I always knew you loved out east much more than you'd ever love me So I'm glad we never tried Different coasts and opposite directions Not like I fantasized So, go, go through this open door You dream of leaving, for the life in New York Meet a pretty girl, fall in love, give her everything, I know she'll be enough If you ever get sick of the...Learn More

I bet the ladies are beautiful In their bikinis and beach hats And the gentlemen, just as suitable That’s how I picture the south of France Oh I wish I was in France with you At the cinema in Cannes with you I wish that you and me could see Paris And see the stars light up the boulevard And everything romance stands for I wish I was in France with...Learn More

We met in an office He was working on a different project I used to steal his garbage can And try to make eye contact We sat in the blue chairs by the window He told me about working and bachelor parties And I was in, I was infatuated I didn't get his last name, I don't know where he lives We never went out, we didn't even kiss But there's...Learn More

Cynical, absolutely apathetic Unbelievable, this could never happen Unthinkable, unimaginable For me A lifetime, spent wishing on stars Praying, can God hear my heart? Pleading, for the one thing we all want Maybe someday we'll give peace a try And maybe someday politicians won't tell us lies Maybe someday we'll build castles in the sky Maybe...Learn More

Two matching wine glasses with drops of red in your sink The stub of a cigarette I know you only smoke when you drink You think I won’t see But it’s the first thing I notice when you invite me over That someone else was here Probably sitting at the spot I always claim And you turn it on when you entertain By morning forget her name Someone else...Learn More

You were selfish, you were careless And I wanted so badly to believe But you should know, happy endings don't come When you're gone and when I don't know you Anymore But something didn't work, something didn't work between us And here I am, alone again And I'm trying to move on, trying to move on without you The best I can, the best I can Do you...Learn More

Silver skies The way you talked to me In a parking lot Off Broadway I didn’t pay attention You were everywhere But ever since then I’ve been right there, right there Calling your name Wishing you’d stay Playing your games Wasting away, wasting away Years gone by Worlds away Flame still burns We’ve lit a blaze And I’m calling your name Wishing...Learn More

Jack and Diane made their first debut On '82s American Fool You made yours almost 30 years later But this time, I was the fool It was a small spot, you had your walls up So from the start we'd never fit But I thought you'd finally give in and let me in I remember the way you looked at me And the hours wasted walking down the streets Of our...Learn More

You wouldn’t miss if I changed my hair And I wouldn’t catch the rouge on your collar I still recall the gold of the sunset It lit up your face, in a rose colored light Oh I wish we lived in black and white You’d be the star, and I’d be Grace Kelly I’d fall in your arms like your leading lady You’d steal every scene along with my heart Til the...Learn More

I remember he talked too much I remember he’d call because He was driving On that lonely highway Wednesday’s at the bar on the riverfront I don’t know why I had ever come Conversation never stopped And that’s when I fell in love Now he’s gone away I’m in a different place But something’s still here And he won’t admit how he feels I remember the...Learn More

Went to church every Sunday Talked about the Packer game on Monday And every Friday night Was a supper club fish fry Always had a joke up his sleeve Like the one about the Dead Sea Knew every magic trick The key to win a game of cribbage He wasn’t living for the money He served the Lord, he served his country Raised a family with a beautiful...Learn More

8:55, it's almost 9 Waiting on a runway but my head's already in the sky Staring out the window of this big jet plane, heading out west to LA Chasing dreams that this town won't let me achieve I take a deep breath, count to three inaudibly Just loud enough that the little girl to my right hears me It's past her bedtime and her mom wants her to...Learn More