KEEPING THE FIRE - X:IN

If it seems like I've been lost in let's remember If you think I'm feeling older and missing my younger days Oh, then you should have known me much better 'Cause my past is something that never got in my way Oh, no Still I would not be here now if I never had the hunger And I'm not ashamed to say the wild boys were my friends Oh, 'cause I never felt the desire To let music set me on fire And then I was saved, yeah That's why I'm keeping the faith Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah Keeping the faith We wore matador boots Only Flagg Brothers had them with the Cuban heel Iridescent socks with the same color shirt And a tight pair of chinos Oh, I put on my shark skin jacket You know the kind with the velvet collar And ditty bop shades Oh, yeah I took a fresh pack of Luckies And a mint called Sen-Sen My old man's Trojans and his Old Spice after shave Oh, combed my hair in a pompadour Like the rest of the Romeos wore A permanent wave, yeah We were keeping the faith Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah Keeping the faith You can get just so much from a good thing You can linger too long in your dreams Say goodbye to the oldies but goodies 'Cause the good ole days weren't always good And tomorrow ain't as bad as it seems Learned stickball as a formal education Lost a lot of fights but it taught me how to lose ok Oh, I heard about sex but not enough I found you could dance and still look tough anyway Oh, yes I did I found out a man ain't just being macho Ate an awful lot of late night drive-in food Drank a lot of take home pay I thought I was the Duke of Earl When I made it with a red haired girl In the Chevrolet, oh yeah We were keeping the faith Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah Keeping the faith You know the good ole days weren't always good And tomorrow ain't as bad as it seems I told you my reasons for the whole revival Now I'm going outside to have an ice cold beer in the shade Oh, I'm going to listen to my 45's Ain't it wonderful to be alive when the rock n' roll plays, yeah When the memory stays, yeah I'm keeping the faith Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah I'm keeping the faith I'm keeping the faith Yes I am You know I'm keeping the faith, oh yes I am You know I'm keeping the faith Oh, you know I am I'm keeping the faith, oh yeah

(Lead in) We're gonna be keeping the mystery alive I'm telling you girl The secret is keeping the mystery alive. (Verse 1) It's hurry up and wait, red tape, can't escape Mustn't be late, the school bell is ringing. Soon as we're born we're taught to conform Don't you get above your upbringing! (Bridge) But you and me girl We'll keep the magic that we've got In the future when we're surrounded by robots We're gonna be (Chorus) Keeping the mystery alive I'm telling you girl The secret is keeping the mystery alive As you go through this world. Remember this. From nine to five you'll lose your mind If you don't keep the mystery alive! (Verse 2) Television screen someone's telling me What I should think and how I should be living. Everything's so predictable don't you know Everyone takes more than they are giving. (Bridge) (Chorus) (Bridge) (Chorus repeat and ad lib to fade)

Plunge, mother love-drug Trust in the blood-lust Tough, father god gust Running out of dumb luck Guess again Laced, with the water is a poison mace Get in the game son, walking won't win the race No knives or guns All I wanted was a little taste No crying or bleeding In the name of the season For keeping off the road With all your pills to keep you dead Bottle of wedding day To keep all the ghosts away What did that letter read To scatter your rosaries? Talk with your finger tips The voice of your innocence Caught in the spider's nest Awaiting the holocaust Laced, with the water is a poison mace Get in the game son, walking won't win the race No knives or guns All I wanted was a little taste No crying or bleeding In the name of the season For keeping off the road With all your pills to keep you dead The time is wrong, the song won't rhyme To leap across the foggy sea We were all dead We were lying in bed We were all dead We were lying in bed

I run from everyone and I tell lies You run your fingers through my hair and smile 'Cause nobody believes that this is right But we're so right, yeah I hear rumours, let them fly It's you and me And they don't have to know Oh, they don't have to know Oh, they speculate But let's just make them wait 'Cause they don't need to know Nobody needs to know Under the street lights Nobody knows our nights Tracing the tree lines And shadows around your face Falling asleep and waking up with the stars It's our little secret We're keeping it in the dark We stumble like the thunder in our hearts Lying low, we'll never lay apart Don't wanna let them change the way we are The way we are, no I hear rumours, let them fly It's you and me And they don't have to know Oh, they don't have to know Oh, they speculate But let's just make them wait 'Cause they don't need to know Nobody needs to know Under the street lights Nobody knows our nights Tracing the tree lines And shadows around your face Falling asleep and waking up with the stars It's our little secret We're keeping it in the dark (It's our little secret) Keep, keep, keeping it in the dark (It's our little secret) Keep, keep, keeping it in the I hear rumours, let them fly It's you and me And they don't have to know Oh, they don't have to know Oh, they speculate But let's just make them wait 'Cause they don't need to know Nobody needs to know Under the street lights Nobody knows our nights Tracing the tree lines And shadows around your face Falling asleep and waking up with the stars It's our little secret We're keeping it in the dark (It's our little secret) Keep, keep, keeping it in the dark (It's our little secret) Keep, keep, keeping it in the dark Falling asleep and waking up with the stars It's our little secret Keep, keep, keeping it in the dark

Both of us holding back So afraid To fall in love and lose again We've both been hurt before Saw love walk out the door In the end Actin' as cold as ice When we wanna be Just a foolish game we play You couldn't hurt me bad enough To make me give it up And walk away We can't stop The feeling's too strong We've got the will to hang on Can't stop We struggle and fight to survive Just keepin' the love alive We try to forget the past So many times It's hard to make those memories leave With all we have at stake We'll bend until we break Cause we both believe We can't stop The feeling's too strong We've got the will to hang on Can't stop We struggle and fight to survive Just keepin' the love alive If we stand the test of time Love will be the lasting kind We can't stop The feeling's too strong We've got the will to hang on Can't stop We struggle and fight to survive Just keepin' the love alive We can't stop The feeling's too strong We've got the will to hang on Can't stop We struggle and fight to survive Just keepin' the love alive We can't stop The feeling's too strong We've got the will to hang on Can't stop We struggle and fight to survive Just keepin' the love alive

There's just something 'bout the way, you look me in the eye I could tell right away, you'll keep me occupied Thinking 'bout you everyday Now everything reminds me of you, you Do you even see me too? Feel the same way that I do? Or maybe I'm just a fool, for you Keeping me up all night Keeping me up all night Keeping me up all night You got me thinkin', this could be something You're keeping me up all night Keeping me up all night But you know I don't mind You got me thinkin', this could be something You're keeping me up all night Night, night Keeping me up all, keeping me up all Nights are getting longer And I can't help but wonder Wonder if you're losing sleep, thinkin' 'bout me Tell me honestly Do you even see me too? Feel the same way that I do? Or maybe I'm just a fool, for you Keeping me up all night Keeping me up all night Keeping me up all night You got me thinkin', this could be something You're keeping me up all night Keeping me up all night But you know I don't mind You got me thinkin', this could be something You're keeping me up all night Night, night Keeping me up all, keeping me up all night Night, night Keeping me up all, keeping me up all night Keeping me up 'til the break of dawn And it ain't gonna stop 'til the sun is gone Stuck in a daydream 'Cause you're the one who's keeping me up all night (Keeping me up all night) Keeping me up 'til the break of dawn And it ain't gonna stop 'til the sun is gone Stuck in a daydream 'Cause you're the one who's keeping me up all Keeping me up all night Keeping me up all night Keeping me up all night You got me thinking, this could be something You're keeping me up all night Keeping me up all night But you know I don't mind You got me thinking, this could be something You're keeping me up all night Night, night Keeping me up all, keeping me up all night Keeping me up 'til the break of dawn And it ain't gonna stop 'til the sun is gone Stuck in a daydream 'Cause you're the one who's keeping me up all night