Well, I ride on a mail train, babe, can't buy a thrill I've been up all night, leanin' on a window sill Well, if I don't make it to the top of the hill If I don't make it, you know my baby will And them wintertime is coming The windows are filled with frost I went to tell everybody But I could not get across Well, I wanna be your lover, baby I don't wanna be your boss Don't say I never warned you When your train gets lost Don't say I never warned you When your train gets lost Hey, I wanna be your lover, baby I don't wanna be your boss Don't say I never warned you Now when your train gets lost

"Almost missed this one", he said I stared at the honky-tonk piano Sure beats living in town The beaches are half a mile away "Not much of the cat", I said He stared down underneath the couch It doesn't matter much to me Not gonna beat it, anyway It only takes a few cents more to go first class First class only takes a few It only takes a few cents more to go first class First class only takes a few "It's called 'quintessence", I said She stared at an Oreo cookie in black and white After water, earth, air and fire The fifth and highest play "Lobster okay?" She said I stared at her refrigerator door There'll be enough for the guy in the attic What's his name? It only takes a few cents more to go first class First class only takes a few It only takes a few cents more to go first class First class only takes a few Shared a floor with Nashville The burger queen bought herself a pearl A bloke named Bo but not bout skin With art and a very pretty Cali girl Downstairs, two Spanish lovers were singing along With some domestic dang horn I had to pinch myself, what a hell of a house I'd stumble on "June, July, August", she said They stared at the summer about to fade away Damn good three months of my life I remember now what living is "The cat's now a cat", I say You stared at the honky-tonk piano man Watch your step I just met Oliver, the lobster's his It only takes a few good friends to be first class First class only takes a few It only takes a few good friends to be first class First class only takes a few First class only takes a few It only takes a few It only takes a few It only takes a few Long live the island Long live the island Long live the island

If you disrespect anybody that you run in to How in the world do you think anybody's s'posed to respect you If you don't give a heck 'bout the man with the bible in his hand Just get out the way, and let the gentleman do his thing You the kind of gentleman that want everything your way Take the sheet off your face, boy, it's a brand new day Respect yourself, respect yourself If you don't respect yourself Ain't nobody gonna give a good cahoot, na na na na Respect yourself, respect yourself If you're walking 'round think'n that the world owes you something cause You're here you goin' out the world backwards like you did when you Put your hand on your mouth when you cough, that'll help the solution Oh, you cuss around women and you don't even know their names and you Dumb enough to think that'll make you a big ol man

Memories serve, only to show What came before, wouldn't have grown Maybe the past, has brought me to this Maybe this time, love will be missed I hear my heart calling for you And I believe you feel it too I want something permanent, like the stars in the sky Permanent, like the mountain high Permanent, as time goes by, I want something I can count on Permanent, like the sun and the rain Permanent, like a burning flame Permanent, I'll say it again I want something that won't change Respecting yourself, reaching down deep That's how I'll find, a love so complete It became clear, the very, very first time It's more than a dream, that you could be mine I hear my heart calling for you and I believe you feel it, too I want something permanent, like the stars in the sky Permanent, like the mountain high Permanent, as time goes by, I want something I can count on Permanent, like the sun and the rain Permanent, like a burning flame Permanent, I'll say it again, say it again, say it again I want something that will never change What's my only way, I could never say that I don't feel the same You've brought me somewhere I can feel safe Don't you feel it, don't you feel it I want something, say it again, say it again Like the stars in the sky Like the mountain high, as time goes by I want something that will never change I can count on, like the stars in the sky Permanent I'll say it again, I want something that will never change I want something permanent, yes I do Permanent, yes I do, gonna say it again, say it again Permanent, like a burning flame, like the sun and rain I want something that won't change

No! No regrets No! I will have no regrets All the things That went wrong For at last I have learned to be strong No! No regrets No! I will have no regrets For the grief doesn't last It is gone I've forgotten the past And the memories I had I no longer desire Both the good and the bad I have flung in a fire And I feel in my heart That the seed has been sown It is something quite new It's like nothing I've known No! No regrets No! I will have no regrets All the things that went wrong For at last I have learned to be strong No! No regrets No! I will have no regrets For the seed that is new It's the love that is growing for you

What's it all about, Alfie Is it just for the moment we live What's it all about when you sort it out, Alfie Are we meant to take more than we give Or are we meant to be kind And if only fools are kind, Alfie Then I guess it is wise to be cruel And if life belongs only to the strong, Alfie What will you lend on an old golden rule As sure as I believe There's a heaven above, Alfie, I know there's something much more Something even non-believers can believe in I believe in love, Alfie Without true love we just exist, Alfie Until you find the love you've missed, you're nothing, Alfie When you walk, let your heart lead the way And you'll find love any day, Alfie Alfie