LYRICS

LIFE SONG

we're in a race against time
trying to close the divide
trying to multiply our good will and insight
instead of the hate and the spite
a long list of ancient names
and some people today
would try to justify a fight and lighting the world up in flames
while shifting all of the blame to those they don't consider the same

some people believe that others don't belong
that they are right or they are wrong
but this is a real live man's song
can you see that i am weak and i am strong
that i am right and i am wrong
this is a real live man's song

over time us humans have evolved
it looks like the animal dissolved
but parts of him still remain in us all
the struggle between good and evil it's not yet been resolved
so it's still normal to feel like doing wrong
but we've all got some power to stand tall
with actions more powerful than song
and ideas more powerful than law

some people believe that others don't belong
that they are right or they are wrong
but this is a real live man's song
can you see that i am weak and i am strong
that i am right and i am wrong
this is a real live man's song

I PUT MY HEART INTO YOU

i put my heart into you from the first day i saw you
we were young and wild and free
and we lived life gratefully
to many places we would go but in those days i know
right where i wanted to be

and we would walk through the fields and trees
and see the sun come through the leaves
but i questioned if the wonders of the world
even could compare to my girl

i didn't think it would end this soon
leaving's not an easy thing to do
i put my heart into you
i put my heart into you
i put my heart into you
i put my heart into you
yeah it was safe to say it's true
that leaving's not an easy thing to do
the world changes
things get made new but i don't think that i'll get over you
i put my heart into you
i put my heart into you
i put my heart into you
i put my heart into you

DIRTY HANDS

i talked to a man
he was old and he was wise
he said you can try
but you won't escape this life

so go get all the pleasures
but be a friend to your brothers
and you'll marry a lover
it will all be clearer in time

i questioned for a while
if what he had said was right
it was unclear at first
but it became clear in time

so i got all the pleasures
and was a friend to my brothers
and i married a lover
it was all clearer in time

i made the most of that summer
gave all i had to another
felt the sould of our mother earth
it was all clearer in time

DESIRE AND TRIUMPH

i can't believe what i'm seeing today
when i opened up my eyes everything was changed
and i've seen love come and then go away
it was a lonely road back to this place

oh you
you had to leave me so soon
i barely knew you
but now that you're here again won't you stay with me until the end
i didn't think that i'd be standing here
with another chance this year
to see if love can reappear

our people have endured so many things
those who built this future didn't crumble from the pain
so why should i fall on my face
from any lack of love or a love that's been erased

oh you
i didn't need you
but you had to leave me so soon
now that you're here again won't you stay with me until the end
no i didn't think that i'd be standing here
and have another chance this year
to see if love can reappear

in a world as crazy as this
nothing made more sense
than the moments that we kissed

BECAUSE OF YOU

when i was a younger man
you and me were holding hands
you were taking me somewhere i didn't know
i used to watch the things you'd do
and i'd try to do them too
always wanted to be oh just like you

you wanted me to see
all the better sides of me
and i wanted to see
only better sides of me

and it's all because of you
it's all because of you
it's all because of you
it's all because of you

i could have gone many different ways
and there were times i made mistakes
but you were there when i was wondering which path to take
which of your kinds acts of them all
made the change i can't recall
every single thing you did mattered and whether it was big or small

you wanted me to see
all the better sides of me
and i wanted to see
only better sides of me

and it's all because of you
it's all because of you
it's all because of you
it's all because of you

ME AND YOU

this life
it's mine and it's yours
and this love
is mine and it's yours

i've got to be with you all the time
just you and me all the time

some say we could find better things to do
but they don't know anything about me and you
and if some say all of our greatest days are through
they don't know anything about me and you

this town
is mine and it's yours
and this love
is mine and it's yours

i've got to be with you all the time
just you and me all the time

some say we could find better things to do
but they don't know anything about me and you
and if some say all of our greatest days are through
they don't know anything about me and you

PARADISE

days go by without a care
in a place like this i can feel the air
i'm filled with passion and desire
in my whole life my spirits never were higher

i think that we belong together
i think that we should be together
i think that we belong together
i think that we should be together

my foot touched ground and i forgot the past
stepped to the water's edge and i was free at last
i never thought life could be so nice
until i came to paradise

i think that we belong together
i think that we should be together
i think that we belong together
i think that we should be together

i just wish i'd known you all along
when we're together it feels like i can't go wrong
yeah i wish i'd known you all along
us being apart was wrong wrong wrong
please don't leave me
please don't leave me
please don't leave me