Black hole hips she looks like some sort of insect buzzing across the floor toward me I can't think. she's looking at me With those green eyes, shining on me like floodlights way in the back of New York city She said she'd take me down to Cocomo We went to Cocomo, indiana Where she told me her real name was Diana, at the gas station. Something about her reminds me of the united states Sprawling across the west and all the glory And imagination Highway 25 divides the great plains from the rocky mountains And colorado springs, coal-mining town Some lady wrote america the beautiful, Sitting on top of pike's peak up there Looking way, way down. way, way down And I don't know how it happened but here we are on the dance floor together, After all these years and I know her real name now I know who wrote america the beautiful And I hear a voice singing in my ear saying Don't turn your back on love No, don't turn your back on love, You idiot You fool Don't you do it And I mean i want to go over your house whenever you want me to come over to your house. But that's no reason To turn your back on love Heartbreak is my roommate now We live together,and we share the rent We have long conversations before we go to sleep in bed at night Ooh, long conversations And I can't lie, I'm on the street inside the street in new york city, Or in boston, or chicago. whatever city i happen to be in at the time. I'm on the same street. Mhm And heartbreak is my roommate Yes it's hard, of course it's hard. It's supposed to be hard. but i can still hear her voice it's calling, It's calling, calling, but it's whispering, Whispering in my ear saying Don't turn your back on love No, don't turn your back on love, My love. what am i supposed to do? say no? Something about her reminds me of the united states Sprawling across the west in all the glory. And imagination She spans the seas and the deserts and the forests and the mountains, She brings it all back together in one big lovely package Oh, baby, oh never turn my back on love Not while you're around to whisper in my ear After all these years, Diana Is that what is was? Don't forget me No, don't forget me. I can't forget you How could I ever forget you? Oh, don't forget me. Don't turn your back on love I won't turn my back on love. Can't forget you How could I forget you?

When the clock strikes twelve Tell me where you're gonna be Cleaning up the mess we made Or watching your TV And if you have to ask Then you don't have a clue There's snow in Arizona While they're bombing in Beirut I hope some day When we're dead and gone We learned to right Everything that's wrong With loving hands Turn sick to strong Our time will tell If life goes on, on, on, on, on When the storm hits your front door With a roar you can't ignore You run, run away But there's no place to hide, mate When the days turn into night You don't got no chance to fight 'Cause you're too late So kiss your ass goodbye, mate It just don't make no sense There's a million mouths to feed We got military action Over monetary need And you can turn your back Or you can plant the seed You can choose compassion Over universal greed I hope some day When we're dead and gone We learned to right Everything that's wrong With loving hands Turn sick to strong Our time will tell If life goes on, on, on, on, on When the storm hits your front door With a roar you can't ignore You run, run away But there's no place to hide, mate When the days turn into night You don't got no chance to fight 'Cause you're too late So kiss your ass goodbye, mate When the storm hits your front door With a roar you can't ignore You run, run away But there's no place to hide, mate When the days turn into night You don't got no chance to fight 'Cause you're too late So kiss your ass goodbye, mate And you can turn your back But it won't go away And you don't look scared But you should be afraid You can shut your mouth But you still act the same But you just don't care For tomorrow, today You can turn your back But it won't go away And you don't look scared But you should be afraid You can shut your mouth But you still act the same But you just don't care For tomorrow, today Well no way, way No way, no way, no way When the storm hits your front door With a roar you can't ignore You run, run away But there's no place to hide, mate When the days turn into night You don't got no chance to fight 'Cause you're too late So kiss your ass goodbye, mate When the storm hits your front door With a roar you can't ignore You run, run away But there's no place to hide, mate When the days turn into night You don't got no chance to fight 'Cause you're too late So kiss your ass goodbye, mate

Boy, you're killing me With your funny smile My heart is beating loud as hell I'm diving in your eyes My whole life is upside and down When you're chasing down my skin The more I run away from you The closer you draw near Take me to the edge of feeling Heart against my skin Show me places I have longed for In sanctity and sin Locked intense inside my head Your touch will set me free I hold on 'til the sun comes up If you'll be there for me I wonder if you let me I wonder if you let me I wonder if you let me I wonder if you let me Don't you turn your back on me Take a look at where you wanna be Don't be scared of what you see Oh, the only thing that's killing you is me Now you're leaving me With your angry eyes My love gets lost with you I was saving you last night Locked intense inside my head Your trust will set us free The more you run away from me The closer I draw near I wonder if you let me I wonder if you let me I wonder if you let me I wonder if you let me Don't you turn your back on me Take a look at where you wanna be Don't be scared of what you see Oh, the only thing that's killing you is me Don't you turn your back on me Take a look at where you wanna be Don't be scared of what you see Oh, the only thing that's killing you is me

Got out of town on a boat goin' to Southern islands Sailing a reach before a followin' sea She was makin' for the trades on the outside And the downhill run to Papeete Off the wind on this heading lie the Marquesas We got eighty feet of the waterline nicely making way In a noisy bar in Avalon I tried to call you But on a midnight watch I realized why twice you ran away Think about Think about how many times I have fallen Spirits are using me larger voices callin' What Heaven brought you and me cannot be forgotten (Around the world) I have been around the world (Lookin') Lookin' for that woman girl (Who knows she knows) Who knows love can endure And you know it will When you see the Southern Cross for the first time You understand now why you came this way 'Cause the truth you might be runnin' from is so small But it's as big as the promise, the promise of a comin' day So I'm sailing for tomorrow my dreams are a dyin' And my love is an anchor tied to you tied with a silver chain I have my ship and all her flags are a' flyin' She is all that I have left and music is her name Think about Think about how many times I have fallen Spirits are using me larger voices callin' What Heaven brought you and me cannot be forgotten (I've been around the world) I have been around the world (Lookin') Lookin' for that woman girl Who knows love can endure And you know it will, and you know it will Yes Oooh ... So we cheated and we lied and we tested And we never failed to fail, it was the easiest thing to do You will survive being bested Somebody fine will come along, make me forget about loving you In the Southern Cross

(Piano and Bass) Waking Stream of consciousness On a sleeping Street of dreams Thoughts Like scattered leaves Slowed in midfall Into the streams Of fast running rivers Of choice and chance And time stops here on the delta While they dance, while they dance Instrumental (Pedal Steel Guitar) I love the child Who steers this riverboat Lately he's crazy For the deep And the river seems dreamlike In the daytime And someone keeps thinking In my sleep About fast running rivers Of choice and chance And time stops here on the delta While they dance, while they dance While they dance Aaahh ... While they dance da, da, da ... While they dance da, da, da ... While they dance da, da, da ... While they dance, dance river dance While they dance da, da, da ... Instrumental Ending (Bass, Keyboards and Pedal Steel Guitar) da, da, da ...