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Wish on the wind
I’ll sit
And I’ll think
And never get a hold on
How you take me to the brink
As we sink
And we rise
You’re the habit I won’t kick
And I hope you realise
I’ll lay a wish upon the wind
You know I’ll gladly let you in
I laid a wish upon the wind
How come I haven’t seen you since?
You know you make me want to die
I’d lay down in your arms
And then I’d make myself at home
The time I have
Is not enough
And still you haven’t noticed
That I’m just a wish away
I’ll lay a wish upon the wind
You know I’ll gladly let you in
I laid a wish upon the wind
How come I haven’t seen you since?
I believed in myself
I put my mettle to the test
You helped me over the worst
‘Cause you believed in me first
Clear as a day is a day
And much too long without you here…
I’ll lay a wish upon the wind
You know I’ll gladly let you in
I laid a wish upon the wind
How come I haven’t seen you since?
I wish you love
I wish you happiness
I wish you life
I wish you me
I wish you sun
I wish you rain
I wish you levity
And me again
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More than magnificent
More than magnificent
This life I have’s the best I ever had
King of experiences
Carry my dreams in a paper brown bag
Here’s a blast from the future
What say we all die happy
Walk off into the sunset
Reality’s better than a movie screen
All we really need in this life
What I really need in this life
Is love…love...LOVE
Hero on a park bench
He’s got the answer to all your questions
Blind man in a blind alley
Open your eyes see the cage bars
History repeats
Gotta take the bad with the good
Can’t finish what you don’t begin
Sometimes what you sow’s gonna make you weep
All we really need in this life
What we really need in this life
Is love…love...LOVE
Ordinary life
What happens when the wave finally breaks
Going round and around ‘cause hey
It’s all swings and roundabouts anyway
All the lights go out
Making the best of bills and rain
And then you do it all again
And never love it more than when you lose it all
All we really need in this life
What we really need in this life
Is love…love...LOVE
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Between love and disaster
In this world
Of hurricanes at noon
Tornadoes coming soon
We don’t have to be everything
It takes so long
To finally understand
Standing on quicksand
You take the breaths as you can
Between love and disaster
And in the happy ever after
Or whatever’s coming after
The only thing that really matters is
You’ve got to love me
As it fades to black
I start to realise
There’s not much more to this
Than a paling reflection
Is there time?
Time to sort out this mess?
Time for me to confess
I’m a mass of contradictions?
Between love and disaster
And in the happy ever after
Or whatever’s coming after
The only thing that really matters is
You’ve got to love me
so I guess you’ve heard
I hit the ball out the park
And I don’t have a soul
Not a soul to share it with
Why so lonely?
Yeah, you can do it alone
But do you really want to?
I’ll come along for the ride
Between love and disaster
And in the happy ever after
Or whatever’s coming after
The only thing that really matters is
You’ve got to love me
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Settle Down (Remastered)
03:06
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Settle down
Hold up
Back up a minute
Don’t think I’m the man you think
I’m not
My heart isn’t in it
Thought we were just having fun
You gone and gotten all serious on me
Starting to freak me out a little
2 weeks,
A little too short to be talking about love
And settling down
You just came off a relationship
It burned you out
You need to settle down
Get a grip
Stop flipping and just sit tight
We might have something more
Than a passing phase
We’ll face that bridge when we see it
Make that move when we need it
Shorty just wants to settle down
She just likes to have me around
I know I’m not the settling kind
I’m not into being tied down
Shorty just wants to settle down
I know I’m not the settling kind
I said I’m not the settling kind
I’m not trying to hurt your feelings
Just trying to tell it like it is
All up in my space
Got your clothes at my place
Like you’re moving in
We talk
We talk but you don’t hear a word I’m saying
If you heard you’d know
The future isn’t playing on mind
I’m the right now
Shorty just wants to settle down
She just likes to have to have me around
I know I’m not the settling kind
I’m not into being tied down
Shorty just wants to settle down
I know I’m not the settling kind
I said I’m not the settling kind
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Is love enough ?
It’s the same old questions
Neither one of us have the answer to
Am I losing you?
Am I happier without you?
Cause its 3 in the morning
And I’m still awake
Oh, for goodness sake
Can anybody tell me
Why does loving someone have to get so hard?
I’m showing all my cards
I’m telling you my secrets
Cause we’re stuck in the middle
And I don’t think I can take it anymore
Is love enough?
What about honesty?
Is love enough?
What about you and me?
Is love enough?
Cause you and him and me make 3
That’s one too much for me
Is love enough?
Is it worth it?
Is it worth my losing my identity
To keep you loving me?
We’re different people
You’re not the same girl
I met a year ago
Where did that one go?
I know I drive you crazy
I know we both got issues
That we’re dealing with
That we’re living with
But living without me
And me living without
Is a choice that neither one of us would make
Is love enough?
What about honesty?
Is love enough?
What about you and me?
Is love enough?
Cause you and him and me make 3
That’s one too much for me
Is love enough?
Is it going to be one of them days
Can we just go back and erase
All the stupid things that we say?
Will the same things get in our way?
Are we going to make it somehow?
Can we just sit back and relax?
Can we not repeat the same act?
Is love enough?
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Chameleon (Remastered)
03:05
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Chameleon
‘69 was the year
That I joined the good fight
The sight of the fear and the fright
Made me burst into tears
Slowly growing into the skin that I’m in
Rude awakening of a dreamer
That finds himself locked in a spin
I’m a true chameleon
Marking time
This is the day I figure it out
Don’t bust my cloud
Cause I’m trying to stay just as high
Just as high as I possibly can
I’m the fish out of water
But drowning on land
Overtired of the tricks
And I’m sick of the sleights of hand
I’m half full of half promises
Grabbed for the gold
Empty hands of a fool
On the trail of a dream gone cold
I’m a true chameleon
Marking time
This is the day I figure it out
Don’t bust my cloud
Cause I’m trying to stay just as high
Just as high as I possibly can
And its me in the water
And me out on a limb
And me trying to start a fire in the rain
And I’m out in the cold again
Layer after layer
Till we’re finally naked
No hiding place can keep us from
Who we really are
Lights through the window
The corners stay dark
A little wide of the mark
As I’m slowly fading away
I’m a true chameleon
Marking time
This is the day I figure it out
Don’t bust my cloud
Cause I’m trying to stay just as high
Just as high as I possibly can
I’ll miss the music
I’ll miss the bad days
I’m done already
Only just started living
And I’m done already
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Telling myself
Can we sit and talk?
Even for a little while
Can we just chill?
Remember what it is to smile
Baby please explain
Exactly what we are trying to do
I really need to know
Am I even in the same world as you?
I keep telling myself
But I can’t help myself
I keep telling myself
But I can’t help myself
Do I make you happy
Even when I make you cry?
Are your days better
As long as they start with me?
Maybe I should just go
Till you made up your mind
Sometimes to get peace of mind
Just need to be alone
I keep telling myself
But I can’t help myself
I keep telling myself
‘Cause I can’t help myself
I can’t help myself
We’ll just keep it simple
If it’s all the same to you
We’re getting on the same track
Then we let the music play
We’ll be making Sunday
We don’t need to get heavy
We just need to find a place
Where we can see eye-to-eye
And I keep telling myself
But I can’t Help myself
And I keep telling myself
But I can’t help myself
I think about you all the time
And I keep telling myself
But I can’t Help myself
And I keep telling myself
But I can’t help myself
I think about you all the time
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Come Closer (Remastered)
03:31
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Come closer
Take off your clothes
Come over here
I’m your magic number
I’m your unknown fear
If we keep up
This playing around
I’m a little too weak,
Yeah..you grabbed me by the heart
Why do we fight the inevitabilities?
When I fall you’ll be the first to hear it
Why do we fight the inevitability?
You might as well stop running now and face it
And face it babe here I come
There’s nothing wrong
Why can’t we be together?
Cause we know we both want to
Just put yourself in my hands
There’s no need to hurry
There’s nothing to lose
Let’s do it right here, now
We’ll just go with the flow
Why do we fight the inevitabilities?
When I fall you’ll be the first to hear it
Why do we fight the inevitability?
Stop running now and face it
Face it babe here I come..
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Heavenly (Remastered)
03:07
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Heavenly
Do I deserve you?
I ask myself that everyday
Was made to love you
I pinch myself, see if I’m awake
Loving you’s a dream
I never thought would come true
Fantasising’s all I ever thought I could do
When I wake up next to you
Feels so good to be alive
Break me off a little piece of..
Heaven(ly) heaven
You make me feel so good
I found an angel
I start my day off with a smile
What do you see in me?
Sometimes I swear you can’t be real
Loving you’s a love I’ve never known
Always thought I’d have to make it on my own
When I’ve got your hand in mine
Feels so good it feels divine
Breaking off a little piece of…
Heaven(ly) heaven…
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It is what it is
I’m sorry to say
I can’t keep our appointment today
I fell out the loop
Flew the coop; I’ve just gone away
A couple of cards short of a deck
What the heck….a little underexposed
And living when it’s all stacked against me
That’s just how it sometimes goes...I suppose
If it doesn’t get any better than this
I’m gonna have to cross myself off the list
Everything is everything
It is what it is
And if it doesn’t get any better from now
I’m gonna have to walk right here right now
Everything is everything
It is what it is
Standing in the shadow of giants
No bigger than me
Bound to repeat the mistakes and disasters
Of our masters of spin
Dead men’s tales unbelievers
They’ve all become ghosts
They smile and tell out their stories
Poorest of the poor
If it doesn’t get any better than this
I’m gonna have to cross myself off the list
Everything is everything
It is what it is
And if it doesn’t get any better from now
I’m gonna have to walk right here right now
Everything is everything
It is what it is
A tumbled down tale
Overtold until the details change
Makeshift heroes and villains
A little deranged
The view from my window’s askew
Off the track; I’m on a different train
I need a new name for my pain
Until it changes again
If it doesn’t get any better than this
I’m gonna have to cross myself off the list
Everything is everything
It is what it is
And if it doesn’t get any better from now
I’m gonna have to walk right here right now
Everything is everything
It is what it is
It is what it is...
It is what it is...
It is what it is...
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Without even trying
Have you noticed
How only good things happen when I’m around you
Don’t know if you knew this
But I’m not myself when I’m not with you
Without even trying
You just hit those spots I never knew I had
I ain’t lying
When I’m around you I’m a different man
Don’t change a thing
You’ve changed my life
Don’t change a thing
You’ve changed my life
And I’ll be holding on to your love babe
Holding on to your love babe
Holding on till night turns to day
Holding on to your love babe
I admit it
I tried every trick in the book just to stay out of love
But now I see it
Belonging to someone’s nothing to be afraid of
I can’t explain it
You only have to look at me, you take my breath away
I’d go insane if you didn’t love me and
You wouldn’t stay
Don’t change a thing
You’ve changed my life
Don’t change a thing
You’ve changed my life
I’ll be holding on to your love babe
Holding on to your love babe
Holding on till night turns to day
Holding on to your love babe
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End of an affair
Go ahead
Say something nice
Like you’re the only one
Going through fire and ice
I can tell
Hell would be something like
Taking a weekend in Vegas
Easy compared to being with me
All the hurt you put on me
You curiously never see
In the disappearance of everything good
Tripped and fell
In a face-full of guilt
Up to my neck
Where I was meant to be falling
In love
And I hope it’s the end of an affair
Want to kill the loser in me
Then I guess I’m finally free
An easy shot to the head
At least that’s how she tells it
I can’t help but feel my cover’s blown
My own personal sky’s tumbling down
Got to run for firmer ground
And I hope it’s the end of an affair
So, go ahead
Say something else
Like I’m only thinking of myself
Or something just as clever
If I had any confidence
I definitely would have left you
A lifetime ago…or maybe never
And I hope it’s the end of an affair
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Paris-SF (Remastered)
04:40
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Paris-SF
Sitting on a plane
To try to find you
Trying to explain
Just what it is I’m going through
In this space and time
The workings of my mind
I’ll make you understand
I’m not trying to hide
And when you give up, give up
Give it up to me
And I lay it on the line
So that you can see
And I face up to everything you mean to me
I want to push up, push up
Getting next to you
I want to ease up, ease up
Till you’re digging me too
Want to wake up, wake up
Laying next to you
If you just give me a chance
To show you that I love you
To tell you how I’m feeling
If you just give me a chance
To prove how much you mean to me
I’ll show you I’m for real
I know I hesitate
Going to lose a chance
Don’t want to complicate
Things are going so fast
Want to slow it down
I’m trying to hold it down
Learning from the past
Trying to make it last
And when you give up, give up
Give it up to me
And I lay it on the line
So that you can see
And I face up to everything you mean to me
I want to push up, push up
Getting next to you
I want to ease up, ease up
Till you’re digging me too
Want to wake up, wake up
Laying next to you
If you just give me a chance
To show that I love you
To tell you how I’m feeling
If you just give me a chance
To prove how much you mean to me
To show you how I feel
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Slipping away
Writing words that mean nothing
Shouting asides
I’m the only one in the room
Breaking out only to be faced
With more walls
And I built them myself
And they shout me down
Say, we don’t need your help
We don’t want you around
They shout me down..
And its so hard
To stop from slipping away
So hard
To stop from slipping away
Check the poet with nothing left to say
Hanging on his every breath
But crucify him anyway
Don’t look now, it’s a long way down
Getting up’s even harder
The next time around
And they shout me down
Say, we don’t need your help
We don’t want you around
They shout me down..
And its so hard
To stop from slipping away..
So hard
To stop from slipping away
The song I hate’s the one
I can’t stop from singing
The thoughts that I’m thinking aren’t mine
Some things don’t matter
Not like they used to
Things like you
Things like me
And they shout me down
Say, we don’t need your help
And we don’t want you around
They shout us down..
And its so hard
To stop from slipping away
So hard
To stop from slipping away
Its so hard.
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Don’t change a thing
You’ve changed my life
Don’t change a thing
You’ve changed my life
I’ll be holding on to your love babe
Holding on to your love babe
Holding on till night turns to day
Holding on to your love babe
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SOUNDHOTEL is the musical collaboration of singer/songwriter and dancer Mani Obeya and photographer, director and artist Andreas H. Bitesnich.
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