WORST WAY

If I tell you I'm in love

Well I might not be right

I'm not that worthy a source

But it's not love at first sight

If I say that I love you

Just don't listen to me

I've never been there before

I don't know what I might see

If I offend you with something I should say

I don't mean to scare you away

I just want you to realize

I love you in the worst way

Don't let me scare you away

I don't know what I've just said

I don't expect you to know

What goes on in my head

I haven't said this to you

Just to hear what you'd say

And I don't want you to feel

You have to tell me today

If I offend you with something I should say

I don't mean to scare you away

I just want you to realize

I love you in the worst way

Want you to realize

I love you in the worst way

You see it's taken a while

But I'm sure of it now

I wanted to tell you

But I didn't know how

If I offend you with something I should say

I don't mean to scare you away

I just want you to realize

I love you in the worst way

Want you to realize

I love you in the worst way

Want you to realize

I love you in the worst way

ALL IN MY DREAM

What gives you the notion

Where to start

What gives you the notion

Is it from your heart

Thought are flying out so fast they wont take to paper

Who says the words that I write won't someday reach her

You see it's all in my dream but that dream's not for real

I think it's part of the scheme but that's just how I feel

She says she's not for me

Let me decide

We've got plenty of time

With nothing to hide

If we spent some time together maybe she'd change her mind

Maybe I could persuade her it would just take some time

See it's all in my dream but that dream's not for real

I think it's part of the scheme but that's just how I feel

What gives you the notion

Where to start

What gives you the notion

Is it from your heart

Thought are flying out so fast they wont take to paper

Who says the words that I write won't someday reach her

You see it's all in my dream but that dream's not for real

I think it's part of the scheme but that's just how I feel

I KNEW THAT

If you correct me again I'll take a swing at your face

Appears nothing seems to tell you this just isn't the place

Refresh my memory that will sooth my mind

But don't give me no directions

Do you think that I'm blind You see

I knew that you didn't have to tell me

I knew that there's nothing new to me

I knew that you didn't have to tell me

I knew that

You really find enjoyment in putting me down

Put the words in my mouth make me feel like a clown

It doesn't help my ego when people think I don't know

And you communicate for me well it doesn't let me show that

I knew that you didn't have to tell me

I knew that there's nothing new to me

I knew that you didn't have to tell me

I knew that

You make look like a failure you make me feel outta place

Next time I will outwit you and that wont be the case because

I knew that you didn't have to tell me

I knew that there's nothing new to me

I knew that you didn't have to tell me

I knew that

NUMBNESS

It was threatening to snow

When I woke up to the news

That an uncle was sick and an idol had fallen

As I stumbled to the shower

Eyes filled with tears

A numbness came upon me

Felt it wouldn't leave for years

I said

Look here John's still alive

It says so in the top forty

But the Beatles they're dead

Cause that's what he'd always said

JONI

If I've said it once

It's been meant hundreds of times

You just won't believe me

Reassuring you

Can take up all of my time

Tell me how I make you see

Joni I'll say something silly like I love you a million times

Not that I was lonely but you made me love you for your ways

Does it take a precious jewel

Or a band of gold

To prove you are what I live for

It's hard to take

This denial of faith

Trust me now or you'll see me no more

Joni I'll say something silly like I love you a million times

Not that I was lonely but you made me love you for your ways

Joni I'll say something silly like I love you a million times

Not that I was lonely but you made me love you for your ways

Don't cry if I should say

I can't go on this way

It's just a part of me can't take

The trouble your disbelief can make

Joni I'll say something silly like I love you a million times

Not that I was lonely but you made me love you for your ways

ALL I WANT

Like everyone I want to have some toys

Can I conform and just be one of the boys

I'd be happy to have one of everything

I'd be thrilled if only I could sing

All I want is

The things I dont have

All I need is

What can't be mine

Find me a place far from the madding crowd

The sound of civilization's become too loud

Help me to understand a finer wealth

And if I fail I can blame it on no one else

All I want is

The things I dont have

All I need is

What can't be mine

But if I have my health

And your love is mine

Then I've all I need

To be happy

All I want is

The things I dont have

All I need is

What can't be mine

CAN IT BE ME

You've grown tired of me

You wanna see other guys

You can't leave me like this

See the tears in my eyes I'm cryin

I should have left you long ago

When I would have felt no pain

But you went you did it first

Now it's drivin' me insane

And when at last you realize

You cannot make it alone

When you need someone by your side

And I'm as close as your phone

Can it be me can it be me

I promise things will be different

They won't be like before

When you need someone by your side

Won't you knock on my door

Can it be me can it be me

I know times have been rough

But no one laughs like us

I said this is too much

You said this is enough

We tried it We tried

I've been with other women since then

But the times were not the same

They've all been playing with my mind

And that's not my kind of game

And when at last you realize

You cannot make it alone

When you need someone by your side

And I'm as close as your phone

Can it be me can it be me

I promise things will be different

They won't be like before

When you need someone by your side

Won't you knock on my door

Can it be me can it be me

LEAVE HIM FOR ME

Always complaining never try to change it

Your life is a mess

Give you suggestions try to rearrange it

You can't take the stress

Stuck with him like there's no way out

Your'e worth more than that and I have to shout

Leave him for me

Your'e not happy where you are

Leave him for me

I'll show you how to laugh again

Your frowning face hardly gives a clue to

The elf I have known

I'd make you happy but you won't let go

Fear of being alone

Too insecure and afraid of the thought

You can fall towards me and you will be caught

Leave him for me

Your'e not happy where you are

Leave him for me

I'll show you how to laugh again

IF YOU LOVED ME

Sometimes we don't know the right thing to say

It's an awkward moment for everyone involved

Sometimes we go and say it anyway

Just to try and get the wrong thing solved

For the lack of words we put our foot in our mouth

You take a left when you should've gone right

A slip of your tongue and you will leave me to pout

And with a phrase you might have started a fight

If you loved me

You wouldn't say that

If you loved me

You wouldn't say that

If you loved me

You wouldn't say that

If you loved me

You wouldn't say that

Sometimes a silly thought might come in your head

Don't verbalize it our relationship's on the line

Sometimes one's ego needs to be fed

Destructive criticism's not the kind

For the lack of words we put our foot in our mouth

You take a left when you should've gone right

A slip of your tongue and you will leave me to pout

And with a phrase you might have started a fight

If you loved me

You wouldn't say that

If you loved me

You wouldn't say that

If you loved me

You wouldn't say that

If you loved me

You wouldn't say that

SO SAD

So I went to the sofa

Fifty dollars an hour

So I went on the lookout

Till my vision went sour

So I went to seclusion

Hoping she would find me

And it's so sad

When you think there is no one for you

And it's so sad

When your lonely world turns so blue

And it's so sad

So he went to the bible

To find food for his soul

So he went on the tablet

And still there was a hole

So he went to the TV

He saw nothing but trash

And it's so sad

When he thinks there is no one for you

And it's so sad

When his lonely world turns to blue

And it's so sad

SLOW DECAY

Why's it always seem the things we have just fall apart

Whether it's something that you hold or the the holding of your heart

Age and time can take their toll just hope that you can learn

That always has no meaning and forever is of no concern

But there is no eternity and infinity is just a word

But you can slow decay yes you can slow decay

There is no eternity and infinity is just a word

But you can slow decay yes you can slow decay

When you can count on nothing sometimes it don't seem fair

Some things decompose even when you treat them with care

With any luck it's just a phase but it's not a pretty sight

If you think and let it sink in it'll keep you up all night

But there is no eternity and infinity is just a word

But you can slow decay yes you can slow decay

But there is no eternity and infinity is just a word

But you can slow decay yes you can slow decay

LET THEM TALK

And they say she's more than I deserve

But how could they know how good I've been

And they say what they like with no reserve

But they're not living the life I am

Not that it's a bad life

But they'll seem to foul it up for you

When they make yours their business

And the only way to deal with it

And still keep your wits about you

Is to let them talk

I do what I do to please myself

Influenced only by one or two close friends

Whose opinions sometimes can be a help

On the rare occasions when I'm not in control

Sincerity is rare these days

Don't lose it if you find it

In friends without the double talk

Let all the rest can have their squauk

Don't waste the time to hear them

Just let them talk

LIFE RUSHES OUT

Will the final move of my limbs give me

A sign it's among my last

Will my seeing eyes viewing darker skies

Start to dim as my life will pass

It's not anticipation that scares me

Hope that pain will not ensnare me

To a finish that's slow but sure

Does it really flash before my eyes

Will I then know what it's all about

Given the final clue

As my life rushes out

There's a moment and place ahead in my life

There's a certain time I will die

And then most the time I feel there's no hell

And certainly no place in the sky

But then maybe there's no predestination

And your memories make a good imitation

Of what some folks will call their heaven

Does it really flash before my eyes

Will I then know what it's all about

Given the final clue

As my life rushes out

SHOW SOME COMPASSION

Too many love songs and we avoid the whole problem

We just don't know how to love fellow man

Too much peace and goodwill towards man fails us

Just take the time and show that you understand

Show some compassion

Take a look in their eyes

Show some compassion

For the next time he cries

Crises and war show me where is the difference

A show of muscle is the best you can do

Too many factors all increasing the tensions

Leave us no choice and only food for a few

Show some compassion

Take a look in their eyes

Show some compassion

For the next time he cries

Show some compassion