1. HEAVEN ON EARTH

You burst into the world and you get your ticket
Stagger to the gate and let the big man rip it
He lowers down the bar and you hold for the ride of your life
You'll take some ups and downs till you find your balance
Crazy twists and turns till you meet your challenge
Some thrills - some chills till you get it just right
You know I'm gonna...

Rise up to the sound of thunder
I'm not gonna wait till I'm six feet under
Every week can be the seven wonders
So have a ball - you can have it all
Get on with the show - with your whole soul
Gotta throw your...

Head to the sky - believe you can fly
You can find heaven - life can be heaven on earth
Take your time - your hand in mine
We can find heaven - life can be heaven on earth

I used to know a man who would borrow trouble
looking for a deal - always paying out double
Too busy making a living to appreciate life
Thought he had it made - took it all for granted
Never tried to reap what the good lord planted
Look me in the eye - did I describe myself right
Now you'll see me searching for the hidden beauty
listening for the call of duty
Looking for the me in you
It's paradise - we can live it twice
Get on with the show - with your whole soul
Gotta throw your...


2. BOOK OF LIFE

It's comic - it's tragic
Building to the climax
Leaves you breathless
Like magic - the storyline unfolds
Heroes - and villains
Twists and turns that throw you off
The scent of all you thought was real
And question all you truly feel
I look into the mirror and I ask myself each day

Are you just a footnote
Or will you rise to fill it's pages
You were born to rock the ages
Start a brand new chapter in the book of life
Are you a carbon copy
Or a gilded first edition
Are you a classic or pulp fiction
Just take your pen and write the book of life

Against all -predictions - everything about it
Makes it stranger - than fiction
Can't make up stuff like that
Illusion - confusion
You think you've got it figured out
Till life hits with it's blinding force
And throws you off your chartered course
I look into my heart of hearts
And I ask myself each day

Take your chances - let those snake eyes roll
As life advances
The more we hand the pen to faith
The kinder is the hand of fate
I'm gazing straight in to your eyes
Don't turn and look away


3. LOVE'S ETERNAL FLAME

Some nights - even the scent of you
Can send my senses reeling
Suddenly heart and soul
I'm lost inside a feeling
We are joined in one destiny
When we're apart - there's arc bridging you and me
Eternally

Thought only a photograph connects us now
I count on those memories to bring you back somehow
Our love's a reflection
Of the strength of our heart's connection
I can see the torchlight burning though the rain
It's love's eternal flame

Timeless - the hours I spent with you
Fly by in blind emotion
Rising and falling like a wave upon the ocean
Love is constant through time and tide
I'll be there - from here to the other side
I'm by your side

And now - when the winds are against me
I hear your voice whisper - baby
Everything's gonna be alright
I know - miles cannot separate us
We are joined in the fate that keeps us holding on
The torch of faith that keeps us strong
The best is yet to come


4. LANGUAGE OF THE HEART

Seems like - I've never been too good expressing feelings
In words and spoken lines
Tounque tied - stage struck - I stumble over
Paragraphs and phrases
But you can read my mind
If only this world - could learn from you girl
Finally there'd be love and understanding
So close your eyes and turn the chaos down
Just surrender to that sacred sound

It's the language of the heart
We touch the silent conversation
It's the language of the heart
We tell our secrets in the dark
It's the language of the heart
We're ina world beyond translation
We speak - in language of the heart
(You speak to me - you speak to me - you speak to me)

Though not a single word is spoken
We tell our secrets in the dark in the dark
Our lips are sealed - the code is broken
Love is - the language of the heart

One touch - that's all it really takes for you to tell me
It's gonna be alright
Your eyes - that smile - sets my heart on fire
One look can melt me - and it's too hard to fight
So take me - shake me - please don't break me
You're driving me beyond the point of reason
So close your eyes and throw the words away
Hear the thoughts that I can never say

If there were no words to the music
Would the message come through anyway
If you had the change to complete it
What in the world would you say


5. LET ME LET YOU GO

You don't want all of me - you want a piece of me
The part of me I used to give away
And though it's over now - your pride will not allow
For anybody else to take your place
I've tried to tell you patiently
Can't take these feelings casually
Cause when it's down to you and me
I loose my reserve - my morals starts to swerve
And suddenly I'm lost in you again

Just when I think I've got you out of my mind
You're at my door and I can't tell you no
You make it impossible to leave you behind
So back off slow - let me let - you go

You've got a jealous streak - a look that's telling me
That many you're not through with me just yet
You saw me yesterday - down at the street cafe
With someone who's been helping me forget
But whenever you come into view
There's no making room for someone new
I see those eyes - still burning blue
And I lose my resolve - the room starts to revolve
And suddenly you're in my arms again

Can't get you out of my head - out of my head
Keeping me holding - holding
You stop me from moving ahead - moving ahead
Keeping me holding holding
Can't get you out of my mind - out of my mind
Keeping me burning burning
You stop me from moving ahead - moving ahead
Keeping me burning burning

Whenever you come into view
Theres no making room for someone new


6. FAITHFUL HEART

Late at night - those restless longings
Start to draw me to the street
Fools like me - seek adventure
Search for thrills to somehow feel complete
So I break the reigns when the sound of chains
Starts resounding in my dreams
I can only hear - my pounding heart
Though the voice of reason - screams - wo - oh

Even the faithful heart - feels temptation
To risk it all and throw the years away
Then I hear your voice - it whispers
Come home - and love me
I have no choice - I must obey

On my own - lost and searching
'Cross the hearts capes of the night
I reach for love - there's only darkness
Till at last - a distant ray of light
And I see the girl who has been my world since
I can't remember when - now the glitter of night
Starts to fade from sight - when I see
Your face again - wo - oh

When my dreams start tearing at the seams
Like this pair of old jeans I'm wearing
When my heart stars running out of clock
And it feels like I'm out of time
When the kiss I'm fighting to resist
Is nothing more than my illusion
I see your eyes - and suddenly I realize - that....


7. DEFYING GRAVITY

I got the weight of this world on my shoulders
I'm not letting life get me down
With every beat of my heart I'm getting bolder
Defying gravity
I'm not wasting time in the safe-zone
I'm just a spirit in a human disguise
I'm gonna rise above my reputation
Defying gravity
Faster than the speed of lightning
Higher than the clouds we climb
Quiet as the silent thunder
Deep inside this heart of mine

Into the restless blue - this one's breaking through
I'll live my fantasy
I'm flying free - Defying gravity
Shed these earthbound shoes
Shake these small town blues
There's a fire in you and me - rebels are we
Defying gravity

You and me - we're trapped in a vision
They give you limits and boundaries
It's not by chance - it's by decision
Defying gravity
Louder than the sound of thunder
Reckless as a crazy train
Deeper than the spell I'm under
Hotter than a hurricane

Floating weightless - every breath
Gambling chances - cheating death
Rise above - this madding crowd
The earth is moving - fast and proud


8. THE ROARING OF DREAMS

He's working - the night shift
To make ends meet somehow
He's smarter than - his own bossman
But he's taking it - for now
He knows in - his own heart - he was born for bigger things
So he tunes his channel in his mind
Till the voice inside him sings
And I can hear - the roaring of dreams in his head
The echoes of words still unsaid
The promise of unfinished prayers
High in mid - air
And he can hear the music of symphonies played
He's standing on life's center stage
Soon he will shatter the silence and rise
To the roaring of dreams

She takes his indifference - she buries it inside
To break free - from his boundaries
She knows there'll come a time
She goes through the motions
She puts up with the pain
She knows somehow somewhere someone
Will make her feel love again

And I can hear - the roaring of dreams in her head
The longing of words left unsaid
The promise of unfinished prayers
High in mid - air
And she can hear - the sound of guitars gently played
From her balcony - love's serenade
She closes her eyes and she opens her soul to
The roaring of dreams

The roaring of dreams - the thunder of hearts
The vision of things to come shines through the dark
There's no guarantees
We stand up and take our best shot
Each child that is born - is meant to survive
Not merely exist but to take to the sky
It's no wonder why...


9. SECRET OF THE WAY

I bet you took an oath of silence
When you were just a little girl
Your mother said to keep your secrets
Don't ya - share 'em with the world
Save your heart for that special someone
The one that holds the key
Now you're here - I felt the touch
You've been saving just for me

And it's the secret of the way you move me
Even when I'm standing still
The wonder of the way you hear my heart
When no one on this planet will
It's not your lips - your kiss - your motion
It's not some magic words you say
It's the secret of the way

Now you can say as much with silence
As some girls with a thousand words
Between the lines - outside the borders
That's were your inner voice is heard
I pity those who have missed your beauty
You've never been the obvious one
Now I'm a eyelash away from heaven
One wink and I'll come undone

There's something mystic in your lace and lipstick
A power that cuts to my heart and soul
Do you know how your innocence sends me
So totally out of control


10. ASTONISH YOU

You were born with the grace of an angel
You've been worshipped and loved and adored
Though you're blessed with all god has to offer
Let my love take the place
Of all I can't afford
Everyday I am carried away by emotion
Too strong to hide
I'm trying to keep it inside

I'm wide - eyed in wonder at your light divine
I've tried to amaze you with these gifts of mine
Like the moon on the sea - it's my destiny
To astonish you - like you astonish me - yeah
(Girl you astonish me)

With a wave of your hand you can heal me
With a touch you can vanish the pain
Turn this common man into a hero
Just as suddenly - change him back again
What can I do - the illusion of you's
Getting stronger with each passing day
I'm feeing what words cannot say


11. TALL SHIPS

On the nearest far horizon
Proud and free the tall ships travel
You can see their silhouette against a pirate's moon
Their path depends on the hand of god inside them
To guide them
They pitch their sails into the gales
And stand - wheel in hand
Till their compass finds dry land

Baby we're all tall ships
Braving the raging sea
Trying to find some calm beyond the storm
And live strong and free

Baby we're all tall ships
Our banner is rising high
Catching the northern wind and sailing into the crimson sky

If we can challenge the waves on the ocean
And harness the tides of emotion
It's not so hard to ride life's stormy sea
Sail on and on and on and on
Sail on and on with me

You tell me that the winds of change
Have thrown you off your course of travel
You wonder if you're strong enough to
Stand the rising tide
Our fate depends on the moves we make
When our direction
Needs correction
So hold it steady - it's not to late
Find a way - make that change
Sail into the light of day

Sky writing - exciting and frightening
Riding the lightning - into the shore
Feeling - pitching and reeling
Life has no ceiling - love is forevermore


12. TURNAROUND

Turnaround - my love - blind lady
Turnaround - don't walk so fast
Now and then - we've all gone crazy
And traded love - for a thrill that couldn't last
Turnaround - and feel the good times
See the man - who brought you
Comfort through the pain
Close you eyes - and see that first night
Taste the kiss - that sweat your heart away

Though he vows to you the earth and stars
Broken promises won't get you far
Turn. around - turn turn around
We have all been fools to circumstance
While our love still has a fighting chance
Turnaround - turn - turn around

Turnaround - it's far from over
Turnaround - and just believe
You can cry here on my shoulder
A heart can heal - when you wear it on your sleeve

He's rehearsed those lies till they sound true
To a thousand others just like you
Turn around - turn - turn around
We can learn from this and come back strong
Got to rescue love before it's gone
Turn around - turn - turn around

And see the one who loves you
I place no one above you
It's not too late - to turn turn around

Turn around - I'm still your baby
(Turn around turn around)
Turn around - I was such a fool
(Baby just turn around)
I can see - between the teardrops
(You gotta just turn around)
Turn around - he's just not you
(This thrill can't last)
Turnaround - he never loved you
(You gotta turn around)
Turn around - it's you I need
(You gotta believe)
Now I know - I was born to love you
(We're still got a fighting chance)
Turn around - I still believe