How Long Is Too Long Wasn't Long Enough

[Robbie]

She is my true love
The touch of her hand captured my soul
And the kiss from her lips set my heart aglow
And I know from Heaven, From Heaven above
Came my, my true love

[Nearly Sane]

After all is said and done
You've never walked, you've never run
You're a winner

You got the moves, you know the streets
Break the rules, take the heat
You're nobody's fool

You're at your best when when the going gets rough
You've been put to the test, but it's never enough

You got the touch
You got the power
When all hell's breaking loose
You'll be riding the eye of the storm
You got the heart
You got the motion
You know that when things get too tough
You got the touch

[Robbie]

I've got the power, hey, yeah, hey

Like the crack of the whip, I snap attack
Front to back in this thing called rap
Dig it like a shovel, rhyme Devil on a Heavenly level
Bang the bass, turn up the treble
Radical mind day and night all the time
Seven, fourteen, wise, divine
Maniac, brainiac, winning the game
I'm the lyrical Jesse James

Oh, yeah, yeah
Oh yeah, gettin' kinda heavy
It's getting', it's getting', it's gettin' kinda heavy

[Nearly Sane]

I was five and he was six
We rode on horses made of sticks
He wore black and I wore white
He would always win the fight

Bang bang, he shot me down
Bang bang, I hit the ground
Bang bang, that awful sound
Bang bang, my baby shot me down

[Robbie]

People were standing, all around
At a shot gun wedding, here in this town
And I'm the victim oh yeh
Of a shotgun wedding
'Cause your fathers got a gun
And there ain't no place to run
Shotgun wedding and oh yeh
Now I got to find a job, yes I have
You, me, the baby makes three

Shotgun (shotgun)

[Nearly Sane]

It's a nice day to start again
C'mon, it's a nice day for a white wedding
It's a nice day to start again, ow!
There is nothing fair in this world, baby
There is nothing safe in this world
And there's nothing sure in this world
And there's nothing pure in this world
Look for something left in this world
Start again
C'mon, it's a nice day for a white wedding, wow!
It's a nice day to start again

[Robbie]

Let's begin now
I woke up this morning and I said
You know instead of waitin' for a good day to happen, you know
Waitin' around through up's and down's, you know
We're gonna have
We're gonna have
We're gonna have a good day
And all my homies gonna ride today
And all these mommies look fly today
And all we wanna do is get by today
Heyyy

We're gonna have a good day
And ain't nobody gotta cry today
'Cause ain't nobody gonna die today
You save that drama for another day
Heyyy we're gonna have a good day

[Nearly Sane]

Where is the moment we needed the most
You kick up the leaves and the magic is lost
They tell me your blue skies fade to grey
They tell me your passion's gone away

And I don't need no carryin' on
You stand in the line just ahead of the law
You're faking a smile with the coffee you go
You tell me your life's been way off line
You're falling to pieces everytime

And I don't need no carryin' on
Cause you had a bad day
You're taking one down

[Robbie]

You got me runnin' goin' out of my mind
You got me thinkin' that I'm wastin' my time
(Don't bring me down, no no no no no)
I'll tell you once more before I get off the floor
(Don't bring me down)

You wanna stay out with your fancy friends
I'm tellin' you it's got to be the end
(Don't bring me down, no no no no no)
I'll tell you once more before I get off the floor
(Don't bring me down)

Don't bring me down, groos


Don't know what 'groos' means.

[Nearly Sane]

You're at the stage
You want your empty words heard and everybody's ready
I want to know your secrets but you're not telling
You're just gesturing saying open up your arms and hearts, and lets me in

You must be out of your brilliant mind
You must be out of your brilliant mind

[Robbie]

What's it like inside your head where you know you're the king?
And your wisdom and your talent are both never-ending
Where you help the little people who all need your helping
And the extent of who you are is more than just buying jeans
You and i are no one, both already dead
And i know that things are wonderful inside of your head but...
You're so stupid, you make no sense
You're so dense
You're unintelligent, irrelevant with no self-defense

[Nearly Sane]

When you go on your summer vacation you go to Juan-les-Pins
With your carefully designed topless swimsuit
You get an even sun tan, on your back and on your legs

When the snow falls you're found in Saint Moritz
With the others of the jet-set
And you sip your Napoleon brandy
But you never get your lips wet, no you don't

But where do you go to my lovely
When you're alone in your bed
Won't you tell me the thoughts that surround you
I want to look inside your head, yes I do

[Robbie]

I book myself tables
At all the best restaurants, then eat alone
I buy myself fast cars
Just so I can drive them real fuckin' slow
I like my own company
Company, I don't need it
I'm not always cold
I'm just good on my own, so good on my own

I've always been told, one day, I'll find
Somebody who changes my mind
If they come along, I won't think twice
'Cause I already got a good thing with me
Yeah, I already got everything I need

[Nearly Sane]

You see, my old man's got a problem
He lives with the bottle, that's the way it is
He says his body's too old for working
I say, his body's too young to look like his
My mama went off and left him
She wanted more from life than he could give
I said, somebody's got to take care of him
So I quit school and that's what I did

You got a fast car
But is it fast enough so we can fly away?
We gotta make a decision
We leave tonight or live and die this way

[Robbie]

We gotta get out of this place
If it's the last thing we ever do
We gotta get out of this place
'Cause girl, there's a better life for me and you

Now my girl you're so young and pretty
And one thing I know is true, yeah
You'll be dead before your time is due, I know it
Watch my daddy in bed a-dyin'

[Nearly Sane]

Beneath your perfume and make-up
You're just a baby in disguise
And though you know
That it is wrong to be
Alone with me
That come on look is in your eyes, Oh,


Young girl, get out of my mind
My love for you is way out of line
Better run, girl,
You're much too young, girl

[Robbie]

You were too old for me
Although there was some apprehension
My plan was to wait and see
What God alone has brought together
Well, must be something
Well, there must be something

Much too old for me
Oh, the shortness of breath and the missteps never
Well, they never really fazed me
And all your old stories of war and depression were
Well, they were really something
Were they really something?
Well, they must be something

Not long ago, but far away
Away, away, away
You wrote the rules

[Aruntraveller]

Long ago, and, oh, so far away
I fell in love with you before the second show
Your guitar, it sounds so sweet and clear
But you're not really here, it's just the radio
Don't you remember, you told me you loved me baby?
You said you'd be coming back this way again baby
Baby, baby, baby, baby, oh baby
I love you, I really do
Loneliness is such a sad affair
And I can hardly wait to be with you again
What to say to make you come again?
Come back to me again and play your sad guitar
Don't you remember, you told me you loved me baby?
You said you'd be coming back this way again baby
Baby, baby, baby, baby, oh baby
I love you, I really do

[Robbie]

I heard you on the wireless back in fifty two
Lying awake intent at tuning in on you
If I was young it didn't stop you coming through
Oh, a, oh
They took the credit for your second symphony
Rewritten by machine on new technology
And now I understand the problems you can see

Oh, a, oh
I met your children
Oh a oh
What did you tell them?
Video killed the radio star

[Nearly Sane]

'Cause it's a bitter sweet symphony, this life
Trying to make ends meet, you're a slave to the money then you die
I'll take you down the only road I've ever been down
You know the one that takes you to the places where all the veins meet, yeah
No change, I can change, I can change, I can change
But I'm here in my mould, I am here in my mould

But I'm a million different people from one day to the next
I can't change my mould, no, no (have you ever been down?) no, no

[Robbie]

The world is treating me bad, misery
I'm the kind of guy
Who never used to cry
The world is treatin' me bad, misery

I've lost her now for sure
I won't see her no more
It's gonna be a drag, misery

[Nearly Sane]

By the look in your eye
I can tell you're going to cry
Is it over me?
If it is
Save your tears for I'm not worth it, you see

For I'm the type of boy who is always on the roam
Wherever I lay my hat
That's my home
I'm telling you that's my home

[Robbie]

Oh well, I'm the type of guy who will never settle down
Where pretty girls are, well you know that I'm around
I kiss 'em and I love 'em cause to me they're all the same
I hug 'em and I squeeze 'em they don't even know my name

They call me the wanderer
Yeah, the wanderer
I roam around, around, around

[Nearly Sane]

I don't know my name
I don't play by the rules of the game
So you say I'm just trying, just trying

So I heard you are my sister's friend
You get along quite nicely
You ask me why I cut my hair
And changed myself completely

[Robbie]

She captures her reflection then she throws the mirror to the floor
Her image is distorted screaming, "Is it worth it anymore?"

No-oh-oh

Are you scared of the things that they might put you through?
Does it make you wanna hide the inner you?

You're not the only one so let them criticize
You're untouchable when you realize

Change, change your life, take it all
We're gonna stick together, know we'll get through it all
Change, change your life, take it all
( Yeah, take it all)
You're gonna use it to become what you've always known
( Become what you've always known)