I don't want a lover
I just need a friend
I don't want a lover
I just need a friend

You can't just leave me
To face life on my own
I know you don't love me no more
I knew this day it would come
Even when it cuts so deep
It's true I still want you
But the harder I try
The more I seem to lose

I don't want a lover
I just need a friend
I've had time to recover
Now that I know it wasn't love

It's always a different story
When it's me who's in the wrong
But you can't have it all
Cause I'm the one who's strong
I've already been burnt before
Once but never again
I know the time will come
That's when you need me then

I don't want a lover
I just need a friend
I've had time to recover
Now that I know it wasn't love

I don't want a lover
I just need a prayer
I know you never cared
Now that I know it wasn't love

You don't even care
About what I'm saying
You don't even think
What you're doing
All you see is what you want it to be
But in there there's just no room for me

I don't want a lover
I just need a friend
I've had time to recover
Now that I know it wasn't love

You don't even care
About what I'm saying
You don't even think
What you're doing
All you see is what you want it to be
But in there there's just no room for me

I don't want a lover
I just need a prayer
I know you never cared
Now that I know it wasn't love

I don't want a lover
I just need a prayer
I know you never cared
Now that I know it wasn't love

When we were together I was blown away
Just like paper from a fan
But you would act like I was just a kid
Like we were never gonna last

But now I've got someone who cares for me, (yeah)
Wrote my name in silver sands
I think you know you've lost the love of your life
(you said) I was the best you've ever had

Because I'm in demand, (hey)

You're thinking of the way you should've of held my (hand)
And all the times you'd say you didn't understand
You never had our love written in your (plans)

But now I'm In demand

I never think you saw the best of me (ahh haa haa haa)
There's a side you'll never know
'Cos love and loving are two different things (ahh haa haa haa)
Set your sights far too low

But now I've got someone who cares for me, (yeah)
He wrote my name in silver sands
I think you know you've lost the love of your life
(you said) I was the best you've ever had

Because I'm in demand, (hey)

You're thinking of the way you should've held my (hand)
And all the times you'd say you didn't understand
You never had our love written in your plans

But now I'm in demand

You're thinking of the way you should've of held my (hand)
And all the times you'd say you didn't understand
You never had our love written in your (plans)

But now I'm in demand

It's only when I fall asleep
I see that winning smile
When my dreams just move along
You've lost the race by miles

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Stay, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

Because I'm in demand
You're thinking of the way you should've of held my (hand)
And all the times you'd say you didn't understand
You never had our love written in your (plans)

But now I'm in demand, (yeah)
You know I'm in demand
(Say you're in demand)
You know I'm in demand, (yeah)

Always in demand, (yeah)

Never had our love written in your plans

You know I'm in demand

Twenty seconds on the back time
I feel you're on the run
Never lived too long to make right
I see you're doing fine

Bridge 
And when I get that feeling
I can no longer slide
I can no longer run
Ah no no
And when I get that feeling
I can no longer hide
For it's no longer fun
Ah no no

Chorus
Well, you can say what you want
But it won't change my mind
I'll feel the same 
About you
And you can tell me your reasons
But it won't change my feelings
I'll feel the same
About you

What I am is what you want of me
Yeh, now that I'm not there
I took the tables away from you
It's turned that I don't care

Bridge

I've said goodnight
Try to sleep tight
Ah just dream of me
Go close your eyes
Cause I've closed mine
The sun will shine from time to time
Oh, when you dream of me, yeh

Chorus

I'm tired of telling the story
Tired of telling it your way
Yeh I know what I saw
I know that I found the floor

Bridge 
Before you take my heart, reconsider
Before you take my heart, reconsider
I've opened the door
I've opened the door

Chorus 
Here comes the summer's son
He burns my skin
I ache again
I'm over you

I thought I had a dream to hold
Maybe that has gone
Your hands reach out and touch me still
But this feels so wrong

Bridge & Chorus 

Here comes the winter's rain
To cleanse my skin
I wake again
I'm over you

Bridge 

Here comes the winter's rain
To cleanse my skin
I wake again
I'm over you

I'm over you 

One, two, three, four
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah (oh yeah)
You gave me something like loving
And took me in so soon
You took my feelings for nothing
Came back at noon
And just maybe, I'm ready
To show myself to you

So if I lose my patience
You must try to understand (try to understand)
And if I lose my patience, oh yeah

'Cos you make me feel
(Yeah, yeah, yeah)
'Cos you make me feel wild
(Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah)
You touch my inner smile
(Yeah, yeah, yeah)
You got me in the mood
(Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah)
So come on make your move and free me

You make my wishes as much as
Your kisses make me blue
If I'm a river, where will you skate away to
But maybe, I'm ready, I'm falling into you

So if I lose my patience
You must try to understand (try to understand)
And if I lose my patience, oh yeah

'Cos you make me feel
(Yeah, yeah, yeah)
'Cos you make me feel wild
(Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah)
You touch my inner smile
(Yeah, yeah, yeah)
You got me in the mood
(Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah)
So come on make your move and free me
(Free me, free me)

Woah, woah, woah, woah, woah, woah, woah, yeah, yeah

'Cos you make me feel
(Yeah, yeah, yeah)
'Cos you make me feel wild
(Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah)
You touch my inner smile
(Yeah, yeah, yeah)
You got me in the mood
(Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah)
So come on make your move
(Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah)
And touch my inner smile
(Yeah, yeah, yeah)
Come and get my inner smile, smile, smile, ye-yeah
(Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah)

Sometimes I need to be alone (oh ye-yeah)
There's times I need for you to phone (oh)
Sometimes you make me feel so high
(Yeah, yeah, yeah)
There's times I ask myself why
Sometimes I need to be alone

I'm so in love with you
Whether it is right or it's wrong
I'm too weak to be strong
I'm so in love with you
Well you say you need something
To help you when you're down, to take your fears away
Yeh you say you'd do anything
To keep your feet off the ground
And help you on your way
You're all I need
Yeh you are all that I need
I'm so in love with you
I'm so in love with you
Whether it is right or it's wrong
I'm too weak to be strong
I'm so in love with you
When you see your reflection
You say it isn't you
Then you turn the other way
And I'm watching you suffer
Yourself and your pain
Please don't fade away

No I don't lack ambition
Can't you see what I hate
That it's you who is sicking
Locked behind iron gates

You should know
You're falling into fiction
I can tell 
You're on some foolish mission

Chorus 
You're black eyed soul
You should know
That there's nowhere else to go
My black eyed boy
You will find 
Your own space and time

You call me superstitious
Tie me up with your deceit
I could never be malicious
Though I seem so bittersweet

You should know
You're falling into fiction
I can tell 
You're on some foolish mission

Chorus 

Black eyed soul
You should know
That there's nowhere else to go
My black eyed boy
You will find 
Your own space and … Time

Yeh, you should know
You're falling into fiction
I can tell 
You're on some foolish mission 

Chorus 

Black eyed soul
You should know
That there's nowhere else to go
My black eyed boy
You will find 
Your own space and time

Yeh I'm gonna make you wonder if you're my friend
Yeh I'm gonna make you wonder if you're my friend
Yeh that's the way I choose them, all my friends
Do you think you're close with all your promises
Do you think I act strange when you talk to me
It's cause I don't see you
Yeh I'm gonna make you wonder if you're my friend
Yeh I may as well tell you, you'll never be my friend
Aah that's the way I choose them, all my friends
The telephone always rings when you've got success
You only want us when we're at our best
But we don't hear you
Yeh I'm gonna make you wonder if you're my friend
It isn't our fault that your life's depressed
We've listened and we've learned
That all of the words that you say
Yeh all of the words that you say
Mean nothing
Yeh I'm gonna make you wonder if you're my friend

I just woke up and I can see it now
It's never been this close before
Tried to tell myself I didn't care
Crying out why am I here
There's no point in me hiding
And only now I can see

Everyday now
Everyday now
The blame's gonna fall on me

Something deep inside said move away
Try to leave what's good behind
And I still ask myself
Why I let it go
All these years were wasted time
There's no point in me hiding
And only now I can see

Everyday now
Everyday now
The blame's gonna fall on me

Everyday now
Everyday now
The blame's gonna fall on me

Cause I never told you
That I could never live without it
Now the blame's on me

Everyday now
Everyday now
The blame's gonna fall on me

Everyday now
Everyday now
The blame's gonna fall on me

Everyday now
Everyday now
The blame's gonna fall on me

There are things
I can't tell you
I love you too much to say
I stand undressed
But I'm not naked
You look at me and who I am

Bridge 
Understand that it is hard to tell you
That I've given all I have to give
And I can understand your feelings
But then everybody has a life to live

Chorus 
Once in a lifetime
You have seen what I've seen
You will always swim for shore
Once in my lifetime
I'll never be in between
Some things you just can't ignore

Now reach out
You can touch me
I'll let you have my life to share
Years, the days
And the minutes
Yeh time has such a puzzling grace

Bridge & Chorus 

I just need to have your love
I just can't say no
It's a gift from way above
I just can't say no
It's the one big difference
If there's one thing I can have

Chorus 

Bright light city
You're her religion
Superstars in their own private movie
Play just like children

Lies that take her
Places she's never seen
The kiss and tell of it all
To her it seems so obscene

Bridge 
She's so pretty
Her hair is a mess
We all love her
To that we confess

Chorus 
She has a halo
We really do adore her
For she has a halo
Can we touch her

For their blindness
She sees much further
Like on a wide-screen viewing
Going down on her

Bridge & Chorus

She believes in everything
She believes in nothing, in everything
Halo, halo, halo, halo
Halo, halo, halo, halo

Chorus 

For she has a halo
She has a halo

All I see is the truth now
That's all I want you to know
That I'll never turn my back on you
And leave you out there on your own
I could never hide my feelings
I could never let you fall
And I want you to remember
All the love that I've found

Oh I say a prayer
A prayer for you
Oh for you

I could never make a promise
I'd only break it in the end
Then you're looking for the answers
You'd never trust in me again
I could never watch you suffer
I could never let you down
And I hope you soon discover
All the truth that I've now found

Oh I say a prayer
A prayer for you
Oh for you

Oh I say a prayer
A prayer for you
Oh for you

Oh, I remember you said can I fight and breathe
So now I always, always hold my breath you see
You're my heaven, you're my spaceman in your shiny shiny suit
I'll send up all my prayers and hope they're understood

Bridge 
Love started making sense
I always make mistakes at my expense
Love has placed a seed
And you're the sun that shines down upon me

Chorus 
Yeh when we are together
And when we are apart
There is no space in our hearts
I've got these feelings

It's been too long since I've tried to take the time
So now I'm fallin', fallin' into the sublime
When you brush against a stranger
And you both apologise
And then you see there's some thing you recognise

Bridge & Chorus 

Somebody told me it was over
Nobody told me where it began
No one believes in you
I understand

Like a blind man
Who's lost his way
No one hears a word
Of what you say
I forgive you
Would you do the same

I would believe you
If only you'd be true
I would believe if it were true

Chorus 
Cause everybody wants to be a winner
Nobody wants to lose their game
It's the same for me
It's insane insane insane insane insane

I don't know where you've been looking
I think it's only in your mind
It's tied so tight inside of you
All the thoughts unkind

I would believe you
If only you'd be true
I would believe if it were true

Chorus 

I would believe you
If only you'd be true
I'm getting older
And I can't escape time

Chorus 

I'm so tired of being alone
I'm so tied up on my own
Won't you help me, boy, as soon as you can?
People say that I've found a way
to make you see that you love me
Hey baby, you didn't go for that
Honey, it's a natural fact that I wanna come back
Show me where it's at, baby
I guess that you know that I love you so
Even though you don't want me no more
I'm crying tears, honey, through the years
I tell you like it is, honey
Love me if you want, baby
Tired, baby
Tired of being alone by myself now
Tired, baby
Tired of being on my own at night
In my dreams it's you, baby
Sometimes I wonder if you love me like you say you do
Cause pleasing you has proven to me to be my greatest dream 

Are you ready maybe 
Are you willing to run
Are you ready to let yourself drown
Are you holding your breath
Are you ready or not

Are you ready maybe 
Do you long to confess
Do you feel that you're already numb
Are you sure of yourself
Would you lie if you're not

You tire me out
Don't wanna let that happen
A secret scream so loud
Why did you let that happen

Ooh ooh so put your arms around me
You let me believe that you are someone else
Ooh ooh cause only time can take you
So let me believe
That I am someone else

Maybe, are you ready to break
Do you think that I push you too far
Would you open yourself
Are you reckless or not

You tire me out
Don't wanna let that happen
A secret scream so loud
Why did you let that happen

Sha na na na na
Ooh ooh so put your arms around me

Make me believe
Take me take me 
Somewhere
Let me believe
Cause only time can take you
So stop

As I walk in the shadow of death
16 men on a dead man's chest
Your host this eve
Mister H-O-T
N-I-X ya get splashed with the tec'
Nobody go till the God say so
You got a second M-O
To run for the dough
Before I blow back off the math contact
You didn't know stack coz you down like that

Bridge 
And when I get that feelin'
I can no longer slide
I can no longer run, oh no no

And when I get that feelin'
I can no longer hide
For it's no longer fun, oh no no

All day every day

Chorus
Yeah, you can say what you want
But it won't change my mind
I'll feel the same about you
And you can tell me your reasons
But it won't change my feelings
I'll feel the same about you

See my pinky
See my thumb
See that kid with the pump-shot-gun
Mister Mef, hold the fort most def
Cats is dead wrong
Song's too long
Mister-Big Mouth, could that be tra'
You need to dish out your style
No doubt
Shaolin strut through the Shaolin slum
Rum-pum-pum on ma Shaolin drum

Bridge 

All day every day

Chorus

I've said goodnight
Try to sleep tight

One time for you crooked ass
Two time for your crooked ass

I just dream of me
Go close your eyes coz I've closed mine

Three time for your crooked ass, wuh
Four time for your crooked ass

Ahhhh, will you dream of me
Yeahhhh

Chorus x2

Momma used to say be a ladies man, yuh yuh yuh
All day, every day
If you slip up get up what up when you step up to challenge
Staten Island, in the balance
What up, you smilin'
You better check yo' cal-en-der
For the Methtical slug, uh uh

Chorus Fade

John John Blazini
All day every day, with the soufflé
All you cats got to react, to jump back
Kiss yourself, 'fore you get smacked
By the my appa-ra-tus comin' through with the stat-us
Connect-in', lethal weapon, lethal injection
Visual unseen, like gene
When I had men, I'm unforgiven
Locked in prison, in the Wu-Tang dirty dungeon
You should come into my 12 bar dirty dozen
Love you to death now, kiss of death
Everybody wants to do what they gotta do, to breath, try to eat
Your minds on the rhymin', dancin', runnin' in money
They get dope biz, step in the square, cats 'n' Clan over here
Playas'
Yeah, an' it's all G-O-NEE
He-he