The american dream

I keep trying, I'd be lying
Cuz I'm holding onto the memory
I keep crying, slowly dying
I keep on running but I can't break free

Summer nights keep playing in my mind
Baby, baby
So give me back that wasted time...

With the top down and the radio on
We were dancin' in the streets
Simple times and crossin' lines
We were wild and we were free

Finding the answers in black and white
We were young and we believed
So take my hand on the boulevard
'Cause we're looking for
The American dream
Dream, dream, dream

Pull me close, don't let go
Let's find our way back to the innocence
And I know you're not alone
When things go fast yeah we'll take it slow
Summer nights keep playing in my mind
Baby, baby
So give me back that wasted time...

With the top down and the radio on
We were dancin' in the streets
Simple times and crossin' lines
We were wild and we were free

Finding the answers in black and white
We were young and we believed
So take my hand on the boulevard
'Cause we're looking for
The American dream
Dream, dream, dream
Dream, dream, dream

With the top down and the radio on
We were dancin' in the streets
Simple times and crossin' lines
We were wild and we were free

Finding the answers in black and white
We were young and we believed
So take my hand on the boulevard
'Cause we're looking for
The American dream
Baby, baby
The American dream
Dream, dream, dream

Route 66

If you ever plan to motor west
Travel my way, take the highway that is best
Get your kicks on route sixty-six
It winds from Chicago to L.A.
More than two thousand miles all the way
Get your kicks on route sixty-six

Now you go through Saint Louis
Joplin, Missouri
And Oklahoma city looks oh so pretty
You see Amarillo
Gallup, New Mexico
Flagstaff, Arizona
Don't forget Winona
Kingman, Barstow, San Bernandino

Won't you get hip to this timely tip
Go and take that California trip
Get your kicks on route sixty-six

Now you go through Saint Louis
Joplin, Missouri
And Oklahoma city looks oh so pretty
You see Amarillo
Gallup, New Mexico
Flagstaff, Arizona
Don't forget Winona
Kingman, Barstow, San Bernandino

Won't you get hip to this timely tip
Go and take that California trip
Get your kicks on route sixty-six
Get your kicks on route sixty-six
Get your kicks on route sixty-six

Star

So they made you a star, now your head's in a cloud,
Now you're walking down the street with your feet off the ground
They read in the press all about your success,
They believe every word they've been told.
After all you've been through tell me what will you do,
When you find yourself out in the cold?

When you appear on the stage there's a standing ovation,
You really live out your performance, you're the biggest sensation.
You breeze through the door and when you take the floor
You expect to have it all to yourself.
After all you've been through tell me what will you do
When you find yourself back on the shelf?

You breeze through the door and when you take the floor
You expect to have it all to yourself.
After all you've been through tell me what will you do
When you find yourself back on the shelf?

Feelin' alright

Seems I got to have a change of scenes
Everynight I have the strangest dreams.
Imprisoned by the way it could have been
Left he are on my own or so it seemed.
I got to leave before I start to scream,
Before someone locks the door and takes to keys

Feelin' alright, I'm not feelin' to good myself
Feelin' alright, I'm not feelin' to good myself
(little girl)

Boy you shelter me with warmth and rye
And even now I sit and I wonder why.
That when I think of you, I start myself to cry.
Just can't waste my time, I must get by.
Gotta stop believin', in all your lies.
Well there's too much to do before I die.

Feelin' alright, I'm not feelin' to good myself
Feelin' alright, I'm not feelin' to good myself
(little girl)

Ooh don't you get too lost, in all I say.
In a better time, you know I really found that way.
But that was then and now you know it's today...
I can't get set for it, guess I'm here to stay.
Till someone comes along and takes my place.
With a different name, and a different face.

Feelin' alright, I'm not feelin' to good myself
Feelin' alright, I'm not feelin' to good myself
(little girl)

Shanty

Gonna sit down in the kitchen
And fix me something good to eat
And make my head a little high
And make this whole day complete
'Cause we gonna lay around the shanty, mama
And put a good buzz on

Well pass it to me baby
Pass it to me slow
We'll take time out to smile a little
Before we let it go
'Cause we gonna lay around the shanty, mama
And put a good buzz on

Well there ain't nothin' to do
And there's always room for more
Fill it, light it, shut up
And close the door
'Cause we gonna lay around the shanty, mama
And put a good buzz on

We gonna sit around the kitchen
Fix us somethin' good to eat
And make ourselves a little high
And make the whole day complete
'Cause we gonna lay around the shanty, mama
And put a good buzz on
'Cause we gonna lay around the shanty, mama
And put a good buzz on

While you see a chance

Stand up in a clear blue morning
Until you see what can be
Alone in a cold day dawning
Are you still free? Can you be?

When some cold tomorrow finds you
When some sad old dream reminds you
How the endless road unwinds you

While you see a chance, take it
Find romance, fake it
Because it's all on you

Don't you know by now
No one gives you anything?
And don't you wonder how you keep on moving?
One more day
Your way
Whoa, your way

When there's no one left to leave you
Even you don't quite believe you
That's when nothing can deceive you

While you see a chance, take it
Find romance, fake it
Because it's all on you

Stand up in a clear blue morning
Until you see what can be
Alone in a cold day dawning
Are you still free? Can you be?

And that old grey wind is blowing
And there's nothing left worth knowing
And it's time you should be going

While you see a chance, take it
Find romance, fake it
Because it's all on you

While you see a chance, take it
Find romance
While you see a chance, take it
Find romance (fake it)
While you see a chance, take it
Find romance
While you see a chance, take it
Find romance

While you see a chance, take it
Find romance (oh, fake it, baby)
While you see a chance, take it
Find romance (oh)

Love is like oxygen

Love is Like Oxygen,
You get too much, you get too high,
Not enough and you're gonna die.
Love gets you high.

Love is Like Oxygen,
You get too much, you get too high,
Not enough and you're gonna die.
Love gets you high.

Time on my side.
I got it all.
I heard that pride
Always comes before a fall.

There's a rumor goin' around the town.
That you don't want me around.
I can't shake off my city blues.
Everywhere I turn, I lose.

Love is Like Oxygen,
You get too much, you get too high,
Not enough and you're gonna die.
Love gets you high.

Love is Like Oxygen,
You get too much, you get too high,
Not enough and you're gonna die.
Love gets you high.

Time is no healer.
If you're not there.
Holy fever.
Set words in the air.

Some things are better left unsaid.
I'm gonna spend my days in bed.
I walk the streets at night,
To be hidden by the city light. City light.

Love is Like Oxygen,
You get too much, you get too high,
Not enough and you're gonna die.
Love gets you high.

Love is Like Oxygen,
You get too much, you get too high,
Not enough and you're gonna die.

Love gets you high. 

She's so mean

I know a girl
She gets what she wants all the time
Because she's fine
But for an angel, she's a hot, hot mess
Make you so blind
But you don't mind

Because she's an uptown
Get around
Anything goes girl, girl
She's a hardcore candy store
Give me some more girl, girl

She'll make you take her to the club
But then she leaves with her friends
She likes to stay late at the party
Because the fun never ends
And all her clothes are on the floor
And all your records are scratched
She's like a one way ticket
Because you can't come back

Saying yeah, and you want her but she's so mean
-You'll never let her go, why don't you let her go?-
Yeah, and you want her but she's so mean
-You'll never let her go, why don't you let her go?-

You know that if you don't shut your mouth
She'll freak out
You better get your s*it together
Because she's bringing it down, now
Yeah, boy, you better, you better

Because she's an uptown
Get around, anything goes girl, girl
She's a hardcore candy store
Give me some more girl, girl

She's got a wicked sense of humor
Can't believe what she says
She drinks Bacardi in the morning
Till it goes to her head
And all you want is just to hold her
But she don't go for that
She has a hard time coming when she can't hit back

Saying yeah, and you want her but she's so mean
-You'll never let her go, why don't you let her go?-
Yeah, and you want her but she's so mean
-You'll never let her go, why don't you let her go?-

Every now and then she makes you just a little bit crazy
She'll turn the knife into your back
And then she's calling you "baby"
Crazy

She'll make you take her to the club
But then she leaves with her friends
She likes to stay late at the party
Cause the fun never ends
And all her clothes are on the floor
And all your records are scratched
She's like a one way ticket
Cause you can't come back

Saying yeah, and you want her but she's so mean
-You'll never let her go, why don't you let her go?-
Yeah, and you want her but she's so mean
-You'll never let her go, why don't you let her go?-
Yeah, I know that you want her
Yeah, I know that you want her
Yeah, I know how you want her, but she's so mean
-You'll never let her go, why don't you let her go?-

Hold on forever

Another night and here we are again
All our faults laid out ahead
Let it out, then let it right back in
All those voices in your head

And we both know everything, but we can't learn to leave
So I'll tell you what you need

First thing: we make you feel better
Next stop: we pull it all together
I'll keep you warm like a sweater
Take my hand, hold on forever
Just fall apart if you need to
I'm here and I won't leave you now
Don't look down
Hold on forever

Lay down all your troubles end to end
They could reach up to the stars
So many roads, you don't know where you've been
But you still know who you are

And if I seem preoccupied, I'm wondering what to do
So here's my recipe for you
First thing: we make you feel better
Next stop: we pull it all together
I'll keep you warm like a sweater
Take my hand, hold on forever
Just fall apart if you need to
I'm here and I won't leave you now
Don't look down
Hold on forever

And we both know everything, but we can't learn to leave
So I'll tell you what you need

First thing: we make you feel better
Next stop: we pull it all together
I'll keep you warm like a sweater
Take my hand, hold on forever
Just fall apart if you need to
I'm here and I won't leave you now
Don't look down
Hold on forever
Just take my hand; hold on forever
Hold on forever
Just take my hand; hold on forever

Jack & Diane

Little ditty bout jack and diane
Two American kids growin up in the heartland
Jacky's gonna be a football star
Diane debutante backseat of Jacky's car

Suckin' on chili dogs outside the tastee freeze
Diane's sittin' on Jacky's lap
He's got his hand between her knees
Jacky say Hey Diane lets run off
Behind a shady tree
Dribble off those Bobby Brooks
Let me do what I please.
And Jacky Say

Oh yeah life goes on
Long after the thrill of livin is gone
Oh yeay say life goes on
Long after the thrill of livin is gone, they walk on

Jacky sits back reflects his thoughts for the moment
Scratches his head and does his best james dean.
Well you know diane, we oughtta run of the city
Diane says Baby, you aint missin' no-thing
Jacky say a

Oh yeah life goes on
Long after the thrill of livin is gone
Oh yeay say life goes on
Long after the thrill of livin is gone

Gonna let it rock
Let it roll
Let the Bible Belt come down
And Save My soul
Hold on to 16 as long as you can
Changes come around real soon
Make us women and men

Oh yeah life goes on
Long after the thrill of livin is gone
Oh yeay say life goes on
Long after the thrill of livin is gone

Little ditty about Jack and Diane
Two american kids doing the best they can

Forget me nots

Sending you forget me nots
To help me to remember
Baby please forget me not
I want you to remember

Sending you forget me nots
To help me to remember
Baby please forget me not
I want you to remember

Those were the times we had
Sharing a joy that we thought would last
Memories of love and affection
Never really was just like a dream
Was it the simple things
That made me so crazy about you
Was it your charm or your passion
It's not hard to believe
I love you and I need you so I

Sending you forget me nots
To help me to remember
Baby please forget me not
I want you to remember

Did we give up too soon
Maybe we needed just a little room
Wondering how it all happened
Maybe we just need a little time
Though we did end as friends
Given the chance we could love again
She'll always love you forever
It's not hard to believe
I want you and I need you so I

Sending you forget me nots
To help me to remember
Baby please forget me not
I want you to remember

Sending you forget me nots
Baby please forgive me not

Sending you forget me nots
Baby please forgive me not

Good times we had
They weren't so bad
What a life we shared (?)
Pretty baby I still care