Rick Springfield

[fox69]

"Tiger By The Tail"

"Tiger By The Tail"



What a shock it was so surprising
You looked so small and frail
I didn't know what to do
I grabbed the Tiger By The Tail
I grabbed the Tiger By The Tail
I grabbed the Tiger By The Tail

People said that you must be joking
You let emotions run away with you
I realized a little too late
I bit off more than I could chew

I grabbed the Tiger By The Tail
I grabbed the Tiger By The Tail

Sometimes you grip it right
And sometimes you fail
I grabbed the Tiger By The Tail

I grabbed the Tiger By The Tail
I grabbed the Tiger By The Tail

At times life can be so enlightening
But it can turn on you
Lately it gets so complicated… I
I don't know what the tiger will do

I grabbed the Tiger By The Tail
I grabbed the Tiger By The Tail

Sometimes you grip it right
And sometimes you fail
I grabbed the Tiger By The Tail

I grabbed the Tiger By The Tail
I grabbed the Tiger By The Tail

Sometimes you grip it right
And sometimes you fail
I grabbed the Tiger By The Tail

 

[fox69]

"Time Stand Still"

"Time Stand Still"



Time stand still
Freeze your hands
Bend your will
Change your plans


Burning seconds into minutes on my way to seize the day
Stolen moments as a lifetime seems to fly away

Wait for me
A little longer I'm not sure if
I'm awake
Pinch me if it's all a dream

Ticking clocks and wake up calls
tell me that I'm growing old
Why don't you let time stand still

Time stand still
Raise your glass
A quarter till
A future past

Turning hours into weekends hoping for a better day
Frozen moments in a lifetime that has run away
Wait for me
A little longer I'm not sure if
I'm awake
Pinch me if it's all a dream

MTV and shopping malls
tell me that I'm growing old
Why don't you let time stand still

Burning seconds into minutes on my way to seize the day
Stolen moments as a lifetime seems to fly away
Turning hours into weekends hoping for a better day
Frozen moments in a lifetime that has run away

Wait for me a little longer I'm not sure if
I'm awake pinch me if it's all a dream
Ticking clocks and wake up calls tell us that we're growing old
MTV and shopping malls tell me that I'm growing old
Empty words on telephones the greatest story never told
Why can't you let time stand still


 

[fox69]

"Tonight"

"Tonight"


Patty's working, but she's watching the clock
She's in the back room counting stock
And down in a warehouse out by the dock
Jesse's lifting crates and breaking rock
But when the whistle blows to end the daily fight
And the working forces turn out the light
Jesse takes that little girl and he holds her tight
As the day fades away he says
We're all that matters tonight

Tonight's the night, I know I'm right
And heart to heart, we'll make it Tonight
So hold me tight, and love me right
The world can wait for tomorrow Tonight

Patty comes like an angel and takes his hand
Jesse says, "Baby, I've got a plan"
He says, "I wanna get married and make a stand
But there's just one thing you gotta understand
Now the pressure of living and the daily fight
Could hurt us in time if our perspective ain't right
So shut the door and put out the light
And baby, be here, because we're all that matters Tonight "

Tonight's the night, I know I'm right
And heart to heart, we'll make it Tonight
So hold me tight, and love me right
The world can wait for tomorrow Tonight

Break your back from nine to five
Sweating blood just to stay alive
Running home to the harbor light
Safe and warm, in love so right, Tonight

Tonight, Tonight, Tonight, Tonight,
Tonight, Tonight, Tonight, Tonight, Tonight

Tonight's the night, I know I'm right
And heart to heart, we'll make it Tonight
So hold me tight, and love me right
The world can wait for tomorrow Tonight

Tonight's the night, I know I'm right
And heart to heart, we'll make it t Tonight
So hold me tight, and love me right
The world can wait for tomorrow Tonight

Tonight's the night, I know I'm right
And heart to heart, we'll make it Tonight

 

[fox69]

"Treat Me Gently In The Morning"

"Treat Me Gently In The Morning"



She remembers the night they first were alone
When he took her home and he said,
"I need you, won't you stay?"
And all through the night his eyes had a light
That burned very bright and she hoped
His words weren't well read lines
A little ill at ease she whispered "Baby, please...

Treat me gently in the morning
Take my heart but stay with me
Treat me gently in the morning, please"

Her mamma said, "Silly girl you should marry him or leave
He'll only make you grieve when he decides it's over
Wake up child"
But the years fell away, they grew closer they found
Though they had their ups and downs just like lovers do
Still she'd say, "It's okay to fight, when were alone late at night
I'll always say...

Treat me gently in the morning
Take my heart but stay with me
Treat me gently in the morning, please"

It all went so fast one day he went away
He said St. Tropez but he died that winter in a plane
The last thing he sent was a postcard from Rome
It read, "I'm coming home, Lady, I love you"
And under his name was a P.S. that read
Very simply it said...

Treat me gently in the morning
I can't live another night
Treat me gently in the morning
I'll be on that plane tonight..

 

[fox69]

"Under The Milky Way"
(originally by The Church)

"Under The Milky Way"
(originally by The Church)



Sometimes when this place gets kind of empty
Sound of their breath fades with the light
I think about loveless fascination
Under the Milky Way tonight

Wish I knew what you were looking for
Might have known what you would find

And it's something quite peculiar
Something that's shimmering and white
Leads you here despite your destination
Under the Milky Way tonight

Wish I knew what you were looking for
Might have known what you would find

Wish I knew what you were looking for
Might have known what you would find

Lower the curtain down in Memphis
Lower the curtain down all right
I got no time for private consultation
Under the Milky Way tonight

Wish I knew what you were looking for
Might have known what you would find

Under the Milky Way tonight
Under the Milky Way tonight
Under the Milky Way tonight

 

[fox69]

"Venus In Overdrive"

"Venus In Overdrive"



Alone in a world of 6 billion
I was feeling my soul rust
Yeah I saw that everything was broken
everything was ashes, everything was dust

(I say this) I say this just to let you know
(I say this) I'd be crazy if I let you go
I'd be stoned I'd be stupefied
And I don't want to run and hide

Here's me thinking love can never survive (yeah yeah)
You showed up Venus in overdrive
Sex just got me buried alive (yeah yeah)
Turn on, Venus in overdrive

The thing about love is, it's not kismet
You don't choose it. It chooses you.
I write words about it, but I doubt it, if I even have a clue
(I say this) We all think it's a big freak show
(I say this) The fat end of the great rainbow
I get blind I get stupid and you know I get so convoluted

Here's me thinking love can never survive (yeah yeah)
You showed up Venus in overdrive
Sex just got me buried alive (yeah yeah)
Turn on, Venus in overdrive
Here's me thinking love can never survive (yeah yeah)
You showed up Venus in overdrive
Sex just got me buried alive (yeah yeah)
Turn on, Venus in overdrive

Here's me thinking love can never survive (yeah yeah)
You showed up Venus in overdrive
Sex just got me buried alive (yeah yeah)
Turn on, Venus in overdrive
Here's me thinking love can never survive (yeah yeah)
You showed up Venus in overdrive
Sex just gets me buried alive (yeah yeah)
Turn on, Venus in overdrive
Venus in overdrive

 

[fox69]

"Waiting For A Girl Like You"
(originally by Foreigner)

"Waiting For A Girl Like You"
(originally by Foreigner)



So long
I've been looking too hard, I've waiting too long
Sometimes I don't know what I will find
I only know it's a matter of time
When you love someone
When you love someone

It feels so right, so warm and true
I need to know if you feel it too

Maybe I'm wrong
Won't you tell me if I'm coming on too strong?
This heart of mine has been hurt before
This time I wanna be sure

I've been waiting for a girl like you
To come into my life
I've been waiting for a girl like you
A love that will survive
I've been waiting for someone new
To make me feel alive
Yeah, waiting for a girl like you
To come into my life

You're so good
When we make love it's understood
It's more than a touch or a word we say
Only in dreams could it be this way
When you love someone
Yeah, really love someone

Now, I know it's right
From the moment I wake up till deep in the night
There's no where on earth that I'd rather be
Than holding you, tenderly

I've been waiting for a girl like you
To come into my life
I've been waiting for a girl like you
And a love that will survive
I've been waiting for someone new
To make me feel alive
Yeah, waiting for a girl like you
To come into my life

I've been waiting, waiting for you, ooh
Ooh, I've been waiting
I've been waiting, yeah
I've been waiting for a girl like you
I've been waiting
Won't you come into my life?
My life?

 

[fox69]

"Wake Up Screaming"

"Wake Up Screaming"


If it's all a magnificent mistake
There goes the universe and its order
I was dreaming wide awake
When something pulled me under the water (Breathe)
I can't surface I.. (Breathe)
It's in my fear (Breathe)
And I can't stop it (Breathe)
I can't , I can't breathe (Breathe)
I'm choking (Breathe)
And I don't want to sleep

[Chorus:]
Everynight I wake up screaming
We're the last tribe as the world stops turning
Everynight I wake up screaming
My car crash isn't far from here
And everything looks better with my eyes closed
Everything looks better with my eyes closed

There's a terrorist somewhere
With my name on a bullet he's loading
There's a meteor out there
With the world in its sights and it's closing (Breathe)
I can't surface I.. (Breathe)
It's in my fear (Breathe)
And I can't stop it (Breathe)
I can't , I can't breathe (Breathe)
I'm choking (Breathe)
And I don't want to sleep

[Chorus:]
Everynight I wake up screaming
We're the last you and me as the world stops turning
Everynight I wake up screaming
The end of everything's very near
Everything looks better with my eyes closed
Everything looks better with my eyes closed

[Chorus:]
Everynight I wake up screaming
I'm the last man as the world stops turning
Everynight I wake up screaming
Dreaming that I'm blind again
And everything looks better with my eyes closed
Everything looks better with my eyes closed...

 

[fox69]

"Walk Like A Man"

"Walk Like A Man"



I got so many thoughts jumping out of my head
And I can't sit still
I'm thinking about the universe
I'm looking at life on earth
I can't shut the camera shutter

I stare at the clock, the years slip away
And I stay confused

I'm dreaming about la raison d'être (the reason to be)
I'm frightened by the toxic threat
I can't stop the motor running

People saying I should learn some self-control
But I just want to exorcise my soul

And Walk Like A Man, Walk Like A Man
I still feel like a boy and you feel like a girl in my hand
I'm gonna Walk Like A Man, Walk Like A Man
I'm still waiting on the revelation
Here in never-never land

I got so many things jumpin' out of my brain
And I feel so strange
I'm crazy about the car I drive
While people struggle just to stay alive
I can't put the two together

I stare in the bathroom mirror at my face
God, I look so pale
Lines crawl across my face
I'm runnin' in the human race
Yeah, me first, who am I kidding

Where is this peace that comes with age
Someone show me to my cage

Where I can Walk Like A Man, Walk Like A Man
I still feel like a boy
And you feel like a girl in my hand
I'm gonna Walk Like A Man, Walk Like A Man
I'm still waiting on the revelation
Here in never-never land
(When it finally hits me then)
(And only then, I'll understand)
Waiting for the revolution here
In never-never land

Where is this peace that comes with age
Will somebody take me to the stage

Where I can Walk Like A Man, Walk Like A Man
Walk, Walk Like A Man
Walk Like A Man
Walk Like A Man
Walk Like A Man
Walk Like A Man
Walk Like A Man

I still feel like a boy
And you feel like a girl in my hand
I'm gonna Walk Like A Man, Walk Like A Man
I'm still waiting on the revelation
Here in never-never land
(When it finally hits me then)
(And only then, I'll understand)
Waiting for the revolution here
In never-never land

Walk Like A Man

 

[fox69]

"Walking On The Edge"

"Walking On The Edge"



Keep on, keep on, whispering in the night
There's no problem if it's not in sight
In the face of annihilation
We still plan futures for the children
Keep on whispering in the night
People talk it's just "cocktail chatter"
What we say, anyway, doesn't really matter

Everybody, time is tight
We're Walking On The Edge
Of the long black night
From the left and from the right
They're Walking On The Edge
Of the long black night
And waiting on the big bang

Wake up, wake up, yes this is your life too
The light of spirit also burns in you
In the face of extermination
We still plan futures for the children
Get up, yes this is your life too
We talk and talk and shake our heads in wonder
Nothing that we can do
Can stop us from going under

Everybody, time is tight
We're Walking On The Edge
Of the long black night
From the left and from the right
They're Walking On The Edge
Of the long black night
And waiting on the big bang

I sit here and contemplate my future
And all the songs that we all sing
Don't really do a thing

Everybody, time is tight
We're Walking On The Edge
Of the long black night
From the left and from the right
They're Walking On The Edge
Of the long black night
And waiting on the big bang...