Laughing on Judgement Day
Album - 24 agosto 1992 - Debaser id 28550

Let me tell you 'bout this girl I know
She ain't nothing like any girl you've known before
'Cos everybody wants her
In her dress or her old blue jeans
When you see her you'll be coming apart at the seams
'Cos everybody wants her

She's got everything a man could ask for, she's animal and innocence
She could wrap you 'round her little finger
She's sharp as a knife, you ought to see her dance

Chorus:
(Everybody wants her) Everybody wants her, they make it plain to see
(Everybody needs her) Everybody needs her, she don't know it, but she wants me

The first time that she passed my way
I got so nervous that I couldn't find a thing to say
'Cos everybody wants her
She's told so many guys to sling their hook
But I've been watching her eyes and I've seen her look
She knows everybody wants her

I'm never wrong with my intuition, I'm gonna say what I have to say
I got it worked out to the letter, I know I can make her see it my way

chorus - she wants me

(Solo)

She's got everything a man could ask for, she's animal and innocence
She could wrap you 'round her little finger
She's sharp as a knife, boy you ought to see her dance
You ought to see her dance

chorus

(Everybody wants her) Everybody wants her
I got to tell you that the woman makes it plain to see
(Everybody needs her) Everybody wants her, she don't know
(Everybody wants her) Everybody wants to be her man
(Everybody needs her) Everybody needs her, but she wants me
That's the way it's gotta be, just her and me, together baby
We're together, you and me...

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Mama, tell your children not to go
Down to the city, where the desperate people go
And mama, don't let them stray
They won't find, peace of mind, in such a lonely place
Wannabes and losers, all trying to get a break
They don't give a damn, they'll do whatever it takes
If they climb the ladder, they get to play for higher stakes
That's why there's low life in high places

Mama, things have changed since you were young
When you scream, in the dead of night
Now no one ever comes
And a poor man, he's cast as the villan and a thief
See him down on the street, begging for enough to eat

Waiting on the corner, I saw her waiting for the man
When the limo pulled up I saw what was changing hands
I should've tried to warn her, and make her understand
There is low life in high places

There is low life, like you never even knew
There is low life, and it lives in me and you
But we don't all let it through

Don't let 'em go, you've got to have some pity
Don't you let 'em go
You've got to keep 'em away, from the big bad city

(SOLO)

Waiting on the corner, I saw her waiting for the man
When the limo pulled up I saw what was changing hands
I should've tried to warn her, and make her understand

Mama, tell your children not to go
Down to the city, where the desperate people go
And mama, don't you let them stray
They won't find, peace of mind in such a lonely place

Empty city, it's calling your name
Wheel of fortune, sucking you into the game
It's a fatal attraction, that pulls you like a moth to the flame
Empty city, sitting waiting in the hills
Babylonian, promising all kinds of thrills
Here they all know what they want
And they chase it with a passion that kills
Empty city, what's easy come don't let it go
Count your money, every day it seems to grow
Build a wall around your dream, get a gun, don't let nobody close
Are you happy with the life that you chose?
She came in from the desert and the dust
And now she's trying to stay afloat on a crazy sea of lust
It's hard to love a city when that city has no heart
It'll rape your mind and sell your body
It'll tear your soul apart, tear it apart
'Cos when you scratch through the surface
You won't find a damn thing underneath
And everybody's moving on, that's why I believe
It's an empty city, it's an empty city
(Solo)
Empty city, it's calling your name
Wheel of fortune, sucking you into the game
It's a fatal attraction that pulls you like a moth to the flame
'Til you've forgotten your name, where the streets are lined with pain
But I can't stay away
It's an empty city, empty city
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Standing in this place I used to know so well
I came here looking for my past
Doesn't seem like long ago since I was here

I never thought I'd ever change
Looking for my future in a glass
The water must have flowed so fast under the bridge
But I don't feel like I belong here anymore
Like coming back to read a book when someone's turned the page

And I wonder who's to blame?
I guess I was wrong when I thought that everything would be the same
Chorus:

Oh it's like someone changed the lock upon my door
From the moment I stepped out alone
And I don't think that I'll be back no more
On the street I was born in, I'm a long way from home
I guess I'm a long way from home

And as the days grow by I feel the distance grow
I know it's no good looking back
I'm not complaining but I know that it's a fact
But this isolation's like the cold wind in my face
I've done a lot of things in my life that people never get to do
But I'm feeling so removed

And I don't think I'm welcome here no more
On the street I was born in, I'm a long way from home
Oh it's like someone changed the lock upon my door
From the moment I stepped out alone
(Solo)
I guess I'm a long way from home

I guess I was wrong when I thought that everything would be the same
So can you tell me who's to blame?


chorus
I'm a long way from home, I guess I'm a long way from home


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Once in a while, I drift in time
To a place in my memory, that it still hurts to find
I was taking on the world with a see-through smile
But dying on the inside all the while
I was, dying on the inside all the while

Like a martyr that don't want sympathy
I locked away my feelings, and threw away the key
It was gonna take a miracle to pierce my pride
And you were the tower of strength to try
When your loving washed right over me like the tide

And now I believe in love (I believe in love)
I believe in love (I believe in love)
You're the reason why I can
Cos when I look, at myself, in the mirror
I see a better man
A better man
Yes its hard finding words that can say how I feel about you
I don't care if it sounds like another old cliche
But I can't stand the thought of living my life without you
For even a day

Oh baby

And now I believe in love (I believe in love)
Yes I believe in love (I believe in love)
You're the reason why I can
Cos when I look, at myself, in the mirror
Oh baby
When I look at myself in the mirror
When I'm looking at myself in the mirror
I see a better man

In the quiet of evening, I start to drift away
imagining in a place where you'd be starting off your day
I fight the distance with a picture in my head
but I don't know when I'll see you
I guess I'll have to dream instead
You're so far away

If I could be, I'd be with you, even if, for just one day

'Cause if i close my eyes, and dream on
I can fool myself in sound and vision
Like a satellite, reaching out through the night
I can almost be touching you

Oh, when we're talking, long distance on the phone
you know it makes me feel like I'm not so alone
The situation never causes me pain
the communication that we have
is on another plane

All the waiting makes me stronger
and the time between us flys

Whenever I close my eyes, and dream on
I can fool myself in sound and vision
Like a satellite, reaching out thru the night
I can almost be touching you

If I could be, I'd be with you, even if, for just one day
Those miles between us, they just start fading away

Whenever I close my eyes, and dream on
I can fool myself in sound and vision
Like a satellite, reaching out thru the night
I can almost be touching you

Like a satellite
Uh, like a satellite