John Waite Album

(J. Waite)

She's just a working girl from Baltimore
She'll choose you
She's been there
She's been there and back again
It's in and out
It's up it's down
It's a mercenary
And you get what you need
When you walk on the streets of paradise
In vogue in the streets
Indecision
Yeah yeah yeah
White heat
In fashion
She'll take you home
She'll take you where you wanna get back to
You're sweet sixteen
But you'll be a man tonight
It's to the wall
It's to the floor
She's in a hurry
But you get what you pay for
When you live on the streets of paradise
In heat in vogue
Impassioned
Yeah yeah yeah
White heat in fashion
Hard cash
Indiscrete
Wild passion
In heat
In vogue
In fashion
White heat
Cold passion
8th Avenue indecision
In heat on the street in fashion
In vogue in style
White heat cool looks hard cash
On the street
In vogue in style indiscretion
In trains in bars in heat
White heat
In vogue in fashion
Hard cash indiscrete wild passion
White heat in fashion
White heat in fashion
White heat in fashion
White heat indiscrete ignition

(Knight)

People talking
And they're saying that you're leaving
So unhappy
With the way that you've been living
Oh oh oh
We always wish for money
We always wish for fame
We think we have the answers
Some things ain't ever gonna change (change)
It doesn't matter who you are
It's all the same (change)
What's in your heart will never change
Look in the mirror
And you see how you've been taken
You won't surrender
But now your heart is breakin'
Oh oh oh
We always wish for money
We always wish for fame
We think we have the answers
Some things ain't ever gonna change (change)
It doesn't matter who you are
It's all the same (change)
What's in your heart will never change
Do you remember
When you got your lucky break
You're looking back now
And it seems like a mistake
Oh oh oh
We always wish for money
We always wish for fame
We think we have the answers
Some things ain't ever gonna change (change)
It doesn't matter who you are
It's all the same (change)
What's in your heart will never change
It's only change (change)
It doesn't matter who you are
It's all the same (change)
What's in your heart will never change
It doesn't matter who you are
It's all the same (change)
What's in your heart will stay the same
It doesn't matter who you are
It's all the same (what's in your heart)
It's only
It's only
It's only change
Never (it doesn't matter)
You ain't gonna
You ain't gonna change (what's in your heart)
You ain't gonna change
Doesn't matter who you are

(J. Waite, T. Pierce)

I can't play these games with you no more
I get my fingers caught inside the door
Now everything I say is just a joke
Spend my money now you leave me broke
Living someone's life in clear blue skies
Fairy tales and dreams and alibis
All you want from me are things for you
Use me til I don't know what to do
You live in your own world anyway
Twisting every single thing I say
In my hometown I feel out of place
Change my name and find a different face
You tell me
No more cool Mr. Wonderful
No more nice Mr. Clean
No more cool Mr. Ideal
It's driving me out of my mind
Yeah
I can hear the wolves outside the bar
Sometimes I don't know which one you are
Imitation's all that you accept
Shadows of myself that you once met
Bottles in the alley break and smash
Get into the car for one-car crash
You tell me
No more cool Mr. Wonderful
No more nice Mr. Clean
No more cool Mr. Ideal
It's driving me down
Driving me down to my knees
No more cool Mr. Wonderful
No more nice Mr. Clean
No more cool Mr. Ideal
It's driving me down to my knees
Mr. Wonderful
No more nice Mr. Clean
No more cool Mr. Ideal
It's driving me out of my mind
No more cool Mr. Wonderful
No more nice Mr. Clean
No more cool Mr. Ideal
Oh oh oh oh oh
No way Mr. Wonderful
No way
No way
Ideal
Wonderful
Ideal
Wonderful
Ideal

(J. Waite)

Saw you standing in the darkness
With your back against the wall
And your eyes looked kind of distant
Then I knew you'd seen it all
It was then that you betrayed me
Cause I could see right through your gaze
I guess you and I have seen much better days
You used to be so taken
With the lifestyle of the king
Now you find love's everything
You're going to the top
You found somebody special
Now your heart will never stop
And you know I wish you well
You could've been somebody a contender
I guess that chance just passed you by
Now you can't remember who to trust
But I sure wish that you'd try
And nothing gets you nothing
And you get back what you give
You can't hold out much longer
It's time for you to live
You used to be so taken
With the lifestyle of the king
Now you find love's everything
You're going to the top
You found somebody special
Now your heart will never stop
And you know I wish you well yeah
You're going to the top
You're falling up to heaven
And now your heart will never stop
And you know I wish you well yeah
Good things are gonna find you
Though somebody's got to pay
You could always turn your back and walk
But I sure wish that you'd stay
You're going to the top
You found somebody special
Now your heart will never stop
And you know I wish you well these days
You're going to the top
You're falling up to heaven
And your heart ain't gonna stop
And you know I wish you well these days
You're going to the top
You found somebody special
And your heart will never stop
And you know I wish you well these days
You're going to the top
And now you're someone special
And I still think of you a lot
And you know I wish you well
Yeah

(J. Waite)

No guardian angel looking down on me tonight
I'm on the streets again
And I can't tell wrong from right
I'm on the run from love
But I don't know what I'm running for
But it all looks alright when I'm standing at your door
This could be ecstacy
I've been dreaming of you
This could be reality
Tonight tonight
Desperate love
Got no reflection in the mirror anymore
I'm falling backwards
But I never hit the floor
Don't give me counterfeits
I need the real thing
This ain't a game no more
I'm bettin' everything
This could be ecstacy
I've been dreaming of you
This could be reality
Tonight tonight
Desperate love
Yeah desperate love
I don't feel I should fight
When you pull me through your door
You take me to your room
And show me what I'm living for
And I lose myself
But my heart keeps poundin'
If you won't take me now
Don't take me anymore
Cause I don't read books
But I know the score
This could be ecstacy
I've been dreaming of you
This could be reality tonight
You could be next to me
I've been waiting for you
This could be reality tonight
Yeah
I don't feel I should fight
When you pull me through your door
You take me to your room
And show me what I'm living for
And I lose myself
But my heart keeps poundin'
If you won't take me now
Don't take me anymore
Cause I don't need books
To know the score
You could be next to me
I've been dreaming of you
This could be ecstacy
Tonight tonight
Desperate love
Yeah
Desperate love
Desperate love
Yeah desperate love
Ooh yeah
Desperate love
Desperate desperate love
Desperate desperate love
Love
It's desperate desperate love

(J. Waite)

When you tell me that you're leaving
And that you've got to be alone
Sometimes you seem to me like you're far away
In some different danger zone
I couldn't stop you if I wanted
You found somebody else for sure
What you don't know is I've found some love
Like some revolving door
Yeah
Temptation's gonna come into our lives
Gonna break up our happy home
Temptation
Me and you are going through it
And we should know better
To leave that thing alone
You always seem to be distracted
Just like your mind is somewhere else
If you don't wanna be alone with some strange guy
You're gonna wind up on the shelf
Yeah
Temptation's gonna come into our lives
Gonna break up our happy home
Temptation
Me and you are going through it
And we should know better
Yeah yeah
To leave that thing alone
Temptation's gonna go into our lives
Gonna break up our happy home
Temptation
Me and you are going through it
And we should know better
Yeah yeah
Temptation's gonna go into our lives
Gonna break up our happy home
Temptation
Me and you are going through it
And we should know better
Yeah yeah
Oh

(J. Waite)

She's got a certain style
In everything she does
She's someone to know
Just because
Yeah
Just because
Yeah
Ooh yeah yeah yeah
Come on
Be my little baby tonight
She's seen everywhere
Looking like Venus too
Emotional suicide
She couldn't give a damn
No
Guess she shows
Ooh yeah yeah yeah
Come on
Be my little baby tonight
She's got a heart of gold
And nerves of steel
Feels like broken glass
She's unreal
She's got a velvet touch
Igniting a frozen heart
She's indispensible
Tear your soul apart
Yeah yeah
Ooh yeah yeah yeah
Come on
Be my little baby tonight
Yeah come on come on come on
Come on and
Be my little baby tonight

(J. Waite, B. Brody)

I've been watching you now
I've been caught in these hours
Days are turning to nights
Out of where there's no
No rules for strangers
When I see you again
Will you still feel the same way
Understand
In your eyes
I can't get nothing right
All day
All night
Make it happen
Make me feel alright
All day
All night
Make it happen
Make me feel alright
Oh yeah
When I see you walk by
Turn my head wanna break down
I've been living alone
I've been living a lie
I get so scared of my fears
There's a space in my life
For just one time
Or baby forever
Understand
It's in your eyes
I can't get nothing right
All day
All night
Make it happen
Make me feel alright
All day
All night
Make it happen
Make me feel alright
I've been watching you now
And I've been living in a daydream
It's that I miss you so
Can't think of words
I break down
I've been lonely
When I see you again
Will you still feel the same way
Understand
In your eyes
I can't do nothing right
All day
All night
Make it happen
Make me feel alright
All day
All night
Make it happen
Make me feel alright
All day
All night
Make it happen
Make me feel alright
All day
Make it happen
Make me feel alright
All day
Make it happen
Alright
Make it happen
Yeah
Make it happen
Yeah

(J. Waite)

You've been livin' with your broken heart
I've been trying hard to play the part
But some pretender with an easy smile
Can tell you it's alright
I ain't got nothin' if you leave me now
Just a hypocrite with broken vows
If I could change the way of circumstance
I'd do it just for you
I'm still in love
I'm still in love
(I'm) these days (still in love) I find
I'm still in love
I've been staring in an empty glass
In a downtown bar thinking about the past
I'm spinning 'round you like a moth in flames
But I still can't help myself
And should you tell me
That you've changed your mind
Made some decisions
Gonna cross that line
I can always be available
Cause time is on my side
I'm still in love
I'm still in love
(I'm) these days (still in love) I find
I'm still in love with you
Time will tell the truth for us
It can only make us strong
It'll be alright
I'm still in love
I'm still in love
(I'm) these days (still in love) I find
I'm still in love with you
(I'm) in your eyes (still in love) in my mind
I'm still in love with you
(I'm) these days (still in love) I find
I'm still in love with you
(I'm) can't you see me falling (still in love)
I'm still in love with you
(I'm) these days (still in love) I find
I'm still in love with you
(I'm) can't you see me falling (still in love)
I'm still in love with you

(J. Waite)

Well you fooled me say your livin' in France
Drinkin' cheap champagne
Got a second chance
You got a lover and he's six feet-five
Ain't he shakin' you up
Ain't you glad you're alive
It's a wild life
You're not in my shoes
A wild life (ah)
A wild life
I do what I want
A wild life
My life
Yeah yeah
I'm still living in a hole in the wall
With a jukebox praying
And a heart that's stalled
Got no excuses for the way that I live
You're so eager to take
I'm so eager to give
It's a wild life
You're not in my shoes
A wild life
A wild life
I'll do what I want
A wild life
My life
Wild life
Wild life
So get off my back
A wild life (ahh)
Wild life
I do what I want
A wild life
My life
Yeah
I ain't looking for a steady romance
Or a lucky break or a second chance
I've been a winner
I've been a loser too
But I don't know any better
I'm still looking for you
It's a wild life
You're not in my shoes
A wild life
I got nothing to lose
A wild life
I'll do what I want
A wild life
My life
Wild life
Wild life
You're not in my shoes
A wild life
I got nothing to lose
A wild life
I go where I please
A wild life
My life
Wild life
Baby it's a wild life
Wild life
Baby it's a wild life
Wild life
Baby it's a wild life
Wild life