Essentials lyrics

My true love did breathe by the Sally Ann just barely
That while walkin' through town only my heart did hear him
In views of the city
There ain't many folks by the Sally Ann so pretty
That while walkin' through town, many a twisted features
Made a terrible beauty
And then I knew
And then I knew, I'd been there before
One thing you must know by the Sally Ann directly

I've got no money
Could you spare a dime?
I got the plan
If you got the time
If you take me there
You can claim your share
Of the action
Been on the road
for a long time now
Paid all my dues
Oh, I'm ready now
If you take me there
You can claim your share
Of the action
Oh, for a piece of the action
Oh, for a slice of the cake
Oh, for a piece of the action
Oh, for a slice of the cake

I heard that she's back in town
Heard she's been seen around
I hear she gets
what she wants everytime
I know what she put you through
I know what you'd like to do
Cause I lost my heart
to her sometime ago
So come on
Wipe your tears away
It's all that you can do
A broken heart never mends
Crying tears til the very end
At home on the boulevard
Cheap whiskey and tarot cards
Man she's outrageous

People talking
And they're saying that you're leaving
So unhappy
With the way that you've been living
Oh oh oh
We always wish for money
We always wish for fame
We think we have the answers
Some things ain't ever gonna change (change)
It doesn't matter who you are
It's all the same (change)
What's in your heart will never change
Look in the mirror
And you see how you've been taken

I looked over my shoulder, straight into your eyes
As you stood in my shadow, in some loud disguise
You were lookin' straight through me, like a piece of glass
Out of step with the fashion, fashions always pass
I've been living on the dark side of the sun
Waiting for something that would never come
Feeling restless and traded, my heartbeat paralyzed

So you're standing in the darkness, with your back against the wall
And your eyes look kind of distant, then I knew, you'd seen it all
It was then that you betrayed me, 'cos I could see right through your gaze
I guess you and I (baby) have seen much better days
You used to be so taken with the last isle of the King
Now you find love's everything

You spin around and turn on me, stop me in my crash
You wanna be somebody else, say you won't be back
Your bourgeois friends call you dear, deal you like a card
Your eyes out for the diamonds now, experienced and scarred
You tell me, gonna be somebody, gonna be okay, gonna be somebody someday
You're moving through a different space, where I don't belong

In this world of right and wrong
The hardest part is beginning
By the time you find
where you belong
You're either losing or winning
Well I don't know how
But people seem to know
When you want somebody
bad enough
Well I want you now
and wherever you go
I'm gonna love ya till
you've had enough cause
If everyone had a heart
Yours would never be broken
If anybody had a heart like mine

Give me something I can touch with my hands
Something I can look at and understand
If you're up there, no don't look down on me
Do something quick, I can't pay the rent
Chorus:
Do you believe in Jesus, is he there?
Is there a God above and does he really care? Oh yeah
Jesus are you there, and do you really care?

Ain't it beautiful, don't it make you feel complete
It comes into your life, then sweeps you right off your feet
Time stands still for two lovers, and it's intangible, but it hits like steel
It stops me in my tracks, makes my private world unsealed
I crashed car, in communication failsafe
We can share this vision, in fact we've got no choice
Into the arena of love, speaking with one voice

You used to celebrate it, when I came in at 6 am
Ooh babe, I could never really fake it, 'cos I was in love again
Love don't prove, love don't prove I'm right
Love don't prove, love don't prove I'm right
You used to sing and shout it, showing me what you got
Ooh babe, I could never really doubt it, 'cos baby, you got such a lot
Love don't prove, love don't prove I'm right - no no

Love is a rose to me, growin' desperate and I'm desperately
Reliving memories, for love is a rose
And when you look at me, there's no one that I would rather see
You make me feel complete, for love is a rose
(Solo)
Love is a rose to me, picked and pressed in books of poetry
Young lovers never see that love is a rose, love is a rose to me

Every time I think of you
I always catch my breath
And I'm still standing here
And you're miles away
And I'm wondering why you left
And there's a storm that's raging
Through my frozen heart tonight
I hear your name in certain circles
And it always makes me smile
I spend my time
Thinking about you
And it's almost driving me wild
And there's a heart that's breaking

I can't play these games with you no more
I get my fingers caught inside the door
Now everything I say is just a joke
Spend my money now you leave me broke
Living someone's life in clear blue skies
Fairy tales and dreams and alibis
All you want from me are things for you
Use me til I don't know what to do
You live in your own world anyway
Twisting every single thing I say

I wrote the president, but I got no reply
He claims he tells the truth, he writes it in the sky
The taxman's at the door, though he never seems polite
They've got me cornered, cornered in the light, we could change that overnight
So goodnight to all the world, sleep tight all you boys and girls
I spent some time at school, livin' by the rules
They didn't like me much, hypocrites and fools

I wrote the president, but I got no reply
He claims he tells the truth, he writes it in the sky
The taxman's at the door, though he never seems polite
They've got me cornered, cornered in the light, we could change that overnight
So goodnight to all the world, sleep tight all you boys and girls
I spent some time at school, livin' by the rules
They didn't like me much, hypocrites and fools

You've been livin' with your broken heart
I've been trying hard to play the part
But some pretender with an easy smile can tell you it's alright
I ain't got nothin' if you leave me now, just a hypocrite with broken vows
If I could change the way of circumstance, I'd do it just for you
I'm (still in love) I'm still in love
(I'm) these days (still in love) I find, I'm still in love

Missin' at school, bustin' the rules, hates everything in sight
Needs some new shoes, dad's on the booze, she's never there
Far away kid, all on his own, can't tell the wrong from right
Thin as a rake, tough as a nail tonight, tonight
Here are your hopes for the future you'll see
If you hang 'round the neck of a loser like me
There's no one else in your life, you don't need anyone

When I was young
They took me to the dentist
I had a toothache
But that's okay
They gave me some time
And that night in my bedroom
I worked it loose
Like I used to do
One little boy in a dentist's chair
Heard a hundred angels
flying past him
What a gas
Sitting there
The same little boy with a few more years
Took a sniff of this
A taste of that
What a drag
Nothing there

Well you fooled me sayin' livin' ain't fast
Drinkin' cheap champagne, got a second chance
You got a lover and he's 6'5
Ain't he shakin' you up, ain't you glad you're alive
It's a wild life, you're not in my shoes, a wild life
A wild life, I do what I want, a wild life, my life, yeah yeah
I'm still living in a hole in the wall
With a jukebox playing and a heart that's tall