You're ready to talk Everything's cooling off No fingers are shaking The fever is breaking A tumbling rock How do we make it stop I don't want you falling Right to the bottom There there, now now There there, now now Forget what she said The girl musta lost her head Words that you swallow Can't hurt you tomorrow There there, now now There there, now now There there, now now There there, now now La la la la la la la... 'Cuz you never know 'Cuz you never know 'Cuz you never know 'Cuz you never know

When Sunny was a child She was carefree and wild She hardly had a worry in the world In her house it was clear When she looked into the mirror A proud girl was looking back at her Her mama said she was precious Don't you forget it She knew what her Mama said was true When Sunny was a child She was carefree and wild She didn't worry the way some people do It was only later on Like a low rolling fog Anxieties started creeping in She didn't tell nobody else But when looking at herself She was uncomfortable in her own skin Her mama said she was precious Don't you dare forget it She wanted to believe it was true But all she's ever seen on a television screen Are beauty queens, make her feel Not good enough not good enough Chorus: Sometimes your eyes They tell you lies Sometimes you see more with them closed Than when they're open wide Close your eyes And open your heart Well the music was pumpin And everybody’s jumpin As the party started getting off the ground Sunny was dancing With Wendy and Frances Moving and grooving to the sound And then in walks Earl All alone in the world Looking for a girl he could ask out Sizing up the place Searching for a pretty face Checking everybody up and down He’s not interested in Sunny She’s intelligent and funny But some belly fat is showing through her clothes He’s written off Wendy She seems real friendly But she’s got a pretty prominent nose And he likes the way she dances But he doesn't flirt with Frances She’s got a little acne on her face And all he's ever seen On a television screen Are beauty queens and no one else is Good enough not good enough Chorus He’s almost out the door When upon the dance floor Sprang a vision that took his breath away He stared in her direction Her flawless complexion A goddess, a dreamgirl, a babe He said your eyes are like diamonds Your hair is like a river Your body is so slender and sublime Of all the women in the room I have eyes only for you You and me could have a good time And the music is pumpin And everybody jumpin And after an uncomfortable delay She got all up in his face Put him in his place Here’s what his dreamgirl had to say Double Chorus

Cloudy night in the mountains Wildfires paint the sky Gentle breeze on my shoulders Carries smoke through the pines Beautiful, it's beautiful, so beautiful, yeah (x2) Striders glide on the water Owls fly in the sky Crickets sing, little sirens Eerie fog blurs the night Beautiful, it's beautiful, so beautiful, yeah (x2) Chorus: And I owe it all to my senses To feel all I can in a day Yes I owe it all to my senses 'Cuz one day they're gonna fade Fingertips from a warm grasp Tender lips close to mine Play with me in the tall grass Oh your touch is divine Double Chorus Beautiful, you're beautiful, so beautiful, yeah (x2)

Autumn leaves blazing in the sun Crispy apple sweet and sour on my tongue A lover's arms hold me in the dark Open promises and broken hearts A tender feeling I could have for anyone Another dozen lives shattered with a gun Desperate refugees drowning in the sea How a place can be so magical, tragical is barely understandable Chorus: So why, why even try Try making heads or tails of the human race The torn expression on its face I've seen, it's like a big machine Be aware that you and I don't count for much But we can share the human touch mmm hmmm Lucky boy, lights in his shoes Mommy daddy drive him anywhere he choose Soccer games, summer trips abroad Got that college funding from the very start Half a mile away a girl's without a dad When her mama's sick, things get pretty bad So unfortunate but so it will remain How a place can be so radical, mechanical is barely understandable Chorus Bridge: I have tried to gather it all, fathom it all The buildings and the wrecking balls The surge of youth, the pearls of truth Written on the subway walls The haunting songs, the falling bombs The invitation to the prom The glorious day giving way To a dark and everlasting calm The way that I feel when I'm looking above at the stars If I were you, I'd be on my guard Never know when things are gonna fall apart Hold on tight, watch your step Things are looking bright but They could darken, they could darken yet If I were you I'd plan for the worst You never know when the dam is gonna burst if I were you, I'd ignore this advice Lately I've become too cynical and critical and highly analytical Double Chorus

There's a ruckus in the alleyway He turns 'round to see what's going down There's a dirty little huckster Dealing crack by the dumpster So he roughs him up a couple of uppercuts to the gut'll been enough to make him think twice 'doesn't go like he planned Now he got blood on his hands So he lurks in the shadows Lays low hopin' no one'll ever know But the narcs on him And they're starting to close in One night (bang bang) door's kicked down get your body on the ground now or we take you out And his heart is racing As they head down to the station Tiny room at the precinct Where captain Samuel Flannigan Says "Now your ass is mine And I could make you do time But there's more work to do, gonna make a deal with you here's a badge and a loaded Glock 22 You better clean up your 'hood Or I'll lock you up for good!" He's out on the street now He'll make your life unlivable Civil rights don't mean jack To a scoundrel like that But it's all good 'cuz the Brotherhood got him covered in a cloud of immunity And the streets are safer Now that he got a taser

Yeah, I've been dancing with loneliness Yeah, I have held her as close as this Because I would like her to know What is in my heart Oh, I wish she would talk to me To know all the layers she cannot see Because on the inside Love is what she'd find she, doesnt know a thing about the way, the way it'll all turn out Because, then she would see and find her way to me

It's a desperate winter Not a drop of rain We're dry as tinder Going up in flames Can't we run away To some muggy town Or is it time to concede that ignorance and greed Have brought us down? Chorus: Even Now The sun is burning through the clouds Though it will be harder now I know somehow We can work this out We're out of December The hills are turning brown Can hardly remember When you last came around How your gentle touch Made everything new How the rivers and the streams and every living thing Now pine for you It's gonna get better That's what people say A change in the weather Is gonna come our way If it rains again We'll open all the doors And all those things we would do that got a rise out of you We'll do no more! Chorus

They say the chances Were very very small That any form of life Could form at all Kinda makes you feel Lucky to be here Who am I to feel Lucky to be here? When I look around me I see a lotta luck gone down the drain Maybe you're the kind Who feels the need For luxury and power To fuel your greed Or you could be the kind Who lends a hand Lifting others up The best you can You're a free man And no two are the same We climbed out of the ocean And got up on our feet Some live in mansions Some in the street In case you take a stand There's something you should know We will always have A long way to go This random A random serenade Ip opsip alaya Ip opsip clip clop aday We're bouncing bumping away Like the molecules inside of you

The chords are written The form, the rhythm The melody are all figured out I just need the lyric Can't seem to hear it What's this song all about? The waltzing meter And solemn demeanor They give it a sorrowful mood But here in the verses Under the surface I can hear happiness too Two jaded lovers Craving each other Afraid of letting it show The story's compelling And ripe for the telling I could give it a go But I'm not a poet You might as well know it My quill is best left on the shelf If you require meaning To go with my singing You'd better provide it yourself Chorus: Forget all your struggles Your toils and troubles And let this sweet melody swing you around Hold onto the feeling For all it's revealing And that's what the song is about I know it's crazy A little bit lazy Not what you thought it would be I'm just a musician With a writer's ambition This isn't easy for me Joy and sadness And moments of madness Are roaming around in your heart I could describe them Endeavour to rhyme them Why don't you do your part? Double chorus: Forget all your struggles Your toils and troubles And let this sweet melody swing you around Hold onto this feeling For all it's revealing And that's what the song is about Forget all your struggles Your toils and troubles And let this sweet melody swing you around Remember the feeling However revealing And that's what the song is about