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Bill Champlin - "Burn Down the Night" Lyrics

"Burn Down the Night" Lyrics

Highest Stakes A warm welcome to the new arrivals
You've been long overdue
Excuse us for the way we've kept our world
Now it's all up to you
We need some kind of new revival
To save much more than our souls
No bible's gonna turn this thing around
No laws will patch up the hole

And the children will teach us of living and caring
I just pray that it happens in time
They will finally reach us through giving and sharing
They will touch us with rhythm and rhyme

We were prayin' for a tribe or teachers
To come and show us the way
To lead us from our own confusion
They're arriving today
They'll take us past our TV preachers
And take our hands from our eye
We're so in need of inspiration
And not just another disguise

And the river of life will be flowing and knowing
Then we all will be learning of love
All the love that we have will be showing and growing
And the skies will be clearing above

Let there be no mistakes
The highest stakes of all
Could be gambled away
We've always had our cake
This time we ate it all
Will we have it again?
What will tomorrow bring
If everything is gone
Can we stop it today?
'Cause we've been borrowing
From children still to come
Heaven knows we need friends

We're still lookin' for one man to save us
While we're totally blind
We're the victims of our own expectations
Falling so far behind
We're neglecting what the Good Lord gave us
When we're closing our minds
Listen closely to the next generation
They can save us this time

And the children will see through the curtains of darkness
And the river will bring back the day
We'll be turning our backs on the lying and heartless
And the love will be back here to stay

The Thunder You can be lost, you can't find your way
Landmarks everywhere, but you're still uncertain
What will it cost, throwing it all away?
All is not so fair, when you're who's hurtin'

You've been here before, you've been through the door
Here we go again, it's time to change
We got nothin' left to prove, so we might as well just move
But once you've made a friend, somethin' stays the same

Don't know why we say goodbye
Just dry your eyes and you can see better

We're searchin' for feelings, like places we've been
Old and familiar, shallow and thin
Our eyes start to wander, like rain seepin' in
Sweepin' it under the past, 'cause the thunder is gone

You can be wrong a thousand times a day
And somehow see it all as a beginning
You gotta be strong to look the other way
When everyone but you is always winning

It's time for you to go where the wind will blow
Traveling light, we leave it all behind
There's somethin' around the bend, some new messages to send
I'll think of where we've been, down the line

It's all to clear, there's nothin' here
But never fear, you're gonna feel better

We're searchin' for feelings, like places we've been
Old and familiar, shallow and thin
Our eyes start to wander, like rain seepin' in
Sweepin' it under the past, 'cause the thunder is gone

For Less Than a Song Rock and roll, hamburgers, hot rods and such
The Kennedys and LBJ
It would take more than a big, smokin' mushroom
To make us afraid

Our love affair with Hollywood, so far out of touch
Distracted by the constant parade
We never suspected our duly elected
We're gambling our futures away

I may be wrong, but our chances look slimmer
So much for the dream
What we wanted now seems to be gone
The light is gettin' dimmer
And we're still afraid of the dark
We go along, and believe the lies they tell us
We call it the truth
When the truth is for less than a song
Our leaders are selling us out
How will we buy a beginning?

We were so comfy, so spotless and clean
We all had our "three squares" a day
But in just a few years
We blew four soulful people away

And here we are askin' "What does it all mean?"
And lookin' for ways to escape
We're all still expecting, they're all still neglecting
While all of the debts go unpaid

I may be wrong, but our chances look slimmer
So much for the dream
What we wanted now seems to be gone
The light is gettin' dimmer
And we're still afraid of the dark
We go along, and believe the lies they tell us
We call it the truth
When the truth is for less than a song
Arrogance is all we've got left to leave the children
Some tales of how it used to be
We got higher rents and folding tents 'cause
Papa sold the building
Someone spent our dream

Headed For the Top She's a got world class body, a well dressed mind
You know she's got a sense of direction
She knows what she's got, she keeps it lookin' fine
She uses every inch for blind ambition

She's on the fast track, usin' everyone
The world is just a prop for her game
She never stands back, never gives it up
Someday we'll all be droppin' her name

You know she's addicted to the power
That she uses on everyone
You know that she's climbin' up some tower
And the safety's off her loaded gun

She's never been wrong
She's never even thought about losin'
She's gonna get along
'Cause she's a Wall Street social climber
Headed for the top

She may choose you, she might just take you home
If she finds herself in need of a man
She's gonna use you, but don't expect to stick around
If you don't fit in with her plans

She knows how to stop herself from fallin'
She turns it off and bends some rules
And love will never keep her from her calling
She's gonna win the world from the fools

She's never been wrong
She's never even thought about losin'
She's gonna get along
'Cause she's a Wall Street social climber
Headed for the top

When Love Comes Around She's been walkin' in the rain, trying to wash it all away
Somethin' told her to throw the game
Now every time she falls, she falls because she loves the pain
She's been talkin' about the past, so alone and far away
When you're movin' way too fast
Every time you fall it's always up against the grain

When love comes around just believe it
And what you're searchin' for you may find
Open it up and receive it
Let it make you happen every time

She's been fallin' way behind, lost and lonely every night
She's been stallin' for some time
Dancin' in the darkness dressed in white
She's been dancin' in the darkness every night

When love comes around just believe it
And what you're searchin' for you may find
Open it up and receive it
Let it make you happen every time

Still Worth Saving You know it's a crime the way she still hides lonely yesterdays
The she'll blame it on me 'till the lovin' is gone
But somethin's still worth saving
The sooner the better I'll just have to get her to change her ways
It's been a little too long since it's all been so wrong
Hey, but it's still worth saving

Sometimes it's more than I think I can stand
I'm just a man

But when she puts her arms around me
It's still worth saving
And when she lays it down beside me
It's still worth saving
And when she takes her time to hold me
It's still worth saving
And when her loving hands unfold me
It's still worth saving

How could somethin' so right turn out to be wrong
Maybe I'm to blame
There've been so many nights I've been here all alone
It's still worth saving

Somebody show me the face of a fool
I'll raise my hand

I wanna believe there's a future for me
I wanna be by her side
But she loves and leaves and that's all she can be
She loves to travel, and I need a ride

Same Old Song You used to have it all to take for granted
You were so successful every time
You never stopped to wonder, not a doubt in your mind
The world stands in line to your shows

You've taken everything that you've been handed
You've sold your heart and soul to pay bills
Now you find it hard to understand where they've gone
When nobody's on

Singin' the same old song
Thinkin' you can't go wrong
Caught up in the past and barely tryin'
Singin' the same old song
Thinkin' you can't go wrong
Maybe we can last forever if we close our eyes together
Love needs to be new, needs to be true
To more than a memory

Expensive walls, a fortress well protected
Buried up to here you'll never bleed
Is it any wonder all the feeling is gone?
'Cause nobody's on
Singin' the same old song
Thinkin' you can't go wrong
Caught up in the past and barely tryin'
Singin' the same old song
Thinkin' you can't go wrong
Maybe we can last forever if we close our eyes together
Love needs to be new, needs to be true
To more than a memory

Something you started, now you're leaving far behind
'Cause you refuse to see you're running out of time
You're always brokenhearted, never asking why

In Love Too Long You're definitely livin' it by the book
You're playin' it by the rules
You've never been accused
Of givin' it up -- not you
But heaven knows you're givin' it all you got
It shows in everything you do
But something's in doubt
There's something about you
That seems to be shining on through

You've been in love too long
(Just a little too long)
You can't see the forest for the trees
You're on your knees
(Get up off your knees)
You've been in love so long
(A little too long)
That you've forgotten just what you need
Or what to believe in

You're feeling like leavin' it all behind
You're thinking of cuttin' it loose
I know you'd like to take
A little piece of the pie for you
But mama taught the girl to swallow her pride
To turn her back on the truth
But mama was wrong
You got a new song
And I know you're gonna
Sing it in tune

You can follow your heart
You can start at the top
You can get what you need
(You can have it all)
Throw away what you had
Then don't ever look back

First and Last You say you want somebody
To smother you with diamonds and pearls
It's not me
You say that you want somebody
To mother you and save you from the world
It won't be me

Don't want a pastime lover
With nothing to discover
To use me up and throw me away
So if you need somebody
With lots of time and money
Just don't bother looking my way

But if you want a
Chance takin', earth shakin'
Long and slow affair
Call me on your telephone
If you want some
No fakin', love makin'
Touchin' you everywhere
I'll never leave you alone

Let me be the first and last
To take you and shake you
To make it last all night
Let me be the first and last
To break through and teach you
To make it last
All your life

You can have your play things
But they don't have the makings
An appetizer don't make no meal
You need a brand new flavor
So do yourself a favor
Treat yourself to something you can feel

You could use a soul shakin', breath takin'
Ride around the park
"Driver, don't you roll the window down"
And you need a wave breakin', love makin'
Tiptoe through the dark
Somethin' to turn you around

Let me be the first and last
To take you and shake you
To make it last all night
Let me be the first and last
To break through and teach you
To make it last
All your life

Fly By the Light All alone in a empty station
A oneway ticket to nobody home
And I had no reservations
About running away from a love that was gone

You walked into my life, out of the night
And you brought me back into the game
If it's wrong or it's right, I know tonight

I will fly by the light of your flame
On a cloud high above all the rain
And the fire in your eyes
Will burn down the night
I will fly by the light of your flame

All I had lonely
Talkin' to the wind till I was blind
I was cold and lost and only
Thinkin' that the world had left me behind

Somewhere out of the blue, love brought me you
And the key to unlock all the chains
Now you've opened my wings and changed everything

I will fly by the light of your flame
On a cloud high above all the rain
And the fire in your eyes
Will burn down the night
I will fly by the light of your flame

Darkness was takin' my life away
Always just runnin' from yesterday
And then you found me
And wrapped your love around me
I thought I'd never hear the call again
I needed a reason for fallin' in love
All over again

I will fly by the light of your flame
On a cloud high above all the rain
And the fire in your eyes
Will burn down the night
I will fly by the light of your flame