Kim Carnes Album

(Kim Carnes/Kathy Kurasch/Donna Weiss/Collin Ellingson)

You're looking through your window
Into the neon light
You try to forget him
But the feeling keeps you up all night
Flashback, flashback, flashback
Only come from an abstract mind

I look back
I see you in your frame
I only wish I could climb through
But the wall around it stops me all the same
Flashback, flashback
Only come from an abstract mind

(One divided heart)
Divided hearts
(Two divided hearts)
Why do they break
We watch them fall to pieces on the ground

(One divided heart)
Divided hearts
(Two divided hearts)
Why do they break
And we are left with our divided hearts, oh

A standing conversation
Down at the Pink Café
You tellin' me you got reason
But I just can't hear a single word you say
Flashback, flashback
Only color the abstract mind

(One divided heart)
Divided hearts
(Two divided hearts)
Why do they break
We watch them fall to pieces on the ground

(One divided heart)
Divided hearts
(Two divided hearts)
The chance we take
And we are left with our divided hearts, oh

(One divided heart)
Divided hearts
(Two divided hearts)
Why do they break
And we are left
With our divided hearts

(One divided heart) oh, oh
(Two divided hearts)
And we are left
With our divided hearts
Our divided hearts

(One divided heart)
Divided hearts
(Two divided hearts)
Why do they break
And we are left
With our divided hearts

(One divided heart)
(Two divided hearts)

(Frankie Miller/D & H Bellamy/Jeff Barry)

I watched you walk into the room
I wanna say this just right
If you ain't waiting for somebody special
Would you be with me tonight
I'm a doctor I'm a lawyer
I'm a movie star I'm an astronaut
And I own this bar

And I would lie to you for your love
Yes I'd lie to you for your love
I'd lie to you for your love
And that's the truth

I could tell you what you wanna hear
And some secrets about myself
I could tell you you're the only one
And there could never be nobody else
I'm a doctor I'm a lawyer
I'm a movie star I'm an astronaut
And I own this bar

And I would lie to you for your love
Yes I'd lie to you for your love
I'd lie to you for your love
And that's the truth

I'm a doctor I'm a lawyer
I'm a movie star I'm an astronaut
And I own this bar

And I would lie to you for your love
Yes I'd lie to you for your love
I'd lie to you for your love
And that's the truth

And I would lie to you for your love
Yes I'd lie to you for your love
I'd lie to you for your love
And that's the truth

(Kim Carnes)

You had your life
And I had mine
And together we could
Do it all
We were the greatest black and white
We were every curtain call

You'd walk through that door
With that grin of yours
You were always running late
We'd orde a beer and we'd cheer
What seemed to be our fate

Always and forever
Did we just burn too bright
And I guess things just look better
In black and white

Somebody said
The sweetest thing
Is when love is blind
I couldn't ever see a thing
Without you there all the time

Will you drive me home
Cause it's getting late
And pretend that we still care
And show me the passion
Just one more night
To make me want you when you're not here

Always and forever
Did we just burn too bright
And I guess things just
Look better in black and white

Always and forever
Did we just burn too bright
And I guess things just
Look better in black and white

(Jackie DeShannon/Donna Weiss)

Always running for some jet
Rumours keep you hard to get
How far will they let you go
Once they know who's in control
Don't like closing the factory
Don't like to break up the family

You can't say you're easy to please
You can take on plenty of heat
It all gets down to living the life
Going for a piece of the sky
Going for a piece of the sky

Making headlines you don't choose
Cruising through the morning news
It's all right there in white and black
But heroes die behind you back
Can't stay put not you can't be tamed
How could the fence up the open plains

You can't say you're easy to please
You can take on plenty of heat
It all gets down to living the life
Going for a piece of the sky
Going for a piece of the sky

Hold me don't let me go
Stroll me baby coast to coast
Shelter by the desert night
Heartbeat take us out of sight

(KIm Carnes/Val Garay/Craig Hull)

There's an edge in the air
And I feel the chill
It's so hard to fake it
When you don't feel the thrill
Tell me I'm crazy
Tell me I'm wrong

You say you love me
But I know you don't
You say you love me
But I know you don't

There's an uncertain change
When you walk in the door
It's hard to explain
But it's hard to ignore
Tell me I'm crazy
Tell me I'm wrong

You say you love me
But I know you don't
You say you love me
But I know you don't
But I know you don't

Pain in the pleasure
Cuts to the bone
Next time you call
I won't be home
Tell me I'm crazy
Tell me I'm wrong

You say you love me
But I know you don't
You say you love me
But I know you don't

(Kim Carnes/Daniel Moore)

There's a place where we can go
It's just a little hard to find
Let it haunt you when you sleep
And shine shine shine

Find that door and step inside
The light will lead you in
Watch your step and watch you heart
Cause you'll be back again

And they're dancin' at the lighthouse
Cause the ships are sailing in
They'll be dancin' at the lighthouse
Until they sail back again

Sing you song soft and low
Raise it to the sky
You are in the twilight zone
So fly fly fly

And they're dancin' at the lighthouse
Cause the ships are sailing in
They'll be dancin' at the lighthouse
Until they sail back again

The wave of live
Is flowing constantly
THe union of the soul
To set the spirit free

And they're dancin' at the lighthouse
Cause the ships are sailing in
They'll be dancin' at the lighthouse
Until they sail back again

(Phil Brown/Eric Kaz)

It's been a long time since I've seen you
And I don't know what to expect
Cause all the promises you made
You never kept

When you called to say you'd meet me here
What was going through your mind
Are you running to me
Or just running blind
Cause if you're gonna set me up this time

I'll be ready for you
I'm playing it cool
I'm taking a long look back
Cause I know I'll never forget
That I loved you a lot

And you tore my heart into pieces
How do I stop all the
Feeling I've got
From doing me in again

I went out of my way
But it just didn't pay
If you want to see me again
Just open the door
And love me like you never did before

You thought you were clever
When you disappeared
And kept me hanging on by a thread
You left me drowning in tears so deep
Way over my head
You had to place yourself beyond my reach
And play so hard to get
You know you did some things to me baby
I'll never forget

I know I'm taking a chance
Letting you back in again
If you don't need me
There's really no use to pretend

(Kim Carnes/Craig Krampf)

I was drivin' my car tonight
And I was feelin' down
The i thought about you
Like I always do
And I turned myself around

Ooh it was magic
Some kind of a dream
Somebody turned the radio on
It was our favorite spot
In the parking lot
I knew it was crazy
I knew I was gone

On the edge of the night
We had some kind of time
The two of us just holding on
When nothing else mattered
But the fire in our eyes
And singing our favorite song
Along with the radio
Along with the radio

Don't wake me up
Just to break my heart
Cause I could stay here all night
Where memories are so sweet to me
You were the best thing in my life
And in the changin' times
You can lose your mind
But you've still got my heart
And if you're ever alone
I'm as close as your telephone

On the edge of the night
We had some kind of time
The two of us just holding on
When nothing else mattered
But the fire in our eyes
And singing our favorite song
Along with the radio
Along with the radio

(Donna Weiss/Jackie DeShannon)

You run from surrender and your persona's clean
You stay away from mirrors
Cause the eyes just look too mean
You are young and you are ravaging your fate
Save me from desire you've got to much to hide
I remember when you could not swallow your own pride
Now you're married to your own uncertainty
And you're back again to off that to me

It's only lonely love
Only lonely
Only lonely love
Only lonely
You better give it up honey
Only lonely

All you gypsy cargo
They better run they'd better flee
They don't know how far you'll go
To cover your own need
You don't think that anyone can set you straight
You have landed on you feet and on the take

But it's only lonely love
Only lonely
Only lonely love
Only lonely
You better give it up honey
Only lonely

I got too much to lose and I'm not into being
Lost and abused it's too plebian
I'm giving it up
And you're only lonely

Only lonely
Only lonely love huh
Only lonely
You better give it up honey
Don't lean on me
It's only lonely love
Only lonely
You never get enough do you
Well not from me
Only lonely love oooh oooh
Only lonely love hmmmmmmm

(Donna Weiss/Bruce Roberts)

When you want me
When you hold me
You make me weak and I can't fight it
I should face it I have skated
Way too far out on thin ice
You break me...
You shatter my resistance you don't even see
What you do to me ah

That's where the trouble lies
That's where the trouble lies
That's where the trouble lies
That's where the trouble lies

The best of plans slip through my hands
You toss them off so easily
Old desires never fail to make
Us all act so carelessly
So take me..
Treat me like the one thing you'd never leave
Oh please..
The user never knows how much the drug shows

That's where the trouble lies
That's where the trouble lies
That's where the trouble lies
That's where the trouble lies

Hot then cold then maybe
Don't that drive you baby
Over the speed limit with me
Huh

That's where the trouble lies