Kim Carnes

[fox69]

"In The Chill Of The Night"

"In The Chill Of The Night"


Oh every soul
Needs to have someone
Needs to have someone to hold his hand
And every hand needs to hold on to
The hand of another
The hand of a friend

But it's alright babe
Cause I know how you feel
Deep in the night babe
When you feel the chill
The chill of the night babe
When you turn out the light babe
I'll hold you tight babe
If you will in the night babe
In the chill of the night babe

Are you looking for someone
Someone you can talk to
You know I don't expect you to always be strong
I'll be around long after midnight
We'll sit by the firelight
Talkin' you down

But it's alright babe
Cause I know how you feel
Deep in the night babe
When you feel the chill
The chill of the night babe
When you turn out the light babe
I'll hold you tight babe
If you will in the night babe
In the chill of the night babe

Put a light in the window
And just keep it burning
Cause whenever you need me I come to you
Cause every heart that keeps on beating
Needs to have someone
He can always turn to
In the chill of the night
In the chill of the night babe

 

[fox69]

"Independent Girl"

"Independent Girl"


Used to call me baby, it always felt so right
Little girls can grow up faster than the speed of light

I'm another lady under this disguise
Sophisticated woman standing right before your eyes

More than anything in the whole world
Just hear me out
I want to be an independent girl
Without a doubt

I hope you understand me breaking all the rules
And I just know much more to life than little girls can chose
I don't have every answer to the problems of the world
And I can't help to solve them if I'm just a little girl

More than anything in the whole world
Without a doubt
I want to be an independent girl
I'm stepping out

Want to move through the days like a gentle breeze
While I'm feeling so free
I'm going to get what I want independently
Come and go as I please

More than anything in the whole world
I want to be an independent girl

Want to move through the days like a gentle breeze
While I'm feeling so free
I'm going to get what I want independently
Come and go as I please

You know I can't wait any longer
I'm stepping out
Yeah and I'm feeling much stronger
Without a doubt

More than anything in the whole world
Just hear me out
I want to be an independent girl
I'm stepping out

More than anything in the whole world
Without a doubt
I want to be an independent girl

 

[fox69]

"Invisible Hands"

"Invisible Hands"


I have your photograph
I have it hanging on my wall
You neither cry or laugh
Finding it hard to forget it all

Oh I'm reachin' out my invisible hands
To touch you
Oh I'm reachin' out my invisible hands
To feel you

You make the evening news
You never had an alibi
Your evidence my be the truth
But they believed my lies

Oh I'm reachin' out my invisible hands
To touch you
Oh I'm reachin' out my invisible hands
To feel you

Is it a lie
When you're asking me why
Hold out my had
When you don't understand
Is it a lie
When you're asking me why
Who fires the gun..gun..gun..gun

Oh I'm reachin' out my invisible hands
To touch you
Oh I'm reachin' out my invisible hands
To feel you

Is it a lie
When you're asking me why
Hold out my had
When you don't understand
Is it a lie
When you're asking me why
Who fires the gun..gun..gun..gun

Oh I'm reachin' out my invisible hands
To touch you
Oh I'm reachin' out my invisible hands
To feel you

 

[fox69]

"Invitation To Dance"

"Invitation To Dance"


Invitation to dance
Invitation to romance
Invitation to dance
Invitation to dance

House lights down
My heart is the only sound
Spotlight, music begins and
That feeling takes me again

I close my eyes
Head over heels
You look my way

Whisper to me, come closer
Leaning on your shoulder (shoulder)
Loving the beholder, darling

Invitation to dance
(Give me an) invitation to romance
Invitation to dance
(I need an) invitation to dance

I'm lost in the song
I've been waiting here
For dreams too long

On the street, in my mind
Seeing the picture
Stopping the time

You tip your hat and then
I wave my heart goodbye
Given the wings I fly

To be there on your
Shoulder (shoulder)
Loving the beholder, darling

Invitation to dance
(I need an) invitation to romance
Invitation to dance
(It's just an) invitation to dance

Hot on the rhythm
Hot on the floor
That's where the magic begins

You don't need a reason
Give in to the beat
And go with the motion again

Invitation to dance
Invitation to romance
Invitation to dance
(I need an) invitation to dance

Invitation to dance
Invitation to romance
Invitation to dance
(Give me an) invitation to dance

Hot on the rhythm
Hot on the floor
That's where the magic begins

You don't need a reason
Give in to the beat
And go with the motion again

Hot on the rhythm
Hot on the floor
That's where the magic begins

You don't need a reason
Give in to the beat
Go with the motion again

Hot on the rhythm
Hot on the floor
That's where the magic begins

Don't need a reason
Give in to the beat
Go with the motion again

Hot on the rhythm
Hot on the floor
That's where the magic begins

You don't need a reason
Give in to the beat
Go with the motion again

Hot on the rhythm
Hot on the floor
That's where the magic begins

Don't need a reason
Give in to the beat
Go with the motion again

On the rhythm, on the floor
That's where the magic
Don't need a, to the beat
With the motion

Hot on the rhythm
Hot on the floor
That's where the
Magic begins, begins

Don't need a reason
Give in to the beat
Go with the motion again

Hot on the rhythm
On the floor, where the magic
Don't need a, to the beat
With the motion

To the beat

Invitation to dance
Invitation to romance
Invitation to dance
(Give me an) invitation to dance

Hot on the rhythm
Hot on the floor
That's where the magic begins

Don't need a reason
Give in to the beat
Go with the motion again

Hot on the rhythm

 

[fox69]

"It Could Have Been Better"

"It Could Have Been Better"


You won't see me cryin' anymore
And don't think because I mention your name
I still love you

But it could have been so so much better
How could we know at the time
That is could have been so so much better
It's so easy to look back and say
That things could be so much better
If I had you today

Now what if we'd believed each other's lies
And just suppose you'd tried holding me closer
Once or twice

Then it could have been so so much better
How could we know at the time
That is could have been so so much better
It's so easy to look back and say
That things could be so much better
If I had you today

The all night movies are my only company
And love's so clear in black and white
Somebody's wrong and somebody's always right
Another happy ending and I'm still all alone
And I wonder if it could have been so much better

 

[fox69]

"It Hurts So Bad"

"It Hurts So Bad"


When it hurts too bad
You got to let go
Can't let him know that
He's really gotten to ya

And it hurts so bad
When you're all alone
Those old memories
Keep goin' through ya

And you wanna act nonchalant
But you can't
'Cause he keeps on haunting you

And when it hurts so bad
Gotta try and pretend
He's just a casual friend
Who never meant a thing to ya

Well you can fool your friends
And you can laugh a lot
It's all a cover up
Of what he really means to ya

And you try and act nonchalant
But you can't
'Cause he keeps on haunting you
Yes, and it hurts so bad

Oh, how can it hurt this bad
When it was never planned
But you stole my heart
And here I am
I'm possessed by you
I'm obsessed with you
What I tryin' to say
Is I love you

Now how can I act nonchalant
When all I want is
To spend the night with you

Oh, when it hurts this bad
You got to let go
Can't let him know that
He's really gotten to ya

And it hurts so bad
When you're all alone
Those old memories
Keep goin' through ya

And it hurts so bad
Oh, I know it hurts so bad
Whoa, it hurts so bad
It hurts so bad
I know it hurts so bad
It hurts so bad

 

[fox69]

"It's Not The Spotlight"

"It's Not The Spotlight"


If I ever feel the light again shinin' down on me
I don't have to tell you what a welcome it will be
I felt the light before but I let it slip away
But I still keep on believin' that it'll come back some day

It's not the spotlight
And it's not the camera light
And it's not the streetlight of some old street of dreams
It ain't the moonlight
Not even the sunlight
But I've seen it shining in your eyes
And you know what I mean

Sometimes I try to tell myself the light was never real
Just a fantasy that used to be the way I used to feel
But you and I know better now
Even though it's been so long
If your memory really server you well
You'll never tell me that I'm wrong

It's not the spotlight
And it's not the camera light
And it's not the streetlight of some old street of dreams
It ain't the moonlight
Not even the sunlight
But I've seen it shining in your eyes
And you know what I mean

If I ever feel the light again things will have to change
Names and faces homes and places will have to be rearranged
And you can help it come about
If you're ever so inclined
Ain't no rhyme or reason
Why a woman can't change her mind

It's not the spotlight
And it's not the camera light
And it's not the streetlight of some old street of dreams
It ain't the moonlight
Not even the sunlight
But I've seen it shining in your eyes
And you know what I mean

 

[fox69]

"Jamaica Sunday Morning"

"Jamaica Sunday Morning"


Jamaica Sunday morning
April 1803
Children at the harbor waitin' to see
There beyond the breakers
Heading into view
Sunlight in you sails
It was you

But paradise is closed today
Til' the moon is full and it pulls the tide
After all these years love is still alive
She still waits on the other side

The captain tried to warn the men
As he tried to mend the sails
But a whim of the wind
Was too much for him
And he failed

And at the same time on the shoreline
She was waiting for her captain
And she never believed it
When they told her what had happened

Paradise is closed today
Til' the moon is full and it pulls the tide
After all these years love is still alive
She still waits on the other side

Jamaica Sunday morning
April 1803
Children at the harbor waitin' to see
There beyond the breakers
Heading into view
Sunlight in you sails
It was you

 

[fox69]

"Just To Spend Tonight With You"

"Just To Spend Tonight With You"


What good is love if you're not wearing it baby
When you're dying of thirst and drowing in maybe's
When nobody else can touch that part of you
Me I stood out here in the open
And offered the one thing that nobody else had broken
As if I didn't know what you might do
I might lose

I have broken every rule the hard way for you
And I would do it all again
Just to spend the night with you

You took my love like a one armed bandit
Got reason to cry
Got more than I can stand and
I'm going down for the third time over you
It hurts the most when the knife keeps coming
I was standin' still when I should have been running
As if you didn't know what I might do
I might choose

I have broken every rule the hard way for you
And I would do it all again
Just to spend the night with you
I would follow every road with nothing else in view
Just like the frozen willow bends I have
Just to spend the night with you

Do you love to watch me break
Do you just love to watch me ache
On the chances that I take
Do you love to watch me break in two
Honey just to spend the night with you

 

[fox69]

"Last Thing You Ever Wanted To Do"

"Last Thing You Ever Wanted To Do"


When you run into yourself around a corner of time
Having done and said this all before
And you start remembering somebody you once loved
The words you never said have passed you by

My memories run deep as deep as your eyes
And they burn with love that still won't die
Yet I misused you darling
But how was I to know
Were the things I never said not worth the try
And when will I ever see you again

So I keep running, running
Am I running scared or am I running after you
And ain't it funny how you go and hurt somebody
When it's the last thing you ever wanted to do

Sometimes when I'm sleepin'
I feel you close to me
And I wake up and know you're passin' through
Thinkin' that I'm crazy
Or that it's just the moon making shadows
Lord they look so much like you
And I wonder if I'll ever see you again

So I keep running running
Am I running scared or am I running after you
And ain't it funny how you go and hurt somebody
When it's the last thing you ever wanted to do