Like You Do

My lover left me
He left me slowly and surely
Driftin' backwards into his past reality

He used to say, "This ain't right"
I used to say, "Then, why does it feel so good in the night"
Oh the feelin' lingers on, lingers on and on?

Chorus:
He used to say please touch me
He used to say please hold me
He used to say please love me
Like you do?

With closed eyes I inhale
What only I can imagine
How I ache to feel the heat of your body next to mine

I feel the tears roll down my cheeks
How my heart fears these openings
Oh the feelin' still lingers on, lingers on and on?

Chorus:
He used to say please touch me
He used to say please hold me
He used to say please love me
Like you do, like you do, like you do, like you do?

Solo

With closed eyes I inhale what only I can imagine
How I ache to feel the heat of your body next to mine?

Chorus: out

Cinderella

Please Mr. Ice Cream man my popsicle is melting
It's melting all over the colours are no longer there
Can you spare me another one?

Please Mr. Preacher man can you send me a prayer
yes a prayer for my puppet on a string that I left behind so far away
Far away from me now

Chorus:
I feel like Cinderella when she lost her slipper on the ground
And how about Humpty Dumpty when his cozy world came crashing down
Good intentions at the start, now here we sit worlds apart

Please Mr. Conductor man can you take me to the place
Where I left my empty bottle on the table, yes the table where we sat
Not so long ago you know

Bridge:
Deep down inside of me I always knew our fairytale ending was fantasy
Now I'm goin' insane while I'm watchin' you drain
My wishing well, hope you got your fill
'Cause this wishing well's, run dry

Chorus:

Please Mr. Garbage man won't you pick up this suitcase I've left at my door
'Cause I don't want it anymore, no more
What was left of me and you?

Paper Doll

Twenty-four hours to the day that was meant to be saved
in the sanity of what should I call it?
Justice or maybe simply must it be the ones who suffer
while we squabble over what's for dinner

They all knew the man behind the curtain
The silhouette who gave her the plan of resolution?

Chorus:
People all need to see the things we don't talk about
They need to see the things we all walk around
They need to see the beauty even in the things we fear

I remember the ground was wet,
With the mist trickling down on my shoulder
The sun was comin' up and already it was hot and it was only seven

Lucky for me she was surrounded at the scene
With a silhouette of people who had fallen to there knees?

Chorus:

Bridge:
Story books and paper dolls
Then faded jeans and curled up hair and trips to the mall

Where did all the time go in between you know
When I thought I knew everything
But really I knew nothing, I knew nothing at all?

Chorus:

What Sense Could Loyalty Make

In my heart I see you standing alone
In your cover girl world

Something you said the other night while you read
Did you mean it when you spoke of love and that you didn't give a damn

Through thick or thin I promised you my Girl Guide pin
But for you it's not enough

Chorus:
What sense could loyalty make
In a man without faith
In a world without grace

Tossing and turning and yearning for you to stop and listen to yourself
You're a man with his life up on a shelf

Over and over there you are pulling out your knife and sticking it in
I wonder does she feel it too

Well when the clock strikes twelve all is well in my world

Chorus:

Bridge:
Once again my judge of character distorted and out of place
How do I accept this abandonment with grace
Solo

When the clock strikes twelve all is well in my world?

Chorus:

Can I Try You On

Did I tell you it's a beautiful life
Yes I know, oh oh oh
And did I tell you I ain't doin' it right
Oh no, no

Well there's a light somewhere inside me
There's a shadow at my door
Is there some place you can hide me so I won't feel this anymore

Chorus:
Can I try you on tonight
I will not doubt you, just for tonight
Well I'm down on my knees
Is this how you do it
Forgive me Father please, help me to get through this
Can I try you on tonight

Did I tell you that my heart doesn't lie
Oh no, no
Did I tell you that my hope has run dry
Yes I know, oh

Well there's an empty chair beside me
With promises unknown
And there's a broken road behind me that I can't go down anymore

Chorus:

Bridge:
Long ago I said I knew you
But I was young and did what I had to
I wish I could have understood it all

Now here I am I stand before you, alone and afraid I surrender to you
Lord lift me up cause I'm fallin' down

Solo / Tag
Chorus out

No Tomorrow

People painting pictures of my life for me
Who are they to decide what I feel or what I might say
Sorry singing strangers with a wink in their eye
Smile behind their tears for fear of what they might find

Vicious, viles, vanishing into the sea of complaints
They cannot see above the hole they have dug so deep

Odor oozing old man, stumbles to the ground
Fumbling for change maybe food but I choose to walk around

Mild, mannered, maniacs craving the blood rush through their veins
There may be no tomorrow they must have it all today

Wild, wondering, worthlessness pulling at my sleeves
Seems the whole damn world is so screwed up
My heart begins to bleed

Chorus:
There may be no tomorrow, if we must have it all today
There may be no tomorrow?

Solo

Lying, lilting, love affairs disguised by their shame
Pulsing bodies desperate to find a connection without blame

Chorus:
There may be no tomorrow, if we must have it all today
There may be no tomorrow, if we must have it all today
There may be no tomorrow, if we must have it all today?

All Alone

Take my hand
And won't you walk with me
Down a lonely road
Lord, won't you trust in me

Take my heart
And place it down in your soul
Please hear my prayer
Lord, won't you answer me

Chorus:
Time stands still
While I lose my mind
I give it all I can, but it still ain't enough

I lose all hope
Over wounded pride
The sky far from blue all because of me and you
I'm all alone, all alone, all alone?

Just one more ride
A little more Mr. Please
Just one more night
You see you're in my blood
Oh, I can't get enough

Don't you hear me angels
It's you I've waited all my life to see
Take me as I am
It's won't be long now
Before we meet

Chorus:
Solo
Chorus:

Jennifer

On and on and on we go
On and on and on?

When I was just a little girl
I used to go to this place, my secret little place
I called it Jennifer...I called if Jennifer

Nothing fancy just a walk through my yard
hand and hand with my diversions, my soul and my heart
Tip toe dancin' 'round the perfect disguise
I must admit those days were endless
just me and my butterflies...me and my butterflies

Chorus:
On and on and on we go
On and on like nobody knows
On and on and on we try
To make life a livable lie

He looks at me as he closes the door
with eyes of remorse I think, though I'm not really sure
"Goodnight little one, goodnight pretty one, everything's' gonna be okay,
tomorrow you'll see yes, a brand new day"

She takes my hand she walks so fast ,oh how can I keep up this masquerade
She looks at me, she says out loud,
"Don't you dare say a word, now be good for me my little child!"

Oh Jennifer, I need you Jennifer...

Chorus:
On and on and on we go
On and on like nobody knows
On and on and on we try
To make life a livable lie

As I sit here all alone in my room, I can feel you, as I grieve you
time to let you go...time to let you go

Cotton candy and my favorite dress
take me to that place, lay me down to rest

Oh Jennifer, I need you Jennifer
Oh Jennifer, I need you Jennifer
On and on and on we go...
What's It Like What's it like to stand tall when you feel like everything's tumbling down around you
And what's it like not to walk away
before you really got to say all you wanted to say

What's it like

not to envy the ones' who have more than you do
and you always look up to

And what's it like to really say what's on your mind
but feelings down deep are holding you blind

Pre Chorus:
Well one of these days I'm gonna find it
Yes that thing you can't deny it
I'm gonna stand tall and this is what I'm gonna say?

Chorus:
Hey
Hey
Hey
What's it like

What's it like to have the weight of the world on your shoulders
but you choose to do nothing at all

And what's it like to carry the burden of the change in your pocket
for the beggar when you just walk on by

What's it like to watch the ones' that you love
with the gun half cocked in the name of what
I'll take a dime for every time I turned and walked away

Pre Chorus:
Well one of these days I'm gonna find it
Yes that thing you can't deny it
I'm gonna stand tall and this is what I'm gonna say?

Chorus: x2

Bridge:
No more walking blindly through this life so insecure
Yes today I found a cure

HEY, HEY, HEY, HEY
Chorus: Out

We Carry

On One step backwards, two steps forward
On my knees now praying for more

One more breath, one more sweet caress
One more day to tell you all I feel

Standing in line, purpose unknown
Lord won't you bless this day can't do it on my own

I walked down the sacred hall, searching for answers
He looked at me I felt,

Chorus:
Nothing at all
Nothing at all
Nothing at all
But we carry on

There once was a child, there once was a man
Now lies a woman with her heart in her hands

Time passes quickly, life moves on
Now just a memory still,

Chorus:
We carry on
We carry on
We carry on
We carry on

Bridge:
Did you know how I feel
Did you know how much I loved you
Did you know how much it hurt when you slid through that opened door

You could have turned away, you could have turned away
You could have turned away, you could have turned away?

-Solo-

Chorus:
We carry on
We carry on?

Repeat: There once was a child?

Chorus:
We carry on
We carry on
We carry on
We carry on

Forever After

I look at her wrinkled hands and I think
A life so incomplete, a life spent pleasing everyone else?
v I look at her graying hair and I ask
Why couldn't she have had the love she deserved why?

I watch her out of breath after just a few steps and I say to myself
Is this all it boils down to?

Chorus: Ya, ya, ya, ya ?

I watch him enter the room with his angry eyes
And I remember how many times I feared him
I notice he looks tired and I wonder if he's tired of himself?

I notice the lines so deep in his face
And I see the water in his eyes and I wonder
Does he ever regret anything he's done?

Chorus:

I close my eyes and I see myself
Crouched down in a room with my hands over my face
Alone and afraid, I don't understand
But it has to be me, who else could cause such a mess?

I open my eyes and I take a deep breath
For I wouldn't be who I am now without my past
I look in the mirror and I see them both in front of me
I guess this is what it boils down to?

Chorus:

Hallelujah

Wasted my time all these years
All of the things I did not see or could not hear
I let them roll by like an endless ocean wave
Well look at me now, I'm here

Chorus:
Hallelujah, Hallelujah
I've struggled with identity, ya
I've watched man lose all dignity, ya
I've fallin' over and over again
And you're still here my friend
Hallelujah

I've seen many faces, I've seen myself in all of them
Yes the unborn child, and the man who's grey and thin
I've learned while I've cried for all the misguided souls
Well listen to me now, we are one

Chorus:
Hallelujah, Hallelujah
I've struggled with serenity, ya
I've failed to see democracy, ya
Still I thank you over and over again
Yes your still here my friend
Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah