Little Joy - Little Joy
THE NEXT TIME AROUND
One too many goals
That measure out your worth
To seek your weight in gold
Sat by the ivory sill
The further out you look
The further out you'll be
It's not enough to set the terms
If nothing ventured, nothing earned
Though odds are set against
In time, I'll belong to you
It's how it's meant to be
Settled on your own
Sweeping dust from stones
With a letter home
Back where the hour's long
The simplest things invite a thrill
If just by noticing at will
It's not enough to set the terms
If nothing ventured, nothing earned
It's how it's always been
E onde a sorte h de te levar
Saiba, o caminho o fim, mais que chegar
E queira o dia ser gentil
? tua mo aberta pra quem
In time, I'll belong to you
That's how it's meant to be
And how it's always been
BRAND NEW START
Take advantage of the season
to take off your overcoat
the spirits will lift
of those young men you provoke
but I'll be laughing, knowing I will take you home
there ain't no lover like the one I've got
ain't no lover like the one I've got
she and I and a brand new start
I gotta give all my love
all this time they had me thinking
love's a boat that's long been sinking
but you made the claim
that taking a chance is embracing the change
I count my blessings knowing you will take me home
there ain't no lover like the one I've got
ain't no lover like the one I've got
she and I and a brand new start
I gotta give all my love
I've got time to hold my own
what's a day when the years are on their way
I gotta say
there ain't no lover like the one I've got
ain't no lover like the one I've got
she and I and a brand new start
ain't no lover like the one I've got
Love won't bring me down
PLAY THE PART
Spending time
Convinced that it's mine with her
Just to keep her out of mind
Still I'll take care to see
Which way the wind blows
Notice how her hair curls
Pay no mind
To the clown who sits to your side
Content to yield despite pride
He is a fool to assume you'd spare a thought
I'm a thieve who's just been caught
And I don't find it funny anymore
And so I won't play the part
I played before
Oh, no...
Not to you
I don't see you laughing anyway
And so I won't play a part
In your mistake
No way
Not unless you stay
NO ONE'S BETTER SAKE
One thought has me turning back
a dozen point the other way
We act upon desire
to each a hand for hire
and patience isn't worth the wait
You've got knives in your eyes
You would be happy not to change your mind
I can't defend you truly
When I worry about smoke instead of putting out the fire
And if we work it out
Chances abound
We'd be standing our ground
For no one's better sake
(better say) goodbye
What are we waiting for? (x6)
Hum... What are we waiting for?
How faint might that light become
in focus but at miles away?
Although my position
just gives you an ignition
be certain that I know my praise
So is this how it ends?
Oh with a whimper in the place of a bang
I can't defend you truly
When I worry about smoke instead of putting out the fire
And if we work it out
chances abound
we'd be standing our ground
For no one's better sake
(better say) goodbye
We would be friends
if we tried again
I'll take second place
just to end the race
for no one's better sake
(better say) goodbye.
UNATTAINABLE
Only when the goal
Is unattainable
Do I start to feel
Like I'm losing myself
And this deep secret
That hasn't come out yet
Is buried down deep with the rest
I can't coerce you into this one
Jealousy lay all your spells to bed
I'll choose unloved instead.
If only sounds were so
To guide the doubtful ones
Beyond the rough
Where not as much is good enough
Oh if you find yourself
Amongst the lonely ones
I will be waiting you
With open arms
I can't coerce you into this one
Jealousy lay all your spells to bed
I'll choose unloved instead.
SHOULDER TO SHOULDER
Shoulder to shoulder
Amused, but not advanced
He, she
You, me
It's all just circumstance
Eager, hopeful
Content to play the friend
Timid advances
With mutual regret
He can't always be wrong
He can't always be right
Not a matter of choice
Just a matter of time
Till they know where they stand
Once they've reached the end
Awkward choices
With smiles from ear to ear
A faded union
That won't survive the years
Timeless series
Of blameless accidents
Oh, disturbing cicle
Of inherited mistakes
She can't always be wrong
He can't always be right
Not a matter of choice
Just a matter of time
Till they know where they stand
Once they've reached the end
I'll be mine where I place my drafts
When the desert ends
I last the dust
I'll be mine where I place my drafts
When the desert ends
I ask the dust
WITH STRANGERS
I bet you're wondering how I knew
that this would come to an end
he stole your heart from you
so you tossed me out to the wind
I keep pretending not to care
but the winter scent in her hair
compels my hands to do
the things my heart wouldn't dare
I'll keep holding on to you
see no use perfecting lives with strangers
if only you, if only now
and in the twilight of this hour
when fools are mistaken for men
this shadow suits me well
my regrets, I'll face in the end
I'll keep holding on to you
see no use perfecting lives with strangers
if only you, if only now
I'll keep holding on to you
see no use perfecting love with strangers
if only you, if only now
KEEP ME IN MIND
Read from start to end
And again
hold the feelings which are crossing the brain
Strips the chord of a sensible word
And what's worse?
She left her mark
Indelible
Oh the nature of her scripted verse
Keeps my eyes
Set on the page
And it says
Frankly dear I'm forced to give it up
Tried my hand and now I've had enough
Even though we have to say goodbye
Keep me in mind
Keep me in mind
Keep me in mind
Blamed in advance
For the past
With no bearing on the present tense
All that's left
Are claims that she made
When she said
Oh dear someday
You'll learn to be
Someone better, fit to pursue me
But 'til then
We'll call it the end
And she adds
Frankly dear the drifters had it right
Stayed the afternoon and left at night
Even though we have to say goodbye
Keep me in mind
Keep me in mind
Keep me in mind
Keep me in mind
HOW TO HANG A WARHOL
Momma, someday you'll be so proud of me
You'll see me hanging in the New York gallery
Someday i'm gonna draw from the left side of my brain
People are gonna ask, 'is it brilliant or plain?'
But as long as I don't know how to hang a Warhol
I keep sketching birds, that are all like herds
Very simple and true, like, you know, when we doo doo
And if you like them, yeah
But if you don't, stop there
'Cause I really don't care
I said, Papa someday I'm gonna write a symphony
48-piece band all dressed up like me
I said, I'll write someday the satyrs of old songs
i'm gonna chill the marrow in their bones
But as long as I can't get into Carnegie Hall
I keep writing songs that are all my own
Very simple and dumb, like I always have done
If you like them, yeah
But 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
DON'T WATCH ME DANCING
Margarida has a strange appeal
Sways between suitors on a broken heel
Of course her desires they always mistook
She'd rather've been scarred than be scarred with loathe
In conversation she often contends
Costumes build customs that involve dead ends
She found her courage in a change of scene
This Sunday's social would be short its queen
All her best years spent distracted
By these tired reenactments
With the right step she'll try her chances
Somewhere else
There he is a step outside her view
Reciting the words he hoped she might pursue
Night upon night a faithful light at shore
If he'd only convince his legs across the floor
Please, don't watch me dancing
Oh no, don't watch me dancing
Something changes when she glances
Enough to teach you what romance is
With the right step they try their chances
Somewhere else
(Repeat)
Please, don't watch me dancing
Don't watch me dancing