Inside Rail – Lyrics

NATASHA

She was your fantasy
Escaped from some insanity
A victim of her vanity
Adrift without a line
She was the kind you met
Wrong way on a 1-way street
So, if you swept her off her feet
Perhaps she wouldn’t mind

Thoughts are raging when your nights are lonely
Acting crazy ‘till she hears it’s only you
Then you talk to Natasha
Remember that you saw where it got ya
Every other time
When you talk to Natasha
It sure sounds sweet

She was never going to be the one
To show you that she cared
But you dared to try and make change her mind
She’s got a wanderlust
And when the stars come out to rust
Can barely keep her though you must
You’re running out of time

Thoughts are raging when your nights are lonely
Acting crazy ‘till she hears it’s only you
Then you talk to Natasha
Remember that you saw where it got ya
Every other time
When you talk to Natasha
It sure sounds sweet

She says talk – talk to me
Not her fault – you see
She has her way with words

Thoughts are raging when your nights are lonely
Tired of aging and you’re dying slowly
Acting crazy ‘till she hears it’s only you
Then you talk to Natasha
Remember that you saw where it got ya
27 times
When you talk to Natasha
It sure sounds sweet

Then you talk to Natasha
Yeah you talk to Natasha
When you talk to Natasha
Sure sounds sweet, sure sounds sweet

LIGHTER

Turned on the radio
Same old song, you know
But I could hardly speak
Thought I’d escaped at last
Wrestling with the past
No rest for the weak

And as the days go by
I won’t care I won’t feel sad
When I get these things
Running ‘round my head
Like the songs you sing
And the words you said
It could be me
Or the world instead
That’ll seem a little lighter

Staring at your photograph
You, looking like an hourglass
On a windswept beach
You are safe at last
Here in the aftermath
Safely out of reach

And as the days go by
I won’t care, I won’t look back
When I get these things
Running ‘round my head
Like the songs you sing
And the words you said
It could be me
Or the world instead
That’ll seem a little lighter

And you told me how it’s gonna be
But I don’t know why
Yeah, you showed me another side of me
But I don’t mind, no I don’t

And as the days go by
I don’t care, I won’t look back
When I get these things
Running ‘round my head
Like the songs you sing
And the words you said
It could be me
Or the world instead
That’ll seem a little lighter

MONKEY

I tried to believe
Could get some relief
They told me so
Now I just don’t know
If I should beware
Or I just don’t care
Saw it in her eyes
One of her goodbyes

Ooh how did it get away
Ooh how did it get away

It came from the monkey
It’s a natural fact
Don’t want to believe
There’s a monkey on your back
Came from the monkey
It’s a natural fact, yeah, yeah, yeah
Same as the monkey
When it’s under attack
Don’t want to give in
Don’t want to go back
Came from the monkey
It’s a natural fact, yeah, yeah, yeah

What do you know
Of a world below
And is there love
In a world above
What would you wear
If you didn’t care ‘bout anything
Like stayin’ clean

Ooh how did it get away
Ooh how did it get away

It came from the monkey
It’s a natural fact
Don’t wanna believe
There’s a monkey on your back
It came from the monkey
It’s a natural fact, yeah, yeah, yeah
Same as the monkey
When it’s under attack
Don’t want to give in
Don’t want to go back
Came from the monkey
It’s a natural fact, yeah, yeah, yeah

I’m inclined to think that there are
Things that you believe in
You don’t know, you just don’t know
I could find a reason to have
Something to believe in even though
We just don’t know, ooh, yeah

Ooh how did it get away
Ooh how did it get away

It came from the monkey
It’s a natural fact
Don’t wanna believe
There’s a monkey on your back
It came from the monkey
It’s a natural fact, yeah, yeah, yeah
Same as the monkey
When it’s under attack
Don’t wanna give in
Don’t wanna go back
Came from the monkey
It’s a natural fact, yeah, yeah, yeah

IF I ONLY KNEW

Down by the station
Down by the railway line
The ground is shakin’
We haven’t got much time
Why are you waiting
Should you let me know
Things you never said to me
Is that the way you want it to be

I was wrong – what else could I do
Would never have gone if I only knew

Each new decision
Where is it getting me
I lack the wisdom
To know just what’s upsetting me
Outside my window
I can see it all now
Past the stores and the factories
It’s all coming back to me

I was wrong – what else could I do
Would never have gone if I only knew
I was wrong – what else could I do
Would never have gone if I only knew

Life seems the same
Under the moon & stars
I can’t complain there’s nothing to do
Nothing to gain
Constant revolving doors
Yeah nothing to gain but no one to lose

Down by the station
Down by the railway line
The train is waiting
And it’s right on time
Were you debating if you should let me know
Things you never said to me
They keep on haunting me

I was wrong – what else could I do
Would never have gone if I only knew
I was wrong – what else could I do
Would never have gone if I only knew

CORRUPT YOU

I see changes all around me
Somehow you remain
You know emptiness surrounds me
I got myself to blame
I don’t really seem to care
If I should lose my way back
You know something will be there
You call it faith – but is it

I try to look beyond
The things you wear outside
You’ve got a special way
Nothing you should hide
If I never hold you
Get you by my side
Things happen for the best
Or do they really

You say I get you in trouble
But don’t you want to
Don’t want to burst your bubble
Just wanna corrupt you

You say you know how it feels
to be alone each new day
I say this has some appeal
But somehow love gets in the way
I keep stumbling to believe
It all could come out okay
You say you’ve been guaranteed
Now is that faith or is it

I try to look beyond
The things that you deny
You’ve got a special way
Nothing you can hide
If I ever hold you
Would you wonder why
Things happen for the best
Or do they really

You say I get you in trouble
But don’t you want to
Don’t want to burst your bubble
Just wanna corrupt you
I say I want this dance
Don’t want to abduct you
Don’t need to raise a ransom
Just wanna corrupt you

Life rolls like a wheel in a wheel
You do what you feel before it passes by
I know it’s hard to believe it
You go and take it or leave it
Life rolls like a wheel in a wheel
Do what you feel whatever gets you by
I know it’s hard to believe it
Go on take it or leave it

WHEEL IN A WHEEL

I don’t look for answers
Often a waste of time
Chasing subtle glances
Missing the big design
And when you’re in a new phase
Planets are all aligned
You bend into the certain ways
Of the world you left behind

Cause you know that
Life rolls like a wheel in a wheel
You do what you feel before it passes by
I know it’s hard to believe it
You go and take it or leave it

I’ve tried taking chances
Riding the outside rail
Made some quick advances
While those on the inside failed
Sometimes I’m in the right place
Other times no avail
Just try to find my own space
And watch the obstacles go by
And you know that

Life rolls like a wheel in a wheel
You do what you feel before it passes by
Sometimes it’s hard to believe it
You go and take it or leave it
Life rolls like a wheel in a wheel
You do what you feel whatever gets you by
And though you’ll never defeat it
You know you live to repeat it

And the wheel keeps turning round
And the wheel keeps turning round
Don’t know if you’re going up or down
And the wheel keeps turning round
And the wheel keeps turning round

Slow down have another round
Everything comes in stages
I’m bound to wonder when I’m down
If happiness is contagious
New day new emotion
Everything’s so much better
I think I pull my own strings
Then it’s “see you later”

Life rolls like a wheel in a wheel
You do what you feel before it passes by
I know it’s hard to believe it
You go and take it or leave it
Life rolls like a wheel in a wheel
Do what you feel whatever gets you by
I know it’s hard to believe it
Go on take it or leave it

SLIPSTREAM

I saw the sunrise
Long shadows cloudy skies
Before the night falls
I want to tear down these walls
But the walls protect me
When the night affects me
My conscience gets me
Wanna run away from it all

And see if tomorrow changes anything
Maybe the river rises through the spring

You’re talking too loud
I know it too well
You feel like shouting
Go on and let it all out
The night is whispering
But you’re not listening
Are you just drifting
It’s a little late for you now

See if tomorrow changes anything
Maybe the river rises through the spring

And when there isn’t any choice
But raise your pen or raise your voice
Pen in hand you write before you read
And what is there inside of you
Taking over telling you
To go ahead like this is what you need
Caught in a dream
A world in between
All that you’ve seen and what you’ll do

See if tomorrow changes anything
Maybe the river rises through the spring
The explanations have been had
But it still leaves you fighting mad
You go ahead like this is what you need
See if tomorrow changes anything
Maybe the river rises through the spring

Caught in a dream
See what I mean
Don’t you see what I mean

NO CHOICE

They started east across the USA
No plans so none got in the way
She’d returned they seemed to get along
Heading for the sun
Passengers along for the ride
Deciding what to do with their lives
Finally out on their own
Highways they’d never known

They were back together
Hearing a voice
Back together no choice

She cried at all the stops along the way
Colorado into Thunder Bay
Two hundred miles without a word
Maybe she just got bored

They were back together
Hearing a voice
Back together no choice

Then the bad news comes over the phone
And the outcome will leave them alone
Traveled too far to go home
Heading for places unknown

They were back together hearing a voice
Back together no choice
Then the bad news comes over the phone
And the outcome will leave them alone
Traveled too far to go home
Heading for places unknown

Back together hearing a voice
Back together
Back together hearing a voice
Back together

BLACKHEART

Rip it up don’t talk to me
I just don’t mind if we disagree
What you have to offer me
Is one thing I don’t need now
Can’t hope to make you see
Force some stupid destiny
Can’t even cover for me now

Those days are gone and life goes on
No matter what we do
You were the one to put me on
This twisted point of view
Your blackheart shined
There was a time when mine did too

I dream of the Indians
How they came and went
On a mere 5 cents
If they were here again
Would the wild west still be won
I think of yesterday
We held all the cards
They were ours to play
No big deal which way they’d run

Those days are gone and life goes on
No matter what we do
You were the one to put me on
This twisted point of view
Your blackheart shined
There was a time when mind did too

I stand alone calling your name
Calling your name
There’s no one home and there’s
No one to blame
It’s always the same
I’ve done it again

No possibility
You’re too close when you’re next to me
Why do I feel so slippery
It isn’t that I’m proud
It works out too comfortably
And comfort is the end for me
Such comfort having you around

Those days are gone and life goes on
No matter what we do
You were the one to put me on
This twisted point of view
Your blackheart shined
There was a time when mind did too

BARS

I can’t pretend
It’s a secret any more
Yesterday it could have gone another way
Started out as fun
I don’t know where the time has gone
Now my thoughts have turned to you
Wanna hang around the way we used to do

I wonder where you are
But I can’t get beyond these bars
Once I started out like you
It’s crazy where this world will lead you to

Turn back the clock
We were dreaming from the start
You were much too confident to doubt it
I was losing sleep now I’m losing heart
I’m staring at the floor
And I don’t know what to do about it

I wonder where you are
But I can’t get beyond these bars
Once I started out like you
It’s crazy where this world will lead you to

So hard to disbelieve the ones I trusted
When everything they say sounds so seductive

I wonder where you are
But I can’t get beyond these bars
I wonder where you are
But I don’t want to look that hard
Once I started out like you
It’s crazy where this world’ll lead you to
This world will lead you

MISTER E

I’ve been messed around
Been obsessed around
I’ve been beat up till it showed
I’ve been pushed around
Had to calm me down
I went as far as I could go
How many times till I know
You say you will – you say you will
How many times till it shows
You say you will – say you will

How many times will I know
Racing hearts embracing madness
How many times will I go
Chasing Mister E

I have pushed ahead
I’ve been left for dead
When a friend could not be found
Low road ahead
I got high instead
Found someone to let me down

How many times till I know
You say you will – you say you will
How many times till it shows
You say you will – say you will

How many times will I know
Racing hearts escaping madness
How many times will I go
Chasing Mister E

Something I recognize
It hardly qualifies
I don’t apologize when you call
You’re out of alibis
I don’t apologize when you call

How many times till I know
You say you will – you say you will
How many times till it shows
You say you will – say you will

How many times will I know
Racing hearts escaping madness
How many times will I go
Chasing Mister E

How many times till I know
You say you will – you say you will
How many times till it shows
You say you will – say you will

AND WE FALL

And We Fall
It isn’t clear if it started here
Or another place a long, long time ago
Well I just don’t know
And we’re off somewhere
But sitting there unaware
Like ducks in a row
Oh no no
And we fall under endless demands

I don’t mind if you wake me
I’ve been lying so safely
It’s time won’t you take me
I don’t care where we go

If there’s such a thing as a reckoning
Then I reckon I’ll have little choice but go
Where I just don’t know
I’ll come around ‘cause I’ve found
Even now I can let my feelings show
Well it’s time you know
And we fall under endless demands

I don’t mind if you wake me
I’ve been lying so safely
It’s time won’t you take me
I don’t care where we go
And we fall under endless demands
And we fall there we lay

I don’t mind if you wake me
I’ve been lying so safely
It’s time won’t you take me
All the while I don’t care where we go

I don’t mind if you wake me
I’ve been lying so safely
Don’t deny it just take me
I don’t care where we go

BREAK THE SILENCE

I’ve got a certain passion
Won’t let it go
Though it’s my main attraction
Can’t let it show
And when I’m walking down the street
I end up talking to my feet
Tired of taking chances
Less than perfect circumstances

I’ve got a certain weakness
The scent of her perfume
But I still leave our secrets
Well within this room
So when you talk just be discreet
Not a word you can repeat
I know it’s ill advised
Might well be compromised

But I will break the silence
Yes, I’ll make no denials
And open up communication
Stop the insinuation
I will break the silence
Yes, I will bridge the islands
And paradise will still be standing
There’ll be no misunderstanding

Don’t know that I’m pretending
To see things in my way
But if the rules are bending
Maybe we’ll make them stay
I don’t know when the clock will stop
Just know I’ll give it my best shot
Things will turn around
Come out from the underground

‘Cause I will break the silence
Yes, I’ll make no denials
And open up communication
Stop the insinuation
I will break the silence
Yes, I will bridge the islands
And paradise will still be standing
There’ll be no misunderstanding

And when you talk just be discreet
Not a word you can repeat
I know it’s ill advised
It could be suicide

But I will break the silence
Yes, I’ll make no denials
And open up communication
Stop the insinuation
I will break the silence
Yes, I will bridge the islands
And paradise will still be standing
There’ll be no misunderstanding this time