Words and Music Volume One Read online

  You live today, you live each day, keep thinking of the past

  What a fool you should have known, it wasn’t gonna last

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  Ah what would life be but for the folly of first loves, teenage loves, true loves…

  MARIANNE

  Marianne, Marianne, Marianne

  I wanna marry you, I wanna marry you, I wanna marry you

  Marianne, Marianne, Marianne

  I wanna marry you, I wanna marry you, I wanna marry you

  The time for me is coming soon to put down all my toys

  Walk out the door on my own and face things like a man

  But boys will be boys and I might never change

  Can’t you see I’m finding it oh so hard to change?

  But all I can hope for, is that I do all I can

  Can’t you see that I need you?

  Marianne, Marianne

  I wanna marry you

  Marianne, Marianne

  I’ve got to live up to my mistakes and fight right back with all it takes

  Build a home in this angry world and find my peace of mind

  I promise you the Promised Land, if you promise me your hand

  You know what you mean to me, now it’s up to you

  You said they’d catch me when I fall

  But I love you more than them all

  Can’t you see that I love you?

  Marianne, Marianne

  I wanna marry you

  Marianne, Marianne

  I know you get so afraid, we’re growing up so fast

  But you’ll never know how much I’ve paid, ‘cause you’re my first and last

  Someday we will meet again, pack our bags and run away

  Build a home in the country side, and watch the world grow old

  And I’ll hold your body next to mine

  Until the winter chill becomes sunshine

  Can’t you see that I need you?

  Marianne, Marianne

  I wanna marry you

  Marianne, Marianne

  Should all my dreams fall apart, fall apart and fade away

  I sincerely hope that in your heart, I still have a place to stay

  Because more than all the precious gold, scattered across the land

  More than anything in this world, I need your love so bad

  I’ll try to say, best as I can

  I’m in love with you, Marianne

  Can’t you see that I love you?

  Marianne, Marianne

  I wanna marry you

  Marianne, Marianne

  Marianne, Marianne, Marianne

  I wanna marry you, I wanna marry you, I wanna marry you

  Marianne, Marianne, Marianne

  I wanna marry you, I wanna marry you, I wanna marry you

  It’s only love…and nothing more needs to be said.

  ONLY LOVE

  Only love can truly make you happy

  Only love can really break your heart

  Only love can make you feel so lonely

  Only love can tear your world apart

  It’s only love

  …only love

  It’s only love that’s got a hold on me

  Only love can keep you thinking of her

  Only love can keep you keepin’ on

  Only love can make you act so crazy

  Only love ever since you been gone

  It’s only love

  …only love

  It’s only love that’s got a hold on me

  So many disappointments

  So many broken dreams

  Only love can save you

  As crazy as it seems

  It’s only love

  …only love

  It’s only love that’s got a hold on me

  Only love can put you through some changes

  Only love can get you through the day

  Only love can wrap your arms around me

  Only love can wash your tears away

  It’s only love

  …only love

  It’s only love that’s got a hold on me

  Only love can satisfy your passion

  Only love can fill an empty void

  Only love can change the world around us

  Only love can build what we’ve destroyed

  It’s only love

  …only love

  It’s only love that’s got a hold on me

  So many disappointments

  So many broken dreams

  Only love can save you

  As crazy as it seems

  It’s only love

  …only love

  It’s only love that’s got a hold on me

  …only love that’s got a hold on me

  What else can you do but hold on for the ride?

  HOLDIN’ ON

  They say everyone has a perfect match

  A woman that will love you, no strings attached

  If it comes too easy then there’s got to be a catch

  Oh she might be a million miles away

  If our path will cross, who can really say?

  But I’m just holdin’ on, hoping that we may

  I’m just holdin’ on for love

  I’m just holdin’ out for love

  I’m just hangin’ on for love

  I’m just hangin’ out…for looooove….

  For looooove….

  Baby this ain’t my first time at bat

  I know where you’re coming from, I know where you’re at

  You get what you want then you pull the welcome mat

  You love them cats and then you let ‘em go

  I’ll tell you right now I ain’t just another Joe

  And there’s one more thing I think you ought to know

  I’m just holdin’ on for love

  I’m just holdin’ out for love

  I’m just hangin’ on for love

  I’m just hangin’ out…for looooove….

  For looooove….

  I’m hanging out on every corner

  I’m hanging out at every bar

  Wondering where the hell you are

  Wondering who the hell….

  You are….

  Cars will crash when you walk by

  You think you can have every guy

  Full of lust but you never satisfy

  You act so hot, you think you’re so free-wheeling

  Make it on the floor and mirrors on the ceiling

  Leaving me with such an empty feeling

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  I’m just holdin’ on for love

  I’m just holdin’ out for love

  I’m just hangin’ on for love

  I’m just hangin’ out…for looooove….

  For looooove….

  Gazing out at the lights of a big city always seems to have a hypnotic effect on me…which leads in nicely to this next piece.

  LIFE’S TOO SHORT

  Gazing at the lights of the city

  Drifting into fantasy

  Buildings scrape against the sky

  It’s time for you and I…

  To put the past behind us

  Break those chains that bind us

  We can’t go back to where we were

  But we can start all over again

  So hold the fort

  Because I can’t go on without you

  Life’s too short

  Give me one more chance to say how much I love you

  The tears we cried

  It’s water under the bridge

  I’m still by your side

  So come in off that ledge

  We both were wrong

  And no one wins that fight

  If life’s a song

  Then it’s time we got it right

  So call in the cavalry

  ‘Cause my heart’s about to break

  Send in reinforcements

  To help me kill this ache

  …and hold the fort

  Because I can’t go on without you


  Life’s too short

  Give me one more chance to say how much I love you

  The shield you wear

  Never lets in the sun

  You’ve had it tough

  But you’re not the only one

  Let down your guard

  And let me see you smile

  Climb on my back

  And we’ll walk that final mile

  So hold the fort

  Because I can’t go on without you

  Life’s too short

  Give me one more chance to say how much I love you

  Gazing at the lights of the city

  Drifting into fantasy

  Buildings scrape against the sky

  Making me so high…

  The seeds for this idea were planted and harvested from Revelations Chapter 2, Paragraph 23.

  THE SEARCHER

  I am the searcher of the mind and the heart

  I know where you’ve been, right from the start

  I know where you’re going, the day that you die

  I am the searcher who lives in the sky

  I am the searcher…I am the SEARCH-ER

  I am the searcher of without and within

  I know of your pain and I know of your sin

  I know all the answers to the questions you ask

  So don’t try to hide, I can see through your mask

  I am the searcher…I am the SEARCH-ER

  I am the searcher of the good and the bad

  I am the searcher of the happy and sad

  I am the searcher of the rich and the poor

  I am the searcher who stands guarding the door

  I am the searcher…I am the SEARCH-ER

  This lyric is an obvious metaphor for those who live and die alone…and yet despite the overt dramatization, there is still something about these words that chills me to the bone.

  VULTURE

  There’s a vulture flying high in the sky

  He’s just waiting for me to die

  Psychic powers, radiating eyes

  He can spot love before it cries

  I’m all alone in this cruel, cruel land

  I don’t know how much more I can stand

  The devil’s dealt me an evil, evil hand

  Vulture he’s just waiting for to land

  There’s a vulture circling high, high above me

  He can see I’ve got no one to love me

  He knows I’m gonna die of a broken heart

  He’s just waiting for to do his part

  I played with fire and now my life’s at stake

  I guess I just never got the breaks

  I’ve gotta try and keep my eyes awake

  Vulture’s coming for my soul to take

  There’s a vulture flying high in the sky

  He’s just waiting for me to die…

  There’s a vulture circling high, high above me

  He can see I’ve got no one to love me…

  There’s a vulture flying high in the sky

  He’s just waiting for me to die…

  There’s a vulture circling high, high above me

  He can see I’ve got no one to love me…

  Dedicated to the one that got away…

  SLOW DEATH

  I might live to be an old man

  But if I died tomorrow I wouldn’t care

  Because the only girl I ever loved

  Is so, so far, away from here

  I might live to be a hundred

  But what does it matter…what does it mean?

  When the only girl I ever loved

  Left me alone with a broken dream

  Some people die in accidents

  Some people die in wars

  But me I’m dyin’ a slow, slow death

  Everyday a little bit more

  …Everyday a little bit more

  I might live to see the second coming

  But there’s nothing like the first time through

  The Gates of Heaven are much too wide

  If I’m not walking in with you

  I might live to see forevermore

  But I may as well burn in hell

  Because if I can’t have you by my side

  Then nothingness is just as well

  Some people die in accidents

  Some people die in wars

  But me I’m dyin’ a slow, slow death

  Everyday a little bit more

  …Everyday a little bit more

  There’s this terrible disease called loneliness

  It hurts but it doesn’t kill

  It breaks your heart in a million pieces

  But your blood it doesn’t spill

  …your blood it doesn’t spill

  Some people die in accidents

  Some people die in wars

  But me I’m dyin’ a slow, slow death

  Everyday a little bit more

  …Everyday a little bit more

  …...Everyday a little bit more

  ......…Everyday a little bit more

  Back in the day I was in a band called Don’t Panic, and one day I had this bright idea that we should have a theme song by the same name, and so…voila (and I’m the first to admit that I got the idea from the Bad Company song called “Bad Company”!).

  DON’T PANIC

  Don’t panic

  Come what will

  Relax yourself

  Take a pill

  Don’t Panic

  It’s out of your hands

  Let the pieces fall

  And see where they land

  Dooon’t Panic…DON’T PAN-IC

  Dooon’t Panic…DON’T PAN-IC

  Don’t Panic

  Take it in stride

  The pedal’s to the metal

  So just go for the ride

  Don’t Panic

  Don’t get down

  Do your thing

  And I’ll see you around

  Dooon’t Panic…DON’T PAN-IC

  Dooon’t Panic…DON’T PAN-IC

  Don’t Panic

  We all have to work

  The money sucks

  And the boss is a jerk

  Don’t Panic

  What else can you do?

  Just do the best you can

  And may your dreams come true

  Dooon’t Panic…DON’T PAN-IC

  Dooon’t Panic…DON’T PAN-IC

  Typical story of pent-up adolescent sexual energy!

  ELECTRICITY

  When I’m in your company

  Oh what static comes to me

  It’s enough to make a light bulb glow

  Don’t you think our love could grow?

  Benjamin Franklin’s got nothing on me

  I don’t need a kite or a key

  Just turn me on and watch me go

  Don’t you think our love could grow?

  Sparks of Electricity

  Can’t you feel my energy?

  Atoms flowing to-and-fro

  Don’t you think our love could grow?

  You think I’m cool, I ain’t no fool

  I can see you ain’t no liar

  But when I’m in your company

  Girl you set my heart on fire

  I don’t need no extension cord

  Stick with me baby you’ll never be bored

  I’m enough to make a light bulb glow

  Don’t you think our love could grow?

  Sparks will fly, let’s give it a try

  My battery it never runs dry

  Just turn me on and watch me go

  Don’t you think our love could grow?

  Sparks of Electricity

  Can’t you feel my energy?

  Atoms flowing to-and-fro

  Don’t you think our love could grow?

  You think I’m cold, or so I’m told

  But I’m burning like a fire flaming out of control

  ‘Cause when I’m in your company

  I’m as hot as TNT

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bsp; Sparks of Electricity

  Can’t you feel my energy?

  Atoms flowing to-and-fro

  Don’t you think our love could grow?

  You think I’m ice, well that ain’t nice

  I could show you paradise

  ‘Cause when I’m in your company

  You bring out the devil in me

  The old tried and true automobile metaphor…works every time!

  WARM UP

  Warm up to my touch, baby

  Warm up to my feel, yeah

  Warm up but don’t let nobody know

  And you got yourself a deal

  Girl you gotta warm up (warm up baby)

  Warm up (warm up baby)

  Warm up to me and I’ll warm right up to you

  Warm up to my arms, baby

  Warm up to my kiss, yeah

  Warm up to the look in my eyes

  And I just can’t resist

  Girl you gotta warm up (warm up baby)

  Warm up (warm up baby)

  Warm up to me and I’ll warm right up to you

  I know you got another man

  But I won’t pretend to understand

  So warm up girl, set me free

  I hope he don’t catch on to me

  Girl you gotta warm up (warm up baby)

  Warm up (warm up baby)

  Warm up to me and I’ll warm right up to you

  Warm up to my nest, baby

  Warm up and be my guest, yeah

  Warm up girl, gimme your best

  And you just might pass this test

  Girl you gotta warm up (warm up baby)

  Warm up (warm up baby)