Did I Say That

So this is what it feels like
To be the one left behind
To give it all you got then find
You’ve already changed your mind

And this is what it sounds like
Crying on the bed that we both made
Waiting for a sign that you just can’t give me
Any kind of sign

And I don’t want to be here wide awake
Clinging to a love that can’t be saved
And hanging off the edge of every word that you say

And so I ask myself,
Do I love you so much that I’m willing to let you go?
And at the tip of my tongue the answer was, Yes
But, at the bottom of my heart I’m wondering:

Did I say that? Oh no, no
Did I say that? Oh-ho
Sometimes you know I overreact
And what I say is not a matter of fact
And I wish that I could take it all back…

And you know I’d drag myself through the fire at your side
And you know the gates of Heaven are surely open wide
And I need some sympathy here
And I need someone to call my own
I’m standing in the light of my mistakes
And begging you: Come home!

And I know you need some time to run and hide
But the truth is hard to swallow when you’re choking on your pride

And so I ask myself,
Do I love you so much that I’m willing to let you go?
And at the tip of my tongue the answer was, Yes
But at the back of my mind I’m wondering:

Did I say that? Oh no, no
Did I say that? Oh-ho
Sometimes you know I overreact
And what I say is not a matter of fact
And I wish that I could take it all back

But I said that…

…and I wish that I could take it all back

And I need some sympathy here
And I want love to call my own
I wanna take you in the backseat now
And slowly drive you home

And I know you need some time to run and hide
But the truth is hard to swallow when you’re choking on your pride

And I don’t wanna be this wide awake
Fighting for a love that I can’t save
And hangin’ on the edge of every word you say
Knowing that it might make me cry

And I don’t want to be this complicating
You can drag it out but I’ll be waiting
I stumbled on I love you tonight
But it sounded like goodbye

Did I say that?
Did I say that?
Ooh, did I tell you that I loved you
‘Cause it would have been a matter of fact

Did I say that?
—this time I’m not letting go
Did I say that?
—this time I’ll have and I’ll hold
Oh, did I tell you that I loved you?
‘Cause it would have been a matter of fact

Ooh, did I say that?
—this time I’m walking through fire
Hmm, did I say that?
—this time I’ll feed your desire
Hmm, did I say that?
—this time I stand by your side
Ooh, did I say that?
—this time I will be your pride
Did I say that?
—this time I’m not letting go
Did I say that?
—this time I’ll have and I’ll hold
Did I say that?
—this time I’m walkin’ through fire
Did I say that?
And I wish that I could take it all back...

So this is what it feels like
To be the one left behind
To give it all you got then find
That you’ve already changed your mind....

Why Isn’t That Enough

I don’t know how I can do this
What am I supposed to say?
You have been my dream for so long
Now that dream is slipping away

I don’t want to let you go
It’s only that I know I must
I can’t hardly get the words out
Baby is this the end of us?

You know that I want you
You know that I need you, baby
You know that I love you
So why isn’t that enough?

I’ve been sleeping in the daytime
I’ve been weeping at the scene
Wishing you would haunt me and you’d
Tell me this was all a dream

Wishing you were here beside me
What I’d give to hold you tight
But nothing I can do or say will
Change the truth tonight

You know that I want you
You know that I need you, baby
You know that I love you
So why isn’t that enough?

If I want you and I need you and I love you
And I want that to be enough
‘Cause I want you and I need you and I love you
And I want that to be enough

Yes, I want you and I need you and I love you
And I want that to be enough
Yes, I want you and I need you and I love you
And I want that to be enough....

I don’t want to let you go
It’s only that I know I must
I can’t hardly get the words out
Baby is this the end of us?

You know that I want you
You know that I need you, baby
You know that I love you
So why isn’t that enough?
Why isn’t that enough?
I wish it was enough....

Hmm ooh, enough....

Love You Out Loud

I sit in my living room thinking of you
And the feelings I fear are coming true
And everything about you is wrong I know it

But I still taste you on my tongue, and I
Still breathe you in my lungs, and I
Wish I could stop breaking down
Wish I could love you out loud

Wish I could love you out loud but I’ll just keep it to myself
Wish I could hear how it sounds to be with you and no-one else

Don’t make a sound
Don’t tell a soul

It’s 7:00am and I just want to call you
And tell you I’m falling in love
But there’s someone else inside these four walls

If she smells you on my skin, and I
Can’t let her know where I’ve been, and I
Wish I could be with you now
Wish I could love you out loud

Wish I could love you out loud but I’ll just keep it to myself
Wish I could hear how it sounds to be with you and no-one else
Wish I could love you out loud because I’m under your spell
Wish I could tell the whole world but I’ll just keep it to myself

Don’t make a sound
Don’t tell a soul
Don’t tell them anything and I won’t let you go

Don’t say word
Don’t tell a soul

And I shiver at the thought of you
I can’t believe that you love me too
And we quiver when we touch
I can’t believe I love you so much

And I hate it when you walk away
I know we can’t go on this way
But there’s magic when we touch
I can’t believe I love you so much....

(wish I could love you out loud)
Wish I could hear how it sounds
(wish I could love you out loud)
Wish I could hear how it sounds

Wish I could love you out loud but I’ll just keep it to myself
Wish I could hear how it sounds to be with you and no-one else
Wish I could love you out loud because I’m under your spell
Wish I could tell the whole world but I’ll just keep it to myself

Don’t make a sound
Don’t tell a soul
Don’t tell them anything and I won’t let you go…

Wish I could love you out loud but I’ll just keep it to myself
Wish I could hear how it sounds to be with you and no-one else
Wish I could love you out loud because I’m under your spell
Wish I could tell the whole world but I’ll just keep it to myself

Wish I could love you out loud
Wish I could hear how it sounds
Wish I could love you out loud
Wish I could hear how it sounds

Wish I could love you out loud....

Intermezzo

[instrumental]

Testify

Shame on you, for comin’ all the way back down almost as if you got a chance—
Ain’t got no chance
You sold you soul, you’re going down, all the way down
Hellhounds on your trail, boy
Hellhounds on your trail!
Joe Seneca, from the movie "Crossroads"

Oh, come a little closer, it’s a feeling that I can’t deny
I was weak, but I never thought I’d speak about the darker side
Is that a tent? I could repent upon the side of the road
Oh, but I kept on going, yeah, I headed for another load

I get up from the ground in the middle of the morning
Up from the ground in the middle of the evening
Up from the ground in the middle of the night
Oh, I testify!

Oh, I was laid upon the grave by a preacher’s hand, I cannot lie
And I forsake the many vows I made to be with you tonight
Oh, could you be the salvation ‘cause I never felt like this before
And could you lend me your hand ‘cause I’m falling back on the floor

I get up from the ground in the middle of the morning
Up from the ground in the middle of the evening
Up from the ground in the middle of the night
Oh, I testify!

I get up from the ground in the middle of the morning
Up from the ground in the middle of the evening
Up from the ground in the middle of the night
Oh, I testify!

On a road outside of nowhere, in the middle of the night
Well, I’d guess I hit rock bottom and the dawn was not in sight
And a Temptest made of fire onset the sky aglow
And a sweet young thing called out my name—and this is how it goes… she says:

Go on boy, can you hear them?
Are you falling through the cracks in your eyes?
Go on boy, can you hear them?
Are you falling through the cracks in your eyes?
(repeat)

They say—
Oh I testify—
Testify—
And I got down on my knees—

I get up from the ground in the middle of the morning
Up from the ground in the middle of the evening
Up from the ground and I’m falling back down
Up from the ground and I testify!

I get up from the ground in the middle of the morning
Up from the ground in the middle of the evening
Up from the ground and I’m falling back down
Up from the ground and I testify!

I get up from the ground in the middle of the morning
Up from the ground in the middle of the evening
Up from the ground and I’m falling back down
Up from the ground and I testify!

I get up from the ground in the middle of the morning
Up from the ground in the middle of the evening
Up from the ground and I’m falling back down
Up from the ground and I testify!

Oh every cut reveals a scar that you can never hope to hide
Oh, and all the pain that you restrain keeps building up deep inside
Oh, if you think you’re above it, then it’s you my friend, that I implore
You’ve got to walk before you run
See the night before the dawn—before you pull yourself off the floor

I get up from the ground in the middle of the morning
Up from the ground in the middle of the evening
Up from the ground in the middle of the night
Oh, I testify!

(up from the ground, yeah)
(I testify)

I get up from the ground in the middle of the morning
Up from the ground in the middle of the evening
Up from the ground and I’m falling back down
Up from the ground and I testify!

I get up from the ground in the middle of the morning
Up from the ground in the middle of the evening
Up from the ground and I’m falling back down
Up from the ground and I testify!

I get up from the ground in the middle of the morning
Up from the ground in the middle of the evening
Up from the ground and I’m falling back down
Up from the ground and I testify!

I get up from the ground in the middle of the morning
Up from the ground in the middle of the evening
Up from the ground in the middle of the night
Oh, I testify!....

Tear Me Down

Listen! I was born on the other side, just always looking in
I made it over the great divide—now I’m coming for you
Your forces lined up in battle, your soldiers and your machines
The sun been blacked out by the shadows—the darkest hour now you’ve ever seen

But I’m easy and I’m serious
They try and tear me down
You want me, baby, I dare you:
Try and tear me down

I rose up on the doctor’s slab like Lazarus from the pit
And everyone wants take a stab, decorate me—with blood, graffiti and spit
I’ve been held up on money, I’ve been beaten out of spite
You want a piece of me honey? Lose our win: you know you’ve been in a fight!

But I’m easy and I’m serious
They try and tear me down
You want me, baby, I dare you:
Try and tear me down

On March 6th, 1836 the walls of the Alamo fell to the Mexican army. After a 12-day siege the troops of Santa Ana were victorious, but too exhausted to hold on, and the Texans won the war.

It’s further from El Paso to Texarkana, then from New York to Chicago. And when it joined the Union, Texas was the biggest state.

Yeah, everything from Texas is big, lager than life, and none bigger than little Marvin Aday. So big that his father called him Meat Loaf. He grew into a big man, with a big voice and he sings big songs and has big hits!

You can try and tear him down!

Now there ain’t much difference between a bridge and a wall
Without me right in the middle, baby, you’ll be nothing at all

Well, I’m easy and I’m serious
They try and tear me down
You want me, baby, I dare you:
Try and tear me down

And I’m easy and I’m serious
They try and tear me down!
You want me, baby, I dare you:
Try and tear me down, ohh, ooh

C’mon, try and tear me down....

You’re Right, I Was Wrong

Should’ve listened when you said I’d miss you
Should’ve listened but I could not hear
You said I’d want you back, I said not a chance
Now I see I was so blind

You’re right I was wrong to ever leave you
I made a mistake, I’m sorry now
You’re right I was wrong to ever let you go
Now I know
Now I know
You’re right, I was wrong

Couldn’t see it when I had you with me
Couldn’t see that I had everything
And now I see it clear, and now you’re not here
You said someday I’d change my mind

You’re right I was wrong to ever leave you
I made a mistake, I’m sorry now
You’re right I was wrong to ever let you go
Now I know
Now I know
You’re right, I was was wrong

If I could have one more chance to hold you
I would keep you here in my arms and never let you go
‘Cause now I know

You’re right I was wrong to ever leave you
I made a mistake, I’m sorry now
You’re right I was wrong to ever let you go
Now I know
Baby now I know
You’re right, I was was wrong
You’re right, I was was wrong, baby
You’re right, I was was wrong
You’re right, I was was wrong....

Because of You

I was so hypnotized
By the smile in your eyes today
Flying free as a bird
Caught inside every word you say
I want everyone to see:

This is big time—this is larger than life
See the sparks fly when you’re standing by my side
Every step, every move, everything I do
Life is beautiful… because of you

Every breath that you give
You’re my sweet oxygen, my friend
You made me follow it fast
So my dreams could get past the end
I want everyone to feel:

This is big time—this is larger than life
See the sparks fly when you’re standing by my side
Every step, every move, everything I do
Life is beautiful… because of you....

How did I survive before you came into my life?
I’d do anything at all, anything at all… for you

This is big time—this is larger than life
See the sparks fly when you’re standing by my side
Every step, every move, everything I do
Life is beautiful… because of you

Oooh
(all because of you)
Mmmm, because of you
(because of you)
Everything I do
Life is beautiful… because of you

This is big time—this is larger than life
See the sparks fly when you’re standing by my side
Every step, every move, everything I do
Life is beautiful… because of you

Because of you....

Do It!

Bam, bam, bam, my sweet
You can sip it through a straw, you can throw it back neat
Just don’t be hesitatin’, waitin’ for it
‘Cause in an ideal world they’ll be comin’ for you
Could be tokin’ on the bale, could be sniffin’ out clues
Better stake your fakin’ reputation on it

Do it!
Do it!
Do it!
Just do it!

(do it!)

In a tax-free zone, down in a tin can alley
There’s a slipper girl-thing and a man named Sally
They were talk-talk-talkin’ ‘bout a clever little coffin nail
Seems, down at the docks the intended lies awaitin’
And the privileged information’s gonna get wet too
You can’t be too careful when it comes to bein’ careful

Do it!
Do it!
Do it!
Just do it!

(bag it up)
(bag it up)
(crank the volume)

(do it) …

There’s a man in my street, keeps a flock of gray doves
And he’s in his ways wearin’ Everlast gloves
His opinion can be beat when push becomes a shove
Says he doesn’t give a monkey ‘bout the youth of the day
They should all drop dead, should be taken away
Put somewhere cold and all be made to stay

Do it!
Do it!
Do it!
Just do it!

Do it!
Do it!
Do it!
Just do it!

Bag it up!
Bag it up!
Bag it up!
Just do it!

Bag it up!
Bag it up!
Bag it up!
Just do it!

Bag it up!
Bag it up!
Bag it up!
Just do it!

(do it) …

Forever Young

May God bless and keep you always
May your wishes all come through
May you always do for others
And let others do for you
May you build a ladder to the stars
And climb on every rung
And may you stay—forever young

Forever young
Forever young
May you stay forever young

May you grow up to be righteous
May you grow up to be true
May you always know the truth
And see the light that’s surrounding you
May you always be courageous
Stand upright and be strong
And may you stay—forever young

Forever young, oh
Forever young
May you stay… forever young

May your hands always be busy
And your feet always be swift
May you have a strong foundation
When the wind of changes shift
May your heart always be joyful
And your song, may it be sung
And may you stay—forever young

Forever young, oh
Forever young
May you stay… oh, forever young....

Mercury Blues

If I had money I’ll tell you what I’d do:
I’d go downtown and buy a Mercury or two

I’m crazy about a Mercury
Oh, crazy ‘bout a Mercury
I’m gonna buy me a Mercury and cruise it up and down the road

Ooh, I had me a girl, stole her from a friend,
Friend got lucky stole her back again

‘Cause she thought he had a Mercury
Oh, she thought he had a Mercury
I’m gonna buy me a Mercury and cruise it up and down the road
C’mon....

Well, hey now, mama, you’re looking so fine
Cruisin’ ‘round in a Mercury ‘69

I’m crazy about a Mercury
Mmmh, I’m crazy ‘bout a Mercury
I’m gonna buy me a Mercury and cruise it up and down the road

Now, girl went out, didn’t stay long
Bought herself a Mercury and cruised it on home

‘Cause she knows I have a Mercury
Oh, she knows I have a Mercury
I’m gonna buy me a Mercury and cruise it up and down the road....

Oh…

Well, hey now mama, you’re looking so fine
Cruisin’ ‘round in a Mercury ‘69

I’m crazy about a Mercury
Lord, I’m crazy ‘bout a Mercury
I’m gonna buy me a Mercury and cruise it up and down the road, ohw
I’m gonna buy me a Mercury and cruise it up and down the road
I’m gonna buy me a Mercury, cruise it up and down the...

I’m goin’ out, I’m gonna get me a real job
And I’m gonna buy me some Mercury, oh....