At Last - Paul Carrack

When I was young, I fell in love with story With the eleventh hour, with the blaze of glory The theatre lights dim and all goes quiet In the darkest of rooms, light shines the brightest When hands are tied and clocks are ticking An audience convinced, we're leaning in Holding our breath again Just when we thought the game was over The music lifts and our dying soldier lives And we breathe a sigh of relief We're leaving, we're leaving our shadows behind us now We're leaving, we're leaving it all behind for now But even dust was made to settle If we're made of dust, then what makes us any different? I guess we give what we've been given A family tree so very good at giving up When we've had enough The truth is heavier than fiction Gravity lifts as the projectionist rolls tape And it makes us brave again And it makes us brave again And it makes us brave So we're leaving, we're leaving our shadows behind us now Yeah, we're leaving, we're leaving it all behind for now And it makes us brave again And it makes us brave Yeah, we're leaving, we're leaving And it makes us brave And we're living unharmed Behind for now

Maybe I've done enough And your golden child grew up Maybe this trophy isn't real love And with or without it, I'm good enough Maybe I've done enough Finally catching up For the first time I see an image of my brokenness Utterly worthy of love Maybe I've done enough And I finally see myself Through the eyes of no one else It's so exhausting on this silver screen Where I play the role of anyone but me And I finally see myself Unabridged and overwhelmed A mess of a story I'm ashamed to tell But I'm slowly learning how to break this spell And I finally see myself Now I only want what's real To let my heart feel what it feels Gold, silver or bronze hold no value here Where work and rest are equally revered I only want what's real I set aside the highlight reel And leave my greatest failures on display with an asterisk Worthy of love anyway

Well, your friends and their fancy persuasion Don't admit that it's part of a scheme And I can't help but have my suspicions, baby 'Cause I ain't quite as dumb as I seem You said that you never intended To break up our scene in this way For there ain't any use pretending, babe It could happen to us any day How long has this been going on? How long has this been going on? Well, your friends and their fancy persuasion Don't admit that it's part of a scheme I can't help but have my suspicions 'Cause I ain't quite as dumb as I seem Well, you said you never intended To break up our scene in this way But there ain't any use in pretending It could happen to us any day How long has this been going on? How long has this been going on? Yeah, yeah Oh, ohh Tell me baby Whoa Oh, and your friends with their fancy persuasion Don't admit that it's part of a scheme Can't help but have my suspicions, baby Ain't quite as dumb as I seem Oh, you said you never intended To break up our scene in this way Ain't any use in pretending It could happen to us any day How long has this been going on? How long has this been going on? Tell me baby (How long) How long (Going on) Going on, going on (How long) How long has this been going on? Going on baby, how long?

I'm good and ready Ready as I'll ever be You know I made it through Like I always do Now I'm back but you can't see They call me a sole survivor Now they're gonna set me free You know it took my time Now I'm feeling fine Better than I've ever been, oh I'm good and ready I found a new remedy I felt beaten out of favor Never let it bother me Kept my head above the water And now I'm sitting at the top of the tree You know it hurt my pride Now I'm justified Ready for anything Ready as I'll ever be I'm ready as I'll ever be I'm good and ready Baby, that's the mood I'm in So though you can't have me I can take it on a chip I been rolling with the the fortunes Now I'm itching to get back in the ring You know I'm falling to fight And the time is right I'm ready for anything I'm ready as I'll ever be, oh yeah Yes, I'm ready as I'll ever be You know I took my time Now I'm feeling fine Ready for anything I'm good and ready Baby, that's the mood I'm in I'm good and ready Better than I've ever been I'm good and ready Found a good remedy Took some time, now I'm feeling fine Ready for anything

Hey! When love is blind There ain't a thing you can do Cold taste, no doubt in your mind Every word she says was true Well, you can search the whole world over She ain't ever coming back to you When love is blind It's so easy to believe Every embrace that you share Is in vain upon your memory Well, you can search the whole world over A troubled mind will never set you free When love is blind It's touch and go How it all works out, you'll never know You took a chance, made your bed Now it seems there's a whole lot of trouble ahead Love is blind Love is blind When love is blind You're feeling good and walking tall Whoa, if your head in the clouds You'll never stop to think at all It's just a shame that nobody told you Pride always comes before the fall When love is blind You just won't see It feels so good And it feels so free We're flying high Then it crash and burn Whoa, it's rule number one And the lesson you've learned When love is blind It there ain't a thing you can't control You've got it all figured out One day, it's gonna take its toll It's gonna take sometimes to get over You even make it back at all When love is blind Love is blind When love is blind Love is blind Love is blind

Is there anybody going to listen to my story All about the girl who came to stay? She's the kind of girl you want so much It makes you sorry Still, you don't regret a single day Ah girl Girl When I think of all the times I've tried so hard to leave her She will turn to me and start to cry And she promises the earth to me And I believe her After all this times I don't know why Ah, girl Girl She's the kind of girl who puts you down When friends are there, you feel a fool When you say she's looking good She acts as if it's understood She's cool, cool, cool, cool Girl Girl Was she told when she was young that pain Would lead to pleasure? Did she understand it when they said That a man must break his back to earn His day of leisure? Will she still believe it when he's dead? Ah girl Girl Girl Ah girl Girl Girl