Simple Things
Don't Wanna
Should I Wait
Give Me Another Day
About A Girl
All Alone
One Track Mind
I Think You Understand
The World Is Coming To An End
I Have a Dream

SIMPLE THINGS

I’m checking out the headlines,
They say the human race is dying.
Boys and girls are crying
In a picture of their nations fighting…
The more I think about it,
The harder it gets for me to find the things that
Used to make me happy and I know it’s all been said before but

I need peace and I need love,
I need all the things sent from above,
I need chocolate cake and lemon pie,
I need all the things that make me smile,
I want rain, and I want sunshine,
I want all the things sent from the sky
That put a smile upon my face,
And make this world a better place

When I’m feeling down, I think of
Simple things that help me get by…

Power and religion
Are holding hands against all reason,
Soon the politicians
Will be touching little boys with the pop’s permission…
I never thought I’d cry
From seeing people die for their own convictions
I know it’s all been said before
But still you don’t seem to stop the war

I need peace and I need love,
I need all the things sent from above,
I need chocolate cake and lemon pie,
I need all the things that make me smile,
I want rain, and I want sunshine,
I want all the things sent from the sky
That put a smile upon my face,
And make this world a better place
I need the simple things that help me get by

I give no name to those who claim
The right to use our lives for power games
Leaders and rulers
I believe will soon shoot us
If we don’t stand and fight
For our right to a better world
And I know it’s all been said before
But still you don’t seem to stop the war…

When it’s all too much
And I’m feeling low…
When it’s all too much,
I need simple things like peace
And I need love
I need all the things sent from above,
I need chocolate cake and lemon pie,
I need all the things that make me smile,
I want rain, and I want sunshine,
I want all the things sent from the sky
That put a smile upon my face,
And make this world a better place

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DON’T WANNA

All around me I see people trying to break me
But I won’t let them do it anymore
Using the power they’ve got
To shoot me down
They try to wipe that smile off my face
But it won’t go
Telling me I’m just so stupid
Not to listen, not to do what they say
But what they want me to do
Is clearly nothing new
Sounds like the only way to freedom
Is the power to deceive them

I don’t want to carry on
Don’t wanna run cause living is easy
Now I feel it much too strong
I wanna share it with everybody

They say I’m a problem
But I don’t see why I should change
When I’m the one who wants to change things around
All these people they’re afraid
To find they’re wrong and I am right
To find out they’re just not so bright
Living with the wrong ambitions
They don’t care to see their lives
In any other way than it is right now
Happy in their little boxes
Thinking “why don’t people like us?”
The only way to freedom
Is the power to deceive them

I don’t want to carry on
Don’t wanna run cause living is easy
Now I feel it much too strong
I wanna share it with everybody

We can do it together
You can do it alone
But the sooner the better
Cause we need to be strong
Show them it matters
Or they will divide us
But the sooner the better
Cause freedom is our power

And I don’t want to carry on
And I don’t wanna run no more
Cause life is easy
And I wanna share it with everybody

I don’t want to carry on
Don’t wanna run cause living is easy
Now I feel it much too strong
I wanna share it with everybody

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SHOULD I WAIT

It’s been a while since we first met
Never thought it’d end up this way
Now I wanna see you every day
And your name is all I want to say
Why does it have to be so complicated?
And now that you’ve gone I just can’t take it
So please tell me

Should I wait a thousand years?
To tell you how it really is
Can’t you see that
Every time I see your face
I’m thinking
That you could be a little closer to me

I guess this is the only way
That I could find for you to hear what I’ve got to say
Cause I don’t wanna be your friend
Don’t wanna be the one you cry to
I wanna hold you in my arms at night
I wanna be the one who says it’s gonna be all right
So please tell me

Should I wait a thousand years?
To tell you how it really is
Can’t you see that
Every time I see your face
I’m thinking
That you could be a little closer to me

I know I never said a word to you
About the way I feel, I guess I knew
You needed space and time for something new
And I’m sorry for being so predictable
I just wanna be close to you

Should I wait a thousand years?
To tell you how it really is
Can’t you see that
Every time I see your face
I’m thinking
That you could be a little closer to me

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GIVE ME ANOTHER DAY

All that I said was true
Nothing compares to you
The things you’ve got
Things you do
I know we’ll never be
Together I see
And the word around is
That you were never mine but

I’d do anything
To see the light within
I’d do anything to feel you once again
Just to breathe you once again
Cause my mind is always aching

Give me another day
Cause I’m through without you
I never felt this way
Give me another day
My whole life is over
Cause I fell in love again
So give me another day

All of my days have gone
And my nights are counted too
My friends have left me
They must think I’m crazy
I sound like a dying man
And it’s easy to see when it all began
A word from you that
Buried me alive
Now I’d do anything
Just to see you once again
Oh I’d do anything just to feel you once again
Just to breathe you once again
Cause your faded face and a dream of you
Is all that I’m left with

Give me another day
Cause I’m through without you
I never felt this way
Give me another day
My whole life is over
Cause I fell in love again
Tell me you’re on your way
That you’re coming over
Tell me that it’s alright
So give another day
My whole world is over
I’ll never be the same now

I know there must be something
Don’t tell me their ain’t nothing
That makes a difference to you
All I do is dream of things you said
When there was no doubt
You said you were in love

Give me another day
My whole life is over
Cause I fell in love with you…

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ABOUT A GIRL

There’s a picture of a girl
That I wanna hold on to
I’ve kept it hidden
In a box with a lot of other things I’m saving…

It was taken in the month of June
You can tell by the tree in bloom that
She’s standing under

Now see me on the other side?
I’m looking at her, but that’s no big surprise
Cause she’s the one who left her face for ever in my mind

Let me tell you about a girl
That I used to know
Back in days when love
Was just a word you played with
I remember sunny skies thinking of her eyes
Feeling stupid cause I never even told her

I guess I didn’t have a lot to do
Cause all I did was think about how
Someday maybe, she would come to me with a smile and say
“I wish you and I could be together
Cause I think you’re incredible!”
Then I remembered she didn’t even know my name
That picture of her is all I have today
But she is still the one I thought about for all these years

Let me tell you about a girl
That I used to know
Back in days when love
Was just a word you played with
I remember sunny skies thinking of her eyes
Feeling stupid cause I never even told her

I wish I could see her once again
Just to see the color of her eyes
“Tell me, did you ever get to know her?”
No I didn’t cause she moved out of town
For ever…
“Tell me, did you ever try to find her?”
No, all I did was dream about a girl
I used to know…

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ALL ALONE

I’m all alone
Thinking of the future
I’m watching TV
I’m scared of the things I’m seeing
It looks like the world is upside down
And it doesn’t even matter anymore
I’m all alone
Thinking of the future
It looks like a new world war
Oh! No… I can hear them screaming
I’m told that it’s all because of god
But they didn’t even know which one it was
Tell me

Why is it that I
Don’t know what to do
To save the world
I know I should really go to bed
And rest my head
But does it even matter anymore?
I don’t think so…

I’m all alone…

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ONE TRACK MIND

Dear lady
I know we’ve said a lot of things in the past
Went through all those problems
All those situations
Dear lady
I know it sounds a little simple but
I’d like to hear you say it too
Cause I never thought you’d feel the same way

It’s been hard for me
To try and keep it low, keep it so slow
Needed to know which way to go,
Cause you left me so, so low
Could have been easy, much easier
I needed you to say it too
Cause I never thought you’d feel the same way

Baby, baby, you never told me
That you’re thinking bout me
As much as I’m thinking bout you baby
Baby, baby, you never told me
That you’re thinking bout me
Well it’s gonna be too late for us now

So many times
Thought you were just playing with me
Trying to use me
Never said a word
Don’t think I ever heard you say
You even liked me
I maybe wasn’t listening to you
Should have listened to you better
But even now you say you do
I still wonder
Do you think about me?
Spent so much time on the phone
Just listening to your voice
Didn’t really care bout what you were saying
Just dreaming and thinking bout you and me
Cause we could be fine together baby
We’re running out of time
Now I’m leaving and you have still never
Said you think about me baby!

Baby, baby, you never told me
That you’re thinking bout me
As much as I’m thinking bout you baby
Maybe, baby, we can wait for a while now
And when you’re ready, just tell me
I’ll come and get you
Maybe…

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I THINK YOU UNDERSTAND

I think you understand what I’m saying
I know you see the tears I’m crying
I think you know the way I’m feeling
And I just can’t find a way to stop it

It’s nine forty five
Your clock is ringing
We were on the phone till
Five in the morning
We fell in love and then
We drank some coffee
It felt like it was just the beginning

I think you understand what I’m saying
I know you see the tears I’m crying
I think you know the way I’m feeling
And I just can’t find a way to stop it

And now you say you’ve done some thinking
You say you need some space
Gotta find yourself again
I know it’s gonna be the hardest thing
I’ve ever had to do
Cause I just think that you’re so amazing

I think you understand what I’m saying
I know you see the tears I’m crying
I think you know the way I’m feeling
And I just can’t find a way to stop it

If I could find a way to through my soul
Outside my body
It hurt so much to lose you
I think the pain has killed me
And I don’t want to sound reproachful, no no
I just want to know you cried the way I did for you

The way I cried for you…

I think you understand what I’m saying
I know you see the tears I’m crying
I think you know the way I’m feeling
And I just can’t find a way to stop it

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THE WORLD IS COMING TO AN END

See the people jumping out the window
And landing on a hard concrete floor
Who’s to blame?
Who wrote the rules to this sad game?
Sounds like nobody’s gonna be free
Never thought that I’d see it all
The dying and the crying children
Somebody save our souls
Can’t you see?
We’ve gotta make a change
Cause right now

The world is coming to an end
I think it’s time to send
The answer to it all
Unless you’d like to see us fall
The world is coming to an end
I think it’s time to mend it
So please send all the help you can
Cause it’s going too far, getting too fast
Need to slow it down
A little bit…

I see people fighting over land and god’s name
It’s like nothing’s changed since JC
You know you’ll never find it
That holy grail is cursing you like a bad spell
Sounds like you’ll never get to be free
Till you’ve started to see it all
You’re burning and killing women
You’ve got to save your soul
Why can’t you see
You’ve gotta make a change
Cause right now

The world is coming to an end
I think it’s time to send
The answer to it all
Unless you’d like to see us fall
The world is coming to an end
I think it’s time to mend it
So please send all the help you can
Cause it’s going too far, getting too fast
Need to slow it down
A little bit…

Cause we don’t know where it’s going
Time for something better
All we need is an answer
I wanna believe it…

The world is coming to an end
I think it’s time to send
The answer to it all
Unless you’d like to see us fall
The world is coming to an end
I think it’s time to mend it
So please send all the help you can
Cause it’s going too far, getting too fast
Need to slow it down
A little bit…

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I HAVE A DREAM

I have a dream
Of a world I heard of in a prophecy
I vision of hope and glory
I have a dream
Of justice peace and equality
A picture of mountains rising

Sounds of freedom ringing loud
From every hill, from every town
Words of a wise man from the past
Did we forget? Cause “free at last!”
Is the song he chose to show the way
So don’t stop singing!

We should learn from what we see
To give up the war and the poverty
Cause all we need to do
Is dream of something new…

I have a dream
That around the world and the seven seas
Suffering nations will find emancipation
And I have a dream my friend today!
I’m talking of salvation
From discrimination
We can change the situation!

Sounds of freedom ringing loud
And cries of joy from every mouth
Words of wisdom from the past
Did we forget? Cause “free at last!”
Is the song he chose to show the way
So don’t stop dreaming!

We should learn from what we see
To give up the war and the poverty
Cause all we need to do
Is dream of something new
Save our souls and set them free
Think of the words of a prophecy
That showed the way!

All we need to do
Is to dream of something new
All we need to find
Is the peace within our minds
Dreaming?
Am I just dreaming?
Could I be dreaming?
Should I be dreaming?
I’m dreaming…

And I have a dream
That some day you and I will sing our freedom
We should learn from what we see
Give up the war and the poverty
Cause all we need to do is dream of something new
Dream of something new…

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