Saw him on a Friday outside some run down saloon
he was cryin over someone that he felt left much too soon
I said, hey boy don't you cry tonight
let me take you out on this town
he looked at me and smiled as one last tear splashed off the ground
with half a wink he asked me what are you some kind of freak
I told him no, I guess I just feel your vibe is kinda deep
the moon hung over soho
and I counted 16 stars
I pointed at the brightest one and said now that one's ours
he's a dandelion, up on his hill above the sea
he's not exactly everything I thought that he might be

he's a dandelion
he looks like everything I need
I thought he was a flower
but I found out he's a weed

Then I hold on hold on hold on
hold on hold on hold on

he might just be poison
but I took him to my roof top
I said are you afraid of heights,
He said no I am not
I said hey boy don't you lie to me, tell me everything you feel
we danced around in circles,
He said I think we found something real

he's a dandelion, up on his cliff above the sea
he's not exactly everything I thought that he might be

he's a dandelion
he looks like everything I need
I thought he was a flower
but I found out he's a weed

Then I hold on hold on hold on
hold on hold on hold on
Down in union square
I saw him walking all alone
I walked a little slower just so I'd remain unknown
he met someone on seventeenth that he knew her all too well
my little piece of heaven has a secret he won't tell
with half a smile he took her hand
and then they walked away
I realized I would not see my boy after today

I fell in love with a dandelion
and he's all I ever had
at first he looked so sweet
but in the end he tastes so bad
he's a dandelion, up on his cliff above the sea
he's not exactly everything I thought that he might be

he's a dandelion
he looks like everything I need
I thought she was a flower
but I found out he's a weed

Then I hold on hold on hold on
hold on hold on hold on
And I tell myself
hold on hold on hold on
hold on hold on hold on
yeah hold on

I am a BEAUTIFUL WOMAN,

with a beauty that doesn't wash off.

I earned it,
unearthed it,
rescued it like a jewel in the dust,

picked it up and made it shine.

For years, I did not see it,

though I sensed it was there.

Now it dazzles

and thrives.

I am healthy, capable, independent,
strong yet still so fragile, floored by a sigh.

My body is that of a creator
- angles meeting curves,

hardness drifting into soft.

I am mother, daughter, sister, lover to myself.

Embraceable and brave, I extend my heart.
My body is home,

my home a shrine to life,

comfortable, warm and rich with treasures.

Mine is the scent of hot spices caught in a breeze,

mine the laughter that wings through the door.

I share myself only with those who honor me as I am and protect myself, my
house, and my time from invaders.

I search for my center in the midst of chaos,

practice peace as wild dogs clamor in my mind.

I use power for the greater good,

release rage in neutral settings,

with no one innocent in the line of fire.

I am learning how to persist and when to let go,

am willing to feel all emotion,

their depths and exaltations,

to wake up in every nerve
and no longer am afraid of my life.

Both my beauty and strength transcend age, time,

and perhaps even this lifetime

Each day I am new,

yet more at home in myself.

Moment by moment,

I create my world.

Let faxes butter-curl on dusty shelves.
Let junkmail build its castles in the hush
of other people’s halls. Let deadlines burst
and flash like glorious fireworks somewhere else.
As hours go softly by, let others curse
the roads where distant drivers queue like sheep.
Let e-mails fly like panicked, tiny birds.
Let phones, unanswered, ring themselves to sleep.

Above, the sky unrolls its telegram,
immense and wordless, simply understood:
you’ve made your mark like birdtracks in the sand -
now make the air in your lungs your livelihood.
See how each wave arrives at last to heave
itself upon the beach and vanish. Breathe.

I'm through with standing in line
To clubs we'll never get in
It's like the bottom of the ninth
And I'm never gonna win
This life hasn't turned out
Quite the way I want it to be

(Tell me what you want)

I want a brand new house
On an episode of Cribs
And a bathroom I can play baseball in
And a king size tub big enough
For ten plus me

(So what you need?)

I'll need a credit card that's got no limit
And a big black jet with a bedroom in it
Gonna join the mile high club
At thirty-seven thousand feet

(Been there, done that)

I want a new tour bus full of old guitars
My own star on Hollywood Boulevard
Somewhere between Cher and
James Dean is fine for me

(So how you gonna do it?)

I'm gonna trade this life for fortune and fame
I'd even cut my hair and change my name

[Chorus:]
'Cause we all just wanna be big rockstars
And live in hilltop houses driving fifteen cars
The girls come easy and the drugs come cheap
We'll all stay skinny 'cause we just won't eat
And we'll hang out in the coolest bars
In the VIP with the movie stars
Every good gold digger's
Gonna wind up there
Every Playboy bunny
With her bleach blond hair

Hey hey I wanna be a rockstar
Hey hey I wanna be a rockstar

I wanna be great like Elvis without the tassels
Hire eight body guards that love to beat up assholes
Sign a couple autographs
So I can eat my meals for free
(I'll have the quesadilla on the house)
I'm gonna dress my ass
With the latest fashion
Get a front door key to the Playboy mansion
Gonna date a centerfold that loves to
Blow my money for me
(So how you gonna do it?)
I'm gonna trade this life for fortune and fame
I'd even cut my hair and change my name

[Chorus]

And we'll hide out in the private rooms
With the latest dictionary and today's who's who
They'll get you anything with that evil smile
Everybody's got a drug dealer on speed dial, well

Hey hey I wanna be a rockstar

I'm gonna sing those songs
That offend the censors
Gonna pop my pills from a pez dispenser

I'll get washed-up singers writing all my songs
lip sync 'em every night so I don't get 'em wrong

[Chorus]

And we'll hide out in the private rooms
With the latest dictionary and today's who's who
They'll get you anything with that evil smile
Everybody's got a drug dealer on speed dial

Hey hey I wanna be a rockstar
Hey hey I wanna be a rockstar

oh oh oh

No matter what you say about love
I keep coming back for more
Keep my hand in the fire
Sooner or later I get what I’m asking for

No matter what you say about life
I learn every time I bleed
The truth is a stranger
Soul is in danger I gotta let my spirit be free
To admit that I’m wrong and then change my mind
Sorry but I have to move on and leave you behind

I can’t waste time so give it a moment
I realized nothings broken
No need to worry about everything I’ve done
Live every second like it was my last one
Don’t look back got a new direction
I loved you once needed protection
You’re still a part of everything I do
You’re on my heart just like a tattoo
Just like a tattoo
I’ll always have you (I'll always have you)

Sick of playing all of these games
It’s not about taking sides
When I looked in the mirror didn’t deliver
It hurt enough to think that I could stop
Admit that I’m wrong and then change my mind
Sorry but I’ve gotta be strong and leave you behind

I can’t waste time so give it a moment
I realize nothings broken
No need to worry about everything I’ve done
Live every second like it was my last one
Don’t look back got a new direction
I loved you once needed protection
You’re still a part of everything I do
You’re on my heart just like a tattoo
Just like a tattoo
I’ll always have you (I'll always have you)

If I live every moment
Won’t change any moment
Still a part of me in you
I will never regret you
Still the memory of you
Marks everything I do, oh

I can’t waste time so give it a moment
I realize nothings broken (yeah)
No need to worry about everything I’ve done
Live every second like it was my last one
Don’t look back got a new direction (don't look back)
I loved you once needed protection (no, no)
You’re still a part of everything I do
You’re on my heart just like a tattoo

I can’t waste time so give it a moment (i can't waste time)
I realized nothings broken
No need to worry about everything I’ve done (no need to worry)
Live every second like it was my last one
Don’t look back got a new direction (don't you ever look back)
I loved you once needed protection
You’re still a part of everything I do
You’re on my heart just like a tattoo
Just like a tattoo
I’ll always have you

Where have all the good men gone
And where are all the gods?
Where's the street-wise Hercules
To fight the rising odds?
Isn't there a white knight upon a fiery steed?
Late at night I toss and turn and dream of what I need

[Chorus]
I need a hero
I'm holding out for a hero 'til the end of the night
He's gotta be strong
And he's gotta be fast
And he's gotta be fresh from the fight
I need a hero
I'm holding out for a hero 'til the morning light
He's gotta be sure
And it's gotta be soon
And he's gotta be larger than life

Somewhere after midnight
In my wildest fantasy
Somewhere just beyond my reach
There's someone reaching back for me
Racing on the thunder and rising with the heat
It's gonna take a superman to sweep me off my feet

[Chorus]

Up where the mountains meet the heavens above
Out where the lightning splits the sea
I would swear that there's someone somewhere
Watching me

Through the wind and the chill and the rain
And the storm and the flood
I can feel his approach
Like the fire in my blood

Feelin' better
Now that were through
Feelin' better
'cause I'm over you
I learned my lesson
It left a scar
But now I see
How you really are

You're no good, you're no good
You're no good...baby you're no good
I'm gonna say it again
You're no good, you're no good
You're no good...baby you're no good

Broke a heart
Gentle and true
Left a man
Over someone like you
I'll beg his forgiveness
On bended knee
But I wouldn't blame him
If he said to me

You're no good, you're no good
You're no good...baby you're no good
I'm gonna say it again
You're no good, you're no good
You're no good...baby you're no good

I'm tellin' you now baby
That I'm going my way
Forget about you baby
'cause I'm leaving today

I saw the light but it was too late, too late
I wanted to fight but it was too great, too great to fight it

Guess I'm loving on borrowed time
Didn't know that you could not be mine
I'm the fool I guess
I'm the fool I guess

I started to cry but I was cried out, cried out
Cause you opened my eyes but with the light out
I couldn't see it

Guess I'm loving on borrowed time
Didn't know that you could not be mine
I'm the fool I guess
I'm the fool I guess

I begged you to leave her but it was too late, too late
Cause though you have deceived her
You knew that she'd wait
She'd wait forever

Guess I'm loving on borrowed time
Didn't know that you could not be mine
I'm the fool I guess
I'm the fool I guess

Guess I'm loving on borrowed time
Didn't know that you could not be mine
I'm the fool I guess
I'm the fool I guess
Oh baby, I'm the fool I guess
Oh now, I'm the fool I guess

I want to love you once again
Couldn't you love me too
Don't turn away from all that we've been thru
Everyone changes, be my friend
Haven't you got the time
Help me I need you, throw me down a line

Please don't keep me waiting
I can't hold on much longer
Please don't keep me waiting
I can't love you any stronger
Please don't keep me waiting
I can't take this kind of pain
Take me back in your arms once again

Living on dreams from yesterday
Waking and you're not here
I wanna see your face
I want you near
Now is the moment we must live
You can't run and hide
I know you want me too
Down deep inside

Please don't keep me waiting
I can't hold on much longer
Please don't keep me waiting
I can't love you any stronger
Please don't keep me waiting
I can't take this kind of pain
Take me back in your arms once again

Please don't keep me waiting
I can't hold on much longer
Please don't keep me waiting
I can't love you any stronger
Please don't keep me waiting
I can't take this kind of pain
Take me back in your arms once again

Remember the feelings, remember the day
My stone heart was breaking
My love ran away
This moment I knew I would be someone else
My love turned around and I fell

Be my bad boy, be my man
Be my week-end lover
But don't be my friend
You can be my bad boy
But understand
That I don't need you in my life again

Won't you be my bad boy, be my man
Be my week-end lover
But don't be my friend
You can be my bad boy
But understand
That I don't need you again
No I don't need you again

Bad boy!

You once made this promise
To stay by my side
But after some time you just pushed me aside
You never thought that a girl could be strong
Now I'll show you how to go on

Be my bad boy, be my man
Be my week-end lover
But don't be my friend
You can be my bad boy
But understand
That I don't need you in my life again
Won't you be my bad boy, be my man
Be my week-end lover
But don't be my friend
You can be my bad boy
But understand
That I don't need you again
No I don't need you again

I let the beast in too soon, I don't know how to live
Without my hand on his throat; I fight him always and still
Oh darling, it's so sweet, you think you know how crazy
How crazy I am
You say you don't spook easy, you won't go, but I know
And I pray that you will
Fast as you can, baby runfree yourself of me
Fast as you can
I may be soft in your palm but I'll soon grow
Hungry for a fight, and I will not let you win
My pretty mouth will frame the phrases that will
Disprove your faith in man
So if you catch me trying to find my way into your
Heart from under your skin
Fast as you can, baby scratch me out, free yourself
Fast as you can
Fast as you can, baby scratch me out, free yourself
Fast as you can
Sometimes my mind don't shake and shift
But most of the time, it does
And I get to the place where I'm begging for a lift
Or I'll drown in the wonders and the was
And I'll be your girl, if you say it's a gift
And you give me some more of your drugs
Yeah, I'll be your pet, if you just tell me it's a gift
'Cause I'm tired of whys, choking on whys,
Just need a little because, because
I let the beast in and then;
I even tried forgiving him, but it's too soon
So I'll fight again, again, again, again, again.
And for a little while more, I'll soar the
Uneven wind, complain and blame
The sterile land
But if you're getting any bright ideas, quiet dear
I'm blooming within
Fast as you can, baby wait watch me, I'll be out
Fast as I can, maybe late but at least about
Fast as you can leave me, let this thing
Run its route
Fast as you can [x4]

If you go away on this summer's day,
Then you might as well take the sun away
All the birds that flew in the summer sky
When our love was new and our hearts were high
When the day was young and the nights were long
And the moon stood still for the night bird's song
If you go away, if you go away, if you go away.

But if you stay, I'll make you a day
Like no day has been, or will be again
We'll sail on the sun, we'll ride on the rain
And talk to the trees and worship the wind
But if you go, I'll understand
Leave me just enough love to fill up my hand
If you go away, if you go away, if you go away.

If you go, as I know you will
You must tell the world to stop turning
Till you return again, if you ever do,
For what good is love without loving you?
Can I tell you now, as you turn to go
I'll be dying slowly till the next hello
If you go away, if you go away, if you go away.

But if you stay, I'll make you a night
Like no night has been, or will be again
I'll sail on your smile, I'll ride on your touch
I'll talk to your eyes that I love so much
But if you go, I won't cry
Though the good is gone from the word goodbye
If you go away, if you go away, if you go away.

If you go away, as I know you must
There is nothing left in this world to trust
Just an empty room, full of empty space
Like the empty look I see on your face
I'd have been the shadow of your shadow
If you might have kept me by your side
If you go away, if you go away, if you go away

Woke up this morning, saw that spring had come

I had been weary waitin’ for the one

I looked around and saw my life could be

Full of the finer things like a warm May breeze

You filled the empty spaces in my heart

I can’t imagine life if we’re apart

It’s plain to see that we’re a family

And we’re boiling over with the joy it brings

If this ain’t love, don’t know what is

If this ain’t love, don’t know what is

If this ain’t love, don’t know what is

This is real, this is real

If this ain’t love, don’t know what is

If this ain’t love, don’t know what is

If this ain’t love, don’t know what is

This is real, this is real

Been to the city, it was full of flash

But kind of empty with its noise and trash

I rode a Cadillac taxi cab

drove me ‘round and dropped me on the other side of town

But you fill empty spaces in my heart

I can’t imagine life if we’re apart

Sit in the easy chair and hold my hand

And I’m satisfied this love is bonafide

If this ain’t love, don’t know what is

If this ain’t love, don’t know what is

If this ain’t love, don’t know what is

This is real, this is real

If this ain’t love, don’t know what is

If this ain’t love, don’t know what is

If this ain’t love, don’t know what is

This is real, this is real

You're unsure and you're not ready so that must mean I want you
You're unavailable and disinterested and to you I look for comfort

A million times in a million ways I will try to change you
A million months and a million days I'll try to somehow convince you

I have waited for you and adjusted for you and I'm done
I have deferred to you and enabled you and I'm done

You're too young or you're too old or you're simply not inclined
You're asleep or you're withholding be that my cue to crave you
Several times in several ways I'll try to squeeze love from you
Several hours and several ways I'll feast on scraps thrown from you

I have bent for you and I've deprived for you and I'm done
I have depressed for you and contorted for you and I'm done
I have stifled for you and I've compromised for you and I'm done
I have silenced for you and sacrificed for you and I'm done

It won't be long before I am reclaimed
It won't take long and I'll be on path again
It won't be easy for us to disengage
I'm at the end of self deprivation stage

You're afraid of every woman afraid of your inner workings
You cringe at the thought of living under the same roof as me god and everything
A million times and a million ways I've tried to alter to match you
Several times every several days I've tried to uncrush on you

ROGER
Who do you think you are?
Barging in on me and my guitar?
Little girl - hey, the door is that way
You better go you know
The fire's out anyway
Take your powder - take your candle
Your sweet whisper I just can't handle
Well take your hair in the moonlight
Your brown eyes - goodbye, goodnight
I should tell you I should tell you
I should tell you I should - no!
Another time - another place
Our temperature would climb
There'd be a long embrace
We'd do another dance
It'd be another play
Looking for romance?
Come back another day
Another day

MIMI
The heart may freeze or it can burn
The pain will ease if I can learn
There is no future, there is no past
I live this moment as my last
There's only us, there's only this
Forget regret, or life is yours to miss
No other road, no other way
No day but today

ROGER
Excuse me if I'm off track,
But if you're so wise
Then tell me - why do you need smack?
Take your needle,
Take your fancy prayer
And don't forget
Get the moonlight out of your hair
Long ago - you might've lit up my heart
But the fire's dead - ain't never ever gonna start
Another time - another place
The words would only rhyme
We'd be in outer space
It'd be another song
We'd sing another way
You wanna prove me wrong?
Come back another day
Another day

MIMI
There's only us, only tonight
We must let go to know what's right
No other course, no other way
No day but today

MIMI,ANGEL,COLLINS & MARK
I can't control
My destiny
I trust my soul
My only goal is just to be
There's only now
There's only here
Give in to love
Or live in fear
No other path
No other way

ROGER
Control your temper
She doesn't see
Who says that there's a soul
Just let me be
Who do you think you are
Barging here on my and my guitar
Little girl hey, the door is that way

MIMI
No day but today...

ROGER
The fire's out anyway

MIMI, ANGEL, COLLINS & MARK
No day but today

ROGER
Take your powder, take your candle

MIMI, ANGEL, COLLINS & MARK
No day but today

ROGER
Take your brown eyes, your pretty smile, your silhouette

MIMI, ANGEL, COLLINS & MARK
No day but today

ROGER
Another time, another place,
Another rhyme, a warm embrace

MIMI, ANGEL, COLLINS & MARK
No day but today

ROGER
Another dance, another way
Another chance, another day

MIMI, ANGEL, COLLINS & MARK
No day but today