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EVERYBODY Everybody wants somebody Everybody needs someone Everybody loves somebody Somebody like you Everybody finds a reason Everybody loses faith Everybody hurts your feelings No matter what you say Solid-body, hollow-body Make your body what you do Everybody needs somebody Somebody like you Everybody wants somebody Everybody needs someone Everybody loves somebody Somebody like you Everybody finds a reason Everybody loses faith Everybody hurts your feelings No matter what you say ©2000 Bill Bonk HALFWAY HOME I don’t mind Texas stretching out wide Summer nights, and sweet southern belles Down on Sixth Street, I can barely remember I lost my mind at the Congress Hotel Just call me when you're Halfway Home Just call me when you're Halfway Home The day is long watching the world go by I’m standing still and I’m slipping away Galveston, ain't no radio rhyme For lonely hearts with nothing to say [Refrain] Nashville cats, and Beale Street barbeque New Orleans is more than you need Hollywood, I miss that dirty boulevard The neon gods, so hard to believe [Refrain] ©2000 Bill Bonk HEARTBROKEN MAN The lights of the city are magic tonight But I don't remember how it feels Ain't no use in crying, cause she ain't coming back I know I'm denying the truth There ain't no help for a Heartbroken Man Three in the morning is a long lonely time When sleep's like a stranger at your door Somewhere she's happy, I hope that's true Better one person crying than two There ain't no help for a Heartbroken Man A Heartbroken Man A Heartbroken Man You don't understand There ain't no help for a Heartbroken Man Sometimes it's better and sometimes it's worse But most times it's like I just don't care Cause a man doesn't feel it, He just holds up his head And acts like he's fine but deep inside There ain't no help for a Heartbroken Man ©2000 Bill Bonk/Phil Parlapiano IN THE BACK OF MY MIND Anything can make it happen Heaven in a houndstooth skirt Coming like the main attraction Flaming like a cool dessert In the Back of My Mind In the Back of My Mind there's a girl like you In the Back of My Mind In the Back of My Mind there's a heart so true Paris on a frequent flyer London double-decker bus Smoking like a distant fire Burning up the two of us [refrain] Working on a four-leaf clover A palace down in Buckingham All you want to do is hold her And make her daddy understand [refrain] ©2000 Bill Bonk/Phil Parlapiano RINGS A BELL No, I don't recall The way we laughed, the way we changed And please have you the time Forgive my mind, cause I'm not the same Watching glowing black and white inside my room Looks like it's snowing in the afternoon But it's getting hard to tell No, I don't recall Your quiet face and lonely name But it Rings a Bell Now she wants it back And so she gave, she takes away And why apologize When we both knew but didn't say We could wait around forever while the years go by Still fashioning our separate lives And wanting someone else No, I don't recall Your gentle kiss, the eyes that laugh But it Rings a Bell Years, where have they gone Did they treat you well, You’re still the same So cry and wave goodbye You stay inside, I'm gone away What's the use of playing back the reel-to-reel When I'm riding on the Ferris wheel But you chose the carousel No, I don't recall Your nervous smile when I let you go But it Rings a Bell ©2000 Bill Bonk/Phil Parlapiano FAITHFUL Someone told me long ago Don't break the chain and so I know To be Faithful Hope and Love and Charity You know what that means to me Are you Faithful When it's closing time Leave the world behind Cause you know that I'm Coming home I learn my lessons one by one I'm not here to spoil your fun Just be Faithful I won’t keep you in a cage But I have starts of violent rage When it’s painful And I’ll be strong Every night you’re gone When there’s nothing wrong Now is there? And I’ll be strong Every night you’re gone Leave the world behind Cause you know that I'm Coming home ©2000 Bill Bonk/Phil Parlapiano TAIKUTSU TO HEIWA (Boredom and Peace) Ali fu re ta go go no Taikutsu to heiwa o Mo te a ma shi te A ku bi o su ru O ku jo a no Petto Shoppu Ko do mo no sa ke bigo e Ben chi de ma tsu Ro jin ta chi Hee to lee Kin jyo no de par to e Sam po ni de ka ke ta Ho ka ni Yuki ba mo na ku Hysashi buli nikatta Wai syatsu uri ba no O ne e sanga Kirei datta Son a Sa sa ya ka na yo ro ko bee Hyroi atsu me te wa Kite Iku shi ka nai Sore o Taikutsu to yu ka Hei wa to i u ka wa Kito Boku shi dai da Ka ra Ka go no Na ka u go ki mawaru Hamstar no yo na Boku no Heiwa na heebee Somna Chiisa sa ni narete Shima e ba koko kala Nidoto De la re wa shi nai No ni ©1997 Mamoru Tanabe BOREDOM AND PEACE (English Translation of “Taikutsu to Heiwa”) Another boredom and Peace of the noon. Wasting it all away, yawning. The pet shop on the roof, The shout of the kids. Old people waiting on the bench. Alone, to the department store, I go for a walk. ‘Cause I had nowhere else to go I bought a shirt after a long time, And the saleswoman Was a beauty. Such a trifling happiness, I have to go on living gathering them up, and collecting. Whether I should call it boredom Or Peace, I guess it’s up to me. Like a hamster Moving around in a cage. My peaceful days. If I should get used to the smallness I know I will Never get out of here ©1997 Mamoru Tanabe TROUBLED TIMES Looks like rain, brother and a good one And I don't see no silver lining Lay down your obligations, lay down your arms And fill your cup with holy water goodness Troubles you can't face today You're gonna find a way tomorrow When it's cold, brother put your hat on Though the wind might blow your hat away Close all your windows, and rest here for awhile By the fire, it's warm up by the fire Troubles you can't face today You're gonna find a way tomorrow Give me strength, Lord, please give me power When the flood comes crashing through my home Close all the institutions, set people free And hallelujah, brother, hallelujah Troubles you can't face today You're gonna find a way tomorrow ©2000 Bill Bonk/Phil Parlapiano |