I'm Listening - James Newton Howard

Break out the blindfolds There's teens cloaked in sheepskin And we are the wolves at bay Put her to bed with the big ones and we? ll charge them at the door The devil soon was a vagabond and we dressed him for the prom And now the chorus sings filth hymns As the next horseman will transform Show me a swollen-headed hotshot son of a bitch Who licks his lips caked with glory And ghosts in fine suits will go dancing with contracts in their hands Alright I? ll say 'Goddamn' The smoke and cameras will clear and then We can? t surely lead them to their dooms Yeah, of course we can, yeah, of course we can Feed them shit till they? re full in their bellies They? ll love the taste even more than the feeling And if they build that tower it will fall down Just like the last time It's not the same, it's not the same Look at them starving while indulging in nothing And now laying in rubble Swallow us all up, we are surely not worthy And there is nothing left to believe so they? ll believe what they see Swallow us all up, we are surely not worthy And there is nothing left to believe so they? ll believe what they see The ballroom is alive with torn bodies under stone The ballroom is alive with torn bodies under stone

My love, I offer you now My heart and all it can give For just as long as I live, I'm yours No arms but yours, dear will do My lips will always be true My eyes can see only you, I'm yours And as the years roll along Your joy, your tears, I'll gladly share And when things go wrong, dear Just hold out your hand and I'll be there With every beat of my heart With every breath that I take Now and forever, sweetheart, I'm yours And as the years roll along Your joy and tears, I'll gladly share And when things go wrong, dear Just hold out your hand and I'll be there With every beat of my heart With every breath that I take Now and forever, sweetheart, I'm yours

I'm always chasing rainbows Watching clouds drifting by My schemes are just like all my dreams Ending in the sky Some fellows look and find the sunshine I always look and find the rain Some fellows make a winning sometime I never even make a gain, believe me I'm always chasing rainbows Waiting to find a little bluebird in vain Some fellows look and find the sunshine But I always look and find the rain Some fellows make a winning sometime I never even make a gain, believe me I'm always chasing rainbows Waiting to find a little bluebird in vain

Said I many times Love is allusion A feeling result of confusion With knowing smile And blasé sigh A cynical so-and-so was I I feel so sure, so positive So utterly unchangingly certain That I never was aware Of love and you 'Til suddenly I realized There was love and you I In this world of ordinary people Extraordinary people I'm glad there is you In this world of overrated pleasures Of underrated treasures I'm glad there is you I live to love I love to live with you Beside me, Beside me, Beside me This role so new I'll muddle through With you to guide me In this world where many, many play at love And hardly any stay in love I'm glad there is you More than ever I'm glad there is you I live to love I love to live with you Beside me This role so new I'd muddle through With you to guide me In this world where many, many play at love Play at love And hardly any stay in love I'm glad there is you More than ever I'm glad there is you

You and I Long to live like the wind upon the water. If we close our eyes, we'll maybe realize There's more to life than what we have known. And I can't believe I've spent so long Living lies I know were wrong inside, I've just begun to see the light. Long ago there was a dream, Had to make a choice or two. Leaving all I loved behind, For what nobody knew. Stepped out on the stage, a life Under lights and judging eyes. Now the applause has died and I Can dream again... Is there anybody listening? Is there anyone that sees what's going on? Read between the lines, Criticize the words they're selling. Think for yourself and feel the walls Become sand beneath your feet Feel the breeze? Time's so near you can almost taste the freedom. There's a warm wind from the south. Hoist the sail and we'll be gone, By morning this will all seem like a dream. And if I don't return to sing the song, Maybe just as well. I've seen the news and there's Not much I can do... alone Is there anybody listening? Is there anyone who smiles without a mask? What's behind the words--images They know will please us? I'll take what's real. Bring up the lights. Is there anybody listening? Is there anyone that sees what's going on? Read between the lines, Criticize the words they're selling. Think for yourself and feel the walls... Become sand beneath your feet.