How Long Is Too Long Wasn't Long Enough

[Nearly Sane]

Hot town, summer in the city
Back of my neck getting dirty and gritty
Been down, isn't it a pity?
Doesn't seem to be a shadow in the city
All around, people looking half dead
Walking on the sidewalk, hotter than a match head

But at night it's a different world
Go out and find a girl
Come on, come on and dance all night
Despite the heat it'll be all right

[Robbie]

In the heat of the night
Seems like a cold sweat
Creeping cross my brow, oh yes
In the heat of the night
I'm a-feelin' motherless somehow
Stars with evil eyes stare from the sky
(In the heat of the night)
Ain't a woman here before
Knows how to make the morning come
So hard to control
Well I guess I could sell my soul for just a little light
In the heat of the night

[ekim]

In the still of the night
As I gaze from my window
At the Moon in its flight
My thoughts all stray to you

In the still of the night
While the world is in slumber
Oh, the times without number
Darling, when I say to you

Do you love me as I love you
Are you my life to be, my dream come true
Or will this dream of mine fade out of sight
Like the Moon growing dim on the rim of the hill
In the chill, still of the night

[Nearly Sane]

 We played the games that people play
 We made our mistakes along the way
 Somehow I know deep in my heart
 You needed me
 Remembering the pain if I must say
 It's deep in my mind and locked away
 But then most of all
 I do love you
 Still

[Robbie]

Oh the games people play now
Every night and every day now
Never meaning what they say now
Never saying what they mean
And they wile away the hours
In their ivory towers
Till they're covered up with flowers
In the back of a black limousine

[Nearly Sane]

Well I hope and I pray that maybe someday
You'll walk in the room with my heart
Add and subtract but as a matter of fact
Now that you're gone I still want you back
Remembering, surrendering
Remembering that part
All of my heart


Spilling up pink silk and coffee lace
You hook me up, I rendezvous at your place
Your lipstick and your lip gloss seals my fate
Sentimental powers might help you now
But skip the hearts and flowers, skip the ivory towers
You'll be disappointed and I'll lose a friend

[Aruntraveller]

Gonna take a sentimental journey
Gonna set my heart at ease
Gonna make a sentimental journey
To renew old memories

Got my bag, got my reservation
Spent each dime I could afford
I'm like a child in wild anticipation
I long to hear that "All aboard"

[Nearly Sane]

Take the last train to Clarksville
And I'll meet you at the station
You can be there by four thirty
'Cause I made your reservation
Don't be slow, oh, no, no, no!
Oh, no, no, no!

'Cause I'm leavin' in the morning
And I must see you again
We'll have one more night together
'Til the morning brings my train
And I must go, oh, no, no, no!
Oh, no, no, no!
And I don't know if I'm ever coming home

[Robbie]

When the train comes
in the morning
I'll be waiting
how about you?
I'll be standing
at the station
with my ticket
how about you?

When the train comes
When the train comes
When the train comes
I'll be listening for the whistle
to go woo woo woo woo
how about you

[Aruntraveller]

She was beautiful as southern skies the night he met her
She was married to someone
He was doggedly determined that he would get her
He was old she was young

From time to time
He'd tip his heart
But each time she withdrew
Everybody loves the sound of a train in the distance
Everybody thinks it's true

Well eventually the boy and the girl get married
Sure enough they have a son
And though they were both occupied with the child she carried
Disagreements had begun

And in a while
They fell apart
It wasn't hard to do
Everybody loves the sound of a train in the distance

[Nearly Sane]

Just a small town girl
Livin' in a lonely world
She took the midnight train goin' anywhere

Just a city boy
Born and raised in South Detroit
He took the midnight train goin' anywhere

A singer in a smokey room
The smell of wine and cheap perfume
For a smile they can share the night
It goes on and on, and on, and on

[Aruntraveller]

L.A. proved too much for the man
(Too much for the man he couldn't make it)
So he's leavin' the life
He's come to know, ooh

(He said he's goin')
He said he's goin' back to find
(Goin' back to find)
Ooh, what's left of his world
The world he left behind not so long ago

Oh, he's leavin'
(Leavin')
On that midnight train to Georgia, yeah
(Leavin' on that midnight train)

[Nearly Sane]

One o'clock in the morning
And I'm leaving from the club
My friends are having a party
I kind of feel I've had enough

[Aruntraveller]

3 o'clock in the morning
 I'm getting ready for bed
 It came without a warning
 But i'll be waiting for you baby
 I'll be waiting for you there

 So drink to me drink to my health
 You know i can't drink any more
 Drink to me drink to my health
 You know i can't drink any more

[ekim]

Drink! Drink! Drink!  To eyes that are bright as stars when they're shining on me! 
Drink! Drink! Drink!  To lips that are red and sweet as the fruit on the tree!   
Here's a hope that those bright eyes will shine
Lovingly, longingly soon into mine! 
May those lips that are red and sweet, 
Tonight with joy my own lips meet!   
Drink! Drink!  Let the toast start! 
May young hearts never part! 
Drink! Drink! Drink! 
Let every true lover salute his sweetheart!

[Nearly Sane]

And you can't find your waitress with a Geiger counter
And she hates you and your friends and you just can't get served without her
And the box-office is drooling, and the bar stools are on fire
And the newspapers were fooling, and the ash-trays have retired
'Cause the piano has been drinking, the piano has been drinking
The piano has been drinking, not me, not me, not me, not me, not me

[Robbie]

So many times, i've been alone
I didn't know what to do
I don't know where i'd be if I didn't have
I didn't have you yeah
You comfort me, make me believe, give me the strength I need
Since you came into my life it's been so heavenly

Me and my piano
It's all I... me and my piano

[Aruntraveller]

I am the music man
 I come from down your way
 And I can play
 What can you play?
 I play piano

 Pia-pia-pia-no
 Pia-no pia-no
 Pia-pia-pia-no
 Pia-pia-no

 I am the music man
 I come from down your way
 And I can play
 What can you play?
 I play the trombone

 Umpa-umpa-um-pa-pa
 Um-pa-pa um-pa-pa
 Umpa-umpa-um-pa-pa
 Umpa-um-pa-pa

 Piano!
 Pia-pia-pia-no
 Pia-no pia-no
 Pia-pia-pia-no
 Pia-pia-no

[Robbie]

i remember when i was a lad
times were hard and things were bad
but there's a silver linin' behind ev'ry cloud
just four people that 's all we were
tryin' to make a livin' out of black-land dirt
but we'd get together in a family circle singin' loud

daddy sang bass (mama sang tenor)
me and little brother would join right in there
singin' seems to help a troubled soul
one of these days and it won't be long
i'll rejoin them in a song
i'm gonna join the family circle at the throne

[ekim]

I'm singin' in the rain
Just singin' in the rain
What a glorious feeling
I'm happy again
I'm laughin' at clouds
So dark up above
The sun's in my heart
And I'm ready for love
Let the stormy clouds chase
Everyone from the place
Come on with the rain
I've a smile on my face
I'll walk down the lane
With a happy refrain
Just singin'
Singin' in the rain

[Nearly Sane]

When the sun goes down
The birds on the trees
Are singing sweet for the night

When the sun
Says good night to the mountain
I am dreaming of the sun
Say goodnight

Rain
Rain, rain, rain, rain
Beautiful rain
Rain, rain, rain, rain

[Robbie]

I can't stand the rain
Against my window
Bringing back sweet memories
I can't stand the rain
Against my window
'Cause he ain't here with me

Hey window pane
Tell me, do you remember
How sweet it used to be
When we were together

Everything was so grand
Now that we've parted
There's just one sound
That I just can't stand

I can't stand the rain

[ekim]

Every time it rains, it rains pennies from heaven
Don't ya know each cloud contains pennies from heaven?
(You'll find your fortune fallin' all over town)
(Be sure that your umbrella)
Is upside down

Trade them for a package of sunshine and flowers
If you want the things you love, you must have showers
(So when you hear it thunder) Don't run under a tree
There'll be pennies from heaven for you and me

[Nearly Sane]

In my dreams I have a plan
If I got me a wealthy man
I wouldn't have to work at all
I'd fool around and have a ball

Money, money, money
Must be funny
In the rich man's world
Money, money, money
Always sunny
In the rich man's world

[Robbie]

I just want to be a millionaire and have a good time
I ain't worried about shit, let's have a good night
No stress on my mind, trying to get right
I just want to feel nice. I just want to feel alive
I just want to be a millionaire and have a good time
I ain't worried about shit, let's have a good night
No stress on my mind, trying to get right
I just want to feel nice. I just want to feel alive

I want the money and the fame, and imma get that too
If I believe it, then I mean it, Imma see that through
I need the money for the bills, for the thrills, for the fan mail
For my hommies that have never let their man down
I just want to show love to the ones that I trust
With my life, on my life, there’s only been a few good people that I let get close
If I had a million dollars, we’d be doing the most tonight