The Tale - Mystery Jets

The nights are colder now Maybe I should close the door And anyway the snow has covered all your footsteps And I can follow you no more The fire still burns at night The memories are warm and clear But everybody knows It's hard to be alone this time of year It was only a winter's tale Just another winter's tale And why should the world take notice Of one more love that's failed? A love that can never be Though it meant a lot to you and me On a world-wide scale We're just another winter's tale While I stand alone A bell is ringing far away I wonder if you're here I wonder if you're listening I wonder where you are today Good luck, I wish you well For all that wishes may be worth I hope that love and strength Are with you for the length Of your time on earth It was only a winter's tale Just another winter's tale And why should the world take notice Of one more love that's failed? It's a love that can never be Though it meant a lot to you and me On a world-wide scale We're just another winter's tale It was only a winter's tale Just another winter's tale And why should the world take notice Of one more love that's failed? It's a love that can never be Though it meant a lot to you and me On a world-wide scale We're just another winter's tale We're just another winter's tale

Come here Her communique arrived with its expression of her feeling I swear I had no idea she'd been holding in conceiling Such a storm of words unsaid Though absurd as it appears Had been blowing in her head For twenty-seven years I knew I had to face her so I grabbed my Davey Crocket Threw a scarf around my neck And twenty Dollars in my pocket Found her in the same old place Pamflet in her fist When she saw my windblown face Well look at who it is Meet me on the mad parade When the midnight bells are chiming We'll dress up as the harlequin and the clown Pile up all the wonders that we've made In a tower too tall for climbing And we'll burn the damn thing down In the great November lake she was older still alluring Her hair grey and longer than it ever had been during The days we loved an slept In her bed of faded wood In the little place she kept In a crumbling neighbourhood We walked along a while Like we were old companions But I could feel the gap between us Yawning like a canian She with her church and code Her extravagant believes Me a creature of the road A child of dust and grief Meet me on the mad parade When the midnight bells are chiming We'll dress up as the harlequin and the clown Pile up all the wonders that we've made In a tower too tall for climbing And we'll burn the damn thing down She smoked a cigarette and blew smoke rings at the ceiling Said if you're problem is long standing man Why don't you try kneeling Now your face I see you're still a sinner in the mist Setting up your little will Is king in place of His I said I've heard about sin Down the long wheels of ages I cracked books of lies With a thousand twisted pages Then I looked her in the eye And asked her clear and plane If your religion was a lie Then what would remain Se said if God looked beaten hard To loving hands to heal it There's nothing in my day that I ain't got strength to deal me I said darling I confess The same things applies to me As for all the rest We agreed to disagree Meet me on the mad parade When the midnight bells are chiming We'll dress up as the harlequin and the clown Pile up all the wonders that we've made In a tower too tall for climbing And we'll burn the damn thing down Yes we'll burn the damn thing down

Jets fly overhead And I can't hear a word you say I've never seen a look so serious Painted on your face Take my hand Spell it out in terms That mere mortals understand Before you fly away Lead me to shelter Tell me about their plan I'll be waiting right here when you land Jets fly overhead Time to get it off my chest One last shot at our redemption Will we pass the test? Then you say: "This ain't about me But everyone I've ever known There's more than we've been shown The stakes are much higher In ways I can't understand I'll be waiting right here when you land" I'll accept our fate Go turn off the light I only hope I showed the best of us And that you won't lose sight You were only here To see if we're worthy To those that you answer to Just another fool Crossing my fingers Wondering what you said When the jets are flying overhead When the jets are flying overhead

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Anytime now You'll be my love I know suddenly I'll see your love will show Reading between the lines And i have seen the signs In your eyes It may take you by surprise Anytime soon You'll turn my way Anytime now You'll learn to say It's me you love You'll know that i'm the one Who'll be there anytime... Chorus: And baby it's now The night will break I'll wait, i gotta give The sun, the time to wake And if the night grows long I will just sing this song It will come true you wait and see Anytime (anytime) anytime (anytime) We're gonna be Reading between the lines And i have seen the signs in your eyes It may take you by surprise Anytime soon You'll turn my way Anytime now You'll learn to say It's me you love You'll know that i'm the one Who'll be there anytime Refrain 2: And baby it's now The sky will break I'll wait, i gotta give The sun, the time to wake And the night grows long I will just sing this song It will come true You wait and see Anytime Tell me you care Somehow, somewhere You'll love just me...