I remember I was In the tanning salon
When I heard that River Phoenix was gone
They say that only the good die young
But that ain't true where I come from
California...California

It took a lot for me to say
I want to walk away, LA
From the sharks and the Chardonnay
In California...California

4 in the morning we were in our beds
The swaying palm trees above our heads

I was high and dry
Don't ask me why
We took the wrong turn that day
Out on that long lonely highway.
The river was pounding below
And how we crashed, I'll never know
But suddenly I can't swim
So this is drowning...

Suddenly I'm in too deep
to ever get out
I gave you my heart and my soul to keep
Don't give me your doubts
I'm over my head
and it's scaring me so...

I'm in too deep

I see the tears you cry
They're tears I cannot dry
Know what you're going through
My heart goes out to you
There's nothing I can say
To take your pain away
I'm not sure what to do
My heart goes out to you

You know I feel so bad
To see you hurt so bad
But angels spread their wings
over everything

There's one thing no one knows
Why things go the way they go
We'll never have a clue

I've been through some hard love
Sweet love
Impossible love
Deep love
But there was always a hitch
Something couldn't be fixed
A bit out of tune
With ending it soon

And just when I felt I had enough
And I thought my life just wasn't living it up
You came to me so magically
Giving me
Love in the key of C
I've been impressed
Depressed
Satisfied
Completely denied

Put my trust in you when trusting's hard
Wish that I could just let down my guard
Want to feel closer than I feel
I stop myself before it gets too real
Love can hurt so much it stings
Wish that I could just forget everything
Just as I start to fall apart
You pull me back into your arms

I start to breathe
As I kneel at your feet (all I want to do)
I start to breathe

Pretty soon you'll be able to remember him
Lying In the garden singing
Right where he'll always be
The door is always open
This is the place that I loved him
And these are the friends that he had
Long may the mountain ring
To the sounds of his laughter
And he goes on and on

In his soft wind I will whisper
In his warm sun I will glisten
will we see him once again

I wake up each day
Want to sleep that day away
I catch a train
In the rush hour rain
Some people are talkin' to me
I don't care what they say
'Cos I know
Love doesn't live here now you've gone away
Love doesn't live here but I'm left to stay
And I thought it was me and you who gave it all
Yes I thought it was me and you who couldn't fall
But It's all over now
Over now

Is this what you want
Every finger points at me
This might be funny
If it wasn't such a tragedy
After a while
It gets harder to smile
And pretend that things are OK

So when you need the in the middle of the night
I won't be there cos you're always breaking my heart
You're always breaking my heart
You always tear it apart
Yeah oh yeah

So cross yourself now

Baby close your eyes, listen to love
See what dreams are made of
Oh, and if one kiss
Speaks to us like this
Why resist it, baby, listen to love

The voices of reason
Say not to leap in
They tell me 'Be careful, friend
Don't get burned again'

But when I feel your heartbeat
I know something beautiful is starting
We need to believe in

Baby close your eyes, listen to love

I can see you when the rains come
In a flood of memory
And I go back
To that place where love was new
To those days of me and you
We thought would never end...
Remember September
And the promise of love we made
Believing forever
Nothing in this world would ever change
Everything we felt would stay the same...

Can you see me like you once did
Can I touch you like before

I took a walk today
To where the ocean meets the sky
I thought about the way
They always say love never dies

And as the sun went down
I saw a lovers silhouette
A woman and a man
In a dance I envied them

I thought of you
I loved you so
I don’t know why
I let you go

A woman and a man
A love so close
Walk hand in hand
While I’m alone
A woman and a man
A love embrace

The Ballad of Lucy Jordan

The morning sun touched lightly on the eyes of Lucy Jordan
In a white suburban bedroom in a white suburban town
As she lay there 'neath the covers dreaming of a thousand lovers
Till the world turned to orange and the room went spinning round.

At the age of thirty-seven she realised she´d never ride

I was dreaming of the past
And my heart was beating fast
I began to lose control
I began to lose control
I didn't mean to hurt you
I'm sorry that I made you cry
Oh no, I didn't want to hurt you
I'm just a jealous guy

I was feeling insecured
You might not love me anymore
I was shivering inside
I was shivering inside

I didn't mean to hurt you
I'm sorry that I made you cry