Richard Marx

[fox69]

ETERNITY

ETERNITY


I was born on the banks of eternity
A page of the history it teaches
Not a care, lived my life like a hurricane
Leaving everything along the way in pieces

Some may have cheered, some may have wondered
If I am flesh, if I am stone
Thoughts of you tear through me like thunder
You are the light that has led me back home

Take me to the river, baby, wash away the lies
I've got no reputation living in your eyes
Take me to eternity
Let me bury this disguise

A southern boy has it harder sometimes
It's like you were climbing a razor
You were there when my dreams had all turned to dust
And the man in the mirror was a stranger

Look at me now, a soulless survivor
No mask can hide the man that I've made
You ease my pain, you make it silent
Slowly I feel it beginning to fade

Take me to the river, baby, wash away the lies
I've got no reputation living in your eyes
Take me to eternity
Let me bury this disguise

I wanna feel it rushing over me into the tide
I wanna taste it, every moment till the end of my life

I have laid still, adrift in your memory
Hoping your faith would erase all the years
Maybe some time, maybe some magic
Maybe your love will make everything clear

Take me to the river, baby, wash away the lies
I've got no reputation living in your eyes
Take me to eternity
Let me bury this disguise

Take me to the river, baby, wash away the lies
There were no expectations hiding in your eyes
Take me to eternity

 

[fox69]

EVERYTHING GOOD

EVERYTHING GOOD


Onward I always say, these things happen everyday
I should be able to smile by now but I don't remember how

With you went warmth in summer, all of the stars in the sky
With you went perfect sunsets, sleeping my way through the night
Yeah, with you went everything good in this world

Desperate for your touch, I haven't been needing much
Why let the music play? I can't hear it anyway

'Cause with you went the scent of flowers
Don't they just die anyway? And with you
Went all the rainbows, now when it rains it's just gray
Yeah, with you went everything good in this world

And I thought of doing something rash
In the hopes of making you feel bad
But it seems that it's always me that ends up cryin'

With you went all the rainbows
Now when it rains it's just gray
Ah, with you went everything good

 

[fox69]

FIRST TIME EVER I SAW YOUR FACE

FIRST TIME EVER I SAW YOUR FACE


The first time ever I saw your face
I thought the sun rose in your eyes
And the moon and the stars were the gifts you gave
To the dark and empty skies, my love

The first time ever I kissed your mouth
I felt your heart beat close to mine
Like the trembling heart of a captive bird
That was ther at my command, my love

The first time ever I saw your face, your face,
Your face, your face

 

[fox69]

FOOL'S GAME

FOOL'S GAME


Fool's game to risk perfection
Out here alone on a wire
Unsuspecting victim of desire

You wear a thousand faces
A master of disguise
And I'm addicted to the madness in your eyes

You will always be the one I dream about
And I know my heart won't beat the same again
You will always be the shadow of a doubt
Now I go crazy wondering what we might have been

Your charms made me suffer
Why do I care where you are?
I'm afraid my dignity has strayed too far

Can't read what you're writing
Unable to make the call
Do you want me desperately
Or not at all?

You will always be the one I dream about
And I know my heart won't beat the same again
You will always be the one I dream about
Now I go crazy wondering what we might have been

Can't read what you're writing
Unable to make the call
Do you want me desperately
Or not at all?

You will always be the one I dream about
And I know my heart won't beat the same again
You will always be the shadow of a doubt
Now I go crazy wondering what we might have been
Now I go crazy wondering what we might have been
I go crazy wondering what we might have been

 

[fox69]

FORGOT TO REMEMBER

FORGOT TO REMEMBER


Swimming on a skin as she moves to my direction
Stop, begin, I was way beyond protection
Go in a glance I was frozen when she found me
Lost in a trance, as she wrapped her silk around me

And as her body melted on mine
She burned the memory of it on my mind

Shame on me, I forgot to remember to forget
Should have left her in my history
And I feel like I'd be better off dead
I forgot to remember

Ice in the sky, on a... she whispered to me
Rose colored lights hit me right where she knew me
She took me half the way to paradise
Then left me stranded as she waved goodbye

Shame on me, I forgot to remember to forget
Should have left her in my history
And I feel like I'd be better off dead
I forgot to remember

Oh, didn't know until the moment's gone and the sentence fading
Where she knows I'll always be
Oh shame on me, I forgot to remember
Left her in my history
I feel like I'd be better off dead
I forgot to remember
I forgot to remember to forget
I should have left her in my history
I feel like I'd be better off dead
I forgot to remember

 

[fox69]

FROM THE INSIDE

FROM THE INSIDE


I?m searching for the cure
An antidote to heal me
Desperately I try to chase
Away the lines that haunt my face
But the truth wins every time

The lights are coming on
All the glitz is gone
I?m staring at the view from the inside

So this is the real me
I don?t like what I see
Staring at the view from the inside

So welcome to my world
The ultimate illusion
I?ve hidden in words and melody
Now they?re comin? back on me
Yeah, the hand they bite is mine

The lights are coming on
All the glitz is gone
I?m staring at the view from the inside

So this is the real me
I don?t like what I see
Staring at the view from the inside

Tryin? hard to just get by
But blessedly I?m failing

The lights are clearly on
All the glitz is gone
I?m staring at the view from the inside
So this is the real me
Do you like what you see
Staring at the view from the inside

 

[fox69]

GOODBYE HOLLYWOOD

GOODBYE HOLLYWOOD


Burn and raiced in the windy city
I moved west to kickstart a dream
What I found was a town without pity
That'll chew you up and swallow you clean

I'm amazed at the life i'm livin'
Don't want to seem like I'm rockin' the boat
But t ain't all about talking but giving
I feel something tuggin' at my coat
No one ever told me it would be like this
That there'd be something
Called home that's too hard to miss

I'm saying goodbye to the glamour
Back to the old neighborhood
All that I need is a place I can breath
I'm saying goodbye to Hollywood

Done my time in the Hoodoo jungle
Tired of walking up in another man's dream
I've got the ball and I ain't gonna fumble
Gonna make a winner of this team
All that ever mattered were the goals I chased
Now I'm ready to run in the human race

I'm saying goodbye to the glamour
Life never tasted so good
All that I need is a place I can breath
I'm saying goodbye to Hollywood

Me and the Mrs. done made up our minds
Were gonna give our boys a little less Sunshine
Call it runnin' say what you like
I've got my own devinition of paradise
I'd rather be knee deep in snow than knee deep in jive
I may be cold but my soul is alive

I'm saying goodbye to the glamour
Back to the old neighborhood
All that I need is a place I can breath
I'm saying goodbye to Hollywood

 

[fox69]

HANDS IN YOUR POCKET

HANDS IN YOUR POCKET


We're al victims of the system
Still we love to place the blame
We're running ou tof choises
And there's no rules to the game
I'm getting tired of feeling this sway
What can a single man do, what can he say

Every day you walk the edge of a knife
You're left with nothing at the end of your live

They've got their hands in your pocket
They'll take the clothes of your back
Hands in your pocket
They'll stop you like a heart attack

We put people into power
But we fight our wars alone
They take such good care of the rest of the world
But what about the folks at home, oh yeah
Point the finger at the man you chose
He'll say he's sorry but it's just the way it goes
He sits in Judgement like a king on a throne
'Till that november when he'll back for a bone

They've got their hands in your pocket
They'll take the clothes of your back
Hands in your pocket
Brother, don't ignore the facts

Every day you walk the edge of a knife
You're left with nothing at the end of your live

They've got their hands in your pocket
They'll take the clothes of your back
Hands in your pocket
They'll stop you like a heart attack

 

[fox69]

HAVE MERCY

HAVE MERCY


Ships are moving closer to the shoreline
And we're laughing in the face of a loaded guns
I saw it on the news, we ain't got no worry
But it won't be in the paper when D-day comes

Lord, have mercy
For we know not what we do
Have mercy
We've forgotten to be afraid of you

Who can solve the problems of a nation?
We cure the symptoms but we're killed by the disease
I feel I've more than made my contribution
But I hope there's room in heaven for my ego and me

Lord, have mercy
For we know not what we do
Have mercy, yeah
We've forgotten to be afraid of you

(Have mercy)
Have mercy
Lend us your hand
Lord, have mercy
Give us just another chance

Too many coaches on the sideline, yeah
Too many keepers in the zoo
How will we know we've passed the deadline
Give us the strength to stand or fall
God in heaven have mercy on us all

Have mercy
Lord, have mercy

How will we know we've passed the deadline
Give us the strength to stand or fall
God in heaven have mercy on us all

Ships are even closer to the shoreline
Now we're playing in a madman's house of fun
I read it in the news, we ain't got no worry
But it won't be in the paper when D-day comes

Lord, have mercy
For we know not what we do
Have mercy, yeah
We've forgotten to be afraid of you

(Have mercy)
Have mercy
Lend us your hand
Lord, have mercy
Give us just one more chance
(Have mercy)

Lord, have mercy
(Have mercy)

 

[fox69]

HEART ON THE LINE

HEART ON THE LINE


One look in your innocent eyes
And I knew you had to be the one
You walked out of all my drerams
Never thought the day would really come

I've been standing in a long desperate line
Waiting for somebody like you
I may only be wasting my time
Don't know what else to do

If you turn me away
Just be careful what you say
Girl, you've got my heart on this line
Don't be mean, don't be cruel
Don't you treat me like a fool
Girl, you've got my heart on this line

It's too late to be wishing I was
In somebody else's shoes this time
I'm tied up, like a slave to a chain
Praying that you'll please be kind

If it's true that love's a disease
Baby, I'm a dangerous case
I beg for mercy, got me down on my knees
You've got a smile on your face

If you turn me away
Just be careful what you say
Girl, you've got my heart on this line
Don't be mean, don't be cruel
Don't you treat me like a fool
Girl, you've got my heart on this line

I don't won't to stay
In my own little world
So if you want to play
Won't you show me, little girl

If you turn me away
Just be careful what you say
Girl, you've got my heart on this line
Don't be mean, don't be cruel
Don't you treat me like a fool
Girl, you've got my heart on this line