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I'm glad to see youI had a funny dream and you were wearing funny shoesYou were going to a danceYou were dressed like a punk, but you were too young to remember I'm glad to see youI'm outside the house and not thinking right todayI've got no energyI'm glad that you are waiting with meTell me all about your day Breaking off is miseryI see a wilderness for you and mePunctuated by philosophyI'm wondering how things could've been I'm happy for youYou've made it hard for meI counted on your companyYou are staying with your friends tonightI'm feeling sorry for myselfI keep taking everything to be a sign I'm happy for youBut now I know this hurt is poisonToo sharp to be bledI'm sitting on my empty bedI'm on my empty bedAt night the fever grows it's pounding, pounding I'd rather be in TokyoI'd rather listen to Thin Lizzy-ohAnd watch the Sunday gang in HarajukuThere's something wrong with me, I'm a cuckoo Scary moment, lovin' every momentI was high from playing showsWe lost a singer to her clothesMy trouble raised its ugly headI was revealedAnd I was home in bedI was a kid again Jesus told me go after every coin like it was the last in the worldAnd protect the wayward childBut I'm a little lost sheepI need my Bo PeepYou know I need my shepherd here tonight Breaking off is miseryI see a wilderness for you and mePunctuated by philosophyI'm wondering how things could've been I'd like to see youBut, really, I should stay awayAnd let you settle down (Let you settle down)I've got no claims to your crown (Let you settle down)I was the boss of you and I loved youYou know I loved youIt's all over now And I was there for youWhen you were lonelyI was there when you were bad (There when you were bad)I was there when you were sad (There when you were sad)Now it's my time of needI'm thinking, do I have to plead to get you by my side? I'd rather be in TokyoI'd rather listen to Thin Lizzy-ohAnd watch the Sunday gang in HarajukuThere's something wrong with me, I'm a cuckoo

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I finally gave myself the time to see youI finally gave myself the time to see youI finally gave myself the time to see you for a whileIf only we could see past the veneer we'd see another side of you Simone said she would think about not seeing meSimone said she would think about not seeing meSimone said she would think about not seeing me for a whileI hung around with her for forty days and forty nights, it was a wilderness If only you would stop, look and listenIf only you would stop, look and listenIf only you would stop, look and listen you'd be fineBut being deaf and being blind just seems to be the way you spend your time Being alone, it's not a problem when I think of youBeing alone, it's not a problem when I think of youBeing alone, it's not a problem when I think of youYour words are true and all I do is dream Spent summer in the city of my childhoodSpent summer in the city of my childhoodSpent summer in the city of my childhood for old timesBut there's no going back for me, the faces had all changed I was a stranger He made the same mistake 'til he got wiserHe made the same mistake 'til he got wiserBy then it was too late and he despised her, what a crimeIf he was cruel to be kind, he would've saved the trouble and the time Being alone, it's not a problem when I think of youBeing alone, it's not a problem when I think of youBeing alone, it's not a problem when I think of youYour words are true and all I doThink of you, your words are true and all I doThink of you, your words are true and all I do is dream I live alone the silence it can make youI live alone the silence it can take youI live alone the silence it can break you after a whileNot long ago I made a deal, the ghosts around the house all seem to like me My life is falling down I am surroundedMy life is falling down I am confoundedMy life is falling down I am dumbfounded, what a messI lay back silent as a cat and let you work your mysteries of healing Being alone, it's not a problem when I think of youBeing alone, it's not a problem when I think of youBeing alone, it's not a problem when I think of youYour words are true and all I doThink of you, your words are true and all I doThink of you, your words are true and all I do is dream

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I'm glad to see youI had a funny dream and you were wearing funny shoesYou were going to a danceYou were dressed like a punk, but you were too young to remember I'm glad to see youI'm outside the house and not thinking right todayI've got no energyI'm glad that you are waiting with meTell me all about your day Breaking off is miseryI see a wilderness for you and mePunctuated by philosophyI'm wondering how things could've been I'm happy for youYou've made it hard for meI counted on your companyYou are staying with your friends tonightI'm feeling sorry for myselfI keep taking everything to be a sign I'm happy for youBut now I know this hurt is poisonToo sharp to be bledI'm sitting on my empty bedI'm on my empty bedAt night the fever grows it's pounding, pounding I'd rather be in TokyoI'd rather listen to Thin Lizzy-ohAnd watch the Sunday gang in HarajukuThere's something wrong with me, I'm a cuckoo Scary moment, lovin' every momentI was high from playing showsWe lost a singer to her clothesMy trouble raised its ugly headI was revealedAnd I was home in bedI was a kid again Jesus told me go after every coin like it was the last in the worldAnd protect the wayward childBut I'm a little lost sheepI need my Bo PeepYou know I need my shepherd here tonight Breaking off is miseryI see a wilderness for you and mePunctuated by philosophyI'm wondering how things could've been I'd like to see youBut, really, I should stay awayAnd let you settle down (Let you settle down)I've got no claims to your crown (Let you settle down)I was the boss of you and I loved youYou know I loved youIt's all over now And I was there for youWhen you were lonelyI was there when you were bad (There when you were bad)I was there when you were sad (There when you were sad)Now it's my time of needI'm thinking, do I have to plead to get you by my side? I'd rather be in TokyoI'd rather listen to Thin Lizzy-ohAnd watch the Sunday gang in HarajukuThere's something wrong with me, I'm a cuckoo

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Shimmering travellin' light, echoing love at first sightGlimmering, Glistening, banishing the darkest nightWaiting for travellin' light Though the sun has yet to appearInkling faint perception is nearBloodied, battered in the dewLeaves and trees are calling youWaiting for travellin' light Shimmering, travelling byMagical waves just under the skyIt knows no time, it knows no boundsComing clear beneath the cloudsDestination here and nowI behold travellin' light Shimmering, travelling byMagical waves just under the skyShe knows no time, she knows no boundsWaves of light are travellingCloak of night unravellingI believe in travellin' light Shimmering, travellin' light, echoing love at first sightGlimmering, glistening, I'll see her tomorrow nightWaiting for my travellin' light Shimmering travellin' light, echoing love at first sightGlimmering, Glistening, banishing the darkest nightWaiting for travellin' light Though the sun has yet to appearInkling faint perception is nearBloodied, battered in the dewLeaves and trees are calling youWaiting for travellin' light Shimmering, travelling byMagical waves just under the skyIt knows no time, it knows no boundsComing clear beneath the cloudsDestination here and nowI behold travellin' light Shimmering, travelling byMagical waves just under the skyShe knows no time, she knows no boundsWaves of light are travellingCloak of night unravellingI believe in travellin' light Shimmering, travellin' light, echoing love at first sightGlimmering, glistening, I'll see her tomorrow nightWaiting for my travellin' light

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