smile

I love to see you
When you're tired and worn out
It doesn't matter if you paint by numbers
All your colors move like a lonely moon

And I'm aware
Of all the friends you've gone through
A situation that convinces me
I'm cool on price
But short on my nights with you

It's just the color of your smile
Oh, it's the color of your smile
You know you knock my senses out
With the color of your smile

The color of your smile
Oh, it's the color of your smile
You know you knock my senses out
With the color of your smile

Not even talkin' 'bout a new sensation
Not even sayin' how I've been mistaken
Well, I'll be here when you return from your holiday

Never had a tougher situation
Lot of trouble with your reputation
I think I'll go and take a well deserved holiday
Oh yeah

I can't believe that we survived til Friday
I'll grab our coats
And make a run for where we
Hide and dream
And lie and scream
And hide and dream
All day

Oh, it's the color of your smile
You know you knock my senses out
With the color of your smile


03. LOVE IS STANDING NEAR

I know it's hard
And words can never
Tell you the way I feel

I know it's like
A cold December
With nothing to hide the fear

Know that I just need you so
And I'm strung out on love with no control
And the world retains me far from home
Telephone
No one's home
Expected maybe

Yes, you know inside
When it's time to shed a tear
Know in your heart and believe it
Love is standing near

Yes, you know inside
Only time will see ya clear
Know in your heart and believe it
Love is standing near

I feel just like
A lonely runner
Running the miracle mile

Or a man
Who's accidentally
Setting himself on fire

Why do I need you so
Am I fooling myself
I'll never know

And I expect to call you up
Telephone
No one's home
Expected someday

Yes, you know inside
When it's time to shed a tear
Know in your heart and believe it
Love is standing near

Yes, you know inside
Only time will see ya clear
Know in your heart and believe it
Love is standing near

Oh, spin a heart
Never find the answer
Lonely nights
Keep on getting longer
I ain't sayin'
I got all the answers
Love is the hero
And that's all that matters

Oh
Yes, you know inside
When it's time to shed a tear
Know in your heart and believe it
Love is standing near

Yes, you know inside
Only time will see ya clear
Know in your heart and believe it
Love is standing near

Oh
Yes, you know deep inside
When it's time to shed a tear
Know in your heart and believe it
Love is standing near


4. RAIN COMES CRASHING DOWN

So you say you've written letters
And you've mailed them to yourself
And through the politics of compromise
You've left them lying upon your shelf
At the risk of seeming crazy
I've set off to find your cure
With apologies for knowing
It's a difficult time of year

And the shadows you leave behind you
Are like the rain that's crashing down
When there's no one left around
I'll be the rain that's crashing
Rain that's crashing down

So you say we're going nowhere
With the fear of wasting youth
Through the different times and with different eyes
I see it every change in you
And now we've reached the point of knowing
That in love we're never sure
Still I'm holding on tight to memories
And there you go walking out the door

And the shadows you leave behind you
Are like the rain that's falling down
And your halo was left in town
And still the rain comes crashing down
And the sadness you leave behind you
Like shadows across the ground
When there's no one left around
I'll be the rain that's crashing
Rain that's crashing down
(repeat)

Rain comes crashing down
Rain comes crashing down
Rain comes crashing down
Rain comes crashing down
Rain comes crashing down
Rain comes crashing down
Rain comes crashing down
The rain
The rain
The rain

The Secret Of My Success
Think of it, I, hold the world in the palm of my hand
Run a comb through my hair, head on out for some new foreign land
And all this could seem like a dream out the door
With everyday people, face down on the floor

I always said I could make it and be who I am
There's a new look in sight, what a change for the new modern man
With all this it seems, like I'm dying for more
The streets are on fire, never seen it before
It's like the sound of electric guitars

Worlds collide and hearts will be broken
Over and over it's the same every day-
How can I say what has never concerned me
The secret of my success is I'm living 25 hours a day

It's amazing to me, what a fool will believe to bet by
With a change of your mind, I can live, I can fly
The harder the come, the harder they fall
I never say maybe and I go for it all
Just like the sound of electric guitars

With nothing to show, just sweat form my soul
My heart's on the line and I'm dying to go (dying to go)
Look at us now, gonna make it somehow
Hold on to me baby, can't hold me down

5. THE SECRET OF MY SUCCESS

The secret of my success is I'm living 25 hours a day
25 hours a day


6. CARRY ON

I hear a voice inside my head
I don't want to hear it again
See your face inside my head
I don't want to see it again

You say that love is everything
We made it that's for sure
Yet the key to my undoing
Is a knock upon your door

There you sit inside my head
I don't want to see you again
Hanging out, knocking me dead
I don't want to feel it again

You say that love is everything
I bought it that's for sure
Still the key to my undoing
Is the knock upon your door

I'm the one to carry on, I'll be here to carry on
When your world is falling down
I'll be beside you right or wrong
I'm the one to carry on, I'll be here to carry on
I'll be running down the road beside you
The one to carry on

Now there's trouble and a new romance
I don't want to hear it again
Running short on a second chance
Don't want to hear it again

You say that love is everything
We've been there that's for sure
Now you're living out the questions
I thought I answered years before

I'm the one to carry on, I'll be here to carry on
When your world is falling down
I'll be beside you right or wrong
I'm the one to carry on, I'll be here to carry on
I'll be running down the road beside you
The one to carry on

I hear your voice inside my head
I don't want to hear it again
Hanging out knocking me dead
I don't want to feel it again
I'm the one to carry on, I'll be here to carry on
When your world is falling down
I'll be beside you right or wrong
I'm the one to carry on, I'll be here to carry on
I'll be running down the road beside you
The one to carry on


7. BETTER LET IT GO

Gotta pull me out of this rut I'm in
I've got to see the light
Before it gets too dim
To face it is the only way
To fight and stay ahead
Of the games that we play

I'm the one that's losin' losin' out
I'm the one that's choosin'
And runnin' out

You better let it go
All those dreams you thought you could do
You better let it go
All those dreams you wanted to do
You better let it go
Let your dreams unfold
Do what you want
You better let it go
You can let go

Gotta pull away from the way I've been
To stay the same would be a big mistake
To see the truth for what it is
Instead of tellin' myself that's the way it is

I'm the one that's losin' losin' out
I'm the one that's choosin'
And runnin' out

You better let it go
All those dreams you thought you could do
You better let it go
All those dreams you wanted to do
You better let it go
Let your dreams unfold
Do what you want
You better let it go
You can let go

Make no mistake
There's a life to be lived
Make no mistake
There's so much one can give
And all that it takes
Is someone to forgive

I'm the one that's losin' losin' out
I'm the one that's choosin'
And runnin' out

You better let it go
All those dreams you thought you could do
You better let it go
All those dreams you wanted to do
You better let it go
Let your dreams unfold
Do what you want
You better let it go
You can let go

Gotta move me out of this rut I'm in
I've got to see the light
Before it gets too dim

Gotta move away from the way I've been
To stay the same would be a big mistake

You better let it go


8. I KNOW TONIGHT

I know what you want
And I know I want you too
And I know tonite I can make you go crazy
One two three

You with a lonely heart
The lovely eyes
I've seen that very look before
In my younger roving days
I had a lonely heart
A lucky smile
The world was going just my way
And I had to cross the line
And I had to cross the line

I know what you want
I know I want you too
And I know tonite I can make you go crazy

It's a hard earned life
Accounts received
Can never compete with what paid away
I dream of my younger days
You with your wicked smile
The tangled hair
The skin all tan from the sun and the sand
I had to cross the line
And I had to cross the line

I know what you want
I know I want you too
And I know tonite I can make you go crazy

The way you lookin' your eyes
I can tell you got lines for me
No, not even tonight
You're gonna take me down lie for me
Don't you cry for me oh

The way you lookin' your eyes
I can tell you got lies for me
No, not even tonight
You're gonna take me down lie for me
Yeah yeah

I know what you want
I know what you want
I know I want you too
I know I want you
I know tonite I can make you go crazy


9. HEARTS AWAY

Hearts away, I cast my heart
To some romantic yesterday
When I was young and on my own
And you were blind to everyone but me

Now today, I throw my heart to some
Forgotten memory, when you were
What was meant for me, a stranger
With a place to always be

Hearts away
Hearts away
Hearts away

Cast away, I cast my heart away each
Time I think I see
Your face come down a crowded avenue
How come it's never really you
And today, I cry myself to sleep each night
I only wish, I'd wake to see you lying next to me
I know I'm sure it's killing me

Hearts away
Hearts away
Hearts away

Oh I wanna know
All the times I held you near me
Did you think I'd ever let you go now
And the time I had you with me
Did you feel so sorry for the lonely ones
Are we the only ones
Hearts away

Now today I throw my heart
To some forgotten memory
When you were what was meant for me
A stranger with a place to always be

Hearts away
Hearts away
Hearts away
Hearts away