Waitin' on an answer from a pretty
little dancer
Said she'd trade her heart for a song
Wonderin' if she is or isn't with me
And if she's not, baby what went wrong
How come, everything I try to hang on
to just seems to disappear
The one I want ain't the one I got and the one I want,
she's not here
How come, everything I try to hang on to just seems to
disappear
The one I want ain't the one I got and the one I want,
she's not here
So it's under the covers with
anonymous lovers
Tryin' to kill the pain
It's not the sweet regrets, it's the sad sad
neglect
Leave me standin' out there in the rain.
How come . . .
So I try to forget all the things that
I can't get
Try not to think about what I felt
Doin' the best I can to find my winnin' hand
Playin' the cards that I'm dealt.
How come . . .
FORTUNE COOKIE SONG
You know there's more than one way
down to the bottom
Down where the deepest secrets lie
Typically, there's the way that involves the
bottle
And turns of phrase like smashed and fried
And after enough time and enough drink
has passed
All those secrets just rise up and float right there on
the surface
Perfect strangers become best friends and
Tell each other things that they never told their
therapist
Well, I think I may have found a
healthier alternative
One that'll get ya to that same place but without the
hangover
I go down to the Long Life Vegi House
You know that's a Chinese Restaurant in my hometown,
just around the
corner
And I order myself some vegetable
fried rice to go
'Cause in there along with the plastic fork and the
little pack 'a soy
sauce
They give me a fortune cookie, and later on after I
finish my meal
Open it up just to see what it would say
You know it usually says somethin' like good things are
comin' my way.
Or, it might say somethin' like congratulations, says
it's my lucky day
Says all of my dreams are gonna come
true
And all lever think of is you
Says everything I ever wished for will be mine
You're the first one that always comes to mind
You're the first thought that rises up, in that
unguarded moment
First thing I always think of is you
Fortune cookies never lie, fortune
cookies never lie . . .
THINGS U DO
All my life I wanted to be a success,
so I could buy a big house
Someplace to sit and watch a woman like you, all the
things you do
All my life I wanted to be the best
'cause I thought all the rest
Would follow, especially a woman like you, and all the
things you do
Those things, precious things, that a woman like you
would do
I want a great big kitchen with a
breakfast nook
Where I can sit and pretend to read a book
And watch the way you are when you think nobody's there
to look
At the way that you move through the room, sit down in
the chair
Draw the comb down through your wet hair
And maybe I'll get closer to the things that I can't
touch
That's the only reason I want it all so much
Is a woman like you, just like you, and the things you
do
PAY PHONE
Standin' in a pay phone by the side of
the road
Been walkin' 'round for hours, had no place to go
So I thought I'd rest a while inside this pay phone
stand
Just happen to have your number in my hand
Standin' in a pay phone, I got your number in my
hand
Feel like a fool, I just keep standin'
here
Tried so hard to forget you but you're much too
clear
Wonder if you're happy, have you found another man
Or, are you sad and lonesome, sad and lonesome like I
am
Standin' in a pay phone, I got your number in my
hand
Think of you baby, when I'm all
alone
Yeah, try to figure out where we went wrong
My friends say, "leave it alone, it's for the best
man"
They don't know that I'm doin' the best that I can
Standin' in a pay phone with your number in my
hand
I ran down the highway, highway ran
down me
I ran down the highway, highway ran down me
The highway's where I run, the highway keeps me
free
Don't you hear it, don't you hear it,
don't you hear that highway call
Don't you hear it, don't you hear it, don't you hear
that highway call
Well that highway's where I run, highway's where I
fall
Don't you hear it, don't you hear it,
semi rollin' through the night
yeah, semi rollin', rollin' through the night
Well that highway's where I run, highway's where I
fight
Ooh, she loves her body, you can tell
by the way she moves that she
likes herself
You can tell by her look, she knows it belongs to her
and nobody else
Likes to show it off in little bits and pieces, with
little hints and
glimpses
I love the way she teases, the way she teases
Ooh, she loves her body, look at her
twirl around out in the sun
I love the way she loves to play and sashay and have her
fun
She's usin' what she's wearin' with feminine
wisdom
Passed down through the ages, she's such a lovely
vision, such a lovely
vision
And it's always been her special
joy
Her very own private, personal toy
To celebrate her sense of herself
It belongs to her, nobody else
It belongs to her. You can tell she knows who it belongs
to . . .
LIVIN' LIVE
Livin' live, off the cuff, improvise,
hang tough
The essence of life is lost the moment you try to take
over
I suggest you arrive with the best made plans
But as you walk in, throw 'em over your shoulder
Livin' live, no retake, anyway, we all
know, good things come out of
mistakes
The essence of life is lost the moment you try to take
over
I suggest you arrive with the best made plans
But as you walk in, throw 'em over your shoulder
If you know what it is to be always
afraid
Then you must know by now there's not a thing to
gain
Off the top of your head, from the seat of your
pants
You gotta shoot from the hip like it was your last
chance
Livin' live
Whole life invested in tryin' to
keep what you got
But your assets are freezin' over
All that interest just keeps pilin' up
But your fire's growin' colder
I suggest you arrive with the best made plans
But as you walk in, throw 'em over your shoulder