[Verse 1]
Oh baby, don't it feel like heaven right now?
Don't it feel like something from a dream?
Yeah, I've never known nothing quite like this
Don't it feel like tonight might never be again?
Baby, we know better than to try and pretend
Honey no one coulda ever told me 'bout this
[Refrain]
I said yeah, yeah (Yeah, yeah)
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
[Chorus]
The waiting is the hardest part
Every day you see one more card
You take it on faith, you take it to the heart
The waiting is the hardest part
[Verse 2]
Well yeah, I might have chased a couple women around
All it ever got me was down
Then there were those that made me feel good
But never as good as I feel right now
Baby, you're the only one that's ever known how
To make me wanna live like I wanna live now
[Refrain]
I said yeah, yeah (Yeah, yeah)
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
[Chorus]
The waiting is the hardest part
Every day you get one more yard
You take it on faith, you take it to the heart
The waiting is the hardest part
[Bridge]
Oh, don't let it kill you baby, don't let it get to you
Don't let it kill you baby, don't let it get to you
I'll be your bleedin' heart, I'll be your cryin' fool
Don't let this go too far, don't let it get to you
[Refrain]
Yeah, yeah (Yeah, yeah)
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
[Chorus]
The waiting is the hardest part
Every day you get one more yard
You take it on faith, you take it to the heart
The waiting is the hardest part
Yeah, the waiting is the hardest part
[Outro]
Ooh
Is the hardest part
Ooh
Is the hardest part
Ooh
[Verse 1]
She laughed in my face, told me goodbye
Said, "Don't think about it, you can go crazy
Anything can happen, anything can end
Don't try to fight it, don't try to save me"
[Chorus 1]
She's a woman in love, she's a woman in love
And he's gonna break her heart to pieces
She don't wannna see
She's a woman in love, but it's not me
[Verse 2]
Well alright, do what you want
Don't try to talk, don't say nothing
She used to be the kind of woman you have and you hold
She could understand the problem, she let the little things go
[Chorus 2]
She's a woman in love, she's a woman in love
And he's gonna break her heart to pieces
She don't wanna know
She's a woman in love, she can't let go
[Verse 3]
Time after time, night after night
She would look up at me and say she was lonely
I don't understand the world today, I don't understand what she needed
I gave her everything, she threw it all away on nothin'
[Chorus 1]
She's a woman in love, she's a woman in love
And he's gonna break her heart to pieces
She don't wanna see
She's a woman in love, but it's not me
[Outro]
She's a woman in love
[Chorus 1]
I'm the nightwatchman
I make the rounds
I'm the nightwatchman
I gotta keep my nose to the ground
[Verse 1]
Oh, this ain't no job for a man like me
Yeah, I got potential, I could be just what you need
Yeah, you got to think about the pros and cons
Listen here, could be right and you could be wrong
[Chorus 2]
I'm the nightwatchman
I am security
I'm the nightwatchman
How safe do you wanna be?
[Verse 2]
I'll just sit around at night and listen to the radio
Yeah, when we get real bored, I might have a little smoke
Yeah, I got a permit to wear this .38
But listen, my life's worth more than the minimum wage
[Chorus 1]
I'm the nightwatchman
I make the rounds
I'm the nightwatchman
I gotta keep my nose to the ground
[Chorus 2]
I'm the nightwatchman
I am security
I'm the nightwatchman
How safe do you wanna be?
[Outro]
I'm the nightwatchman
I'm the nightwatchman
I'm the nightwatchman
How safe do you wanna be?
[Verse 1]
It didn't feel like Sunday, didn't feel like June
When he met his silent partner in that lonely corner room
That over looked the marquee of the plaza all-adult
And he was not looking for romance, just someone he could trust
[Chorus]
And it wasn't no way to carry on
It wasn't no way to live
But he could put up with it for a little while
He was working on something big
[Verse 2]
Speedball rang the night clerk, said "Send me up a drink"
The night clerk said "It's Sunday man, wait a minute, let me think
There's a little place outside of town might still have some wine"
Speedball said, "Forget it, can I have an outside line?"
[Chorus]
And it wasn't no way to carry on
It wasn't no way to live
But he could put up with it for a little while
He was working on something big
[Verse 3]
It was Monday when the day maids found the still-made bed
All except the pillows that lay stacked up at the head
And one said, "I know I've seen his face, I wonder who he is"
The other said, "It's probably just another clown working on something big"
[Chorus]
And it wasn't no way to carry on
It wasn't no way to live
But he could put up with it for a little while
He was working on something big
[Chorus]
Yeah, and it wasn't no way to carry on
It wasn't no way to live
But he could put up with it for a little while
He was working on something big
[Verse 1]
Well they put me out on the old Kings Road
I didn't know which way to go
There was people all around wearing funny looking clothes
Some boys, some girls, some I don't know
[Chorus 1]
I didn't know which way to go
I'm a new world boy on the old Kings Road
[Verse 2]
Rockabilly music was in the air
When I looked in the door, they said come over here
They had socks and shirts and underwear
That I'd seen before, but I don't know where
[Chorus 1]
I didn't know which way to go
I'm a new world boy on the old Kings Road
[Verse 3]
A Pakistani man said, "Listen here
Let me fix you up before you go back there
You can't get 'em in the USA
Not in New York City, not in West LA."
[Chorus 2]
I thought about it, said I don't know
I'm a new world boy on the old Kings Road
[Intro]
Ooh-ooh, ooh-oh-whoa
Ooh-ooh, ooh-oh-oh
[Verse 1]
I used to think that when this was all over
You might feel different about me
Yeah, I always knew one day you'd come around
Now I wonder if dreams are just dreams
[Chorus]
Whoa-oh, whoa-oh-oh-oh
I'm having trouble letting you go
Whoa-oh, whoa-oh-oh-oh
I'm having trouble letting you go
[Verse 2]
Baby look out your window, it's raining on your summer home
You're by the fire keeping warm and dry
There's no one as honest as those in pain
Oh honey can't you see me, will you let me inside?
[Chorus]
Whoa-oh, whoa-oh-oh-oh
I'm having trouble letting you go
Whoa-oh, whoa-oh-oh-oh
I'm having trouble letting you go
[Bridge]
And it's a restless world, an uncertain time
You said hope was getting hard to find
But time rolls on, days go by
What about the broken ones?
What about the lonely ones?
Honey, I'm having trouble letting go
[Verse 3]
It's off in the distance, somewhere up the road
There's some easy answers for the tears you've cried
And it makes me uneasy, makes me feel different
Do you get scared when you close your eyes?
[Chorus]
Whoa-oh, whoa-oh-oh-oh
I'm having trouble letting you go
Whoa-oh, whoa-oh-oh-oh
I'm having trouble letting you go
I'm having trouble letting you go
[Outro]
Ooh-ooh, ooh-oh-whoa
Ooh-ooh, ooh-oh-oh
Ooh-ooh, ooh-oh-whoa
Ooh-ooh, ooh-oh-oh
[Verse 1]
Well, I'm not much on mystery
Yeah, you got to be careful what you dream
I thought this might pass with time
Yeah, I thought I was satisfied
[Chorus]
But oh honey, let me tell you, I got a thing about you
Baby, let me tell you, I got a thing about you
It don't matter what you say, don't matter what you do
I got a thing about you, I got a thing about you
[Verse 2]
Somewhere deep in the middle of the night
Lovers hold each other tight
Whisper in their anxious ears
Words of love that disappear
[Chorus]
But oh honey, let me tell you, I got a thing about you
Baby, let me tell you, I got a thing about you
It don't matter what you say, don't matter what you do
I got a thing about you, I got a thing about you
[Bridge]
Baby, you hold some strange control over me
Yeah, it's so wild, it hypnotizes me
[Chorus]
But oh honey, let me tell you, I got a thing about you
Baby, let me tell you, I got a thing about you
It don't matter what you say, don't matter what you do
I got a thing about you, I got a thing about you
[Verse 1]
You've got a dangerous background
And everything you've dreamed of
Yeah, you're the dark angel
It don't show when you break up
[Pre-Chorus 1]
And I'm the one who oughta know
I'm the one left in the dust
Yeah, I'm the broken-hearted fool
Who was never quite enough
[Chorus]
I'm an insider, I've been burned by the fire
And I've had to live with some hard promises
I've crawled through the briars
I'm an insider
[Verse 2]
It's a circle of deception
It's a hall of strangers
It's a cage without a key
You can feel the danger
[Pre-Chorus 2]
And I'm the one who oughta know
I'm the one you couldn't trust
I'm the lonely, silent one
I'm the one left in the dust
[Chorus]
I'm an insider, I've been burned by the fire
And I've had to live with some hard promises
I've crawled through the briars
I'm an insider
[Verse 3]
I'll bet you're his masterpiece
I'll bet you're his self-control
Yeah you'll become his legacy
His quiet world of white and gold
[Pre-Chorus 3]
And I'm the one who oughta know
I'm the one you left to rust
Not one of your twisted friends
I'm the one you couldn't love
[Chorus]
I'm an insider, I've been burned by the fire
And I've had to live with some hard promises
I've crawled through the briars
I'm an insider
[Verse 1]
You got a criminal mind, you got criminal looks
Boy, you better look out or you're going to get hooked
Don't you ever feel guilty when you come up short?
Man you better be careful, you're going to get caught
[Chorus 1]
'Cause you're the criminal kind, you're the criminal kind
Man, what you going to do, now where you going to hide?
They're calling you a sickness, disease of the mind
Man, what you going to do, you're the criminal kind
[Verse 2]
Don't you ever get tired, don't you ever want to quit?
Yeah it's been a long time and you still don't fit
Dog tags on your mirror, hanging down from a chain
Give up little sister, this ain't going to change
[Chorus 2]
'Cause he's the criminal kind, the criminal kind
Man, what you going to do, now you're running out of time
They're calling you a sickness, disease of the mind
Man, what you going to do, you're the criminal kind
[Bridge]
Yeah, and that little girl you used to know
Just don't come around no more
Now she ain't there to watch the door
She don't want to die in no liquor store
[Verse 3]
I hope they all made money, I hope they all get rich
Yeah, I hope they give hell to every son-of-a-bitch
That put a man on the carpet or stuck him out on the line
Whatever let him get a taste of the criminal life
[Chorus 3]
Yeah, the criminal kind, the criminal kind
Now what you going to do, where you going to hide?
They're calling you a sickness, a sign of the times
Man, what you going to do, you're the criminal kind
[Verse 1]
It's gonna be another hard night, you wanna take it all alone
You wanna face up to the trouble
You wanna face up to your soul
And baby you can have it any way you want it
You just get a little lost from time to time
Sometimes it gets a little crazy somewhere down inside
[Chorus 1]
But you can still change your mind
You can change your feelings
You can change your mind
[Verse 2]
Everybody wants all the world can give 'em
Everybody wants to get all they can get
Everybody's waiting on something that hasn't come yet
And you can hide it for a little while honey
You can try and just lose it for a while
Then it's gonna do something to you somewhere down inside
[Chorus 1]
But you can still change your mind
You can change your feelings
You can change your mind
[Bridge]
Yeah, and it gets harder by the minute, girl
Oh, it gets harder every day
Listen to me darling, oh, you don't have to wait
It's alright
[Chorus 2]
You can still change your mind
You can change your feelings
Just hold tight, everything's gonna be alright
If you change your mind
You change your feeling