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 jaded
My heartbeat paralyzed
Like some refugee hero

Storm warning on the radio
Flags and banners
Armageddon on the late night show
And like my father before
We've got love on the barricades
Sweethearts who miss
Battle hymns and hit parades
Armageddon cascades
What's my name
Jack of spades
Outside my window
Is darkness and rain
And I'm only dreaming
Til the sun shines again
Got nothing but a uniform

Thinking about you tonight
In a 3-D hotel room in Rome
Chainsmoking American cigarettes
And keeping my ear to the phone
Through the blinds to the street
My mind wanders
To the nights when I had you alone
Reality becomes science fiction
And my heart's in the war zone
If you won't free me
Riding in this rodeo
Juliet love tonight
With her vicious Romeo
For your love

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
A crashed car
A communication failsafe
We could share this vision
In fact we've got no choice
Into the arena of love
Speaking with one voice

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

Three years come
I'm still alone and you're so lonely
I look in the mirror
I see those lines on my face
All of my dreams are gone
Flyin' with the starlings
But they were not stolen gems
Colored glass I can replace
You've got a restless heart
Restless change is blowing
through your life
Tears in your eyes
Tears in the books that I've been reading
I don't understand you now

Workin' overtime
Just to keep myself from getting sacked
Well I don't like my job
Tell the boss to shove it
I ain't goin' back
Just like Gene Vincent
I'm longing to prove
I know what I need this time
Me and my girl together
Yeah
Saturday night
Oh yeah
Saturday night
Lookin' at my watch
Tappin' my fingers
Wishin' time would fly
Gonna look so sharp

If I fall
Right out of sleep
Deepsea diving in the dark
With those creatures of the deep
Broken skis
Over silent snow
As the ground comes up to meet me
Is it then you let me go
Here we go
To the other side
No one comes back
And very few survive
Me I'm heading south
For the borderline
She and I
This is it
Nineteen sixty-five
Twist and shout
This ain't no luxury cruise

You left me here alone
I guess I'll never see the light
You turned another's thumb
And he makes your wrongs
seem right
Out on some different wavelength
Somehow he brings you more
But sweetheart tonight
I know for sure
I'll see those tears
The damage they do
You're breaking my heart with those tears
I'll cry over you
Can we make a new start
Of all the girls I've had at my knees

If I fall
Right out of sleep
Deepsea diving in the dark
With those creatures of the deep
Broken skis
Over silent snow
As the ground comes up to meet me
Is it then you let me go
Here we go
To the other side
No one comes back
And very few survive
Me I'm heading south
For the borderline
She and I
This is it
Nineteen sixty-five
Twist and shout
This ain't no luxury cruise