I've got a smile
But it is so hard
I've got to hide
So I guess that's what I'll do
I've got a laugh
But it is so hard
(Now) What can I do
Right before my very eyes
Baby what a big surprise
Yesterday it seemed to me
Baby what a big surprise
Just to be alone
Baby, what a big surprise
Why...do you love me like you do
Heaven's at my feet now that I've found you
Why...even though you know I'm crazy
Free from all the weary wasted hours
Heaven's at my feet now that I've found you
Love me...only you can love me like you...
Everyday he wakes up
Everyday he suffers
He is a policeman, you know
Every night he comes home
He is a policeman, you know
Take me back to Chicago
Take me back to Chicago
Take me back to Chicago, to Chicago
I still dream of the lake of peacefulness
Take me back to Chicago
Livin' back in Chicago, in Chicago
Take me back to Chicago
Take me back to Chicago
Take me back, take me back....
Vote for me, vote for me
I'll cut your tax in half
I'll bring the railroads back
Vote for me, vote for me
I'll give Detroit one year
I'm looking to the sun
I'm not going to kid you, there's a lot to do
Vote for me, vote for me
I'll work for global peace
I would give all I've got
Walkin' through the fog on a cold and cloudy night
I've grown tired of speeches that are nothing but a bore
Got my bag of many frowns and I'm takin' it on uptown
Big city lights
I'm through with aggravation
Got my bag of many frowns and I'm takin' it on uptown
This time I've found a love to treasure
This time the both of us can see
'Cause baby
This time we'll make it
This time our search for love has ended
This time we'll make it
Instrumental
That I put on
When I'm not at home
When I'm not alone
To make that smile
'Cause I know I'll be at home
And alone in a while
And if I look in a mirror
I see my eyes start to tear
I can't help but cry
Since you said goodbye
Whhat I'm feelin' inside
Can't let them see
How you're hurtin' me
Won't let them see through
Won't let them know
That you could hurt me so
That I put on
When I'm not at home
When I'm not alone
To fake that laugh
When my insides are cryin'
And my heart's torn in half
And all the music I hear
And things I valued so dear
Make me feel so blue
They all remind me of you
(Now) That our love is through
And my purpose is gone
Still I got to live on
I guess that's what I'll do
I won't let them see through
I won't let them know
That you could hurt me so
I thought that you were only fakin' it
And like before my heart was takin' it
Right before my very eyes
My life was nothing more than wasted time
But here today you've softly changed my mind
Right before my very eyes
Was a little more than I could take
Then you came to stay
Hold me in the morning
Love me in the afternoon
Help me find my way
Now and then just like before
I think about the love I've thrown away
But now it doesn't matter anyway
Baby you deserve much more
Why...after all I've put you through
Would you stick around for more
Life seems so complete when I'm around you
No one else could touch me quite so deeply
No one's love could satisfy me so sweetly
Love me till the end of time
Do you still believe in me
Why...does a smile come so easy
Baby, since you set me free
Free from all those meaningless encounters
Free to live our lives the way we want to
Free to realize just what we've been through
Love me till the end of time
Life seems so complete when I'm around you
No one else could touch me quite so deeply
No one's love could satisfy me so sweetly
Love me till the end of time
As his bare feet hit the floor
Grabs a cup of coffee
Straps his Magnum on once more
Feeds the cat he lives with
Since his wife walked out the door
In nine years he'll retire with a pension
'Cause he sees all kinds of pain
Sometimes feels helpless
In a world that's gone insane
Then he wins a battle
It restores his faith again
It's only human kindness he is after
All the years and nothing to show
He is a policeman, you know
With a sixpack all alone
Feeds the cat he lives with
He picks up the telephone
Needs to talk with someone
But the only love he's known
Was lost forever, he is a policeman
All the years and nothing to show
He is a policeman, you know
All the years and nothing to show
Lay my soul to rest
Where my life was free and easy
Remember me at my best
Where music was all I had
I tried to be good as I could
And sometimes that made me sad
Why don't you take me back
Take me back, take me back
To Chicago
The warm summer breeze
'Cause my life was so much simpler then
Street corners and Tastee Freeze
'Cause hustlin's not my style
L.A. was just a bit too hard
I wish I could be a child
Why don't you take me back
Take me back, take me back
To Chicago
Lay my soul to rest
Where my life was free and easy
Remember me at my best
'Cause hustlin's not my style
L.A. was just a bit too hard
I wish I could be a child
Livin' back in Chicago, in Chicago
Why don't you take me back
Take me back, take me back
To Chicago
I want the nomination for the Presidency
Vote for me, vote for me
If I am elected, this is how it will be
I'll make the Russians laugh
I'll feed the hungry people everywhere
New trains and new track
From Waikiki to old Deleware
I want the nomination for the Presidency
Vote for me, vote for me
If I am elected, this is how it will be
New cars that run on beer
Or anything except gasoline
More power for everyone
And the cleanest sky that you've ever seen
Little can I promise, it's really up to you
But if we all work together
And I think we can
And if you want some new ideas
Then I'm your man
I want the nomination for the Presidency
Vote for me, vote for me
If I am elected, this is how it will be
And the sweet release
Of the love and human kindness in us all
You just give me a shot
Somehow, I know that I can win the fall
Lookin' through the smog that surrounds the mornin' light
The shades of brown. It gets me down, exactly like my life
I don't deserve the hand I'm dealt, a flush in spades of strife
So I'm rounding up the broken me and headin' on out the door
Without no lag I'm packin' my bag of discontented frowns
And hopping numer eighty-six, the first train that is freedom bound
Funkier nights
Happier days
Goin' my way
It should be right
But I'm still uptight
Hey, I better put down
And get movin' on
Don't deserve the degradation
I'm putting all the negatives down
To hop the train that's feedom bound for uptown
One that's impossible to measure
The future looks bright, the moment feels so right
Just being near you brings me pleasure
How we can love and still feel free
You came into sight, I saw a whole new light
I found out what happiness can be
I'd given up
Ever finding
Someone
To share my life
Forever
Baby, we see
Nothing can take it from you and me
This time I feel it, like never before
Each day I love you more
All of our goals in life have blended
And baby tonight, I'll love your body, make you feel right
We'll see all our troubles can all be mended
Baby, we see
Nothing can take it from you and me
This time I feel it, like never before
Each day I love you more and more