How Long Is Too Long Wasn't Long Enough

[Nearly Sane]

Time on my side
I got it all
I heard that pride
Always comes before a fall
There's a rumour goin' 'round the town
That you don't want me around
I can't shake off my city blues
Everywhere I turn, I lose

Love is like oxygen
You get too much, you get too high
Not enough and you're gonna die
Love gets you high

[Nearly Sane]

Oh, oh, what are we gonna do?
Union, Union, Union City blue
Tunnel to the other side
It becomes daylight
I say he's mine

Oh power, passion plays a double hand
Union, Union Union City man
Arrive, climb up four flights
To the orange side
Rearrange my mind
In turquoise Union, Union, Union City blue
Skyline, passion, Union City blue

[Nearly Sane]

 

Said I had to clear out my head (Said I had to clear out my head)
But tonight, I think I lost the plot instead
I said that I'd be cleared out by three (Said that I'd be cleared out by three)
To the walls, I know they listen to me
The teachers always called it a shame (The teachers always called it a shame)
They say I don't have passion the same
As I did a few years before (As I did a few years before)
They don't see the light there anymore

They call it sad, but they're the outside lookin' in
I mean they can't understand when they all cope with everything
And when I opened my heart in front of my friends finally
It was not what I thought, 'cause they're not there anymore
I called my dad, he told me, "There's no room for me"
Down at the house that we had when we were living as a three
Now that my family's gone, almost as far as I can see
I think they love me I'm sure, but they're not there anymore (Hey)
(Nah, nah-nah-nah-nah)
Where can I sleep tonight?
(Nah, nah-nah-nah-nah)

[Nearly Sane]

I met a woman long ago
Her hair the black that black can go
"Are you a teacher of the heart?"
Soft she answered, "No"

I met a girl across the sea
Her hair the gold that gold can be
"Are you a teacher of the heart?"
"Yes, but not for thee"

I met a man who lost his mind
In some lost place I had to find
"Follow me", the wise man said
But he walked behind

[Nearly Sane]

I'm walking behind you on your wedding day
And I'll hear you promise to love and obey
Though you may forget me, you're still on my mind
Look over your shoulder, I'm walking behind

Maybe I'll kiss again with a love that's new again
But I shall wish again, I was kissing you

'Cause I'll always love you where ever you go
And though we are parted, I want you to know
That if things go wrong, dear and fate is unkind
Look over your shoulder, I'm walking behind

[Nearly Sane]

We've been, going together
Too long to be vague
When there's something to say
If it's not now, then it's never
So I'll say it straight out
'Cause I have no doubt, no doubt

Let's get married
I love you and I want to stay with you
Let's get married
Have kids and grow old and grey with you
Let's get married
Hold hands, walk in the park

[Aruntraveller]

Over bridge of sighs
To rest my eyes in shades of green
Under dreaming spires
To Itchycoo Park, that's where I've been

What did you do there?
I got high
What did you feel there?
Well, I cried
But why the tears there?
Tell you why

It's all too beautiful
It's all too beautiful
It's all too beautiful
It's all too beautiful

[Nearly Sane]

I feel so high school every time I look at you
I wanna find you in a crowd just to hide from you


And in a blink of a crinklin' eye
I'm sinkin', our fingers entwined
Cheeks pink in the twinklin' lights
Tell me 'bout the first time you saw me
I'll drink what you think and I'm high
From smokin' your jokes all damn night
The brink of a wrinkle in time
Bittersweet sixteen suddenly

[Nearly Sane]

Seventeen
And not yet a woman
So-ho clean
Thought that you were never coming
Seventeen
Completely new sensations
Someones dreams
Created your perfection

All the girls
(all the girls just love to hate her)
And all the boys
(all the boys they wanna make her)
They want you
(seventeen)

A permanent reaction
(reaction)
Makes your scene
Now you're caught in her reflection
(reflection, reflection)
Seventeen
She a beautiful mutation
(mutant)
We sow the seeds
(ooh eeooh, ooh eeooh)
Of a future generation

[Aruntraveller]

I learned the truth at seventeen
That love was meant for beauty queens
And high school girls with clear skinned smiles
Who married young and then retired

The valentines I never knew
The Friday night charades of youth
Were spent on one more beautiful
At seventeen I learned the truth

And those of us with ravaged faces
Lacking in the social graces
Desperately remained at home
Inventing lovers on the phone
Who called to say, "Come dance with me"
And murmured vague obscenities
It isn't all it seems
At seventeen

[Nearly Sane]

I got a baby's brain and an old man's heart
Took eighteen years to get this far
Don't always know what I'm talkin' about
Feels like I'm livin' in the middle of doubt


'Cause I'm eighteen
I get confused everyday
Eighteen, I just don't know what to say
Eighteen, I gotta get away


Lines form on my face and my hands
Lines form on the left and right
I'm in the middle, the middle of life
I'm a boy and I'm a man


I'm eighteen and I like it
Yes I like it, oh I like it, love it, like it, love it
Eighteen, Eighteen!
Eighteen, eighteen and I like it

[Nearly Sane]

Picture perfect, silver screen
Walk-on over, talk to me
Brightest smile I'd ever seen

You said, "Trust in me, I'll hold you up
Be the light inside your heart
Help you dance within the dark"
I remember all too well
How could I ever forget
How quickly I fell

Do you remember my blue dress, hot mess
Coffee and the cigarettes
The late calls, bar crawls
Drinking so that we forget
The cold nights, street lights
Running from responsibilities
Do you remember nineteen?

[Aruntraveller]

It's early in the morning
About a quarter 'til three
I'm sitting here talking with my baby
Over cigarettes and coffee, now
And to tell you that
Darling I've been so satisfied
Honey, since I met you
Baby, since I met you

All the places that I've been around
And all the good looking girls I've met
They just don't seem to fit in
Knowing it's particularly sad, yeah
But it seems so natural, darling
That you and I are here
Just talking over cigarettes and drinking coffee

[Nearly Sane]

Antiques!
Every other sentiment's an antique
As obsolete as warships in the Baltic
I'm driving on a straight road it never alters
And the radio serenades but doesn't falter

You offer infrared instead of sun
You offer paper spoons and bubble gum

Late sky
Like an all night radio station
Without morning
Like stumbling on Pearl Harbor
Without warning

You offer infrared instead of sun
You offer bubble gum

You give me Faron Young, four in the morning
You give me Faron Young, four in the morning
Every mother's son's romantic
Every mother's son's frantic!

[Nearly Sane]

You're growing tired of me
You love me so hard and I still can't sleep
You're growing tired of me
And all the things I don't talk about

Sorry, I don't want your touch
It's not that I don't want you
Sorry, I can't take your touch

It's just that I fell in love with a war
Nobody told me it ended
And it left a pearl in my head
And I roll it around
Every night, just to watch it glow
Every night, baby, that's where I go

[Nearly Sane]

This will be the day
That you will hear me say
That I will never run away

I am here for you
Love is meant for two
Now tell me what u're gonna do

If I gave you diamonds and pearls
Would you be a happy boy or a girl
If I could I would give you the world
But all I can do is just offer you my love

Which one of us is right
If we always fight
Why can't we just let love decide (Let love decide)

[Nearly Sane]

Well, you didn't wake up this morning
'Cause you didn't go to bed
You were watching the whites of your eyes turn red
The calendar on your wall is ticking the days off
You've been reading some old letters
You smile and think how much you've changed
All the money in the world
Couldn't buy back those days

You pull back your curtains
And the sun burns into your eyes
You watch a plane flying
Across a clear blue sky
This is the day
Your life will surely change
This is the day
When things fall into place

[Nearly Sane]

I love, I love, I love my calendar girl
Yeah, sweet calendar girl
I love, I love, I love my calendar girl
Each and every day of the year

(January)
You start the year all fine
(February)
You're my little Valentine
(March)
I'm gonna march you down the aisle
(April)
You're the Easter bunny
When you smile

Yeah, yeah
My heart's in a whirl
I love, I love, I love my little calendar girl
Every day (every day)
Every day (every day)
Of the year (every day of the year)

[Aruntraveller]

Everyday, it's a-gettin' closer
Goin' faster than a roller coaster
Love like yours will surely come my way
(A-hey, a-hey, hey)

Everyday, it's a-gettin' faster
Everyone said, "Go ahead and ask her"
Love like yours will surely come my way
(A-hey, a-hey, hey)

Everyday seems a little longer
Every way, love's a little stronger
Come what may, do you ever long for
True love from me?

[Nearly Sane]

It's always friends that feel so good
Let's make amends like all good men should
Pleasure at the fairground on the way

Walk around, be free and roam
There's always someone leaving alone
Pleasure at the fairground on the way

And I love the thought of coming home to you
Even if I know we can't make it
I love the thought of giving hope to you
Just a little ray of light shining through

[Aruntraveller]

Zephyr in the sky at night, I wonder
Do my tears of morning sink beneath the sun?
She's got herself a universe, gone quickly
For the call of thunder threatens everyone

And I feel like I just got home
And I feel
And I feel like I just got home
And I feel

Faster than the speeding light, she's flying
Trying to remember where it all began
She's got herself a little piece of Heaven
Waiting for the time when Earth shall be as one

And I feel like I just got home
And I feel
And I feel like I just got home
And I feel

Quicker than a ray of light
Quicker than a ray of light
Quicker than a ray of light

[Nearly Sane]

Can I get your hand to write on?
Just a piece of leg to bite on
What a night to fly my kite on
Do you want to flash a light on?
Take a look it's on display for you
Coming down, no, not today
Did you meet your fortune teller?
Get it off with no propeller
Do it up, it's on with Stella
What a way to finally smell her
Picking up, but not too strong for you
Take a piece and pass it on

Fly away on my zephyr
I feel it more than ever
And in this perfect weather
We'll find a place together
Fly on my wind

[Nearly Sane]

Well I dig you Georgia peaches
Makes me feel right at home
Well now I dig you Georgia peaches
Makes me feel right at home
But I don't love me no one woman
So I can't stay in Georgia long

Well now they call me the breeze
I keep blowin' down the road
Well now they call me the breeze
I keep blowin' down the road
I ain't got me nobody
I don't carry me no load
Oooh Mr Breeze

[Aruntraveller]

Georgia, Georgia
The whole day through (the whole day through)
Just an old sweet song
Keeps Georgia on my mind (Georgia on my mind)

I said a Georgia
Georgia
A song of you (a song of you)
Comes as sweet and clear
As moonlight through the pines

Other arms reach out to me
Other eyes smile tenderly
Still in peaceful dreams I see
The road leads back to you

[Nearly Sane]

Big wheels keep on turning
Carrying me home to see my kin
Singing songs about the southland
I miss Alabamy once again
And I think it's a sin, yes

Well I heard Mr. Young sing about her
Well I heard old Neil put her down
Well I hope Neil Young will remember
A southern man don't need him around anyhow

Sweet home Alabama
Where the skies are so blue
Sweet Home Alabama
Lord, I'm coming home to you