Richard Marx

[fox69]

ALWAYS ON YOUR MIND

ALWAYS ON YOUR MIND


Moments broken by the fall
Still leave a shadow on the wall
Daggers lying in the dust
Bleeding out the both of us
The roses have gone away
The blue skies are yesterday
The flood comes and as you cry
It echoes a lullaby

Close the book and cut the line
Tear up the pages of the secrets
That you're trying to leave behind
Burn down my memory but still you'll find I'm

When the ghosts have come and gone
Cauterize and carry on
Redemption hangin on a breeze
Lies you desperate to believe
The sweetness you can't reclaim
Has been left out in the rain
Now your constant company
Is a space where I used to be

Chorus

The roses have gone away
The blue skies are yesterday


Close the book and cut the line
Tear up the pages of the secrets
That you thought you'd left behind
Burn down my memory but still you'll find I'm
Always on your mind

 

[fox69]

AND I LOVE HER

AND I LOVE HER


I give her all my love
That's all I do
And if you saw my love
You'd love her too
I love her

She gives me everything
And tenderly
The kiss my lover brings
She brings to me
And I love her

A love like ours
Could never die
As long as I
Have you near me

Bright are the stars that shine
Dark is the sky
I know this love of mine
Will never die

 

[fox69]

ANGEL'S LULLABY

ANGEL'S LULLABY


I was never alive
'Til the day I was blessed
With you
When I hold you late at night
I know what I was put here to do

I turn off the world
And listen to you sigh
And I will sing
My angel's lullaby

Know I'm forever near
The one you can always call
Right now all you know to fear
Are the shadows on your wall

I'm here, close enough
To kiss the tears you cry
And I will sing
My angel's lullaby

So tell me how
To stop the years from racing
Is there a secret someone knows

I'll never catch all the
Memories I'm chasing
Never be ready to let go

And when the world seems cold
You feel all of your strength is gone
There may be one tiny voice
Your reason to carry on

And when I'm not close enough
To kiss the tears you cry
You will sing
Your angel's lullaby

Let this be
Our angel's lullaby

 

[fox69]

ANGELIA

ANGELIA


Memories of you and me
tumble inside my head
the way that we used to be
things that we said
No one has ever made me believe so strong
you left me to wonder
how did our love go wrong

Angelia
Where you running to now
Angelia
got to make you turn around

I lie awake at night
wait for the sun to shine
I still feel you next to me
your lips on mine
Without a warning
you made our love a lie
you said you were sorry
but you never told me why

Angelia
Where you running to now
Angelia
got to make you turn around

Maybe my love is in vain
maybe you're the hurting kind
can't take no more of this pain
I've got to get you off my mind

Tried to be what you wanted
I gave you all I had
you left me with nothing
noting but a photograph

Angelia
Where you running to now
Angelia
got to make you turn around

 

[fox69]

BABY BLUES

BABY BLUES


I don't need no money
I just need my baby's kiss
I swear, I don't need no money
Just need my baby's kiss, yeah, yeah

Ain't nobody in this whole wide world
Got the lovin', oh the best, yeah, yeah

 

[fox69]

BACK TO ME

BACK TO ME


Oh this must mean something
For us to endure all the hurt
And I've tried to analyze through
If maybe it's more than it's worth

I've already found a mountain to move
Should that be all that it takes?
And it isn't like there's nothing to lose
Only me, only you

I don't notice if it's night or day
I stand around in the pouring rain
I don't answer when they call my name
I will come to if only you come back to me

Like the shadow that follows
I wander around in a trance
You could wake me from this big sleep
All that we take is a chance

We could run away somewhere alone
Make up a little lost time
'Cause there's nothing worse than nowhere to go
All alone, no one home

I don't notice if it's night or day
I stand around in the pouring rain
I don't answer when they call my name
I'll be rescued if only you come back to me

More than long enough
We've been holding all the way
If you wait too long
The colors start to fade

'Cause it isn't like there's nothing to lose
Only me, only you

I don't notice if it's night or day
I stand around in the pouring rain
I don't answer when they call my name
I will come to if only you come back to me

I don't notice if it's night or day
I stand around in the pouring rain
I don't answer when they call my name
I will come to if only you come back...
I'll be rescued if only you come back...
I'll get through if only you come back...to me

Back to me, baby...

Come back to me...

 

[fox69]

BEAUTIFUL GOODBYE

BEAUTIFUL GOODBYE


Baby don't you look so sad
You know we have
Something that should only ever make you smile
It's not like it was something we were looking for
We were sliding doors
It's what it is it doesn't need to be defined
No regrets, come to bed
I'll set all your worries free
Come with me, It's what you need
Shut your mouth just let it be
Just let it go and let it be
Oh, Everything is meant to be a memory
Oh, So one last time do anything you want with me

And I promise I will leave you
With a beautiful goodbye
I won't lie but I'll apologize
Cuz I'll never make a promise you know I won't keep
I'll make love to you, I know you want it, too
Whisper something sweet but no more questions please
Drops of sweat, dripping wet
The taste of you all over me
You will see, It's what you need
Shut your mouth just let it be
Just let it... be

Oh, Everything is meant to be a memory
Oh, So one last time do anything you want with me
And I promise I will leave you
With a beautiful goodbye

Nothing good lasts forever... Nothing
Oh Nothing lasts forever Nothing
Nothing can last forever... Nothing
Nothing lasts forever... Nothing

Oh, Everything is meant to be a memory
Oh, So one last time do anything you want with me
And I promise I will leave you
With a beautiful goodbye
I won't lie but I'll apologize

 

[fox69]

BETTER OR WORSE

BETTER OR WORSE


We?ve been down this road before
Lost the key that fits the door
Believing it was finally gone for good
Here we are, the perfect pair
In a state of disrepair
Saying all the things we swore we never would
And the words that mean the most
Hang between us like a ghost
Left unspoken

But I
I?m gonna love you even when it hurts
Yeah, I
I?m gonna love you
For better or worse

Everywhere I look around
It seems when things break down
It?s easier to just throw them away
But a promise left to die
Can sometimes still surprise
And start breathing in the morning?s light of day
And the hearts that learn to bend
Are the only ones who mend
When they?re broken

Chorus

And I haven?t got a clue
Baby, any more than you
Where we?re goin?

Chorus

 

[fox69]

BIG BOY NOW

BIG BOY NOW


I've been searching not the first or the last
Trying to figure out the mistery of the half empty glass
Time is turning for the rest of the world
While a temporary leap of faith helps the story unfurl

They say that hearts don't stay broken
Every though the scars remain
And eyes don't stay swollen
Even if it feels that way

But it's not that serious
I'm a big boy now
And I'm not delirious
So don't show me how
Cause I've gotten beyond the agony
And my perspective is saving me

Never doubted whst the cards would reveal
And if the joker showed his ugly face
Not that big of a deal
It's just a moment in the scheme of it all
But it's difficult to visualize
Whwn the axe starts to fall

But then a heart won't stay broken
Even one it's darkest day
The right door could open
Pick you up and drift away

But it's not that serious
I'm a big boy now
And I'm not delirious
So don't show me how
Cause I've gotten beyond the agony
And my perspective is saving me

With all the confusionH
ow does anybody come through
But live is an illusion
And no one can tell you what you've gotta do

You know a heart won't stay broken
Even one it's darkest day
The right door could open
Pick you up and drift away

 

[fox69]

BOY NEXT DOOR

BOY NEXT DOOR


Born at the end of a Minnesota freeze
Eldest child of Willy and Louise
His little sister died at the age of four
The family posed, led by Louise
Like right out of some kind of Rockwell scene
But Jake couldn't fake it anymore

Nobody heard the hammer fallin'
Sensed that judgment day was callin'
Nobody thought to fear the boy next door
Everybody loves to point their finger
They might as well have pulled the trigger
Nobody stopped to hear the boy next door

Willy later said, "He really should've known
The boy spent too much time on his own
And what was on his mind, God only knew"
One by one the neighbors went away
A gruesome little game Jake taught himself to play
His daddy always said, "Find something to do"

Nobody heard the hammer fallin'
Sensed that judgment day was callin'
Nobody thought to fear the boy next door
Everybody loves to point their finger
They might as well have pulled the trigger
Nobody stopped to hear the boy next door

One less mistake to think about
'Cause no one read the writing on the wall
So much for case 1239
Covered up, curled up in a ball

One little page in the history of crime
Lawyers made a fortune for their time
Seems an explanation was never found
And I hope this tale won't be misunderstood
Things ain't the same in every neighborhood
But before you go to sleep tonight, look around

Nobody heard the hammer fallin'
Sensed that judgment day was callin'
Nobody thought to fear the boy next door
Everybody loves to point their finger
They might as well have pulled the trigger
Nobody stopped to hear the boy next door