LYRICS - ACOUSTIC (SHR04)
All songs ©1993 Mark Cohen


TOGETHER

Like a spring in a desert
Like a port in a storm
I will be where you need me
No one else could ever love you more

Like a breeze in the summer
Like a coat in the rain
Whatever you're needing
I will make sure you're always okay

Like a rock in the ocean
Like a light in the dark
We will be here together
We will stay here together


NEVER LET YOU GO

From time to time I've been thinking
What I'd do if you said you were leaving
I'm not scared, I'm just concerned
The danger comes when I start believing it

I'll never let you go because I couldn't take it
I'll never let you because I couldn't face
The loneliness I've experienced once before

When you're out and I am on my own
Panic sets and my mind is racing
I'm not afraid, I'm just concerned
That you don't love me and you won't return

I'll never let you go because I couldn't take it
I'll never let you because I couldn't face
The emptiness I've experienced

I'll never let you go because I couldn't take it
I'll never let you because I couldn't face
The loneliness I've experienced once before


HERE'S WHERE REAL LIFE BEGINS

Once I had no-one to say how much I cared
All that could change from today
Now that you're there

Come into my life
Come share my life

Here's where real life begins
Here's where it starts
Never thought it would arrive
And my sadness depart

Come into my life
Come share my life


TO MAKE YOU WANT ME

The day is here, the time has come
To summon up the courage I have found
So you will want me

There's no time to hesitate
Must say it now or it will be too late
To make you want me

I know that I am shaking
But it's a risk that's worth taking
To ask if you will come into my life

I've said the best that I can say
Now only you can decide if I should stay
And if you want me

I hope you will believe in me
I hope you can trust everything you see
And you will want me

I know that I am shaking
But it's a risk that's worth taking
To ask if you will come into my life

The day is here, the time has come
To summon up the courage I have found
So you will want me


UNTIL YOU CAME

Only felt emptiness
Didn't have any dreams
Didn't have anything
Then you came

Always felt dark inside
Stumbled until I'd fall
You've lit up my world
Since you came

And when you talk to me
I'm happy inside
Whatever the future brings
Only fate can decide

Only had loneliness
Didn't have anyone
Everything's changed
Since you came

An end to those long cold years
Sadness faded away
Only had happy tears
When you came

And when you talk to me
I'm contented inside
Whatever the future brings
Only fate can decide

And when you talk with me
I'm happy inside
Whatever the future brings
Only fate can decide


IN BETTER DAYS

I saw better days than when I left that night
I knew that I'd be back but it didn't make it alright

You said, "Don't give up hope, your love I'll keep
You can cope
Dream of me when you sleep"

I hated that time, every Sunday night
There on Platform One waving 'til you were out of sight

You said, "Don't give up hope, your love I'll keep
You can cope
Dream of me when you sleep"

Don't want go
I don't want to go


DOUBT

Do you love him more than you ever loved me?
Did he promise he will stay for eternity?
Are you hoping that in return he'll love you too?

Do you want him to always be your side?
Are you hoping that everything will be alright?
Do you worry that he won't come home tonight?

My faith in you was never doubted
My trust in you was so unselfish
But you thought you knew better
You thought the grass was greener
You must know that isn't true
All the things that you might hope for
Are only dreams that you can't reach for
He won't help you reach them too

Do you trust him as much as you had trusted me?
Are you sure that he's everything you want to be?
How can you be sure that he won't find someone else?

Do you need him more than he ever needs you?
Will he support you in everything you want to do?
Do you realise that I'm still in love with you?

My faith in you was never doubted
My trust in you was so unselfish
But you thought you knew better
You thought the grass was greener
You must know that isn't true
All the things that you might hope for
Are only dreams that you can't reach for
He won't help you reach them too



KILLING TIME

Hey, what are you doing here?
I've found out you've been staying in all this time
Hey, what's the problem now?
Are you afraid you'll be rejected by someone?

Wise up and take this world by the scruff of the neck
You're killing time, you're killing time
Wake up and make your life something you won't forget
You're killing time, you're killing time

Hey, why the lonely face?
So I found out you've been living on your own
Hey, it's time like the old phrase says
"You should gather your rosebuds while you may"

Rise up and take this world by the scruff of the neck
You're killing time, you're killing time
Get up and make your life something you won't regret
You're killing time, you're killing time

Wise up and take this world by the scruff of the neck
You're killing time, you're killing time
Wake up and make your life something you won't forget
You're killing time, you're killing time

You're killing time, you're killing time


THAT IS ALL

I don't know what to do
I don't know what to say
I gaze out of the window
And think of better days

I lie upon my bed
And stare into the dark
Your image swims around my head
And it's so sharp

Well I know that you'll be happy
Wherever you go
All I ask is you think of me
And that is all

I don't know who to blame
Guess I shall blame myself
Should have tried harder to make a change
But then I'd be someone else

Well if I hurt you bad
I didn't mean to make you cry
Please forgive me if you can
But don't say goodbye

Well I know that you'll be happy
Wherever you go
All I ask is you think of me
And that is all

Don't look over your shoulder
At events that are now in the past
Still I hope you'll think of me
That's all I ask


MAYBE THIS TIME

I've stood in this room all night long
Hoping and waiting for the one

If you turned my way and smiled
I'd think to myself for a while

That maybe this time I've found love
Maybe this time I've found you

And patiently I pass the time
I daydream that one day you're mine

'Cause that's better than real life
And disappointment always strikes

But maybe this time I've found love
Maybe this time I've found you

Maybe this time I've found love
Maybe this time I've found you


THEY DON'T UNDERSTAND

Ignorant people assume what I am
In truth it is clear that they have no idea

Someone will always ask you
"What is your role?"
Even if there's not one they'll find a pigeon hole

They don't understand what makes me the person I am

They're too quick to categorise
It is so stupid but it's no surprise

They're too hasty to decide
But they can't know how I feel inside

They don't understand what makes me the person I am


CRYSTAL CLEAR

I've written down, considered everything
For once my head would rule my heart
She said that she would make it crystal clear
Because once you've gone you know that there
Is no turning back

And now all the time
I'm thinking of you, thinking of you
I find every hour
I'm thinking of you, thinking of you

I took a choice and then I made it plain
My destiny was in my hands
She thought I wouldn't have the strength to leave
Because once you've gone you know there can
Be no going back

And now all the time
I'm thinking of you, thinking of you
I find every hour
I'm thinking of you, thinking of you


OVER AND OUT

Some emptiness is all I seem to find
But I thought I could leave that all behind
What do I have to do to make amends?
I understand you've said "It's over" to your friends

I know that everything didn't turn out fine
But I hoped that you would still be mine

Where are you going to?
I know we can make this work
Where are you going to?
I'm sure we could patch it up
Where are you going to?
I know we can make this work
Where are you going to?
I'm sure we could patch it up

Loneliness is a bitter end to face
And shattered dreams are all that's left to chase
But you no longer would want to hear what I think
It's too late because you are now out of reach

I know that everything didn't turn out fine
But I hoped that you would still be mine

Where are you going to?
I know we can make it work
Where are you going to?
I'm sure we could patch it up
Where are you going to?
I know we can make this work
Where are you going to?
I'm sure we could patch it up

(Where are you going to?)
You cannot see
It's no good to me
Your sympathy or your threats
(Where are you going to?)
You will not see
It's no good to me
Your sympathy or your threats


I'LL COME RUNNING

If you're scared and on your own
Need someone there to keep you warm
Don't hesitate to call my name and
I'll come running

If you're sad and need a friend
Or you're patience is at an end
If you shout I will hear and
I'll come running

If you're content and feeling fine
And just want someone to share your time
Well I'm just waiting for a sign and
I'll come running

Remember me I'm always here
For anything and everything
For every smile and every tear
I'll come running