Cycles - ALBUM LYRICS

Beautiful People God Cycles I'm Dancing Playing The Piano (for Sam) Broken Dreams Too Many Broken Hearts Show Me This Light Keep It Inside Today Invisibility It's My Birthday Hard Play   BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE   [Beautiful People,(You're One Of The) Beautiful People. . .]   You've Got It Easy Oh Yes, You Do Anything You Want It's Waiting For You. . .   Money, Clothes, And Cars, Anywhere You Wanna Go - - You Never Have To Work For It - - This I Know. . .   ('Cause You're) One Of The Beautiful People In A Class Of Your Own And You're One Of The Beautiful People Everyone Wants To Take, Wants To Take You Home -- Everyone Wants To Take You Home. . .   Never Have To Feel The Pain Just Live In Your Superficial World You Never Have To Grow And "Clones" Are All You Know I Feel Sorry For You, When You're One. . .   (CHORUS)   "Clueless" Is What You Are And Heartless, And Heartless,  Will Get You Far Maybe I Wasn't Blessed, But Somehow Beauty Seems To Be Less. . . (Especially, When You're One Of These. . .)   (CHORUS)   [Heartless,  And Heartless. . ., Ad. Lib.]   GOD   You Made Me Meet Him, You Made Me Love Him, You Made Him Leave, Then, You Hurt Him. . .   Why Not Just Kill Us? Why Not, Oh, Why Not Just Kill Us Instead?   You Made Me Meet Him, You Made Me Love Him, You Made Him Leave, Then, You Hurt Him. . .   Why Not Just Kill Us All? Why Not Just Kill Us? Why Not Just Kill Us Instead?   God, I Am So Furious With You, I Could Just Slap Your Face, God, I Am So Furious With You, I Could Take Your Hair And  Pull It, With All My Might, For All Eternity. . .   Why Not Just Kill Us? Why Not Just Kill Us Instead?   You Made Me Meet Him, You Made Me Love Him, You Made Him Leave, Then, You Hurt Him. . .   Why Not Just Kill Us? Why Not, Oh, Why Not Just Kill Us Instead?   You Made Me Meet Him, You Made Me Love Him, You Made Him Leave, Then, You Hurt Him. . . Why Not, Oh, Why Not Just Kill Us Instead?   CYCLES   I Don't Know How But I'm Graceful Now Like A Swan Floating Out On The Water I'm Proud & I'm Confident. . . My Eyes Are Wider Now They See Through The Clouds In The Sky I Look Out Over The Ocean, And I See Nothing For Miles And Miles.   Like The Water (A Motor) Turns Round & Round Life Is A Cycle It Keeps Repeating Itself, Like The Wheels Spin Round & Round Life Is A Cycle But It's Never Quite The Same. . . It's Just Different, You Know, You Know, It's Just A Little Bit Different. . . But That's All. . .   I'm So Horny Right Now I Think It's This October Weather. . . You Know I Could Just About Nail Anything I See That Moves. . . I Hate This Feeling; It's Like I'm Walking Around On A Leash. . . I Have No Control Over It, And We Think We're Not Animals!!!   (CHORUS)   Everything, Everything, Everything's A Cycle... Everything, Everything, Even You're A Cycle...   Life Is A Cycle...  ad lib. 'till end   I'M DANCING   I'm Going To Try My Luck With A Different Beat. (Oh-Yeah!) Come With Me, Into The Spotlight, And We'll Be Free.   Oh, Come On, Let Yourself Go. You Don't Have To Be Afraid. (Don’t Have To Be Afraid!) Soon You'll Feel Your Heartbeat Race, While You Listen To The Pumping Bass. Then (I'll, You'll, We'll) Be....   Dancing, Oh I'm Dancing, (Dancing, You Wanna Be, . . .) I Can't Seem To Keep My Feet On The Ground. (No!) I'm Dancing, Oh I'm Dancing, I'm Dancing, I'm Dancing All Around.   Feel The Pulse Of The Rhythm And You Might Find-- That You Never Want To Come Down. Take My Hand And Lead Me To The Dancefloor, 'Cause That's The Only Place I Want To Go.   (CHORUS)   Dance, Dance, C'mon Dance, Dance, Work It, Work It!   I Wanna, Wanna, Wanna, Want To Dance, I Wanna, Wanna, Wanna, Take That, Take That, Take That Chance. . .   (CHORUS)   ad lib. 'till end   PLAYING THE PIANO (for Sam)   I'm In Control, At Least I Think - - Following The Rules, All, So Carefully. . .   Trying Hard Not To Mess Up, But Eventually, Your Fingers Will Slip. I'm Trying Hard To Let Go. . .   But The Music, (It Moves Me. . .) The Music, (It Leads Me. . .) The Music, (Controls Me. . .) Like It Owns Me. . .   I'm Playing, The Piano - - I'm Playing, The Piano - -   It's Hard, Just To Live. . . Without Someone, Always Bringing You Down.   Like The Old Song Goes, You've Got To Keep Moving, And Never Look Back - -   (REFRAIN & CHORUS)   BROKEN DREAMS   Taking One Step At A Time Following A Dream. Building A Life, Building Up Steam. But Sometimes Things No Longer Work Out And They Are Not What They Seemed.   Baby, I Don't Want Us To End Up As A Broken Dream (No, No) But I Can't Keep Giving Myself If That's What It Means Can't You Give Something Too? (Oh, We're Living In Broken Dreams)  (Yeah-Yeah-Yeah-Yeah. . .)   Love Is A Two Way Street And Most Of The Time You Give More Than You Get. But You Can't Only Give Love,  You've Got To Receive It - - You've Got To Believe In Each Other. . .   (CHORUS)   ...Can't You Give Something Back - - Show Me You Love Me - Make Me Feel Good, Spend Some Time With Me, Show Me I Can Trust You - - And Show Me, Oh, That You Love Me...   Don't You Know We're Living In A Broken Dream, I Can't Go On Treating You Like A Queen - - We're In The Middle Of A Broken Dream, Oh, Yeah-Yeah. . . .   TOO MANY BROKEN HEARTS   Looking Into Your Eyes I Can See The Depths Of Your Soul. And When I Do, I See The Truth, You Don't Really Love Me, No!   Why Does Something So Right, Feel So Wrong I Can't Explain. And When You're In My Arms, All Of The Magic Is Gone, What Am I Doing Wrong. . .   (I've Had) Too Many Broken Hearts Too Many Broken Hearts (Don't You Know) (I've Had) Too Many Broken Hearts And Not Enough True Love.   I'm Going Away And I Just Might Never Come Back I Can't Take All Of This Rejection When Will I See The End. How Will I Let Love In.   I Don't Want To Live My Life In A Shelter But Maybe This Is The Answer. (Oh-No! No! No!) I Could Stay Here All Day Begging You To Stay. You Know That I Don't Want To Lose You. . .   ...Too Many Broken Hearts To Not Know What's Going On. . .   I Don't Know If I Can Take Much More Of This. . .   Well, You Can Make Me Want You, Oh, And You Can Make Me Need You, But You'll Never, No You'll Never, Never, Break My Heart. . . This Is Why....'Cause I've Had...   Too Many Broken Hearts, I Don't Know Where To Start Now Baby...Oh! Too Many Broken Hearts, I Don't Know Where To Start To Put My Life Back Together. (ad lib. 'till end)   SHOW ME   Take My Hands And Show Me The Way, You Know I Never, No I Never, Never Done It This Way.   Take My Hands And Show Me The Way, You Know I Never, No I Never, Never Done It This Way, Oh Baby. . .  Take My Hands And Show Me The Way.  Oh. . . Baby You’re About To Fall In Love, Oh, But It’s All That I Can Do - - So, Take My Hands And Show Me The Way. . .   It’s All Right, I Think I’m Gonna Be O.K. It’s Just I’ve Never Been In Love Before. It’s A Little Far From Where I’ve Been. But Now You’re Here In My Heart So Let’s Begin. . .C’mon. . .   (CHORUS)   Come On And Show Me, Come On And Show Me, Show Me, Oh Come On And Show Me. . .Yeah   (CHORUS)   You Say You Want Me, You Need Me, You Love Me, I Say, "Let’s Do It Again. . ." I Say I Want You, I Need You, I Love You, You Say, "Let’s Do It Again. . ." You Say You Want Me, You Need Me, You Love Me, I Say, "Let’s Do It Again!"   (CHORUS)   Come On and Show Me, Oh Come On And Show Me. . . (Repeat, ad lib.) Take, Take. . .   (CHORUS)   THIS LIGHT   I Used To Live Alone, I Used To Cry By Myself. But Things, Are Much Different Now - - I've Found My Meaning, I've Found My Strength, Inside Of Myself. . . ('Cause. . .)   This Light, It's So Hard To Find, This Light, Is From Deep Inside. This Light, Is So Far - - But It Could Show You, How To Listen, It Could Show You, How To Try, It Could Show You, What To Look For, It Can Show You - - How To Try. Oh, This Light!, Oh, This Light. . .   There's A Little Light Inside Of You, It Just Takes A While, To Find It. . . But If You Listen, It Will Guide You Like A Star - - (But,)   (CHORUS)   I Spent My Whole Life Searching, For A Brand New Start. But The Whole Time, It Was Right In My Face. . . ('Cause - -)   (CHORUS)   (ad lib. 'till end)   KEEP IT INSIDE   Oh, Keep Those Feelings Inside. Oh, Keep Those Feelings Inside,   There’s No Doubt About It, I’m Learning Your Wicked Ways. I’m Gonna Turn The Light Off, And Try To Forget Those Days,   ‘Cause I’m Worried, (I’m Worried) That You Might  (That You Might) Try And Pretend That You’re Me; ‘Cause I Know That (Know That) This Would  (This Would) Make You Feel Like You’re Me. . .   You’d Betta Run, You’d Betta Hide, But Keep Your Feelings Inside And Wipe That Look Off Your Face. . . You’re Flying High Into The Sky, But When You Start To Fall - - I’ll Be There To Take Your Place. . . It’s Not That I Want The Power, And It’s Not That I Need The Space,   It’s I’m Worried, (I’m Worried) That You Might (You Might) Try And Pretend That You’re Free; ‘Cause I Know That, (Know That) This Could (This Could) Make You Feel Like You’re Me. . .   (CHORUS)   (Part II Of Chorus)   You Think You’re Smart To The Point, That You’ve Figured It Out - - The One Thing That’s In Your Way. Before You Go, You Should Know; Or That You're Doing It Right... Or, I’ll Be There To Set You Straight.   Oh, Keep Those Feelings Inside. . . (Repeat) Inside, Oh, Yeah Keep It Inside. . . (Repeat)   (ad lib. 'till end)   TODAY   I Look Around At All Humanity, I Feel Lost In All Of It’s Insanity - - Nowhere To Go To Escape, No Use To Be Patient And Wait, It Will Never Change. . .   I Think God Needs To Come Again, And Set This Place Straight. . . It’s The Only Way, Oh, I Pray It Will Be All O.K. Hope It Will Be Today, I Hope It’ll Be Today, ‘Cause My Heart, Is Aching, My Heart, Oh Is Breaking. . . Does God Mean Anything To Anyone Anymore? Or, Are We So Full Of Hate? Lost Our Faith. . . What Is Our Fate?   (CHORUS)   Is This The Beginning, Or The End?   My Dreams Are Telling Me This, My Dreams Are Showing Me This, My Dreams Are Preparing Me For This,   My Dreams Are Telling Me This, My Dreams Are Showing Me This, My Dreams Are Making Me This,   Are We Just Dust In The Wind In A Galaxy Full Of Stars And Gases?   We, Need, To Know. . .   INVISIBILITY   I Try Not To Think About It. Maybe That Way, It Will Go Away. . . The Harder I Try, The More It Eats Through Me, Like Acid. . .   No One Knows Me, None Knows Who I Am. No One Can See Me, No One Can Hurt Me. . . (Repeat)   Sometimes, I Wish I Could Be Invisible, So That No One Could See Me - - I Could Go Anywhere I Wanted, Unnoticed. Like A Ghost, Dead For Years. . .   Your Joke, Was Real, Was Fun, Was Tired. In Fact, It Was Real-Tired-Fun. My Life Is Complex Enough - - I Don't Need To Add Another Dimension.   (CHORUS)   (ad lib. 'till end)   IT'S MY BIRTHDAY   Many, Many Years Ago, I Was Just A Twinkle In My Daddy's Eyes - - But Now 30 Years Latter, I Want To Show You What's It's All About. . .   Because Tonight, I Just Want To Celebrate. I Want To Party All Night, Until The Break Of Day Hurry, Oh Hurry, Oh, I Can't Wait. . . I Want To Live It Up! I Want To Live It Up! 'Cause It's My Birthday! Yeah, Yeah, Yeah, Yeah...   I Don't Want To Know What You Bought For Me, You Know I Like To Be Surprised. Maybe, It's In The Bedroom - - And Maybe, It's Waiting For Me In My Bed - - Oh, Yeah, Yeah. . .   (REFRAIN)   It's My Birthday! (It's His Birthday) H-Oh, Oh The Night Is Still Young - - Oh, It's My Birthday! (It's His Birthday) I Won't Stop, I Won't Stop 'Till I'm Done - - My Baby. . .   Some People Say, "You Can't Have Your Cake And Eat It Too!" Well, Let Me Tell You Hun' - - That Simply Just Isn't True - - Oh, I've Got A Candle That Needs Lighting. . . But Since It's My Birthday, I Was Hoping It Could Get Blown Instead!   (REFRAIN & CHORUS)   I Won't Stop Until I'm Done, Done, Done, I Wanna Have Some Fun, Fun, Fun, I Wanna Be The One, One, One, Hugh!, You'd Better Be Good To Me! 'Cause It's My Birthday, Baby. . .   Background Vocals, Sing It!, Come 'On - - (Hurry, Hurry, Oh, I Can't Wait,) (Hurry, Hurry, Oh, I Can't Wait,) (Hurry, Hurry, Oh, I Can't Wait. . .)   (REFRAIN & CHORUS) (ad lib. 'till end)   HARD PLAY   My Oasis Is Drying Up My Body And Mind Is Following Suit I Need To Get Away,  I Need To Find Stimulation.   I Know It's Going To Be Difficult 'Cause Good Things Don't Come Easy But This Is Between Life And Death So I'd Better Get My Ass Moving. . .   And I, Oh I'll Give Everything I've Got  And All That I Am Just To Hard Play! And I, Oh I Don't Want To Throw It All Away Come 'On Give Me A Chance At Hard Play!   Maybe I Need A Lover, Or Maybe I Just Need Someone To Love Come 'On Take Me To The River I'm Gonna Make A Deposit At The Bank!   (CHORUS)   (ad lib. 'till end)   All songs written by Isadar All songs published by Mainya Music Publishing (BMI) © 1998 by F.I. Thibodeaux. All rights reserved.