How Long Is Too Long Wasn't Long Enough

[Robbie]

The radio is blasting
Someone's knocking at the door
I'm looking at my girlfriend
She just passed out on the floor
I've seen so many things
I ain't never seen before
Don't know what it is
But I don't wanna see no more

Mama told me not to come
Mama told me not to come (Mama told me she said)
She said "That ain't the way to have fun, no" (no, no)
"That ain't the way to have fun, son"

[Nearly Sane]

Whoooa, I've been to Nice
And the Isle of Greece
While I've sipped champagne on a yacht
I've moved like Harlow in Monte Carlo
And showed 'em what I've got
I've been undressed by kings
And I've seen some things
That a woman ain't supposed to see
I've been to paradise
But I've never been to me

[Robbie]

Well it's so dark you know
That the blackest clouds are here
And if I ever miss my home
It's around this time of year

And I've been here all the time
I've been here all the time
I've been here all the time
I've been here all the time
I'm not hard to find

[ekim]

Grey skies are gonna clear up
Put on a happy face
Brush off the clouds and cheer up
Put on a happy face

Take off the gloomy mask of tragedy
It's not your style
You'll look so good that you'll be glad
You decided to smile.

[Robbie]

So cry when you're sad
You don't have to laugh
When it's not funny
Don't try to ignore the rain
When it's not sunny

Do you have a clue how much I am afraid for you
All the things trapped in your heart
Are gonna find their way out
I know that you're going to be broken eventually
But I'm hoping for a healing starting
With your life
And love
Relationships
But this is life
This is love and we're wasting it

You've gotta stop all your pretending
It's not helping
You should know it's ok to cry

[ekim]

Oh yes I'm the great pretender
Pretending I'm doing well
My need is such I pretend too much
I'm lonely but no one can tell.

Oh yes I'm the great pretender
Adrift in a world of my own
I play the game but to my real shame
You've left me to dream all alone.

[Robbie]

Dip for diplomatic;
'Yp for hypocratic;
Dry for dry-land tourist;
Tup for Topper Norris!
See de 'ypocrites, dem a-galang deh!
See de 'ypocrites, dem a-galang deh!
See de 'ypocrites, dem a-galang deh! Man, go!
 

[ekim]

She is De delirious
She is I incredible
She is S superficial
She is  C complicated
She is O oh, oh, oh

She is De desirable
She is I irresistible
She is S super sexy
She is C such a cutey
She is O oh, oh, oh
D.I.S.C.O.
She is disco.

[Robbie]

You're written in her book
You're number thirty seven, have a look
She's going to smile to make you frown, what a clown
Little boy, she's from the street
Before you start, you're already beat
She's going to play you for a fool, yes it's true

[Chorus]
Cause everybody knows
(She's a femme fatale)
The things she does to please
(She's a femme fatale)
She's just a little tease
(She's a femme fatale)
See the way she walks
Hear the way she talk

[ekim]

Just why I stayed around?
When all I found was heartache
I believed your every word
Didn't know the hurt and pain that you'd make

But why did it take so long?
At last now I've seen the light
I've found the heart to say

No more the fool who waits around
Waiting for you to bring me down
Those days are gone now
No more the nights, lying awake
Crying and waiting for the day to break.

[Robbie]

Well, I never saw it coming
I should have started running
A long, long time ago!
And I never thought I'd doubt you
I'm better off without you
More than you, more than you know
I'm slowly getting closure
I guess it's really over
I'm finally gettin' better
Now I'm picking up the pieces
From spending all of these years
Putting my heart back together
Putting my heart back together
'Cause I got over you, I got over you, I got over you
The day I thought I'd never get through, I got over you

[ekim]

And now, the end is near
And so I face the final curtain
My friend, I'll say it clear
I'll state my case, of which I'm certain
I've lived a life that's full
I've traveled each and every highway
But more, much more than this
I did it my way.

Regrets, I've had a few
But then again, too few to mention
I did what I had to do
And saw it through without exemption
I planned each charted course
Each careful step along the byway
And more, much more than this
I did it my way.

[Robbie]

And I ain't got time to waste
Let's make it

Do what you gotta do
Come on back, see me when you can
Man, I can understand how it might be
Kinda hard to love a girl like me
I don't blame you much for wanting to be free
I just wanted you to know
I've loved you better that your own kin did
From the very start it's my own fault
What happens to my heart
You see I've always known you'd go

So you just do what you gotta do, my wild sweet love
Though it may mean that I'll never kiss those sweet lips again
Pay that no mind, find that dappled dream of yours
Come on back and see me when you can

[Nearly Sane]

Oh your heart has called me closer to you
I will be all that you need
Just trust in what we're feeling
Never leave 'cause baby, I believe

In this love, sweet love
Have me calling out your name, I feel no shame
I'm in love, sweet love
Don't you ever go away, it'll always be this way

[Robbie]

We've already said "goodbye"
Since you gotta go, oh you'd better
Go now, go now, go now (go now, ooh)
Before you see me cry?
I don't want you to tell me just what you intend to do now
'Cause how many times do I have to tell you darlin', darlin'
I'm still in love with you now
Whoa oh oh oh
We've already said "so long"
I don't want to see you go, oh you'd better
Go now, go now, go now (go now, ooh)

[Nearly Sane]

I said goodbye to Jane, goodbye to Jane
Get a kick from her forties tip boots
Goodbye to Jane, goodbye to Jane
Has them made to match up to her suits
She's a queen,
Can't you see what I mean, she's a queen,
See, see, she's a queen
And I know she's alright, alright, alright, alright

[Aruntraveller]

She keeps Moët et Chandon
 In her pretty cabinet
 'Let them eat cake,' she says
 Just like Marie Antoinette
 A built-in remedy
 For Kruschev and Kennedy
 At anytime an invitation
 You can't decline

 Caviar and cigarettes
 Well versed in etiquette
 Extraordinarily nice

 She's a Killer Queen
 Gunpowder, gelatine
 Dynamite with a laser beam
 Guaranteed to blow your mind
 Anytime

 Recommended at the price
 Insatiable an appetite
 Wanna try?

[Nearly Sane]

Met you for the first time late last week
Came to dinner, it could've been bleak
But I held back
Held myself on track

Question of etiquette
Or maybe just regret

Noticed your blond hair
Your blue eyes too
I might have seemed quiet, a little shrewd
I didn't wanna touch you
You seemed so new
But you looked just like me
Eighteen years ago

[ekim]

Are the stars out tonight?
I don't know if it's cloudy or bright
'Cause I only have eyes for you, dear
The moon may be high
But I can't see a thing in the sky
'Cause I only have eyes for you.

I don't know if we're in a garden
Or on a crowded avenue
You are here, so am I
Maybe millions of people go by
But they all disappear from view
And I only have eyes for you.

[Aruntraveller]

This is the story of a starry night,
The faded glory of a new delight
One breathless meeting,

Two lips repeating
Three precious words that were sweet but fleeting...

[Robbie]

Strangers in the night
Exchanging glances
Wondering in the night
What were the chances
We'd be sharing love
Before the night was through?
Something in your eyes
Was so inviting
Something in your smile
Was so exciting
Something in my heart told me I must have you

[Nearly Sane]

From Westwood to Hollywood
The one thing that's understood
Is that you can't buy time but you can sell your soul
And the closest thing to heaven is to rock and roll

And somewhere in my heart
There is a star that shines for you
Silver splits the blue
Love will see it through

And somewhere in my heart
There is the will to set you free
All you've got to be is true

[Robbie]

When the going gets tough
Just remember it's me and you for life
And when the world is not enough
Baby, are we worth the fight?

Feeling empty, feeling used
It's like we're running off fumes
A little broken, confused
But one thing I know for sure

Ain't giving up on you, ain't giving up on you
Ain't giving up on you, ain't giving up on you
Ain't giving up on you

[ekim]

Ain't no stoppin' us now
We're on the move
Ain't no stoppin' us now
We've got the groove.

There've been so many things that have held us down
But now it looks like things are finally comin' around,
I know we've got a long, long way to go
And were we'll end up, I don't know.

But we won't let nothing hold us back
We're gonna get ourselves together
We're gonna polish up our act,
And if you've ever been held down before
I know that you refuse to be held down any more.

[Nearly Sane]

Meeting Mr. Right, the man of my dreams
The one who shows me true love or at least it seems
With brown cocoa skin and curly black hair
It's just the way he looks at me that gentle loving stare

Finally you've come along
The way I feel about you it just can't be wrong
If you only knew, the way I feel about you
I just can't describe it, oh no no