Smile

First of all...
When you wake up in the evening and the day is shot
Find yourself complaining about the things you ain't got
Never goes just the way you want it to
Clinche of the day - that's just life
It ain't easy, it's so tough

What you gonna do?
Put a smile on your face
Make the world a better place
That's what you gonna do

And another thing...
You can say I'm a dreamer and you think it's uncool
Preaching about the better life I learned in school
But you get what you give in this life that you live
And all that you do will come back to you
Life - it ain't easy, it's so tough

Crazy Dream

I've been here waiting for someone to share my vision
Coming here tonight was not the best decision
You look like someone who might welcome some direction
You look like one who's grown accustomed to attention

Come and be yourself with me, talk to me
Loose yourself inside the beat

I won't be gone after midnight, I'm not at dream
This dream will vanish in daylight but i will be

My life is a late night party in the smokey light
Strangers move together whispering sweet lies
Dancers move like lovers leave the world behind
A secret wish takes hold and burns down deep inside

Common people find uncommon states of mind
You'll want it more and more each time

Trust

Lost in a dream
Nothing is what it seems
Searching my head
For the words that you said

Tears filled my eyes
As we said our last goodbyes
This sad scene replays
Of you walking away

My body aches from mistakes
Betrayed by lust
We lied to each other so much
That in nothing we trust

Time and again
She repeats let's be friends
I smile and say yes
Another truth bends
I must confess

I try to let go, but I know
We'll never end 'til we're dust
We lied to each other again
But I wish I could trust

How could this be happening to me
I'm lying when I say "Trust me"
I can't believe this is true
Trust hurts
Why does trust equal suffering

Absolutely nothing we trust.

A Secret Place

There's a secret place I like to go
Everyone is there but their face don't show
If you get inside, you can't get out
There's no coming back, I hear them shout

Welcome to my hide away, my secret place
How I arrived, I can't explain
You're welcome to, if you want to stay
But everyone just runs away

Let me in, get me out
Can't do more than twist and shout
Lost my soul without a trace
Found it again in my secret place

I hide from those that try to find me
Scary things that's right behind me
I lost myself, I must confess
I can't explain how I got this mess

Don't

I don't want to condescend
I just want to be your friend
I don't want to drive your car
I just want to make a start
with you

I don't want to touch your lace
I just want to touch your face
but everytime I reach for you
you say you don't want me to
you say don't hold my hand
you don't understand
don't push too hard
don't go too far

you don't seem to be concerned
when you make my body burn
you don't want to torture me
it's just a little purgatory
I don't want to call your name
you insist on playing games
when I try to state my case
you just put me in my place

will you walk with me
will you talk with me
open your heart and be human to me
it's not fantasy, it's reality
This need for you, that's consuming me

I don't want to tempt no fate
you just won't communicate
when I try some sympathy
You just turn your back on me
You say don't!

Living Years

Every generation
Blames the one before
And all of their frustrations
Come beating on your door

I know that I'm a prisoner
To all my Father held so dear
I know that I'm a hostage
To all his hopes and fears
I just wish I could have told him in the living years

Crumpled bits of paper
Filled with imperfect thought
Stilted conversations
I'm afraid that's all we've got

You say you just don't see it
He says it's perfect sense
You just can't get agreement
In this present tense
We all talk a different language
Talking in defence

Say it loud, say it clear
You can listen as well as you hear
It's too late when we die
To admit we don't see eye to eye

So we open up a quarrel
Between the present and the past
We only sacrifice the future
It's the bitterness that lasts

So don't yield to the fortunes
You sometimes see as fate
It may have a new perspective
On a different day
And if you don't give up, and don't give in
You may just be OK.

I wasn't there that morning
When my Father passed away
I didn't  get to tell him
All the things I had to say

I think I caught his spirit
Later that same year
I'm sure I heard his echo
In my baby's new born tears
I just wish I could have told him in the living years

Happy House

This is the happy house
we're happy here in the happy house
it's such fun
We've come to play in the happy house
and waste a day in the happy house
it never rains
We've come to scream in the happy house
We're in a dream in the happy house
We're all quite sane

This is the happy house
we're happy here
There's room for you if you say "I do"
but don't say no or you'll have to go
we've done no wrong with our blinkers on
It's safe and calm if you sing along

This is the happy house
we're happy here in the happy house.
To forget ourselves and pretend all's well
There is no hell.

Chances

There's a chance you will be there
I'd like to know the truth
I'll find it out somehow
The chances aren't too strong
A chance you will be there
Please be there alone
Help me speak of love
Chances aren't enough
Ones too good to miss
Chances aren't too strong
A Chance is all there is

There's a chance you will be there
Wondering what to do
How to play my role
I'll leave it up to you
If I disguise my smile
It gives too much away
What if we can't speak
What then shall I say
Don't you be too long
Something has gone wrong
The chances are all gone