DOWN CAME THE FOURTH WALL

A frantic scramble, the curtain’s raised 
A hasty start for a one-man-play 
The spotlight burning up the stage 

And you can fake love and you can give your word 
But it won’t be enough, even though everyone heard 


An improvisation with no clear plan 
But the act wore thin on his audience 
The fourth wall never had a chance 

And you can fake love and you can give your word 
But it won’t be enough, even though everyone heard 
And you can fake love and you can give your word 
But it won’t be enough, you’ll be the only one hurt 


And somehow she always knew but she saw only what she wanted to 
Until a voice inside her head said, 
“I would rather end this now than feel so dead… 
‘Cause I’m not dead… 
No, I’m not dead… 
No, I’m not dead!” 

And down came the theater with such a fall 
Down came everything and nothing at all 
Down came the fourth wall 

And you can fake love and you can give your word 
But it won’t be enough, even though everyone heard 
And you can fake love and you can give your word 
But it won’t be enough, even though everyone heard 
You’ll be the only one hurt

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I HAVE LOVE, I HAVE YOU

Don't need no roof above
No shelter from the storm
When I bear the elements
Somehow I'm safe and warm
And the coldest wind and rain no longer do me harm

'Cause I have love
I have love
I have love
I have you

Don't need no dollar bill
No golden hope or fear
To riches or to rags
I'll never shed a tear
'Cause I got a currency that's tried and true and dear

I have love
I have love
I have love
I have you

There is no way I can repay all that you've given me
But I will my heart, my life, the air I breathe

Don't need no afterlife
No gated kingdom come
It's here now with my wife
Our heaven just begun
And there is no end to any moment that is won

When you have love
And you have love
You have love
You have me

SHE CAME ALONG

I remember when she came along and found me lying on the floor all drunk in town 
I had propped myself against a wall and gave up after all the time spent falling down 
No I couldn't even stand 
'Til she gave me a hand 
When she came along, when she came along, when she came along 

She helped me get back on my feet, called a cab and stayed with me a little while 
And when that driver didn't show she figured she could drive me home 'cause "What's a mile?" 
And it came as a surprise 
How this opened up my eyes 
When she came along, when she came along, when she came along 

Oh I changed my ways 
Oh my saving grace 
No if she had not come 'long 
I would never write one song 
I'm glad she came along, so glad she came along, I'm glad she came along 

I'm glad she came along 
I'm glad she came along 
I'm glad she came along 
I'm glad she came along 
Yes I'm glad she came along
ALL ALONG

I dreamed I saw my grandfather 
Up in heaven and he looked peaceful 
He looked young again 
And he smiled at me when I took his hand 

So I told him how I missed him so 
And how it made me sad that I never got to know 
Him very well 
When he was with us every single day 

And then he laughed and said to me: 
But I've been with you all along 
All along 
All along, all along 


Then he pointed down 
To where I came from to the world below 
He said that's where I belong 
But I begged to stay 
I did not want to go away 

So I told him how I've been so down 
And how I can't quite turn my life around 
Oh how I felt alone 
And I needed him, yes I needed him 

So he hugged me close and said: 
But I'll be with you all along, 
All along 
All along, all along 


And when I woke up my face was wet 
From the tears I cried all through my dream last night 
But I felt okay 
And I hoped to dream again someday
SEE WHAT YOU'RE DOING TO ME

Open like a book with black and white honesty
Hands out in front with nothing hid up the sleeves
How easy it is, to love and to give
Closing both eyes while turning the other cheek

And I see what you're doing to me my love
And I see what you're doing to me my love

Starkly exposed but not going to run away
Calm and resigned with feet planted firm in place
So eager to please, I fall to my knees
A grass-line surprise and the huntress is on her prey

And I see what you're doing to me my love
And I see what you're doing to me my love, my love, my love, my love

Oh I'd give everything to you my love
'Til I'm pale as a ghost and blood doesn't flow in my veins

And I see what you're doing to me my love
And I see what you're doing to me my love
And I see what you're doing to me my love
And I see what you're doing to me my love

GOT A WAYS TO GO

Waking up without the slightest recollection 
Of who or where I am, yes, yesterday's a section 
That is closed to me, it's not something that I can see 

Standing on the shoulder of a desert highway 
Tossed aside and left to die, perhaps it's Judgement Day and I've been left behind 
As if God had a change of mind 

Yeah I got a ways to go 
Yeah I got a ways to go 
But I'm going somewhere 
Yeah I'm headed somewhere 


So maybe there's a reason why I'm out here walking 
But neither foot's revealing why I'm alone and talking to myself 
Cuz there sure ain't nobody else 

But, certainly, I'm headed in the right direction 
The road is cold below my toes and at the intersection there's a sign to read 
In a chicken-scratch I don't speak 

Yeah I got a ways to go 
Yeah I got a ways to go 
But I'm going somewhere 
Yeah I'm headed somewhere 


No there's no sign of life, not anyone along this road 
No there's no sign of life at all 
Only the air seems to hear anything that I say 
But it keeps every word and must hide them away 
In a place that only the sky would be able to find 

The fading red horizon says the night is falling 
While the road that stretches forward says "Tomorrow's calling 
For the same 'ole bit," but I'm so tired that I have to sit 

And suddenly a skeleton is there beside me 
Is this a dream?!? What does this mean?? And who the hell is he to point the other way?!!? 
As if he knew the way I came 

Yeah I got a ways to go
Yeah I got a ways to go 
But I'm going somewhere
Yeah I'm headed somewhere