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So many windows
so many walls
double lock-doors
down carpeted halls
somebody's crying
somebody calls
do you know who's
livin' next door?
here at the mayflower
here at the mayflower
at the corner of main
and the road out of town
the mayflower rises
all battered and brown
a city-block deep
and a city-block wide
how many stories inside?
so many curtains
so many locks
eyes at the spy hole
somebody knocks
measuring morning
on so many clocks
do you know who's
livin next door?
right here at the mayflower
right here at the mayflower
you see there's aways a change
all at once someone goes
always new faces
that nobody knows
a panel left blank
on the board by the door
old lovers that meet like before
so many voices
so many names
so many photos
in so many frames
mister I know
you'll be glad that you came
do you know who's livin'
next door
right here at the mayflower
right here at the mayflower
right here
goin up
welcome to the mayflower
welcome to the mayflower
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In 3B it's Diane
and she's makin' a plan
she says
I'm gonna change my hair
it just don't fit my face anymore
I'm gettin' out of here
I just don't like this place anymore
tired of all the stallin'
this time it's for good
come monday
come monday
my life starts again
my new point of view is beginning
come monday
that one day
my ship's comin' in
and this time I'm ready to roll!
come monday
come monday
now here's Ken in 5N
and he swears once again
he says
I'm gonna lose the weight
gonna get in to my clothes again
I'm gonna graduate
I'm gonna be the one who knows again
no more lame excuses
then it's understood!
come monday
come monday
my life starts again
my new point of view is beginning
come monday
that one day
my ship's comin' in
and this time I'm ready to roll!
come monday
come monday
come monday
come this monday
hey Bob, I'm changin' my job!
hey men, I'm making a plan!
yeah slim,I'm joinin a gym!
and this time I'm ready to roll!
come monday
come monday
my life starts again
my new point of view is beginning
come monday
that one day
my ship's comin' in
and this time I'm ready to roll!
come monday
come monday
come this monday
come this monday
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got nobody left to listen to
got no promises to keep
something's gotta be out there
fine a world for me out there
no more livin' half asleep
there's an island in the misty night
little platform by the track
I dreamed I saw a light for me
a face, a place so right for me
that I'd never think of lookin' back
through the shadowland
like a siver band
got no kind of plan
I ride the border train
somewhere new to be
light the way for me
moon and memories
I ride the border train
city jumps up like a circus
neon flutters out of sight
the town itself is traveling
america unraveling
and swallowed in the hungry night
through the shadowland
like a siver band
got no kind of plan
I ride the border train
somewhere new to be
light the way for me
moon and memories
I ride the border train
There'll come a time
with no goodbyes
when I'll simply grab
that border train
and at journey's end
they will all be real
my lovers and friends
and I swear to God
there's time for me
and I'll live the life I waited for!
wooo oooo ooo oooo
wooo oooo ooo oooo
mmm mmm mmm mmm mmm
I ride the border train
somewhere new to be
please light the way for me
moon and memories
I ride the border train
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C'mon everybody open
up your windows
turn on the music
turn on the music
when I feel that this old world
is just to hard to bear
people comin' at me left and right
day and night
here's the thing I do
turn the radio up
hear the melody
turn reality down
there's too much talk about blues
to much of the time
turn the radio up
hear the harmony
turn the ngative down
turn the radio up
everything will be find
worryin' don't do no good
so throw your cares away
come on people life's too
short to stay
hey hey
everybody now
turn the radio up
hear the melody
play it all over town
there's to much talk about blues
turn the bulletins down
turn the radio up
hear the harmony
don't 'cha be so profound
turn the radio up
it'll turn you around
don't give in
no matter what they say
out with the negative
you find the positive way
hey, hey, hey
turn the radio up
up with harmony
pandemonium down
there's to much talk about blues
all over this town
hey, hey, hey
turn the radio up
hear the melody
don't you be so profound
turn the radio up
it'll turn you around
turn the radio up
turn the radio up
turn the radio up
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I hear her playing music
in her room alone at night
she just moved in a month ago
she isn't gonna play the game
I thought she'd smile
and come on slow
I still don't even know her name
she must like being lonely
got no time for anyone
but I hear her play that stereo
right through to the rising sun
I hear her playing music
in her room alone at night
through the day she's so elusive
staying safe and out of sight
if you say hello she lets it go
cool and so polite
and I hear her playing music
in her room alone at night
baby are you sad and lonely
or did somebody do you wrong
cause you know that you need only
look my way
and they'll play our song
and I love your nightly music
but you can't keep playing through
cause I'm having trouble sleeping
and when I do I dream of you
I thought I'd try
and break the freeze
and win her heart with harmony
so I answered back
and played a stack
of my favorite CD's
but she just doesn't hear me
doesn't have a word to say
so I stay awake and turn it up
hoping she'll look out my way
I hear her playing music
in her room alone at night
through the day she's so elusive
staying safe and out of sight
if you say hello she lets it go
cool and so polite
and I hear her playing dave koz!
in her room alone at night
in her room alone at night
baby are you sad and lonley
baby won't you tell me your name
I'm in my room alone at night
your in your room alone at night
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After it was over,
After the crying and
All the angry shouting
When we've both just given up
And you turned and closed the door
I didn't know what was wrong anymore
Than I did before
Maybe it was over
When you stopped trying
Or when I started doubting
Maybe you don't care enough
Maybe I'm just scared you'll go
But maybe what's really wrong is that
I still don't really know
Talk to me quietly, peacefully
Tell me what to do
Talk to me honestly, don't you see I need to talk to you
I need to hear that we're okay
And say the things I meant to say
So, talk to me before
Before it's really over
When it all was starting
When I first met you
We couldn't keep from talking
I knew everything you felt
And I felt you knew me too
Now I'm talking to myself
Or I'm just yelling back at you
How this could have happened
How I could loose you
Or you could think to leave me
After where we started from
I'm too dumb I guess to see
But you can't go till I do
Any you know you owe that to me
Talk to me quietly, peacefully
I don't want to fight
Talk to me nice and slow
So I'll know how to make it right
I'm not afraid to take the blame
I'm just afraid we'll stay the same
And we won't talk until
Until it's really over
I don't understand why you're always mad
What could I have done?
What could be so bad?
Don't you want to know why I never sleep?
Look what we've become from all these secrets
That we keep
When it's really over
Cause I can't take it
Or you've walked out for the last time
When these years are just a dream
And those tears somehow have dried
I can't wake up in my bed
And regret what we never tried
So, please don't say it's over
Don't even think it
Just think about the good times
Think of all we've got to loose
And not who's done what to who
And when it comes time to choose
Think of who would still die for you
Talk to me quietly, peacefully
Make me understand
Say what you need to say
By the way-take me by the hand
The only thing I ask of you
Is please for once just listen to
And talk to me before
Before it's really over
Talk to me
Before it's really over
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Wait a minute baby
I'll be right back
I just gotta talk
to a friend
for a couple of minutes
I see you looking
at the two of us
and what do you see
the oldest couple at the Mayflower
Esther and Me
I push her in the chair
I know she'd walk
if she could
she says "Take your pills"
as if they do any good
I'll bet you think
that what you're looking
at is all we are
two old people forgetting
the way we were
Sonny, no one is
what they look like
everyone's so much more
Sonny, no one is
what they look like
and we're not what
you see that's for sure
You should have known her before
you should have known her before
legs she had legs
that made the guys drool
and her waist was as small
as your neck
and the face and the hair
and the rest of her
and when I look at her now
I still see her young and beautiful
she's my girl and I'm her Joe
and we're not what you see
In a minute baby I'll be right back
I just got some more to say
to my young new friend here
Esther just turned 80 and I'm 83
the oldest couple at the Mayflower
Esther and me
I knew that when I saw her
we were meant to be one
she says she didn't notice me
but don't you believe her
I'll bet you think that what you're looking at
is all we are
two old people
stumbling through the days
Sonny, no one is what
they look like
everyone's so much more
Sonny, no one is what
they look like
and we're not what you see
that's for sure
You should have known me before
you should have known me before
hair, I had hair the girls
loved to feel and a built
watch out Joe Poluka
I could see I could hear
I could run a mile
and when I dream of us now
I still see us young and beautiful
she's my girl and I'm her Joe
and we're not what you see
I guess I better go now
she's my family
the oldest couple
at the Mayflower
Esther and Me
I'll help her with her bath
and then I'll kiss her goodnight
and sometime's we dance
in the early moonlight
I'll bet you think that what
you're looking at is all we are
two old people
watching the days go by
Sonny, no one is what
they look like
everyone's so much more
Sonny no one is what
they look like
and we're not what you see
that's for sure
I'll be right there darlin'
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Freddie's got the dirt on
everybody on the street
don't know how he does it
but it isn't too discreet
everybody says
it always winds up being true
he's got somethin' on everyone
maybe even you!
Freddie know-oh yeah
Freddie goes-"Oh yeah,
I got the 411 in my head!"
that's what Freddie said
one night Freddie's goin' home
he's had a long, long day
when he see big Eddie
runnin' out the alleyway
Freddie looks at the shadow
of a body with a shrug
there's Slapsie layin' deader
then an ugly fire plug
Freddie know-oh yeah
Freddie goes-"Oh yeah!"
I'll get the 411 to the feds!"
that's what Freddie said
(TALK)
PERSONALLY I DON'T THINK THAT
WAS SUCH A WISE MOVE ON FREDDIE'S PART
IF YOU SEE WHAT I'M SAYIN'
Freddie now has the biggest news
he's ever had
but Eddie knows that Freddie knows
and man, you knows, thats's bad!
'cause next night
Freddie's walking home
just like he did before
badda-boom! badda-bang!
badda-bing!
he won't be blabbin' anymore!
see Eddie said-"oh yeah!
Freddie's dead!-oh yeah
no more the 411 in his head
that's 'cause Freddie's dead
now you know the skinny
all about the scuttlebutt
and the moral of this story is
to keep your big mouth shutt!
cause Freddie said-"oh yeah!"
now Freddie's dead!-oh yeah
I'll keep the 411 in my head!"
that's what Freddie should'a said
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Salin' can save me
or I drown evermore
but I'm on the waves
with you on the shore
never mind
one find day
in some bar
by the harbor
I'll find you
there you'll be
as you where
corner stool
by the jukebox
watin' for me
I can remember
sweet child
gone a mile
swayin' your head
to the crazy ragtime
sayin' "hey you got a quater?
hey you look familiar
hey you got a quater?
let's dance to the ragtime"
slow down
don't time fly
chased your smile
to some cold dingy attic
now memories of
a room we shared
heaven and home to me longer
and longer ago
I can remember
time's up
callin' ships all of the sounds
of a restless harbor
you said "hey you look familiar
come on you remember
hey you got a quater?
let's dance to the ragtime
sailin' has saved me
from drownin' evermore
but I'm on the waves
and you on the shore
never mind
one find day
in some bar by the harbor
I'll find you
boozy, scared
breakin' down
tellin' the bouncer be cool
'cause you're waitin' for me
like I been dreamin'
that's you
swingin' 'round
pushin' your way like
a star to the jukebox
sayin' hey ya' got a quater?
hey don't you remember?
let's dance to the ragtime!
hey ya' got a quater?
hey don't you remember?"
why must I remember?
never mind
one find day
in some bar by the harbor
I'll find you
I'll find you
I'll find you
and will dance to the ragtime
yes will dance to the ragtime
will we dance and to the ragtime
yes will dance to the ragtime
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Who is she?
this beautiful creature
insisting on being alone?
it would all make sense
if you could hear her on the phone:
hello,who's there?
oh no
how'd you find me
I gotta go
don't wanna hear
another lie
you tell me that you love me
and you promise that you'll change
you broke my heart
this time we're through
now say goodbye
say goodbye
say goodbye
it's too late to give it one more try
you'll always have my heart
I guess you knew it from the start
but if you love me
say goodbye
I take you back
and then
you go and hurt me
I've had enough
I'm such a fool
I don't know why
I've got to start my life again
it's over can't you see
this time it's done
it's really done
please say goodbye
say goodbye
say goodbye
it's too late to give it one more try
you'll always have my heart
I guess you knew it from the start
but if you love me
say goodbye
and the nights are gonna get easier
that's what they say
see, sometimes I don't even think about you
I don't even dream about you
sometimes I don't even miss you
night and day
say goodbye
please say goodbye
baby it's too late to give it one more try
you'll always have my heart
I guess you knew it from the start
but if you love me
say goodbye
if you love me
if you love me
say goodbye
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There goes the girl in the arms of someone new
night after night I can see the life
she's stumbing through
and I know that she'll never notice me
but I still look for a sign
'cause she should'a been mine
she could'a been mine
we would'a been sharing love until the end of
time
I should'a known how
we would'a been close to paradise by now
if it could'a been
it would'a been
still she should'a been mine
sometimes she smiles when I see her passing by
sometime she waves
when she turns and whispers "hi", again
and I see the pain of the life she lives
yet I'm hoping for a sign
'cause she should'a been mine
she could'a been mine
we would'a been sharing love until the end of
time
I should'a known how
we would'a been close to paradise by now
if it could'a been
it would'a been
still she should'a been mine
I'm the one that she's been lookin' for
we would have been so find
if it could'a been
it would'a been
still she should'a been mine
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It was a hot night
the crowd was hangin' in the neighborhood
everybody there was lookin' so cool
everyone was feelin' so good
now, mister puente
they said he'd be here by ten-thirty
said he was comin' back to his roots again
to finds some old friends
the night that Tito played
my life forever changed
I felt my heart and soul come alive
I felt it all
movin' and swayin' under the moon
prayin' to the rhythm of a puente tune
the night that Tito played
nothin' was ever the same
there was Romona
she came uptown from corona
right there on the stairway of the subway train
we danced real slow
(she was heaven to know)
she whispered secrets
the way she kissed me it was perfect
we held on in the shadows of the city lights
oh, it felt so right
the night that Tito played
my life forever changed
I felt my heart and soul come alive
I felt it all
movin' and swayin' under the moon
prayin' to the rhythm of a puente tune
the night that Tito played
nothin' was ever the same
the night that Tito played
my life forever changed
I felt my heart and soul come alive
I felt it all
movin' and swayin' under the moon
prayin' to the rhythm of a puente tune
the night that Tito played
nothin' would ever be the same
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Baby I miss you so badly
you know that I love you madly
can you forget all the pain
let's try it again
I'm comin' back
so I can love you
the way I used to loved you long ago
girl I'm comin' back
hopin' that you'll have me
and this time I will never let you go
seems like yesterday
it was you and me
how did it slip away?
you are a part of me
you live in the heart of me
I never stopped loving you
and so
I'm comin' back
so I can love you
the way I used to loved you long ago
girl I'm comin' back
hopin' that you'll have me
and this time I will never let you go
if the answer's "no"
I will understand
but it won't change my mind
you are the only one
and I am the lonely one
I'll never get over you
and so
I'm comin' back
so I can love you
the way I used to loved you long ago
girl I'm comin' back
hopin' that you'll have me
and this time I will never let you go
baby I miss you so badly
you know that I love you so madly
I'm comin' back
so I can love you
the way I used to loved you long ago
girl I'm comin' back
hopin' that you'll have me
and this time I will never let you go
I'm comin' back
so I can love you
the way I used to loved you long ago
girl I'm comin' back
hopin' that you'll have me
and this time I will never let you go
I'm comin' back
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When I wake up everyday
I miss you
and it never goes away
I miss you
people smile and while
I take and even laugh
I'm not even half the man they knew
without you
when I'm in our bed each night
and I turn out the light
oh how I miss you
little things reminding me about you
who will I annoy again, if not you?
in my silent room sometimes
I'll close my eyes
and I whisper sweet good-byes
you'll never hear
Esther dear.....
fifty years, Ester and Joe
tell me how could this be so?
oh how I miss you
was I there
when you needed me to be there?
could you see
there wasn't one day
when you weren't my best girl?
though we both drove each other crazy
I love all the love you gave me
and you where all that mattered
in my world
everyday I love you more
and miss you
and I wish you knew
that through the darkest night
you are still the light
that helps me find my way
and I pray
one day we will meet again
and all this emptiness will end
and I will kiss you
'till that day
though we're apart
I'll hold you close
here in my heart
but God
I miss you
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during the day
she's a full time typist
at the computer
and on the phone
during the day
he's a auto-mechanic
punchin' a time clock
and livin' alone
but at night
in the dark
when the sun goes down
yes at night
night is when they
go to town!
and they dance
and she fells like
Ginger Rogers
they dance!
he's got the flair
of Fred Astaire
they dance!
as they glide
around the ballroom
they dance!
and the world
belongs to them
when they dance!
nobody knows that
she has a secret
none of her family
would ever connect
all of his friends think
he's shy and quiet
not in the world would
they ever suspect
that at night
in the dark
when the sun goes down
yes at night
night is when they
go to town
and they dance!
he's as cool as
John Travolta!
they dance!
she's as hot as Janet J.!
they dance!
as they glide
around the ballroom
they dance!
they forget about the day
when they dance!
and they dance!
he's Antonio Banderas
they dance!
she's Ann Miller
on the screen!
they dance!
now the crowd
is cheering louder
they dance!
and the night
is like a dream
when they dance!
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In my life
I have seen
far away places
wild and serene
but nothing I saw
prepared me for
the mat on the floor
saying "welcome home"
time flies
see the moon rise
as I'm makin' my way
through another long day
but I'll go
to a place I know
in my heart I know
there's just no place
like home
welcome home
welcome home
to that place
that's safe and warm
always a shelter
from the storm
I'm going home
welcome home
roll out the welcome mat
for me!
I'm goin' home
sometimes
I remember
all the days I never knew
if I would ever make it through
but just when
I'd give up again
I'd remember when the days
were stormy
home was always
waitin' for me
sayin'
welcome home
welcome home
where there will always be
a welcoming light on
just for me
when I go home
welcome home
no place
that I would rather be
than goin' home
in my heart I know
that someday when my time
is drawing near
I'm gonna hear
welcome home
welcome home
where there will always be
somebody waiting
there for me
when I go home
home sweet home
everyone's smilin' just for me
when I go home
In my heart I see
Somebody waiting
there for me
welcome home
welcome home
it looks like a
starlight symphony
I'm goin' home
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No one knows you but they all love you
just don't let them get too much of you
careful man
don't forget you're the shadow man
look how many believe they need you
look how many tried to read you
no one can
you get off on it shadow man
and so you smile your smile
and fool those fools you care about
you've got it all
you've got the whole thing figured out
well haven't you?
just confuse'em with smoke and static
make'em think that you enigmatic
that's the plan
you're the best at it shadow man
and when anyone penetrated
the illusion that you created
off you ran
you're too fast for them
shadow man
no emotional complication
that would ruin your reputation
every fan
needs a fantasy shadow man
if they could see behind the smile
and find the fear and doubt
they'd turn away
they'd have the whole think figured out
well wouldn't they?
no one knows you but they all love you
just don't let them get too much of you
careful man
don't you forget you're the shadow man
every day now I see you clearer
you're the mystery in the mirror
man to man
tell me what's the plan?
tell me how long can you be
a shadow man
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how can you treat me so badly?
I gave my heart to you gladly
don't try to explain
you'll drive me insane
if you have to go
then go
I want no more of your lyin'
I don't wanna know
just go
hasn't there been enough cryin'
don't tell me why
I
don't wanna know
don't tell me how you'll love me forever
don't say that someday we'll be together
stop tryin' to be kind
you were never really mind
and every word you say
just drives me out of my mind
if you have to go
then go
I want no more of your lyin'
I don't wanna know
just go
hasn't there been enough cryin'
don't tell me why
I
don't wanna know
how could I be so blind
I thought we were doin' fine
you never said a word
never gave me a sign
if you have to go
then go
I want no more of your lyin'
I don't wanna know
just go
hasn't there been enough cryin'
don't tell me why
I
don't wanna know
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during the day
she's a full time typist
at the computer
and on the phone
during the day
he's a auto-mechanic
punchin' a time clock
and livin' alone
but at night
in the dark
when the sun goes down
yes at night
night is when they
go to town!
and they dance
and she fells like
Ginger Rogers
they dance!
he's got the flair
of Fred Astaire
they dance!
as they glide
around the ballroom
they dance!
and the world
belongs to them
when they dance!
nobody knows that
she has a secret
none of her family
would ever connect
all of his friends think
he's shy and quiet
not in the world would
they ever suspect
that at night
in the dark
when the sun goes down
yes at night
night is when they
go to town
and they dance!
he's as cool as
John Travolta!
they dance!
she's as hot as Janet J.!
they dance!
as they glide
around the ballroom
they dance!
they forget about the day
when they dance!
and they dance!
he's Antonio Banderas
they dance!
she's Ann Miller
on the screen!
they dance!
now the crowd
is cheering louder
they dance!
and the night
is like a dream
when they dance!
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