Hey there Sailor, why are you dancing alone? And why’d you choose such a sad song? He said “Baby, my navy ship sails tomorrow So tonight might be my last one On solid ground with that jukebox & that 80’s sound So come wrap your arms around and say – ‘I’ll be here on the other side of tonight’”
Hey there Waiter, give us two glasses of Whatever you've got two glasses of Cause my baby, his navy ship leaves tomorrow So that leaves us just 8 hours more On solid ground, with that jukebox & that 80’s sound So just one more round and say you’ll stay - I’ll be here on the other side of tonight I’m going nowhere, I’ll be here until daylight
He was a sailor whose name well I did not quite catch But whose eyes well I will not forget He said “Maybe, baby, if the sea brings me back Well I’d sure love to see you again” I said “I’ll be here on the other side of tonight I’m going nowhere, I’ll be here until daylight”
HOW STILL THE NIGHT
The wind was so still it was no wind at all, and The night was so quiet I could hear your heart call The waves touched so lightly the sand wasn't sure –
How far the stars, how high the sky And my two arms to hold you tight How full the moon, how still the night
Your shirt wore so thin it was no shirt at all And you said that there be no need for the coat I wore I said "If you don't hold me I fear I will fall
And how far the stars, how high the sky And my two arms to hold you tight How full the moon, how still the night"
We slow-danced in the headlights Until the battery went dead And if the fish in the sea could have seen where this scene went next They'd be jumping
CAMPING OUT
It was late, the night had played Played out almost all it had to say We had pitched a tent, but chose instead To sleep beside the campfire slowly dying away The smoke sent up into the sky I hadn't seen stars like that since 1999 Was it me that kept you warm, Or you that kept me from the frost - you, me or us?
Early morning - the last flame had gone Gone to wherever all our past tenses go The world turns, away from where we were The clock ticks away, away from yesterday Like smoke sent up into the sky Turn it back and remember 1999 Two boys just camping out, trying to keep each other from The frost - you, me or us?
The inevitability of the rising sun Come from wherever all our tomorrows come In one last attempt to keep that fire lit You turned the log that we both thought was dead The smoke, the spark, the light And once again we burn like 1999 Two boys and their fire, trying to keep it alive And it lives without us trying - us, you and I
SWAYING
You were New York, when I needed light You were brighter than Times Square And when I needed warmth, you were July In the northern hemisphere You were New York, I was wide-eyed You had my ear, singing –
Don't, don't let this stray Cause after all this going, nothing is gone Nothing's gone that can't be called back this way To be swaying in your song There ain't nobody sing it like you
I was far from home and I'd lost my map You made sense of where I'd been And with your open arms around me, wrapped You pointed me to where I was heading Lost in New York, you were my man You were everything, singing –
Don't, don't let this stray Cause after all this going, nothing is gone Nothing's gone that can't be called back this way To be swaying in your song There ain't nobody sing it like you
DEVEREAUX When he works long hours I watch 80's reruns Them classic sitcoms No they don't make 'em like that no more Stare out the window At the city below And above a plane flies low Is it leaving or coming home? Oh, you know how the song goes Oh, Blanche Devereaux
When he works long hours I hear music from the neighbours Tom Waits, Bette Midler And they're singing the same song Oh, you know how the song goes Oh, Blanche Devereaux
When he works long hours I take long hot showers Rearrange the flowers Or anything that rhymes Oh, you know how the song goes Oh, Blanche Devereaux
WILLIAM
William, I've been wondering if we could start again Maybe we'd work out this time, better timing Love is two people dancing, and now we know the tune You could keep in time with me, I'll keep in time with you Oh could it be so easy Love that binds and frees me? William, I've been working on those things you said I should It takes some things some time sometimes To be understood But I'm seeing things more clearly now I didn't see before I was staring at the ceiling, I missed the writing on the wall: Oh could it be so simple Love that solves two riddles?
Oh could it shine so clearly Love that's held and holds so dearly In one, unrelenting rhythm? Love, dance with me, William…
'TIL THE EYES ADJUST
You, you're too much Like the brightness of the morning sun In that moment when the curtain's drawn 'Til the eyes adjust And you blew my mind Like seeing colour for the very first time After years of merely black and white You were rainbow bright And something now where nothing was Then first was darkness until you lit it up
You, you're too much Like a rainstorm in the driest month I was desert dear and you're the flood I'd been praying for And I don't often pray, not religiously anyway You were words I could not help but say And you came true And something now where nothing was Where first was silence until this song An emptiness until you filled it up First was darkness until you lit it up You, you're too much Like the brightness of the morning sun In that moment when the curtain's drawn 'Til the eyes adjust
DO YOU WANNA WALTZ
Say it only once, say it soft and low I'll lean in close enough if you tell me how close A whisper's hard to hear, but I'll happily try Happily lean in nearer to hear your reply
Do you wanna waltz, waltz 'round this room Do you wanna waltz cause I wanna waltz with you
I'll take you by the tie, tied too tight, let it loose Let the night and the moonlight swirl around you And neither of us needs to lead, we'll let the sway decide Let three beats in each bar swing the spinning wide
Do you wanna waltz, waltz across this floor Do you wanna waltz cause I wanna waltz some more