How Long Is Too Long Wasn't Long Enough

[ekim]

I'm ready, willing & able
And honey, now it's up to you
So lay your cards on the table
And tell me what you plan to do.

I'm ready, able & willing
To join you in a little fun
But I won't take second billing
I've got to be your number one.

[Robbie]

I can't choose between Cinnamon and Evelyn
One of them a dancer with a body from Heaven
And then the other is a good girl, legs for breakfast
I'm tryin' to fit both into my world like Tetris
I'm no clown but I'm tryin' to juggle both
But both of them ain't feeling it
They say it's unappealing but I can't let them go
So I tell them the news
"You better work it out," 'cause I can't choose

[ekim]

You know I can't smile without you
I can't smile without you
I can't laugh and I can't sing
I'm finding it hard to do anything
You see I feel sad when you're sad
I feel glad when you're glad
If you only knew what I'm going through
I just can't smile without you.

[Robbie]

I am the son
And the heir
Of a shyness that is criminally vulgar
I am the son and heir
Of nothing in particular
You shut your mouth
How can you say
I go about things the wrong way?
I am human and I need to be loved
Just like everybody else does

[ekim]

Some people they tease one another
Take pride in themselves
Keeping the other one down
Well I'm not like that at all.

Some people they hurt one another
They love to see
Hurt in the other one's eyes
Well I'm not like that at all.

[Robbie]

Hey
Every kiss is a door
Can I knock on yours? Can we knock a little more?
If your touch is a key
Keep on twistin', keep unlockin', keep on turnin' me

[Pre-Chorus]
Let me in
I wanna be closer to you, let you under my skin
If I let you in
You gotta be careful with it
Let me tell you again (hey)

[Chorus]
Love so soft, you ain't had nothin' softer
Break it, then you buy it, and it sure gonna cost ya
Love so soft that you can't rub off
You gon' love it, if you try it
Got you hooked, now you're caught up
Love so soft, so soft (so soft)
Love so soft, so soft (so soft)

[ekim]

I've got you under my skin.
I've got you deep in the heart of me.
So deep in my heart that you're really a part of me.
I've got you under my skin.
I'd tried so not to give in.
I said to myself: this affair never will go so well.
But why should I try to resist when, baby, I know so well
I've got you under my skin?

I'd sacrifice anything come what might
For the sake of having you near
In spite of a warning voice that comes in the night
And repeats, repeats in my ear:
Don't you know, little fool, you never can win?
Use your mentality, wake up to reality.
But each time that I do just the thought of you
Makes me stop before I begin
'Cause I've got you under my skin.

[Nearly Sane]

He be say you be colonial man
 You don be slave man before
 Them don release you now
 But you never release yourself

 I say you fit never release yourself
 Colo-mentality
 He be say you be colonial man
 You don be slave man before
 Them don release you now
 But you never release yourself

[ekim]

He's a real nowhere man
Sitting in his nowhere land
Making all his nowhere plans for nobody

Doesn't have a point of view
Knows not where he's going to
Isn't he a bit like you and me?

Nowhere Man, please listen
You don't know what you're missing
Nowhere Man, the world is at your command.

[Nearly Sane]

I was slowly passing an orphan's home one day
And stop there for a moment just to watch the children play
Alone a boy was standing and when I asked him why
He turned with eyes that couldn't see and he began to cry
I'm nobody's child, I'm nobody's child
Just like a flower I'm growing wild
No mommy's kisses and no daddy's smiles
Nobody wants me, I'm nobody's child

[ekim]

You know I can't smile without you
I can't smile without you
I can't laugh and I can't sing
I'm finding it hard to do anything
You see I feel sad when you're sad
I feel glad when you're glad
If you only knew what I'm going through
I just can't smile without you.

You came along just like a song
And brighten my day
Who would have believed that you where part of a dream
Now it all seems light years away.

[Nearly Sane]

And now I tell you openly, you have my heart so don't hurt me.
 You're what I couldn't find.
 A totally amazing mind, so understanding and so kind;
 You're everything to me.

 Oh, my life,
 Is changing every day,
 In every possible way.

 And oh, my dreams,
 It's never quite as it seems,
 'Cause you're a dream to me,
 Dream to me.

[Robbie]

Who would've known that I could conquer your heart
by reflecting in someone else.
And who would've thought that I could
comfort your heart, when I can't recognize myself.
I know how she speaks and how she moves
when she doesn't know what to say
Cause her emotions carry her away.
I watch it from my rooftop, every night.
And when I go to sleep she holds my head in her arms
And she makes sure that nothing will tear us apart
And then I steal a lock of her hair, and open up my eyes
I will follow you, you will be my main direction
I study you until I get your
Everything you do is a gem in my collection
I follow you until I get your perfection

[ekim]

You're my everything
Underneath the sun
You're my everything
Rolled up into one.
You're my only dream
My only real reality
You're my idea
Of a perfect personality.

You're my everything
Everything I need
You're the song I sing
And the book I read.
You're a way beyond belief
And just to make it brief
You're my winter, summer, spring
My everything.

[Aruntraveller]

I could go on singing till the moon turns pink
 Anything from Faust to Ink-a-dink-a-dink
 Love does funny things
 When it hits you this way

I could go on singing till the cows come home
 And the rooster starts to crow, crow, crow
 When I see your eyes, I go all out
 I must vocalize till you shout, "Enough already"

[ekim]

All the cattle are standin' like statues
All the cattle are standin' like statues
They don't turn their heads as they see me ride by
But a little brown mav'rick is winkin' her eye

Oh, what a beautiful Mornin'
Oh, what a beautiful day.
I've got a beautiful feelin'
Everything's goin' my way.

[Robbie]

You take the good
You take the bad
You take them both and there you have
The facts of life
The facts of life

When the world never seems
To be living up to your dreams
Then suddenly you're finding out
The facts of life are all about you

When there's someone that you care about
It really isn't fair
They're out to slow you up
When you're growing up

When you let them flirt
And then you hurt
A waiting when your date is late in showing up
Then you're growin' up

When it's more than just the birds and the bees
You need someone telling you please
There's only one conclusion
There will always be confusion over you
It takes a lot to get 'em right
When you're learning the facts of life

[Nearly Sane]

The facts of life
The facts of life
A masterpiece
Biology
Smokey water
Air conditioned
Boys 'n' girls
And automation
Chromosomes
Designer jeans
Chimpanzees
And human beings
Machines of love
Machines of love

[Robbie]

Don't know much about history
Don't know much biology
Don't know much about a science book,
Don't know much about the french I took
But I do know that I love you,
And I know that if you love me, too,
What a wonderful world this would be

[Nearly Sane]

French kissin' in the USA

Lips are in motion
Ocean to ocean to ocean, ocean to ocean to ocean
Paris is calling
Falling, we're falling, we're falling, falling, we're falling, we're falling

Lips close, then blossom like a rose
Embrasser c'est Francais

[Aruntraveller]

When he moves I watch him from behind
 He turns and laughter flickers in his eyes
 Intent and direct when he speaks
 I watch his lips
 When he drives I love to watch his hands
 White and smooth almost feminine
 Almost American
 I have to watch him

[Robbie]

Wild thing, you make my heart sing
You make everything groovy, wild thing
Wild thing, I think I love you
But I wanna know for sure
Come on and hold me tight
I love you
Wild thing, you make my heart sing
You make everything groovy, wild thing
Wild thing, I think you move me
But I wanna know for sure
Come on and hold me tight
You move me

[ekim]

With a song in my heart
I behold your adorable face
Just a song at the start
But it soon is a hymn to your grace
When the music swells
I'm touching you hand
It tells that you're standing near and

At the sound of your voice
Heaven opens it's portals to me
Can I help but rejoice
That a song such as ours came to be?
But I always knew
I would live life through
With a song in my heart for you.

[Robbie]

Tune in to find my peace and solitude
These empty rooms spin, and I embrace the flaws of being human
The black and white, and sometimes the greys that stay for days
The in-between times, the meantimes that make this song of life sing
Play, rest, repeat, read exactly what is written on the sheet
"Don't deviate, " they say
But I will play what's best for me
I'll press the keys and pull the strings, create a symphony that's mine

And I'll spend my life penning my song, my song
And the verses I write will speak for me
Good girls don't make history
So I may never be what you assume (it's my song)
Don't want your hooks or auto-tune (it's my song)
If I'm off-key then that's alright with me (it's my song)
Oh, and maybe you will learn this when I'm gone (it's my song)
My song will carry on

[ekim]

We all know that people are the same where ever you go
There is good and bad in everyone
And we learn to live, we learn to give each other
What we need to survive together alive

Ebony and ivory
Live together in perfect harmony
Side by side on my piano keyboard
Oh lord, why don't we?