Steve Perry Album

You should've been gone
Knowing how I made you feel
And I should've been gone
After all your words of steel
Oh I must've been a dreamer (a dreamer, oh)
And I must've been someone else (someone else)
And we should've been over (by now)

Oh Sherrie, our love
Holds on, holds on
Oh Sherrie, our love
Holds on, holds on

But I want to let go
You'll go on hurting me
You'd be better off alone
If I'm not who you thought I'd be

But you know that there's a fever (there's a fever, oh)
Oh that you'll never find nowhere else (nowhere else)
Can't you feel it burning on and on

Oh Sherrie, our love
Holds on, holds on
Oh Sherrie, our love
Holds on, holds on

But I should've been gone
Long ago, far away
And you should've been gone
Now I know just why you stay

Oh Sherrie, our love
Holds on, holds on
Oh Sherrie, our love
Holds on, holds on

First appeared on Street Talk
(Columbia Records 39334)
1984 Street Talk Tunes, April Music Inc & Random Notes, Hitchings Music and Phosphene Music)
(Steve Perry, Randy Goodrum, Duane Hitchings, Craig Krampf)

If you feel love's an illusion
I won't hold you down
Do you feel lost in confusion
No hope to be found

Stop before you start believin'
That all our hope is gone
'Cause I know that there's a reason
Why we're holdin' on

And when you walked into my life I realized
Oh no one else took me by surprise

(I believe)
I believe you
(Want it too)
Oh you want it
(You'll know the way)
Know the way
Yes the way I feel and I care
(Someday)
Oh yes I care
(Know the truth)
I believe
(I believe)
I believe in me and you

Yeah

It's a strange situation
We can work it out
With love's blind determination
There can be no doubt

Well I know that there's a solution
Right here in our hands
Then the lonely, lonely hours we've wasted
Won't be back again

And when you walked into my life I realized
Oh no one else took me by surprise

I believe

(I believe)
I believe you
(Want it too)
Oh you want it
(You'll know the way)
Know the way
Yes the way I feel and I care
(Someday)
Oh yes I care
(Know the truth)
I believe
(I believe)
I believe in me and you

(sax solo)

Whoa...I believe

(I believe)
I believe you
(Want it too)
Oh you want it
(You'll know the way)
Know the way
Yes the way I feel and I care
(Someday)
Oh someday you'll know
(Know the truth)
Know the truth
(I believe)
I believe in me and you

Believe it
Believe it
Believe it
Believe it

First appeared on Street Talk
(Columbia Records 39334)
1984 Street Talk Tunes, April Music Inc & Random Notes, Pants Down Music)
(Steve Perry, Randy Goodrum, Bill Cuomo)

We meet again
Right in the middle
Of a love I knew before
Another girl, she looks a lot like you
I'm cruisin' many
So are you
That's the way we both should do
I don't know why
We had this rendezvous

Go away
Go away
I sing goodbye to you
When the song's gone
You'll be on
On to someone new

So here we are
Right in the middle
In the same place, stuck before
You'll have to find
Another place to play
Well I know I want to hold you
Right in the middle
Like I held you once before
But something says
That that's a big mistake

Why don't you
Go away
Go away
I sing goodbye to you
When the song's gone
You'll be on
On to someone new

(guitar solo)

What you wanted
I gave it to you
In every way that you wanted to
Whoa oh
Don't make your move
If you ever cared for me

Go away
Go away
I sing goodbye to you
When the song's gone
You'll be on
On to someone new

Go away
Go away
I sing goodbye to you
When the song's gone
You'll be on
On to someone new

Go...
Watchin' you, what you gonna do
Gonna do

Whoa...whoa
Watchin' you, what you gonna do
Gonna do

I need a love that grows
I don't want it unless I know
That each passing hour
Someone somehow
Will be there, ready to share...

I need a love that's strong
I'm so tired of being alone
But will my lonely heart play the part
Of the fool again
Before I begin

Foolish heart, hear me calling
Stop before you start falling
Foolish heart, heed my warning
You've been wrong before
Don't be wrong anymore

Feeling that feeling again
I'm playing a game I can't win
Love's knocking on the door
Of my heart once more
Think I'll let her in
Before I begin

Foolish heart, hear me calling
Stop before you start falling
Foolish heart, heed my warning
You've been wrong before
Don't be wrong anymore

Foolish heart...
Foolish, foolish heart

You've been wrong before

(foolish)
(foolish)

Foolish heart, hear me calling
Stop before you start falling
Foolish heart, heed my warning
You've been wrong before
Don't be wrong anymore

Foolish heart...
Oh foolish, foolish heart

You've been wrong before

Foolish, foolish heart

Foolish heart

First appeared on Street Talk
(Columbia Records 39334)
1984 Street Talk Tunes, April Music Inc & Random Notes)
(Steve Perry, Randy Goodrum)

Oh you
Broke an old tradition
Gave into the flame
You tell me I'm the reason
You tell me I'm to blame
You're sorry for the evenin'
But nothin's wrong

It's only love
It's only love
Oh it's only love
Only love

Oh I
Don't need this condemnation
There's no room for mistakes
There's no time for forgiveness
It's written on your face
But girl I'm only human
Oh you should know

It's only love
It's only love
Oh it's only love
It's only love

So let's turn it around
Start workin' it out
We should try
Our love is so strong

We've got nowhere to go
It's right here we belong
We should try lookin' back again

Oh I
Opened up your letter
I can't believe my eyes
You said I should know better
But I have no alibis
No, no
Hey
No

(guitar solo)

Ooh, then they play
Then they play
Then they play
Yes they play
Then they play

Only love
Only love

Oh it's only love
Only love
It's only love
It's only love
Oh it's only love
It's only love

Oh, only, only love
Oh, only, only love

Don't be afraid it's only
Only, only love
Don't be afraid 'cause it's only love
Only love

Oh, only, only love
Oh, only, only love

Don't be afraid it's only only only only
Don't be afraid it's only only only only only
Oh

I've seen your kind before
I've seen you creepin around
Before you come round my door
Oh there's one thing you, gotta know

She's mine all mine
Don't show your face here no more
She's mine all mine
Don't hang around here no more

I heard her call out your name
Late last night in her sleep
That's why I came here to say
No, it won't be easy to steal her away

She's mine all mine
Don't show your face here no more
She's mine all mine
Don't hang around here no more...
Go!

You've got her under your spell
And she's believin your lies
You'd like her at your hotel
No, not as long as I'm alive

She's mine all mine
Don't show your face here no more
She's mine all mine
Don't hang around here no more, more, more, more

Oh she's mine
Don't show your face here no more
No no no no!
Don't hang around,
Don't hang
Don't hang around no more

First appeared on Street Talk
(Columbia Records 39334)
1984 Street Talk Tunes, April Music Inc & Random Notes)
(Steve Perry, Randy Goodrum)

Voices in the dead of night
Whisper words of loneliness
It's true
Footsteps echo down the hall
Comin' ever closer to you
It's not fair for mortal man
To put up with this pain
I'm goin' through

You should be happy
Now you're on your own
You should be happy
Now you're on your own

If I could walk through that door
I'd leave behind these broken memories
Trapped inside this empty room
Despiration's closing in on me
If I had your heart of stone
I could break these chains
And I'd be free

You should be happy
Now you're on your own
You should be happy
Now you're on your own

I could be happy
I could be happy, someday
If you would have tried
If you hadn't lied
We'd never be alone again

Happy
Now you're on your own
Happy
Yes, you're on your own
You should be
Happy
Now you're on your own
Happy
Oh yes, you're on your own
But, now I'm
Happy
Now I'm on my own
Happy

First appeared on Street Talk
(Columbia Records 39334)
1984 Street Talk Tunes, John Bettis Music, Hitchings Music and Phosphene Music)
(Steve Perry, John Bettis, Duane Hitchings, Craig Krampf)

Looking down I watch the night
Runnin' from the sun
Orphan stars and city lights
Fadin' one by one
Oh sweet memories
I call on you now

Two too many hearts been broke
Along this lonely road
Steel grey eyes can shine the lies
Until they look like gold
Cold city sidewalks
Can turn your heart to stone
The street won't defeat me
'Cause I've got the will
I'll survive
I don't mind runnin' alone

I believe that every soul
Has a song to sing
The spirit's locked in every man
Waitin' for a wing
Oh so much is wasted
And oh so little used
The trick of the dreamer
Is keeping yourself
From the blues
And I don't mind runnin'

Everyone's a hero
If you want to be
Everyone's a prisoner
Holdin' their own key
Every step I take
Every move I make
Always one step closer
I don't mind runnin' alone

Laughing children echo down
The concrete alleyways
Oh their voices callin', callin'
Callin' yesterday
(can Steve come out and play)
Oh sweet memories
Returning to me now
When young eyes saw clearly

Everyone's a hero
If you want to be
Everyone's a prisoner
Holdin' their own key
Every step I take
And every move I make
Always one step closer
I don't mind runnin' alone

First appeared on Street Talk
(Columbia Records 39334)
1984 Street Talk Tunes, April Music Inc &
Random Notes, Pants Down Music)
(Steve Perry, Randy Goodrum, Bill Cuomo)

Where did he go
The man who said "I have a dream"
Where have they gone
The four who sang to "Let It Be"

Jackie's alone
She lost him one November day
L.A. Motel
One sad mistake took Sam away

Oh, remember then
Remember when

Captured by the moment
In the magic of a yesterday
Captured by the moment
And I hope it never fades away

Sweet Janis cried
"Lord won't you buy a Benz for me"
Jimmy was right
Castles made of sand slip to the sea

Oh, remember then
Remember when

Captured by the moment
In the magic of a yesterday
Captured by the moment
And I hope it never fades away
Captured by the moment
Oh in the magic of a yesterday

(guitar solo)

Otis replied
A little tenderness we gotta try
One open door
He tried to set the night on fire

Captured by the moment
In the magic of a yesterday
Captured by the moment
And I hope it never fades away
Captured by the moment
Oh, in the magic of a yesterday
Oh whoa whoa

One very happy warm summer night
I saw your face, what could I do?
So carefully I walked straight up to you

And in the shadow of a moonlit nite
I saw those eyes a shinin' through
Heart of gold, I love you misty blue

Oh it's hard to love somebody
Especially when they don't belong to you
'Cause they're loving someone else,
Strung out and hung up on you

I feel like Bogart in a crazy movie
Bogie 'n me, we never beg,
But this time maybe I've got voices in my head

They're sayin' that he's never been good to you
And he's always hurt and let you down,
If what you need is good lovin', I'll be around

It's hard to love somebody
Especially when they don't belong to you
'Cause they're loving someone else,
Strung out and hung up on you.
Strung out, strung out

Well, it's hard to love somebody
Especially when they don't belong to you
'Cause they're loving someone else,
Strung out and hung up on you

It's hard to love somebody
Oh when they don't belong to you
'Cause they're loving someone else,
Strung out and hung up on you
Strung out and hung up on you
Yes, strung out
Yes, strung out
Strung out
Strung out
Strung out
Strung out

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Whoa, I've been tryin'
To talk to you
But there's no one home
Girl, I've been tryin'
To get closer
Ooh, but I'm tryin' alone

So when you hit me with your danger smile
Try to play me for a fool
I know you're lyin', baby
That's your style
But I'm not playing by those rules

Now I know our love is faded
Oh, like the end of lonely days
It's our love we should be savin'
No, instead we're slippin' away

Think you two-time me with your double-talk
And you expect me to believe it, oh
Before you pack your bags and take a walk
Just one more time I've gotta say

Don't tell me why you're leaving
I don't wanna know
Don't tell me why you're leaving
Just, just, just, just, just, just, just let me go

Whoa, you hit me with your danger smile
Tried to play me for a fool
I know you're lyin', baby
That's your style
I'm not playin' by those rules

So don't tell me why you're leaving
I don't wanna know
Don't tell me why you're leaving
Just, just, just, just, just, just, just let me go

Now, now, wait, wait a minute now, hold on
You said what? Where now? With who? What?
You talkin' to me?
Woman, watch out, watch out, watch your mouth, girl
Watch what you're saying!
Watch out, watch out, watch out
Don't, don't, don't, don't you tell me

Oh, don't tell me why you're leaving
I don't wanna know
No, don't tell me why you're leaving
Just, just, just, just, just, just, just up and go

I'm happy just to see you here
If only for the moment girl
Why do you seem so sincere
Don't tell me you're unhappy girl

Honey
You don't need nobody
You got another place to stay
Oh...
You don't need nobody
Is it another sad mistake

I wish that we could fall again
If only for the moment girl
It's not easy to pretend
I see your eyes
They show.. it girl...

Oh you don't need nobody
You got another place to stay
Oh...
You don't need nobody
Is it another sad mistake
Sad mistake... (sad mistake)

(Solo)

If only for the moment girl
Just make believe you're mine
Oh If only for the moment girl
Stay, stay, stay with me a while

Oh If only for the moment girl
Please won't you lie to me
If only for the moment girl
Stay, stay, stay

Oh If only for the moment girl
Won't you believe you're mine
Oh if only for the moment.. girl...

Oh If only for the moment girl
Oh you'll believe in me, you're mine

Yeah
If only for the moment girl