Альбом John Waite

(J. Waite, A. Krizan)

Sweet 17 in summertime
Drunk on elderberry wine
Laughing in the cornfields
And taking our sweet time
The world was ours together
And all the things we had
Were cast up in the future baby
How could things turn out bad?
Now I ain't waiting for
those days to return
You showed me what love was
I had such a lot to learn
Hey baby
I never knew a love so fine (When you were mine)
Sweet darling
When you were mine (When you were mine)
7 Days a week
365 a year
We tripped the wild fantastic edge
The truth was always clear
They could never tame our wild hearts
Or stop us making love
We were so inseparable
We could never get enough
And it seems like only yesterday
You made my world turn
And these days I think about ya
The fire still burns
Hey baby
I never knew a better time (When you were mine)
Sweet darling
When you were mine (When you were mine)
Alright
Everything we had was so complete
And all our young hearts wanted was to be swept off our feet
Yeah
When you were mine
In summertime
I know there's no sense in looking back
But everytime I think of it baby
I just have to laugh
Yeah well maybe just sometimes
On my own
Looking at my watch and thinking how time's flown
Come back baby
Like summer time
And we can break a bottle of that elderberry wine
Hey baby
I never knew a better time (When you were mine)
Sweet darling yeah
When you were mine (When you were mine)
Hey darling
Come back to me one more time (When you were mine)
Sweet darling
When you were mine (When you were mine)
Everything was good
Everything was fine
When you were mine (When you were mine)
When you were mine baby (When you were mine)
Come back just like summertime

(J. Waite, P. Wasner)

Do you think you have to act
like you're someone else with me
Like a cover girl
Or a barbie doll
Or a beauty queen
You'll be gone when I wake up
to the Rolling Stones
And the jukes and earls
But I ain't looking for
An imaginary girl
Who are you really?
Come on tell me
Deep behind blue eyes
And what's on today's agenda
In your enterprise
Do you weigh the odds before you speak
Straighten out your curls
But I'm not taken in
By an imaginary girl
Yeah
Who are you trying to be
Why are you so counterfeit
What's your problem
Who do you want to be anyway
Cause I need reality
That's right
Come on be straight with me
You're like a damaged nerve
You're like a dirt road curve
Do you think you have to act
Like your someone else with me
Cause I don't believe you
You're an imaginary girl
Don't believe you babe
Thought I saw you once
When you just let go
And took your heart down off the shelf
When you turned around and looked at me baby
You were nobody else
That's what I'm looking for deep inside of you
That hidden precious pearl
Not the act of love
From an imaginary girl
I can't buy into your imaginary world
Yeah
Won't be taken in
By an imaginary girl
So who are you saving it for
In your imaginary world
Yeah
I guess I'm resigned to an imaginary girl

(J. Waite, S. Fontayne, R. Thiele Jr.)

I've been out here in this wasteland
Throwing horseshoes at the stars
Nickel, Silver, and pearl inlay
On an old guitar for my new life
For the playwright and the printer
Theme cafes and tourist bars
They're on a permanent vacation
Like butterflies in killing jars
How the hell did it get this far
Let's go now
Maybe we'll walk
Maybe we'll fly
C'mon now
Let's get outta here
While we're still young
Take our dreams and run
C'mon now
Let's get outta here
All the songs I sing were for you
Though it's something I've denied
Time is short so let's start running
To hell with pride
Cause time moves fast
C'mon baby make it last
Let's go now
Maybe we'll walk
Maybe we'll fly
C'mon now
Let's get outta here
While we're still young
Take out dreams and run
C'mon now
Let's get outta here
There's a big sky
There's a big sky there for you and me
Got no horizon
Who needs a compass
I've got you and you got me
C'mon baby
It feels so good to be free
Maybe we'll walk
Maybe we'll fly
C'mon now
Let's get outta here
You've got the keys
Baby I can drive
C'mon now let's get outta here
Maybe we'll walk
Maybe we'll fly
C'mon now let's get outta here
You've got that look
You make it clear
C'mon now let's get outta here
Yeah yeah
Get a piece of big sky
It's yours and mine
Yeah yeah
Big sky

(J. Waite, S. Fontayne)

You say there's nothing wrong
With the lessons that your learning
The school of the streets
You'll kick next year
Skateboarding Hollywood and Vine
Yeah
You're a spaced out face in a crowd
You're 17 and shooting
The cars slow down to check you out
And your tattered freak flag flies
For sale, your habit
Where to? Let's go!
I know
Out on the Internet tonight
Deals made
Between the strangers
In green lights
No names
No touch no feel humanity
You and your suicide life
In a cardboard mansion sleeping
Out there just beneath the freeway
On a broken bottle carpet
Snoring now
The Lord of the universe
Yeah
A hippie called John Henry
A burnt out acid tripper
Yeah yeah yeah
A symbol and a brush stroke
And a barstool for a throne
Encino, Jerusalem
Angel, dust and blow
I know
Out on the interstate tonight
Hell's angels
And poet cops alright alright
New names
And tie dyed blissed out humanity
You and your suicide life
Suicide life
Yeah baby
Have a nice day
At the heart of all this darkness
You got a crush on Venus big time
Nodding out into a wet dream
The strangers take you
They take you
The slave trade sister rapes you
I know
Out on the interstate tonight
Hell's Angels
And poet cops alright alright
New names
And tie dyed blissed out humanity
Oh no
You live in real time
Kings the Knife
You and your suicide life
Suicide life
Hell's Angels
And poet cops alright
Spare change and have a nice day
I believe you're here to stay
Yeah
Have a nice day
I believe your here to stay
Come home
Come home baby
I think you're here to stay
Time to come home

(B. Dylan)

Nobody feels any pain
Tonight as I stand inside the rain
Everybody knows
That baby's got new clothes
But lately I've seen her
Ribbons and her bows
Have fallen from her curls
She takes just like a woman
She makes love just like a woman
And she aches just like a woman
But she breaks just like a little girl
Yes she does
Yeah
Queen Mary
She's my friend
Yes, I believe I'll go see her again
Nobody has to guess
That baby can't be blessed
Till she sees finally
That she's like all the rest
With her fog
Her amphetamine
And her pearls
She takes just like a woman
She makes love just like a woman
And she aches just like a woman
But she breaks just like a little girl
It was raining from the first
And I was dying of thirst
So I came in here
And your long time curse hurts
But what's worse
Is the pain in here
I can't stay in here
Ain't it clear
That I just can't fit
Yes, I believe that it's time for us to quit
When we meet again
Introduced as friends
Please don't let on that you knew me when
I was hungry
And it was your world all the way
Ah, you fake just like a woman
You make love just like a woman
Then you ache just like a woman
But you break just like a little girl
Let me see through you baby
C'mon now
Baby, you can break down yeah
Just like a woman
Just like a woman
Just like a woman
Just like a woman
Show me
Show me baby
Just like a woman
Just like a woman
Yeah
Just like a woman

(J. Waite, D. Lowery)

Her I.D, says she's 21
But she's just 17
Her apron says Mary
But her real name is Jean
She's working cleaning tables off
At the local Dairy Queen
And she's the real thing
Yeah
Young hearts can fly restless and wild
Though it's a thousand days away
She's got the will and she'll find a way
To the stage of the Bluebird Cafe
To the stage of the Bluebird Cafe
She's got her boyfriends name
Carved in the back of her guitar
It's a beat up old Epiphone
With painted on stars
She wears her brother's 501's
And keeps her tips in a jar
By a picture of Patsy Cline
She's fine
Young hearts can fly restless and wild
Though she'll get out of this town someday
She's got the will and she'll find a way
To the stage of the Bluebird Cafe
Yeah
To the stage of the Bluebird Cafe
She's into country body and soul
But nobody's future is written in stone
And to get what she wants
She's gonna have to walk alone
And she will
All the way to Nashville
To Nashville
Yeah yeah
She comes out of work some nights
Stops and stares down the road
Through the heat and the crickets
And the telegraph poles
Out in the darkness
Hank's Blue Highway calls
And she just stops and smiles
Yeah
Young hearts can fly restless and wild
Though it's a thousand days away
She's got the will and she'll find a way yeah
To the stage of the Bluebird Cafe
Yeah
To the stage of the Bluebird Cafe
She's got the will and she'll find a way

(J. Waite, S. Fontayne)

In the cruel month grey morning
I woke up freezing cold
To possibly start over
Before the day got old
To my anger in my solitude
I had to say goodbye
So I turned on my ignition
No reason to deny
I-95
Alright
From the canyons on the sidewalks
Where the Wall St. banners fly
To the farmlands and the deserts
And the flying saucer skies
To the running of the life lines
The highway spirits rhyme
There's a voice that speaks so clear to me
And says
I-95
Yeah
And I say hey hey hey yeah
I'm so glad I'm alive
Yeah yeah yeah yeah
I'm so glad I can drive
Burning down I-95
It's a simple song of freedom
And it feels like de ja vu
Tai Jean knew about it
John Lennon sang it too
It's the ringing bell of truth and free speech
On the radio
It's there in the Constitution
It's little sister
It's called rock 'n roll
And she's alright
And I sing
Hey hey hey yeah
I'm so glad I'm alive
Yeah yeah yeah yeah
I'm so glad I can drive
Burning down I-95
Yeah yeah
I'm so glad I can drive
Yeah yeah yeah yeah
I'm so glad I'm alive
Burning down I-95
Yeah
I-95
She's alright
I-95
In daylight
I-95
At nighttime too
She's alright
She's alright
She's alright
She's alright
Yeah

(J. Waite, J. Golub)

Put on something pretty baby
And turn down the lights
Let's leave the world outside the window
For just
Just one night
And show me
I'll show you what my love is good for
And I'll always be there for you baby
And I'll always be your man
Cause the touch of your hand
smooth on my skin
In the midnight hour
Let it begin
Show me how to love you
Straight through the night
Cause I know you've to such a lot to give
Show me how to please you baby
Cause it feels so right
Cause I know that you've been lonely
And hey I've been lonely too
Show me how to love you
Cause I know what you're thinking about
And you know what's on my mind
Light up those candles baby
Let me pour you some wine
And you'll show me
I'll show you
What my love is good for
And you'll always be there for me baby
To do whatever you can
Cause the touch of your hand
Smooth on my skin
In the midnight hour baby
Let love begin
Show me how to love you
Straight through the night
Cause I know you've got such a lot to give
Show me how to please you baby
Cause this feels so right
And I know that you've been lonely
And hell I've been lonely too
Yeah
We've got all the time in the world tonight
To do the things that lovers do
Show me how to love you yeah
Cause I know that you've been lonely
And hell I've been lonely too
Yeah baby
Show me how to love you
Straight through the night
Show me how to please you baby
This feels so right
C'mon show me how to love ya
Tease you, please you baby now
Show me baby
Show me baby
How to love you
And how I can please you
Cause I need to baby
Tonight
Show me
Yeah
Show me how to love you
Show me how to love you now
Show me baby

(J. Waite, S. Fontayne)

Inside these moments waiting
Beneath the windows of
The house of Love
Like Romeo to Juliet above
The lights out on the freeway
They lead me back to you
For always and forever now
I'll be with you
Cause you know that I've come here for a reason
Tell me that there's something to this rhyme
Listen to your heart
Tell me what you want now
But don't let me be denied
And be my valentine
Be mine
The dragonfly at midnight
The jasmin of your room
The candle light inside our eyes
The dawn will come too soon
I come to you as nothing now
But everything I am
I'm burning for you constantly
Just let me be your man
Cause you know that I've come here for a reason
Tell me that there's something to this rhyme
Listen to your heart
Tell me what you want now
But don't let me be denied
And be my valentine
Be mine
Valentine
Cause you know that I've come here for a reason
Tell me that there's something to this rhyme
Listen to your heart
And tell me what you want now
But don't let me be denied
And be my valentine
Be mine
Be my valentine

(J. Waite, M. Spiro)

The day begins with CNN
And it looks like WWIII
The forecast calls for freezing rain
It doesn't matter much to me
The Wheel of Fortune never turns
It's all insanity
Have you seen her my friend?
I've been up all night
I've been out all day
Though I try to pretend
That she's still in town
And I'll be ok
Till I can hear her footsteps
Outside my door again
I'll wonder if she's lonely like me
Oh, no! no!
Have you seen her my friend?
The dreams I have are troubled dreams
I thought that I could change
The winter's come inside my head
And it's blowing through my brain
The road I'm on won't straighten out
So here I go again
Have you seen her my friend?
I've been up all night
I've been out all day
Though I try to pretend
That she's still in town
And I'll be ok
Till I can hear her footsteps
Outside my door again
I'll wonder if she's lonely like me
Oh, no! no!
Have you seen her my friend?
And if she calls you
Say hello
Don't tell her how things are
The sun may shine tomorrow
Tomorrow baby
Maybe tomorrow
I just don't know
Have you seen her my friend?
I've been up all night
I've been out all day
Though I try to pretend
That she's still in town
And I'll be ok
Have you seen her my friend?
I've been up all night
Out all day
Though I try to pretend
That she's still in town
And I'll be ok
Cause I can feel her
I can sense her
I can feel her everywhere
I can feel her
I can sense her
I can breathe her
In the air
In my world
I can sense her
I believe
And I still care
I can feel her
And I know she's
In my world
She's everywhere
She's everywhere
I can feel her

Well I stood by the streetlight
And I whispered your name
To the circle of darkness again
In the mercury night
The snow fell like cocaine
But all I want for Christmas is you
I'd been out with some good friends
And we raised a glass or two
It's the time of the year to get loose
Like a dog on the freeway
With the headlights in my eyes
All I get from you is the truth
I don't need a new Cadillac
Or a new set of clothes
Just Donner and Blitzen
To bring me fresh mistletoe
And make my world
A world
Where love don't get old
Cause all I want for Christmas is you
Well I stand in the spotlight
But it's always royal blue
And It won't bring you back here
That's true
I got my name in lights
Strung out on the avenue
And all I want for Christmas is you
I don't need a new Cadillac
Or a new suit of clothes
Just Donner and Blitzen
To bring me fresh mistletoe
And make my world
A world
Where love don't get old
Cause all I want for Christmas is you
All I want for Christmas is you
Yeah
All I want for Christmas is you