One too many goalsThat measure out your worthTo seek your weight in gold Sat by the ivory sillThe further out you lookThe further out you'll be It's not enough to set the termsIf nothing ventured, nothing earnedThough odds are set against In time, I'll belong to youIt's how it's meant to be Settled on your ownSweeping dust from stonesWith a letter home Back where the hour's longThe simplest things invite a thrillIf just by noticing at will It's not enough to set the termsIf nothing ventured, nothing earnedIt's how it's always been E onde a sorte há de te levarSaiba, o caminho é o fim, mais que chegarE queira o dia ser gentilÀ tua mão aberta pra quem é In time, I'll belong to youThat's how it's meant to beAnd how it's always been

(Ooh, ooh, ooh) Spending timeConvinced that it's mine with herJust to keep her out of mind Still I'll take care to seeWhich way the wind blowsNotice how her hair curls Pay no mind to the clownWho sits to your sideContent to yield, despite pride He is a fool to assume, you'd spare a thoughtI'm a thief who's just been caughtI don't find it funny anymore And so I won't play the part I played before, oh noNot to you Mmm, I don't see you laughing anywayAnd so I won't play a part in your mistake, no wayNot unless you stay (Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh)

Take advantage of the seasonTo take off your overcoatThe spirits will lift of those young men you provokeBut I'll be laughing, knowing I will take you home There ain't no lover like the one I've gotAin't no lover like the one I've gotShe and I and a brand new startI gotta give all my love All this time they had me thinkingLove's a boat that's long been sinkingBut you made the claim that taking a chance is embracing the changeI count my blessings knowing you will take me home There ain't no lover like the one I've gotAin't no lover like the one I've gotShe and I and a brand new startI gotta give all my love I've got time to hold my ownWhat's a day when the years are on their wayI gotta say There ain't no lover like the one I've gotAin't no lover like the one I've gotShe and I and a brand new startAin't no lover like the one I've got There ain't no lover like the one I've gotAin't no lover like the one I've gotShe and I and a brand new startAin't no lover like the one I've got Love won't bring me down, oh, no

One thought has me turning backA dozen point the other wayWe act upon desire to each a hand for hireAnd patience isn't worth the wait You've got knives in your eyesYou would be happy not to change your mindI can't defend you trulyWhen I worry about smoke 'stead of putting out the fire And if we worked it outChances abound, we'd be standing our groundFor no one's better sake(Better say) goodbye What are we waiting for? What are we waiting for?What are we waiting for? What are we waiting for?What are we waiting for? What are we waiting for?Mmm... What are we waiting for? How faint might that light becomeIn focus but at miles away?Although my position just gives you an ignitionBe certain that I know my praise So is this how it ends?Oh, with a whimper in the place of a bangI can't defend you trulyWhen I worry about smoke 'stead of putting out the fire And if we worked it outChances abound, we'd be standing our groundFor no one's better sake(Better say) goodbye We would be friends if we tried againI'll take second place just to end the raceFor no one's better sake(Better say) goodbye

Only when the goal is unattainableDo I start to feel like I'm losing myselfAnd this deep secret that hasn't come out yetIs buried down deep with the rest I can't coerce you into this oneJealousy lay all your spells to bedI'll choose unloved instead If only songs were sung to guide the doubtful onesBeyond the rough where not as much is good enoughOh if you find yourself amongst the lonely onesI will be waiting here with open arms I can't coerce you into this oneJealousy lay all your spells to bedI'll choose unloved instead

Shoulder to shoulder, amused but not advancedHe, she, you, me, it's all just circumstanceEager, hopeful, content to play the friendTimid advances with mutual regret She can't always be wrong, he can't always be rightNot a matter of choice, just a matter of timeTill they know where they stand once they've reached the end Awkward choices with smiles from ear to earA faded union that won't survive the yearsTimeless series of blameless accidentsOh, the stubborn cycle of inherited mistakes She can't always be wrong, he can't always be rightNot a matter of choice, just a matter of timeTill they know where they stand once they've reached the end I'll be mine where I place my draftsWhen the desert ends, I'll ask the dustI'll be mine where I place my draftsWhen the desert ends, I ask the dust

I bet you're wondering how I knewThat this would come to an endHe stole your heart from youSo you tossed me out to the wind I keep pretending not to careBut the winter scent in her hairCompels my hands to doThe things my heart wouldn't dare I'll keep holding on to youSee no use perfecting lives with strangersIf only you, if only now And in the twilight of this hourWhen fools are mistaken for menThis shadow suits me wellMy regrets, I'll face in the end I'll keep holding on to youSee no use perfecting lives with strangersIf only you, if only now I'll keep holding on to youSee no use perfecting love with strangersIf only you, if only now

Read from start to end and againHold the feelings which are crossing the brainStrips the chord of a sensible wordAnd what's worse? She left her mark, indelibleOh, the nature of her scripted verseKeeps my eyes set on the pageAnd it says Frankly dear I'm forced to give it upTried my hand and now I've had enoughEven though we have to say goodbyeKeep me in mindKeep me in mindKeep me in mind Blamed in advance for the pastWith no bearing on the present tenseAll that's left are claims that she madeWhen she said Oh, dear, someday you'll learn to beSomeone better, fit to pursue meBut till then we'll call it the endAnd she adds Frankly dear the drifters had it rightStayed the afternoon and left at nightEven though we have to say goodbyeKeep me in mindKeep me in mindKeep me in mindKeep me in mind

Mama, someday you'll be so proud of meYou'll see me hanging in the New York gallerySomeday I'm gonna draw from the left side of my brainPeople are gonna ask, "Is it brilliant or plain?" But as long as I don't know how to hang a WarholI keep sketching birds, that are all like herdsVery simple and true, like, you know, when we doo dooAnd if you like them, yeahBut if you don't, stop there'Cause I really don't care I said, Papa someday I'm gonna write a symphony48-piece band all dressed up like meI said, I'll write someday the satyrs of old songsI'm gonna chill the marrow in their bones But as long as I can't get into Carnegie HallI keep writing songs that are all my ownVery simple and dumb, like I always have doneIf you like them, yeahBut if you don't, too bad'Cause it's all I have Ever since I met her, I keep thinking"God, how great it is to play a guitar"This way I feel that she's always with me'Cause every other song's telling me that this time is about our love

Margarita has a strange appealSways between suitors on a broken heelOf course her desires they always mistookShe'd rather've been scarred than be scarred with loathe In conversation she often contendsCostumes build customs that involve dead endsShe found her courage in a change of sceneThis Sunday's social would be short its queen All her best years spent distractedBy these tired reenactmentsWith the right step she'll try her chancesSomewhere else There he is a step outside her viewReciting the words he hoped she might pursueNight upon night a faithful light at shoreIf he'd only convince his legs across the floor Please, don't watch me dancingOh no, don't watch me dancing Something changes when she glancesEnough to teach you what romance isWith the right step they try their chancesSomewhere else Please, don't watch me dancingDon't watch me dancingPlease, don't watch me dancing (don't watch me dancing, don't watch me dancing)Don't watch me dancing (don't watch me dancing) Please, don't watch me dancing (don't watch me dancing, don't watch me dancing)Don't watch me dancing (don't watch me dancing, don't watch me dancing)Don't watch me dancing (don't watch me dancing, don't watch me dancing)Don't watch me dancing (don't watch me dancing, don't watch me dancing)