Girl come sit beside me
You know how you excite me
Tonight lets lock the world outside our door
Sometimes it gets so crazy
And Lord knows it’s not easy
To find the time to love any more
Things that we go after
They really just don’t matter
It’s not the way we started out
All we had was each other
And babe that’s what it’s all about

When you break it all down
And you strip it apart
There’s just one thing that matters at all
When you get to the heart
When the smoke clears away
And we see where we are
We’ll see all that really matters is love
When you get to the heart

So baby let’s get down to it
All we gotta do is do it
You know that we can work it out
All we’ve got is each other
And babe that’s what it’s all about

Alice is in wonderland
I wonder who she’s thinking of
I wonder if another man
Is after my fairy tale love
Is she really walking out on me
Or just playing out a fantasy
Will she still know who I am
When Alice leaves her wonderland

Someone is in her eyes
I can hear it in her lies
There’s something I just don’t know
Is this the end of my rainbow
Her mind is so far away
And she doesn’t have that much to say
I really hate to think it’s because
She’s found another wizard of Oz

When will she wake up and realize
Things aren’t always what they seem
And after she faces reality
Will I still be in her dreams

Will I still be her man
When Alice leaves her wonderland

I was still a boy when it happened to me
I started shaking uncontrollably
Doctor came and he shook his head
And Mama cried when the doctor said
Ah you can see the look on the poor boy’s face
Well he’s been took with a terminal case
Ain’t a prayer no there ain’t no hope
You can hear the beat on my stethoscope

Well it’s rock and roll, rock and roll
Can’t be stopped it’s out of control
It’s got his body now it’s after his soul
Ain’t no cure for the rock and roll

It wasn’t very long until the dread disease
Spread through the very best families
Folks had heard bout the devil’s curse
But they all agreed this was a whole lot worse
The tragedy of my neighborhood
Was my best friend Johnny B Good
And both our girl friends caught it too
Talking 'bout Elvira and B-Bobbie Sue

Walking the street with a friend of mine
Shuffling my feet just to keep in time
From out of nowhere came a guitar lick
Nothing fancy but it did the trick
I said I turned into a little dancing fool
I thank my friend for keeping his cool
He said give him room and he’ll be just fine
He’s been this way since 1959

In the pines, in the pines
Where the sun never shines
And you shiver when the cold wind blows

Little girl, little girl what have I done
That made you grieve me so
You caused me to weep
You caused me to moan
You caused me to leave my home

The longest train I ever saw
Went down that Georgia Line
The engine passed at six o’clock
And the cab went by at nine

The longest train I ever saw
Was nineteen coaches long
The only girl I ever loved
Is on that train and gone

Sometimes I feel the wave
Of a past break in my mind
And I know it's gone for good
And it makes me want to cry
Is this all we get to keep
As the years go rollin' by
Just a memory
For all the days gone by

Oh you're always in my heart
And you're often on my mind
I will never let it die
Just as long as I'm alive
Sometimes it makes me sad
That we never said goodbye
Well I guess it never hurts
To hurt sometimes

You try and hold on to the moment
But time won't let you stay
But for every step you take
You lose something on the way
You can't look forward to tomorrow
And still hold on to yesterday
Oh I hope that you can hear
When I say

I’ve heard you talking on the telephone
Complaining to your friends
Of things like looking older
And how you wish you were young again
From finger nails not long enough
To favorite dresses too small in size
But oh if only darling
You could see you through my eyes

Through my eyes you’d see why
I’m loving you the way that I do
Through my eyes you’d realize
They don’t come any better than you
There’d be no talk of changes, rearranges
You’d be more than satisfied
If only you could see you through my eyes

I’ve seen you standing at the mirror
And turn yourself around
Looking past the beauty
Finding ways to put yourself down
Those special things I love about you
You forever criticize
But oh if only darling
You could see you through my eyes

Baby, oh baby
Tell the man at the ticket stand that you've changed your mind
Let me run on out and tell the cab to keep his meter flying
’Cause if you say goodbye to me
Babe you're gonna break my mind

Break my mind, break my mind, break my mind
No I just can't stand to hear the big jet engines whine
Break my mind, break my mind, break my mind
If you leave you're gonna leave a babbling fool behind

Baby, oh baby
Let me take your suitcase off of the scale in time
Tell the man that you suddenly developed a thing about flying
'Cause if you say goodbye to me
Babe you're gonna break my mind

When I was young I was sure I never could grow old
I was gonna climb mountains and sail the seas, go searching for gold
But those years come creeping in and my journey gets so long
I don’t spring back like I used to
But I’m still holding on

Holding on to what I believe in be it right or wrong
Holding on to my dreams and my crazy schemes
Yes I'm still holding on

Thought I’d found true love
I was sure it never could end
I was blinded by the light in her eye
I couldn’t see 'round the bend
Then one night she said goodbye
I turned around she was gone
Shook my head and shed my tears
But I’m still holding on

Holding on to believin' that love is a good thing even though she’s gone
Holding on to my dreams and my crazy schemes
Yes I'm still holding on

Oh at night when the cold wind blows and my collar's pulled up high
I’m all alone in a God forsaken place wondering why
A man only does what he must do and the journey must go on
Brush myself off and laugh at the wind
'Cause I’m still holding on

Holding on to what I believe in even though it’s wrong
Holding on to my dreams and my crazy schemes
Yes I'm still holding on

Holding on to what I believe in be it right, be it wrong
Holding on to my dreams and my crazy schemes
Yes I'm still holding on

I know you’re scared
I see you runnin'
Afraid of love
You feel it comin'
Girl don’t make that mistake
I’m telling you why
When you feel it deep inside
You know it ain’t no lie

Down deep inside
Listen to your heart’s beat
Down deep inside
Tellin' you the truth girl
Down deep inside
Feel the way your heart beats
Stirring up that fire in you
Down deep inside, down deep inside

So girl hang on
You can trust me
That’s where my love
Will do you justice
You say your heart’s
Been torn apart
So keep it to yourself
I can tell it’s been too long
Since you let anyone else